The New Girl
I woke up. In the same bed and same room. Nothing changed. I woke up every morning expecting my whole life to be a horrible nightmare. Yeah, its me boring old Adrienne Gabrielle. Even after I put my school uniform on I didn't feel any different. I yawned as stumbled down the stairs. I sat down to eat the same bowl of soggy cereal. The only interesting thing in my dull life is my favorite TV show, Sailor Moon. I like the TV show so much that I have my brown hair a lot like Sailor Moon's. I'm pretty short and I can draw, sometimes, and I have to say I can write. In school I try my best even though it makes me an outcast. I have always wished I could be in one of the scouts exciting stories. Yeah right. Not me that's to interesting to happen in my life. I grabbed my lunch and bookbag.
"Bye Mom." I said as I walked out the door before she could answer. I didn't want to hear another kind voice the rest of the day. I guess I just wanted to pout cause today was a particularly depressing day. I had to read my poem aloud to the class. I walked as slow as I could. I closed my eyes for a moment. I saw a bright flash of white light. Then I opened my eyes when a girl with short blue hair bumped into to me. She was reading a book and quickly apologized. My eyes widened.
"Ami?" I whispered to myself. It couldn't be. She turned around.
"Yes?" She answered. I almost fainted.
"Ami Anderson?" I said quietly.
"Yes, that's my name. I don't believe I know you." Ami looked at me puzzled. Just then a tall girl with a long, brown ponytail run up behind her.
"Didn't wait for Serena today did ya, Ams?" The girl was Lita Kino. No way! She spoke again before Ami could answer. "Hey, I don't think we've met? I'm Lita, are you one of Ami's friend from her genius school?" She winked at Ami and me.
"No. I've never actually met Ami." I said timidly.
"Then you must know her from her great reputation." Lita smiled.
"Well, I guess you could say that." Yeah, I knew her reputation as a Sailor Scout.
"Its like meeting a superstar isn't it." Lita said. "Come on Ami we gotta go. Do you want to walk with us... umm what was your name?"
"Adrienne Gabrielle." I said still shocked from having this conversation.
"Wow! Big name. Do you mind if I call you Adrienne?" She said beginning to walk.
"No. Most people do." I said looking over at Ami. She was solemn. She wasn't reading her book anymore, but reading me. I expected her to see right though me. Of course maybe that good. I didn't know what was going on, maybe she could tell me.
"Are you new around here? How about you come over to the Cherry Hill Temple after school let's out. I'm sure the other girls would like to meet you." Lita kept talking as Ami stared me down. I was totally in awe. I, Adrienne Gabrielle, had been invited to the study group at the Hino Shrine. Now I know must be a psychotic breakdown.
"I guess so." I said looking back up at her. I wasn't sure myself if I was new or not. All three of us got onto the bus. As the doors began to close a short girl with long, blond pigtails run up to the bus. "Hold on." I said to the driver. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Hey, Ami you didn't wait for me." The exhausted girl said.
"Yes, I did I waited for you for ten minutes." Ami said as matter as a fact.
"Oh sorry... Hi Lita. Hey have you two been holding out on me? Who's your friend? What's your name? Mine's Serena. Are you new here? What school do you go to?" She finally finished her long string of questions.
"Her name is Adrienne Gabrielle. Just call her Adrienne. Yes she's new here. Duh, Serena look at her uniform she goes to our school." Lita spit out all the answers realizing that I had no idea what to say. Then as her answers sunk in I look down at my uniform. It was the uniform for Crossroads Junior High. I swear I did not put this outfit on this morning.
"How did you get out of the big orientation? Hey girls do you remember the last one for Alan and Ann Granger. That Alan what a hunk. Of course then that sleazy Ann trying to take my Darien." She spat out in another hurricane of words.
"No one could take Darien from you." I said instantly blushing. "I.. uh asked my mom if she could talk to the school about not having the orientation. I don't like getting up in front of big groups." I said quickly trying to cover up my mistake.
"Serena did you do your poetry assignment?" Ami said changing the subject.
"Mum... well... I... no." She admitted finally.
"Hey, did you have to do the assignment, Adrienne?" Lita asked.
"Uhh, I think I remember doing it." I said rustling through my bookbag. I remember a lot of things that don't make much sense now so I wasn't really sure. "Yeah I did do it." I pulled to neatly typed paper out of the brief case.
"Do you mind if I read?" Asked Ami who was speaking to me for the first time since we bumped into each other.
"Yeah, I guess but it's not very good." I bowed my head as I gave it to her. She began to read quickly. Serena leaned over her should to read it, too. I knew Ami would like it cause it was about water.
"WOW!" They both said.
"Hey, don't you guys leave me in the dark I want to read it." Lita said grabbing the paper. "Wow!" She mimicked. I began to blush.
"This is really good. How long did it take you to write it?" Ami smiled at me. I couldn't believe it, genius-Sailor Mercury-Ami was complimenting me on my work.
"I don't know. I had it stored on a disk a long time." I smiled. I was in heaven. Then the bus jerked to a stop. I stumbled. At least I didn't fall I thought to myself.
"Hey, Serena!" Molly waved from a far.
"Hey, Moll! I'm not late today." Serena smiled big. "Meet Adrienne Gabrielle. Call her Adrienne." She pushed me toward Molly.
"Hi. I'm Molly Baker." She smiled sweetly at me. "We better hurry or we will be late." Now as a big group we rushed into the building. Wow. Crossroads Junior High. I stood looking out at the window as the other girls greeted their friends.
"Are you the new girl, Adrienne Gabrielle?" A boy with huge glasses asked me. "I know you are. What was your GPA at your old school?" It was Melvin. I almost chuckled at his squeaky voice. Ami walked up behind him.
"Actually I was wondering your academic status, also." She said almost blushing.
"Well, let me think. It was a 4.3 the last semester I believe." I smiled as they both stared. "I can't quite remember." I said wondering if I looked stupid in the eyes of the two geniuses.
"That's pretty good. Do you know your IQ? Ami here is pretty high. She is the top of the school." I could see Ami begin to blush immediately.
"Oh, so I'm not smart enough for you, Melvin." Molly came up behind him. We all knew she was joking except for Melvin.
"No, no that's not what I meant." He said running after her.
"Well, I think your grades sound great." Serena said to me.
"I was in high school were I lived." Then I knew I was in for it as they all stared at me in awe. "Yeah, high school started at ninth grade for us."
"No way! You passed the high school entrance exam when you were 14!" She almost screamed as all the others nodded in agreement and admiration.
"Well there was no entrance exam." I said instantly knowing I should not have said anything.
"No entrance exam?!?" They all said at once.
"Well, no I lived in the States." I said meekly back to the group.
"Wow! Where do I sign up!" Serena screamed and yelped in excitement. Before anyone else could comment the bell began to ring. We all shuffled in the classrooms.
"Today we have a new student, class," Miss Haruna began. I saw the girls smile at me across the room. "Her name is Adrienne Gabrielle. You my take your seat behind Serena, Adrienne Gabrielle." She pointed towards the empty chair. Lita raised her hand. "Yes, Lita." Miss Haruna asked.
"She prefers to be called Adrienne." Lita said winking at me. I smiled. I thought it was funny how everyone was worried about saying my name.
"Thank you, Lita." She motioned towards my seat again. I went and sat down. I opened my bookbag and looked inside. Books and papers were neatly organized. I started to realize how scared I was. Would the girls think I am a new enemy? Personally I was wondering myself how I just bumped into Ami and my whole life was changed. I yawned. Miss Haruna was having the other kids read their poems aloud. I remembered that my fear for the day was reading my poem to the class. I suddenly did not think it as much of a big deal. "Adrienne. Would you like to read the poem that you wrote?" She looked at me.
"I guess so." I got up and sat down in the chair at the front of the room. The kids all sat up to here the new girl's poem. "Ahem..." I cleared my throat. "The Waters. A shadow of darkness moves through the waters. As the black sky grows and the wind breaks the gentle creature moves through the waves. It flips up with terrifying speeds, coming down with a mighty splash. No one can with stand the excitement and beauty of this amazing unknown creature of the waters. Gliding through, so perfect and unique, this gentle beast bounds towards home. After seeing this magnificent wonder, all you can do is stare." I ended. They all stared at me. I began to get out of the chair.
"Ummm... Thank you. You may sit down now." Miss Haruna motioned towards my seat. When I began to walk over to my desk, I remembered the other kids bowing to her. After I tried to do bow, I shuffled over to my seat and plopped down with a sigh. "George will you go next." The boy reached down for his bookbag. I looked away to sigh again.
"AHHH!!!!" A bunch of kids began to scream. Intense flashes of light filled the room. The briefcase began to form a more human shape. A diamond heart snatcher. "Ahh!..." More people screamed.
"Shoooldore! All of you children belong to the sovereign." I suddenly knew what was going on. I swung around to see Serena, Lita, and Ami all sneaking from the classroom. I could not be sure that they were the sailor scouts useless I saw them transform. I ran towards the window on the door, but the demon thought I was trying to escape. It jumped in front of me. "Where do you think your going?" It reached for me.
"Kyah!" I began a Karate blast. I threw a ton of punches, kick, knees, and elbows. Finally the creature doubled over. I ran to the window, but the girls were just standing there. Luna had joined them. Then I realized they were staring at me. I opened the door. "Scouts you must transform, now!" That's when their mouths dropped. The monster began to collect pure hearts. Then it turned towards me. "I'll hold it off you guys hurry!"
"OK!" Serena grabbed for her brooch. "Moon Cosmic Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!" Ami screamed.
"Jupiter Star Power!" Lita said holding up her pen. They all began their transformations.
"Come on, nasty. See me, come on. Come get me!" I urged. The monster wasted no time. It ran towards me and knocked me down. It shot a beam of energy out of the black star on it's hand. "Ahhhh!..." I screamed in pain.
"Stop right there!" The scouts appeared. "I am Sailor Moon. I will triumph over the stealer of pure hearts." It was incredible seeing her. Even though I was only half conscious I watched them attack the monster. Before I fell into unconsciousness, I saw Sailor Uranus and Neptune standing outside the window.
I awoke with a bad headache. Expecting to find myself in my own bed I sat up quickly. I was intensely shoved down by two strong hands.
"You should not get up so soon. You took a hard hit to the head." Ami smiled at me. I felt the pain in my head again. I noticed I was laying on a small futon.
"Yeah. Don't even think you're going anywhere until you answer some questions." Lita scolded at me. I laid flat on the bed. "So are you going to explain yourself. Or should we assume you are another demon from the negaforces." I could not help it I swear, but before I could stop myself tears began to roll down my cheeks. Serena, Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina, Rini, Luna, and Artemis all gasped.
"What's wrong, Adrienne?" Serena asked sympathetically. "I can't believe you guys are accusing her of being evil." She made a mean face at them. A couple of them bowed their heads in shame.
"Serena, I can't believe you're so blind. How could she know we are the scouts after appearing out of no where." Rei counter attacked. I watched them argue for a couple of minutes. I tried to sit back up and everyone re-forced their attention on me. "Hey don't even think about it. I can feel strange vibes coming from her, something is not right."
"You're right Rei, something isn't right." Trista walked in the room.
"Trista!" Everyone said at once. Rini got up and ran to hug her.
"Adrienne, do you know what happened?" She questioned me. Tears welled up again in my eyes.
"No..." I sniffed. "I was walking to school like every morning when all of the sudden I bumped into Ami." I sniffed again, and a tall girl behind her handed me her handkerchief. It was Amara and Michelle. I wiped my nose and eyes. "I don't know what happened."
"How did you know that Serena and the others were sailor scouts?" Luna asked.
"I watch Sailor Moon." They all stared.
"What do you mean you watch me?" Serena asked perplexed. Now as the nine people and two cats were staring me down I began to answer.
"Sailor Moon the TV show." I watched their reaction. I didn't understand it myself. I wished someone could tell me what's going on. "I've been watching it for about two years. I've loved living the adventures from Queen Beryl now to the sovereign."
"How could that be..." Mina wondered aloud. "Trista do you know anything about this? I mean you do control time and all."
"No. This is just weird." Trista responded. Then I realized I knew what happened to them, for the rest of their lives practically. How could I kept the ending a secret?
"I have to go I can't stay here." I got up and pushed through the group of perplexed girls. Amara tried to grab my shoulder, but Michelle stopped her. I ran out of the room, but hide behind the door to hear what they were saying.
"We can't let her leave. What if she's lying." Amara questioned.
"I don't think she is." Michelle answered.
"There is no way her story can hold any truth." Ami added. They shuffled about.
"We have to go find her." I heard someone get up.
"No she has no where to go." Trista said.
"Back to the enemy hideout." Lita said jumping up. "Should we follow her."
"Yes. I think one of us should go find her." Michelle suggested.
"OK who? Maybe one of the cats should so they could follow without being seen." Mina suggested.
"No, I think Serena should go." Ami explained. "She can ask her questions but also be friendly about it." Everyone was quiet. "Well I think you should go then Serena."
"OK I think I should get my...." I didn't need to hear the rest I had to get a little away from the temple before she found me.
"Hello, young lady. Have you come to get a fortune today." I turned around. It was Grandpa Hino. I reached in a pocket.
"Well how much do they cost?" I wondered. I thought if I have to go back to my boring life one day I want a souvenir.
"Nothing for you my dear." He smiled with his squinty eyes. "Here," he handed me a slip of paper. "Wait. I will send on your way with a extra blessing." Before he could begin Chad ran up behind him.
"Is Grandpa bothering you, Miss?" He put his hands on his waist.
"No, I have to be going. Thank you, Mr. Hino." I bowed. "Chad." I bowed to him, too.
"What a nice young girl. She's a looker Chad." I heard Grandpa say as I ran off. I ran down the stairs to the temple, and stopped as I got to the end. I realized they were right I had no way to go. No where to hide from them. I didn't even know the town all that well. I looked to the ground as I started to walk. I walked for a while, I didn't notice I had started to walk on the road.
Screech... A motorcycle almost hit me. I jumped on the side walk, but I tripped and fell. The man leaped off his bike.
"I'm so sorry. Are you OK." He took his helmet off. It was Darien.
"Ummm. Yeah I just tripped." I tried to get up. "Oww.. ouch!" The pain from my head and now ankle left me in a mess.
"Don't get up I'll take you back to your house." He said picking me up with ease.
"No... I don't know where it is." I admitted.
"What did you just move here from the United States or something." He smiled putting me on the motorcycle.
"Yeah, or something." I winced in pain.
"Oh well if you don't mind I can take you back to my place or if you want I can take you to the hospital. I promise I have already met my dream girl." He winked at me, trying to be reassuring.
"No, not the hospital. Well it really wasn't your fault you don't have to take me anywhere." I was sure not to make comment on his 'dream girl'.
"Oh I insist. I can't just leave on the street hurt and no where to go." He looked stern. I nodded.
"OK as long as I'm not a bother or anything." I smiled in pain.
"All right then put this on and hold on tight." I did and we started on our way. As we began I saw Serena at the end of the sidewalk seeing us go off over the hill. I couldn't help but feel like I had won in some devious way.
It didn't take to long to get to his apartment. I jumped off the bike carefully, and thanking everything to be alive. We got in the elevator.
"So what were you doing waking in the middle of the road?" He asked sarcastically.
"I was coming from the Hino shrine." I felt I could be honest with him. I didn't want to leave him in the dark.
"Really did you met anyone there?" Darien looked at the ceiling wondering to himself.
"Yeah, Ummm... Darien.. " I began promptly.
"How did you know my name? We've never met." He stared at me as if I had already become a monster.
"I know about you, Serena, Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina, Rini, Trista, Amara, Michelle, Luna, and Artemis." Now he was scared.
"What do you mean 'know' about us." Darien questioned. The elevator stopped. We both got out.
"Can we please go inside and I'll explain everything. Well everything I know." I tried to smile. Darien still being nice helped me inside. I sat down with care.
"I'd get some tea, but I think I want to hear your story first." He cocked an eyebrow at me.
"OK then. I just want to tell you the truth. This is all I know I swear. Don't ask any questions till I am finished." I told him the story of my boring old life to seeing Serena see us drive off on the motorcycle. By the end I was crying. I couldn't help it. All I could think of was the life I was taken from. "I just don't know what to do. I knew I could tell you. I'm so glad I twisted my ankle." I tried to laugh, but only tears came. Right when he was going to say a comforting word... DingDongDingDongDingDongDingDongDingDong!
"That's Serena. Do you want me to tell her to go away." He asked walking to the door.
"No, of course not." I didn't want her to think anything bad about me. He let her in. She burst through the door.
"Darien.. What is she doing here? Why did you bring her here? Don't worry I'll protect you." She grabbed for her brooch.
"Serena," he snatched the brooch out of her hands. "I'm disappointed in you. You jump to so many conclusions."
"But she's an enemy." Serena tried to explain.
"No I don't think that she is." Darien said looking back over at me. I was still holding Amara's tissue. "She told me everything."
"Well she didn't tell us anything." She stared at me. I knew she was mad, which made me more upset. Serena was my favorite character on the show, and I hated she was mad at me.
"Serena. Please don't be mad at me. Sailor Moon is the best character in the show and my favorite. I couldn't bare it if you were mad at me." I tried to smile. She looked at me funny.
"Well.. thanks. I mean that sure is nice of you to say." She let up on her anger. "Darien do you really think she's OK." She whispered more quietly.
"I do. Maybe you should tell her all you told me." He looked at me and smiled. "And I'll go make some tea." He started to walk into the kitchen.
"If you don't mind I would like to tell everyone at once. I mean you think that would be wise." I suggested. Serena nodded and Darien agreed. Serena called the other girls on her communicator.
"Well I better make some cocoa and cookies." Darien said hurrying into the kitchen. Serena and I sat on the couch in his living room.
"Serena. I really do admire you. I always have." I could not help but telling her.
"Thanks. I don't really understand what's going on. If Luna was here I'd be in trouble for not suspecting you to be an enemy. I just don't think you are." She smiled.
"I wish I knew what was going on, too. I just can't stop thinking about my family. I don't know what happened to them or where they are." I started to weep again. Serena reached over and hugged me.
"Don't worry we'll find out everything. We can do it all." She keep hugging me for awhile and I cried on her shoulder. A little later Darien walked in with some cocoa and cookies. Moments after we began to eat the other girls came bursting in.
"We're sailor scouts and we well punish you." They all said trying to squeeze through the door.
"Geeze, guys I said come. Not as scouts." Serena rolled her eyes.
"We thought it would be more wise to come prepared." Sailor Mercury explained.
"Oh yea cookies! Darien you shouldn't have." Sailor Venus' eyes widened.
"Darien are you OK did she hurt you?" Sailor Mini Moon asked.
"If everyone well have a seat I will get some more cocoa and Adrienne will tell her story." Darien got up offering a seat. The eight girls and two cats all found a place to sit.
"Well I don't really know where to began, but I guess the beginning will do. Please don't ask any questions until the end. I probably won't know the answer anyway." I told them my story, too. From beginning to end. They all sat intently. "That's all." I tried not to cry as I told them. I had to wipe my nose a few times, but I was doing better.
"Well. I certainly don't know what to say." Sailor Jupiter began.
"I do," Sailor Uranus said angrily. "How do you think we are going to believe that crazy story?"
"I don't know. I just want all of you to know that I love your life and adventures, and I always wished I could be a part of it." Now I couldn't stand it. "I didn't mean like this." I cried.
"Uranus, I think we should leave this up to the inner scouts." Sailor Neptune explained.
"Yes, I agree, but a matter like this, I would like you girls to know you can ask for our help." Sailor Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune all left.
"Sometimes I think they are so rude." Serena stuck her tongue out at them.
"Don't worry they are good at heart." I said reassuring them. "I always wondered how you guys like de-transformed." They looked at me puzzled. They looked at the two cat advisors, but they did not know what to say either.
"Well we just concentrate on our normal clothes and poof." Lita explained. They all did this and were normal again. I began to smile.
"I don't know what we should think, but I'll I know is we should make best of the time we have with you." Serena and Mina looked at each other. "Do you like to shop?" She smiled at me. I looked at her kind of strange.
"Of course who doesn't!" I almost yelled.
"YEA!!" We all yelled. We were off. I was window shopping mainly, because I had only a little bit of money.
"How do you like this?" I asked Lita holding up a purple scarf.
"Wow. That looks exactly like Amara's scarf." Lita commented looking at it closely.
"I know I thought you might like it." She looked at my funny for a second.
"So you know about everything that has happened to us?" She looked at me interested.
"Well what was the last diamond snatcher you fought?" I asked.
"We just fought some nasty flowers trying to steal people's pure hearts." Ami said hearing our conversation.
"Oh you mean Tellu." I said knowing what they were talking about.
"Yeah." Serena said. "Do you know any sneak previews?" Oh no this was what I was afraid of. I couldn't tell them their future.
"Ummm... do you guys know where Trista lives? I was just wondering." I tried to change the subject.
"Yeah in an apartment on 36th street. So do you?" Mina urged. I had to think of an excuse to leave and find Trista.
"Darn it I have to use the rest room. Do you know where one is around here?" I questioned acting urgent. I know it was pretty lame. I just had to get out of the mist of the questions.
"Uh, yeah, in the back." I almost ran back there. I came back in a little while hiding behind the racks.
"I think she knows something." Rei said. I began to sneak out of the shop. I walked a while. 29th street... 30th... I walked more and more. I felt like I was getting more and more lost. Finally I found it, 36th street. I looked at the names on the buzzers. "Meiou" was written in a beautiful cursive on one of them. I rang the buzzer.
"Hello." A slightly annoyed voice called.
"Hi, It's Adrienne. Can I talk to you?" I was nervous.
"Sure. My apartment is on the 3rd floor. Apartment 16B." She left. I begin to walk up the stairs. I reached the third floor and got out of the stairwell. Apartment 16B... I rang the doorbell.
"Hello." She smiled opening the door wide for me to come in. I walked in with my head to the ground. "What's wrong, did something happen?"
"No. I just needed some advise." I sat down with her on the couch. I looked around the room. It was perfectly neat and I noticed an expensive sewing machine in the corner of the room.
"I love to sew. I hope to someday become a fa.."
"Fashion designer. I know. That's the problem. I know all of the scouts adventures. They are the same as I remember on the TV show. How can I kept this ending a secret? I know you control time, so I thought you might have a similar dilemma." I said all I needed to.
"I see." She sat back. "Knowledge is important, but too much knowledge can be dangerous. I was surprised you came here. I guess I should have expected it." She smiled at me. "Its important you don't tell the other about their future. Even if it could save there lives."
"How can I do that?" I began to quiver thinking about knowing this information.
"I know a lot about it, too. I don't know everything but a lot." She brushed her hair from her face. "I don't think you should say anything. But remember, you weren't in their adventures were you?" She asked me.
"No of course not." I said stunned.
I woke up. In the same bed and same room. Nothing changed. I woke up every morning expecting my whole life to be a horrible nightmare. Yeah, its me boring old Adrienne Gabrielle. Even after I put my school uniform on I didn't feel any different. I yawned as stumbled down the stairs. I sat down to eat the same bowl of soggy cereal. The only interesting thing in my dull life is my favorite TV show, Sailor Moon. I like the TV show so much that I have my brown hair a lot like Sailor Moon's. I'm pretty short and I can draw, sometimes, and I have to say I can write. In school I try my best even though it makes me an outcast. I have always wished I could be in one of the scouts exciting stories. Yeah right. Not me that's to interesting to happen in my life. I grabbed my lunch and bookbag.
"Bye Mom." I said as I walked out the door before she could answer. I didn't want to hear another kind voice the rest of the day. I guess I just wanted to pout cause today was a particularly depressing day. I had to read my poem aloud to the class. I walked as slow as I could. I closed my eyes for a moment. I saw a bright flash of white light. Then I opened my eyes when a girl with short blue hair bumped into to me. She was reading a book and quickly apologized. My eyes widened.
"Ami?" I whispered to myself. It couldn't be. She turned around.
"Yes?" She answered. I almost fainted.
"Ami Anderson?" I said quietly.
"Yes, that's my name. I don't believe I know you." Ami looked at me puzzled. Just then a tall girl with a long, brown ponytail run up behind her.
"Didn't wait for Serena today did ya, Ams?" The girl was Lita Kino. No way! She spoke again before Ami could answer. "Hey, I don't think we've met? I'm Lita, are you one of Ami's friend from her genius school?" She winked at Ami and me.
"No. I've never actually met Ami." I said timidly.
"Then you must know her from her great reputation." Lita smiled.
"Well, I guess you could say that." Yeah, I knew her reputation as a Sailor Scout.
"Its like meeting a superstar isn't it." Lita said. "Come on Ami we gotta go. Do you want to walk with us... umm what was your name?"
"Adrienne Gabrielle." I said still shocked from having this conversation.
"Wow! Big name. Do you mind if I call you Adrienne?" She said beginning to walk.
"No. Most people do." I said looking over at Ami. She was solemn. She wasn't reading her book anymore, but reading me. I expected her to see right though me. Of course maybe that good. I didn't know what was going on, maybe she could tell me.
"Are you new around here? How about you come over to the Cherry Hill Temple after school let's out. I'm sure the other girls would like to meet you." Lita kept talking as Ami stared me down. I was totally in awe. I, Adrienne Gabrielle, had been invited to the study group at the Hino Shrine. Now I know must be a psychotic breakdown.
"I guess so." I said looking back up at her. I wasn't sure myself if I was new or not. All three of us got onto the bus. As the doors began to close a short girl with long, blond pigtails run up to the bus. "Hold on." I said to the driver. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Hey, Ami you didn't wait for me." The exhausted girl said.
"Yes, I did I waited for you for ten minutes." Ami said as matter as a fact.
"Oh sorry... Hi Lita. Hey have you two been holding out on me? Who's your friend? What's your name? Mine's Serena. Are you new here? What school do you go to?" She finally finished her long string of questions.
"Her name is Adrienne Gabrielle. Just call her Adrienne. Yes she's new here. Duh, Serena look at her uniform she goes to our school." Lita spit out all the answers realizing that I had no idea what to say. Then as her answers sunk in I look down at my uniform. It was the uniform for Crossroads Junior High. I swear I did not put this outfit on this morning.
"How did you get out of the big orientation? Hey girls do you remember the last one for Alan and Ann Granger. That Alan what a hunk. Of course then that sleazy Ann trying to take my Darien." She spat out in another hurricane of words.
"No one could take Darien from you." I said instantly blushing. "I.. uh asked my mom if she could talk to the school about not having the orientation. I don't like getting up in front of big groups." I said quickly trying to cover up my mistake.
"Serena did you do your poetry assignment?" Ami said changing the subject.
"Mum... well... I... no." She admitted finally.
"Hey, did you have to do the assignment, Adrienne?" Lita asked.
"Uhh, I think I remember doing it." I said rustling through my bookbag. I remember a lot of things that don't make much sense now so I wasn't really sure. "Yeah I did do it." I pulled to neatly typed paper out of the brief case.
"Do you mind if I read?" Asked Ami who was speaking to me for the first time since we bumped into each other.
"Yeah, I guess but it's not very good." I bowed my head as I gave it to her. She began to read quickly. Serena leaned over her should to read it, too. I knew Ami would like it cause it was about water.
"WOW!" They both said.
"Hey, don't you guys leave me in the dark I want to read it." Lita said grabbing the paper. "Wow!" She mimicked. I began to blush.
"This is really good. How long did it take you to write it?" Ami smiled at me. I couldn't believe it, genius-Sailor Mercury-Ami was complimenting me on my work.
"I don't know. I had it stored on a disk a long time." I smiled. I was in heaven. Then the bus jerked to a stop. I stumbled. At least I didn't fall I thought to myself.
"Hey, Serena!" Molly waved from a far.
"Hey, Moll! I'm not late today." Serena smiled big. "Meet Adrienne Gabrielle. Call her Adrienne." She pushed me toward Molly.
"Hi. I'm Molly Baker." She smiled sweetly at me. "We better hurry or we will be late." Now as a big group we rushed into the building. Wow. Crossroads Junior High. I stood looking out at the window as the other girls greeted their friends.
"Are you the new girl, Adrienne Gabrielle?" A boy with huge glasses asked me. "I know you are. What was your GPA at your old school?" It was Melvin. I almost chuckled at his squeaky voice. Ami walked up behind him.
"Actually I was wondering your academic status, also." She said almost blushing.
"Well, let me think. It was a 4.3 the last semester I believe." I smiled as they both stared. "I can't quite remember." I said wondering if I looked stupid in the eyes of the two geniuses.
"That's pretty good. Do you know your IQ? Ami here is pretty high. She is the top of the school." I could see Ami begin to blush immediately.
"Oh, so I'm not smart enough for you, Melvin." Molly came up behind him. We all knew she was joking except for Melvin.
"No, no that's not what I meant." He said running after her.
"Well, I think your grades sound great." Serena said to me.
"I was in high school were I lived." Then I knew I was in for it as they all stared at me in awe. "Yeah, high school started at ninth grade for us."
"No way! You passed the high school entrance exam when you were 14!" She almost screamed as all the others nodded in agreement and admiration.
"Well there was no entrance exam." I said instantly knowing I should not have said anything.
"No entrance exam?!?" They all said at once.
"Well, no I lived in the States." I said meekly back to the group.
"Wow! Where do I sign up!" Serena screamed and yelped in excitement. Before anyone else could comment the bell began to ring. We all shuffled in the classrooms.
"Today we have a new student, class," Miss Haruna began. I saw the girls smile at me across the room. "Her name is Adrienne Gabrielle. You my take your seat behind Serena, Adrienne Gabrielle." She pointed towards the empty chair. Lita raised her hand. "Yes, Lita." Miss Haruna asked.
"She prefers to be called Adrienne." Lita said winking at me. I smiled. I thought it was funny how everyone was worried about saying my name.
"Thank you, Lita." She motioned towards my seat again. I went and sat down. I opened my bookbag and looked inside. Books and papers were neatly organized. I started to realize how scared I was. Would the girls think I am a new enemy? Personally I was wondering myself how I just bumped into Ami and my whole life was changed. I yawned. Miss Haruna was having the other kids read their poems aloud. I remembered that my fear for the day was reading my poem to the class. I suddenly did not think it as much of a big deal. "Adrienne. Would you like to read the poem that you wrote?" She looked at me.
"I guess so." I got up and sat down in the chair at the front of the room. The kids all sat up to here the new girl's poem. "Ahem..." I cleared my throat. "The Waters. A shadow of darkness moves through the waters. As the black sky grows and the wind breaks the gentle creature moves through the waves. It flips up with terrifying speeds, coming down with a mighty splash. No one can with stand the excitement and beauty of this amazing unknown creature of the waters. Gliding through, so perfect and unique, this gentle beast bounds towards home. After seeing this magnificent wonder, all you can do is stare." I ended. They all stared at me. I began to get out of the chair.
"Ummm... Thank you. You may sit down now." Miss Haruna motioned towards my seat. When I began to walk over to my desk, I remembered the other kids bowing to her. After I tried to do bow, I shuffled over to my seat and plopped down with a sigh. "George will you go next." The boy reached down for his bookbag. I looked away to sigh again.
"AHHH!!!!" A bunch of kids began to scream. Intense flashes of light filled the room. The briefcase began to form a more human shape. A diamond heart snatcher. "Ahh!..." More people screamed.
"Shoooldore! All of you children belong to the sovereign." I suddenly knew what was going on. I swung around to see Serena, Lita, and Ami all sneaking from the classroom. I could not be sure that they were the sailor scouts useless I saw them transform. I ran towards the window on the door, but the demon thought I was trying to escape. It jumped in front of me. "Where do you think your going?" It reached for me.
"Kyah!" I began a Karate blast. I threw a ton of punches, kick, knees, and elbows. Finally the creature doubled over. I ran to the window, but the girls were just standing there. Luna had joined them. Then I realized they were staring at me. I opened the door. "Scouts you must transform, now!" That's when their mouths dropped. The monster began to collect pure hearts. Then it turned towards me. "I'll hold it off you guys hurry!"
"OK!" Serena grabbed for her brooch. "Moon Cosmic Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!" Ami screamed.
"Jupiter Star Power!" Lita said holding up her pen. They all began their transformations.
"Come on, nasty. See me, come on. Come get me!" I urged. The monster wasted no time. It ran towards me and knocked me down. It shot a beam of energy out of the black star on it's hand. "Ahhhh!..." I screamed in pain.
"Stop right there!" The scouts appeared. "I am Sailor Moon. I will triumph over the stealer of pure hearts." It was incredible seeing her. Even though I was only half conscious I watched them attack the monster. Before I fell into unconsciousness, I saw Sailor Uranus and Neptune standing outside the window.
I awoke with a bad headache. Expecting to find myself in my own bed I sat up quickly. I was intensely shoved down by two strong hands.
"You should not get up so soon. You took a hard hit to the head." Ami smiled at me. I felt the pain in my head again. I noticed I was laying on a small futon.
"Yeah. Don't even think you're going anywhere until you answer some questions." Lita scolded at me. I laid flat on the bed. "So are you going to explain yourself. Or should we assume you are another demon from the negaforces." I could not help it I swear, but before I could stop myself tears began to roll down my cheeks. Serena, Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina, Rini, Luna, and Artemis all gasped.
"What's wrong, Adrienne?" Serena asked sympathetically. "I can't believe you guys are accusing her of being evil." She made a mean face at them. A couple of them bowed their heads in shame.
"Serena, I can't believe you're so blind. How could she know we are the scouts after appearing out of no where." Rei counter attacked. I watched them argue for a couple of minutes. I tried to sit back up and everyone re-forced their attention on me. "Hey don't even think about it. I can feel strange vibes coming from her, something is not right."
"You're right Rei, something isn't right." Trista walked in the room.
"Trista!" Everyone said at once. Rini got up and ran to hug her.
"Adrienne, do you know what happened?" She questioned me. Tears welled up again in my eyes.
"No..." I sniffed. "I was walking to school like every morning when all of the sudden I bumped into Ami." I sniffed again, and a tall girl behind her handed me her handkerchief. It was Amara and Michelle. I wiped my nose and eyes. "I don't know what happened."
"How did you know that Serena and the others were sailor scouts?" Luna asked.
"I watch Sailor Moon." They all stared.
"What do you mean you watch me?" Serena asked perplexed. Now as the nine people and two cats were staring me down I began to answer.
"Sailor Moon the TV show." I watched their reaction. I didn't understand it myself. I wished someone could tell me what's going on. "I've been watching it for about two years. I've loved living the adventures from Queen Beryl now to the sovereign."
"How could that be..." Mina wondered aloud. "Trista do you know anything about this? I mean you do control time and all."
"No. This is just weird." Trista responded. Then I realized I knew what happened to them, for the rest of their lives practically. How could I kept the ending a secret?
"I have to go I can't stay here." I got up and pushed through the group of perplexed girls. Amara tried to grab my shoulder, but Michelle stopped her. I ran out of the room, but hide behind the door to hear what they were saying.
"We can't let her leave. What if she's lying." Amara questioned.
"I don't think she is." Michelle answered.
"There is no way her story can hold any truth." Ami added. They shuffled about.
"We have to go find her." I heard someone get up.
"No she has no where to go." Trista said.
"Back to the enemy hideout." Lita said jumping up. "Should we follow her."
"Yes. I think one of us should go find her." Michelle suggested.
"OK who? Maybe one of the cats should so they could follow without being seen." Mina suggested.
"No, I think Serena should go." Ami explained. "She can ask her questions but also be friendly about it." Everyone was quiet. "Well I think you should go then Serena."
"OK I think I should get my...." I didn't need to hear the rest I had to get a little away from the temple before she found me.
"Hello, young lady. Have you come to get a fortune today." I turned around. It was Grandpa Hino. I reached in a pocket.
"Well how much do they cost?" I wondered. I thought if I have to go back to my boring life one day I want a souvenir.
"Nothing for you my dear." He smiled with his squinty eyes. "Here," he handed me a slip of paper. "Wait. I will send on your way with a extra blessing." Before he could begin Chad ran up behind him.
"Is Grandpa bothering you, Miss?" He put his hands on his waist.
"No, I have to be going. Thank you, Mr. Hino." I bowed. "Chad." I bowed to him, too.
"What a nice young girl. She's a looker Chad." I heard Grandpa say as I ran off. I ran down the stairs to the temple, and stopped as I got to the end. I realized they were right I had no way to go. No where to hide from them. I didn't even know the town all that well. I looked to the ground as I started to walk. I walked for a while, I didn't notice I had started to walk on the road.
Screech... A motorcycle almost hit me. I jumped on the side walk, but I tripped and fell. The man leaped off his bike.
"I'm so sorry. Are you OK." He took his helmet off. It was Darien.
"Ummm. Yeah I just tripped." I tried to get up. "Oww.. ouch!" The pain from my head and now ankle left me in a mess.
"Don't get up I'll take you back to your house." He said picking me up with ease.
"No... I don't know where it is." I admitted.
"What did you just move here from the United States or something." He smiled putting me on the motorcycle.
"Yeah, or something." I winced in pain.
"Oh well if you don't mind I can take you back to my place or if you want I can take you to the hospital. I promise I have already met my dream girl." He winked at me, trying to be reassuring.
"No, not the hospital. Well it really wasn't your fault you don't have to take me anywhere." I was sure not to make comment on his 'dream girl'.
"Oh I insist. I can't just leave on the street hurt and no where to go." He looked stern. I nodded.
"OK as long as I'm not a bother or anything." I smiled in pain.
"All right then put this on and hold on tight." I did and we started on our way. As we began I saw Serena at the end of the sidewalk seeing us go off over the hill. I couldn't help but feel like I had won in some devious way.
It didn't take to long to get to his apartment. I jumped off the bike carefully, and thanking everything to be alive. We got in the elevator.
"So what were you doing waking in the middle of the road?" He asked sarcastically.
"I was coming from the Hino shrine." I felt I could be honest with him. I didn't want to leave him in the dark.
"Really did you met anyone there?" Darien looked at the ceiling wondering to himself.
"Yeah, Ummm... Darien.. " I began promptly.
"How did you know my name? We've never met." He stared at me as if I had already become a monster.
"I know about you, Serena, Ami, Rei, Lita, Mina, Rini, Trista, Amara, Michelle, Luna, and Artemis." Now he was scared.
"What do you mean 'know' about us." Darien questioned. The elevator stopped. We both got out.
"Can we please go inside and I'll explain everything. Well everything I know." I tried to smile. Darien still being nice helped me inside. I sat down with care.
"I'd get some tea, but I think I want to hear your story first." He cocked an eyebrow at me.
"OK then. I just want to tell you the truth. This is all I know I swear. Don't ask any questions till I am finished." I told him the story of my boring old life to seeing Serena see us drive off on the motorcycle. By the end I was crying. I couldn't help it. All I could think of was the life I was taken from. "I just don't know what to do. I knew I could tell you. I'm so glad I twisted my ankle." I tried to laugh, but only tears came. Right when he was going to say a comforting word... DingDongDingDongDingDongDingDongDingDong!
"That's Serena. Do you want me to tell her to go away." He asked walking to the door.
"No, of course not." I didn't want her to think anything bad about me. He let her in. She burst through the door.
"Darien.. What is she doing here? Why did you bring her here? Don't worry I'll protect you." She grabbed for her brooch.
"Serena," he snatched the brooch out of her hands. "I'm disappointed in you. You jump to so many conclusions."
"But she's an enemy." Serena tried to explain.
"No I don't think that she is." Darien said looking back over at me. I was still holding Amara's tissue. "She told me everything."
"Well she didn't tell us anything." She stared at me. I knew she was mad, which made me more upset. Serena was my favorite character on the show, and I hated she was mad at me.
"Serena. Please don't be mad at me. Sailor Moon is the best character in the show and my favorite. I couldn't bare it if you were mad at me." I tried to smile. She looked at me funny.
"Well.. thanks. I mean that sure is nice of you to say." She let up on her anger. "Darien do you really think she's OK." She whispered more quietly.
"I do. Maybe you should tell her all you told me." He looked at me and smiled. "And I'll go make some tea." He started to walk into the kitchen.
"If you don't mind I would like to tell everyone at once. I mean you think that would be wise." I suggested. Serena nodded and Darien agreed. Serena called the other girls on her communicator.
"Well I better make some cocoa and cookies." Darien said hurrying into the kitchen. Serena and I sat on the couch in his living room.
"Serena. I really do admire you. I always have." I could not help but telling her.
"Thanks. I don't really understand what's going on. If Luna was here I'd be in trouble for not suspecting you to be an enemy. I just don't think you are." She smiled.
"I wish I knew what was going on, too. I just can't stop thinking about my family. I don't know what happened to them or where they are." I started to weep again. Serena reached over and hugged me.
"Don't worry we'll find out everything. We can do it all." She keep hugging me for awhile and I cried on her shoulder. A little later Darien walked in with some cocoa and cookies. Moments after we began to eat the other girls came bursting in.
"We're sailor scouts and we well punish you." They all said trying to squeeze through the door.
"Geeze, guys I said come. Not as scouts." Serena rolled her eyes.
"We thought it would be more wise to come prepared." Sailor Mercury explained.
"Oh yea cookies! Darien you shouldn't have." Sailor Venus' eyes widened.
"Darien are you OK did she hurt you?" Sailor Mini Moon asked.
"If everyone well have a seat I will get some more cocoa and Adrienne will tell her story." Darien got up offering a seat. The eight girls and two cats all found a place to sit.
"Well I don't really know where to began, but I guess the beginning will do. Please don't ask any questions until the end. I probably won't know the answer anyway." I told them my story, too. From beginning to end. They all sat intently. "That's all." I tried not to cry as I told them. I had to wipe my nose a few times, but I was doing better.
"Well. I certainly don't know what to say." Sailor Jupiter began.
"I do," Sailor Uranus said angrily. "How do you think we are going to believe that crazy story?"
"I don't know. I just want all of you to know that I love your life and adventures, and I always wished I could be a part of it." Now I couldn't stand it. "I didn't mean like this." I cried.
"Uranus, I think we should leave this up to the inner scouts." Sailor Neptune explained.
"Yes, I agree, but a matter like this, I would like you girls to know you can ask for our help." Sailor Uranus, Pluto, and Neptune all left.
"Sometimes I think they are so rude." Serena stuck her tongue out at them.
"Don't worry they are good at heart." I said reassuring them. "I always wondered how you guys like de-transformed." They looked at me puzzled. They looked at the two cat advisors, but they did not know what to say either.
"Well we just concentrate on our normal clothes and poof." Lita explained. They all did this and were normal again. I began to smile.
"I don't know what we should think, but I'll I know is we should make best of the time we have with you." Serena and Mina looked at each other. "Do you like to shop?" She smiled at me. I looked at her kind of strange.
"Of course who doesn't!" I almost yelled.
"YEA!!" We all yelled. We were off. I was window shopping mainly, because I had only a little bit of money.
"How do you like this?" I asked Lita holding up a purple scarf.
"Wow. That looks exactly like Amara's scarf." Lita commented looking at it closely.
"I know I thought you might like it." She looked at my funny for a second.
"So you know about everything that has happened to us?" She looked at me interested.
"Well what was the last diamond snatcher you fought?" I asked.
"We just fought some nasty flowers trying to steal people's pure hearts." Ami said hearing our conversation.
"Oh you mean Tellu." I said knowing what they were talking about.
"Yeah." Serena said. "Do you know any sneak previews?" Oh no this was what I was afraid of. I couldn't tell them their future.
"Ummm... do you guys know where Trista lives? I was just wondering." I tried to change the subject.
"Yeah in an apartment on 36th street. So do you?" Mina urged. I had to think of an excuse to leave and find Trista.
"Darn it I have to use the rest room. Do you know where one is around here?" I questioned acting urgent. I know it was pretty lame. I just had to get out of the mist of the questions.
"Uh, yeah, in the back." I almost ran back there. I came back in a little while hiding behind the racks.
"I think she knows something." Rei said. I began to sneak out of the shop. I walked a while. 29th street... 30th... I walked more and more. I felt like I was getting more and more lost. Finally I found it, 36th street. I looked at the names on the buzzers. "Meiou" was written in a beautiful cursive on one of them. I rang the buzzer.
"Hello." A slightly annoyed voice called.
"Hi, It's Adrienne. Can I talk to you?" I was nervous.
"Sure. My apartment is on the 3rd floor. Apartment 16B." She left. I begin to walk up the stairs. I reached the third floor and got out of the stairwell. Apartment 16B... I rang the doorbell.
"Hello." She smiled opening the door wide for me to come in. I walked in with my head to the ground. "What's wrong, did something happen?"
"No. I just needed some advise." I sat down with her on the couch. I looked around the room. It was perfectly neat and I noticed an expensive sewing machine in the corner of the room.
"I love to sew. I hope to someday become a fa.."
"Fashion designer. I know. That's the problem. I know all of the scouts adventures. They are the same as I remember on the TV show. How can I kept this ending a secret? I know you control time, so I thought you might have a similar dilemma." I said all I needed to.
"I see." She sat back. "Knowledge is important, but too much knowledge can be dangerous. I was surprised you came here. I guess I should have expected it." She smiled at me. "Its important you don't tell the other about their future. Even if it could save there lives."
"How can I do that?" I began to quiver thinking about knowing this information.
"I know a lot about it, too. I don't know everything but a lot." She brushed her hair from her face. "I don't think you should say anything. But remember, you weren't in their adventures were you?" She asked me.
"No of course not." I said stunned.