6/4/00 (4 June, 2000 or June 4, 2000) Please e-mail your input. I love to hear from people!!!!!! smtradingcardcollector@yahoo.com . Oh, and before I hear from lawyers and things, the Overlords are property of Garth Nix, author of Shade’s Children. Read the book if you haven’t, it’s awesome. Oh, I’ll be changing some of the Overlords, just so you know. AND, Celia, Pluto, is now known as Trista, due to the fact that I’ve discovered her name in the English Dub. AND, Alex and Marissa, if I haven’t already mentioned this, are now Amara and Michelle, since those are their names in English versions. When Hotaru’s (Tara currently) name gets out, I’ll change it too. A New Princess R: Chapter Five I was sitting at the kitchen table, concentrating really hard. “Homework?” asked Daimen as he walked in. “No, I’m done with that. Been done for the past hour. These are articles that I promised to translate for Andy,” I replied, not looking up. “Articles? On what?” “The senshi back in Japan. Him and his dad like to keep tabs just in case new ones show up so they can make some new games all by themselves.” “Cool. What about the ones here?” “Already done. That’s why he wasn’t in school today. He was sleeping.” “Oh. You mean, there’s a game about all of us?” “Yeah, I guess so. I was Sailor Sun during the game and I got pretty far.” “Well, that doesn’t surprise me,” Daimen said as he walked out. I didn’t really pay any attention to that last comment until about thirty minutes later. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN?” I screamed at him through his door. He opened it. “I meant that you would of course be good as Sailor Sun. There’s no need to lie.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” I demanded. “I know your secret, or perhaps I should say secrets?” He smiled at my shock. “I’ve had a feeling that it was you the whole time, but then when we found out you were Sailor Artemis, I knew for sure.” Artemis walked up sleepily. “What’s all this yelling about?” he asked. “Nothing,” said Daimen. “I just know Buns’s secret.” “What secret?” he asked. “Oh, just the fact that I’m Sailor Sun, Sailor Star, Sailor Gaea, and Sailor Artemis altogether,” I replied. “Oh.” Artemis walked away. “I know that already. Being your guardian, both now and the Silver Millennium, I think I know your story.” Me and Daimen exchanged shrugs. I headed back to the kitchen to keep working on the articles. “Does everyone know?” I asked the air. A few days later, an attack came. What else was new? I had finished the articles by then, and that’s how I discovered the attack. It was at the arcade. Well, I kinda forgot that I had a communicator, since I never used it, so the others found out by chance. I started as Sailor Gaea. “Oh, Ugly!” I called. The monster, who looked like, well, I didn’t know exactly, turned around and looked at me. “Earth Revolution Tiara Magic!” I sent my crystalline tiara with its black jewel flying towards the thing. It hit, but didn’t do much. “Lover’s Arrow!” was what I heard next. “Messanger’s Tide!” “War’s Flame!” “King’s Thunder!” “Death’s Silence!” “Sky’s Revenge!” “Sea’s Rage!” “Time’s Turn!” I glanced behind me and saw all the myth senshi standing in with their planetary counterpart, and the two Tuxedos, Mini-Moon, and two other people I’d never seen before behind them. “We are the Sailor Team!” shouted Sailor Moon. I raised an eyebrow. Then the scouts all introduced themselves as Sailor Mercury and Sailor Hermes gather data on the monster. The two I hadn’t seen before were Sailor Mini-Star and Sailor Mini-Sol. Sol was a boy! I sighed. “Mother Nature Come Forth!” Well, nothing happened. As the others tried their attacks, I thought really hard. ‘If none of my attack work, and none of their attacks work, then Sun’s and Artemis’s attacks won’t work. Only one choice.’ I stood up tall and shouted, “Star Crystal Power!” Well, I certainly got a reaction from everyone, including the monster. As my outfit changed from Sailor Gaea to Sailor Star, I knew that everyone was gawking at me. When the transformation was complete, I felt hands grip my arms. I looked to both sides of me and found two of the people who had crashed the ball holding me! “I told you that they were here,” said the one on my right, the red man. “Of course, you’re always right, Diamond,” said the one on my left, the silver man. “Diamond?” I shrieked, flailing my arms. My shrieking hurt their ears, so they let go. My arms managed to slap them a few times. The others were covering their ears as well. “Oops,” I said sheepishly. I quickly hid behind Tuxedo Masquerade. “Mama, why are you hiding behind Daddy?” asked the little girl, Mini-Star. I nearly shrieked again as I looked between her and Masquerade. “I meant to tell you. This is Mini-Star. She just arrived as you left for the arcade. Um, that’s her older brother. I’ll explain the rest later.” He shrugged. I gave him a look, then I turned to Mini-Star. “Okay, you know your attacks, right?” She nodded bravely, then took my hand. We walked over to where the other members of the Sailor Team were getting beat up. Mini-Star looked at me, and I nodded. “Starlight Twinkle!” she cried, holding up a mini replica of my staff, only in a wand size. It was cute to see the little purple stars with bronze glitter come out of the wand and hit the monster. It roared and tried to attack Mini-Star. “Black Hole Attack!” I said. That took its attention away from her, and onto me. “Star Streamers Wrap!” I shouted next, holding up the staff. That trapped the monster. One glance told me that Sailor Moon and Mini-Moon were in no condition to finish it off. ‘Darn!’ I thought. “Star Scepter Glitter!” I said, holding out a scepter that was purple and bronze. Everyone stared at me as I finished off the monster. I turned back towards them. “What’s everyone staring at?” I asked. “You’re my sister and you have powers like my girlfriend,” said Tuxedo Mask, bluntly. “Haven’t you heard of tact?” I asked. Mini-Moon and Masquerade choked on their laughter. He glared at them, while we shared a private look. “Anyway, it’s so not my fault that I have powers like your girlfriend. Why does it matter?” “I don’t know, it just popped out of my mouth.” He favored me with a look. “Do you, by any chance, know Sailor Sun?” asked Sailor Moon. Mini Moon, Star, and Sol burst out laughing, as well as Tuxedo Masquerade. I glared at them, and they finally shut up. “Yes, I know her.” I looked over the scouts, seeing what their reactions were. Most were looks of gladness, but some, like Uranus, Mars, and their counterparts, were not happy. Pluto and Cronos tried to sneak away behind me. “I don’t think so, our Time Stream Guardians.” The stopped, and gave me a guilty look when I turned. Then I turned to face the two, uh, things that seemed to be in charge. “Who are you, and what do you want?” I asked them hotly, not in the mood to be almost kidnapped. “I am Red Diamond, the leader of the Overlords.” The red man, Diamond, bowed. “And I’m Silver Moon.” The silver man flashed me an appreciative look, and boy, I don’t mean thankful. He made me shiver, so I glared at him. I moved to the side of Tuxedo Masquerade, ready to do something, but then he put a hand on my shoulder. I looked back at him. “Sailor Moon, why don’t you take care of these two?” he asked. My older sister gave a look, but nodded, and sent her tiara flying. “And the point of that was?” I asked him in a low voice. “They’re obviously after you, so you need to lay low when they’re around.” He looked directly into my eyes. “I mean it, Terra. Don’t put yourself in useless danger.” “Okay.” I sighed, and the two of us melted into the shadows, along with Mini Star and Mini Sol. (A.N. - Okay, before I continue, I think that there are some things that I forgot to mention earlier. One is that the bodices on Sailor Sun and Sailor Artemis are white, not black. Two, Mini Sol’s outfit. Has anyone read Jendra’s Universal and Universal B? That’s where the outfit comes from. His outfit is like a male figure skater’s outfit, some what. He has on loose pants and a shirt, a headband tied around his head like a sweatband, with the sun symbol on it, and well, that’s about as well as I can explain. Just read the stories.) “I hate hiding!” I exclaimed, frustrated as we watched everyone else battle with the two Overlords, who had been joined by the other five. Red Diamond controlled fire, Silver Moon controlled lightening, a lady in blue controlled ice, a lady in yellow controlled light, a man in green controlled plants, a man in black controlled water, and a woman in grey controlled air. I found it rather odd. Cronos and Pluto had split by this time, while the other scouts were paired off against each of the Overlords. I sighed about that. Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask wandered around behind, taking care of a few monsters that the other five had brought with them. They were having some problems. Sailor Moon couldn’t finish it until it had weakened, and Tuxedo Mask didn’t really have enough powers. ‘If he only had his crystal!’ I thought. ‘Wait, that would be bad too. Nevermind. The Golden Crystal would probably kill him before the monster had a chance to take a shot.’ (A.N. - This is from the manga. I only know a little about it, so don’t ask for any explanations, okay? Why can’t there be three Earth crystal thingies when there are three Moon crystal thingies: Sailor Moon’s, Mini Moon’s, and Artemis’) “Earth Gem Power!” I heard Masquerade say. I quickly glanced over at him and saw that he had transformed into Sailor Earth. (A.N. - One major or minor note, depending on how well you follow the story. Terran has the Earth Sword as Sailor Earth, not Endymion. Endymion has the Golden Crystal, and he doesn’t become a Sailor, unless I decide he can.) “Earth Crystal Power!” I said, matching him. He looked at me, and we nodded. “Mini Sol, watch over Mini Star until we get back, okay?” I asked them. They both nodded, then me and Earth headed over to help out Moon and Mask. “Mother Nature Come Forth!” I called, holding up the staff. That helped out with two of them, and Sailor Moon quickly finished them off. “Volcanic Quake!” Earth called out. He then pulled a sword out of no where and yelled to me, “Gaea! I’ll get the rest, help out some of the others!” I nodded and went to help Jupiter and Hades against the man in green. “Rose Storm Engage!” I called as he was about to attack Hades. He disappeared under the barrage of roses, but popped back out. He wasn’t looking to good any more. “Gaea!” Earth called at me. I turned and he tossed the sword at me as Sailor Moon finished off the last of them. I caught the sword and held it at the green guy’s throat. “Who are you, and who are the rest of your little buddies, besides the Diamond Pyro and Silver Freak.” “I’m Emerald Crown,” he said nervously. “The woman in yellow is Yellow Claw, then there’s Blue Star, Black Banner, and Grey Crescent.” “Are you all Overlords?” I asked, pressing the sword a bit closer. He nodded, and I pulled away. “Go home to your own dimension, and stay there.” He disappeared quickly, and the three of us spread out among the others, Moon, Mask, and Earth already in the fray. Mini Moon had long since headed over to her cousins. When I helped Mars and Ares against Red Diamond, he discovered that the monsters were gone, and so was Emerald Crown. “Everyone, REATREAT!!” he shouted. The last of the Overlords disappeared about two seconds later. I held a quick conference with Earth, then disappeared as I heard that there would be a meeting in Daimen’s apartment. ~Daimen’s apartment, an hour later~ “Why can’t we meet somewhere else?” complained Rini. “We’re so cramped here!” Everyone turned their heads to the little girl. She was squished in between the two kids I knew as Sailor Mini Sol and Mini Star, who were squished all one chair. I giggled. “Okay, I’ve got a question,” said Serena. She looked at me. “Where were you today?” Rini, the other two kids, Daimen, and Artemis started coughing and choking. I glared at them. “Well, I went to the arcade to give the translated articles to Andy, and then I came back. I don’t have a communicator that’s tied in with the rest of you guys.” I half lied. I had a communicator, but it wasn’t working with theirs, and I couldn’t figure out why. “Don’t worry Bunny,” Artemis said. “Amy and Amanda are working on it.” “And it should be done the day after tomorrow,” added Amanda, smiling at me. I smiled back. In all the time I had been here, I had managed to get pretty close with everyone, but Amanda was the closest to me out of the myth scouts. That was because we both tried to excell in school beyond normal standards. “So, what happened today?” I asked. They explained the whole thing to me. “Star and Gaea are the same person? Well, what about Sailor Sun? Is she the same person too?” I asked, curious to see what they would say. Everyone thought that was a silly idea, except for the people who knew the truth. They just laughed. “And who are these little ones?” I asked. The little girl launched from the chair into Daimen’s arms, and the boy followed slower. “This little girl is Andi, and the young man is Poll (pronounced Paul). He says that Poll is his middle name and he despises his first name.” Daimen shrugged. “They’re my future children.” “And who’s the mother?” asked Darien. No one else knew who they were, besides their names. Apparently, Pluto and Chronos had just dropped them off, explained who they were to Daimen, then took off to the fight. “I don’t really know. They said Star and Sun are the mothers, but that didn’t make much sense to me.” Daimen looked at them, and they smiled. “Why is he called Mini Sol?” asked Amanda. “That’s an easy one. Remember Travis?” asked Serena. All of the orignal scouts, including myself, did. Travis was Serena’s twin brother from the Silver Millennium, and he had been reborn into the role of Serena’s twin brother in this lifetime after Serenity had gotten a body. It had been strange. “He’s Sailor Sol, isn’t he?” I asked. “And Prince Tranquility?” Serena nodded. “Maybe that’s Poll’s real name,” she suggested. Poll grimaced and nodded. “I prefer Poll,” he said. “Uncle Tranq can keep his dumb name.” Everyone laughed. “What’s Andi’s real name?” asked Tracy. (Heaven, if you don’t remember. Uranus’ opposite.) “I am Princess Andromeda of the Stars,” Andi said, introducing herself formally, and giving us a little curtsy. I suddenly started to choke on laughter. ‘So, looks like my kids get my names.’ “Bunny, you okay?” asked Darien. I nodded, and started coughing. “I think I swallowed wrong,” I answered a bit hoarsely. Rini got up and got me a glass of water, and I thanked her. “But what does Travis have to do with all of this?” asked Michelle (Neptune). “That’s not his father or anything.” “We don’t know Sun and Star’s real name. For all we know, Sun could be a princess named Tranquility as well,” Amara said. Tracy and Miranda looked at their older ‘sisters’, then each other, then Serena. “But what about Star? Is she a princess named Andromeda, then?” asked Claudia. They had actually joined our meeting, since they didn’t have a clue as to what was going on. “I don’t know,” said Serena. “Trista, do you have any clues?” “No, I don’t, Princess.” Trista shrugged. “Chronos has decided that we should not know of this event until it has taken place. That is why Claudia and I are here.” “Well, except that one thing he said to tell everyone, remember?” Claudia looked at her sister. “Oh, very well. You tell them,” said Trista, glaring at her little sister. “Chronos said that the Princess of the Four Kingdoms of the Past would know.” Claudia’s faced darkened as she worried over it. “Past? As in, Silver Millennium past?” asked Lita. “Yes, that’s what we believe,” said Trista. “So all that’s left is to figure out which of us is a princess of four kingdoms, right?” Mina chimed in. “No, it’s not that simple.” Claudia sighed. “There were many kingdoms, but only certain few were great enough to have a royal family.” “Princess Serenity alone is a princess of many kingdoms,” Trista added. “We must figure out which of the major kingdoms are the four.” “What about Star and Gaea? They’re the same person, so they must have something to do with it, right?” asked Dawn. “Maybe, but that’s only two kingdoms,” said Lisa. “Right. Do we even know which of the kingdoms were the major ones?” asked Marie. “I know,” said Robbi. Everyone looked at her. “The major kingdoms are the ones we’re all from. Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Plus, the Sun has to be one as well, since we have Travis, whoever he is, from there, plus Poll. And then the Stars, if that is one, must be, because of Andi.” Robbi looked at me. “And I have a feeling that someone isn’t telling everything they know.” That set off everyone. I started rubbing my temples, getting a headache from all that was going on. Well? What’d ya think? I thought it was pretty darn good, and it’s a lot better than the original one, don’t you agree? The sixth part should be coming out soon. Hope you enjoy all of my stories! www.geocities.com/smtradingcardcollector/index.html is the place to be for my site!!! -Crescent Moon