A Sailor Moon story by X-Superboy.
e-mail: lexusdreamz@aol.com
Note: This story jumps around a lot, but let's just say that it takes place a year after Stars...
Fortune Smiles.
Prologue
He glanced at his watch quickly. Not out of curiosity for the time, but rather for how long it had been since the last flash. Five minutes. Okay, that was a good thing. Maybe he could make it to the train station platform before the next one. His freshly shined shoes clacked on the concrete stairs, and he felt his shirt becoming untucked. He hastily shoved the bottom of it into his slacks, and deposited a token into the turnstile. He started a light run, feeling the familiar ringing in his ears. That was a sure sign another flash was coming. Come on, let me just get to the platform. I just want this to end. On his left, a shabbily dressed young girl played a guitar, slowly singing a song from years before her time. The ringing became louder. Here it comes, he thought, defeated.
In another time, on another Earth, this girl never took that first puff. In that reality, she heeded her mother's words, and had the courage to resist what her friends thought was cool. She went on to graduate with honors. She never got kicked out of her house, never sold her body for that next hit. In that reality, she had gone left instead of right. And it had made all the difference.
He flinched, coming out of his daze. The girl finished her song. She looked up at him, her eyes tired and bloodshot. She managed a weak smile. His heart went out to her. He reached into his pocket, and handed her two hundred yen. It was the least he could do. Or so he thought.
End Prologue.
