Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or the Chibi Scouts. I wish I did.
Then I'd have all kinds of money. Anyway, I decided to have the Sailor
Scouts children from the future do a little time trip. If you see any
characters that you don't know then that means I created them! OMG! Ravyn
has an original idea! The world is ending! Aaaahhhh! This will be rated
PG to PG -13 as later chapters get a little dark.
Big Trouble, Little Brother -- By Ravyn Knyght
Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?
After dinner in the palace dining room, all of the families sat around the family room and talked. Everyone was there except for Colt who decided his time could be better spent on training instead of idle chit-chat. Raye was partially grateful for that as it kept Annika from being intimidated by him. It also made her sad that Colt was ignoring her so much and that he didn't think much of Annika's behavior. Raye wondered where she would go wrong in the future with him, maybe she'd find out something by talking to him about it so she left the family room and headed to the training room.
As Brad predicted, Snow had a lot to talk about with his family. Ariel sat on her mother's lap listening while thinking about her brother's name. "Where did Snow come from?" she asked, interupting the conversation between Snow and Amy. "Like I said. Mom has a habit of giving birth in the most unusual places." he told his sister. "I thought it would have came from the color of your hair because it's snow white." Amy said, now wondering even more as to what was the real reason as to why her son got his name. Snow looked to his father, "Are you sure she shouldn't know?" he asked and Greg nodded. Amy shifted her attention to her husband, " You mean you all ready know what's going to happen? You mean to tell me you're going to let me go through another surprise birth?" Amy sounded a little angry with him. "Now Amy, it turns out all right in the end. The important thing is that you will have a healthy son." he pointed out trying to make his wife take comfort in that fact. "But I want to know!" Ariel insisted, Amy gave her a look that meant not to press the issue further.
As the evening dragged on, Ariel started to doze off in her mother's arms. "I think it's somebody's bedtime." Amy said as Ariel yawned. "Get a good night's sleep because you're going to need it for tomorrow." Snow told his sister's younger self. "Kiss daddy good night and I'll come tuck you in in a few minutes." Amy told her sleepy daughter and she tiredly made her way back to her quarters. "I should check out early too in order to get a head start on your training tomorrow." Snow told his parents. "Well I guess we're all going to sleep early then." Amy said as she said good night to the others and headed back to their quarters.
As Amy was busying herself with Ariel, Greg and Snow talked some more about the future. "So she's going to continue the tradition of having kids anywhere but the hospital?" Snow laughed as his father told him about some of the 'other' births of his mother's children. "Does it bother you that you won't be around forever?" Snow asked his father. Greg thought for a moment. "I've already had this discussion with your mother many times and I'll tell you the same as I have told her. As long as she finds someone that she loves and that loves her I'm not worried.". Snow thought about what his father told him as he thought about the future he came from. Moonbeam joined the two men on the couch. "So what do you guys want to do tonight?" the cat asked. Snow looked at the cat with a mischievious gleam in his eye, "How about Space Cat?" he laughed remembering what he and Foxx did to the cat when they were kids. "Huh?" Moonbeam was puzzled by the man's suggestion. As they talked Amy was heading out the door. "Where are you off to?" Greg asked following her out. "Raye called me on my communicator. There was a mishap in the training room and Raye wants me to examine Colt." she told her husband then headed off.
The next morning the family was around the breakfast table. Snow gave them a run down of what they would cover in training. "Will I get any new powers or attacks?" Ariel asked hoping that the training would bring out more powerful attacks then what she had now. "Sorry but the most the training will do is increase the power of your current attacks." Snow watched as Ariel's face droop with disappointment. "Rats! Just.....Rats!" she growled wanting to become stronger. "Now don't get like that, sweetie. You know that your real weapon is your smarts." Greg reminded his daughter. "What am I suppose to do then? Think a youma to death!" Ariel grumbled. Snow sat Ariel on his lap, "I know you want to be as strong as all the other Chibi Scouts but brute physical strength alone does not win the fight. Knowing what you're up against and devising a way to defeat your opponent is just as important as beating them into a hole in the ground." he told his sister, "Be satisfied with your present capabilities. Besides if you get extremely stronger now I'll be in for a world of hurt in the future." he finished, Ariel wondered what he meant. "Space Cat?" Moonbeam said as he jumped up on Ariel's lap. "Space Cat!" Snow said smiling as he scratched the cat's neck. "Space Cat?" Ariel asked looking up at her brother.
Later on in the morning, Snow took his mother and sister to the training room for their first session. "Okay this will be more like an orientation just to get you used to what it's like to train in heavy gravity." Snow said leading them into the room. Amy was very unsure of what they were about to do because she knew the effects gravity can have on the human body, last night's mishap also strengthened her worries. Snow walked over to the control panel and keyed in a starting level. After the two transformed, Snow gave the voice command to start the session. At 2X gravity both Mercury and Chibi Mercury were pulled to their knees. "Mama! I can't move!" Chibi Mercury cried out, she was having a hard time breathing as well. "Relax! Don't panick. Breathe slow and give your lungs time to adjust to the pressure." Snow told them. Mercury was able to get back to her feet but was having difficulty straightening up. "Don't force yourselves! Just relax until you adjust to the extra weight." Snow told them. The two looked at the man as he came towards them completely unaffected by the gravimetric forces within the room. He helped his mother back down to the floor, "The more you force yourself the greater the chance to injure yourself. Find your center of gravity and work from there."
The pair found it easier to move when they got closer to the floor and in a few minutes they were able to slowly crawl around. "You have to learn to crawl before you walk!" Snow encouraged them not to feel embarassed as this was the best way to get their bodies used to moving in the strong gravitational field. Within a half hour they were finally able to stand up without hurting and their breathing was a little easier. "Okay time to play a game!" Snow informed them. He walked over to Chibi Mercury and tapped her, "Tag! You're it!" and then ran away from her. "Come on! Tag me!" he called as she tried to catch up to him. "You're in this too, mom!" Snow laughed as Chibi Mercury tagged her mother. "You're it!" she giggled as she tried to get away quickly. "We'll see about that!" Mercury said as she did her best to run after them. Soon the two were running as if they were at normal gravity. "Let's put it up to 3X." Snow said as he gave the command to increase the gavity. This time though both mother and daughter managed to stay on their feet as the level increased and they continued their training.
By the end of it Mercury and Chibi Mercury were at ease ith 3X gravity. When the gravity engine was shut off the two felt a little light headed. "I feel like I'm floating!" Ariel said as she transformed back. "You'll feel this way for the first few times but it will pass. Think of it as being on a roller coaster." Snow told them. It was now the Jupiter family's turn. Snow decided to show Ariel how much she improved. He lead Daisy and Ariel into the training room. "Ariel would you say Daisy is way stronger and faster than you?" he questioned her. "Well yeah, she's older and bigger than me." Ariel stated what she knew. "Oh really?" Snow said and told his sister to challenge Daisy to a race around the room. Ariel complied although she knew she would lose. "Don't worry Ariel. I'll go easy on you!" Daisy said to her friend. "Famous last words!" Foxx mused as they started running. To Ariel's surprise she was able to match Daisy. When Daisy got back to the starting point she was a little worn out from trying to keep up with the younger girl. "I won!" Ariel cheered as she hugged her mother. "See I told you this training would make you stronger without giving you any new powers!" Snow informed his sister.
After a successful first session the family returned to their quarters for lunch. Amy had more than enough questions about the side effects of their training. "Will training in this environment do any permanant damage to us? Our first exposure placed a tremendous strain on our joints as well as our breathing. Could we end up seriously crippling ourselves in the long run?" Amy was now in a diagnostic mode trying to figure out how their health might be comprimised by heavy gravity training. "It will take some getting used to but if we go slowly as we are doing then there should be no problems. As for long term health concerns, once we are finished here we'll remove the gravity engine. It may take a few months but your bodies will return to what they were before training. It's just like regular excercise. Once you stop your body will return to it's normal conditioning." he assured his skeptical mother. "I noticed that you had no trouble at alll moving in 3X gravity. If you don't mind me asking, what level are you at?" Amy asked thinking about Colt who boasted of being at 289X. "Let's see...I'm at...207X.". Amy's eyes widened at her son's revelation. "I certainly hope you don't intend to raise myself and your sister to that level!" she exclaimed. "I only have clearance to take you both to 8X and nothing higher." he told his mother. Amy still thought that was too great a strain to be putting her and Ariel through though.
As the days went on, Snow trained both his mother and sister as best he could. Amy found that with the training, Ariel was becoming more like her old self. She was more playful and adventurous than what she had been in the last few months. This was displayed by Ariel's newest passtime -- tree climbing. Before the training she would never try it because she didn't have the nerve, but as her confidence grew she started trying different things to test her new found atributes. Snow trained her specifically in speed and agility. With this Ariel found it quite easy to get to higher branches by learning that as long as she gets a good fast start she didn't need to be strong enough to pull herself up the branches. Alex was also traing Madelyn to be agile and quick and every chance the two girls got, they would race each other up trees to see who could get to the top first. Amy and Hotaru were less then thrilled in what their children were up to. They got even angrier when both Snow and Alex would encourage them to keep going.
"Ariel! Madelyn! Come down from there right this instant!" Amy shouted, half terrified they'd fall, half angry that they did something they were told not to do. "Aw, mama! Just a little higher?" Ariel pleaded trying to get Madelyn to plead with her. "No! You're already in enough trouble young lady! Come down now!" Amy ordered. "But I wanted to get to the top!" Ariel protested further. "Ariel Mia Mizuno! You know better than to argue!" Amy shouted, "The same applies to you Madelyn Grace!" Hotaru's voice joined Amy's. "Uh-oh! Our full names! Now you know they're mad!" Madelyn remarked as she started to climb down. Ariel didn't come down but instead decided to go for the top. Amy's temper was at the boiling point as she turned to Snow. "This is your fault!" she said shaking a finger at him. "Alright! Alright! I'll get them down!" he promised and quickly ascended the tree. First up he snatched Madeylyn then quickly made his way up further to get Ariel. "But I wanted to see what the palace grounds looked like from the top!" Ariel whined as Snow prepared to make his way down. "Okay." Snow complied as he springboarded off of a branch and the trio shot out of the tree top. The two girls looked around wide-eyed at how high they were. They gasped and aw'ed as they looked down at the ground. "Wow! We're really high!" exclaimed Ariel. Madelyn started to get scared and demanded to be taken down.
On the ground, both Amy and Hotaru gave a shriek as they watched Snow leap from the top of the tree. Amy turned white with fear as Alex caught his fienting mother. Just before Snow hit the ground he slowed down and made a graceful landing. Amy flew into both of her children when they landed safely. "That was fun!" Ariel cheered, but let out a yelp when her mother grabbed her by the ear. Amy then reached over and grabbed Snow by his ear and dragged the two inside. Madelyn followed along side Alex who was carrying their mother.
Inside, Amy dragged the two past several of the other families, who stopped and stared and snickered at the comical scene. "Ow! Mom let go! You're embarassing me in front of everyone!" Snow complained, Amy pinched his ear tighter. "OW!" he cried out as they continued through the palace. Once back at their quarters it was Ariel's turn to cry out as her mother swatted her backside. "When I tell you not to do something dangerous, you do as you're told!" Amy scolded as Ariel rubbed her bottom while wiping away a few tears. After the lecture, Amy softened her tone and gave her daughter a tight hug. "I was just so worried that you might have fallen and hurt yourself." Amy admitted. "I'm sorry mama. I didn't mean to worry you." Ariel said sounding truely sorry for scaring her mother. "I know you didn't sweetie but when I tell you to do something you know it's for your own good. You are to stay in your room for the rest of the day." Amy said kissing her daughter. "Are you still mad at me?" Ariel asked. "No. I could never stay mad at you no matter how many trees you climb." Amy said giving her one last hug. "Your brother is a different story however." Amy gave a menacing sigh then left to deal with her son.
Greg was talking about the incident with Snow. "It was a controlled descent, dad. I've jumped from higher places than that." he told his father. "I am not the one you need to worry about." Greg said pointing behind him. Amy locked a cold glare on him and stalked her way over to where he was. She looks....Mad!, Snow thought as he started backing up. "Hey mom! You look great today! Is that a new hair style?" Snow tried to complement his way out of what was coming. It didn't work. "You! You!..." Amy was so mad she couldn't find her words so she spun him around and let loose with the hardest spanking she could give out. Both Greg and Moonbeam struggled to keep from laughing at the scene. "Don't you EVER put my daughter in that kind of danger again. You scared the life out of both myself and Hotaru when you leapt out of that tree! What were you thinking?!" Amy screeched. Snow winced at her high pitched tone. "Right at that moment? Well..." he started but Amy gave a primal growl that told Snow not to answer back. Amy was about to take another swat at him when he spoke out, "When was the last time you punished Ariel for disobeying?". Amy stopped and thought about it. Snow was right, it was a while since Ariel did something to warrant a spanking.
Amy stood remembering how Ariel could be at times when she was younger. In recent months after the Silver Crystal incident, Amy tried to bring out Ariel's playful side. Amy's eyes softened and Snow knew then he was off the hook for his earlier actions. "Just don't scare me like that again." Amy warned as she left for the Saturn quarters. "And where are you off to?" Greg asked. "I have to check on Hotaru. Snow's antics caused her to fient." then she left. Snow tried hard not to laugh as he pictured the terrified looks on his mother's and Aunt Hotaru's faces.
As the days went on the young men took turns watching their future sisters at school and around town. Later that day the Mercury family went to the park. There was an acrobat team performing their routine and giving an entertaining show for the onlookers. Amy was not sure about taking Ariel to see the high flying antics of the acrobats for fear she might try to copy their moves. She decided to have some ice packs waiting at home just incase. The children at the park cheered and clapped as they watched the men and women zip about. That looks like fun! Ariel thought. Amy saw the excited look in her daughter's eyes as she watched the agile people leap about. Those ice packs are going to come in handy! she thought as she smiled at her daughter. None of them knew what was about to happen, but Snow had a feeling something was about to come down. "They move so fast!" Ariel exclaimed. "A little too fast." Snow commented as he studied the group. Amy picked up on his tone.
"Okay, my little tumblers! The Mercury family is your target! Anyone else is a bonus!" Frost said as she appeared at the end of the acrobats routine. Just then the performers changed into youma and charged towards Ariel and her family. Before Amy, Greg and Ariel could transform they were surrounded. The sight of the youmas scared off all the other people and it was just them. "Sub Zero Rush!" Snow called out as a barrage of ice shards rained down on the youma causing them to scream out in pain. "Hurry up and transform!" Snow ordered as he scattered the youma with several engery blasts. "Mercury Eternal Power Makeup!" called Amy as she quickly transformed. "Mercury Power Makeup!" Ariel shouted as she changed into Sailor form. Greg quickly changed into his knight attire and drew his sword. Within a few moments, they joined Snow in attacking the team of nimble youma. They found themselves at a loss at first as the youma moved so fast they seemed like blurs of light. "I can't fight what I can't see!" Mercury shouted to her son. "Just concentrate! You'll soon be able to follow them with your eyes!" Snow yelled as he blasted a youma that was coming up on Mercury Knight's blide side.
Both Mercury and Chibi Mercury focussed their attention and soon enough they were able to see their enemy. "There's eight!" Chibi Mercury said counting their opponents. "Okay that gives us two each!" Snow informed them. Mercury Knight was at a disadvantage because he couldn't see where the creatures were. Snow solved that problem as he handed a visor unit to him. "This will help you follow them!" he said then took off after his two targets. Chibi Mercury was having a little trouble hitting her targets as they circled her. Sailor Mercury turned from her pair to help her daughter. "Mercury Aqua Rapshody!". Mercury's attack flew out and froze both youma in place. Thanks, mommy! Mercury Icicle Spears!" Chibi Mercury called, shattering the ice blocks and destroyng the youmas. Sailor Mercury returned her attention to her own problem, but now assisted by her daughter. Mercury Knight was not fairing to well against his as the two grabbed him from behind and flung him to the ground. A blast of enery cleared off the two youma who pinned him to the ground. "I owe you one!" Mercury Knight said as he drew his sword, "Ice Sword Blaster!", his attack finished of the two downed youmas. Now there were four left. Mercury and Chibi Mercury quickly worked together and defeated another two. "Alright!" Chibi Mercury cheered as she gave her mother a high five. That just left Snow and his two.
Frost watched on in a state of rage as her forces were being wiped out. "Sub Zero Rush!" Snow's attack struck the last two youma and destroyed them. Snow then charged after Frost to try to capture her. Frost saw him coming and went on the defensive. "Blinding Blizzard!" she shouted as a snow storm blinded everyone's sight allowing Frost to escape. Chandelle won't like this! Frost thought as she fled the park. "Let's head back." Mercury Knight told everyone. Snow was a little angry that Frost got away but there would be other opportunities to get her he told himself and went home with his family.
After reporting the events to the Scouts the Mercury family opted to eat dinner at home that night. After complementing Amy on a wonderful meal, the family sat around and talked about today's battle. "It always took all of the Chibi Scouts to defeat those fast youma. It suprised me that just the four of us were able to take out twice as many as us." Amy commented as she thought about that afternoon. She was so proud of the way Ariel handled herself as she smiled down at the tired child curled up on the couch. "I think it's bedtime for someone." Greg said quietly as he picked Ariel up off the couch and carried her to her bedroom. After Amy got Ariel ready for bed, Ariel decided she wasn't ready to go to sleep yet. Something was still bothering her. Snow came in to say good night to her and Ariel decided that it was time for Snow to tell her what she wanted to know. "Were you named Snow because of where you were born?" she asked forcing herself to stay awake. "That's right." he replied. He then asked Amy to leave so she wouldn't hear what he was about to tell Ariel. After leaving, Snow started talking again. "Where does snow come from?" he asked his sister. She rolled her eyes as she answered him, "It's frozen rain that falls from the clouds." she said getting a little angry for not getting a straight answer. "And where are the clouds?" he asked another question which Ariel found all too easy to answer. "In the sky, silly!" Ariel said giving him an angry look. Then it clued into her as to how her brother got his name. Her eyes widened and with that Snow knew she figured it out. "Just don't tell mom. Okay?". "I won't!" Ariel giggled as she promised to keep the secret as she drifted off to a well earned sleep.
--End of part 2 : Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?--
--Next, Part 3 : Annika -- Tough Love--
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Big Trouble, Little Brother -- By Ravyn Knyght
Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?
After dinner in the palace dining room, all of the families sat around the family room and talked. Everyone was there except for Colt who decided his time could be better spent on training instead of idle chit-chat. Raye was partially grateful for that as it kept Annika from being intimidated by him. It also made her sad that Colt was ignoring her so much and that he didn't think much of Annika's behavior. Raye wondered where she would go wrong in the future with him, maybe she'd find out something by talking to him about it so she left the family room and headed to the training room.
As Brad predicted, Snow had a lot to talk about with his family. Ariel sat on her mother's lap listening while thinking about her brother's name. "Where did Snow come from?" she asked, interupting the conversation between Snow and Amy. "Like I said. Mom has a habit of giving birth in the most unusual places." he told his sister. "I thought it would have came from the color of your hair because it's snow white." Amy said, now wondering even more as to what was the real reason as to why her son got his name. Snow looked to his father, "Are you sure she shouldn't know?" he asked and Greg nodded. Amy shifted her attention to her husband, " You mean you all ready know what's going to happen? You mean to tell me you're going to let me go through another surprise birth?" Amy sounded a little angry with him. "Now Amy, it turns out all right in the end. The important thing is that you will have a healthy son." he pointed out trying to make his wife take comfort in that fact. "But I want to know!" Ariel insisted, Amy gave her a look that meant not to press the issue further.
As the evening dragged on, Ariel started to doze off in her mother's arms. "I think it's somebody's bedtime." Amy said as Ariel yawned. "Get a good night's sleep because you're going to need it for tomorrow." Snow told his sister's younger self. "Kiss daddy good night and I'll come tuck you in in a few minutes." Amy told her sleepy daughter and she tiredly made her way back to her quarters. "I should check out early too in order to get a head start on your training tomorrow." Snow told his parents. "Well I guess we're all going to sleep early then." Amy said as she said good night to the others and headed back to their quarters.
As Amy was busying herself with Ariel, Greg and Snow talked some more about the future. "So she's going to continue the tradition of having kids anywhere but the hospital?" Snow laughed as his father told him about some of the 'other' births of his mother's children. "Does it bother you that you won't be around forever?" Snow asked his father. Greg thought for a moment. "I've already had this discussion with your mother many times and I'll tell you the same as I have told her. As long as she finds someone that she loves and that loves her I'm not worried.". Snow thought about what his father told him as he thought about the future he came from. Moonbeam joined the two men on the couch. "So what do you guys want to do tonight?" the cat asked. Snow looked at the cat with a mischievious gleam in his eye, "How about Space Cat?" he laughed remembering what he and Foxx did to the cat when they were kids. "Huh?" Moonbeam was puzzled by the man's suggestion. As they talked Amy was heading out the door. "Where are you off to?" Greg asked following her out. "Raye called me on my communicator. There was a mishap in the training room and Raye wants me to examine Colt." she told her husband then headed off.
The next morning the family was around the breakfast table. Snow gave them a run down of what they would cover in training. "Will I get any new powers or attacks?" Ariel asked hoping that the training would bring out more powerful attacks then what she had now. "Sorry but the most the training will do is increase the power of your current attacks." Snow watched as Ariel's face droop with disappointment. "Rats! Just.....Rats!" she growled wanting to become stronger. "Now don't get like that, sweetie. You know that your real weapon is your smarts." Greg reminded his daughter. "What am I suppose to do then? Think a youma to death!" Ariel grumbled. Snow sat Ariel on his lap, "I know you want to be as strong as all the other Chibi Scouts but brute physical strength alone does not win the fight. Knowing what you're up against and devising a way to defeat your opponent is just as important as beating them into a hole in the ground." he told his sister, "Be satisfied with your present capabilities. Besides if you get extremely stronger now I'll be in for a world of hurt in the future." he finished, Ariel wondered what he meant. "Space Cat?" Moonbeam said as he jumped up on Ariel's lap. "Space Cat!" Snow said smiling as he scratched the cat's neck. "Space Cat?" Ariel asked looking up at her brother.
Later on in the morning, Snow took his mother and sister to the training room for their first session. "Okay this will be more like an orientation just to get you used to what it's like to train in heavy gravity." Snow said leading them into the room. Amy was very unsure of what they were about to do because she knew the effects gravity can have on the human body, last night's mishap also strengthened her worries. Snow walked over to the control panel and keyed in a starting level. After the two transformed, Snow gave the voice command to start the session. At 2X gravity both Mercury and Chibi Mercury were pulled to their knees. "Mama! I can't move!" Chibi Mercury cried out, she was having a hard time breathing as well. "Relax! Don't panick. Breathe slow and give your lungs time to adjust to the pressure." Snow told them. Mercury was able to get back to her feet but was having difficulty straightening up. "Don't force yourselves! Just relax until you adjust to the extra weight." Snow told them. The two looked at the man as he came towards them completely unaffected by the gravimetric forces within the room. He helped his mother back down to the floor, "The more you force yourself the greater the chance to injure yourself. Find your center of gravity and work from there."
The pair found it easier to move when they got closer to the floor and in a few minutes they were able to slowly crawl around. "You have to learn to crawl before you walk!" Snow encouraged them not to feel embarassed as this was the best way to get their bodies used to moving in the strong gravitational field. Within a half hour they were finally able to stand up without hurting and their breathing was a little easier. "Okay time to play a game!" Snow informed them. He walked over to Chibi Mercury and tapped her, "Tag! You're it!" and then ran away from her. "Come on! Tag me!" he called as she tried to catch up to him. "You're in this too, mom!" Snow laughed as Chibi Mercury tagged her mother. "You're it!" she giggled as she tried to get away quickly. "We'll see about that!" Mercury said as she did her best to run after them. Soon the two were running as if they were at normal gravity. "Let's put it up to 3X." Snow said as he gave the command to increase the gavity. This time though both mother and daughter managed to stay on their feet as the level increased and they continued their training.
By the end of it Mercury and Chibi Mercury were at ease ith 3X gravity. When the gravity engine was shut off the two felt a little light headed. "I feel like I'm floating!" Ariel said as she transformed back. "You'll feel this way for the first few times but it will pass. Think of it as being on a roller coaster." Snow told them. It was now the Jupiter family's turn. Snow decided to show Ariel how much she improved. He lead Daisy and Ariel into the training room. "Ariel would you say Daisy is way stronger and faster than you?" he questioned her. "Well yeah, she's older and bigger than me." Ariel stated what she knew. "Oh really?" Snow said and told his sister to challenge Daisy to a race around the room. Ariel complied although she knew she would lose. "Don't worry Ariel. I'll go easy on you!" Daisy said to her friend. "Famous last words!" Foxx mused as they started running. To Ariel's surprise she was able to match Daisy. When Daisy got back to the starting point she was a little worn out from trying to keep up with the younger girl. "I won!" Ariel cheered as she hugged her mother. "See I told you this training would make you stronger without giving you any new powers!" Snow informed his sister.
After a successful first session the family returned to their quarters for lunch. Amy had more than enough questions about the side effects of their training. "Will training in this environment do any permanant damage to us? Our first exposure placed a tremendous strain on our joints as well as our breathing. Could we end up seriously crippling ourselves in the long run?" Amy was now in a diagnostic mode trying to figure out how their health might be comprimised by heavy gravity training. "It will take some getting used to but if we go slowly as we are doing then there should be no problems. As for long term health concerns, once we are finished here we'll remove the gravity engine. It may take a few months but your bodies will return to what they were before training. It's just like regular excercise. Once you stop your body will return to it's normal conditioning." he assured his skeptical mother. "I noticed that you had no trouble at alll moving in 3X gravity. If you don't mind me asking, what level are you at?" Amy asked thinking about Colt who boasted of being at 289X. "Let's see...I'm at...207X.". Amy's eyes widened at her son's revelation. "I certainly hope you don't intend to raise myself and your sister to that level!" she exclaimed. "I only have clearance to take you both to 8X and nothing higher." he told his mother. Amy still thought that was too great a strain to be putting her and Ariel through though.
As the days went on, Snow trained both his mother and sister as best he could. Amy found that with the training, Ariel was becoming more like her old self. She was more playful and adventurous than what she had been in the last few months. This was displayed by Ariel's newest passtime -- tree climbing. Before the training she would never try it because she didn't have the nerve, but as her confidence grew she started trying different things to test her new found atributes. Snow trained her specifically in speed and agility. With this Ariel found it quite easy to get to higher branches by learning that as long as she gets a good fast start she didn't need to be strong enough to pull herself up the branches. Alex was also traing Madelyn to be agile and quick and every chance the two girls got, they would race each other up trees to see who could get to the top first. Amy and Hotaru were less then thrilled in what their children were up to. They got even angrier when both Snow and Alex would encourage them to keep going.
"Ariel! Madelyn! Come down from there right this instant!" Amy shouted, half terrified they'd fall, half angry that they did something they were told not to do. "Aw, mama! Just a little higher?" Ariel pleaded trying to get Madelyn to plead with her. "No! You're already in enough trouble young lady! Come down now!" Amy ordered. "But I wanted to get to the top!" Ariel protested further. "Ariel Mia Mizuno! You know better than to argue!" Amy shouted, "The same applies to you Madelyn Grace!" Hotaru's voice joined Amy's. "Uh-oh! Our full names! Now you know they're mad!" Madelyn remarked as she started to climb down. Ariel didn't come down but instead decided to go for the top. Amy's temper was at the boiling point as she turned to Snow. "This is your fault!" she said shaking a finger at him. "Alright! Alright! I'll get them down!" he promised and quickly ascended the tree. First up he snatched Madeylyn then quickly made his way up further to get Ariel. "But I wanted to see what the palace grounds looked like from the top!" Ariel whined as Snow prepared to make his way down. "Okay." Snow complied as he springboarded off of a branch and the trio shot out of the tree top. The two girls looked around wide-eyed at how high they were. They gasped and aw'ed as they looked down at the ground. "Wow! We're really high!" exclaimed Ariel. Madelyn started to get scared and demanded to be taken down.
On the ground, both Amy and Hotaru gave a shriek as they watched Snow leap from the top of the tree. Amy turned white with fear as Alex caught his fienting mother. Just before Snow hit the ground he slowed down and made a graceful landing. Amy flew into both of her children when they landed safely. "That was fun!" Ariel cheered, but let out a yelp when her mother grabbed her by the ear. Amy then reached over and grabbed Snow by his ear and dragged the two inside. Madelyn followed along side Alex who was carrying their mother.
Inside, Amy dragged the two past several of the other families, who stopped and stared and snickered at the comical scene. "Ow! Mom let go! You're embarassing me in front of everyone!" Snow complained, Amy pinched his ear tighter. "OW!" he cried out as they continued through the palace. Once back at their quarters it was Ariel's turn to cry out as her mother swatted her backside. "When I tell you not to do something dangerous, you do as you're told!" Amy scolded as Ariel rubbed her bottom while wiping away a few tears. After the lecture, Amy softened her tone and gave her daughter a tight hug. "I was just so worried that you might have fallen and hurt yourself." Amy admitted. "I'm sorry mama. I didn't mean to worry you." Ariel said sounding truely sorry for scaring her mother. "I know you didn't sweetie but when I tell you to do something you know it's for your own good. You are to stay in your room for the rest of the day." Amy said kissing her daughter. "Are you still mad at me?" Ariel asked. "No. I could never stay mad at you no matter how many trees you climb." Amy said giving her one last hug. "Your brother is a different story however." Amy gave a menacing sigh then left to deal with her son.
Greg was talking about the incident with Snow. "It was a controlled descent, dad. I've jumped from higher places than that." he told his father. "I am not the one you need to worry about." Greg said pointing behind him. Amy locked a cold glare on him and stalked her way over to where he was. She looks....Mad!, Snow thought as he started backing up. "Hey mom! You look great today! Is that a new hair style?" Snow tried to complement his way out of what was coming. It didn't work. "You! You!..." Amy was so mad she couldn't find her words so she spun him around and let loose with the hardest spanking she could give out. Both Greg and Moonbeam struggled to keep from laughing at the scene. "Don't you EVER put my daughter in that kind of danger again. You scared the life out of both myself and Hotaru when you leapt out of that tree! What were you thinking?!" Amy screeched. Snow winced at her high pitched tone. "Right at that moment? Well..." he started but Amy gave a primal growl that told Snow not to answer back. Amy was about to take another swat at him when he spoke out, "When was the last time you punished Ariel for disobeying?". Amy stopped and thought about it. Snow was right, it was a while since Ariel did something to warrant a spanking.
Amy stood remembering how Ariel could be at times when she was younger. In recent months after the Silver Crystal incident, Amy tried to bring out Ariel's playful side. Amy's eyes softened and Snow knew then he was off the hook for his earlier actions. "Just don't scare me like that again." Amy warned as she left for the Saturn quarters. "And where are you off to?" Greg asked. "I have to check on Hotaru. Snow's antics caused her to fient." then she left. Snow tried hard not to laugh as he pictured the terrified looks on his mother's and Aunt Hotaru's faces.
As the days went on the young men took turns watching their future sisters at school and around town. Later that day the Mercury family went to the park. There was an acrobat team performing their routine and giving an entertaining show for the onlookers. Amy was not sure about taking Ariel to see the high flying antics of the acrobats for fear she might try to copy their moves. She decided to have some ice packs waiting at home just incase. The children at the park cheered and clapped as they watched the men and women zip about. That looks like fun! Ariel thought. Amy saw the excited look in her daughter's eyes as she watched the agile people leap about. Those ice packs are going to come in handy! she thought as she smiled at her daughter. None of them knew what was about to happen, but Snow had a feeling something was about to come down. "They move so fast!" Ariel exclaimed. "A little too fast." Snow commented as he studied the group. Amy picked up on his tone.
"Okay, my little tumblers! The Mercury family is your target! Anyone else is a bonus!" Frost said as she appeared at the end of the acrobats routine. Just then the performers changed into youma and charged towards Ariel and her family. Before Amy, Greg and Ariel could transform they were surrounded. The sight of the youmas scared off all the other people and it was just them. "Sub Zero Rush!" Snow called out as a barrage of ice shards rained down on the youma causing them to scream out in pain. "Hurry up and transform!" Snow ordered as he scattered the youma with several engery blasts. "Mercury Eternal Power Makeup!" called Amy as she quickly transformed. "Mercury Power Makeup!" Ariel shouted as she changed into Sailor form. Greg quickly changed into his knight attire and drew his sword. Within a few moments, they joined Snow in attacking the team of nimble youma. They found themselves at a loss at first as the youma moved so fast they seemed like blurs of light. "I can't fight what I can't see!" Mercury shouted to her son. "Just concentrate! You'll soon be able to follow them with your eyes!" Snow yelled as he blasted a youma that was coming up on Mercury Knight's blide side.
Both Mercury and Chibi Mercury focussed their attention and soon enough they were able to see their enemy. "There's eight!" Chibi Mercury said counting their opponents. "Okay that gives us two each!" Snow informed them. Mercury Knight was at a disadvantage because he couldn't see where the creatures were. Snow solved that problem as he handed a visor unit to him. "This will help you follow them!" he said then took off after his two targets. Chibi Mercury was having a little trouble hitting her targets as they circled her. Sailor Mercury turned from her pair to help her daughter. "Mercury Aqua Rapshody!". Mercury's attack flew out and froze both youma in place. Thanks, mommy! Mercury Icicle Spears!" Chibi Mercury called, shattering the ice blocks and destroyng the youmas. Sailor Mercury returned her attention to her own problem, but now assisted by her daughter. Mercury Knight was not fairing to well against his as the two grabbed him from behind and flung him to the ground. A blast of enery cleared off the two youma who pinned him to the ground. "I owe you one!" Mercury Knight said as he drew his sword, "Ice Sword Blaster!", his attack finished of the two downed youmas. Now there were four left. Mercury and Chibi Mercury quickly worked together and defeated another two. "Alright!" Chibi Mercury cheered as she gave her mother a high five. That just left Snow and his two.
Frost watched on in a state of rage as her forces were being wiped out. "Sub Zero Rush!" Snow's attack struck the last two youma and destroyed them. Snow then charged after Frost to try to capture her. Frost saw him coming and went on the defensive. "Blinding Blizzard!" she shouted as a snow storm blinded everyone's sight allowing Frost to escape. Chandelle won't like this! Frost thought as she fled the park. "Let's head back." Mercury Knight told everyone. Snow was a little angry that Frost got away but there would be other opportunities to get her he told himself and went home with his family.
After reporting the events to the Scouts the Mercury family opted to eat dinner at home that night. After complementing Amy on a wonderful meal, the family sat around and talked about today's battle. "It always took all of the Chibi Scouts to defeat those fast youma. It suprised me that just the four of us were able to take out twice as many as us." Amy commented as she thought about that afternoon. She was so proud of the way Ariel handled herself as she smiled down at the tired child curled up on the couch. "I think it's bedtime for someone." Greg said quietly as he picked Ariel up off the couch and carried her to her bedroom. After Amy got Ariel ready for bed, Ariel decided she wasn't ready to go to sleep yet. Something was still bothering her. Snow came in to say good night to her and Ariel decided that it was time for Snow to tell her what she wanted to know. "Were you named Snow because of where you were born?" she asked forcing herself to stay awake. "That's right." he replied. He then asked Amy to leave so she wouldn't hear what he was about to tell Ariel. After leaving, Snow started talking again. "Where does snow come from?" he asked his sister. She rolled her eyes as she answered him, "It's frozen rain that falls from the clouds." she said getting a little angry for not getting a straight answer. "And where are the clouds?" he asked another question which Ariel found all too easy to answer. "In the sky, silly!" Ariel said giving him an angry look. Then it clued into her as to how her brother got his name. Her eyes widened and with that Snow knew she figured it out. "Just don't tell mom. Okay?". "I won't!" Ariel giggled as she promised to keep the secret as she drifted off to a well earned sleep.
--End of part 2 : Ariel -- Where Did Snow Come From?--
--Next, Part 3 : Annika -- Tough Love--
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