Sailor Moon
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Disclaimer: All characters, save Anenara, are owned by someone other than
me....*sniffle*...ah, the sadness.
Oh, and a little FYI: in this story, the other scouts, like the extra scouts and stuff, don't exist. Keep that in mind.
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Prologue....
The shadow lay cloaked against the moon, looking down at the city. Her dark indigo cloak trailed in the wind, making her less visible. She watched the girls inside the temple as they talked and laughed, and within the blink of an eye she was gone.
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"So, Serena, how are things going with Darien?" Lita teased Serena shamelessly. Rini mumbled into Diana's fur that 'nothing was going.'
"Fine. He hasn't been feeling well lately, that's probably why he blew me off yesterday at the mall."
"Wait. Let me get this straight, you remembered, and he forgot?" Rei said. "You two aren't switching personas or anything, are you?" The others giggled, and Serena shrugged.
"I dunno. I'll let you know." Something caught Rini's eye from outside on the building across the street, and she jumped.
"What was that?" she shreaked. Rei looked where her small finger pointed, but saw nothing.
"Just your imagination, Rini. There's nothing there." Rini looked again, and sighed.
"Jeesh, kid. Make us worry for something real next time, huh?" Serena said jokingly. Rini smirked.
"Like getting meatballs in your hair?"
"Why you little-" Serena stood to choke the small child annoyedly, but before she could catch her Rini knocked her slice of pizza into Serena's face.
"All right you two!" Luna said sharply. Rini looked at her while Serena peeled pepperonis off her cheek.
"But she started it!" They said at the same time. Luna and Artemis looked at each other and sighed.
"You two are a hopeless case." Artemis said. "Okay, we do have something to announce. There's been reports of a cloaked figure around, they say that the person's never hurt anyone before, but he, or she, has been hanging around on top of sky scrapers and seen with vicious monsters. What do you think about it, girls?"
"I think it's a couple of kids in getups trying to get attention," Lita said. Mina nodded in agreement.
"But that doesn't explain the fact that the person's been seen jumping up those sky scrapers," Luna sat down. "The last witness claims that she saw the child climb up the Bell Tower in a single leap."
"Child? How do they know it's a child?"
"They don't. The witness called it a child because she's eighty-four."
"Don't you think that explains a lot about why she's seeing things?" Amy asked. "I don't think we have anything to worry about."
"I don't either," Rei said. Serena nodded, too annoyed to speak.
"Do they know what color the cloak was?" Diana piped up.
"They think it's a bluish purple, almost-"
"Indigo." Diana finished. "Do you think that she could be...?" Rini shook her head sharply, a gesture meaning not to mention it.
"Do you two know something about this?"
"Well," Rini started, "It's just that some of the warriors from our time wore indigo. One of them was called the Phantom Star, because Mama never knew her, neither did any of the others."
"Phantom Star? Do you think that this...phantom could have come back after you?" Rei asked.
"She may have. But there was never any real information that linked her to the crimes that the other warriors committed. She was actually accused of saving a couple of people. That's why Mama and Daddy let her go, because they had no evidence that she was bad." Artemis looked at Luna, who was deep in thought.
"Does that ring a bell to you, too?" Luna nodded. "I think that the phantom was one of your mother's biggest troubles, Serena. I just can't remember." That's how the rest of the meeting went, with Luna and Artemis trying to remember the Phantom Star, while Rini gushed about the way she always got away. It was nearly midnight when Serena finally took Rini, Diana, and Luna and left.
"Bye, Lita!" she called over her shoulder as she and Lita split up. It was a short walk to her house from there, but Rini had fallen asleep riding on her back, and Diana was walking alongside her mother when Serena saw something flash by out of the corner of her eye. Luna looked at it, too, but they both only saw a dog that was growling on a chain behind the fence. "Did you see something, Luna?"
"Yes. It doesn't matter, we're both a bit paranoid after all that." Even so, Serena hurried home. It was bad enough that she was scared, but she had Rini with her and she didn't need to risk getting her into trouble. Once home, Serena explained to her mother that there had been reports of a stranger in the area, so she'd waited to go home until Lita was ready. Her mother thought that her actions were very responsible, and smiled confusedly. Serena quietly tucked Rini in, and went into her own room. Her small cell phone, the one that Darien had gotten her for their anniversary, rang. She smiled and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Serena. Sorry I didn't call sooner." Darien sounded sincerely ill.
"That's okay. Are you feeling better?"
"Sort of. How'd your meeting go?"
"Fine, thank you. They were all surprised that I didn't flake out. Wierd, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess. I guess I'd better let you go. Good night."
"'Night!" She hung up the phone before he could say anything else, and snuggled down into the pillow. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.
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Disclaimer: All characters, save Anenara, are owned by someone other than
me....*sniffle*...ah, the sadness.
Oh, and a little FYI: in this story, the other scouts, like the extra scouts and stuff, don't exist. Keep that in mind.
~
Prologue....
The shadow lay cloaked against the moon, looking down at the city. Her dark indigo cloak trailed in the wind, making her less visible. She watched the girls inside the temple as they talked and laughed, and within the blink of an eye she was gone.
~
"So, Serena, how are things going with Darien?" Lita teased Serena shamelessly. Rini mumbled into Diana's fur that 'nothing was going.'
"Fine. He hasn't been feeling well lately, that's probably why he blew me off yesterday at the mall."
"Wait. Let me get this straight, you remembered, and he forgot?" Rei said. "You two aren't switching personas or anything, are you?" The others giggled, and Serena shrugged.
"I dunno. I'll let you know." Something caught Rini's eye from outside on the building across the street, and she jumped.
"What was that?" she shreaked. Rei looked where her small finger pointed, but saw nothing.
"Just your imagination, Rini. There's nothing there." Rini looked again, and sighed.
"Jeesh, kid. Make us worry for something real next time, huh?" Serena said jokingly. Rini smirked.
"Like getting meatballs in your hair?"
"Why you little-" Serena stood to choke the small child annoyedly, but before she could catch her Rini knocked her slice of pizza into Serena's face.
"All right you two!" Luna said sharply. Rini looked at her while Serena peeled pepperonis off her cheek.
"But she started it!" They said at the same time. Luna and Artemis looked at each other and sighed.
"You two are a hopeless case." Artemis said. "Okay, we do have something to announce. There's been reports of a cloaked figure around, they say that the person's never hurt anyone before, but he, or she, has been hanging around on top of sky scrapers and seen with vicious monsters. What do you think about it, girls?"
"I think it's a couple of kids in getups trying to get attention," Lita said. Mina nodded in agreement.
"But that doesn't explain the fact that the person's been seen jumping up those sky scrapers," Luna sat down. "The last witness claims that she saw the child climb up the Bell Tower in a single leap."
"Child? How do they know it's a child?"
"They don't. The witness called it a child because she's eighty-four."
"Don't you think that explains a lot about why she's seeing things?" Amy asked. "I don't think we have anything to worry about."
"I don't either," Rei said. Serena nodded, too annoyed to speak.
"Do they know what color the cloak was?" Diana piped up.
"They think it's a bluish purple, almost-"
"Indigo." Diana finished. "Do you think that she could be...?" Rini shook her head sharply, a gesture meaning not to mention it.
"Do you two know something about this?"
"Well," Rini started, "It's just that some of the warriors from our time wore indigo. One of them was called the Phantom Star, because Mama never knew her, neither did any of the others."
"Phantom Star? Do you think that this...phantom could have come back after you?" Rei asked.
"She may have. But there was never any real information that linked her to the crimes that the other warriors committed. She was actually accused of saving a couple of people. That's why Mama and Daddy let her go, because they had no evidence that she was bad." Artemis looked at Luna, who was deep in thought.
"Does that ring a bell to you, too?" Luna nodded. "I think that the phantom was one of your mother's biggest troubles, Serena. I just can't remember." That's how the rest of the meeting went, with Luna and Artemis trying to remember the Phantom Star, while Rini gushed about the way she always got away. It was nearly midnight when Serena finally took Rini, Diana, and Luna and left.
"Bye, Lita!" she called over her shoulder as she and Lita split up. It was a short walk to her house from there, but Rini had fallen asleep riding on her back, and Diana was walking alongside her mother when Serena saw something flash by out of the corner of her eye. Luna looked at it, too, but they both only saw a dog that was growling on a chain behind the fence. "Did you see something, Luna?"
"Yes. It doesn't matter, we're both a bit paranoid after all that." Even so, Serena hurried home. It was bad enough that she was scared, but she had Rini with her and she didn't need to risk getting her into trouble. Once home, Serena explained to her mother that there had been reports of a stranger in the area, so she'd waited to go home until Lita was ready. Her mother thought that her actions were very responsible, and smiled confusedly. Serena quietly tucked Rini in, and went into her own room. Her small cell phone, the one that Darien had gotten her for their anniversary, rang. She smiled and picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Serena. Sorry I didn't call sooner." Darien sounded sincerely ill.
"That's okay. Are you feeling better?"
"Sort of. How'd your meeting go?"
"Fine, thank you. They were all surprised that I didn't flake out. Wierd, huh?"
"Yeah, I guess. I guess I'd better let you go. Good night."
"'Night!" She hung up the phone before he could say anything else, and snuggled down into the pillow. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.