Setting: Crystal Tokyo, Rini is just a young child, she has never heard of Sailor Moon before.

Hi everybody, this is my first fic, hope you like it. I would appreciate any reviews, even flames. If I'm doing anything wrong, I want to know so that I can fix it. Thanks for reading.

Ashley

The Seeds of Hope

Summary: Rini wakes up from a bad dream, and can't go back to sleep, so Darien tells her some stories.

"Daddy!!! Help me!!"

Darien heard Rini calling and ran quickly to her bedroom. "What's wrong? Are you

alright?"

"Oh Daddy" she said as she buried her head in his chest, "I'm scared. The monster was chasing me and trying to get me!"

"Oh honey buns, it was just a bad dream. Do you want something to drink? It might help you fall back asleep."

"No thank you. Daddy," she asked hesitantly, "will you tell me a story, please?"

Darien sighed, he was tired, but he wanted to help her get back to sleep. "Okay honey buns, but it has to be short. Do you have any ideas of what you want to hear? Sleeping Beauty, Snow White?"

"No, tell me something I've never heard before. I'm tired of those stories."

"Okay, well, have I ever told you about the heroine Sailor Moon?"

"No, who was she Daddy?"

"Well, once upon a time, not long ago, there was a girl. She wasn't yet a woman, but she wasn't a little girl. Her name was Serena. She wasn't your average girl. She had a kind heart, and the craziest hair in all of Tokyo. It was up in two balls on top of her head. To tell the truth, her hair took on the form or meatballs." Rini thought that that was funny since her mom had hair like that. "Well, one day she was running to school, she was late so she had to hurry, but she saw a poor cat that some boys were being mean to. So she went to help the cat. She scared off the little boys, and removed the band-aid they put on her head.

"Once she removed the band-aids, she noticed that the cat had a crescent shaped bald spot, but she didn't think about it since she was late for school. However, that was not the last she saw of that cat. That night, the cat somehow was able to jump in through her window. Serena became so scared of this cat that she hid behind her bed, as if it could offer her protection from this cat." Rini started to giggle. Darien was giggling with her at the thought of Serena, his now brave wife, had acted as an adolescent. "But then, the last thing she expected to happen, happened. The cat talked!"

"The cat talked? How cool is that. What did the cat tell her Daddy? It was probably something important if the cat looked for her."

"You're right Rini; the cat had something very important to say. This cat first told Serena thank you for helping her, but then she gave Serena an even bigger shock. She told Serena that she was a chosen warrior, a senshi."

"Really?" Rini asked incredulously. "Does that mean that maybe one day I can be a warrior? And then maybe a good queen like Mommy?"

"Honey buns, you can be anything you want to be. You see, Serena became a warrior because she was always there for her friends, and she always had the kindest heart. To be a warrior is only part strength, the other parts are courage, and the size of the person's heart. And you, honey buns, have all three of those qualities threefold. Returning to the story though. After talking for a few minutes, Luna gave Serena a brooch, and told her that that was how to transform into Sailor Moon. All she had to do was shout 'Moon Prism Power Makeup.'

"That's so cool Daddy, I want to become a Sailor Warrior some day. Do you think I can?"

"I know you can. You just have to make sure you eat your vegetables every night at dinner, and, more importantly, have a good heart. I think that that's enough for the night though, Daddy has a big day tomorrow. Do you think you can get to sleep honey buns?"

"Yeah, I'll be okay. Do you think you can tell me more tomorrow night?"

"We'll see. Sweet dreams honey buns. I love you."

"I love you too Daddy" and with that Darien went back to his room and laid down. What he didn't know, was that he had planted the seeds for the next generation of warriors.

At that very moment though, Rini was far from sleepy. She wanted to know everything about Sailor moon. And more importantly, she wanted to find out how she could become an amazing Sailor scout. I just have to try. And with that final thought, Rini fell asleep, without having bad dreams.