Some people have expressed concerns about the story idea I have. So here is a fuller in depth explanation on this idea. The orphans will range in age from about four to about fifteen. They will run away from the orphanage because they hate it. They will end up at the palace and one of the Chibi Senshi will hide them until they are found out. Since the children were so unhappy at the orphanage none of the Senshi have the heart to send them back. So they each decide to adopt one. Here's what would happen:
Rei would adopt an older boy to give Annika a big brother. We felt that would be good for her and bring her out of her shell. Also that way she would still be her mother's baby.
Minako would adopt a boy who could outsmart Gloria with her pranks. So Gloria might have her match with this one.
Makoto would adopt a younger girl. Daisy would be okay with that.
Ami would adopt a younger girl. She realizes that her baby is getting older and she wants another really young child she could baby. Ariel's seven now and once she turns eight the babying is going to have to stop because she will be too old. Yes there would be jealousy but that would be a part of the adjustment. As for the trauma, Ariel has gotten over the most difficult hurdle and it is coming up for a year since she went through all that.
Hotaru would adopt a younger girl to give Madelyn a chance to be a big sister.
Haruka and Michiru would only adopt one child and it would be a boy.
Scratch Setsuna for adoption since she barely has enough time to spend with the one child she has.
Serenity would get a younger girl. True the enemies would target her since she won't have any powers but what a great story idea. Finally adopting these orphans would not take the story focus away from the Chibi Senshi. My stories will always focus on them. The adopted siblings would hopefully allow me to use some story ideas I haven't been able to use because there are no siblings. True they all get biological half-siblings in the future but they will be all grown up by then. I would like some feedback on this idea now.
Come see my site at http/chibisenshi. I have a contest and a forum now. I have also added information pages on the Elysian and Crystal Senshi.
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon. The Chibi, Elysian and Crystal Senshi belong to Me. For those of you only familiar with the dub:
Amy - Ami Raye - Rei Lita - Makoto Mina - Minako Greg - Ryo Chad - Yuichiro Ken - Shinozuki
Young Visitors
Part Twelve: The Midnight Feast
By
Angel Raye
Neo-Princess Usagi was doing her homework when Chelsea came in with Violet. "Hey Usagi," Chelsea began. "Violet and I just came up with a neat idea"
"What is it?" asked Usagi putting down her pen.
"We thought of a way we older ones can have some fun without the younger ones tagging along," Violet replied. "And the adults wouldn't know either"
"Okay so what is it?" Usagi asked impatiently.
"We could have a midnight feast," Chelsea announced.
"A midnight feast," Usagi echoed her red eyes gleaming. "That does sound interesting. But where would we have it"
"How about one of the guest chambers?" Chelsea suggested. "That way we won't have to worry about waking anybody up"
"That would work," Usagi agreed. "There are some guest chambers right down the hall from the Senshi chambers so we won't have to go to far. Who are we inviting"
"Just the kids who are in sixth grade and above," Violet replied. "So that would be Daisy, Maggie, Rose, Marina, Grace, Taylor and the three of us"
"Perfect," Usagi agreed. "As for food I suggest we each bring something and there should be enough for us all"
"That's what we thought," Chelsea replied. "And we need to make sure that none of the younger kids find out. They'll try to spoil it otherwise"
"When should we have it?" Violet asked.
"How about Thursday?" Usagi suggested. "I have a killer math test that day so it would be a nice treat"
"That works for me," Chelsea replied.
"Me too," Violet agreed.
"Then it's settled," Usagi declared happily. "Now we need to invite the others and get the stuff."
Within hours Usagi, Chelsea and Violet had let the other girls they were planning to invite know about the party. With giggles the girls made their plans. Some of the younger girls got a bit suspicious. Chasity was especially curious to what was going on and kept badgering Grace and Taylor. "Mind your own business," Taylor rudely told the younger girl.
"But you all have a secret and I want to know what it is," Chasity pleaded. "Please I won't tell anyone"
"Look Chasity this is something that we want to keep to ourselves and we aren't going to tell you," Grace quietly pointed out. "So please just mind your own business and leave us alone"
Chasity pouted and went off to find Ashley. "It's not fair," she griped. "The older girls have this big secret and I want to know what it is"
"Leave it to me," Ashley reassured her. "I'll find out what's going on"
"And how are you going to do that?' Chasity asked. "Neither Annika nor Brooke are involved"
"I have my ways," Ashley replied. "I'm the youngest Crystal Senshi and I can snoop more easily then the others." With that she went off leaving Chasity wondering if she was going to find anything out.
Ashley kept as close as she could to the older girls the next day without arousing suspicion. She got her first clue when she saw Daisy and Maggie slipping into one of the guest chambers with a couple of packages. She hung around and when they came out she skipped past the door bouncing a ball. "Hey," she called. "I'm going to play outside"
"Good for you," Daisy commented and she and Maggie went off in the opposite direction down the corridor. Ashley darted around the corner and stayed there for a minute. Then she dashed back to the guest chambers and slipped inside. She immediately spotted the packages on the counter. She dashed over to it and saw that it had packages of cookies, candy and crackers inside of it. Ashley decided to check the refrigerator. When she opened the door she saw cheese, soft drinks, meat buns and cake. She next looked in the freezer and found some ice cream. So it looked like the older girls were going to have a secret party but the question was when?
Just then she heard voices outside the door. She quickly darted into a closet, leaving the door slightly ajar so she could hear what was being said. Marina and Rose came in. They also had packages in their hands. "It looks like there's a lot of food already," Marina commented as she opened the refrigerator.
"Well since the midnight feast is tomorrow night then it looks like we're prepared," Rose replied. "Have you been able to keep this from Melody and Ariel"
"Yes," Marina said. "How about you and Maggie keeping this from Jasmine"
"No problem," Rose laughed. "But then Jasmine doesn't seem to be the nosy type"
"Melody doesn't seem to be either," Marina replied. "And my mother has developed a bad cough so she's too sick to care and that is keeping Grandma busy"
"So we're in the clear," Rose heaved a breath of relief. The two girls finished putting food away and then left the chambers. Once they were gone Ashley crept out of the closet. So the older ones were having a midnight feast tomorrow. What would Chasity say?
"They're having a midnight feast," Chasity exclaimed when Ashley told her.
"That's what I heard Marina and Rose saying," Ashley replied.
"Well they are so mean not to invite the younger girls," Chasity moaned. "I'm going to tell Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa"
"No don't," Ashley said. "I have a better idea."
The next night the girls involved managed to get themselves up at midnight and sneak off the guest chambers down the hall. Giggling they got the food out and then sat down to eat. "No one stirred in our chambers when we snuck out," Daisy giggled.
"Same here," Maggie laughed. "Jasmine was sound asleep and as far as I know she doesn't know a thing"
"Ami-mama wondered what was going on when I ate so little tonight," Marina stated. "She almost took my temperature to make sure I wasn't sick"
"Well the important thing is we're all here now," Usagi announced. "So let's just enjoy ourselves"
"I brought some ice cream and some toppings so we can make sundaes," Violet told everyone.
"Oh great," Chelsea, who loved sundaes exclaimed.
"So did anyone have a hard time hiding this from the younger kids?" Taylor asked.
"Lily wanted to know what we would be whispering about but that's it," Daisy replied.
"Rayna looked kind of curious too but she didn't try to snoop or anything," Usagi added.
"Ariel's cough is so bad she didn't care," Marina stated. "Thank goodness. I don't think I could have kept it hidden from her. She has a knack at finding out things"
"Chasity kept badgering us but we didn't tell her anything," Grace said. "So she doesn't know what we're up too"
"Then we should be in the clear," Chelsea heaved a sigh of relief. "That's good because there will be fireworks if we are caught"
Chelsea spoke too soon. Just outside the door with their ears pressed so they could listen were Chasity and Ashley. The talk of all the food was making them hungry. Suddenly Marina said something that made them both listen. It was about them. "Have you seen Ashley snooping around these last couple of days?" she asked. "She is such a little snoop. I just wanted to strangle the brat"
"I know what you mean," Taylor added. "Chasity kept pestering us to tell her about this. What a little pest"
"With the two of them plus Gloria, Ariel and Lily there are a ton of brats here," Chelsea finished. "And I want to know what is up with Tiffany and her crew. They are so nasty to Celine. Poor Celine has been in tears so many times"
"If only they knew," Chasity hissed, her cheeks red with fury.
"Let's play a couple of tricks on them and then get one of the adults," Ashley whispered angrily. "We'll teach them to have a midnight party without us and then say mean things to us." Chasity nodded her head. Ashley raised her hand and gave the door a sharp knock. Then she and Chasity darted around the corner to hide.
The girls in the room almost jumped out of their skins. "What was that?" Grace asked in a shaky voice.
"A knock at the door," Rose replied in an equally shaky voice.
"Should we go see who it is?" Daisy asked in a worried voice. Usagi got up and tiptoed to the door. She opened it but there was no one there. "No one's here," she hissed.
"Maybe it was the wind," Taylor stated as she recovered from her shock.
"Maybe we should just finish up and go back to bed," said Maggie doubtfully.
"Now Maggie are you going to let a silly little thing like a knock scare you?" Rose asked. "Let's make the sundaes and forget about the knock. Like Taylor said. It was probably just the wind." Everyone agreed and Violet and Daisy got out the ice cream and toppers. They began making the sundaes. Meanwhile Ashley and Chasity crept back to the door, stifling their giggles. Chasity had a barrette in her hand. She scraped it down the door and then she and Ashley darted back around the corner. The girls in the room froze in terror.
"What was that?" Chelsea asked.
"I don't know," Daisy replied. "It sounded like something scraping"
"This is getting too freaky," Marina stated. "Let's finish our sundaes and then get back to bed." Everyone agreed.
Meanwhile Ashley and Chasity decided it was time for one of the adults to know what was going on. So they headed back down the corridor to the Senshi chambers trying to decide whom to wake. "We really shouldn't wake them because then they'll know we were out of bed too," Chasity pointed out.
"You're right," Ashley agreed. "Then how should we do this?" The two girls thought for a minute. Then Chasity saw something and poked Ashley. "Look," she whispered. "There's a light on in the Mercury chambers. Aunt Ami must be awake"
"Let's knock on her door and then run back to our chambers," Ashley suggested. "The guest chambers the big girls are using is just down the hall. Maybe Aunt Ami will look around to see who knocked and hear what is going on"
"Let's do it," Chasity giggled. Who better to hint about a midnight party to than Ami who was very strict about the children getting a good night sleep on a school night? So she went to the door and knocked very sharply. Then she and Ashley took off to their own chambers very quickly so by the time Ami opened the door they were out of sight.
Ami hadn't been surprised to hear the knock at the door. Being the head physician in the palace she was used to people banging on her door during all hours of the night. She had been up anyway because Ariel was coughing very hard and it woke both of them up. So Ami had given her some medicine and then sat with her until she went back to sleep. She had just left Ariel's room when she heard the knock. But when Ami went to answer it no one was there. "That's funny," she murmured to herself. She looked up and down the hall but no one was there. Thinking maybe the noise came from Marina's room, she went there. To her surprise Marina wasn't there. "Where is she?" Ami asked herself with annoyance. Ami decided to go check both the library and the swimming pool to see if Marina was in either of those places. So she started down the corridor toward the stairs. However when Ami got past the Senshi chambers and closer to the guest chambers she heard a couple of giggles. So Ami started pausing outside the guest chambers listening. She finally got to one where she heard whispering and giggling. Ami opened the door and glared into the room.
The girls stared in horror at the annoyed Ami standing in the door. "Aunt Ami," Daisy squeaked nervously.
"Yes it is me," Ami replied coming in. "What is going on here"
"It's a midnight feast," Usagi explained.
"We were just having fun," Taylor added.
"Having fun is one thing," Ami stated. "But it's a school night and you're not going to do well on a poor night's sleep. Also you know you're not to use any of the guest chambers for things like this. Finally I want to know if you find it amusing to go knocking on people's doors during the night and then running off"
"We didn't do that," Maggie protested. "Someone did the same thing to us"
"Well that doesn't matter now," Ami said. "Everyone out of here now. I'll be escorting all of you back to your chambers and I will be letting parents and guardians know right now what all of you were up too. Tomorrow all of you will be cleaning this mess up. Is that understood"
"Yes Aunt Ami," everyone replied dolefully. They all got up and wondered fearfully what punishments they were going to receive.
Some of the girls got off easier than others. Serenity had a hard time keeping a straight face when she heard what happened. She gave Usagi and Chelsea a talking too took their allowance away from them before sending them back to bed. Setsuna and Gary figured that Maggie and Rose would have their own punishments in the morning when they woke up feeling sick from all they ate that night. The others didn't get off quite so easily. Makoto was furious grounded Daisy and Violet for a week. Michiru and Haruka also grounded Taylor and Grace. Ami decided that since Marina deprived herself of sleep tonight then she could go to bed the same time as Ariel for the next week. "That's not fair," Marina protested. "I'm almost thirteen. Why should I go to bed the same time as a seven-year-old"
"You should have thought of that before you went sneaking out at night," Ami pointed out. "Now get in bed and don't think I am going to go easy on you in the morning." With that she left the room and headed back to bed. Marina climbed into bed seething. She and the others were thinking the same thing. Who was it that knocked on Ami's door getting them caught? All of them were determined to find out who the little rat was.
The next morning a grumpy Marina cornered Ariel. "All right you little rat," she shouted. "Was it you"
"What are you talking about?" Ariel asked in alarm.
"You knocked on your door and got your mother to us last night," Marina replied.
"No I didn't," Ariel snapped. "I wasn't feeling good last night. Mommy was with me. Where were you"
"That's not your concern Ariel," Ami walked up to them. "Marina, Ariel was with me when the knock came so you can stop blaming her"
"Well whoever it is had better be saying her prayers," Marina muttered as she left to go to school.
"Pity we were caught," Chelsea sighed as she and Usagi got ready for school. "I wonder who else was up last night"
"There's one way to find out," Usagi replied thinking hard.
"And what's that?" Chelsea asked.
"Well whoever knocked on our door was awake late last night as well," Usagi explained. "Chances are they stayed up like we did waiting for the feast to start. We're all very tired so"
"So whoever knocked on the doors will be tired as well," Chelsea finished. "Good thinking Usagi"
"Arigato," Usagi replied. "So when we all leave for school let's just look at the younger kids and see who is also very tired"
"Right," Chelsea agreed"
"Come on you two," Rayna came skipping up. "It's time to go." Usagi and Chelsea followed her out the door. They looked at Rayna closely and saw that she looked well rested. So they immediately ruled her out. Once they got to the rest of the girls both Usagi and Chelsea started looking closely at the younger ones. Most of them looked well rested except for two. Ashley and Chasity were both yawning and rubbing their eyes sleepily. Usagi and Chelsea looked at each other and nodded. Quick as lightening Usagi grabbed Chasity's collar and Chelsea grabbed Ashley's.
"Hey," Ashley protested.
"Let us go," Chasity added.
"Not until you confess," Usagi shouted.
"What's going on?" Madelyn asked in astonishment.
"Are you blaming the little ones for all the trouble you got in last night?" Giselle added.
"They're the reason," Chelsea replied angrily. "They knocked on the door to scare us and they knocked on Ami's door so she would come find us"
"We didn't ruin your midnight feast," Chasity shouted.
"Yes we didn't knock or scrape your door," Ashley added.
Taylor pounced on them. "How did you know someone scraped on our door?" she asked. "We didn't tell anyone that"
"You just told on yourselves," Rose pointed out. Ashley and Chasity went red, realizing that they did just tell on themselves.
"So what are we going to do with these two rats?" Daisy asked.
"Most of us are punished for a week so I think they should be as well," Usagi replied.
"Are you going to tell on us?" Ashley asked.
"Oh no we aren't stooping to your level," Violet said. "We'll punish you ourselves"
"We might even get the other kids to help us," Marina added.
"Oh no leave us out of this," Hope stated. "I know I speak for everyone when I say that since you left us out of the party then you can leave us out of the punishment"
"Agreed," the other younger children added and they took off.
"Very well," Usagi muttered. "If you don't want us to tell Rei, Yuichiro, Michiru or Haruka your involvement then after our punishments are over you will have to do each of us a big favor. No matter what the favor or job is you will each do it. You owe us for not telling on you and for ruining our night. Do you agree"
"Agreed," Chasity and Ashley replied. Satisfied the older girls let go of them and headed off to school. Chasity looked at Ashley. "I wonder how they knew it was us"
"Probably because we're as tired as they are," Ashley sighed. "Come on. We'd better get to school." The little girls headed for school deciding it will be a while before they ruin anyone else's plans.