AN: now, I don't actually know anything about the quartet's sailor forms, so I just assigned them powers based on how they were in the dream mirror arc. Remember, I only had limited access to info for this story, so just take some of it as unavoidable. And yes, the Alan-sensei in this chapter IS the one that owned Neptune a few chapters ago. Just in case that wasn't clear. Also, apologies for the break-off in updates, I hit my document limit, and had to shut the computer off before I got to delete them. Then, it was quite a while before I had a chance to come to this site. (Not that anyone probably cares.)(About the updates, I mean.)

"Usagi! Why were you sleeping?"

"I'm sorry, Alan-sensei! It won't happen again!"

"It had better not. Now, please turn to page thirteen of the English language manual." Class resumed as normal. Chibiusa sat there, half listening as she pondered her dream. Who was that man, and what connection did he have with that demon? Why had that thing pursued her, only to speak to her? And what did that man mean when he said the punishment for defeat was death? And allies? What allies? She groaned inwardly and decided to ignore it until after school.

The bell rang, and school was out. She ran to the street and started for home. Alan followed at a distance for a while, then left to report in. Nearly immediately after he was gone, a strange creature appeared before Chibiusa. It hissed angrily. It was a conglomeration of animals: a snake, a leopard, and a bird. It had a human face, and looked almost like a woman. But the weirdest thing about it was that it was made of black ice! Chibiusa faced it without fear, immediately transforming into Sailor Chibimoon. The creature attacked, sending a barrage of icicles at the small girl. She dodged most of them, but one hit her and sent her flying. Suddenly, a small tuft of grass in the sidewalk balloned out into a pillow, catching her and preventing her from getting hurt. A huge sphere of metal struck the creature full in the face and launched it into the brick wall that lined the path. It snarled in anger, and rushed at the girl again, but a lion appeared in front of it and met the charge. Sailor Chibimoon stared in awe as four familiar figures landed in front of her. The Amazoness Quartet had returned! Chibimoon stood, half glad and half frightened. Junjun bent over. "Are you alright, Small Lady?" Chibimoon nodded. "Good. Let's take this thing out, huh?" Another nod. Pallapalla smiled and created another huge sphere. Junjun's fist crackled with energy, and she slammed it into the ball. Pallapalla hurled it at the creature, but it dodged the attack. The grass suddenly lengthened and grabbed the ball. the grass began swinging the sphere like a mace, and the creature was hard pressed to keep up. the lion leapt up at it, and it was distracted for a fatal half second. The ball slammed into it full force, driving it into the ground and electrocuting it. The four girls turned to Chibimoon. "Finish it off, Chibimoon!" they cried in unison. She nodded, and stepped forward. then she realized that she had no effective attacks! She groaned, and turned sadly to the girls.

"I can't! My attacks aren't strong enough on my own!"

"You can do it! You are the future Queen of the New Moon! Call upon your Dragon ally!" She gazed at her small little wand, then, suddenly, her eyes went blank and she seemed to be conversing with something. Then, her eyes refocused and she spun around.

"New Moon Dragon; Silent Crescent!" she cried, and a smaller version of Sailor Moon's dragon shot from the wand and struck the creature, destroying it. Chibimoon turned to the Quartet hesitantly. "Are you guys okay now?"

"We're fine. We're here to protect you. We're your Sailor Guardians. We were fooled by that monster into believing that we were protecting you by taking on his necklaces. Now we are here to correct that mistake!"

"Yay! I'm so happy! So you guys are here to stay?"

"Yes. But your path lies in a different place from here. You need to say a temporary goodbye to your friends here, and come with us for training."

"Where will we go?"

"The land of dreams is suffering the same attacks as this world. You are needed to defeat that enemy. Helios asked for you specifically."

"He did? All right! I'll just say goodbye to everyone. Come with me! I'm sure everyone will be happy to see you again!"

"Pallapalla would love to see them again! Let's go!" Pallapalla cried as the five girls raced to the tsukino home, unaware that Mamoru was there now, as were the rest of the soldiers and the Death Pack. They were simply going to say goodbye to Usagi before departing.

"Well done, girls. Now. It's time for her test, gentlemen. Remember that it is seperate from Serenity's. Is it progressing satisfactorily?" The King asked the panel of judges.

"Indeed it is. Well done. We have begun a seperate card for her. You are doing an excellent job. Thank you."

"Thank you. And so, the dream land is under attack by one of my expendable soldiers, one who can manipulate dreams. It will be relatively simple to defeat him, but that is not their test. they will finish this test, then join the other soldiers in the final battle. That is when we will return to more than cursory monitoring. This is really just to ensure that they are as capable as the others."

"Very well. We are monitoring her ourselves, anyway. part of her grade will be this battle, after all."

"Of course. Well, I will leave you to your grading then." The king turned and left, allowing the panel to discuss the progress of the test in peace. They were all amazed at the effectiveness of the test, and they were certain that it would not be easy for the girls to pass. Mamoru, on the other hand, was far more powerful than they had thought. He would be a threat to the grades of the others. He would need to be limited. But then they noticed something, and their fears eased. The king had planned for it. As he had for everything. They returned to their monitoring.