Author's Note: There is no fighting in this chapter; basically, this chapter is just background info for the story. However, there is a little something about a school shooting in here. No one gets killed or anything, but I just wanted to warn all of you. I'll put that part in blue.
Ami turned the page of her book. Mako grabbed
a few strays and continued to braid Minako's hair. Setsuna and
Hotaru were playing patty cake. Michiru was playing with her
fingernails, Haruka was playing with her bubble gum, and Rei was
staring at the door. Where is
she?
Cough
Sigh.
Rattle.
Pop!
"That's
IT!!!!!" yelled Rei, causing everyone to jump. "I told
her about this meeting two hours ago and she's still not here!!"
Rei looked over and saw Ami holding a ripped-out page of her book.
"Gomen ne, Ami-chan. I'll buy you another one."
The
sound of what appeared to be a herd of buffalo grew louder. "You
made me late!" yelled Usagi.
The girls thought Usagi was
blaming Mamoru for something he didn't do, but it was a female
voice that said, "Well, if you had told me you had a meeting
today, I wouldn't have invited you for ice cream!"
Usagi
and Candra burst through the door, tripping over the other one's
feet. Usagi's face met a leg of the table while Candra did a
little front flip, then fell on her butt.
"Usagi, are you
okay?" asked Michiru.
Usagi sat up and started rubbing her
nose. "Yeah. I'm fine."
"Usagi-chan, what is
Candra-san doing here?" asked Ami.
"Yeah, this is a
secret meeting and, no offense, but Candra can't be part of it,"
added Rei.
"Will you let me stay if I show you this?"
asked Candra as she pulled out her brooch.
All the Inners
gasped. "Sailor StarMoon?" asked Minako.
"Wait!
How do you fit into this?" asked Mako.
Candra laid her
brooch down on the table. A hologram of the Moon Kingdom shot out
as she began to narrate. "During the time of the Silver
Millennium, the Queen of the Moon was only able to give birth to
one child. It wasn't law; it was some kind of biological thing."
A hologram of Queen Serenity holding a baby arms and a young
Princess Serenity standing next to her popped up. "But a year
after Queen Serenity gave birth to the heir of the throne, she
gave birth to a second child, me!"
"You're a Moon
Princess, too?" asked Minako.
The hologram started showing
pictures of the sisters as they grew. "Yes. And since this
had never happened before, everyone was afraid that I would get
jealous and fight for the throne. But I never felt that. The two
of us grew up best friends even as everyone else treated me as an
outsider.
"Anyway, there was this guy named Sir Grety. He
was in love with Serenity. Well, actually he was infatuated with
her. He had two problems, though. He always confused Serenity with
me and she was in love with the Prince. She only saw Grety as a
friend. So he thought that he if he couldn't have Serenity, no one
could." And just as she finished, the hologram started to act
out a scene.
The Prince kissed the Princess on her hand.
"I will see you later."
Serenity smiled. "I
cannot wait." She sighed as her true love walked away.
Shake.
Shake. Giggle. Serenity looked towards the bushes. "Who is
there? . . . If that is you, Cynthia. . ."
Giggle.
Shake. Cynthia stepped out of the bushes. "That was such a
wonderful kiss. When will I find love?" She started making
kissing faces as she tried to embarass her sister.
"When
you start acting like a lady and stop spying on others,"
Serenity playfully shot back as she stood.
"Well, that
wasn't my original intention," Cynthia told, "though I
did not mind."
Serenity crossed her arms. "I am sure
you did not. Well then, what was your orignal intention?"
"I
came out here to tell you that Mother wants you to get ready for
the party tonight."
Serenity nodded. "Okay. Let us
go, then."
The two joked and laughed as they walked home.
Serenity noticed that Cynthia looked over her shoulder a lot more
than usual. "Cynthia, are you alright?"
"I swear
someone is following us."
"Seriously, Sister. We are
going to be in hot water if we are late."
"I am being
serious!" Cynthia saw something move in the tree tops. "What
was that?"
Annoyed, Serenity sighed. "What was
what?"
"That!" Cynthia pointed and Serenity
looked up in the direction Cynthia was pointing. There was Sir
Grety with a new model of gun. "I've been meaning to try this
thing out!" He pointed it at Princess Serenity. "If I
can't have you, no one else can!"
"Serenity!"
Serenity
fell to the ground, then looked up in horror to see her sister
take the blow. The beam passed right through her. Her face had a
look of shock, which was replaced with lifelessness as the
twelve-year-old fell.
"Supreme Thunder!"
"Crescent
Beam!"
"Shabon Spray!"
"Fire Soul!"
The
Moon's highest ranking General was killed instantly by the
attacks. However, his death would not reverse her's. "Cynthia!
NOOO!"
The hologram disappeared. Usagi sniffled a
little and Candra gave her a little hug.
"Wow. I didn't
remember," said Mako.
"Well, I did. When I found out
I was the Moon Princess, I started remembering things. But I
thought that since she died before the attack, I wouldn't find
her," Usagi told everyone. "So, I didn't say
anything."
"How did you find out, Candra-chan?"
asked Mako.
"Well, when I was five years old, I remember I
had just been sent to bed after my father felt that the one B I
had received on my report card meant I wasn't trying hard enough
at school. . . ."
"That young?" asked
Hotaru.
"Well, I skipped kindergarten, so . . .anyway, I
was in my room when there was flash of light and I saw this fairy.
She said her name was Serenity and I could talk to her whenever I
wanted.
"She would come to visit me every night and we
talked and played games and we did that for years. Then when I was
13, she came to me in her true form and told me about my past. She
said that at first she thought I was her daughter, Serenity, but
saw that I was her other daughter, Cynthia. She asked me to find
you and gave me this brooch. . ." She pulled out her gray
crescent brooch. ". . .to use to transform. I remember the
first time I used it. It was about one week later. . ."
Candra
quietly closed the closet door behind her. She tried her best to
catch her breath, but the screams outside along with the gunshots
weren't helping.
I hope Jim is alright out there. Please,
dear Lord. Take care of him.
The doorknob started to turn.
Candra gasped and tried to move farther into the corner. Oh
no!
The door opened and there stood. . .
"Jim! Get
in!" she said in a hoarse whisper.
"Candra!" The
two hugged. "I thought you got out already!" He leaned
his ear against the door. "I think I hear someone
coming."
Knock, knock. "I think someone's in
there!"
Jim and Candra grabbed onto each other. Please
God, help me protect Jim!
Candra's new brooch started to
rise from under her shirt and started to glow. Five words came to
her mouth and she just had to say them. "Moon. . .Starlight
Power. . .Make UP!!!"
The door opened. It was one of the
gunmen. "Hello."
Candra screamed. When she did, her
brooch opened up and a flash of light sent him backwards.
In
her head, she heard Serenity's voice. Say "Crescent
Chain" and tie him up! "Crescent Chain!" She
tied him up. "Jim, grab the rope. We'll get him out and turn
him over to the police. . ."
"How did
you get the name 'StarMoon'?" asked Ami.
"Well, that
was a few weeks later during the battle where I first met Uranus
and Neptune. . ."
Candra looked behind her. I
swear I heard someone. The high-school freshman shrugged and
went back to reading her Algebra II book. Then, a Damion appeared.
"I want your pure heart!" she yelled.
Candra screamed
and threw her book at it. It distracted the Damion long enough for
Candra to say, "So that's why math is so important!"
Candra's
brooch lit up again and rose to eye level. "Uh, Moon
Starlight Power, Make Up?" For the second time in her life,
Candra henshioned.
The Damion threw the book aside. "Oh,
great. Not another one!" she said as she disappeared.
Candra
brought out the StarWand Serenity had given her, but if she
couldn't see her enemy, what was the point?
"Um, hello?
Um, if you don't show yourself right now, there's, uh, going to be
trouble!"
Oh yea. That's telling 'em, she thought.
"Because. . .because I am the, uh, the American Champion of.
. . .Justice! I'm a, uh, Princess in a Sailor Fuku! Sailor Moon!
No! Wait! There's already a Sailor Moon. Um. . ." She put her
arms on her head, then saw the star on her wand. "StarMoon!
I'm Sailor StarMoon! On behalf of the Moon and, uh, the Stars in
the Sky, I shall punish you!"
That was good; now all
you need to do is put some feeling behind it and stop sounding
like a whimp.
The ground below her became liquid and went up
StarMoon's body, then hardened again, trapping her. The Damion
reappeared and laughed at the girl's plight.
Though scared out
of her wits, she did remember the wand was still in her hand.
"Moon Starlight Attack!" She did the best she could to
aim at the Damion considering her arms were straight and she could
only move her wrist and fingers. The Damion just grinned and
knocked the wand away.
Luna-P hit the Damion in the back of the
head, but it turned around and swatted the black floating cat
head. "Luna-P!" cried StarMoon.
Someone else
appeared. "Get her pure heart!"
"Hai!" said
the Damion.
StarMoon screamed, but there was nothing she could
do and they took her pure heart. Her face went pale and her head
fell down. "Grab it and go!" said the second figure.
The
Damion went to grab the pure heart, but in a split second later,
it was gone. "What the. . .?"
"Looking for
this?" Sailor Uranus showed the object in her hand.
"Hey!
That's mine!" cried the second figure.
"Too bad,
Kaolinite! You have the wrong girl!" said Sailor Neptune.
"Deep Submerge!"
"I'm out of here!"
Kaolinite disappeared.
"What a wimp. World Shaking!"
The
Damion was destroyed. StarMoon's prison vanished and she fell to
the ground still unconscious. Neptune caught her and Uranus
returned her pure heart. "You know," commented Uranus
said as StarMoon woke up, "even though this pure heart isn't
a talisman, it was brighter than usual."
"Who are
you?" StarMoon asked, rubbing her head. They didn't answer;
they instead stood and started to walk away. "Hey! Maybe we
should fight together! I could help you find that talisman
thing-y!" shouted StarMoon.
"Sorry, but we don't need
a rookie like you to fight with us," said Neptune.
"Hey!
That's not my fault!" StarMoon yelled after them. . . .
"You
know, that's basically the same thing they did to us." Usagi
gave Haruka and Michiru a good, hard stare.
Both girls formed
sweatdrops. "Gomen, Odango."
"You'd better be."
Usagi flipped back her hair and looked at Candra. The two of them
burst into laughter, followed by everyone else.
Chapter Seven: Candra, an aunt? A little girl returns to the past
