An 8-year-old blond child sleeps comfortably in her bed and is awakened
by the screaming and crying of her best friend who is lying in the bed
located across the room from hers. She runs over to wake her up fearing
the worst. "Naru! Naru! Wake up! Naru wake up!" The young blond child
shook her friend awake as best she could. Naru woke up with one final
scream to look into the blue eyes of her best friend, Usagi. "Yes, yes
I'm fine Usagi go back to sleep. I just thought I heard someone calling
my name." The young blond child just laughed and walked back to her bed
and simply said, "Naru you ate to much birthday cake, good night." The
young red haired girl giggled in agreement as she laid back down and simply
said "Your probably right. Goodnight Usagi."
The next day Naru said goodbye to her Aunt Queen Serenity and cousin Usagi. She was only 8 but she decided
to ride her gift, a red stallion home alone. On her way there she crossed
The Temple of The Priestess's of The Crystal. It always gave her the creeps.
A gold replica of the kingdom's castle but inside it held people from all over
the universe who came to study magic and the wonders of the universe. She raced
by it with fear in her heart she had heard more than once the rumors about the
people in the colored robes that lived inside. The people that came in and never
got out and those that did never remembered anything. She arrived to her small
house and headed straight for her room located on the second floor. "Mom! Dad!
I'm home. Thank you for letting me stay over night at cousins Usagi's house.
"Your welcome sweetie!" came her mom's voice from the kitchen. "I'm glad you had
a good time Naru now why don't you wash up so we can eat dinner." Naru ran up the
stairs to take a shower and get herself ready for dinner and failed to see the worried
look on her parent's face. As Naru walked upstairs to her room she stopped and
turned to see her father looking out the living room window at the palace. She
had often wondered why he never went with her and her mom to visit the queen.
She was about to ask but decided it was best left for some other day. After
dinner Naru told her parents about all the things she did while at Usagi's house
but didn't mention anything about her nightmares. She hugged her parents goodnight
and went to bed exhausted but, sleep avoided her she kept hearing voices. "Naru please
come." Naru woke from the frightful dream that hadn't let her rest since Usagi's birthday
party. She hadn't realized that she had been screaming and her parents came running into
her room. She flew into their arms crying. They asked over and over what was wrong and
after some heart wrenching sobs and powerful yawns she instantly fell back to sleep.
The next morning she woke in her room and heard the voices once more. *Naru you must
come. It is time to begin your training. "Naru jumped out of bed and hid underneath
it and whispered, "Go away I don't want to." *You must go to the temple* "Why me?"
Naru was afraid she wouldn't like the answer she new she was going to get. *Because
your special. *Naru cried for a couple of seconds more then she crawled out from
underneath her bed and finished getting dressed. She then went to her closet and
began packing a small suitcase for her trip to the temple. She took with her a picture
of her family because she knew it would be a long time before she saw them again. As
she started to walk out of her room she gave it one last look and turned off the lights.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs she met her parents confused look. "Mommy I have
been having some dreams. In them there is a voice that..." But before Naru could finish
her parents rushed to hug her. They had already known for some time that Naru would be
leaving. The high priestess from the temple had come to tell them that she would be taking
Naru soon so that they could get used to the idea. When Naru's parents let go of her she
game them a smile and told them that she wanted to go alone to the temple. She asked them
to take care of her cat Junior and that she would be back as soon as they let her. As Naru
walked to the door she knew her parents didn't understand it either but that they couldn't
control fate as much as they wanted. They wanted their little Naru to stay and grow up to
do all the normal things that other children did, not disappear into the temple. Naru closed
the door behind her and called for her horse. He galloped up and sat so she could sit. He
rose and Naru took one last look at her house and family and waved goodbye, probably for good.
She slapped her horse and he ran off towards the temple now she knew why her aunt had given her
the horse and she felt fear for the first time.
As the horse stooped at the temple doors she stared and they flung open a woman all dressed
in yellow came out, "Hello Naru. Welcome to the
temple." Naru crossed her arms and only whispered, "Didn't seem like I had much of a choice."
The woman stepped closer to Naru and introduced herself; "My name is Auria I am the High Priestess
I hope we can become good friends in the next 8 years you will train here. "Naru jumped of her
horse and stomped inside and yelled, "As soon as I get a chance I am gone!" The horse Naru had
ridden to the temple disappeared in a wisp of red smoke as Auria walked behind Naru. Auria thought
to herself *This is going to be quite hard. *She closed the door and asked Naru to follow her.
She spoke about the temple and the recreational areas, its parks, its libraries, its EXITS and
then they arrived at her room. As the door opened she smiled and ran towards the bed. It was
an exact replica of her room at home but as she opened her eyes she began to whimper. Auria sat
next to her and asked what was wrong. Naru cleaned her tears and said, "ooh no, its just I miss
home." Auria looked at Naru and so loving said "Naru you can go home anytime you want." Naru sat
up on the bed and smiled at Auria, "Really? Can I go home now?" Auria looked away from Naru to
face the door and said, "Not today sweetie." Auria turned to look back at the little innocent
red haired girl and tried to explain. "Today you will meet all the other children and students
"she paused to swallow and continued "and tomorrow after your classes you can go home but you
must return every morning for classes." Naru jumped out of the bed and hugged Auria and between
her sobs and yawns said thank you. Auria went to check on her latest arrival, another child who,
like Naru, did not understand why he had to leave home. As Auria approached his room she noticed
that his door was open as she glimpsed inside she saw that he was sound asleep in his bed. *Poor
child he must have cried himself to sleep like Naru. * "Don't worry Melvin everything will be
alright." As Auria walked away she received glimpses of the doubts that Melvin and Naru had about
deciding to answer her call.
"Mother why must I go?" The little brown haired boy with glasses as thick as the moon whined to his mother.
"Because darling you told me you hear a woman's voice telling you to go, right?" The little boy looked at
the beautiful kind woman and wondered if he should lie. He had heard stories about the academy located on
the other side of the moon and it was exciting when he heard the voice telling him to go but know all he
wanted was to stay with his mother and father here at the farm and keep going to school. He knew if the
left he might never return. "Melvin darling are you worried?" Melvin looked up at her and only nodded,
"Yes. Yes, I did hear the voice mother." Was all he could whisper? He had found Lady 3 months ago on his
way home from school. His father Mark agreed to let him keep the horse if he promised to keep his grades
at their present stage. Melvin never found that hard except in war tactics class. In any case he found
quite odd that as soon as he found Lady he began to hear the voice. "You all set to go son?" Melvin looked
at his father and wondered how him so weak and scrawny could have such a beautiful mother and a father who
were the perfect picture of physical strength and beauty. *I guess I must take after my grandfather Minko* "Yes father
my clothes and lunch are packed on Lady. Mark looked at his son and couldn't hold in the smile forming on
his face from ear to ear. From the entire valley his son was the only one chosen in almost 400 years he was
so proud, "Need help getting on Lady son?" Melvin looked at his father and smiled he could see the pride in
his eyes, "No father, thank you." Melvin got on lady and said goodbye to his parents one last time. He
stopped to wave every once and a while but only after they turned into dots in the horizon did Melvin begin
to cry with his eyes shut. He was terrified of failing his parents. "Please stop crying Melvin.
You'll see things are not as bad as they seem. Melvin opened his eyes and faced Auria. He looked all around and
was shocked to discover that he was in front of the temple doors "How?" was all he could stutter. Auria
smiled at Melvin and carried him off Lady assuring him everything would be all right. As Auria moved Melvin's
bag from Lady she began to fade. Melvin ran to her, "Lady!" Auria took Melvin's hand and whispered, "It was
an illusion that I sent to bring you here." Melvin picked his 2 bags from the floor and followed Auria into
the temple and was immediately astounded by its beauty. Auria showed Melvin his room ad whispered goodbye to
him. He fell on the bed emotionally exhausted and immediately fell asleep.
"Hey wake up sleepy head!" Melvin shot out of bed wet and cold but when he looked up to face his aggressor he found a young red haired girl facing
him laughing at him and his predicament. "I'm sorry I dumped a bucket of water on you but I've been trying to
wake you up for a while now and you haven't budged at all." Melvin just gave her evil glare was surprised when
the girl stuck out her hand and introduced herself, "Hi! Melvin I'm Naru." "How do you know my name, Naru?"
Naru walked away from Melvin and went to the bedroom door and turned to look at cold, wet Melvin, "Ooh that's
easy Auria sent me to wake you up. So hurry up and get ready so you can meet everyone else at the breakfast
table. I'll wait for you outside." Melvin watched the girl walk out and close the door behind her and
realized something, for the first time he wasn't feeling home sick at all. For the next 5 years it was a
solid routine. Day in and day out all the students went from classroom to classroom to study everything
from mathematics to war tactics. Everyone received lessons in the art of self-defense and was instructed
on how to call on the powers of the universe in case of battle. But, of all the students who went to the
temple Naru was the best. She was 1st in all her classes and much to others anger she was the only one
that was allowed to go home every night and return in the morning. This especially angered one young lady
named Zoizite who was always 2nd in her classes and no matter how hard she tried she had a feeling it would
always be that way.
by the screaming and crying of her best friend who is lying in the bed
located across the room from hers. She runs over to wake her up fearing
the worst. "Naru! Naru! Wake up! Naru wake up!" The young blond child
shook her friend awake as best she could. Naru woke up with one final
scream to look into the blue eyes of her best friend, Usagi. "Yes, yes
I'm fine Usagi go back to sleep. I just thought I heard someone calling
my name." The young blond child just laughed and walked back to her bed
and simply said, "Naru you ate to much birthday cake, good night." The
young red haired girl giggled in agreement as she laid back down and simply
said "Your probably right. Goodnight Usagi."
The next day Naru said goodbye to her Aunt Queen Serenity and cousin Usagi. She was only 8 but she decided
to ride her gift, a red stallion home alone. On her way there she crossed
The Temple of The Priestess's of The Crystal. It always gave her the creeps.
A gold replica of the kingdom's castle but inside it held people from all over
the universe who came to study magic and the wonders of the universe. She raced
by it with fear in her heart she had heard more than once the rumors about the
people in the colored robes that lived inside. The people that came in and never
got out and those that did never remembered anything. She arrived to her small
house and headed straight for her room located on the second floor. "Mom! Dad!
I'm home. Thank you for letting me stay over night at cousins Usagi's house.
"Your welcome sweetie!" came her mom's voice from the kitchen. "I'm glad you had
a good time Naru now why don't you wash up so we can eat dinner." Naru ran up the
stairs to take a shower and get herself ready for dinner and failed to see the worried
look on her parent's face. As Naru walked upstairs to her room she stopped and
turned to see her father looking out the living room window at the palace. She
had often wondered why he never went with her and her mom to visit the queen.
She was about to ask but decided it was best left for some other day. After
dinner Naru told her parents about all the things she did while at Usagi's house
but didn't mention anything about her nightmares. She hugged her parents goodnight
and went to bed exhausted but, sleep avoided her she kept hearing voices. "Naru please
come." Naru woke from the frightful dream that hadn't let her rest since Usagi's birthday
party. She hadn't realized that she had been screaming and her parents came running into
her room. She flew into their arms crying. They asked over and over what was wrong and
after some heart wrenching sobs and powerful yawns she instantly fell back to sleep.
The next morning she woke in her room and heard the voices once more. *Naru you must
come. It is time to begin your training. "Naru jumped out of bed and hid underneath
it and whispered, "Go away I don't want to." *You must go to the temple* "Why me?"
Naru was afraid she wouldn't like the answer she new she was going to get. *Because
your special. *Naru cried for a couple of seconds more then she crawled out from
underneath her bed and finished getting dressed. She then went to her closet and
began packing a small suitcase for her trip to the temple. She took with her a picture
of her family because she knew it would be a long time before she saw them again. As
she started to walk out of her room she gave it one last look and turned off the lights.
As she reached the bottom of the stairs she met her parents confused look. "Mommy I have
been having some dreams. In them there is a voice that..." But before Naru could finish
her parents rushed to hug her. They had already known for some time that Naru would be
leaving. The high priestess from the temple had come to tell them that she would be taking
Naru soon so that they could get used to the idea. When Naru's parents let go of her she
game them a smile and told them that she wanted to go alone to the temple. She asked them
to take care of her cat Junior and that she would be back as soon as they let her. As Naru
walked to the door she knew her parents didn't understand it either but that they couldn't
control fate as much as they wanted. They wanted their little Naru to stay and grow up to
do all the normal things that other children did, not disappear into the temple. Naru closed
the door behind her and called for her horse. He galloped up and sat so she could sit. He
rose and Naru took one last look at her house and family and waved goodbye, probably for good.
She slapped her horse and he ran off towards the temple now she knew why her aunt had given her
the horse and she felt fear for the first time.
As the horse stooped at the temple doors she stared and they flung open a woman all dressed
in yellow came out, "Hello Naru. Welcome to the
temple." Naru crossed her arms and only whispered, "Didn't seem like I had much of a choice."
The woman stepped closer to Naru and introduced herself; "My name is Auria I am the High Priestess
I hope we can become good friends in the next 8 years you will train here. "Naru jumped of her
horse and stomped inside and yelled, "As soon as I get a chance I am gone!" The horse Naru had
ridden to the temple disappeared in a wisp of red smoke as Auria walked behind Naru. Auria thought
to herself *This is going to be quite hard. *She closed the door and asked Naru to follow her.
She spoke about the temple and the recreational areas, its parks, its libraries, its EXITS and
then they arrived at her room. As the door opened she smiled and ran towards the bed. It was
an exact replica of her room at home but as she opened her eyes she began to whimper. Auria sat
next to her and asked what was wrong. Naru cleaned her tears and said, "ooh no, its just I miss
home." Auria looked at Naru and so loving said "Naru you can go home anytime you want." Naru sat
up on the bed and smiled at Auria, "Really? Can I go home now?" Auria looked away from Naru to
face the door and said, "Not today sweetie." Auria turned to look back at the little innocent
red haired girl and tried to explain. "Today you will meet all the other children and students
"she paused to swallow and continued "and tomorrow after your classes you can go home but you
must return every morning for classes." Naru jumped out of the bed and hugged Auria and between
her sobs and yawns said thank you. Auria went to check on her latest arrival, another child who,
like Naru, did not understand why he had to leave home. As Auria approached his room she noticed
that his door was open as she glimpsed inside she saw that he was sound asleep in his bed. *Poor
child he must have cried himself to sleep like Naru. * "Don't worry Melvin everything will be
alright." As Auria walked away she received glimpses of the doubts that Melvin and Naru had about
deciding to answer her call.
"Mother why must I go?" The little brown haired boy with glasses as thick as the moon whined to his mother.
"Because darling you told me you hear a woman's voice telling you to go, right?" The little boy looked at
the beautiful kind woman and wondered if he should lie. He had heard stories about the academy located on
the other side of the moon and it was exciting when he heard the voice telling him to go but know all he
wanted was to stay with his mother and father here at the farm and keep going to school. He knew if the
left he might never return. "Melvin darling are you worried?" Melvin looked up at her and only nodded,
"Yes. Yes, I did hear the voice mother." Was all he could whisper? He had found Lady 3 months ago on his
way home from school. His father Mark agreed to let him keep the horse if he promised to keep his grades
at their present stage. Melvin never found that hard except in war tactics class. In any case he found
quite odd that as soon as he found Lady he began to hear the voice. "You all set to go son?" Melvin looked
at his father and wondered how him so weak and scrawny could have such a beautiful mother and a father who
were the perfect picture of physical strength and beauty. *I guess I must take after my grandfather Minko* "Yes father
my clothes and lunch are packed on Lady. Mark looked at his son and couldn't hold in the smile forming on
his face from ear to ear. From the entire valley his son was the only one chosen in almost 400 years he was
so proud, "Need help getting on Lady son?" Melvin looked at his father and smiled he could see the pride in
his eyes, "No father, thank you." Melvin got on lady and said goodbye to his parents one last time. He
stopped to wave every once and a while but only after they turned into dots in the horizon did Melvin begin
to cry with his eyes shut. He was terrified of failing his parents. "Please stop crying Melvin.
You'll see things are not as bad as they seem. Melvin opened his eyes and faced Auria. He looked all around and
was shocked to discover that he was in front of the temple doors "How?" was all he could stutter. Auria
smiled at Melvin and carried him off Lady assuring him everything would be all right. As Auria moved Melvin's
bag from Lady she began to fade. Melvin ran to her, "Lady!" Auria took Melvin's hand and whispered, "It was
an illusion that I sent to bring you here." Melvin picked his 2 bags from the floor and followed Auria into
the temple and was immediately astounded by its beauty. Auria showed Melvin his room ad whispered goodbye to
him. He fell on the bed emotionally exhausted and immediately fell asleep.
"Hey wake up sleepy head!" Melvin shot out of bed wet and cold but when he looked up to face his aggressor he found a young red haired girl facing
him laughing at him and his predicament. "I'm sorry I dumped a bucket of water on you but I've been trying to
wake you up for a while now and you haven't budged at all." Melvin just gave her evil glare was surprised when
the girl stuck out her hand and introduced herself, "Hi! Melvin I'm Naru." "How do you know my name, Naru?"
Naru walked away from Melvin and went to the bedroom door and turned to look at cold, wet Melvin, "Ooh that's
easy Auria sent me to wake you up. So hurry up and get ready so you can meet everyone else at the breakfast
table. I'll wait for you outside." Melvin watched the girl walk out and close the door behind her and
realized something, for the first time he wasn't feeling home sick at all. For the next 5 years it was a
solid routine. Day in and day out all the students went from classroom to classroom to study everything
from mathematics to war tactics. Everyone received lessons in the art of self-defense and was instructed
on how to call on the powers of the universe in case of battle. But, of all the students who went to the
temple Naru was the best. She was 1st in all her classes and much to others anger she was the only one
that was allowed to go home every night and return in the morning. This especially angered one young lady
named Zoizite who was always 2nd in her classes and no matter how hard she tried she had a feeling it would
always be that way.