Star Diaries: The Sailor Zodiacs
By: Luna and Usagi
Based on an idea by Tomasu Jeshika
Diary Five:Part Two--As Told By the Gemini Knight
(Translated from Ancient Greek)
May 27, 517 BC
Dear Mr. Journal,
This is weird. Really weird. As if being the only thirteen-year old in an Olympic team full of almost-grownup athletes wasn't bad enough, I'm really popular and everyone wants to be my best friend! My twin sister Zoë says that's a good thing, but I don't like popular people. They're mean. They all think I'm stupid, but I know that I am an intelli..intelli.a much more smarter person than them. Zoe told me so, and she's one of those people that doesn't EVER say anything stupid! Anyways, my name is Damon (just in case you didn't know, Mr.Journal.) I'm gonna tell you what happens at Olympics Training every day. Oh yeah, and I live with my sister in the new temple that was just built a year or two ago. I think it's called the Parthanon...or the Marathon. I dunno. Okay, I think I've said enough about that subject. The REALLY weird thing that happened today was that I found this really cool rock. It was purple and shiny and it was set in this broken gold thingie with a leather strap tied to it. It looked like it was just my size, so I put it on, and it was! As soon as I did, it felt like a little massaging thingy! It was cool! Later, at training, this one guy Achilles said "Hiya, buddy!" when I walked into the stadium. He says that every day, but today, it made me really mad, so I decided that I was gonna take revenge! "OH HI SHMUDDY!" I shouted, and raised my hand to slap him. Instead, this beam of yellow light shot out of my palm, and bounced back and forth all over the stadium until finally it hit Achilles in his other set of lungs. He cried. Meanwhile, the other guys had jumped out of the way. "Where in Hades did that come from?!" exclaimed one of the athletes. "Yeah Damon, how come you never told us you were a demigod?" said another one. "You mean I'm a demigod? Really? Does that mean one of those gods up in Mount Olympus is my daddy? Coohoohool!" I tried to think of what it would be like to be a Big God up on Mount Olympus, but my brain started bubbling. All of a sudden, somebody shook me awake. "WHAAT?!" I freaked out, and started slapping him. "DON'T TOUCH ME!!" "Hey! What else was I supposed to do to wake you up? You were staring into space, and moaning with drool hanging out of your mouth! That's just gross, man." "Oh. Sorry." I wiped the drool from my face. "Well, you'd better keep these newfound powers of yours under control, Parthenos!" said the coach harshly. "Um, I'll try, but I didn't even know I had these powers until just now, so I don't know if I can control them yet...Is that okay?" I explained. "Well you have to! Otherwise you're gonna get at least one of our athletes hurt, if not killed! Ya get it?" "Nope!" I grinned. The coach looked kinda mad at me, I don't know why. "Arrghh! I give up," the coach sighed and rolled his eyes backwards, "All right, let's get to work! We'll start with the discus." The new guy Orion was first. He's really good at this stuff. He threw the flat, round thingie halfway across the stadium! And by the way, the Olympics Stadium is really, really big, so it's kinda hard to throw it that far. "Perfect, Orion!" praised the coach, "Damon, you're next." Meekly, I picked up the discus. I tried to copy Orion's position, and thrusted the discus as hard as I could. I fell. Everybody laughed...that is, until they saw a hole in the wall! "Damon, you made the discus go all the way across the stadium, and straight through the wall! I'll bet it's still going!" said an athlete excitedly. "No I didn't, I'm innocent!" I shouted. Everyone groaned and threw up their arms. Geez, why do they always do that whenever I say something? Maybe it's a trend. I'll try it too sometime. All day I kept being the best at everything we practiced. Every time I did something, I could feel power coming from the stone on my necklace. By the end of the day, everyone had pretty much backed off, but I don't know why. Orion was the only one who tried to get closer to me. "Hey Damon, why don't you come over to my place and have a few drinks?" Orion offered, putting his arm around my shoulders. "Get your hands off my buddy!" Achilles shouted, "He's supposed to come over to my place, and have drinks with me! Right, buddy?" He looked at me. "Oh.hi..SHMUDDY." I replied, casually. Heheh. I am so good at this revenge thing. "Well who said he was your friend?" Orion snapped, "From how he treated you this morning, I don't think Damon considers you to be much of a friend." "You take that back right now, or I'll...!" Achilles warned. With that they both started throwing punches at each other. "What are they doing? I don't remember the coach teaching us that. Is this a demo of what we're learning tomorrow?" I asked one of the athletes that hadn't gone home yet. "Damon! They're fighting! You gotta break it up!" he said. "Why?" I didn't understand, so I didn't do anything. Suddenly, I had the urge.to dance. I started dancing to some music playing in my head.it was fun! I stepped forward, and back..forward, and back again.doo doo doo doo doooo! Someone tapped my shoulder, and I stopped. "Damon, did you know you just knocked Orion and Achilles to the ground?" asked another athlete. "I did? Why didn't I notice?....OH! Wait, I know, I didn't notice, because I was too busy dancing! Yeah, that's why.man, that was bugging me for awhile there, I was thinking 'How did I mi.miss.eheh? BYE!" The guys were glaring at me, and they looked really angry, so I decided to run home, because I think Orion and the got mad and started chasing me. I don't know if they followed me all the way home or not. When I got to the temple, I looked behind me and didn't see anybody, so I guess they gave up somewhere along the way. Zoë was sleeping on the feet of the statue of the smart goddess, I forgot her name. I tapped my sister so she would wake up, but she fell over to the floor. She woke up anyway. "Oww...Damon, why did you push me?" she asked. "I didn't." "Yes you did. It hurt too!" "Okay, I did then. Anyways, guess what?" "What?" Zoë sighed. "I was really good at training today," "You mean you behaved yourself?" "No, I kept beating everyone at the events." "You?" Zoë snickered, then giggled, then broke into a really long and loud laugh that made her face red and tears were coming out of her eyes. "What? What's so funny?" I demanded, with my hands on my hips. My sister wiped her eyes and took a deep breath to keep from laughing too hard. "Damon, you can't even throw a discus straight...I don't know why they let you in that training program in the first place!" Zoë continued bubbling over with laughter. "I can too throw a discus straight!" I argued, "I can throw it really far too! Watch!" I got a plate (since we don't have any discuses at home) and flung it straight through two pillars of the temple. The plate came out on the other side through two more pillars, and kept on going! "Ha! See? Told ya!" I said confidently. Zoë just stared at me with her mouth hanging wide open. "How. Did. You. Do that?!?" Zoë finally said. Suddenly she noticed my necklace. "Where did you get this pendant?" she asked me. "Found it on the ground before I got to the Stadium," I replied, "Isn't it cool?" "Yeah, it is. So you found it before you started training today, huh?" "Uh, yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" "Gimmie that necklace. I think I just figured out something." "Okay..." I took off the necklace and gave it to my twin. She's really smart. "Now throw another plate." She commanded. I got another plate and threw it. This time, it just smashed into the statue and broke. "NO!! The plate's lying! I can too throw it far!!..It's just jealous!" I stammered. "It's just as I thought..." Zoë said mysteriously, "Tell me, Damon, did anything else strange happen when you were at training?" "Well, I did try to hit this one guy, 'cause he made me mad, and this yellow light came out of my hand. I think I hurt him really bad too." "Are you serious?" Zoë gasped, "Show me! Try to hit that rock over there." I raised my hand, and gave the huge rock a good, hard slap. But, no light came, and the rock hit me instead. "The rock is jealous too!" I whined, "How come it didn't work?" "Sorry. I knew that was gonna happen. Here, try it again with the necklace on," I put the pendant back on, and aimed for the rock. This time the yellow light came out of my hand, bouncing back and forth until it hit the rock and blew it to pieces! Just like when I hit Achilles! "Aha! That proves it! Damon, do you get what I was trying to do?" "Nope!" Zoë groaned and threw her arms up in the air. I guess she was "in" on the trend too. "Look, the necklace you found today gives you strength, skill, and some kind of special powers. When you have it on, you can do all kinds of really impressive stuff, but when you're not wearing it you're just your normal weakling of a self! You got it?" "Ohhh....Yeah I see it now." "But you gotta make sure you keep it a secret, and don't let anyone else touch it!" "Okay...why?" "Just to be safe, okay? Now come on, it's time for dinner," So Zoë made dinner and we ate it. The food didn't look very nice, but it still tasted great! Later we said our prayers to the smart goddess and went to bed. Zoe's already asleep, but I'm still up, telling you stuff, Mr. Journal. Now I have nothing else to say, so I'm going to sleep too. Bye! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- May 29, 517 BC
Dear Diary, Yesterday I learned some new things and met eight gorgeous girls from another world! They said that they traveled through Time to get here. Hmm...Time. I wonder where that is? I'll have to ask them sometime. It's gotta be really far away or else they wouldn't act so weird. Then again, they've gotta be really smart to know how to speak Greek so well! Anyways, yesterday at training I found out Orion's a really mean guy. He tried to take my necklace, but Zoë and her pretty new friends saved me. They all have god-like powers, even me and Zoë! Like, sometimes I can hear my sister's voice inside my head, even when she's not there, and we can both shoot lights out of our hands! I also got a new outfit I can only wear when I'm using my powers, but I don't really like it, 'cause it doesn't match the girls' clothes, and it gives me wedgies. Oh yeah, and the goddess Artemis is helping us out. I never knew she had a cat form, or a sister named Tsuki who also looks like a cat. Oh well, according to Zoë there's a lot of stuff I don't know. Artemis got really mad at me for calling her a goddess. I guess she was trying to be normal so the rest of us wouldn't feel bad. Tsuki was trying to explain something about the necklaces, but I wasn't really paying attention. Whatever it is, it's probably not that important. I do remember that one of the girls (I think it was Jeshika) said we have to time travel again tomorrow so we can find the other necklaces before Orion gets them. He's really mad at us for stealing the ones he already had. What's so special about them anyway? (End of Diary Five--Part Two)
May 27, 517 BC
Dear Mr. Journal,
This is weird. Really weird. As if being the only thirteen-year old in an Olympic team full of almost-grownup athletes wasn't bad enough, I'm really popular and everyone wants to be my best friend! My twin sister Zoë says that's a good thing, but I don't like popular people. They're mean. They all think I'm stupid, but I know that I am an intelli..intelli.a much more smarter person than them. Zoe told me so, and she's one of those people that doesn't EVER say anything stupid! Anyways, my name is Damon (just in case you didn't know, Mr.Journal.) I'm gonna tell you what happens at Olympics Training every day. Oh yeah, and I live with my sister in the new temple that was just built a year or two ago. I think it's called the Parthanon...or the Marathon. I dunno. Okay, I think I've said enough about that subject. The REALLY weird thing that happened today was that I found this really cool rock. It was purple and shiny and it was set in this broken gold thingie with a leather strap tied to it. It looked like it was just my size, so I put it on, and it was! As soon as I did, it felt like a little massaging thingy! It was cool! Later, at training, this one guy Achilles said "Hiya, buddy!" when I walked into the stadium. He says that every day, but today, it made me really mad, so I decided that I was gonna take revenge! "OH HI SHMUDDY!" I shouted, and raised my hand to slap him. Instead, this beam of yellow light shot out of my palm, and bounced back and forth all over the stadium until finally it hit Achilles in his other set of lungs. He cried. Meanwhile, the other guys had jumped out of the way. "Where in Hades did that come from?!" exclaimed one of the athletes. "Yeah Damon, how come you never told us you were a demigod?" said another one. "You mean I'm a demigod? Really? Does that mean one of those gods up in Mount Olympus is my daddy? Coohoohool!" I tried to think of what it would be like to be a Big God up on Mount Olympus, but my brain started bubbling. All of a sudden, somebody shook me awake. "WHAAT?!" I freaked out, and started slapping him. "DON'T TOUCH ME!!" "Hey! What else was I supposed to do to wake you up? You were staring into space, and moaning with drool hanging out of your mouth! That's just gross, man." "Oh. Sorry." I wiped the drool from my face. "Well, you'd better keep these newfound powers of yours under control, Parthenos!" said the coach harshly. "Um, I'll try, but I didn't even know I had these powers until just now, so I don't know if I can control them yet...Is that okay?" I explained. "Well you have to! Otherwise you're gonna get at least one of our athletes hurt, if not killed! Ya get it?" "Nope!" I grinned. The coach looked kinda mad at me, I don't know why. "Arrghh! I give up," the coach sighed and rolled his eyes backwards, "All right, let's get to work! We'll start with the discus." The new guy Orion was first. He's really good at this stuff. He threw the flat, round thingie halfway across the stadium! And by the way, the Olympics Stadium is really, really big, so it's kinda hard to throw it that far. "Perfect, Orion!" praised the coach, "Damon, you're next." Meekly, I picked up the discus. I tried to copy Orion's position, and thrusted the discus as hard as I could. I fell. Everybody laughed...that is, until they saw a hole in the wall! "Damon, you made the discus go all the way across the stadium, and straight through the wall! I'll bet it's still going!" said an athlete excitedly. "No I didn't, I'm innocent!" I shouted. Everyone groaned and threw up their arms. Geez, why do they always do that whenever I say something? Maybe it's a trend. I'll try it too sometime. All day I kept being the best at everything we practiced. Every time I did something, I could feel power coming from the stone on my necklace. By the end of the day, everyone had pretty much backed off, but I don't know why. Orion was the only one who tried to get closer to me. "Hey Damon, why don't you come over to my place and have a few drinks?" Orion offered, putting his arm around my shoulders. "Get your hands off my buddy!" Achilles shouted, "He's supposed to come over to my place, and have drinks with me! Right, buddy?" He looked at me. "Oh.hi..SHMUDDY." I replied, casually. Heheh. I am so good at this revenge thing. "Well who said he was your friend?" Orion snapped, "From how he treated you this morning, I don't think Damon considers you to be much of a friend." "You take that back right now, or I'll...!" Achilles warned. With that they both started throwing punches at each other. "What are they doing? I don't remember the coach teaching us that. Is this a demo of what we're learning tomorrow?" I asked one of the athletes that hadn't gone home yet. "Damon! They're fighting! You gotta break it up!" he said. "Why?" I didn't understand, so I didn't do anything. Suddenly, I had the urge.to dance. I started dancing to some music playing in my head.it was fun! I stepped forward, and back..forward, and back again.doo doo doo doo doooo! Someone tapped my shoulder, and I stopped. "Damon, did you know you just knocked Orion and Achilles to the ground?" asked another athlete. "I did? Why didn't I notice?....OH! Wait, I know, I didn't notice, because I was too busy dancing! Yeah, that's why.man, that was bugging me for awhile there, I was thinking 'How did I mi.miss.eheh? BYE!" The guys were glaring at me, and they looked really angry, so I decided to run home, because I think Orion and the got mad and started chasing me. I don't know if they followed me all the way home or not. When I got to the temple, I looked behind me and didn't see anybody, so I guess they gave up somewhere along the way. Zoë was sleeping on the feet of the statue of the smart goddess, I forgot her name. I tapped my sister so she would wake up, but she fell over to the floor. She woke up anyway. "Oww...Damon, why did you push me?" she asked. "I didn't." "Yes you did. It hurt too!" "Okay, I did then. Anyways, guess what?" "What?" Zoë sighed. "I was really good at training today," "You mean you behaved yourself?" "No, I kept beating everyone at the events." "You?" Zoë snickered, then giggled, then broke into a really long and loud laugh that made her face red and tears were coming out of her eyes. "What? What's so funny?" I demanded, with my hands on my hips. My sister wiped her eyes and took a deep breath to keep from laughing too hard. "Damon, you can't even throw a discus straight...I don't know why they let you in that training program in the first place!" Zoë continued bubbling over with laughter. "I can too throw a discus straight!" I argued, "I can throw it really far too! Watch!" I got a plate (since we don't have any discuses at home) and flung it straight through two pillars of the temple. The plate came out on the other side through two more pillars, and kept on going! "Ha! See? Told ya!" I said confidently. Zoë just stared at me with her mouth hanging wide open. "How. Did. You. Do that?!?" Zoë finally said. Suddenly she noticed my necklace. "Where did you get this pendant?" she asked me. "Found it on the ground before I got to the Stadium," I replied, "Isn't it cool?" "Yeah, it is. So you found it before you started training today, huh?" "Uh, yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" "Gimmie that necklace. I think I just figured out something." "Okay..." I took off the necklace and gave it to my twin. She's really smart. "Now throw another plate." She commanded. I got another plate and threw it. This time, it just smashed into the statue and broke. "NO!! The plate's lying! I can too throw it far!!..It's just jealous!" I stammered. "It's just as I thought..." Zoë said mysteriously, "Tell me, Damon, did anything else strange happen when you were at training?" "Well, I did try to hit this one guy, 'cause he made me mad, and this yellow light came out of my hand. I think I hurt him really bad too." "Are you serious?" Zoë gasped, "Show me! Try to hit that rock over there." I raised my hand, and gave the huge rock a good, hard slap. But, no light came, and the rock hit me instead. "The rock is jealous too!" I whined, "How come it didn't work?" "Sorry. I knew that was gonna happen. Here, try it again with the necklace on," I put the pendant back on, and aimed for the rock. This time the yellow light came out of my hand, bouncing back and forth until it hit the rock and blew it to pieces! Just like when I hit Achilles! "Aha! That proves it! Damon, do you get what I was trying to do?" "Nope!" Zoë groaned and threw her arms up in the air. I guess she was "in" on the trend too. "Look, the necklace you found today gives you strength, skill, and some kind of special powers. When you have it on, you can do all kinds of really impressive stuff, but when you're not wearing it you're just your normal weakling of a self! You got it?" "Ohhh....Yeah I see it now." "But you gotta make sure you keep it a secret, and don't let anyone else touch it!" "Okay...why?" "Just to be safe, okay? Now come on, it's time for dinner," So Zoë made dinner and we ate it. The food didn't look very nice, but it still tasted great! Later we said our prayers to the smart goddess and went to bed. Zoe's already asleep, but I'm still up, telling you stuff, Mr. Journal. Now I have nothing else to say, so I'm going to sleep too. Bye! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- May 29, 517 BC
Dear Diary, Yesterday I learned some new things and met eight gorgeous girls from another world! They said that they traveled through Time to get here. Hmm...Time. I wonder where that is? I'll have to ask them sometime. It's gotta be really far away or else they wouldn't act so weird. Then again, they've gotta be really smart to know how to speak Greek so well! Anyways, yesterday at training I found out Orion's a really mean guy. He tried to take my necklace, but Zoë and her pretty new friends saved me. They all have god-like powers, even me and Zoë! Like, sometimes I can hear my sister's voice inside my head, even when she's not there, and we can both shoot lights out of our hands! I also got a new outfit I can only wear when I'm using my powers, but I don't really like it, 'cause it doesn't match the girls' clothes, and it gives me wedgies. Oh yeah, and the goddess Artemis is helping us out. I never knew she had a cat form, or a sister named Tsuki who also looks like a cat. Oh well, according to Zoë there's a lot of stuff I don't know. Artemis got really mad at me for calling her a goddess. I guess she was trying to be normal so the rest of us wouldn't feel bad. Tsuki was trying to explain something about the necklaces, but I wasn't really paying attention. Whatever it is, it's probably not that important. I do remember that one of the girls (I think it was Jeshika) said we have to time travel again tomorrow so we can find the other necklaces before Orion gets them. He's really mad at us for stealing the ones he already had. What's so special about them anyway? (End of Diary Five--Part Two)