Important author's notes!
Ok, so this is probably the single longest author's notes that I will write for something like this. And yes, there is a reason for that.
First off, this is the third book of the Universal Warriors epic, which is a series of seven progressively longer books. If you have not read the first two books, you probably will not understand what is going on, so I advise you click on our author link to go read the first two books.
Next order of business:
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Book Three: Fate and Destiny Lend a Hand
Prologue
-Same Day, September 24th, 1999-
"Here you guys, hold my stuff. I have to go to the bathroom."
"Kateri, hurry up. My mom's waiting out in the parking lot for us. If we don't hurry, she's going to get mad at us!" a tall girl with long auburn hair addressed one of her two shorter friends, who had amber colored eyes with long brown hair, as she passed on her things to her friends.
"Margot, just hold my stuff as I go to the bathroom. I'll only be a minute," Kateri said as she handed her overnight bag to Margot and her backpack to her other reluctant friend, a girl with short auburn hair and green eyes. Satisfied that her stuff would be well taken care of, she rushed off into the bathroom.
Margot sighed in annoyance and looked down at the girl with short auburn hair. "Julie, do you have all your stuff?" Julie looked up at Margot, who was about 6 inches taller than she, and said, "Yep, sure do. I have the "Ronin Warriors" and "Sailor Moon" tapes, the "Universal Warriors" story, printed out and on disk, and I have all my clothes."
"Good, I really don't want to have to go get your stuff. My mom's probably sitting out in the parking lot, just waiting for us," Margot said as she looked around the locker hall. The three girls, who all went to the same school, were going over to Margot's house for the weekend to catch up on their favorite anime shows, "The Ronin Warriors" and "Sailor Moon". Julie tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and looked down at her clothes disgustedly. "I wish she would hurry up out of the bathroom. I can't wait to get to your house so I can change out of my uniform."
"Ditto," Margot said, looking down at her white button down shirt, plaid, pleated skirt, white knee socks, and black heeled shoes. She looked over at Julie, her clothes identical to her own, and said, "Why don't you go change in the bathroom?"
"Are you kidding?" Julie asked in disbelief, "I'm not changing in the bathroom here. It's disgusting. I'd rather wear my uniform for another hour and wait until we get to your house." Margot sighed. Sometimes, she wondered about Julie. "Alright, it's your decision. But, you have a point, the bathrooms here are disgusting." Julie nodded and said, "Why did we have to wear the skirts today? I'd have much rather worn my khakis."
"We had that mass today, remember Chica?" Margot said, using her nickname for Julie
"Oh yeah, I wondered about that. It was a formal dress day, wasn't it?"
"It sure was," Margot said. The school the three went to was an all-girls, Catholic high school and every once in a while, the entire school attended a mass where the formal uniform was required. Though everyone dressed up, no one liked going to mass.
Margot checked the time on the watch she wore around her neck as Julie shifted Kateri's backpack to the other arm. "What does she carry in here, bricks?" Julie dropped the backpack on the floor and regarded it with disdain. "I don't remember sophomore year having quite so many books," Julie said. She and Margot were both juniors and Kateri was a sophomore, though sometimes one couldn't tell with the amount of work Kateri did. She did as much as a high school junior at times.
"Well, Chica, we have about that many books as juniors now."
"Good point, Babe," Julie said, calling Margot by the nickname that she had given her. With a smile curving up her lips and laughter twinkling in her eyes, Julie said, "Hey Margot, do you have all your stuff?" mocking Margot from what she said earlier.
"Yes, I do. I have," Margot started, ticking off her fingers, "my Manga, the binders full of SM stories that you gave me, and the scrapbook that you made for me full of SM and "Ronin Warriors" pictures. And I have my school stuff. Can't very well forget about that."
"Nope, sure can't." Julie and Margot both wished that they could. The two waited a little more and Julie, who had lost her patience, not that she had any to begin with, said, "Alright, if she's not out of the bathroom in 30 seconds, I'm going in after her."
"Good idea…" Margot said, but trailed off when a bright light surrounded her and Julie.
"Um, Julie, what's going on?" Margot asked.
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." The two of them watched wordlessly as the light got brighter and brighter until it got so bright that they had to close their eyes.
When they noticed that the light had faded, they opened their eyes to find themselves in the middle of a park. Their eyes opened wide and they couldn't help but stare in wonder. "Um, how did we get here?" Julie asked.
"If I knew, I'd tell you," Margot breathed. Looking over at Julie, she said, "What has the cafeteria been putting in the food?"
"Some really crazy shit," Julie responded. Margot giggled a little at Julie's remark. She was always one to make things direct and to the point. Margot turned her gaze back to the park in front of them, noticing that the lake in front of them looked slightly familiar. When it dawned on her how it looked so familiar, she quickly shook her head in dismissal. No, that can't be it, Margot thought.
Disbelief still written all over her face, she turned back to Julie and pinched her hard. "Ow, what was that for?" Julie asked, a little annoyed at her best friend.
"Nope, this isn't a nightmare," Margot said, a smile playing on her lips.
"Damn straight," Julie said. Margot was about to comment on the lake in front of them when the two of them heard the sounds of fighting and explosions. Looking at each other in confusion, they began wordlessly moving towards the sound, still laden with all the stuff they had been holding earlier. They walked for about 5 minutes in companionable silence, needing no words. The two of them could have done without words if necessary, they were that close.
They climbed a hill, the only sound now the sound of Margot's backpack, which looked like a little suitcase since one could roll it and pull it along by a handle. As they reached the top of the hill, their eyes fell upon the scene in front of them and they dropped their stuff in shock. They couldn't believe what they were seeing in front of them. It just wasn't possible to them. What they were seeing were the Universal Warriors, obviously right after a battle. Both of them recognized the scene and identified it as the ending to Book Two of their series, "The Universal Warriors". Not believing what they were seeing in front of them, in perfect synchrony, like their minds were one, they said out loud, "Oh my God." The moment they said that, the Mystical and Ronin Warriors all turned to look at the two girls and then things started to get interesting…
TO BE CONTINUED
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This chapter is for CTRNikkiM, because these are her favorite characters. Hope this made your day Nikki. : ) DestinyBabe
