Warning: This chapter has a few curse words. So please don't copy the characters' words.

Chapter 10

"Are you ok?" Asteroid asked nervously, kneeling down beside her. He tentively brushing over the spot Mistress had tried to choke Meteor on. He was no doctor, but even he could tell, a small bruise was forming on Meteor's neck. All Meteor could do was nod as she stare at Mistress, then her hands.

"How did you do that?" Nebula asked incredulously. Meteor could see the tears welling in Nebula's eyes as she tried to calm herself down.

"The tree returned to normal as well!" Jupiter said, confused, while pointing at the tree that Meteor had accidentally destroyed.

"UUUUGH!" Mistress shouted in frustration. She got up and stomped over to Meteor.

"Where did you get that power from, little brat?" She spat with anger. Meteor grimanced. The word 'brat' was upon one of many words used by Izzy to make fun of Nessa. It wasn't a pleasant reminder, let's just leave it at that.

"I don't know. Angel gave me the power to use her spell." Meteor muttered, the second part more to herself then the others. The Mistress frustratingly stomped away from the group and opened up her portal.

"I will be back, Celestial!" She shouted before disappearing. Meteor froze, staring straight in front of her, when the sentence triggered her into another memory.

Nessa struggled against him, although they were the same age, he was much stronger then her. He hugged her with one arm, tightly enough that Nessa felt like her bones were crushing. With the other hand, he leaned in and forcefully made sure her head wasn't turning by squeezing her jaw shut. All previous feelings Nessa had of this boy had vanished. Their lips were inches apart, tears flowing down Nessa's face when Izzy broke open the door of the school closet Nessa was tricked into. Izzy kicked the boy on the side of his stomach, hard enough that sent him flying back a feet or two. Izzy immediately wrapped her protective arms around Nessa.

"Shhhh... I'm here..." Izzy whispered into Nessa's ear. She hugged Nessa, not tight like him, but softly like a friend's suppose to do.

"Get the hell out of here." Izzy said, her voice filled with hatred. The boy, a 10 years old like them with blonde hair and blue eyes, huffed and started walking toward the two. Izzy moved around so she was in front of Nessa like a shield.

He didn't stop, so Izzy did the only thing she could, protect and defend. She punched and kicked until he turned toward the door.

"I will be back." He sputtered in anger. Izzy's arms flew Nessa and tighten around the shaken girl again, who's eyes were red and face wetted with tears.

"You would have to get through me first!" Izzy shouted to her classmate while Nessa whimpered in fear beside her.

"Who do you think you are? I'm her fricking boyfriend." He spit with anger. Izzy's face turned red with anger.

"We're ten years olds, there's no boyfriends or girlfriends! Just crushes, friends, and best friends!" Izzy shouted at him. He scuffed before leaving the school closet, leaving the two girls behind.

When Meteor returned to reality, her hands had flew up to her head and she was shouting something herself when she didn't even realize it. Tears found their ways on her face. After years and years of trying to forget, the memory still resurfaced easily from one sentence.

"Get away from me." She heard herself shout. Every senshi obeyed with confused faces. With a confused face herself, she wiped her tears away and for the first time, noticed the grimanced face of Sailor Constellation. Looks like she remembered as well... Meteor thought with a frown.

"I'm sorry. Her words triggered an unpleasant memory." She explained, her arms crossed in a way that just spoke, I-am-very-uncomfortable-talking-about-this-so-someone-please-change-the-topic.

"Is this about that loser?" Constellation said, her voice emotionless. Meteor flinched, was she that easy to read? Asteroid and Nebula stared at her curisously.

"I haven't told them about it yet." Meteor replied. Moon couldn't help but feel left out of this conversation, in fact, almost everyone but the two did.

"Can someone please explain this to the rest of us?" Nebula asked, frowning.

"Not now." Meteor stated, a cold and scary look in her eye. She turned away from the group and was about to walk away but saw him. Oh my god, what were the chances...

"Hello, Celestial." He said, he was about a few feets away from them but in Meteor's opinion, he was way to close. Meteor sighed, and turned back into the group. Her eyes quickly scaned over the group.

"Hey, weren't you from our fourth grade class?" Asteroid asked. And with that sentence, Meteor knew, that she had to explain it to them.

"How nice of you to remember me. But I'm afraid I am not who I was. I was your classmate, Ricky Diamond. But now, I am Timber, the leader of the Bone-breakers. If you haven't destroyed my poor trees earlier, they would've broken your bones to pieces by now, Celestial." Timber replied. Meteor clenched her fists

"I am not Celestial! I'm not some princess!" She shouted frustratingly. The powers flew out of the tips of her fingers without her saying anything. Her usual spell, Star Meteor Garden, misses Timber by an inch.

"Hot tempered much?" Timber said with a smirk. Meteor groaned angrily.

"Can you be any more infuriating?" She said, her hand flew to her hair again. The rest of the senshi, except Constellation, watched in wonder as Meteor death-glared Timber.

"Meteor. Calm down. Your aura is so scary." Nebula said, crossing her arms, then un-crossing them. Meteor stopped and sighed.

"Comet, can you get rid of him already?" Constellation said, a hint of annoyance in her voice. Comet was surprised but quickly regained himself.

"Yes, of course! Let's do a combined attack." Comet suggested. Constellation nodded. The two's eyes locked on Timber, who seems unfazed although he heard everything.

"Comet Spiraling Stars!" The two shouted at the same time. Although Timber jumped and the ducked the spell easily. He landed just behind Meteor and grabbed her from behind in her stomach. His scent was way too obvious. Somone put on too much women's perfume today. Meteor thought with a gag as the scent of berries and lavender fill her nose.

Meteor's instinct kicked in and she twisted in a way so she was grabbing one of his hands and flipped him on the ground before her.

"Remind me not to get on your bad side, Meteor." Mars said jokingly. Meteor snorted before running over to Moon. Something formed in her hand.

"Angel told me to give this to you." She said shortly. Moon's fingers curl around the shiny heart. It immediately flew toward the top of her eternal wand. Meteor smiled mysteriously.

"Just in case." Meteor said with a wink. Moon felt like Meteor was leaving a part of her sentence out for her sake, or perhaps to Meteor's own sake.

"Timber, this is unforgivable. The past is the past. But I won't let you go without a fight today." Meteor shouted with new found strength as Timber stood up again, rubbing his elbow.

"Funny. Don't you think your friends deserve the truth first?" He replied. Meteor scowled. Nebula tugged her hand, reminding her of her goal. Meteor glanced at the inner senshi.

"Jupiter, Mercury. All yours." She said with a wink. Jupiter's eyes sparkle with mischieve.

"Jupiter-"

"Mercury-"

"Oak evloution!"

"Aqua mirage!"

The two attacks combined and hit Timber with ease. He screamed in agony as the attack hits and was teleported away last second before the attack was finished.

"Who was Ricky?" Venus asked. The sound of the name gave her chills. She felt uneasy just with his presence.

"My crush from fourth grade." That was all Meteor said before she turned away from the group and flew, more like fled, toward the general direction of the shopping district, Asteroid, Nebula, Comet, and Constellation right behind her.