***Chapter Four***
-Serena?



Lita ran for school. "Well this stinks!" She said aloud, "Now I don't have anyone to be late with!!" She ran into her classroom and took a seat next to Serena. "How come you ditched me?!" Lita said in a whisper.
Serena just sat there. Looking like a behaved student, having her eyes directed straight at the teacher.
"Hey…no problem. But after school, meet me outside, okay?" Lita asked.
Serena nodded her head.
"Lita!!" the teacher said. "You should no better, no talking in class. I'll let you off this time, no detention, but next time it wont be so easy!"
Lita sighed with relief. Hours passed. She went to lunch, and then headed back to the classroom. Serena was there five minutes early. "Whoa…" Lita thought. "This is strange." She took her seat next to Serena.
"Class, for the last two hours of school, we will have a study session. I would like you all to study for your final exams tomorrow. This will be a very big part of your grade, and it will also help determine weather you pass tenth grade." The teacher left it at that and sat down.
Serena immediately took out a book and began to read. Lita looked at her, confused. She, too took out a book, but didn't read. Lita waited an hour, she looked to her left, expecting Serena to be asleep, but she wasn't, she was wide-awake and still studying.
After the second hour passed, the bell rang, and at that Lita and Serena both got out of their chairs. Lita headed for the back of the school, where Serena was going to meet her. She waited about five minutes, and sure enough, Serena showed up.
"Hey girl! I didn't think you would show up after you left me this morning. Hey! Why'd you do that anyways?" Lita asked.
Serena laughed, but it wasn't her usual laugh. It was a high-pitched hideous laugh. An evil laugh. Serena took out a dark diamond-shaped crystal. She pushed it out in front of her. There was a flash of deep red light. Lita was gone. Serena gazed into the crystal and laughed again. "All the scouts will be mine…" She declared. And with that, She walked away.

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Serena walked to Raye's temple where she found Raye and Ami talking. She took out the diamond-shaped crystal and walked towards them.
"Serena!?" Raye said, "What's wrong? You look sick."
Serena did look sick indeed. Her eyes were a pitch black, not blue like they usually were.
"Serena! Stop that! You're freakin' me out!!" Raye shouted.
"Really Serena, that is a bit frightening." Ami said in her ever-so-sweet voice.
"I'm not Serena you idiots! I'm just using her body!! And once I'm done with this body and I have captured all of the scouts, I will destroy this body, and destroy the universe." A wicked grin crossed Serena's face. "I am Rayne, from Lyeo, a dimension you humans haven't, and will never hear of!" Rayne closed her eyes and a white light surrounded her.
"Hey! You're Rini's friend!" Raye shouted.
"Raye! Forget it!" Ami shouted. "Mercury Crystal Power!" Ami shouted. Within seconds she was Sailor Mercury.
"Oh…heh…that's right." Raye said, looking rather embarrassed. "Mars…Crystal…Power!" Raye shouted. Fire surrounded her, and a few seconds later she became Sailor Mars.
"I'm Sailor Mercu-"
"Oh cut the intro!" Rayne interrupted Ami. " I know who you are, why do you think I'm going to destroy you? Pure pleasure? I think not I have come to- - "
"Mars…Fire…Ignite!" Raye shouted, aiming at Rayne.
"Ha! Pathetic!!" Rayne said. Her right hand tensed as she held it out. Raye's fireball stood frozen in mid-air. Rayne snapped and Raye's fireball fell to the ground.
((Raye)) "……"
"Aqua…Rhapsody!" Ami shouted as a rush of water went flying towards Rayne.
"You are weak. How my allies were destroyed by you I have yet to figure out!" Rayne declared. She held out her right hand again and waved it to the left, where Ami's attack landed. Wasting no time, Rayne held out the diamond- shaped crystal and the deep red light surround Raye and Ami.
"What's happening!?" Ami shouted. She then disappeared.
Raye tried to summon the spirits of fire to assist her, but failed. She was losing concentration. Then she, too, disappeared.
"Humph, that was too easy. I need more of a challenge!!" Rayne said as she turned back into Serena's form. "No matter. Three down and two to go, including this horrid avatar. "


********** To be Continued **********