CHAPTER FOUR: UNSURE



Laura slammed her locker closed. Genia Fornal was standing beside Laura with her arms crossed. Laura jumped.

"Whoa, you scared me."

Genia flipped her blond hair over her shoulder. "So….where is this white cat that has changed our freakin' destiny?"

"I haven't seen Orion in a few days. I hope everything is okay," Laura was suddenly bumped into. "Hey!"

A slim girl with bright wavy red hair turned around. "Watch it, punk!" she hissed. She turned around, her hips slightly swaying in a graceful way. Laura stared after her. She turned to Genia.

"Who the hell was that?"

Genia watched as everyone seemed to engulf the tall beauty. "Beats me. I've never seen her before."

Laura shrugged. She saw another unfamiliar girl standing a short distance from the red head. Her blond hair was in two odangos on her head and the ponytails were each in a loop at the side of her head. Her blue eyes were icy…and there was a hint of fierceness in them. Her arms were crossed as she leaned against the lockers next to the red head's crowd of admirers.

Genia shrugged. "We'd better get to Algebra. Wouldn't want to keep Mr. Furr waiting…."

"Yeah, let's go."



Maya twirled her hair around her finger and smiled at her reflection in her locker mirror. This was really working out for her. The minute she brainwashes everyone into thinking that she was a regular student and she's practically the most popular girl in school.

"Would you quite staring at yourself…it's so unbecoming!" A voice broke into her thoughts.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Little Miss Snot-brain," Maya shook her red curls, emphatically.

Selene snorted. "Snot-brain? Even someone like you could have come up with something better. Someone like you with an IQ of 27."

Maya smacked Selene's arm. "Shut up. We have a job to do."

"The only way we can find the guardians is those who don't know who we are. The true guardians cannot be brain-washed."

"And, pray tell, how do you know that?" Maya asked, sarcastically.

"Duh, you idiot, Mother told me," Selene patted Maya's head. "So now I have Algebra. You have Government and Economics."

"I know where I'm going, dumb-butt."

Selene smirked. "Again with the witty remarks. I'm outie."

Maya spat at her sister's retreating figure. Someday, she'd get her chance to make Selene miserable. After all, who was the one going to be queen?



Laura watched as the blond girl sat down in front of her. Suddenly, a tiny sound came from her backpack. She bent down and opened it. Orion sat curled up in her backpack, a look of frenzy on his face.

Laura slid out of her seat and lowered her head, pretending like she was looking for something.

"I was looking everywhere for you!" Laura hissed. "I've been worried sick!"

Orion silenced her. "I heard something. The daughters of the Dark Moon Family have enrolled at CTA."

"I knew those two girls weren't really students!" Laura smacked the ground.

"No, listen to me. I heard from Altair, that only the true guardians will know that they aren't real students. But for your safety, it would be best if you did not let on that you know. Then everyone would know your identities. Even worse, I have found the guardian of Venus, and she is in this school! You must find her first and secure her identity or risk the whole operation!" Orion's crescent moon symbol glistened.

Laura nodded. "Will do—wait—who's Altair?"

Orion smiled. "The second moon guardian like myself. He's not exactly like me, though. He's a bit quirky."

"Quirky as in weird or quirky as in psycho?" Laura tilted her head over to one side.

"See for yourself," Orion looked over to the right. A boy sat there banging his head to his earphones. He was a largely built boy about 5'11''. His hair was a sandy colored brown. He jerked his head around and the CD player fell off the desk.

"Geez, mother f—" the boy let out a volley of curses.

Laura's mouth dropped open. "Not Scott!"

Orion just laughed.

"NOT SCOTT!"

Genia passed Laura a note. "What is so interesting with your backpack?"

Laura wrote back what Orion told her. Genia's eyes flitted towards Scott. Her mouth also dropped open.

Laura walked over to Scott. "Did you know Genia and I are guardians this whole time?" She whispered.

Scott stuck his pencil behind his ear. "Yeah. So?"

"So? SO? SO!?" Laura's voice raised.

"Laura, could you please return to your seat and quit bothering Scott?" Mr. Furr paused in his instruction to deal with the small commotion.

Laura sat back down and glared at her backpack. Orion shrugged, or shrugged in the way cats shrug.

Laura passed Scott a note. "I suppose you are a cat like Orion."

Scott laughed. He scribbled something on the paper and threw it back at Laura.

"No, a falcon," it said. Laura read it over. She passed it to Genia who scribbled something on it furiously.

"Do you know who the next guardian is?"

Scott closed his eyes and turned his head away from the people in the room. A crescent symbol on his forehead glowed. He opened his eyes and the symbol disappeared.

"Yes," he answered. He pointed to a small girl in the front row. She was tiny compared to the rest of the kids in the room. She was even shorter than Laura's 5 feet 1 inch.

"It's Amanda Silvas," he mouthed.

Laura looked at Amanda. She was a tiny girl, with a huge heart. She said hello to everyone, anytime she saw them. Many people said Amanda made them feel better about themselves when she said hello to them. Amanda loved everyone. If anyone at this school was the guardian of Venus, Laura told herself, it would have to be Amanda Silvas.

Laura passed a note to Amanda. "Hey, Genia, Scott, and I have to talk to you after school."

"I have to work in the office until 4:30," came the reply.

"It will only take a few minutes."

Amanda nodded. "Sure."



Selene copied down the problems from the board. There was a good deal of whispering behind her. She turned around.

"Hey, do you mind?" She growled.

The brunnette behind her widened her eyes. "Huh? Oh, yeah, um, we're sorry."

"Whatever," Selene turned around. She didn't hear the brunette shake her ponytail and mumble behind her back. "You dumb, hoe."



Maya met her younger sister outside after school. She saw a small group of kids, one guy, a white cat, and three girls go sit at the gazebo.

"I wonder why a cat is following them," she mused. Selene began walking towards their car.

"Let's go, Red," Selene called over her shoulder.



Amanda's eyes got wide. "You are joking!"

Laura shook her brown hair. "No, but sometimes I wish I were…"

Amanda got up. "I don't believe it. I knew those two girls weren't who they seemed to be, but I didn't know they were part of some weird…hostile…take-over plan." She sat down hard.

Genia opened her purse and pulled out her blue transformation wand. "This is what we use to transform." Laura held out her green transformation wand next to Genia's.

Amanda nodded. "I see….but….I don't want to change my life around to fit this!"

Scott pulled his headphones off and tapped the bench. "This is your destiny. You can't just blow it off! You were predestined for this job. We must find Prince Christian, but we can't do it without you!"

Amanda shook her head again. "I'll think about it."

Scott touched his forehead and the crescent moon began to glow. Suddenly, a gold wand appeared in the air. He took it and handed it to Amanda.

"Take this and whenever trouble comes, slip into some secluded spot and hold this in the air. Say 'Venus Star Power' to transform into Sailor Venus."

Amanda took the wand and put it in her backpack. "I gotta go."

"Amanda?" Genia called after the teenage girl.

Amanda turned around.

"Don't tell anyone! Even if you end up not accepting this, the world relies on us. We can't blow our cover."

She nodded and ran back into the school.

Scott kicked at a hole in the floorboards. "Well, that was fucked up."

Genia smacked his knee. "Guardian or not, don't cuss in front of me!"

Laura laughed. "Yeah, you piece of sh—"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Genia tapped Laura on her head with her transformation wand.

"Ouch!"



Maya gazed at her mirror and ran her fingers through her bright hair. "Maya, you are gorgeous!"

Suddenly, the mirroir glowed and Queen Ironia's face appeared.

"Maya, I have some news. They have found the guardian of Venus."

"Shit," Maya crossed her arms. "And what am I supposed to do about it?"

"Well, her heart is reluctant. You must get rid of her….."

Maya smiled. "THAT I can do…"

"They must not have Venus. Find her and destroy her!"