Pride and Pandemonium
(Firefly-shy, with help from A.C.)
This story came about as a dare by A.C. that I couldn't come up with a 'unique' twist on the Sailor Moon cast/Regency novel theme, since I'm a big Regency, Romanticism fan. So hopefully this little bit of insanity will prove him wrong. I'll make a character list at the end of the chapter, but I hope it will be clear enough who is whom without it (also there's a bit of age discrepancy, but just go with it). I hope it entertains you.
Disclaimer: The characters and plots of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey belong to Jane Austen. Sailor Moon and all things affiliated with such do not belong to me either.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a student reads too much Austen literature for school, she invariably becomes saturated with weird ideas.
Or at least, that was what Hotaru thought.
Having at last gotten through her ten page paper on Jane Austen for her English Literature class, she had come to the conclusion that the six books resting on her bedroom desk would be better used as paper weights than as reading fodder.
Rubbing her blearied eyes the teenager scanned her room for her clock, gazing stupidly at the red lights flashing '3:00 A.M.'
Hotaru sighed. It wasn't unusual for her to stay up late finishing school work, but she hated having to stay up this late - it took a toll on her personality the following day. And tomorrow was a very important day - tomorrow was Usagi and Mamoru's wedding day, and she was the flower girl.
All the Senshi were involved in the wedding, and their respective fiances too, of course. Mina, Ami, Rei and Makoto were serving as bridesmaids while Kunzite, Nephrite, Jadeite and Zoisite were the grooms. Motoki had been chosen as Mamoru's best man, and Setsuna-mama was Usagi's maid of honor. Haruka-papa and Michiru-mama were providing the music - which promised to be the highlight of the event, besides Usagi, of course.
As much as she loved Usagi, and that was a great deal, Hotaru really wasn't looking forward to having to walk down the isle and stand in front of so many people. Especially when she privately felt too old to be a flower girl. But Usagi had insisted and Hotaru couldn't resist her princess's, soon to be Queen's, big blue eyes.
But if she didn't get any sleep soon, Hotaru reflected, she wouldn't be fit to do anything, let alone a wedding.
With a yawn she shifted her books to her school satchel and put away her paper. Even though it was a holiday tomorrow, she was still required to turn the paper in (a task she privately considered just plain mean on her teacher's behalf.)
She snuggled under the warm sheets of her bed and plumped her pillow a few times, wriggling as far into the mat and blankets as she could. Then she reached over to turn out the lights.
The last thing she recalled as she entered sleep was the sound of the wind blowing the tree limbs gently against the window of her room.
A.N. To help make the next chapters understandable, but not a necessary read:
If you aren't very familiar with the books, this might be a bit confusing, but I think you'll be able to follow along without too much trouble. And yes, they are mixed up for a reason.
Character Listing:
Mr. Darcy - Mamoru Chiba
Jane Bennett - Michiru Kaioh
Lydia Bennett - Chibi Usa
Mr. Bingley - Zoisite
Elizabeth Bennett - Rei Hino
Mr. Wickam - Haruka Tenoh
Mr. Willoughby - Seiya
Marianne Dashwood - Usagi Tsukino
Col. Brandon - Kunzite
Elinor Dashwood - Setsuna Meioh
Emma Woodhouse - Minako Aino
Mr. Knightley - Jadeite
Anne Eliot - Ami Mizuno
Captain Wentworth - Nephrite
Catherine Morland - Makoto Kino
Henry Tilney - Motoki