[Scene: Fifth period history. Minako is staring blankly at the questions on the last page of a three page test on Greek Mythology.]

History Teacher: Ok, class, you have three more minutes so wrap things up.

[Minako flips to the second, then the first page. She hasn't made a mark on it anywhere except to write her name at the top of the front page. She'd like to answer at least one of the questions, but her mind keeps going blank.]

History Teacher: Time's up, pass your papers to the front.

[Minako takes her pen and crosses out her name at the top of the paper before passing it to the person in front of her.]

[The bell rings and she rises in a daze and walks into the girl's bathroom. She turns on the taps and rinses her face with cold water. The door opens behind her opens and two figures walk in. Minako looks in the mirror to see who they are, then gasps]

[One looks like a streaky pillar of varying shades of black with red pits for eyes.]

[The other looks like a normal darkhaired girl, but every few seconds her face zaps into a black and white image of an older, much meaner looking darkhaired lady.]

Shadow: I don't know. I just feel terrible yelling at him like that.

Morpher: Ah, don't feel too bad. He's known you all your life. I'm sure he understands.

[Minako screams and spins around, to face an equally startled El and Hotaru]

Hotaru: [concerned] Are you ok?

El: [sneers] Yeah, what the hell is your problem?

[Minako glances back at their warped reflections, and then back at their normal faces]

Minako: I think there is something wrong with this mirror.

[El and Hotaru stare at the mirror as their grotesque reflections stare back at them.]

Hotaru: I don't see anything wrong with it.

El: [makes a face] I'm going to find another bathroom.

[She leaves and Hotaru gives Minako a pitying look before she washes her hands and leaves as well.]

[Minako waits until they are gone and looks the mirror again, then lets out a scream when she sees a man with long white hair standing right behind her.]

Minako: [screams] ACCCK! A PERVERT!

[She spins around and there is nobody there. She looks in the mirror and he is still standing there. A rather elvish looking man with a gold moon on his forehead, wearing a white turtleneck style coat and a double moon necklace ]

Man: I take it you can see me now? Nice to finally make your acquaintance.

Minako: …you're a ghost?

Man: [nods] Excellent induction. I see your mind is a lot sharper than your GPA would suggest.

Minako: [spooked] Who the hell are you supposed to be?

Man: Just call me Artemis.

Minako: [narrowing her eyes now that the shock has worn off] You're Artemis, huh? I guess that explains why you are in the girl's bathroom.

Artemis: I…I don't understand what you mean.

Minako: Isn't Artemis a girl's name? Goddess of Virginity and all that crap?

Artemis: It looks like you haven't forgotten ALL of your Greek mythology.

Minako: Screw you, Sgt. Pepper, I'll have you know I just got out of the hospital, and I've been seeing cats and dead hippies in the mirrors…come to think of it, that cat I saw also had white hair and a gold crescent moon on his forehead…

Artemis: Actually, I am the cat you saw earlier.

Minako: Wait…what? You're a cat?

Artemis: I thought it would be less of a shock for you if I introduced myself as a human ghost before I explained that I'm actually a cat ghost.

Minako: Oh. Suuure. That makes a lot of sense, Legolas.

Artemis: [sniffy] Artemis.

Minako: Whatever. You're pretty particular for a hallucination. Are the monsters I've been seeing in the mirror supposed to be ghosts too?

Artemis: Not exactly. One of your powers as the Guardian of Venus allows you to see people's true natures within their reflections.

Minako: Oh?

Artemis: The one girl, the dark haired one, she is possessed by an evil spirit.

Minako: [unconvinced] And she seemed so nice. What about the redhead? The one with the burr up her ass?

Artemis: I have no idea. I've never seen anything like her before.

Minako: [chuckles] That's helpful.

Artemis: She looks like a patchwork quilt sewn out of strips of pure evil, but I can find nothing of her origins. Your friend, Zoi? He is clearly a Shitennou.

[Minako is so startled she spins to face Artemis, forgetting that she can only see him in the mirror. She looks back at the mirror.]

Minako: [dubious and offended] My boy Zoi is a Shitennou?

Artemis: So you've heard the term before?

Minako: Yes, of course I have. It's a crazy word I made up in my dreams.

Artemis: Those are no dreams. Mina, you were the captain of the Moon Guardians in another life.

Minako: [certain] No, I wasn't.

Artemis: Yes you were. Your memories are finally returning to you.

Minako: Wait…Why am I standing here arguing with the voices in my head? [splashes her face with more water] I need to get it together. I have a premiere party to go to tomorrow.

Artemis: Minako, the time for parties is over. You must embrace your destiny. You have abilities over and above the common person. You were born to protect the world… and now your time has come. A great evil has come to Hen Tie. A vengeful god, not of this world, with hostile intentions toward the people of this planet. He must be stopped before he grows in power-

Minako: A god, huh? And just how am I supposed to defeat a god?

Artemis: I…[his face falls]…I don't know.

Minako: Oh, that's helpful, Chairman Meow.

Artemis: You are the leader of the Guardians. It is ultimately up to you to find your own way.

Minako: So what is it YOU were born to do?

Artemis: I was born to advise and serve you in any way I can.

Minako: So, you're my servant, yes?

Artemis: In this lifetime and every other.

Minako: And you'll do whatever I command.

[Artemis nods]

Minako: Then I order you to go the hell away and leave me alone forever.

[Artemis opens his mouth to object, then sighs sadly and shrinks into a blue ball before he fades away.]

[Minako smiles and hopes the other hallucinations will be banished this easily as she leaves the bathroom and crosses paths with Usagi and Mamoru.]