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"talking"
A World Apart
Riley didn't know where she was. All she knew was that she was in another time and on another planet. She felt vulnerable being out in the open without anyone to protect her.
"I think that I saw the light come from over here."
Riley's heart dropped to her stomach. She didn't know who was coming towards her. So she got up and walked over to a bench that she saw. "I must be in a park." Riley thought as she sat down. She was trying her best to cover her forehead.
When she saw who was heading her direction, she was in shock. She had heard about the Senshi, but she had never seen on before. That wasn't entirely true. She knew of her sister and of Sailor Pluto, but that was it.
"Where did you come from?" One of the Senshi asked her.
"The past." Riley said as she stood up. "Riley Tenoh, Crowned Princess of Uranus."
"What?!" Another one of the Senshi said. "How can you be from Uranus?"
"Like I said, I'm from the past."
"She's royalty. Just look at her." One of the Senshi walked up to her and kneeled, "It is nice to meet you, and I'm Sailor Jupiter."
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
Sailor Jupiter stood back up and said, "That is Sailor Mars in the red, and Sailor Mercury in the blue."
"It is nice to meet you." Riley said as she bowed. "If I'm not mistaken, isn't there supposed to be a Sailor Venus with you guys."
Sailor Mars nodded. "I am sorry if I insulted you earlier. Sailor Venus is currently at a photo shoot. Sailor Moon is…well…I don't really want to know since it is with Seiya."
"Seiya?" Riley was confused. "Ok, then what year is it?"
"2006." Sailor Mercury answered.
"What?!" Riley ended up sitting on the ground. "No…it can't be…I need to go home."
"I'm thinking that since you just showed up out of nowhere that you are not going to be able to go home." Sailor Mercury said. "I do believe that the Uranus symbol isn't supposed to stay on your forehead like that."
"I'm hoping that it will fade." Riley said looked around. "I wanna go home."
"What time are you from exactly?" Sailor Mercury asked.
"The Silver Millennium." Riley stated. "That is if you can believe that."
"I believe it." Sailor Jupiter said. "Maybe we should take her somewhere where no one will notice her."
"But where?" Sailor Mercury asked. "She can't come with me because my mom is actually home tonight."
"She can't come with me either." Sailor Mars said. "She needs to stay somewhere. We can't just show up at Haruka's house with her."
"Did you say Haruka?" Riley asked. "Where is she? Where is my sister?"
"Right now she is probably at home." Sailor Jupiter said. "We'll just go back to my apartment."
Riley smiled. "Ok, thanks." She flowed them and said, "We don't need to call Haruka do we? I haven't seen her in a long time."
"Ok, I'm gonna call and tell her." Sailor Jupiter let the transformation wear off until she was back in her regular clothes. "I'm Makoto Kino. I won't make you talk to her."
"Ok." Riley followed Makoto out of the park. When they reached the parks entrance she saw some thing drive down the road. Riley screamed. "What was that?!"
"It was just a car." Makoto said. "It can't hurt you."
"It can't?" Riley asked as she saw another one drive down the road.
"You'll be fine." Makoto said. "You'll get use to them and all of the other technology we have."
"Oh, ok."
It took about a half hour until the reached Makoto's apartment. Riley looked around the apartment and saw that it was clean. She didn't think that it would be clean.
"It is clean." Riley stated as she walked in. "Is it just you that lives here?"
"Yep, it is." Makoto said. "It is nice since I'm twenty-two years old, but I have been living by myself for a long time now."
"Why?"
"My parents died when I was young."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Riley was embarrassed. "I shouldn't have asked that. That was rude."
"No, its ok."
"Ok."
"Have a seat on the couch and watch some television."
"Television?"
Makoto walked over to the couch and sat down. She turned on the television. Riley sat down on the other end. She was amazed at the pictures that flashed on the screen.
"How does this thing work?" Riley asked.
"For now just push the channel button up or down and the same goes for the volume button."
"Ok." Riley watched Makoto walk to the kitchen.
Riley sat on the couch watching whatever Makoto had turned on. It upset Riley to think that she wasn't going to be able to get home. She was just glad that there were Senshi.
"I wonder what is happening back home." Riley thought. "I was supposed to get my crown in a week. Oh well, I guess they are happy they don't have to hand it to me."
"What are you thinking about?" Makoto asked as she sat down.
"I'm thinking about my kingdom…planet." Riley looked down. "I was suppose to be Queen in a week."
"Well…kind of," Riley paused and touched the heart shaped locket on her necklace, "I was suppose to be married…but…"
"But?"
"I can't really remember." Riley said as she set her hand back on her lap. "My parents wanted me to marry a male so that there would be a King and Queen. Although, I followed in my sister's footsteps." Riley paused and closed her eyes. "She happened to be one of the chefs daughter."
"So then she lived in the palace?"
Riley shook her head. "No, she lived with her mother. She just came to visit a lot."
"Just to see you?"
"Yep and to see her father." Riley paused and said, "Her father was from Uranus and her mother was half – Earthling and half – Uranian."
"Wow!" Makoto didn't know that was possible between people of different planets. "So then you guys were going to leave?"
Riley nodded. "We were but only to get married. Because then my parents couldn't refuse it and make her leave."
"What happened to her?" Makoto had to ask. If this girl meant so much to Riley, then where was she?
"I don't know." Riley looked at Makoto. "It seems fuzzy…like I feel that I know, but I can't remember."
"Don't worry about it. I'm sure that you will remember. It is probably just because of the time jump you made." Makoto heard a knock on her front door. So Makoto got up and answered it. "Haruka what are you doing here?"