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The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Ten
Several hours later, then, the older Scouts had to wake up again. And this was so that their
school-age children could be attended to, as needed, before they all went to their respective places of
worship, if they had any at all. Lita, for one such example, for her husband was still not back from his
karate tournament in Gemaria, had to wake up at least early enough to get Juniper and the rest of her
siblings ready enough for church, in fact. Sometimes, Lita would sleep in, when Ken was around, but
not all the time, of course. This was one time that she couldn't do so here, because of Ken's present
absence from here.
Those children of Ken and Lita's who now were to go to church with Lita and her first cousin
Beatrice Holliday here were all seven of them, in fact. Including Aaron and Charles, of course. Unlike
her older twin sisters Verana and Juniper, though, Celeste Myrtle Cobarelli actually had hair that was
about half pink and half hunter green in color normally. She normally wore her hair in braids curled into
loops around her head. And when she didn't, her hair usually would fall at least to the middle of her
back, if not even longer than that. Her hair was mostly pink on her own right. While on her own left, it
was mostly hunter green. And where it wasn't either of those two main colors, it was mostly either a
medium blonde or light brown color. She often would secure her usual braids with at least one or two
silver-trimmed red bows, scrunchies, or barrettes apiece, as well. And she'd often wear a wreath of
tulips around her head whenever she could then do so, in fact. Which was basically whenever she
wasn't in school, for all the obvious reasons, of course.
Celeste was also about ten years of age, plus or minus a few weeks or so either way, while her
brother Sebastian was about five years or so younger than she was. Unlike her of about five years
before, he'd missed the cutoff date for being able to start school during the current academic year, at
least in terms of his birthday, in fact. And she was hoping to be a fashion designer when she grew up in
her life, if it was at all possible for her to be one somehow in it. She was also known as a girl who liked
to swim and ski in her life, whenever she wasn't otherwise occupied with anyone or anything else in it,
in fact.
Little did Celeste know that she too might eventually have to be a Sailor Scout as well in her
own life, if things worked out that way in it. But at the current time, she didn't yet have to worry about
that possibility, if she'd ever have to in it. And she didn't really know that her older sisters were
actually Scouts for sure. Several of her classmates and friends seemed to think that Juniper and Verana
were Scouts. But they couldn't prove it well enough to convince her of that kind of idea well enough.
Celeste agreed that two of the Scouts seemed to be at least a little familiar to her, at least. But she still
didn't think that her older twin sisters were actually Sailor Scouts of any known kind. She knew that
Lita was a Scout of the Crystal Sailor Scout variety, for she'd secretly seen her mother transform at
least once before in her life, in actual reality. But she still didn't know for sure whether or not Juniper
and Verana were actually Scouts in their lives as well, in fact.
Celeste went to Crossroads Elementary School, of course, even though her older sisters
actually went to Crossroads High School themselves. Later on, she might go to CHS, but that was still
unknown at the current time in her life, quite naturally. She wished she could attend the same school as
they did. But she also realized that wouldn't be possible again at least until she finished at CES.
Granted, the schools were quite adjacent to each other, in fact. But there was still very little, if any,
mixing most of the time between the students of both schools. And generally only during lunch periods
or joint projects between them both, in actual reality.
In fact, Celeste was either in Wade Masbogarin's grade or the grade after it. Most likely
Wade's current grade in school was also hers, as well. And she at least occasionally saw him around
the Elementary School whether or not she was actually in his current school grade, if not more often
than that. For he was one of the more popular students at the school, at least partly due to his interest
in sports and literary arts. He'd already won several wrestling championships for boys in his age group
in his life, in fact. And he was in the process of creating a screenplay featuring various people in the
local area, especially ones from Crossroads Elementary, as well. It would be his first or second
independent screenplay, when completed, most likely. That was if what people knew of him at the
current time in his life was sufficiently accurate in its nature, of course. Celeste was actually involved
with that project of his as well, for she was going to play a bit part in the screenplay, though her scenes
hadn't yet been filmed. She knew that her scenes would be filmed later, but just not when they would
be. Other scenes would have to be filmed first, whenever possible, before hers could be. For her few
scenes in the movie would require that it be colder outside than it had generally been of late in the area
of Inverness, Scolvakin.
After Lita made sure that all her children were sufficiently ready for church, she and Beatrice
soon brought them all to church, of course. She and Beatrice then stayed there with them at least until
church was over again for another week, quite naturally. Then her cousin Beatrice actually came over
again to take care of the younger children, at least for a while, if not even longer than that, here.
Beatrice Holliday had once been the former Beatrice Kirby, before she'd married a man named Arthur
Galileo Holliday, in fact. And she'd actually also been a Sailor Daphne, as well. But she'd eventually
either tired of being a Scout, or she'd been hurt in battle too seriously to be able to fight as a Scout as
she once had been able to do. Most likely the former, if not at least partly the latter.
In fact, Beatrice had been a Scout as well during the time of the Silver Millennium, just as Lita
had been. But due to the fact that she currently had no daughters of her own in her life, she'd had to
transfer her powers or items to someone else when she left the Scouts. And she'd then given her
Scouting powers and items to Juniper when she could not, or did not want to, fight again as a Scout of
any kind in her own life. Juniper had taken her place as Sailor Daphne, and Beatrice was no longer an
active Scout. And she wouldn't be again, most likely, at least until Crystal Tokyo's founding in the
future, if not even later than that. Beatrice had been a reasonably strong Scout, just like Lita, but not
quite as strong as her cousin had been. But just as the other Scouts had been during the Silver
Millennium, she was either killed or rendered unconscious by their Negaverser enemies before the end
of it came to pass, in actual reality. She was eventually transferred to at least one Earth, if not more
than one, with the help of Queen Serenity's Imperium Silver Crystal, in fact. She was then either
reborn or she awoke and arose from her globular time capsule sometime in the future that was about a
thousand years later, as the case might be for her. Eventually, she was found by an animal that
resembled her guardian animal during the Silver Millennium, if the very same animal hadn't found her
instead. In either case, though, she was eventually made a Sailor Scout. And she eventually took the
name of Sailor Daphne. Though, just as she'd done about a thousand years before, she'd started out
as Jupiter Beta, and not as Daphne. The Daphne identity came later, after she eventually found a
crystal by that specific name during one of her missions as a Sailor Scout.
Now, though, she was a mother to three boys who were nine, seven, and four years old,
respectively. She still hoped for a daughter eventually. But she was now somewhere in the range of 35
years old, and she wasn't sure that she'd be able to produce one before her actual child-bearing years
were eventually up. She'd had some problems getting with child before she and her husband had finally
conceived their oldest boy. Most likely due to the fact that she'd been a Scout for a considerable
length of time by then in her life. And they'd been trying for at least the last year or two to produce at
least one more child for themselves. But the earlier problems had resurfaced, and they were both
wondering whether or not she'd actually be able to have a daughter before it might be too late for her
to have children again in her life. She loved her three sons very much, of course, but she still really
wanted at least one daughter of her very own, for all the obvious reasons. Even if they couldn't
eventually be a Scout as well, in fact.
Her frustration at not being able to actually produce a daughter so far in her life was at least
partly, if not completely, relieved by the fact that her cousin and several of the other Scouts often let her
babysit their children. And by the fact that they'd often let their daughters spend considerable amounts
of time with her. The children often called her "Auntie Bee", whenever possible, in fact. And that
pleased her considerably in her life, as well. But she still really wanted a biological daughter of her own,
of course, and that wouldn't change at least until she had one, for all the obvious reasons here. She and
her husband had begun discussing the idea of adopting children, due to their current reproduction-
related troubles. And they had also continued to pray that their current difficulties would eventually go
at least into remission for a while, if not forever, quite naturally, of course. Only time would tell, though,
if they actually would do so well enough for a while or not, for all the obvious reasons.
Lita asked soon after Beatrice arrived at her house again with several of the Cobarelli children,
"How are you feeling right now, in actual reality, Beatrice?"
"Art and I are okay, I guess. But we still are having some trouble with making a girl here."
"I see. And you still think that it might have something to do with the fact that you were once an
active Sailor Scout in at least two time periods, if not more?"
"Yes, cousin Lita, my dear Art and I, at least, think that. The doctors don't know much about
my career as a Sailor Scout in each of the applicable time periods, for all the obvious reasons. And if
we told them about it, I don't know if we'd still be able to protect our children well enough. You know
that if any or all of our current or potential enemies learn about us well enough, then our families could
very well be at risk, of course, Lita. So whenever we can avoid telling them about my career as a
Sailor Scout, we then do so, for all the obvious reasons."
"But you're not an actively-fighting Scout right now."
"So what, Lita? The current situation still requires our silence about it, whenever possible.
Don't you actually remember Queen Serenity telling us all at least once that we're all to try to avoid
telling others about our own respective careers as Scouts whenever possible?"
"Are you talking about the Silver Millennium Queen Serenity, Beatrice?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am. I'm not talking about a certain woman who currently leads us
quite often into battle against whatever enemies we may have in our lives, Lita. Our protector would at
least occasionally remind us all about what might happen if the wrong people knew too much about us
in our lives, Lita. And I never have forgotten her discussions on that subject, at least, if not any others
as well, in fact, Lita."
"I don't really remember that, Beatrice," said Lita, once Beatrice was sufficiently ready to
babysit Sebastian, Thora, Aaron, and Charles here for at least a while. And, as Lita then began getting
sufficiently ready to go to work at one of her restaurants later on, she also continued her current
conversation with Beatrice here.
Just before she left, then, Beatrice asked, "If the other Scouts happen to need to find you later,
where should I tell them you might be, Lita?"
"Try at my restaurant on Thunder Avenue, I think, if I'm not otherwise occupied at all with
anyone or anything else at all, Beatrice."
"Until when?"
"Perhaps until about the time that I'll have to start picking up the other kids again, I think."
"All right. If I need help taking care of your kids from someone else, should I call the other
Scouts, if at all possible, Lita?"
"I suppose so, if you can reach them well enough somehow, of course."
"I might not be able to reach them like you might, Lita."
"You may not be an active Scout any longer. But you do still have access to my office,
Beatrice."
"And because of that fact, I also have access to your communications systems that are present
in this place, I suppose you're saying here."
"Yes, I am, Beatrice. Because you have access to such systems, then you have the ability to
communicate with the Scouts in other ways besides those that are more obvious in this house of ours."
"True enough, I suppose, Lita." Then Lita left almost immediately after Beatrice said that here.
And she left for her restaurant on Thunder Avenue no more than a few brief moments later, in fact.
Beatrice stayed behind, so as to watch all of the still-present Cobarelli children, of course.
Meanwhile, as Lita went to her restaurant on Thunder Avenue, Robert Masbogarin and others
were trying to enjoy themselves as much as they then could enjoy themselves anywhere in Inverness.
Robert was in the park he'd been in earlier with his father and at least one other person. And he was
again skipping stones across the pond that he'd quite often skip stones across. He was currently alone,
at least for the moment. But that might not continue to be the case here, in fact. For Deanna was
heading toward the same place as well, at least, if nobody else was doing so at the same time.
While he was alone with his thoughts, he thought about the events of the last few days, at least,
if not even longer. He wondered who each of the Scouts were in their non-Scout states of being, and
he wondered if he knew any of them in those states of being. Little did he yet know that he actually did
know any of them in such a state of being, if he'd ever know that here, in fact.
He thought to himself, "Rini looks a lot like Super Sailor Crescent Moon, but she can't be her,
can she? I really don't think that she could be her, though. I admit the similarities are quite striking, to
put it at least a little mildly, but I still don't think that Rini is actually Super Sailor Crescent Moon. I
seem to recognize Super Sailor Crescent Moon from somewhere, though I don't really know where
from, in actual reality. Something is very strange about several of my classmates at Eagle Mountain
High School, however, and I wish I knew what it was, I think."
As he thought that, Deanna then entered the park where he still was, in fact. And she began
exploring it in more detail than she'd earlier been able to do before. She eventually was close enough
to pick up Robert with her empathic sense, and she soon came to his side again, when she thought it
was sufficiently safe for her to do so here. After she did so, he soon looked up from where he'd been
looking, which was the nearby surface of the pond. And he turned his head toward her, as she then sat
on a nearby bench.
He soon asked, after a few moments of looking at her, as she sat on that bench wearing a
mostly silver jumpsuit, "How are you today, Mrs. Riker?"
"I'm fine, I suppose. I'm missing Will, of course, but I have every faith that I'll eventually see
him again someday, Robert."
"I see. What brings you to this park again like this, if I may ask?"
"Exploration of the local area, in fact. My friends and associates are going to be rather
surprised if and when I ever tell them about this place, in actual reality, I think."
"I see. And from what you've seen, do you generally like this place?"
"It's interesting, I suppose you might say, Robert. It's not like Betazed, though, I'll care to
admit here. And your weddings are quite traditional, it seems to me, when compared to weddings on
the Earth that I'm more familiar with in my own life, at least."
"I see. And did you somehow sense me when you came here? I just got the sneaking
suspicion that you did so here, somehow."
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. Was I intruding?"
"Not really. Was I sort of broadcasting, by any chance?"
"You might have been. But you were still quite a bit like a Vulcan, just the same."
"How so? And please refresh me about Vulcans, if you can, Mrs. Riker. Supposing, of
course, that we've actually mentioned them here before."
So if she'd actually discussed Vulcans with him at least once or twice before, she then
refreshed his memory about them by discussing them with him again. And if she'd not done so before,
she then told him about Vulcans, at least as much as she then could do so here, of course. He listened
quite attentively in either case, though.
As they were then talking with each other here, and as he was still skipping stones across the
nearby pond, something that was rather strange indeed suddenly appeared in the air above their heads.
A few moments later, then, the aforementioned strange thing landed on the other side of the pond that
he'd been skipping stones across, and it began heading toward the main entrance/exit to the park's
grounds, in fact. When Robert and Deanna both saw it in the sky above their heads, they then ran
away from it as fast as they could then do so here, for all the obvious reasons, of course. They, and
virtually everyone else who was now here, did so as well, quite naturally, often screaming in panic as
they did so, in fact.
All but a few people here did that here, though. But they still did hide, just the same, for at least
a few brief moments, of course. Among them were the girls who were also secretly Super Sailor
Venus Minor, Sailor Olympus Mons, and Sailor Europa, who were quite close in age to each other, as
well. Several other secret Sailor Scouts were also sufficiently nearby when the strange thing appeared
in the sky above their heads, in actual reality. But they'd not yet hidden themselves well enough yet
behind sufficient amounts of cover, in fact. They would do so, of course, but they'd still not done it yet.
The first of the girls to transform herself into her own Sailor Scout state of being was the one
who was also Super Sailor Venus Minor. A few very brief moments later, and Olympus Mons and
Europa joined her in their respective Sailor Scout states of being as well. Venus Minor called her
mother as she and two other girls were running for sufficient cover, of course. Those two other girls
were quite naturally now Olympus Mons and Europa, at the current time.
Venus Minor's mother was Mrs. Mina Abernathy Crusoe, and she was also Crystal Sailor
Venus. Which then meant, of course, that Venus Minor was a Crusoe, whenever she wasn't in her
own Sailor Scout state of being. But that fact wasn't apparently all that important at the current time, in
fact. What was important at the current time, however, was the survival of as many innocents as
possible who might still be in and around the park, of course. So Venus Minor called her mother and
as many of the older Scouts as she could then call here, quite naturally. She and her two companions
then hid, and all three of them transformed themselves just as quickly as they could then do so here, in
fact.
After they did so, Venus Minor then led her two companions out of the place where they'd
hidden themselves long enough to transform here. And then they confronted the strange thing no more
than about a minute later, with Venus Minor in the lead when they did so. Venus Minor said, "On
behalf of God's planet of Venus, and of Venus's descendants, I will punish you. And on the behalf of
God's planet of Mars and His Jupiterian moon of Europa, my associates will punish you as well. Love,
Fire, and Thunder will overcome you here, if God wills it here!"
The strange thing then said something or some things that sounded sort of like "Gecatugarosk
Giregizarusikin Kratakheki Ukolagunzi", at least, if nothing else as well. Of course, Venus Minor and
her current companions didn't yet know then what it had just said to them all here.
As they were trying to figure out what to do next here, and while the being was still saying the
aforementioned thing or things, Craneb suddenly materialized in front of them all, as did Crystal Sailor
Mercury. Crystal Sailor Mercury materialized in front of them all with her right hand in Craneb's left
one here, in fact. And seconds later, then, the strange being started to generate various components of
yet-unknown sorts to the Scouts here, as well. As it did so, it began to also send various hand
weapons of various sizes at the four currently-present Scouts, as a matter of fact.
Craneb told the three younger Scouts to scatter here at least a bit, in fact. So they all then did
so, in very short order, of course. They then took up positions in a triangular formation around the
strange being, as well. Craneb then had Mercury shroud the immediate area with her Supreme Ice
Shroud Blast power. She did this just as she asked the three younger Scouts to try to get the strange
being to talk again here at least one more time, for all the obvious reasons. When they agreed to do so
here, she then withdrew a hand computer somewhat similar to, but not exactly like, the one that Crystal
Sailor Mercury had used for many years already in her life. And then she began processing the sounds
that the strange being had just evidently uttered here, in fact. She eventually learned that the strange
being was evidently speaking in at least one language that was of Crab Nebula origin, from what she
could then tell here well enough, if not more than one such language.
Evidently, from what she could eventually gather shortly enough afterward, the strange being
had spoken either in Zutikalgioma or Tiogagapi, if not both, when it had spoken earlier. It apparently
had the head and mane of a lion-like animal, the main body of a mostly orange and black tiger-like
animal, and eight legs much, if not entirely, like the legs of an average elephant-like animal or two. And
it was now also apparently standing on its rearmost feet, almost completely erect, in fact. In its two
forwardmost mostly hand-like paws, it had various kinds of weapons that were mostly, if not entirely, of
the hand-to-hand combat kinds of weapons, in fact. It had evidently been in search of the Galaxians, at
least, if not also of various crystals that'd actually been mentioned in Robert's still-recent dream or
vision of some currently-unknown sort. Supposing, of course, that it wasn't also in search of anyone or
anything else in the known Universe, for all the obvious reasons. Craneb soon informed Mercury of the
necessary information, and made it possible for her fellow Galaxians to receive her current information
about the strange being as well. She did this just before Mercury's Shroud would begin to dissipate at
least a little bit, in fact.
When Mercury's Shroud was about to begin to dissipate, Craneb then said, "Venus Minor,
combine your main attack with that of Europa and Olympus Mons as quickly as you can, please. Like
within the next five minutes, if at all possible, please."
While they were all still shrouded within Mercury's still-present Shroud, Europa then called for
two of her guardians and a canister loaded with plenty of javelins, in fact. Those guardians of hers were
a man with bronze armor, if they weren't entirely bronze, and a hunting dog of some yet-unknown sort.
She said, "Talos and Laelaps, go to work here on this monster, and buy us some time to combine our
attacks here, please." Talos was the man, and Laelaps was the dog, in fact.
Talos nodded, and Laelaps wagged his tail and barked, before they charged at the strange
being of some sort. They began attacking the strange being, once the Shroud completely dissipated, in
fact. They did this here, while also hoping that they could both buy some time for Craneb, Mercury,
Venus Minor, Europa and Olympus Mons to combine their attacks sufficiently well here, of course.
Laelaps generally attacked near the rearmost feet of the strange being of some sort, while Talos
attacked higher up on it, in fact. The being tried to fight them off, quite naturally enough. But Talos and
Laelaps were causing damage to it with their slashes and biting of the being in question here, of course.
Europa then began throwing her javelins at the strange being, never missing, just like her ancient
Greek mythological counterpart never did, in fact. Eventually, Olympus Mons and Venus combined
their attacks with her and her guardian's attacks here. And then Craneb sent some Crab Webbing
from her hands toward the strange being to better hold it in place where it now was battling the Scouts
and others. The Crab Webbing restricted the movements of the monster at least a little bit, if not a lot,
in fact. It didn't totally restrict them, quite naturally enough. But it still did so at least a little bit while
Craneb and Mercury were scanning the area and trying to come up with a better plan than to just
attack the being with random enough attacks.
Eventually, Mercury and Craneb both detected possible life signs existing within the strange
being. And when they did, they called Crystal Sailor Moon, if they hadn't already done so, of course.
Crystal Sailor Moon and her daughter Super Sailor Crescent Moon then teleported into the area with
Magellan just a few seconds or so later, at most. And then the three of them sent a combination
healing-style kind of attack at the monster now in question here from three different directions, once
they'd had the others clear out at least a little bit, in fact. The monster was quite surprised, of course,
when they did so. And because of that fact, it could no longer withstand the combined strengths of that
healing attack from the two applicable Scouts and one applicable Galaxian here. Eventually, the
monster was healed, of course, by them. And the monster was revealed to be some sort of
transportation vehicle whose appearance had been altered quite significantly from what it'd normally be
in actual reality. Inside this particular transportation device of some sort, there were now at least three
or four dozen people. As if they'd been in transit from one place to another at the time that their
transportation vehicle had earlier been hijacked and turned into a rather strange monster of some sort,
in fact. Which, in actual reality, had been the case for them all. A few passengers that had just gotten
onto the vehicle moments before it had been hijacked had made the vehicle change its supposed
outward appearance to that of the now-healed monster. They'd done that when they'd hijacked the
vehicle, quite obviously, of course.
The passengers that had earlier hijacked the vehicle had actually been pretending to be
humanoid, in fact. And when the vehicle had been restored to its proper appearance from what it had
been apparently turned into, those passengers couldn't survive the restoring of the actual form of the
vehicle now in question here. For the combined actions of the applicable Scouts and Galaxians here
had proven to be too strong against them, in actual reality. Their natural states were of some yet-
unknown sort of monster or yet-unknown sorts of monsters, as well. And they'd begun pretending to
be humanoid since just a little while before their hijacking of the applicable vehicle, in fact. They were
reduced to mere dust, in essence, whenever possible, by the attack or attacks that had taken them all
down, and out of the infinite realms of actual living existence.
And everyone else on the applicable vehicle here was just fine, after their vehicle's outward
appearance was again exactly as it should be here. It turned out that the vehicle had been some kind of
double-decker bus that could also often fly in the air. And specifically, it had been a synaurch-owned
bus that had been heading back to its home synaurch, after an afternoon trip to elsewhere in the
Inverness area. Most of the people on that bus were apparently children, in fact.
Mercury and others who were now sufficiently near her then checked out all the people on that
bus, as needed, of course. And after doing so, they soon cleared them all well enough, and easily
enough, if at all possible. That was quite possible for them to do, in actual reality here. And they did
that so that those people could then continue to do what they'd been doing when their bus had earlier
been hijacked, in fact, just as soon as they could then do so here.
Little did any of them yet know this, for the obvious reasons, of course. But at least a few of
the people from that bus would also have to help to look for the various crystals that Robert
Masbogarin would probably have to look for in his life here, most likely.
Eventually, Mercury and all the other Scouts and Galaxians who'd come to attend to the
disturbance that they'd just taken care of here left the area again, for the obvious reasons. And they left
it so that they could resume whatever they'd been doing before they'd had to attend to the just-ended
disturbance, of course.
Robert and Deanna eventually came back to the necessary park here, in fact. But they only did
so when it was quite safe enough for them to do so, quite naturally enough. And after they did so, they
only talked for a little while longer with each other before parting again here. Deanna left him, not too
long after they'd come back to the park together, and she soon returned to her own hotel in the
Inverness area. Robert, for his part, returned to his family's residence for the rest of the day, afternoon,
or night, as the case might then be for him when he did so, of course.
He stayed there for the rest of the night, in fact, after he eventually arrived back there easily
enough and safely enough. And his dreams were reasonably pleasant when he slept in his bed after
he'd retired to it for the rest of the night, as well. He had no unpleasant dreams then, either.
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What do all you readers suggest for possible other crossover elements? And for any potential
romantic pairings for the currently-unmarried and currently-unattached people in this story? I'm
seriously considering adding at least one character from either "The Wonder Years" or "Boy Meets
World", at least, if not both. Whether or not I also include any other crossover elements or characters
from any other series as well, I'm still seriously considering the possibilities of actually doing so, here. I
was considering, in fact, the possibility of pairing Winnie Cooper up with Cory Matthews, and Topanga
Lawrence with Kevin Arnold. What would you think of such potential romantic pairings in this story, at
least, readers? I think it would be interesting to see just how they might all get along with each other,
since I've already mixed things up quite a bit here, quite obviously enough. And more mixing is quite
likely, if I'm familiar enough with the characters and elements that I'd be adding to the story as well,
readers.
For example, just which male Lion pilot for Voltron do you each think Ruthie Camden would
most likely be best for here? I'd really like to know which of the four male Lion pilots you all think
would be best for her here, as well. I was thinking of making at least Chapter Eleven, if not any other
chapter in the near future, a chapter where the other characters could have a little fun with each other, if
at all possible, in fact. Good enough and clean enough fun, of course. Besides, I think that it's about
time for them to get to know each other well enough, if they possibly can. For they'll probably be
spending a lot of time with each other for the foreseeable future in the story, for the obvious reasons.
I actually have at least a few more ideas for this story here, though I haven't decided just which
ones I might add to this story here. It most certainly would help if I knew what you all thought about
this story, and what you thought I should add to this story, for the obvious reasons. I hope to have the
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The Inverness Chronicles
Book One
Chapter Ten
Several hours later, then, the older Scouts had to wake up again. And this was so that their
school-age children could be attended to, as needed, before they all went to their respective places of
worship, if they had any at all. Lita, for one such example, for her husband was still not back from his
karate tournament in Gemaria, had to wake up at least early enough to get Juniper and the rest of her
siblings ready enough for church, in fact. Sometimes, Lita would sleep in, when Ken was around, but
not all the time, of course. This was one time that she couldn't do so here, because of Ken's present
absence from here.
Those children of Ken and Lita's who now were to go to church with Lita and her first cousin
Beatrice Holliday here were all seven of them, in fact. Including Aaron and Charles, of course. Unlike
her older twin sisters Verana and Juniper, though, Celeste Myrtle Cobarelli actually had hair that was
about half pink and half hunter green in color normally. She normally wore her hair in braids curled into
loops around her head. And when she didn't, her hair usually would fall at least to the middle of her
back, if not even longer than that. Her hair was mostly pink on her own right. While on her own left, it
was mostly hunter green. And where it wasn't either of those two main colors, it was mostly either a
medium blonde or light brown color. She often would secure her usual braids with at least one or two
silver-trimmed red bows, scrunchies, or barrettes apiece, as well. And she'd often wear a wreath of
tulips around her head whenever she could then do so, in fact. Which was basically whenever she
wasn't in school, for all the obvious reasons, of course.
Celeste was also about ten years of age, plus or minus a few weeks or so either way, while her
brother Sebastian was about five years or so younger than she was. Unlike her of about five years
before, he'd missed the cutoff date for being able to start school during the current academic year, at
least in terms of his birthday, in fact. And she was hoping to be a fashion designer when she grew up in
her life, if it was at all possible for her to be one somehow in it. She was also known as a girl who liked
to swim and ski in her life, whenever she wasn't otherwise occupied with anyone or anything else in it,
in fact.
Little did Celeste know that she too might eventually have to be a Sailor Scout as well in her
own life, if things worked out that way in it. But at the current time, she didn't yet have to worry about
that possibility, if she'd ever have to in it. And she didn't really know that her older sisters were
actually Scouts for sure. Several of her classmates and friends seemed to think that Juniper and Verana
were Scouts. But they couldn't prove it well enough to convince her of that kind of idea well enough.
Celeste agreed that two of the Scouts seemed to be at least a little familiar to her, at least. But she still
didn't think that her older twin sisters were actually Sailor Scouts of any known kind. She knew that
Lita was a Scout of the Crystal Sailor Scout variety, for she'd secretly seen her mother transform at
least once before in her life, in actual reality. But she still didn't know for sure whether or not Juniper
and Verana were actually Scouts in their lives as well, in fact.
Celeste went to Crossroads Elementary School, of course, even though her older sisters
actually went to Crossroads High School themselves. Later on, she might go to CHS, but that was still
unknown at the current time in her life, quite naturally. She wished she could attend the same school as
they did. But she also realized that wouldn't be possible again at least until she finished at CES.
Granted, the schools were quite adjacent to each other, in fact. But there was still very little, if any,
mixing most of the time between the students of both schools. And generally only during lunch periods
or joint projects between them both, in actual reality.
In fact, Celeste was either in Wade Masbogarin's grade or the grade after it. Most likely
Wade's current grade in school was also hers, as well. And she at least occasionally saw him around
the Elementary School whether or not she was actually in his current school grade, if not more often
than that. For he was one of the more popular students at the school, at least partly due to his interest
in sports and literary arts. He'd already won several wrestling championships for boys in his age group
in his life, in fact. And he was in the process of creating a screenplay featuring various people in the
local area, especially ones from Crossroads Elementary, as well. It would be his first or second
independent screenplay, when completed, most likely. That was if what people knew of him at the
current time in his life was sufficiently accurate in its nature, of course. Celeste was actually involved
with that project of his as well, for she was going to play a bit part in the screenplay, though her scenes
hadn't yet been filmed. She knew that her scenes would be filmed later, but just not when they would
be. Other scenes would have to be filmed first, whenever possible, before hers could be. For her few
scenes in the movie would require that it be colder outside than it had generally been of late in the area
of Inverness, Scolvakin.
After Lita made sure that all her children were sufficiently ready for church, she and Beatrice
soon brought them all to church, of course. She and Beatrice then stayed there with them at least until
church was over again for another week, quite naturally. Then her cousin Beatrice actually came over
again to take care of the younger children, at least for a while, if not even longer than that, here.
Beatrice Holliday had once been the former Beatrice Kirby, before she'd married a man named Arthur
Galileo Holliday, in fact. And she'd actually also been a Sailor Daphne, as well. But she'd eventually
either tired of being a Scout, or she'd been hurt in battle too seriously to be able to fight as a Scout as
she once had been able to do. Most likely the former, if not at least partly the latter.
In fact, Beatrice had been a Scout as well during the time of the Silver Millennium, just as Lita
had been. But due to the fact that she currently had no daughters of her own in her life, she'd had to
transfer her powers or items to someone else when she left the Scouts. And she'd then given her
Scouting powers and items to Juniper when she could not, or did not want to, fight again as a Scout of
any kind in her own life. Juniper had taken her place as Sailor Daphne, and Beatrice was no longer an
active Scout. And she wouldn't be again, most likely, at least until Crystal Tokyo's founding in the
future, if not even later than that. Beatrice had been a reasonably strong Scout, just like Lita, but not
quite as strong as her cousin had been. But just as the other Scouts had been during the Silver
Millennium, she was either killed or rendered unconscious by their Negaverser enemies before the end
of it came to pass, in actual reality. She was eventually transferred to at least one Earth, if not more
than one, with the help of Queen Serenity's Imperium Silver Crystal, in fact. She was then either
reborn or she awoke and arose from her globular time capsule sometime in the future that was about a
thousand years later, as the case might be for her. Eventually, she was found by an animal that
resembled her guardian animal during the Silver Millennium, if the very same animal hadn't found her
instead. In either case, though, she was eventually made a Sailor Scout. And she eventually took the
name of Sailor Daphne. Though, just as she'd done about a thousand years before, she'd started out
as Jupiter Beta, and not as Daphne. The Daphne identity came later, after she eventually found a
crystal by that specific name during one of her missions as a Sailor Scout.
Now, though, she was a mother to three boys who were nine, seven, and four years old,
respectively. She still hoped for a daughter eventually. But she was now somewhere in the range of 35
years old, and she wasn't sure that she'd be able to produce one before her actual child-bearing years
were eventually up. She'd had some problems getting with child before she and her husband had finally
conceived their oldest boy. Most likely due to the fact that she'd been a Scout for a considerable
length of time by then in her life. And they'd been trying for at least the last year or two to produce at
least one more child for themselves. But the earlier problems had resurfaced, and they were both
wondering whether or not she'd actually be able to have a daughter before it might be too late for her
to have children again in her life. She loved her three sons very much, of course, but she still really
wanted at least one daughter of her very own, for all the obvious reasons. Even if they couldn't
eventually be a Scout as well, in fact.
Her frustration at not being able to actually produce a daughter so far in her life was at least
partly, if not completely, relieved by the fact that her cousin and several of the other Scouts often let her
babysit their children. And by the fact that they'd often let their daughters spend considerable amounts
of time with her. The children often called her "Auntie Bee", whenever possible, in fact. And that
pleased her considerably in her life, as well. But she still really wanted a biological daughter of her own,
of course, and that wouldn't change at least until she had one, for all the obvious reasons here. She and
her husband had begun discussing the idea of adopting children, due to their current reproduction-
related troubles. And they had also continued to pray that their current difficulties would eventually go
at least into remission for a while, if not forever, quite naturally, of course. Only time would tell, though,
if they actually would do so well enough for a while or not, for all the obvious reasons.
Lita asked soon after Beatrice arrived at her house again with several of the Cobarelli children,
"How are you feeling right now, in actual reality, Beatrice?"
"Art and I are okay, I guess. But we still are having some trouble with making a girl here."
"I see. And you still think that it might have something to do with the fact that you were once an
active Sailor Scout in at least two time periods, if not more?"
"Yes, cousin Lita, my dear Art and I, at least, think that. The doctors don't know much about
my career as a Sailor Scout in each of the applicable time periods, for all the obvious reasons. And if
we told them about it, I don't know if we'd still be able to protect our children well enough. You know
that if any or all of our current or potential enemies learn about us well enough, then our families could
very well be at risk, of course, Lita. So whenever we can avoid telling them about my career as a
Sailor Scout, we then do so, for all the obvious reasons."
"But you're not an actively-fighting Scout right now."
"So what, Lita? The current situation still requires our silence about it, whenever possible.
Don't you actually remember Queen Serenity telling us all at least once that we're all to try to avoid
telling others about our own respective careers as Scouts whenever possible?"
"Are you talking about the Silver Millennium Queen Serenity, Beatrice?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am. I'm not talking about a certain woman who currently leads us
quite often into battle against whatever enemies we may have in our lives, Lita. Our protector would at
least occasionally remind us all about what might happen if the wrong people knew too much about us
in our lives, Lita. And I never have forgotten her discussions on that subject, at least, if not any others
as well, in fact, Lita."
"I don't really remember that, Beatrice," said Lita, once Beatrice was sufficiently ready to
babysit Sebastian, Thora, Aaron, and Charles here for at least a while. And, as Lita then began getting
sufficiently ready to go to work at one of her restaurants later on, she also continued her current
conversation with Beatrice here.
Just before she left, then, Beatrice asked, "If the other Scouts happen to need to find you later,
where should I tell them you might be, Lita?"
"Try at my restaurant on Thunder Avenue, I think, if I'm not otherwise occupied at all with
anyone or anything else at all, Beatrice."
"Until when?"
"Perhaps until about the time that I'll have to start picking up the other kids again, I think."
"All right. If I need help taking care of your kids from someone else, should I call the other
Scouts, if at all possible, Lita?"
"I suppose so, if you can reach them well enough somehow, of course."
"I might not be able to reach them like you might, Lita."
"You may not be an active Scout any longer. But you do still have access to my office,
Beatrice."
"And because of that fact, I also have access to your communications systems that are present
in this place, I suppose you're saying here."
"Yes, I am, Beatrice. Because you have access to such systems, then you have the ability to
communicate with the Scouts in other ways besides those that are more obvious in this house of ours."
"True enough, I suppose, Lita." Then Lita left almost immediately after Beatrice said that here.
And she left for her restaurant on Thunder Avenue no more than a few brief moments later, in fact.
Beatrice stayed behind, so as to watch all of the still-present Cobarelli children, of course.
Meanwhile, as Lita went to her restaurant on Thunder Avenue, Robert Masbogarin and others
were trying to enjoy themselves as much as they then could enjoy themselves anywhere in Inverness.
Robert was in the park he'd been in earlier with his father and at least one other person. And he was
again skipping stones across the pond that he'd quite often skip stones across. He was currently alone,
at least for the moment. But that might not continue to be the case here, in fact. For Deanna was
heading toward the same place as well, at least, if nobody else was doing so at the same time.
While he was alone with his thoughts, he thought about the events of the last few days, at least,
if not even longer. He wondered who each of the Scouts were in their non-Scout states of being, and
he wondered if he knew any of them in those states of being. Little did he yet know that he actually did
know any of them in such a state of being, if he'd ever know that here, in fact.
He thought to himself, "Rini looks a lot like Super Sailor Crescent Moon, but she can't be her,
can she? I really don't think that she could be her, though. I admit the similarities are quite striking, to
put it at least a little mildly, but I still don't think that Rini is actually Super Sailor Crescent Moon. I
seem to recognize Super Sailor Crescent Moon from somewhere, though I don't really know where
from, in actual reality. Something is very strange about several of my classmates at Eagle Mountain
High School, however, and I wish I knew what it was, I think."
As he thought that, Deanna then entered the park where he still was, in fact. And she began
exploring it in more detail than she'd earlier been able to do before. She eventually was close enough
to pick up Robert with her empathic sense, and she soon came to his side again, when she thought it
was sufficiently safe for her to do so here. After she did so, he soon looked up from where he'd been
looking, which was the nearby surface of the pond. And he turned his head toward her, as she then sat
on a nearby bench.
He soon asked, after a few moments of looking at her, as she sat on that bench wearing a
mostly silver jumpsuit, "How are you today, Mrs. Riker?"
"I'm fine, I suppose. I'm missing Will, of course, but I have every faith that I'll eventually see
him again someday, Robert."
"I see. What brings you to this park again like this, if I may ask?"
"Exploration of the local area, in fact. My friends and associates are going to be rather
surprised if and when I ever tell them about this place, in actual reality, I think."
"I see. And from what you've seen, do you generally like this place?"
"It's interesting, I suppose you might say, Robert. It's not like Betazed, though, I'll care to
admit here. And your weddings are quite traditional, it seems to me, when compared to weddings on
the Earth that I'm more familiar with in my own life, at least."
"I see. And did you somehow sense me when you came here? I just got the sneaking
suspicion that you did so here, somehow."
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. Was I intruding?"
"Not really. Was I sort of broadcasting, by any chance?"
"You might have been. But you were still quite a bit like a Vulcan, just the same."
"How so? And please refresh me about Vulcans, if you can, Mrs. Riker. Supposing, of
course, that we've actually mentioned them here before."
So if she'd actually discussed Vulcans with him at least once or twice before, she then
refreshed his memory about them by discussing them with him again. And if she'd not done so before,
she then told him about Vulcans, at least as much as she then could do so here, of course. He listened
quite attentively in either case, though.
As they were then talking with each other here, and as he was still skipping stones across the
nearby pond, something that was rather strange indeed suddenly appeared in the air above their heads.
A few moments later, then, the aforementioned strange thing landed on the other side of the pond that
he'd been skipping stones across, and it began heading toward the main entrance/exit to the park's
grounds, in fact. When Robert and Deanna both saw it in the sky above their heads, they then ran
away from it as fast as they could then do so here, for all the obvious reasons, of course. They, and
virtually everyone else who was now here, did so as well, quite naturally, often screaming in panic as
they did so, in fact.
All but a few people here did that here, though. But they still did hide, just the same, for at least
a few brief moments, of course. Among them were the girls who were also secretly Super Sailor
Venus Minor, Sailor Olympus Mons, and Sailor Europa, who were quite close in age to each other, as
well. Several other secret Sailor Scouts were also sufficiently nearby when the strange thing appeared
in the sky above their heads, in actual reality. But they'd not yet hidden themselves well enough yet
behind sufficient amounts of cover, in fact. They would do so, of course, but they'd still not done it yet.
The first of the girls to transform herself into her own Sailor Scout state of being was the one
who was also Super Sailor Venus Minor. A few very brief moments later, and Olympus Mons and
Europa joined her in their respective Sailor Scout states of being as well. Venus Minor called her
mother as she and two other girls were running for sufficient cover, of course. Those two other girls
were quite naturally now Olympus Mons and Europa, at the current time.
Venus Minor's mother was Mrs. Mina Abernathy Crusoe, and she was also Crystal Sailor
Venus. Which then meant, of course, that Venus Minor was a Crusoe, whenever she wasn't in her
own Sailor Scout state of being. But that fact wasn't apparently all that important at the current time, in
fact. What was important at the current time, however, was the survival of as many innocents as
possible who might still be in and around the park, of course. So Venus Minor called her mother and
as many of the older Scouts as she could then call here, quite naturally. She and her two companions
then hid, and all three of them transformed themselves just as quickly as they could then do so here, in
fact.
After they did so, Venus Minor then led her two companions out of the place where they'd
hidden themselves long enough to transform here. And then they confronted the strange thing no more
than about a minute later, with Venus Minor in the lead when they did so. Venus Minor said, "On
behalf of God's planet of Venus, and of Venus's descendants, I will punish you. And on the behalf of
God's planet of Mars and His Jupiterian moon of Europa, my associates will punish you as well. Love,
Fire, and Thunder will overcome you here, if God wills it here!"
The strange thing then said something or some things that sounded sort of like "Gecatugarosk
Giregizarusikin Kratakheki Ukolagunzi", at least, if nothing else as well. Of course, Venus Minor and
her current companions didn't yet know then what it had just said to them all here.
As they were trying to figure out what to do next here, and while the being was still saying the
aforementioned thing or things, Craneb suddenly materialized in front of them all, as did Crystal Sailor
Mercury. Crystal Sailor Mercury materialized in front of them all with her right hand in Craneb's left
one here, in fact. And seconds later, then, the strange being started to generate various components of
yet-unknown sorts to the Scouts here, as well. As it did so, it began to also send various hand
weapons of various sizes at the four currently-present Scouts, as a matter of fact.
Craneb told the three younger Scouts to scatter here at least a bit, in fact. So they all then did
so, in very short order, of course. They then took up positions in a triangular formation around the
strange being, as well. Craneb then had Mercury shroud the immediate area with her Supreme Ice
Shroud Blast power. She did this just as she asked the three younger Scouts to try to get the strange
being to talk again here at least one more time, for all the obvious reasons. When they agreed to do so
here, she then withdrew a hand computer somewhat similar to, but not exactly like, the one that Crystal
Sailor Mercury had used for many years already in her life. And then she began processing the sounds
that the strange being had just evidently uttered here, in fact. She eventually learned that the strange
being was evidently speaking in at least one language that was of Crab Nebula origin, from what she
could then tell here well enough, if not more than one such language.
Evidently, from what she could eventually gather shortly enough afterward, the strange being
had spoken either in Zutikalgioma or Tiogagapi, if not both, when it had spoken earlier. It apparently
had the head and mane of a lion-like animal, the main body of a mostly orange and black tiger-like
animal, and eight legs much, if not entirely, like the legs of an average elephant-like animal or two. And
it was now also apparently standing on its rearmost feet, almost completely erect, in fact. In its two
forwardmost mostly hand-like paws, it had various kinds of weapons that were mostly, if not entirely, of
the hand-to-hand combat kinds of weapons, in fact. It had evidently been in search of the Galaxians, at
least, if not also of various crystals that'd actually been mentioned in Robert's still-recent dream or
vision of some currently-unknown sort. Supposing, of course, that it wasn't also in search of anyone or
anything else in the known Universe, for all the obvious reasons. Craneb soon informed Mercury of the
necessary information, and made it possible for her fellow Galaxians to receive her current information
about the strange being as well. She did this just before Mercury's Shroud would begin to dissipate at
least a little bit, in fact.
When Mercury's Shroud was about to begin to dissipate, Craneb then said, "Venus Minor,
combine your main attack with that of Europa and Olympus Mons as quickly as you can, please. Like
within the next five minutes, if at all possible, please."
While they were all still shrouded within Mercury's still-present Shroud, Europa then called for
two of her guardians and a canister loaded with plenty of javelins, in fact. Those guardians of hers were
a man with bronze armor, if they weren't entirely bronze, and a hunting dog of some yet-unknown sort.
She said, "Talos and Laelaps, go to work here on this monster, and buy us some time to combine our
attacks here, please." Talos was the man, and Laelaps was the dog, in fact.
Talos nodded, and Laelaps wagged his tail and barked, before they charged at the strange
being of some sort. They began attacking the strange being, once the Shroud completely dissipated, in
fact. They did this here, while also hoping that they could both buy some time for Craneb, Mercury,
Venus Minor, Europa and Olympus Mons to combine their attacks sufficiently well here, of course.
Laelaps generally attacked near the rearmost feet of the strange being of some sort, while Talos
attacked higher up on it, in fact. The being tried to fight them off, quite naturally enough. But Talos and
Laelaps were causing damage to it with their slashes and biting of the being in question here, of course.
Europa then began throwing her javelins at the strange being, never missing, just like her ancient
Greek mythological counterpart never did, in fact. Eventually, Olympus Mons and Venus combined
their attacks with her and her guardian's attacks here. And then Craneb sent some Crab Webbing
from her hands toward the strange being to better hold it in place where it now was battling the Scouts
and others. The Crab Webbing restricted the movements of the monster at least a little bit, if not a lot,
in fact. It didn't totally restrict them, quite naturally enough. But it still did so at least a little bit while
Craneb and Mercury were scanning the area and trying to come up with a better plan than to just
attack the being with random enough attacks.
Eventually, Mercury and Craneb both detected possible life signs existing within the strange
being. And when they did, they called Crystal Sailor Moon, if they hadn't already done so, of course.
Crystal Sailor Moon and her daughter Super Sailor Crescent Moon then teleported into the area with
Magellan just a few seconds or so later, at most. And then the three of them sent a combination
healing-style kind of attack at the monster now in question here from three different directions, once
they'd had the others clear out at least a little bit, in fact. The monster was quite surprised, of course,
when they did so. And because of that fact, it could no longer withstand the combined strengths of that
healing attack from the two applicable Scouts and one applicable Galaxian here. Eventually, the
monster was healed, of course, by them. And the monster was revealed to be some sort of
transportation vehicle whose appearance had been altered quite significantly from what it'd normally be
in actual reality. Inside this particular transportation device of some sort, there were now at least three
or four dozen people. As if they'd been in transit from one place to another at the time that their
transportation vehicle had earlier been hijacked and turned into a rather strange monster of some sort,
in fact. Which, in actual reality, had been the case for them all. A few passengers that had just gotten
onto the vehicle moments before it had been hijacked had made the vehicle change its supposed
outward appearance to that of the now-healed monster. They'd done that when they'd hijacked the
vehicle, quite obviously, of course.
The passengers that had earlier hijacked the vehicle had actually been pretending to be
humanoid, in fact. And when the vehicle had been restored to its proper appearance from what it had
been apparently turned into, those passengers couldn't survive the restoring of the actual form of the
vehicle now in question here. For the combined actions of the applicable Scouts and Galaxians here
had proven to be too strong against them, in actual reality. Their natural states were of some yet-
unknown sort of monster or yet-unknown sorts of monsters, as well. And they'd begun pretending to
be humanoid since just a little while before their hijacking of the applicable vehicle, in fact. They were
reduced to mere dust, in essence, whenever possible, by the attack or attacks that had taken them all
down, and out of the infinite realms of actual living existence.
And everyone else on the applicable vehicle here was just fine, after their vehicle's outward
appearance was again exactly as it should be here. It turned out that the vehicle had been some kind of
double-decker bus that could also often fly in the air. And specifically, it had been a synaurch-owned
bus that had been heading back to its home synaurch, after an afternoon trip to elsewhere in the
Inverness area. Most of the people on that bus were apparently children, in fact.
Mercury and others who were now sufficiently near her then checked out all the people on that
bus, as needed, of course. And after doing so, they soon cleared them all well enough, and easily
enough, if at all possible. That was quite possible for them to do, in actual reality here. And they did
that so that those people could then continue to do what they'd been doing when their bus had earlier
been hijacked, in fact, just as soon as they could then do so here.
Little did any of them yet know this, for the obvious reasons, of course. But at least a few of
the people from that bus would also have to help to look for the various crystals that Robert
Masbogarin would probably have to look for in his life here, most likely.
Eventually, Mercury and all the other Scouts and Galaxians who'd come to attend to the
disturbance that they'd just taken care of here left the area again, for the obvious reasons. And they left
it so that they could resume whatever they'd been doing before they'd had to attend to the just-ended
disturbance, of course.
Robert and Deanna eventually came back to the necessary park here, in fact. But they only did
so when it was quite safe enough for them to do so, quite naturally enough. And after they did so, they
only talked for a little while longer with each other before parting again here. Deanna left him, not too
long after they'd come back to the park together, and she soon returned to her own hotel in the
Inverness area. Robert, for his part, returned to his family's residence for the rest of the day, afternoon,
or night, as the case might then be for him when he did so, of course.
He stayed there for the rest of the night, in fact, after he eventually arrived back there easily
enough and safely enough. And his dreams were reasonably pleasant when he slept in his bed after
he'd retired to it for the rest of the night, as well. He had no unpleasant dreams then, either.
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What do all you readers suggest for possible other crossover elements? And for any potential
romantic pairings for the currently-unmarried and currently-unattached people in this story? I'm
seriously considering adding at least one character from either "The Wonder Years" or "Boy Meets
World", at least, if not both. Whether or not I also include any other crossover elements or characters
from any other series as well, I'm still seriously considering the possibilities of actually doing so, here. I
was considering, in fact, the possibility of pairing Winnie Cooper up with Cory Matthews, and Topanga
Lawrence with Kevin Arnold. What would you think of such potential romantic pairings in this story, at
least, readers? I think it would be interesting to see just how they might all get along with each other,
since I've already mixed things up quite a bit here, quite obviously enough. And more mixing is quite
likely, if I'm familiar enough with the characters and elements that I'd be adding to the story as well,
readers.
For example, just which male Lion pilot for Voltron do you each think Ruthie Camden would
most likely be best for here? I'd really like to know which of the four male Lion pilots you all think
would be best for her here, as well. I was thinking of making at least Chapter Eleven, if not any other
chapter in the near future, a chapter where the other characters could have a little fun with each other, if
at all possible, in fact. Good enough and clean enough fun, of course. Besides, I think that it's about
time for them to get to know each other well enough, if they possibly can. For they'll probably be
spending a lot of time with each other for the foreseeable future in the story, for the obvious reasons.
I actually have at least a few more ideas for this story here, though I haven't decided just which
ones I might add to this story here. It most certainly would help if I knew what you all thought about
this story, and what you thought I should add to this story, for the obvious reasons. I hope to have the
next chapter up within another few weeks, at most, if at all possible, though. Until then, though, you'll
all just have to see what's coming up soon enough, of course. So please read, review, and enjoy, if at
all possible, readers. 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!