The Galaxy Cauldron is proud to celebrate Usagi and Chibiusa's birthday in this special writing contest!

The theme for this writing contest is "Birthday" You are free to interpret the theme as you like. The rules are as follows:

Rules
1. Entries must be 1000 words or less.
2. Entries must be rated PG13 or lower.
3. Entries must be related to the theme.
4. Your entry must be a new entry created specifically for this challenge.
5. You may only submit one entry.
6. You may not show your entry to anyone else or post it elsewhere on the Galaxy Cauldron until after the contest is over and the winner is announced.
7. Sailor Moon or Sailor Chibi Moon themed entries are encouraged, but not required (though we would prefer to have lots of stories about our birthday gals).

Note: Please PM your entries to Tuxedo Mistress by 30 June 2013. Voting lasts until July 7. All questions may be directed to Tuxedo Mistress.

i wish i seen this earlier 

yay, i've got one entry!

Do you think we could start a thread for Usagi&Chibi-Usa one-shots? I know we'll have the contest entries to read, but I think a little collection of one-shots featuring them would be cute as well XD

i think this is an excellent idea!

I sent my entry ^^

Excellent! Shall we start it tomorrow and ask people to update it with their own or their favorite (with credit and links) Usagi&Chibi-Usa stories for people to read throughout the day, or start it today and keep it open for new submissions tomorrow?

I sent my entry

YAAAAAAAY!!! 4 ENTRIES!

Sailor Uranus wrote:

Excellent! Shall we start it tomorrow and ask people to update it with their own or their favorite (with credit and links) Usagi&Chibi-Usa stories for people to read throughout the day, or start it today and keep it open for new submissions tomorrow?

let's do it tomorrow (mainly because today is saturday and i wanna have some hubby + wifey time =D)

Voting will last until July 7. The theme was "Birthday". Enjoy reading the entries!

Entry 1

"Balloons"

"Check"

"Streamers"

"Check"

"Pallas, do you have a plan for distracting Small Lady?"

"Small Lady exits her room at 7:00 every morning. The night before her birthday, Juno will tie a bucket of jam to the door and place in on the ledge above it. When the door is opened, the jam will fall on Small Lady, covering her clothes and hair. She will turn left and head towards her bathroom. While she is wiping off the jam, Vesta and I will rip off the doorknob and replace it with one of my dolls, making her unable to leave. Then..."

"Pallas, we are not locking Small Lady in a bathroom. Besides, what am I going to do?"

"I was just getting to that part, Ceres! Anyway, you will hoverboard by her window holding that lace dress she loves. Once Small Lady sees you, say the words "Freezing Kiss" into your headset, which is disguised as part of your hairstyle. Juno will hear you though her walkie-talkie and lower a fishing-pole, which will catch onto the hinges and loosen them, causing the window to fall into a tree. Ceres will hoverboard through the window and hand the dress to Small Lady. Once she is fully dressed, lead her onto the hoverboard and take her shopping. If it all goes along to plan, we should have the next 9 hours to fully decorate the dining room and ballroom."

"Okay... um, do we have any better ideas?"

"I never thought Pallas was smart"

"Just because I love dolls doesn't mean I'm stupid, Vesta!"

"No one else... okay, Juno, have you convinced any of the others to help us?"

"Makoto is baking her cake and designing all of our decorations and clothes and Hotaru will help us distract Small Lady"

"And is the Helios plan working at all?"

"Let's see. Blackmail: No, Puppy-eyes: No, Doing extra chores: No, Hunger strike: No, Skywriting: No, Actually going to Elysion, No, Cats: No"

"Why cats?"

"You know how the king loves Diana, so we decided to have her convince him."

"And we also kidnapped a pink cat and tried to give it to the king in exchange for Helios"

"Let me guess: Diana failed to successfully convince him and the pink cat's owner discovered you"

"Vesta..."

"There was also the child kidnapping plan..." 

"PALLAS"

"At least my plans work!"

"Oh yeah, wouldn't that mean that we would've taken over the world back then?"

"We are supposed to be talking about Small Lady's party, not our days as the Amazoness Quartet!"

"Ceres, why do you always have to be the mature one?"

"Probably because I'm the only one who can actually focus on something for more than five seconds"

"Except for when romance enters the picture"

"And shopping"

"Remember that time we had a mission in that clothing store and all you did was ogle over those shoes?"

"I AM NOT A STUPID AIRHEAD!"

"You're being redundant"

"Who knows, maybe the dumb one isn't nearly as dumb as we thought..."

"Juno, why are you so mean?"

"I was just joking..."

"Um, guys, Neo-Queen Serenity is standing right next to us..."

"Hello, girls"

"Um... hello..."

"We apologize for any inconvenience we caused toward the senshi. We were just planning a party for you daughter, Small Lady"

"Ceres, you don't need to apologize for being a good friend towards my dear Small Lady. Neither do the rest of you, even though you were a little overenthusiastic about it"

"Thank you!"

"And I'll help you plan Small Lady's party, too!"

Entry 2

“I ate too much cake.” A body fell backwards onto the bed, her hands over her stomach.
 
“You ate too much cake?” another body joined the first, this one smaller, but falling just as hard. She grumbled, her eyes closed and her lips in a sick frown, “I ate too much cake.”
 
The first opened her eyes and side-eyed the second, “I ate more cake than you could ever dream of eating.”
 
The second glared up at the first, tilting her head so their eyes locked. “I am made of cake.”
 
“Then maybe I ate your twin because the amount of cake I ate was the size of your entire body!”
 
“Then, proportionately, I still ate more cake!” the younger declared with a barb in her voice, crossing her arms in victory as the older girl got up on an elbow to glare at her. 
 
“Don’t bring math into this!” she exclaimed fervently, “This is a battle of ---uuuuugh,” she fell backwards, her face turning green as the miserably whined, “I ate too much caaaaake.”
 
The younger whined too, giving up the premise of battle in favor of an upset stomach. “Me, toooooo.”
 
“Why does she make it taste so good?” Usagi whined further, kicking her feet a bit.
 
“Because everything Mako-chan makes tastes good,” Chibi-Usa weakly replied, “I don’t think she can help it.”
 
“But it’s just so cruel!” Usagi wailed, “No one should feel this way on their birthday!”
 
“Why did I eat so much?” Chibi-Usa muttered pitifully, “I never eat that much. I should be laughing at you right now, not whining with you.”
 
“Yeah, you usually are, you little fink – now it’s my turn!” Usagi sat up again, making a face, only to plop back down again with a grimace, “I should be immune by now!”
 
“Maybe it’s an evil plot.” Chibi-Usa whined.
 
Both pair of eyes, blue and red, slowly opened until they were very wide.
 
“The eggs! Or the flour!” Chibi-Usa marveled.
 
“Mako-chan was an unsuspecting accomplice!” Usagi gasped shallowly, unable to get in a deep breath.
 
“It’s definitely the enemy!” they exclaimed together.
 
“And on my birthday!” Usagi’s whine turned into an angry accusation.
 
“It’s my birthday, too!” Chibi-Usa seconded.
 
“LUNA!” Usagi yelled. 
 
“Shh!” Chibi-Usa hushed quickly, putting a hand on confused Usagi, “We don’t want Ikuko-mama involved!” 
 
“Luna!” Usagi tried again in a loud whisper.
 
“Diana!” Chibi-Usa joined. 
 
The girls called their cats repeatedly, but even after a good amount of time had passed, neither of the guardians showed. Chibi-Usa flipped over onto her stomach and crawled across the bed to the window, peering outside suspiciously.
 
“What’s out there?” Usagi asked, grimacing as her future-daughter knelt on one of her pigtails.
 
“Nothing,” Chibi-Usa replied suspiciously. “But that doesn’t mean that nothing is out there.”
 
Usagi’s brows furrowed. “What do you mean?” she asked, pulling her hair free before turning over and joining Chibi-Usa at the window. “I don’t see anything!”
 
“Shhh!” Chibi-Usa hushed again, putting a finger to her lips, “Just because we can’t see them doesn’t mean they’re not watching, just waiting for the right time to strike!”
 
“You think they’re invisible?” Usagi asked skeptically.
 
“Or camouflaged!”Chibi-Usa corrected heatedly, “They’re the Dead Moon Circus from the Amazon – camouflage is a big deal there!”
 
Usagi pulled one of Chibi-Usa’s pink pigtails and said, “I think you’ve had too much cake,” and plopped back down on the bed again. 
 
Sighing in defeat, Chibi-Usa turned around and admitted quietly, “I might have just eaten too much cake. It was so good.”
 
“See? You’re more like me than you think!” Usagi replied triumphantly from her back, a proud smirk on her face.
 
“Yeah, yeah,” Chibi-Usa agreed off-handedly, shimmying down until she had enough room to spread out on Usagi’s bed.
 
They were quiet for a moment, each absorbed in her own thoughts of their party, their friends, the cake, and that they were a year older. Usagi broke the silence. “Hey, Chibi-Usa?” she asked, her tone that of a girl at a sleepover party, speaking into the darkness really late at night and finally giving voice to the strangest thoughts imaginable and wanting to discuss them. Chibi-Usa hummed a response, indicating that she was listening. “What are our birthdays like in the 30th century?”
 
“Huge,” the younger girl replied casually, shrugging as she added, “Sometimes they’re accompanied by circuses, but the circuses aren’t evil. There’s always a ball and Sailor Mercury sometimes designs mazes or makes really cool laser shows. And Sailor Jupiter bakes and always makes us little baskets to take up to our room to eat later. I thought mom just got one so I didn’t feel bad, but now I know she probably pigs out just like I do,” the last was a go at Usagi, who laughed weakly.
 
“Hey Chibi-Usa?” she asked after another stretch of silence. Chibi-Usa sighed and hummed again. “Do you come on time?”
 
“What?”
 
Usagi kicked her feet uncomfortably, twiddling her thumbs as she clarified, “Are you an early baby or a late baby or do you come on time?”
 
Chibi-Usa rolled her eyes and shook her head, “Why?”
 
Usagi sighed heavily, “Well what if Mamo-chan and I – “ she was blushing and skipped ahead, “And they said that you were due on, I don’t know, July 10th or June 1st or something? Do you know how nerve-wracking that would be? Nine months wondering if something went wrong and –“
 
Chibi-Usa took Usagi’s hand and looked over at her skeptically, “Listen, I don’t know if I’m early or late or on time, but I’m your kid and you’re stuck with me. My birthday is June 30th, same as yours, so when it’s time just be ready for the absolute best birthday present ever.”
 
Usagi smiled and squeezed Chibi-Usa’s hand.
 
“Hey, Usagi? I am the best birthday present ever, right?”
 
“Hmm, I don’t know… apparently I have a lot of birthdays…”
 
“Usagi!”
 
“I’m kidding. You’re the best.”
 
“…. Good, because I didn’t get you anything this year.”

Entry 3

"Wake up!" 
I lifted myself off my comfy bed. It was 6:00 in the morning. On a Saturday!
"What is it?"
My future mother held her hairbrush like a microphone.
"Today is your birthday, and it's my birthday too! Today is your birthday! Happy birthday to you!" 
Usagi whipped her blonde hair around and danced across the room, singing the Beatles. 
"Dance with me, Chibiusa!"
"It's 6 in the morning! I'm tired!"
"But you're 6 years old now! You're only 6 once! So dance with me!"
Before I could answer, she grabbed my hand and was twirling me around, laughing. The song "Get The Party Started" by Pink was blasting out of the radio. 
"We gotta get the party started, Chibiusa! Lets get dressed, quick!"
Usagi ran to her room. I pulled on my favorite dress with pink and red flowers and started to put my hair up.
"You need help?"
She was wearing a red top with lace, a navy blue skirt, and a white belt. Her hair was in her usual Odango style. She was beautiful. Everything that I wanted to be when I grew up. She reminded me of Mother. I was speechless.
"I'll do your hair."
Usagi pulled up a chair and sat down, hummimg. I sat on her lap. Her hands were gentle as she carefully pulled my hair back into two buns and pigtails. 
"I'm done."
I hopped off and looked in the mirror. Usagi followed. 
"You look gorgeous, Chibiusa!"
She giggled and playfully poked my nose. I blushed. 
"Usagi?"
"Yeah, Chibiusa?"
"I love you."
"I know. I love you too."
She hugged me tight. It felt warm and happy, like I was flying. It felt like Mother. It felt like love.

Entry 4

“I can't believe they forgot our birthday.” wailed a blond girl while a pink haired girl sat off to the side looking a bit put out. Both girls had just been to see all of their friends in search of their birthday presents. First stop had been Minako's as the blond always had something great for both of the birthday girls. When Minako opened the door she had seemed surprised to find out it was Usagi and Chibi-Usa's birthday. It had happened three more times Makoto hadn't even made them a cake. Thinking it might have only been the four inner senshi the two decided the next stop would in fact be The outers place but they also seemed surprised to find out it was the girls birthday. “Even Mamo-Chan forgot.” the pink haired girl said kicking a rock from the bench she was sitting on. Both girls looked at each other before they broke out into hysterics once more. 

It wasn't long after that both girls heard laughing or actually it seemed more like a chuckle. They both looked up to see a short haired blond. “Haruka-San?” both girls asked looking at the older girl. The blond just shook her head and motioned for the birthday girls to fallow her. Curious the girls did just that crossing their arms when they ended up in front of Hikawa shrine. They looked at each other suspicious of why exactly they were there. Walking into one of the bigger rooms of the shrine both girls looked a bit upset at how empty the room was that was until everyone popped out yelling surprise. The moon princesses looked around at everyone surprised. “Now you don't think we would have forgotten today was your birthday now did you?” Minako asked sticking her tongue out at the other two girls. “Well Mamoru did forget it was your birthday but we took care of that for you.” Rei Said walking up to the girls. “Happy birthday princess.” Haruka said from beside her as Michiru joined the blond. “I also made a cake that's what I was doing when you stopped by.” Makoto called from where she was setting food out on the table.

Michiru handed the two girls their presets from her and Haruka and Hotaru ran up handing both girls their presents from her. “Michiru-Mama helped me wrap them.” the black haired girl said proudly. Both Usagi and chibi-Usa launched themselves at their friends with tear in the corners of their eyes. “I knew you couldn't have forgotten it was our birthday.” Usagi said. “What are you talking about I knew they hadn't but you were positive they had forgotten.” the pink haired girl said. “Chibi-Usa!” the blond called. The others just laughed at the scene the two girls were causing.

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Last day!

Okay! So... time's up!

Let's see our contestants...

Entry #1 - mercury_viola_rhapsody
Entry #2 - Sailor Uranus
Entry #3 - Sailor Candy
Entry #4 - Ari-chan

The winner of the Double Moon Special Writing Contest is... SAILOR URANUS!!! Congrats, sweety (I know you're on LOA until the end of the month, but I'm just gonna leave this your winning signature here =P)

  Thanks for the votes, everyone!! ^__^

Congrats, Sailor Uranus!!!! =D