Chapter 1: Sailor Moon
In Littleroot City, Destiny McTwinkle was working in her garden. She was working slowly and methodically, and did not notice that her sister Cinnamon was out in the yard too.
"Guess what I just learned, Destiny! Neo-Queen Serenity from Japan came here! To our city!" Cinnamon exclaimed happily. She spoke with a Scottish accent that was shared by Destiny and the rest of the McTwinkle family, since they were recent immigrants from Scotland. Destiny stopped digging, surprised at the news.
"Do you know why she came here?" Destiny asked. She didn't pay that much attention to world events, but she did understand that if the Queen of Japan was visiting, it would have to be for a very important reason.
"The rumor is that she's looking for new Sailor Senshi here, and that the other Sailor Senshi came with her. Even if I don't get to meet her, since she's royalty, I would at least like to meet one of the other Sailor Senshi. I think it would be so interesting to talk to them and maybe even make some international friends! I could learn a lot about Japan from them, and I bet I could teach them things too," Cinnamon said.
"That does sound like something you would enjoy very much," Destiny agreed. She didn't think that she would personally have the courage to actively try to go meet with royalty, let alone with someone who spoke a different language from her. Just then, the girls' mother, Summer, came outside. She ran towards her daughters excitedly, her long blue hair blowing behind her.
"She's HERE! Neo-Queen Serenity is in front of our own house!" Summer burst out happily. "And I think she wanted to talk to one of you, so you both should come meet her!"
"Like this? Shouldn't I at least wash my hands and clean up first? I don't want to keep Her Highness waiting, though," Destiny said, since her hands and clothes were dirty from digging in the garden.
"Aye, you can go do that and Cinnamon and I can greet Her Highness first," Summer said. The three of them left the yard, Destiny going into the house while Summer and Cinnamon went around to the front to greet Neo-Queen Serenity. After washing up, Destiny went to her room and changed her gardening clothes to a pink dress that would at least be a little more suitable for meeting royalty. When she was finally ready, she found that Neo-Queen Serenity was in the dining room, talking to Cinnamon and Summer with the assistance of a blue-haired woman who seemed to be the Queen's translator. Destiny stopped in the doorway, nervous about greeting her but she also didn't want to run away if the Queen of Japan truly wanted to meet her. Neo-Queen Serenity said something in Japanese that sounded excited when she saw Destiny, and then the blue-haired woman translated.
"Neo-Queen Serenity is glad to meet you, young lady. I think you are very likely to be the person she is searching for," said the translator, Ami Mizuno, who still spoke with an obvious Japanese accent.
"I am honored, your Highness," Destiny said quietly, doing a formal curtsey with the skirt of her dress.
"She thinks you might be a Sailor Senshi. That's what we were told before you came in," Cinnamon clarified, "She's here to look for new Sailor Senshi who she says are in this city."
"But why choose me, Your Highness? Why not someone who is better at fighting?" Destiny asked.
"Maybe she's looking for something else in a Sailor Senshi. You're pretty good at gardening, maybe she's going to give you Senshi powers that use plants to attack," Cinnamon suggested. Neo-Queen Serenity turned to Ami for help, and the two of them conversed a bit in Japanese before Ami spoke in English again.
"You have the special aura of a Sailor Senshi, Miss Destiny McTwinkle. That is how we can tell that you have the ability to become one. Diana, could you please give this new Senshi her transformation brooch?" Ami asked, speaking to a gray cat who was sitting by the Queen's feet.
"Yes! This is for you, the new Sailor Moon!" Diana exclaimed, and then the crescent moon on her forehead glowed. Neo-Queen Serenity knelt down and pressed a finger to the crescent moon, the glow growing to cover the Queen's finger. In another flash of light, a golden circular brooch appeared on the floor in front of Diana's feet. She nudged it towards Destiny, who knelt down, feeling drawn to it.
"May I please ask a question, Your Highness?" Summer requested, a worried tone in her voice.
"Of course you may. Neo-Queen Serenity and I understand that this would be very new to you, as there have never been Sailor Senshi in America until now," Ami said.
"Does this mean that Destiny has to fight monsters now?" Summer asked, "Is someone going to be attacking our city and is that why there need to be Sailor Senshi here?"
"I'm afraid that's exactly what it means. We are unsure about the exact nature of this enemy, although it is likely that they may have powers related to wind or music. All I know about them is from a psychic vision that Sailor Mars had recently that predicted this new enemy," Ami explained.
"She shouldn't have to fight alone! Isn't there a way that I can help her? I don't want to abandon my daughter and leave her to fight vicious monsters without doing anything myself," Summer declared.
"She won't have to fight alone. There are over 20 new Senshi who are going to join her soon, and until we pass on our powers, the other former Senshi and I can help her and her new teammates. It would be better for your daughters if you didn't try to help them fight. Since you don't have any Senshi powers, you would be an easy target that enemies could use against your daughter. The best thing you can do for Destiny is to stay out of danger when it appears, because she will still need you to be alive and safe to be a supportive parent during the times of peace," Ami said.
"But you said there are other people who will be new Senshi! What if I'm one of them too? Then I could fight alongside Destiny," Summer argued. Ami seemed uncertain how to answer that question, and she looked to Diana for help. Diana looked around the room, concentrating on each new person's aura.
"There are two people in this room who have Sailor Senshi auras. Those two people are Destiny and Cinnamon. But I don't think that Cinnamon's aura has awakened yet, and hers matches the power of a Zodiac Senshi. So, Cinnamon, you will need to wait to meet with Stella to gain the ability to become a Sailor Senshi. She is a dog who is in charge of the Zodiac Senshi," Diana explained. She then gasped, fear filling her face. "Something evil is coming! An evil aura of wind is coming!" A few seconds after she finished speaking, a strange red glow appeared near the front door. The glow then turned into a woman who had very long red hair, and she was wearing a red and white bodysuit that matched her hair color. Just like the people who had attacked in Rei's dreams, she had a pair of feathery wings on her back, and her wings were also bright red like her hair and clothing.
"Who are you and how did you just appear in our house like that?! Do you have powers like the Sailor Senshi?!" Cinnamon exclaimed in surprise, not wanting to jump to the conclusion that this new person was the "evil" that Diana had mentioned.
"My name is Aria, and I would rather you not compare me to those ground-bound weaklings," the woman said coldly as she took what looked like a deflated red balloon out of a pocket on her bodysuit. She pointed the opening of the balloon at Cinnamon, who suddenly felt very tired as a red glowing light covered her body and then was sucked into the balloon, slowly inflating it. Destiny stared in shock, horrified and then angry at this strange woman who dared to come in to her house and harm one of her beloved older sisters. Words came to her mind, words that would enable her to rescue her sister who had collapsed on the floor.
"Moon Twinkle Power, Make Up!" she called, clutching her new golden brooch in her hand. Lights swirled around her and her pink party dress turned into a much shorter dress with a white bodice, a blue sailor collar and skirt, and red bows and tall red boots on her feet. To complete the outfit, she had a golden tiara on her forehead and white gloves with red trim. This was the uniform of the newly awakened Crystal Sailor Moon.
"So you have some powers. If you can't fly, then you're wasting your time. Bow to the power of the air and the power of music!" Aria bragged as a giant red music note appeared in her hands.
"Leave my daughters alone!" Summer shouted, and she jumped in front of Crystal Sailor Moon just as Aria let the music note fly. The music note struck her, and she cried out in pain as it knocked her down.
"Even though I can't fly, I will still try my best to protect my family! Moon Tiara Action!" Crystal Sailor Moon called. She touched the tiara on her head and turned it into a glowing golden disk, which she then threw at Aria. Aria tried to fly out of the way, but Sailor Moon's attack still hit her hand, causing her to drop the balloon that held Cinnamon's energy. The balloon hadn't been closed, and thus the energy was released and it flew back into Cinnamon's body, waking her up.
"I'm going to have to tell the others about you. This place isn't good for flying in anyway," Aria sighed before she teleported away, leaving in a flash of red light.
"Mum! Are you hurt?! Do I need to call the doctor?!" Crystal Sailor Moon exclaimed, immediately turning to see how Summer was doing now that the battle was over.
"I can examine her, I am usually a doctor, not a translator. I apologize that I did not step in to help, but I wanted to give you a chance to prove yourself. I do promise that until all of us pass on our powers, the other former Sailor Senshi and I will be able to help you if you need it," said Ami.
"Thank you. It hurts where that woman hit me with that music note, but I don't feel like anything is broken. But it would be good if you could tell for certain," Summer replied, "Now I know why you told me to not try to fight the enemies of you Sailor Senshi. I don't have any powers myself, so I would just be someone they would have to protect."
"There are still things that you will be able to do for your daughters that don't require you to try to fight monsters. I'm sure they will need your loving support, because this is only the beginning. There will be more Sailor Senshi joining soon as well, and they will hopefully become a strong team just like the other former Senshi and I are," Ami said.