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Our Daughters
Part 3: Daisy
By
Angel Raye
Chapter 1: The Announcement
Lita groaned as she left the bathroom and stumbled back to bed. "I cannot
remember when I was so sick," she groaned to her husband Ken who was also
Jupiter Knight.
"Did you get sick again," he asked with concern.
"Yes," moaned Lita. "I must have gotten some virus or something. I have
not been able to keep anything down for the last few days."
"That's it," said Ken. "I am going to ask Amy to check you out today. You
cannot keep spending all your time with your head in the toilet."
"Very well," said Lita as Ken left the room. She had been feeling very
miserable for the last few days. She wondered what was making her so sick.
A thought suddenly struck her. Like everyone else the thousand years of
dormancy had left her with hazy memories of the 20th century. Sailor Pluto
would not awaken anyone's memories of visitors from the 30th century. Lita
remembered several little girls coming back to visit them from the 30th
century. One of the children said she was Sailor Chibi Jupiter and Lita's
daughter. She was one of the older ones. So far only Neo-Queen Serenity
and King Endymion were the only ones with a child. Little Rini was only
three and a half. However, Sailor Pluto just recently found out she was
pregnant. Lita vaguely remembered that Chibi Jupiter and Chibi Pluto were
the same age.
"Could it be," she asked herself. "Is it time?'
"So," Lita asked Amy later on. "Am I right? Are my suspicions correct?"
"They are," said Amy looking at the results of the tests she had run on
Lita. "You are five weeks pregnant."
"I knew it," said Lita. "Ken and I have been trying to have a baby. I
have vague memories of this child coming back to the 20th century to help
us battle enemies."
"Me too," said Amy softly. Her child had been the youngest of the group,
which meant that it would be a few years before she had a child.
"I have to tell Ken," said Lita. "He is going to shout for joy when I tell
him."
"I'll tell the Queen," said Amy. "Serenity will just have to throw a party
tonight to celebrate even though we only celebrated Setsuna's pregnancy a
couple of weeks ago.
Lita laughed. Although their dearest friend, Serenity was much more
responsible now that she was queen of the earth, she still liked to have fun.
"I am going to tell Ken," said Lita. "I also want to start on a nursery
right away."
Lita contacted Ken on his communicator and asked him to meet in their
quarters. While she was waiting she started planning on how she was going
to decorate the nursery.
Ken came in and Lita flung herself into his arms and kissed him in excitement.
"So what is wrong with you," he asked anxiously.
"I am fine," Lita said to him. "But in about eight months we are going to
have a permanent roommate."
"A permanent roommate," he asked in a puzzled voice. Suddenly realization
came to his eyes. "Lita," he asked. "Are you pregnant?"
"Yes," said Lita. "We are going to be parents."
"Yahoo," yelled Ken. "Oh Lita, I love you."
"And I love you," said Lita and they kissed.
"A toast," said King Endymion at the party that evening. "To Lita and Ken."
"May your child be as healthy and happy as you," said Neo-Queen Serenity.
"Congratulations," said everyone.
"Lita I am so excited for you," squealed Mina in delight. "Asai and I have
been talking about trying for one."
"Chad and I are going to wait a few more months before we try," said Raye
coming up. "This is exciting though."
"Setsuna," said Lita. "Looks like we will be having ours around the same
time."
Setsuna put her hand on her stomach, which was still flat, since she was
still in her first trimester. "They will be close in age," she said.
"Small Lady is going to have a difficult time with this."
"Just as long as we keep loving her she will do fine," said Amy. Since
Rini was the only child living at the palace right now everyone doted on her.
"I am so excited for you Lita," said Serenity coming up with Rini in her
arms. "Rini you are going to have two little babies to play with soon."
"When," asked Rini. "Where are they?"
"They are inside Setsuna's and Lita's stomachs right now," said Serenity.
"They won't be along for a few months."
Rini only gazed with her large red eyes. She was too young to understand
what was going on.
"Well I am excited," said Lita. "And so is Ken. I have always wanted to
be a mother and soon I will be one." Lita placed her hand on her stomach.
"I can't wait to see you little one."
Chapter 2 The Birth
Lita stumbled down the hall. The contractions were unbearable. "Of all
days to misplace my communicator," she said to herself. "I have got to
find Amy or Ken." She kept walking and then ran into Sailor Mars and
Sailor Venus.
"Are you all right Lita," asked Mars in concern as she rushed to Lita's side.
"I am having contractions," gasped Lita. "And I misplaced my communicator."
"Okay come on," said Venus. "We'll get you to Amy's office."
Mars whipped out her communicator. "Mercury and Jupiter Knight," she said.
"Lita is having contractions. You are both needed right now."
"I am coming," said Mercury.
"You are fully dilated," said Amy. "Are you ready to start pushing."
"I am," said Lita as she squeezed Ken's hand.
"Push," said Amy and Lita gave a push. She pushed with all her might and
then sank back against the pillow.
"Is it always this painful," she moaned.
"You were the one who wanted natural childbirth," said Amy. "It's too late
to give you anything for the pain."
"Why did you listen to me," asked Lita.
"Push," instructed Amy.
"You push damn it," growled Lita. "I'm sick of this."
"I know you are tired," said Amy. "But we have got to keep pushing."
"Just remember to breathe Lita," said Ken.
"Come on Lita," said Amy. "Another push."
"Okay," said Lita and she gritted her teeth. She gave a hard push.
"I can see the head," said Amy. "Come on Lita. One more push should do it."
"Here goes," said Lita and she pushed again.
"I've got her," said Amy as screaming filled the room.
Lita sat back in relief. "Is she all right?"
"She's fine," said Amy. "My goodness she is a big one!"
"I am so proud of you," said Ken.
"Here she is," said Amy handing the baby to Lita.
Lita gazed lovingly at the little bundle in her arms. Green hair covered
the baby's head and she inherited her mother's green eyes. "Look at her
Ken," said Lita. "Isn't she just beautiful?"
"Just like her mother," said Ken.
"Welcome to the Crystal Palace, Daisy," said Lita.
"You have visitors Lita," said Amy later on. Ken was off spreading the
news to everyone.
"Send them in," said Lita as she held her little bundle in her arms.
Serenity came in with Rini who was now four. "Congratulations Lita," she
said. "I am so happy for you. Look at the baby Rini."
"She's like a doll," said Rini.
"Let me see that baby," said Mars coming in. "Oh she is beautiful."
"She is," said Venus. She put her finger in Daisy's hand. "Wow, she has a
good grip."
"She is going to be strong like you," said Neptune.
"Looks like Maggie has a playmate now," said Pluto as she held her own
infant daughter in her arms.
"I am so happy for you Lita," said Saturn. "She is beautiful."
"I am sure she is going to be a strong scout like you," said Uranus.
"I know she will be," said Lita as she remembered Sailor Chibi Jupiter
visiting her in the past. She gazed down at the sleeping infant in her
arms. "Say hello to your family little one."
Chapter3: A Tough Toddler
"What a day," said Jupiter as she and some of the other scouts headed
toward the nursery. "I can't wait to spend some quiet time with the family."
"At least you get quiet time," said Venus. Her own daughter Gloria was now
one and was already showing signs of being a major handful.
"At least you only have one," Neptune pointed out. "Haruka and I hardly
get any sleep with twin babies around. As soon as one gets to sleep the
other one demands attention."
Everyone laughed. Recently Neptune and Uranus adopted a set of twins who
just mysteriously showed up at their door. Their arrival was a surprise
but the twins were immediately accepted into the family.
"One is definitely enough," said Jupiter as she opened the door to the
nursery. There was a loud commotion going on. Daisy and Gloria were both
hitting each other while Maggie just stood by and watched. The palace
nannies Palla and Ves each had a twin in their arms feeding them. Mars was
in the corner feeding her daughter Annika.
"Daisy what are you doing," demanded Jupiter pulling her daughter away from
Gloria.
"Sorry about that," said Palla. "Gloria bit Daisy so Daisy hit her and
then they started hitting each other."
"All three babies wanted to be fed at once on top of all this," said Ves.
"Thank goodness Mars came and was able to take care of Annika at least."
"Nothing any of us could say would stop the fighting," said Mars as she
lifted Annika to her shoulder.
"Daisy you know you shouldn't hit," said Jupiter.
"Bite," said Daisy in tears holding up her arm. There was a fresh bite
mark where Gloria had taken a chomp.
"Gloria," said Venus. She pulled the child over to Daisy and pointed to
the bite mark. "No," she said firmly. "We do not bite." Gloria burst
into tears.
"Jupiter," said Mars as she picked up Annika's diaper bag. "Daisy is a lot
like you. She knows how to fight."
"I guess that's good for when she becomes a Scout," said Jupiter. "But I
do not want her to fight with her peers."
"Cut her some slack Jupiter," said Mars. "She is only two. She is only
going through the terrible twos right now."
"I hope that is it," said Jupiter as she picked Daisy up and carried her
out of the nursery.
Chapter 4: The Palace Pool
"Come on Daisy," coaxed Lita. "I'll catch you. Just jump in."
"Okay Mommy," said five-year old Daisy. She jumped into the water and Lita
caught her. Since Daisy was starting Kindergarten soon Lita signed her up
for swim lessons. Daisy loved the water but was a bit hesitant about
jumping into the water. Today all of the scouts were taking time off from
their duties and spending time with their daughters in the palace pool.
The pool was very large and was indoors. Amy and Micharu who were both
excellent swimmers spent a lot of time at the pool. Even Serenity had
taken some time right now to go swimming with Rini. Just recently Rini had
returned from the 20th century where she had been training as Sailor Chibi
Moon. Lita remembered that time very well. They had fought the Death
Busters and the Dead Moon circus during that time.
"Good girl," said Lita. "Shall we try again."
"Okay," said Daisy as she climbed out.
"Don't let me go Mama," said three year old Annika to her mother. Raye was
holding her daughter in the water. Even with a floatation device on her
back Annika still clung to Raye.
"I won't Sweetheart," said Raye as she held her daughter tightly. "I will
be signing you up for swim lessons next summer."
"Good idea," said Amy who was holding her one-year-old daughter Ariel.
"She cannot hold onto you forever," said Lita as she caught Daisy again.
"Good job Daisy."
"I don't want to jump anymore Mommy," said Daisy. "I just want to swim now."
"Go ahead Sweetheart," said Lita and Daisy swam off toward the other end of
the pool.
"She learns fast," said Raye. "Maybe she will do better than you did in
school."
"Save the snide comments for Serenity and Mina," said Lita. "They were
worse in school than I was."
"I heard that," said Serenity. "And I did start studying harder after the
Galaxia incident."
Everyone remembered the battle with Galaxia. Everyone except Serenity had
lost their star seeds and died but Serenity managed to defeat Chaos and
brought everyone's star seeds back and everyone back to life. Serenity had
been so shook up and traumatized by the whole thing that for weeks everyone
had to be extra loving with her.
A scream broke everyone out of her thoughts. "You brat," Daisy was
screaming at Gloria. She reached over and punched Gloria. Gloria slapped
Daisy in the face.
"Girls," said Lita in a sharp voice. "What is going on?"
"Gloria pulled me under," said Daisy. "She is such a brat."
"Cool it," said Lita putting her hand over her daughter's mouth. Mina came
over and took hold of Gloria.
"I told you not to pull people under," said Mina. Even though Gloria was
not swimming yet she loved to splash around in the shallow end and going
under. One thing she liked doing was grabbing people's ankles.
"It's funny," said Gloria.
"Very well," said Mina and she reached under and pulled Gloria's ankle.
Gloria screamed. "Now you know how it feels," she said as she picked up
her weeping child.
Daisy started laughing but then stopped when Lita glared at her. "You and
Gloria need to start getting along," she told her daughter firmly. "Aunt
Mina and I are good friends and we would like our daughters to be good
friends too."
"But she's a brat," whined Daisy and Lita had to silently agree. Gloria
was a trying child.
"You still need to get along," said Lita. "You are going to need that
friendship one day."
"All right," said Daisy in a sulky voice. "I'm tired. Can we go back to
our quarters now."
"Very well," said Lita as she and Daisy got out of the pool.
Chapter 5: Crescent
"So what did you do in school today," asked Rini as she and Maggie and
Daisy walked home from school.
"Daisy got into another fight," said Maggie.
"Snitch," said Daisy.
"Well you did," said Maggie. "But don't worry. I am not going to tell on
you."
"What happened this time," asked Rini.
"This one boy called us palace brats," said Daisy. "So I punched him."
"Get use to being called palace brats," said Rini. "The kids have been
calling me that for years."
"Don't sound so old," said Maggie. Rini was now in fourth grade and still
did not have many friends in her class. She had been happy back in the
20th century where she had a lot of friends. However she knew she belonged
here in the 30th century with her family.
"At least you two have each other," said Rini. "I had no one when I was in
Kindergarten."
"We always play together," said Daisy.
"Gloria, Annika, and the twins will be really lucky," said Rini. "All four
of them will be in Kindergarten together in two years so they can stick
together."
The girls continued walking home. Daisy suddenly saw an orange kitten
sitting near a tree. "Look at the cute kitten," she squealed as she ran
over to it. Daisy knelt down in front of the kitten and began to pet him.
Suddenly she noticed something on his forehead. "Rini, Maggie," she
called. "You need to come see this."
Rini and Maggie came over. "Look," said Daisy. "He has a moon shape on
his head like Luna, Artemis, and Diana."
"You are right," said Rini looking at the kitten's forehead. There was a
crescent moon shape on his forehead.
The kitten suddenly spoke. "Do you know Luna and Artemis," he asked.
"Yes," said Rini. "Who are you?"
"I am Crescent," he said. "Do all of you come from the Moon Kingdom?"
"Sort of," said Rini. "The people from the Moon Kingdom are our moms."
"Which of you is Serenity's daughter," asked Crescent.
"I am," said Rini. "Daisy is Jupiter's daughter and Maggie is Pluto's
daughter. Everyone else has kids too but they are all still little."
"I am very pleased to meet all of you," said Crescent.
"Where do you come from," asked Rini.
"I will explain back at the palace," said Crescent.
"Good," said Daisy. "You can ride on my shoulder if you want."
"Thank you," said Crescent and he climbed on Daisy's shoulder. Together
everyone headed back to the palace.
Later King Endymion, Neo-Queen Serenity, all of the Scouts and Knights were
in the meeting hall. Rini, Maggie, and Daisy had brought Crescent into the
room to meet everyone.
"So are you from the Moon Kingdom," asked Serenity.
"Yes I am," said Crescent. "I remember you very well your majesty."
"Why did you wait until now to show up," asked Mars.
"I was only a kitten when the battle with the Negaverse happened," said
Crescent. "Queen Serenity put me to sleep with Luna and Artemis however,
she felt I would be needed more here in the thirtieth century," said
Crescent. "So while Luna and Artemis and the rest of you were sent to the
20th century I was sent to the 30th century."
"Are you Luna and Artemis's son," asked Mercury. "They do have a daughter
who is about the same age as you."
"No I am not," said Crescent. "All of the cats in the Moon Kingdom talked.
I am not related to them."
"Luna and Artemis are on their way," said Serenity. "Maybe they will
remember you."
"I am not sure," said the kitten. "It has been a long time."
Luna and Artemis walked in with Diana. Diana immediately jumped on Rini's
head.. "Small Lady," she said happily.
"What do you need everyone," asked Luna.
"Look what the kids brought home with them," said Venus,
Luna and Artemis looked at Daisy who still had Crescent on her shoulder.
They saw Crescent. "Artemis," said Luna. "Did you have another kitten
with another cat?"
"No," said Artemis. "Diana is my only child."
"I am from the Moon Kingdom," said Crescent. "I am not even related to
you. I was sent to the future too but I did not awaken until the 30th
century."
"You do seem familiar," said Artemis. "But I cannot remember you."
"The Luna mind meld will take care of that," said Luna and a beam came out
of her crescent moon and melded with Crescent and Artemis.
[Flashback]
Queen Serenity had just trapped everyone in the imperium silver crystal.
The battle was over and the queen was dying.
"What are you going to do your majesty," asked Luna.
"I will send everyone into the future where they will be reborn," said
Queen Serenity. "You will go to and if the Negaverse attacks again you
will know what to do."
"Very well," said Artemis and they were gone into a deep cryogenic sleep.
"Your Majesty," said the small kitten, Crescent coming forward. "What is
going to happen to me?"
Serenity weakly lifted Crescent and placed him on her lap. "You sweet
thing," she said. "Your parents were killed weren't they?"
"Yes your Majesty," said Crescent sadly.
"I will send you to the future too," she said. "But it will not be the
20th century. Instead I am going to send you even further into the future
when all of the princesses have daughters of their own. Then you can be a
guide for the next generation of princesses."
"I am ready," said Crescent and he got sent forward in time.
[End flash back]
"I remember you now," said Luna. "Your mother belonged to the queen of
Jupiter."
"That's right," said Artemis. "You were to be a guide for the next
generation that would of come along."
"So you were sent to the 30th century to be a guardian for our children,"
asked Mars.
"Yes," said Crescent. "I have not been awake very long. Maybe only a few
days."
Sailor Jupiter knelt down in front of Daisy who still had Crescent on her
shoulder. "So you lived with me on Jupiter," she asked.
"Yes," said Crescent. "I am sorry your mother is not here to see you. She
would have been proud of you."
Jupiter smiled sadly. She had no memories of her mother from the Moon
Kingdom and both of her parents from the 20th century dies in a plane crash
when she was very young. She wished they were still alive so they could
see Daisy.
"Mommy," said Daisy. "Can Crescent stay with us?"
Jupiter looked over at the others. "What do you think," she asked.
"I think he should stay with you," said Serenity.
"I think so too," said Mercury.
Luna came forward. "I think it is a good idea," she said. "After all
Crescent would have belonged to Jupiter on the Moon Kingdom. I think it
would make sense to stay with her in the palace."
"Then yes my dear," said Jupiter to Daisy. "He can stay with us."
"Hurrah," squealed Daisy in delight. "I am going to take him to the
nursery and show him to the other kids." With that she left the room.
A couple of hours later Jupiter and the other scouts went to the nursery to
pick up their children. All of the children were playing with Crescent.
"Look at the kitty Mama," said Annika as she jumped into Mars's arms.
"I know I already saw him," said Mars as she kissed her daughter.
"Why can't I have a kitty," asked Annika.
"One day Sweetheart," said Mars as a memory came to her head. "One day."
"Pretty kitty," said Ariel as she patted Crescent.
"Be gentle Darling," said Mercury.
"Artemis is better," said Gloria.
"Gloria," hissed Venus as she grabbed Gloria by the hand and led her out
the nursery. "Watch what you say."
"Come on Daisy," said Jupiter. "It is time for us to go."
"Okay Mommy," said Daisy as she stood up. Crescent jumped on her shoulder.
"You are going to be my best friend," Daisy said to Crescent.
"And you will be mine," said Crescent.
Jupiter smiled at her daughter and Crescent. She was glad that he daughter
was going to have a guardian cat.
Chapter 6: A Budding Chef
"When can I learn to cook like you," asked Daisy one day.
"I'll teach you," said Lita. "But you have to read to cook."
"I can read," said Daisy. "I am in first grade now. I can read."
"Then why do you always have me or Daddy read to you at night," asked Lita.
"Because it is more fun," said Daisy.
"Okay," said Lita. "Grab a stool and come up here."
Daisy ran and got a stool she used to reach things. She stood next to her
mother. For the next hour Lita showed her how to measure ingredients for a
recipe. Together they prepared a gourmet meal. Tonight was a night that
everyone got to eat with his or her families instead of the palace dining
hall. On nights like tonight Lita like to cook a gourmet meal for her family.
After dinner Ken sat back satisfied. "Well that meal was wonderful," he said.
"I helped," said Daisy proudly.
"You did," said Ken. "Well than I am a lucky man. I have a beautiful wife
and a beautiful daughter and both of them are good cooks."
"Oh Ken," said Lita as she blushed.
"Thank you Daddy," said Daisy proudly.
After school the next day Daisy and Maggie went to her quarters. "I helped
Mommy cook dinner yesterday," Daisy told Maggie. "So today I am going to
try and bake cookies."
"All by yourself," asked Maggie in surprise.
"Yes," said Daisy.
"Why do you want me here," asked Maggie.
"You can read better than me," said Daisy. "You can help me with the hard
words."
"We are only in first grade Daisy," said Maggie rolling her eyes. "I won't
be able to read hard words."
"Then I will choose cookies with easy words," said Daisy pulling out one of
her mother's cookbooks. She looked through and found a recipe for sugar
cookies. "Here we go," she said handing the book to Maggie.
"I had better not get into trouble for this," said Maggie as she looked at
the book. She heard a scraping sound and looked up. Daisy was dragging a
chair over to the cupboards. "What are you doing?"
"We need flour," said Daisy as she reached up and grabbed the bag of flour.
"Careful don't drop it," said Maggie nervously.
"I won't," said Daisy but the bag slipped out of her hand. The next thing
Daisy knew she, Maggie, and the entire kitchen was covered with flour.
"Oh no," said Maggie dropping the cookbook and trying to shake herself off.
"Oops," said Daisy. "Sorry about that."
"Look at this mess," said Maggie.
"I can clean it," said Daisy. "Now I think we need eggs too." She went to
the refrigerator and took some eggs out. She carefully walked over to the
counter and placed the eggs on it. A couple of them rolled off onto the
floor. "Oh no," she said.
"I think I should go," said Maggie nervously.
"Please don't," begged Daisy. "I really need your help."
"All right," said Maggie reluctantly as she picked up the book. She blew
the flour off of it.
Another catastrophe after another happened. Daisy spilt sugar all over the
floor. Next she tried to work the blender and the ingredients splattered
all over the place. Pretty soon there was no sign at all that the kitchen
had been clean.
"We are in big trouble," said Maggie looking at herself. Her dress was all
covered with the ingredients.
"Girls we are here," said Jupiter as she and Pluto came in. She stopped in
horror as she eyed the mess in her kitchen. "MY KITCHEN," she shrieked.
"Young lady," said Pluto in a stern voice to her daughter. "I do not let
you go to your friends' quarters to make a mess."
"I'm sorry Mama," said Maggie. "We were trying to bake cookies."
"Well you are going to help clean up," said Pluto. "So get to it."
After the kitchen was clean Pluto and Maggie left. Lita put Daisy in the
tub and started washing her hair. Daisy could tell her mother was not
happy at all.
"I'm sorry Mommy," said Daisy with tears in her eyes. "I just wanted to
bake some cookies for you and Daddy."
"I know you want to learn to cook like me," said Lita. "But it takes
practice. I will teach you how to cook but you are not to try anything by
yourself until you have become good at it. Do you understand?"
"Yes Mommy," said Daisy.
A few days later everyone was having dinner in the palace-dining hall.
Daisy proudly brought some cookies that she and her mother baked together.
"These are good," said Serenity.
"Yummy," said Rini.
Everyone agreed that these were good cookies. "Well Lita," said Amy.
"Looks like you are going to have a little cook to help you out."
"She still has a lot to learn," said Lita. "But she will be good at it."
Chapter 7: Fights
Daisy got home from school and went looking for her parents. She could not
find them anywhere. She ran outside and found Sailor Mars walking through
the gardens with Annika. "Aunt Raye," she said. "Where's my mommy and
daddy?"
"They went to the school," said Mars.
"Why," asked Daisy.
"They got a call from the school asking them for a conference today," said
Mars.
"Oh no," said Daisy realizing why. She had gotten into another fight in
school. In fact her teacher said out of all the years she had been
teaching first grade this class was the most aggressive.
"Are you still fighting in school Daisy," asked Mars.
"Yes," said Daisy softly.
"You have to be careful," said Mars. "You are only going to get into big
trouble."
"I know," said Daisy softly.
"You are so like your mother," said Mars softly.
"Mama," said Annika wanting to be back in the center of her mother's
attention.
"What is it Sweetheart," asked Mars turning back to her child.
"Pick me up," demanded Annika. Then remembering her manners she added,
"Please."
Mars scooped her daughter up and then turned to Daisy. "Good luck my
dear," she said and she walked away with Annika in her arms.
Daisy walked back to her quarters. She knew she was going to be in
trouble. There was nothing to do but wait.
About an hour later Lita and Ken arrived. Daisy could tell her parents
were not happy with her.
"Aunt Raye told me you were at the school," said Daisy.
"Yes," said Lita softly. "Your teacher told me that you are always
fighting the other children."
"I'm sorry," said Daisy with tears in her eyes. "I can't help it. When
someone makes me angry I just want to hit them so I do."
"I understand," said Lita. "I was just like that when I was young too. I
even got kicked out of one school for fighting. I do not want you to go
through the same thing."
"What's going to happen," asked Daisy.
"From now on whenever you get into a fight your teacher will send a note
home," said Lita. "If you bring a note home you will lose a privilege."
"And we will decide what that will be," said Ken. "It may be television,
the swimming pool or playing with your friends."
"Do you understand," asked Lita cupping Daisy's chin in her hand.
"Yes Mommy," said Daisy tearfully.
Lita wrapped her arms around her daughter and hugged her. "I love you
Sweetheart," she said.
"I love you too Mommy," said Daisy.
Three days later Daisy and Maggie were playing hopscotch during recess. So
far Daisy had managed to avoid getting into any fights. She hoped she
could keep it up.
"Can I play," asked a soft timid voice and Daisy and Maggie turned to see
their shy classmate Lisa standing there.
"Sure," said Maggie.
"Here," said Daisy handing Lisa the stone. "You can go."
Lisa took the stone and began hopping. Lisa was a very shy, thin child and
did not have many friends. Usually the other children made fun of her
because she was a very skinny child.
"You are good at this game," said Daisy.
"I play with my sister all the time," said Lisa softly.
"Look," said a voice and the girls turned to see the class bully Ben
standing there. "The palace brats are playing with the skeleton."
"Leave us alone," said Daisy.
Ben ignored Daisy. He walked up to Lisa and pulled her braid. Lisa
immediately started crying. "Now she is crying," he said and he pulled her
braid again. Lisa continued to cry.
Daisy couldn't stand it. She ran forward and knocked Ben down. She gave
him a good kick on the side. "Leave her alone," she shouted.
"Daisy," said a voice and Daisy turned to see her teacher Mrs. Nelson
walking toward her. "You will get a note home young lady."
Daisy was upset. Now she was in trouble. Lisa ran up and gave Daisy a
hug. "I'm sorry," she said. "You are in trouble because of me."
"It's okay," said Daisy softly.
"I'll tell your mommy and daddy what happened," said Maggie.
Daisy sat in her room that night right before bedtime. She had lost
television for a week. Maggie had told Lita what had happened which was
why she only lost television for one week. Crescent was curled up asleep
at the foot of her bed.
"Are you ready for bed," asked Lita coming in.
"Yes," said Daisy handing the book she had chosen for her mother to read.
Daisy settled down in her mother's arms and listened to the story. After
it was read her mother tucked Daisy in.
"I'm sorry I got into a fight Mommy," said Daisy. "I just got so mad when
Ben made Lisa cry."
"I think it's wonderful you want to protect your friends," said Lita. "I
was like that too but I got into trouble for fighting. You need to find
another way to help your friends."
"I will Mommy," said Daisy.
"I know you will," said Lita. She gave Daisy a kiss. "Good night my dear.
I love you."
"I love you too Mommy," said Daisy and she settled down to sleep.
Chapter 8: Self-Control
"I am so glad it is a kid's party tonight," said Daisy standing still so
her mother could finish fixing her hair. "The parties for the grown ups
are so boring."
"You will like them when you get older," said Lita tying a ribbon in her
daughter's hair.
"Well tonight will be fun," said Daisy. Tonight the palace was having a
party for Gloria because it was her sixth birthday. Recently Gloria,
Annika, and the twins had started attending these parties now that they
were in Kindergarten. Since tonight was a child's birthday Madelyn and
Ariel would be attending too.
"Just remember that it is Gloria's party and not yours," said Lita. "Now
where did you put Gloria's present?"
"I put it on the couch," said Daisy. She looked down at her green princess
dress. Lita was wearing a green evening gown. "Mommy you and I look
alike," she said.
Lita knelt down and hugged her child. "I know," she said. "I am glad too.
Every mother wants their daughter to look like them."
"I am glad too," said Daisy.
"Now go and find Gloria's present," said Lita and Daisy ran to the living
room and grabbed the present off the couch. Ken was waiting for them
dressed in his tuxedo.
"Are my two beautiful dates ready," asked Ken.
"We are ready," said Lita. She had to admit she felt a little silly
dressing in an evening gown for a child's birthday party but as with all
the palace parties there were going to be important people and the press
present. Whenever one of the palace children had a birthday the entire
world knew it. The children got to have an afternoon party too where they
could let loose a little but the evening parties were formal.
The party was in full swing. Adults were dancing. Most of the officials
and representatives brought their own children for the party. Everyone was
dressed in eveningwear.
Gloria sat at the table with a huge birthday cake in front of her. Mina
was trying to pull Gloria's hair out of her face so that it would not catch
fire.
"Make a wish and blow out the candles Darling," said Mina.
Gloria screwed her eyes tightly shut and then took a deep breath and blew
out the candles. Everyone clapped. Then one of the caterers came and
started cutting the cake. Pretty soon everyone was enjoying a piece of
birthday cake.
"Are you having a good time Gloria," asked Rini.
"Of course," said Gloria. "I am the important person here today."
"Oh please," said Daisy rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Daisy," said Gloria and she poked her tongue out.
"Brat," muttered Daisy under her breath.
"Don't call me that," said Gloria.
"Well than stop acting like one," said Daisy.
"Stop fighting you two," said Rini.
"Yes," said Annika softly. "Let's just have fun."
Daisy looked at Raye and Chad's daughter. She was so shy compared to her
parents. Daisy put her arm around Annika's shoulder. "All right," she
said. "We will have fun."
Annika smiled and continued eating her cake. Crescent came over and jumped
on Daisy's lap.
"How about a piece for me," he asked.
Daisy held a piece of cake over Crescent's mouth. He opened wide and she
dropped it in.
"I hope you are behaving yourself," he said.
"I am," said Daisy crossly.
"Good," said Crescent. "I know Gloria is a hard person to put up with but
you still need to behave."
"Hey Daisy," called Gloria and Daisy looked over. Gloria had some ice
cream in a spoon. She flipped the spoon and the ice cream flew out and hit
Daisy in the face and splattered all over her. Gloria began to laugh.
"That does it," said Daisy and she got up.
"Daisy, don't do it," said Crescent. "You do not want to get into trouble."
"He's right Daisy," said Diana.
"Come on Daisy," said Maggie taking Daisy by the hand. "Why don't we find
your mommy."
After the party Lita was trying to clean the ice cream out of Daisy's hair.
Daisy was still very angry with Gloria.
"I am proud of you tonight Sweetheart," said Lita.
"Why," asked Daisy. "I didn't do anything."
"That's why I am so proud of you," said Lita. "When Gloria tossed her ice
cream at you, you did not fight back. You used good judgement and self
control tonight. Good job."
"Why is Gloria such a brat," asked Daisy.
"It's just the way she is," said Lita. "Don't worry. It may be her
birthday but Aunt Mina was still going to punish her for throwing ice cream."
Chapter 9: A Major Brawl
"I cannot wait until the art fair," said Annika in excitement as they
walked home from school. "I hope I win a prize for mine."
"You will," said Daisy. "You are really good in art."
Annika beamed with pride. Crystal Elementary decided to have an art fair
this year. Anyone could enter. Annika and Hope were both considered the
best artists in the first grade and were both eager to enter something in
the fair.
"Why can't they have a singing fair," griped Gloria.
"Art is fun," said Daisy who planned on entering too.
"You say that because you are good at it," said Gloria.
"You could be too Gloria if you practiced," said Rini.
"Why don't we all go to the playroom when we get home," suggested Daisy.
"We can work on art."
"Okay," said Annika eagerly.
"You said we could play after school," said Gloria.
"We still can," said Annika. "Come to the playroom with us."
"Yes," said Maggie. "Why don't we all go."
"We can get Ariel and take her with us," said Daisy. Ariel was the only
one not in school now. Because of that Palla just kept her in Mercury's
quarters during the day and took her around the palace throughout the day.
The nursery was converted into a playroom for the children.
"Let's go," said Madelyn eagerly.
Later all the children were in the playroom. Daisy, Annika, and Hope had
gone to their quarters to get all of their supplies. Rini came to so that
she could keep an eye on Ariel at her mother's request.
"What are you going to do," Annika asked Daisy.
"I am going to make a vase out of clay," said Daisy. "How about you."
"I am going to make an ornament out of felt and beads," said Annika. "I
think I can do it since I just made that cat." Recently Annika had gotten
some flowered material and with her mother's help had made a cat out of it.
Since then Annika had been working on stitching and sewing.
The girls all got to work on their projects. Gloria was trying to paint a
picture and was not doing very well at all. "This is nuts," she said
tossing the brush down.
"Hey," said Hope who was working with watercolors. "You just got some
paint on my picture."
"Fix it then," said Gloria rudely.
"Gloria tell her you are sorry," said Rini.
"No," said Gloria stepping backwards and stepping on Ariel's hand. Ariel
was laying on the floor coloring and let out a loud wail when Gloria
stepped on her.
"Watch where you are going," said Faith angrily.
"Why is everyone picking on me," snapped Gloria. "All of this was an
accident."
"Yeah right," said Daisy under her breath. She never admitted it but
Gloria really bothered her."
"Shut up Daisy," said Gloria and she threw a jar of paint at her. The
plastic jar landed in front of Daisy splattering her and Annika. The paint
got all over their work. Annika burst into tears.
"You brat," said Daisy and she threw a ball of clay at Gloria who ducked.
It hit Faith in the head.
"Fight," yelled Faith and she threw some water at the girls.
Rini and Maggie quickly grabbed Ariel by the hands and led her out of the
room. Madelyn scrambled underneath the table to protect herself from being
hit. Hope, already angry with Gloria for ruining her watercolor painting
joined in the brawl. Annika just sat in the middle of it weeping over her
ruined project not even caring that she was getting covered with paint and
water.
"Hold it," said a sharp voice and the girls stop brawling to see the Scouts
all standing at the door.
"What is going on," demanded Jupiter coming in. "Rini and Maggie brought
Ariel to Mercury telling us that there was a fight going on. I see they
weren't kidding."
"Come out Madelyn," said Saturn gently to her daughter and Madelyn came out
from under the table into her mother's arms.
"What happened," demanded Venus as she pulled Gloria over to her.
"Yes, I am very interested to know," said Mars who was kneeling down by
Annika trying to wipe the paint and tears off of her face.
"Well," said Hope hesitantly not enjoying the angry look that both Neptune
and Uranus were giving her and Faith.
"Daisy," said Jupiter firmly.
"Um," said Daisy fidgeting uncomfortably.
"Is someone going to talk or is this room going to be off limits for two
weeks," asked Uranus.
Annika let out a loud wail. She was very upset by the whole situation.
"I'll talk," she said. And the whole story came out. Saturn and Mars were
both glad to hear that their daughters had nothing to do with the fight.
They were just innocent bystanders. Saturn took Madelyn out of the
playroom. Mars took Annika back to their quarters to console her and clean
her up. Daisy, Gloria, Hope and Faith, under their parents' supervision
had to clean up the mess. All four girls knew they were in deep trouble.
Daisy was angry. Once again Gloria had ruined everything. Once she was
finished cleaning her mother had taken her back to her quarters. Daisy
was in tears she was so mad.
"Calm down," said Lita noticing how upset her child was.
"I am just so mad," said Daisy. "Why does Gloria always have to ruin
everything?"
"You didn't have to throw something back at her," said Lita. "Your father
and I have talked about not doing something when you know it is wrong."
"She ruined mine and Annika's projects," said Daisy. "We were working so
hard. Annika was so upset too."
"I know," said Lita remembering a certain queen who got upset easily as a
teenager. "Annika will toughen up one day. It is very nice of you to want
to help her but you need to find another way."
"Can we go and see her," asked Daisy.
"Of course," said Lita. "Let's go."
Chad answered the door to their quarters. "Hi Lita, hi Daisy," he said.
"Come on in."
"Is Annika still sad," asked Daisy as she came in.
"She's fine now," said Chad. "She is in the living room with Raye."
Annika was sitting on the couch by her mother redoing her project. Raye
was helping her.
"Hi Annika," said Daisy coming in.
"Hi," said Annika looking up from her work. Raye got up and went over to
Lita so the girls could talk.
"I'm sorry you got upset," said Daisy.
"Why do you and Gloria always fight," said Annika. "You two hate each other."
"You and Gloria fight too," said Daisy.
"Not like you do," said Annika. "I don't hit or throw anything." That was
true. Annika was very gentle. Her fights were usually just arguing.
Daisy and Gloria's fights always ended up being a slugfest.
"You're right," said Daisy with a sigh. "It took a long time to clean up
the mess in the playroom. The four of us are not allowed in there for a
whole week."
Annika did not say anything. She was intent on finishing her project.
Raye came back and sat down next to her. "Let's finish up for right now
Sweetheart," she said kissing the child on the head. "We need to get ready
for dinner. It is in the palace dining hall tonight."
"We need to get ready too Daisy," said Lita. "You will see Annika down
there."
"Okay," said Daisy. "I'll see you later Annika."
"Bye," said Annika.
Daisy and Lita left the quarters and headed toward their own quarters. "I
feel so bad," said Daisy.
"Don't worry about it," said Lita hugging her daughter. "Everything will
be all right."
Chapter 10: First Crush
"I wonder if anything good is going to happen in school today," said Daisy
as she and Maggie sat down in their desks.
"Did you finish your homework," asked Maggie pulling her books out of her
bookbag.
"Yes," said Daisy. "My mom would not let me do anything else until I had
it done."
"We are in fourth grade now Daisy," said Maggie. "We have to get our
homework done."
"Don't start sounding like my mother," pleaded Daisy.
"Boys and girls," said Mrs. Tanner, the teacher. "We have a new student
today. Please welcome Adam to our class."
Daisy looked at the new boy and could not take her eyes off of him. For a
boy Adam was nice looking. He had dark hair and green eyes. "Wow," she
thought. "He is handsome."
"Earth to Daisy," hissed Maggie. "Are you there."
"What," said Daisy coming back to reality.
"You were a million miles away," said Maggie. "What were thinking about?"
"Adam," said Daisy. "He is a total fox."
"Please," said Maggie rolling her eyes. "You are to young to start dating.
My mom says I have to wait until I am fifteen."
"Me too," said Daisy. "But that is forever."
"Maggie and Daisy," said Mrs. Tanner. "Either stop talking or go to the
principal's office. Your choice."
Blushing red from embarrassment Maggie and Daisy stopped talking.
On the way home from school that day Daisy was in a good mood. "It was a
great day today," she said.
"Why was so great," asked Hope.
"No reason," said Daisy.
"There's this new boy in our class," said Maggie. "Daisy thinks he is a
total fox."
"Gross," exclaimed Gloria.
"It's not gross," said Daisy giving Gloria a little push.
"Are you going to be his girlfriend," asked Annika as she gave a loud
cough. Three weeks ago Annika had fallen through some ice into an icy
lake. Since then she seemed to get one cold or cough after another. Amy
said the incident must have compromised Annika's immune system. Raye had
been dressing Annika in the warmest clothes to keep her from getting very
sick.
"I don't know," said Daisy. "He is so good looking though."
"Daisy's got a boyfriend, Daisy's got a boyfriend," chanted Gloria.
"You creep," said Daisy and she took off after Gloria.
Maggie rolled her eyes. "Come on everyone," she said. "We had better get
home."
The next day Lita was trying to get breakfast on the table. "Come on
Daisy," she called. "You are going to be late for school."
"I'm coming," Daisy called and she emerged from her room wearing one of her
best dresses.
"Why are you wearing that," asked Lita. "That is your best dress."
"No it's not," said Daisy. "My princess dress is my best dress. This is
my second best dress."
"That's not the point," said Lita. "You have school clothes and you have
clothes for special occasions. This dress is a special occasion dress."
"Oh come on Mom," begged Daisy.
"No," said Lita and then she looked closely at Daisy's face. "Did you put
on my make-up?"
"Just a little," said Daisy.
"This is not a little," said Lita. "You are too young to wear make-up."
"Rini wears make-up," wailed Daisy.
"Rini is thirteen and in seventh grade," said Lita. "You are almost ten
and in fourth grade. Now when you are in seventh grade we will talk about
it but right now you are to go and wash that stuff off of your face and you
are change into school clothes. Now!"
Daisy pouted and stomped back to her room. How was she going to get Adam
to notice her? She washed the make-up off her face and changed into school
clothes. When she got back to the kitchen breakfast was ready.
"Care to tell me why you want to grow up so suddenly," said Lita.
"No," said Daisy in a moody voice.
"Fine," said Lita knowing better than to press her daughter when she was in
this kind of mood.
"Not fair," Daisy said to Maggie on the way to school. "I wanted Adam to
notice me and my mom would not let me wear make-up or my prettiest dress."
"That's life," said Maggie shrugging her shoulders.
"I have to make myself look pretty," said Daisy.
"You are pretty," said Maggie.
"I mean really pretty," said Daisy. Then an idea struck her. "Maggie what
kind of fruit do you have in your lunch today?"
Maggie peaked in her lunch bag. "I have an orange," she said.
"I have an apple," said Daisy. "Can I borrow your orange for right now."
"What for," asked Maggie handing the orange to her.
"You'll see," said Daisy. "I'll be in the bathroom."
"Just don't be late," said Maggie.
"I won't," said Daisy as she ran toward the bathroom.
Maggie sat looking anxiously at the clock. Where was Daisy? Maggie was
not sure if she could cover for her. Mrs. Tanner did not accept excuses of
any kind.
Daisy came into the classroom just as the bell rang. Maggie stared at her
in horror. Daisy had stuffed the orange and apple in her shirt to give
herself a chest. She walked over to her seat as the rest of the class
began snickering.
"What do you think you are doing," hissed Maggie.
"Rini has them now," said Daisy. "Boys are starting to notice her now so I
thought maybe Adam would notice me if I had a chest."
"It looks ridiculous," said Maggie shaking her head.
"Maggie and Daisy, please stop talking now," said Mrs. Tanner. "I have
written some long division problems on the board. Since the two of you
like talking so much you both can be my first volunteers to come up and do
one."
Maggie and Daisy walked up to the blackboard. The class was stifling
giggles as they eyed Daisy's chest. Daisy reached up to start doing her
problem when one of the pieces of fruit dropped out of her dress and onto
the floor. The whole class roared with laughter while Daisy turned a beet
red. She was so embarrassed.
"Enough class," said Mrs. Tanner. "Daisy please remember that food belongs
in lunch bags and not in your clothes."
Daisy slunk back to her seat completely mortified with embarrassment.
When the kids got home from school Daisy ran right up to her quarters while
the rest of the kids went to their mothers.
"What's wrong with Daisy," asked Jupiter concerned.
"I don't know," said Gloria.
"She didn't say a thing on the way home," added Annika as she began
coughing again. Mars patted Annika on the back gently.
"I know," said Maggie softly. "But I think it might be a good idea if I
told you alone Aunt Lita."
"Okay," said Jupiter and she led Maggie out of the room to talk.
Daisy lay on her bed crying. She was so humiliated. She never wanted to
go to school again.
"Daisy," said Crescent as he jumped up on the bed. "What is wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about," sobbed Daisy "I am never leaving this room
again.
"Why not," asked Crescent.
"I cannot tell you," sobbed Daisy. "I cannot tell anyone."
"You don't have too," said Lita coming in. "Maggie already told me what
happened and don't worry she only told me. She is a very good friend."
Daisy flung herself into her mother's arms and cried hysterically. "It was
awful," she said. "The whole class laughed at me. I never want to go to
school again."
"I am afraid you have too," said Lita holding Daisy tightly. "I just wish
you told me you had a crush on someone."
"I just wanted him to notice me," said Daisy.
"Now I understand why you wanted to wear make up and your best dress," said
Lita. "But you cannot pretend to be someone you are not just to get a
boy's attention. Don't try to grow up so quickly. Enjoy your childhood.
It does not last forever."
"I know I am still a kid," said Daisy. "But I wanted this boy to notice me."
"One day you will be old enough to have a boyfriend," said Lita. "And he
will like you for your personality not how you look. Your father and I
started off as good friends but then we fell in love. I know you will find
someone who will be your husband too."
"Okay," said Daisy. "But I still don't want to go to school tomorrow."
"You have too," said Lita. "But don't worry in a few days the class will
forget about what happened."
"I hope you are right," said Daisy.
"I am," said Lita. "Now how about drying those eyes and helping me bake a
cake?"
"Okay," said Daisy and she followed her mother into the kitchen.
Chapter 11: The Symbol of Jupiter
"It's not fair," Daisy was yelling. "Those kids were picking on her and I
am the one who gets into trouble."
"Calm down Daisy," said Lita. "I know you wanted to stand up for your
friend but we have told you that fighting is not an answer."
"I am so mad," said Daisy. "I had to stay after school today because I got
mad at those kids." During recess that day a couple of bullies were
picking on Ariel. Being only six and already in third grade made poor
Ariel an object of teasing. What made it worse was that it was a couple of
fifth graders from Daisy's class picking on Ariel. Daisy was furious with
her classmates for picking on someone so much younger than them that she
decked both of them. Ariel was in tears over the teasing and was very
grateful for Daisy sticking up for her.
"I remember having to stand up for Amy one time because some other kids
were accusing her of cheating," said Lita remembering how some classmates
had been brainwashed by the Negamoon into believing Amy was a cheat. "I
did not get into a fight but I stood up for her using words. That is what
you need to do too."
"I'll try and remember Mom," said Daisy cooling off.
"Good," said Lita kissing her daughter. "I love you."
"I love you too," said Daisy.
"Now let's do some cleaning around here," said Lita.
"Okay," said Daisy who like her mother hated a big mess.
Lita knew the time was coming for her to tell Daisy her destiny as a Sailor
Scout. Her still foggy memories of Daisy coming back to the past and
seeing her told her that Daisy was about ten at the time. Daisy was now
ten and in fifth grade. Lita hoped that Daisy could be told soon. She
felt it would help the girl's aggression if she became a warrior for
justice. She looked over at Daisy who was dusting the table. A strange
glow appeared on her forehead. Lita looked and saw it was the symbol of
Jupiter.
A few days later Jupiter was on her way to her quarters to talk to Daisy.
In her hand was a transformation pen that Luna had provided. The pen was
for Daisy. The Queen agreed it was time to tell each of the girls of her
destiny as a Sailor Scout. Each Scout was to tell her own daughter.
Jupiter was glad the time had come. Daisy needed some way to channel her
aggression.
Jupiter got to her quarters and paused outside the door. "All right
Daisy," she said. "Time to fight in a good way."
End of Part 3. Coming up. Part 4: Ariel
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Our Daughters
Part 3: Daisy
By
Angel Raye
Chapter 1: The Announcement
Lita groaned as she left the bathroom and stumbled back to bed. "I cannot
remember when I was so sick," she groaned to her husband Ken who was also
Jupiter Knight.
"Did you get sick again," he asked with concern.
"Yes," moaned Lita. "I must have gotten some virus or something. I have
not been able to keep anything down for the last few days."
"That's it," said Ken. "I am going to ask Amy to check you out today. You
cannot keep spending all your time with your head in the toilet."
"Very well," said Lita as Ken left the room. She had been feeling very
miserable for the last few days. She wondered what was making her so sick.
A thought suddenly struck her. Like everyone else the thousand years of
dormancy had left her with hazy memories of the 20th century. Sailor Pluto
would not awaken anyone's memories of visitors from the 30th century. Lita
remembered several little girls coming back to visit them from the 30th
century. One of the children said she was Sailor Chibi Jupiter and Lita's
daughter. She was one of the older ones. So far only Neo-Queen Serenity
and King Endymion were the only ones with a child. Little Rini was only
three and a half. However, Sailor Pluto just recently found out she was
pregnant. Lita vaguely remembered that Chibi Jupiter and Chibi Pluto were
the same age.
"Could it be," she asked herself. "Is it time?'
"So," Lita asked Amy later on. "Am I right? Are my suspicions correct?"
"They are," said Amy looking at the results of the tests she had run on
Lita. "You are five weeks pregnant."
"I knew it," said Lita. "Ken and I have been trying to have a baby. I
have vague memories of this child coming back to the 20th century to help
us battle enemies."
"Me too," said Amy softly. Her child had been the youngest of the group,
which meant that it would be a few years before she had a child.
"I have to tell Ken," said Lita. "He is going to shout for joy when I tell
him."
"I'll tell the Queen," said Amy. "Serenity will just have to throw a party
tonight to celebrate even though we only celebrated Setsuna's pregnancy a
couple of weeks ago.
Lita laughed. Although their dearest friend, Serenity was much more
responsible now that she was queen of the earth, she still liked to have fun.
"I am going to tell Ken," said Lita. "I also want to start on a nursery
right away."
Lita contacted Ken on his communicator and asked him to meet in their
quarters. While she was waiting she started planning on how she was going
to decorate the nursery.
Ken came in and Lita flung herself into his arms and kissed him in excitement.
"So what is wrong with you," he asked anxiously.
"I am fine," Lita said to him. "But in about eight months we are going to
have a permanent roommate."
"A permanent roommate," he asked in a puzzled voice. Suddenly realization
came to his eyes. "Lita," he asked. "Are you pregnant?"
"Yes," said Lita. "We are going to be parents."
"Yahoo," yelled Ken. "Oh Lita, I love you."
"And I love you," said Lita and they kissed.
"A toast," said King Endymion at the party that evening. "To Lita and Ken."
"May your child be as healthy and happy as you," said Neo-Queen Serenity.
"Congratulations," said everyone.
"Lita I am so excited for you," squealed Mina in delight. "Asai and I have
been talking about trying for one."
"Chad and I are going to wait a few more months before we try," said Raye
coming up. "This is exciting though."
"Setsuna," said Lita. "Looks like we will be having ours around the same
time."
Setsuna put her hand on her stomach, which was still flat, since she was
still in her first trimester. "They will be close in age," she said.
"Small Lady is going to have a difficult time with this."
"Just as long as we keep loving her she will do fine," said Amy. Since
Rini was the only child living at the palace right now everyone doted on her.
"I am so excited for you Lita," said Serenity coming up with Rini in her
arms. "Rini you are going to have two little babies to play with soon."
"When," asked Rini. "Where are they?"
"They are inside Setsuna's and Lita's stomachs right now," said Serenity.
"They won't be along for a few months."
Rini only gazed with her large red eyes. She was too young to understand
what was going on.
"Well I am excited," said Lita. "And so is Ken. I have always wanted to
be a mother and soon I will be one." Lita placed her hand on her stomach.
"I can't wait to see you little one."
Chapter 2 The Birth
Lita stumbled down the hall. The contractions were unbearable. "Of all
days to misplace my communicator," she said to herself. "I have got to
find Amy or Ken." She kept walking and then ran into Sailor Mars and
Sailor Venus.
"Are you all right Lita," asked Mars in concern as she rushed to Lita's side.
"I am having contractions," gasped Lita. "And I misplaced my communicator."
"Okay come on," said Venus. "We'll get you to Amy's office."
Mars whipped out her communicator. "Mercury and Jupiter Knight," she said.
"Lita is having contractions. You are both needed right now."
"I am coming," said Mercury.
"You are fully dilated," said Amy. "Are you ready to start pushing."
"I am," said Lita as she squeezed Ken's hand.
"Push," said Amy and Lita gave a push. She pushed with all her might and
then sank back against the pillow.
"Is it always this painful," she moaned.
"You were the one who wanted natural childbirth," said Amy. "It's too late
to give you anything for the pain."
"Why did you listen to me," asked Lita.
"Push," instructed Amy.
"You push damn it," growled Lita. "I'm sick of this."
"I know you are tired," said Amy. "But we have got to keep pushing."
"Just remember to breathe Lita," said Ken.
"Come on Lita," said Amy. "Another push."
"Okay," said Lita and she gritted her teeth. She gave a hard push.
"I can see the head," said Amy. "Come on Lita. One more push should do it."
"Here goes," said Lita and she pushed again.
"I've got her," said Amy as screaming filled the room.
Lita sat back in relief. "Is she all right?"
"She's fine," said Amy. "My goodness she is a big one!"
"I am so proud of you," said Ken.
"Here she is," said Amy handing the baby to Lita.
Lita gazed lovingly at the little bundle in her arms. Green hair covered
the baby's head and she inherited her mother's green eyes. "Look at her
Ken," said Lita. "Isn't she just beautiful?"
"Just like her mother," said Ken.
"Welcome to the Crystal Palace, Daisy," said Lita.
"You have visitors Lita," said Amy later on. Ken was off spreading the
news to everyone.
"Send them in," said Lita as she held her little bundle in her arms.
Serenity came in with Rini who was now four. "Congratulations Lita," she
said. "I am so happy for you. Look at the baby Rini."
"She's like a doll," said Rini.
"Let me see that baby," said Mars coming in. "Oh she is beautiful."
"She is," said Venus. She put her finger in Daisy's hand. "Wow, she has a
good grip."
"She is going to be strong like you," said Neptune.
"Looks like Maggie has a playmate now," said Pluto as she held her own
infant daughter in her arms.
"I am so happy for you Lita," said Saturn. "She is beautiful."
"I am sure she is going to be a strong scout like you," said Uranus.
"I know she will be," said Lita as she remembered Sailor Chibi Jupiter
visiting her in the past. She gazed down at the sleeping infant in her
arms. "Say hello to your family little one."
Chapter3: A Tough Toddler
"What a day," said Jupiter as she and some of the other scouts headed
toward the nursery. "I can't wait to spend some quiet time with the family."
"At least you get quiet time," said Venus. Her own daughter Gloria was now
one and was already showing signs of being a major handful.
"At least you only have one," Neptune pointed out. "Haruka and I hardly
get any sleep with twin babies around. As soon as one gets to sleep the
other one demands attention."
Everyone laughed. Recently Neptune and Uranus adopted a set of twins who
just mysteriously showed up at their door. Their arrival was a surprise
but the twins were immediately accepted into the family.
"One is definitely enough," said Jupiter as she opened the door to the
nursery. There was a loud commotion going on. Daisy and Gloria were both
hitting each other while Maggie just stood by and watched. The palace
nannies Palla and Ves each had a twin in their arms feeding them. Mars was
in the corner feeding her daughter Annika.
"Daisy what are you doing," demanded Jupiter pulling her daughter away from
Gloria.
"Sorry about that," said Palla. "Gloria bit Daisy so Daisy hit her and
then they started hitting each other."
"All three babies wanted to be fed at once on top of all this," said Ves.
"Thank goodness Mars came and was able to take care of Annika at least."
"Nothing any of us could say would stop the fighting," said Mars as she
lifted Annika to her shoulder.
"Daisy you know you shouldn't hit," said Jupiter.
"Bite," said Daisy in tears holding up her arm. There was a fresh bite
mark where Gloria had taken a chomp.
"Gloria," said Venus. She pulled the child over to Daisy and pointed to
the bite mark. "No," she said firmly. "We do not bite." Gloria burst
into tears.
"Jupiter," said Mars as she picked up Annika's diaper bag. "Daisy is a lot
like you. She knows how to fight."
"I guess that's good for when she becomes a Scout," said Jupiter. "But I
do not want her to fight with her peers."
"Cut her some slack Jupiter," said Mars. "She is only two. She is only
going through the terrible twos right now."
"I hope that is it," said Jupiter as she picked Daisy up and carried her
out of the nursery.
Chapter 4: The Palace Pool
"Come on Daisy," coaxed Lita. "I'll catch you. Just jump in."
"Okay Mommy," said five-year old Daisy. She jumped into the water and Lita
caught her. Since Daisy was starting Kindergarten soon Lita signed her up
for swim lessons. Daisy loved the water but was a bit hesitant about
jumping into the water. Today all of the scouts were taking time off from
their duties and spending time with their daughters in the palace pool.
The pool was very large and was indoors. Amy and Micharu who were both
excellent swimmers spent a lot of time at the pool. Even Serenity had
taken some time right now to go swimming with Rini. Just recently Rini had
returned from the 20th century where she had been training as Sailor Chibi
Moon. Lita remembered that time very well. They had fought the Death
Busters and the Dead Moon circus during that time.
"Good girl," said Lita. "Shall we try again."
"Okay," said Daisy as she climbed out.
"Don't let me go Mama," said three year old Annika to her mother. Raye was
holding her daughter in the water. Even with a floatation device on her
back Annika still clung to Raye.
"I won't Sweetheart," said Raye as she held her daughter tightly. "I will
be signing you up for swim lessons next summer."
"Good idea," said Amy who was holding her one-year-old daughter Ariel.
"She cannot hold onto you forever," said Lita as she caught Daisy again.
"Good job Daisy."
"I don't want to jump anymore Mommy," said Daisy. "I just want to swim now."
"Go ahead Sweetheart," said Lita and Daisy swam off toward the other end of
the pool.
"She learns fast," said Raye. "Maybe she will do better than you did in
school."
"Save the snide comments for Serenity and Mina," said Lita. "They were
worse in school than I was."
"I heard that," said Serenity. "And I did start studying harder after the
Galaxia incident."
Everyone remembered the battle with Galaxia. Everyone except Serenity had
lost their star seeds and died but Serenity managed to defeat Chaos and
brought everyone's star seeds back and everyone back to life. Serenity had
been so shook up and traumatized by the whole thing that for weeks everyone
had to be extra loving with her.
A scream broke everyone out of her thoughts. "You brat," Daisy was
screaming at Gloria. She reached over and punched Gloria. Gloria slapped
Daisy in the face.
"Girls," said Lita in a sharp voice. "What is going on?"
"Gloria pulled me under," said Daisy. "She is such a brat."
"Cool it," said Lita putting her hand over her daughter's mouth. Mina came
over and took hold of Gloria.
"I told you not to pull people under," said Mina. Even though Gloria was
not swimming yet she loved to splash around in the shallow end and going
under. One thing she liked doing was grabbing people's ankles.
"It's funny," said Gloria.
"Very well," said Mina and she reached under and pulled Gloria's ankle.
Gloria screamed. "Now you know how it feels," she said as she picked up
her weeping child.
Daisy started laughing but then stopped when Lita glared at her. "You and
Gloria need to start getting along," she told her daughter firmly. "Aunt
Mina and I are good friends and we would like our daughters to be good
friends too."
"But she's a brat," whined Daisy and Lita had to silently agree. Gloria
was a trying child.
"You still need to get along," said Lita. "You are going to need that
friendship one day."
"All right," said Daisy in a sulky voice. "I'm tired. Can we go back to
our quarters now."
"Very well," said Lita as she and Daisy got out of the pool.
Chapter 5: Crescent
"So what did you do in school today," asked Rini as she and Maggie and
Daisy walked home from school.
"Daisy got into another fight," said Maggie.
"Snitch," said Daisy.
"Well you did," said Maggie. "But don't worry. I am not going to tell on
you."
"What happened this time," asked Rini.
"This one boy called us palace brats," said Daisy. "So I punched him."
"Get use to being called palace brats," said Rini. "The kids have been
calling me that for years."
"Don't sound so old," said Maggie. Rini was now in fourth grade and still
did not have many friends in her class. She had been happy back in the
20th century where she had a lot of friends. However she knew she belonged
here in the 30th century with her family.
"At least you two have each other," said Rini. "I had no one when I was in
Kindergarten."
"We always play together," said Daisy.
"Gloria, Annika, and the twins will be really lucky," said Rini. "All four
of them will be in Kindergarten together in two years so they can stick
together."
The girls continued walking home. Daisy suddenly saw an orange kitten
sitting near a tree. "Look at the cute kitten," she squealed as she ran
over to it. Daisy knelt down in front of the kitten and began to pet him.
Suddenly she noticed something on his forehead. "Rini, Maggie," she
called. "You need to come see this."
Rini and Maggie came over. "Look," said Daisy. "He has a moon shape on
his head like Luna, Artemis, and Diana."
"You are right," said Rini looking at the kitten's forehead. There was a
crescent moon shape on his forehead.
The kitten suddenly spoke. "Do you know Luna and Artemis," he asked.
"Yes," said Rini. "Who are you?"
"I am Crescent," he said. "Do all of you come from the Moon Kingdom?"
"Sort of," said Rini. "The people from the Moon Kingdom are our moms."
"Which of you is Serenity's daughter," asked Crescent.
"I am," said Rini. "Daisy is Jupiter's daughter and Maggie is Pluto's
daughter. Everyone else has kids too but they are all still little."
"I am very pleased to meet all of you," said Crescent.
"Where do you come from," asked Rini.
"I will explain back at the palace," said Crescent.
"Good," said Daisy. "You can ride on my shoulder if you want."
"Thank you," said Crescent and he climbed on Daisy's shoulder. Together
everyone headed back to the palace.
Later King Endymion, Neo-Queen Serenity, all of the Scouts and Knights were
in the meeting hall. Rini, Maggie, and Daisy had brought Crescent into the
room to meet everyone.
"So are you from the Moon Kingdom," asked Serenity.
"Yes I am," said Crescent. "I remember you very well your majesty."
"Why did you wait until now to show up," asked Mars.
"I was only a kitten when the battle with the Negaverse happened," said
Crescent. "Queen Serenity put me to sleep with Luna and Artemis however,
she felt I would be needed more here in the thirtieth century," said
Crescent. "So while Luna and Artemis and the rest of you were sent to the
20th century I was sent to the 30th century."
"Are you Luna and Artemis's son," asked Mercury. "They do have a daughter
who is about the same age as you."
"No I am not," said Crescent. "All of the cats in the Moon Kingdom talked.
I am not related to them."
"Luna and Artemis are on their way," said Serenity. "Maybe they will
remember you."
"I am not sure," said the kitten. "It has been a long time."
Luna and Artemis walked in with Diana. Diana immediately jumped on Rini's
head.. "Small Lady," she said happily.
"What do you need everyone," asked Luna.
"Look what the kids brought home with them," said Venus,
Luna and Artemis looked at Daisy who still had Crescent on her shoulder.
They saw Crescent. "Artemis," said Luna. "Did you have another kitten
with another cat?"
"No," said Artemis. "Diana is my only child."
"I am from the Moon Kingdom," said Crescent. "I am not even related to
you. I was sent to the future too but I did not awaken until the 30th
century."
"You do seem familiar," said Artemis. "But I cannot remember you."
"The Luna mind meld will take care of that," said Luna and a beam came out
of her crescent moon and melded with Crescent and Artemis.
[Flashback]
Queen Serenity had just trapped everyone in the imperium silver crystal.
The battle was over and the queen was dying.
"What are you going to do your majesty," asked Luna.
"I will send everyone into the future where they will be reborn," said
Queen Serenity. "You will go to and if the Negaverse attacks again you
will know what to do."
"Very well," said Artemis and they were gone into a deep cryogenic sleep.
"Your Majesty," said the small kitten, Crescent coming forward. "What is
going to happen to me?"
Serenity weakly lifted Crescent and placed him on her lap. "You sweet
thing," she said. "Your parents were killed weren't they?"
"Yes your Majesty," said Crescent sadly.
"I will send you to the future too," she said. "But it will not be the
20th century. Instead I am going to send you even further into the future
when all of the princesses have daughters of their own. Then you can be a
guide for the next generation of princesses."
"I am ready," said Crescent and he got sent forward in time.
[End flash back]
"I remember you now," said Luna. "Your mother belonged to the queen of
Jupiter."
"That's right," said Artemis. "You were to be a guide for the next
generation that would of come along."
"So you were sent to the 30th century to be a guardian for our children,"
asked Mars.
"Yes," said Crescent. "I have not been awake very long. Maybe only a few
days."
Sailor Jupiter knelt down in front of Daisy who still had Crescent on her
shoulder. "So you lived with me on Jupiter," she asked.
"Yes," said Crescent. "I am sorry your mother is not here to see you. She
would have been proud of you."
Jupiter smiled sadly. She had no memories of her mother from the Moon
Kingdom and both of her parents from the 20th century dies in a plane crash
when she was very young. She wished they were still alive so they could
see Daisy.
"Mommy," said Daisy. "Can Crescent stay with us?"
Jupiter looked over at the others. "What do you think," she asked.
"I think he should stay with you," said Serenity.
"I think so too," said Mercury.
Luna came forward. "I think it is a good idea," she said. "After all
Crescent would have belonged to Jupiter on the Moon Kingdom. I think it
would make sense to stay with her in the palace."
"Then yes my dear," said Jupiter to Daisy. "He can stay with us."
"Hurrah," squealed Daisy in delight. "I am going to take him to the
nursery and show him to the other kids." With that she left the room.
A couple of hours later Jupiter and the other scouts went to the nursery to
pick up their children. All of the children were playing with Crescent.
"Look at the kitty Mama," said Annika as she jumped into Mars's arms.
"I know I already saw him," said Mars as she kissed her daughter.
"Why can't I have a kitty," asked Annika.
"One day Sweetheart," said Mars as a memory came to her head. "One day."
"Pretty kitty," said Ariel as she patted Crescent.
"Be gentle Darling," said Mercury.
"Artemis is better," said Gloria.
"Gloria," hissed Venus as she grabbed Gloria by the hand and led her out
the nursery. "Watch what you say."
"Come on Daisy," said Jupiter. "It is time for us to go."
"Okay Mommy," said Daisy as she stood up. Crescent jumped on her shoulder.
"You are going to be my best friend," Daisy said to Crescent.
"And you will be mine," said Crescent.
Jupiter smiled at her daughter and Crescent. She was glad that he daughter
was going to have a guardian cat.
Chapter 6: A Budding Chef
"When can I learn to cook like you," asked Daisy one day.
"I'll teach you," said Lita. "But you have to read to cook."
"I can read," said Daisy. "I am in first grade now. I can read."
"Then why do you always have me or Daddy read to you at night," asked Lita.
"Because it is more fun," said Daisy.
"Okay," said Lita. "Grab a stool and come up here."
Daisy ran and got a stool she used to reach things. She stood next to her
mother. For the next hour Lita showed her how to measure ingredients for a
recipe. Together they prepared a gourmet meal. Tonight was a night that
everyone got to eat with his or her families instead of the palace dining
hall. On nights like tonight Lita like to cook a gourmet meal for her family.
After dinner Ken sat back satisfied. "Well that meal was wonderful," he said.
"I helped," said Daisy proudly.
"You did," said Ken. "Well than I am a lucky man. I have a beautiful wife
and a beautiful daughter and both of them are good cooks."
"Oh Ken," said Lita as she blushed.
"Thank you Daddy," said Daisy proudly.
After school the next day Daisy and Maggie went to her quarters. "I helped
Mommy cook dinner yesterday," Daisy told Maggie. "So today I am going to
try and bake cookies."
"All by yourself," asked Maggie in surprise.
"Yes," said Daisy.
"Why do you want me here," asked Maggie.
"You can read better than me," said Daisy. "You can help me with the hard
words."
"We are only in first grade Daisy," said Maggie rolling her eyes. "I won't
be able to read hard words."
"Then I will choose cookies with easy words," said Daisy pulling out one of
her mother's cookbooks. She looked through and found a recipe for sugar
cookies. "Here we go," she said handing the book to Maggie.
"I had better not get into trouble for this," said Maggie as she looked at
the book. She heard a scraping sound and looked up. Daisy was dragging a
chair over to the cupboards. "What are you doing?"
"We need flour," said Daisy as she reached up and grabbed the bag of flour.
"Careful don't drop it," said Maggie nervously.
"I won't," said Daisy but the bag slipped out of her hand. The next thing
Daisy knew she, Maggie, and the entire kitchen was covered with flour.
"Oh no," said Maggie dropping the cookbook and trying to shake herself off.
"Oops," said Daisy. "Sorry about that."
"Look at this mess," said Maggie.
"I can clean it," said Daisy. "Now I think we need eggs too." She went to
the refrigerator and took some eggs out. She carefully walked over to the
counter and placed the eggs on it. A couple of them rolled off onto the
floor. "Oh no," she said.
"I think I should go," said Maggie nervously.
"Please don't," begged Daisy. "I really need your help."
"All right," said Maggie reluctantly as she picked up the book. She blew
the flour off of it.
Another catastrophe after another happened. Daisy spilt sugar all over the
floor. Next she tried to work the blender and the ingredients splattered
all over the place. Pretty soon there was no sign at all that the kitchen
had been clean.
"We are in big trouble," said Maggie looking at herself. Her dress was all
covered with the ingredients.
"Girls we are here," said Jupiter as she and Pluto came in. She stopped in
horror as she eyed the mess in her kitchen. "MY KITCHEN," she shrieked.
"Young lady," said Pluto in a stern voice to her daughter. "I do not let
you go to your friends' quarters to make a mess."
"I'm sorry Mama," said Maggie. "We were trying to bake cookies."
"Well you are going to help clean up," said Pluto. "So get to it."
After the kitchen was clean Pluto and Maggie left. Lita put Daisy in the
tub and started washing her hair. Daisy could tell her mother was not
happy at all.
"I'm sorry Mommy," said Daisy with tears in her eyes. "I just wanted to
bake some cookies for you and Daddy."
"I know you want to learn to cook like me," said Lita. "But it takes
practice. I will teach you how to cook but you are not to try anything by
yourself until you have become good at it. Do you understand?"
"Yes Mommy," said Daisy.
A few days later everyone was having dinner in the palace-dining hall.
Daisy proudly brought some cookies that she and her mother baked together.
"These are good," said Serenity.
"Yummy," said Rini.
Everyone agreed that these were good cookies. "Well Lita," said Amy.
"Looks like you are going to have a little cook to help you out."
"She still has a lot to learn," said Lita. "But she will be good at it."
Chapter 7: Fights
Daisy got home from school and went looking for her parents. She could not
find them anywhere. She ran outside and found Sailor Mars walking through
the gardens with Annika. "Aunt Raye," she said. "Where's my mommy and
daddy?"
"They went to the school," said Mars.
"Why," asked Daisy.
"They got a call from the school asking them for a conference today," said
Mars.
"Oh no," said Daisy realizing why. She had gotten into another fight in
school. In fact her teacher said out of all the years she had been
teaching first grade this class was the most aggressive.
"Are you still fighting in school Daisy," asked Mars.
"Yes," said Daisy softly.
"You have to be careful," said Mars. "You are only going to get into big
trouble."
"I know," said Daisy softly.
"You are so like your mother," said Mars softly.
"Mama," said Annika wanting to be back in the center of her mother's
attention.
"What is it Sweetheart," asked Mars turning back to her child.
"Pick me up," demanded Annika. Then remembering her manners she added,
"Please."
Mars scooped her daughter up and then turned to Daisy. "Good luck my
dear," she said and she walked away with Annika in her arms.
Daisy walked back to her quarters. She knew she was going to be in
trouble. There was nothing to do but wait.
About an hour later Lita and Ken arrived. Daisy could tell her parents
were not happy with her.
"Aunt Raye told me you were at the school," said Daisy.
"Yes," said Lita softly. "Your teacher told me that you are always
fighting the other children."
"I'm sorry," said Daisy with tears in her eyes. "I can't help it. When
someone makes me angry I just want to hit them so I do."
"I understand," said Lita. "I was just like that when I was young too. I
even got kicked out of one school for fighting. I do not want you to go
through the same thing."
"What's going to happen," asked Daisy.
"From now on whenever you get into a fight your teacher will send a note
home," said Lita. "If you bring a note home you will lose a privilege."
"And we will decide what that will be," said Ken. "It may be television,
the swimming pool or playing with your friends."
"Do you understand," asked Lita cupping Daisy's chin in her hand.
"Yes Mommy," said Daisy tearfully.
Lita wrapped her arms around her daughter and hugged her. "I love you
Sweetheart," she said.
"I love you too Mommy," said Daisy.
Three days later Daisy and Maggie were playing hopscotch during recess. So
far Daisy had managed to avoid getting into any fights. She hoped she
could keep it up.
"Can I play," asked a soft timid voice and Daisy and Maggie turned to see
their shy classmate Lisa standing there.
"Sure," said Maggie.
"Here," said Daisy handing Lisa the stone. "You can go."
Lisa took the stone and began hopping. Lisa was a very shy, thin child and
did not have many friends. Usually the other children made fun of her
because she was a very skinny child.
"You are good at this game," said Daisy.
"I play with my sister all the time," said Lisa softly.
"Look," said a voice and the girls turned to see the class bully Ben
standing there. "The palace brats are playing with the skeleton."
"Leave us alone," said Daisy.
Ben ignored Daisy. He walked up to Lisa and pulled her braid. Lisa
immediately started crying. "Now she is crying," he said and he pulled her
braid again. Lisa continued to cry.
Daisy couldn't stand it. She ran forward and knocked Ben down. She gave
him a good kick on the side. "Leave her alone," she shouted.
"Daisy," said a voice and Daisy turned to see her teacher Mrs. Nelson
walking toward her. "You will get a note home young lady."
Daisy was upset. Now she was in trouble. Lisa ran up and gave Daisy a
hug. "I'm sorry," she said. "You are in trouble because of me."
"It's okay," said Daisy softly.
"I'll tell your mommy and daddy what happened," said Maggie.
Daisy sat in her room that night right before bedtime. She had lost
television for a week. Maggie had told Lita what had happened which was
why she only lost television for one week. Crescent was curled up asleep
at the foot of her bed.
"Are you ready for bed," asked Lita coming in.
"Yes," said Daisy handing the book she had chosen for her mother to read.
Daisy settled down in her mother's arms and listened to the story. After
it was read her mother tucked Daisy in.
"I'm sorry I got into a fight Mommy," said Daisy. "I just got so mad when
Ben made Lisa cry."
"I think it's wonderful you want to protect your friends," said Lita. "I
was like that too but I got into trouble for fighting. You need to find
another way to help your friends."
"I will Mommy," said Daisy.
"I know you will," said Lita. She gave Daisy a kiss. "Good night my dear.
I love you."
"I love you too Mommy," said Daisy and she settled down to sleep.
Chapter 8: Self-Control
"I am so glad it is a kid's party tonight," said Daisy standing still so
her mother could finish fixing her hair. "The parties for the grown ups
are so boring."
"You will like them when you get older," said Lita tying a ribbon in her
daughter's hair.
"Well tonight will be fun," said Daisy. Tonight the palace was having a
party for Gloria because it was her sixth birthday. Recently Gloria,
Annika, and the twins had started attending these parties now that they
were in Kindergarten. Since tonight was a child's birthday Madelyn and
Ariel would be attending too.
"Just remember that it is Gloria's party and not yours," said Lita. "Now
where did you put Gloria's present?"
"I put it on the couch," said Daisy. She looked down at her green princess
dress. Lita was wearing a green evening gown. "Mommy you and I look
alike," she said.
Lita knelt down and hugged her child. "I know," she said. "I am glad too.
Every mother wants their daughter to look like them."
"I am glad too," said Daisy.
"Now go and find Gloria's present," said Lita and Daisy ran to the living
room and grabbed the present off the couch. Ken was waiting for them
dressed in his tuxedo.
"Are my two beautiful dates ready," asked Ken.
"We are ready," said Lita. She had to admit she felt a little silly
dressing in an evening gown for a child's birthday party but as with all
the palace parties there were going to be important people and the press
present. Whenever one of the palace children had a birthday the entire
world knew it. The children got to have an afternoon party too where they
could let loose a little but the evening parties were formal.
The party was in full swing. Adults were dancing. Most of the officials
and representatives brought their own children for the party. Everyone was
dressed in eveningwear.
Gloria sat at the table with a huge birthday cake in front of her. Mina
was trying to pull Gloria's hair out of her face so that it would not catch
fire.
"Make a wish and blow out the candles Darling," said Mina.
Gloria screwed her eyes tightly shut and then took a deep breath and blew
out the candles. Everyone clapped. Then one of the caterers came and
started cutting the cake. Pretty soon everyone was enjoying a piece of
birthday cake.
"Are you having a good time Gloria," asked Rini.
"Of course," said Gloria. "I am the important person here today."
"Oh please," said Daisy rolling her eyes.
"Shut up Daisy," said Gloria and she poked her tongue out.
"Brat," muttered Daisy under her breath.
"Don't call me that," said Gloria.
"Well than stop acting like one," said Daisy.
"Stop fighting you two," said Rini.
"Yes," said Annika softly. "Let's just have fun."
Daisy looked at Raye and Chad's daughter. She was so shy compared to her
parents. Daisy put her arm around Annika's shoulder. "All right," she
said. "We will have fun."
Annika smiled and continued eating her cake. Crescent came over and jumped
on Daisy's lap.
"How about a piece for me," he asked.
Daisy held a piece of cake over Crescent's mouth. He opened wide and she
dropped it in.
"I hope you are behaving yourself," he said.
"I am," said Daisy crossly.
"Good," said Crescent. "I know Gloria is a hard person to put up with but
you still need to behave."
"Hey Daisy," called Gloria and Daisy looked over. Gloria had some ice
cream in a spoon. She flipped the spoon and the ice cream flew out and hit
Daisy in the face and splattered all over her. Gloria began to laugh.
"That does it," said Daisy and she got up.
"Daisy, don't do it," said Crescent. "You do not want to get into trouble."
"He's right Daisy," said Diana.
"Come on Daisy," said Maggie taking Daisy by the hand. "Why don't we find
your mommy."
After the party Lita was trying to clean the ice cream out of Daisy's hair.
Daisy was still very angry with Gloria.
"I am proud of you tonight Sweetheart," said Lita.
"Why," asked Daisy. "I didn't do anything."
"That's why I am so proud of you," said Lita. "When Gloria tossed her ice
cream at you, you did not fight back. You used good judgement and self
control tonight. Good job."
"Why is Gloria such a brat," asked Daisy.
"It's just the way she is," said Lita. "Don't worry. It may be her
birthday but Aunt Mina was still going to punish her for throwing ice cream."
Chapter 9: A Major Brawl
"I cannot wait until the art fair," said Annika in excitement as they
walked home from school. "I hope I win a prize for mine."
"You will," said Daisy. "You are really good in art."
Annika beamed with pride. Crystal Elementary decided to have an art fair
this year. Anyone could enter. Annika and Hope were both considered the
best artists in the first grade and were both eager to enter something in
the fair.
"Why can't they have a singing fair," griped Gloria.
"Art is fun," said Daisy who planned on entering too.
"You say that because you are good at it," said Gloria.
"You could be too Gloria if you practiced," said Rini.
"Why don't we all go to the playroom when we get home," suggested Daisy.
"We can work on art."
"Okay," said Annika eagerly.
"You said we could play after school," said Gloria.
"We still can," said Annika. "Come to the playroom with us."
"Yes," said Maggie. "Why don't we all go."
"We can get Ariel and take her with us," said Daisy. Ariel was the only
one not in school now. Because of that Palla just kept her in Mercury's
quarters during the day and took her around the palace throughout the day.
The nursery was converted into a playroom for the children.
"Let's go," said Madelyn eagerly.
Later all the children were in the playroom. Daisy, Annika, and Hope had
gone to their quarters to get all of their supplies. Rini came to so that
she could keep an eye on Ariel at her mother's request.
"What are you going to do," Annika asked Daisy.
"I am going to make a vase out of clay," said Daisy. "How about you."
"I am going to make an ornament out of felt and beads," said Annika. "I
think I can do it since I just made that cat." Recently Annika had gotten
some flowered material and with her mother's help had made a cat out of it.
Since then Annika had been working on stitching and sewing.
The girls all got to work on their projects. Gloria was trying to paint a
picture and was not doing very well at all. "This is nuts," she said
tossing the brush down.
"Hey," said Hope who was working with watercolors. "You just got some
paint on my picture."
"Fix it then," said Gloria rudely.
"Gloria tell her you are sorry," said Rini.
"No," said Gloria stepping backwards and stepping on Ariel's hand. Ariel
was laying on the floor coloring and let out a loud wail when Gloria
stepped on her.
"Watch where you are going," said Faith angrily.
"Why is everyone picking on me," snapped Gloria. "All of this was an
accident."
"Yeah right," said Daisy under her breath. She never admitted it but
Gloria really bothered her."
"Shut up Daisy," said Gloria and she threw a jar of paint at her. The
plastic jar landed in front of Daisy splattering her and Annika. The paint
got all over their work. Annika burst into tears.
"You brat," said Daisy and she threw a ball of clay at Gloria who ducked.
It hit Faith in the head.
"Fight," yelled Faith and she threw some water at the girls.
Rini and Maggie quickly grabbed Ariel by the hands and led her out of the
room. Madelyn scrambled underneath the table to protect herself from being
hit. Hope, already angry with Gloria for ruining her watercolor painting
joined in the brawl. Annika just sat in the middle of it weeping over her
ruined project not even caring that she was getting covered with paint and
water.
"Hold it," said a sharp voice and the girls stop brawling to see the Scouts
all standing at the door.
"What is going on," demanded Jupiter coming in. "Rini and Maggie brought
Ariel to Mercury telling us that there was a fight going on. I see they
weren't kidding."
"Come out Madelyn," said Saturn gently to her daughter and Madelyn came out
from under the table into her mother's arms.
"What happened," demanded Venus as she pulled Gloria over to her.
"Yes, I am very interested to know," said Mars who was kneeling down by
Annika trying to wipe the paint and tears off of her face.
"Well," said Hope hesitantly not enjoying the angry look that both Neptune
and Uranus were giving her and Faith.
"Daisy," said Jupiter firmly.
"Um," said Daisy fidgeting uncomfortably.
"Is someone going to talk or is this room going to be off limits for two
weeks," asked Uranus.
Annika let out a loud wail. She was very upset by the whole situation.
"I'll talk," she said. And the whole story came out. Saturn and Mars were
both glad to hear that their daughters had nothing to do with the fight.
They were just innocent bystanders. Saturn took Madelyn out of the
playroom. Mars took Annika back to their quarters to console her and clean
her up. Daisy, Gloria, Hope and Faith, under their parents' supervision
had to clean up the mess. All four girls knew they were in deep trouble.
Daisy was angry. Once again Gloria had ruined everything. Once she was
finished cleaning her mother had taken her back to her quarters. Daisy
was in tears she was so mad.
"Calm down," said Lita noticing how upset her child was.
"I am just so mad," said Daisy. "Why does Gloria always have to ruin
everything?"
"You didn't have to throw something back at her," said Lita. "Your father
and I have talked about not doing something when you know it is wrong."
"She ruined mine and Annika's projects," said Daisy. "We were working so
hard. Annika was so upset too."
"I know," said Lita remembering a certain queen who got upset easily as a
teenager. "Annika will toughen up one day. It is very nice of you to want
to help her but you need to find another way."
"Can we go and see her," asked Daisy.
"Of course," said Lita. "Let's go."
Chad answered the door to their quarters. "Hi Lita, hi Daisy," he said.
"Come on in."
"Is Annika still sad," asked Daisy as she came in.
"She's fine now," said Chad. "She is in the living room with Raye."
Annika was sitting on the couch by her mother redoing her project. Raye
was helping her.
"Hi Annika," said Daisy coming in.
"Hi," said Annika looking up from her work. Raye got up and went over to
Lita so the girls could talk.
"I'm sorry you got upset," said Daisy.
"Why do you and Gloria always fight," said Annika. "You two hate each other."
"You and Gloria fight too," said Daisy.
"Not like you do," said Annika. "I don't hit or throw anything." That was
true. Annika was very gentle. Her fights were usually just arguing.
Daisy and Gloria's fights always ended up being a slugfest.
"You're right," said Daisy with a sigh. "It took a long time to clean up
the mess in the playroom. The four of us are not allowed in there for a
whole week."
Annika did not say anything. She was intent on finishing her project.
Raye came back and sat down next to her. "Let's finish up for right now
Sweetheart," she said kissing the child on the head. "We need to get ready
for dinner. It is in the palace dining hall tonight."
"We need to get ready too Daisy," said Lita. "You will see Annika down
there."
"Okay," said Daisy. "I'll see you later Annika."
"Bye," said Annika.
Daisy and Lita left the quarters and headed toward their own quarters. "I
feel so bad," said Daisy.
"Don't worry about it," said Lita hugging her daughter. "Everything will
be all right."
Chapter 10: First Crush
"I wonder if anything good is going to happen in school today," said Daisy
as she and Maggie sat down in their desks.
"Did you finish your homework," asked Maggie pulling her books out of her
bookbag.
"Yes," said Daisy. "My mom would not let me do anything else until I had
it done."
"We are in fourth grade now Daisy," said Maggie. "We have to get our
homework done."
"Don't start sounding like my mother," pleaded Daisy.
"Boys and girls," said Mrs. Tanner, the teacher. "We have a new student
today. Please welcome Adam to our class."
Daisy looked at the new boy and could not take her eyes off of him. For a
boy Adam was nice looking. He had dark hair and green eyes. "Wow," she
thought. "He is handsome."
"Earth to Daisy," hissed Maggie. "Are you there."
"What," said Daisy coming back to reality.
"You were a million miles away," said Maggie. "What were thinking about?"
"Adam," said Daisy. "He is a total fox."
"Please," said Maggie rolling her eyes. "You are to young to start dating.
My mom says I have to wait until I am fifteen."
"Me too," said Daisy. "But that is forever."
"Maggie and Daisy," said Mrs. Tanner. "Either stop talking or go to the
principal's office. Your choice."
Blushing red from embarrassment Maggie and Daisy stopped talking.
On the way home from school that day Daisy was in a good mood. "It was a
great day today," she said.
"Why was so great," asked Hope.
"No reason," said Daisy.
"There's this new boy in our class," said Maggie. "Daisy thinks he is a
total fox."
"Gross," exclaimed Gloria.
"It's not gross," said Daisy giving Gloria a little push.
"Are you going to be his girlfriend," asked Annika as she gave a loud
cough. Three weeks ago Annika had fallen through some ice into an icy
lake. Since then she seemed to get one cold or cough after another. Amy
said the incident must have compromised Annika's immune system. Raye had
been dressing Annika in the warmest clothes to keep her from getting very
sick.
"I don't know," said Daisy. "He is so good looking though."
"Daisy's got a boyfriend, Daisy's got a boyfriend," chanted Gloria.
"You creep," said Daisy and she took off after Gloria.
Maggie rolled her eyes. "Come on everyone," she said. "We had better get
home."
The next day Lita was trying to get breakfast on the table. "Come on
Daisy," she called. "You are going to be late for school."
"I'm coming," Daisy called and she emerged from her room wearing one of her
best dresses.
"Why are you wearing that," asked Lita. "That is your best dress."
"No it's not," said Daisy. "My princess dress is my best dress. This is
my second best dress."
"That's not the point," said Lita. "You have school clothes and you have
clothes for special occasions. This dress is a special occasion dress."
"Oh come on Mom," begged Daisy.
"No," said Lita and then she looked closely at Daisy's face. "Did you put
on my make-up?"
"Just a little," said Daisy.
"This is not a little," said Lita. "You are too young to wear make-up."
"Rini wears make-up," wailed Daisy.
"Rini is thirteen and in seventh grade," said Lita. "You are almost ten
and in fourth grade. Now when you are in seventh grade we will talk about
it but right now you are to go and wash that stuff off of your face and you
are change into school clothes. Now!"
Daisy pouted and stomped back to her room. How was she going to get Adam
to notice her? She washed the make-up off her face and changed into school
clothes. When she got back to the kitchen breakfast was ready.
"Care to tell me why you want to grow up so suddenly," said Lita.
"No," said Daisy in a moody voice.
"Fine," said Lita knowing better than to press her daughter when she was in
this kind of mood.
"Not fair," Daisy said to Maggie on the way to school. "I wanted Adam to
notice me and my mom would not let me wear make-up or my prettiest dress."
"That's life," said Maggie shrugging her shoulders.
"I have to make myself look pretty," said Daisy.
"You are pretty," said Maggie.
"I mean really pretty," said Daisy. Then an idea struck her. "Maggie what
kind of fruit do you have in your lunch today?"
Maggie peaked in her lunch bag. "I have an orange," she said.
"I have an apple," said Daisy. "Can I borrow your orange for right now."
"What for," asked Maggie handing the orange to her.
"You'll see," said Daisy. "I'll be in the bathroom."
"Just don't be late," said Maggie.
"I won't," said Daisy as she ran toward the bathroom.
Maggie sat looking anxiously at the clock. Where was Daisy? Maggie was
not sure if she could cover for her. Mrs. Tanner did not accept excuses of
any kind.
Daisy came into the classroom just as the bell rang. Maggie stared at her
in horror. Daisy had stuffed the orange and apple in her shirt to give
herself a chest. She walked over to her seat as the rest of the class
began snickering.
"What do you think you are doing," hissed Maggie.
"Rini has them now," said Daisy. "Boys are starting to notice her now so I
thought maybe Adam would notice me if I had a chest."
"It looks ridiculous," said Maggie shaking her head.
"Maggie and Daisy, please stop talking now," said Mrs. Tanner. "I have
written some long division problems on the board. Since the two of you
like talking so much you both can be my first volunteers to come up and do
one."
Maggie and Daisy walked up to the blackboard. The class was stifling
giggles as they eyed Daisy's chest. Daisy reached up to start doing her
problem when one of the pieces of fruit dropped out of her dress and onto
the floor. The whole class roared with laughter while Daisy turned a beet
red. She was so embarrassed.
"Enough class," said Mrs. Tanner. "Daisy please remember that food belongs
in lunch bags and not in your clothes."
Daisy slunk back to her seat completely mortified with embarrassment.
When the kids got home from school Daisy ran right up to her quarters while
the rest of the kids went to their mothers.
"What's wrong with Daisy," asked Jupiter concerned.
"I don't know," said Gloria.
"She didn't say a thing on the way home," added Annika as she began
coughing again. Mars patted Annika on the back gently.
"I know," said Maggie softly. "But I think it might be a good idea if I
told you alone Aunt Lita."
"Okay," said Jupiter and she led Maggie out of the room to talk.
Daisy lay on her bed crying. She was so humiliated. She never wanted to
go to school again.
"Daisy," said Crescent as he jumped up on the bed. "What is wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about," sobbed Daisy "I am never leaving this room
again.
"Why not," asked Crescent.
"I cannot tell you," sobbed Daisy. "I cannot tell anyone."
"You don't have too," said Lita coming in. "Maggie already told me what
happened and don't worry she only told me. She is a very good friend."
Daisy flung herself into her mother's arms and cried hysterically. "It was
awful," she said. "The whole class laughed at me. I never want to go to
school again."
"I am afraid you have too," said Lita holding Daisy tightly. "I just wish
you told me you had a crush on someone."
"I just wanted him to notice me," said Daisy.
"Now I understand why you wanted to wear make up and your best dress," said
Lita. "But you cannot pretend to be someone you are not just to get a
boy's attention. Don't try to grow up so quickly. Enjoy your childhood.
It does not last forever."
"I know I am still a kid," said Daisy. "But I wanted this boy to notice me."
"One day you will be old enough to have a boyfriend," said Lita. "And he
will like you for your personality not how you look. Your father and I
started off as good friends but then we fell in love. I know you will find
someone who will be your husband too."
"Okay," said Daisy. "But I still don't want to go to school tomorrow."
"You have too," said Lita. "But don't worry in a few days the class will
forget about what happened."
"I hope you are right," said Daisy.
"I am," said Lita. "Now how about drying those eyes and helping me bake a
cake?"
"Okay," said Daisy and she followed her mother into the kitchen.
Chapter 11: The Symbol of Jupiter
"It's not fair," Daisy was yelling. "Those kids were picking on her and I
am the one who gets into trouble."
"Calm down Daisy," said Lita. "I know you wanted to stand up for your
friend but we have told you that fighting is not an answer."
"I am so mad," said Daisy. "I had to stay after school today because I got
mad at those kids." During recess that day a couple of bullies were
picking on Ariel. Being only six and already in third grade made poor
Ariel an object of teasing. What made it worse was that it was a couple of
fifth graders from Daisy's class picking on Ariel. Daisy was furious with
her classmates for picking on someone so much younger than them that she
decked both of them. Ariel was in tears over the teasing and was very
grateful for Daisy sticking up for her.
"I remember having to stand up for Amy one time because some other kids
were accusing her of cheating," said Lita remembering how some classmates
had been brainwashed by the Negamoon into believing Amy was a cheat. "I
did not get into a fight but I stood up for her using words. That is what
you need to do too."
"I'll try and remember Mom," said Daisy cooling off.
"Good," said Lita kissing her daughter. "I love you."
"I love you too," said Daisy.
"Now let's do some cleaning around here," said Lita.
"Okay," said Daisy who like her mother hated a big mess.
Lita knew the time was coming for her to tell Daisy her destiny as a Sailor
Scout. Her still foggy memories of Daisy coming back to the past and
seeing her told her that Daisy was about ten at the time. Daisy was now
ten and in fifth grade. Lita hoped that Daisy could be told soon. She
felt it would help the girl's aggression if she became a warrior for
justice. She looked over at Daisy who was dusting the table. A strange
glow appeared on her forehead. Lita looked and saw it was the symbol of
Jupiter.
A few days later Jupiter was on her way to her quarters to talk to Daisy.
In her hand was a transformation pen that Luna had provided. The pen was
for Daisy. The Queen agreed it was time to tell each of the girls of her
destiny as a Sailor Scout. Each Scout was to tell her own daughter.
Jupiter was glad the time had come. Daisy needed some way to channel her
aggression.
Jupiter got to her quarters and paused outside the door. "All right
Daisy," she said. "Time to fight in a good way."
End of Part 3. Coming up. Part 4: Ariel