Chapter 4
Mysterious Dreams
"What's going on? Who are you people?" Kit asked. Swiftly the shadows moved. Kit became steadily dizzier as they continued on. At one point, she noticed that she was moving just like them; just as fast, just as swiftly. Suddenly, they dropped and stopped. As things stopped spinning, Kit noticed that the shadows had brought the dog with them. When the dog was set down, it ran over to Kit, who knelt down by the dog. Kit continued to stare at the rouge scouts. "Hey! Who are you? What's going on?"
The scouts finally stopped moving about. They sat down on the ground. Kit continued to stare. "Where am I?" Kit asked again.
An orange-haired scout, wearing what appeared to be a sailor scout uniform without the skirt, spoke first. "You are in a safe place now, Kitsune," she began. "This is where we meet to discuss plans of action against the enemy. Now, you and that dog shall remain here until we determine that it is safe for you two to go."
"I can't stay here!" Kitsune cried, "My brother will expect me home soon! I told him I'd only stay out 20 or 30 minutes!"
"It isn't safe for you out there!" a warrior about her age said loudly. The scout had long pink hair partially in a pair of unusual pointed buns on the sides of her head. "You can't leave here!"
Kitsune stared at the girl in shock. She looked over at the orange-haired scout and asked curiously, "Who are you? How do you know me? Why is it not safe for me to leave here? Where am I? Where is this place?"
"My, you sure have a lot of questions, Kit." A black crow appeared it suddenly became surrounding in a black cloud, and then in its place appeared a teenage boy. Kit recognized him right away.
"Cody?" Kitsune said in shock, "What in the world is going on?" The orange-haired scout hit Cody on the back of his head.
"Idiot, I told you that she'd recognize you!" the girl yelled. Kit recognized her voice.
"Amanda Rose?" Kitsune said, still surprised. "You're a sailor scout?"
The orange-haired sailor scout nodded her head. She glowed maroon as ribbons unwound, revealing the Amanda Rose Kitsune knew from school. "You're smart, Kit," she said. "I knew you'd recognize us. Though, Reenie you don't know." She motioned her hand toward the pink-haired girl. She wore a sailor scout uniform that looked just like the famous Sailor Mini-Moon had worn.
"Are you, Sailor Mini-Moon?" Kitsune asked.
The sailor scout flipped her hair back a bit and said, "I was called that, but now I am Sailor Moon."
"She's here from the future to help us," Amanda Rose said.
Kitsune stared at Sailor Moon in shock. "You're from the future? So the stories were true after all?"
Sailor Moon nodded. Pink ribbons unwound from around her body. A pale pink sweater and a light pink skirt replaced Sailor Moon's uniform. On the sweater was the Mugen school pin. "I came here to help the past, once again," she said. "I'll be attending your school as a transfer from another school."
"I'll be staying the night at you house tonight, Kit," Amanda Rose said. "That way, I can keep an eye on you." Kit nodded, seeing that she would most likely have no say in the matter.
As Kit and Amanda Rose made their way to Kit's home, the dog followed. "My brother will never let me keep it," Kit said.
"I'm sure you can convince him otherwise," Amanda Rose said. As they approached the apartments, someone came stumbling out from behind a parked car. The person landed on the ground with a thud. Amanda Rose and Kit ran to the person, turning the person over. In the light of a nearby streetlamp, the person was a girl. Amanda Rose gasped in shock. "Kit... this girl looks like you!" Kit looked at the girl more closely and saw that Amanda Rose was right. This girl looked just like Kit; only the girl's face was dirty and showed extreme wear. "My God, look at her!" Kit looked and saw what Amanda Rose saw. The girls had a purple ribbon around her left wrist. She had one on her right, but it was loose. It revealed raw, red skin beneath, skin that was crusted with blood. The girl wore but a simple, ragged dress without socks or shoes. Around her ankles were what appeared to be iron cuffs, like what was used in ancient days. Beneath the cuffs were purple ribbons and red skin.
"What do we do?" Kit asked. Amanda looked at her.
"I don't know."