Sebrena just smiled, "I can see that. No need to run down the hall, I'm not going anywhere far."
"I know. Sebrena? Is it normal for me to still feel awkward about finding out that you're my twin sister?"
Sebrena shook her head. "No, Serena. I know it's a lot to sink in all at once. I'm just glad that you and the others trust Alayla and I."
Serena smiled and nodded, "It's always nice having new friends! Besides, now Rei can have someone to argue with BESIDES me!"
"Well, I think they are very similar so you might end up having someone else argue with you... heh... not necessarily a plus. But, Alayla isn't too bad once you get to know her."
"Hey Serena! Sebrena! Wait up! I want you two to meet someone!" Lita came running up to them, and with her was another girl Serena and Sebrena had never seen before. "Serena, Sebrena, I would like you both to meet my younger sister, Leila!"
"Oh hi, Leila. Very nice to meet you," Serena and Sebrena said in unison.
"Hi! Lita has told me so much about the both of you!" Leila was much shorter than Lita, had much longer brown hair that was pulled up in a bow, but she had the same green eyes and a kind smile.
"Lita? Why didn't you ever tell us you had a sister?" Serena asked.
"Well, the thing is, she used to live with some relatives in Europe and went to boarding school there. I guess... I just never got a chance to talk about her really. I was kind of upset that she had decided to leave me here in Tokyo. I guess it just hurt too much to talk about it. Anyway, Leila is only a year younger than me and she is now living here and will be going to this school from now on! Isn't that great?" Serena had never seen Lita so very happy. She was all smiles.
"Well, I had better go to class now. Will you all come watch my skating competition this afternoon? It would mean so much to me if my new friends were there for support." Sebrena asked, a glint of hope in her eyes.
"Of course, Sebrena! We wouldn't miss it for the world!" Serena replied. The other two nodded. Sebrena waved and walked away.
Sebrena couldn't help thinking about Lita's sister, Leila. She seemed very familiar. 'Could she be... who I think she is?' Sebrena's thoughts were interrupted when she accidentally bumped into somebody. "Oh! I am soo very sorry!" Sebrena said, looking up embarassed.
"Oh, Sebrena... it's all right. I'd rather have you bump into me than anyone else." Sebrena was speechless as she looked at Blaze. He always made her feel like she was on Cloud 9... maybe that's why it was so easy to skate with him during practice. "Can...can I walk you to your class?" Sebrena nodded, without being able to speak.
She felt so giddy about being able to be seen next to Blaze. She could see the girls' astonished faces as they walked by. She heard them whispering things like 'How did SHE get a chance to walk with him!' and 'She's so quiet and mysterious, why would he like a girl like THAT?' However, she didn't care. She didn't care what they thought and their comments didn't even register at the moment. When they arrived at her class, she said, "Thank you, Blaze. You didn't have to walk me here... but I... I appreciate it."
"I didn't do it because I had to... I did it because I want to. Well, I'll see you this afternoon at the competiton, Sebrena. I know we will be greater than any other couple there." Sebrena nodded and smiled. He waved and kept on walking. Sebrena wanted to melt. She walked into the class and took her seat next to Ami.
"Hi, Sebrena. I heard some of the other girls here talking, and I don't usually eavesdrop, but supposedly you were walking with Blaze." Sebrena, slightly blushing, nodded. "Oh, Sebrena! You are so very lucky." Ami said, smiling.
"Well, I guess. It's just... I feel like I'm on Cloud 9 whenever he is around. I just feel so comfortable being next to him... it's as if it was meant to be. I know it sounds silly, especially coming from me when I've been living in almost complete solitude for centuries. I've only ever felt this feeling once...and it was so very long ago. To make it worse, it only lasted for a very short time... until Queen Beryl had to come along and take away my little bit of happiness." Sebrena turned from Ami because she felt herself getting upset.
"Oh, Sebrena... I'm so very sorry."
"It's not your fault Ami. I just miss him so much... I can barely remember his face, it has been so long." Sebrena and Ami's conversation wasn't able to continue because the teacher had begun with her lesson.
Later that afternoon, Alayla met up with Rei at Rei's school. "Rei! Hey Rei!"
Rei turned around to see Alayla, "Oh hi, Alayla. What brings you here?"
"Well, Sebrena has a skating competition this afternoon and everyone else is going so I thought you would like to go too."
"Oh! Of course I would love to! Is she really good?" Alayla nodded in response.
"She is amazing. She seems so at home when she skates." Soon they met up with Lita, Mina, Ami, Serena and Leila. Lita quickly introduced Leila to Alayla and Rei. Alayla got a very familiar vibe from Leila. 'No, it can't be her, can it?' She thought to herself.
"Well, we better hurry or we won't get good seats!" Serena said quickly walking inside.
"Wait... for...me!" The girls stopped to see Luna, Artemis and Maggie all running towards them.
"Hey what are you guys doing here?" Mina asked.
"Well, you see, Maggie came to find Artemis and I. She told us the whole story. I don't know how I could have forgotten about Sebrena. I was absolutely astonished! Maggie told us Sebrena was skating in a competition today and we just had to see her for ourselves!" Luna said, very out of breath.
"Well, come on you three! We don't want to be late!" Alayla said to them walking in after Serena. They all got great seats, only a few rows up from the ice rink. They all admired the skaters in their glamorous outfits and watched as they warmed up.
"Oh wow. It looks like Sebrena has a lot of competition!" Leila said, looking around.
"Yeah, I know, but her and Blaze are unstoppable. I've seen them practice and watching them skate is like watching angels dance on air." Alayla said, her eyes gleaming.
"Oh, that's right! Her and Blaze skate together! Wow, she really is lucky!" Lita said.
"Shh! It's starting!" Rei commanded, very anxious.
The girls watched the first few couples from the rival schools skate in excellent form. They watched in awe at the number of jumps, twists, turns and spins. Their heads were becoming dizzy with all the spinning.
Serena said happily, "Look! Sebrena and Blaze are up next!" They all looked to see Sebrena, in a beautiful white skating outfit with white skates and her hair pulled into a perfect bun. Blaze's outfit was black with black skates.
Alayla said, excitedly, "I saw them do this in practice! It's amazing! It's about the coming together of two different worlds all for love!" They watched Sebrena and Blaze skate out onto the center of the ice, posed for the beginning of their music. They skated with perfect grace around the rink, whether it was backwards or forward. Their jumps were in sync and they landed with perfection. The music and their style flowed together beautifully. When it came time for Blaze to lift Sebrena in the air, the girls held their breath. He lifted her with ease and she landed with even more ease. When their music had ended, their last pose was of them in each other's arms.
"Oh they are just SO perfect together! It's as if they are meant to be!" Leila exclaimed. Maggie looked closely at Blaze.
She thought, 'It can't be him, can it? From so long ago?' Everyone stood up to cheer for Sebrena and Blaze.
"Yeah Sebrena! Way to go!" The girls cheered, clapping and whistling. However, a certain rival skater was not impressed.
"I don't see what is they have that I don't! They had better not win!" A dark symbol started to faintly show up on her forehead. When the judges scores showed up for Sebrena and Blaze's performance, it was obvious they had won. The crowd cheered and Sebrena and Blaze skated out to the center of the ice to wave at the crowd. The rival skater was not at all happy. She angrily skated out to the ice. "You think you are so much better don't you! Well, I've got news for you!" The rival skater actually turned out to be the new enemy and the skating outfit was a disguise. "You can call me, Natari! And its time to take out the trash!"
Sebrena yelled back defensively, "You're just jealous that we did better than you! Why don't you go crawl back into the hole you came out of!"
Natari narrowed her eyes, "How dare you speak to me like that!" Natari became very angry and used her power to throw Sebrena across the rink into the wall.
The girls watched and yelled, "Oh no! Sebrena!"
They couldn't transform, there were too many people and Leila was there as well. Lita said, "Leila, please you have to go home. I will meet you there!"
Leila shook her head, "No! I feel like I have to fight! That creep can't just do that to Sebrena!" Maggie looked at Leila. Leila's forehead started to glow and symbol appeared. It looked alot like Alayla's symbol, except there were four wavy lines surrounding the heart symbol.
"Alayla, it's her! It's Sailor Sun!" Maggie shouted. Alayla looked at Leila.
She gasped, "It is her! Maggie, quick! You know what to do!" Maggied nodded.
"Leila! Listen to me! You are really Sailor Sun, a Sailor Guardian. I will explain more later but now you have to help the Sailor Scouts fight that evil scum!" Maggie barked.
Leila was confused, "You...you can't talk! You...you're a dog!"
"LISTEN TO ME! As soon as you transform, you will remember everything!" Maggie tossed Leila a wand that had Leila's symbol on top. "Now, you must shout Sun Guardian Transformation!" Leila nodded.
She held up her wand and shouted, "SUN...GUARDIAN...TRANSFORMATION!" Suddenly, she was engulfed in a beam of fire. When she had transformed, every other pleat on her skirt was orange and the other was read. Each pleat had three point, her gloves were just like Sailor Heart's and her bows were a mix of yellow and red. Her shoes were like Sailor Jupiter's except they were a reddish orange color. She also had a spike bracelet just like Sailor Heart.
"I... I remember everything now! I now know what it is I have to do! Everyone! Quick! Transform." The other nodded.
Alayla shouted, "HEART...GUARDIAN...TRANSFORMATION!"
"MARS CRYSTAL POWER"
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER"
"JUPITER CRYSTAL POWER"
"VENUS CRYSTAL POWER!"
"MOON... COSMIC... POWER!" They had all transformed and were ready to defeat the enemy.
Sebrena was unable to move much after that blast from the enemy. "Sebrena? Sebrena, are you okay?" She looked up to see Blaze. She nodded slightly.
"Oh come on pretty boy! JUST LET ME FINISH HER!" Natari's hands began to glow with her power.
Blaze shouted, "NO! You've hurt her enough already, leave Natari!"
Natari grew angry, "Why do you want to protect her! FINE! If that's how you're going to be, I guess I'll just have to go through you first!" Natari threw her power at Blaze and it hit him right in the back.
Sebrena's eyes widened and she shouted, "Blaze! NO! How could you! You're just a jealous sore loser!"
"Oh, you are going to wish you never said that!"
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"
"Huh?" Natari looked up to see the scouts. "OH no, not you all again!"
"That's right! We are the Sailor Scouts! We fight for love and justice! In the name of moon WE WILL PUNISH YOU!"
"And we are the Sailor Guardians! How dare you hurt someone as talented as Sebrena!"
"Oh, why don't you cry me a river!"
Sailor Sun became very angry. "SUN...FIRE SUIT...ENCLOSE!" Suddenly Sailor Sun became on fire, but the body of fire flew towards Natari, suffocating her!
"I...CAN'T...BREATHE!"
"Think we should just let her roast for a while?" Sailor Sun asked, slightly amused at Natari.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!" Then, Natari started to freeze. "Well, now she is a little cooled off."
Natari screamed, "You'll pay Sailor Scouts!" And with that she managed to disappear before she had completely frozen.
Sailor Heart quickly went to Sebrena's side. "Sebrena? Sebrena can you get up?"
Sebrena nodded and slowly stood up. She looked around and saw Sailor Sun. "So... it was you wasn't it?" Sailor Sun nodded and walked over to her. Sebrena smiled, "I am so glad we have found you! Now, just two more to go!"
"Sebrena? Where did Blaze go?" Sailor Moon asked.
"Huh? He was...right here..." Blaze had seemed to just vanish into thin air.
"That's strange. We watched him get hit by that creep, Natari," Mars said.
"Well, we better get out of here before anyone else shoes up," Sailor Venus stated. They all nodded in agreement.
However, somewhere very dark there was an angry queen. "NATARI! Just WHAT do you think you were doing back there! Letting those sailor wimps almost defeat you like that!"
Natari, badly burned, replied, "I am sorry Queen Zermonia. I tried to destroy that one girl but...but they interferred."
Queen Zermonia's voice boomed, "You KEEP FAILING ME, NATARI! AND YOUR JEALOUSY PREVENTED YOU FROM RETRIEVING ANY YOUTH OR INNOCENCE!"
Natari winced at her voice, "I am so very sorry, my Queen. I will not fail again."
"YOU BETTER NOT!" Queen Zermonia turned to a male figure. "As for you... protecting her like that. You should know better! How many times must I remind you of your place?"
"I am sorry my Queen. I did not see it necessary for Natari to kill an innocent girl like that. She is of no use to us anyway."
Queen Zermonia narrowed her eyes. "They have found Sailor Sun. We must prevent them from finding the other two or else it'll mean my defeat!"
And done! I do not own any of the original sailor scouts! Thanks!