Gratuitous Disclaimer:
Sailor Moon and its characters therein are not my property. The concept and
characterization of the Satellite Soldiers is of my own research and
imagination.
Author's note: This story came to my mind through a few different channels. One, Sailor Jupiter is my favorite Sailor Scout, and so I started to look up info on her actual planet. (Mostly because I missed the Jupiter section of my Astronomy class!! Oh well!) Lo and behold, I learned that Jupiter has a decent number of satellites, but four stood out because of their size and strange features. I thought of these satellites as guardians of Jupiter (Hey, Sailor Moon defends Earth, doesn't she?) so then the idea sprouted: Maybe the other Scouts (Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury) had their own guardians BEFORE they were Sailor Scouts. And I'm not talking male soldiers, but a form of Sailor Scout. Thus I started to study a little bit of the Greek mythology as well as astronomy surrounding Jupiter and its satellites to come up with the characters, their personalities (somewhat!) and powers.
The Satellite Soldiers By Sailor_Io
Prologue: There are separate stories to be told, before the Silver Millennium. At its dawn, each planet had its own set of protectors. Their purpose: to protect their planets, its people and last but not least, protect their planet's princess. Some planets had simple knights, but for Jupiter, it was protected by the satellites, mainly the planets' largest four. These protectors, Sailors Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, protected their ruling planet like no other. This is their story.
Jupiter Princess Lita ran through her mother's garden, her sugar pink dress billowing around her. She was trying to chase down her good friend, the Princess of the Moon, Serena.
"Nyah, nyah, can't get me!" Serena giggled as she hid behind the tallest oak tree in the garden. "I made it to the base!"
"Ugh!" Lita grunted, sticking her tongue out. She giggled and shook her head. "You're quick, Serena."
Serena nodded and ran back to her taller friend. "So are you!"
"Say.what did our parents haveta talk about? Do you know?"
Serena closed her blue eyes and frowned. "I'm not really sure.Momma just said that it was important." She smiled. "Maybe it's about you coming over for a sleep over!"
Lita laughed. "I don't think they'd call that important!"
The Princesses laughed and ran hand-in-hand to the flower-bed to make crowns out of the lilies.
Meanwhile, the Queen of the Moon and the King of Jupiter met in private in the Oak Chamber. Its windows overlooked the palace's spacious garden. "King Edward.I have sensed an evil presence near Jupiter for the past few weeks," Queen Serenity said as she watched the Princesses play.
The King of Jupiter closed his brown eyes and nodded. He lifted his head. "I know. Do you know what it is?"
"I am not completely sure. All I know is that it is a dark power that threatens your planet. I have talked with the Priestess of Time about this power."
"Sailor Pluto?" the King gasped. Not many had the privilege to talk to the Scout of Time.
"Yes. She would not tell me what the power was, but that you should seek out the Satellite Soldiers immediately."
"The Satellite Soldiers." The King thought back to his own childhood. When he was about Princess Lita's age, his father, King Reginald, told him about the Satellite Soldiers.
"If we are ever in a crisis, we must look to them. Four soldiers from Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Io." His father had said.
"But.how will we find them, Father?" Edward asked.
"Call for the brave of heart, and they will come. They will represent each of your four major satellites.and just like their satellites, they will be different, but they will work together for a single goal: peace."
King Edward shook himself out of his memory. "I understand. I will contact each satellites' leaders to send its best and brightest to our Regent Training Facility. There we can observe them, and then, after we've located the four soldiers, train them for the coming darkness."
Author's note: This story came to my mind through a few different channels. One, Sailor Jupiter is my favorite Sailor Scout, and so I started to look up info on her actual planet. (Mostly because I missed the Jupiter section of my Astronomy class!! Oh well!) Lo and behold, I learned that Jupiter has a decent number of satellites, but four stood out because of their size and strange features. I thought of these satellites as guardians of Jupiter (Hey, Sailor Moon defends Earth, doesn't she?) so then the idea sprouted: Maybe the other Scouts (Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Mercury) had their own guardians BEFORE they were Sailor Scouts. And I'm not talking male soldiers, but a form of Sailor Scout. Thus I started to study a little bit of the Greek mythology as well as astronomy surrounding Jupiter and its satellites to come up with the characters, their personalities (somewhat!) and powers.
The Satellite Soldiers By Sailor_Io
Prologue: There are separate stories to be told, before the Silver Millennium. At its dawn, each planet had its own set of protectors. Their purpose: to protect their planets, its people and last but not least, protect their planet's princess. Some planets had simple knights, but for Jupiter, it was protected by the satellites, mainly the planets' largest four. These protectors, Sailors Io, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, protected their ruling planet like no other. This is their story.
Jupiter Princess Lita ran through her mother's garden, her sugar pink dress billowing around her. She was trying to chase down her good friend, the Princess of the Moon, Serena.
"Nyah, nyah, can't get me!" Serena giggled as she hid behind the tallest oak tree in the garden. "I made it to the base!"
"Ugh!" Lita grunted, sticking her tongue out. She giggled and shook her head. "You're quick, Serena."
Serena nodded and ran back to her taller friend. "So are you!"
"Say.what did our parents haveta talk about? Do you know?"
Serena closed her blue eyes and frowned. "I'm not really sure.Momma just said that it was important." She smiled. "Maybe it's about you coming over for a sleep over!"
Lita laughed. "I don't think they'd call that important!"
The Princesses laughed and ran hand-in-hand to the flower-bed to make crowns out of the lilies.
Meanwhile, the Queen of the Moon and the King of Jupiter met in private in the Oak Chamber. Its windows overlooked the palace's spacious garden. "King Edward.I have sensed an evil presence near Jupiter for the past few weeks," Queen Serenity said as she watched the Princesses play.
The King of Jupiter closed his brown eyes and nodded. He lifted his head. "I know. Do you know what it is?"
"I am not completely sure. All I know is that it is a dark power that threatens your planet. I have talked with the Priestess of Time about this power."
"Sailor Pluto?" the King gasped. Not many had the privilege to talk to the Scout of Time.
"Yes. She would not tell me what the power was, but that you should seek out the Satellite Soldiers immediately."
"The Satellite Soldiers." The King thought back to his own childhood. When he was about Princess Lita's age, his father, King Reginald, told him about the Satellite Soldiers.
"If we are ever in a crisis, we must look to them. Four soldiers from Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Io." His father had said.
"But.how will we find them, Father?" Edward asked.
"Call for the brave of heart, and they will come. They will represent each of your four major satellites.and just like their satellites, they will be different, but they will work together for a single goal: peace."
King Edward shook himself out of his memory. "I understand. I will contact each satellites' leaders to send its best and brightest to our Regent Training Facility. There we can observe them, and then, after we've located the four soldiers, train them for the coming darkness."