MamaLantiis

Aurora poked her pencil into her cheek as she stared at the now blurred words of her book on the history of sailor senshi. She blinked her eyes rapidly to try and get the words to come into focus. It didn’t work. She slowly closed the book and stuck her pencil in her mouth, chewing on it lightly. Aurora wasn’t known for being overly studious. It doesn’t mean she didn’t try to study. She just never made much headway. She was bad at doing homework too. She could read and reread the same question a dozen times but not be able to pin a single answer down on paper. So she just never bothered to turn homework in. It was the same with the Sailor Academy. Aurora did best at physical challenges and tests. Things she could DO. Homework was left unfinished. As such, her grade hung just above the passing score. Thankfully her physical tests and homework kept her grade up. And Aurora was annoyingly good at taking tests. Even written exams! Without studying, she could claim an A+ on just about

Aurora woke to the smells of apple cider filtering out from the kitchen. She sat up in bed and looked out her window at the white wonderland of her yard. The little Christmas lights flickering on the side of the house and trees. She smiled, loving this time of year. December 23rd, time for the holiday festivities to begin! Aurora jumped out of bed and ran out of her room and down the hallway to the kitchen. Her mother was making pancakes while her father was resting in his usual chair reading the news on his phone. “Good morning mom! Good morning dad!” Aurora took her seat as her two brothers filtered in, also giving their blessings to their parents. Aurora’s mother smiled, “Everyone’s favorite cider pancakes this morning! Then we can all pick one present to open.” She brought over everyone’s pancakes with some syrup and the hot apple cider. The family sat together in relative quiet, eating their delicious food. After breakfast, the family gathered around the Christmas tree in the

Aurora has struggled with connecting with her magical ability ever since she was scouted by Gaiana at her wrestling match. She has struggled so much that she has extensively thought of quitting the Sailor Academy and going back to her old school. But Calida Garcia changed all that for her. As the academy’s magic teacher, Calida takes a real and true interest in the success of all her students. She started to one-on-one train Aurora to use her magical powers. “Close your eyes Aurora,” whispered Calida, “and feel your power deep inside you. In your gut, deep down where it is hidden. Let it grow and climb its way out, up your torso and into your chest and heart. Feel it beating there. Feel it start to course its way through your limbs. It rises to your lips. There are words there. Speak them…” Aurora stood, eyes closed. She searched deep down within her until she found a spark, a small light that grew when she approached it. She could feel it inside her now, in her chest. It took a

BING-BONG! Aurora rushed from her room in a flash screaming, “GOT IT!” as she bolted down the hallway and through the livingroom to the front door. Calling forth all her strength, she whipped open the door with a huge smile on her face. She knew who was at the door before she even opened it. Standing outside with a smile on her own face stood Sachiko, one of Aurora’s new friends. Sachiko ruffled her purple bangs as she stared back at Aurora, “This is gonna be so fun!” Aurora nodded happily, “Come in! Follow me. My room is this way!” As Sachiko and Aurora passed the kitchen, Aurora huffed out, “That’s my mom and dad. HI MOM AND DAD! We’re going to my room!” The only thing the girls heard as they rushed by was a masculine voice, “Wow. Ok then.” Aurora ripped her door nearly off the hinges in her excitement at having a friend over for the night, “I’ve made up some popcorn and we have ice cream for later. Pizza is for dinner mom says. So, what do you think?” Sachiko scanned the

Gaiana Moore tapped her finger on her desk and motioned towards the doorway to the youma room… the dreaded room where the student sailors fight youma… Aurora rolled her eyes knowing she was next. Ms. Moore nodded at Aurora, “You’re up Aurora. And also you Asami. You two will take on the next youma together. Transform now and enter the room and prepare yourselves.” Aurora sighed and transformed. Asami did the same, and both sailors stepped through the door into the domed room. The room itself was quite large – it could fit almost anything as the sailors had found out in their first encounters with a youma during their first term. Ms. Moore’s voice came over the intercom, “Alright Sailor Uranus and Sailor Moon, get ready… And set… *beep*” Dust started swirling in front of the girls. It was a verifiable dirt devil that filled almost an entire half of the domed room. As the dust cleared, the girls saw what can only be described as a giant rock youma, boulders making up its body and

Aurora was leaving math class and prepping herself for meeting up with her mentor in an hour for lessons. As she walked down the hallway, she saw all three sailor teachers talking. She didn’t want to interrupt, so she tried to give a wide birth, but she heard some of their conversation anyways: “I’m not so sure about this! It was hard enough then for us to become Candidates and I’m just really weirded out that I can’t contact anyone else from back then!” “It’s not up to us to be the deciding factor! We can still do things, that’s why we were chosen to become the teachers!” “What happens if they fail? I’ve never had to fail anyone!” “It’s only the second term!” “I’ve seen others in our generation fail the first term! They never came back!” Aurora’s mind was sent spinning. She remember what the girl she encountered just two days ago was saying about the sailors that came before her class and about how they are all gone now. Cowards she had said. Aurora didn’t buy them being cowards