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actually recognize well enough in this story are original characters of mine, unless otherwise stated, in
fact. All the Galaxians, for instance, are mine, whether in combat form or in civilian form. So please
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The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Seven
The next day, it was September 6, 2012. It was also a Thursday, in fact. Robert would often
visit the local library on Thursdays after school, and he was hoping to do so after school this evening.
Little did anyone know it, but more monsters might appear while he was in the library or near enough to
it, or they might not. Only time would then tell if that would or wouldn't be the case here, of course, for
all the obvious reasons.
And if they did so, then several, if not all, of the Scouts might then actually have to fight and/or
heal those monsters, quite naturally. If so, Robert might or might not learn the Scouts' actual non-Scout
identities, depending on how they actually did against those respective monsters here, quite
undoubtedly. But that was still unknown here, as it would remain for at least a little while longer, of
course, if it wouldn't always somehow remain so here.
As usual, Robert went to school at Eagle Mountain High School with Rini and so many other
people in his part of town. Including Rini, Melody, Melanie, and several other students that he now
knew of here, quite naturally. During one of his classes, he suddenly dozed off. And he began
experiencing a vision or a dream of some sort, even while still in his third-period class with Rini, at least,
if not others as well.
However, only Rini noticed that he had done so, in fact. For everyone else in the room was
currently occupied with various things that their teacher had sometime earlier in the period told them all
to do here. Or they were quietly conversing with the teacher, if necessary. Rini, though, had
completed whatever work that she'd been told to do during the current period by the teacher, and
she'd completed it several minutes before.
The vision or dream that he was then having took place as he was apparently asleep at his desk
in his current classroom. And in it, he saw several people, including at least one girl about his own age,
in fact. This girl was about his height, and about twenty or thirty pounds lighter than he currently was,
perhaps. Though he couldn't quite make out the actual color or colors of her hair currently, for the area
around her and several other people in his vision or dream was quite dark, whenever possible.
She said, in the vision or dreams of sorts:
"Flying Mountain Goat, where are you? I really don't know
where you are right now. And I really need you to find the Courageous
Spirit Crystals. This is so that we can hopefully be back together again,
once they finally are able to re-unite with each other to form the Flying
Mountain Heart Crystal, whatever that might be here. I am Bold Heart,
your one true love in this Universe of ours. And I really want to be with
you again very soon, if at all possible here in our Universe, Flying
Mountain Goat."
She said basically nothing more of apparent importance in the vision or dream here, in fact.
She might have said other things as well in it, or not. But if so, whatever else she said in it didn't seem
all that important to him, at least not at the current time, if it ever would, in his own life.
In fact, in another timeline or Universe, if not also on this particular Earth, there actually had
been a group of people called the Oglala Sioux. And Flying Mountain Goat and Bold Heart had both
been part of that group while they were both still alive in their respective lives. Together, they'd jointly
held the Flying Mountain Heart Crystal until it'd unexpectedly disappeared just before the birth of their
first child under rather strange circumstances. Ever since, they'd both often looked for it, but they'd
never actually found it for the rest of their lives. They both never actually learned why it'd also
disappeared rather suddenly from their lives when it did so, for as long as they'd still lived their own
mortal lives.
Their surviving children had been looking for it for many years as well. And even after their
parents had eventually fallen asleep in their lives. Just like countless numbers of their previous ancestors
had earlier done many times before, of course. It hadn't yet been found by them either, as a matter of
fact. Or at least as of the current time in their own lives, no matter where they actually came from in
each of them, they'd not done so yet, if they ever would actually be able to do so somehow.
Eventually, of course, his current dream or vision ended here. After which he then asked Rini
just as quietly as he could do so currently, "Do you know anyone who might be able to interpret a
dream or a vision of sorts that I might have just had here, by any chance, Rini?"
Rini thought for a few moments, and then said, "I believe that I do, Robert. But you might have
to meet up with us after school today in order for them to possibly be somehow able to interpret it here
well enough."
"I was planning to go to the main library in this part of town after school today, Rini."
"Fine. We'll meet you there about five or so, I think, if at all possible. Supposing that I do
actually know someone who might be able to help you out with your just-experienced dream or vision
of sorts, of course."
"Fine, Rini. But I don't expect to be there after 7:30 pm local time, in any case, if I don't
absolutely have to, of course, Rini."
"Fair enough, I suppose, Robert." The present class period of the current school day soon
ended. And then Robert and others soon left the necessary rooms anywhere in the school's buildings,
for all the obvious reasons, of course. Robert was one of the last few students out of the classroom
door, as well, in fact.
He then left that room behind again, quite naturally. And Rini actually wasn't too far behind him
when he did so, most likely. They each went to their respective lockers for whatever they might need
for their next class period or periods, if they didn't already have those things in their possession in actual
reality here.
Several hours later, then, Rini, Melody, and Melanie, at least, if not also Raye Keyes and/or
anyone else, eventually met him at the necessary library, once they had confirmed that he was there.
He was reading when they showed up near his table, and he was reading a book of recently-published
poetry. They came up to him from behind him, so he didn't know that they were there with him at the
library until they passed him and sat down near him, in fact. They took seats in front of him, and then
Rini said, "Robert, you know Melanie and Melody already. This older woman is her mother Mrs. Raye
Keyes, though you haven't actually met her before now. Also here with us is Emara Hickerson.
Melody is here to take down some notes on your vision or dream of some sort, whatever it might have
been. Melanie, her mother, and Emara have often experienced visions or dreams in the past as well.
And they all have often been able to interpret them and others well enough, in fact. I am here because
they needed me to bring them to you, even though Melody's data computer found you easily enough by
your bio-signs. Everyone who is humanoid, at least, if not also felinoid, and who is sentient enough in
our Universe, has bio-signs, I think. Felinoids are cats, of any known kind, by the way, Robert. We
are humans, or humanoids, as the case might be for each of us in our respective lives, Robert. I also
have to be here for other reasons which I can't really go into right now."
"I see, Rini. Well, this vision or dream or whatever it was of some sort had someone calling me
'Flying Mountain Goat', though I don't really know why. They told me about some crystals that had to
be collected so that they could possibly be re-united with each other to form another crystal of some
sort. I don't know why I was called what I was by someone who called herself 'Bold Heart', though,
Rini."
"I see. We're listening," said Rini.
For at least the next few minutes, then, if not even longer than that, Robert discussed his recent
vision or dreams of sorts with his current companions as thoroughly as he could currently do so here.
This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, quite naturally. After he'd been doing this for quite
some length of time then with them, a sudden crash or two outside the library just startled them all.
Raye got up from where she was sitting at Robert's table, and said, "Emara, stay with Robert, and
protect him, no matter what. Rini, Melanie, Melody, come with me. I have a real bad feeling about this
sudden crash or these crashes here."
"Are you sure that I'll be enough protection for Robert here, Mrs. Keyes?" asked Emara.
"If you need help, just call your friend Chrysandre, and I think she might be able to help you
here. I believe she's also in the library here, for I think I saw her here when we came here."
"As you wish, Mrs. Keyes."
Then Mrs. Keyes left with Rini, Melanie, and Melody, with no further comment or delay.
Robert then asked, "What in the world is going on?"
"I don't really know, Robert. But stay close to me, in any case, if at all possible. I have a
feeling that I might need to protect you here. And if so, I might not be able to do it if you're not close
enough to me for me to do that here. I can't be sure what's going on here yet, if I ever will be. But
please stay as close to me as you reasonably can, Robert, if at all possible."
"All right, I'll try to do that here, Emara."
Then Emara had him gather up all his things, at least. And as he did so, she then hid everyone
else's things that were still present here, to the best of her current ability to do so here. With that done,
she then took one of his hands, and led him out of the room in the library that they'd been in here for
quite some time. She soon put him quite securely in a closet for a brief period of time, and then ducked
herself into another nearby closet. She then quickly donned a Sailor Scout-style uniform, in fact. When
she then came out of the closet she'd just ducked into, she now wore a mostly silver blouse with some
royal blue and crimson trim. Among at least a few other things that she also now wore on her person
as well. Such as a mostly red neckerchief with white and brown piping, and a locket of some sort that
was also situated just above its knot, for instance. A many-pleated green mini-skirt with its hem about
halfway between her knees and her waist, also was part of her current outfit. And a pair of mostly
black open-toed sandals with straps crossing each other on the uppermost parts of either sandal, in
fact, then completed her current attire's present look. Or at least it did so for the most part, if not
entirely. A quiver loaded with many arrows also was on her back and a long bow was in her left hand.
All these things were now present on or near her person, simply because of the fact that she was also
secretly a Sailor Scout.
Then she went back to the closet that she'd put him in moments before, and she let him out of
it. He soon asked her, "Who are you? Emara was to stay with me, and I don't see her here."
"She's nearby, but she needed to go to the restroom briefly, Robert. She'll be back here with
you soon enough, if at all possible. But she asked me to stay near you while she was otherwise
occupied here with rather personal matters, Robert. So, due to the very fact that I'm actually one of
her closest friends, I agreed to help her out here for at least a little while, of course. Supposing that I
could possibly do so here, in fact, quite naturally, Robert. My name is Sailor Emerald Minor, and I am
a Sailor Scout, as are several other people in my life. I have been a Scout for a few years, and I've
been Emara's friend for a while as well. I have a twin sister who is also a Sailor Scout, and she's Sailor
Emerald Major, Robert. However, she's otherwise occupied right now. And I really don't know if
she can help me protect you here well enough, because of that fact." Emara really didn't like having to
lie here, and have to say that she wasn't actually around at the current time, of course. But for his very
own safety, at least for the time being, she also quite easily realized that their current situation still
required her to actually lie here, and say that she was elsewhere at the current time.
"I see. And are you sure that Emara will be all right, if I go with you here?"
"I believe that she will be, Robert. Or at least I hope that she will be, of course, Robert."
Emara said this, even though she obviously still knew that at least as long as she was in her current
Sailor Scout state of being, she'd probably be well enough here, for all the obvious reasons. Emara
had been made a Scout about the same time that several of her friends had also been initiated as such.
And so had her twin sister Atukana. Her twin sister had been made Sailor Emerald Major just before
she'd been made Sailor Emerald Minor. And several other Scouts had been initiated as Scouts before
both of those twins, around the very same time, in fact.
She, Atukana, and several others had then formed a squad of sorts. And they'd often fought
various monsters and strange beings ever since they'd all been initiated as Scouts at least a few years
before. As they probably all would do for as long as they either wanted or needed to do in each of
their own lives, of course, for all the obvious reasons. Other members of her Scout squad of sorts often
went by the names of Sailors Ruby Major, Ruby Minor, Amethyst Major, Amethyst Minor, Sapphire
Major, Sapphire Minor, Agate Major, and Agate Minor, in fact. Both of the Ruby Sailors were
sisters, as were both of the Amethyst Sailors. However, both of the Sapphire Sailors were first cousins
to each other. While both of the Agate Sailors were from two other countries elsewhere in the world
other than Alerbia, Gemaria, or Munrodoste, in fact.
Sailor Ruby Major normally led their squad whenever she was sufficiently around during a
particular battle that they had to fight as Sailor Scouts. While her sister would back her up most of the
time, whenever that was the case for them in their respective lives as Scouts. Then the Amethysts
would follow, as would the Emeralds, Sapphires, and Agates, normally in that particular order. And
the Major of each pair normally would outrank the Minor of the same pair, quite naturally, whenever
possible.
Besides Melanie and any of the other quite high-ranking Scouts here, her closest friends
included Chrysandre Calhoun, Brianna Fitzgerald, and Samantha Sherwood. The latter two of which
were not currently Scouts, if they'd ever be, in their respective lives. Chrysandre, however, unlike
Brianna and Samantha, was actually a Sailor Scout just like Emara was. But she was a member of a
different Scout group than Emara actually was part of. They had the same rank as Scouts, technically,
but they were still members of two different Scout groups, just the same. Chrysandre was the leader of
a newly-formed one, instead of being part of Emara's own Scout group. And her current Scout
identity was Sailor Caramel, even as she served as the leader of another group of five Scouts.
Emara had really hoped that Chrysandre could actually have been part of her own Scout group,
when she'd eventually become a Scout herself. But it just hadn't been possible at all, for either or both
of them here in their lives, in fact. Or at least it hadn't yet been possible, just as it wasn't now possible,
if it wouldn't always be the case for her and Chrysandre, of course, in either or both of their respective
lives.
Emerald Minor soon told Robert to stay as close to her as he could then do, if she hadn't
already done so here to a sufficient enough degree. And Robert stayed as close to her as he could,
even after several monsters began picking up statues outside the library and throwing them at nearby
library windows. Especially at ground-floor windows, in fact. Statues soon began sailing through those
windows, often breaking them quite easily as they did so. Emerald Minor realized that the monsters
were fully intending to wreak as much havoc as possible in and around the library, of course. But she
also knew that it wasn't very likely that all the monsters could be either defeated or healed by just a few
Scouts at the current time. So she soon called for some Sailor Scout backup, quite naturally, of course.
And she began preparing to fight the monsters here, if the need arose for her to do so here. She did this
in the hope that if she had to fight here, she'd somehow be to protect at least Robert, if not anyone else
who was also in the library at the very same time, easily enough, if at all possible.
While she did so, she also kept at least one open channel, if not more than one open channel, to
any other Scouts in and around the library that she could do that with here, for all the obvious reasons,
of course. And she listened in on the sounds of battle between her fellow Scouts and the
aforementioned monsters as well, in fact. Crescent Moon, Mars Minor, and Mercury Minor were
somehow managing to slow down the monsters who were seeking to invade the library's main building,
with at least some help from Crystal Sailor Mars. But Crystal Sailor Mars was still not having much
success against the monsters that she and the other three assembled Scouts were now opposing outside
of the library's main building. For several, if not most or all, of the monsters were still concentrating a
great deal on her first, because they realized that she was the most powerful of all four of those
particular Scouts. Crystal Sailor Mars was also taking most of the more powerful attacks that she and
her fellow Scouts were now facing outside the library, in fact. Help was on the way, in the form of
other Scouts, at least, if not anyone else as well, of course. But the question was, could it arrive outside
the library to help out Crescent Moon, Mercury Minor, and both Mars-related Scouts well enough, for
all the obvious reasons here? All four of those Scouts hoped that it actually would do so, quite
naturally, in fact.
Just as Crystal Sailor Mars was about to fall at least unconscious, if not worse, in the current
battle, a great fog of sorts suddenly shrouded the Scouts and the nearby library to a considerable
enough degree. Largely courtesy of Crystal Sailor Mercury, at least, if not anyone else as well, here.
After the aforementioned fog did so, Crystal Sailors Saturn and Moon found Crystal Sailor Mars
leaning a bit against a nearby boulder, and they did so while the Galaxy Girl Magellan was near them as
well.
Magellan soon asked Crystal Sailor Mars, "How are you actually feeling right now, Crystal
Sailor Mars?"
"Not very well, I think. I feel almost ready to collapse right now. These monsters seem to be
quite strong right now, in fact, Magellan."
"I see, Crystal Sailor Mars. Panda, super-size yourself, please," said Magellan, not long
afterward. And she said this to Panda only after she'd then talked about the monsters a little bit with
Crystal Sailors Mars and Mercury, at least. "I think you'll be better able to handle the monsters, and
tire them out better if you do so, Panda. You will want to be at least twenty or so times your normal
size, most likely, so that you can handle them well enough here."
Panda soon nodded at her nearby grandmother. And she began growing in size as she'd just
been directed to do here by her grandmother. As she did so, Mercury, Milky Way, Andromeda, and
Thunderhead worked to increase the protection zone in and around the library's grounds, quite
naturally. She borrowed a series of martial arts weapons from Crystal Sailor Jupiter as needed, and
began attacking various monsters whenever possible, with any or all of those weapons, in fact. A few
minutes later, then, two of the monsters collided rather unexpectedly with each other. And she then
took them both out quite easily, just as their legs and tails got tangled up with each other easily enough
for her to do that here. The two monsters were no more about ten seconds after she slashed at them
both with a samurai-like sword that Crystal Sailor Jupiter had just provided her with here, as well.
After a bit more fighting by her at the current time, she then called for a Cometary Rope that
was at least a little similar to one that Milky Way had often already used in her career as a Galaxy Girl.
It wasn't quite as strong as ones that Milky Way might actually be able to generate at the current time in
her own life. But at least it was strong enough to help her well enough here. Panda used that Cometary
Rope of hers to periodically snag other statues that might be then sailing toward the library's buildings,
of course, whenever the need arose for her to do so here. That was whether or not she'd also use it to
trip or snag any of the monsters that she and others were now fighting here, as a matter of actual fact,
quite naturally.
After a while longer of this, several of the monsters began to shrink in size, due to the effects of
the attacks that they were now facing here, in fact. And as they began shrinking, their attacks' strengths
also decreased here, for all the obvious reasons, of course. Eventually, several of them collapsed under
those attacks, and they often crashed quite loudly to the surrounding ground here, as well. And after
they did so, several, if not all, of their fellow monsters that were still fighting as of that time, were killed
by all the other Scouts and Galaxians who were now present, if they hadn't already been killed by them
here.
Eventually, no monsters were able to oppose the Scouts and the Galaxians well enough at the
current time, in fact. And after that was evident enough to Panda, at least, if not anyone else as well,
Panda then began returning herself to her usual size and appearance, just as soon as she could do so
easily enough, as well. But only after getting permission to do so at the current time from all the
necessary people, in fact, did Panda then do that here.
Eventually, Craneb and Crystal Sailor Mercury scanned each of the necessary monsters here, if
they hadn't been able to do so by then. They did this so that they could then try to tell which monsters
might actually have humans or humanoids in them well enough, in fact. Craneb soon said, "Star Prince,
there are six or seven humans or humanoids inside these monsters, it seems. And they are inside two of
these monsters, in fact. Five of them seem to be in the larger one of them, while the other one or two
appear to be in the smaller one." She said these things after indicating two specific nearby monsters on
the ground outside the library's main building.
The Star Prince briefly consulted with Milky Way, Tuxedo Mask and Crystal Sailor Moon,
before he said, "Crystal Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Crescent Moon will attend to the recovery of
those humanoids. The rest of us are to attend to the other monsters, while they do so, if necessary,
Craneb." He then moved closer to where his fellow Galaxians mainly were located outside the library,
as well. And he began briefing them all as needed about what they'd all be doing next here, as a matter
of fact.
Then when he'd done that well enough here, the Scouts and Galaxians began to attend to the
necessary monsters that Crystal Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Crescent Moon wouldn't then attend to,
quite naturally. Tuxedo Mask stayed far enough away from his Scouting wife and daughter here, for
the simple reason that he didn't want to take any unnecessary chances around the monsters at the
current time, of course. Where necessary, then, he helped the Star Prince and others attend to any of
the other monsters that still remained around the library, for all the obvious reasons, quite naturally.
Several minutes later, then, what looked like a large Viking-like mechanical warrior became
quite visible in the area, and it consisted of several modules that looked quite like lions of some sort.
And as the mechanical warrior appeared in the area, the assembled Scouts and Galaxians wondered
what it actually was made up of, for all the obvious reasons here. In fact, it was a modular warrior of
some sort that was called "Voltron", from what Craneb and Mercury had earlier somehow been able to
gather while scanning the monster that it had been captured inside of for possible human or humanoid
bio-signs.
As for the other monster, it eventually disappeared, and it revealed a young woman possibly
about twenty or so Terran years old, most likely. And this young woman appeared to them with dark
brown or nearly black hair, from what Moon and Crescent Moon could then tell as of the current time.
The young woman soon introduced herself as Ruthie Camden, and she was wearing a white blouse, a
pair of blue jeans, and a pair of mostly white tennis shoes.
Ruthie then looked at the modular warrior of some sort, not long after she was healed by Moon
and Crescent Moon here. She then asked, "What am I doing here, and what is that?"
"We don't really know, Ruthie, and why this apparent mechanical warrior of sorts is here," said
Crystal Sailor Moon, not too long afterward.
Suddenly, then, the aforementioned mechanical warrior of sorts began separating itself into its
various modules, without any prior warning to that effect. The modules separated from each other, and
then five separate lions soon appeared near each other as they did so. The lions were basically five
different colors, in fact. Those colors were black, blue, green, yellow, and red, as a matter of fact. The
black one had formed the head and body of Voltron. The blue lion had formed the right leg of Voltron.
The green one had formed the left arm of Voltron. While the yellow one had formed the left leg of
Voltron, and the red one had formed the right arm of Voltron.
Moments later, then, each of the lions landed as closely and as safely as they could land near
the library. The black lion appeared closest to Moon and Mini Moon. And the other four lions landed
in the same relative positions to each other as they'd normally be in when they were connected to each
other, in fact. Which meant, of course, that they formed up behind each other as if Voltron was lying
on its stomach, if it had a stomach, in a manner of speaking. That put the green lion to the right of the
red one, as the lions appeared to Moon and everyone else who was then with her at the same time.
And the blue one was behind the red one, and to the left of the yellow one, as well.
After all of the lions of some sort had landed in front of the Scouts and the Galaxians, as
needed, the appropriate hatches of each lion soon opened up. And stairs of some sort were then
visible on the inside of each hatch. The first hatch to open then began to open just a few rather brief
moments before all the others did, and it was the hatch of the black lion. The hatch came down. And
no more than a few moments later, a tall and barely black-bearded man in some sort of flight suit came
down the stairs on the inside of his lion's hatch. He was now wearing a mostly black and red flight suit
with some white stripes on it, and a matching helmet, along with a pair of mostly white boots. He also
appeared to be about Ruthie's age, in fact, if not a little bit older here. He introduced himself to
everyone a little later as Landon Drunam, the Crown Prince of a planet that he called Arus, if what the
Scouts and their Galaxian friends could then gather was accurate enough here.
After the other people in his flight group then disembarked from their respective lions, he
introduced them all to everyone else after they got close enough to him for him to do that well enough
here. The pilot of the yellow lion was introduced as Theodore Everett. The red lion had been piloted
by Victor Warren. While the blue one had been flown by the Crown Prince's younger twin sister
Princess Florence Drunam, and the green one by a teenager named Royce Follins. Landon soon
informed everyone that Royce was the only teenager of the five lions' respective pilots, in actual Terran
years.
When Moon asked how old each of the five lions' pilots were, Landon soon said that he and
his twin sister Princess Florence were both just about six or so months past their common 25th
birthday, in Terran years. While Victor and Theodore were both about such a year or two younger, at
the very least, than they were. And Royce was about 14 or so Terran standard years old, as well.
Princess Florence was now wearing a mostly pink and blue flight suit, as was appropriate for her, due
to her own lion's primary color or colors. Each of the other three lion's pilots also were currently
wearing flight suits that matched quite well with their respective lions, in fact. So that meant, quite
naturally, that Royce was wearing a mostly green flight suit, Theodore a mostly yellow suit, and Victor a
mostly red suit, for all the obvious reasons here, of course.
Victor, Theodore, and Royce were all quite clean-shaven here, as well. Royce wore glasses,
and he was the smallest of all the male pilots from the lions. Theodore was considerably stocky, and of
moderate height, most likely. And Victor was somewhat taller than either Royce or Theodore, but not
taller than Landon, in any case at all.
As for Princess Florence, she was about 5'7" and about 130 pounds, with golden blonde hair
that she'd normally wear secured with hair combs and things whenever she was flying her Blue Lion.
Either as part of Voltron or not, in fact. She was at least a little bit like Serena the Older had been
when she was still in high school, but not quite that impetuous, in actual reality. She was also beginning
to be known as quite the cook back on her home planet of Arus, as well. Cooking was actually one of
her favorite things to do in her life, whenever she could possibly find enough time to do so in it for at
least a little while. She also liked reading legends of places elsewhere in the Universe that she now
knew of, whenever possible, in her life. And even making some stories up to share with others in her
life, as well, in fact.
For a while longer, then, after they each disembarked from their respective lions, the lion's
pilots conversed with the Scouts and the Galaxians, and they also did the same for Ruthie Camden, in
fact. Eventually, though, they would have to hide their lions again, for all the obvious reasons. Moon
and Tuxedo Mask told them each of a series of rather isolated caverns about thirty Terran statute miles
or so away from where they were in Inverness. And then the pilots returned to their respective lions to
bring them to those caverns. Five minutes later, then, all five lions were actually airborne again, and
heading toward those caverns, of course.
After the lions left with their pilots inside them, Ruthie then asked, "Who wants to host me for a
while, for it's evident that I'll have to be staying with someone at least as long as I'm here, of course?"
Moon soon said, after conversing with all of her present Scouts and their Galaxian allies, "I
suppose that you can stay with us, Ruthie."
"Good. I was wondering who'd take me in for a while here."
"Where are your parents now?"
"Back in Glen Oak, Moon, if I remember things well enough here."
"Where's that?"
"Not here, Moon, of course."
"How did you get here?"
"I don't know yet, Crescent Moon."
"What's the last thing you remember, from before Moon and Crescent Moon healed you,
Ruthie?" Crystal Sailor Pluto then asked her.
"The last thing I remember is being blown through a doorway rather unexpectedly, Crystal
Sailor Pluto."
"What were you doing, Ruthie?"
"I was investigating a story for my college's primary student newspaper. I followed what
seemed to be a suspicious being of some yet-unknown sort, I believe. And it led me into a room with
what seemed to be a rather powerful wind machine or fan of some sort. I entered the room, and tried
to find what had led me there, of course. And the next thing I know for sure, I was blown through
another doorway as I've just told you here. After that, I don't remember anything else until after Moon
and Crescent Moon had healed me here."
Eventually, Moon allowed the rest of her Scouts and their Galaxian allies to leave the area, if
they wanted or needed to do that here, at the current time. That soon left only those Scouts or
Galaxians that were now staying with Moon and Tuxedo Mask in the current area around the library, in
fact, for all the obvious reasons. Rini was still there, of course, as Crescent Moon, and so were the
Galaxians Star Prince and Milky Way, quite naturally.
Moon soon left with Tuxedo Mask, Milky Way, the Star Prince, and Ruthie, for the Shields
residence. She also let Rini stay behind on the library's grounds, so that she could rejoin Raye and
others inside it again, in fact. Rini then watched her parents, both Galaxians, and Ruthie leave for her
home, as well. Moments later, then, Rini returned to where she'd been with Robert earlier, of course.
By the time that she was there again, she was also back in her usual non-Scout state of being again, for
all the obvious reasons here.
After Emerald Minor saw Rini, Melody, Raye, and Melanie come back to where they'd all
been before the trouble had arisen outside the library, she soon said to Robert, who'd been with her
ever since, "Robert, I think Emara is on the way back here. For I just saw Rini, Melody, Melanie, and
Melanie's mother Raye come back into the library here, in fact, Robert."
"I see. And what of it here, then, Emerald Minor?"
"I think I need to go find Emara and talk to her for a while, after I find her. I think I'd better
check to see if she's still in or near one of the ladies' restrooms here in the library. Do you think that
you could find something else to do here, if the need arose?"
"I suppose I could. But who's going to watch me if you go look for Emara now?"
Just then, Rini saw him as she was still returning to the table she'd been at with Emara, Melanie,
Raye, and Melody. And she then came over to them both in very short order, as a matter of fact. "I
will, Robert," said Rini, when she was close enough to Robert and Emerald Minor for them to hear her
well enough at the current time in the library here.
"Nice to see you again, Rini." This comment was from Emerald Minor, in fact. "Did you find
out what caused the sudden crash or crashes outside the library well enough, by any chance?"
"Actually, yes, we did. It seems that several monsters decided to try to wreak more havoc in
and around the Inverness area, in fact, Emerald Minor. But the Scouts and others took care of the
problem well enough here, Emerald Minor. It wasn't easy for them to do so here with some of the
monsters. But they still took care of all the necessary monsters, just the same."
"I see. And did Moon and Crescent Moon find any more humans or humanoids inside those
monsters, by any chance at all, Rini?"
"Yes. One of the monsters had a mechanical warrior of some sort in it, and another had a
young woman in it. The mechanical warrior was made up of five modules that looked a lot like lions, in
fact, Emerald Minor."
"I see, Rini. You can tell me more about them all later, then. But in the meantime, I think I
better go look for Emara and talk to her for a while, perhaps. Will you stay with Robert until she
returns, at least?"
"I suppose that I can do that, Emerald Minor," said Rini.
Then Emerald Minor left, supposedly to go find Emara and talk to her for a while, at least.
While she was away from Robert and Rini, she then went to the nearest ladies' restroom elsewhere in
the library. After she did that, she also made quite sure that nobody else who didn't actually know of
her being a Scout would be able to see, hear, or detect, her transforming back into her normal non-
Scout state of being. After then doing that here well enough, she soon dropped back out of it rather
easily here. And then she soon left the necessary restroom in the library again, of course, for all the
obvious reasons.
She soon returned to where she'd earlier been with Robert, Melody, Rini, Melanie, and Raye,
in fact. And when she did so, Robert and the other four people that she'd been with earlier were
already there, as well. And they then resumed their earlier conversation, no more than a few moments
later. But they only continued it for a little while longer, for it was now rapidly approaching 9:30 pm or
so at night, at the current time, in fact. And then they began parting from each other, in very short
order. Melody left the group first, in fact. And then Emara eventually did so as well. Raye and
Melanie left not more than five minutes after Emara did, and about three times that after Melody did.
Rini left Robert again in the library about five or so minutes after Raye and Melanie did, as well. Robert
finally then returned to his own home, after he realized that the five ladies had most likely gone home for
the rest of the night. He arrived back home at his family's residence right at the top of the 10 pm hour,
local time, in actual reality.
If he hadn't already had his supper by then, in a matter of actual reality, for the current evening
or night, he soon had it, of course. After he did so, he eventually retired to his bed in his room, quite
naturally. And he was finally quite soundly asleep in his bed by midnight local time, as a matter of fact,
after he did so.
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Another good-sized battle will probably take place in Chapter Ten, at least, if not also Chapter
Eleven, somewhere, everyone. Before then, though, at least Chapter Eight, if not also Chapter Nine,
will actually introduce several more characters into the story at least a little bit, if not a lot, readers. And
it, or they, will also have at least something to do with at least one of the main characters for it, if not
more than one of them, in fact. Until then, though, you'll all just have to see what's coming up soon
enough, of course. But I promise you at least a few more crossover elements will be added to the story
as well within the next few chapters, at most, most likely, readers. So please read, review, and enjoy, if
at all possible. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and
God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!
now have on fanfiction.net will apply. For your information, all of the characters that you may not
actually recognize well enough in this story are original characters of mine, unless otherwise stated, in
fact. All the Galaxians, for instance, are mine, whether in combat form or in civilian form. So please
don't steal my original characters from this story or any others, for that matter.
Now without further ado, back to the story. And I hope that you'll all enjoy it, of course.
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The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Seven
The next day, it was September 6, 2012. It was also a Thursday, in fact. Robert would often
visit the local library on Thursdays after school, and he was hoping to do so after school this evening.
Little did anyone know it, but more monsters might appear while he was in the library or near enough to
it, or they might not. Only time would then tell if that would or wouldn't be the case here, of course, for
all the obvious reasons.
And if they did so, then several, if not all, of the Scouts might then actually have to fight and/or
heal those monsters, quite naturally. If so, Robert might or might not learn the Scouts' actual non-Scout
identities, depending on how they actually did against those respective monsters here, quite
undoubtedly. But that was still unknown here, as it would remain for at least a little while longer, of
course, if it wouldn't always somehow remain so here.
As usual, Robert went to school at Eagle Mountain High School with Rini and so many other
people in his part of town. Including Rini, Melody, Melanie, and several other students that he now
knew of here, quite naturally. During one of his classes, he suddenly dozed off. And he began
experiencing a vision or a dream of some sort, even while still in his third-period class with Rini, at least,
if not others as well.
However, only Rini noticed that he had done so, in fact. For everyone else in the room was
currently occupied with various things that their teacher had sometime earlier in the period told them all
to do here. Or they were quietly conversing with the teacher, if necessary. Rini, though, had
completed whatever work that she'd been told to do during the current period by the teacher, and
she'd completed it several minutes before.
The vision or dream that he was then having took place as he was apparently asleep at his desk
in his current classroom. And in it, he saw several people, including at least one girl about his own age,
in fact. This girl was about his height, and about twenty or thirty pounds lighter than he currently was,
perhaps. Though he couldn't quite make out the actual color or colors of her hair currently, for the area
around her and several other people in his vision or dream was quite dark, whenever possible.
She said, in the vision or dreams of sorts:
"Flying Mountain Goat, where are you? I really don't know
where you are right now. And I really need you to find the Courageous
Spirit Crystals. This is so that we can hopefully be back together again,
once they finally are able to re-unite with each other to form the Flying
Mountain Heart Crystal, whatever that might be here. I am Bold Heart,
your one true love in this Universe of ours. And I really want to be with
you again very soon, if at all possible here in our Universe, Flying
Mountain Goat."
She said basically nothing more of apparent importance in the vision or dream here, in fact.
She might have said other things as well in it, or not. But if so, whatever else she said in it didn't seem
all that important to him, at least not at the current time, if it ever would, in his own life.
In fact, in another timeline or Universe, if not also on this particular Earth, there actually had
been a group of people called the Oglala Sioux. And Flying Mountain Goat and Bold Heart had both
been part of that group while they were both still alive in their respective lives. Together, they'd jointly
held the Flying Mountain Heart Crystal until it'd unexpectedly disappeared just before the birth of their
first child under rather strange circumstances. Ever since, they'd both often looked for it, but they'd
never actually found it for the rest of their lives. They both never actually learned why it'd also
disappeared rather suddenly from their lives when it did so, for as long as they'd still lived their own
mortal lives.
Their surviving children had been looking for it for many years as well. And even after their
parents had eventually fallen asleep in their lives. Just like countless numbers of their previous ancestors
had earlier done many times before, of course. It hadn't yet been found by them either, as a matter of
fact. Or at least as of the current time in their own lives, no matter where they actually came from in
each of them, they'd not done so yet, if they ever would actually be able to do so somehow.
Eventually, of course, his current dream or vision ended here. After which he then asked Rini
just as quietly as he could do so currently, "Do you know anyone who might be able to interpret a
dream or a vision of sorts that I might have just had here, by any chance, Rini?"
Rini thought for a few moments, and then said, "I believe that I do, Robert. But you might have
to meet up with us after school today in order for them to possibly be somehow able to interpret it here
well enough."
"I was planning to go to the main library in this part of town after school today, Rini."
"Fine. We'll meet you there about five or so, I think, if at all possible. Supposing that I do
actually know someone who might be able to help you out with your just-experienced dream or vision
of sorts, of course."
"Fine, Rini. But I don't expect to be there after 7:30 pm local time, in any case, if I don't
absolutely have to, of course, Rini."
"Fair enough, I suppose, Robert." The present class period of the current school day soon
ended. And then Robert and others soon left the necessary rooms anywhere in the school's buildings,
for all the obvious reasons, of course. Robert was one of the last few students out of the classroom
door, as well, in fact.
He then left that room behind again, quite naturally. And Rini actually wasn't too far behind him
when he did so, most likely. They each went to their respective lockers for whatever they might need
for their next class period or periods, if they didn't already have those things in their possession in actual
reality here.
Several hours later, then, Rini, Melody, and Melanie, at least, if not also Raye Keyes and/or
anyone else, eventually met him at the necessary library, once they had confirmed that he was there.
He was reading when they showed up near his table, and he was reading a book of recently-published
poetry. They came up to him from behind him, so he didn't know that they were there with him at the
library until they passed him and sat down near him, in fact. They took seats in front of him, and then
Rini said, "Robert, you know Melanie and Melody already. This older woman is her mother Mrs. Raye
Keyes, though you haven't actually met her before now. Also here with us is Emara Hickerson.
Melody is here to take down some notes on your vision or dream of some sort, whatever it might have
been. Melanie, her mother, and Emara have often experienced visions or dreams in the past as well.
And they all have often been able to interpret them and others well enough, in fact. I am here because
they needed me to bring them to you, even though Melody's data computer found you easily enough by
your bio-signs. Everyone who is humanoid, at least, if not also felinoid, and who is sentient enough in
our Universe, has bio-signs, I think. Felinoids are cats, of any known kind, by the way, Robert. We
are humans, or humanoids, as the case might be for each of us in our respective lives, Robert. I also
have to be here for other reasons which I can't really go into right now."
"I see, Rini. Well, this vision or dream or whatever it was of some sort had someone calling me
'Flying Mountain Goat', though I don't really know why. They told me about some crystals that had to
be collected so that they could possibly be re-united with each other to form another crystal of some
sort. I don't know why I was called what I was by someone who called herself 'Bold Heart', though,
Rini."
"I see. We're listening," said Rini.
For at least the next few minutes, then, if not even longer than that, Robert discussed his recent
vision or dreams of sorts with his current companions as thoroughly as he could currently do so here.
This, of course, was for all the obvious reasons, quite naturally. After he'd been doing this for quite
some length of time then with them, a sudden crash or two outside the library just startled them all.
Raye got up from where she was sitting at Robert's table, and said, "Emara, stay with Robert, and
protect him, no matter what. Rini, Melanie, Melody, come with me. I have a real bad feeling about this
sudden crash or these crashes here."
"Are you sure that I'll be enough protection for Robert here, Mrs. Keyes?" asked Emara.
"If you need help, just call your friend Chrysandre, and I think she might be able to help you
here. I believe she's also in the library here, for I think I saw her here when we came here."
"As you wish, Mrs. Keyes."
Then Mrs. Keyes left with Rini, Melanie, and Melody, with no further comment or delay.
Robert then asked, "What in the world is going on?"
"I don't really know, Robert. But stay close to me, in any case, if at all possible. I have a
feeling that I might need to protect you here. And if so, I might not be able to do it if you're not close
enough to me for me to do that here. I can't be sure what's going on here yet, if I ever will be. But
please stay as close to me as you reasonably can, Robert, if at all possible."
"All right, I'll try to do that here, Emara."
Then Emara had him gather up all his things, at least. And as he did so, she then hid everyone
else's things that were still present here, to the best of her current ability to do so here. With that done,
she then took one of his hands, and led him out of the room in the library that they'd been in here for
quite some time. She soon put him quite securely in a closet for a brief period of time, and then ducked
herself into another nearby closet. She then quickly donned a Sailor Scout-style uniform, in fact. When
she then came out of the closet she'd just ducked into, she now wore a mostly silver blouse with some
royal blue and crimson trim. Among at least a few other things that she also now wore on her person
as well. Such as a mostly red neckerchief with white and brown piping, and a locket of some sort that
was also situated just above its knot, for instance. A many-pleated green mini-skirt with its hem about
halfway between her knees and her waist, also was part of her current outfit. And a pair of mostly
black open-toed sandals with straps crossing each other on the uppermost parts of either sandal, in
fact, then completed her current attire's present look. Or at least it did so for the most part, if not
entirely. A quiver loaded with many arrows also was on her back and a long bow was in her left hand.
All these things were now present on or near her person, simply because of the fact that she was also
secretly a Sailor Scout.
Then she went back to the closet that she'd put him in moments before, and she let him out of
it. He soon asked her, "Who are you? Emara was to stay with me, and I don't see her here."
"She's nearby, but she needed to go to the restroom briefly, Robert. She'll be back here with
you soon enough, if at all possible. But she asked me to stay near you while she was otherwise
occupied here with rather personal matters, Robert. So, due to the very fact that I'm actually one of
her closest friends, I agreed to help her out here for at least a little while, of course. Supposing that I
could possibly do so here, in fact, quite naturally, Robert. My name is Sailor Emerald Minor, and I am
a Sailor Scout, as are several other people in my life. I have been a Scout for a few years, and I've
been Emara's friend for a while as well. I have a twin sister who is also a Sailor Scout, and she's Sailor
Emerald Major, Robert. However, she's otherwise occupied right now. And I really don't know if
she can help me protect you here well enough, because of that fact." Emara really didn't like having to
lie here, and have to say that she wasn't actually around at the current time, of course. But for his very
own safety, at least for the time being, she also quite easily realized that their current situation still
required her to actually lie here, and say that she was elsewhere at the current time.
"I see. And are you sure that Emara will be all right, if I go with you here?"
"I believe that she will be, Robert. Or at least I hope that she will be, of course, Robert."
Emara said this, even though she obviously still knew that at least as long as she was in her current
Sailor Scout state of being, she'd probably be well enough here, for all the obvious reasons. Emara
had been made a Scout about the same time that several of her friends had also been initiated as such.
And so had her twin sister Atukana. Her twin sister had been made Sailor Emerald Major just before
she'd been made Sailor Emerald Minor. And several other Scouts had been initiated as Scouts before
both of those twins, around the very same time, in fact.
She, Atukana, and several others had then formed a squad of sorts. And they'd often fought
various monsters and strange beings ever since they'd all been initiated as Scouts at least a few years
before. As they probably all would do for as long as they either wanted or needed to do in each of
their own lives, of course, for all the obvious reasons. Other members of her Scout squad of sorts often
went by the names of Sailors Ruby Major, Ruby Minor, Amethyst Major, Amethyst Minor, Sapphire
Major, Sapphire Minor, Agate Major, and Agate Minor, in fact. Both of the Ruby Sailors were
sisters, as were both of the Amethyst Sailors. However, both of the Sapphire Sailors were first cousins
to each other. While both of the Agate Sailors were from two other countries elsewhere in the world
other than Alerbia, Gemaria, or Munrodoste, in fact.
Sailor Ruby Major normally led their squad whenever she was sufficiently around during a
particular battle that they had to fight as Sailor Scouts. While her sister would back her up most of the
time, whenever that was the case for them in their respective lives as Scouts. Then the Amethysts
would follow, as would the Emeralds, Sapphires, and Agates, normally in that particular order. And
the Major of each pair normally would outrank the Minor of the same pair, quite naturally, whenever
possible.
Besides Melanie and any of the other quite high-ranking Scouts here, her closest friends
included Chrysandre Calhoun, Brianna Fitzgerald, and Samantha Sherwood. The latter two of which
were not currently Scouts, if they'd ever be, in their respective lives. Chrysandre, however, unlike
Brianna and Samantha, was actually a Sailor Scout just like Emara was. But she was a member of a
different Scout group than Emara actually was part of. They had the same rank as Scouts, technically,
but they were still members of two different Scout groups, just the same. Chrysandre was the leader of
a newly-formed one, instead of being part of Emara's own Scout group. And her current Scout
identity was Sailor Caramel, even as she served as the leader of another group of five Scouts.
Emara had really hoped that Chrysandre could actually have been part of her own Scout group,
when she'd eventually become a Scout herself. But it just hadn't been possible at all, for either or both
of them here in their lives, in fact. Or at least it hadn't yet been possible, just as it wasn't now possible,
if it wouldn't always be the case for her and Chrysandre, of course, in either or both of their respective
lives.
Emerald Minor soon told Robert to stay as close to her as he could then do, if she hadn't
already done so here to a sufficient enough degree. And Robert stayed as close to her as he could,
even after several monsters began picking up statues outside the library and throwing them at nearby
library windows. Especially at ground-floor windows, in fact. Statues soon began sailing through those
windows, often breaking them quite easily as they did so. Emerald Minor realized that the monsters
were fully intending to wreak as much havoc as possible in and around the library, of course. But she
also knew that it wasn't very likely that all the monsters could be either defeated or healed by just a few
Scouts at the current time. So she soon called for some Sailor Scout backup, quite naturally, of course.
And she began preparing to fight the monsters here, if the need arose for her to do so here. She did this
in the hope that if she had to fight here, she'd somehow be to protect at least Robert, if not anyone else
who was also in the library at the very same time, easily enough, if at all possible.
While she did so, she also kept at least one open channel, if not more than one open channel, to
any other Scouts in and around the library that she could do that with here, for all the obvious reasons,
of course. And she listened in on the sounds of battle between her fellow Scouts and the
aforementioned monsters as well, in fact. Crescent Moon, Mars Minor, and Mercury Minor were
somehow managing to slow down the monsters who were seeking to invade the library's main building,
with at least some help from Crystal Sailor Mars. But Crystal Sailor Mars was still not having much
success against the monsters that she and the other three assembled Scouts were now opposing outside
of the library's main building. For several, if not most or all, of the monsters were still concentrating a
great deal on her first, because they realized that she was the most powerful of all four of those
particular Scouts. Crystal Sailor Mars was also taking most of the more powerful attacks that she and
her fellow Scouts were now facing outside the library, in fact. Help was on the way, in the form of
other Scouts, at least, if not anyone else as well, of course. But the question was, could it arrive outside
the library to help out Crescent Moon, Mercury Minor, and both Mars-related Scouts well enough, for
all the obvious reasons here? All four of those Scouts hoped that it actually would do so, quite
naturally, in fact.
Just as Crystal Sailor Mars was about to fall at least unconscious, if not worse, in the current
battle, a great fog of sorts suddenly shrouded the Scouts and the nearby library to a considerable
enough degree. Largely courtesy of Crystal Sailor Mercury, at least, if not anyone else as well, here.
After the aforementioned fog did so, Crystal Sailors Saturn and Moon found Crystal Sailor Mars
leaning a bit against a nearby boulder, and they did so while the Galaxy Girl Magellan was near them as
well.
Magellan soon asked Crystal Sailor Mars, "How are you actually feeling right now, Crystal
Sailor Mars?"
"Not very well, I think. I feel almost ready to collapse right now. These monsters seem to be
quite strong right now, in fact, Magellan."
"I see, Crystal Sailor Mars. Panda, super-size yourself, please," said Magellan, not long
afterward. And she said this to Panda only after she'd then talked about the monsters a little bit with
Crystal Sailors Mars and Mercury, at least. "I think you'll be better able to handle the monsters, and
tire them out better if you do so, Panda. You will want to be at least twenty or so times your normal
size, most likely, so that you can handle them well enough here."
Panda soon nodded at her nearby grandmother. And she began growing in size as she'd just
been directed to do here by her grandmother. As she did so, Mercury, Milky Way, Andromeda, and
Thunderhead worked to increase the protection zone in and around the library's grounds, quite
naturally. She borrowed a series of martial arts weapons from Crystal Sailor Jupiter as needed, and
began attacking various monsters whenever possible, with any or all of those weapons, in fact. A few
minutes later, then, two of the monsters collided rather unexpectedly with each other. And she then
took them both out quite easily, just as their legs and tails got tangled up with each other easily enough
for her to do that here. The two monsters were no more about ten seconds after she slashed at them
both with a samurai-like sword that Crystal Sailor Jupiter had just provided her with here, as well.
After a bit more fighting by her at the current time, she then called for a Cometary Rope that
was at least a little similar to one that Milky Way had often already used in her career as a Galaxy Girl.
It wasn't quite as strong as ones that Milky Way might actually be able to generate at the current time in
her own life. But at least it was strong enough to help her well enough here. Panda used that Cometary
Rope of hers to periodically snag other statues that might be then sailing toward the library's buildings,
of course, whenever the need arose for her to do so here. That was whether or not she'd also use it to
trip or snag any of the monsters that she and others were now fighting here, as a matter of actual fact,
quite naturally.
After a while longer of this, several of the monsters began to shrink in size, due to the effects of
the attacks that they were now facing here, in fact. And as they began shrinking, their attacks' strengths
also decreased here, for all the obvious reasons, of course. Eventually, several of them collapsed under
those attacks, and they often crashed quite loudly to the surrounding ground here, as well. And after
they did so, several, if not all, of their fellow monsters that were still fighting as of that time, were killed
by all the other Scouts and Galaxians who were now present, if they hadn't already been killed by them
here.
Eventually, no monsters were able to oppose the Scouts and the Galaxians well enough at the
current time, in fact. And after that was evident enough to Panda, at least, if not anyone else as well,
Panda then began returning herself to her usual size and appearance, just as soon as she could do so
easily enough, as well. But only after getting permission to do so at the current time from all the
necessary people, in fact, did Panda then do that here.
Eventually, Craneb and Crystal Sailor Mercury scanned each of the necessary monsters here, if
they hadn't been able to do so by then. They did this so that they could then try to tell which monsters
might actually have humans or humanoids in them well enough, in fact. Craneb soon said, "Star Prince,
there are six or seven humans or humanoids inside these monsters, it seems. And they are inside two of
these monsters, in fact. Five of them seem to be in the larger one of them, while the other one or two
appear to be in the smaller one." She said these things after indicating two specific nearby monsters on
the ground outside the library's main building.
The Star Prince briefly consulted with Milky Way, Tuxedo Mask and Crystal Sailor Moon,
before he said, "Crystal Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Crescent Moon will attend to the recovery of
those humanoids. The rest of us are to attend to the other monsters, while they do so, if necessary,
Craneb." He then moved closer to where his fellow Galaxians mainly were located outside the library,
as well. And he began briefing them all as needed about what they'd all be doing next here, as a matter
of fact.
Then when he'd done that well enough here, the Scouts and Galaxians began to attend to the
necessary monsters that Crystal Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Crescent Moon wouldn't then attend to,
quite naturally. Tuxedo Mask stayed far enough away from his Scouting wife and daughter here, for
the simple reason that he didn't want to take any unnecessary chances around the monsters at the
current time, of course. Where necessary, then, he helped the Star Prince and others attend to any of
the other monsters that still remained around the library, for all the obvious reasons, quite naturally.
Several minutes later, then, what looked like a large Viking-like mechanical warrior became
quite visible in the area, and it consisted of several modules that looked quite like lions of some sort.
And as the mechanical warrior appeared in the area, the assembled Scouts and Galaxians wondered
what it actually was made up of, for all the obvious reasons here. In fact, it was a modular warrior of
some sort that was called "Voltron", from what Craneb and Mercury had earlier somehow been able to
gather while scanning the monster that it had been captured inside of for possible human or humanoid
bio-signs.
As for the other monster, it eventually disappeared, and it revealed a young woman possibly
about twenty or so Terran years old, most likely. And this young woman appeared to them with dark
brown or nearly black hair, from what Moon and Crescent Moon could then tell as of the current time.
The young woman soon introduced herself as Ruthie Camden, and she was wearing a white blouse, a
pair of blue jeans, and a pair of mostly white tennis shoes.
Ruthie then looked at the modular warrior of some sort, not long after she was healed by Moon
and Crescent Moon here. She then asked, "What am I doing here, and what is that?"
"We don't really know, Ruthie, and why this apparent mechanical warrior of sorts is here," said
Crystal Sailor Moon, not too long afterward.
Suddenly, then, the aforementioned mechanical warrior of sorts began separating itself into its
various modules, without any prior warning to that effect. The modules separated from each other, and
then five separate lions soon appeared near each other as they did so. The lions were basically five
different colors, in fact. Those colors were black, blue, green, yellow, and red, as a matter of fact. The
black one had formed the head and body of Voltron. The blue lion had formed the right leg of Voltron.
The green one had formed the left arm of Voltron. While the yellow one had formed the left leg of
Voltron, and the red one had formed the right arm of Voltron.
Moments later, then, each of the lions landed as closely and as safely as they could land near
the library. The black lion appeared closest to Moon and Mini Moon. And the other four lions landed
in the same relative positions to each other as they'd normally be in when they were connected to each
other, in fact. Which meant, of course, that they formed up behind each other as if Voltron was lying
on its stomach, if it had a stomach, in a manner of speaking. That put the green lion to the right of the
red one, as the lions appeared to Moon and everyone else who was then with her at the same time.
And the blue one was behind the red one, and to the left of the yellow one, as well.
After all of the lions of some sort had landed in front of the Scouts and the Galaxians, as
needed, the appropriate hatches of each lion soon opened up. And stairs of some sort were then
visible on the inside of each hatch. The first hatch to open then began to open just a few rather brief
moments before all the others did, and it was the hatch of the black lion. The hatch came down. And
no more than a few moments later, a tall and barely black-bearded man in some sort of flight suit came
down the stairs on the inside of his lion's hatch. He was now wearing a mostly black and red flight suit
with some white stripes on it, and a matching helmet, along with a pair of mostly white boots. He also
appeared to be about Ruthie's age, in fact, if not a little bit older here. He introduced himself to
everyone a little later as Landon Drunam, the Crown Prince of a planet that he called Arus, if what the
Scouts and their Galaxian friends could then gather was accurate enough here.
After the other people in his flight group then disembarked from their respective lions, he
introduced them all to everyone else after they got close enough to him for him to do that well enough
here. The pilot of the yellow lion was introduced as Theodore Everett. The red lion had been piloted
by Victor Warren. While the blue one had been flown by the Crown Prince's younger twin sister
Princess Florence Drunam, and the green one by a teenager named Royce Follins. Landon soon
informed everyone that Royce was the only teenager of the five lions' respective pilots, in actual Terran
years.
When Moon asked how old each of the five lions' pilots were, Landon soon said that he and
his twin sister Princess Florence were both just about six or so months past their common 25th
birthday, in Terran years. While Victor and Theodore were both about such a year or two younger, at
the very least, than they were. And Royce was about 14 or so Terran standard years old, as well.
Princess Florence was now wearing a mostly pink and blue flight suit, as was appropriate for her, due
to her own lion's primary color or colors. Each of the other three lion's pilots also were currently
wearing flight suits that matched quite well with their respective lions, in fact. So that meant, quite
naturally, that Royce was wearing a mostly green flight suit, Theodore a mostly yellow suit, and Victor a
mostly red suit, for all the obvious reasons here, of course.
Victor, Theodore, and Royce were all quite clean-shaven here, as well. Royce wore glasses,
and he was the smallest of all the male pilots from the lions. Theodore was considerably stocky, and of
moderate height, most likely. And Victor was somewhat taller than either Royce or Theodore, but not
taller than Landon, in any case at all.
As for Princess Florence, she was about 5'7" and about 130 pounds, with golden blonde hair
that she'd normally wear secured with hair combs and things whenever she was flying her Blue Lion.
Either as part of Voltron or not, in fact. She was at least a little bit like Serena the Older had been
when she was still in high school, but not quite that impetuous, in actual reality. She was also beginning
to be known as quite the cook back on her home planet of Arus, as well. Cooking was actually one of
her favorite things to do in her life, whenever she could possibly find enough time to do so in it for at
least a little while. She also liked reading legends of places elsewhere in the Universe that she now
knew of, whenever possible, in her life. And even making some stories up to share with others in her
life, as well, in fact.
For a while longer, then, after they each disembarked from their respective lions, the lion's
pilots conversed with the Scouts and the Galaxians, and they also did the same for Ruthie Camden, in
fact. Eventually, though, they would have to hide their lions again, for all the obvious reasons. Moon
and Tuxedo Mask told them each of a series of rather isolated caverns about thirty Terran statute miles
or so away from where they were in Inverness. And then the pilots returned to their respective lions to
bring them to those caverns. Five minutes later, then, all five lions were actually airborne again, and
heading toward those caverns, of course.
After the lions left with their pilots inside them, Ruthie then asked, "Who wants to host me for a
while, for it's evident that I'll have to be staying with someone at least as long as I'm here, of course?"
Moon soon said, after conversing with all of her present Scouts and their Galaxian allies, "I
suppose that you can stay with us, Ruthie."
"Good. I was wondering who'd take me in for a while here."
"Where are your parents now?"
"Back in Glen Oak, Moon, if I remember things well enough here."
"Where's that?"
"Not here, Moon, of course."
"How did you get here?"
"I don't know yet, Crescent Moon."
"What's the last thing you remember, from before Moon and Crescent Moon healed you,
Ruthie?" Crystal Sailor Pluto then asked her.
"The last thing I remember is being blown through a doorway rather unexpectedly, Crystal
Sailor Pluto."
"What were you doing, Ruthie?"
"I was investigating a story for my college's primary student newspaper. I followed what
seemed to be a suspicious being of some yet-unknown sort, I believe. And it led me into a room with
what seemed to be a rather powerful wind machine or fan of some sort. I entered the room, and tried
to find what had led me there, of course. And the next thing I know for sure, I was blown through
another doorway as I've just told you here. After that, I don't remember anything else until after Moon
and Crescent Moon had healed me here."
Eventually, Moon allowed the rest of her Scouts and their Galaxian allies to leave the area, if
they wanted or needed to do that here, at the current time. That soon left only those Scouts or
Galaxians that were now staying with Moon and Tuxedo Mask in the current area around the library, in
fact, for all the obvious reasons. Rini was still there, of course, as Crescent Moon, and so were the
Galaxians Star Prince and Milky Way, quite naturally.
Moon soon left with Tuxedo Mask, Milky Way, the Star Prince, and Ruthie, for the Shields
residence. She also let Rini stay behind on the library's grounds, so that she could rejoin Raye and
others inside it again, in fact. Rini then watched her parents, both Galaxians, and Ruthie leave for her
home, as well. Moments later, then, Rini returned to where she'd been with Robert earlier, of course.
By the time that she was there again, she was also back in her usual non-Scout state of being again, for
all the obvious reasons here.
After Emerald Minor saw Rini, Melody, Raye, and Melanie come back to where they'd all
been before the trouble had arisen outside the library, she soon said to Robert, who'd been with her
ever since, "Robert, I think Emara is on the way back here. For I just saw Rini, Melody, Melanie, and
Melanie's mother Raye come back into the library here, in fact, Robert."
"I see. And what of it here, then, Emerald Minor?"
"I think I need to go find Emara and talk to her for a while, after I find her. I think I'd better
check to see if she's still in or near one of the ladies' restrooms here in the library. Do you think that
you could find something else to do here, if the need arose?"
"I suppose I could. But who's going to watch me if you go look for Emara now?"
Just then, Rini saw him as she was still returning to the table she'd been at with Emara, Melanie,
Raye, and Melody. And she then came over to them both in very short order, as a matter of fact. "I
will, Robert," said Rini, when she was close enough to Robert and Emerald Minor for them to hear her
well enough at the current time in the library here.
"Nice to see you again, Rini." This comment was from Emerald Minor, in fact. "Did you find
out what caused the sudden crash or crashes outside the library well enough, by any chance?"
"Actually, yes, we did. It seems that several monsters decided to try to wreak more havoc in
and around the Inverness area, in fact, Emerald Minor. But the Scouts and others took care of the
problem well enough here, Emerald Minor. It wasn't easy for them to do so here with some of the
monsters. But they still took care of all the necessary monsters, just the same."
"I see. And did Moon and Crescent Moon find any more humans or humanoids inside those
monsters, by any chance at all, Rini?"
"Yes. One of the monsters had a mechanical warrior of some sort in it, and another had a
young woman in it. The mechanical warrior was made up of five modules that looked a lot like lions, in
fact, Emerald Minor."
"I see, Rini. You can tell me more about them all later, then. But in the meantime, I think I
better go look for Emara and talk to her for a while, perhaps. Will you stay with Robert until she
returns, at least?"
"I suppose that I can do that, Emerald Minor," said Rini.
Then Emerald Minor left, supposedly to go find Emara and talk to her for a while, at least.
While she was away from Robert and Rini, she then went to the nearest ladies' restroom elsewhere in
the library. After she did that, she also made quite sure that nobody else who didn't actually know of
her being a Scout would be able to see, hear, or detect, her transforming back into her normal non-
Scout state of being. After then doing that here well enough, she soon dropped back out of it rather
easily here. And then she soon left the necessary restroom in the library again, of course, for all the
obvious reasons.
She soon returned to where she'd earlier been with Robert, Melody, Rini, Melanie, and Raye,
in fact. And when she did so, Robert and the other four people that she'd been with earlier were
already there, as well. And they then resumed their earlier conversation, no more than a few moments
later. But they only continued it for a little while longer, for it was now rapidly approaching 9:30 pm or
so at night, at the current time, in fact. And then they began parting from each other, in very short
order. Melody left the group first, in fact. And then Emara eventually did so as well. Raye and
Melanie left not more than five minutes after Emara did, and about three times that after Melody did.
Rini left Robert again in the library about five or so minutes after Raye and Melanie did, as well. Robert
finally then returned to his own home, after he realized that the five ladies had most likely gone home for
the rest of the night. He arrived back home at his family's residence right at the top of the 10 pm hour,
local time, in actual reality.
If he hadn't already had his supper by then, in a matter of actual reality, for the current evening
or night, he soon had it, of course. After he did so, he eventually retired to his bed in his room, quite
naturally. And he was finally quite soundly asleep in his bed by midnight local time, as a matter of fact,
after he did so.
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Another good-sized battle will probably take place in Chapter Ten, at least, if not also Chapter
Eleven, somewhere, everyone. Before then, though, at least Chapter Eight, if not also Chapter Nine,
will actually introduce several more characters into the story at least a little bit, if not a lot, readers. And
it, or they, will also have at least something to do with at least one of the main characters for it, if not
more than one of them, in fact. Until then, though, you'll all just have to see what's coming up soon
enough, of course. But I promise you at least a few more crossover elements will be added to the story
as well within the next few chapters, at most, most likely, readers. So please read, review, and enjoy, if
at all possible. Until later, then, this is "The Universal Storyteller" signing off here. Happy reading, and
God bless, and all that, of course, readers! Over and out!