None of the Sailor Moon characters belong to me! Okay?

*Note: ~Ami's thoughts are in the pointy thingies.

~I'm using a combo of Japanese and English names. Sorry if I cause confusion. *

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"I'm on my way to Mamo-chan's! Bye, Ami!"

"Good-bye, Usagi-chan! See you tomorrow at Rei's temple!" I called back, and we headed our own ways. She'll probably forget, as usual… I chuckled and walked down the sidewalk toward my apartment complex. Why must these textbooks be so heavy? My hands were sore from carrying my heavy schoolbag around. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the sunset as I walked home. Swirls of red, orange, and purple made a stunning celebration in the evening sky.

When I finally reached my apartment, I slid the key into the lock and turned until it gave a little click. I entered and shouted, "Mom! Are you home?" Placing my bag on the chair near the door, I removed my shoes and turned on the lights. "Mom! You here?" I called again. Only my echo answered me. She's probably still at the hospital

I looked over to the answering machine and saw that the little red message light was flashing. I pressed the button and listened to the messages: "Ami! I'm working late tonight! Order some take-out food for dinner; I won't be home until about midnight, so I won't see you until tomorrow. Be good! Love you!" BEEP, the answering machine ended the message, and played the next one: "Moshi-Moshi, Ami-chan. This is an old friend, calling to say 'hello.' I really hope you remember me; it's been so long since I've seen you. Well, since you're not there, I'll call back later. Good-bye for now!" BEEP. A hard pit formed in my stomach. That voice…sounded SO familiar…who WAS that? And why didn't he tell me who it was? I shook it off. Maybe it was Mamo-chan or Yuuichiro trying to scare me…They're always pulling pranks But just in case, I went to the front door and locked it.

I lugged my bookbag over to my room and turned the TV on to break the silent atmosphere. Sitting down at my table, I began to lay each book out, when my stomach rumbled with hunger. It growled as if I had swallowed a bear. I rubbed my stomach and stood. I should order dinner, then study I went back to the kitchen and grabbed the take-out menu from under a magnet on the fridge. I reached for the phone, and just as I touched the receiver, it rang, scaring the living daylights out of me. Maybe it's the mysterious caller…

I overcame the creeps and answered the phone. "H-Hello?" "Ami-chan! It's Usagi! Um, can you tell me our assignment?" the voice on the other end said. I let out a breath of relief. "Hello, Usagi. What's up? All right, it was page twenty—" I stopped short. Oh my God "Who is this? Tell me who this is!" Usagi said she was going to Mamo-chan's apartment! And she NEVER calls for assignments! The voice on the other end changed from feminine to masculine. "I'm impressed, you know Usagi-chan's voice better than I thought. There's no fooling you, huh?" Keep it cool, Ami. You can trace the call, call the police if necessary In a desperate attempt to mask my fear, I said, "Who is this?"

I heard a sigh in my ear, and the voice said, "It's no fun for me just to TELL you. Why don't you guess? I'll even give you a couple clues… We met a LONG time ago; I've died once before; we were enemies; and, oh yes, I happen to know your identity… Senshi of Mercury." NO WAY! There's no way this guy knows who I really am! And that description just about fits every villain the Senshi have ever seen… I screamed into the receiver, "YUUICHIRO! Stop it! How dare you try to scare me?!" I slammed the receiver into the cradle, knowing full well that it wasn't Yuuichiro on the other end. The truth is, it frightened me to think of who could REALLY have been on the other end. I sat on the couch, with my head in my hands. Paranoia had taken a hold of me, and was shaking me about like a rag doll. This was a serious issue. What if one or more of our enemies really HAD come back? Just then, my stomach growled again, reminding me of my hunger.

Come on, order dinner. It was just a prank. Don't let it get to you… I took the phone in my hand and dialed the phone number on the take-out menu, then ordered a small sausage pizza. Nothing like greasy food to study by

I sat in my room and began to set up my books again. Calculus, World History, Physics, and—what? A picture fell out of my book. I turned it over and smiled. It was a picture of Greg, and he had a cute grin on his face. Greg. The only guy I've ever had serious feelings for; the only one who saw me as more than a nerdy bookworm. I wonder what he's up to? He hasn't called in a while. I blushed. Maybe one day, I'll tell him just how much I'm in love with him. As if it were on cue, the phone rang again, to snap me out of my fantasy world. I gently picked up the receiver. "Hello?"

"Ami! I'm so glad you answered. It's me, Greg!"

I smiled and said, "Hey! I was just thinking about you! Are you in town?"

"Yes, but I can't talk for long. Listen, I just had a vision, with you in it. You were in terrible danger, at the hands of a former enemy!" My blood ran cold, and the hairs on my arms stood straight up. He continued, "Don't answer to a knock at your door! I'm coming over, and I'm bringing Rei, Makoto, and Minako with me! I already called them. We'll be right over, so sit tight!"

My heart thundered in my chest, and I began to break into a cold sweat. "Where are you, Greg?!" He hurriedly said, "Close! We'll be right there! And transform, just to be safe." The phone clicked, and dead air took over on the other end.

Breathing heavily, I reached into my bag and searched for my henshin pen. As I grabbed it, someone pounded at the door. BANG. BANG. BANG. I almost felt my heart stop as the door slightly buckled under each knock.

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