Prologue
I was standing in a field of dead flowers. I looked around to see if anything might be alive, but all the plants and animals I saw were dead or dying. I walked towards a forest I saw in the distance, thinking that it might still have some life in it, but when I got there, all I saw was more death. I wondered if anything was still alive.
"How can this be?" I murmured, as I continued walking through the dead forest. "What could have caused this?"
"This is what will happen to my world and yours, if you don't stop it," a voice said from behind me. I turned to face a veiled figure. She- it appeared to be a young woman- came towards me, stopping a few feet away and faced the forest. "This is caused by a great evil that takes pleasure in draining the life from a planet and using its inhabitants as its slaves."
"What do you mean, if I don't stop it?" I asked, shocked by what she was saying. How could something be that evil?
"Only you and your friends have the power to stop this evil," she said, staring at the forest. She looked at me and I saw that her eyes hid great pain. "It will be here soon. You must help me protect the people."
"What are you talking about?" I asked, confused. "What's going on? Is this a joke? Who are you?"
"Call me the Guardian. I protect the people of this world. Unfortunately, I don't have the power to protect them anymore," she said sadly. She started to fade into the rising mist. "That's why you and your friends must help me. If you don't, both our worlds will be destroyed."
"How can we help? What can we do?" I called into the mist, as she vanished, but the mist swallowed up any reply she might have made.
I woke up, breathing hard. It was just a dream, I thought, but what if it was real? What if what the Guardian said was true? I chuckled, How can it be true? This is what I get for watching that scary movie marathon with the girls and trying Usagi's dip. I'll go back to sleep and forget about this. I looked over at Rei, who was sound asleep. Shaking my head, I thought, What's going on? Am I going crazy or am I just hallucinating?
Across town
Darien woke with a start, scared by the dream he'd had. Could it mean that we're being tested again, he thought, or is this a new evil for us to face? What does it mean?
Meanwhile.
The Guardian opened her eyes, peered at the sky, and sighed. "Are you sure there's no other way, Lena? Are you sure that they're the ones who will help us fight Comoro?"
"I'm positive," Lena replied from her bench.
"They didn't believe me."
"They will," Lena said calmly, looking up from her embroidery. "They have to. If they want to save the people they care about, they'll have to."
(AN: Lena is the only other person who hasn't fallen under Comoro's control.)
I was standing in a field of dead flowers. I looked around to see if anything might be alive, but all the plants and animals I saw were dead or dying. I walked towards a forest I saw in the distance, thinking that it might still have some life in it, but when I got there, all I saw was more death. I wondered if anything was still alive.
"How can this be?" I murmured, as I continued walking through the dead forest. "What could have caused this?"
"This is what will happen to my world and yours, if you don't stop it," a voice said from behind me. I turned to face a veiled figure. She- it appeared to be a young woman- came towards me, stopping a few feet away and faced the forest. "This is caused by a great evil that takes pleasure in draining the life from a planet and using its inhabitants as its slaves."
"What do you mean, if I don't stop it?" I asked, shocked by what she was saying. How could something be that evil?
"Only you and your friends have the power to stop this evil," she said, staring at the forest. She looked at me and I saw that her eyes hid great pain. "It will be here soon. You must help me protect the people."
"What are you talking about?" I asked, confused. "What's going on? Is this a joke? Who are you?"
"Call me the Guardian. I protect the people of this world. Unfortunately, I don't have the power to protect them anymore," she said sadly. She started to fade into the rising mist. "That's why you and your friends must help me. If you don't, both our worlds will be destroyed."
"How can we help? What can we do?" I called into the mist, as she vanished, but the mist swallowed up any reply she might have made.
I woke up, breathing hard. It was just a dream, I thought, but what if it was real? What if what the Guardian said was true? I chuckled, How can it be true? This is what I get for watching that scary movie marathon with the girls and trying Usagi's dip. I'll go back to sleep and forget about this. I looked over at Rei, who was sound asleep. Shaking my head, I thought, What's going on? Am I going crazy or am I just hallucinating?
Across town
Darien woke with a start, scared by the dream he'd had. Could it mean that we're being tested again, he thought, or is this a new evil for us to face? What does it mean?
Meanwhile.
The Guardian opened her eyes, peered at the sky, and sighed. "Are you sure there's no other way, Lena? Are you sure that they're the ones who will help us fight Comoro?"
"I'm positive," Lena replied from her bench.
"They didn't believe me."
"They will," Lena said calmly, looking up from her embroidery. "They have to. If they want to save the people they care about, they'll have to."
(AN: Lena is the only other person who hasn't fallen under Comoro's control.)