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Usagi's eyes shot open. She was laying on her bed, drenched in sweat. She's had that nightmare 5 times now, each time getting a little further in. She sighed, and crawled out of bed. She changed into her school uniform and headed downstairs. Her father was sitting at the table reading the paper and her mother was making breakfast. For once she had gotten up early. "oh my god, the Tennessee Killer was spotted in Dulvey, Louisiana. It's so scary, we don't even know if he has any motives! For all we know, he's just a murderous, sadistic piece of-" he cut himself off, having just seen Usagi "good morning, Usagi!" he said in a chipper tone.

Her only response was to groan. "would you like me to make you breakfast?"

She just groaned. "are you alright? You haven't been the same since-" her mom started, but stopped, knowing her sensitivity to the events of last spring break. She grabbed her backpack and walked out the door. She began her trek to school, trying to shake off both the drowsiness and the feeling of dread left over from the night. "are you alright? You look tired" a voice behind her said.

It was Johnny. He had moved in a few blocks away and was presumably also walking to school. "just tired. I didn't sleep that well" Usagi responded.

"I haven't been sleeping well either. I've been having weird dreams lately"

"Really? What about?"

Johnny chuckled "well, I'm this guy, right? And I betrayed my master to help some moon queen win a war or whatever"

"you don't happen to remember her name, do you?" Usagi asked warily.

"Actually, I do. Her name was Serenity"

Usagi's heart skipped a beat. How could he be dreaming about the past? She thought. She had little time to ponder, however, since Minako came running towards her. "Hey Usagi, we need to talk" she looks at Johnny, then back to Usagi "without him"

"hey, you go on ahead. I'll catch up" Usagi said to Johnny, who wasn't listening.

He was staring at Minako with unseen fascination.. "yes? Can I help you?" Minako said impatiently.

"oh, sorry" he said, shaking his head "you guys go on ahead, I'll catch up"

As the two walked on, Minako began to inform Usagi about the previous night. "I found something last night. Something not good"

"what was it?"

"a flaming biker skeleton"

Usagi had a confused look on her face. "what?"

"A skeleton. That's on fire. Wearing a leather jacket. Riding around on a motorcycle, which is also on fire"

"that's probably the weirdest thing I've ever heard, and that's saying something"

"that's not even the strangest thing. The strangest thing is that it talked to me like I was an old friend"

"okay, that's weird. I think we'd remember meeting a biker skeleton"

"he referred to me as 'Aphrodite', which is also weird"

"huh. what should we do?"

"I want you to join me on my patrol tonight. Maybe if were both there, then we can figure out what it is"

As those words were said, they reached the crest of a hill, and the school was in sight. Students were flooding in by the dozens. In the distance a bell could be heard. "i better get to class. Well talk later" Usagi said.

As Usagi sat down at her desk, she noticed a student missing.

The english teacher came into the room with a grim expression, which made Usagi curious. "we lost a student last night. The police informed me that James Argus had hung himself around midnight"

Amanda suddenly ran out of the room, the sound of her sobbing muffled by her hands. Usagi remembered that she had been flirting with James alot yesterday. she wondered if something had happened between the two of them. These events had made it even harder then usual for her to focus on lesson. She was able to finish, but it was an uphill struggle. As she left the classroom to get to her next class, she noticed an air of negativity among the students. She met up with Minako in the hallway. "hey, something else weird happened that i forgot to mention" she said.

"what's that?"

"when i was walking to school with Johnny, he said he was having weird dreams"

"so? people have weird dreams all the time"

"he was dreaming about the Silver Millennium. He even mentioned Princess Serenity by name"

"Okay, that i weird. I'll have Artemis dig up some info, see if he can find anything about people from the Silver Millenium who are unaccounted for"

"alright, tell me if he finds anything. I'll keep in touch with him. see if he has any epiphanies"

So with that, Usagi set off on her own again, thinking about the questions that have been offered today, and possible answers for them.

I apologize for the long wait, I've been working on making my chapters longer. I hope to upload more consistently in the future.