Firefly-chan- Thanks! It IS an awesome feeling! I put her getting hyper in there because I could just see myself doing that… heheehe
SerenityLNguyen- All right!
Bunni V- Ooo that's gotta be bad… you should try using floppies, like I do. It takes up a lot less space (I mean, I'm on chapter 24 of this, and I have a few other fics I'm working on that are posted, and more that aren''!) Thanks you! And you could just plant yourself in front of the computer and not move from there…
OoklaTheMok- Yeah, it was short… my computer was acting really screwy, but I fixed the paragraph things and your name. I'd been reading a book that mentioned monks a lot in it, and I saw the Mok and put the n in… so sorry! ::sniffles:: It wasn't completely spontaneous. It was another one of her spells, but to the casual viewer, they wouldn't have noticed her saying it ;-D I do, and I think it's great too! Some of my friends think I'm crazy (and they're right… but not because I love to write. I just am insane. We're all surprised that I haven't been sent to an asylum. A random person said that "they have places for people like [me]." Hehehee…)
Lilsaturnprincess- Thanks! ::eyes sparkle:: people actually re-read my stuff… I try to answer everybody's reveiws! I'm glad that you like that! Stumpedness is a good thing… oopsies, that wasn't a word… hehehee
FantasyChick- Yay! I got somebody hoooooooooooked… last time I eat a croissant and a dunkachino for breakfast… nope, it isn't… Thanks! And I hope this wait wasn't too long…
EternalMoonPrincess- oh, I don't think so. It's a lot nicer than what I was considering. And the thing with pinning the first year to the ceiling with cookies… that was mostly a joke between me and my friend (who I nick-named Ezma Belizna… Dalton is fitting because she's obsessive about science.)
Yukiro***LilyChild- Thanks, here's more, and the vote has been added to the fishbowl.
Usagipegasus- Thanks! It twas supposed to be somewhat amusing ;-D
Catteni- Thanks! Glad ya love it! I won't kill him, don't worry. I think he's too cool and funny… DREADLOCKS ROCK!
MarsMoonStar- Thanks! Hehee
Lil'roch- Thanks! I hope this wait was "a little bit" in your language! Here's the next chapter (it's right down there.)
DevilsDarling- AH! NOT THE DEMONS! ::runs away quickly:: oops, I'm a slow runner… but a fast typer. Typing sounds good! Yep yep yep! (The Land Before Time, the cool little dinosaur.)
Hanazakari- Oh, wow, if you think Usa was way too hyper, you do NOT want to meet me. You might be seeing more sooner or later… probably later. I started the thing with Oliver too early, which is why it got stale and he got killed… I'll be using her more! Don't feel sorry, I've done worse to my friend. She refuses to play Star Wars Monopoly any more, because it resulted in her putting her hand through a window JUST BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE STUPID EWOK'S FOREST! ::sniffles:: Oh twell, here's the next chappie!
Tauros- I'll try… I didn't have much to write in that chapter… my sister is a Tauros…
Cheska- ::bows:: Thank you, thank you… here's more "ooout soon."
The Kuro no Tenshi- I'd get up so you can read!
Oh, I'll just make note of this here… when the sugar appeared, Usagi had said one of her and Kelly's spells, but no one really noticed that. They just saw the sugar appear.
HAH! I looked up Oliver in the baby-name book, and it says that it means "kind, affectionate." It's in his NAME to be nice and affectionate. :-D Sorry, that came from nowhere… but I don't know where nowhere is… ::scratches head:: nani? I'm confusing myself…
Can you read The Princess and the Pauper? It's an L/J fic, just started, and I need feedback. Please? 'Specially you, Silversickle17/Ami A/whatever you want me to call you.
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Much to Harry's relief, less scorn was thrown his way after the first task. To Usagi's great discomfort, people were paying her loads of attention. Mostly, they were in awe of her nerve to go out and face a dragon that is a notorious people-eater and… argue with it. They had no idea that she could talk to animals. Few did.
About three days after the first task, Usagi tried opening her egg. A loud screeching filled her ears, but a song floated through her head.
"Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour, the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back."
"Can you shut that thing now?" a sixth year called. Of course, Usagi thought, it must be some type of magical creature, since only I can understand the egg. But there must be some other way to hear what they say… 'Come seek us where our voices sound, We cannot sing above the ground,' so I know they live underground or… or in the water! That's it! They're in the lake. I'll have to do more research…
"What was that noise?" Minako said. The four Japanese girls were up in the dormitory, holding a meeting to discuss how to find Sailor Moon and Princess Serenity.
"Well, whatever it was, it has nothing to do with us. How are we supposed to find them? They have to be here somewhere," Makoto said, bringing the conversation back to the true topic of discussion.
"How about we send for Artemis? He should be able to locate the other guardian cat, who might know a bit more than we do," Ami pointed out logically. The others fell backwards onto their beds with a sigh. Why hadn't they thought of that sooner?
"We're such bakas," Rei moaned. {A/N: Baka=idiot, FYI}
Back downstairs, four very funny looking people were confronting Usagi. They were Kelly, Fred, George and Lee, but didn't quite look it at the moment.
"Usagi, put us back!" That had come from Lee, whose long hair was out of its usual dreadlocks. Instead, it was pulled into two low braids. He was also wearing a blue and white checked jumper and red, sparkly shoes. He looked just like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz!
"Now!" Kelly added, noticing that Usagi didn't look in a hurry to do much of anything. Kelly was wearing overlarge clothes, which looked very much like a farmer's. It was all stuffed with straw, and a large straw hat sat on her head. She didn't look like she could stand very well.
"I'm afraid I can't. You know that, Kelly. We haven't invented a counter-spell!" Usagi was sounding very triumphant.
"Usa… come on, we know you'd never cast a spell if you couldn't take it off," Fred the Tin Man said. He creaked as he talked, and was very, very stiff.
"Don't make us do something bad," George cautioned. He was dressed as a lion, and seemed to be forcing the words out. "P-please." AHA! So that was why. He had a stutter in that form.
"Can't. But you three, come with me," Usagi said, steering the boys out of the common room and down the hall. Once in the chamber pot room, she sat them all down.
"I lied. I can take the spell off. But only on one condition," Usagi said.
"I'm not sure if I'll like your conditions…" Lee began uncertainly.
"Yeah, why can't we just wait until it jut wears off?" George put in.
"Hey, let's listen to the little lady," Fred said.
"All right, then."
"Thank you," Usagi said scathingly. "Any how! I wrote a poem, and I'm going to read it.
It gets so very lonely,
Being a girl and the only.
I thought that it might be neat,
If we had another girl for a treat.
The girl is one we know so well,
The one and only, KEL!
So what do you say?
Is it yay, or is it nay?"
Silence ensued for a few moments, before Usagi snapped impatiently, "So, can Kelly become a Mischief Maker or not? She could help carry on the tradition once we are gone… and I'll need some help after next year, because you'll all be graduating."
"Oh, that's what you were talking about?" Lee said blankly. Usagi sighed and shook her head sadly.
Lee, Fred and George exchanged a glance, {A/N: It's BA-ACK! I haven't done one of these in a while…}
Lee narrowed his eyes and raised an eyebrow. (Translation: I say that she's gone bonkers.)
George blinked four times. (Translation: Me, too.)
Fred twisted his mouth to the side of his face, which looked VERY odd on a Tin Man. (Translation: Well, she might be bonkers, but at least she has good reasoning. What will happen when she's all on her own? It's about time we start training another person. Let's give Kelly a chance. She's already proven herself more than worthy.) {A/N: that was a really long one…}
"I am not bonkers," Usagi snapped impatiently, interrupting their 'conversation.' "And thank you, Fred, for getting my point. So can we? She could be a Mischief Maker-in-training, and we don't tell her all the secrets… yet. But it does get rather dull hanging around boys all the time." Usagi was trying hard not to laugh at the insulted looks on their faces.
"All in favor, say aye," Fred said solemnly.
"Aye," chorused Lee, George, and then three Usagis.
"How'd you do that?" Lee queried, turning to face Usagi.
"Easily," Usagi responded quickly before dashing off to fetch Kelly.
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"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," Kelly said, holding her left hand up with her right hand over her heart.
"Welcome to the Mischief Makers, Kelly! We will call you… Warrior Woman!" Usagi exclaimed excitedly.
"Warrior Woman? Where did that come from?" George asked.
"From in here," Lee responded, showing him a baby name book.
"Cool! What does my name mean?" Fred said, snatching the book away. "'Ruler in peace'? What kind of meaning is that? I like warrior woman better…"
"Mine is farmer? Farmer? What was Mum on when she named us?" George was highly insulted.
"Well, my name means 'from the meadow'. Geesh, these are crazy…" Lee wasn't super happy with his, either.
"Well, mine means rabbit or bunny, and it suits me just fine. Let's look up everyone else's names!" Usagi exclaimed.
Somehow, Kelly had the book in her hands. "How'd you do that?" Fred said, staring at his hands. He had been certain the book had still been there…
"Let's see… Hermione means 'of the earth'. Harry means 'soldier'. Ronald is a type of Reginald, which means 'powerful and mighty'." Kelly read the names of three of their closer friends.
"How come little Ronniekin's name means something fun?" Fred and George said, pouting.
"Look up Minnie McMuffin's name!" Lee said excitedly.
"Minerva… wisdom. Oh, there's a mythological meaning, the goddess of wisdom. Fitting…" Kelly muttered, flipping through the pages. "Milka? Who would name their kid Milka? Poor child…"
"Milka?" Usagi said in an amused way.
"It's a form of Emily."
"Oh."
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"Oh, it's mermaids!" Usagi said as she finally found the right page. "Mermaids are intelligent creatures, and their voices sound below the ground! Under water. And it sounds really screechy when they're above ground. So I have to go find the mermaids in the lake and recover what they took. No problem."
One would think Usagi was a lunatic, talking about going swimming in a lake to find the mermaids. But it was no problem for her. She'd simply find the word for a type of fish in Spanish, and fit it into her transforming spell.
For now, though, it was time to go to bed. It had been a long day, casting and taking off that spell on the four other MMs (Mischief-Makers), and there was the prank she had to pull on the other champions the next day…
She didn't notice the two pairs of eyes watching her as she yawned and left the library.
"You are certain she is the one?" The voice was masculine, and belonged to a white cat.
"I'm sure, Artemis. Remember, she transformed and used the attack, and nothing bad happened." This voice belonged to Luna.
"Well, we'll tell the girls then. They should include her in their plans to find Princess Serenity. And we have to find Prince Endymion, as well."
Luna nodded her sleek, black head, and the two cats padded silently out of the library.
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