A/N: Hello, everyone~ I'm back, and I've started a new fanfic that I've been planning for a while. It originally started out as a fan-manga, but after the second page, I couldn't continue it. So I thought I'd write it in story form, THEN try to make the fan-manga. I'll be starting over on the fan-manga once I get the courage to do it again, but for now, I'm just going to write it as a fanfic. I'm a little rusty with writing, and I've never been that good at it to begin with, so please bear with me! I've never had much confidence in my writing, even though other's have said it's good (now). I was scarred pretty bad when I uploaded my first fanfic years ago (it's deleted now), and I'm still trying to recover from that...But I'm really trying now...

And so now, I introduce to you my first Sailor Moon fanfic, Sailor Moon - Sailor Stars: Flower Children! I've always loved the aliens in Sailor Moon, even though they were never in the manga...In this chapter, Flora's remembering things that happened in the R movie, as seen from her point of view; I've used dialogue from both the DiC dub and the original Japanese versions because some sounds better in the DiC dub and some sounds better in the original Japanese. :) Hope you all like it!

(P.S.: Fiore is an Italian word meaning "Flower", while Flora is a Latin word also meaning "Flower", but Flora is also an Italian name! (Watch Winx Club if you don't believe me lol))

Flower Children

Opening theme: Moon Revenge

Episode 1: Reminiscing! Remembering through a Dream

A petite teenaged girl lay cramped in her much-too-small bed, her wavy brown hair falling over what would be violet eyes if they were open. Her face drawled up in remembrance; she was having that dream again.

September, 1993:

She sped down the sidewalk, dodging people left and right and apologizing as soon as she ran into the people she failed to dodge. She was late for school, again. She had transferred schools so many times over the past year, that all over Tokyo, she was known as "the kicked-out girl". She didn't want to be kicked out for missing school so much again!

Turning a corner, a smell came to her nose and her mouth began to water. She never ate at home, or even at school sometimes. Walking over to a food stand, where a man was selling rice cakes and other snacks, she pulled out some money that she had taken from her father's stash. She really didn't want to go hungry again.

"Well, hello there! Is there anything you'd like?"

"Y-Yes, I'd like some rice cakes, please!" She shoved the money into his hands, hoping to get this over with fast; she desperately wanted something to eat, but didn't want to be late for school as well. School didn't start for another 20 minutes, but she had to hurry to the school's library to finish her homework; she hadn't had time to work on it much the night before.

Before the man handed her two rice cakes, he noticed her wrists, "Did something happen?"

Confused for a moment, it dawned on her what he was talking about. Her cheeks flushed red as she tried to pull down her sleeves enough to hide the bruises, "I'm fine!" She took her rice cakes and sped away, the man watching after her in concern.

Something pink caught her eye; stopping, she knelt down to it. It was a strange pink flower that gave her a weird vibe. As she reached out to touch it, she thought, "How strange…I've never seen any flowers like this around here before…"

She jumped back in surprise as the flower literally grew legs and jumped out of the ground. She sat frozen in place as she watched in horror as some sort of demon began sprouting from the flower. The demon had long blue hair, pale blue skin, red eyes, and wore strange armor. The girl heard people screaming and running as far from the demon as possible. She was too scared to move or even think.

The demon turned to her with an evil grin, "You! You have wonderful energy, give it to me!" The demon's eyes began to glow a bright red as she did some sort of battle cry; her arms turned into vines and each vine grabbed her and every person in the area. People's screams filled her ears, "W-What's going on…? Why am I starting to feel so weak…?" Her vision began to fade; something was wrong – losing energy was one thing, but she felt as though she were dying!

The demon let go of her, causing her to drop to the ground with a thud. She was still semi-conscious; she could hear the demon doing something, "Maybe turning back into a flower?" She felt something wrapping itself around her; it felt like small vines. "What's going on…?"

It seemed like only ten minutes had passed before she heard gasps and a group of girls talking. As they walked closer, she could hear one of the girls say, "What happened to all these people…?"

Another girl made her own comment, saying, "I can't believe what I'm seeing!"

She sensed one of the girls kneel down next to her, and this time, heard a male voice speak up, "Their energy's been stolen!" The was a collective of gasps; another voice spoke up,

"Are you sure?"

A fourth voice said, "Sailors, be alert!"

"I'm sure the culprit is gone by now," said the first voice. "Probably to find more victims."

"Or plan the next attack," said the male voice.

Something inside of her was wanting to lash out at the girl; she couldn't understand why. She wasn't wanting to, but her body was acting on it's own. Her eyes opened, but she still couldn't see anything; she grabbed the girl's leg, hearing her scream as she kicked her in the face and said, "Let me go!"

The brown-haired girl fell unconscious, not even hearing anything around her.

What felt like hours later, she regained consciousness somewhat. Glass breaking and girls screaming in pain was the first thing she heard. "Jupiter!" She wanted to open her eyes, but they felt so heavy…

A different male voice than the one from earlier spoke up, "I'll make sure I'll kill you for deceiving Mamoru!" But nothing happened. She finally opened her eyes just a little, which was all that what little of her strength would allow her to do.

At first, everything was blurry, but as her eyes began focusing, she could see two men, two cats, and five girls. Every one of them were dressed weird. "Are they…the Sailor Soldiers…? But who's the man in the tuxedo? And that strange man that looks like an elf…?" She noticed that the reason the attacker hadn't done anything was because a red rose had been thrown at him. The elf-looking man stood up straight and looked up at the man who wore the tuxedo, who was standing on top of a street lamp.

"Nothing good will ever grow in a garden full of darkness, Fiore." The man in the tuxedo said.

"Tuxedo Mask!" Called out the girl with long blonde hair that was tied up in odangos.

"So that's his name…He sounds like a super-hero…"

Her eyes traveled to Fiore, who was staring at the rose. "A red rose…" He looked up at Tuxedo Mask, "Mamoru! So you didn't forget our friendship after all!"

Tuxedo Mask jumped to the ground, seeming unafraid of smashing into the asphalt and dying. "Fiore, why are you doing this? If you believe that our friendship is true, then believe in Sailor Moon and the people on her planet.

"Fiore is a pretty name…" She watched as Tuxedo Mask walked over to Fiore. It seemed that Fiore thought that Tuxedo Mask didn't want him as a friend anymore, and that he wanted Sailor Moon as his friend instead. "People can have more than one friend…Doesn't Fiore know this?"

A cold, evil laugh could be heard, but she didn't know where it was coming from. It didn't seem like the others were making that laugh. She scrunched her eyes to see Fiore better; something was happening to him. His eyes had begun flashing red!

Tuxedo Mask gasped as Fiore jumped, a sword forming in his hands. "This girl is tricking you, Mamoru!"

Tuxedo Mask yelled, "Sailor Moon, run!" But Sailor Moon seemed too afraid to even move. She watched in amazement as the two cats, a black one and a white one, knocked Sailor Moon to the ground just as Tuxedo Mask jumped in front of her, produced a staff of some sort, and held off Fiore. "Fiore, STOP!"

"WHY SHOULD I?!"

"The reason Earth is so appealing to you is because the Sailor Soldiers drive out the negative forces!"

"We ARE the negative forces!"

"Why is Fiore like this…? Has he always been alone…? Why is it that he wants Tuxedo Mask to only have HIM as a friend? Why does he not want him to have any other friends? Is he afraid that once Tuxedo Mask gains new friends, he'll be forgotten and alone…?" She watched as Fiore pushed Tuxedo Mask away, and then, to her astonishment, grew his red nails (claws?) to the point that they were thick and sharp. He was aiming them at Sailor Moon, but Tuxedo Mask jumped in front of her, the nails piercing through him.

"Mamoru!" Tuxedo Mask staggered before falling to the ground, Sailor Moon jumping up to grab him before he hit the asphalt. She heard Sailor Moon talking to Tuxedo Mask, but she couldn't hear her that well, since it seemed she was talking pretty low. She felt sorry for Sailor Moon, as she watched her cry.

"I can't lose him…he's the only friend I've ever had…" Her eyes were now completely open as she turned them to look at Fiore, who was staring at Tuxedo Mask; he seemed to be in shock of what he just did. His eyes flashed red for a second and Tuxedo Mask disappeared from Sailor Moon's arms and reappeared in Fiore's arms.

Sailor Moon jumped up, "Give him back!"

"Sailor Moon!"

"Did…that black cat just speak…?"

Fiore flew higher into the sky, watching Sailor Moon as she yelled, "Give him BACK!" Fiore disappeared, "No…this can't be…!" She fell to her knees and started crying.

"Don't worry, Sailor Moon. I know Fiore won't hurt him. He just seems to be afraid of being alone and forgotten again. Like me."

She snapped her violet eyes open to a buzzing noise that was emitting from her small alarm clock. "I was lucky when I found that thing not too long after that event…" She had been walking home from school about a week after that fight between the Sailor Soldiers and Fiore when she noticed an alarm clock sitting on a piled of trash. She had taken it home and fixed it (it just needed a new plug).

The girl, who's name was Flora Takahashi, pulled on her hand-me-down highschool uniform; her adopted older sister had worn it until she was out of highschool, and then she passed it down to Flora.

After putting her hair in two strange pigtails and parting her bangs, she quietly left the house; she wanted to be as quiet as possible so she could avoid a beating. As she closed the front door, she noticed the bruises on her wrists. She knew she had bruises all over her body, including her neck, but her clothes hid almost all of them. It was the reason she wore tights under her skirt, even during the summer. Most people thought she was weird for doing that, and weird in other ways, so they always avoided her.

Except Usagi.

Usagi was a sweet girl and would talk to her in class whenever they were forced to pair up on a project. Flora normally did all the work, but it was nice that someone wanted to talk to her for a change.

As she left the property, she felt something weird. Turning to look above her, she saw a person falling, or maybe landing, to the ground. He landed about ten feet away and took in his surroundings, that was when he noticed her. His long teal hair, with pink strips in his bangs, cascaded beautifully down his back; he was wearing what seemed to be a full-body navy blue suit with some kind of vest of the same color. She noticed his sharp red claws. Her eyes widened in recognition, "Isn't that…Fiore…?"

The end of Episode 1

Ending theme: Maboroshi no Ginzuishou

Preview of the next episode:

"Who is this guy?! This isn't the Fiore I remember from that time! He seems so rude and cold toward me! I haven't done anything to him! AAAH! And strange glass demons are attacking me! And what's with these strange Sailor Solders?! There's one with Fox ears and one that reminds me of a frog! What's going on here?!"

Next Episode: "Attack of the Mirror Paredri! Flora's Life-Changing Transformation"