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As the time drew closer to visit the temple, Serena and Amy both had bad feelings about going to the temple. Serena figured that hers had something to do with evil in the area, but Amy was very confused why she would be feeling trepidatious about going to the temple. All Amy knew was that something was going to happen, and she couldn't even begin to explain to herself why she knew this to be true.
As the students started to load the buses for the temple, some of the students started telling stories that they had heard recently about the temple, since most talk about Sailor Moon had been exhausted. There had been stories of beasts attacking the temple and terrorizing the visitors. Most of the students didn't believe these rumors because the school wouldn't be bringing them to the temple if the rumors were true. Some of the students were also talking about the psychic girl that lived at the temple. Her grandfather ran the temple, which is why she lived there. Most of the students were scared of her, but didn't want to admit it. Especially the boys, because who wants to be scared of a girl? It was much easier just to make fun of her than try and understand her.
The students were all pleasantly surprised by the temple. There were no monsters running around, and no scary girl that was trying to tell them their future. The scariest part was that she was always right. The students wandered around and ignored all school faculty, because what did they know about the temple anyway. Suddenly there was a big commotion in the parking area. A large blast stopped everyone in their tracks.
There, in the middle of the temples greens, stood a monster. Not a monster from mythology, but some strangely transformed creature that was bent on destroying something. No one quite understood what the mission of these beasts were, well no one but Sailor Moon. She remembered enough to know that they were trying to capture energy. Without peoples life energy the Negaverse would die. They did not have the resources to sustain themselves and convert people to evil without massive amounts of energy to support their magic. The quickest way to get that energy was to send in their beasts and have them drain as much energy as quickly as possible because no one will think they can win against the beasts, so why try? Besides, everyone around the beasts had so little energy they couldn't fight back.
Serena knew that she had to defend these people against the beast, but where to transform. She didn't need her whole class to find out who she was because she would get no rest in life then. Everyone would want to be her friend, and obviously the Negaverse would find out if that many people knew her 'secret identity.' The good thing was that Luna knew where to come when there was a youma attack, and would be arriving soon at the temple. Serena had not yet learned enough about Sailor Moon to really be effective yet. She was hoping soon, because without the right backing, it was kinda scary to be a superhero. What if she hurt someone in the process of trying to save them? What if she was killed? There were a lot of questions running through her mind as she became Sailor Moon. Serena finally found a secluded area and quickly said her transformation trigger "Moon Prism Power" and was soon Sailor Moon, champion of Love and Justice.
As this was going on, Amy felt that she needed to be doing something. For the life of her she couldn't figure out what, but something, anything to save her classmates. It didn't matter to her that she had only been a part of the class since that morning, they were people and didn't deserve being terrorized so that someone could steal something from these people. That was the only reason that she could think of for these monsters to be created. Then there was another commotion. Evidently all the rumors at school were true, because there was Sailor Moon, bursting out of somewhere. "Stop You! I am Sailor Moon, champion of Love and Justice. In the name of the moon I will punish you for terrorizing these students quietly visiting this sacred temple." Screamed the young hero.
At the same time a young girl with long black hair came running out of the temple yelling at the top of her lungs as quickly as possible. The students all assumed that it was the psychic girl and she was placing a curse on the creature. But everyone could quickly see that whatever it was the girl was yelling, was helping to hold the creature at bay. Because of this, Serena was able to use her attack and "dust" the creature. As Serena turned to thank the girl for her help, she saw that she was gone. Serena knew that she couldn't stick around as Sailor Moon long enough to find her, so she also left the scene quickly. Most of the students were yelling for her to come back. They all wanted an autograph or picture with the mysterious heroine.
Serena found a secluded spot, and returned to normal. She found it somewhat hard to be a heroine, especially the attention. Why couldn't these people just like her as her, and not only as Sailor Moon? It just wasn't fair. All of a sudden she heard a voice yelling, "Serena!! I'm so glad you are alright! I couldn't find you when the youma was attacking and that worried me." Serena turned to see Amy coming up behind her. Serena felt some strange connection to this girl. She only hoped that was a good thing for the future.
"I'm fine Amy. I was in the bathroom when the stuff went on I guess. As soon as I figured it out, I decided it would be better if I just hid in the temple. It looked like that sailor person and the girl had it under control anyway."
"You could say that. I guess there is no doubt that Sailor Moon is real now. I can't believe what that girl did though. She was able to stop the creature with just a chant. I wonder what she was saying?"
"Well, why don't we go find out? I doubt she has many friends, considering how she was talked about on the way here. Maybe she could use some."
"Ok, but why don't we meet her before deciding to be her friend. I mean, what if she's a horrible person."
"Really Amy, how horrible could she be if she just saved everyone here from that monster?" replied an astonished Serena. "People should never go trying to find other people's faults before even meeting them. If you don't want to, I can surely go alone." And with that Serena started to walk to the temple.
"That's not what I meant at all Serena," said Amy as she ran to catch up. "I guess I'm just more cautious than you are. There are so many hateful people out there that it takes awhile for me to trust someone. It's never been easy for me to make or keep friends."
Serena looked at Amy surprised. "You became my friend very quickly."
"I know, I was kinda shocked about that myself, but there is something about you that just makes me want to be near you. I just know you have a big heart although I don't know why I know this. It's almost like we have met before somewhere."
"I know how you feel. I feel the same way."
As the girls walked into the shrine they saw the temple girl sitting staring into the fire. She looked so intense that Serena didn't want to disturb her, when suddenly she said, "So you have finally arrived."
Well, there was the next chapter. Please review!! I need all the comments and suggestions I can get!