"What on Earth is going on here?" Usagi wondered aloud. She held the Crystal lookalike in her hand and passed it in front of her eyes slowly. It was there... the same energy emitted by her Crystal. It let off the same iridescent shimmer, and gave the holder the same sense of peace as Usagi always sensed when she held her own crystal. She reached for the brooch on her chest and opened it. Sure enough, two Imperium Crystals sat before her, one in a brooch, one in her hand.

Rei looked curiously from one Crystal to the other. "Maybe... maybe she's a Sailor Moon groupie. Is there a following in America? We HAVE become pretty popular."

Minako shook her head. "I don't think so. So far, we have only spread to the rest of Japan."

"But she has been here a while," Rei combated. "Maybe she's picked upon us already."

"If she did, then she either has excellent resources or a lot of money, or both. And from what you tell me, she has neither." Ami said. She sighed and shook her head. "I have no idea what is going on." Suddenly, she brightened. "I know!" Ami pulled her Mercury Computer from her pocket and scanned the shimmering Crystals in Usagi's hand. Oddly, they were both made of the same compounds and combinations, and both held an equal share of magic. Ami gasped. Not only did the two Crystals look alike and have the same makeup, but when Usagi's Crystal held a lot of potential power that had yet to be unlocked, Selene's Crystal was bursting to the core with power that had been unlocked, used, and pumped up to the point that would make Selene's Crystal fourty times more powerful than Sailor Moon.

"What's the matter, Ami?" Makoto asked. She was worried about this whole ordeal- Selene had seemed to be such a nice person, and it would be nice to have a friend that wasn't a senshi- someone she could talk to about normal stuff, like boys and football and fighting- oops.

"It's just the Crystals..."

"Yes?" All eyes were looking expectantly at Ami. Ami, however, felt like she couldn't breath. Her throat clogged up and she choked, but no one noticed. They were just staring at her. This is the same thing that happens when I try to talk about Usagi's unlocked Powers! she thought. Maybe I am not permitted to talk about the Crystal's powers. But if so, why me? Can't everyone else see the brightness and feel the difference in powers between the Crystals? The painful clogging of her throat went away, and she smiled at her friends. "They have nothing in common."

Everyone fell over.

Suddenly, the lunch bell rang, and Ami stood. "Sorry, guys, but Selene and I have to go to Statistics. I'll see you in the next period, okay? Oh, and I'll return the stone to Selene. Maybe it's an heirloom." Usagi wordlessly handed Ami the gem, and she left with a lot more than Statistics on her mind.

***

Selene stood outside of the door that led to her Statistics class. Ami hurried up beside her. "I have to talk to you," she said. Selene smiled at Ami.

"Sure. What's up?" she asked cooly. Ami cocked an eyebrow.

"You left this at Gym." Ami said to her, holding the Crystal in her palm. Selene's eyes widened and she reached out and swiped the Crystal from Ami.

"Th- thanks, Ami. This stone is very precious to me. I don't know what I'd do without it." Selene tucked the Crystal safely into her pocket. She smiled a secret smile and patted the stone. "It's a family heirloom." she told Ami, laughing internally at her personal joke.

Ami smiled back at her, then frowned. "Okay. Selene, you have to stop now. Drop this facade. Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Selene's heart jumped into her throat, but her outside reamined cool. Ami barely detected the hint of worry in Selene's voice when she spoke. "Oh, Ami," she sighed. "I've told you- I've told A LOT of people." Ami looked at her, half scared, half intense. "I am...

"Selene Jacobs, age fourteen. I transferred her from America because my parents had a job change. I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain."

Ami fell over and the bell rang. Selene stuffed her hands into her pockets, fondling her gem, and hurried away from the blue haired girl towards a good hiding spot. If Ami suspected her of having something- anything- to do with the Moon Kingdom, she would surely tell Usagi. At this point, that was the last thing Selene wanted.

Rei wandered the halls at lunchtime. There was really not much for her to do, as she didn't particularly care for chatting it up in the lunch room- it was WAY too loud. Instead, she went up to the roof and gazed out across the Tokyo skyline. In fact, she as on her way to the roof at that moment, when a noise and flash of light made her turn towards an empty classroom.

Inside the room, Selene wasn't having too much luck of her own. She had tried to teleport from the girl's bathroom to an empty classroom, but she hadn't counted on the space distortion to flip her upside down- it hadn't before, anyway. "Ooow..." she muttered, rubbing her white- blonde odangos. A beep from her wristwatch made her jump for a moment, when she realized someone was trying to contact her. Briefly making sure no one was in the room, she flipped open the communicator.

She really should have checked outside the room. Rei stood, her hand on the door and ready to go in, when she heard a beeping not unlike that of her own communicator. She glanced down at the quasi wristwatch, but no beeping persisted. In fact, it was coming from inside the rooom, and a familiar voice began to speak in half English/ half Japanese.

"Yes?" It inquired. "Oh, Seiya... no... well, actually there was something I wanted to tell you about... of course it concerns Sailor business! I wouldn't have told you to call otherwise!" Rei's eyes widened in shock and leaned closer to the door, hardly breathing as she heard Selene's voice talking quickly. "I've found three... yes... that Temple Girl I'm staying with? Hino Rei?... I haven't found out yet... Seiya, listen... I KNOW Kakyu is busy, that's why I wanted to talk to YOU... okay, here. Do you remember anything- anything at all- about a possibility of TWO Moon Princesses? ... no?... Well, yes, kind of. You see, there's this girl, Usagi, and she-" Rei broke off at this point, her heart pounding rapidly. She knew. She knew about Usagi. Maybe even about Chibi Usa. Is Selene an ally? she wondered.

"... of course I touched her!... YOU FREAKING PERVERT!!! If I could go long distances I would so kick your ass... yes... all of the- what?... Crows? Yeah, two of 'em... Names? I dunno. Pho- something and Deim... sure, I'll put that on my list of other things to do. Seiya, do you have any idea how friggin' hard it is to do what I'm doing without being caught? ... I brought you to this world! Have you no shame?... go to Hell, Seiya... yeah, sure... call me if you hear anything... kay... bye."

A familiar clicking on the inside of the door, and Rei fell inwards with the door she was leaning on. Selene stopped straightneing her skirt and took one lok at Rei's sheepish and fallen form. She gasped in horror at the possibilities of what Rei had heard.

"Oh, shit."