Hello everyone! Katie here with chapter 1 of my new story Sailor Moon II: The Escapades of Dark Moon! I hope everyone liked the prologue (glares at people whom haven't yet read it). Anyways I was kind of tired when I wrote it so it isn't my best work ever but I think it's okay.
The disclaimer is usual, I don't own Sailor Moon so don't sue!
Please read and review.
Sailor Moon 2
The Escapades of Dark Moon
By Katie
Book 1 Dark Moon
Chapter 1 'From Present to Past'
June 30th 3017
I awoke to Diana's soft snoring and purring. I gazed up at her on my pillow above.
"Good morning sleepy." I smiled at my friend. "No wake up call this morning I see."
Diana perked up, "I was only resting my eyes. I was going to wake you up in just a minute, really I was."
I laughed and my cat guardian.
"Ya sure." I pushed my feet over the side of the bed and stood and walked over to the hard wood pine closet doors. I pulled them out and pulled out a few outfits.
"What should I wear today my friend?" I asked her smiling.
Diana pounced over and walked the length of the bed where the dresses were lying. Diana looked up at me and then back down at the dresses and stopped pacing the bed.
"This one." She said pointing a paw at the white dress before me.
"Just the one I wanted to wear." I picked it up from the bed and carefully placed it on a hook in my washroom where I always changed. I then pulled out some underclothes and closed the door behind me.
I could hear Diana passing my bed again.
"Hurry it up." She demanded. She was very impatient when I change.
I laughed and pulled my dress over my head. It was not exactly what people would call a "Princess Type" dress. I didn't really care. It was my birthday and I was aloud to wear what I wanted on that day. And besides I was going to be going back to the past today so I didn't want to look really "royal like" there. The dress was short, it say about ¾ of the way down my thigh and had a slit, which started halfway down from the waste. It was a solid white material from the bottom of the dress to the waste where I placed a gold belt with no buckle, just clasps hidden on the inside side of the belt. From where the belt was to just below my breasts was a white semi see-through material. Fro there on up to the top of the neck it was the same solid white material that the bottom was made of except for the sideways eye shape cut out which went from just the top of the breasts to about halfway down, right down the middle, that too was covered by the white semi see-through material. It had no sleeves and a neck that was exactly like the neck on a turtleneck shirt.
I pulled my hair from underneath the dress through the neck and brushed it gently, but firmly to get the tangles out.
Diana scratched at my door impatiently.
"Just wait one more minute Diana while I put on my makeup." I called pulling my hair up in the two-bunny ear like buns and placing the white berets into my hair that I always wore. Then I quickly pulled on my long arm bracelets that wound around the top of my arms above the elbows. Then I pulled on the matching ones for below the elbow that started at the wrist. They were of course, gold. Soon after I set six rings on my fingers, one on each thumb, one on each middle finger, and one on each pinky.
Diana sighed.
"Hurry up!" she called.
I slipped my feet into my white 2-1/2 inch healed shoes that had straps that wound up a few inches up my legs.
"You don't need make-up Usagi so don't bother putting any on." Diana called angrily.
"Thanks Diana but of course I need make-up." I laughed and put some black mascara on, gold lipstick, gold eye shadow, and a quick layer of nail polish. It only took me like 20 minutes because I'd gotten so used to doing this every morning over the years.
I stared at myself in the mirror.
"Am I forgetting anything?" I wondered quizzically. I looked myself up and down and then looked at my ears. "Of course!" I gasped and quickly grabbed my dangling white pearl and moon earrings. They were a basic pearl stud with more two other pearls hanging down from the pearl stud with a gold moon hanging onto the bottom pearl.
I finally after quite a while of work opened the door and stepped out.
"Are you finally done?" she asked firmly.
"No." I answered smiling.
Diana almost toppled over.
"Usagi?!"
I laughed. "Yes?"
"What do you need now?" she asked angrily.
I laughed some more.
"Nothing Diana, I was just kidding."
Diana growled and stood shaking her fir into place and stalked towards the door.
"Lets go I'm hungry." She glared at me and gave a cat smile.
"Alright you great big firry food bag on legs."
I opened the door and walked out, Diana following close behind me.
"Hup to is Usagi, hup 2, 3, 4, hup 2, 3, 4…"
I turned and saluted her. "Yes drill sergeant!"
I could have sworn that under all that purple gray fir of hers she went bright red.
I walked quickly down the steps of the castle to avoid getting scratches down my legs from Diana's swiping paws.
Diana finally cooled off when we reached the dinning room.
"Morning Momma. Happy Birthday." I smiled at my mother as I took my seat at the right side of the table at the end closest to her.
She smiled back at me. "Morning Usagi. Happy birthday to you as well."
That's one good thing about sharing a birthday with your mother. If you say happy birthday to her you get a happy birthday back. Also you don't just give gifts you receive them as well.
"Momma my trip to the past is still scheduled for today right?" I asked happily staring in my mother's eyes.
"Of course sweety," she spoke softly towards me. "But there's only one thing. You will be taking your brother with you."
"Okay," I said not thinking. I took in a gulp on juice and spit it back in my cup.
"Bring Motaru with me?" I spat out angrily.
"That's right sis. I'll be with you for the whole month." Motaru looked across the table at me gleaming as if he'd done something really nasty.
"Motaru you little wretch…" I stared him full in the face. "What did you do to get mom to say that you could come?"
My father looked down the table at me.
"Nothing Usagi." My dad answered the question for Motaru. "It was you're my idea. You've gotten o go to the past twice already Usagi, so why not let him go too for once."
I looked back at my brother angrily.
"Because I haven't gotten to go since before he was born. They will only know about me. He's only extra baggage to lug around."
"Usagi!" my mother exclaimed. "Apologize to your brother this instance!"
I sighed. I shouldn't fight with my mom on her birthday.
"Sorry Motaru." I sighed out.
At that moment to break the uncomfortable situation that was against me the Senshi entered carrying hot trays of pancakes.
Mom and I stood to help the Senshi with the hot toppling trays.
"Shoo you two!" Venus spit out. "It's your birthday. You shouldn't have to help!"
Mom and I protested loudly reaching for some of the trays but we lost a dieing battle and we slunked back in our chairs. That was when Father and Motaru, laughing, stood and took the trays from the sailors and helped set them down in the nine spots around the table.
The Senshi took their places around the table with us.
"So Usagi," Venus said after a while. "Your wearing the dress we picked out last week."
"Ya," I said before I stuffed another piece of pancake into my mouth. "I thought I'd bled in better with it on than one of my frilly dresses."
"Ya, sure Usa. You just want an excuse to wear it without Dad getting mad at you." Motaru looked slyly at me.
I looked at Motaru angrily.
"Shuttup Motaru." I snapped.
Motaru looked at Dad.
Dad laughed at me.
"He's got a point their Usagi." Was all he said.
I looked at Mom.
"Endymion, she can wear it without you getting mad all the time, right?" Mom asked.
"No." was all my father had to say on the matter.
My mother looked back at me.
"I tried." She slunked her shoulders and went back to eating.
I sighed.
"Everyone's against me," I sighed out. "Even on my birthday."
Dad looked down the table at me and shook his head.
"Usagi,"
"I know Dad. I was joking." I stuffed the last piece of pancake in my mouth and stood and turned towards Diana.
"You finished yet you great food bag on legs?" I asked.
Diana swallowed her last bite and walked calmly towards me.
"Yes."
Motaru stood quickly.
"Yo Jants, let's go." He called.
A great large black cat came stalking towards Motaru. He was about twice the size of Diana with short black silky fir, darker than the darkest night. He had a small blue sign on his forehead, the sign of the Earth. It was an oval with large sides on the left and right and skinny along the top and bottom.
"Ready." Said the big cat as he reached Motaru.
Diana looked at the large cat.
"Hmph," she stuck in, "why does he have to come along?" she commented.
"Because I'm Motaru's guardian, sis." Jants smiled his cat smile and then stalked towards the door. "And you should be happy I'm coming along. I'm so much stronger and wiser than you Diana."
"Oh ya, I'm so excited my little brother is coming along." Diana said sarcastically.
At that moment both Luna and Artemis entered the room.
"Stop fighting you two," Luna said quickly to her two cat children.
"Yes Momma." Diana added quickly looking perfectly innocent all of a sudden.
"Usagi, why can't you have the obedience that Diana has?" my mother asked me.
I glared back at her.
"Is everyone against me today?" I asked.
Dad looked up at me and smiled.
"Yes."
"AARGH!" I fell backwards into my chair.
"Oh come off it Usagi, he's just joking." Mother said quickly. "You better hurry. You want to be able to get there in a few hours."
I looked at my mother.
"Right." I stood back on.
"Come on Motaru," I said demandingly.
"Right." Motaru and I slowly walked from the room.
"By Mom and Dad, see you in a while." I called.
"Ya see ya Mom and Dad." Motaru copied.
"By sweethearts! Be careful! Usagi take your transformation brooch!" Mother called behind us.
"Serenity calm down. They'll only be there for a few days. That's all."
As Motaru and I excited the castle I grabbed the time key from the hook by the door where I'd left it for today.
"Motaru," I commented. "Take this." I handed him the time key.
"What for?" he asked.
"Keep this with you. Don't loose this, this is our ticket home." I said quickly.
"Why don't you keep it?" he asked.
"Because I don't have any pockets and the chain is broken." I said quickly. "Duh."
I turned and looked at my brother. He was wearing a simple black t-shirt and black jeans. He held a simple black backpack over one shoulder. Hmm, I wonder what his favorite colour is? Oh ya, it's got to be black since he's wearing all black in 36 degrees Celsius weather.
"Motaru, it's going to be hot." I put in.
"So?" he questioned.
"You're going to wear all black on a hot day?"
"Ya what's the big deal?"
I looked down at Diana.
"Never mind." I changed the subject in my mind and quickly added in. "Yell time key take us to the gates of time."
"Why?"
"JUST DO IT!"
"Alright, fine Usa. SHEESH!" he took a big breath and yelled out. "Time key take us to the gates of time!"
The next moment we found ourselves caught in mid air, being pulled up by a white light.
"What's going on?" Motaru asked quizzically.
"Just relax!" I commanded as we disappeared.
***
Motaru, Diana, Jants and I landed on hard tile ground, Diana and I standing and Motaru and Jants on their butts. Diana and I sighed and helped them back to their feet.
"Your right on time." Someone said from behind us.
I turned.
"PUE!" I yelled running forwards embracing the woman before me.
"Hi Small Lady." She said quietly hugging me back.
I broke apart the embrace.
"Pue, it's not Small lady anymore, its Elegant Young Lady." I added.
"Oh yes, I forgot."
"Hi Pue." Motaru walked forwards.
"Hello young prince." Sailor Pluto looked at both of us.
"You better hurry up you two."
"Right."
Pluto turned from us and walked forwards, motioning us to follow.
"Time gate open to the year 2000!" she cried loudly. The gates slowly arched open and she motioned us to walk forwards.
"Hurry you four before it closes."
I nodded and walked forwards with Diana. Motaru and Jants were a bit unsure but when I put one foot through the gates Motaru gained his courage and ran forwards into the gate along with Jants. I sighed.
"Boys."
The next thing I knew was that we were falling. We hit the ground painfully and I stood and brushed myself off. Motaru rubbed his back, which he had landed on and stood as well. The two cats were already standing on their feet; they always land on their feet.
"Nani?" I heard a familiar voice behind my say. "Chibi Usa?"
End of Chapter 1
Well how was that? I hoped you liked it! I was kind of tired when I wrote this a while back so I know it sucks. THE NEXT PART WILL BE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Katie