Chapter 1: They Return

Bunny awoke to the smell of pancakes. She smiled to herself, 'Isn't that sweet. Darien's making breakfast again.' She got up and put on her robe and slippers as she walked into the kitchen. "Good morning Darien," she said as she gave him a kiss.

"Good morning Buns. Did you sleep well?"

"Yes, but I had this strange dream… but now I can't remember it."

"Remember what?" Pearl asked.

"Morning Pearl. I was just trying to remember a dream I had last night." Bunny greeted her adopted sister. It had been a year since Bunny and Pearl had found each other. It was a quiet year, no monsters, and no need for the scouts. They had all been happy.

"Speaking of remembering, don't forget that we promised to meet Hotaru and Rini at the park today," Darien reminded the sisters. Bunny, Darien, Rini and Hotaru had gotten really close the year before, but hadn't been spending as much time together what with Helios and Jet around.

"How could I possibly forget that?" Bunny asked. They all sat down to breakfast.

Just as Bunny was enjoying her breakfast and discussing the day before her, so were all her friends. They were all going to have a fun second to last day of summer vacation. After finishing her temple chores Raye was going to go to the movies with Jadeite. Mina was dragging Kunzite shopping with her later. Nephrite and Lita had decided they would go to the park's gardens. Amy was going to study at the library with Zoisite. Amara, Michelle and Trista where spending a quiet day at home. The three cats, Luna, Artemis, and Diana where hanging around with their partners. And Jade, Jet and Helios? They were going to the park with Pearl, Hotaru and Rini, what else?

Later that day Bunny was still trying to remember her dream. It had been bothering her all day, like it was something important she was supposed to remember. "Buns, what's wrong?" Darien asked full of concern. He hated to see Bunny troubled by anything.

"Oh, nothing. It's just, my dream, I can't seem to remember it, but I know it was imported."

"Don't worry about it. You'll remember. Try not to think about it."

"Hey Bunny! Want to have a jump rope contest with us?" Rini asked. Jumping rope was still a favorite past time of Rini and Hotaru.

"You bet!" Bunny answered, running off to join the fun.

"Sometimes it's hard to believe that they are the future Queen and Princess," Helios said to Darien as he walked over. Darien nodded his agreement.

As he did so a couple walking by bowed to him. Darien was getting used to this. Over the past year the former members of the Moon Kingdom and the Golden Kingdom where regaining their memories. Pluto had told them that it was necessary if Bunny and Darien wanted to be excepted as the Queen and King of Earth in a few years, as they all knew would happen.

After they had worn themselves out playing, Bunny and her friends went over to a little ice-cream shop. This shop was owned by a friend of theirs, who also happened to be the second person, besides the scouts, to remember the Moon Kingdom.

"Oh, hello Bunny, everyone," Miss Caya greeted them.

"Hello Miss Caya," they all returned.

"How is Missouri Backmen doing?" Bunny inquired. Missouri Backmen was a famous violin player, whom, a year earlier, had held a competition that Bunny had won. He and Miss Caya had been married not long afterwards.

"He is doing well. Would you all like some ice-cream?" Miss Caya always gave them free ice-cream. "The lest I can do for my former Princess and future Queen," she would always say.

They all sat there enjoying their ice-cream, including Luna and Diana who always got some too. They chatted about this and that, but Bunny was still troubled by her dream.

That night Bunny woke up with a start. ":Gasp: That was it, now I remember." She looked over and saw that Darien was already awake.

"See? I told you would figure the dream out," Darien said.

Bunny nodded, "Yes, but I think we need to tell the scouts about this one." Luna called all the scouts over. However, while they were waiting for them to arrive four other people did first.

"Hello Darien, it's been a long time."

"Fiori!" Darien said, glad to see his childhood friend.

"Ann, Alan, it's nice to see you again," Bunny greeted her one time enemies and current friends.

"Hello Bunny. This is our new friend, Fiona," Ann introduced the new girl. Fiona had pink hair and a magenta outfit just like Ann.

"What are you doing here?" Luna asked.

"We came for a visit. And for..." Alan started.

"And for some help," Bunny interrupted. "I guess I was right about my dream." Everyone looked at Bunny in surprise The new arrivals because they had no idea what she was talking about, and the others because they had yet to hear what her latest dream was about.

When the scouts arrived there was a lot of explaining to do, seeing as only half of them even knew who Ann, Alan, and Fiori were.

"Amara, Michelle, Trista and Hotaru meet Ann, Alan, Fiori and Fiona," Bunny introduced everyone.

"Fiori is my childhood friend, from the orphanage," Darien began to explain.

"And Ann and Alan came here about 5 years ago, with their 'Doom Tree'..." and the whole story of how Ann and Alan had tried to steal energy to keep themselves and their tree alive was told.

"So what have you been doing sense then?" Amy wondered.

"Well, we found a place to live with the seedling of our tree, and soon Fiori came to us," Ann replied.

"He was one of us as well. We welcomed him and he told us he even knew you," Alan added. Again, the inner scouts explained, for the outer's benefit, about when Fiori had been controlled by Casemion Blossom and tried to take over Earth.

"Not long after that Fiona arrived," Fiori finished.

"So Bunny, is this way you called us over here so early? To tell us that they had returned? Couldn't that have waited 'till later!" Raye asked in her usual temper.

"No Raye, that is not why I called you here. Or at lest, not completely," Bunny rebutted.

"Bunny had a dream again," Darien explained. Now it was time to explain to Ann, Alan, Fiori, and Fiona about the previous year, and all the dreams Bunny had had.

"So what's this new dream about?" Mina asked.

"Well, at first I was in the dark and could only here a familiar voice asking for help. I couldn't recognize the voice, but slowly it became lighter and I could see the Doom tree. It was asking for my help. It told me that something was coming for it and it's children," Bunny explained.

"You mean you had a dream about our tree asking for your help?" Ann asked.

"Yes. But it might not have been just a dream," Bunny answered. "Last year I discovered that I can receive messages through my dreams, so it's possible that the Doom tree was really calling for me."

Trista looked at Ann and her friends, "Do you know what is coming after your tree?"

"No, we don't," Alan sadly replied. "Our tree just told us to come here because we would need your help, again."

"Well, it looks like our peaceful time is over," Michelle commented.

"Yup, but I don't really mind," Lita said with a grin. "I was starting to get a little bored with this peace."

"Lita..." they all said. It was just like Lita to be ready for a new fight.

"Well, I guess the only thing to do now is to wait until we have more clues," Hotaru stated. Everyone agreed.

"So do you four have a place to stay?" Amara asked.

"Yup, we're staying at our old apartment," Alan assured them.

"The tree is already there," Fiona added.

"So we'll be seeing you in school tomorrow," Ann finished. With that everyone went on their way. It was an early start for the day seeing as it was barley 7 am. Amara, Michelle and Trista when back home. Ann, Alan, Fiori and Fiona decided to look around, it had been four years sense they had last been there. Bunny and Darien had breakfast. The rest went to find their boyfriends, if the girls where going to be up so were they. Plus, they figured that they should all know about the coming threat.