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A Journey Across Worlds
Chapter 2
A New Threat
Trista squinted as a bright stream of sunlight seeping through the window, hit her directly in the face, indicating that it was morning. With a slight yawn, she sat up and looked at her alarm clock. 6:45. Groaning, she contemplated going back to bed but decided she might as well get up. Shuffling into the bathroom, she looked over at Rinoa's bed to see if she was still asleep. The bed had been neatly made and there was no sign of Rinoa. She figured Rinoa must have gotten up early to have breakfast with Squall or something. She pulled her uniform off the counter of the sink and changed.
Fifteen minutes later, she walked slowly down the corridor that led to the main part of Balamb Garden. She passed a group of girls, laughing and talking about the previous day's events. She walked into the cafeteria and glanced around to see if there was an empty table. As she started to walk into the crowd of hungry people, she happened to see Selphie sitting alone at a table reading a book.
"May I sit down?" Trista asked. Selphie looked up and smiled.
"Sure!"
"What time is Headmaster Cid's office open? I need to go by and pick up my schedule."
"It should be open now. Hey, why don't I go with you? I don't have anything else to do and I can show you where your classes are!" Selphie chirped.
The two girls got up and left the cafeteria. In the elevator up to Cid's office, Selphie went on and on about the Garden Festival. She reminded Trista a little of Serena but less clumsy, and not nearly as emotional. When they entered Cid's office, he looked up and smiled at them.
"I see you've already met Selphie. Here's your schedule. I don't think you'll have any problems finding your classes, but Selphie can show you around if you get lost." He explained.
Trista nodded and glanced down at the sheet of paper he had given her. Her first class was Battle Tactics 101. She sighed to herself. It was going to be hard to pretend she didn't know the first thing about fighting, but she knew no one could find out who she was.
After her first class, she didn't have another one for two hours. She sat down near a fountain and flipped through her first textbook. Suddenly, she had a strange feeling she was being watched. She looked around but couldn't see anyone. She dismissed the thought, and scolded herself for being so paranoid. A few minutes later, she still had the strange feeling. She picked up her book and stood up.
'I feel some sort of force here, but I can't seem to pinpoint what it is or where it is coming from,' she thought. She slowly walked away from the fountain listening for any sounds. She then noticed that there weren't any students around. 'That's strange, I few minutes ago this place was crawling with students.' She froze when the lights dimmed a little. Sure it wasn't her imagination, her senses heightened. Then a student walked around the corner. Trista almost sighed in relief when she realized she was no longer alone. Seconds later, she knew she shouldn't have been so reassured. The student's eyes locked on her and he started toward her, glaring at her in a way that only evil could stare. She gasped when he launched a large fireball at her. Luckily, her quick reflexes allowed her to dodge the attack. Knowing there was no one around; she did what she had to do.
"Pluto Star Power!"
Rinoa was having a great time. She and her friends were joking around and playing cards. Normally, this wouldn't be considered anything exciting but Rinoa was glad that she could be here with her friends. After escaping death several times, and defeating Sorceress Ultimacea, she didn't take anything for granted. Rinoa suddenly gasped. When everyone looked up at her in alarm, she explained, "There's something evil going on. I can feel it." They all stood up and started down the stairs. Rinoa decided to lead the way, after all, she would probably be able to find it before any one else.
Sailor Pluto was having no problems dodging the power balls that this… "thing" was sending at her. In fact, to her it was child's play. However, she didn't know when she would be able to stop and attack it. Catching movement out of the corner of her eye, she turned and saw Rinoa, Squall, Zell, and Selphie running down the stairs. The creature saw them too.
"Look out!" Sailor Pluto warned. "That's not a normal student!" Seizing the moment, she attacked.
"Pluto Deadly Scream!" The student hissed with fury and collapsed on the floor. A black smoke seemed to leave the student and evaporate. Sailor Pluto ran over and knelt down to examine the student. The student's eyes fluttered open and he looked very confused.
"What's going on? Where am I?" he asked. Squall bent over the boy.
"I think we need to get you to the infirmary. You don't look well." He said, not wanting to tell the boy what really happened. Selphie volunteered to walk with him even though it wasn't that far.
"Who the hell are YOU?!!" Zell asked, referring to Sailor Pluto.
Before she could answer, Rinoa explained, "Her name is Sailor Pluto and she says she's the guardian of time."
"Well, if that's true, where were you when Ultimacea compressed time? Why didn't you control that?" Zell demanded.
"Ultimacea's powers were far to strong for me to control alone. I'm not allowed to control everything about time, mainly just to guard the door of time. I'm technically not supposed to stop time even though I have the power too." She explained. "Enough about me, it's time to cut to the chase. A new evil has appeared at this place that takes over the mind of people and uses them to carry out their evil deeds."
Squall looked at Rinoa, "Is this what you sensed?"
She nodded and turned to Sailor Pluto. "How do you know all this?" she asked.
Sailor Pluto held up her staff. "My garnet rod lets me know where evil lurks. It can find it in different times and different dimensions. It is also one of the three crystal treasures, but there's no time to explain that now. You guys must figure out how to stop it when it appears again, and believe me, it will."
"Are you going to help us?" Squall asked.
"Yes, but I know for a fact that it is extremely strong. I think, in order to defeat it, we will need the help of my friends," she said solemnly.
Chapters 2 finally up! I hope it was interesting but if it wasn't, give some suggestions to make it better ^_^ Also, let me know if there are any errors. I know I'm by no means anywhere near perfect. I promise I don't bite! I'm pretty new at this fanfic stuff, so hopefully my writing will get better with time. Anyway, I want to thank all the people that have already reviewed my work. I will try to get chapters up ASAP, I promise. So in the meantime, please keep reading and reviewing!
-Celestial Lady