AN: And now, a glimpse into this new threat that has the Senshi queens on edge and a TIME SKIP!
I tried to keep it short, but some people just kept on talking and talking and talking and the point of view changes from one person to the next. I've got everyone in this chapter so please let me know if they're all in character :3
Disclaimer-You know, I still don't own Sailor Moon.
In With the New V- The Other Side
A dark haired woman stands in the middle of a bleak and isolated hallway. She paces back and forth, her heels clicking roughly against the old pavement of the floor. With each step, the train of her gown billows behind her, giving her an ethereal glow. She peers down the hall to her left at a pair of old metal double doors that look to be older than time itself; no one entered or exited through them.
She stops to adjust the crown adorning her head, the poor thing had gone askew with all her incessant pacing. Back and forth, back and forth the woman marched, with her heels stomping hard into the worn pavement of the floor. They were sure to leave indents if she were any angrier and they have in the past, when unruly subjects failed to heed her words. She gives the double doors a heated glance, willing them to open and for the person to hurry the fuck up. The doors rumble and grind together as they are forcibly opened and the woman sighs when another joins her in the desolate hall.
"Do you know how long I've been waiting in this hall for you, sister?" The woman seethes at her female companion. The other woman in the hall accepts the angry question and kneels down on one knee; she is used to these angry greetings.
"I apologize Empress, but there was an urgent matter that needed my attention." The first woman scoffs but motions for her companion to stand. There is no need to be so formal when there is no one else around and the other knows this. Why she continues to do so, she will never know.
"You do not need to be so formal with me. I am your younger sister after all." The newcomer shifts the weight of her stance.
"That may be true, but you are also my empress so I shall treat you as such."
The original woman rolls her eyes, always a stiff one, her sister. "So I see. Has there been any word from the generals? They've haven't reported back in a while and they're still on mission." There is a sigh from the second woman as she joins the side of her empress.
"They're doing what they can to hold off the enemy forces but I fear their efforts will be in vain. Our enemy is strong." The empress grinds her teeth at the thought. They are too powerful to be losing to…them.
The other woman continues on. "But we have discovered a weakness of theirs." The empress perks up at that.
"A weakness?"
"Yes. They no longer have their so called trump cards on the front lines, which means that their defenses have been severely cut down. If we can take out what's left of their forces, we can get to the queen faster." The empress nods in understanding. Their enemy is strong and has been for the last millennia, so of course they'd be a force to reckon with. What she needs is something of equal strength, something faster, quicker and all around better.
The empress faces her companion with a clever gleam in her eye. "We'll need seasoned veterans for this job then. Summon the Knights."
"I'm about to make this situation awkward."
"Dude, it's seven-fifteen in the freaking morning."
"Don't you do it Dustin or I swear I'll kick you in the face."
"That's a cold blooded threat Amethyst. I thought we were all friends here." Amethyst folds her arms over her chest and fixes Dustin with a purple-tinted glare.
"Why are you so dramatic in the morning? Can't you be normal for once?" The eleventh grader next to her gives her a sly smile and she rolls her eyes. Why is she cool with him again?
Kylie sighs; this is her band of misfit friends. A month and a half ago, they were a group of strangers looking to survive their first day of school (for Sammy and Sierra, their first day of high school). Over the last month and a half, they all had started talking to one another, some sharing classes and others in the same grade and before long their small groups began merging together and they started hanging out together.
Today is a usual morning for them, beginning their daily routine. Since Melody, Chris and Tony's mom had to be at work before school started, she would drop them off at Kasely and Kylie's house and the twins' father would drive them all to school. Mr. Wheeler would drop them off early so they could beat the first bell but the teens used that time to wait for their friends.
After Mr. Wheeler drove off, Drake would drop off Dustin and Amethyst before going to park his truck in the student parking lot. Yumi would show up after them, bouncing over to the group with an annoyed Eve following right behind her. Samantha and Sierra who were always involved in some sort of heated conversation were after them , followed lastly by a blushing Jun who was quickly escaping the coddling wrath of his worrisome mother.
A poke in the shoulder stirs Kylie from her thoughts. She looks up and notices that an arm is draped carelessly over her shoulders and she shudders; it's too early for this.
"Tony, what are you doing?" The triplet doesn't respond verbally, instead choosing to squeeze the dark skinned twin's shoulders.
"Warming you up, can't you tell? You're shivering and I decided to share my body heat with you. It's a bit chilly out here at this time of year." Kylie resists the urge to roll her eyes and she shrugs the offending arm off. Kasely steps into the picture, resting his arm on Kylie's head and giving Tony a dark glare.
"It's not that cold out here yet Tony so she's okay and when it does get colder, her winter coats will keep her nice and toasty." The triplet backs off slowly, holding his hands up in defense. Kasely was shifting into overprotective big brother mode earlier than usual. Tony slinks away to join his siblings, Melody shaking her head at him and Chris badly concealing his snickers behind his hand.
"You win this round Kasely." The male twin smirks at the teal haired boy.
"I win every round. You'll have to get on my good side before you get a chance with my little sister." Kylie glares up at her brother.
"You're only older than me by seven minutes, dorkwad." He smiles down at her, mussing her hair affectionately.
"And I cherish those seven minutes every waking moment."
Melody rubs her temples, willing away the inevitable headache that she's sure to get before the day's over with. It's seven twenty-eight in the morning and there's chaos going on already; it's much too early for any of this.
"HEEEEEY YOU GUYS!"
Melody looks up from her inner dialogue and catches the sight of Yumi bounding over to their little group, with Eve jogging behind her trying to keep up. The emerald-eyed brunette looks a bit more disgruntled than usual, thanks to her so called 'best friend' tackling her to the ground and wrinkling her clothes. All that hard work ironing them and getting yelled at by Sasha this morning was ruined as soon as Yumi came into contact with her person.
The honey colored brunette joins the group and gives Dustin's waiting hand a high five. The hazel eyed boy meets Eve's gaze when she walks up and he winks at her, she just looks the other way. Amethyst watches the exchange between the two and smirks; guess no one else caught that.
"How is everyone today?"
A chorus of 'Fine!' and two specific 'Awesome' answer her question and the brunette feels content. She takes a place next to Eve and watches her friends interact. She giggles to herself; they're always so active this early in the morning.
"How are you today Yumi?" Melody asks. She needs something to distract her because Chris and Tony are arguing over something stupid and she really doesn't want to deal with them right now. Yumi's face brightens at the question and her mind goes to work, recalling the events at her home.
"I'm fine Melody, thanks for asking! I almost didn't make it here alive though."
Now Melody's curiosity is really piqued. "What happened today?"
"Well, Max thought it would be funny to sneak up on me while I was in the bathroom so I almost choked on my mouthwash. I wore the wrong socks and almost fell down the stairs and almost walked into the kitchen door. Then when I went to get breakfast, my dad had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on me when a piece of toast got caught in my windpipe. Melody I was so scared, I thought I was going to die!"
Seriously, this is really nothing new to Melody or the rest of the group. Every morning Yumi would come over to the meeting spot and go off about her morning and her near death experiences. The girl is the very definition of accident-prone, in Melody's opinion.
"You always think you're going to die. Every day you always tell us how you nearly escape death in your own home. It's a miracle you're still alive." Yumi clutches a hand to her chest and gives Eve a sincere look.
"You really think I'm a miracle child Eve?" The green eyed brunette backs away from the unstable girl next to her. Whatever her answer is, Yumi's just going to tackle her to the ground and cry all over her clothes and they're already wrinkled as it is. This is a question she really doesn't know how to answer.
"I didn't say that-oof!"
Yumi tackles her to the ground before she can finish her sentence, squealing about how they'll be best friends forever and how she's the greatest friend alive. The honey eyed girl squeezes Eve tightly in their hug, and squeals into her ear some more. Of course that's the reason why she never truly gets hurt; she's a MIRACLE BABY!
Melody whips her head away from the scene as Yumi is pried off Eve by Dustin and Chris. There's a louder conversation going on behind her and she notices that Kylie's turned around as well. The two share a look before straining their ears to eavesdrop in on the conversation.
"-can't wear lip stain because her lips are half the size of pea pods. She's got no authority on giving other people fashion advice."
A short laugh rings through the air. "I know right? She even had the nerve to talk about the shoes I was wearing. Doesn't she realize that J-Pumps went out of style last fall? She's obviously got a screw lose in that chemically processed head of hers."
Melody and Kylie's curious eyes are soon greeted with the sight of the youngest members of their group. Sammy and Sierra are making their way over to the spot, engrossing themselves in one of their fashion rants about some girl in their grade. Walking between the sisters is the ever-so-quiet Jun, who's linked arm-in-arm with the twins and who's face is burning bright with a fresh blush ; the sophomore girls giggle at the sight.
"Well, well, if it isn't our fashionistas I see walking towards us." Dustin states, observing the trio closing in on the spot. With a witty smirk, he tosses an arm over Kasely and Chris's shoulders, and points accusing fingers in Jun's direction.
"And they've brought a fresh victim with them this morning. Looks like he's still intact, physically that is." And the three boys laugh at the poorly constructed joke. Sammy and Sierra pause in their routine rant and fix the amused trio with confused twin stares. Surely those idiots aren't laughing at their conversation, are they? They should know by now that they have this talk every morning because every day, someone in their grade is always parading around in outdated and tacky clothes, thinking they're hot shit.
Newsflash, you're not.
Jun is, unfortunately, still locked arm-in-arm with the girls as they engage the idiot trio in an argument. This close contact with these females is a tad bit uncomfortable and he really wishes that they'd let him go. He might have three older sisters but a female's touch has always made him feel so nervous. He can feel the heat rising to his face as Sammy and Sierra tighten their grips over his arms, and he hangs his head in shame.
They won't let him go.
Eve taps her foot against the sidewalk and crosses her arms over her chest. She checks the time on her phone and frowns. It's seven-fifty, so why aren't the doors open to the school yet? Yumi's clinging onto her arm, chattering at seventy miles an hour about something that's been floating around in her head and Eve is half listening to the girl. She exchanges a glance with Amethyst and the two silently nod to one another.
Amethyst snatches her book bag from the ground and secures it to her back, tightening the straps to the perfect tension. If it's too loose it could fall and if it's too tight, it'll annoy her all day. She walks over to Dustin, who's still arguing with the freshman twins with the help of Chris and Kasely, and seizes him by the hood of his jacket. The argument comes to a screeching halt and the participants seem mildly puzzled. The purple-eyed senior drags the hazel eyed teen towards the school; mind you, he's still got his arms around Kasely and Chris's shoulders, so they're going along as well.
Once the rest of the group notices that some members are missing, they pack their things up and head to the school's entrance. Melody throws her own book bag on and yanks Kylie by the arm all the way to the doors, Tony following suit. Yumi squeals and falls in step with Eve once the green-eyed brunette begins her walk to the entrance. Sammy and Sierra take a final look at themselves and each other and on deciding that they are presentable, pull a still sulking and embarrassed Jun into the building.
Neo Queen Serenity watches as the screen fades to black in front of her. She leans back in her chair and heaves a long sigh. At least one of their problems is solved.
"Looks like all of our selections have met up on their own." Jupiter states, drawing all attention in the room. Her emerald eyes flicker over every face in the room and she smiles a slow smile. "And it seems they're quite the tight-knit group."
Venus giggles and toys with her golden locks. " They've grown close quickly. In a way, they kind of remind me of us when we were on Earth." A few of the queens chuckle at the memory.
"We're still the same, if you think about it." Neptune adds, sharing a look with Uranus. The pair hold each other's gazes for a moment and Uranus covers the shorter queen's hand with her own. "And I believe that we'll always be."
Serenity notices the exchange and smiles warmly at her friends; they might be the rulers of the solar system, but they'd always be friends first. Goodness, she doesn't know what she'd do without these girls by her side. By her side…she feels as if she's forgetting something.
Without warning, Serenity slams a hand down on the marble table in front of her, startling the other women in the room. Ignoring the bemused looks sent her way, she calls for her royal retainer and Luna quickly steps into the room.
"You called, your Highness?"
Serenity doesn't meet her gaze. "I need you to go to Earth, Luna. Go and inform our new guardians that their mission has begun. I fear our enemy may soon move."
Luna nods and heads out of the room. She takes large and precise strides towards the Main Control room. This new enemy mobilizes faster than they predicted and there's no way they can get this new sailor team trained in time and ready to fight. In a time like this, there's no room for pessimism.
Luck had better be on their side.