this is a short chapter, but i am having a hard time thinking of new thhings to write. And I would like to thank all those who have reviewed my story.

Chapter 4: The Birthday Begins

Five years later, little had changed. Serena was turning 12, and had developed an anoying habit to start crying the second she felt overpowered. Amy was 11, and had become extremly smart for her age, something that was strange, since her father detested the education of women. Raye, who had turned 12 a month earlier, had grown tired of Serena's whining, so the two often quarreled. Princess Mina of Venus, who looked quite a lot like Serena, was also 12, and was in a stage of royal Princess/tomboy. Princess Lita of Jupiter, who was 11, was the tough one in the group, in fact, even Koaru was scared of her. As for Prince Tritus, he was now 14, and was the best trained soldier on the Moon. We continue at Serena's 12 birthday party...

"I'm finally turning 12!" Serena shouted for the entire galaxy to hear, and causing those around her to flinch. Lita uncovered her ears, staring at Serena with a look of anoyance. "We heard you the first dozen times." she said, then continued to walk towards the Palace. When they reached the main entrance, they saw that Koaru was wearing a uniform and was greeting the guests as they arrived. Mina looked at the others, an evil grin in place. "Let's have some fun." she said, and the others agreed, silently departing from the crowd, and sneaking towards the bushes behind Koaru.

Koaru was torn in emotion. He was honored to be wearing a Moon Soldier uniform, but was pissed off at the fact that had to greet the guests as they arrived. He looked down at the uniform again, trying to feel better. The uniform consited of a navy blue jacket with silver trimming, black pants, a standard army sword, and a red cape. However, unlike the other soldiers, he was wearing crown on his head, showing that he was important. But he didn't know what made him important. "Must be my good looks, strong body, and combat skill." he had figured.

Serena were six feet from Koaru, ready to tackle him and dump a bucket of mud on him; payback for all the times he had splashed them. As they prepared to attack, a man and his two sons were approaching Koaru. Just they were about to jump, Koaru, without even looking said "Don't even think about it."

The man looked at Koaru in a strange, then gasped and jumped backwards as five little girls erupted from the bush behind him. Koaru side stepped them, and they all fell in a tangled heap on the ground. Koaru looked at the man, cleared his throat, then stated, "May I introduce, Princess Serenity, Princess Amy, Princess Lita, Princess Mina, and Princess Raye." he indicated each with a wave of his hand.

"That didn't go as we had planned." Lita said as she tried to untangle herself from the mass of bodies around her. "Raye! What the hell are you doing?" Raye looked up from under Amy, and saw her brother, Lance, running towards her. He grabbed her hands, pulled her out from under Amy, brushed her off, then led her into the Palace. "What a kill joy." Mina said, looking irritated. Koaru looked at them all, shook his head, and apologized to the man and his sons, who were still standing beside him. After they had entered as well, he looked at the girls. "You four should probably go clean up, and fast." Serena, Amy, Mina and Lita rushed in and Koaru sighed. "This is gonna be a long night." he thought, then he heard a trumpet, and entered the Palace.