1 Chapter 5: Crime and Punishment
Queen Serenity entered her daughter's room carrying presents she had bought for her daughter and her friends. She was disturbed when she realised nobody was there.
"Hello?" she called out unsurely but the only sound was giggling from the balcony so Serenity went out to the balcony and was horrified to see her daughter and her friends hugging and kissing some boys.
"Ladies," Serenity cried out surprised and each girl stopped what they were doing and pulled away from their boys. The girls moved into a group on one side of the balcony and the boys shuffled to the other.
"Mommy, let me explain," Serena tried but Serenity eyed her with a disappointed look in her eyes and Serena's words left her mouth and she bent her head in shame. Rei put an arm around Serena's shoulder and stared at Serenity defiantly. Serenity turned to scold the boys for daring to come to her daughter's bedroom when she realised it was Prince Darien and his Guardians.
"Prince Darien?" Serenity said in disbelief then Serenity said the name of each of the Guardians who bowed their heads respectively.
"My Queen," Darien replied bowing his head before backing up away from her.
"What is going on here?" Serenity asked and the teenagers looked at each other none of them wanting to face the queen. Serenity eyed each one of them before fixing her blue eyes on Rei. Rei was her daughter's main protector chosen by Serenity for her immense power, sensibility and most of all honesty.
"Rei?" Serenity said threateningly and Rei's defiance left her as she swallowed hard before trying to explain what was going on.
"Well, ummm…you see tonight we met my brothers guardians who then became our boyfriends and the boys just wanted to surprise us by appearing on the balcony," Rei tried to explain and Serenity hid her smile at this silly gesture of love shown by the foolishly romantic boys.
"All right, everyone, go downstairs to the living room and we will talk about when the appropriate times are to talk to the Princesses of the Silver Millennium," Serenity said enjoying their discomfort. Slowly the teenagers trooped out of the room and down the stairs. While they were walking Jed took Rei's hand and squeezed it tight before dropping it when Serenity turned her cool gaze on them.
*We are in for it now* Jed sent Rei telepathically and Rei shuddered because she hated the thought of being in trouble. Her parents were going to be pretty mad.
The ten teenagers stood in the centre of the room all looking at the floor. One by one the parents of the teenagers had appeared and each were disappointed to hear about their child's behaviour but the group of true romantics also amused them. When all the parents were seated Queen Serenity stood up ready to lecture.
"As you probably are aware we are very disappointed in your behaviour, it was very immature and could have been damaging to the reputations of the Princesses," Queen Serenity stated then she took a deep breath to continue but didn't get to finish her lecture.
"That isn't fair, it isn't all the boys fault, we could have called the guards when they appeared but we didn't, we are to blame as much as the boys if not even more," Lita protested and there was an unheard gasp from everyone and Lita looked at the ground again surprised at her outburst. Serena looked up her face determined.
"Lita is right, it is more our fault than the boys," Serena said firmly and the rest of the girls nodded then began voicing their protests. The boys didn't say a word all knowing they were already in deep trouble with the queen and didn't want to get in anymore.
"Girls," Serenity cried out angrily her face red and the talking stopped.
"Serenity let me handle this," Queen Reiya of Mars said and Serenity backed away from the teenagers who were really trying her patience. Serenity had wanted to just tell them that at night in Serena's bedroom was not the place to meet and just reprimand them slightly but they turned on her like teenagers do making her good intentions into bad ones.
"Be my guest," Serenity said mockingly gesturing to the group who were watching with interest. Serenity walked to a chair and collapsed into it tiredly and Serena resisted the urge to run and hug her mother streaming out apologies.
"Now boys and girls," Reiya began patronizingly and the all parents even Serenity snickered at her tone while the teenagers blushed furiously, "we all know the appropriate times to see each other?"
"Yes mummy," Darien and Rei said before the others could reply and the parents and teenagers snickered again.
"I trust something like this will not happen again?" Reiya asked and her question was followed with half-hearted answers.
"Pardon?" Reiya asked again and the teenagers said yes louder although they weren't very happy. Reiya smiled at her son and daughter and at the young man whom she supposed her daughter was now in love with. He was handsome with his blonde hair, startling blue eyes and boyish smile. He was absolutely God-like, Reiya thought smiling. Reiya next looked at her son's chosen girl. Serena was a cute girl with her baby blue eyes and golden blonde hair she looked just like an angel. Reiya was happy with the partners her children had chosen but right now Reiya had to decide on an appropriate punishment for all the perpetrators who had behaved so carelessly. Reiya was thoughtful for a few moments before the perfect punishment came to her mind.
"As a punishment you are all forbidden to see each other for one month," Reiya declared and there was silence before the teenagers started complaining.
"That is too long."
"It is too cruel."
"Please don't make it that."
Reiya however was adamant that the punishment would stay.
"That is your only punishment," Reiya said but none of the group looked pleased and they looked at their counterparts daring nothing else in front of the enraged parents before the boys left in their car waving goodbye and the girls trudged sadly to Serena's room. The minute the children were gone the parents turned to Reiya.
"Reiya, surely that isn't a harsh enough punishment," Queen Minya complained sinking gracefully onto her husbands lap.
"It is a horrible punishment for ones in love," Reiya said looking knowingly at her husband Darren. They were apart for months on end and they knew what it felt like to be separated from the one you love. The parents exchanged looks before agreeing with the punishment and leaving. Reiya, Darren and Serenity were the last ones left in the room and Reiya approached Serenity shyly with Darren close behind her.
"Serenity, do you think, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, we were wondering…" Reiya voice faded away as Serenity let out a tinkle of laughter.
"Of course you and Darren can stay tonight, the room is already made up for you two," Serenity said and Reiya and Darren looked relieved as both were excited at the thought of spending a night together. This one night was special because it was one of very few times when they were together.
"You read my mind," Reiya said and her and Darren walked out arms around each other's waists giggling and whispering like school children.
Serenity watched them amused. Even after watching the two go to their room every year the love antics of the two still amused her. But they made her sad too for seeing the two of them together made Serenity pine for her lost love.
Just another night on my own, Serenity thought sadly sitting in her chair and rubbing her forehead tiredly before falling into welcome sleep.
"That was so embarrassing," Serena wailed as the girls sat in a circle on Serena's huge bed for the second time that evening.
"I know, that was so stupid of the boys," Rei said frowning at the balcony as though the boys were still there.
"But so romantic," said Ami dreamily clutching a pillow and falling over onto the bed. The girls smiled before erupting into laughter and chattering about everything they could think of. Rei handed Serena her hairbrush and asked Serena to brush her hair as Serena began telling Rei about something funny Luna and her had found. As Serena ran the brush through Rei's soft, silky hair Rei was hit with another vision and Serena saw it. They saw the tower that they were in fall down into ruins and both gasped and Serena let the brush fall from her shaking hand.
"Rei what was that?" Serena whispered to Rei making sure the other three giggling girls didn't hear.
"It was nothing, forget it," Rei said quickly and Serena narrowed her eyes but left the subject. Obviously Rei was uncomfortable by the subject.
"I can't believe we have to wait one month," Mina cried when the girls decided to go to sleep and were lying in their sleeping bags on heir stomachs with their heads facing the middle.
"It's going to be hell," Lita predicted and the girls all groaned before Serena reached up and turned the light off.
"Night everyone," she said sleepily as she began to drift off.
"Night," came the chorus of replies before the room was filled with soft breathing and the occasional snore.
The next month was horrible for the girls and the boys who suffered and pined for their loves. Although there wasn't really much time to mope about because the training in fighting for the protectors had increased because they were presented with the highest honour anyone could ever receive. They were initiated into the most sacred of the protection groups, the group known as the Sailor Scouts. The girls were thrilled of course and soon had their hands full learning to use and control their different and new powers. Ami became Sailor Mercury and her main powers were ice and bubbles although she had a computer that she could find almost anything with. Lita became the courageous Sailor Jupiter who used lightening as her attack and was also the physically strongest of the group. Mina was a worry and at one point the Queen's weren't going to allow Mina to become a Sailor Scout but Queen Reiya foretold that each of the Princesses would have a special destiny and they would all need their powers especially Mina so Mina was given her powers and she became Sailor Venus. Mina's attacks were based on beams and lasers and Mina's powers ended up being the strongest after Rei's because of her big heart and because of this, and after urging from Queen Reiya, Mina was announced leader of the senshi. Rei was presented with the Mars Wand and was given a special station as Princess Serena's personal bodyguard, a position which Rei was happy with as it gave her more time to spend with her best friend. Rei's attacks were based on fire and very powerful.
For training the girls would practice their attacks in the training room and sometimes against each other but they would be healed afterwards by Queen Serenity and her legendary Imperial Silver Crystal. Serena was forbidden by her mother to train with the others because Serenity wanted Serena to be a Queen of Peace but whenever there was a practice Serena was there watching her friends and learning.
The boys had an even more tough time. Their sensei was King Darren and even though he was a charmer with the ladies he worked the boys hard especially the guardians and even more so Jed. Darren trained them to use swords, spears, war hammers and any other weapon. Darren also helped them increase their special power abilities. Jedite had his psychic powers and he could control minds and objects as well as bolts of energy. Neflite had about half the psychic powers Jedite possessed and he couldn't control people's minds but energy was his main power and stronger than Jed's. Zoisite secretly thought fighting was a waste of time and he would have rather been reading but Darren had pushed Zoisite hard and Zoisite had finally managed to be the best at controlling his power. His power was to do with crystals and his favourite ones were spears made by the crystals. Malachite being the oldest was more advanced with his powers than the others so instead of just sending out energy bolts like Jedite and Neflite Malachite's energy bolts were in the shape of boomerangs that were very sharp and could cut a person to pieces. Darien's power was enhanced by his love for his planet. His most favourite love were the roses that grew everywhere on earth and for his power Darien threw sharp roses that cut just like Malachite's boomerangs but when the roses hit they left a poison and Darien could decide whether to let the poison take control of the opponent and kill him or let the opponent live. The teenagers had all individually been training hard to keep their minds off each other but still there was the lingering thought in all of their minds that haunted them at night when they were alone in their beds awake thinking of their girlfriends or boyfriends. When will we meet again?
Queen Serenity entered her daughter's room carrying presents she had bought for her daughter and her friends. She was disturbed when she realised nobody was there.
"Hello?" she called out unsurely but the only sound was giggling from the balcony so Serenity went out to the balcony and was horrified to see her daughter and her friends hugging and kissing some boys.
"Ladies," Serenity cried out surprised and each girl stopped what they were doing and pulled away from their boys. The girls moved into a group on one side of the balcony and the boys shuffled to the other.
"Mommy, let me explain," Serena tried but Serenity eyed her with a disappointed look in her eyes and Serena's words left her mouth and she bent her head in shame. Rei put an arm around Serena's shoulder and stared at Serenity defiantly. Serenity turned to scold the boys for daring to come to her daughter's bedroom when she realised it was Prince Darien and his Guardians.
"Prince Darien?" Serenity said in disbelief then Serenity said the name of each of the Guardians who bowed their heads respectively.
"My Queen," Darien replied bowing his head before backing up away from her.
"What is going on here?" Serenity asked and the teenagers looked at each other none of them wanting to face the queen. Serenity eyed each one of them before fixing her blue eyes on Rei. Rei was her daughter's main protector chosen by Serenity for her immense power, sensibility and most of all honesty.
"Rei?" Serenity said threateningly and Rei's defiance left her as she swallowed hard before trying to explain what was going on.
"Well, ummm…you see tonight we met my brothers guardians who then became our boyfriends and the boys just wanted to surprise us by appearing on the balcony," Rei tried to explain and Serenity hid her smile at this silly gesture of love shown by the foolishly romantic boys.
"All right, everyone, go downstairs to the living room and we will talk about when the appropriate times are to talk to the Princesses of the Silver Millennium," Serenity said enjoying their discomfort. Slowly the teenagers trooped out of the room and down the stairs. While they were walking Jed took Rei's hand and squeezed it tight before dropping it when Serenity turned her cool gaze on them.
*We are in for it now* Jed sent Rei telepathically and Rei shuddered because she hated the thought of being in trouble. Her parents were going to be pretty mad.
The ten teenagers stood in the centre of the room all looking at the floor. One by one the parents of the teenagers had appeared and each were disappointed to hear about their child's behaviour but the group of true romantics also amused them. When all the parents were seated Queen Serenity stood up ready to lecture.
"As you probably are aware we are very disappointed in your behaviour, it was very immature and could have been damaging to the reputations of the Princesses," Queen Serenity stated then she took a deep breath to continue but didn't get to finish her lecture.
"That isn't fair, it isn't all the boys fault, we could have called the guards when they appeared but we didn't, we are to blame as much as the boys if not even more," Lita protested and there was an unheard gasp from everyone and Lita looked at the ground again surprised at her outburst. Serena looked up her face determined.
"Lita is right, it is more our fault than the boys," Serena said firmly and the rest of the girls nodded then began voicing their protests. The boys didn't say a word all knowing they were already in deep trouble with the queen and didn't want to get in anymore.
"Girls," Serenity cried out angrily her face red and the talking stopped.
"Serenity let me handle this," Queen Reiya of Mars said and Serenity backed away from the teenagers who were really trying her patience. Serenity had wanted to just tell them that at night in Serena's bedroom was not the place to meet and just reprimand them slightly but they turned on her like teenagers do making her good intentions into bad ones.
"Be my guest," Serenity said mockingly gesturing to the group who were watching with interest. Serenity walked to a chair and collapsed into it tiredly and Serena resisted the urge to run and hug her mother streaming out apologies.
"Now boys and girls," Reiya began patronizingly and the all parents even Serenity snickered at her tone while the teenagers blushed furiously, "we all know the appropriate times to see each other?"
"Yes mummy," Darien and Rei said before the others could reply and the parents and teenagers snickered again.
"I trust something like this will not happen again?" Reiya asked and her question was followed with half-hearted answers.
"Pardon?" Reiya asked again and the teenagers said yes louder although they weren't very happy. Reiya smiled at her son and daughter and at the young man whom she supposed her daughter was now in love with. He was handsome with his blonde hair, startling blue eyes and boyish smile. He was absolutely God-like, Reiya thought smiling. Reiya next looked at her son's chosen girl. Serena was a cute girl with her baby blue eyes and golden blonde hair she looked just like an angel. Reiya was happy with the partners her children had chosen but right now Reiya had to decide on an appropriate punishment for all the perpetrators who had behaved so carelessly. Reiya was thoughtful for a few moments before the perfect punishment came to her mind.
"As a punishment you are all forbidden to see each other for one month," Reiya declared and there was silence before the teenagers started complaining.
"That is too long."
"It is too cruel."
"Please don't make it that."
Reiya however was adamant that the punishment would stay.
"That is your only punishment," Reiya said but none of the group looked pleased and they looked at their counterparts daring nothing else in front of the enraged parents before the boys left in their car waving goodbye and the girls trudged sadly to Serena's room. The minute the children were gone the parents turned to Reiya.
"Reiya, surely that isn't a harsh enough punishment," Queen Minya complained sinking gracefully onto her husbands lap.
"It is a horrible punishment for ones in love," Reiya said looking knowingly at her husband Darren. They were apart for months on end and they knew what it felt like to be separated from the one you love. The parents exchanged looks before agreeing with the punishment and leaving. Reiya, Darren and Serenity were the last ones left in the room and Reiya approached Serenity shyly with Darren close behind her.
"Serenity, do you think, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, we were wondering…" Reiya voice faded away as Serenity let out a tinkle of laughter.
"Of course you and Darren can stay tonight, the room is already made up for you two," Serenity said and Reiya and Darren looked relieved as both were excited at the thought of spending a night together. This one night was special because it was one of very few times when they were together.
"You read my mind," Reiya said and her and Darren walked out arms around each other's waists giggling and whispering like school children.
Serenity watched them amused. Even after watching the two go to their room every year the love antics of the two still amused her. But they made her sad too for seeing the two of them together made Serenity pine for her lost love.
Just another night on my own, Serenity thought sadly sitting in her chair and rubbing her forehead tiredly before falling into welcome sleep.
"That was so embarrassing," Serena wailed as the girls sat in a circle on Serena's huge bed for the second time that evening.
"I know, that was so stupid of the boys," Rei said frowning at the balcony as though the boys were still there.
"But so romantic," said Ami dreamily clutching a pillow and falling over onto the bed. The girls smiled before erupting into laughter and chattering about everything they could think of. Rei handed Serena her hairbrush and asked Serena to brush her hair as Serena began telling Rei about something funny Luna and her had found. As Serena ran the brush through Rei's soft, silky hair Rei was hit with another vision and Serena saw it. They saw the tower that they were in fall down into ruins and both gasped and Serena let the brush fall from her shaking hand.
"Rei what was that?" Serena whispered to Rei making sure the other three giggling girls didn't hear.
"It was nothing, forget it," Rei said quickly and Serena narrowed her eyes but left the subject. Obviously Rei was uncomfortable by the subject.
"I can't believe we have to wait one month," Mina cried when the girls decided to go to sleep and were lying in their sleeping bags on heir stomachs with their heads facing the middle.
"It's going to be hell," Lita predicted and the girls all groaned before Serena reached up and turned the light off.
"Night everyone," she said sleepily as she began to drift off.
"Night," came the chorus of replies before the room was filled with soft breathing and the occasional snore.
The next month was horrible for the girls and the boys who suffered and pined for their loves. Although there wasn't really much time to mope about because the training in fighting for the protectors had increased because they were presented with the highest honour anyone could ever receive. They were initiated into the most sacred of the protection groups, the group known as the Sailor Scouts. The girls were thrilled of course and soon had their hands full learning to use and control their different and new powers. Ami became Sailor Mercury and her main powers were ice and bubbles although she had a computer that she could find almost anything with. Lita became the courageous Sailor Jupiter who used lightening as her attack and was also the physically strongest of the group. Mina was a worry and at one point the Queen's weren't going to allow Mina to become a Sailor Scout but Queen Reiya foretold that each of the Princesses would have a special destiny and they would all need their powers especially Mina so Mina was given her powers and she became Sailor Venus. Mina's attacks were based on beams and lasers and Mina's powers ended up being the strongest after Rei's because of her big heart and because of this, and after urging from Queen Reiya, Mina was announced leader of the senshi. Rei was presented with the Mars Wand and was given a special station as Princess Serena's personal bodyguard, a position which Rei was happy with as it gave her more time to spend with her best friend. Rei's attacks were based on fire and very powerful.
For training the girls would practice their attacks in the training room and sometimes against each other but they would be healed afterwards by Queen Serenity and her legendary Imperial Silver Crystal. Serena was forbidden by her mother to train with the others because Serenity wanted Serena to be a Queen of Peace but whenever there was a practice Serena was there watching her friends and learning.
The boys had an even more tough time. Their sensei was King Darren and even though he was a charmer with the ladies he worked the boys hard especially the guardians and even more so Jed. Darren trained them to use swords, spears, war hammers and any other weapon. Darren also helped them increase their special power abilities. Jedite had his psychic powers and he could control minds and objects as well as bolts of energy. Neflite had about half the psychic powers Jedite possessed and he couldn't control people's minds but energy was his main power and stronger than Jed's. Zoisite secretly thought fighting was a waste of time and he would have rather been reading but Darren had pushed Zoisite hard and Zoisite had finally managed to be the best at controlling his power. His power was to do with crystals and his favourite ones were spears made by the crystals. Malachite being the oldest was more advanced with his powers than the others so instead of just sending out energy bolts like Jedite and Neflite Malachite's energy bolts were in the shape of boomerangs that were very sharp and could cut a person to pieces. Darien's power was enhanced by his love for his planet. His most favourite love were the roses that grew everywhere on earth and for his power Darien threw sharp roses that cut just like Malachite's boomerangs but when the roses hit they left a poison and Darien could decide whether to let the poison take control of the opponent and kill him or let the opponent live. The teenagers had all individually been training hard to keep their minds off each other but still there was the lingering thought in all of their minds that haunted them at night when they were alone in their beds awake thinking of their girlfriends or boyfriends. When will we meet again?
