Disclaimer: I do NOT own Sailor Moon or any of the canon characters. Drake, Derek, Sasha, J. J., and the others are merely figments that have escaped from my imagination.
Chapter One: Arrival
Lavender clouds swirled into a ball, near the edge of the Juuban Junior High grounds. Two fourteen year old boys, both with ebon-black hair, emerged, dressed in the blue pants and jackets of the school's boys' uniform. Matching brown satchels were clutched in their hands.
"Ready for this?" The slightly taller of the two asked, looking over at his 'twin.'
The other nodded, his blue-violet eyes twinkling in merriment. "I must say, the black hair look fits you, you know."
"Don't remind me. I still don't know why Mom insisted on it," groaned the first.
"Hey! Wait up!"
A third boy emerged from the cloud, his own black hair falling into dark violet eyes. A handful of official looking papers were shoved at the tallest of the three boys.
"Your mother said we had to give these to the school office! We don't have the adults looking after you to enroll you, this time, remember?" The youngest boy scolded them. "Now, lets get this taken care of and figure out where we're supposed to be staying."
"Grimm? Really?" The tallest had looked down at the papers in his hands. "She gave us the last name of Grimm."
"So, we're the Brothers Grimm? Sounds more like my dad's idea than your mom's. Are we keeping our first names or are those supposed to change, too?"
"Well, Carter's okay. Do you really object to being Jacob? Because that's what's down on here, and, let me see." He flipped through the pages. "Yep, I'm still Derek. It's going to be hard enough, trying to remember a new last name. Why couldn't we have just used Chiba? That's what I used last time."
"Because, we have strict orders not to let them know who we really are, Derek!" J. J. reminded him. "Last time it didn't matter. Apparently, this time, they want us to keep a low profile. No telling the F.P.s we're here until we're told otherwise. Right now, it's observe only!"
Carter nodded. "Now, let's get going!"
Raye walked down the halls of her Catholic school, counting the minutes until the final bell. She hated this place. Two more years, and she'd be free, free to choose her own school, instead of having her father dictate it. Not that it mattered. No matter how long she went to school here, she'd never become Catholic. She was a devotee to the Sacred Flame and the powers of Mars. Her father couldn't change that.
"Miss Hino, if you would be so kind," called one of the sisters. "I need you to escort these three ladies to their classrooms. I'm sure you can handle it."
Three girls, all with raven-black hair, stood beside the sister. The one in front was about fourteen, with her hair partially pulled up in a bun behind her head. The other two hung back, hiding behind her. One had short hair, coming down to hang just above her shoulders, while the other had hair falling down neatly to her waist, with a slight hint of wave in her locks.
"These are Sasha, Hope, and Jenna Grimm. Sasha is in the class two years below you, and Hope and Jenna belong with the fifth year class," continued the sister. "I'd take them myself, but I'm running slightly behind."
Raye smiled. The sisters knew she really didn't want to be here, and they tried to help her out as best they could.
"Of course, sister. Come along, ladies, I'll so you to your classrooms."
She nodded to them, motioning them to follow her. Her eyes narrowed as she looked again at the young girl with the short hair.
She looks very familiar. I know I've seen her before, and her name is Hope, right? I know Sister said her last name was Grimm, but I have a feeling it really is something else.
"So, where do you girls live?" Raye asked, as she led them through the corridors. "You must have just recently moved here, after all."
Sasha nodded. "We're living with our oldest brother, Hayden. He has a rather large apartment in the Juuban district, though he felt it would be better for us to go to school here, rather than at Juuban."
"Well, here's the classroom for Hope and Jenna. I hope you two really like it here," stated the fire priestess.
Short black hair brushed the tops of the ears of a young man standing in the office of the college dean. Blue jeans were tucked into the tops of his black boots and he wore a black leather jacket over a crimson t-shirt.
"Another recently arrived freshman," sighed the Dean. "Well, welcome. Have you finished your class registration?"
The young man nodded, pushing his glasses further up his nose. "I have everything in order for you, sir."
"Enjoy your classes here, Mister Hayden Grimm." The dean smiled and waved Hayden out the door.
The teenager stopped, just outside the door, looking around at the college students milling about the campus.
"Must be between classes," he muttered, shifting his grip on his black backpack and striding out of the administration offices
A majority of the students were sitting at tables, pulling out lunches packed into small boxes or setting down trays from the college cafeteria. His gaze was automatically drawn to a group sitting by the far wall, a large box sitting in the middle of their table. His stomach growled, knowing the kind of food packed into that box.
The group he was watching consisted of a woman with long, dark green hair, dressed in a lavender suit, a dark-grey haired man dressed in a long black trench coat and jeans, a brunette man wearing blue jeans and a long-sleeved green t-shirt, a man with white hair falling past the shoulders of his orange jacket, and an ebon-haired man dressed in a worn, olive green jacket.
"This is going to be harder than I thought," muttered Hayden, striding towards the cafeteria. "Knowing Nate's here, and I won't be getting a bite of his cooking!"
He turned his gaze away from the group and promptly froze. It can't be them! It just can't be!
Two young men, about the same age as Hayden, lounged against the brick wall of the cafeteria. Both wore blue jeans and identical long-sleeved dark blue t-shirts. However, one wore his brown hair cropped short, the exact same way Hayden wore his. Silver rimmed sunglasses were perched in front of his eyes, so Hayden couldn't make out the color, but he was certain they'd be the same shade of silver as the frames of the glasses. The other had his brown hair a little longer, about to his chin, with two thin sections falling in front of his face. Matching sunglasses, though his rimmed in gold, hid his own eyes from view.
Not them. Please, not them. Hayden mentally pleaded, slowly starting forward again, taking a few moments to notice the dark energy swirling around the pair. Don't tell me they're working for the Negaverse, now.
Across the school yard, Drake looked up.
"Another new freshmen?" He mused, taking in the sight of the ebon-haired boy. "Wonder where he came from."
Mal and Nate turned to look as Darien shrugged.
"Does it really matter?" Mal asked, dismissing the scrawny boy.
Trista nodded. "Yes, especially when he has a lot of power surrounding him. There's something very familiar about that boy."
"I know the feeling," added Drake, his hand grabbing onto his pewter skull.
"I'm not so sure sending us to TA Private School was a good idea," muttered Hope, sinking down on the couch. "I think Raye almost recognized me."
J. J. and Derek both turned to look at her.
"I'd forgotten Mom was still going to school there," apologized J. J. "But she was the one who insisted that the three of you attend. Your mom is at Juuban, so that was out, and we can't risk going to Galaxis. It's risky enough as it is. Just try to avoid Mom as much as possible."
The door to the apartment swung open, and Hayden strode in. As soon as the door closed behind him, he whipped off the thick glasses, dropping them on the table.
"I hate having to wear those," he muttered, throwing himself into a leather armchair. "I feel ridiculous."
Sasha turned to him. "Well, if you had been able to wear the colored contacts like me, you wouldn't have to wear those glasses."
"It's not my fault I can't get the contacts close enough to put on my eyes," he retorted. "I can't believe they couldn't come up with better disguises for us."
"They only have to hold until we get the message from your mom that it's time," argued Carter. "At least you don't have the entire class staring at you, trying to figure out how a ten-year-old is smart enough to sit in a class of fourteen-year-olds, and with both of your parents in the classroom. Dad started a couple of weeks ago."
The last statement was directed at Hope's confused look.
Derek nodded. "My parents are going to be furious when they find out I came back and didn't come to see them right away. Especially my mom, since she didn't get to spend a lot of time with me, when I came back before."
"It'll be okay, Derek," stated Jenna. "I mean, we're here on a mission. Let's focus on that. I have to prove myself to my parents. I can handle this, but I need the six of you to be willing to help me out."
J. J. smiled and placed a hand on his sister's shoulder. "Don't worry, Jenna. We'll be right here with you."
In a dark cavern, in a dimension of the Negaverse, a woman sat on a throne carved from hardened black ooze. Her chin rested on her hand as she looked down at the five figures kneeling before her. On her orders, they always wore the hooded cloaks in her presence. They had learned long ago that she never wished to see their faces.
"The time is almost upon us," she hissed. "Crystal Tokyo has much to answer for, and we will begin by making sure it will never come to pass. The five Key Points on Earth will have to be destroyed. These are far more important than the Crystal Points my dear cousin sent the Negamoon Clan working on."
The five nodded, remaining silent.
"Go, now, and continue your preparations," she ordered, dismissing them with a wave of a hand.
Her throne spun around and she stared down at two charred piles of remains. "You will be avenged, Cousin, Brother. I will not stop until those who destroyed the Doom Phantom and Oblivion are resting in pieces."
And so Warriors of the Stars has begun! First chapter up already, and I have a rough idea of where this is going. Hopefully! See you soon with the next chapter. And, beings as this is the first chapter, I'm hoping for at least a couple of reviews before the next one goes up!