Sailor Moon looked down, wondering how, exactly, Raye had managed to shrink herself, not to mention get on her outfit when she wasn't even transformed! Let me explain:
A few days ago, Serena had gotten an urgent phone call from Chad, saying that Raye was missing. She had apparently left the temple without telling anyone, but none of her other friends had any idea where she could have gone. Serena said she didn't either, and hung up, not really worried. But, of course, she grew very worried when Raye didn't show up during the following days.
But today, when she transformed, she found her- sitting on the edge of the bow on her outfit! And even stranger was the fact that Raye had disappeared the two days after she had last been Sailor Moon!
"Well, what are you waiting for! Stop staring and help me out here, Meatball Head!" Raye yelled impatiently.
"But- how- what-"
"I don't know what happened, okay? Just turn me back!"
"How?"
"I don't know how, just change me back!"
"But I can't without knowing how!"
"No, you HAVE to! I can't stay like this!"
"AHHHHH!" The monster Serena showed up to fight in the first place gently reminded them it was still there.
"Fight now, talk later," Serena quickly ended the conversation.
"Right! Um, I guess I should just sit here…"
"What's going on?" asked Amy, Lita, and Mina in unison.
"Explain later, fight now!" Sailor Moon didn't give them time to answer as she called out her attack. Everyone else followed her example, and the monster was soon beaten.
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"So, what's going on?" It seemed Amy remembered to ask, after all.
"Well, you know how Raye disappeared a few days ago? I found her," Sailor Moon put her hand up to her bow, and let Raye climb onto it. Everyone else gasped in unison. (They do tend to do that, don't they?)
"What happened?" Amy began questioning them.
"I don't know. Raye?"
"All I know is that I was at the temple, and then, I was not. I'm not sure where I was, until Serena transformed. Then, I was here."
"Well, something must have happened. Did anything else strange happen recently?" Amy asked.
"This is it," Raye didn't seem to be hiding anything, so Amy brought out her last hope of finding any clues. She began scanning both Raye and Serena with her little computer. But, as she soon told the others, she couldn't find anything.
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Raye and Serena, having finally untransformed, sat on Serena's bed, trying to figure out what to do next.
"Since it seems I'll be stuck like this for a while, where should I sleep? I still have to you know!"
"Um, you can share my bed."
"For tonight, *yawn* alright."
Serena stared. "Why are you so tired? It's only seven."
"It is not! We've been here for a long time."
"I think the clock disagrees with you. Take a look," Serena said, holding Raye up to the clock. "See?"
"That- can't be! Your clock must be slow." Raye was shocked. It did seem like Serena was right.
"Oh yeah?" Serena argued, "maybe we should ask Amy. Maybe your sense of time is off."
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'It's amazing how fast Raye agreed with me. Raye agreed with me! That's a first,' Serena reflected while Amy was talking to Raye.
"It seems your being tiny has messed up your sense of time. Also, it's very likely that your needs will be centered around this, which could become a problem. Not being able to take care of yourself, if Serena is asleep and you need something…"
"Serena, you had better take really *yawn* good care of me…"
There was a moments pause, before Serena quietly whispered, "I think she's asleep."
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Raye slowly opened her eyes, to find that wherever she was, it was really dark. She sat up, and looked behind herself, nearly screaming when she saw a huge Serena. It took her a minute to remember what had happened, and calm down a little.
She soon realized that she was really hungry. She knew she should wait a little, in case Serena woke up on her own. But it wasn't very long before she was screaming as loud as she could.
"SERENA, WAKE UP NOW! WAKE UP! COME ON MEATBALL HEAD, I'M REALLY HUNGRY! WAKE UP!"
But no matter how long she yelled, Serena was still a heavy sleeper. She wouldn't wake up.
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When Serena finally woke up, she saw Raye lying on her hand. When she realized Serena had finally woken up, she tried to call out. Serena couldn't actually tell what she was saying, but remembered what Amy had said the previous day.
"Oh no, you're hungry, aren't you! I'm so sorry!" Inside, she was very grateful of weekends.
So she got dressed, and headed down for breakfast.
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After breakfast, which turned out to be pretty normal, as Raye didn't eat enough to really make a difference for Serena, Serena decided it was time to go to the arcade. But she didn't even make it out the door when Raye stopped her.
"Serena, I have to use the bathroom."
Serena sighed. Today was not her lucky day.
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After solving that problem, Raye once again managed to prevent Serena from going to the arcade, this time by telling her that they should stay home in case she needed something. Serena couldn't argue with this logic, so instead she decided to see if Amy could come over.
She could, so in a little while she got there. She wasn't sure why Serena had asked just her, but she knew that Serena and Raye being together for too long could be bad; especially when it was important they get along.
What Amy hadn't realized was that Serena just wanted her over to take Raye. "No, I won't take Raye. You two need to learn to get along," she insisted for the twelfth time.
"Fine. So how do we change her back?" Serena asked again.
"I don't know any more than I did one minute ago."
"Then you take her. Besides, then she won't have to spend any more nights trying to wake me up. It can't be good for her to be hungry for so long."
Amy hesitated. 'Serena does have a good point. I don't want Raye to starve, and Serena's a heavy sleeper. I'm probably am easier to wake up…'
"So? Will you take her?" Serena could tell she was wearing her down.
"Well… alright. I'll take her." Amy held out her hands and let Serena gently place Raye there.
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A/N:
This story is much more likely to be updated than my other, for the simple fact that I'm actually typing it on my laptop instead of writing it on paper, and then typing it. Also, those neat little lines only work right on the regular computer. I love smiley/frowny faces. And I'm finally smart enough to include authors notes. Oh, and I technically can't own anything. That applies to every chapter.