Chapter 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Present

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Centuries later ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The water shifted slightly. Serena shifted a bit. Suddenly she opened her eyes and looked around. (oh my god I'm alive!) She got all of the dirt from on top of her and slowly made it to the surface. She drew in a deep breath and smiled. She was actually alive. Suddenly she got scared. What if the villagers are still there? This time they would surly burn her. She shivered as the wind blew. She looked around. (Wait. This doesn't look like my village. Where am I?) Just then she realized she was just standing there in the water. She blushed and climbed out and almost fell over from lack of use. She finally got her balance.

Serena walked around what looked like a park for some time. It was almost dark and she was getting cold. She hadn't seen anybody since she woke up. Just then she saw a flicker and walked to it.

She saw 4 girls and a man fighting this big monster. Serena's eyes widened. She never saw anything like it before. She looked at the group fighting it. It looked like they were having trouble. Maybe I can help, thought Serena. She turned her gaze to the monster and slowly recited an old explosion spell she learned.

The monster suddenly stopped attacking. The scouts looked at it in confusion. They waited for it to do something. But what it did surprised them. It exploded so that there was nothing left of it. The scouts looked at each other. "What was that?" asked Jupiter. "I don't know." said Mercury, who was typing on her mini computer. "It just..exploded..for no reason." she said. "Well it wasn't me." said Mars. "Or me." said Venus. They all turned to Tuxedo Mask. "Don't look at me. I didn't do it." he said. Mercury sighed. "Who did it then?"

Serena watched them talking. She was about to come out and confess she did it but she started to feel dizzy. (Man I guess my energy is drained because I haven't used my powers for a while.) She then collapsed.

The scouts turned they're heads to the noise they heard. "What was that?" asked Venus. "Maybe it's another monster." said Tuxedo Mask. Jupiter balled her hand into a fist. "They'll be sorry they messed with us." she advanced towards the bushes. "Be careful Jupiter." said Mercury. Jupiter walked to the bush and pushed it away. She gasped. "Umm..guys you should come here."

They all looked at each other. What could be the matter? They walked to Jupiter, who moved away to reveal a girl around their age laying there. She had tattered, wet, and old clothes on. "Poor girl. I wonder what happened to her." said Mercury. She stepped closer to the girl. She checked for a pulse. "Well she's alive but she needs to get warmed up and fed something. She's so skinny." Tuxedo Mask went and picked her up. There was something about her.

Mars looked at her. "I sense a lot of power from this girl guys." she said. They all looked at her. "Really Mars? Negative?" asked Mercury. "No. It's defiantly positive energy." she answered. "Think maybe she's the one that made the monster explode?" asked Tuxedo. "I don't know. It seems unlikely. I don't think she did it. She's to beat up anyway." They all stared down at the girl in Tuxedo's arms."

"I would still like to keep an eye on her and ask her questions. Some one should take her home with them." said Mercury. "And I can't. Not with my mom around." "Not me. What would I say to Chad and Grandpa?" said Mars. "Wish I could, but how would I explain her to mom and dad?" said Venus. She turned to Jupiter. "Usually I would, but I have company this week. Remember? asked Jupiter. They nodded. They had forgotten. Now they all turned to Tuxedo Mask with pleading looks on their faces.

He shook his head. "No way am I taking this girl in." he said. "Come on Darien. She needs help. Can't you see how bad she is?" said Mercury. Tuxedo Mask glanced down at the girl. She did look bad. He sighed. "Fine. I'll take her." he said. The scouts all smiled at him. "Your the best Darien." said Mars. He just looked down at her again. The girl groaned and shifted slightly in Darien's arms. All the scouts looked down at her.

"You think she's waking up?" asked Jupiter. Mercury shook her head and looked at her mini-computer. "Her pulse is slow but steady. She maybe asleep for while. Don't count on her waking up any time tonight. We'll be over first thing in the morning to check up on her and help. Right guys?" she looked around at the other girls. They all nodded.

Venus stifled a yawn. "I better get home. I'm beat." she waved and ran towards her house. Mars and Jupiter waved as well. "Yeah. Time to go." said Jupiter. They ran in different directions to their houses. Mercury closed her mini-computer and returned it to her sub-space pocket. "If she wakes up in the middle of the night. Call me ok?" she said. Darien nodded as he stared down at the girl in his arms. Then Mercury was gone as well.

Tuxedo Mask made his way to his apartment quietly, trying to make sure the girl stayed sleeping. He came upon his apartment building and groaned. Why did he have to be on the 9th floor? He looked down to the bundle in his arms. He got ready to jump up to his balcony. He scaled the building quickly. He opened the sliding glass door and stepped inside.

Tuxedo Mask the detransformed back into Darien. He looked down at the girl in his arms. Who was this girl? Where did she come from? He sighed and walked to his room. He placed her on his bed and left her there. He put on his pajamas and walked to the living room where he lays down on the couch and slowly falls asleep. Still wondering who in the world the girl in his bed was. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tell me what you think. I need some ideas.