A/N: This didn't take long, I only needed to take out one scene and change
a paragraph, but later chapters will probably involve more complicated
changes.
Revision: Ick! I made a mistake! I doubt you'd even notice what I changed, but it _is_ important later in the story.
If you think you _do_ know what I changed, send me an e-mail (do NOT write it in a review) and, if you're right, I'll draw you a picture of what/whomever you want (within my capabilities) and e-mail it to you.
Third Time Around Chapter 7
Amanda walked home, thinking about the fight, or lack thereof.
~"Aren't you dead yet?"
Amanda pulled her sleeve up and unwrapped her bandage. The wound was almost gone. She flexed her wrist and winced slightly as the muscles in her wrist and hand cramped. She kneaded the sore muscles until they relaxed, then she noticed that the skin around the cut was greenish.
'You're being silly, Amanda.' She chided herself. 'The skin's just bruised.' But though the day was warm, Amanda shivered.
===
"Please, Lady Garnet." The Princess said. "I am fine."
"Onyx could not absorb the entire attack this time, Princess," Lady Garnet said. "Queen Serenity wants Lady Citrine to make sure there is no damage to your mind."
"Very well." The princess sighed. She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
"Relax, Princess." A yellow clad girl said. She closed her eyes. "Open your mind to me." The blonde telepath carefully scanned the Princess' mind. After awhile she opened her eyes.
"Anything?" Garnet asked.
"The attack weakened her psychic defenses," Citrine replied. "But other than that, she's fine. I commanded her to sleep."
"Lady Citrine, tell Lady Amethyst, Lady Lapis, and Lady Onyx to stay on guard," Garnet said. "The entity probably knows that it has weakened the Princess' defenses and will attack again, soon."
===
10/21/2030 4:30 PM Training Grounds
"I don't know," Sailor V said. "Something about the way she acted bothered me."
"She's a monster, Amanda." Sailor Moon said. "Her very existence should bother you."
"She just acted like I didn't matter," Sailor V said. "Like it wasn't worth the effort to fight me."
"And she specifically asked for Sailor Moon?" Luna asked.
"Yes." Sailor V said.
"I don't like this at all." Luna said.
"How's your wrist?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Sore, but otherwise fine."
"Ann and Alan say that they're ready." Artemis said, running up to them. "It's your turn Sailor V."
"Who are Ann and Alan anyway?" V asked.
"Oh, they used to be enemies of the Sailor Soldiers." Artemis said.
"Uh-huh." Sailor Moon said. "And exactly why is it a good idea for them to be training us?"
"The Sailor Soldiers helped us see the error of our ways." Alan said, as he and Ann appeared behind them.
"They taught us what friendship and love are." Ann agreed. "And since they're.gone now, this seemed like the best way to repay them."
"Um, yeah." Sailor V said, uncomfortably. "I'd better go do the course."
~*~
"Anything?"
"No, My Lord, I am sorry, but without the other Crystal Guardians there's no way that I can locate the Moon Princess unless I saw her."
"That is understandable, Lady Onyx," the Prince said.
9:00 PM
"Julie!"
"Hey, mom!" The violet haired girl said stumbling through the living room.
"Good God!" Julie's mom exclaimed, getting out of her chair. "You're drunk again, aren't you?"
"Yeah, yeah, like you care!" Julie said. "Jus' sit 'round an' fake out that there's nothin' the matter like y' always do! Go t' yer parties an' forget I exist!"
"Hey! What's going on out here?" A girl with dark, purplish hair came out into the living room. "Oh, Julie! How could you do this?"
"Cut the patronizing tone, Celeste." Julie muttered, stumbling over to the couch. "Yer not the big sister here."
"Oh yeah! Like you're a great role model." Celeste grabbed her sister's arm and dragged her out of the living room. "Come on, Julie, I want to talk to mom."
"Leggo!" Julie punched at her sister with her other arm. Celeste grabbed Julie's fist as it came at her.
"Go to bed, Julie." Celeste said. She let go of her sister and pushed her towards her room. Julie grumbled to herself as she went into her room.
"Thank you, Celeste."
"Mom, we need to talk." Celeste sat down next to her mom.
"Okay."
"Look, I know you're having a hard time with Julie, but I can't be the mom with her while you tend to your social life."
"What are you talking about, Celeste?"
"I called Grandma, and I asked if I can stay with her in Juuban for the rest of the school year." Celeste said. "She said she'd love to have me if you say it's okay."
"I don't understand."
"Mom! I'm getting totally stressed out! I can't keep being the responsible one in this family, I'm only fourteen!"
"I didn't ask for any of this, Celeste, I didn't want to be a mother at thirteen!"
"Grow up, mom!" Celeste shouted. "You're not thirteen anymore, you're thirty! And if you weren't asking for it then why did you go get pregnant with me after you had Julie!?! You shouldn't be complaining. If I leave you'll have one less kid to take care of. I love you mom, but you're going to have to deal with Julie on your own, because one way or the other, I'm not going to be responsible for her anymore.
"I'm going to bed."
10/22/2030 4:00
"Okay, now you're just getting on my nerves." The Chaos Fiend said, glaring at Sailor V.
Sailor V jumped to the side to avoid a barrage of the Fiend's nails.
Sarah hid behind some trees in the park and watched the fight.
"What if the monster's too much for her to handle?" Sarah asked Luna. "She didn't do too well last time."
"She should be fine as long as the monster doesn't gain the upper hand." Luna said.
"Somehow that's not very comforting, Luna."
~*~
The Chaos Fiend paused for a second, pressing the fingers of her left hand together, the nails began to grow and twist together to form a long spike. Sailor V took the opportunity to launch an attack of her own.
"Crescent Slender BEAM!"
The monster leaped high into the air, avoiding the attack, and coming down almost on top of V. She stabbed at Sailor V with the spike. Sailor V jumped to the side instead of back, remembering that the monster could extend her reach.
'She's gotten more powerful.' V thought, as she jumped over another of the monster-woman's thrusts.
Suddenly the monster grabbed Sailor V's ankle and threw her across the park, onto a jungle gym. Then she jumped up into the air and landed just beside her. The monster grabbed V's throat, cutting off her air supply, then she leaned down until her face was just an inch away from V's.
"I've won, Sailor V." The Chaos Fiend said softly. "I don't even have to kill you right now; and you, being such a virtuous warrior, can't kill me, because if you do, you will kill the innocent human I'm using as my host. You want to know why I don't want to fight you?" She let go of Sailor V's throat. V coughed and gasped in air. "You see, you are dead already," The Fiend roughly kissed V on the lips. "And no amount of fighting is ever going to change that." The Fiend jumped up into the air, a black portal opened around her, and she disappeared into it.
Sailor V slid off the jungle gym in a daze. She was trying to figure out what the Chaos Fiend had been talking about.
"Sailor V, are you alright?" Sarah ran over to her sister. "Oh, you don't look so good, Amanda."
"I'm fine, Sarah." V said. She looked around to make sure there was no one in the park and then de-transformed. "Let's go home, I need to rest."
10/23/2030 1:00 PM
"Hi, Grandma!" Celeste said, when her grandmother greeted her at the airport. Her grandmother was a striking woman with dark violet hair, who looked much younger than her fifty-five years.
"Celeste, dear, how many times must I tell you," The woman said. "Please don't call me Grandma, call me Catsy!"
A/N: Sorry, it's going to be a while for the next chapter, I think; I have to rearrange some scenes.
Revision: Ick! I made a mistake! I doubt you'd even notice what I changed, but it _is_ important later in the story.
If you think you _do_ know what I changed, send me an e-mail (do NOT write it in a review) and, if you're right, I'll draw you a picture of what/whomever you want (within my capabilities) and e-mail it to you.
Third Time Around Chapter 7
Amanda walked home, thinking about the fight, or lack thereof.
~"Aren't you dead yet?"
Amanda pulled her sleeve up and unwrapped her bandage. The wound was almost gone. She flexed her wrist and winced slightly as the muscles in her wrist and hand cramped. She kneaded the sore muscles until they relaxed, then she noticed that the skin around the cut was greenish.
'You're being silly, Amanda.' She chided herself. 'The skin's just bruised.' But though the day was warm, Amanda shivered.
===
"Please, Lady Garnet." The Princess said. "I am fine."
"Onyx could not absorb the entire attack this time, Princess," Lady Garnet said. "Queen Serenity wants Lady Citrine to make sure there is no damage to your mind."
"Very well." The princess sighed. She lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
"Relax, Princess." A yellow clad girl said. She closed her eyes. "Open your mind to me." The blonde telepath carefully scanned the Princess' mind. After awhile she opened her eyes.
"Anything?" Garnet asked.
"The attack weakened her psychic defenses," Citrine replied. "But other than that, she's fine. I commanded her to sleep."
"Lady Citrine, tell Lady Amethyst, Lady Lapis, and Lady Onyx to stay on guard," Garnet said. "The entity probably knows that it has weakened the Princess' defenses and will attack again, soon."
===
10/21/2030 4:30 PM Training Grounds
"I don't know," Sailor V said. "Something about the way she acted bothered me."
"She's a monster, Amanda." Sailor Moon said. "Her very existence should bother you."
"She just acted like I didn't matter," Sailor V said. "Like it wasn't worth the effort to fight me."
"And she specifically asked for Sailor Moon?" Luna asked.
"Yes." Sailor V said.
"I don't like this at all." Luna said.
"How's your wrist?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Sore, but otherwise fine."
"Ann and Alan say that they're ready." Artemis said, running up to them. "It's your turn Sailor V."
"Who are Ann and Alan anyway?" V asked.
"Oh, they used to be enemies of the Sailor Soldiers." Artemis said.
"Uh-huh." Sailor Moon said. "And exactly why is it a good idea for them to be training us?"
"The Sailor Soldiers helped us see the error of our ways." Alan said, as he and Ann appeared behind them.
"They taught us what friendship and love are." Ann agreed. "And since they're.gone now, this seemed like the best way to repay them."
"Um, yeah." Sailor V said, uncomfortably. "I'd better go do the course."
~*~
"Anything?"
"No, My Lord, I am sorry, but without the other Crystal Guardians there's no way that I can locate the Moon Princess unless I saw her."
"That is understandable, Lady Onyx," the Prince said.
9:00 PM
"Julie!"
"Hey, mom!" The violet haired girl said stumbling through the living room.
"Good God!" Julie's mom exclaimed, getting out of her chair. "You're drunk again, aren't you?"
"Yeah, yeah, like you care!" Julie said. "Jus' sit 'round an' fake out that there's nothin' the matter like y' always do! Go t' yer parties an' forget I exist!"
"Hey! What's going on out here?" A girl with dark, purplish hair came out into the living room. "Oh, Julie! How could you do this?"
"Cut the patronizing tone, Celeste." Julie muttered, stumbling over to the couch. "Yer not the big sister here."
"Oh yeah! Like you're a great role model." Celeste grabbed her sister's arm and dragged her out of the living room. "Come on, Julie, I want to talk to mom."
"Leggo!" Julie punched at her sister with her other arm. Celeste grabbed Julie's fist as it came at her.
"Go to bed, Julie." Celeste said. She let go of her sister and pushed her towards her room. Julie grumbled to herself as she went into her room.
"Thank you, Celeste."
"Mom, we need to talk." Celeste sat down next to her mom.
"Okay."
"Look, I know you're having a hard time with Julie, but I can't be the mom with her while you tend to your social life."
"What are you talking about, Celeste?"
"I called Grandma, and I asked if I can stay with her in Juuban for the rest of the school year." Celeste said. "She said she'd love to have me if you say it's okay."
"I don't understand."
"Mom! I'm getting totally stressed out! I can't keep being the responsible one in this family, I'm only fourteen!"
"I didn't ask for any of this, Celeste, I didn't want to be a mother at thirteen!"
"Grow up, mom!" Celeste shouted. "You're not thirteen anymore, you're thirty! And if you weren't asking for it then why did you go get pregnant with me after you had Julie!?! You shouldn't be complaining. If I leave you'll have one less kid to take care of. I love you mom, but you're going to have to deal with Julie on your own, because one way or the other, I'm not going to be responsible for her anymore.
"I'm going to bed."
10/22/2030 4:00
"Okay, now you're just getting on my nerves." The Chaos Fiend said, glaring at Sailor V.
Sailor V jumped to the side to avoid a barrage of the Fiend's nails.
Sarah hid behind some trees in the park and watched the fight.
"What if the monster's too much for her to handle?" Sarah asked Luna. "She didn't do too well last time."
"She should be fine as long as the monster doesn't gain the upper hand." Luna said.
"Somehow that's not very comforting, Luna."
~*~
The Chaos Fiend paused for a second, pressing the fingers of her left hand together, the nails began to grow and twist together to form a long spike. Sailor V took the opportunity to launch an attack of her own.
"Crescent Slender BEAM!"
The monster leaped high into the air, avoiding the attack, and coming down almost on top of V. She stabbed at Sailor V with the spike. Sailor V jumped to the side instead of back, remembering that the monster could extend her reach.
'She's gotten more powerful.' V thought, as she jumped over another of the monster-woman's thrusts.
Suddenly the monster grabbed Sailor V's ankle and threw her across the park, onto a jungle gym. Then she jumped up into the air and landed just beside her. The monster grabbed V's throat, cutting off her air supply, then she leaned down until her face was just an inch away from V's.
"I've won, Sailor V." The Chaos Fiend said softly. "I don't even have to kill you right now; and you, being such a virtuous warrior, can't kill me, because if you do, you will kill the innocent human I'm using as my host. You want to know why I don't want to fight you?" She let go of Sailor V's throat. V coughed and gasped in air. "You see, you are dead already," The Fiend roughly kissed V on the lips. "And no amount of fighting is ever going to change that." The Fiend jumped up into the air, a black portal opened around her, and she disappeared into it.
Sailor V slid off the jungle gym in a daze. She was trying to figure out what the Chaos Fiend had been talking about.
"Sailor V, are you alright?" Sarah ran over to her sister. "Oh, you don't look so good, Amanda."
"I'm fine, Sarah." V said. She looked around to make sure there was no one in the park and then de-transformed. "Let's go home, I need to rest."
10/23/2030 1:00 PM
"Hi, Grandma!" Celeste said, when her grandmother greeted her at the airport. Her grandmother was a striking woman with dark violet hair, who looked much younger than her fifty-five years.
"Celeste, dear, how many times must I tell you," The woman said. "Please don't call me Grandma, call me Catsy!"
A/N: Sorry, it's going to be a while for the next chapter, I think; I have to rearrange some scenes.