Selene gave her parents one final glare as she slammed the door to the Cherry Hill Temple. She was late to school, having not wanted anything to do with the seemingly nice raven-haired teenager the family was staying with. 'How dare they?' she fumed. 'How dare they move me right before the new school year? New school, new country... lucky I'm fluent in Japanese as well as English... And with my business, and my friends... what are they going to do with me gone? Fend off the world themselves?' She sighed as she approached the new school. She pulled out a light compact and studied her face. 'No scratches, bandana firmly in place, buns, tight...' She entered the new school with her best 'ignore me, I'm not new' look. The first thing she saw upon entering was a rather loud group of girls all chattering in Japanese. Selene smiled- it looked just like her group of friends back home. Five girls, laughing, smiling... enjoying life.

A single lonely tear slid down her cheek as she put her bag over her shoulder and walked down the halls to the office. She clutched the jewel around her neck unconsciously and nervously with the other hand. "U- um... konnichiwa." She said to the woman behind the desk.

Mrs. Sykes, a woman in her mid- twenties, looked up from the desk to face the freshman in front of her. She was young, tan, had startling blue eyes, and with white- blonde hair. "Konnichiwa." she smiled warmly. 'Must be the new American girl. Poor foreign things...' "You are English?" she said thickly, her English out of practice.

"Oh, terrific!" Selene nearly burst into tears of happiness. "You people DO speak English! Oh, um, I mean... not to be rude... I just..." as Selene fumbled with her words, Sykes smiled.

"You okay. I talk not much English, but guide does. Is very new, and teaching in little schools today. I no speak well."

"You talk very well! Um, I have a guide?"

"Hai. Same class you. Be here soon. Please, ... um... osawri..." she motioned to the chairs, not remembering the word 'sit.'

"Arigatou." she said, bowing. She took her seat.

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Hino Rei met up with her friends early on. It was the first day of Senior High, and they had all agreed to meet at the front gates of the school before first bell. Having that foreign girl was tough. She was cold to her, and barely spoke at all. She wondered if it was because she couldn't speak Japanese. The strangest thing was she wore that bandana all the time, even during sleep. Yawning, she noticed everyone at the gates- including her friend, Tsukino Usagi, who had a reputation for being late all the time. Rei nearly fell over.

"Rei- chan!" Aino Minako called. "You are later than Usagi! What are we going to do with you?"

"Yeah, Rei. You're usually even the first person here. What gives?" Rei's friend, Makoto was making trouble, glaring at the boys that were looking at her lustfully as they passed. Not to anyone's surprise, Mizuno Ami was reading a book.

"Rei! Morning! I didn't even see you, I was immersed in this book, Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles."

"Uh- huh..." Rei nodded sleepily. "Sorry, guys. We have a foreign girl that's coming to this school. She's been staying with us, and she's a real pain. I've barely even seen her since she arrived."

"Oh, my..." Ami said. "I'm supposed to be showing a student around the campus today because I'm very fluent in English. She's not American, Rei, is she?"

"Yeah, she is, Ami." Rei replied. Just then, a tanned girl passed the group on her way in. She had half-open sky blue eyes and white blonde hair tied up in odangos, much like Usagi's.

"Do I have a secret twin I don't know about, or does that girl look scarily like me?" Usagi asked as she passed.

"Actually, I think that's the girl!" Rei said. "Yeah, I'm sure of it. The bandana is a dead giveaway!" The five looked at the passing American girl who didn't even glance at them, but caught what they had said and looked as if she was blushing as she passed.

"She looks really miserable." Makoto commented.

"Yeah," they all agreed.

"Do we all have the same schedule?" Usagi interjected. She was holding everyone's schedules in her hand, having somehow miraculously managed to get everyone's from their bags.

"USAGI!!!" They cried, struggling to get their schedules back. The group argued as Selene sat patiently waiting for her guide.

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'I hope whoever it is is nice...' Selene thought worriedly, glancing at her schedule. A girl with short blue hair appeared in the doorway.

"Jacobs Selene?" she asked. "I am... Ami Mizuno. I will tour you through the school." Selene looked at the girl in shock. This was one of the temple girl's friends!

"Hello, Ami. Actually, it's Selene. Jacobs is my last name."

"I'm sorry. English is very confusing, even for me." she looked down at her feet and blushed.

"Um... so, we should go?" Selene prompted, eager to get away from the office.

"Of course! Um, follow me, Selene."

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After quite a while of walking, Selene tried to strike up a bit of conversation. "Are you a friend of..." Selene racked her brain to remember Temple Girl's name. "... oh! Rei Hino?"

Ami seemed startled at the conversation starter. "H- yes, I am. Do you know her?"

"Actually," Selene said, scooting up so she could see Ami's face, "I'm staying with her." Selene's hand brushed Ami's as they walked, the first time she had made contact with any Japanese person, and received a shock. She blacked out for a moment, with the Mercurian symbol flashing in her face. She shook her head and found herself on the ground, Ami's worried face looking at her.

"Selene? Are you okay?" Ami asked, helping her up.

"Yeah... I am..." Selene looked bewildered if anything, so Ami diagnosed her as okay. They walked to first period, chatting in mixed English and Japanese to their first class, but Selene's mind was not focused on the conversation, or class when she first entered the room. 'That was the sign for Mercury.' Selene thought. 'I found the Sailor Stars before they knew who they were in America. Their signs were somewhat faded, but Ami's was super bright! She must already know she's Mercury! If that's true, the other scouts must be nearby... Oh, man. What luck! Maybe I can trick her into telling me who the others are! How to do it... morph, and pretend to be a youma? ... no...' They entered class, and Selene was still thinking hard, but bumped into a girl with an identical hairstyle and the same body frame, and she was flashed with the symbol of the moon. 'IMPOSSIBLE!!!' her mind screamed as she looked up at her twin. "I am the moon child! How can this girl be as well?!'

"Excuse me!" Selene said apologetically. She rushed to the back of the room, as far away from Ami and the odango girl as she could get, hoping she could avoid being called on by the teacher. There were some important issues at work here...

"What was that?" Usagi asked Ami. Ami sighed.

"That is the foreign girl I have to show around. Her name is Selene. She's really not as mean as Rei made her sound, and she talks pretty good Japanese." The two friends found Rei, Makoto, and Minako and sat together, waiting for class to begin.

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"Welcome, class." the teacher of the class, Biology, said in a monotone voice. "I am your teacher, Mandan- sensei. Welcome to your first day of Biology. I would like you all to stand up and introduce yourselves, starting with... how about our newest student, a Miss Selene Jacobs?"

Selene slid down in her seat to try to seem invisible. The person sitting next to her leaned over and said, "I pity the poor American, coming here. Probably can't speak a word of Japanese." Selene gave the boy a glare and stood up, knocking his chair over (no matter how miraculously that may seem). "Oops..." she said sweetly, in perfect Japanese. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to fall over." she stomped up to the front of the room, and stood in front of the sensei.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Selene Jacobs. I am 14, I am American, and I do not need pity or help from anyone concerning my speech which, as you can see, is perfectly fine."

"Um... thank... you... Selene... do you have any hobbies?"

'Oh, yeah! I'm a Sailor Scout of Luna who just recently found out that Terra somehow has two moon princesses and one moon!' she thought sarcastically. "Not really, unless torturing boys to the fullest extent of my power counts. Oh, and I like football, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain." She smiled at the last comment as she took her seat. Everyone eyed her as she walked up.

"You're sure about her, Ami?" Makoto asked. "She seems pretty short tempered, if you ask me."

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A/N: Well, this is my very first (published) fanfic EVER!!! I kinda like Sailor Moon, but it's not exactly my favorite series. I guess it's easy to start out with fanfics, though. This will not be a romance. If anything, it will be a comedy detailing the antics of Selene and everything she does to avoid being discovered as a Senshi by the other Five. I really hope you stay with me. I am relatively fast at coming out with chapters, but sometimes lose interest and need to come back at a later date. Losing interest usually means a lack of reviews, so get them in there!!!

-Lessi