So what? So what if because I look different, everyone hates me? So
what if I'm tired of being like this? So....what do I do?
I ask myself this daily. You see, on the inside, I'm a normal teenage
girl. But on the outside...well, I'm not so normal. I have an un-humanlike
appearance, so when you look at me, I have bright, cotton-candy pink hair.
Not so bad, but it's my eyes. No one on this planet has my bright, glowing,
blood-red eyes. At school, they call me the "Demon Girl". I know I am no
demon, so why do they call me that? Even my sisters taunt me. "Demon!
Demon! Come and chase us demon!" They cry out to me, running in circles and
laughing. Of course, that is only when my parents aren't in eyeshight or
earshot.
My parents say I was their miracle child. They weren't able, for
fifteen years, to produce children. But one day, I showed up, wrapped in
glowing golden fabric with a small crystal around my neck. It was a miracle
in itself that they were allowed to keep me, because that was the year Neo-
Queen Serenity and King Endymion gave the governing of Crystal Tokyo over
to the humans. For some reason, it seemed no one wanted alien Lunarians
ruling. But that still baffles me, because the King was human! And...
Rini Tamasuki looked up from her diary and frowned. For some reason, every time she wrote in the confounded little book, she wrote about how weird it was that she wasn't like everyone else. She looked into the mirror and saw the blood-red "demon eyes" that she had written about. And the crystal. It had gotten bigger as she had gotten bigger, and it was now the size of one of her eyes. She fingered it absently, feeling the familiar reassurance that came whenever she touched it. *When will I learn where I come from? I KNOW I'm not entirely human!* she thought with a violence. She hated more than anything to be lied to. Even more than when she was too broke to go buy ice cream with her allowance. Speaking of ice cream....
Rumble, rumble, guuurrrgle.
Rini looked down and blushed. She had forgotten yet again to eat. She sighed and unlocked her door, but not before hiding the diary in the loose panel under her desk, and tucking the crystal pendant back under her t- shirt. It wouldn't do for her siblings or even her parents, set in their strict ways, to find the treason she'd written in her journal. And she didn't want her crystal to be yanked off its chain again.
"Mooooommm!! What're we having for dinner??" She called out, and dashed downstairs. When she reached the bottom, she saw her parents talking with two strangely-dressed men. *T-t-those are Lunarians!* her mind screamed when she saw the crest emblazoned on their jackets.
"Mom? Dad? What's going on?" she said in a wavery voice. She quickly got control, and looked at them fearlessly.
"Rini, we need to talk with you. How would you like to go to the Moon for the rest of your education?" her father asked softly, holding her mother's hand tightly.
"The MOON?! As in like, the Lunarian kingdom?!? When would I leave?!" she asked excitedly. She had wanted to get away from all of this, and right here was her answer! She couldn't believe it!
When she came back to herself, she saw the stricken look on her parents' faces. "I've always wanted to go there...but will I be home for the holidays? I don't wanna leave my family for those!" She hastily added, to make them feel better.
"Most likely you will, Miss Tamasuki. But you would leave right away with Ranada, my partner," the silver-haired man bowed slightly"and myself, Ramada." He winked at her, and she could've sworn his voice in her head identified them as twin brothers.
"Right away? Oh, but Rini darling.....so soon??" Her mother's voice was obviously shocked, and maybe still a bit hurt.
"Mama, it's the chance of a lifetime. I promise I'll call! And write too! Oh, but PLEASE can I go Mama?" She begged, using all of her pouty charm to win her mother over.
"Well, honey....if that's what you REALLY want..." she said, very hesitantly before Chibiusa jumped on her.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!" she giggled and dashed up to her room, throwing everything she owned into a suitcase. She didn't hear Ramada behind her, until he chuckled.
"Miss, you don't need any clothes but what you are wearing. The palace will take care of your clothing needs and such. Take only things you cannot do without, persay books, photos, jewelry, etc." he said to her. He laughed full-out when she turned the color of her hair.
"Oh...terribly sorry. I-I-I didn't know." she stammered. She then realized that Ramada and Ranada weren't that much older than she herself was. "How old are you two?" It was blurted out in one big blurb while she was packing, and just made her turn redder.
"My brother and I, as of next month, will be 2,416 years old." He looked over when she choked. "Are you alright?"
"But...but...that's IMPOSSIBLE!! No one is THAT old!!"
"Quite the contrary, Ranada and I are young compared to Her Majesty, who is over 10,000 years old. It's said she was a schoolgirl here on Earth when she was your age."
"Queen...Selenity right??"
"Yes, and the Senshi Queens as well. Along with King Endymion. Although she was called Usagi back then, and he Mamoru."
"Hee, my name is Chibiusagi. Chibiusa for short." She giggled. "Who knows, maybe I'm your long-lost princess!" she teased.
"How do you know about that?!" His faced looked pale and shocked. No one had known that the King and Queen had had a daughter before they were forced to give her up and move to the Moon.
"Know about what?" Chibiusa looked up from her packing. "I was just joking around, you know."
"Oh really?? Well, then your Highness, pray tell me your every whim and desire...so I may ignore it!" He laughed and gave her a mocking bow.
"You know Ramada, I think we'll get along JUST fine!" She giggled and ran past him, back downstairs, clutching her suitcase in her hands.
An hour or so later, after a not-so-sad goodbye from her siblings, and a teary one from her mother and father, Chibiusa was boarding the ship with the twins that would take her back to the Moon Kingdom for her new education. "Well, Chibiusagi Tamasuki, this is it. You're about to do something, and go somewhere, you've never been." HOW COOL IS THAT?! She giggled at the thoughts running through her head, and settled back for the trip.
Rini Tamasuki looked up from her diary and frowned. For some reason, every time she wrote in the confounded little book, she wrote about how weird it was that she wasn't like everyone else. She looked into the mirror and saw the blood-red "demon eyes" that she had written about. And the crystal. It had gotten bigger as she had gotten bigger, and it was now the size of one of her eyes. She fingered it absently, feeling the familiar reassurance that came whenever she touched it. *When will I learn where I come from? I KNOW I'm not entirely human!* she thought with a violence. She hated more than anything to be lied to. Even more than when she was too broke to go buy ice cream with her allowance. Speaking of ice cream....
Rumble, rumble, guuurrrgle.
Rini looked down and blushed. She had forgotten yet again to eat. She sighed and unlocked her door, but not before hiding the diary in the loose panel under her desk, and tucking the crystal pendant back under her t- shirt. It wouldn't do for her siblings or even her parents, set in their strict ways, to find the treason she'd written in her journal. And she didn't want her crystal to be yanked off its chain again.
"Mooooommm!! What're we having for dinner??" She called out, and dashed downstairs. When she reached the bottom, she saw her parents talking with two strangely-dressed men. *T-t-those are Lunarians!* her mind screamed when she saw the crest emblazoned on their jackets.
"Mom? Dad? What's going on?" she said in a wavery voice. She quickly got control, and looked at them fearlessly.
"Rini, we need to talk with you. How would you like to go to the Moon for the rest of your education?" her father asked softly, holding her mother's hand tightly.
"The MOON?! As in like, the Lunarian kingdom?!? When would I leave?!" she asked excitedly. She had wanted to get away from all of this, and right here was her answer! She couldn't believe it!
When she came back to herself, she saw the stricken look on her parents' faces. "I've always wanted to go there...but will I be home for the holidays? I don't wanna leave my family for those!" She hastily added, to make them feel better.
"Most likely you will, Miss Tamasuki. But you would leave right away with Ranada, my partner," the silver-haired man bowed slightly"and myself, Ramada." He winked at her, and she could've sworn his voice in her head identified them as twin brothers.
"Right away? Oh, but Rini darling.....so soon??" Her mother's voice was obviously shocked, and maybe still a bit hurt.
"Mama, it's the chance of a lifetime. I promise I'll call! And write too! Oh, but PLEASE can I go Mama?" She begged, using all of her pouty charm to win her mother over.
"Well, honey....if that's what you REALLY want..." she said, very hesitantly before Chibiusa jumped on her.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!" she giggled and dashed up to her room, throwing everything she owned into a suitcase. She didn't hear Ramada behind her, until he chuckled.
"Miss, you don't need any clothes but what you are wearing. The palace will take care of your clothing needs and such. Take only things you cannot do without, persay books, photos, jewelry, etc." he said to her. He laughed full-out when she turned the color of her hair.
"Oh...terribly sorry. I-I-I didn't know." she stammered. She then realized that Ramada and Ranada weren't that much older than she herself was. "How old are you two?" It was blurted out in one big blurb while she was packing, and just made her turn redder.
"My brother and I, as of next month, will be 2,416 years old." He looked over when she choked. "Are you alright?"
"But...but...that's IMPOSSIBLE!! No one is THAT old!!"
"Quite the contrary, Ranada and I are young compared to Her Majesty, who is over 10,000 years old. It's said she was a schoolgirl here on Earth when she was your age."
"Queen...Selenity right??"
"Yes, and the Senshi Queens as well. Along with King Endymion. Although she was called Usagi back then, and he Mamoru."
"Hee, my name is Chibiusagi. Chibiusa for short." She giggled. "Who knows, maybe I'm your long-lost princess!" she teased.
"How do you know about that?!" His faced looked pale and shocked. No one had known that the King and Queen had had a daughter before they were forced to give her up and move to the Moon.
"Know about what?" Chibiusa looked up from her packing. "I was just joking around, you know."
"Oh really?? Well, then your Highness, pray tell me your every whim and desire...so I may ignore it!" He laughed and gave her a mocking bow.
"You know Ramada, I think we'll get along JUST fine!" She giggled and ran past him, back downstairs, clutching her suitcase in her hands.
An hour or so later, after a not-so-sad goodbye from her siblings, and a teary one from her mother and father, Chibiusa was boarding the ship with the twins that would take her back to the Moon Kingdom for her new education. "Well, Chibiusagi Tamasuki, this is it. You're about to do something, and go somewhere, you've never been." HOW COOL IS THAT?! She giggled at the thoughts running through her head, and settled back for the trip.