Cinnamon Buns: Prologue Darien's Look Alike
Bunny sighed and walked into the arcade. It had been a long day and she was looking for some entertainment. "Hey Meatball Head!" Darien said happily walking over to her. He could tell that Bunny was already upset and it wasn't going to take much to annoy her. "Go away Darien!" Bunny said trying to stay calm, "I had a hard day and I don't need you to make it worse!" "What happened?" He asked, "Did you get another negative one hundred on a test today?" "Go AWAY Darien!" Bunny said emphasizing on the 'away'. "All right, I'm going." Darien said walking back to where he had been sitting. As usual Darien was right. She was really upset. She had never snapped on the first insult.
Bunny rolled her eyes. "How could people not get that Darien was the most stuck up, inconsiderate, jerky guy living?" she wondered as she popped a quarter into the Sailor V game and started to play. She was concentrating so hard on not losing the game in five seconds that she didn't notice that a young girl with a cat had walked into the arcade, but Darien did.
The girl's eyes were the same brilliant dark blue as his own. Her hair was the same jet black as Darien's too. They were put up in two buns in the back of her head. The buns had the appearance of sticky buns or hot cross buns without the cross, not the type Bunny wore. She wore a plain white shirt with what looked like black cotton pants. On her back was a little white, embroidered backpack. There was something in a backpack, but of course Darien couldn't tell what. Over all, the whole look could only be described as 'cute'.
On her shoulder was a beautiful cat. It was all white except for its almost red, very fluffy tail. There were also some red-brown patches under its ears, above his eyes. Darien identified the cat as a Turkish Van. The weird thing was that there was a golden circle on the cat's forehead. It was cut into four equal pieces by two golden lines. "Sort of reminds me of Meatball Head's cat, Luna." Darien thought, "They both have weird golden symbols on their foreheads."
That's when the cat caught sight of Darien. Forgetting its master it sprung off her shoulder and onto Darien. The girl winced as the cat's claws cut into her shoulder while jumping off. Because of the impact of the cat, Darien fell off of his stool at the counter and hit the floor. The cat was starring him in the face, half purring and half growling. The girl ran to Darien, she had gotten over the scratches from where the cat had jumped. "Oh I'm sorry about my cat!" she exclaimed, "Her name's Samara. (Samara means watcher.) She's really protective of me." "That's all right." Darien said smiling up at the girl. "Are you hurt?" she asked pulling the cat off of him and roughly putting her behind her. She helped Darien up.
"I'm Odette Rhea." (Odette means melody. That will be explained later in the story. Rhea means Earth. I'm not saying anymore or else I'd give something away.) She said putting out a hand for Darien to shake. "I'm Darien Shields." He shaking her hand, "Do you have a last name? I know that Rhea isn't it." Odette blushed and said sadly, "No I don't have a last name. My parents are dead and I'm an orphan." "So am I." Darien said to comfort her. "Really?" she said interested, "For how long?" "Around eleven years." "Oh." Odette said, "I've only been orphaned for about three years."
Bunny had just lost the Sailor V game after a hard battle with level two's boss. She looked up to see Darien talking to a young girl no more than eleven. She did here the beginning of the conversation, but she listened to the rest. "Do you want to be friends?" the girl asked. "Sure." Darien replied, "Odette Rhea is a mouthful. Can I give you a nickname?" "Of course." Odette said smiling. "I think I'll call you Cinnamon Buns, because your hair is done up like two of them." Odette rolled her eyes. "What ever rings your bell." She said, "I'm going to play some games now Darien. See you later." She walked past Bunny with her cat following her.
"Darien's not supposed to give nicknames about people's hair to anyone but me!" Bunny thought unhappily. "Wait. What am I saying? Darien's so annoying I could care less if he fell off a cliff to his death during a tornado. Why am I upset that he gave someone a nickname so much like mine?" Bunny decided to go bug Darien a bit. It would make her feel better.
She got up and walked over to Darien who was rubbing the back of his head, probably from the fall. "What's with you and making fun of girls' hairdos?" Bunny demanded. "I don't know." Darien said watching Odette mumble something to her cat and stick a quarter into a game, "It just seems natural to bug you and her about your hair." "You don't even know her!" Bunny said, "How could it feel natural to bug her?" "I don't know." "You're a weirdo you know that, Darien?" she said. "Who say's you're not a weirdo for eating junk food and playing Sailor V all day, everyday?" Darien asked. "Get a life Darien!" Bunny demanded before leaving the arcade. Darien sighed. He had no clue why he couldn't be nice to Bunny. Truly, he wanted to.
"That boy, Darien seemed nice didn't he Samara?" the girl asked her cat while playing the game. "I'm not sure if I like him or not." The cat replied looking up at her master. "You don't like any one!" the girl exclaimed. "My job is to protect you." The cat reminded her, "That's the last order your parents gave me before they died. He seemed familiar, but I just can't place it. That's why I'm just not sure if I like him." "You don't like anyone." The girl exclaimed, "You scare off anyone who wants to be my friend! That's why I've been wandering around Japan since my parents died!" Odette lost the game and pulled some money out of her backpack. "I might as well get a milkshake to calm myself before I hurt you by accident." She said picking up her bag. Sighing the cat followed.
At ten o'clock at night Bunny's communicator went off, waking her up. Careful not to push Luna off the bed, because she was very close already, she took it off her bedside table. "There's a youma in the park!" Amy exclaimed, "We need your help fast! I don't think that Mars and I will be able to hold it off much longer!" "I'll be right over." She said, turning off the device. Quickly she grabbed her brooch and woke Luna. "There's a youma in the park!" she whispered, "We have to go help the others." "Finally you're gaining some sort of idea of responsibility!" the cat exclaimed. "Be quiet Luna." Bunny said leaving her room. The cat followed.
Ten minutes later Sailor Moon appeared with Luna not far behind at the park. The youma seemed to have been weakened already and all Sailor Moon had to do was use her tiara. "MOON TIARA ACTION!" she yelled. The youma didn't even have time to get out of the way when the tiara hit it. It collapsed into dust. "Thanks Sailor Moon." Sailor Mars said sitting down on a bench, "It was getting exhausting." "No problem." Sailor Moon said happily.
Something moved in the bushes. Sailor Venus whipped her head around to see a small girl in a blue sailor suit with black hair running out of the park. "That was weird." She mumbled, sitting down next to Mars. "What?" Sailor Moon questioned. "There was a girl with a sailor suit here. She just left the park. Who knows how long she was watching us." Venus thought. "What color was it?" Amy who had untransformed asked. "Blue." Sailor Venus replied, "The exact color of Darien's eyes actually." "Please don't pull him into this!" Bunny exclaimed. She had also untransformed. "But it was true!" she insisted, "There was no better way to explain it.
"Everyone go home and get some sleep." Amy commanded, "We use too much energy bickering like this." Mumbling the rest untransformed and they all went home. "I wonder who that girl was." Mina thought as she slipped into her apartment making sure to make no sound, "She almost looked familiar, like I knew her, but not well a long, long time ago."
Did you like it? I think it will be my most promising story that I've written yet! I had to go all over the internet to find the perfect name for Odette Rhea and Samara. Samara's name was so hard to decide on. Here were some of my choices that I picked out- Paige Rebecca Dakota Ebony Eliza Faith Haley Leonie (This was my second choice.) Monica Orava (I'm not even sure why I chose this one.) Ramona
I knew I had to put Rhea in the girls name somewhere after I found it. It will work into the story eventually. The first part of her first name was really hard to decide though. Here are the names that I first picked out- Abigail Jasmine Adalia Kali Aileen Leonora Belle Linette (My second choice) Calista Melody Catherine Nerissa Eliza Opal Haley Oriana Harmony Primrose Idalina (Another weirdo) Rania Iris Tanya
Whew! That was a long list! Now you know why it was so hard to find her the perfect name. What would you have chosen? My email is meatballheadsprucehollow.com. R&R please!