Chapter 4
In Raye's room, Claudia sat down on the bed. "Do you think it's possible that they suspect us?" she asked.
Shantal shook her head. "Why would they?" she asked.
Claudia shrugged.
"Because we look too much like them, maybe," Kirsten replied. "Think about it."
Melanie nodded. "I
believe that Kirsten and Claudia may be right, Shantal," the
blue-haired girl said. "They may suspect us."
"What
are we going to do?" Shantal sighed.
"First of all,"
Claudia began, "We should tell them the truth."
Everyone's eyes widened. Was she nuts? "That would be distrubing the time line!" the three girls shouted in unison.
Claudia shrugged.
"I'm not going to lie to Lita no more," she said. "You
guys don't have to agree and can keep on living this lie, but I
won't."
"How about me?" Reenie asked.
The group looked at Reenie. "What about you, Small Lady?" Claudia asked, looking at the princess in concern. "Should I tell Serena?" Reenie asked.
Claudia looked at
the young princess in suprise. She had no idea that she was listening
in. Claudia shook her head. "Not yet," Claudia said. Then,
"I'm going. Good-bye." Claudia walked out of the room,
leaving the other girls stunned.
Reenie ran after
her.
Meanwhile, everyone looked at Mina.
"Why did you want everyone to meet here?" Serena asked.
Mina stared at
everyone.
"I was wondering if anyone else had a new
relative," Mina said. "I wanted to see if Raye could do a
fire reading, too."
Raye nodded. "On them, right?"
she asked.
Mina nodded.
"I don't
agree," Lita said. Everyone was surprised when Lita spoke up.
"But Li..." Amy began, but Lita inturrpued her.
"I'm
not going to go snooping into Claudia's business," Lita argued.
"If she's not my relative, then oh well. I hope she'll tell me
the truth." With that, Lita got up and walked out of the room,
leaving the others surprised.
Claudia was now walking in a forested area. She heard footsteps behind her and stepped behind a tree.
"The nerve," a familiar voice grumbled.
Claudia's body froze. Lita? She stepped from behind the tree. Lita spotted Claudia.
"Hi, Claudia," Lita greeted her. There was an angry expression on Lita's face.
Does she know? Claudia wondered. Does she know already? "Lita, can I tell you somethi..." Claudia began but was inturrped by a beeping sound.
Lita looked at Claudia. "I have to go," Lita said, quickly. "See ya soon." With that Lita took off running.
I know what that's about, Claudia thought. Once she was sure that no one could hear her especially Lita she took out her transformation pen and yelled familiar words. A few seconds later, Sailor Jupiter was standing on the grounds of the Cherry Hill Temple. Jupiter took off after Lita.
Sailor Moon, and the others (including Lita as
Sailor Jupiter) were standing in front of a huge monster. About twice
the
size of them. "How the hell are we going to beat this
thing?" Jupiter asked.
Sailor Moon
shurgged. They had tried all of their attacks over and over. Nothing
worked. "I don't know," Sailor Moon said. "I don't
kn..."
"Jupiter Lighting Bolts!" The Scouts
looked to where this voice was coming from. They all looked over in
shock.
Standing on the top of the Temple was another Sailor
Jupiter. This Sailor Jupiter held one lightening blot in each hand.
She hurled them towards the monster. The monster cried out in pain as
the bolts of lightening hit him.
"Now Sailor Moon! Now!"
the other Jupiter cried. Sailor Moon nodded. She turned towards the
monster.
"Mooon Scepter Elimination!"
The attack
hit the monster and it crumbled to the floor and turned into dust.
Sailor Jupiter looked up at her new double.She shielded her eyse from a glare coming from the other Scout's gloved hand. What was that? she wondered.
The Scout on the
roof waved a good-bye to the other Scouts, and ran off.
"Wait!"
Sailor Moon cried, but the Scout had already disapperaed.
"Did
she look familiar to any of you?" Mars asked.
Everyone (except Jupiter) nodded their heads.
"Come on!" Mars cried. "Jupiter, you have to admit she looked a lot like Claudia."
Jupiter shook her head, refusing to believe that the only relative she had living had lied to her. "I'm not going to say anything until I see proof," she argued, stubbornly. Even as she said those words Jupiter was thinking about the similarities between the Scout and Claudia.
Jupiter quickly de-transformed back into her
normal self and started to slow down her pace. She leaned against a
tree
and waited for her breath to return to normal before she
went to go talk to the others. A few minutes later, Claudia stood up
and started to walk towards the temple.
Lita was
standing outside of the temple. She was waiting for Claudia and
sighed when she spotted Claudia walking out
of the woods.
Claudia saw Lita, too. "Lita!" Claudia cried.
Lita started to walk towards Claudia when she saw a glare coming from Claudia's right hand. The same hand that the glare had come from the Scout. Could the others be right? Lita wondered. Could Claudia be the other Sailor Juptier? Lita shook that thought off and began walking towards Claudia again.
An hour later,
everyone was home. Claudia was in the living room, taking a nap and
Lita was cooking dinner. Lita put
a top over the stew she was
making and walked into the living room. She stopped short when she
noticed a ring lying on the
coffee table. Slowly, Lita bent down
to pick it up. The letters YSJ were carved into a green stone.
What
could those letter stand for? Lita wondered. I'll have to ask her
when she wakes up. Lita heard a bubbling sound,
placed the ring
back on the table and cried out, "The stew!" She'd
forgotten about the stew! Quickly, she ran back into the
kitchen.
Claudia sighed as she woke up. She had had a weird feeling while she had been sleeping. "Funny," she mumbled. "Last time I felt that way was when I lost my ring." Claudia shook her head, put the ring on, got up and walked towards the kitchen where Lita was preparing supper. "Lita?"
Lita turned around. "Claudia," Lita said, no emotion showing in her voice.
What's the matter?
Claudia wondered. Why is she like this?
"Claudia,"
Lita repeated in the same tone of voice. "Can I ask you
something?"
The girl nodded.
"That ring," Lita said.
Claudia lifted her
right hand and looked at the ring. She remembered when she had been
given it. It had been on her sixth birthday, the year she was to
begin training to protect the daughter of the King and Queen. "Yes?"
Claudia said.
"What do those initials mean?" Lita
asked. "YSJ?"
Claudia raised her eyebrows. She knew she had to tell Lita the truth. She'd only expected to be able to be preparred. "Please don't be angry," Claudia said, sounding like a five-year old instead of a fifteen year-old.
Lita's face filled with concern. "What's the matter?" she asked.
I hate you Pluto,
Claudia thought. They could have protected Small Lady. Why did we
have to come? Why? Claudia looked back at Lita.
"I'mYoungerSailorJupiter," Claudia said, quickly.
Lita eyed this girl. Even though she had said it quickly, Lita had been able to catch what she'd said. "You're Younger Sailor Jupiter?" Lita repeated shocked. "But that would mean that you're m..."
Lita stopped as she realized what she was about to say. She knew she was right. She could see it in Claudia's face. "You were the one that saved us before?" Lita asked.
Claudia nodded. "I wasn't supposed to," Claudia confessed. "I disrupted the time line. I probably did that because I knew that you'd end up in the hospital, with two broken legs. Raye would have end up even worse. Almost paralyzed. Amy would be hurt the worst of all. She'd be paralyzed for life. Mina would have almost gotten killed, but she would have survived. I had to save you. I couldn't save you in the future but I could at least save you now."
Lita's mouth was wide open in disbelief by the time Claudia had finished speaking.
Claudia was almost
in tears.
"You're kidding, right?" were the first words
out of Lita's mouth.
Claudia shook her head.
Lita sighed. The others had been right. "You do know that they suspect you and your friends?" Lita asked.
Claudia nodded. "I know," she admitted. "We suspected it. Don't tell them. Please. I already disrupted the time line."
Lita nodded. She didn't want anything bad to happen to her future daughter and the way Claudia was speaking it sounded like something bad might happen if she told the others. "You can count on me," Lita assured.
Claudia was silent for a few minutes then said, "I know, mom. I know." Tears appears at the corner of Lita's eyes. The two girls hugged. Once they separated Lita said, "You know the others will find out, don't you?"
Claudia nodded. Hopefully, not to soon, she thought.
