Meet the Past: Chapter 2
I'm back with chapter 2 of Meet the Past! Enjoy!
Chapter 2's quote:
Do all things with love -Og Mandino OK I know that ch. 2's quote is wimpy but I couldn't find anything better :(
Bunny hurried up the stairs to Lita's apartment. She was going faster than she usual to a scout meeting because when Amy had called her a few minutes ago, her pleas sounded urgent. "I would have been here sooner if it wasn't for that jerk Darien running into me!" she thought, irritated but her mood changed when she thought of Endo, "His cousin was really nice though. Maybe it wasn't his cousin. Maybe it was his good personality and Darien is his bad personality." That made he think of Darien and she immediately went back into a bad mood.
Bunny reached the landing and pushed the door open. Everyone turned to face her. They were clustering around someone or something, but Bunny couldn't see who or what it was. "Hey Bunny!" Ray said, pretending to act surprised, "You made it remotely on time! Is the world coming to an end?" "Who's Bunny?" a voice asked curiously. It sounded exactly like Bunny. Bunny guessed that the four were clustered around a girl the same age as her. The girls parted to reveal a girl with golden buns just like Bunny's. They had the same sky blue eyes and perfect glowing white skin. The only difference was that the girl had a golden crescent moon on her forehead. "Bunny," Amy said happily, "Meet Princess Serenity, the Moon Princess. Strangely enough she's also your past self."
Bunny's head was buzzing. She couldn't concentrate on anything. In fact she had not heard the last thing that Amy had said. She stumbled. Her stomach flipped and a pain in her head seared. Bunny put a hand to her head to try to ease the pain. Her vision blurred "Never." Bunny whispered before fainting.
Lita starred at the fainted girl. "I wasn't expecting that reaction." She commented. "Me neither." Mina said, "I thought she'd be jumping up and down with joy. Something like one of her sugar highs but worse." "Reasonable thought." Amy said checking Bunny, "She'll be fine." "Was it something I said?" Serenity said looking at her future self with disappointment. "No." Ray said dryly, "She's just a little unpredictable. Even we didn't see that one coming." "She's never done something like that before." Lita said still starring
Checking Bunny again Amy exclaimed, "It wasn't shock that knocked her out it was a bump on her head!" "I wonder what happened." Mina said looking out the window. "How much you wanna bet that Bunny ran into Darien!" Mina said snickering. "Five bucks!" Lita said, with enthusiasm. "I say she ran into a pole." Ray said, "She's bound to do something like that sometime soon. So I'm in the bet."
Darien sat with Endymion at a booth in the arcade. He was drinking a chocolate milkshake while keeping an icepack on his head. He had a large bump from where Bunny had hit him. "I hope your Bunny didn't get hit as bad as you." Endymion said looking out the window, "She reminds me so much of my Serenity." "Well your Serenity can't be that clumsy." Darien said, his teeth gritted together. "You'd be surprised." He replied.
Andrew walked over to the booth. "Hey Darien, Endo!" he said cheerfully. Seeing Darien's bump he asked, "What did you run into?" "Bunny." Came the simple reply. "Did you get hit with a meatball or a skull?" Andrew kidded. "I clobbered her in the head like she did me." Darien told his friend, "She didn't seem to be hurt though." "You didn't either until we got in here." Endymion reminded him. "Very true." Darien said thoughtfully.
Seeing the two milkshakes and the icepack Andrew asked, "I didn't serve you, how did you get those?" "We took the liberty to get them ourselves." Darien informed him, "I put the money strait into the cash register. I guess I should have let you know what we were doing. " "That's alright." Andrew said, watching some customers walk in, "You probably needed some ice fast that bump looks bad, and well the milkshakes just go with it." "Exactly." Endymion said smiling at Andrew. "Well I've better get back to the counter." He said walking away, "Nice to see you two."
Bunny opened her eyes to see what seemed to be the mirror image of herself. "She's awake." Serenity said moving away from her future self. "Bunny!" Ray exclaimed, "What did you do on your way here? You blacked out all of a sudden." "I ran into Darien." Bunny said sitting up, "I guess we hit harder than I thought. It didn't hurt or anything." "You could have a concussion." Amy said worriedly, "Maybe we should go have my mom check you out." "I'm alright, really." Bunny said standing up. Lita and Mina held their hands out towards Ray. Sighing, Ray took out her wallet and forked over five dollars each.
"So what were we talking about before I blacked out?" Bunny asked sitting down on the couch. "We've found the Moon Princess." Amy said. "Who is it?" Bunny asked. "Meet Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom during the Silver Millennium." Amy said. Serenity got up and attempted a curtsy. Finding no cloth of a dress to spread out, she blushed and quickly stuck out a hand for Bunny to shake. "Nice to meet you Bunny." She said politely.
Bunny was confused. "But I thought that the Silver Millennium ended." She said looking at Serenity. "It did." Amy informed her, "Somehow Serenity got transported to present day. She is the past princess. We've also found the present day princess. Now I'm dealing with the obvious but Serenity looks like someone we all know very well. That person is the present day princess. Can you guess who it is Bunny?" She put a finger to her lip and thought. "Oh I know who it is!" Bunny said excitedly, "It's Mina!" Everyone including Serenity slapped their foreheads in an annoyed way. "No smart one, it isn't Mina!" Ray yelled, "It's you!" "I can't be the princess!" Bunny said quietly.
"OK. This is just a really bad dream and I'm going to wake up to Luna screaming at me about being late to school or maybe she'll bite my ear like she did this morning." Bunny thought franticly to herself, "Wait I'm confused." Quickly she pinched herself. "Ouch!" she exclaimed. "What did you pinch yourself for?" Mina asked looking at her with surprise. "To make sure I'm not dreaming." She replied. "You're not." Lita said calmly, "To tell you the truth we thought that Amy had gone nuts when she said it first." "I can't be a princess!" Bunny exclaimed, "I'm stupid! I have detention everyday! I'm clumsy and the only thing I'm even somewhat good at is playing video games! HOW CAN I BE THE PRINCESS WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE WHOLE TIME?"
Serenity walked over to Bunny. She pulled a silver chain with a large crystal hanging from it off her neck and handed it to Bunny. She took it and looked at the multi-faced crystal, watching it bounce light and forming rainbows everywhere in the room. "This is the Silver Imperium Crystal." Serenity said. Amy practically fell off her chair in unexpected surprise. Bunny gave the crystal back to Serenity. "It's so pretty," Bunny whispered in awe, "but I don't deserve it." "Yes you do." She replied cheerfully, "See, the crystal copied its self so that you would be able to use it."
Slowly Bunny looked at her hand she had used to give Serenity back the crystal. In her hand was the crystal, attached to the same type of chain. She looked to Serenity's hand where there was the same crystal. "So she didn't just give it back to me." Bunny thought in amazement, "It really did copy its self for me." "I guess I am the present princess after all." Bunny said. "Does that mean you except you're the princess?" Mina asked. "Yes." Bunny replied. Everyone cheered.
"OK. Bunny I think you need to go home and put some ice on that bump of yours it's starting to get bigger." Amy pointed out. Bunny turned to leave "Wait!" she said, "What about Serenity? Where's she going to stay?" "Yes, where am I going to stay?" Serenity asked looking at the girl. "I'll take her home with me!" Bunny said happily, "Mom never complains about people staying for months on end. In fact I think she likes it." "She can stay with you then." Mina said. "Keep an eye on her Serenity." Amy ordered, "Don't let her pass out on the street." "You've got it." Serenity answered. Turning to Bunny she exclaimed, "Well? Let's go! I want to see how I live in the future!" "OK, let's get going then." Bunny said opening the door, "See you guys around."
Bunny led Serenity down the stairs and onto the street. "So what do you think about the future Earth?" Bunny asked. "Well there's a lot more people on it." she commented, "The wagons are a lot faster and they don't have horses." "Thos are called cars." Bunny informed her. "The buildings are huge and made of metal." Serenity continued, "And everyone's wearing weird clothes including me."
They passed the arcade. "Do you remember anything about the Silver Millennium?" Serenity asked. "Not really." Bunny replied, "I remember being princess and always wanting to go down to Earth after I met Prince Endymion, but that's about it." "You'll remember in time." Serenity assured her.
Darien looked out the window and watched Bunny walk by talking to someone. She did seem to have a big bump on her head like him. "What are you looking at?" Endymion asked. "Bunny just passed with one of her friends." Darien replied, "Not one of her usual friends though. I didn't get a good look at her but she looked a lot like Bunny."
"So how are we going to find Serenity?" Darien asked. "I'm not sure." Replied Endymion. "You said she likes roses, maybe we can sit in the rose garden and hope she comes to see them." Darien suggested. "That might work." Endymion said thinking about it, "We'll try tomorrow. Time travel makes me tired." "Then let's go home. You can sleep on my fold out bed." Darien said getting up.
Bunny opened the door to her house for Serenity. "This is my house." She explained, "Pretend to be my pen pal that I've been writing to for years without my parents knowing." "All right." Serenity said looking at the two- story building, "What should I call your mom?" "Mrs. Tsukino." Bunny replied.
"MOM! I'm home and I've got someone for you to meet!" Bunny yelled closing the door. Mrs. Tsukino walked out of the kitchen. "Hello Bunny. Who's this?" she asked. "This is my pen pal, Serenity." Bunny said telling her mom the story she had just made up, "She needs a place to stay. Can she stay here?" "Of course Serenity can stay here!" her mom exclaimed happily, "I hope you like lamb with mint jelly, because that's what we're having for dinner tonight!" "Oh, I love lamb!" Serenity said happily. Mrs. Tsukino beamed. "I'm glad to here that." She said cheerfully.
"Serenity lost her luggage on the plane ride here, so I'm going to give her some of my clothes. She's the same size as me." Bunny said, pulling Serenity up the stairs. "All right girls!" Mrs. Tsukino said watching them, "Dinner will be in about two hours." She watched them go up the stairs. "It's so strange." she thought to herself, "Serenity could be Bunny's twin, not her pen pal."
In Bunny's room, Bunny had handed Serenity five short-sleeved shirts, two pairs of pants, three pairs of shorts, a nightgown, and two skirts. "That should be enough." She said handing her three pairs of soxs "Thanks Bunny." Serenity said eyeing the shorts with distaste. "What's wrong?" Bunny asked watching her. "Nothing really." Serenity replied, "It's just I've never worn things so revealing before." "You don't have to wear them." Bunny said, "I'm not going to make you do anything. "No. I'll wear them." Serenity said determinedly, "If you can wear them then I shall wear them!"
Dinner that night was very quiet everyone was watching Serenity cut her food into bite size pieces and daintily put them in her mouth. "So where do you live?" Mr. Tsukino asked "England." Bunny whispered to her. "England." Serenity repeated. "Do you like it there?" Mrs. Tsukino asked, "We've never been." "Oh it's lovely!" Serenity exclaimed, hoping that what she was about to say was correct for this place called England, "Our house is over run with flowers because mom is a gardener. We've also have the ocean in our backyard!" "Do you get to swim in it?" Sammy asked, now interested. "All the time!" she said. "Cool!" Sammy exclaimed, "I wish we had the ocean in our back yard!" Serenity smiled.
"Is it cool to live in a city?" Serenity asked. "Sometimes." Sammy said, "It's pretty annoying to be woken up every once in a while because of speeding cars though." "We have a lot of them in the city but they mostly go by in the afternoon." Mrs. Tsukino explained. SCREEEEEEEEEEECH! As if on a cue a car sped by making a most awful sound. "I see what you mean." Serenity said. Her ears were ringing. She just wasn't used to things like that.
Serenity got up and put her entirely cleared plate next to the sink. "That was a very good dinner, Mrs. Tsukino. I'm quite tired and was wondering if Bunny could show me to my room." "Of course she could." Mrs. Tsukino said smiling. Bunny got up and led Serenity to the guest bedroom. "I like that girl." She said. "I know what you mean." Mr. Tsukino said, "She's exactly like Bunny except very polite and not at the least bit obnoxious."
"There's a bathroom off of the room though that room." Bunny explained, "I think I gave you a night gown." "You did." Serenity assured her, "Bunny can you help me find Endymion tomorrow?" "Sure. What does he look like?" Bunny asked sitting down on the bed. "He's got black hair and blue eyes." Serenity explained. "There's not many people who look like that around here." Bunny said, "We shouldn't have a problem finding him." "Thanks Bunny!" Serenity said. Bunny left the room.
Serenity looked around. She seemed to be in her usual dress, but she was in the middle of the sidewalk in Bunny's city. People passed her without looking or acknowledging her. "It must be a dream." She told herself. Carefully she got up and walked towards a sign that said, 'Crown Arcade'. She recognized it but wasn't sure why she was going towards it.
Serenity entered the arcade and sat down at a booth in the café area. Bunny ran in and went directly to a game labeled 'Sailor V'. She put in a quarter and started playing. A teenage boy who had been sitting close to her got up and started to walk to Bunny. "Endymion!" she gasped. The boy looked exactly like him. He had the same raven black hair and dark blue eyes. The boy didn't respond to her call, but continued over to Bunny.
When he got there he tugged on her pigtails and said, "Hey Meatball Head. Are you addicted to that game or something? Is it that you can't live without it?" "Lay off Darien!" she growled trying to concentrate on the game. "But you never play any other game anymore." Darien insisted, pulling harder on her hair. Forgetting about her game, Bunny swiveled around on the chair and said coldly, "Darien you pig, are you addicted to chocolate? You never have anything else to eat here! I'm amazed you can fit through the door." "I could say the same thing about you Meatball Head." The boy said calmly.
She turned bright red. "You're a FREAK, Darien Shields and you know it! Just because you're UGLY and I'm CUTE is no reason to bug me EVERY SINGLE DAY! OK?" she screamed. The whole arcade grew quiet. "Calm down Meatball Head." Darien said laughing acting as though she had never thrown those nasty insults at him, "I never knew my insults bugged you." He patted her head as if she were a dog and walked away.
"I am a freak." Darien mumbled putting his head down in defeat as he passed Serenity, "It's a miracle that Sailor Moon even has a crush on me." Serenity gasped, he was connected to the Sailor Scouts, but who was this Sailor Moon? Did this Darien like Bunny? "I'll ask Bunny about Darien in the morning when I wake up." Serenity decided.
Endymion shook Darien awake. "Come on!" he said, "We've got to be at the rose garden early!" Darien sighed and got out of bed. Endymion was already dressed. "What do you want for breakfast?" Darien asked sleepily. "No need." Endymion replied, "I already made eggs."
That woke Darien up. "But I thought you were a prince!" he exclaimed. "Yeah, so what does that have to do with anything?" "I didn't know princes were thought how to cook." Darien said walking out of the bedroom. "Usually they aren't but Bunny taught me." He explained. "I didn't know that princesses knew how to cook either." Darien said getting thoroughly confused. "Usually they don't but one of the ladies in her court taught her." Endymion explained. "I didn't know ladies were taught how to cook." Darien said, putting some eggs on his plate, now trying to ignore Endymion before he confused him even more. "Usually they aren't either but it's a hobby." Endymion said taking some eggs for himself.
"You have a strange group of friends." Darien commented. "Well the ladies in her court aren't exactly my friends." Endymion said sadly, "I don't think they like me that much because they always end up going to Earth to fetch Bunny. She's not supposed to see me." "OK. This is making a little more sense than it did before." Darien said picking up some eggs with his fork.
Serenity opened her eyes and glanced at the clock. It was 7:03. Carefully she pulled herself out of bed and put on a skirt and a cute shirt with a bunny face on it. She put her hair into neater buns because she had slept in the old ones and made the bed neatly. Then she went down to breakfast.
"Good morning dear!" Mrs. Tsukino said handing her a plate of pancakes. "Good morning Mrs. Tsukino." She replied sitting down at the table. "Where's Bunny?" she asked. "She's still in bed." Bunny's mother answered sadly. "Is she always in bed at this time?" Serenity asked. "Always." Mrs. Tsukino said flipping a pancake.
"Mr. Tsukino walked in from getting the morning newspaper. "Good morning Serenity!" he said cheerfully. His wife handed him a plate of pancakes and he sat down to eat. "Looks like it's going to be a lovely day!" he commented flipping through the weather section.
"Are you going to school with Bunny today?" Mrs. Tsukino "I don't think so." Serenity replied, "I'm not signed up, but I think it would be good for me to keep going to school so I don't miss anything." "I'll take you to be registered today and you can start tomorrow." She said putting a few pancakes on a plate as Sammy walked into the room.
After breakfast Serenity volunteered to wake Bunny up. She walked into her room and started to shake her gently. "Wake up, Bunny!" she said softly, "It's already 7:45. The other scouts are going to be mad." Serenity taunted. "Who are you and how do you know about the scouts?" a voice demanded. Serenity looked up to see a black cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead staring at her. "Oh hello, Luna!" she said cheerfully, "I'm Princess Serenity. I got sucked back in time and I'm staying here until I can get back."
It almost looked like Luna blushed. "Sorry Princess." She said, "I was out late and I didn't know you came. None of the scouts thought to inform me." "That's alright Luna. You were just protecting her." "Bunny's the princess?!" she exclaimed. "Yes." Serenity said, carefully pulling the silver chain off Bunny's neck to show Luna the crystal then showing her hers, "It doubled when she held it." "Extraordinary!" Luna said, "Well Bunny's going to be late for school so we need to get her up. You can't shake so you have to do something else, you might want to stand back." Luna swiftly bit one of Bunny's ears. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bunny screamed, "I'm up! I'm up!"
The Tsukino household looked up when they heard the scream. "I wonder what Serenity did." Mrs. Tsukino said. "Maybe she dumped cold water all over her!" Sammy said grinning evilly, "I always wanted to do that!" "Sammy!" Mrs. Tsukino yelled. "It was Luna." Mr. Tsukino said looking up from the paper, "Yesterday she bit her in the ear and Bunny screamed loudly like today." "Even better!" Sammy laughed.
One minute later Bunny ran down the stairs franticly, followed by a very calm Serenity. "I swear Luna is NOT allowed in my room anymore!" Bunny yelled, "That was the second time in a row she bit my ear to wake me up!" "Well it works doesn't it?" Mrs. Tsukino said, "I'll drive you because I'm bringing Serenity to get registered at school." Bunny grabbed her book bag and ran out the door. Mrs. Tsukino and Serenity followed her. "I don't think she heard the last thing her mother said." Mr. Tsukino commented to Sammy. "I don't think so either." Sammy replied grabbing his own book bag and running out the door.
As soon as they parked in front of the school Bunny leapt out of the car and zoomed strait into the school. Mrs. Tsukino led Serenity to the main office where she was given papers for her to fill out. After she was finished filling them out she received her uniform. "You start tomorrow in eighth grade." The receptionist said walking away with the finished forms.
Darien and Endymion walked down to the Crossroads Park. "Do you know what Serenity will be wearing?" Darien asked. "She was wearing a white dress with gold embroidery last time I saw her but she probably changed when she got to the Moon." "That doesn't help." Darien said sadly, "So basically we have to look for someone who looks like my Bunny." "Yeh." Endymion said. They both sat on a bench in the rose garden and waited.
"So where do you want to go know?" Mrs. Tsukino asked Serenity as they were driving home. "Bunny's friend Ray has works at a temple, right?" Serenity asked. "Yes that's right." Bunny' mother replied, "Would you like to go there?" "Yes." She said. "Temples in Japan are different from ones in England." Mrs. Tsukino warned. "The temple I went to at home was a Japanese temple." Serenity explained. "All right." She said driving towards the Cherry Hill Temple.
Serenity got out of the car when they arrived at the temple. "I'll pick you up in around an hour okay?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "Thank you Mrs. Tsukino. That would be perfect." Serenity said walking towards the temple. Sailor Mars had taught her all about meditating and she liked to do it when she was stressed out. Sailor Mars's own temple would be better than the one on the Moon.
As soon as the car was out of sight a little man ran out to greet Serenity. "Hello young lady!" he said exitedly, "Are you here to pick up a few charms?" "No sir." Serenity said looking down at him, "I'm a friend of Ray's and I've come to meditate." "Then go right in!" he said, "I'm Ray's grandpa and the head priest of the Cherry Hill Temple." "Nice to meet you." Serenity said bowing. "By any chance would you like to work here?" he asked. "I'd love to!" Serenity said cheering up. Just the thought of spending time working in Ray's temple seemed to make her happy.
"That's great!" Mr. Hino said, "When Ray gets home I'll have her tell you all about helping in the temple! I've got to warn you though, it's going to be hard." "That's all right." Serenity said. She walked into the temple and sat down in front of the fire. She started to meditate and soon slipped into a deep trance.
A hand on her shoulder brought her out of her trance. Serenity looked up to see Ray. "Mrs. Tsukino was here to pick you up a few hours ago but didn't want to disturb you." She explained, "Why don't I walk you back to Bunny's." Serenity got up and stretched her stiff legs. "How long have I been here?" she asked. "Well Grandpa said you got here around nine thirty and it's four thirty now so around seven hours." Ray informed her, "No one's ever stayed in a trance that long besides me. Who taught you to meditate, Serenity?" "You did." She replied. "No wonder you're so good." Ray said smiling.
"Have you been to a lot of temples?" she asked. "Only three." Serenity replied, "There is one in the Moon Palace. It's very grand but it doesn't even come close to the one on Mars." "What's that one like?" Ray asked. "There's a giant fire that goes to the ceiling which is around a hundred feet tall. The fire's really wide too and there's always all these people around it in trances. The people usually stay there all night! It's magical. I've only been there twice." "Wow." Ray said in awe, "I wish I could see it." "You could rebuild it in the future." Serenity suggested, "It is your planet after all." "True." Ray said considering the idea.
"Grandpa said that you wanted to work at the temple. Is that right?" she asked. "Yes." Serenity replied, "Being in or near a temple makes me feel happy and peaceful." "Grandpa asks everyone from school to work here." Ray commented, "You're the first one to accept. You can take my place while I'm at school." "Oh I can't." Serenity said sadly, "I'm starting eighth grade tomorrow. I can't miss school just because I'm in a different time." "I wish Bunny was more like Serenity." Ray mumbled under her breath. "I'm sorry I didn't catch that." Serenity said apologetically. "I said we're at Bunny's house." Ray said.
It was true they were at Bunny's house. "Well I'll see you tomorrow and maybe I'll get Bunny to school on time again." Serenity said mischievously. She ran through the gates and to the door. "Bye Serenity!" Ray called from outside, "Come over to the Temple after school tomorrow and we'll get you started."
As soon as Serenity walked through the door Bunny was upon her. "I can't believe you WANT to go to school!" she said amazed. "I like to learn." Serenity replied. Then Mrs. Tsukino came over. "You looked so content at the temple I didn't want to disturb you. Did Ray walk you home?" she asked. "Yes, Mrs. Tsukino she did. I'll go over there tomorrow. I accepted Mr. Hino's kind offer to help out around the temple. "Is he paying you?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "No, helping others is enough of a payment for me."
Bunny's mother turned to Bunny. "You should be more like Serenity." She told her, "She's such a little angel." "Mom, I'm too busy with homework to be a little angel. Bunny said. "I'll help you with your homework Bunny, and then we can go down to the arcade. Bunny grinned. "Come on Serenity! I've got to finish my homework." Bunny pulled her up the stairs.
When they got there and Serenity had explained how to multiply and divide fractions to Bunny, she asked, "Bunny, who's Darien?" Bunny stopped scribbling down answers. "He's the biggest jerk in the world. How did you find out about him?" Bunny asked. "He came by at the temple." Serenity quickly lied. "Probably to talk to Ray but then realized that she was at school. He's that think. Well, pretty much you don't want to get to know him." Bunny said returning to her homework.
At five Darien and Endymion gave up. "Should we come here tomorrow?" Endymion asked. "I don't know about you but I think I just had the most boring day of my life." Darien said. Endymion sighed and said, "I guess you're right. I'm going back to your apartment to watch TV." "I want to go to the arcade." Darien said, "Do you think you can find your way back?" "Yeh." Endymion said. "Then here's the key." Darien said giving Endymion a little gold colored key, "Leave the door open for me."
Darien arrived at the arcade to see a blond haired girl with two buns on the top of her head sipping a vanilla milkshake. He walked over to her and said, "Hey Meatball Head you're not playing Sailor V or drinking a chocolate milkshake! Did you hit you're head on something? Not like that doesn't happen everyday." The girl swiveled around to face Darien. "I'm sorry. I'm not Bunny. I'm her pen pal Serenity. Bunny's over there on the Sailor V game." She said pointing to Bunny.
"Did you say your name is Serenity?" Darien asked. "Yes." Serenity said confused, "Why?" "Oh it's just a pretty name." Darien replied, "I'm sorry that I insulted you." "It's alright." She said smiling, "You weren't insulting me, you were insult Bunny. You must be Darien. She told me to stay away from you." Darien blushed. "She hates me that much?" he asked his heart sinking. "Yeah I guess so." Serenity said glancing at Bunny, "Be a little nicer and maybe she'll start to like you. I can see you like her." Darien's blush reddened, but he went over to Bunny.
"Hey Meatball Head." Darien said seeing that Bunny was on level 11, "You're getting better at this game. Last time I saw you, you couldn't get past level 2." "Go away Darien." Bunny said. "I think I'll watch." Darien told her. "All right as long as you're quiet." Bunny said. Darien smiled and watched.
Endymion looked around him. He was wearing his usual armor. "I must have fallen asleep watching TV." He thought. Endymion walked towards the Crown Arcade and walked in. Andrew was behind the counter and Darien was at a booth. He got up and walked towards a teenage girl that Endymion recognized to be Bunny. "Hey Meatball Head." He said casually, "How's the game going? Have you passed the negative first level today?" "How many tons of chocolate have you eaten today?" Bunny demanded, her eyes never leaving the screen of the game. "Be nice Meatball Head." Darien said playing with her hair, "I bet you've eaten a few tons yourself."
Bunny made a mistake and the screen flashed game over. "Now look what you made me do!" Bunny yelled. "You're such a geek. You go to a private school and get strait A's. Then you come here and tease me about my grades and how lousy a game player I am! GET LOST!" the arcade went quiet. "Fine Meatball head, be that way." Darien said walking out. Endymion saw the disappointment in his eyes.
At dinner in the Tsukino household Mrs. Tsukino had made stuffed peppers. "This is good, Mrs. Tsukino!" Serenity said happily taking a bite. "I'm glad you like it." She said throwing a glance at her own two children who were playing with their food. They both hated stuffed peppers.
"So Serenity, I heard you're going to do some volunteer work at the Cherry Hill Temple after school now." Mr. Tsukino said, "Do you like the temple?" "Oh, it's great." Serenity said taking another bite. "I'm glad you've found something to do after school." Mrs. Tsukino said happily, "And you're starting school tomorrow so you won't be bored all day long." "If I wasn't going to school then I'd help you around the house." Serenity said. "That reminds me, I noticed that you made the bed." Mrs. Tsukino told Serenity, "I thank you for your help but I really must insist that guests not do house work." "Nonsense." Serenity said firmly, "I'm as capable as doing work as anyone else in this house."
The next morning Serenity got out of bed at 7:00 to see Luna sleeping on her bed. "Why are you with me?" Serenity asked, "Shouldn't you be with Bunny?" "Oh. Good morning princess." Luna said, "Bunny wasn't kidding when she said I wasn't allowed to sleep with her anymore. She locked her door and I can't get in. How are we going to wake her up?" "I've got a plan." Serenity said slipping a small bag into the pocket of her uniform.
She got dressed, put her hair up, and went down to breakfast. She was greeted in the kitchen with a plate of waffles. A few minutes later Sammy came down for breakfast. Then Mr. Tsukino walked in with the paper. "Sailor Moon and her gang haven't been spotted for awhile." He said looking at the front page, "Maybe peace is returning to Japan again." Serenity got up and put her plate in the sink. "Is everyone up and awake?" she asked. "Yes, everyone except Bunny, why?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "She locked her bedroom door so I can't shake her awake and Luna couldn't bite her, so I got a air horn at the arcade yesterday." Serenity said pulling the small bag out of her pocket, "I'm going to wake her up with that." "Go ahead dear." Mrs. Tsukino said, "And thank you for warning us." "No problem Mrs. Tsukino."
Quickly Serenity ran up the stairs and stopped in front of Bunny's door. She plugged one ear and pulled the trigger. BOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! "AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bunny screamed. "It's 7:40! Time to get up." Serenity said going back downstairs. When she entered the kitchen she handed the air horn to Sammy. "You can do the honors tomorrow." She told him picking up her lunch. "Cool!" Sammy exclaimed.
A tired Bunny entered the room. "Good job Serenity you woke Bunny up before eight!" Mrs. Tsukino praised. Mr. Tsukino pulled his wallet out and handed her five dollars. "Go buy some ice cream after school." He instructed her, "You're the first one who's been able to wake her up including us. You deserve at treat." "Thanks, Mr. Tsukino." Serenity said looking at the money. A tired Bunny stumbled into the kitchen. She ate her breakfast for the first time in years that morning.
Ten minutes later Bunny and Serenity were on their way to school. Luna had decided to go to keep an eye on Serenity. The three met up with Amy, Lita, and Mina. "Hi Serenity!" Lita said happily, "Did you get Bunny up on time today?" "Yes." She replied, "I used an air horn at her door. Then I gave it to Sammy to do tomorrow." "Wow, Bunny you're going to go threw the experience of an air horn two days in a row! How do you feel?" "Just lovel- " BAM. Like usual she ran into Darien. Watch where you're going Darien!" Bunny yelled.
"Darien!" someone yelled. "Did you run into Bunny again?" A boy came into view. Serenity who had been looking at Bunny looked up and gasped. "En- Endymion?!" she stuttered. Endymion looked up from Darien and also gasped. "Bunny?!" he whispered. They ran to each other and embraced. "Did we find the prince?" Bunny asked rubbing her head.
Did you like ch. 2? It was so much fun to write like usual. Things are looking up for Bunny and Darien now. And once again Bunny finds out she's princess without anyone dying! I'm so happy!
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Chapter 2 was finished on 6/22. Get ready for chapter 3! -The Lioness
Do all things with love -Og Mandino OK I know that ch. 2's quote is wimpy but I couldn't find anything better :(
Bunny hurried up the stairs to Lita's apartment. She was going faster than she usual to a scout meeting because when Amy had called her a few minutes ago, her pleas sounded urgent. "I would have been here sooner if it wasn't for that jerk Darien running into me!" she thought, irritated but her mood changed when she thought of Endo, "His cousin was really nice though. Maybe it wasn't his cousin. Maybe it was his good personality and Darien is his bad personality." That made he think of Darien and she immediately went back into a bad mood.
Bunny reached the landing and pushed the door open. Everyone turned to face her. They were clustering around someone or something, but Bunny couldn't see who or what it was. "Hey Bunny!" Ray said, pretending to act surprised, "You made it remotely on time! Is the world coming to an end?" "Who's Bunny?" a voice asked curiously. It sounded exactly like Bunny. Bunny guessed that the four were clustered around a girl the same age as her. The girls parted to reveal a girl with golden buns just like Bunny's. They had the same sky blue eyes and perfect glowing white skin. The only difference was that the girl had a golden crescent moon on her forehead. "Bunny," Amy said happily, "Meet Princess Serenity, the Moon Princess. Strangely enough she's also your past self."
Bunny's head was buzzing. She couldn't concentrate on anything. In fact she had not heard the last thing that Amy had said. She stumbled. Her stomach flipped and a pain in her head seared. Bunny put a hand to her head to try to ease the pain. Her vision blurred "Never." Bunny whispered before fainting.
Lita starred at the fainted girl. "I wasn't expecting that reaction." She commented. "Me neither." Mina said, "I thought she'd be jumping up and down with joy. Something like one of her sugar highs but worse." "Reasonable thought." Amy said checking Bunny, "She'll be fine." "Was it something I said?" Serenity said looking at her future self with disappointment. "No." Ray said dryly, "She's just a little unpredictable. Even we didn't see that one coming." "She's never done something like that before." Lita said still starring
Checking Bunny again Amy exclaimed, "It wasn't shock that knocked her out it was a bump on her head!" "I wonder what happened." Mina said looking out the window. "How much you wanna bet that Bunny ran into Darien!" Mina said snickering. "Five bucks!" Lita said, with enthusiasm. "I say she ran into a pole." Ray said, "She's bound to do something like that sometime soon. So I'm in the bet."
Darien sat with Endymion at a booth in the arcade. He was drinking a chocolate milkshake while keeping an icepack on his head. He had a large bump from where Bunny had hit him. "I hope your Bunny didn't get hit as bad as you." Endymion said looking out the window, "She reminds me so much of my Serenity." "Well your Serenity can't be that clumsy." Darien said, his teeth gritted together. "You'd be surprised." He replied.
Andrew walked over to the booth. "Hey Darien, Endo!" he said cheerfully. Seeing Darien's bump he asked, "What did you run into?" "Bunny." Came the simple reply. "Did you get hit with a meatball or a skull?" Andrew kidded. "I clobbered her in the head like she did me." Darien told his friend, "She didn't seem to be hurt though." "You didn't either until we got in here." Endymion reminded him. "Very true." Darien said thoughtfully.
Seeing the two milkshakes and the icepack Andrew asked, "I didn't serve you, how did you get those?" "We took the liberty to get them ourselves." Darien informed him, "I put the money strait into the cash register. I guess I should have let you know what we were doing. " "That's alright." Andrew said, watching some customers walk in, "You probably needed some ice fast that bump looks bad, and well the milkshakes just go with it." "Exactly." Endymion said smiling at Andrew. "Well I've better get back to the counter." He said walking away, "Nice to see you two."
Bunny opened her eyes to see what seemed to be the mirror image of herself. "She's awake." Serenity said moving away from her future self. "Bunny!" Ray exclaimed, "What did you do on your way here? You blacked out all of a sudden." "I ran into Darien." Bunny said sitting up, "I guess we hit harder than I thought. It didn't hurt or anything." "You could have a concussion." Amy said worriedly, "Maybe we should go have my mom check you out." "I'm alright, really." Bunny said standing up. Lita and Mina held their hands out towards Ray. Sighing, Ray took out her wallet and forked over five dollars each.
"So what were we talking about before I blacked out?" Bunny asked sitting down on the couch. "We've found the Moon Princess." Amy said. "Who is it?" Bunny asked. "Meet Princess Serenity of the Moon Kingdom during the Silver Millennium." Amy said. Serenity got up and attempted a curtsy. Finding no cloth of a dress to spread out, she blushed and quickly stuck out a hand for Bunny to shake. "Nice to meet you Bunny." She said politely.
Bunny was confused. "But I thought that the Silver Millennium ended." She said looking at Serenity. "It did." Amy informed her, "Somehow Serenity got transported to present day. She is the past princess. We've also found the present day princess. Now I'm dealing with the obvious but Serenity looks like someone we all know very well. That person is the present day princess. Can you guess who it is Bunny?" She put a finger to her lip and thought. "Oh I know who it is!" Bunny said excitedly, "It's Mina!" Everyone including Serenity slapped their foreheads in an annoyed way. "No smart one, it isn't Mina!" Ray yelled, "It's you!" "I can't be the princess!" Bunny said quietly.
"OK. This is just a really bad dream and I'm going to wake up to Luna screaming at me about being late to school or maybe she'll bite my ear like she did this morning." Bunny thought franticly to herself, "Wait I'm confused." Quickly she pinched herself. "Ouch!" she exclaimed. "What did you pinch yourself for?" Mina asked looking at her with surprise. "To make sure I'm not dreaming." She replied. "You're not." Lita said calmly, "To tell you the truth we thought that Amy had gone nuts when she said it first." "I can't be a princess!" Bunny exclaimed, "I'm stupid! I have detention everyday! I'm clumsy and the only thing I'm even somewhat good at is playing video games! HOW CAN I BE THE PRINCESS WE'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE WHOLE TIME?"
Serenity walked over to Bunny. She pulled a silver chain with a large crystal hanging from it off her neck and handed it to Bunny. She took it and looked at the multi-faced crystal, watching it bounce light and forming rainbows everywhere in the room. "This is the Silver Imperium Crystal." Serenity said. Amy practically fell off her chair in unexpected surprise. Bunny gave the crystal back to Serenity. "It's so pretty," Bunny whispered in awe, "but I don't deserve it." "Yes you do." She replied cheerfully, "See, the crystal copied its self so that you would be able to use it."
Slowly Bunny looked at her hand she had used to give Serenity back the crystal. In her hand was the crystal, attached to the same type of chain. She looked to Serenity's hand where there was the same crystal. "So she didn't just give it back to me." Bunny thought in amazement, "It really did copy its self for me." "I guess I am the present princess after all." Bunny said. "Does that mean you except you're the princess?" Mina asked. "Yes." Bunny replied. Everyone cheered.
"OK. Bunny I think you need to go home and put some ice on that bump of yours it's starting to get bigger." Amy pointed out. Bunny turned to leave "Wait!" she said, "What about Serenity? Where's she going to stay?" "Yes, where am I going to stay?" Serenity asked looking at the girl. "I'll take her home with me!" Bunny said happily, "Mom never complains about people staying for months on end. In fact I think she likes it." "She can stay with you then." Mina said. "Keep an eye on her Serenity." Amy ordered, "Don't let her pass out on the street." "You've got it." Serenity answered. Turning to Bunny she exclaimed, "Well? Let's go! I want to see how I live in the future!" "OK, let's get going then." Bunny said opening the door, "See you guys around."
Bunny led Serenity down the stairs and onto the street. "So what do you think about the future Earth?" Bunny asked. "Well there's a lot more people on it." she commented, "The wagons are a lot faster and they don't have horses." "Thos are called cars." Bunny informed her. "The buildings are huge and made of metal." Serenity continued, "And everyone's wearing weird clothes including me."
They passed the arcade. "Do you remember anything about the Silver Millennium?" Serenity asked. "Not really." Bunny replied, "I remember being princess and always wanting to go down to Earth after I met Prince Endymion, but that's about it." "You'll remember in time." Serenity assured her.
Darien looked out the window and watched Bunny walk by talking to someone. She did seem to have a big bump on her head like him. "What are you looking at?" Endymion asked. "Bunny just passed with one of her friends." Darien replied, "Not one of her usual friends though. I didn't get a good look at her but she looked a lot like Bunny."
"So how are we going to find Serenity?" Darien asked. "I'm not sure." Replied Endymion. "You said she likes roses, maybe we can sit in the rose garden and hope she comes to see them." Darien suggested. "That might work." Endymion said thinking about it, "We'll try tomorrow. Time travel makes me tired." "Then let's go home. You can sleep on my fold out bed." Darien said getting up.
Bunny opened the door to her house for Serenity. "This is my house." She explained, "Pretend to be my pen pal that I've been writing to for years without my parents knowing." "All right." Serenity said looking at the two- story building, "What should I call your mom?" "Mrs. Tsukino." Bunny replied.
"MOM! I'm home and I've got someone for you to meet!" Bunny yelled closing the door. Mrs. Tsukino walked out of the kitchen. "Hello Bunny. Who's this?" she asked. "This is my pen pal, Serenity." Bunny said telling her mom the story she had just made up, "She needs a place to stay. Can she stay here?" "Of course Serenity can stay here!" her mom exclaimed happily, "I hope you like lamb with mint jelly, because that's what we're having for dinner tonight!" "Oh, I love lamb!" Serenity said happily. Mrs. Tsukino beamed. "I'm glad to here that." She said cheerfully.
"Serenity lost her luggage on the plane ride here, so I'm going to give her some of my clothes. She's the same size as me." Bunny said, pulling Serenity up the stairs. "All right girls!" Mrs. Tsukino said watching them, "Dinner will be in about two hours." She watched them go up the stairs. "It's so strange." she thought to herself, "Serenity could be Bunny's twin, not her pen pal."
In Bunny's room, Bunny had handed Serenity five short-sleeved shirts, two pairs of pants, three pairs of shorts, a nightgown, and two skirts. "That should be enough." She said handing her three pairs of soxs "Thanks Bunny." Serenity said eyeing the shorts with distaste. "What's wrong?" Bunny asked watching her. "Nothing really." Serenity replied, "It's just I've never worn things so revealing before." "You don't have to wear them." Bunny said, "I'm not going to make you do anything. "No. I'll wear them." Serenity said determinedly, "If you can wear them then I shall wear them!"
Dinner that night was very quiet everyone was watching Serenity cut her food into bite size pieces and daintily put them in her mouth. "So where do you live?" Mr. Tsukino asked "England." Bunny whispered to her. "England." Serenity repeated. "Do you like it there?" Mrs. Tsukino asked, "We've never been." "Oh it's lovely!" Serenity exclaimed, hoping that what she was about to say was correct for this place called England, "Our house is over run with flowers because mom is a gardener. We've also have the ocean in our backyard!" "Do you get to swim in it?" Sammy asked, now interested. "All the time!" she said. "Cool!" Sammy exclaimed, "I wish we had the ocean in our back yard!" Serenity smiled.
"Is it cool to live in a city?" Serenity asked. "Sometimes." Sammy said, "It's pretty annoying to be woken up every once in a while because of speeding cars though." "We have a lot of them in the city but they mostly go by in the afternoon." Mrs. Tsukino explained. SCREEEEEEEEEEECH! As if on a cue a car sped by making a most awful sound. "I see what you mean." Serenity said. Her ears were ringing. She just wasn't used to things like that.
Serenity got up and put her entirely cleared plate next to the sink. "That was a very good dinner, Mrs. Tsukino. I'm quite tired and was wondering if Bunny could show me to my room." "Of course she could." Mrs. Tsukino said smiling. Bunny got up and led Serenity to the guest bedroom. "I like that girl." She said. "I know what you mean." Mr. Tsukino said, "She's exactly like Bunny except very polite and not at the least bit obnoxious."
"There's a bathroom off of the room though that room." Bunny explained, "I think I gave you a night gown." "You did." Serenity assured her, "Bunny can you help me find Endymion tomorrow?" "Sure. What does he look like?" Bunny asked sitting down on the bed. "He's got black hair and blue eyes." Serenity explained. "There's not many people who look like that around here." Bunny said, "We shouldn't have a problem finding him." "Thanks Bunny!" Serenity said. Bunny left the room.
Serenity looked around. She seemed to be in her usual dress, but she was in the middle of the sidewalk in Bunny's city. People passed her without looking or acknowledging her. "It must be a dream." She told herself. Carefully she got up and walked towards a sign that said, 'Crown Arcade'. She recognized it but wasn't sure why she was going towards it.
Serenity entered the arcade and sat down at a booth in the café area. Bunny ran in and went directly to a game labeled 'Sailor V'. She put in a quarter and started playing. A teenage boy who had been sitting close to her got up and started to walk to Bunny. "Endymion!" she gasped. The boy looked exactly like him. He had the same raven black hair and dark blue eyes. The boy didn't respond to her call, but continued over to Bunny.
When he got there he tugged on her pigtails and said, "Hey Meatball Head. Are you addicted to that game or something? Is it that you can't live without it?" "Lay off Darien!" she growled trying to concentrate on the game. "But you never play any other game anymore." Darien insisted, pulling harder on her hair. Forgetting about her game, Bunny swiveled around on the chair and said coldly, "Darien you pig, are you addicted to chocolate? You never have anything else to eat here! I'm amazed you can fit through the door." "I could say the same thing about you Meatball Head." The boy said calmly.
She turned bright red. "You're a FREAK, Darien Shields and you know it! Just because you're UGLY and I'm CUTE is no reason to bug me EVERY SINGLE DAY! OK?" she screamed. The whole arcade grew quiet. "Calm down Meatball Head." Darien said laughing acting as though she had never thrown those nasty insults at him, "I never knew my insults bugged you." He patted her head as if she were a dog and walked away.
"I am a freak." Darien mumbled putting his head down in defeat as he passed Serenity, "It's a miracle that Sailor Moon even has a crush on me." Serenity gasped, he was connected to the Sailor Scouts, but who was this Sailor Moon? Did this Darien like Bunny? "I'll ask Bunny about Darien in the morning when I wake up." Serenity decided.
Endymion shook Darien awake. "Come on!" he said, "We've got to be at the rose garden early!" Darien sighed and got out of bed. Endymion was already dressed. "What do you want for breakfast?" Darien asked sleepily. "No need." Endymion replied, "I already made eggs."
That woke Darien up. "But I thought you were a prince!" he exclaimed. "Yeah, so what does that have to do with anything?" "I didn't know princes were thought how to cook." Darien said walking out of the bedroom. "Usually they aren't but Bunny taught me." He explained. "I didn't know that princesses knew how to cook either." Darien said getting thoroughly confused. "Usually they don't but one of the ladies in her court taught her." Endymion explained. "I didn't know ladies were taught how to cook." Darien said, putting some eggs on his plate, now trying to ignore Endymion before he confused him even more. "Usually they aren't either but it's a hobby." Endymion said taking some eggs for himself.
"You have a strange group of friends." Darien commented. "Well the ladies in her court aren't exactly my friends." Endymion said sadly, "I don't think they like me that much because they always end up going to Earth to fetch Bunny. She's not supposed to see me." "OK. This is making a little more sense than it did before." Darien said picking up some eggs with his fork.
Serenity opened her eyes and glanced at the clock. It was 7:03. Carefully she pulled herself out of bed and put on a skirt and a cute shirt with a bunny face on it. She put her hair into neater buns because she had slept in the old ones and made the bed neatly. Then she went down to breakfast.
"Good morning dear!" Mrs. Tsukino said handing her a plate of pancakes. "Good morning Mrs. Tsukino." She replied sitting down at the table. "Where's Bunny?" she asked. "She's still in bed." Bunny's mother answered sadly. "Is she always in bed at this time?" Serenity asked. "Always." Mrs. Tsukino said flipping a pancake.
"Mr. Tsukino walked in from getting the morning newspaper. "Good morning Serenity!" he said cheerfully. His wife handed him a plate of pancakes and he sat down to eat. "Looks like it's going to be a lovely day!" he commented flipping through the weather section.
"Are you going to school with Bunny today?" Mrs. Tsukino "I don't think so." Serenity replied, "I'm not signed up, but I think it would be good for me to keep going to school so I don't miss anything." "I'll take you to be registered today and you can start tomorrow." She said putting a few pancakes on a plate as Sammy walked into the room.
After breakfast Serenity volunteered to wake Bunny up. She walked into her room and started to shake her gently. "Wake up, Bunny!" she said softly, "It's already 7:45. The other scouts are going to be mad." Serenity taunted. "Who are you and how do you know about the scouts?" a voice demanded. Serenity looked up to see a black cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead staring at her. "Oh hello, Luna!" she said cheerfully, "I'm Princess Serenity. I got sucked back in time and I'm staying here until I can get back."
It almost looked like Luna blushed. "Sorry Princess." She said, "I was out late and I didn't know you came. None of the scouts thought to inform me." "That's alright Luna. You were just protecting her." "Bunny's the princess?!" she exclaimed. "Yes." Serenity said, carefully pulling the silver chain off Bunny's neck to show Luna the crystal then showing her hers, "It doubled when she held it." "Extraordinary!" Luna said, "Well Bunny's going to be late for school so we need to get her up. You can't shake so you have to do something else, you might want to stand back." Luna swiftly bit one of Bunny's ears. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bunny screamed, "I'm up! I'm up!"
The Tsukino household looked up when they heard the scream. "I wonder what Serenity did." Mrs. Tsukino said. "Maybe she dumped cold water all over her!" Sammy said grinning evilly, "I always wanted to do that!" "Sammy!" Mrs. Tsukino yelled. "It was Luna." Mr. Tsukino said looking up from the paper, "Yesterday she bit her in the ear and Bunny screamed loudly like today." "Even better!" Sammy laughed.
One minute later Bunny ran down the stairs franticly, followed by a very calm Serenity. "I swear Luna is NOT allowed in my room anymore!" Bunny yelled, "That was the second time in a row she bit my ear to wake me up!" "Well it works doesn't it?" Mrs. Tsukino said, "I'll drive you because I'm bringing Serenity to get registered at school." Bunny grabbed her book bag and ran out the door. Mrs. Tsukino and Serenity followed her. "I don't think she heard the last thing her mother said." Mr. Tsukino commented to Sammy. "I don't think so either." Sammy replied grabbing his own book bag and running out the door.
As soon as they parked in front of the school Bunny leapt out of the car and zoomed strait into the school. Mrs. Tsukino led Serenity to the main office where she was given papers for her to fill out. After she was finished filling them out she received her uniform. "You start tomorrow in eighth grade." The receptionist said walking away with the finished forms.
Darien and Endymion walked down to the Crossroads Park. "Do you know what Serenity will be wearing?" Darien asked. "She was wearing a white dress with gold embroidery last time I saw her but she probably changed when she got to the Moon." "That doesn't help." Darien said sadly, "So basically we have to look for someone who looks like my Bunny." "Yeh." Endymion said. They both sat on a bench in the rose garden and waited.
"So where do you want to go know?" Mrs. Tsukino asked Serenity as they were driving home. "Bunny's friend Ray has works at a temple, right?" Serenity asked. "Yes that's right." Bunny' mother replied, "Would you like to go there?" "Yes." She said. "Temples in Japan are different from ones in England." Mrs. Tsukino warned. "The temple I went to at home was a Japanese temple." Serenity explained. "All right." She said driving towards the Cherry Hill Temple.
Serenity got out of the car when they arrived at the temple. "I'll pick you up in around an hour okay?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "Thank you Mrs. Tsukino. That would be perfect." Serenity said walking towards the temple. Sailor Mars had taught her all about meditating and she liked to do it when she was stressed out. Sailor Mars's own temple would be better than the one on the Moon.
As soon as the car was out of sight a little man ran out to greet Serenity. "Hello young lady!" he said exitedly, "Are you here to pick up a few charms?" "No sir." Serenity said looking down at him, "I'm a friend of Ray's and I've come to meditate." "Then go right in!" he said, "I'm Ray's grandpa and the head priest of the Cherry Hill Temple." "Nice to meet you." Serenity said bowing. "By any chance would you like to work here?" he asked. "I'd love to!" Serenity said cheering up. Just the thought of spending time working in Ray's temple seemed to make her happy.
"That's great!" Mr. Hino said, "When Ray gets home I'll have her tell you all about helping in the temple! I've got to warn you though, it's going to be hard." "That's all right." Serenity said. She walked into the temple and sat down in front of the fire. She started to meditate and soon slipped into a deep trance.
A hand on her shoulder brought her out of her trance. Serenity looked up to see Ray. "Mrs. Tsukino was here to pick you up a few hours ago but didn't want to disturb you." She explained, "Why don't I walk you back to Bunny's." Serenity got up and stretched her stiff legs. "How long have I been here?" she asked. "Well Grandpa said you got here around nine thirty and it's four thirty now so around seven hours." Ray informed her, "No one's ever stayed in a trance that long besides me. Who taught you to meditate, Serenity?" "You did." She replied. "No wonder you're so good." Ray said smiling.
"Have you been to a lot of temples?" she asked. "Only three." Serenity replied, "There is one in the Moon Palace. It's very grand but it doesn't even come close to the one on Mars." "What's that one like?" Ray asked. "There's a giant fire that goes to the ceiling which is around a hundred feet tall. The fire's really wide too and there's always all these people around it in trances. The people usually stay there all night! It's magical. I've only been there twice." "Wow." Ray said in awe, "I wish I could see it." "You could rebuild it in the future." Serenity suggested, "It is your planet after all." "True." Ray said considering the idea.
"Grandpa said that you wanted to work at the temple. Is that right?" she asked. "Yes." Serenity replied, "Being in or near a temple makes me feel happy and peaceful." "Grandpa asks everyone from school to work here." Ray commented, "You're the first one to accept. You can take my place while I'm at school." "Oh I can't." Serenity said sadly, "I'm starting eighth grade tomorrow. I can't miss school just because I'm in a different time." "I wish Bunny was more like Serenity." Ray mumbled under her breath. "I'm sorry I didn't catch that." Serenity said apologetically. "I said we're at Bunny's house." Ray said.
It was true they were at Bunny's house. "Well I'll see you tomorrow and maybe I'll get Bunny to school on time again." Serenity said mischievously. She ran through the gates and to the door. "Bye Serenity!" Ray called from outside, "Come over to the Temple after school tomorrow and we'll get you started."
As soon as Serenity walked through the door Bunny was upon her. "I can't believe you WANT to go to school!" she said amazed. "I like to learn." Serenity replied. Then Mrs. Tsukino came over. "You looked so content at the temple I didn't want to disturb you. Did Ray walk you home?" she asked. "Yes, Mrs. Tsukino she did. I'll go over there tomorrow. I accepted Mr. Hino's kind offer to help out around the temple. "Is he paying you?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "No, helping others is enough of a payment for me."
Bunny's mother turned to Bunny. "You should be more like Serenity." She told her, "She's such a little angel." "Mom, I'm too busy with homework to be a little angel. Bunny said. "I'll help you with your homework Bunny, and then we can go down to the arcade. Bunny grinned. "Come on Serenity! I've got to finish my homework." Bunny pulled her up the stairs.
When they got there and Serenity had explained how to multiply and divide fractions to Bunny, she asked, "Bunny, who's Darien?" Bunny stopped scribbling down answers. "He's the biggest jerk in the world. How did you find out about him?" Bunny asked. "He came by at the temple." Serenity quickly lied. "Probably to talk to Ray but then realized that she was at school. He's that think. Well, pretty much you don't want to get to know him." Bunny said returning to her homework.
At five Darien and Endymion gave up. "Should we come here tomorrow?" Endymion asked. "I don't know about you but I think I just had the most boring day of my life." Darien said. Endymion sighed and said, "I guess you're right. I'm going back to your apartment to watch TV." "I want to go to the arcade." Darien said, "Do you think you can find your way back?" "Yeh." Endymion said. "Then here's the key." Darien said giving Endymion a little gold colored key, "Leave the door open for me."
Darien arrived at the arcade to see a blond haired girl with two buns on the top of her head sipping a vanilla milkshake. He walked over to her and said, "Hey Meatball Head you're not playing Sailor V or drinking a chocolate milkshake! Did you hit you're head on something? Not like that doesn't happen everyday." The girl swiveled around to face Darien. "I'm sorry. I'm not Bunny. I'm her pen pal Serenity. Bunny's over there on the Sailor V game." She said pointing to Bunny.
"Did you say your name is Serenity?" Darien asked. "Yes." Serenity said confused, "Why?" "Oh it's just a pretty name." Darien replied, "I'm sorry that I insulted you." "It's alright." She said smiling, "You weren't insulting me, you were insult Bunny. You must be Darien. She told me to stay away from you." Darien blushed. "She hates me that much?" he asked his heart sinking. "Yeah I guess so." Serenity said glancing at Bunny, "Be a little nicer and maybe she'll start to like you. I can see you like her." Darien's blush reddened, but he went over to Bunny.
"Hey Meatball Head." Darien said seeing that Bunny was on level 11, "You're getting better at this game. Last time I saw you, you couldn't get past level 2." "Go away Darien." Bunny said. "I think I'll watch." Darien told her. "All right as long as you're quiet." Bunny said. Darien smiled and watched.
Endymion looked around him. He was wearing his usual armor. "I must have fallen asleep watching TV." He thought. Endymion walked towards the Crown Arcade and walked in. Andrew was behind the counter and Darien was at a booth. He got up and walked towards a teenage girl that Endymion recognized to be Bunny. "Hey Meatball Head." He said casually, "How's the game going? Have you passed the negative first level today?" "How many tons of chocolate have you eaten today?" Bunny demanded, her eyes never leaving the screen of the game. "Be nice Meatball Head." Darien said playing with her hair, "I bet you've eaten a few tons yourself."
Bunny made a mistake and the screen flashed game over. "Now look what you made me do!" Bunny yelled. "You're such a geek. You go to a private school and get strait A's. Then you come here and tease me about my grades and how lousy a game player I am! GET LOST!" the arcade went quiet. "Fine Meatball head, be that way." Darien said walking out. Endymion saw the disappointment in his eyes.
At dinner in the Tsukino household Mrs. Tsukino had made stuffed peppers. "This is good, Mrs. Tsukino!" Serenity said happily taking a bite. "I'm glad you like it." She said throwing a glance at her own two children who were playing with their food. They both hated stuffed peppers.
"So Serenity, I heard you're going to do some volunteer work at the Cherry Hill Temple after school now." Mr. Tsukino said, "Do you like the temple?" "Oh, it's great." Serenity said taking another bite. "I'm glad you've found something to do after school." Mrs. Tsukino said happily, "And you're starting school tomorrow so you won't be bored all day long." "If I wasn't going to school then I'd help you around the house." Serenity said. "That reminds me, I noticed that you made the bed." Mrs. Tsukino told Serenity, "I thank you for your help but I really must insist that guests not do house work." "Nonsense." Serenity said firmly, "I'm as capable as doing work as anyone else in this house."
The next morning Serenity got out of bed at 7:00 to see Luna sleeping on her bed. "Why are you with me?" Serenity asked, "Shouldn't you be with Bunny?" "Oh. Good morning princess." Luna said, "Bunny wasn't kidding when she said I wasn't allowed to sleep with her anymore. She locked her door and I can't get in. How are we going to wake her up?" "I've got a plan." Serenity said slipping a small bag into the pocket of her uniform.
She got dressed, put her hair up, and went down to breakfast. She was greeted in the kitchen with a plate of waffles. A few minutes later Sammy came down for breakfast. Then Mr. Tsukino walked in with the paper. "Sailor Moon and her gang haven't been spotted for awhile." He said looking at the front page, "Maybe peace is returning to Japan again." Serenity got up and put her plate in the sink. "Is everyone up and awake?" she asked. "Yes, everyone except Bunny, why?" Mrs. Tsukino asked. "She locked her bedroom door so I can't shake her awake and Luna couldn't bite her, so I got a air horn at the arcade yesterday." Serenity said pulling the small bag out of her pocket, "I'm going to wake her up with that." "Go ahead dear." Mrs. Tsukino said, "And thank you for warning us." "No problem Mrs. Tsukino."
Quickly Serenity ran up the stairs and stopped in front of Bunny's door. She plugged one ear and pulled the trigger. BOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! "AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bunny screamed. "It's 7:40! Time to get up." Serenity said going back downstairs. When she entered the kitchen she handed the air horn to Sammy. "You can do the honors tomorrow." She told him picking up her lunch. "Cool!" Sammy exclaimed.
A tired Bunny entered the room. "Good job Serenity you woke Bunny up before eight!" Mrs. Tsukino praised. Mr. Tsukino pulled his wallet out and handed her five dollars. "Go buy some ice cream after school." He instructed her, "You're the first one who's been able to wake her up including us. You deserve at treat." "Thanks, Mr. Tsukino." Serenity said looking at the money. A tired Bunny stumbled into the kitchen. She ate her breakfast for the first time in years that morning.
Ten minutes later Bunny and Serenity were on their way to school. Luna had decided to go to keep an eye on Serenity. The three met up with Amy, Lita, and Mina. "Hi Serenity!" Lita said happily, "Did you get Bunny up on time today?" "Yes." She replied, "I used an air horn at her door. Then I gave it to Sammy to do tomorrow." "Wow, Bunny you're going to go threw the experience of an air horn two days in a row! How do you feel?" "Just lovel- " BAM. Like usual she ran into Darien. Watch where you're going Darien!" Bunny yelled.
"Darien!" someone yelled. "Did you run into Bunny again?" A boy came into view. Serenity who had been looking at Bunny looked up and gasped. "En- Endymion?!" she stuttered. Endymion looked up from Darien and also gasped. "Bunny?!" he whispered. They ran to each other and embraced. "Did we find the prince?" Bunny asked rubbing her head.
Did you like ch. 2? It was so much fun to write like usual. Things are looking up for Bunny and Darien now. And once again Bunny finds out she's princess without anyone dying! I'm so happy!
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Chapter 2 was finished on 6/22. Get ready for chapter 3! -The Lioness