A/N: I know this is a slow beginning, but it will pick up! I promise!

Special Thanks: To my first reviewers, herownwrite (I should have checked my paragraph spacing more closely), Freaky-Sis(Thanks for the encouragement), and NemisisMuse and Elena Chamberlain for reviewing One Moment More. THANKS!General I-own-nothing-not-even-this-computer Disclaimer.

The black cat sat on the windowsill, staring unblinkingly at the sleeping girl. This was not so strange for a cat. The thoughts running through the feline's head, though, were not to be found in most pets.

What could have woken her like that? Luna mused, watching Usagi turn over with a sigh. Most nights, a bomb could go off, and she'd just keep snoring. But last night...

Luna mused over the idea of calling the other Scouts. She didn't want to wake them over what could very well have been a regular nightmare, albeit a vivid one. It took a worried Mrs. Tsukino two cups of tea and an hour of reassurances to get her daughter back to sleep. The household as a whole decided to let Usagi sleep in, including one very intelligent black cat who was more than she seemed.

Perhaps I should call Artemis? Luna barely thought the idea, when she heard the telltale sound of Usagi's communicator.

"Usagi? Luna? Is anyone there?"

The cat advisor pricked her ears forward curiously. Even stuffed up and strained, she easily recognized Ami's voice.

"Hm?" Usagi groaned, and blinked her eyes open to look at the screen blankly. Comprehension dawned as she sat up, gasping. "Ami, what's wrong? Have you been crying?"

Luna leapt from the window onto the bed to peer over Usagi's shoulder. Ami stared out of the communicator through red-rimmed eyes, her cheeks blotchy, her nose red. She tried to pull herself together as she explained, seemingly unaware that she clutched a porcelain doll with a shattered head to her chest.

"My room is destroyed. All my books, and my things... Some of my clothes are okay, but almost everything is ruined."

"What happened?" Usagi demanded, horrified. "Were you attacked? Are you alright?"

Ami offered a strained smile. "Oh, I'm alright, Usagi. Really, they're only things."

"WHAT HAPPENED?!?"

The cool, calm genius's lower lip trembled a moment, and then she completely broke down. Her face fell into a mask of abject misery. Tears rolled unchecked down her cheeks, and she hiccupped for breath.

"I DON'T KNOW!" Ami wailed. "I don't know what happened! Last night," hic, "last night I woke up, and, and, and I got up and..." She shook her, sending tears spraying all around her. "And I tore up all my books, and I broke my computer, and all my things are gone! Everything is gone!"

Luna stared at her, horrified. "Ami, why?"

"I told you, I don't know! Last night I woke up, and I was so angry! I'm glad my mom's out of town! If she had walked into my room last night, I would have killed her!"

"No, you wouldn't," Usagi tried to reassure her. "You would never hurt anyone."

"Last night I would. I really think I would have killed anyone I met."

The certainty in her voice chilled Luna, but she spoke through it. "Ami, don't do anything! We'll be there in a minute, alright?"

"O-okay," Ami whispered around sniffles. "Please, hurry."

Usagi leapt out of bed with more energy than Luna had ever seen her show in the morning. She threw open her closet, grabbing an outfit at random. As she pulled the simple sundress on, her voice came through.

"Luna, what do you think happened?"

"I don't know, Usagi, but it can't be coincidence," Luna noted. "Last night, you woke screaming from a horrible nightmare, and Ami behave in a most unAmi-like way."

"A new enemy," Usagi guessed, picking up her hairbrush with a sigh. "I should call the other girls, and Mamo-chan."

"Mamoru's still out of town, Usagi," Luna reminded her. "Don't call him just yet. Maybe it's not so bad."

The future Queen of Crystal Tokyo turned to give her royal advisor an offended look. "Luna, I'm not that dumb! This is something big!" She finished twisting a bun into place, and put a hand over her heart. "I can feel it."

"Why don't you let Rei be the psychic one?" Luna advised, leaping onto the dresser as her charge started on the other side of her hair. "You're intuition hasn't always been the most trustworthy."

"Hey! Who had the nightmare last night, missy? I have plenty trustworthy intuition!" Usagi tied the bun securely, and glanced at her wrist. "All the same, it can't hurt to find out if Rei's feeling anything."

"Hurry up," ordered Luna. "We promised Ami we would be there soon."

Usagi ignored her as she activated her communicator. "Rei? Are you awake?" No answer came. Frowning, she raised her voice. "Rei! Wake up!" Still nothing. "REI!!!!"

Wincing, Luna wondered once again at the power of the tiny girl's lungs.

"She's not answering," Usagi stated dully. "What if something happened to her?"

Without further warning, she raced out of her room and down the stairs, barely pausing at the door to put on her shoes. "Mom, I'm going over to Rei's!"

"Usagi? Are you alright?"

Mrs. Tsukino appeared just as Usagi finished tying her laces. She jumped up, kissed her mother on the cheek, and ran out the door. Luna barely managed to slip through the door before it slammed shut on her tail. She gave a mighty leap, attached herself to Usagi's shoulder.

"What about Ami?!?"

"Right!" Still running, Usagi again toyed with her communicator. "Minako! Are you there?"

"I'm here. What is it?"

Minako looked as tired and despondent as Ami. Her blue eyes had none of their usual sparkle, and her golden hair hung in her eyes.

"What happened to you?" Usagi asked, not checking for traffic as she darted into the road. Luna closed her eyes and prayed as she heard tires squeal.

"Nothing, I just didn't sleep great last night," the other blonde explained, her voice strangely hollow. "Where are you, anyway?"

"Running to the Temple!"

She perked up a bit, alarmed. "Is something wrong?"

"I don't know, Rei's not answering me. Could you go over to Ami's? She trashed her room last night, and now she doesn't know why! Just go be with her, and I'll get there as soon as I can!"

"Usagi, look out!" Luna screamed.

The klutzy blonde could be surprisingly agile when her life depended on it. She managed to leap out of the way of the speeding bike, ignoring shouted insults from the rider.

"Alright, I'll go to Ami's," Minako promised. "You just get to Rei's alive!"

"Bye!"

Usagi seemed intent on getting herself injured and/or killed, though, as she again used the device on her wrist. "Mako-chan! Wake up!"

"I'm awake!"

Makoto's voice sounded twice as strained as those of Ami and Minako. She appeared looking tired, her brow furrowed in deep alarm. "Usagi, now isn't the greatest time-"

"Did you have a nightmare? Did you trash your room?" the running girl interrupted.

"What? No! It's just... The police are here."

Usagi came to such a sudden halt that Luna flew off her shoulder and into a bush. "What happened?!? Are you hurt?!?"

"No," Luna heard Makoto say slowly. "It's just, there was an... accident in the apartment next to mine. I have to talk to them. I'll get back to you."

The communicator fell silent, and Usagi stared at it in worry for a long moment. Then she spun, and took off again.

"Please watch where you're going!" Luna shrieked, racing after her. "No, Usagi, look, there's a car- Oh!"

Amazingly, the pair made it to the Temple quite alive. They bound up the steps and crashed in the front door. Without pausing to remove her shoes, Usagi flew down the hall to Rei's room.

The dark haired priestess lay in her bed, her eyes closed in seemingly peaceful sleep. She did not wake as Usagi threw herself on the bed, shouting her name.

"Rei! Rei! Are you alright?"

Luna jumped up onto the other side. She moved close to Rei's face, looking intently as Usagi picked up her friend's hand. The girl gasped.

"She's ice cold, Luna!"

"I don't think," the cat began slowly, "Usagi, I don't think she's breathing."