"Terra-san? Terra-san?" A young woman was ran quickly down the hallways in
Crystal Tokyo calling out (in vain) the name of the young princess she was
supposed to be watching.
The girl slowed as she got to the courtyard and wiped the sweat off of her brow. 'Serenity-sama will have my head if she knows I lost Terra.' She thought as she sat down on the floor.
Suddenly a giggle was heard from in the courtyard and the young woman stood up and quickly ran into the courtyard. She saw the young princess, Terra, standing near a rose bush, hands cupped and ready to catch a pink butterfly.
"Terra-san!" The young woman walked into the courtyard startling Terra and she fell down next to the rose bush and the butterfly flew haphazardly away.
The young princess stood up quickly, and looked up into the young woman's face. Terra's blue eyes stared down at the ground in shame, she had gotten in trouble again and her nanny wasn't happy with her.
"Well? Are you going to explain yourself or just stand there?" Terra's nanny stood there with her hands on her hips.
"Gomenasai Emi-san. I just saw how pretty it was out here and I wanted to catch that butterfly." Her short, black hair fell around her shoulders and spilled around her face as she looked at the ground.
"It's okay," Emi smiled. "Your mother is just expecting you soon, and she would not have been happy if you had gotten lost." Emi smiled and started to walk back into the palace.
"My mother is home?" Terra jumped in the air. Her mother had been gone visiting another planet. Then Terra stopped and asked, "Why is my mother expecting me?" Terra walked by Emi down the palace halls.
"Well, I think she has something she needs to tell you, but I'm not totally sure."
"Honto?" Terra's blue eyes flashed with happiness. "Maybe it's because of my birthday!"
"Your birthday is a long time away, Terra-san." Emi shook her head.
"Not that long," Terra looked away. "Just a month. And then I'll be turning nine years old!" Terra grinned.
"Nine whole years." Emi mused. "I can't believe it's only been that long since the start of Crystal Tokyo."
"Nani?" Terra looked up at her Nanny.
"Oh, it's nothing." Emi smiled. "Well, your mother is in there, I wish you good luck, Terra-san."
"Okay then." Terra walked into the large throne room. On the throne sat her mother and her father. Next to them was all of the Sailor Senshi, including the reclusive Sailor Pluto, and Prince Yaten and Prince Taiki were standing there as well, including a woman that Terra didn't recognize.
"Oka-san!" Terra ran into the throne room to her mother. Princess Serenity pulled her into a large hug.
"I've missed you, Terra." Princess Serenity squeezed her daughter tightly.
"Did you forget about me, Terra?" King Seiya sat next to Princess Serenity, smiling.
"Oto-san, I'd never forget about you!" She ran to him and he pulled her into a giant hug. "Where did you have to go for so long?"
"We were busy in Kinmoku, where I'm from. And this is my very good friend, Princess Kakyuu." Seiya put Terra down and she walked over to Kakyuu.
"I welcome you to the Moon Kingdom, Kakyuu-sama." She curtsied deeply.
"What a polite little girl, Seiya." Kakyuu smiled at Seiya and then turned back to Terra. "Arigato, I feel very welcomed." She bowed back. "Would you like to see something special, Terra-san?"
"Hai!" Terra grinned.
"Okay then." Kakyuu opened up her hands and produced a small pink ball. She handed it to Terra. "Now bounce that in the floor in front of you." Kakyuu instructed.
All of the Sailor Senshi stood, wondering what was going to happen. Seiya, Yaten and Taiki seemed to be the only ones who had an idea about what would happen.
"Okay then." Terra took the ball and raised it up into the air and smashed it on the ground.
Suddenly, the ball seemed to explode with pink, but the pink color turned into a hundred butterflies, and they flew all around Terra. The butterflies flew in a spiral around her and when they got to the top of her head, they just disappeared.
Terra just stood there, amazed, as she watched all the pink butterflies disappear. "Arigato, Kakyuu-sama, it was so pretty."
"It was nothing, Terra-san." Kakyuu smiled at the young girl. "Well, I'm sure you'd want to know why I called you here, huh Terra?" Princess Serenity smiled.
"Hai, Oka-san!" Terra turned back to her mother.
"Well, it actually doesn't have to do with me, exactly, but with all of the Sailor Senshi that are here."
"Mars-chan?" Terra ran up to the closest Sailor Senshi. "Ne, what is this all about?"
"I thought maybe Pluto would want to tell you." Mars smiled at Terra.
"Pluto-san?" Terra ran over to Sailor Pluto.
"Should I tell her, Hime?" Sailor Pluto looked over at Princess Serenity.
"If you want to." Princess Serenity smiled.
"How about we wait a while, though." Seiya grinned.
"Iie, Oto-san!" Terra stamped her foot. "I bet everyone knows except me!"
Everyone laughed. "Okay, Terra-san, I'll tell you." Sailor Pluto smiled. "You have a very grand chance. Your chance is to start training with us Sailor Senshi for a position on our team."
Terra's eyes grew wide.
"How about it, Terra-san? Would you like to become a Sailor Senshi?" Sailor Uranus smiled at the young princess.
"A Sailor Senshi? Me?" Terra was so surprised, she couldn't believe it. She stood there, speechless for a moment.
"How about it, Terra?" Seiya grinned at his daughter.
"Demo . . ." Terra started. She looked up at her mother with tears in her eyes. "I can't be a Sailor Senshi, I have no powers." Terra turned around and started to run out of the throne room, crying.
"Terra!" Princess Serenity got up and ran after her daughter.
"Seiya?" Princess Kakyuu turned to Seiya.
"Hai?" Seiya looked at Kakyuu.
"How can she become a Sailor Senshi, I thought that all of the planets already had their Senshi."
"Well, actually, this is a bit of a touchy subject." Seiya looked over at Sailor Pluto. "Could you tell her, Pluto-san?"
"Hai," Pluto nodded. "You are well aware of that fact that every Sailor Senshi has star seeds in them, right?"
"Hai, I am."
"Well, you see, after the last battle we had, the protector of Earth was killed."
"Who was the protector of Earth?" Kakyuu raised an eyebrow.
"Mamoru was the protector of Earth, and since he was killed, his star seed was reborn, and we have reason to believe that it was reborn into Terra." Pluto stopped for a moment. "Actually, it was supposedly foretold that she would become our newest protector of Earth. Although, Terra is correct, so far she hasn't shown any sign that she has any powers, but after we start her training, we will be able to see if she really does have the golden star seed of Earth inside of her."
"I see." Kakyuu looked down the hallway where Terra had run. "The poor girl."
***
"Terra, what is wrong?" Princess Serenity followed her daughter into her room. Terra fell onto her bed and started crying.
"Terra," Princess Serenity walked over to the bed and sat down. "What are all the tears about?"
"Mama," Terra crawled over to where her mother was, and sobbed onto her lap. "I have no powers, I'm not fit to become a Sailor Senshi."
"Honey, I didn't show any powers until I was about 14. You don't have to worry about not showing any powers when you're only eight." Princess Serenity stopped a moment, in thought. "In fact, you've had no reason to have any of your powers show yet." She petted her daughter's black hair.
"I'm not good enough to become a Sailor Senshi."
"Don't talk like that, now. Everybody used to say I wasn't fit to be Sailor Moon, but I proved them wrong, didn't I? I proved everybody wrong and even became Eternal Sailor Moon, and then Princess Serenity. Why don't you just give the training a chance? It won't hurt, even if you don't have any powers, a young princess should know how to defend herself." Terra looked up at her mother. "Mama, I just don't know . . ."
"Just try it, I didn't build my whole kingdom because I didn't try. I tried even though I thought I couldn't do it, but look what happened."
Terra sniffed and looked at her mother, her curious eyes sparkling with tears. "Okay, Oka-san. I'll give it a try, but don't be disappointed if I can't do it, okay?"
"Of course my darling." Princess Serenity pulled her daughter into a big hug. "I'm proud of you no matter what you do. You'll always be my little Princess."
***
Terra and Princess Serenity walked back into the Throne Room, and Terra walked slowly beside her mother.
"Now, Terra, just tell them what you want to do now." Princess Serenity pushed her daughter in front of her.
"Pluto-san." Terra walked up to Sailor Pluto.
"Hai, Terra-san?" Pluto bent down so she was at Terra's level.
"I'm ready for training." Terra tried to smile.
"Okay then, that means you leave tomorrow." Pluto smiled. "I'm glad to have you try, Princess."
"That's my girl." Seiya said quietly.
***
"I'll miss you Mama!" Terra tried to keep back the tears as she bid her farewells.
"I know you'll come back soon." Princess Serenity hugged her daughter tightly.
Terra let of her mother and then hugged her father. "Sayonara, Oto-san. I'll miss you."
"No, you won't miss me, you'll be too busy having fun with all of the Senshi to remember me."
"No I won't, Oto-san. I'll never forget about you!" Terra's eyes grew big with tears.
"I was just kidding, Terra. You'll have a lot of fun, just don't forget to write to us, okay?" Seiya gave his daughter a final squeeze.
"Are you ready to go, Terra-chan?" Sailor Venus walked over and took Terra's hand.
"Hai, Venus-san." Terra turned around and walked over to the circle of Senshi that stood, ready to transport her to a training facility in the far away planet of Uranus.
"Goodbye," Princess Serenity smiled and waved. Seiya pulled her into a hug, and they watched, teary-eyed as their daughter prepared for space travel.
"Ready, Minna?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Hai!" Everyone said. All of the Sailor Senshi concentrated their powers and soon only a rainbow of colors existed where they once stood.
Seiya and Princess Serenity watched the sky for a while.
"My Terra, she's going to become a Sailor Senshi." Princess Serenity sighed and wiped away a tear.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to be ready for the next one to come along." Seiya kissed her gently on the neck.
"Seiya!" Princess Serenity gasped in surprise.
"Come on, Odango, let's retire early tonight." He whispered into her ear.
"Okay." Princess Serenity and Seiya walked back into the palace.
[A/N: There will probably be a second epilogue, I'm glad that you read the entire story! ^_^ I hope everyone will review, because reviewing will give me enthusiasm to write the second part of the epilogue!]
The girl slowed as she got to the courtyard and wiped the sweat off of her brow. 'Serenity-sama will have my head if she knows I lost Terra.' She thought as she sat down on the floor.
Suddenly a giggle was heard from in the courtyard and the young woman stood up and quickly ran into the courtyard. She saw the young princess, Terra, standing near a rose bush, hands cupped and ready to catch a pink butterfly.
"Terra-san!" The young woman walked into the courtyard startling Terra and she fell down next to the rose bush and the butterfly flew haphazardly away.
The young princess stood up quickly, and looked up into the young woman's face. Terra's blue eyes stared down at the ground in shame, she had gotten in trouble again and her nanny wasn't happy with her.
"Well? Are you going to explain yourself or just stand there?" Terra's nanny stood there with her hands on her hips.
"Gomenasai Emi-san. I just saw how pretty it was out here and I wanted to catch that butterfly." Her short, black hair fell around her shoulders and spilled around her face as she looked at the ground.
"It's okay," Emi smiled. "Your mother is just expecting you soon, and she would not have been happy if you had gotten lost." Emi smiled and started to walk back into the palace.
"My mother is home?" Terra jumped in the air. Her mother had been gone visiting another planet. Then Terra stopped and asked, "Why is my mother expecting me?" Terra walked by Emi down the palace halls.
"Well, I think she has something she needs to tell you, but I'm not totally sure."
"Honto?" Terra's blue eyes flashed with happiness. "Maybe it's because of my birthday!"
"Your birthday is a long time away, Terra-san." Emi shook her head.
"Not that long," Terra looked away. "Just a month. And then I'll be turning nine years old!" Terra grinned.
"Nine whole years." Emi mused. "I can't believe it's only been that long since the start of Crystal Tokyo."
"Nani?" Terra looked up at her Nanny.
"Oh, it's nothing." Emi smiled. "Well, your mother is in there, I wish you good luck, Terra-san."
"Okay then." Terra walked into the large throne room. On the throne sat her mother and her father. Next to them was all of the Sailor Senshi, including the reclusive Sailor Pluto, and Prince Yaten and Prince Taiki were standing there as well, including a woman that Terra didn't recognize.
"Oka-san!" Terra ran into the throne room to her mother. Princess Serenity pulled her into a large hug.
"I've missed you, Terra." Princess Serenity squeezed her daughter tightly.
"Did you forget about me, Terra?" King Seiya sat next to Princess Serenity, smiling.
"Oto-san, I'd never forget about you!" She ran to him and he pulled her into a giant hug. "Where did you have to go for so long?"
"We were busy in Kinmoku, where I'm from. And this is my very good friend, Princess Kakyuu." Seiya put Terra down and she walked over to Kakyuu.
"I welcome you to the Moon Kingdom, Kakyuu-sama." She curtsied deeply.
"What a polite little girl, Seiya." Kakyuu smiled at Seiya and then turned back to Terra. "Arigato, I feel very welcomed." She bowed back. "Would you like to see something special, Terra-san?"
"Hai!" Terra grinned.
"Okay then." Kakyuu opened up her hands and produced a small pink ball. She handed it to Terra. "Now bounce that in the floor in front of you." Kakyuu instructed.
All of the Sailor Senshi stood, wondering what was going to happen. Seiya, Yaten and Taiki seemed to be the only ones who had an idea about what would happen.
"Okay then." Terra took the ball and raised it up into the air and smashed it on the ground.
Suddenly, the ball seemed to explode with pink, but the pink color turned into a hundred butterflies, and they flew all around Terra. The butterflies flew in a spiral around her and when they got to the top of her head, they just disappeared.
Terra just stood there, amazed, as she watched all the pink butterflies disappear. "Arigato, Kakyuu-sama, it was so pretty."
"It was nothing, Terra-san." Kakyuu smiled at the young girl. "Well, I'm sure you'd want to know why I called you here, huh Terra?" Princess Serenity smiled.
"Hai, Oka-san!" Terra turned back to her mother.
"Well, it actually doesn't have to do with me, exactly, but with all of the Sailor Senshi that are here."
"Mars-chan?" Terra ran up to the closest Sailor Senshi. "Ne, what is this all about?"
"I thought maybe Pluto would want to tell you." Mars smiled at Terra.
"Pluto-san?" Terra ran over to Sailor Pluto.
"Should I tell her, Hime?" Sailor Pluto looked over at Princess Serenity.
"If you want to." Princess Serenity smiled.
"How about we wait a while, though." Seiya grinned.
"Iie, Oto-san!" Terra stamped her foot. "I bet everyone knows except me!"
Everyone laughed. "Okay, Terra-san, I'll tell you." Sailor Pluto smiled. "You have a very grand chance. Your chance is to start training with us Sailor Senshi for a position on our team."
Terra's eyes grew wide.
"How about it, Terra-san? Would you like to become a Sailor Senshi?" Sailor Uranus smiled at the young princess.
"A Sailor Senshi? Me?" Terra was so surprised, she couldn't believe it. She stood there, speechless for a moment.
"How about it, Terra?" Seiya grinned at his daughter.
"Demo . . ." Terra started. She looked up at her mother with tears in her eyes. "I can't be a Sailor Senshi, I have no powers." Terra turned around and started to run out of the throne room, crying.
"Terra!" Princess Serenity got up and ran after her daughter.
"Seiya?" Princess Kakyuu turned to Seiya.
"Hai?" Seiya looked at Kakyuu.
"How can she become a Sailor Senshi, I thought that all of the planets already had their Senshi."
"Well, actually, this is a bit of a touchy subject." Seiya looked over at Sailor Pluto. "Could you tell her, Pluto-san?"
"Hai," Pluto nodded. "You are well aware of that fact that every Sailor Senshi has star seeds in them, right?"
"Hai, I am."
"Well, you see, after the last battle we had, the protector of Earth was killed."
"Who was the protector of Earth?" Kakyuu raised an eyebrow.
"Mamoru was the protector of Earth, and since he was killed, his star seed was reborn, and we have reason to believe that it was reborn into Terra." Pluto stopped for a moment. "Actually, it was supposedly foretold that she would become our newest protector of Earth. Although, Terra is correct, so far she hasn't shown any sign that she has any powers, but after we start her training, we will be able to see if she really does have the golden star seed of Earth inside of her."
"I see." Kakyuu looked down the hallway where Terra had run. "The poor girl."
***
"Terra, what is wrong?" Princess Serenity followed her daughter into her room. Terra fell onto her bed and started crying.
"Terra," Princess Serenity walked over to the bed and sat down. "What are all the tears about?"
"Mama," Terra crawled over to where her mother was, and sobbed onto her lap. "I have no powers, I'm not fit to become a Sailor Senshi."
"Honey, I didn't show any powers until I was about 14. You don't have to worry about not showing any powers when you're only eight." Princess Serenity stopped a moment, in thought. "In fact, you've had no reason to have any of your powers show yet." She petted her daughter's black hair.
"I'm not good enough to become a Sailor Senshi."
"Don't talk like that, now. Everybody used to say I wasn't fit to be Sailor Moon, but I proved them wrong, didn't I? I proved everybody wrong and even became Eternal Sailor Moon, and then Princess Serenity. Why don't you just give the training a chance? It won't hurt, even if you don't have any powers, a young princess should know how to defend herself." Terra looked up at her mother. "Mama, I just don't know . . ."
"Just try it, I didn't build my whole kingdom because I didn't try. I tried even though I thought I couldn't do it, but look what happened."
Terra sniffed and looked at her mother, her curious eyes sparkling with tears. "Okay, Oka-san. I'll give it a try, but don't be disappointed if I can't do it, okay?"
"Of course my darling." Princess Serenity pulled her daughter into a big hug. "I'm proud of you no matter what you do. You'll always be my little Princess."
***
Terra and Princess Serenity walked back into the Throne Room, and Terra walked slowly beside her mother.
"Now, Terra, just tell them what you want to do now." Princess Serenity pushed her daughter in front of her.
"Pluto-san." Terra walked up to Sailor Pluto.
"Hai, Terra-san?" Pluto bent down so she was at Terra's level.
"I'm ready for training." Terra tried to smile.
"Okay then, that means you leave tomorrow." Pluto smiled. "I'm glad to have you try, Princess."
"That's my girl." Seiya said quietly.
***
"I'll miss you Mama!" Terra tried to keep back the tears as she bid her farewells.
"I know you'll come back soon." Princess Serenity hugged her daughter tightly.
Terra let of her mother and then hugged her father. "Sayonara, Oto-san. I'll miss you."
"No, you won't miss me, you'll be too busy having fun with all of the Senshi to remember me."
"No I won't, Oto-san. I'll never forget about you!" Terra's eyes grew big with tears.
"I was just kidding, Terra. You'll have a lot of fun, just don't forget to write to us, okay?" Seiya gave his daughter a final squeeze.
"Are you ready to go, Terra-chan?" Sailor Venus walked over and took Terra's hand.
"Hai, Venus-san." Terra turned around and walked over to the circle of Senshi that stood, ready to transport her to a training facility in the far away planet of Uranus.
"Goodbye," Princess Serenity smiled and waved. Seiya pulled her into a hug, and they watched, teary-eyed as their daughter prepared for space travel.
"Ready, Minna?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"Hai!" Everyone said. All of the Sailor Senshi concentrated their powers and soon only a rainbow of colors existed where they once stood.
Seiya and Princess Serenity watched the sky for a while.
"My Terra, she's going to become a Sailor Senshi." Princess Serenity sighed and wiped away a tear.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to be ready for the next one to come along." Seiya kissed her gently on the neck.
"Seiya!" Princess Serenity gasped in surprise.
"Come on, Odango, let's retire early tonight." He whispered into her ear.
"Okay." Princess Serenity and Seiya walked back into the palace.
[A/N: There will probably be a second epilogue, I'm glad that you read the entire story! ^_^ I hope everyone will review, because reviewing will give me enthusiasm to write the second part of the epilogue!]
