Vol. 2

Chapter 5

I'm Selina Chase, 18 years old, My birth metal is silver. I'm in the first year of college under the Managing Program, hoping to manage a hotel or a apartment building. I'm just a little clumsy and a bit of a complainer. That's about it. One day, a strange woman in black named Luna Lupo showed up and made me a Guardian of the Moon. But she wants me to fight bad guys. That makes me really nervous. Oh well, I guess everything will be okay. Hopefully.

In a dark cave, somewhere far away, sitting upon the demonic throne, Lady Pandora addressing the issue to her servant. "Jason, what of the energy that you were suppose to give to me?"

"Lady Pandora, please give us a little more time. Everything is going as planned." he reasoned.

"Is that so? It better work this time."

"Yes. We had some interruptions before but this time I am working secretly with my minion Gjallar."

"Very well, it is all on your shoulders. Keep that in mind."Pandora warned.

"Yes, my Lady."

In the night of New York City, every young lady is listening to the radio, "My old diary was full of you. And my diary now is full of the past. I want to see you. I want to see you one more time. I want to tell you my true feelings. This was sent to us from Haruna the Dreamer from New York."

Selina fell off her bed when she heard the name. "Haruna? That's our teacher's name. It can't be her."

"We're sharing everyone's love letters on this show. For those whose letters are read, we will send you a flower brooch that makes love come true." Luna walks into Selina's room checking in.

"I wonder if those flower brooch are any good." Selina wondered.

"Midnight Diaries, I want your love to blossom. I'll be back tomorrow. This is D-Jae."

"Selina!" Luna called.

"Why would I write a love letter to a radio station?" Selina is completely ignoring Luna.

"Selina!"

"Isn't that a bit personal?"

"Selina!"

"What do you want?" Finally responding.

"You should probably go to bed. You'll oversleep again. Besides, you don't have time to listen to late night radio. You're a chosen warrior. You have a very important mission."

"Yeah, yeah. I know that!" Selina went to bed.

"You can laid down the attitude also, Goodnight." Luna shut the lights and left the room.

The next morning, Luna was reading the newspaper in her office.

Is it a new modern disease?

Mysterious sleeping illness going around!

"Hmm, a sleeping illness that won't let you wake up once you've fallen asleep. Maybe that's the problem to Selina's oversleeping habits, go figure. Than again, it could be another case of the dark side taking over. If it is I'll make Selina work her butt off! Who am I kidding, that's never going to happen." While Luna is eating her breakfast she heard a disturbing sound, Selina's outcry.

"Holy shit! I'm totally late!" Selina's voice reminded her of something.

"She's still here? I probably forgot to wake her up. Serves her right for depending on others to do what she's suppose to do, WAKING UP!" Luna yelled out the door making sure Selina heard the message. Selina ran down the stairs to see Luna.

"Damn you!" Selina ran out of the building to get into school on time.

"I'm already being damned, staying with YOU!" she yelled out the door again.

Selina ran without even taking a breathe of air and totally panicking. "What am I going to do? That teacher is going to kick me out of the classroom again!" As she reached to her classroom leaving a trail of disasters behind, she realized that her teacher isn't there. Selina finally calmed herself down breathing easy and asked her friend of the situation. "Ellie, where's Mrs. Lenz?"

"She doesn't seem to be here yet."

"Good! I got here first." Manny walked over to the girls to join in the conversation.

"It's unusual for Mrs. Lenz to be late." The three got distracted by the opening of the classroom door, Mrs. Lenz walked into the classroom very slowly with her books falling from the grasp of her hands. The three friends just stared. Mrs. Lenz face looked as if she hadn't slept a wink. Without any awareness to her surroundings, she tripped over on the edge of the podium platform in front of the class. As she was falling everybody reacted in a instant but Mrs. Lenz managed to save her fall by holding onto the podium calming everybody down. As she straighten herself she suddenly appeared to be half asleep causing all the students to be dumbstruck. Mrs. Lenz opened up a folder lazily.

"Let's see, lets take up the attendance shall we?" the folder slipped out of her hands. Selina's eyes were caught by Mrs. Lenz's purple flower brooch. "Actually, today will be self study. Just studied whatever you want. Today I'm just..So, so sleepy." Mrs. Lenz rested her head onto the podium and instantaneously fell asleep, snoring away. The class were all confuse on what just happened.

"Selina, what could be wrong with Mrs. Lenz?" asked the concern Manny.

"Don't ask me! How would I know? But I guess it's my lucky day!" outburst Selina.

In downtown Manhattan, Luna was taking a walk to refresh her mind of the morning's mishaps. "I hate it. Selina never listens to a word I say. She's probably being scolded by that teacher right now. Serves her right!"

"Hey!" said a voice. Luna turned around and realized she was standing in front of the Arcade Cafe with Wilbur opening the cafe. "We meet again, Luna." He gave her a wink. She jumped in a startle.

I hope he didn't hear me talking bad about Selina.

"You're not with Selina today?"

"She's at school right now."

"Of course."

Looks like it's okay.

"I'm going to make a fresh pot of coffee, want some?"

"Alright, if you don't mind."

"Don't worry, the coffee is on me."

"You got to stop treating pretty girls like this, it's taunting."

"I'm only trying to be nice." Wilbur went inside the cafe.

"I wish Selina would treat me like this." Luna was about to go inside the cafe until she heard sirens of an ambulance coming to her direction. She checked to see. "Um, I wonder what happen?"

Back at the college, paramedics were taking the forever sleeping Mrs. Lenz with the gurney boarding into the ambulance. Her students all watched from the window and hoping that she'll be alright. "I wonder what's wrong with her?" wondered Manny.

"She won't wake up no matter what we do. But really, it can't be that exhausting to be a teacher?" said Selina.

"I don't think so, but I did heard this morning that there's a disease going around just like this, where you don't ever wake up." mentioned Ellie.

"So you get to sleep forever! That's nice!" exclaimed Selina, the other two reacted as if something is wrong with her.

"Why would you say that?"

"Think about it, you get to stay in your dreams forever. Just hope it's not a nightmare."

"Right..." The ambulance drove away in such speed leaving the students behind with no teacher to teach them.

"You think so? I'm just thinking out loud here."

"Ok then, try to think for yourself next time, it can scare people off sometimes." warned Manny.

At the city's main radio station, the intern brought in a box full of e-mail printouts into the manager's office with a discretion. "Sir, we got more e-mails addressed to Midnight Diaries."

"Again? Why do we get so many responses for a show that doesn't even exist?" the manager looked through them.

"What should we do with these?"

"Never mind those, just put them away somewhere."

"Good grief." the intern was about to lift the box until a man came in.

"I'll take care of those." he said.

"Oh really? Thank you very much." said the happy manager.

"No problem." said the man with brown to red hair , wearing an executive suit with a purple flower brooch by his turquoise tie.

While walking home from school, Selina and Ellie were discussing on what's new. "Oh Ellie, did you ever heard of a radio station called Midnight Diaries?"

"Of course. Every girl in New York listens to the program every night! I've sent them many love letters hoping to at least to hear one of them read by that sultry voice."

"Really? Written to whom?"

"It doesn't matter. You can just write it to your future boyfriend or some fantasy of some sorts."

"That's an interesting thought. Writing to my future boyfriend...Like that's going to happen!" As Selina was talking to Ellie not being aware of what's ahead of her, she bumped (or more like a crash) into somebody, Ellie stood there in shock while Selina fell flat onto the sidewalk. "Ouch!" She got up right away not looking where she's going and started to apologize while feeling her pain of embarrassment. "I'm sorry I wasn't paying much attention."

"Selina!" called out Ellie. Selina finally looked up and realize who and what she was giving sorry to, a street lamp and beside it, the smug guy that Selina bumps into every now and then. He started to laugh.

"That's good! Apologizing to a street lamp." he said. Selina grew red and angry. "But it may be a problem if the warm weather is affecting your head." He walked on laughing.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?" Selina is flustered.

"Hey, do you know that guy? He's quite gorgeous." commented Ellie.

"He is not! God damn it! He pisses me off!" Selina blew her lid making Ellie wonder if she should run or stay.

When Selina got back to her apartment and cooled off, she went over to her desk with a notepad, pen and sat down looking very determine. Luna was sitting on Selina's couch wondering what's going on. "Alright, I'm going to show that bastard how ladylike I can be by getting this stupid love letter written."

"Selina, a love letter doesn't really mean much if you don't give it to the person yourself." Luna had to give Selina advice.

"Don't talk to me right now! It's hard enough already when I'm not inspired. Shhhhh!"

"Okay, okay!" Luna backed off.

"Let's see a future boyfriend or maybe something make believe." Selina started to brainstorm for ideas of any kind, with Luna watching her sticking the pen at the tied part of her ponytail. Slowly Selina slouches. "It's no use. I can't think of anything to write. I was terrible in my high school English classes. Ugh, who am I kidding, I hate to write period!"

"That has nothing to do with!" Luna spoke but got interrupted by Selina's sudden outburst.

"I know! I'm going to see Mr. D-Jae from Midnight Diaries and ask him how I should write it."

"You're joking, right?" Luna looking a little concern. Selina got up from her desk.

"I've decided. Are you coming with me or not?"

"I might as well. Just to keep an eye on you." They both ran out of Selina's apartment and out the building heading towards the radio station. When they got there, they asked the security guard if they can go visit the studio.

"What? But this is FM 92.5 right?" Selina goes.

"Yes it is. But we don't have a show called Midnight Diaries. Sorry ladies, now you guys should head home" said the security guard.

"Come on, Selina. We'll figure something out." said Luna.

"That is so weird. Why would they do a program that doesn't even exist. That's strange." said Selina. When the two got back to the apartments, they waited until midnight for themselves to see if the show does exist. At the stroke of midnight, the program began.

"Good evening, it's time for Midnight Diaries."

"You hear that. They do have it. That security guard lied to us." Selina wasn't to pleased but Luna was checking the radio guide to see if it mentions anything of the program.

"It's still strange. It says that it should be a different program on FM 92.5 right now."

"That must be a misprint because it's on."

"The first love letter we will read is from Ellie who lives in Manhattan."

"Ellie!"

Back at the radio station, the man in the executive suit with the purple flower brooch was watching from the other side of the window looking into the studio box. "It's nice to believe in fate." The man taking the role of D-Jae is no other than Argo: Jason, he who holds a purple flower brooch.