Role Model
Disclaimer: I don't own the
Sailor Moon characters. Naoko Takeuchi does. But I do own the idea, as well as the
second generation of Scouts that I created, and this excludes Rini/Small
Lady/Serena because I didn't create her. ^_^ Got it?
Notes: This is set right
after the season where Helios shows up. I will use American names and spellings
because I don't know the others. And to further confuse you, I'm gonna call
Rini Serena from chapter 3 until the end. (O.o) If you can't keep up, I'll
switch it back.
Warnings: Character death. I'm not sure if there are any more, except for maybe language and some violence. Usual couples...including Amara and Michelle. And, of course, some Serena (Meatball head Serena, not cotton-candy head, as Rini is so lovingly referred to) bashing. ^_^ Oh, and I hope this doesn't come up but maybe some OOCness.
Chapter 3: Repeating Past
Six years later...
Day 3
This is my third entry...Serena suggested a journal
to record stuff in. Daddy thought it was a good idea, too...everyone says that
I've acted a lot weirder in the past few days. They're worrying about me...I
wish they wouldn't. I'm fine.
Next week is my mom's anniversary. It's the exact
day that she died...the worst day of the year. Funny thing is, in six years the
sun has never shined on that day.
I turned eleven a few weeks ago. I had a big
birthday party, all the Scouts came, and so did Serena, Carmen, Anna, Justin,
Farrah, Allan, and even Senna. (She usually spends all of her time with her
mother.) Even Serenity and Endymion showed up...of course, that didn't surprise
me. After all, it's their palace.
I just wish that Mom had been there...
Well, Daddy's calling me for dinner, so I guess
that's it.
-Celia
Celia closed the red leather-bound journal and left
it on the nightstand beside her bed. Then, pulling on her shoes, she ran out of
her room and into the dining hall, where dinner was being served.
"Hi Celia," Serena greeted. Feeling a but
spunky, Celia replied,
"Hey cotton-candy head." Serena's face
turned bright red with anger and she pulled Celia's chair out from under her, causing
the raven-haired child to fall onto the floor. "OWW!" she screeched.
"Serena! Celia! Stop it!" Serenity
scolded.
"Sorry, mother," Serena apologized.
"Yeah, sorry ma'am," Celia added. Serenity
nodded, smiling.
"Well, if you're finished, we'll eat."
"Yeah!"
~*~
"Ellos."
"Marenda, what do you want?" Ellos
snapped, pushing a few golden strands of hair away from his amber eyes. The
small woman grimaced...he was not in
a good mood today.
"I, uh, I was wondering if we should send our
forces to Crystal Tokyo. Or have you lost interest in the kingdom?"
"No, I haven't. Crystal Tokyo will be in my
collection...and then, the Multiverse will be the most powerful empire in the
universe. Of course I haven't forgotten about them!" he snapped, and
Marenda winced.
"But we've-"
"Marenda, you must have some patience. Wait
until they least expect us...and then attack."
"Ah, I see." She grinned. "Excellent
plan, Milord."
"Unfortunately, we won't succeed unless you shape
up and stop allowing them time to attack. If I recall, I've had to personally save you on a few recent
occasions," Ellos said.
"All mishaps, I assure you. Next time, I will
not fail you," Marenda promised.
"Very good. See that you don't, because this is your last chance. Now, it's time to think
about your next strategy...and please, make it good."
"Yessir," Marenda bowed and faded away.
"Please
don't fail me."
~*~
"My- my- my- my- my...uh, my hero?" Celia
choked. It was already the third week of sixth grade, and she was in her
homeroom class.
"You're to write a two-page report on your
hero, the person you look up to most. In it, discuss their personality, why you
admire them, and any information that you feel is valid to your report. It's
due two weeks from today...good luck!"
Celia gulped and raised her hand.
"Yes, Celia?"
"Uh, what if your hero isn't, um, really
alive?"
"Well-" The bell rang for second period.
"See me after everyone's left."
"Yes ma'am." She collected her books for
second period and walked to the teacher's desk.
"Do you want to write a report on your
mother?" the teacher asked. Celia nodded. "That's perfectly okay. I
suppose that a lot of the students will be writing about the Sailor Scouts, but
not many of them were as close as you were to Sailor Mars, right?"
"Yes ma'am," Celia agreed.
"By the way, how are you doing? I know that
it's almost been six whole years since...well, you know," the teacher
whispered.
"I- I'm okay. Right now I have to get to my
next class. I promise, my report will be a good one!" She waved good-bye
and ran to her second class, clutching her books to her chest.
And she ran straight into a boy from her homeroom.
"OW! Hey, watch where you're going!" she
snapped before realizing who it was, one of the best-looking guys in the whole
class! She gasped and bit her lip, blushing furiously. "Oh, I- I'm sorry.
I wasn't looking where I was going and-"
"Hey, it's okay," he laughed. Celia looked
around to pick up her scattered papers. "Let me help you," he
offered.
"No, it's alright. You've probably got a class
to get to-"
"Well, so do you." He smiled, and she
smiled, and she totally forgot about her papers as soon as his hands brushed
against hers. "Your name is Celia, right?"
"He knows
my name,"
she thought.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked.
"He
actually remembered my name!"
"Celia?"
"He said
it again!"
"Hellooooo? Are you alright?" He was
waving a hand in front of her face. Then he snapped his fingers, causing Celia
to come out of her trance.
"Oh! Sorry. Yeah, my name's Celia."
"Okay. And my name is-"
"Timothy, I know," Celia finished.
"Yeah," Timothy said. "Well, better
get to class...wouldn't want to be late!" He helped Celia to her feet and
then ran down the hall to his class.
"Okay," she whispered. "See ya."
~*~
"My
hero...but I didn't know much about her..." Celia thought as she walked
home from school.
"Hey, Celia! Wait for me!" She turned to
see Serena waving her hand in the air, trying to get Celia's attention. It was a comical sight to see the two long
streamers of pink hair trailing behind her as she ran.
When she had caught up, they continued walking.
"So, how was your day?" Serena asked.
"It was okay. I have to do a report about my
hero, though. It's due in two weeks."
"Who are you gonna write about?" Celia
looked at her, and she understood. "Oh, I see...are you sure? It can't be
that easy, I mean, her anniversary is coming up and all..."
"I'll be okay." Celia smiled. "So,
how was your day?"
"Passed another test!" Serena said
proudly. "I'm a much better
student than my mom was."
"Wow, Serenity must have been really bad if you're a better student
that her," Celia joked.
"I know- hey! That wasn't funny! Take it
back!" Celia laughed and started to run, Serena was right behind her.
Suddenly they heard a scream coming from the
direction of the palace.
"Oh no! Marenda might be attacking!"
Serena cried. "Celia!" Celia nodded towards her, knowing exactly what
to do. She grabbed a necklace from under her school uniform and held it above
her head.
"MARS STAR POWER!!" she shouted. Serena
was right behind her, yelling,
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER!"
Sailor Moon and Mini-Mars arrived moments later to
see the Scouts battling some nasty-looking monsters.
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!" [1]
"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"
Sailor Jupiter was defending her daughter,
Mini-Jupiter while Mercury and Mini-Mercury attacked at the same time. Neptune
and Mini-Neptune had been surrounded by a small group of monsters, and Uranus
was trying to help defend them. Venus and Saturn stood back-to-back,
surrounded. Until...
"MARS FIRE IGNITE!" The monsters were
distracted by Sailor Mini-Mars, who had used the attack. "I won't let you
hurt my friends!" she shouted at the creatures, who hissed in reply and
charged at her.
"MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!" Sailor Moon
shouted, and her attack hit four of the monsters. But in their places eight
more monsters appeared.
"There's no end to them!" Sailor Jupiter hissed.
Suddenly they heard a very annoying high-pitched cackle-laugh.
"Ugh, that can only be one person," Sailor
Moon muttered. And then, Marenda appeared. "You!"
"Too bad, no time for a warm welcome. Sorry
kid, I've got a job to do." Marenda grinned and extended her hand, palm
facing Sailor Moon.
"NO! Leave her alone!" Mini-Mars cried,
charging at Marenda and latching onto her hand. "You're not gonna hurt
anyone else that I love!" Marenda tried to shake off the annoying little
Sailor Scout, but the brat was holding tight to her arm.
"Damnit, let go!" she hissed before
clawing Mini-Mars's arms off of her own.
Mini-Mars fell to the ground with a whelp of pain.
Then Sailor Jupiter and Mini-Jupiter walked towards them.
"This is the last time you'll ever show up
here," growled Jupiter. "You'll be punished for all the pain you've
caused!"
"Yeah!" Mini-Jupiter added.
"And we will punish you!" Sailor Moon
shouted.
Marenda just laughed. "Your silly speeches mean
nothing unless you can back them up," she sneered.
"Just watch us!" Marenda turned her
attention back to the raven-haired Scout.
"Very well." She crossed her arms and
grinned. "I'll give you a free shot. Make it count."
"Bad idea, now I'm gonna show you some real
pain!" Mini-Mars snapped. Marenda looked closely at her, and noticed
something familiar about the little brat…
~Flashback~
"Let's play baseball!" Marenda threw a
ball of pure energy at the pink-haired brat called Sailor Moon.
"NO!! Sailor Moon!" Seconds before the
Sailor girl was destroyed, she was shoved out of the way by one of her older
friends, wearing a red and violet uniform. She had long ebony hair and violet
eyes…
The Scout was hit with the energy, but was still
alive, though just barely. She glared at Marenda.
"You will pay for this…" she whispered,
and then collapsed into her friends' arms.
"Sailor Mars!" they cried.
"One down, seven to go," Marenda said.
"You…you…" the blue-suited Scout growled.
"MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!!" Marenda laughed at this and stopped the
attack. The Scout gasped, "No!"
"Moon scepter…elimination!"
Marenda had forgotten about the moon brat and had let her attack. She cursed her foolishness as the attack grazed her left shoulder. After being stunned for a moment, she laughed.
"Very nice, you little pink-haired ninny."
Then she heard Ellos calling for her return, and she frowned. "Just a
warning, next time you won't get off so easily…and I promise, there will be a
next time."
"The next time will be your last!" was the
last thing she heard as she faded out of their world and into her own.
~End flashback~
'That expression! Can this child be…how strange…'
"MARS FIRE IGNITE!" A column of fire hit
Marenda in the stomach and she doubled over.
'Wow,' she thought, 'This kid's pretty good…' Then
she said aloud, "Pretty good, kid. But not good enough." Then she
looked at Sailor Moon. "Let's see if you're as heroic as your
mother was." Sailor Moon's eyes widened, as did Mini-Mars's. Marenda held
up a ball of dark energy and hurled it at Sailor Moon.
"NO!" the Scouts cried, watching in
horror. Sailor Moon could just stand, paralyzed with fear. She shut her eyes
tightly and waited to feel the energy rip through her body.
Instead she felt the distinct pain of her bare knees
scraping the street. 'Oh no…she didn't…Mini-Mars, you didn't…' The
energy meant for Sailor Moon sailed over her head and crashed into a building
behind the group and she let out a huge sigh of relief.
Now she felt the weight of Mini-Mars's body on top
of her, and kindly asked the younger child to get up so she could do the same.
"Get off! I can't breathe!"
Okay, maybe not so nicely.
But
Sailor Moon was, to say the least, relieved to see that the past hadn't been
repeated.
To be continued...
So, what do you think so far? I haven't gotten into the actual plot yet, though…should I continue? Did I stay in character? Didja like the story?
In chapter 4: the plot of the story starts to evolve! ^_^ Celia's worried about her report but Sailor Pluto gives her a strange offer that'll fix that. And who's that falling from the sky?! This and more in Role Model Chapter 4: The Raven That Flies at Midnight
Comments and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism are always appreciated! ^_^