Authors note: Due to some questions and comments some things have changed in my story a little. The ages of Daisy and Maggie will change, as will the name of Taylor. Taylor's name is now Maia. I hope that isn't one of the Elysian or Crystal scouts names. I have all three generations of Queens.
Queen Serenitiy
Neo-Queen Serenity: Serena
Usagi: Rini
Chapter Three
Hotaru came into Madelyn's room to awaken the two girls. Ariel had the covers pushed off the mattress and was hugging the pillow tightly. Hotaru quickly knelt down to check on her. She was drenched in sweat. Hotaru felt her heart weaken; she didn't want Ariel to be sick. She gently shook Ariel awake. Ariel unraveled her arms from the pillow and stretched. She let out a big yawn before opening her eyes.
"Hi Aunt Hotaru! What are you doing at my house?" Ariel asked confused.
Hotaru looked at the young girl an amusement. "Darling you're at my house."
Ariel glanced around. "Ohhhh…"
Madelyn stirred in her bed. Only this time she did not fall out. She looked at Hotaru and Ariel.
"Okay, you two have about an hour before school starts. You need to bathe, dress, and eat. Madelyn make sure you comb through your hair." Hotaru instructed.
"Yes mama." Madelyn sighed She laid her head back down on her pillow.
Hotaru stood up."See you two in twenty." She walked out of the room.
"I get the bathroom that's in the hall." Ariel called out as she grabbed her stuff and ran out.
Madelyn smiled as she dragged herself out of bed. Madelyn decided to put her room back in pace before taking a shower. She made her bed and put the extra mattress back under the bed. She threw the extra covers onto her bed. She gathered her school clothes and headed to her mother's shower.
She felt slightly dizzy as she turned the faucet on. She managed to get through the shower without fainting. She figured she'd feel better after she ate. Her and Ariel were to busy laughing at the dinner table, last night, so they hardly even touched their food. Madelyn went into her room where Ariel was sitting at her vanity brushing through her hair. She turned around to face Madelyn.
"Maybe is should try to wear my hair like Usagi does." Ariel told Madelyn.
Madelyn wrinkled her nose. "Ariel your hair only goes to your shoulders. I don't think it would look right."
Ariel sighed. "Your right." She turned to the mirror and started combing through her hair again when she suddenly turned back around so quick that it could have knocked Madelyn down if she had been in the way. "How about YOU wear your hair like that!"
Madelyn's dark purple eyes went wide. She didn't have long hair, nor could she imagine herself in Usagi's style. "Ummm… How about if you let me go get you my blue headband and we can push your hair back with that." Madelyn dashed out quickly before Ariel could protest. Madelyn came back into the room and handed the headband to her.
"You should wear your purple one." Ariel suggested.
Madelyn shrugged.
"GIRLS!" Hotaru shouted.
Madelyn's door opened and Emily came in. "Breakfast is ready." Emily was dressed in her school uniform and had long black hair done in braided pigtails.
"Or you should have worn your hair like that!" Ariel said, pointing to Emily. Emily gave her a funny look and shut the door.
"Ariel I thought you weren't a morning person." Madelyn complained.
"And all this time I thought you were." Ariel replied.
The two friends ventured downstairs. The girls took their seats and Hotaru put their plates in front of them. Emily set up in her booster seat as Hotaru set her food in front of her as well. The girls ate in silence. Madelyn ate slowly. Her father walked in and took notice to this.
"Is everything alright Madelyn?" he asked as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Yes, I'm still waking up." Madelyn said taking the last bite of her food.
"Mommy can we leave now? I wanna see Isabella." Emily asked.
"Its up to your sister." Hotaru said.
"Sure." Madelyn answered before Emily could ask. It would get her father off her back. She couldn't miss any school, for if she did then Friday after school she wouldn't be allowed to go into town with her friends.
The three girls put their plates away and got their school things. Hotaru made sure the three of them had their coats on and then let them leave. They went out of the house and down the stairs to the waiting room. Madelyn wasn't happy about going outside where the temperature was dropping. They waited for the other children that went to their school. Madelyn stared at the pictures that were in the dim lighted room. Though she has stared at them for hours on in she still liked to study them. She was sure that if Hope were in these quarters she would love to admire the pictures. Unfortunately because Hope was apart of a big family they had to be placed a little ways away from the rest of the scouts. Finally, Gloria and Annika came out of their quarters and met up in the waiting room with the others. Their little sisters were right behind them; Erin and Julia. Lydia and Chloe was just a few seconds behind them. Her sister, Daisy, was in the higher grades because of her age so she was unable to walk with her older sister. Ariel was pleased that Maia was too young to go to school.
"Lets go!" Emily demanded. Madelyn sighed and opened the door to the outside. She allowed everyone to go ahead of her. Ariel and Emily stayed behind until it was only them three. They walked out behind the crowd.
Madelyn tried not to let the breezy weather get to her, but wearing a skirt that only went past their knees a little was hard. She finally had to force herself to get involved with the current conversation.
"Momma's thinking about putting me and Julia in private school, like she had been when she was a little girl." Annika explained.
"But then that means we won't be able to each other anymore." Daisy cried out.
"We can see each other after you get out of school. Private school gets out before your school does. We don't get to see each other that much at school anyways." Annika reminded her.
"But---but your too shy to try to go to another school." Gloria stammered to get the words out. She didn't want her best friend to go to another school.
"Gloria she said her mom was thinking about it, it doesn't mean she's going to go through with it." Madelyn pointed out, shivering.
Gloria and Annika turned to Madelyn, as though for the first time realizing she was there.
"Madelyn you look pale." Gloria stated.
"Are you sure you should have came to school?" Annika added.
The others stopped and huddled together around Madelyn trying to keep her warm.
"I'm okay." Madelyn replied.
"That's what you told your dad this morning." Ariel commented. The girls made it up to the palace gates where Hope, Faith, Jordan, and Isabella waited for them. Jordan was getting a ride on Faith's back while Hope and Isabella cuddled up together trying to keep the cold from getting to them.
Emily leaped from the group and ran to Isabella. The two girls embraced each other. Faith stopped the back riding and set Jordan down. She greeted everyone with a run and jump hug. She knocked poor Annika off balance, but luckily Gloria caught her before she fell.
"I don't want you to go to another school, unless you take me with you!" Gloria firmly stated to Annika.
Faith looked at Gloria confused. "Why would Annika be going to another school?"
"Because her mommy wants her too!" Chloe implied.
"Oh, I see." Faith said still slightly confused.
Madelyn and Ariel left the other girls and went to start walking with Hope, Isabella, and Emily. There was no use on waiting for them; they would take all day trying to figure out why Annika was maybe going to a new school.
The gate guards opened the gates and let the five through and then shut it. Hope turned to the remaining children still inside the gate. She noticed Lydia watching the group of chatterboxes from afar. Madelyn grabbed Hope and led her on toward the school.
Isabella and Emily had fun on the way to school, sipping on the extra juice boxes they had in their lunches.
"I wonder what would happen if they never made it to school?" Ariel pondered.
"I'm sure if they don't leave soon they guards will contact Queen Serenity or Neo-Queen Serenity. I just can't believe I left Jordan with Faith." Hope replied.
They finally arrived to school. They sent the two younger ones of to their classes and the remaining three girls went to the restroom to wash their hands before school started.
"Oh, Madelyn isn't it me, you, Daisy, and Annika that have to go to the training fields after school?" Hope questioned.
Madelyn thought for a moment before saying yes.
"That's what I thought." Hope said as the bell went off. "I got to get."
"Me too!" Cried out Ariel.
Madelyn agreed that she had to go as well, but she decided to wait till they had left the bathroom area. Madelyn went into one of the stalls and threw up. She flushed the toilet and left out of the stall to the sinks where she washed her face and hands. She didn't feel good, but she couldn't go home. She had to go into town with her friends this Friday and she wasn't going to jeopardize that.
She went to class feeling awful.
Madelyn had felt a little better after she had thrown up. She was able to concentrate in class most of time. When she wasn't paying attention to the teacher she was watching a store that was brewing outside. Recess had been cancelled to do the lightening. Madelyn's school day seemed to drag on, as she waited for the bell to ring dismissing the students. She, suddenly, wished her mother had thought of sending her to private school.
At the end of the school day it was pouring down rain. Hope had come to get Madelyn. "Her mother was driving her, Annika, and Daisy to the practice that day. The three girls waited inside the car with Michiru.
"How was everyone's day?" Michiru asked.
"It's been okay." Annika replied. "I almost got to school a little late, thanks to Gloria's big mouth."
Hope and Madelyn giggled.
"It was kinda boring mama." Hope replied.
Michiru turned to Madelyn. "How was your day?"
"It was alright." She replied trying to get Michiru to turn back around. "Oh look! There's Daisy." Madelyn cried out.
Michiru turned to see Daisy walking out of school. Michiru got out with the umbrella and ran up to Daisy. The two walked under the umbrella until they were in the car.
"Thanks for taking me to the practice thingy today." Daisy replied, politely.
The three girls in the back seat mumbled a thank you as well.
They arrived earlier than planed. Luckily, Minako-Chan had been ready for this and too the girls into the room right away. Michiru told Minako she'd pick them up when they were finished.
"Alright, I'd like Hope and Annika to pair up. And Madelyn and Daisy." Minako directed.
"Hope and Annika you are first up in the simulator." Minako instructed.
The two young girls stepped up into the other room. The door shut behind them and the scenery took on a new form. The youma began to form on the other side. Annika and Hope looked at each other and transformed. They stared at the enemy that was twice as big as them. They got ready and attacked.
Daisy asked where Madelyn would like to go this Friday. Madelyn couldn't really think of any place in particular she just knew she was happy about getting to go somewhere else besides back to the Palace.
Within twenty minutes the two girls defeated the youma and were out of the simulator. Annika was laughing in hysterics, as the last minute of the practice Hope had yelled out one of her twin sister's attacks and the youma had looked Hope puzzled, which gave Annika time to attack and destroy the youma.
"Haha." Hope said, her cheeks flushed slightly red.
Daisy and Madelyn took their turn in the simulator. They took out their henshen pens and got prepared for transformation. Madelyn and Daisy transformed themselves.
ChibiJupiter sent an attack toward the youma.
"Hey Chibi Saturn has your little sister practiced against a youma?" Chibi Jupiter questioned, suddenly.
ChibiSaturn weakly said "No." She then used an attack to throw the youma unconscious. "You know she's too scared to fight, why do you even bother asking?"Chibi Saturn said a little curt. She was a little defensive of her sister.
"I was asking because…oh never mind.. forget it." Chibi Jupiter looked to where the youma was supposed to be, but it wasn't there. Both girls looked frantically for it, it was nowhere to be seen.
"Did you by chance destroy it?" Chibi Jupiter asked.
"No.. The stimulator would have shut down."Chibi Saturn replied weakly.
"Are you okay?"Chibi Jupiter questioned, worriedly.
"Yea.."Chibi Saturn said as she fell toward the ground face first. Chibi Jupiter caught her before she landed on the ground. Chibi Saturn changed back to Madelyn. She appeared to be burning up. The Youma reappeared next to Chibi Jupiter. Chibi Jupiter squealed and shut her eyes hoping Minako would shut the thing off. Luckily, she did right as the youma went to attack.Chibi Jupiter changed back to Daisy. She picked up Madelyn and carried her out to the main room.
Minako felt her head; she in fact did have a fever.
"Set her on the bench. I'll contact her parents." Minako directed as she pulled out her communicator.
"I knew something was wrong with her this morning." Hope mentioned.
Within fifteen minutes tops Hotaru, Anthony, and Emily had arrived, along with Ami, Ariel, and Maia. Ami did a quick checkup with the equipment she had brought. The children along with the adults gathered around and watched Ami. There wasn't much Ami could do to get them out of the room, she wasn't at the palace.
"She'll be just fine." Ami said finally. "She just has a small virus. It should be gone by tomorrow, even for as weak as Madelyn gets. It appears as though she's already went through half of the virus. Just keep her out of the rain and cold."
Hotaru looked at Ariel who was in perfect health. She realized then that she should have paid attention to her own daughter this morning, as she had with Ariel. She had at first thought Ariel was going to be sick, but it was her own daughter instead. Hotaru sighed, as she took Madelyn into her arms. Ami helped carry her out to the car; making sure the two didn't get wet. Emily pranced around in the rain.
Hotaru was lucky that Emily didn't catch sickness as well as her and Madelyn did.
Special Thanks: Thank you Silver Sailor Ganymede for helping me out so much! Thank you girl! She chose some names for me for Taylor. I chose Maia. Thank you for helping me with that.