Part 1: First Contact
-Same Day, September 24th, 1999-
"Oh my god!" The Mystical and Ronin Warriors all turned their heads to see Julie and Margot standing there with disbelieving looks on their faces. The Ronin and Mystical Warriors gave each other looks that said, "Who are these two?" Serena, who needed to know what was wrong, stepped forward and, tiredly sighing, said, "Excuse me, is something wrong?" Serena watched worriedly as the two girls just stared at her. Serena cleared her throat and said, "Um, are you ok?" Margot and Julie were only held in their state of shock for a couple moments more before they sprang to life, both of them talking a mile a minute. The group of tired warriors strained their ears to catch what they were saying.
"I can't believe it. This isn't happening to us!" Margot said.
"I know, I can't believe it either, but let's enjoy it while we can. I mean, they're real. Actually real. How many opportunities are we going to get to see it like this in the future? None," Julie said, a huge smile on her face. It looked to her like her creation was actually real. Margot smiled down at Julie and held her hand up, expecting a high five from Julie. She wasn't disappointed as Julie's hand slapped against hers and she said, "This is so cool, Julie. I don't care if it's a dream; it's still really cool."
"Tell me about it."
"Um, what are you two talking about?" Serena asked, voicing everyone's thoughts. Julie and Margot, who were still a little dazed, turned to the group of warriors. Pointing at Serena, Margot said, "You're Serena, I'd know that voice anywhere."
"How did you know that?" Serena whispered, totally shocked, but it went unheard by the two girls. Julie smiled and said, "And that's the Moonlight armor, leader of the Mystical armors, the ones I came up with, with the staff that has the Silver Crystal and all."
Before Julie could say another word, she and Margot were staring at an assortment of weapons. Julie gulped and Margot laughed nervously. "Heh, heh, whoa, calm down," Margot said, looking at the gleaming point of Heather's glaive. Along with Heather's glaive, Margot and Julie faced Lita's sword, Mina's bow and arrow, Serena's staff, and Darien and Mia's swords and behind them, Raye and Ami were ready to use their attacks.
"You're from the Negaverse, aren't you? Otherwise, how would you know about the Silver Crystal?" Lita said. Julie eyed Lita's sword nervously and said, "We're not from the Negaverse and we don't work for Metallia, I swear."
"Oh yeah?" Mina asked, pulling her bowstring tauter, "Then, if you don't work for Metallia, then how did you know her name? We didn't mention it." Margot and Julie looked at each other, wondering how they were going to pull themselves out of the mess they landed in when Celia said from behind, "You guys, put down your weapons. They're not from the Negaverse and they won't hurt you. They're harmless." The Mystical Warriors lowered their weapons and turned around to see Celia, who was attending Michelle. "Thank you, Celia," Margot said, "Or, is your name Setsuna here?"
"My name is Celia. Setsuna is my Japanese name."
"Ooh, I get it," Margot said. Julie, who had also turned to look at Celia, saw Alex, Michelle and the Ronin Warriors sitting underneath the tree. Her eyes went wide with excitement and she said, "They're real too? This is my lucky day. Oh yeah!"
Margot smiled at Julie as the shorter girl did a little happy dance; she knew that "The Ronin Warriors" was Julie's all-time favorite show, just as "Sailor Moon" was hers. But, it seemed that they landed in the middle of the story that she, Julie, and Kateri all wrote the summer before. Celia walked away from Michelle and said, "I think you two have had enough for the moment. I think it's time to go home."
"Home?" Margot and Julie asked. They knew Celia's house inside and out, or at least, the house from their story. It would be interesting to see if it were still the same in this reality. "Yes, home," Celia repeated before turning back to Alex and Michelle and helping them get up. The Ronin Warriors had already gotten up after not being hurt too badly and detransformed into their school uniforms.
They walked over to the rest of the group, who had already detransformed into their regular clothes, and looked the new girls over to check for anything suspicious about them. "You two wear school uniforms as well?" Sage asked the two.
"Yeah, we do," Margot said.
"We go to Catholic school," Julie said. Margot and Julie turned to each other and, smiling, said at the same time, "An all-girls, boarding, Catholic college-preparatory school," before dissolving into giggles. They had way too much excitement that didn't have anywhere to go except into little things like giggles. Everyone looked at each other; they seemed to be ok, if not a little weird. But, if they were normal, then how did they know about the Mystical armors and the Silver Crystal? Until the group got those answers, they would be suspicious of the girls for a while.
Celia, who had detransformed a few moments earlier, finally got Alex and Michelle on their feet, making sure they could walk, before joining the rest of the group. Alex and Michelle also detransformed before walking over to the others. "Are we ready to go?" Serena asked the group. They all nodded and began to walk away, leaving Celia, Julie and Margot behind. Celia turned to them and said, "Don't worry, once things are explained, they'll be more friendly."
"Do you know where we come from?" Margot asked.
"Of course I do. I was the one who brought you here from your world," Celia said.
"Why?" Julie asked. Celia smiled at them.
"That is for me to know and you to find out," Celia said as she rushed to catch up to the group. Julie and Margot only gave each other looks of resignation, though their eyes were still sparkling with happiness, as they too rushed to catch up with the group as they all walked home.
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Hey all, I know that was short, but I did put up another chapter as well, plus I had to alter the prologue a bit. Hope you enjoyed! Also, thanks to OriontheHunter for the nice review. We're sorry there was such a lapse in time between this being taken off the webpage and now my updating it here, but as you can see, we're updating quickly so you all can read it again! ~ DestinyBabe
