What exactly do you say to someone like Edward Cullen? Do I tell him of my past as a dark warrior who happened to murder the world's guardians? Hell, do I tell him that I'm nine centuries old? I'm trying to live my life as an American teenager but with my resume, I am anything but normal. Only one thing comes to mind and it borders on the truth...
"I came to America for a fresh start. So many terrible things happened in Japan that I rather not speak of."
The battle against the Sailor Scouts still haunts me to this day. Prior to my becoming a full-fledged sailor scout, I had been under the influence of the Negaverse and forced to fight them. I slew the Sailor Scouts one by one and without batting an eye. When it came to Sailor Moon, I faltered when I made eye contact with those soulful blue eyes...yet, I still killed her by impaling her with my own hand, ripping out her crystal. Metallia had praised me for destroying her enemy but when reality had set in...I screamed.
"It must have been terrible." Edward said sympathetically.
He has no freaking idea. I'm not sure what happened afterward, but I do remember being bathed in the Silver Crystal's light and transformed into Sailor Night. I'm not sure how I did it, but I managed to destroy Metallia with the crystal itself. I had made a wish on it to help me defeat this darkness and vowed to redeem myself for the horrible crimes I committed. On one hand, those who know of the crystal will think that only Moon Royalty would be able to use that and, for the most part, that's correct. However, the goddess of the moon herself appeared to me with a proposition.
Hearing my vow of redemption, she proposed that I become a Goddess of Vengeance. Considering that I'm a child of the Negaverse, I suppose she saw that I would use my position as a Sailor Scout to take my anger out on criminals so she offered me that position. As a goddess, I would have rules to abide by. Such rules included exacting vengeance on those who truly deserved to be punished. Should I abuse my power, then I would face severe punishments, one of which being stripped of my powers and immortality.
As a result of becoming a goddess, my persona has been split into two. My dark side from the Negaverse is one persona and my Sailor Scout persona is another. She keeps my darker side in check. I will admit that she hasn't been much of a problem and that's probably because I'm the holder of the Silver Crystal, along with the Sailor Crystals. The moon goddess also made me a protector of the crystals...and the spirits attached to them. I vowed to her to protect them with my life. Since then, I've lived many lifetimes as a protector.
"I'm sorry if I brought that up." Edward suddenly says. "Let's get your mind off of it. How old are you?"
"Eighteen." Physically, anyway.
"What are your parents like?"
"They died when I was young so I don't have many memories of them. Been shuttled from home to home."
Actually, I don't have memories at all and I never been shuttled from home to home. What else am I supposed to tell Edward? Obviously that's going to be my official story from here on out...
"Hmm...I can relate."
"That's right. You're adopted, correct?"
Edward nods but before anything else is said, the bell rings for our next class to begin. Dang. Timing couldn't have been any worse. I was about to get the mysterious Edward Cullen to open up on his life. I have to make sure that none of the Cullens or the Hales (I was told that two of them were the Hales, rather than Cullen) are threats. I feel like they're not but Mars's words keep reverberating inside my thoughts. I sigh as I get up and go to class.
Friday. Oh joy. I'm supposed to go to the beach today with some of my classmates. The sun is shining and the weather is comfortably warm. Speaking of sun, there had been no signs of the Cullens but I guess it's because they're walking disco balls. I should be checking in on them but I'm not going to worry about it, though. I want to enjoy some sun while it's out.
Maybe this trip won't be so bad.
Then again, maybe it will be because Lauren is muttering to Mike about me sitting with the Cullens. She is such a petty little brat. Damn high school girls and their drama. It's so annoying. I guess this is what I get for enrolling back into high school. Mike comes to my defense, though, which is really nice of him. Of course, I think it's because his crush on me drove him to defend me.
"Aw...thanks, Mike."
The two of them jump and Lauren's face goes red with embarrassment. I give her this look that promises a lot of pain if she continues to talk about me behind my back. Mike turns his attention to another classmate, pretending that he doesn't notice anything. Smart boy. I don't think he would want to mess with a bi-polar goddess. I smirk as I grab my lunch and sit. Lauren and Mike leave me alone, though he does make a point to ask if I'm still going on the trip with them, much to his companion's chagrin.
"Of course I'm going."
As it turns out, La Push is an Indian reservation fifteen miles away from town. Now, this is definitely my kind of place. I feel so much safer here rather than in Forks. There's a very comforting atmosphere here. That means I can come here as much as I want to without people tagging along. Looking around, it could make a terrific training ground in the future. There's very little sand along the border of the sea but that's just fine with me. Mother Nature has given us so much beauty that we can only appreciate what she gives us. Silently, I give thanks to nature before Mike breaks into my thoughts.
"We're going to have a fire."
I follow him down to the fire pit and it's clear that other people have been here before based on the ash left behind. I can feel a little bit of magic clinging to the air here in this particular spot. It's benign but it's strange, though, because it seems to me that I keep finding supernatural hot spots everywhere I go. It would seem that destiny wanted me to find this spot. Now I have to find the reason why that is.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Mike suddenly asks.
"Oh, uh, yeah. I have never seen blue smoke before."
"The salt air causes it. It's really pretty."
I nod. I'm thankful that he didn't catch me spacing out. In the meantime, the guys invite me to go on a hike with them. I really don't want to leave Jessica and Lauren by themselves but I don't want to hang out with them either. Fortunately, Tyler and another boy volunteer to stay behind and the rest of us are off. Some people may be annoying but I still have a responsibility as a Sailor Scout to make sure they remain safe.
It's in the middle of our hike that I sense unseen eyes watching us. I let the guys go somewhat ahead of me so I can scan the shadows. No one else notices but it's probably because I'm spiritually aware and the rest are not. I'm definitely familiar with what goes on in the darkness and from what I sense, we're being followed. However, whatever is hiding in there is not making itself known. It would have attacked by now. I sigh before I hurry to catch up with everyone else.
We come back out to the shore and we're presented with a few tidal pools. It's a beautiful little scene that Sailor Neptune would appreciate. She's very much in tune with the seas. I snap a couple of photos of them. Uranus would enjoy the cool wind. After a little while, we head back to camp where our little party has multiplied. I can tell that the group of teenagers that joined are natives to the land here. They have beautifully dark hair and nice, copper skin. Jupiter and Venus would definitely enjoy this kind of scene.
I go sit by Angela, who also joined the trip, and enjoy her company. She is very restful to be around with. She is far from being like Jessica and Lauren and that's very restful. I sigh.
"Hi!"
Both Angela and I look up. Our newcomer is one of the boys from the reservation. He's pretty tall for his age. I'd say he's about fourteen or fifteen years old at the most. I must admit that he is kind of cute. I can almost hear Usagi tell me to go after him.
"Hi!"
"I'm Jacob."
