Hey everyone, this is the start of my one-shot heaven where I will post anything and everything from all different fandoms. Anything my brain comes up with and won't leave me alone until I write it will go here. I might later come back and write a full story out of one or two of the chapters.
This is basically just so I can get rid of any ideas I have but don't want to make into a full story, don't feel comfortable with the characters that much, or just don't fit into my normal stories.
Serena ran down the stairs with a wide smile, she had managed to get up early enough to have breakfast before going to school today. That alone was a cause for celebration but there was also the fact that it was her birthday that was making her so happy.
Sure, she had to share the day with Chibiusa this year but she didn't mind it that much surprisingly. Sure she was bummed out that she wouldn't get to have her parent's attention on only herself today like normal but she knew that Chibiusa couldn't help when her birthday was no more than Serena could.
"Serena! You're up early." Serena's mom, Ikuko Tsukino, Said when she noticed her daughter walking into the kitchen.
Ikuko had long blue hair that fell to the bottom of her back, blue eyes, and tan skin. She wore a yellow sweater, an orange skirt, and a white with a green trim apron over it. She had on some pink kitten heels.
"Yup! Today's a special day after all!" Serena chirped as she plopped down at the table. "Aw, it's so nice that you remembered Chibiusa's birthday Serena." Her mom said as she put a plate of chocolate chip pancakes on the table next to a plate of plain buttermilk ones.
Serena looked at her mom a bit confused and went to open her mouth to add that it was her birthday too when Chibiusa ran in and jumped up on a chair, "It's my birthday!"
Ikuko laughed and nodded, "That it is, I made special chocolate chip pancakes just for you." Chibiusa gave a cheer before noticing Serena, "Wow, so you can get up early! How'd you do it stupid head?"
Serena glared at her, feeling her heart sink realizing her mom forgot that it was her birthday too, she tried to believe that her mom was just playing with her. "Shut up pipsqueak!"
Chibiusa then smirked before bursting out in fake tears, "Ikuko-Mama! Serena told me to shut up and called me a pipsqueak!"
"SERENA! Here I thought you were actually finally accepting Chibiusa into our family but now I find out you're being rude to her? On her birthday? That's it go to school, you don't need any pancakes if you're going to be so rude to the birthday girl!"
"B-But mom-" "No buts! Now go." Ikuko pointed at the door with a stern glare making Serena hold back her tears as she silently grabbed her bag and ran out of the house her stomach grumbling unhappily.
She couldn't believe her mom forgot her birthday, Serena hoped that her mom would remember later while she was at school but she didn't think she would. Shaking her head she wiped the tears away and grabbed a meat bun from a vendor and ate it on her way to school.
She managed to get to class early for once and almost gave her teacher, Miss Haruna, a heart attack when she noticed Serena was sitting at her desk.
She spent the rest of the day trying to ignore the fact that no one had wished her a happy birthday, not even her friends.
Serena went to the crown arcade after school with her friends to grab a milkshake and listened as the girls talked about the gifts they got for Chibiusa for her birthday.
Rie had gotten her some art supplies saying she thought it would be good for her to have another hobby.
Ami got her a couple of children's books she thought Chibiusa might like.
Makoto baked her some cookies and little cakes for her birthday.
Minako got her a pink dress and white headband.
"What did you get for Chibiusa for her birthday Meatball-head?" Rie asked turning to Serena snapping her out of her thoughts, "O-Oh I got her a stuffed cat that looks like Diana, I thought she might like it."
"That's so sweet, she'll be sure to love that." Ami said with a smile.
"Yeah good choice Serena!" Minako gave her a thumbs up.
"Hate to admit it but that is a good gift Meatball-head." Rie said grudgingly.
"Thanks girls." Serena mumbled before she left the arcade when they went back to talking, none of them even noticing she had left.
While walking around she bumped into someone.
"Hey watch where you're going kitten." Serena looked up with a wide smile, Haruko. She had never let Serena down when it came to the important things.
"Haruko! What are you doing here?"
"I'm kind of in a hurry, need to get to an appointment right now and my car decided to stop working this morning. I'll see you later kitten." Haruko said before hurrying away, not seeing Serena's smile turn into a frown and her shoulders slump down as she slowly continued her walk.
Maybe Luna remembered? Serena perked up at that thought and hurried home and ran to her room, "Luna do you know what day it is?" Luna just turned to look at her confused, "Yes, It's Chibiusa's birthday? Did you think I would forget?" Serena held back her reaction, glad she had turned to grab Chibiusa's gift from her closet.
"Of course not Luna, I know you would never forget Chibiusa's birthday. I was just curious if you got her anything you know?"
"If you must know Serena, I and Artemis managed to get her some wonderful crescent moon-shaped hair pins with Minako and Mamoru's help."
Serena lit up, Mamo-Chan! He had to remember it was her birthday too, right? Out of everyone, he had to remember, he just had to. "Those sound amazing Luna, I'm going to call Mamo-chan and ask him what he got Chibiusa."
"Why are you asking everyone what they got her?" Serena had to think fast, she glanced at the wrapped gift in her hands and held it up. "I forgot to ask everyone before today, I don't want to give her the same thing someone else did after all."
Luna nodded as she curled up on the foot of Serena's bed, "I suppose that makes sense."
"Yeah, I don't want her to think I stole her gift idea from someone else or god forbid she get upset at someone else thinking they stole it from me!" Serena laughed, she knew that would never happen though. Chibiusa was more likely to think badly about Serena than any of their friends after all.
She grabbed her phone and went to the backyard, calling Mamoru hoping with all her heart that he remembered.
"Hello?"
"Mamo-Chan!"
"Serena? What's up, I wasn't expecting you to call me."
"I was just wondering if you remembered what day it is." Serena bit her thumb hoping he would say that it was both Her and Chibiusa's birthday.
Don't get Serena wrong, she was glad everyone remembered the kid's birthday, she would never want someone to remember Serena's and forget Chibiusa's after all. That didn't mean she didn't want someone to remember that it was her birthday too.
She just wanted one person, one of her friends or parents to remember that it wasn't just Chibiusa's day today, that it was her day too.
"Yeah I do, It's Chibiusa's birthday. Why are you asking? Did you forget?" Serena felt her heart crack at the fact that not even Mamoru remembered it was her birthday too, "No. I didn't forget, just wanting to see what you got her, I forgot to ask before and I don't want to give her the same thing as you after all."
"That's fair, I got her some sailor scout and Tuxedo mask dolls I saw in the store last week."
"Wait, they have those?" Serena was baffled, shouldn't she and the girls be getting a cut of that money? Being a superhero didn't pay well you know! They had to cut school so many times, Serena was surprised that the other girl's grades were so good.
"Yeah, surprised me too. Anyways I'll see you when I come over for the party tonight, love you Serena."
"Yeah see you tonight Mamo-Chan, love you too." Serena hung up the phone and stared at it for a second, holding back tears.
Why could no one remember her birthday? Why did they all remember Chibiusa's but not hers? She made sure to remember all of theirs and get them things she knew they would love but they couldn't be bothered to remember hers.
Rei's birthday was April seventeenth, Serena had got her a variety of rocks and candles to help her meditate. Serena didn't know what they did herself but she bought the pack with the most rocks and candles she could.
Ami's birthday is September tenth and Serena got her a video game that was made to help people like Ami learn and have a bit of fun at the same time. She also got her some books on how to be a better writer. Serena knew that Ami loved writing so she wanted to support that.
Makoto's birthday is December fifth, Serena had tried her best to make her some homemade cookies despite not being that good at it. She knew Makoto would love something handmade more than store-bought. Serena still bought her several cookbooks on different countries' food which Makoto had loved.
Minako's birthday was October twenty-second, and Serena bought her an entirely new outfit. She got Minako a pale yellow dress with golden accents on it and a black belt with a bow in the back, some yellow flats with black bottoms. Some earrings in the shape of the planet Venus and a new hairbow to go with the outfit.
Michiru's birthday was march sixth, Serena got her a few books that had just come out on deepsea life. She didn't really know the outers that well back then so she couldn't really think of anything else at the time.
Haruko's birthday was January twenty-seventh, Serena got her some new tools to use on her car along with a new racing helmet since she noticed Haruko needed a new one.
Setsuna's birthday was October twenty-ninth, Serena got her a clock as a joke and some fabric with sewing supplies as a true thoughtful gift. She knew that Setsuna was trying to start her own fashion brand so Serena thought her gift would help a bit.
Hotaru's birthday was January sixth, Serena got her a very pretty dress that had a purple and black gradient on it.
Mamoru's birthday was on August third and Serena took him out for a date, she managed to get tickets to see this famous doctor tell a lecture on something. She might have been bored out of her mind the entire time but Mamoru had been so happy and thanked her over and over again saying it was one of his best birthdays ever.
Serena slowly walked back to her room and grabbed her homework, normally she wouldn't be able to sit still long enough to do it, her ADHD messing her up and her Dyslexia causing her to get headaches whenever she tried reading for too long.
But today she didn't feel hyper at all, she felt slow and sluggish. Normally she was happy which is why she was hyper but whenever she did get sad she would feel like she did now.
Serena worked on her homework until it was time for the party, grabbing her gift she walked downstairs and put it on the gift table her parents had set up.
She looked around the bottom floor of the house and saw all the decorations her dad must have set up. There were pink streamers all over that would normally make her smile but today she didn't think she could.
Serena knew she would have to fake a smile today or else people would get upset that she was dragging the party down so she plastered a fake smile on her face.
Serena pretended to be happy throughout the entire party up to the gift-giving part of it, her parents sat Chibiusa down on a chair and had her open her gifts.
Her parents got Chibiusa a new blanket and pillow for her room in the attic, it did get cold up there and Sammy got her some new coloring books.
Serena watched as every gift was opened by Chibiusa, for some reason Serena's gift was last. She was surprised when Chibiusa actually liked it and thanked her. That brought a real smile to her face as she said she was welcome.
Her mom went to grab the cake but noticed Sammy was looking confused, "Sammy are you okay?" "Yeah but where's Serena's gifts?" Her head snapped to look at her little brother with wide eyes, did he? Did he remember her birthday?
"What do you mean Sammy? It's Chibiusa's birthday today not Serena's."
Sammy stared at their mom shocked, "Mom. . . They have the same birthday." the room went silent as everyone turned to look at each other and then at Serena shocked.
Serena was already looking away from everyone but looked over at Sammy. She noticed he was holding another wrapped present as he started walking over to her. "Happy birthday Serena, I can't believe they forgot." He handed her the gift before hugging her, something that surprised her since he normally avoided any hugs or physical contact when it came to her.
Serena sniffed, holding back tears again as she hugged him, whispering so only he would hear, "Thanks for remembering, you're the best." She let go of him and staring at the ground said, "I'm going to go spend the rest of the night in my room. Sammy I'll let you know how I like your gift later, right now I need to be alone."
She then rushed upstairs and into her room, locking both her door and her window.
She didn't realize that guilt was now eating up at her friends, family, and boyfriend for forgetting that it wasn't just Chibiusa's birthday today, it was Serena's too.
Both Luna and Mamoru remembered her asking them if they remembered what day it was and felt like hitting themselves. She hadn't been asking if they remembered Chibiusa's birthday! She was asking if they remembered hers!
I've been reading a lot of Sailor Moon angst stories which brought on this idea after reading somewhere the scouts and her family forgot her birthday and only remembered after sensing her getting a power surge those born on the moon are known for after a special birthday.
Let me know what you think about it and if you like how I wrote the Sailor Moon characters, it's my first time writing them after all.