Melody (Sailor Jupiter), Teri (Sailor Moon)
Title: The Real Deal
Writer: The Masked Mistress
Summary: “Naoko's stories hold more truths then anyone realized, as Teri, I and the others find out. Told in first person POV, first Teri's then mine for the rest of the story.”
Canon: Mostly the dub
Rating: 3
Name: Melody, Teri
Senshi Title: Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Moon
Hair:
Melody: Auburn, put up in a high ponytail when she changes
Teri: No idea what it is normally, but it turns silver, becomes knee length, and is up in heart-shaped buns when she becomes Princess Serenity
Eyes:
Melody: Not described, she wears glasses outside of her sailor form
Teri: Ditto, turns midnight blue
Unusual Markings/Colorations: None
Senshi Outfit:
Melody: “My glasses, which I've had to wear since third grade, disappear and I feel myself grow a good couple of inches while a single bolt of lightning gathers up my auburn hair and put into a high ponytail as my tiara appears across my forehead. The lightning closes in and becomes my uniform, thunder pealing each time. Finally the remaining lightning turns into a pink bow with a polished emerald in the middle and I lightly land back on the sand. I look down at my now-gloved hands before flexing them, smirking, “Now this kind of uniform I can get used to.””
Teri: “Across my arms they disappear to be replaced by white gloves and down my legs they become red boots. The body of the sailor fuku was white and the ribbons formed the red bow that the brooch is clipped to. With a flash the blue skirt appears and to finish the transformation, my tiara covers the crescent moon when it appears.”
Possessions:
Teri: Moon’s brooch and the Silver Crystal
Guardians:
Melody: Dane, a dragon (“It's skin is a beautiful emerald green that is offset by its sky-blue eyes.”) that can turn into other animals (that includes humans) and turns into a cocker spaniel to hide from her parents.
Teri: Luna. Thanks to her, most of the schools in the area are now required to wear uniforms because she wanted to teach Teri some organizational skills and left the reality-altering moon computer on for too long.
Origin: Some town in Northern Indiana; Teri has a brother named BJ and a boyfriend named Ryan who likes to channel Han Solo when showing his affections toward his girlfriend. Melody has two brothers named Zac and Caleb. So far, neither of them have a broken home.
Silver Millennium: The only differences are that they all had guardians and there were 2 ruling families on each planet so that all of the princesses could have a soul mate.
Connections to Canon: This is another one of those cases where the manga is actually a work of non-fiction. This time, the enemy gave the story to her so that the real scouts wouldn’t believe that their powers were real. All of the canon stuff applies.
Senshi Moves:
Melody: Sparkling Wide Pressure: Canon attack.
Teri: Moon Princess Halation: Canon attack, doesn’t need a quote.
Other Special Abilities: None
Annoying Traits: Self-inserts
Comments: Hmm, I seem to be going into a slump. I should find something toxic.
Samples:
Today, I decide to go with Melody to her locker after school, and from there we went to Ryan's locker to meet up with him and Tassie. As soon as I see them I smile and stand beside Ryan. We joke around and tease each other as we walk down the hall; I tell Ryan that I love him, and he says, "I know." I think that's his way of saying he loves me too. He doesn't say the actual words very often, but I know he cares.
I am so involved with my friends that I don't notice the hall we're walking through is completely empty. There's no one around except us. I stop to get a drink of water and let the others go on outside. I know they'll wait for me out there. I adjust my backpack and go outside, only to stop short and stare with wide eyes at the scene in front of me.
There are kids all over the place, passed out, I hope, and there in front of me, with its back to me, is an obviously female monster with long, vine-like arms. And there were my friends and the creature's vines were around their throats. The monster cackled, "Give me your sweet energy!" Without thinking, I drop my bookbag and jump at the creature, pulling on what I suppose is its hair as hard as I can.
It shrieks and drops Ryan and the others to put its attention on me. It throws me off and turns to glare at me. I look at my friends to make sure they're ok and notice that they seem weaker, as if the demon had really stolen their energy. Before I know it, the monster is on me and holding me down as it snarls, "Stupid girl! You would risk your life, and for what? These puny humans?!"
I struggle to get free, "Shut up! They're my friends! I'd do anything for them!"
The creature smiles dangerously, "Would you give your life for them?"
I stop moving and don't say anything. Not out of hesitation, but out of realization. My voice is soft and full of wonder, "Yes, I would."
I don't know it, but as I say those words, a crescent moon begins to shine on my forehead. It becomes so bright the monster jumps away from me as though it's burned. Ryan, Tassie and Melody watch with wide eyes, as a light becomes a cocoon-like orb around me, so bright that they couldn't see me. Tassie mutters "No way…" when the light explodes into feathers and leaves me standing transformed.
My hair had become longer, coming down to about my knees, and was up in heart-shaped buns and a shimmering silver color. My eyes had turned to a mid-night blue, and…I'm shorter. I can tell I'm a little shorter than Ryan, where as before I had actually been taller than him.
I forget all about the monster as I check myself out. The regal dress I'm wearing fits my new petite form like a glove! My memory's weird too, like there's two versions of every memory I've ever made. One how I used to look, and one in my new form. Like reality itself has changed to accept this new me.
My attention is brought back to the monster when it yells, "Who are you?!"
I don't hesitate to answer, "I'm Princess Serenity," My eyes shift to my friends for a moment before going back to the creature with a glare, "And you hurt my friends."
The monster snarls and launches itself at me out of desperation. I lift my hand and a familiar moon scepter appears there. I call out, "Moon Princess Halation!" directing the attack at the monster. It screeches and crumbles to dust, returning the energy it stole to the owners.
Ryan, Tassie and Melody stand and walk up to me. Melody looks at me as though I'd grown horns, "You're really Princess Serenity?"
I smile wryly, "Yeah…I guess so..." I hear some of the other kids starting to wake up and my eyes widen.
Ryan seems to take the hint, "Come on." He says before leading the way to his car. We all pile inside and he quickly pulls out of his parking space and away from the school. Without looking at me he asks, "What the hell happened back there?!"
I look away and shake my head, "I don't know…Please Ryan, let's go somewhere…we can talk about it there…"
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Before she can finish I run to one of the nearby windows of the park pavilion, groaning when I see what Teri was talking about, “Oh no…” There, etched on my forehead so it almost looks like an old scar, is the sign of Jupiter.
I groan again, “Oh man!” as Luna hops up on the sill, “What's wrong this time? You should be proud to wear your planet's sign on your brow. Jovians were a great and noble race, everyone knew a Jovian always keeps their word.”
I sigh, “But Luna, people are gonna notice! And even if they don't, the enemy sure as heck will! I'll be a walking target!”
Luna thinks for a moment before sighing, “That may be a problem. But sooner or later all of the Scouts are going to be, to use your words, `a walking target'. So you might as well get used to it now. At the moment, it's all we can do.”
I sigh, “Great, so I'm a walking bulls-eye, well whatever. So, you mind answering my earlier question? Who's the enemy?”
Luna looks like she's about to say something, but decides against it, saying instead, “Honestly, I have no idea. And beyond gathering energy, their purpose is a mystery as well.”
Teri tilts her head a little “Well, if we're not supposed to be kickin' monster behind, then what are we trying to do?”
Luna sighs, “Remember when I said Naoko Takeuchi almost got things right? Well, there was a major detail that was intentionally left out by the enemy. Your families were not the only ruling families on your respective planets. There were, on each planet, two ruling families. Together the two ruled better than any one could have alone. Now, in the Silver Millenium, a very peculiar thing happened. It happened that, on every planet, one ruling family had a girl as their eldest and the other had a boy. To celebrate this peculiarity, each planet pledged their heirs to be married on the moon princess' eighteenth birthday. Years passed and the lot of you grew together, becoming the best of friends and, at the appropriate age, began to feel natural affection for your promised. Indeed, when it was revealed to you on Teri's seventeenth birthday that in one year's time you would all be wed, none of you seemed the least bit hesitant.
Then the glorious day came, oh it was wonderful! But just as the festivities had started, they attacked. To this day I don't know who did it or why they did, but you all fought bravely, Princes and Princesses. But in the end, we were defeated, and you know the rest. Your mother sent us here and now we have three main objectives. First, we must find your fellow Scouts. Second, you must find your promised. And lastly, you must defeat the enemy at all costs.”
I nod, “Got it. Friends, boyfriends, buttkicking. Sounds easy enough.”
Teri sighs, “I don't know, the Sailor Moon that we grew up with never had an easy time with enemies. We should be careful.”
I stare at her, “What?” she asks.
I continue to stare at her, “You…you just said we should be careful. I never thought I'd ever hear you say that!”
She almost says something but then looks like she realizes something, “You're right…woah.”
Luna nods, “Well of course you're going to change. You now have an entire other part of your existence that you didn't before. You didn't think it would just be your appearance did you?”
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It's so foggy that I can't even see my feet and am hard pressed to see any part of my legs whatsoever. I blink and suddenly I'm in a courtyard with walkways made of the most beautiful emerald. I'm wearing a simple dark green evening gown with a low neckline and slightly puffed short sleeves. My hands are together in front of me and I feel I'm waiting for someone. Suddenly a pair of arms find their way around my shoulders and someone hugs me from behind. I turn to see who it is and am greeted with a pair of lips and a soft kiss that I instinctively return.
Our lips separate and I look up at the person and can't help but smile as he gazes down at me, “I didn't think it was possible, but you're even more beautiful then usual. The rest of the guys are going to be insanely jealous.” He says, causing me to blush slightly.
“I doubt it. They'll be to busy with the other princesses to be jealous of little ol' me.”
The man, who I somehow know is the Prince of Jupiter, my beloved, holds me in his arms and kisses me gently again before smiling down at me, “Now what did I tell you about being humble like that? You're gorgeous, and you know it.”
I smile back up at him, “Well, you don't look to bad yourself, love.”
The prince beams and reaches down, touching his nose to mine, “I love it when you call me that.”
I smile, totally at ease in his arms and I lay my head on his strong chest, “Well then, I'll just have to call you it more often.”
He takes my chin gently with his forefinger and thumb, lifting my face so we are gazing into each others eyes, “What did I ever do to deserve a beauty like you?”
I smile and blush a little, “Well, whatever you did, I must have done the same thing to deserve you. I feel like the luckiest girl in the universe.” I sigh and lay my head back on his chest, closing my eyes and just enjoying being in his arms.
Suddenly, his arms aren't around me any more, and I hear screaming around me along with the crackling of fire. I blink when I open my eyes again. I am on the moon, pressed against a marble pillar. I shake my head, clearing it from the confusion that clouds it. Something is very wrong. I run in the direction that people are coming from, knowing that that's where my friends, and my beloved, will be, transforming into my fuku as I go. The flow of people leads me to the palace, and I just get in the entryway when I run right into someone.
I slam into the floor before hurrying to get up. I then notice who I had slammed into. It is my beloved, badly wounded from fighting something powerful. I rush to his side as he struggles to sit up, “Love! What's happening?! Who's attacking?”
He looks up at me, panic written all over his face, “Beloved, you must get out of here. They're to powerful, you must escape while you have a chance!”
I shake my head, tears threatening to spill from my eyes, “Not without you love! I promised I would never leave your side and I won't!”
Just as I say this, a dark shadow creeps slowly towards him, burning yellow eyes that I notice just before it pounces, slashing at him with dark long claws. I watch in horror as the last of his life is ripped away from him. “No! Beloved! Beloved!”
I sit straight up in my bed, “Beloved!” I look around; I'm in my room, safe. I breathe heavily, pouring out sweat as I remember the nightmare. It felt so real. I look at my clock where the numbers 12:30 blare at me in a bright red light that I can make out even without my glasses. I rub my eyes to try and offset the headache I feel coming on.
Writer: The Masked Mistress
Summary: “Naoko's stories hold more truths then anyone realized, as Teri, I and the others find out. Told in first person POV, first Teri's then mine for the rest of the story.”
Canon: Mostly the dub
Rating: 3
Name: Melody, Teri
Senshi Title: Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Moon
Hair:
Melody: Auburn, put up in a high ponytail when she changes
Teri: No idea what it is normally, but it turns silver, becomes knee length, and is up in heart-shaped buns when she becomes Princess Serenity
Eyes:
Melody: Not described, she wears glasses outside of her sailor form
Teri: Ditto, turns midnight blue
Unusual Markings/Colorations: None
Senshi Outfit:
Melody: “My glasses, which I've had to wear since third grade, disappear and I feel myself grow a good couple of inches while a single bolt of lightning gathers up my auburn hair and put into a high ponytail as my tiara appears across my forehead. The lightning closes in and becomes my uniform, thunder pealing each time. Finally the remaining lightning turns into a pink bow with a polished emerald in the middle and I lightly land back on the sand. I look down at my now-gloved hands before flexing them, smirking, “Now this kind of uniform I can get used to.””
Teri: “Across my arms they disappear to be replaced by white gloves and down my legs they become red boots. The body of the sailor fuku was white and the ribbons formed the red bow that the brooch is clipped to. With a flash the blue skirt appears and to finish the transformation, my tiara covers the crescent moon when it appears.”
Possessions:
Teri: Moon’s brooch and the Silver Crystal
Guardians:
Melody: Dane, a dragon (“It's skin is a beautiful emerald green that is offset by its sky-blue eyes.”) that can turn into other animals (that includes humans) and turns into a cocker spaniel to hide from her parents.
Teri: Luna. Thanks to her, most of the schools in the area are now required to wear uniforms because she wanted to teach Teri some organizational skills and left the reality-altering moon computer on for too long.
Origin: Some town in Northern Indiana; Teri has a brother named BJ and a boyfriend named Ryan who likes to channel Han Solo when showing his affections toward his girlfriend. Melody has two brothers named Zac and Caleb. So far, neither of them have a broken home.
Silver Millennium: The only differences are that they all had guardians and there were 2 ruling families on each planet so that all of the princesses could have a soul mate.
Connections to Canon: This is another one of those cases where the manga is actually a work of non-fiction. This time, the enemy gave the story to her so that the real scouts wouldn’t believe that their powers were real. All of the canon stuff applies.
Senshi Moves:
Melody: Sparkling Wide Pressure: Canon attack.
Teri: Moon Princess Halation: Canon attack, doesn’t need a quote.
Other Special Abilities: None
Annoying Traits: Self-inserts
Comments: Hmm, I seem to be going into a slump. I should find something toxic.
Samples:
Today, I decide to go with Melody to her locker after school, and from there we went to Ryan's locker to meet up with him and Tassie. As soon as I see them I smile and stand beside Ryan. We joke around and tease each other as we walk down the hall; I tell Ryan that I love him, and he says, "I know." I think that's his way of saying he loves me too. He doesn't say the actual words very often, but I know he cares.
I am so involved with my friends that I don't notice the hall we're walking through is completely empty. There's no one around except us. I stop to get a drink of water and let the others go on outside. I know they'll wait for me out there. I adjust my backpack and go outside, only to stop short and stare with wide eyes at the scene in front of me.
There are kids all over the place, passed out, I hope, and there in front of me, with its back to me, is an obviously female monster with long, vine-like arms. And there were my friends and the creature's vines were around their throats. The monster cackled, "Give me your sweet energy!" Without thinking, I drop my bookbag and jump at the creature, pulling on what I suppose is its hair as hard as I can.
It shrieks and drops Ryan and the others to put its attention on me. It throws me off and turns to glare at me. I look at my friends to make sure they're ok and notice that they seem weaker, as if the demon had really stolen their energy. Before I know it, the monster is on me and holding me down as it snarls, "Stupid girl! You would risk your life, and for what? These puny humans?!"
I struggle to get free, "Shut up! They're my friends! I'd do anything for them!"
The creature smiles dangerously, "Would you give your life for them?"
I stop moving and don't say anything. Not out of hesitation, but out of realization. My voice is soft and full of wonder, "Yes, I would."
I don't know it, but as I say those words, a crescent moon begins to shine on my forehead. It becomes so bright the monster jumps away from me as though it's burned. Ryan, Tassie and Melody watch with wide eyes, as a light becomes a cocoon-like orb around me, so bright that they couldn't see me. Tassie mutters "No way…" when the light explodes into feathers and leaves me standing transformed.
My hair had become longer, coming down to about my knees, and was up in heart-shaped buns and a shimmering silver color. My eyes had turned to a mid-night blue, and…I'm shorter. I can tell I'm a little shorter than Ryan, where as before I had actually been taller than him.
I forget all about the monster as I check myself out. The regal dress I'm wearing fits my new petite form like a glove! My memory's weird too, like there's two versions of every memory I've ever made. One how I used to look, and one in my new form. Like reality itself has changed to accept this new me.
My attention is brought back to the monster when it yells, "Who are you?!"
I don't hesitate to answer, "I'm Princess Serenity," My eyes shift to my friends for a moment before going back to the creature with a glare, "And you hurt my friends."
The monster snarls and launches itself at me out of desperation. I lift my hand and a familiar moon scepter appears there. I call out, "Moon Princess Halation!" directing the attack at the monster. It screeches and crumbles to dust, returning the energy it stole to the owners.
Ryan, Tassie and Melody stand and walk up to me. Melody looks at me as though I'd grown horns, "You're really Princess Serenity?"
I smile wryly, "Yeah…I guess so..." I hear some of the other kids starting to wake up and my eyes widen.
Ryan seems to take the hint, "Come on." He says before leading the way to his car. We all pile inside and he quickly pulls out of his parking space and away from the school. Without looking at me he asks, "What the hell happened back there?!"
I look away and shake my head, "I don't know…Please Ryan, let's go somewhere…we can talk about it there…"
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Before she can finish I run to one of the nearby windows of the park pavilion, groaning when I see what Teri was talking about, “Oh no…” There, etched on my forehead so it almost looks like an old scar, is the sign of Jupiter.
I groan again, “Oh man!” as Luna hops up on the sill, “What's wrong this time? You should be proud to wear your planet's sign on your brow. Jovians were a great and noble race, everyone knew a Jovian always keeps their word.”
I sigh, “But Luna, people are gonna notice! And even if they don't, the enemy sure as heck will! I'll be a walking target!”
Luna thinks for a moment before sighing, “That may be a problem. But sooner or later all of the Scouts are going to be, to use your words, `a walking target'. So you might as well get used to it now. At the moment, it's all we can do.”
I sigh, “Great, so I'm a walking bulls-eye, well whatever. So, you mind answering my earlier question? Who's the enemy?”
Luna looks like she's about to say something, but decides against it, saying instead, “Honestly, I have no idea. And beyond gathering energy, their purpose is a mystery as well.”
Teri tilts her head a little “Well, if we're not supposed to be kickin' monster behind, then what are we trying to do?”
Luna sighs, “Remember when I said Naoko Takeuchi almost got things right? Well, there was a major detail that was intentionally left out by the enemy. Your families were not the only ruling families on your respective planets. There were, on each planet, two ruling families. Together the two ruled better than any one could have alone. Now, in the Silver Millenium, a very peculiar thing happened. It happened that, on every planet, one ruling family had a girl as their eldest and the other had a boy. To celebrate this peculiarity, each planet pledged their heirs to be married on the moon princess' eighteenth birthday. Years passed and the lot of you grew together, becoming the best of friends and, at the appropriate age, began to feel natural affection for your promised. Indeed, when it was revealed to you on Teri's seventeenth birthday that in one year's time you would all be wed, none of you seemed the least bit hesitant.
Then the glorious day came, oh it was wonderful! But just as the festivities had started, they attacked. To this day I don't know who did it or why they did, but you all fought bravely, Princes and Princesses. But in the end, we were defeated, and you know the rest. Your mother sent us here and now we have three main objectives. First, we must find your fellow Scouts. Second, you must find your promised. And lastly, you must defeat the enemy at all costs.”
I nod, “Got it. Friends, boyfriends, buttkicking. Sounds easy enough.”
Teri sighs, “I don't know, the Sailor Moon that we grew up with never had an easy time with enemies. We should be careful.”
I stare at her, “What?” she asks.
I continue to stare at her, “You…you just said we should be careful. I never thought I'd ever hear you say that!”
She almost says something but then looks like she realizes something, “You're right…woah.”
Luna nods, “Well of course you're going to change. You now have an entire other part of your existence that you didn't before. You didn't think it would just be your appearance did you?”
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It's so foggy that I can't even see my feet and am hard pressed to see any part of my legs whatsoever. I blink and suddenly I'm in a courtyard with walkways made of the most beautiful emerald. I'm wearing a simple dark green evening gown with a low neckline and slightly puffed short sleeves. My hands are together in front of me and I feel I'm waiting for someone. Suddenly a pair of arms find their way around my shoulders and someone hugs me from behind. I turn to see who it is and am greeted with a pair of lips and a soft kiss that I instinctively return.
Our lips separate and I look up at the person and can't help but smile as he gazes down at me, “I didn't think it was possible, but you're even more beautiful then usual. The rest of the guys are going to be insanely jealous.” He says, causing me to blush slightly.
“I doubt it. They'll be to busy with the other princesses to be jealous of little ol' me.”
The man, who I somehow know is the Prince of Jupiter, my beloved, holds me in his arms and kisses me gently again before smiling down at me, “Now what did I tell you about being humble like that? You're gorgeous, and you know it.”
I smile back up at him, “Well, you don't look to bad yourself, love.”
The prince beams and reaches down, touching his nose to mine, “I love it when you call me that.”
I smile, totally at ease in his arms and I lay my head on his strong chest, “Well then, I'll just have to call you it more often.”
He takes my chin gently with his forefinger and thumb, lifting my face so we are gazing into each others eyes, “What did I ever do to deserve a beauty like you?”
I smile and blush a little, “Well, whatever you did, I must have done the same thing to deserve you. I feel like the luckiest girl in the universe.” I sigh and lay my head back on his chest, closing my eyes and just enjoying being in his arms.
Suddenly, his arms aren't around me any more, and I hear screaming around me along with the crackling of fire. I blink when I open my eyes again. I am on the moon, pressed against a marble pillar. I shake my head, clearing it from the confusion that clouds it. Something is very wrong. I run in the direction that people are coming from, knowing that that's where my friends, and my beloved, will be, transforming into my fuku as I go. The flow of people leads me to the palace, and I just get in the entryway when I run right into someone.
I slam into the floor before hurrying to get up. I then notice who I had slammed into. It is my beloved, badly wounded from fighting something powerful. I rush to his side as he struggles to sit up, “Love! What's happening?! Who's attacking?”
He looks up at me, panic written all over his face, “Beloved, you must get out of here. They're to powerful, you must escape while you have a chance!”
I shake my head, tears threatening to spill from my eyes, “Not without you love! I promised I would never leave your side and I won't!”
Just as I say this, a dark shadow creeps slowly towards him, burning yellow eyes that I notice just before it pounces, slashing at him with dark long claws. I watch in horror as the last of his life is ripped away from him. “No! Beloved! Beloved!”
I sit straight up in my bed, “Beloved!” I look around; I'm in my room, safe. I breathe heavily, pouring out sweat as I remember the nightmare. It felt so real. I look at my clock where the numbers 12:30 blare at me in a bright red light that I can make out even without my glasses. I rub my eyes to try and offset the headache I feel coming on.