This is the second chapter. It's mainly setting up the plot some more, so
you might want to skip it if you want to get to the hardcore story, but I
wouldn't suggest it. Besides, you'd miss out on my wonderful writing and
wit :P
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Salene stared, transfixed, at the bustling city scene, her eyes wide. She muttered,
mostly to herself, "Oh, my God."
Nothing had prepared her for this. Just twenty minutes ago she had been
basking in the California sun. Now she was in a stranger's room ten thousand
miles away and being comforted by a talking cat. It didn't seem that it could
get much worse.
Luna babbled, as much to herself as Salene. "How could she do this? She knows
not to play around with that crystal. Now what am I going to do?" Her eyes
widened. "What will I tell Artemis?" She gasped, already panicking at the
thought.
Salene collapsed on the bed and giggled nervously. "Okay, this has been great
and all, but when can I go home? I've got a Latin test tomorrow!"
Luna turned to her, and in a horrified voice, she said, as if just realizing, "I'm afraid
you can't go home just yet."
Things got worse. Salene was just about to scream at the cat when she heard
someone calling from downstairs.
"Serena, is that you? Would you mind coming down? Dinner's ready." Salene
froze like a deer caught in the headlights, then whispered to the cat she had
in a deathgrip, "Who was that? And who is Serena?"
Luna struggled to free herself, but she finally had to claw her way out of
Salene's grip. "That's your mother. And you are Serena," She gasped.
"But I'm not-"
"Yes you are," Luna cut her off. She continued thoughtfully, "There's no need
to give anyone a heartattack just yet. For now, pretend like you're Serena.
You are borrowing her body, it seems, so nobody should notice."
Salene's eyes widened, horrified, but she didn't have time to respond before
"Serena's" mother barged into the room.
"I will not call you one more time! If you do not come right now, you will
not get any dinner." Mrs. Tsukino paused, expecting a horrified reaction,
but go only a blank stare instead. "Down! Now!" She yelled, her face turning red.
Salene complied, hurrying down the stairs, although she didn't know what
compelled her to do so. Her mother followed her in a huff. Luna cattily
watched them leave, then turned her face to the moonlight.
"Serena, where are you?"
******************************
Serena was enjoying first class service at her home in Long Beach. When
Sara had dropped her off, she cautiously entered the house, but upon entering
she tore through it like a hurricane. She had found a pool, a spa, a big screen
TV with every cable channel, but more importantly, she had found the kitchen.
Although she had had a huge snack when she got home, she was now tearing
into a steak like she hadn't eaten in months. Her parents watched in amazement.
"Slow down, honey, you're going to get sick, " her father warned, his meal
forgotten in his amazement at seeing her eat.
"Don't scold her," her mother said absently, talking on a cell phone, "She's
old enough to know what she wants."
Serena smiled at this, then held out her plate for more. The maid complied,
and Serena smiled to herself. Now this is living, she thought. Shw slowed down
a bit, but kept on eating at a tremedous pace. She didn't realize (or didn't
care) that every eye in the room was fixed on her. Serena quickly finished the
last bite of her steak and patted her stomach, satisfied.
Everyone breathed a collective sigh at the gesture of satiation. Grinning at them
mischieviously, she asked, "What about dessert?"
***********************
Salene sat at the kitchen table and restlessly pushed her rice around with
a chopstick. She had never had the fascination with Asian food or items that
her friends had, and she didn't know how to use chopsticks. She wasn't
really hungry, anyway.
The whole family stared at her worriedly. It wasn't like their Serena to sit
so quietly. Her "father" rested his chopsticks on his place. He cleared his
throat and furrowed his eyebrows. "Is anything wrong, Serena?"
She sighed, and answered, "No, I'm just not hungry. May I please be
excused?"
Everyone sat in shocked silence, and her "mother" just managed to stammer,
"W..why, of course you can."
Salene rose and rinsed off her plate in the sink. Then she left quietly and
climbed the stairs to her room. The family watched in silence.
On her way down the corrdidor to her room, Salene passed a mirror. She stopped
in complete amazement and stared at what she saw. The reflection looked
basically the same as her....but it wasn't her! The hair was pulled into a
ridiculous bun style with little pigtails hanging out, and it was so long it
nearly touched her knees. The eyes, though the same color as her own, sparkled
with a friendliness that was unmistakable, but also with a sorrow that no
words could express. Her mouth hung open, and she barely managed to stumble
back to the room.
She fell flat on the bad, surprising Luna, who was taking a catnap, and gasped
"Who am I?"
Surprised, Luna answered, "Why, I don't know? Who are you?"
Salene whirled her head around, and stared as if seeing Luna for the first
time. "And who are you?"
Luna pulled herself to a sitting position and announced with as much regality
as she could muster, "I am Luna, adviser and assistant to Princess Serenity.
Although, of late," she slouched a little, "I have been naught but a babysitter
for a bunch of gabbling teenage girls."
Salene stared at the cat, face blank. She slowly began to speak in a very low
voice. "Who is Princess Serenity? Why does she need an adviser?" Her voice
rose a little in pitch until she was nearly shouting, "And, most importantly,
why am I here?"
"Princess Serenity was the Princess of the Moon, and she needs an adviser
for the same reason all roylaty need advisers. As to why you're here," Luna
puzzled this over for a moment. "There's this Silver Crystal, you see," she
paused, not wanting to reveal too much.
"A Silver Crystal?" Salene prompted.
Luna sighed, and started again, "There's this Silver Crystal which holds an
awesome power. My master wasplaying with it, and it seems that you have traded
bodies for some reason."
"But why does she have the Silver Crystal in the first place?"
Luna hesitated again, but she honored Salene with the full history of the Moon Kingdom
and it's downfall. Salene watched, wide eyed, as she explained the purpose
of the scouts and the Negaverse's evil intentions.
"Sailor Moon is the only one who can stop the Negaverse from fulfilling their
dreams, and now she's not even here to protect us." The full realization
struck Luna, and she repeated, "She's not even here to protect us."
Both cat and girl sat quietly for awhile, each lost in their own thoughts.
Salene hesitantly spoke up, "And what about me? If Serena's the only one
who can use this crystal, what am I supposed to do?"
Luna frowned for a moment, and then spoke slowly, "I guess you shall have
to masquerade as Serena for awhile, at least until she can be recovered."
Salene nodded, displeased at the thought, then asked, "And what about this Silver
Crystal dealie? Where is it?"
Luna jumped as she realized that she didn't know, and her eyes quickly
scanned the room. They came to rest on the bedspread where Serena had
dropped the crystal. It glowed faintly in the light of the moon, and Luna jumped up
to retrieve it. She deposited it in Salene's hands, and told her very seriously,
"You must guard it with your life. You must guard it because you are a human,
and you can certainly protect it more than a cat can. That is, at least, until you
can deposit it with another scout.
Salene stared at herself reflected many thousands of times in the crystal.
As she held it, a soothing glow seemed to pass through her body, and her
hand closed reflexively over the smooth surface. Without knowing it, she
whispered, "I will protect it with my life, even though it means that I should
have to die." And she meant it.
Luna stared at her new charge with apporval. Neither one of them new the
trouble this crytal would cause, both in this time and in the future.
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That's it for chapter 2! Now onto chapter 3!
Love it? Hate it? Asleep?~~Holleeone@aol.com
you might want to skip it if you want to get to the hardcore story, but I
wouldn't suggest it. Besides, you'd miss out on my wonderful writing and
wit :P
****************
Salene stared, transfixed, at the bustling city scene, her eyes wide. She muttered,
mostly to herself, "Oh, my God."
Nothing had prepared her for this. Just twenty minutes ago she had been
basking in the California sun. Now she was in a stranger's room ten thousand
miles away and being comforted by a talking cat. It didn't seem that it could
get much worse.
Luna babbled, as much to herself as Salene. "How could she do this? She knows
not to play around with that crystal. Now what am I going to do?" Her eyes
widened. "What will I tell Artemis?" She gasped, already panicking at the
thought.
Salene collapsed on the bed and giggled nervously. "Okay, this has been great
and all, but when can I go home? I've got a Latin test tomorrow!"
Luna turned to her, and in a horrified voice, she said, as if just realizing, "I'm afraid
you can't go home just yet."
Things got worse. Salene was just about to scream at the cat when she heard
someone calling from downstairs.
"Serena, is that you? Would you mind coming down? Dinner's ready." Salene
froze like a deer caught in the headlights, then whispered to the cat she had
in a deathgrip, "Who was that? And who is Serena?"
Luna struggled to free herself, but she finally had to claw her way out of
Salene's grip. "That's your mother. And you are Serena," She gasped.
"But I'm not-"
"Yes you are," Luna cut her off. She continued thoughtfully, "There's no need
to give anyone a heartattack just yet. For now, pretend like you're Serena.
You are borrowing her body, it seems, so nobody should notice."
Salene's eyes widened, horrified, but she didn't have time to respond before
"Serena's" mother barged into the room.
"I will not call you one more time! If you do not come right now, you will
not get any dinner." Mrs. Tsukino paused, expecting a horrified reaction,
but go only a blank stare instead. "Down! Now!" She yelled, her face turning red.
Salene complied, hurrying down the stairs, although she didn't know what
compelled her to do so. Her mother followed her in a huff. Luna cattily
watched them leave, then turned her face to the moonlight.
"Serena, where are you?"
******************************
Serena was enjoying first class service at her home in Long Beach. When
Sara had dropped her off, she cautiously entered the house, but upon entering
she tore through it like a hurricane. She had found a pool, a spa, a big screen
TV with every cable channel, but more importantly, she had found the kitchen.
Although she had had a huge snack when she got home, she was now tearing
into a steak like she hadn't eaten in months. Her parents watched in amazement.
"Slow down, honey, you're going to get sick, " her father warned, his meal
forgotten in his amazement at seeing her eat.
"Don't scold her," her mother said absently, talking on a cell phone, "She's
old enough to know what she wants."
Serena smiled at this, then held out her plate for more. The maid complied,
and Serena smiled to herself. Now this is living, she thought. Shw slowed down
a bit, but kept on eating at a tremedous pace. She didn't realize (or didn't
care) that every eye in the room was fixed on her. Serena quickly finished the
last bite of her steak and patted her stomach, satisfied.
Everyone breathed a collective sigh at the gesture of satiation. Grinning at them
mischieviously, she asked, "What about dessert?"
***********************
Salene sat at the kitchen table and restlessly pushed her rice around with
a chopstick. She had never had the fascination with Asian food or items that
her friends had, and she didn't know how to use chopsticks. She wasn't
really hungry, anyway.
The whole family stared at her worriedly. It wasn't like their Serena to sit
so quietly. Her "father" rested his chopsticks on his place. He cleared his
throat and furrowed his eyebrows. "Is anything wrong, Serena?"
She sighed, and answered, "No, I'm just not hungry. May I please be
excused?"
Everyone sat in shocked silence, and her "mother" just managed to stammer,
"W..why, of course you can."
Salene rose and rinsed off her plate in the sink. Then she left quietly and
climbed the stairs to her room. The family watched in silence.
On her way down the corrdidor to her room, Salene passed a mirror. She stopped
in complete amazement and stared at what she saw. The reflection looked
basically the same as her....but it wasn't her! The hair was pulled into a
ridiculous bun style with little pigtails hanging out, and it was so long it
nearly touched her knees. The eyes, though the same color as her own, sparkled
with a friendliness that was unmistakable, but also with a sorrow that no
words could express. Her mouth hung open, and she barely managed to stumble
back to the room.
She fell flat on the bad, surprising Luna, who was taking a catnap, and gasped
"Who am I?"
Surprised, Luna answered, "Why, I don't know? Who are you?"
Salene whirled her head around, and stared as if seeing Luna for the first
time. "And who are you?"
Luna pulled herself to a sitting position and announced with as much regality
as she could muster, "I am Luna, adviser and assistant to Princess Serenity.
Although, of late," she slouched a little, "I have been naught but a babysitter
for a bunch of gabbling teenage girls."
Salene stared at the cat, face blank. She slowly began to speak in a very low
voice. "Who is Princess Serenity? Why does she need an adviser?" Her voice
rose a little in pitch until she was nearly shouting, "And, most importantly,
why am I here?"
"Princess Serenity was the Princess of the Moon, and she needs an adviser
for the same reason all roylaty need advisers. As to why you're here," Luna
puzzled this over for a moment. "There's this Silver Crystal, you see," she
paused, not wanting to reveal too much.
"A Silver Crystal?" Salene prompted.
Luna sighed, and started again, "There's this Silver Crystal which holds an
awesome power. My master wasplaying with it, and it seems that you have traded
bodies for some reason."
"But why does she have the Silver Crystal in the first place?"
Luna hesitated again, but she honored Salene with the full history of the Moon Kingdom
and it's downfall. Salene watched, wide eyed, as she explained the purpose
of the scouts and the Negaverse's evil intentions.
"Sailor Moon is the only one who can stop the Negaverse from fulfilling their
dreams, and now she's not even here to protect us." The full realization
struck Luna, and she repeated, "She's not even here to protect us."
Both cat and girl sat quietly for awhile, each lost in their own thoughts.
Salene hesitantly spoke up, "And what about me? If Serena's the only one
who can use this crystal, what am I supposed to do?"
Luna frowned for a moment, and then spoke slowly, "I guess you shall have
to masquerade as Serena for awhile, at least until she can be recovered."
Salene nodded, displeased at the thought, then asked, "And what about this Silver
Crystal dealie? Where is it?"
Luna jumped as she realized that she didn't know, and her eyes quickly
scanned the room. They came to rest on the bedspread where Serena had
dropped the crystal. It glowed faintly in the light of the moon, and Luna jumped up
to retrieve it. She deposited it in Salene's hands, and told her very seriously,
"You must guard it with your life. You must guard it because you are a human,
and you can certainly protect it more than a cat can. That is, at least, until you
can deposit it with another scout.
Salene stared at herself reflected many thousands of times in the crystal.
As she held it, a soothing glow seemed to pass through her body, and her
hand closed reflexively over the smooth surface. Without knowing it, she
whispered, "I will protect it with my life, even though it means that I should
have to die." And she meant it.
Luna stared at her new charge with apporval. Neither one of them new the
trouble this crytal would cause, both in this time and in the future.
**********************
That's it for chapter 2! Now onto chapter 3!
Love it? Hate it? Asleep?~~Holleeone@aol.com