A/N: This story is a rewrite/edit. The original storyline is under the name "Love is a Total Eclipse of the Heart" and can be found on my page. Thanks for reading!

The sun was hot the day that changed Matlyda James's life forever. She was an ordinary girl. Average. She was and average height and weight, with average brown hair, and average grades. Mittie, as her friends called her, never particularly liked school, but there was something about this day that had made her want to stay home sick.

Having overslept, she ran to class. It was Friday and this, unfortunately, was third time that week she had burst into class after the bell. And the Dragon-Lady was not a patient woman. That was what all the kids called the 70-something year old English teacher. When Mittie walked in, the Dragon-Lady was staring at the door. Nobody said anything for a really long time- all the other kids in the class were waiting for the blow up.

"Miss James," Dragon-Lady began, "Just what do you think you're doing? Isn't it bad enough that you were late today? Get to your seat and stop causing distractions in my class."

"Yes, Ma'am." Mittie quietly scanned the room and saw that the only open seat was next to a boy she'd never even noticed before. It was May and she'd never noticed him? "How was that even possible?" She wondered. The Dragon-Lady scowled and quickly she took the seat.

Mittie, who was filled with almost unhealthy amounts of curiosity, spent the whole class thinking about the boy she was sitting next to. He was tall and lanky, barely fitting in his desk. He had a strange shade of hair: somewhere between black and purple. He wasn't the kind who faded into the wallpaper, but somehow he'd managed to go undetected.

"Where did he come from? I seriously doubt he's actually new," She thought. "I wonder, though. Is it possible that I just didn't even realize he was here all year?"

The bell interrupted her thoughts and she stood up to leave.

"Excuse me," A soft masculine voice stopped her. "Mittie? I think you dropped this."

The boy knew her name, so he definitely wasn't new. She was frozen and speechless, a rare combination for our heroine. He grabbed her hand and pressed cold metal into it. "Thanks," She began, "Um…"

"You don't know my name, do you?" He looked annoyed at the realization. His eyes were icy blue. It was hard for her to imagine not having noticed them before. She shook her head. "Charlie. I'm Charlie." He slung his bag over his shoulder and walked out.

It took her a second to come back to life. What a strange person. In any case, she needed to get to second period Spanish class. That was the first class she had with her best friend, Twig. Twig was super cynical, almost pessimistic, so she and Mittie, an optimist, were perfect best friends. They kept each other in check. Twig had long, wavy copper-colored hair and bright brown eyes.

"Mittie? Are you okay? Earth to Mittie!"

"I'm fine, Twig. I just- do you know a boy named Charlie?"

"No… Why?" She wanted to know. "Is that Prince Charming's name?"

"No reason, I-"

"No se permite hablar!" Señor Cummings exclaimed.

So the girls shut up for the time being. Mittie fiddled with what was in her hand. She looked down at the necklace. I almost completely forgot! Charlie thought I dropped this, but I've never even seen this thing before in my life. Sure is pretty, though.

It was a round silver pendant on a gold chain. The charm was split. It looked like a crescent moon, and a circle with a star in the middle. Maybe it couldn't hurt to put it on…

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That night, Mittie and Twig were supposed to meet up with some friends at the movies. But their friends were running really late.

"Where the hell are they?" Twig asked for the third time in 10 minutes. "Lilah and Tommy were supposed to be here forever ago!"

"I didn't know the last time you asked. Maybe they forgot?" After the strange day she'd had (Charlie had showed up in her biology class, too.), she'd almost completely forgotten herself. Lilah was Twig's best friend from elementary school, from before she and Mittie had met, and Tommy's mom was Mittie's godmother. It was a very small world because they, Lilah and Tommy, were actually dating now.

"Oh!" Twig said as her phone buzzed. "Text from Lil! 'Running late. Get tickets without us.'"

"Typical Lilah. Bet she forgot to fill up her tank again." Mittie really liked Lilah, but the girl was almost as spacey as Mittie was herself.

"Oh, well." They walked up to the ticket booth.

The wind was knocked out of Mittie as she saw who was standing there. "Charlie?"

"Hm. Guess we just keep running into each other, today." He rolled his eyes.

"Ohhhhh," Twig said knowingly. "YOU'RE Charlie." Mittie stepped on her foot. With a smile, Mittie asked for two tickets, please, and the girls were on their way.

"Who was that? He's cute." Mittie had to agree, but there was something weird about him, too.

"He's in my English class… And my bio class… And he works at the movie theater." Mittie replied. "We, um, met today."

"So he's new?"

"I don't think so. He's just quiet."

They took their seats. The lights went down and the previews started. Soon, Tommy, who was wearing his usual skinny jeans and v-neck shirt, escorted Lilah in. She was very punk rock, with a mod dress and tights. Her hair was pulled back into a tight, blonde braid down her back.

The four of them were squished in the crowded theater, but everything was hushed. The movie started, and ended and as they got up to leave, someone closer to the back shouted.

"The doors are locked!"

All of a sudden, the room filled with black smoke. People hacked and coughed and fainted. Everyone in the whole room was left unconscious, except, of course for Mittie. A man with long blue hair and his arms crossed seemed to stand on a cloud of the smoke.

"I think," He said with a deep voice, "That the Queen will like this very much. Your filthy human energy will serve her very well!" From his fingertips shot beams of what looked like black light, but was in actuality shadows. The shadows formed two balls. One seemed to be a portal while the other formed a shadow person that started to suck the crowds' energy.

"Come back when they're sucked dry." He said to the Shadow Man and stepped through the portal.

Mittie instinctively clasped the charm around her neck. Strangely, it began to glow. The back had an inscription that lit up. She read it aloud, "Eclipse Orbit Power."

Then Mittie's hands began to glow. Then her arms, her feet, her legs. There was a bright light that blinded her. Swiftly she began to turn and felt the light change her. She opened her eyes and saw that she was now wearing a white leotard, a dark gray sailor collar with a yellow bow, a dark gray mini-skirt long white gloves, and long yellow boots. What just happened? She thought as she felt the heavy tiara on her forehead. Her hair was tied back in a ballerina bun.

"AGH!" The Shadow Man shielded his eyes. His voice was scratchy. "Who are you?"

"I am a Pretty Sailor Soldier! Sailor Eclipse! I will fight to protect humanity and the people I care for. Those who target innocent people are my enemy, and I will destroy you!" She proclaimed. "Oh my god! Where did that come from?" She added under her breath.

A loud crash at the back of the theater startled Sailor Eclipse. She looked up to the projection room. The silhouette of a tall boy stood. He wore a sailor collar like she did, but his didn't have a bow and it was forest green. In place of the mini-skirt, he wore long green pants with a white stripe down each side. He had dark brown spiky hair and dark blue eyes.

"I'm with you, Eclipse. I am Sailor Spring and my mission is to defeat the creatures of the Negaverse. Starting with YOU." He said pointing to the Shadow Man.

"What do we do?" Eclipse implored.

"Watch!" Spring replied. "SPRING VINE ENTANGLE!" Vines shot from every direction and tied themselves around the Shadow Man, who let out a groggy yelp. "Your turn, Eclipse."

"Ok… If you say so…" She couldn't explain the next feeling if she tried. It was as though for the first time in her life, she wasn't just Mittie. She was this new person that felt full inside. She wasn't the shell of a person she used to be, she was full and there was hope that instead of being ordinary she could be extraordinary.

"ECLIPSE LIGHT," Energy filled her body. Her hands grew warm with orbs of light. "SHROUD!"

The orbs flew at the Shadow Man and as they hit him, he began to dissolve. The waves of energy returned to the crowd of people, who didn't wake up. The light returned to the room and the smoke dissipated. Except for the unconscious people, the room was back to normal.

"Sailor Spring! What's wrong with them?"

"They'll come to, soon enough. Don't worry about it, but if I were you, I'd power down." He said as he broke the lock on the door with a kick. Started out the door.

"Hey!"

"What?" he asked. "I've got to go."

"But you can't! I have so many questions! You have to help me understand!" She cried.

"Do you know the warehouse by the train tracks? If you can find it, I'll be waiting there, but be sure to change first. Our identities are too precious to risk it." And he was gone.

She changed back and watched as the first people began to wake up, but they just stood up and left like it was totally normal.

"The hell?" Tommy said, rubbing his head. "Mit, do you have and aspirin? I just got hit with a bitch of a headache."

"Um, no, sorry." She was surprised that that was the most anyone said on the way out.

TO BE CONTINUED