Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of its original characters. I do own sailor Sun, Solar System and the minis, the protagonists and a collie dog named Lassie. Just Kidding (JK)!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, the legend mentioned in this chapter will be a bonus story after Time Travel Mission is over. It will be after the cast II and if it gets enough votes, I will make it into a shot fan fiction for everyone to read on the site. ^_^
Time Travel Mission
Chapter IV:Sleepovers and Lessons
The hallways were dark and ominous as teh two "Orion" princess and Austin walked down them to their rooms. After a few u-turns and some directions from a passing moon guard, the three reached the girl's room. They walked into Rini's room and while Austin pulled back the paper room diver and silk curtain, Noelle started to examine the room.
"We can move the beds near Rini's closet and move the mirrors and dressers into the bathroom." She said after a couple of minutes.
"Sounds good to me." Agreed Austin, seeing what it would look like inside his mind. The two girls stretched their arms in front of them, then went over to Rini's gold and blue bed. While Noelle pushed at the head of the bed, Rini steered with the foot of the bed until it was locking the closet door shut. Austin pushed the dressers into the large accompanying bathroom while the girls got Noelle's bed next to Rini's. Once that was done, the cats curled up on one of their beds and Austin bowed at the waist.
"Well then, good night Princesses." He said. As he turned to leave the rooms, Noelle stopped him by saying "Austin, you know you can call us Rini and Noelle when it's just us."
"I know." He said while opening the door. "I just did that for fun. G'night!"
"Night Austin." Said Rini with a chuckle as he left and Noelle was stricken with a sudden sense of de ja´ vu. However, she ignored it and started throwing large pillows from their beds onto the floor to sit on. As she did this, Rini pulled out two flannel nightgowns that just flowed over their bodies and tossed it to the red haired girl. She grinned and they quickly changed for the sleepover. Noelle's was a teal blue while Rini's was a dark red color. The two girls started to take their hair out of it's ponytails just as there was a loud rapping on Noelle's side. The red head opened the door and found the five princesses in their nightgowns and their hair down waiting on the other side.
"Come in your highnesses!" said Noelle, opening the door all the way and moving to the side.
"Wow! I love your room!" said Ann as she and the others walked in. they sat in a circle where the divider would be on the pillows and Rini said "Thank you but we can't take any credit what so ever." Emilia blushed slightly and said "I'll be sure to let the designer know you like it Ann." The others nodded and Renee said "So, does anyone know any good stories?" All of the princesses chimed a yes except for Rini and Noelle. Suddenly though, The Princess of the planet Mars shrieked out and jumped off her large pillow. Noelle, who was sitting next to the princess looked behind her and saw her kitten sitting in a daze.
"Mika, what are you doing?" she asked, picking up the siamese cat. The red head brought the cat close to her face and whispered, "Don't say a word. I don't think talking animals is a good idea at the time." Mika blinked her blue eyes and meowed.
"Awww." Said all of the princesses in unison.
"Your kitten is so cute!" said Carrie, her blond eyes growing huge. Natasha sat down on her pillow slowly again and said "I'm sorry. With all these strange things going on, I'm a little jumpy."
"Strange things?" asked Rini, putting Diana in her lap and stroking the purple fur. Emilia nodded sadly and said "For a year or so now, The sun people have been attacking the moon palace to get the throne. Each time they come here, something weird happens and someone usually gets hurt."
"That's terrible!"
"Yes, it is." Noelle sighed as Mika continued to pur and said "Makes me think of Queen Shania."
"Who's that?" asked Ann. Noelle looked up with shock as the kitten suddenly jumped from her arms and ran over to Emilia. The cat crawled onto the moon princess' lap and the red head said "umm…yeah, she is..." Rini cleared her throat and the two looked at each other. The pink haired girl nodded and said "On Orion, we're having a similar problem."
"Really?" asked Marie, petting Diana.
"Yes." Rini looked at Noelle who nodded and the pink haired girl continued. "There's a small planet on the outside of the solar system called…Krypton that's trying to take over Orion. They've even tied to kill our parents once."
"Did they succeed?" asked Carrie cautiously.
"No, thank goodness." The group of princesses sighed and the moon princess smiled.
"Let's cheer up!" she said while petting Mika on the head. "I got a moon castle legend to tell you. It's called Rain Girl."
"Then tell it already!" said Ann excitedly.
"Alright. A couple of centuries ago, there lived a beautiful moon princess named Molly. She lived on Earth for her mother…"
A loud ringing sound filled Noelle and Rini's ears, waking them up instantly. Noelle yawned and sat up, forcing Mika to crawl off her abdomen.
"What is that bell?" she said, yawning again. The other five princesses slowly woke up and stood up from the floor. The group of girls stayed up almost until 3:00 telling stories. Then, for safety, or maybe fun, the princesses slept on the floor, leaving the two beds untouched. Emilia stretched out her arms and said "That bell is to tell us the lessons will start in a few minutes."
"Lessons?" asked Rini, combing her fingers through her long pink hair.
"Uh huh. You know, those lessons that teaches us how to be a princess and lady-like."
"Oh." The two Orion princesses looked at each other and had an idea.
"If they start in a few minutes, we need to get dressed!" said Noelle, suddenly starting to panic. All of the girls gasped in realization and Natasha said "We don't have enough time to go to our own rooms and get dressed!"
"We can lend you some of ours." Said Rini, smiling.
"But your closets are blocked by the beds." Said Carrie.
"Not to worry." Noelle and Rini ran over to their door, jumping over the princesses and opened the door. Noelle leaned out and saw Austin plus a few guards and a few princes passing the end of their hall.
"Austin!" Noelle shouted. The group of boys stopped and the sandy blond guard said "What is it your highnesses?"
"We need some help here. Could you and a few boys lend a hand?" Austin smiled, the thick black bags under his eyes disappearing slightly.
"We'll be right there Princess Noelle." Rini and Noelle closed the door and Rini said "Okay girls, we'd better get decent." The five princesses nodded and they stood up, making sure that nothing was showing. As they started to fix their flyaway hair, Noelle thought 'what was with those bags under his eyes? Did he stay up all night?' There was a knock on the door and Rini opened it. She smiled as she let the small group of five boys in and said "If you boys don't mind, could you move the beds and dressers so we can get ready for our lessons?"
"Of course princess." Said the only moon guard, bowing deeply. The five boys started to move furniture around and after a couple of minutes, the room was back to normal. Austin bowed at the princesses and said, "Will there be anything else princesses?"
"No, but thank you Austin." Said Rini.
"I do have a question though." Said Noelle. "Did you get any sleep last night Austin?" the teenage boy looked shocked slighty at the question, but quickly shook it off and said "No princess Noelle. I had night duty to watch the palace." Rini looked at her red haired friend and thought 'what is she going to do?' While Noelle sighed angrily.
"That just won't do Austin." She said, putting her hands on her hips. Behind her, Emila and the other princesses started to pull dresses out of the closet. "You are our only guard from Orion and I don't want you falling asleep during the day. From now on, I want you sleeping at the same time we do, understand?"
"Yes your highness." Replied Austin, bowing. As he did this, Rini and Noelle were the only ones to see that he was smiling. Austin stood up, erasing the smile and the five boys left. Rini let out a held breath and said "Wow Noelle-Chan, you can be a real princess sometimes."
"Why thank you." Replied the red head, taking a bow like she just finished a play. The two giggled slightly as Renee tossed a gold and pink dress at the two. It landed on Rini's head and Noelle burst out laughing. Another dress, this one gold and white, landed on the red haired girl's head and the whole group laughed. As they laughed, Emilia looked out the room's window and gasped.
"We have to hurry! John-Paul is comming!" she wathced as a short man walked ftowards the palace for a moment while the princesses let out a shriek and quickly changed clothes. Emilia quickly rejoined the dressing mess and started to dig in one of the dressers for a few hairties. Once everyone was done fixing their hair the girls put on some shoes and ran out the door, picking up their skirts as they went. The moon princess lead the small group down several halls until they reached the ballroom where several long tables were set up. Ann gave a sigh of relief and said "made it!" while on the opposite side of the room, a small round man with a curly handlebar mustache burst through the double doors and clapped his small hands.
"Alright girls," he said in a French accent. "We don't have time for chitter-chatter. Everyone, please take your seats." The girls once again picked up their long skirts and sat down at the closest table. The French man walked to the free head of the table and slapped his hands down on it.
"Your highnesses, my name is John-Paul. I will be instructing you in the correct eating habits to be used at the ball. As I said before we don't have much time. Only a week to whip your girls into shape." The princesses sighed and John-Paul grunted.
"Now, let's get started shall we?"
"Do you think the girls are all right?" said Erin as she sat with the older Senshi at Reye's new dojo. The blond woman took a cupcake that Lita had brought for the small meeting and Amy said, "I'm sure they're fine. You know us sailor Senshi can protect ourselves and other people." Serena took a large bite of her treat and nodded in agreement.
"Erin, I know they'll be fine. And if they need any help, Austin is there." said the moon queen. frosting covered Serena's top lip and she quickly licked it off with her tongue.
"And if things get really bad?" asked the sailor Senshi of the sun.
"Than we send plan B to help them. And if that doesn't work, than we'll go." Said Mina with a smile. Reye crumpled the cupcake wrapper in her hands and said "Trista, how is the time stream?" The Senshi of time looked down at her small glass of tea and dipped the tip of her index finger in the liquid. It shimmered and the face of the Real Milky Way appeared in the tea.
"Everything is looking fine." Said the Senshi in the glass. "But something in the Sun's history has changed slightly."
"Is that good or bad?" asked Lita. Trista shook her head and said "Well, what kind of change was it?" Real Milky Way turned away for a second but came back a minute later and said "mainly about the first appearance of the Sun Senshi. I can't tell though when it is now."
"Okay, that's bad." Said Serena. Real Milky Way disappeared from the tea's surface and Trista sighed. She turned to the other Senshi and said "I was hopping nothing would change."
"I guess that happens when you play with time travel." Said Amara. The others nodded and Michelle said "We'd better go and pick up Hotaru from school." The outer Senshi stood up and left without a word, only a wave and another snatch at Lita's cupcakes. As they left, a man in a set of blue overalls ran up the dojo steps, dirty and carrying a large rolled up blueprint.
"Your highness!" he called, stepping inside. "There was some trouble at the crystal palace construction sight. Your husband wants you there at once."
"I'll be right there." said Serena, Standing up. She started to walk away from her friends and said "Sorry guys. I'll talk to you later." She walked down the steps from the inside of the temple and left with the construction worker.
"Finally! It's over!" exclaimed Natasha as she and the other princesses left the ballroom. The girls nodded in agreement and Rini said "Man, I was coming so close to smacking John-Paul on the head back there."
"Tell me about it." Said Noelle, stretching her arms like she was leaving her jr. high school.
"Now what are we going to do?" asked Ann. The group of princesses walked down a hallway that had several portraits hanging on the wall and Emilia said, "Why don't we go to the garden?"
"You have a garden?" asked Rini, never remembering it during her time. The moon princess nodded and said, "It's beautiful. Especially at this time when the flowers are in bloom."
"But don't we need someone to come with us?" asked Carrie, remembering what the Queen had told them. The girls sighed and Emilia said "good point." The group started to walk down another hallway and Renee said "Hey, why can't that Austin guy come with us? You know, the cute guy who watches over Noelle and Rini?"
"Umm…good idea Renee." Said Rini, her and Noelle blushing beet red. "But we don't know where he is right now."
"Most guards that are not on duty at this time are just relaxing in the great hall. I'm sure he's there." Said Emilia. The seven princesses came to a fork in the hallways and the moon princess lead them down the one going to the left.
Austin yawned as he walked in front of the princesses on a small cobblestone path. Outside the palace, the sky was a unique shade of blue while the group of teens walking across a small grassy field. Noelle stared at the scenery in amazement and said "I had no idea the moon was this beautiful."
"Only during this time of the month. Most of the time it's just plain moon rock." Replied Emilia. "Only the garden is green all through the lunar year." Austin yawned again and mumbled, "Why did they want me?" Rini, who was right behind him, was the only one who heard him and thought 'because they thought you were cute!' after another minute of walking, they reached a wall that was as high as the palace gates, only made out of gray stone and cement. In the center of stone, sticking out like a sore thumb agains the gray stone was a wooden door with an old fashion door knob on it. The Orion guard opened the door and said, "I'll be waiting right outside this door."
"All right Austin. Just don't fall asleep." Replied Noelle as she and the others walked through the gap in the door. They both smiled and Austin closed the door with a soft thud. Inside the garden, hip high bushes full of multi colored flowers and trees as tall as the wall stood on either side of the small cobble stone path. Ahead of them and of to the side, a very large tree with drooping limbs small strings of leaves hanging off the branches and a thick trunk provided shade for half of the garden. Most of the princesses stood near the door and started to smell the flowers, but Emilia, Rini and Noelle walked over to the tree. On the other side of the tree, more flower bushes and grass stretched to the other side of the wall.
"This Willow tree," said Emilia, placing her hand on the thick trunk of it. "Is my mothers. Here on the moon, every queen gets their own tree when they have their coronation. It's supposed to symbolize a long and happy rule." The black haired princess sighed and looked up at the tree's canopy.
"Are you nervous Emilia?" asked Rini, putting her hand on the moon princess's shoulder. She nodded while Noelle put her hand on Emilia's free shoulder.
"Don't worry to much about it. I'm sure things will be fine." Replied the red haired princess.
"It's not that." Said Emilia, looking at her friends square in the eye. "Once I have my coronation, I will have to find a husband to marry and rule the moon." Noelle smiled and sucked in a giggle.
"That's it?"
"What do you mean 'that's it '? this is very important!" said the moon princess, looking shocked. Noelle laughed and smiled.
Renee walked passed the girls with a dreamey look on her face as she went around the willow tree and Noelle said, "I know. It's just that I had the same problem, be being the oldest in all."
"Really?" said Emilia and Rini in unison. Noelle chuckled again and said "Yep. My mom wanted me to marry an inner planet prince to unite the two haves of the solar system. I was really against it so we made a deal. If I fell in love before my 16th birthday, I didn't have to marry the prince."
"Who was it? Do I know him?"
"I don't know really. It was the Venus' prince." Emilia gasped and said "No way! Joseph? But he's so HOT! Why didn't you want to marry him?"
"Because I didn't know the guy. Besides, I wanted to know what it's like to be in love with someone." Suddenly, an image of Austin appeared in her head and she blushed dark ruby red. Rini smiled and said "your thinking about him now aren't you!"
"No!" replied the red head. The group of three girls laughed and grabbed their sides. They put their hands on the tree trunk for support and after a minute, whipped the tears away from their eyes. As they did this, a scream erupted from the back of the garden. The three girls shot up and listened. Another scream came from behind the tree and Emilia said "sounded like Renee!"
"C'mon, lets go see what's going on." Said Rini, seriousness on her face. Noelle nodded and turned to the moon princess.
"Emilia, why don't you go get Austin. We'll go check up on Renee." The brunette girl nodded and ran back to the front of the garden where the others were, frozen with shock.. Noelle and Rini nodded to each other and started to run to the back of the garden where they heard the scream.
Preview: Chapter V (5)-Battle between the rose bushes
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