Riley was sitting on her bed reading a book with her new pet cat, Stella who she had saved from the pound only four days previous, laying on a pillow. When Riley got to the end of the chapter she was reading, she looked up and over that the clock. She blinked in surprise at how late it had gotten while she had been reading. Placing a bookmark in to mark her place, she closed the book. Taking off her reading glasses, she sat them down on the nightstand next to the bed. Getting up she walked over to the desk in the corner of the room and sat the book down on it. Turning around she walked back to her bed and pulled the covers down. After lying down in bed, she reached over to the nightstand and turned off the lamp that she had been using to read. It did not take her long to fall asleep after the light was out.
Chapter 1
Our memories, like our dreams are ours alone and tell our story.
The next morning Riley woke with a start from her dream. Taking a few deep breathes she tried to remember what exactly the dream had been about. After a few minutes of having no luck, she got up out of bed. Looking around the room, she noticed that Stella was no longer on the bed but in the window playing with one of her hairpieces.
"Stella what do you think you are doing," Riley asked as walked over to the window.
She reached down and grabbed her hairpiece back from Stella; Riley looked down at her and shook her head.
"Crazy cat," Riley muttered to herself as she walked over to her vanity and put the hairpiece back into its appropriate box.
Riley then headed over to her dresser and took out a black skirt and a light blue blouse to put on.
After changing, Riley headed down stairs and was not very surprised when she saw that both Lisha and Allora were watching television. Smiling at them when they looked up as she came down the stairs, Riley headed toward the kitchen. Entering the kitchen, she reached over and took an apple out of the basket on the counter then headed back to the living room and sat down on the couch where Lisha and Allora were sitting.
When she sat down, she saw that they were watching the news. Now this caught her attention, as they never watched it unless something unusual had happened and it seemed like something had. There were a couple more unexplained deaths around the city that none could figure out how it had happened, the one thing that had caught her attention though was that according to the news there have been sighting of strange creatures through out the city that were being passed of as a joke that someone was playing. When the news went off the three of them sat in silence, each lost in their own thoughts.
"I guess that means that what had happened that day was not just some crazy dream, huh," Lisha said breaking the silence.
"Yeah, it looks like it wasn't. Then that means that we are sailor scouts as well. It all just seems too weird like I'm going to wake up at any moment," Allora said looking down at the bracelet that rested on her wrist just like the ones that rested on each of her companion's wrists. The bracelets were different for each person, Allora's was red and gold colored with a reddish orange starburst upon a metal plate; Lisha's was a mixture of dark blue and silver with a starburst of light blue upon the plate; and Riley's was black and silver with a golden starburst upon it's plate.
"Let's just keep an eye out for now. If those things attack again we will stop them the same way we stopped the other one," said Riley as she got up off the couch and rushed out the front door. Looking back over her shoulder she called back to them, "Sorry guys but I got go or I'll be late for work. So I'll see you later."
Later that evening while Riley was walking by a park on her way home from work she heard a scream. Stopping she ran into the park toward where she thought she had heard the scream. As she got closer to the area she noticed that one of the strange creatures, which looked like an attempted cross between an ape, a tiger, and a hawk, was there standing over top of an unconscious couple. She thought back to last time this had happened trying to remember what she had said that allowed her to transform into a sailor scout. Then she remembered what it was, looking around to make sure no one else was in the vicinity she called out the words.
"Moonlight Star Power," Riley cried out as a wall of light surrounded her. When the wall had disappeared she was dressed in a dark blue fuku and choker, black bows, black boots with a silver starburst at the top of them, blue gloves with a silver starburst, and a golden tiara with a silver jewel shaped like a starburst.
The wall of light that had appeared with her transformation had caught the creature's attention. It attacked as soon as the wall disappeared. When Riley noticed the beast coming straight at her she jumped as fast as she could to the side. By the time Riley had turned, back to face the beast there was a beam coming straight at her. Not having enough time to dodge the attack hit her head on; it threw her back into a tree. She sat there dazed for a moment before she came back to her senses. Standing up she noticed that the beast had turned its attention back to its original prey. Using this moment to her advantage she launched her attack.
Riley brought her hands out in front of her and placed her palms straight out with her thumbs touching. Concentrating to make sure, that her aim would not be off, she call out her attack, "Moonlight Blast." A silver beam shot out of her hands heading straight toward the beast.
Hearing her call out her attack, the beast turned around. By the time it had turned around, it was too late for it to jump out of the way, as the attack was right in front of it. The beam hit it dead on and raised a cloud of smoke. When the smoke had disappeared there was nothing left of the creature at all. Smiling to herself Riley de-transformed and pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. Opening it up, she called 911 telling them that there were two unconscious people on the ground in the park. Closing her phone back up she left the park to continue on her way home.
When Riley got home, she noticed that Lisha and Allora had already left for their finals in their night classes at the local college. Taking her shoes off and leaving them at the door, she walked into the kitchen and headed toward the fridge. Opening the fridge up she searched for something to eat, digging through it she found some left over pizza from the previous night. Taking it out, she placed into the microwave and turned it on.
After eating, she headed upstairs to her bedroom. Walking in she headed over to the computer, on the desk in corner of the room, and turned it on. Sitting down she decided to check her e-mail. While deleting messages she saw one that was from her friend in Japan. Clicking on the message, Riley thought back to when she had first met her.
It had been a sunny day; the three of them had been at the beech working on their homework. They had ended up talking too loud trying to figure out the answer to the question. Hearing what they were talking about she had walked up to them and introduced her self as Mizuno Ami. She told us she was from Japan and that is when we realized that Mizuno was not her first name but her last name. She had sat down with them and they had figured it out in no time flat. They then spent the rest of the day and the following week hanging out and becoming friends before she had to return to Japan.
Shaking herself out of thought about the past, Riley looked down at the message.
Hey there Riley,
Hope everything is going great for the three of you. It is the same here as always, going to school and hanging out with friends. I have been wondering how your plans where coming along. The last time we talked you, Lisha, and Allora were planning to move to Japan and I was wondering if you were still planning it. Sorry but I have to go as I do not want to be late for school. Later
Ami
AN: How do you think the scouts should be brought in, anything you think should happen, or what not. Please tell me I need all the help I could get.