Rashelle sat on a bench in the garden overlooking the circular flower arrangement. She liked to think about life while staring at the swirls of pink and yellow petals. They held so much meaning to her that she could not tell anyone else of her infatuation with them. This was not unusual for her; she didn't talk about personal preferences with anyone except Dite, her pet black panther who was her one and only friend. Most girls her age could talk to their mothers, but Rashelle's mother was too busy ruling over the people that lived on the Moon. Chibi-Usa had once ruled over the Earth at Crystal Tokyo but she enjoyed the Moon much more and decided to leave. All that took place when Rashelle was too young to remember much about living on Earth. The Moon was her home and she loved it more than anything but she would often stare at that dark, faraway planet, hoping for something more.
Rashelle was a Sailor Scout, and a Princess of the Moon, but this did not satisfy her. The other Sailor Scouts her age were still on Earth, Chibi-Usa only brought the Amazoness Quartet with her when she left, and they only had younger children. With everyone too busy to pay her any attention she was left alone with Dite. Dite was short for Aphrodite. She had always been fascinated with the ancient Goddess of Love and named her panther after it. Her mother was once given a little gray cat for a Christmas present from Neo Queen Serenity, but Rashelle was stuck with a panther that she had found roaming around the palace. Not that she minded, she loved Dite with all her heart. He was the only thing she loved.
As she watched the petals dance in the wind with Dite lying down on the ground beside her, she couldn't keep her mind off of Earth. She wanted to be there so bad, wanted to get to know the other Senshi, and wanted to get to know the woman whom she had heard so many wonderful stories about when she was younger and would sit in her father's lap: Neo Queen Serenity. After her father, Helios, had died when she was nine, Rashelle was shoved aside. On Earth she would be respected. On Earth she would be loved. She looked down at Dite and he gave her a knowing glare.
"She wouldn't allow it. Not in a million years." he said as he licked a paw with his rough, pink tongue.
"She might, you never know. And if she says no, I could always just go myself. No one would ever notice." She stared into the sky at the big, looming planet and sighed.
"If you're going, I'm coming too. I'm not gonna let you abandon me."
She turned to him and smiled at the determination in his eyes. Leaving Dite on the moon had never actually occurred to her. She had just assumed he would come with her even though the only home he'd ever known had been on the Moon.
"You know I'd never abandon you Dite. I'd miss you too much." She smiled and stroked his head as her eyes wandering up to the outline of the Earth. She stood up and started to skip towards her room.
"Come on, Dite! We have to pack! I cannot wait to see her. The great Neo Queen Serenity. We will leave tonight, at midnight." Her nose scrunched up and lines of worry etched themselves onto her otherwise flawless face. "Are you scared?"
Dite looked up at her and rubbed up against her leg. "Everything will work out. And no matter what we have each other."
She smiled and they trotted to their room to get ready.