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Chapter 2

I slammed the door to my room and rushed to my closet. Very neatly folded and wrapped in tissue paper was my pride and joy.

As a Nineteen-year-old girl, there are not many things in my life that I could live without and that especially includes my one of a kind, home made, absolutely perfect replication of Sailor Moon's Senshi uniform. Long hours, many pricked fingers, and a busted sewing machine later I had made the only thing in my life so far that hadn't turned out like crap.

I blew my hair dry, set it up in the buns and pigtails, and carefully donned my costume. I finished by setting the fake gold lame tiara across my brow and striking a pose in front of my full-length mirror. "Perfect!" I exclaimed to my reflection. "All accept for my boots." I said turning and staring into my closet. "Now where did I put them?"

I dug for a few minutes and came up empty handed. I was sure this was where I had left them. The last time I had put the costume on I made sure everything was together before I boxed it up again. 'They're probably out in the storage closet, I'll grab them before we start,' I thought. Slipping on my khaki Ked sandals, I headed for the door.

When I walked into the living room, I barely recognized it. For some unknown reason I was staring at an alley in the dead of the night. A light fog swirled near the ground and I shivered wondering how this was possible.

I inched forward slowly. "Lita?" I asked unsurely. "Amy? What's going on?" I crept slowly in the direction where the other bedrooms should have been. I could see nothing but inky blackness and the outline of what appeared to be a brick wall. It seemed the only brightness was a single pool of light below a lone street lamp to my right. I turned around to find the doorway to my bedroom but that had also disappeared. "You guys?" I called apprehensively.

I approached the wall in front of me. I figured maybe Amy had set up a hologram of some sort. A very good one at that, instead of passing through the wall, my hand felt the rough texture of real brick. I gave it a rap with my fist to make sure I wasn't dreaming and bruised my knuckles.

I was pondering how this was possible when I heard a sharp cry from above. Through an open window I hadn't noticed before, I saw a dark figure illuminated in the blue moonlight shining down. As it disappeared into the room I noticed a fire escape below the window and jumped to reach the bottom wrung. Plodding up the iron steps I made my way toward the room. As I arrived, an errant wind blew the window's lace curtains allowing me to see in.

I was shocked that I recognized it. It was Molly's bedroom. I stepped over the ledge and let out a stunned gasp. Dead center of the room hung Molly, unconscious, in the grasp of an ugly flower youma. At the sound of my inappropriately timed gasp the youma turned and flashed a hideous smile. "Vanpeal." It said dropping the lifeless body of Molly on the ground and turning toward me.

"Uh, stop where you are." I said my mind blanking the moment it had looked at me.

"Vanpeal." The youma said again watching me closely.

"It's not real, it's not real. It's a hologram." I said to quietly to myself. "Get a grip, you can defeat it. Its not real." I looked again at Molly's unmoving body. This sure seemed real though. Stupid Cocoa Krispies, the sugar is messing with my head. I took a deep breath and quickly struck Sailor Moon's signature pose. "Hey you nega...uh, sleaze. Stop where you are, in the name of the moon I'll punish you!"

Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter exchanged glances as they watched Serena's hesitated speech. "Well, I guess the videos didn't hurt. They certainly gave her more confidence." Said Jupiter.

The girls stood in the same room as Serena and her 'youma'. Without her knowledge, Mercury had not only created a holographic image but had made an entire stage set of a repressed memory of Serena's. Although Serena thought she was inside an episode of Sailor Moon she was actually reliving a not so long ago memory of her own life.

Mercury and Jupiter were watching from outside the set wavelength parameters through VR visors of Mercury's. Only to Serena was the world she was currently in 'Real'.

The youma stared for a moment at Serena before extending one of its arms. "Vanpeal." It said again and a vine flew out and captured her around the neck. With a sharp cry Serena reached up and tried tugging the tightening vine loose. Its length glowed eerily for a moment and Serena began to get light headed. "I ...I thought...this wasn't...real." She stammered sinking to her knees.

Jupiter stepped forward to help but Mercury put a hand out and stopped her. "It's up to her. This is in her mind, either she'll remember something or pass out trying." The girls watched as Serena continued to drift slowly toward the floor.

Mercury raised her mini computer to turn the program off just as she began to fear that Serena might actually loose consciousness when a surprising thing happened. From the open window a red rose flew through and cut the vine from her neck. Serena sucked in huge gasps of air as she lay on the floor and the youma writhed backwards from the sudden pain and surprise.

Serena sat up slowly, rubbing her neck. The moonlight from the window washed down on her as she craned her head upwards to see who had rescued her from the clutches of the youma. In the moonlight, a dark figure stood on the rail of the fire escape shrouded in shadow. All she could make out was a familiar top hat and cape. The figure on the rail raised two gloved figures and saluted her. With a sudden leap backwards it disappeared from sight.

Mercury and Jupiter stood with their mouths hanging open at the view before them. Jupiter blinked her eyes owlishly and rubbed them under the goggles for good measure. "Did I just see that?" She asked aloud.

Mercury nodded and punched a few buttons on her computer without ever looking away from the scene. "Apparently, even when she doesn't remember a thing, what really happened that night is more over powering than what was in the episode shown on TV. It seems her memories are still there. This makes me wonder if perhaps that idea I had about..." Mercury stopped her ramblings as her computer began to beep. Jupiter looked over at Mercury as she typed in a few commands. She looked up worriedly "A youma."

"Now?" Asked Jupiter sharply. Mercury nodded. With a few keystrokes the nighttime vision faded around Serena. She sat on the carpeted floor of her living room staring at the white wall where the window had been. "Who was that?" she breathed out.

"Uh, Serena." Said Jupiter. "How about we take this outside, it could be fun. You know running around in your costume. I bet people will recognize you and think you're really her."

Serena looked up at the two girls who stood at the edge of the living room looking down at her. "Come on lets go!" Said Mercury with a smile.

"But you hate to wear this in public, Amy" Said Serena standing slowly and wobbling a bit unsteadily as she gained her feet.

"Careful," Said Mercury with a sly wink "Only use my Senshi name when I'm dressed this way. You never know who's listening. As for being seen in public, I don't mind. It'll be fun. I promise not to complain."

Serena grinned broadly and walked towards the two girls. "This is gonna be so much fun! Let's go!"

Alright, just so no one reads this and I get a hundred reviews saying "Hey, this story is switching point of views!", I know. I did it on purpose. I wanted to be able to be inside Serena's head but also know what was going on when she left the room. There will be some chapters that are completely her point of view and some that are third person, but you'll be able to tell the difference. The first few start off with Serena's POV and switch half way through, hence the lines in the middle. I do have more chapters already and I've decided to try and post one every week or every two weeks to keep me on my toes. Let me know what you think so far. Thanks! Shannon