Hello again, my faithful readers. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. (My life is a little crazy right now!) But I did warn you, so you can't blame me. Anyway, on with chapter five!

Disclaimer: You know I don't own Sailor Moon. You know I own Lara and Sol. Therefore, why am I even writing this?

The Promise

Three figures gathered at the gates of time. Setsuna (AN: I hate the name Trista for Sailor Pluto, it just doesn't seem right, so she's going to have her Japanese name. If you don't like that then too bad!) wasn't at the gates at this moment, and hadn't been for some time.

"So, where is she? I thought you knew where she was?" The first voice sounded feminine, although it was low enough that it easily could have been a male.

"I never said I knew where she was. I just thought that she would probably be close to the Princess, who we know never strays far from the Prince, and in case you have forgotten, we do know where the Prince is." This was said haughtily by a masculine voice. The short blond hair of the speaker flashed in a stray ray of light.

"Yes. We know where the Prince is. How could we not, but how can you be so sure that she will be close to the Princess. Remember they didn't even know who the Princess was when we were last here." Another unmistakably male voice said. This was from the last of the three. He was taller than the other two and seemed to think about what he was saying more carefully than the others.

A fourth figure emerged through the gate of time and space. "I have found her. She is going to need protecting immediately."

"Does she know who she is?" Asked the tall man.

"No, I don't think she remembers much from that time. It is especially because she doesn't remember that she needs protecting." The new voice said.

"And, of course, there is your promise." Said the higher voice.

"Yes. My promise."

* * *

When Lara arrived at the Hikawa Shrine, the other girls were already there. They were talking quietly in a group under one of the trees and didn't notice Lara at first.

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Lara asked as she approached.

The five girls jumped guiltily and looked over to where Lara was standing.

"Oh, hey Lara. We didn't hear you coming." Mina was the first one to regain her wits, which was a bit of a miracle.

"So, what were you guys talking about? Anything interesting? Like maybe something you don't want me to know about?" Lara asked innocently.

"What would make you think that?" Rei asked cautiously.

"Oh, just the way you all jumped nearly ten feet straight into the air when I said 'hi', that's all." Lara responded, grinning. "It wouldn't happen to have anything to do with the Sailor Scouts being in the park would it?"

"The Sailor Scouts were at the park? I didn't know that, how did you find out?" Lita asked suspiciously.

"Oh, I was walking through the forest and the Sailor Scouts walked right by me. They didn't see me since I was in the trees but I saw them and heard what they were saying, at least I heard some of what they were saying although it was really confusing." Lara replied noticing the nervous looks on the faces of the other girls. "Come to think of it, they looked a bit like you guys."

"Oh Lara, don't be silly. How could we be the Sailor Scouts? We wouldn't stand a chance against the monsters they fight." Amy said quickly.

"Yeah, I'm a total klutz. I would be falling all over the place. I would probably be dead instead of the monsters." Serena said, not noticing the covert looks Rei was sending her way.

"Well, I guess that's true, although I think you guys are stronger than you might think." Lara replied.

"What makes you say that?" Rei turned to look at Lara with a calculating look in her eyes.

"I don't know, it's just a feeling I guess." Lara shrugged and smiled.

Mina looked at her watch. "Aaaaaaaaaaah! Lara if we don't hurry we're going to be late for supper. Mom's going to kill me!"

Lara nodded and said good-bye to the other girls as Mina grabbed her hand and bodily dragged her at 100km/hr down the street toward Mina's house.

* * *

The other girls stared after Mina and Lara. How had Lara guessed their secret? No one had ever guessed before, not even their parents who knew them best. No one, that is, except for Mina. But Mina was already a sailor scout and therefore in tune with the aura of other scouts. And what about that funny feeling they had about Lara?

Could Lara be one of their enemies?

Or was she a friend?

They couldn't be sure, so they decided that they would just have to be more careful about what they said and did around Lara from now on.

* * *

High up in a tall tree, another figure watched the exchange between the girls.

"So, she is starting to come into her own, she is beginning to remember her past. I wonder how long it will be until she is fully restored? I will fulfill my promise, as I have for thousands of years. I only wish I could find the others, but I have no link to those ones, so I must wait to see how this will be played out."

With this the figure disappeared as if it had never been. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know, I know! It's a short chapter (sorry, please don't throw things at me!) I'll try to make the next chapter longer. And it will give you a little more insight, hopefully. Until next time.........