AN: Hah, hah! The computer let me post Chapter Four!
Planet Names:
Suisei Mercury
Kinsei Venus
Kasei Mars
Mokusei Jupiter
Dosei Saturn
Ten'ousei Uranus
Kaiousei Neptune
Meiousei Pluto
Characters in this chapter:
High Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom
Queen Juno of Meiousei
Crown Princess Pluto of Meiousei
Princess Charon of Meiousei
Crown Princess Neptune of Kaiousei
Princess Triton of Kaiousei
Crown Princess Uranus of Ten'ousei
Princess Miranda of Ten'ousei
Crown Princess Saturn of Dosei
Princess Titan of Dosei
Queen Eris of Kasei
Crown Princess Mars of Kasei
Phobos and Deimos of Coronis
Crown Princess Venus of Kinsei
Princess Magellan of Kinsei
Crown Princess Mercury of Suisei
Princess Marina of Suisei
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CHAPTER FOUR
The First Day
The next morning, Saturn awoke to find no one lying next to her. Panicking, the Crown Princess opened her eyes to look around.
Her fear died down when she saw her sister by the window, messing with the thick drapes.
"What'cha doing?" she asked with a yawn, getting out of bed and going over to her sister.
"How d'ya make them open?" Titan asked, giving up and leaning against her beloved twin. "Maybe they won't open because they don't like me."
"Titan, they aren't not opening because they don't like you," laughed Saturn, finding the rope and pulling on it, thus letting in the dawn light. "Curtains aren't alive, so they don't have feelings or minds. See? Just pull the string, and it opens."
"So how d'ya make it close?" Titan asked from her position of safety inside her sister's embrace.
"I'm not sure," her big sister replied.
Then both their stomachs growled loudly, producing laughter.
"Wanna go get breakfast?" Saturn asked.
Titan nodded enthusiastically and followed her sister down to the breakfast hall, still holding hands.
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The twins met up with the other girls in the breakfast hall and chattered somewhat while stuffing the wonderful breakfast down their throats. Titan was nearly silent, seeming oblivious to everything but the food and her sister.
When breakfast ended and the Soldiers-in-training headed off to their classroom, Titan followed, still holding her sister's hand.
"Excuse me, miss, but you can't go in there," a reedy voice said from nearby as its owner blocked the classroom entrance.
"Why not?" Titan asked, confused.
"You are not a Sailor Soldier, nor are you going to become one," the teacher explained. Then he turned toward Saturn. "You may go in."
The elder twin did not budge.
"I said I'd stay with Titan until she feels okay alone," the girl stated stubbornly. "If she can't go in, then I'm not either."
"Princess Saturn, you need to continue your lessons."
"I'm not going anywhere without Titan."
The argument continued like this until Juno showed up, asking what the trouble was. They explained, and Juno suggested that Titan be allowed in "because it's her first day and she should be with someone she knows."
The teacher did not agree with the statement, but was in no position to contradict a Queen, and so, Titan was allowed to attend her sister's lessons.
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"Where's Titan?" Eris of Kasei asked near ten that morning. "Do any of you know where she went?"
The Guardian candidates shook their heads.
"What's she look like?" Triton of Kaiousei wondered.
"Have you seen pictures of Princess Saturn of Dosei?" Eris returned.
Everyone nodded.
"She looks exactly like that," the redheaded queen explained. "Titan and Saturn are twin sisters."
"We saw her at breakfast," volunteered Phobos, the girl from Coronis wearing red.
"Yeah," her blue-clad sister added. "She was with the other girl who looked like her." The twins laughed as though sharing a private joke.
"Has anyone seen her since?" Eris wanted to know.
No one had.
"She's probably still with her sister," Serenity put in. "You remember how she was yesterday: she refused to let go of Saturn. Let's wait until lunch. If she doesn't show up, then we'll go looking. If she does, then let's just tell her that she has her own lessons that she needs to attend."
Reluctantly the other Queens agreed to this course of action.
Titan's probation was not starting out well.
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The teacher of the Outer Sailor Soldiers was very glad when lunchtime came and his students took a break.
Why was that?
Titan of Dosei, not even an actual member of the class, had corrected him when he accidentally contradicted himself and also appeared to have grasped the material before all but the Crown Princess of Kaiousei.
He was even more pleased when Saturn returned to the classroom an hour later without her shadow just as he resumed class.
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Titan wasn't particularly happy about having to leave her sister.
Wait, scratch that.
She was upset, insecure, and terrified now that her sister was no longer within sight or physical reach.
Now unable to concentrate on anything but the lack of her sister, the younger princess of Dosei did not manage to impress her new teachers in lessons.
Midway through the afternoon class, Queen Serenity, who had noticed the silence emanating from the girl, came over to ask what was the matter, and Titan started crying even before the High Queen opened her mouth.
Discovering that having someone go near her only increased the girl's tears, Juno went to pull Saturn from her lessons for a few minutes.
Moments later, the Crown Princess of Dosei was hugging her sister, telling her that everything was okay and that no one would hurt her, opening their mental link and promising to keep it open for the rest of the day, and promising that if anything bad happened that she'd be there the second she found out.
Titan stopped crying after that, but still clung to her sister desperately.
"Hey, I just said I wouldn't let anything bad happen, didn't I?" Saturn murmured, attempting to pry her sister's hands off her gown. "I have to get back to class, but I'll come find you the second it ends, okay? You okay with that?"
With a small whimper, Titan nodded and let go. Who's Mama Juno? she asked silently. You said I could go to her and she'd help me feel better when you aren't here.
She's right behind us, Saturn responded. The lady with the long green hair. That's Mama Juno. She's really nice. She'll take care of you when I'm not here, okay?
Okay, the insecure twin whispered back.
So Saturn took Titan over to Juno and made sure they were getting along and that Titan did not fear the woman before giving her sister a quick kiss on the forehead and leaving.
The lessons progressed much more smoothly afterwards, and Titan slowly began to recognize the letters repeatedly shown to her.
AN: Okay, guys, sorry, but this chapter was mostly filler. I apologize, and promise the next one will be longer and better.