| Our Story |
| This story is told in the perspective of all of us Mentors. To make things easier for you to understand, we will indicate which senshi is telling that particular part of the tale. |
| Rhea: It was time for the gathering to begin. The new princess of the moon, Serena, had just been born a few months ago, ago, and it was time for her future protectors to get to know each other. The first to arrive on the moon was Lady Rhea. She had been to the palace before, as had the other Senchi, and the servants knew well to stay out of her way. Her temper was well known to all. As she walked from her ship to the gates of the palace, she had the hood of her lavender cloak pulled low over her brow. One of the guards aimed his staff at her and cried out "Halt, who goes there?!" She lowered her hood and glared at the man in disgust. "Me, who do you think, you idiot! Now get out of my my way. Better yet, take me to the queen." The guard knew better than to push the temper of Lady Rhea, so he did as he was commanded, though he wasn't used to being ordered about in such a tone, and didn't are for it in the least. When she arrived at the meeting room , she was greatly miffed to see that the only other person there was Queen Serenity. "Where is everyone? How are we supposed to have a meeting when no one else shows up?" she groused as she sat down and removed her silver lined cloak to reveal the lovely lilac and silver dress beneath it that seemed compleatly out of place on such a rude, hateful girl. "Patients, Calypso. The others will arrive in time. And you are early. But let us keep each other company while we wait. How have things been for you lately? How is Hotary coming in her training?" "Humf, like you really care about me. And I don't see how you expect that useless child to ever become a great Senshi. She's such a little weakling, and she is SUCH a baby." "Hotaru is young. It will take time and patients to train her. But physical strength isn't the only strength for a Senshi. Look at Bara, Lady Umbriel of Mercury. She is not at all a physical type of person. Nor is Bianca of Uranus. As long as Hotaru is the best Senshi she can be, she will be a great success, of that I am sure. If she were to be a failure, she never would have been chosen. And I do care about you, as I do about the others. You are very important people, Calypso." "Yeah, you care about us because we're going to protect your preious little daughter. That's the only reason you care about any of us." "How did you become so cold, Calypso? You have to warm your heart and let people in, or you will have a long, lonely life." "I don't care. No one cares about me or what I want, so why should I care about them? I never asked for any of this, I didn't have a choice." With that, Calypso lapsed into an angry silence. Serenity was so shocked, she didn't know what to say to this angery young woman. She only hoped that, perhaps, one of the other Senshi could show her the light. Ananke: It was a dark night on the moon. Ananke was in her carriage with her pet cat, Cinnamon, on her lap. "I am so nervous. What if the queen doesn't like me? What if the other Senchi try to scare me away?" Aanke asked her faithful Cinnamon. He tryed to sooth Ananke by rubbing his head on her stomach. "Queen Serenity's castle!" yelled the driver of the carriage. "All right," Ananke replied. When they reached the castle, the footmen opened the door for Ananke. She got out, holding Cinnamon close to her. Two guards stood there at the door. "Halt! Who goes there?" called one of them. "It is me, Ananke, Mentor of Venus,"Ananke said. "You may go in." They let her and Cinnamon into the castle, and there she met a servant who led her down the hall. When she finaly got to the meeting room, she opened the doors and found Queen Serenity with another gil. "Hello, my lady," greeted Ananke, taking a bow at the queen. "Come in and take your place with me and Rhea," Queen Serenity commanded with a warm and welcoming smile. As she got to her chair, she put her glittering white lined saphire cloak over the back. "This is Calypso, Mentor Rhea of Saturn," Serenity introduced. "Hello, Calypso. I am Carme, Mentor Ananke of Venus," Carme introduced herself. "Oh, and this is my cat, Cinnamon." She was embarased that she had almost fogotten him. "Welcome to the palace of the moon, Carme. We are just waiting for the rest of the Mentors to arrive before we start the formal meeting. How was your journey?" And so they talked as the time passed. Calypso said very little durring this conversation, but Queen Serenity was very friendly, so she and Carme found many things to fill the time. Amalthea: As I stepped out of the transport, I stared around at the beauty that surrounded me. No matter how many times I come to the Moon Kingdom, it never stops amazing me. As I walked toward the gate, three guards stepped into my path. "Halt! What business do you have here?" I lifted the hood that had hidden my face from them. "I am here at the request of Queen Serenity.I believe she is expecting me?" "Madam Elara! WHat a pleasure to see you again. We did not recognize you with the hood up," the guard who seemed to be in charge apologized. It was a comical site, seeing these burley men cowering in front of little old me. "That's all right. You were just doing your job, and very well at that. I could have been anyone." "Thank you mistress. Plaese, allow me to show you to the conference room." The room he led me to was very plain, like most of the palace. Yet, in its plainness, it is very elegant and beautiful. To my mild surprise, the queen was not the only person in the room. There were two girls with her. Both clothed in dresses simmilar to blue dress with copper lining that I was wearing. One was purple with silver; the other was a beautiful shade of sapphire with an elegant glittery white lining. This girl had an orange tabby cat sitting on her lap. It seemed almost strange, as if it knew exactly what was going on around it. More so than a cat should. Queen Serenity looked up as I walked into the room. "Ah, welcome Elara. This is Calypso, Mentor Rhea of Saturn, and Carme, Mentor Ananke of Venus. Claypso, Carme, this is Elara, Mentor Amalthea of Jupiter. Come in, Eli, have a seat. We were just talking about the newest Senshi, the baby Hotaru of Saturn. Speaking of children, how's your family?" |