Destiny Thwarted Part 1 By Charma & Jana Hi! We?re here to say that this is our (my sister?s and mine ) first attempt at writing a fanfic, so if it sucks please email us and tell us so. If it?s the most moving thing you?ve ever read in your life, please email us and tell us so. Also, we thought we?d tell you just a little bit of what the story?s about, because we know when we start to read a story, we?d like to have some idea of what it?s about. Anyway, this story starts in the Silver Millenium when the scouts are little kids and it?ll go through to the present and then maybe, possibly, into Crystal Tokyo. We?re really not sure yet. There are a bunch of new characters in this story, but it?s not confusing, just fun! So happy reading & we hope you enjoy this! (Note: Charma is pronounced like Karma (the "ch" is a hard k sound) Also, Jana is pronounced J-ah-n-ah (not jay-na or anything) with the stress on the first syllable.) Disclaimers: Don?t own the show. All characters you don?t recognize are ours darn it. In the Moon Kingdom, during the Silver Millenium, a long, long time ago? "But Mommy, I don?t want a new daddy!" five-year-old Princess Mina wailed to her mother, Queen Victoria of Venus. "Me and you is much better! No one else!" "Oh, honey, you don?t mean that, do you? You?ve met Fitz. Remember? He made those balloon animals for you? I distinctly remember you saying that he was ?the funnest man you ever met.?" Victoria countered. Then she sighed. The mother-daughter pair were wandering around the grounds of the palace on Venus enjoying the day when Victoria had decided to bring the subject up. She didn?t think that Mina would voice her objections so strongly. Also, the times Mina spent with Fitzwilliam, Victoria?s fiance, had put Victoria into thinking that Mina wouldn?t mind the marriage at all. Of course, it meant some changes in her life, but Mina had seemed to enjoy the company of the friendly, down-to-earth Fitz. Not to mention his fuchsia-haired daughter Anya. Anya and Mina were the same age and took to each other right away. "That man?s gonna be my daddy?? The balloon-man?? Yea! I like the balloon-man." Mina smiled brightly at her mother. "Fitz, darling. His name is Fitzwilliam," murmured Victoria. She was a bit perplexed at Mina?s sudden change in attitude. "But? why were you so sad just a minute ago?" "Mommy, I thought you were gonna marry him," Mina said, and, giggling impishly, pointed to a stern-faced guard at the gate of the palace. "What on earth gave you that idea, you silly-billy?" Victoria giggled a bit herself, regal as she was. "So I can go on with this marriage without it bothering you?" "Kay. I like Anya and the balloo? Fitz." Mina smiled, thinking of the promise she made to Anya to swap dolls sometime. "When are they gonna move in?" Four years later? "Race you home! Last one to get there is a rotten egg!!" Anya called to her step-sister Mina. She sped off towards the palace, hearing the heavily-panting Mina behind her. "Wait up! Anya? uh? your shoe lace is untied!" Mina shouted. "It is??" Anya bent down to tie it but found that it was fine. "Hey!" she cried as Mina ran past her. "Made you look!" Mina started laughing hysterically between her labored breaths. "Ooooh, I?m gonna get you girl," Anya muttered as she poured on the speed and caught up to her scheming sister. As the girls ran through the palace gates, the girls? nanny, Sarah, declared the race a tie as she walked up to them. Sarah smiled at the giggling sisters but then frowned because she knew bad news was awaiting them inside their home. She quickly told them to make themselves presentable and that their parents were waiting inside for them. Mina shot a bewildered look at Anya, but the latter girl just shrugged. After the girls got themselves ready, they presented themselves to their parents. At the sight of the two adults, Mina and Anya instantly became worried. "Mom? Dad?" they chorused. Although the four people have only been a family for a few years, they got along so well and became close so fast that both girls considered their added parent nothing less than biological. Victoria burst into tears and Fitz comforted her as he motioned the little girls to sit by him. "Anya. Mina. You two have grown up so fast?you?re nine years old already. We haven?t talked about this much, mostly because it isn?t fun to think about? I can see just by your faces that you have no idea what I?m talking about. You both are aware that the kingdoms of Venus, the Moon, Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Callisto, and Europa are all part of the Moon Kingdom, correct?" Mina and Anya nodded slowly. "Well, the Moon Kingdom is ruled by Queen Serenity. She and her daughter, Princess Serena, live in the palace on the Moon. We?ve all known that Princess Serena was going to have to acquire a court of sorts sooner or later, not only for protection, but for guidance and companionship. Queen Serenity feels that the time has come for Princess Serena to gain that protection and companionship. The girls chosen are very special. They have magical powers within them that they may unleash only through the right training. They are to be called the Sailor Scouts," Fitz paused to make sure the girls were following him. The two sisters looked on in awe. "Sailor Scouts? Cool? But why is Mom crying?" Anya asked. "I?m getting to that. The girls who were chosen by the Queen and the Princess are the princesses of each kingdom under the Moon, except for the Earth kingdom, as it has no princess. The reason your mom is crying is because the princess from each kingdom is to report to the Moon Kingdom shortly and train there. And that means live there." "What if there?s two princesses? There?s two on Venus!" Mina said, hugging Anya. "Actually, girls, there?s only one princess here," Victoria said, looking at the two girls. The happy picture of Mina and Anya standing next to each other with their arms around one another made her eyes fill, and she began to sob again. Fitz continued for her. "Mina is the true princess of Venus because she is the daughter that has royal blood in her. I am not royalty, and as Victoria isn?t your real mother, Anya, you aren?t either." All the while Fitz was speaking, the truth dawned on the stepsisters. Mina stood and shouted, "No! I?m not leaving Anya, or my parents for some stupid spoiled princess on the Moon that I don?t even know!" Then she started to wail. "Mina can?t go!" Anya joined Mina in the wailing. They almost could?ve won the prize for most ear-piercing scream but we all know who truly deserves that prize? (the "stupid, spoiled princess on the Moon"!) Victoria looked tempted to join her daughters in their screaming but then thought the better of it and shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Girls. Girls!" she commanded when their cries didn?t cease. Mina and Anya quickly quieted and stared incredulously at the Queen of Venus. "I would do anything to keep Mina from leaving me? from leaving us, but it is our duty as the rulers of Venus to protect Princess Serena because, by protecting her, we are protecting the future of, not only the Moon, but of Venus and all the rest of the planets in this kingdom. Do you understand?" Anya nodded meekly. Mina looked ready to toss her head defiantly, but a quick look from Fitz stopped her. Victoria softened. "I love you both more than life itself. It?s heart breaking for Mina to have to leave us, but we must let her go. I know it will be hard for you two girls to separate, but I?m sure there will be many chances to visit. Mina? you?ll be leaving in th-three days. A shuttle will be coming around to pick you up at around noon." With that, Victoria swiftly picked up her skirts and swept out of the room. Fitz gave Anya and Mina apologetic looks. "We?ll talk more about this later girls. For what it?s worth, I love you both. You are my daughters. Nothing and no one can change that." Then he left the room to provide solace to his wife, leaving the sisters alone. Anya looked at Mina solemnly. "Mina, you?re the b-best sister I could ever have. I?ll miss you." Then she burst into tears and ran out of the room. Mina looked around her. "I didn?t even leave yet, and I?m already all alone!" She too started crying and collapsed on the couch. Three days later? Mina stood in front of the palace looking more composed and calm than could be expected. Her numerous bags lay at her feet, and Victoria and Fitz stood with her as they waited for the shuttle. "Now, Mina, dear, be good, don?t forget your manners and remember what we said about the Moon being a beautiful place and, well, we?ll see you in a few weeks!" Victoria said, back to her composed self. "Hey, where?s Anya?" Fitz asked. Before Mina could say anything, Victoria replied, "Well, she?s losing her sister and best friend, so I could understand if she wanted to be alone." The shuttle then appeared, and a little girl with blue hair and big blue eyes stared out the window. As Mina stared back at her defiantly, her mother whispered to her, "That?s Princess Ami, from Mercury. Be nice to her because she?s shy, okay?" " I?ll try," was all Mina could say. She turned, and hugged Fitz. "See you later, kiddo," Fitz said, giving her an encouraging smile. She hugged her mom and said her goodbye?s and bravely boarded the shuttle, prepared for any onslaughts of snobbery, not realizing that she, too, was a princess, and was no doubt suspected of being a snob herself. Princess Ami looked at her shyly and scooted over in her seat, a silent invitation to get to know each other. Mina, however, chose the seat farthest away from poor Ami, determined to be difficult. Ami was confused and hurt but got over it. Besides, Mina looked like the biggest snob she?s ever seen. Hopefully Princess Rei and the others will be nicer, Ami thought to herself. "Whoa there, you?ve packed quite a bit for yourself, missy," the driver said to Mina as he put her luggage in the storage bin. "Whoa there, this one is even heavier, missy," he huffed as he lifted a bag the size of Mina and threw it in with the other pieces of luggage. He almost thought he heard a squeak come from the bag. "Whoa there, I must be imagining things, mistah," he muttered to himself. The shuttle then lifted off as soon as Mina was buckled in. The next stop they made was Mars, where a hoity-toity looking girl stepped on the shuttle. She had long dark hair, and dark eyes. All in all, Mina didn?t really like her, either. I really hope that Princess Lita, Princess Charma, and Princess Jana aren?t stuck up. The driver picked up Rei?s bags, apparently about to heft them on top of Mina?s things. Mina watched in horror and screamed as Rei?s bags went flying through the air onto the other pieces of luggage. A second scream echoed hers and the other passengers looked around in confusion. Where was that second scream coming from? Just then, a bag rolled out of the overhead compartment and fell right on top of Princess Rei?s head. Rei screamed and collapsed under the weight of the bag, which then proceeded to unzip itself. When Rei saw that she screamed even louder. "Whoa there, missies. No need for such carrying on," the driver said in an attempt to calm the screaming girls. As the bag became totally unzipped, something?or rather, someone? rolled out of it. The newcomer?s fuchsia hair was disheveled and her ice-blue eyes stared frankly into Rei?s dark ones. "Thanks for breaking my fall," she said with a giggle. Rei?s pale face became flushed with anger. "Do you know what happened because I ?broke your fall?," she mimicked nastily. "I practically broke every single bone in my body!" she fumed. "If it weren?t for you and your ugly pink hair, I might actually be in one piece right now!! I hate you and I hate that stupid driver and I hate this entire idea of stupid Sailor Sissies or whatever we?re called!! I want to go home!!" she screamed in fury. Mina cut in. "First of all, my sister does not have ?ugly pink hair?," she said, copying Rei?s mimicking voice. "It?s called fuschia, okay? Second, do you think you?re the only one who doesn?t want to be here? Well I don?t, and neither does Anya!" "Well, if I had a sister, you wouldn?t see me toting her around in a suitcase!" Rei retorted. "What?s she doing there anyway?" Anya cleared her throat nervously. "Ah, well, I?m not really supposed to be here. My dad married Mina?s mom, who?s also the queen of Venus, when Mina and I were five so I?m not Mina?s blood sister?" "She?s better than a blood sister," Mina interupted. Anya smiled at Mina gratefully, then continued. "So I?m not a rightful princess like you three. But me and Mina didn?t want to separate so she thought up this great idea! It didn?t really work though," she finished, looking at her feet. Rei grudgingly showed some respect for the daring of the sisters. "Well, that?s a pretty cool thing to do I guess. I wonder what?s going to happen now?" Ami spoke for the first time. "Maybe we can convince Queen Serenity to let her stay. It is a special case." "Do you really think so?" Mina asked eagerly. "Sure. My mother told me that Queen Serenity is a very kind and generous person." Ami smiled slowly at the apparent delight on Mina and Anya?s faces. "Hmmm?," the driver thought to himself. "My daughtie Natalie might like that for a song? she?s a song writer or somethin?. Kind and Generous? hmmm, mebbe?" "Oh, I hope she is nice! As much as I miss home, I?d miss Mina more," Anya said, burying her head in Mina?s chest, as they hugged each other hard. The driver suddenly snapped out of his shock, and spoke. "Whoa, there, missies. Buckle up. There?re gonna be more missies on the way. Whoa, there." Whoa, there, I ain?t never gonna take this job again, mistah, he thought to himself. "You talk weird, uh? ?mistah?," Rei said. All the girls tried to suppress their giggles, but couldn?t and collapsed against each other, howling with laughter. Much to Mina?s delight, Princess Lita wasn?t snotty (even though she didn?t think Ami was a snob anymore, and Rei wasn?t that bad either). She had a brown ponytail, and friendly green eyes. Although she was tall, no one felt daunted by her. The next two princesses were from Jupiter?s two largest moons, Callisto and Europa. The princess from Callisto was Charma, and she was pretty with shoulder-length, layered dark purple hair and violet eyes. Princess Jana from Europa was definitely the most unusual, with chin length powder blue hair and yellow eyes. The last three princesses all heartily agreed that Anya had a right to stay, because they liked her, if nothing else. The small shuttle was full by then, and all the princesses (plus Anya) were talking and getting to know each other. Though the subject never came up in the conversation, all seven girls were wondering what the Moon Princess was like, and whether or not Anya would get to stay. Finally, Lita spoke up. "I really hope Princess Serena isn?t snotty and stuck up. I wouldn?t be able to stand it at all!" Each of the other girls quickly voiced her assent, glad to have the subject out in the open. "Well, if she is, all the more reason to go home!" Rei put in, quickly, brightening a little at the prospect. Ami looked at her, and in a shocked voice, "Rei, you know we can?t do that! We?re training to be part of her court, and from what my mother told me, that?s forever!" Ami sounded so shocked at Rei?s lack of loyalty towards Princess Serena that Rei hung her head and said in an injured tone, "I was just kidding." But Ami still wasn?t convinced. The shuttle then landed at the gates of the Moon Palace, and the little girls stepped out one by one, Mina and Anya staying behind. As they got off the shuttle, they were met by a stunning woman who had silver hair in an odd hairstyle and a little girl who had blonde hair in the same hairstyle. As they each curtsied to the pair the Queen nodded and smiled and the little princess hugged each girl impetuously. This little token of welcome won over all the little girls, including Rei, who now thought that living on the Moon wouldn?t be so bad. Mina stepped out, and before she curtsied, waited for Anya, who then stepped out shyly, and they curtsied together. Although Queen Serenity knew who Anya was and that she didn?t belong there, the way they curtsied together so softened her heart that she didn?t have the heart to separate these sisters who so obviously loved each other very much. "Come along, girls, it?s almost lunch time. Are you all hungry?" Queen Serenity asked in her soft-spoken voice. All the girls nodded their heads eagerly, including Serena. Serenity smiled, and said, "Well, we?ll introduce ourselves and then eat." As she said this, she caught the worried look passed between Mina and Anya. To ease their fears, she took Mina?s hand in one hand and Anya?s hand in the other, and led the little parade of girls into the palace. They all sat down at a long table in the dining hall, Queen Serenity at the head, and four girls on each side of her. Serena sat to one side of her mother, and Ami, Jana, and Lita sat on that side as well. Rei, Charma, Mina, and Anya sat on the other side. "All right," Serenity started, as soon as everyone was seated, "Let?s start by introducing ourselves." She motioned for Serena to start. She stood, and said in a bright, cheerful voice, "I?m Princess Serena of the Moon." She then sat down. Ami stood and said, "I am Princess Ami of Mercury." All the girls went through this, until it came to Anya, who said, "My name is Anya, and I am from Venus." As she sat down, Serenity nodded and smiled, much to the delight of the sisters. After they ate lunch, Serenity took them outside to where the guardian cats were waiting. There was a black cat, Luna, a white cat, Artemis, and an orange and white tabby, Hunter. These cats were in charge of training the princesses to become Sailor Scouts. Serenity left the girls to get acquainted with their new trainers, and took Mina and Anya aside. She began by saying, "Your parents already know that you are here, Anya." Anya?s eyes grew round as she asked in a small voice, "How?" "Once your mother found out that you were missing, she called here immediately. She was worried at first, but then realized you would most likely be here. You both understand that what you did was very bad, and not very princess-like, either, don?t you?" The Queen reprimanded them as much as she thought she should without hurting them too much. But what next came out of Anya?s mouth just about tore her heart in two. "But I?m not a princess?that?s why we?re in this mess!" Tears filled in Anya?s pale blue eyes, and Queen Serenity knelt down and caught her up in her arms. Anya sobbed into her dress, and Serenity also hugged Mina, who looked as if she needed a hug. As they cried, Queen Serenity whispered, "It?s absolutely fine with me if the two of you want to stay here together." Mina looked up with disbelief in her royal blue eyes so like Serena?s. "Re-really?" she hiccupped. "Really," was the Queen?s reply. This prompted Mina to throw her arms around her neck, and sob for all she was worth. As their whimpers subsided, Serenity suggested freshening up, and then finding the other girls to play for a while. The girls readily agreed and each kissed Serenity on the cheek to show their gratitude and their already-growing affection. Then they ran off to find their new friends hand-in-hand, the fuchsia head bobbing alongside the blonde one. "Mina! Anya! What happened?" Serena asked, who was already brought up-to-date on the situation. "Did Mom let you stay? I hope she did! Anya, I?m sorry about everything that happened! We didn?t mean for you to be left out! I hope you won?t hold it against us! I promise, nothing like this will ever happen again! Well, hopefully something interesting (in a good way of course), will happen again because life here on the Moon as an only child has been kind of boring, and from the moment you all came out of that shuttle it?s been nothing but excitement! Oh, by the way, I?m so sorry about the driver? I told Mom that he was, well, a weirdo, and that it might not be such a good idea to make him the driver of such an important mission, but Mom wouldn?t listen. She said that he was an honest and good man (I didn?t say he wasn?t), and that we shouldn?t dis-discrimnate against him just because he talks weird so? I couldn?t talk her out of it! But you know, from what you?ve all told me, I guess it was? what do the therapists here call it? ? Oh yes, a good ?icebreaker.? I just wish I were there? Oh, if you could only see the looks on your faces! No, don?t worry, we?re not psychos. We only just recently got a therapist because some frumpy old guy on the board was worried that it might be hard for you all to adjust after you come and that a therapist might come in handy and some of the older people there (who obviously don?t know a thing about kids) agreed and so that?s that!" Serena paused for a breath. The other girls stared at Serena in amazement. Then they collapsed into giggles at the innocent look Serena gave them. "Wow, how do you talk so fast?" Princess Jana of Europa asked in wonderment. "I never thought that the princess of the entire Moon Kingdom would be so? well? not stuck-up." Serena looked a little hurt. "You guys thought I?d be stuck- AAAHH," she shrieked as she tripped (over what, they couldn?t tell; maybe it was her own feet) and fell head-first into a bed of flowers. "Yeah, but now we know that you?re just a clutz," Rei said sarcastically, but there was something in her voice that made the other girls know that she didn?t mean her snide remark in a mean way. "Mina, Anya, you didn?t tell us what Queen Serenity told you yet," Charma pointed out, in curiosity, but also to change the subject. "I can stay!!!" Anya whooped and jumped around in glee. By this time, Serena had recovered and shouted, "Yipee!" and danced around with Anya. The others soon joined in, forming a group of happy, loud, young kids doing some sort of weird dance and just making a big, cheerful ruckus?a definitely good change for the normally sedate and rather dull palace on the Moon. The next morning? At breakfast(to which Mina, Serena, and Charma were all late), the girls talked about what they were going to do. Eventually, conversation drifted towards the newly formed Sailor Scouts. Unfortunately, no one seemed to know much about it, not even Serena. They all entertained different theories about it, some of which were totally out of this world. Mina thought that they were going to join the Girl Scouts and sell cookies (Serena liked that idea!). Charma hoped that they?d be able to wear gorgeous ball gowns and jewels and go to balls every night. They all kept missing the point of the Sailor Scouts?to protect the Moon Princess from harm. However, the girls have never known anything but peace and they could not quite comprehend the idea of evil or enemies. Whenever they asked when they?d start training to become the notorious Sailor Scouts, they?d always receive a vague answer, which basically always meant, "Not yet." The princesses couldn?t figure out what was going on, but instead of worrying about it, they made the most of their free time and formed forever-binding friendships amongst themselves. Anya fit right in, although there was no reason she shouldn?t have. One question still bothered her and the others. Would she too become a Sailor Scout? She was afraid of asking Queen Serenity or even the guardian cats because she was afraid they?d think her a pest. Weird things began happening during the next few weeks. Things the girls couldn?t really understand? Things that sometimes even frightened the princesses. Once, when Rei threw one of her fits because Serena was late to a meeting yet again, the garbage can next to her caught on fire. This freaked everyone out; especially Rei. This event made her promise that she?d never lose her temper again, even if Serena was so late to one of their meetings that she never even showed! Another time Ami was frustrated over a math problem that she just could not figure out and the room started getting really cold. In seconds, icicles formed on the ceiling! Charma also had weird experiences. She was really annoyed with Jana?s antics and a miniature whirlwind formed and swept Jana out of the room! Charma liked that. Mina was feeling particularly homesick one day and a chain of hearts started swirling around her. Another day, Jana had one of her laughing fits and a shower cloud appeared over her head, drenching her and only her. Everyone got a kick out of that one. And then, later that day, Lita was elated over having won a fight against Charma and lightning started crashing down around her, thankfully not hurting anyone, though. Nobody knew what was happening. They kept these strange incidents to themselves at first, for fear of being sent to the therapist. But these weird things kept happening to them, eventually in public as well, so they couldn?t hide it. Finally, the princesses made a joint decision to go to the guardian cats about these little problems and the answer they got to their question only answered one they?d been asking since the beginning of their stay on the Moon. The cats told the princesses that they were now ready to start to train to become Sailor Scouts. Of course, the girls were a little irritated that their guardians weren?t giving them a straight answer, but soon Ami realized what was happening. "Of course!" she said, smacking her forehead with her palm. "All these things we?ve been experiencing lately are merely outputs of the magical energy we hold inside of us!" "Very good? Sailor Mercury," Artemis replied. "Huh?" Artemis handed her a blue pen with the symbol of Mercury on top. "You are now able to release the powers of Mercury that you hold inside of you." "As do the rest of you scouts," Hunter added. "Let?s see here? we?ve got green for Jupiter, purple for Callisto, yellow for Europa, red for Mars, and orange for Venus." The girls all oohed and aahed over their pretty pens? all except for Serena and Anya, that is. "But what about us?" Serena asked, a little put out. "Well, Serena, you are the destined leader of the Sailor Scouts. You are Sailor Moon." "Huh?! Her, lead the Sailor Scouts?" Rei teased Serena. "Ha ha," Serena replied sticking her tongue out at Rei. Luna did a backflip and a brooch appeared, which floated in the air into Serena?s open hand. "Instead of a pen, you transform with the power of this brooch." "Oh. And??" Serena asked expectantly. "And what?" Luna stared at Serena blankly. "And what about me?" Anya supplied hesitantly. "We?re sorry, Anya, but, since you do not have royal blood in you, you just are not able to become a Sailor Scout. You don?t have the magical power within you." "Oh." Disappointed, Anya looked down at her feet. The rest of the girls didn?t know what to do. They felt so bad for Anya, but what could they, nine-year-olds, do? Finally, Anya looked up and attempted a smile. "It?s okay, guys. It?ll give me a chance to work in my garden. You know how I always complain that you guys never give me a chance to get stuff done in there." And with a weak laugh, she disappeared out the door. Luna sighed and then said, "Okay, girls. First things first! You all need to transform." "We all need to what?" Lita asked. "You know, silly, transform! Like Batman, Wonderwoman, Superman, and all those wicked cool superheroes!" Serena said with a laugh. "Awesome!" Jana exclaimed. "Can I go first?" "Be my guest," Hunter said with a grin. "Just hold your pen up in the air and shout, ?Europa Power!?" Jana did as told and, in a splash of yellow and a matter of nano-seconds, a girl in a short, yellow sailor outfit and knee-high yellow boots was standing in Jana?s place. She looked down at herself admiringly when suddenly she shrieked, "Omigod! The pen! My pen! Where?d it go?? I can?t believe I lost it and I haven?t even done anything cool yet!" she wailed. "Jana. It?s alright. I guess we should?ve told you before. After you transform, your pen disappears into your hyper-dimensional lunar space pocket. You?ll know how to reach it when you need to," Artemis informed the freaked girl. "So I didn?t totally mess up?" Jana asked anxiously. "No you didn?t." "Cool! Now you guys have to transform! I?m not gonna fight evil all by myself, you know!" Jana commanded. Laughing, the others transformed and, to their delight, each was dressed in their respective favorite color. "Now what?" Serena asked. "Now you begin your training," Luna intoned solemnly. Anya, who had been watching the laughing girls transform from a window, sighed and walked to her garden to find comfort in the flowers. To be continued? Dum de dum dum DUM! (think TUMS commercial) We realize this isn?t a cliff hanger or anything, but we thought this was as good a place as any to end this chapter so? see you when we get the next one out!