Sailor Moon: Mellenius

SMM

Chapter 1

Introduction

Knock. Knock. Knock . . . POUND! POUND! POUND!

"What?" It was the third time that 14-year-old Kit William's brother tried to catch her attention. She was in her room doing homework, trying to ignore annoying 19-year-old Tommy's lecture. Once again, Kit had stayed over the library hours. She loved the library. Why couldn't Tommy understand that? "I guess that you're mad because I worried you and because I didn't call and tell you I was at the library in the first place!" she shouted over the pounding.

"You are darn right! What if the social worker found out about these accidents? You could be forced to go to a foster home or an orphanage, thereby making me lose you! I might even be kicked out of Mugen University!" he shouted in reply. They were both orphaned by a car accident in the Rocky Mts. over in America. That exact same year, Tommy was accepted into a high accredited university, Mugen University (under new management). So, with that being the case, Tommy brought Kit with him to Tokyo, Japan.

Kit knew how much being at Mugen University meant to him. She also knew that she meant a lot to him, too. After all, she was his only living family. She got up and unlocked her door. Opening it, she apologized to Tommy. He knew she understood everything. She said her goodnights and quickly went to bed, thinking about things she wished had never happened.

Meanwhile, across town, four girls were gathering in secret inside of a hallowed-out oak tree. Each was strange in their own special ways. The first girl in the circle, nicknamed "Elveno" had medium length blond hair. She had green eyes, golden arrow earrings, pale skin (not a sickly pale) and pointed ears. The second girl, about eight years old, had a medium length, light blue braid, with deep purple eyes and was sitting in a wheel chair. She had a golden, male lab lying by her. The third girl and fourth girls, twins, both had black hair. The first of the two had her hair up in two shoulder-length braids; the second had her hair extremely long and in a braid. The double-braided girl had green eyes while the single-braided twin had pink eyes.

The girls were having a meeting on an important matter. "Has everyone felt the presence?" Elveno asked cautiously of other people listening. Everyone nodded.

"I have felt it especially strong on Harper Drive," the pigtailed twin piped up. Her normally unheard, childlike voice caught their attention.

"When have you started feeling it?" her twin sister asked. "I haven't felt a thing."

"I started feeling it a week ago, the same week someone moved into the old Harper house," the first twin replied.

"Have you seen who lives there?" the eight-year-old asked.

"Yes," she started, "A 14-year-old girl named Kit Williams and her 19-year-old brother Thomas Williams. The second day they were there, Kit comes up to me on the street, introduces herself, and asks where the library is! Second day! She's already asking where the library is!" the first twin exclaimed.

"Have you noticed anything unusual about her other than the fact that she must be a total bookworm?" Elveno asked.

"Yes," she replied, "She goes to the library every day at 'noon and doesn't come home 'till after the library's closing hours. She lives with her brother; no parents live with them. Also, the one I noticed the most is that she wears a purple, eight-pointed star around her neck," the fist twin ended.

"What? A star that is purple with eight points! No way!" the other three girls cried out.

"Shh! Listen. We best talk about this some other time. We have school in the morning," the second twin whispered hastily as she looked down at her watch. It read 9:45. Agreeing, the girls left the oak tree, one by one, the girl in the wheelchair and her dog leaving last.

In a dark cave deep below Tokyo, another group of characters stood around a silvery pool, looking down at an image of Tokyo. The first menacing figure was decked out in blue clothing and holding a brown whip. It spoke. Her cool, misty voice echoed softly through the cave. "The energy build-up in the city has increased by more than 50. I say we strike tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" questioned another figure, whom was dressed in red dress and holding blood-red ivy, "I don't believe my forces are ready yet."

"Maybe not all of our forces are ready, but we best see if there is really any danger in our mission," added yet another figure who wore an orange striped body suit and a purple dress. "Send a scout or two to check."

"I agree," piped another figure, who wore a kind of green swimsuit, as well as a pair of green thigh boots and a pair of green, elbow-length gloves. "What if the legends of the mighty Sailor Scouts are true?"

"You believe those fake stories? I believe that they're trash! I am sending a minion down tomorrow. That's final," finished the character with the whip.

Knock, knock, knock . . .

"Hey! Leave me alone! Get away from me!" screamed Kit. Her door suddenly came down.

"Kit! What's wrong?" Tommy asked worriedly as he stepped over her door. He then saw that she was kicking everything off of her bed while her eyes were still closed. He realized that she was still sleeping, but he still worried. Why does she have these nightmares like this? What does she dream about?

He didn't ponder this question long. Kit's screaming and kicking was bound to disturb some of the neighbors. He got over to the side of Kit's bed and started to shake her gently, called out her name softly to her. After a minute or two, Kit woke up. However, when Tommy asked what it was that she had dreamed about, she replied, "I don't know." He got her up and going to her first day of school, never giving the dream a second thought. After she left, Tommy got himself ready for his first day of school. After a few minutes, Tommy left.

Meanwhile, Kit was on her way to school when she got hit by something. She fell on her rear end in a bit of shock. She looked to see what had hit her, but all she saw was a black braid tailing after a teenage girl. She picked up her books, and then went to stand up and found a hand in front of you. "Want a hand?" asked the owner of the hand. "Sorry about my sister. She is in a hurry every day in order to get to school early enough to get on the teachers' good sides."

Kit looked up to the person as she accepted the helping hand. "Thank you," Kit responded. She recognized the girl from somewhere, but didn't say anything. She knew that the short, black pigtails on either side of her face were familiar, but she just didn't know where.

The girl knelt down and picked up Kit's necklace. "This is a very pretty charm," the girl complimented. "I have seen you go by my house every day since you moved here. You go to the library, don't you?"

"Well, yes," Kit replied shyly.

"Don't be worried. I won't make fun of you." The girl looked at Kit's sweater. She immediately noticed the Mugen High School pin. She pointed to it, saying, "You go to Mugen High, don't you?"

Kit looked down, then at the girl's blouse and said, "So do you, I see."

The two girls smiled at each other and began walking to the school. The girl introduced herself while waiting for cars to go by at the crosswalk. "My name is Hikari. My twin sister's name is Mei. Your name is Kit, right?"

"My name is Kitsune, but I prefer to be called Kit. Call me Kit. Everyone who knows me does."

As the two approached the school, a long black braid whipped Hikari in the face, knocking her down. The braid came back around and almost hit Kit, but she ducked and grabbed the braid at the same time, pulling its owner to the ground. On the ground lay Mei, shocked and utterly confused. All around the little scene, kids gathered and laughed at Mei. No one ever dared to take Mei down. She was as tough as a sumo wrestler. Kit stepped back, wide eyed. Hikari got up and stepped back, too, knowing that Mei would not be happy. She wasn't happy, but she didn't do anything but stare at Kit. "How did you do that?" questioned Mei.

Kit shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know. I just have a quick reflex, that's all."

The circle of kids disappeared, scattering off into different areas. Hikari had a big red mark on her right cheek. Mei went to apologizing, not to Hikari, but to Kit. "I didn't mean to try and hit you, I just swung around so fast that my braid came your way," she said. "You have some really quick reflexes to counteract me."

Hikari didn't seem to mind the fact that Mei didn't apologize to her. Kit did, but one look from Hikari told Kit to not even bother. With that, the three went to meet a friend of Hikari and Mei. They passed many students as they walked over the grass. Kit noticed many mean faces. The faces flashed toward the three girls. "Why is everyone throwing mean faces at you?" she asked.

Mei and Hikari looked around, and then looked back at Kit. "People think that we are really weird," Mei said, "Plus, we rat people out when they do something wrong."

"Hopefully, they won't be mean to you just because you're hanging out with us for today," Hikari said.

"Come on," Kit said, "I won't abandon you guys after today. I hate it when people do it to me, so I never do it to someone else."

Mei and Hikari smiled. "Thanks, Kit," they said. They entered the school through the big front double doors.

"The energy build-up at that school has risen!" screeched a cold figure. She stomped her left foot in fury. "The build-up is centering at that school! We must act now!" She began to pace, her blood-red dress swaying to and fro. "Freda! Rildowa! Wizana!" the figure cried.

"Quit you screeching, Giltion. We've been here, watching you pace," the green-swim-suited woman said.

"Freda, be nice to our poor older sister," the woman in orange gently snapped, "She can't help it if she has no ingenious plans like we do."

"Hush, Rildowa!" Giltion snapped harshly. "What plans do you speak of?"

"Ask dear Wizana," Rildowa replied.

"Yes, ask ingenious Wizana," Freda agreed.

Wizana smiled as she stepped out of the shadows. She snapped her brown whip. Immediately, a normal-looking girl stumbled out of the shadows after Wizana. The girl bent harshly from the weight of four rough weights that were shackled to her wrists and her ankles. She had what appeared to be a purple piece of cloth under each of the four shackles. The girl's face appeared shadowed. "This," Wizana began, "Is a slave I acquired a long time ago. I have kept her locked up until her time to be of use. She is incredibly intelligent and it the pivot point of my plan."

Giltion stared at the baby of the four sisters. "I am confused, dear baby sister. How can a slave be a pivot point?"

"She is," Wizana said, "The one who will create the perfect minion to execute our plans."

The three sisters looked doubtful, though none of them more than Giltion. "I have no doubt that none of your plans have failed before, but why this creature? Where did you acquire it? What makes it so special other than its intelligence?" Giltion questioned.

Wizana continued to smile. "She is," Wizana began again, "One of the ones we have sought out. She has the powers we have sought out. With her, we'll find the others.

A light dawned on Giltion. She smiled her evil smile. "You are, indeed, one of us, Wizana. Well done." Wizana smiled. Wizana's whip wrapped around the poor slave's fragile neck. Wizana led the slave into the shadows.

"Why the shadow veil over the girl's face, though?" Rildowa asked her remaining sisters.

Freda and Giltion shook their head. "She is a hard one to figure out," Freda said. "Let us give her the benefit of the doubt."

Tommy started toward school after seeing Kitsune disappear round a corner. As he walked along the street, someone ran right into him, knocking him down face first. He managed to stop himself with his hands. He got up to find a panting girl in front of him with her hands on her knees and her long blond, red and brown streaked hair hanging in her face. She looked up and said, "I'm so sorry. I was running from someone."

Tommy stood up, dusting his pants. He looked at the girl and asked, "Who are you running from, and why?"

"I was running from my ex-boyfriend because I broke up with him," she responded.

"Why did you break up with him? Was it reason enough for him to run after you?"

"I saw him flirting with another girl, and then kissing her. He was mad that I saw, so he began chasing me."

Tommy stared at her, and then looked behind him. He turned back toward the girl and asked, "Is he still following you?"

The girl looked around Tommy and said, "I don't believe so. I think I lost him."

Tommy looked at her and asked, "Do you want me to walk you to school?"

The girl looked horrified. She quickly said, "No, no! I don't think that is a good idea! If we were to run into him and he was to see us together I don't think it would help. Sorry about running into you! Bye!"

She waved, turned around, and ran in the direction of the school. Tommy shook his head and began to walk after her. He looked at his watch. It read 8:00. School would be starting in another half hour. Tommy kept walking, but the image of the girl kept well in his head.

Looking down at his watch, Tommy had only been walking for 10 minutes. When he looked up from his watch, he heard a wail come from up ahead. As he went further on, he saw the girl from earlier, but she was backed up against a street wall by a large-looking fellow. Tommy could hear him yelling. "You butt into other peoples' lives too often, Micha! You have to learn when to stay out!" he yelled. The girl looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"You cheated on me! I thought you cared about me!" she cried.

"Why is everything about you? What about me?" the guy yelled.

He raised his hand and was about to slap her when Tommy came running up to them, yelling, "Stop! Don't you dare lay a finger on Micha!"

The guy looked at Tommy with shock. He gave Tommy a look of disgust, then looked at Micha, saying, "Who is this? Have you been cheating on me?"

The girl shook from head to toe, saying, "No, I met him today after I literally ran into him while running from you!"

Tommy backed her up by saying, "She ran into me and knocked me flat on my face while running from you because you scared her to death!"

"If you want my girlfriend, you'll have to fight for her!" the big guy spat, and put up his fists. The girl whimpered as she backed further against the street wall. Tommy neither moved nor flinched. He didn't want to fight, but if that is what it came down to, he would do it. However, he didn't want to give the first punch. He didn't need to worry about that.

The ex-boyfriend threw a well-aimed punch that missed Tommy's head by inches only because Tommy dodged the punch. Three more punches missed Tommy before one feinted punch hit him hard in the jaw. The hit didn't knock Tommy completely down, but he did land hard on his left knee, which was his bad knee. At that, Tommy sent a hard left hook into his opponent's stomach. With that one hit, his opponent fell, clutching his stomach. Micha left the wall and helped Tommy up onto his feet. Tommy's knee was now swollen, so he had to lean on her.

Just then, a teacher came running up. "Are you two all right?" the teacher asked, pushing her white-blond hair out of the way.

"I'm all right," Micha replied, "But his knee is swollen." Micha pointed toward Tommy's left knee.

The teacher looked at Tommy's knee, and then looked at Tommy himself, saying, "You are the new student we are receiving at Mugen University, correct?" Tommy nodded. "Okay. I believe your name is Thomas Williams?" Again, Tommy nodded. "Okay. Miss Dosen, will you escort Mr. Williams to the nurses' office, please?" Micha nodded. As she led Tommy to the school, the two talked much, learning a lot about each other and becoming fast friends.