(so much for the nice, indented paragraphs. my computer's screwy)
"Usa, leave me and your mother alone."
"Yes, Daddy," said Usa. "I'll escort myself to my room," she said, mimicking her sister.
Endymion and Serenity sat down at a table. "I don't understand what's gotten into that girl!"
"She's she was bound to starting to ask questions, Endy. She's a smart girl." She rubbed her husband on the back.
"What does that have to do with this? And any way, I love her like my own daughter, you love her like your own, why can't she just be happy?"
"Oh Endy... its her right to ask questions, you know."
"Is it our duty to answer them?"
"That's a confusing point......"
Endymion and Serenity looked at each other. Did they tell Chibichibi of her confusing conflicted past, of all the fighting and death she was a witness too, of everything? Or did they leave her unknowing, ignorant, like the rest of the world, of the battles that took place years and years ago. For now, they would leave her ignorant of the events. As they say, ignorance is bliss......
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Chibichibi tried reading, but how could she concentrate on even her favorite subject, the written word? She planned on writing a book someday; she loved writing stories. She loved fantasy, the heroism, the fighting, the loyalty, the villains and the good guys - she relished it all, and was always thinking up new ideas for stories; her life was so dull, she had to have something to do.
It was beginning to get dark out. She walked to her window, the only window in the round tower room. She smiled to herself. She loved the sky; sometimes, she even loved the solitude. She felt so small for a moment. It was both comforting, and disconcerting.
The stars began to come out, one by one. She smiled at the familiar constellations like old friends. Her favorite was Orion because she could pick that out most swiftly. She hoped someday she would find her Orion, brave and strong and immortal amongst the stars. She didn't know what she meant by the last part, but she thought it sounded awfully pretty.
Some of the stars were brighter; those were the planets. She could recall learning them all in school, and learning all their leaders. Ami, Minako, and so on. She knew them all personally, which made things fairly easy on her, but she still thought it was tedious and silly to learn of all these planets she had never been allowed to visit. Yes, that was the truth, a princess who had never left her own planet (save for holidays on the moon). Her mother was frightened for her. She never knew why. Perhaps someday she would find out. Until then, she had to deal with over protective parents.
Chibichibi had read a book once, saying that the planets used to be dead. All of them, killed by an evil queen! Years later, the senshi came to earth to protect them and bring them all back to life! But. she didn't know what a senshi was, and no one did. When she asked her mother, all she said was that times of fighting were over. And pass the potatoes, please.
She thirsted for knowledge, though, despite her parents' ban of it. She wanted to discover, to explore, and to go to the outmost bounds of the universe! A great sailor of the stars, that's what she wanted to be. A sailor, a pilot, a captain! But, she was destined (doomed?) to be an envoy merely amongst the planets of the Sol System. It was her fate as Imperial Princess of the System, Chibichibi Chiba. She laughed softly, thinking of her name. Had her parents taken any consideration in those hours shortly after her birth when she was christened?
The laugh turned soon to a great empty silence. Her stomach growled, hungry for food or just gnawing at the void within her, she could not say. All she wanted was answers, was that so much to ask? Was it?
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Chibichibi hadn't come to dinner. Serenity had worried, and had wanted to have a plate of food taken up to her, but Endymion was still angry, and insisted that if Chibichibi wanted to eat, she would have to come down.
After her husband's soft rhythmic breathing could be heard next to her in bed, Serenity crept out quietly. She made her way down to the kitchen, and as she neared it, she heard someone moving around within. "Chibichibi?" she wondered. She opened the door with a squeak, and tiptoed in. She tapped her daughter on the shoulder, and Chibiusa whirled around.
"Mum!" exclaimed Chibiusa.
"What are you doing down here, Usa?" asked Serenity, her eyes narrowing. Usa bowed her head, she had been caught.
"I was going to bring Chibichibi some food, she is my sister, after all." Suddenly Usa's eyes narrowed as well. "What are you doing down here, mother dearest?"
Serenity was at a loss for words, she hadn't known that Chibiusa cared at all for Chibichibi. She had always gotten the feeling that she was slightly jealous of her younger sister.
"I, ah, I, um, I heard you! And I came to investigate!"
"Oh....." Chibiusa had been hoping that perhaps her mother was there for the same reason she was, to get Chibichibi some food. "Alright then, I guess I'm going back to bed." Serenity nodded.
"I'll clean things up here."
After Usa was gone, Serenity took the plate of food she had prepared and climbed the long tower steps, up to Chibichibi's room.
Chibichibi was asleep, there was something in her hand (which was hanging off the edge of the bed). Serenity reached for it, and pulled it out of her daughter's hand. Chibichibi stirred in her sleep, but failed to awake.
Serenity's hand shook as she looked at the picture. It was Chibichibi, and Serenity's younger self, the klutzy, ditzy, none too bright or elegant, Usagi Tsukino. She put the picture down, next to the plate of food, on the nightstand. She nervously exited Chibichibi's room. Troubling thoughts filled her mind.
"Usa, leave me and your mother alone."
"Yes, Daddy," said Usa. "I'll escort myself to my room," she said, mimicking her sister.
Endymion and Serenity sat down at a table. "I don't understand what's gotten into that girl!"
"She's she was bound to starting to ask questions, Endy. She's a smart girl." She rubbed her husband on the back.
"What does that have to do with this? And any way, I love her like my own daughter, you love her like your own, why can't she just be happy?"
"Oh Endy... its her right to ask questions, you know."
"Is it our duty to answer them?"
"That's a confusing point......"
Endymion and Serenity looked at each other. Did they tell Chibichibi of her confusing conflicted past, of all the fighting and death she was a witness too, of everything? Or did they leave her unknowing, ignorant, like the rest of the world, of the battles that took place years and years ago. For now, they would leave her ignorant of the events. As they say, ignorance is bliss......
~~~~~~~~~~
Chibichibi tried reading, but how could she concentrate on even her favorite subject, the written word? She planned on writing a book someday; she loved writing stories. She loved fantasy, the heroism, the fighting, the loyalty, the villains and the good guys - she relished it all, and was always thinking up new ideas for stories; her life was so dull, she had to have something to do.
It was beginning to get dark out. She walked to her window, the only window in the round tower room. She smiled to herself. She loved the sky; sometimes, she even loved the solitude. She felt so small for a moment. It was both comforting, and disconcerting.
The stars began to come out, one by one. She smiled at the familiar constellations like old friends. Her favorite was Orion because she could pick that out most swiftly. She hoped someday she would find her Orion, brave and strong and immortal amongst the stars. She didn't know what she meant by the last part, but she thought it sounded awfully pretty.
Some of the stars were brighter; those were the planets. She could recall learning them all in school, and learning all their leaders. Ami, Minako, and so on. She knew them all personally, which made things fairly easy on her, but she still thought it was tedious and silly to learn of all these planets she had never been allowed to visit. Yes, that was the truth, a princess who had never left her own planet (save for holidays on the moon). Her mother was frightened for her. She never knew why. Perhaps someday she would find out. Until then, she had to deal with over protective parents.
Chibichibi had read a book once, saying that the planets used to be dead. All of them, killed by an evil queen! Years later, the senshi came to earth to protect them and bring them all back to life! But. she didn't know what a senshi was, and no one did. When she asked her mother, all she said was that times of fighting were over. And pass the potatoes, please.
She thirsted for knowledge, though, despite her parents' ban of it. She wanted to discover, to explore, and to go to the outmost bounds of the universe! A great sailor of the stars, that's what she wanted to be. A sailor, a pilot, a captain! But, she was destined (doomed?) to be an envoy merely amongst the planets of the Sol System. It was her fate as Imperial Princess of the System, Chibichibi Chiba. She laughed softly, thinking of her name. Had her parents taken any consideration in those hours shortly after her birth when she was christened?
The laugh turned soon to a great empty silence. Her stomach growled, hungry for food or just gnawing at the void within her, she could not say. All she wanted was answers, was that so much to ask? Was it?
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chibichibi hadn't come to dinner. Serenity had worried, and had wanted to have a plate of food taken up to her, but Endymion was still angry, and insisted that if Chibichibi wanted to eat, she would have to come down.
After her husband's soft rhythmic breathing could be heard next to her in bed, Serenity crept out quietly. She made her way down to the kitchen, and as she neared it, she heard someone moving around within. "Chibichibi?" she wondered. She opened the door with a squeak, and tiptoed in. She tapped her daughter on the shoulder, and Chibiusa whirled around.
"Mum!" exclaimed Chibiusa.
"What are you doing down here, Usa?" asked Serenity, her eyes narrowing. Usa bowed her head, she had been caught.
"I was going to bring Chibichibi some food, she is my sister, after all." Suddenly Usa's eyes narrowed as well. "What are you doing down here, mother dearest?"
Serenity was at a loss for words, she hadn't known that Chibiusa cared at all for Chibichibi. She had always gotten the feeling that she was slightly jealous of her younger sister.
"I, ah, I, um, I heard you! And I came to investigate!"
"Oh....." Chibiusa had been hoping that perhaps her mother was there for the same reason she was, to get Chibichibi some food. "Alright then, I guess I'm going back to bed." Serenity nodded.
"I'll clean things up here."
After Usa was gone, Serenity took the plate of food she had prepared and climbed the long tower steps, up to Chibichibi's room.
Chibichibi was asleep, there was something in her hand (which was hanging off the edge of the bed). Serenity reached for it, and pulled it out of her daughter's hand. Chibichibi stirred in her sleep, but failed to awake.
Serenity's hand shook as she looked at the picture. It was Chibichibi, and Serenity's younger self, the klutzy, ditzy, none too bright or elegant, Usagi Tsukino. She put the picture down, next to the plate of food, on the nightstand. She nervously exited Chibichibi's room. Troubling thoughts filled her mind.