~*CH. 3*~

Talim couldn't take her mind off Orion. Something told her that she knew Orion, but she didn't know why. *I should stop by his office just in case* she thought as she unlocked the door to her small temple. Talim thought she saw five faces peeking at her through the window of the temple across the street, but she thought she was probably dazed from the fall. But the dream, or was it a vision? Talim wasn't sure, but it was bugging her. It was strangely connected to the last one she had had. It made no sense. Were these dreams just Talim's imagination? Or a sign that she had to answer? Talim couldn't understand anything these days. She needed to meditate to get these things out of her head. Lighting a fire in the main room of the temple, she stared at the fire, thinking of nothing but the roaring flames in front of her. Talim breathed in the scent of burning wood, and sighed. She felt safe now.

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"Hurry up and go over there, Lita; she been home forever!" Serena whined.

"Clam up, meatball head, we don't want her to get suspicious," Rei spat at Serena. She whimpered, and cried, "Everyone's so mean to me! I bet Darien wouldn't be so mean!"

*anime sweat droplet ^_^()*

Everyone sighed, and shook their heads.

"Why would Queen Serenity want this girl to find out for herself what her destiny is?" Amy asked Luna.

"Even from our many years serving Queen Serenity, that's one question Artemis and I can't answer," Luna said, still very confused.

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Talim was still in front of the fire, her eyes now closed, her mind completely empty. She wanted to run away from the past three days. To forget. To place the past behind her forever. As soon as she felt safe, Talim opened her eyes, and stood up. She walked to the window, and reached up to close it, when there was a crash, and the whole wall was broken in, splintered wood flying everywhere. Talim was shoved back from the blow, the force slamming her into the ground. A shadow passed over her, and Talim looked up to see who-or what- it was, screaming at what she saw.

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Everyone heard a crash, and raced to the window to see what it was. The wall of the girl's house was broken in by a huge kappa, and it was stepping in!

"Everyone transform!" Artemis cried.

"Right!" five voices called back.

"Moon Crystal Power Makeup!"

"Mercury Star Power Makeup!"

"Mars Star Power Makeup!"

"Jupiter Star Power Makeup!"

"Venus Star Power Makeup!"

Transformed and ready to fight, the scouts ran out of the temple to confront the kappa.

"Mercury Aqua Mirage!" Sailor Mercury yelled, and sent a raging tidal wave at the enormous, scaly creature. The kappa stumbled back from the force, and while it was distracted, Luna ran into the temple. She saw the girl, crawling out from under a pile of wood splinters.

Luna clawed at her leg to get her attention.

"You need to transform, right now!" Luna yelled

"Huh……what?" she said, dazed.

"Do you have the stick?" Luna asked.

"Oh, you mean this?" she asked, pulling the transformation stick out of her pocket.

"Yes! That's it!" Luna cried excitingly, "Now hold it above your head and say Priestess Chalice Power Makeup!"

"Um……okay," she answered sheepishly. She held the transformation stick above her head.

"Priestess Chalice Power Makeup!"

Ok that is all I have the energy to write right now! It is like two in the morning and im exhausted! There will be more very soon.