Been looking forward to writing this for a long time. I hope you like it! I know not many people like OCs but I rather enjoy them when done well. I hope that I've done this one well. Make sure to review, even if to say that this chapter was crap :)
It was a warm day, but that was how Terra liked it. The sun was shining and she was thinking of tanning later. As usual she had her headphones in listening to pop music while playing Zelda on her Nintendo DS. She walked the same way from school to home that she always did.
Halfway home she had the feeling like someone was following her. She stopped and suddenly turned around to see an empty street. She shrugged and went back to her game. She had beaten the game more times than she could count, but it held a bit of nostalgia for her so she played it again and again.
She turned the corner to her house when Terra once again felt like she was being followed. But when she turned around again the street was free of anyone. It made Terra question her abilities to observe what was around her.
Ignoring the feeling yet again she walked into her house. "I'm home mom!" She called into the house. There was some banging in the kitchen area before her mother came out with a bright smile.
"Welcome home sweetie. How was school? Did you meet any cute boys there?" Her mother looked nothing like her. Terra's hair was a dirty blonde that she kept in a ponytail that nearly matched her skin tone, her mother had long red hair and had a fair complexion.
Terra rolled her eyes. "Yeah, mom. Tons of guys asked me out today." Sarcasm dripped from her words like honey. "Then I won the lottery and they made me President of the United States." She threw her backpack on the couch and slumped next to it.
"You scoff now, but one day there will be a boy that sparks your interest." Terra rolled her eyes again and continued to play her game as her mother went back to the kitchen to cook. They only got a little time to spend time together. Her mother worked two jobs. In the day time she was Waitress Matilda, but at night she was Moxy at a strip club. Terra had never been ashamed of her mothers work. However it did make her think differently about people.
When Terra was little and Matilda couldn't find a sitter she had taken Terra to the strip club many times. She got to sit with the girls and gotten to hear all their stories. Like how this one was beaten, how this one had an abusive boyfriend, how this one needed to pay for college. She had heard it all. When she asked her mother why she stripped she simply stated, "We need the money, and they pay well."
It was a good thing her mother looked so young even though she was 32. They lived well enough, but if her mom lost her job as a striper they would need to cut back a little. Terra had offered to get a job to help pay for things but her mother forbade her from doing that. "You're young. Be young while you can. Leave the adult things to me."
Her mom only said that because Terra took away her childhood. Her mother would never admit it, but it was true. She had had Terra when she was 16, the same age Terra was now. It didn't seem fair to Terra, but her mother never complained and never made her feel like she was a burden.
Really between jobs they only had time to eat dinner together. "Dinner's done!" Terra paused her game and went to the table. They were having some kind of chicken casserole that looked like it was going to suck you in. It actually tasted pretty good. After a few words of farewell her mother was off.
Terra cleaned up the table, put the plates in the machine to wash and put away the un eaten food. She made her way to the couch to do her homework. At least she was going to, but there was a strange animal sitting on her coffee table. It looked like a cross between a rabbit and a cat. It had long white fur and a long fluffy tail, but it's ears were the size of a rabbits and had blue at the tips. "Hello little guy." Terra said timidly. "How did you get in here?"
"Well the window was fairly easy to open." The creature spoke in a voice like silk. Terra nearly fell backwards but caught herself on the back of the couch.
"Y-You can talk?" Terra asked timidly.
The animal licked itself then looked up. "Yes, fluently. I can speak many languages as it were." The animal licked it's paw. "Please come out from behind the couch. I have some rather urgent business to talk to you about."
Still in shock Terra used the couch to maneuver to the other side and flop down in the middle. "First off I'll introduce myself." She gave a nod that could have been a bow. "My name is Star Dust. I come from the kingdom on the moon."
"There's no kingdom on the moon!" Terra rudely interrupted. "If there was NASA would know about it."
This didn't seem to upset the cat ... bunny ... thing. It's ear just twitched. "They do not see it because we do not wish them to see it." She cleared her throat. "Now if I could continue." She suddenly looked and sounded very serious. "There is a threat to the Universe, her name is Black Nova. She's trying to take over the planet, and she's going to start with Earth."
Terra was at the edge of her seat. "That's awful! But why tell me?"
Star Dust's ears twitched again. "The only people who can stop her are the Scouts and the Heroes. There is a Scout or Hero for each planet and moon. And you, Terra Price, are the Princess of the Earth. The Scout of Earth." She bowed to Terra, one paw out in respect.
All this information was buzzing though Terra's head. Bad person trying to take over, only people who can save them are Sailors and Heroes, she's one of them. "That can't be right!" Terra said backing away from Star Dust. "I can't be a Princess of Earth! Or a Scout! I'm just a normal teen with normal teen problems. There has to be someone more qualified than me?!"
Tilting her head to the side Star Dust said, "Qualified? You are qualified enough. What you don't know you'll learn." There was a pause. "Here maybe this will help." Star Dust stood up and spun her fluffy tail really fast. Out popped a necklace with a green symbol of the Earth. "Up it on and say 'Earth Power'." Terra was about to say it when she added. "It might tingle a bit."
Taking a gulp of air Terra put on the necklace. "Earth Power." There was a burst of light all around her and air that seemed to come from nowhere. Just as it had come it was gone. It had indeed tingled. Terra looked down to see that she was in a totally different outfit, and one she would never chose herself.
It was white with a dark green skirt and sailor cloth. She had a choker which was a lighter green that matched her boots that had a dark green design on it. There was a yellow bow on her chest and also one on her butt. She felt something on her head as well. She removed it to find a golden circlet with an emerald gem in the middle.
"So?" Star Dust asked expectantly.
Terra pouted. "The skirt's too short."
"Well get used to it because the others are coming and will be here within days." Star Dust said looking out the window.
Stopping trying to pull down the skirt more Terra asked, "Others? As in more people are coming?"
"Yes." Star Dust confirmed. "A Sailor or a Hero from every planet including Earth's Moon." Terra looked even more uncomfortable. She looked like she was going to be sick. "Are you alright my dear?"
"I ... I don't ..." Terra took a deep breath. "I don't get along well with other people."
Star Dust stared at her. "Well you should start getting used to it, because Mercury has just landed on Earth."
