A few days after the whole Moonlight Cafe fiasco with Melody, things have been the same. There have been no attacks on Mel, or on the city. Although things have been normal, the Scouts have grown more and more suspicious. There's a new enemy, my Sparkling Sea Diamond is wanted, and we don't even know why, or who our enemy is.
Thursday after school, the girls and I met at my house. My mother had taken Mel to Jace's soccer practice, so we had the house to ourselves.
"Alright first things first." Sebastian said crawling all over the table. "You four have new transformation pens." He handed them out to the girls.
They all had their corresponding colors. Except this time, their toppers were all stars. In the middle of the stars, they each had their own symbol. Jade's was a gold lamp, Mags was a white magnolia, Bella's was a rose, and Briar Rose's was a jeweled crown.
"Hmm that's funny, I always thought my symbol was going to be the spinning wheel." Briar said, her eyes focused on her orange pen.
We all giggled.
"Hey atleast its not a pillow." Bella laughed.
"But see if it was a pillow it would atleast reflect who I am." she rolled her eyes.
"And the crown doesn't?" I asked her rhetorically. "The crown symbolizes that you're a leader." I told her with a smile.
"Oh honey, I know." She responded placing a hand over her chest. The girls and I continued to chuckle at her silliness.
"Anyways." Sebastian continued. These new pens are operational when you shout your respective power followed by 'Star Power'."
The girls looked confused so Flounder took over. "As an example, I'm going to use Bella's. Her shout would be "Rose Star Power!"
"Oh." The girls and I said in unison. That makes more sense. Sebastian needs to learn how to rephrase his sentences so they actually make sense.
"I almost forgot, here are your new communicators." My little crustacean friend passed to us. They all had the same cover, but in 5 different colors. The design on the covers were exactly like the cover of my new brooch, a starfish.
"It looks like you guys are really into stars." I teased our two protectors.
"A little consistency between you five can be a good thing." Flounder commented.
"I'm not complaining," I responded, "Now we can all be twinsies!" I hugged Mags, and Briar who were on either side of me.
Jade shook her head in disagreement. "Look, we can talk about this later, but right now we need to uncover the truth on Melody." she said.
I was a little taken aback when she switched the subject to Mel. I know we had a rocky start with her in the beginning, but she was just a kid she didn't know any better. I just feel protective over her, and there's no chance she's the Sailor Scout's enemy. I mean come on, she's hasn't done anything against us.
"Look at you taking charge." Briar teased as she poked Jade's side.
"Jade's right." Bella defended. "We need to know where she came from, and why no one has come looking for her"
"Ariana has mentioned that she's after the Sparkling Sea Diamond. Her and that Leila girl." Mags said, "Has she told you anything else?' she asked, looking my way.
I was hesitant in answering, but I did so anyways. "No, the past few days my mom has kept her occupied. She's in school all day, and then on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Thursday's she has swim lessons."
"You do have the Diamond hidden right?" Jade asked looking at me intently.
"Of course, I'm not that stupid. I won't just have it lying around. It's with me 24/7." I reassured her. "It's in my locket, ok? Don't stress out." I pointed to the bow on my uniform that housed my locket while I was at school.
"You know something I just realized?" Bella asked out of the blue. "Melody has gotten really close with Derek."
That comment struck a cord in me. "Oh don't get me started" I began. "I swear she eavesdrops on my phone calls with him, because whenever we meet up, she just magically appears." As much as I was beginning to like her, I was not a fan of having her around when Derek and I were together.
"Sounds like someones jealous." Briar sang.
"Am not. She's a kid. Anyway's, Derek and I went to the police station to ask if any parents had reported a missing child. There was none." I stooped my shoulders. "No one seems to be looking for her." Which saddened me. There has to be someone looking for that little munchkin. There just has to be.
"There's got to be someone. If not in Marina, maybe in the few towns over. No mother can live without her child." Briar interjected.
"Or father." Mags added. "Perhaps Melody has told something to Derek."
I shook my head. "No he would have told me. Those two do have a connection, but if something were to be said that could help us to help her he would have told me."
"What do you mean they have a connection?" Bella asked with a furrowed brow.
I began to tell the girls about my observations. "You know that one time you all were knocked out by that tea Melody gave you." The nodded. "Well Tuxedo Mask had Mel in his arms, and the moment he laid his eyes on her, he was lost in thought. Then the time she ran away, Derek was the one who persuaded her to come home. He asked for her hand, and the instant her little hand laid on his, he was lost in thought again. I've asked him if he's ok, and he's reassured me that he is. Whenever it happens his eyes widen and glaze over."
"Has he told you what his thoughts are? What he sees?" Mags questioned.
"I never actually asked him. I mean, if it were important, he would have told me. Right? Maybe he'll tell me when he's ready." I said reassuring them. But in the end I knew I was trying to reassure myself. So far our relationship has been growing strong, I don't think he would have a reason to hide that from me. Anyways, it really wasn't my business, he doesn't have to share everything with me. He has his right to have own private thoughts.
"Ariana you mentioned you saw Leila's two other sisters on that day of the storm?" Sebastian wanted to know.
"You saw them? Why didn't you tell us?" Briar looked a bit taken aback.
"I couldn't with Melody around. I was going to tell you guys today." I added, as I began to describe the way the two other sisters looked. "I couldn't really see their faces, but it was obvious they had the same upside down black seashell silhouette on their foreheads. So it's safe to assume that they are her sisters."
"Why didn't they face you for the Diamond then?" Bella placed her finger on her chin. "That just doesn't make sense. It was just you and Tuxedo Mask."
"I thought that too, but then it hit me. What if they weren't after the Diamond?" I said looking at the four girls. It looked like they didn't have an answer, which was a first. "They were after Melody. When we got home that night she asked if she could sleep with me because the storm scared her. I think that the two sisters created the storm to find Melody."
"But I thought Leila and her sisters are after the Diamond" Jade looked a bit puzzled.
"They're after both the Diamond and Melody." Flounder spoke up. "You girls have to protect her. She might be after the Diamond, but she's still an innocent little girl."
"Flounders right. You're job as Sailor Scouts is to fight for justice. And what those Strange Sisters are doing is bullying poor Melody." Sebastian argued along side Flounder.
The Scouts and I knew he was right. In that moment, the front door opened. Jace, Melody and my mom came into the house carrying two large boxes of pizza's.
"Hi girls!" my mom smiled, "Dinners here!"
After dinner, the girls had to leave. I walked them to the door.
"Bye guys! See you tomorrow at school!" I yelled out as they left. I waved to them until they were out of sight.
I went up to my room to try to finish my english homework. As I began to identify the contrasting ideas in Shakespeares sonnets I heard a light knock on my door.
"Come in." I yelled.
The door creaked open, and I heard little footsteps. "Ariana could I do my homework with you?" Melody asked.
I nodded. "Yeah. Here let me clear some space off for you." I took my math junk out of the way. I was done with it anyway. Melody took a seat and placed her small book on the table and began to take notes. We were silent for a while. "Whatcha working on Mel?"
"Don't call me that!" she said annoyed.
"Woah, calm down." I said a bit shock with her reaction. "I was just trying to make small talk."
She just rolled her eyes, and went back to work. I looked at Sebastian as if to say Did you see that? He blinked his little black eyes.
When I felt Melody's annoyance had died down I tried to make conversation with her again. Maybe I could find something out about her. "So how are you liking school?"
She put her pencil down and looked at me. The little girl who had snapped at me was no longer present. I was looking at the girl who had knocked at my door and wanted to spend time with me.
"It's ok." she shrugged her shoulders.
"Have you made any new friends?" I tried furthering the conversation.
"Just one. She's sits next to me in class." she said with a smile.
"You should invite her over one day. I'd like to meet her."
"I will." Her eyes lit up. We sat in silence for a while, until she spoke up. "Ariana do you mind taking me to the library tomorrow?" Melody asked sweetly.
"Sure. I can pick you up at your school, if you'd like. Just wait for me at the entrance and we can both walk together."
"Ok." She went back to taking notes, and I went back to Shakespeare.
I was just finishing up my homework, when my phone rang. I quickly picked up, since Melody had fallen asleep already, and in my bed no less. "Hello?" I whispered into the phone.
"Hello? Ariana? Why are you whispering?"
"Oh hi Derek. Sorry about the whispering, Melody's asleep."
"Ah is she sleeping with you again?" Even though he was on the phone, he whispered as well, which I found both humorous and cute.
"Mhmm. Anyways what's up?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to hear your voice. You?"
How is it that he still manages to make me melt without being in the same room as me? "I just finished my homework. I'm probably going to go to bed soon."
"It is pretty late redhead. I guess I'll talk to you later. Goodnight."
"Wait hold on, I wanted to ask you something." Now's your time, ask him about his thoughts. Ask him where his mind goes to. " I was wondering if you'd like to go to the library with me and Melody tomorrow?" I chickened out.
"Yeah, I'd really like that."
"Cool"
"I don't have class tomorrow, if you want I can wait for you after school and we can pick Mel up from her school on the way there."
Mel? She lets him call her that, but not me? "Yeah, that sounds great. I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight Derek."
"Goodnight Redhead,"
After we hung up, I got into my pajamas and into bed I turned off the light and wiggled into my spot. I then heard Melody weeping. I turned to face her, and realized she was still asleep. She kept muttering "Mom" and "Dad"
"Don't just look at her, comfort her," Sebastian advised.
I shook Melody softly, trying to wake her. Her little eyes fluttered opened and stared into mine. "Hey, everything's ok. I'm right here kiddo." I whispered to her as she shifted her body towards me. I wiped the tears off her face and tried soothing her. I propped my elbow up, and put my head on my hand. With my free hand I began to stroke her long ebony hair. Her breaths were no longer short. She was calming down.
"Will you sing to me?" She requested.
"Of course." I nodded. Alright here goes. "I want to be where the people are. I want to see, want to see them dancing. Walking around on those, what do you call 'em?"
"Feet." Melody sang for me.
"Flipping your fins you don't get too far. Legs are required for jumping, dancing. Strolling along down a.. what's that word again?"
"Street" She sang a bit more sleepily
"Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they stay all day in the sun. Wanderin free, wish I could be, part of that wooorld." I finished, since I heard her deep breaths.
"Good job Ariana, you actually managed to calm her down." Sebastian congratulated. "That tune is awfully familiar, where did you hear it from?"
"I just made that song up." I whispered, trying to not wake Melody up.
"Maybe I'm just getting old. Good night Ariana."
"Night Sebastian." I glance one last look at Melody just to make sure she was sound asleep, and went to bed.
BEEP BEEP BEEP
My alarm clock woke me up, which was odd. I don't remember setting it last night. I got out of bed and started to prepare myself for the day. Melody had already left my room. As I finished brushing my tangled hair, I went downstairs for breakfast.
"Ariana you have ten minutes till school starts. Hurry up! I don't want another phone call from your teacher." My mom greeted me.
Well good morning to you too. She handed me my lunch sack and then my breakfast. The coffee cup she gave me was actually filled with a smoothie. Oh my mother makes me laugh. She thinks blended fruit will keep me awake rather than caffeine.
My mother hurried me out the door. "Don't forget to take Melody to the library!"
"I won't. See you later mom!" I yelled to her. As I jogged to school, I saw someone in front of me do the same.
"Holly!" I called out.
The blond girl in front of me stopped and looked back. "Hey Ariana!"
"Don't want to be late either I see." I said as we jogged together.
"What?" she asked confused.
"School starts in like 5 minutes."
"No it doesn't, it starts in 25 minutes."
"But my mom..." I started. Then I realized what a genius she is. She was the one who set my alarm. She lied to scare me. "Wait, if we're not late then why are you running?"
"I forgot one of the homework assignment in my locker. If I get there now, there's a strong chance I can finish it before it's due."
Holly and I ran together to school. I accompanied her to her locker. As she grabbed the sheet from a book it was sticking out of and began filling in the answers, I tried catching my breath. You would think by now I'd be use to running, but I'm not. It still tires me out.
"Why are you drinking your coffee from a straw?" Holly giggled looking at me sipping my breakfast.
"Oh it's actually a smoothie." I told her. "Want a sip?" I offered.
She drank from the straw. "Oooh coconut."
"Good huh?" I wiggled my eyebrows at her.
She laughed out loud. "It's pretty tasty. Think mama Triton will make me one?"
"Of course, she adores you." I took hold of her arm and walked through the school to waste some time.
"Ariana I miss you. I feel like I haven't really spent time with you." She said as we walked on.
When she said that I felt my heart sink. Ever since I had become Sailor Sea I haven't gotten a chance to spend time with her. "I feel the same way too. It's been ages since we've hung out, and that's partially my fault."
'It's both our faults."
"Have lunch with me, Mags, Briar Rose, and Bella." I invited.
"Oh no, I don't think that's a good idea." She shook her head.
"Aww come on." I whined.
"I- I don't think they like me." She lowered her eyes.
I stopped walking. I turned my head to stare into Holly's eyes. "I can reassure you that is not true." I said completely serious.
"Really?" she asked, lifting her head.
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"No."
"Have lunch with us then." I pleaded.
"Oh alright." I won her over.
"Yay!" I yelled in glee. I gave her hug, before we were rudely interrupted by the warning bell. Holly and I ran to our classroom.
When it was time for lunch, I hooped my arm with Holly's and together we walked to the tree where the girls and I usually had lunch.
"Are you sure it's ok I'm here." Holly asked looking a bit worried.
"Of course!"I took out my lunch from my backpack. Holly did the same.
As we were about to eat, Mags, Briar, and Bella had taken a seat beside us.
"Hey Ariana. Hi Holly." Mags greeted her.
Holly gave a small wave.
Briar took out the contents of her lunch sack and decided to eat her cookie first. "Want a piece?" She offered to Holly.
"Don't eat that Holly! She probably baked it herself," Bella teased. "If you want some good dessert taste my banana bread. I made it last night."
Holly outstretched her hand and Bella placed the piece of bread in her hand. When she had placed it in her mouth, we all stared at her to see what her verdict was. Once she had swallowed she gave us a smile and a thumbs up. "That's really good."
"Thank you."
"Bella's the only one who knows how to cook and bake. " I told Holly.
"Your cookies aren't that bad, Ariana. Give yourself some credit." Briar said.
"So you were the one who ate them all." I pointed my finger at her.
As Briar and I got into a fake fight, I saw Mags begin to talk with Holly. I knew they shared a few classes. I could see that Holly's nervousness was beginning to fade away. She was starting to get comfortable around us.
"So what's everyone plans this weekend?" Bella asked, trying to get the group to talk as one.
"Work. My mom's receiving a new shipment of engagement rings and the store will be crawling with soon to be grooms." Holly answered.
"I'll probably study, maybe workout." Mags replied.
"Hmmm I think I might join you Mags. It's almost summer, I need to start working on the bikini body." Briar said.
"Well I'll probably try to perfect my creme brulee. I think I might even catch up on some reading. What about you Ariana?" Bella asked me.
"I'll most likely have to watch over Melody."
"Whose Melody?" Holly asked.
"She's my cousin, she's going to be staying with us for a while." I told her. "I'm taking her to the library today."
"If she's letting you accompany her to the library with you, I think she's finally warming up to you." Mags said.
"I don't know. She has her sweet moments, and then she has some not so sweet moments. Like yesterday she knocked on my door and asked me if she could do homework with me. I said yes. As I tried making conversation with her, I called her Mel, and she literally blew up."
"Just give her time." Briar advised. "She's only be with you and your family for a week."
"And yet she loves my parents, likes Jace, adores Derek, and hates me." I said frustrated.
"Derek?" Holly raised her eyebrows.
"Oh my gosh you haven't told Holly?" Bella asked shocked.
"Haven't told me what?" Holly looked at me. "Ariana?"
I began to fidget. I felt so bad I haven't told her. "Derek's my...boyfriend."
"Boyfriend?!" Holly screeched, "What?! Tell me all about him!"
The girls laughed at her reaction. I then began to describe him, how we met, and our first date. Luckily I had finished in time, because the bell rang to remind us that lunch was over.
When school was over, a smile took hold of my face since I knew who was waiting for me beyond those doors. I felt my heart race as I walked down the corridor toward the front exit. I knew Derek would be waiting for me. As I pushed open the doors, my eyes began to scan the crowd. I spotted him by a tree. He was wearing navy pants and a white button down with the sleeves rolled up. I ran to him like a maniac. I wrapped my arms around him when I had finally reached him. I felt his strong arms around my shoulders. I looked up at him and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "I missed you." I told him.
"Me too." He gave me a kiss on the forehead. "We better go pick up Melody, she should be out of school in 15 minutes." He took a hold of my hand, and we began to walk.
We walked in silence, but it wasn't awkward, it was comfortable. I decided this was my chance to ask him. "Hey Derek?"
"Yeah"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course." He squeezed my hand.
Alright here goes. "You know how in the past few days you've kinda been lost in thought whenever you interact with Melody?" I asked. He nodded. " What do you think about? You don't have to answer if you don't want, I was just curi-"
Derek halted and placed his finger on my lip. "Ariana, it's ok. I wanted to tell you for sometime, but I didn't know how to." His blue eyes were focused on my face.
"You wanted to tell me?" Phew, and here I thought he was hiding it from me.
"Of course. We're dating now, you deserve to know." He started to say, as we continued walking "Whenever I interact with Melody I see the same thing. A castle, and its familiar somehow. The only image I see close up is a tower, the highest one. I don't know what it means."
"A tower? Is there someone in it?"
"Not that I've seen. The image only stays in my head for a bit." He stated. "I've also had nightmare."
"Nightmares? Of what?" I asked, my voice traced with worry.
I was not prepared for what his answer was. "Of you. All I see is you, the earth shaking underneath you, and then everything goes black." He shook his head as if to shake the disturbing thought out of his mind. He stopped walking again and let go of my hand."The nightmare scares me to no end. I just got you, and I am not ready to lose you." He said with his head lowered, unable to face me.
I slowly approached him. I lifted his chin with my fingers so we could meet eyes. " You won't lose me. Not now, not ever. You're stuck with me."
He hugged me, and we continued our walk.
We had arrived at Melody's elementary school, with 5 minutes to spare. There was a little bench by the entrance of the school. We took a seat and waited. I was beginning to tell him how Melody had acted with me last night but the final bell had rung. Derek and I stood up so Melody could spot us, since she was harder to find in the sea of kids.
"Derek!" I heard Melody's voice cry out.
"Hey Mel." He said ruffling her hair. She didn't even yell at him for calling her Mel, or for making her ponytail all messy.
"Hi Melody, ready to go?" I asked her.
"I suppose." She said grabbing Derek's hand and running off.
"Hey wait up!" I yelled. I had reached them and walked on the other side of Melody. Derek had asked her about her day, she told him about the project she was assigned. That's why she wanted to go to the library.
"So what's your project on?" He asked her.
"Its about the solar system. Hey did you know that Pluto isn't a planet anymore?" She asked us both.
"I did." Derek answered her.
"Pluto's still a planet in my heart." I responded automatically.
"You're really weird Ariana." Melody informed me. I heard a chuckle from Derek. I shot him a dirty look.
"Hey look at the sunset!" I said trying to distract them.
Melody's eyes sparkled with astonishment. She looked genuinely happy for a moment. As if all her worries and fears had drifted away. Her smile grew. Then she did something that surprised me, in the most wonderful way. She had reached for my hand.
Maybe Sebastian and Flounder are right. Underneath that bratty exterior theres a little girl who's lost, lonely, and just needs reassurance.
But then the moment was ruined when she yanked her hand away from mine. "Ariana, don't hold my hand. You're not allowed."
I looked at her with my mouth agape and my eyebrows raised. "You're joking. You reached for my hand." I tried pointing out.
"Did not."
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too."
Derek placed his hands behind his head. "Stop it you two." He said with a hint of annoyance. "Come on the library will be closing in a few hours."
We arrived at the library and went to the lower floor which had tables and desks for people to work on. There was a tank full of fish by the window, and of course there were many many bookshelves. "Derek will you help me find some books?" Melody asked him.
"Sure thing." He said following her into the science aisle. He then noticed I was standing in the same spot. "Aren't you coming?"
I shook my head. I knew Mel would rather have him than me. "I'll go find a table." I said and walked away. I found a round table by the fish tank. I took my backpack off and placed it on the floor. As I sat there waiting, I began to feel like a third wheel, which sounds weird. I've been trying to connect with Melody , but it seems like every time I do we just go back to where we started, bickering at each other. Maybe with time she'll begin to like me. I mean hey, she's stopped asking me for the whereabouts of the Sparkling Sea Diamond. That's a good start.
"Ariana.." I heard a little whisper.
I turned to the voice and saw a small red crab crawling over to me. "Sebastian? What are you doing here?" I asked in a hush tone.
"My Ariana senses were tingling." He said sarcastically. "I was just strolling around town and decided to come check up on you and Melody. But..." He stopped as he looked at his surroundings. "There's something weird going on here. Don't you feel that negative aura?"
"What?" I asked not sure to what he was referring to. Nothing odd has happened, but then again I was lost in my own thoughts.
"Come check it out." He crawled towards an aisle that had no one there, I followed. I looked for any sign of evil, but there was none. He hopped onto the lower shelf.
"What do you think is going on Sebastian?" I asked a bit skeptically. Nothing seemed out of place. The library was awfully quiet, but that's normal.
He then touched the book that laid beside him. The book melted into a disturbing green color of goo. I moved back in disgust, and when my body touched the bookshelf behind me the books melted too.
"Ugh, that's so gross." And then I sensed it, the negative energy that Sebastian was talking about. A gust of wind hit us. We then heard a few screams from a couple aisles away, and wicked laughter.
"Transform!" Sebastian screamed as he hurriedly crawled towards the commotion.
"Sea Diamond Power!" I brought my brooch up to the air, and then placed it on my chest. Angel wings engulfed my body, leaving behind pink ribbon that transformed into my sailor uniform. My white gloves and red boots were placed onto me by the same ribbons. My skirt and accessories had finally appeared, finishing my Sailor Sea transformation.
I ran towards the screaming, which were coming from people who were running away. But from what? Then I saw her, a woman with red skin. Her whole outfit made of books. She grabbed a few people and seemed to drain them from their energy. They fell to the floor unconscious. Sebastian tried clawing her, but it was no use.
"Hold it right there!" I yelled. "You have polluted this library! Therefore you have polluted reading and learning. You must be stopped. And I am just the one to do it. I am Sailor Sea! I stand for love and justice, an in the name of the sea I will punish you!"
"I am Sailor Rose!" I heard Bella's voice. She was standing on top of the checkout desk. Good thing someone's here to help me."How dare you ruin books! In the name of the Enchanted Rose I will punish you!"
"Is that so?" The red skinned woman asked, focusing on Bella. "Well how about you listen to these audio books!" She threw cases of them at us.
At first she threw them pathetically. Sailor Rose and I knew we had this covered, until the audiobook cases began to explode. Sailor Rose dodged them gracefully. I however did not. As we managed to distract her, the people were heading towards the exits, leaving the library practically empty. Except for the bodies whose energy have been drained.
The creep stopped throwing the audio books and looked at Sailor Rose and I. Two women stood on either side of her. It was that lady I saw on top of the rooftop. The one with short blond hair. The girl next to her wasn't familiar. She looked a bit like the girl who wore the maroon dress, but I could tell she wasn't her. The new girl wore black skinny jeans, and a purple jacket with black shoulder pads. Her black straight hair was in a sleek ponytail. Although her bangs covered her forehead, I could still see the black seashell silhouette.
"Who are you?" I asked them. As I realized that they were the ones calling the shots with this monster.
"Sorry for not introducing myself the other day. I'm Zenon, and that's my sister Alex." She pointed to the ponytail chick.
"I can introduce myself, thank you." Alex retorted with sass.
"I'm sure you can." Zenon said to her sister. "Now book worm finish them off." She ordered the red skinned woman. Zenon and Alex took a seat on one of the bookshelves, as if getting ready to watch the fight.
"With pleasure." She threw a book at us, and it was coming fast.
Luckily the book was struck by a rose, stopping it. I scanned the room for my Tuxedo Mask. He stood on top of a bookshelf, overlooking the scene.
"I cannot tolerate people who want to destroy books." He jumped from the shelf and confronted book worm.
As they dueled it out. Bella turned her attention to Zenon and Alex. "Flower Spiral Evolution!" she yelled her attack. In that instant red petals flew toward the sisters. Zenon raised her hand, and the petals fell to the ground. "WHAT? WHY DIDN'T IT WORK?' Bella asked herself.
"Now its my turn." Alex began to say, as she stood up from where she was perched.
Zenon placed a hand on her shoulder. "Not yet. I'm the oldest so I go first."
"Not a chance." Alex rolled her eyes.
"Nothing like a bit of sibling rivalry." Sailor Mystique said. She was soon followed in by Sailor Blossom, and Sailor Beauty.
"The Sailor Scouts." The sisters proclaimed in unison.
"Sailor Sea finish book worm off for me." I heard Tuxedo Mask yell to me.
"Right." I summoned my Trident "Oceanic Trident Elimination!" In the spot where the red skinned creep stood, was now seafoam. In the center of the foam was a jewel that was once emerald, had turned black.
Zenon and Alex looked at each other in astonishment.
"We have another engagement." Zenon said.
"Don't worry we'll be back Sailor Scouts." Alex warned.
And just like that they were gone. The books that melted had gone back to their natural forms. The people were waking up, it seemed that their energy was restored.
"Why do you think they're draining peoples energy again?" Sailor Blossom asked us when we regrouped.
"Probably for their evil plot." Sailor Rose answered her.
"Tuxedo Mask where's Melody?" I had just remembered.
"She's safe. When Book Worm began sucking peoples energy, I took Melody outside as quickly as I could. Luckily she had already picked and checked out her books. I told her I came back in to find you."
I looked at my girls. "Thanks for the help Sailor Scouts. Hopefully, we'll soon find out who these strange siblings are and what they want."
"Let's hope so." Sailor Rose answered.
"You guys should change back before Melody comes in here to look for Derek and Ariana." Sebastian advised.
We all ran out the backdoor of the library and changed back. The girls left the scene together. "Don't forget we're suppose to meet up tomorrow!" Briar yelled over to me.
I nodded. Derek then laced my hand through his. "Mels waiting for you." He said. We walked out of the library, and spotted her sitting at a bench. She was holding her ball and I managed to hear her whisper "I hope she's ok."
"Melody." I said, standing behind her.
"Ariana!" She said turning her head. Her eyes growing wide when she saw me. She jumped off the bench and ran over to me. She wrapped her arms around my waist "I'm glad your ok. Did Sailor Sea save you?"
"She did, her and the Sailor Scouts." I heard Derek clear his throat, "Oh and Tuxedo mask too." I said through a giggle. "I'm glad you're alright. I was worried about you"
Melody dropped her arms. "You were worried about me?" she asked her voice going soft.
I Looked into her eyes. "Of course." She smiled at me. A smile that let me know she was happy. That she was kid.
"Hey how about we go to my place and order some chinese food?" Derek asked.
"Yeah! I'm hungry." Melody ran over to Derek and held his hand. She then looked at me, and nodded.
I knew that was the cue that I was now allowed to hold her hand. And that's how we went to Derek's apartment, hand in hand. All of us. Together.