Royally Spoiled

Rini Tsukino shoved the rest of the ham and cheese sandwich into her mouth. Dianna scowled as the princess shoved the sandwich in her mouth.

"That is quite un-lady like,"

"You're not my mother," Rini groaned and swallowed.

"I hope this angst attitude is just apart of turning ten," Dianna mentioned.

"Shove it," Rini told her guardian and slipped out of the chair and quickly out the front door. She didn't bother telling anyone where she was going or that she was going out. Dianna was just about to follow her when her own mother came into the Living Quarters.

"What has gotten into Rini?" Luna asked, nudging her daughter with her nose.

"I have a feeling she's spending too much time reminiscing and not focusing on her homework," Dianna explained. "She snuck out of the palace the other day. She wanted to talk to Setsuna, but couldn't find her. She accidentally saw Hotaru,"

"Did she speak to her?" Luna asked worried.

"I don't think it would've mattered if she did. Hotaru didn't have the slightest clue as to who Rini was. Rini didn't speak to her though. Hotaru just saw her and then went on her business with her two kids. I think this upset Rini more than anything else that Hotaru did not recognize her," Dianna explained. "See they were friends when Rini went back to get her Sailor Scout training, but now Hotaru is older and has her own family and doesn't really remember Rini,"

"I understand," Luna replied.

Artemis came up from behind Luna, looking gloomy. "I miss Minako. She decided that it'd be best if I just came back to the palace. That hurt a lot, but she didn't want Taylor to know of her past and it was the only way,"

"Aw daddy, you've got me and mom. And I heard I have some siblings on the way?"

"Yes you do sweetie," Luna smiled.

"Sweet!"

"Congratulations," Artemis rubbed his body against Luna's.

"Congratulations to you too," Luna smirked. "You helped."

"Do you think I'll ever find my soul mate?" Dianna asked suddenly.

Luna nearly choked, "Sweetie, you're way too young to think about that stuff."

"I know, but I want to have children someday. Hotaru seemed to be extremely happy to have children. And-"

"Dianna, giving birth and raising children isn't as easy as everyone makes it seem. It has its downsides," Artemis explained. "Children are a blessing, but you're too young to be thinking about finding your soul kitty and having babies."

Dianna felt as though she was turning bright pink, but couldn't tell because of her fur. She had to quickly change the subject. "Mamma, how many brothers and sisters am I going to have?"

"Well, I'm not sure if they're boys or girls yet darling, but possibly three."

"Are they going to stay in our Chambers forever?" Dianna asked. "Or are we giving them to the other girls?"

"We haven't decided yet," Luna explained.

"Oh okay. Do you know where the King and Queen are?" Dianna asked.

"You sure do have a lot of questions this afternoon," Artemis pointed out.

Dianna chuckled, "Sorry dad."

"We're right here," Serenity said coming into the Living Quarters, holding a younger child. King Endymion appeared from behind her, also holding a younger child. They were the King and Queen's four-year-old twins.

"Well. Hello Hailey and Mamoru," Dianna greeted. Hailey was dressed in her evening gown and had her hair pulled back into one hair tie. Mamoru was dressed in his black tuxedo with a green undershirt, his hair was sleeked back with gel. Neo-Queen Serenity was wearing her silver gown, while Endymion wore is black tux with a purple shirt.

"Is there a party tonight?" Luna asked, feeling very uninformed.

"Actually, we have to make a formal appearance tonight in Tokyo. They want to get pictures of the children. Have you seen Rini?" Serenity asked, adjusting Hailey in her arms.

"She walked out of the house about fifteen minutes ago," Artemis explained. "The girl has gone astray and has a very ugly attitude."

"We'll go and talk to her," King Endymion replied and then looked at his wife. She nodded her head and the two of them went to the door. Endymion opened it and let Serenity go out first. He then followed after her, shutting the door. They headed toward

the stables.

Serenity and Endymion entered into the stables with their children in tow. They found their eldest daughter in the stall with her horse, Spark. She was talking softly to her and crying. Endymion was about to go in, but Serenity stopped her.

"Spark, I feel like I'm going to turn into this horrible person. I'm the King and Queen's daughter and I feel like I could get away with murder," Rini said. The horse didn't reply, she continued chewing on some hay. And Rini continued to speak, "I just want to know that there are consequences for my actions. I'm the Guardian of this planet, yet…"

"Rini dear," her mother stepped in finally. "Do you seriously think you can get away with murder?"

"You know, you choose your own ways. You don't have to be horrible if you don't want to be," Endymion spoke diligently. "We didn't punish you because you always seemed to have a level head on your shoulders, but if you feel like we need to punish you, then we'll start."

"Mom! Dad! Where'd you come from? How long have you been there? You didn't hear how I tried to go search for Setsuna, did you?"

Serenity shook her head, and Rini's face flushed pink.

"Oops."

King Endymion chuckled, "Sweetie, you know you're not supposed to go out of the palace without permission."

"I know, but you never let me go alone without parental guidance,"

"There's a reason for that, darling." Serenity explained.

"Is it so I know that Hotaru doesn't have children? Or that Michiru and Haruka ended up marrying other people…or."

"Chill." Endymion held up his hand. "We would've loved for you to be able to interact with the other children that live outside the palace, but they were the ones that asked to be left alone. They don't want their children to know of their own pasts. Just as Ami and Rei don't want their daughters to know."

"But keeping them apart is a stupid and lame idea. If we all hang out and such how could that possibly bring up the past? Won't they ask more questions when they find out?" the princess asked, feeling a rise of anger build up inside of her. "They'll eventually figure it out."

"Rini sweetie, we're only doing as they asked. It's been very hard for me. I don't want to live like this, but they believe that if they live outside the palace walls that everything will just disappear," Serenity explained.

"Well, I hate it. And nobody seems to know where Setsuna has gone and she was supposed to always be there for us," Rini argued.

King Endymion sighed and set his son down on the ground. "Don't get dirty now," Mamoru nodded and went and stood by his mother. He wrapped his arm around his mother's leg and watched the family talk. Hailey Tsukino was taking it all in, trying to remember every detail, as she found it interesting. She couldn't wait to tell Kira and Skylar.

"You should see Michiru's daughter. She is the most happiest little girl you'll ever meet. And Makoto's daughter as well. Haruka has two children and lives by herself with them,"

"You sure do know an awful lot about these children, when you know you're not supposed to be outside of the Palace," Endymion pointed out.

"I don't care. I'm Sailor Chibi Moon. What do I have to be afraid of?" Rini asked. "And I find it funny if everyone just thinks their pasts are going to disappear. There's no way. Don't you see, everyone has a daughter, it's going to happen again. One day we're going to be a team again and you'll see how wrong it was to let everyone go their separate ways."

"Rini, I don't think it's a good idea to speak about this sort of thing in front of your brother and sister," Endymion tried to calm her down. He was slightly worried about his younger children. He didn't want them to know either…

"They're four-years-old, who believes what a four-year-old says anyway?" Rini pointed out.

"I know you're very upset, but can't we talk about this some place else?" Endymion asked.

"No, I want to talk about it now. If we wait any longer, we'll never talk again. I just want answers and nobody seems able to give them to me," Rini said, nearly screaming, as tears were falling down her face.

"I want answers too," Serenity spoke. "But I'm afraid the only one's that have the answers are them, themselves and not us. I would love to get to know the other children, but for now we have to live like this. Yes, it's awful, I agree. But it was their choice, not mine. Their duties were to protect me, while evil lurked around, and now that evil has been defeated they can live out their lives and dreams."

"But mom…as long as we are still here, evil will always lurk, it may just be that it's dormant for now. It'll come back and when it does, we won't be ready," Rini sniffled.

"I know this is hard for you, but you are just going to accept it as it is," Serenity said, a tear fell down her own face. She moved over toward her daughter. She passed Hailey off to Endymion and took her eldest daughter into her arms.

"I'm sorry and I know it must hurt. It hurts me everyday that I can't be with my friends or with their children. I had always dreamt of us always being together, but for now, until something else tragic brings us together, we're going to have to live separate lives." Serenity was now crying uncontrollably. Rini just nodded, she couldn't talk anymore, as it hurt too much to say anything now. Part of her wished she hadn't of stepped outside the palace walls and found everything out, but then…if she hadn't of gone to the past she wouldn't have known to began with.

King Endymion glanced down at his watch, "We're going to be late for the appearance,"

Neo-Queen Serenity laughed, "Some things never change."

"We have an appearance today?" Rini asked, brushing off her tears.

King Endymion nodded. And Rini let out a blood curdling scream.

"I'm not ready!"

"It's fine, Rini. You look dashing," her mother replied. "We don't always have to dress up for appearances. In fact, I don't know why we do. We're just like any other family out there."

"It makes our pictures look more professional." Rini inquired.

"You'll be fine. Now come on. We have an appearance to make." Neo-Queen Serenity took her daughters hand and the five of them walked out together.

"By the way, you're grounded," Endymion said, speaking to his eldest daughter. "No more going out of the palace by yourself."

"Aw man!" Rini griped. She smiled and then quickly gave her father a hug and went back to holding her mother's hand. She took a deep breath, trying to ready herself for the appearance, but knew it wouldn't help. She just wasn't ready.

Authors Note: I'm going to continue with posting One Shots in Royally Spoiled. The next one will either be about the Mars family or the Mercury family. Some of the One Shots will be funny and some of them may or may not be serious. Depends on what I feel like writing about and if I'm inspired or not. You can give me ideas too, as you begin to learn about the characters. These One Shots are only for the children living inside of the palace.