"Hey! Serena get up we're gonna be late!" yelled Rini popping her head into Serena's bedroom. "Huh?" Serena was gone. "Oh my! She must have already left for school!" she said, astonished. Rini quickly ran down stairs to make sure Serena had really left. She had! Rini quickly left with Sammy. Along the way Rini spotted Sakura. "Hey Sakura!" yelled Rini waving. "Oh hi Rini! Is your school around here to?" asked Sakura smiling as Rini left Sammy and ran over to her. "Yeah it's right around the bend." Said Rini. "No way! Me to..." said Sakura puzzled. "Cool!" As they rounded the corner Sakura stopped dead in her tracks. "Huh? What's wrong?" asked Rini.
"Wh..Whe..Where's my school!?!?" exclaimed Sakura totally freaking out. "What do you mean?" asked Rini looking at her school and back to Sakura. "My school! It's not here! That is here!" she yelled pointing to Rini's school. "But, that's MY school and it's always been there." Said Rini. "But, But, But...Something is not right here." said Sakura. "What do you mean it's always been there." Said Rini with a shrug. "Umm well I might as well." Said Sakura strolling up the steps and walking into the school. "Ok well you can figure this out." Said Rini walking down a hallway toward her class. Rini saw a hallway but Sakura saw a wall. "Rini watch out!" she yelled but Rini just walked through the wall! Rini thought she was just walking through her usual Hallway, which she could see but Sakura could not.
So Sakura, all day, with out Li and Mei-Lin who were mysteriously absent, had to go through her usual day, with usual classmates watching people from Rini's school walk through walls that were part of her school. Sakura could see her classmates AND Rini's, but Sakura's Friends, not even Madison could see the others, and Rini and her classmates couldn't see Sakura's classmates either. Sakura had to be losing it, but supposedly Mina and Ami thought they were too.
~ Back before school ~ Mina walks silently to school. Suddenly she spots a REALLY hot guy about a year older than her riding a bicycle with the name Tory printed on it. She quickly tries to catch up with him. She fails. She sadly walks to school just to see him walk up into her school! But, it's not her school. "Did they change the name?" she muttered. "Huh?" asked Ami popping up behind her. "Look." Said Mina pointing toward the school. "What!?!?!?! Where's the school?" asked Ami panicking. "Let's go see." Said Mina running up the steps toward the school.
"Wait!" yelled Mina. The guys she thought was name Tory was going to walk headlong into the office window. "What!" exclaimed Ami coming up behind Mina just in time to see him walk right through. Mina was in awe but managed to walk to Homeroom. She was surprised to see everyone except Serena, Lita, and Rei was there. Ami was puzzled. So all day Ami and Mina had to go through the same puzzlement as Sakura. "What is going on!" Mina yelled at lunch receiving weird looks from her friends, the rest off the day she stay quiet.
"Gem!" shouted a figure blanketed in shadows. "Yes my queen?" asked a woman with long brown hair wearing a ruby red very tight dress, and highly red shined lips, that had just appeared. "Gem, good, I want you to go to collect our new comrades including Ami, even if Greg has not arrived, he will take care of that once here." Said the dark figure with a wave of her hand. "As you wish my queen." Said Gem with a kick of her leg and a back flip, then she was gone. "Haha!" cackled the Queen. "Soon....." she laughed.
~ After School At The Temple ~ "Serena where were you, and you Lita, and Rei too! You were all gone!" "Busy" replied Serena blankly. "To bust for school!" yelled Ami shocked. "Yes" said Rei. She was sitting with Chad both looking very strange. Suddenly a wind blew up. Ami and Mina shielded their eyes, but Serena, Darien, Lita, Rei, Chad, and Ken, who had mysteriously appeared last night, did not. Lita, Ken, Chad, and Rei's sleeves suddenly flew up revealing identical black hearts with serpents twisted around them, except Lita and Ken's serpents were bright green, and Rei and Chad's Red.
The wind died down as sudden as it had come. "That was strange." Said Ami with a tint of curiosity in her voice. "Yeah, something is not right and I'm going to find out what it is." Said Mina looking away in the distance.
~ At Mei-Lin's ~ "Mei-Lin, Li! Are you home?" yelled Sakura walking into their house. "Yes and why are you here?" asked Mei-Lin sounding almost bored. "Because I was just making sure your ok, I mean you weren't in school." Said Sakura, curious. "No, were fine now GO AWAY!" shouted Mei-Lin from another room. "Well ok Hope you feel better." Said Sakura reluctantly leaving.
"Something is weird about those two." Sakura said to herself remembering last night. "I'm going to find out!" she yelled running home. "Kero?" she asked walking into her room. "What?" asked Kero groggily coming out of his cupboard. "Li and Mei-Lin are acting really weird." Said Sakura kneeling down to Kero. "So what? Those two are always weird." Said Kero sinking back down into his cupboard. "Ah! Your no help!" yelled Sakura angrily leaving her room.
~ Two Hours Later ~ "Hello? Are Mei-Lin and Li home?" asked a woman with long brown hair, in a tight red dress to Mei-Lin who had opened the door. "Yes This is Mei-Lin and Li is here." She said. "Good, can you get him." Asked Gem. "Yes." Said Mei-Lin slowly shutting the door. Seconds later Mei-Lin returned with Li who looked as blank as Mei-Lin. "Are we ready to go?" asked Gem. "Yes we are." Said Li blankly. "Ok then" said Gem. She grabbed both their hands and with a kick and a back flip disappeared.
"Queen! I'm back with Mei-Lin and Li." Yelled Gem appearing in the dark room. "Good, good." She said with a clap of her hands. "Ok go get the rest now. I will explain once they are here." She said. Turning to Mei-Lin and Li. "See ya!" Gem was gone.
"Sorry guys I got to go." Said Mina turning and leaving the temple to go home. "OK Bye Mina! See ya tomorrow!" yelled Ami waving goodbye. The others sat silently. Quickly after Mina turned the corner Ami heard a voice behind her. "Hello? Is this the Cherry Hill Temple?" "Huh? Yes it is." Said Ami twirling around to see a woman with long brown hair in a tight red dress. "Good are you ready to go?" Everyone nodded. "Huh? Where?" asked Ami. Too late. Gem quickly waved her hand over everyone and with a kick and flip they were all gone.
~ A Lonely Road ~
"Hey Greg, Ami is with me so come on with me and finish your mission." Said Gem flying up behind Greg. "Alright" said Greg blankly. Gem grabbed his hand and with a flip and a kick they were gone.
