The Zodiac Senshi Trials

The Earth Trials

by Wendy Olson

Cleo’s Trial

~ My friend Hotaru noticed I had a few mistakes. I misspelled Paris and Oui(I put Wee). Thanks! I guess that is all for now (oh happy birthday Hotaru!) If you would like to e-mail me please feel free to do so at methos5000@hotmail.com I’d love to hear from you! Wendy~

When Celeste, Noel and Cleo opened their eyes they could not believe what they saw. They were now standing in the middle of a forest. There were green trees and mountains everywhere. Cleo had never seen such a beautiful sight. She only knew the desert of Egypt.

“Where are we? Where is everyone else? What’s going on? I don’t understand...” Celeste rambled on.

“Oui.” Noel agreed. That’s when they each could feel the ground move underneath their feet. It was an earthquake. The three girls tried to hold on to each other but it was too late. Each girl was now on the opposite part of the forest.

Cleo looked around where she was. It was beautiful. Cleo smiled when roots of the trees came out of the ground. She screamed as the roots tripped her and she fell to the ground.

When Cleo opened her eyes she was remembering her life. Cleo was born a very rich daddy’s girl. All of the other kids nick named her Queen Cleopatra. Cleo really didn’t seem to mind.

At the age of 11 Cleo began to hang around the men who worked for her father. They were very nice men and being the tomboy that Cleo was she liked them. When her father found out about this she was forbidden to see them.

At the age of 16 Cleo would wear men’s cloths and put her hair in a hat. Then she would go to work for her father. He had no idea. Cleo became very good at building houses. She loved it more than anything. When she was building she felt like she was doing something in the world. Cleo never liked the idea of living on her parents money.

One day when she was on a roof her father came by. “Who are you boy?” he asked his daughter.

Cleo didn’t know what to say. “Umm...Theo.” her father knew right away that wasn’t the boy’s name. Her father walked closer to her when the men stopped him.

“Theo is the best worker we have. With him here we have built two houses in the time we normally build one.” they told her father.

Her father thought a moment. “Fine, you can stay.” with that he left.

“Queen Cleopatra wins again.” one of the younger workers said. He went to Cleo’s school. Cleo jumped down from the roof and ran to the boy.

“So you knew all along? Why didn’t any of you tell?” she asked them. All the men just looked at the ground.

Finally the boy from her school said, “We liked having you around. Plus you do help things speed along. We couldn’t lose our best worker.”

“I knew it!” a voice shouted from behind the wall. Cleo’s dad walked out. He hadn’t really left. “Cleopatra, you come home right now!” he yelled at her.

Cleo looked at him and took off her hat. Her Kelly green hair fell about her ears. Cleo had sweat and dirt all over her face. Cleo’s lip curled into a smile. “Fine.” she said. She knew better than to fight with her father. He always got his way.

That night Cleo’s mother came to see her in her room. “You know your father only does what’s best for you.”

“Mother, I want to go to this school in Japan. Do you think he will let me?” Cleo handed her mother a brochure for the International University.

“What major do you want to take Cleopatra?”

“Carpentry. I was thinking I’ll tell father I’m going into business classes.” Cleo’s mother smiled. That was her girl.

“You and your father are just alike, stubborn. I think it is a good plan. When he does figure it out you will explain it to him. And remember to keep me out of it.” Her mother laughed and kissed Cleo on the forehead.

That was what happened. Cleo’s father let Cleo go to the college if she was going into business school. He was very happy to see his daughter had gotten over the silly idea of carpentry.

When Cleo opened her eyes again she saw her father looking down at her. She stood onto her feet and dusted herself off. “What? I like carpentry.”

Cleo’s father just kept looking at her. “And being a sailor. You are a disappointment to the Hathor name.”

“Taurus Crystal Make-Up!” she knew it wasn’t her father because he would have commended her for doing what she loved. Cleo knew her father loved her and only wanted her to be happy anyway.

Olive green leaves covered Cleo until she became Super Sailor Taurus. Her uniform changed a little. There was a green stripe on the bottom of her skirt. It was a different shade then her bows and uniform. Her back bows grew longer. Taurus’s sleeves had transparent parts. Her broach had changed as well. It was still in the shape of a star but now her sailor crystal was inside and the Taurus symbol on the outside. The gem in the tiara was in the shape of a star. Lastly her nose was pierced with a gold ring. It was through the septum. It looked like a bull’s nose ring.

Super Sailor Taurus touched the ring. She couldn’t believe what happened. Then her focus was on the imposter father. “Who are you and what do you want with me?” Taurus yelled.

“Just to kill you.” he tried to use a power on her but it was too late.

“Taurus Stampede Earthquake!” The bull that was from her fist power appeared and stampeded around the target. The earth then opened and swallowed him up.

“Ha! Never mess with Sailor Taurus!” After Taurus shouted that olive green light swallowed her up and she was gone.

To Be Continued in “Earth Trials: Celeste’s Trial”