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AN: Here's chapter one! Read and Review, please!
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1 Chapter One
A Friend
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"Good morning," said Ami to Usagi as the golden-haired girl dragged herself into Rei's room with Luna slinking in behind her.
Minako slapped the back of her hand on her forehead. "Usagi! Early? Oh the world's coming to an end, I tell you!"
"Very funny," Usagi grimaced at her. "I'll have you know that I really have to study for this exam or I'll flunk. I'm on the verge of being grounded."
"Fine," said Rei, flopping down to the table and staring at her teacup.
They stared at her in silence. The Makoto asked, "Is anything wrong, Rei? You've been acting weird lately."
Rei sighed, looked at them and said, "Ever had the feeling that something going to happen really soon, only you don't know if it's good or bad?"
"Why?" asked Luna, blinking at her. "Did you have a premonition?"
"Well, I was staring into the fire last night," said Rei, propping her chin on her knees. "And all of a sudden a cold wind came in. I mean, I was in front of the fire and everything but it felt so cold. Then I felt a strange presence. I just wasn't sure on what it was…I don't even know if it's dangerous."
"Hmm…" Artemis, who was with Minako, sat in front of Rei with his tail curled around his feet as he said, "I bet it means that we might be having trouble soon."
"What?! Oh not again!" Usagi said, rolling her eyes heavenward.
"Well, I'm not sure," said Artemis. "But I have been feeling rather worried lately."
"You too, huh?" said Luna, coming to sit next to him. "I think I know what you mean, Rei. I just can't understand."
"Maybe the Outers will have something to say about it," said Ami. "After all, they're better than us at this sort of thing."
"Something to say about what?"
They all turned to see Haruka and Michiru on the doorway. Haruka raised a questioning eyebrow. "What?"
"Um…" the Inners looked at each other.
"You see, we've been having a strange feeling about something lately," said Artemis. "But we just can't tell what it could be."
"Sounds like Setsuna could know something about that," said Michiru. "Have any of you seen Hotaru, by any chance?"
"Huh? Why?" asked Makoto.
"Well, we can't seem to find her," said Michiru with a worried look on her face. "She's not at home."
"And Setsuna hasn't seen her either," added Haruka. "But she said something about Hotaru leaving early this morning, but she ought to have come back right now."
"Why did Setsuna let her go all by herself?" asked Minako with a frown.
"Oh…that's right, you don't know yet," Haruka grinned. "She's older now. Sixteen, like you guys."
"Had another growth spurt, huh?" Rei said with a smile.
Ami smiled, "Oh, Hotaru did drop by this morning at our house. She wanted to borrow a book of mine on sketching."
"…sketching? She could've just borrowed mine…" Michiru muttered, but said, "Well, did she say where she was going?"
"Something about sketching at the lake," replied Ami.
"Thanks," said Haruka. "Call a meeting later. We would've asked Setsuna about your problem by then."
"Okay," said Usagi. "See you later, then."
The two Outers vanished out the door, and Rei said, "Well, I guess we'd better get back to studying, then."
"All right," replied the others.
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Hotaru sighed as she erased a petal of the flower that she was trying to draw. Frowning, she stared at the flower and tried to concentrate on sketching it.
For some reason that morning, she wanted to do something by herself. So she took a sketchbook that Michiru had given her and a pencil, then said goodbye to Setsuna before going to Ami's house and borrow a sketching book. Michiru had one, but she thought that Ami's book was less complex. Michiru's books were all for advanced people.
As she drew the leaves of the flower, she wondered why she wanted to go out all of a sudden. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that she was older and she wanted to do some things. Like go out by herself.
She looked at her watch. She knew that she would have to return home soon.
"Hey, that's pretty good."
Hotaru, startled, looked up. She saw a tall and very pretty of her age smiling at her. She wore what looked like an expensive white sweater and jeans. Sparkles on her hair tie, ears, wrist and hand indicated jewelry of an expensive kind. She had long dark-blue hair in a braid that was slung over her shoulder and fell to her stomach. Deep blue-green eyes twinkled cheerfully at Hotaru. "Are you a beginner?"
How did she sneak up on me? Hotaru wondered. Ah, I just mustn't have been paying attention… "Um, yeah. I'm a beginner."
"Well, that's nice work for a beginner," grinned the girl, sliding into the bench Hotaru was sitting on. She looked over Hotaru's shoulder and said, "You have talent."
Hotaru reddened. "Um…thanks. But I really don't think so."
The girl smiled at her good-naturedly. "Hi! I'm Maeve. I draw too, see?" She held up an open sketchbook in her hands.
Hotaru stared in awe. "Wow, those are…those are beautiful…"
She ran a hand over Maeve's beautiful sketches. It looked so real that it seemed to be flying right out of the paper. The only person she thought could do this was Michiru, but now she realized that she was mistaken.
"Thanks," said Maeve with a smile. "I try my best." She grinned. "Hey, maybe I could help you. You're doing really well for a first time, and I can tell that you could be taught easily."
"Well, okay," said Hotaru with a smile.
Maeve took Hotaru sketchbook in her hands and looked it over. "Hmm, not bad at all. But maybe you should accentuate this area a bit and add a little shadow here…"
She handed the sketchbook back to Hotaru, who immediately did as she said. Indeed, when Hotaru looked at it, she saw that it looked a lot better. "Wow. Thanks, Maeve."
"No problem," grinned the girl. "Hey, what's your name?"
Hotaru laughed, "That's right, I haven't told you yet. I'm Hotaru."
"Nice to meet you then, Hotaru," said Maeve. They shook hands with each other, and Maeve stood. "Well, I have to go. I still have to finish some paintings. Will you be back here tomorrow?"
"Um…I guess," Hotaru replied.
"Good," grinned Maeve. "I'll be seeing you!" And she ran off, waving at her.
Hotaru waved back with a smile and when Maeve disappeared from sight, then looked back at her sketch. It looked a whole lot better now.
"Hotaru!"
Hotaru looked up to see Haruka and Michiru hurrying towards her. They both looked relieved. "Hotaru!" Haruka exclaimed. "Here you are, thank goodness…"
"Why did you leave by yourself?" asked Michiru, frowning.
Hotaru blinked. "Didn't Setsuna tell you? I said goodbye to her this morning."
"You said goodbye and that you were going out but you didn't say where you were going!" said Haruka. "Besides, you were gone for too long and we were starting to get worried."
Hotaru stood up and stared down at her hands, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been gone long. But I really wanted to finish this—"
Michiru's eyes widened and grabbed Hotaru's sketchbook. "Hotaru, did you do this?"
"Well…yes…" Hotaru answered, blushing. "It's not that good yet, but—"
"Hotaru, this is wonderful!" Michiru exclaimed. "I had no idea!"
Haruka looked over Michiru's shoulder and said, "Hey, that's really good. Must've gotten it from watching you for so long, Michi."
Michiru punched her playfully on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Hotaru—let's go home. I'm going to start giving you some techniques."
Hotaru sighed but smiled as she followed her adopted parents down the path as they admired her work. She decided that there would be no point in telling them about Maeve. Besides, they would say that Maeve just gave her the tips and everything was really her own talent. Oh well. She would be looking forward for tomorrow so that she'll see her friend.
"Well?"
"That's her," said Maeve with a smile as she stood leaning in the shadow of the tree as she watched Hotaru walking with Haruka and Michiru.
Her companion, a tall boy with dark gold hair and nice brown eyes dressed in a black turtleneck and slacks, grinned. "However did you get her to trust you, Maeve?"
Maeve raised an eyebrow at him. "It wasn't that difficult—all I had to do was be friendly. Besides, I still feel that deep down she remembers me."
"She probably does," smiled the boy.
"Should we tell the others, then, Ian?" asked Maeve.
"All right. Let's go."
In a flutter of leaves, the pair was gone…
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I have a bad feeling about this… thought Setsuna as she sat alone in the dining room, drinking some coffee and her mind wandering. Why are they here? Is something terrible going to happen? She buried her head in her hands. Something is dreadfully wrong…even I can't see what's going to happen!
AN: So what do you think, huh? Pretty serious if even Pluto can't tell what's going to happen. Read and Review!
AN: Here's chapter one! Read and Review, please!
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1 Chapter One
A Friend
()~~[~~*****~~]~~()
"Good morning," said Ami to Usagi as the golden-haired girl dragged herself into Rei's room with Luna slinking in behind her.
Minako slapped the back of her hand on her forehead. "Usagi! Early? Oh the world's coming to an end, I tell you!"
"Very funny," Usagi grimaced at her. "I'll have you know that I really have to study for this exam or I'll flunk. I'm on the verge of being grounded."
"Fine," said Rei, flopping down to the table and staring at her teacup.
They stared at her in silence. The Makoto asked, "Is anything wrong, Rei? You've been acting weird lately."
Rei sighed, looked at them and said, "Ever had the feeling that something going to happen really soon, only you don't know if it's good or bad?"
"Why?" asked Luna, blinking at her. "Did you have a premonition?"
"Well, I was staring into the fire last night," said Rei, propping her chin on her knees. "And all of a sudden a cold wind came in. I mean, I was in front of the fire and everything but it felt so cold. Then I felt a strange presence. I just wasn't sure on what it was…I don't even know if it's dangerous."
"Hmm…" Artemis, who was with Minako, sat in front of Rei with his tail curled around his feet as he said, "I bet it means that we might be having trouble soon."
"What?! Oh not again!" Usagi said, rolling her eyes heavenward.
"Well, I'm not sure," said Artemis. "But I have been feeling rather worried lately."
"You too, huh?" said Luna, coming to sit next to him. "I think I know what you mean, Rei. I just can't understand."
"Maybe the Outers will have something to say about it," said Ami. "After all, they're better than us at this sort of thing."
"Something to say about what?"
They all turned to see Haruka and Michiru on the doorway. Haruka raised a questioning eyebrow. "What?"
"Um…" the Inners looked at each other.
"You see, we've been having a strange feeling about something lately," said Artemis. "But we just can't tell what it could be."
"Sounds like Setsuna could know something about that," said Michiru. "Have any of you seen Hotaru, by any chance?"
"Huh? Why?" asked Makoto.
"Well, we can't seem to find her," said Michiru with a worried look on her face. "She's not at home."
"And Setsuna hasn't seen her either," added Haruka. "But she said something about Hotaru leaving early this morning, but she ought to have come back right now."
"Why did Setsuna let her go all by herself?" asked Minako with a frown.
"Oh…that's right, you don't know yet," Haruka grinned. "She's older now. Sixteen, like you guys."
"Had another growth spurt, huh?" Rei said with a smile.
Ami smiled, "Oh, Hotaru did drop by this morning at our house. She wanted to borrow a book of mine on sketching."
"…sketching? She could've just borrowed mine…" Michiru muttered, but said, "Well, did she say where she was going?"
"Something about sketching at the lake," replied Ami.
"Thanks," said Haruka. "Call a meeting later. We would've asked Setsuna about your problem by then."
"Okay," said Usagi. "See you later, then."
The two Outers vanished out the door, and Rei said, "Well, I guess we'd better get back to studying, then."
"All right," replied the others.
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Hotaru sighed as she erased a petal of the flower that she was trying to draw. Frowning, she stared at the flower and tried to concentrate on sketching it.
For some reason that morning, she wanted to do something by herself. So she took a sketchbook that Michiru had given her and a pencil, then said goodbye to Setsuna before going to Ami's house and borrow a sketching book. Michiru had one, but she thought that Ami's book was less complex. Michiru's books were all for advanced people.
As she drew the leaves of the flower, she wondered why she wanted to go out all of a sudden. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that she was older and she wanted to do some things. Like go out by herself.
She looked at her watch. She knew that she would have to return home soon.
"Hey, that's pretty good."
Hotaru, startled, looked up. She saw a tall and very pretty of her age smiling at her. She wore what looked like an expensive white sweater and jeans. Sparkles on her hair tie, ears, wrist and hand indicated jewelry of an expensive kind. She had long dark-blue hair in a braid that was slung over her shoulder and fell to her stomach. Deep blue-green eyes twinkled cheerfully at Hotaru. "Are you a beginner?"
How did she sneak up on me? Hotaru wondered. Ah, I just mustn't have been paying attention… "Um, yeah. I'm a beginner."
"Well, that's nice work for a beginner," grinned the girl, sliding into the bench Hotaru was sitting on. She looked over Hotaru's shoulder and said, "You have talent."
Hotaru reddened. "Um…thanks. But I really don't think so."
The girl smiled at her good-naturedly. "Hi! I'm Maeve. I draw too, see?" She held up an open sketchbook in her hands.
Hotaru stared in awe. "Wow, those are…those are beautiful…"
She ran a hand over Maeve's beautiful sketches. It looked so real that it seemed to be flying right out of the paper. The only person she thought could do this was Michiru, but now she realized that she was mistaken.
"Thanks," said Maeve with a smile. "I try my best." She grinned. "Hey, maybe I could help you. You're doing really well for a first time, and I can tell that you could be taught easily."
"Well, okay," said Hotaru with a smile.
Maeve took Hotaru sketchbook in her hands and looked it over. "Hmm, not bad at all. But maybe you should accentuate this area a bit and add a little shadow here…"
She handed the sketchbook back to Hotaru, who immediately did as she said. Indeed, when Hotaru looked at it, she saw that it looked a lot better. "Wow. Thanks, Maeve."
"No problem," grinned the girl. "Hey, what's your name?"
Hotaru laughed, "That's right, I haven't told you yet. I'm Hotaru."
"Nice to meet you then, Hotaru," said Maeve. They shook hands with each other, and Maeve stood. "Well, I have to go. I still have to finish some paintings. Will you be back here tomorrow?"
"Um…I guess," Hotaru replied.
"Good," grinned Maeve. "I'll be seeing you!" And she ran off, waving at her.
Hotaru waved back with a smile and when Maeve disappeared from sight, then looked back at her sketch. It looked a whole lot better now.
"Hotaru!"
Hotaru looked up to see Haruka and Michiru hurrying towards her. They both looked relieved. "Hotaru!" Haruka exclaimed. "Here you are, thank goodness…"
"Why did you leave by yourself?" asked Michiru, frowning.
Hotaru blinked. "Didn't Setsuna tell you? I said goodbye to her this morning."
"You said goodbye and that you were going out but you didn't say where you were going!" said Haruka. "Besides, you were gone for too long and we were starting to get worried."
Hotaru stood up and stared down at her hands, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been gone long. But I really wanted to finish this—"
Michiru's eyes widened and grabbed Hotaru's sketchbook. "Hotaru, did you do this?"
"Well…yes…" Hotaru answered, blushing. "It's not that good yet, but—"
"Hotaru, this is wonderful!" Michiru exclaimed. "I had no idea!"
Haruka looked over Michiru's shoulder and said, "Hey, that's really good. Must've gotten it from watching you for so long, Michi."
Michiru punched her playfully on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Hotaru—let's go home. I'm going to start giving you some techniques."
Hotaru sighed but smiled as she followed her adopted parents down the path as they admired her work. She decided that there would be no point in telling them about Maeve. Besides, they would say that Maeve just gave her the tips and everything was really her own talent. Oh well. She would be looking forward for tomorrow so that she'll see her friend.
"Well?"
"That's her," said Maeve with a smile as she stood leaning in the shadow of the tree as she watched Hotaru walking with Haruka and Michiru.
Her companion, a tall boy with dark gold hair and nice brown eyes dressed in a black turtleneck and slacks, grinned. "However did you get her to trust you, Maeve?"
Maeve raised an eyebrow at him. "It wasn't that difficult—all I had to do was be friendly. Besides, I still feel that deep down she remembers me."
"She probably does," smiled the boy.
"Should we tell the others, then, Ian?" asked Maeve.
"All right. Let's go."
In a flutter of leaves, the pair was gone…
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I have a bad feeling about this… thought Setsuna as she sat alone in the dining room, drinking some coffee and her mind wandering. Why are they here? Is something terrible going to happen? She buried her head in her hands. Something is dreadfully wrong…even I can't see what's going to happen!
AN: So what do you think, huh? Pretty serious if even Pluto can't tell what's going to happen. Read and Review!