Changed
by Rose

PART 1:





	Luna crept in and out of the shadows, looking 
for the saviors of the planet. 
	It had been almost three years since the 
great battle. Beryl had awoken earily, and sensing 
the weakness of the planet, had complete control of 
it within a month. Earth's armies tried to put up a 
fight, but it just wasn't even. Guns and cannons 
against magic? 
	They hadn't even had a chance.
	Oh, it wasn't that bad. Beryl was a good 
queen, even if she was cold hearted and cruel.  The 
people could do anything they wanted, if they 
weren't against her. Some people didn't even note a 
difference. 
	Children still went to school. People still 
went to work. Dogs still barked, the sun still 
shone. 
	But it was if a gray wash had been painted 
over the colors. The air was heavier. Any who had 
opposed the Queen died.
	It was that simple.
	"It is her." Luna gasped, watching a girl 
with blonde buns, the royal hairstyle of the Moon 
family.
	She wondered if Beryl had noticed it.
	Probably not. If she had, she and her family 
would be dead. Murdered, in the cold blood.
	She prepared to run to the girl, beseech her 
to transform, as she had already spotted two of the 
other ones she was looking for.
	She came to her senses. There were people 
around. Agents of the Dark Kingdom. If they saw a 
talking cat, she'd be fried before she could blink.
	No, follow the girl, then approach her.
	Approach the Savior.


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	Usagi walked up the stairs to her bedroom, 
wondering about what she would wear the next day. 
The Dark Kingdom had done away with the school 
sailor fukus and made a law saying that anyone who 
remoting even dressed in anything slightly 
resembling a sailor's fuku would be tortured and 
fed to the dogs. 
	She jumped when she saw the black cat on the 
bed. 
	'How did that get in here?' She wondered. She 
noticed the open window.
	"Oh. You scared me, Neko-chan." She giggled, 
and walked over to her closet, carelessly throwing 
her bag on the floor.
	"Usagi." She heard someone say. She turned. 
Just the cat.
	"Hmm. I could have sworn..."
	"Usagi, I have something to tell you." The 
cat said. Usagi stared, open mouthed. 
	But she wasn't really surprised. Three years 
of seeing freakish creatures walk by your window 
sorta prepares you for this kind of thing.
	"You talk?" She asked, stupidly.
	"I do. My name is Luna. Do you remember me, 
my princess?" Luna asked hopefully. Her smile went 
into a frown as the girl shook her head. 
	"No, I don't. What do you want? You aren't 
from the Dark Kingdom, are you?"
	"God, no! But that is why I'm here. You, 
Usagi, are the Moon Princess. You are here to fight 
Queen Beryl, for it is you that should rule. You 
cannot fight as the princess, and it is even more 
such that I don't know how to awaken her. 
	"You must fight as Sailor Moon. Artemis and I 
created her, before he left. He is a cat, like I."
	"Sailor? I can't be a sailor! Sailors are 
outlawed." Usagi said incredously.
	"And you know why? A thousand years ago, a 
great battle occured and the warriors that fought 
were dressed as Sailors. The Sailor Senshi. You 
weren't one then, but you must be now."
	"I know this is insane, but I believe you, 
Luna." Usagi said, closing the closet door. "What 
should I do? I've never liked Beryl, anyway."
	"Take this." Luna did a backflip. Out of no-
where, a gold locket appeared, dropping to the 
bunny bed-spread. "Hold it up and shout Moon Silver 
Power, Make up."
	"Okay." Usagi picked up the locket and looked 
at it's glossy cover. On it was a silver moon, a 
rose interwined along it's side. On the edge was 
many colorful symbols. She thrust it above her 
head. "MOON SILVER POWER MAKE UP!" She shouted. 
	A flash of light blinded Luna. It was like 
all the light that had been hidden away came into 
the small room, encircling Usagi and lifting her 
up, as she danced in the light. It hid her body 
from view for the shortest of seconds. 
	When the light left, Usagi was no more. 
	A young warrior stood. She wore a Sailor Fuku 
with a skirt of shimmering gold. The bows were 
silver, sparkling with some unknown glitter. The 
locket was in the center of the bow on her chest. A 
silver tiara was on her forehead, and a dark violet 
gem inside it. 
	"That is Sailor Moon." Luna whispered. The 
words gave her hope, and filled her with a giddish 
glee.
	"I feel... powerful." Sailor Moon said, 
looking at herself in wonder. 
	"You are, or rather, will be the most 
powerful person in the planet. Come on, Sailor 
Moon. Let's go wake your guardians."


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	"Study study study. That's all I ever do." 
Ami grumbled, as she pulled out a science book and 
took notes on Chapter 6, over the exciting topic of 
land masses!
	Joke, people. Joke.
	She was bored with life. Everyday, she woke 
up, brushed her teeth, ran a comb through her short 
blue hair, walked to school, then came home, and 
studying until bedtime. 
	Everyday. 
	"I've had it!" She slammed the book shut, 
stomped over to her window, and threw it open. She 
fell back on her bed, staring at the ceiling... not 
noticing how her eyes were slowing falling shut...
	...
	...
	...

	"Ami! Wake up!" She came to, hearing her name 
whispered in front of her. "Luna, are you sure 
she's the one?" The voice asked.
	"Of course. You doubt me?" Another voice 
asked.
	"Yes!"
	"Wha?" Ami asked, sitting up and rubbing her 
eyes. Slowly, a girl's figure came into view. Ami 
scooted back against the wall as she saw the 
sailor-ish costume.
	"Who are you?" She demanded.
	"A friend, Ami. Hurry, we need you. You are a 
warrior to fight against Beryl. Luna, do your 
freaky thing." The girl bent down and sat a black 
cat on the bed.
	"It's not, 'A freaky thing'. It's complex 
move that tears open space itself and rea--" Luna 
protested.
	"Whatever!" 
	"You talk!?" Ami screeched, jumping up. "How 
do you talk?!"
	"I just *can*, okay?" Luna muttered, and did 
her backflip. A wand, blue ans silver in color with 
a delicate symbol on it's tip fell to the bed.
	"Go ahead, take it." the girl in the Sailor 
fuku urged. 
	"Hold it up and yell, Mercury Prism Power 
Make up." the cat directed. Ami felt her hand, as 
though it had a life of it's own, inching it's way 
towards the stick. Sighing, she picked it up.
	It was a change.
	"MERCURY PRISM POWER MAKE UP!" She yelled, 
raising it above her head.
	The room was filled with a sudden draft. From 
the wand shot many ribbons of blue, each a 
different  shade,  but all had the same watery look 
to it. They wrapped themselves around Ami, and a 
flash of light made both Sailor Moon and Luna 
looked away.  
	When they looked back, Sailor Mercury was 
gazing at the reflection in the mirror. 
	"Is that really *me*?" She asked, voice full 
of wonder.
	"It sure is, Sailor Mercury. I'm Sailor Moon. 
Come on, there's one more of us to get."

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	'Great Fire, please tell me what my visions 
mean.' Rei pleaded. 
	For an instant, she saw five girls in Sailor 
Costumes, each one had a different meaning. 
	One of them was fire.
	Just as suddenly, the vision broke away. 
Phobos and Diemos flew away from their positions 
beside her, squaking like mad. 
	She couldn't feel anything.
	All of her went numb, and the image of the 
sailor clad girl that was fire flashed over and 
over in her mind. 
	"What is it?" She asked.
	"I believe she's having visions. Sailor Mars 
was the physic one, you know." A female voice with 
a slight British accent made her spin around, her 
black raven hair just missing the tongues of flame.
	"What the...?" She asked. Two of the girls in 
her vision stood before her, accompanied by a cat.
	"Hello, Rei." The one that was mainly dressed 
in silver said. "I'm Sailor Moon."
	"You could have tried that with me." The one 
in blue grumbled.
	"You were asleep!" Sailor Moon retorted. 
"This is Sailor Mercury. We are here because--"
	"I'm supposed to fight. Yes, I know. I've 
been having these visions for a while, now." Rei 
got to her feet. "Ever since Beryl took over."
	"Then you know of the mission." The cat said.
	"I just know that Beryl is not supposed to be 
on that throne." Rei said. "And I'd like to help 
take it away from her."
	"Oo-kay." Sailor Moon handed her a red and 
silver pen. "We already made Luna give it to us. It 
saves time." She explained.
	"Say Mars Prism Power Make Up." Luna said. 
	"MARS PRISM POWER MAKE UP!" The world 
exploded in fire.

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	"Do we just pick off a youma?" Mars asked. 
They were crouched in the shadows, watching the 
youma go by. There was just usually one at a time, 
maybe two, at most.
	"I guess. Send them a warning, or something." 
Mercury said, unsure.
	"Come on. There's one right there." Sailor 
Moon pointed to one that was coming up the street. 
	"Okay. Instant death, here we come." Mercury 
muttered as Sailor Moon jumped out of their hiding 
spot. The youma jumped, startled, and then 
recognized the fuku.
	"How dare you impersonate a senshi, you 
teenage brat." It growled.
	"How dare *you* call me a brat." Sailor Moon 
said. "And who's impersonating, you DNA mistake?
	"For Love and Justice, a pretty soldier in a 
sailor suit, Sailor Moon! I punish you in the name 
of the Moon!" She said. Mars and Mercury came out 
and stood behind her, Mars to her right and Mercury 
to her left.
	"For love and justice, I am Sailor Mercury!"
	"In the name of Mars, I am Sailor Mars!" The 
introduced themselves. The youma had taken a step 
back.
	"You are in violation of Act 45, part 6. Your 
punishment is Death." It said in a shaking voice.
	"Oh, really?" Mars asked. "What a pity. I'm 
afraid we won't go quietly. MARS SPIRALING VORTEX!" 
She shouted. A huge funnel of fire appeared in her 
hands, which she threw at the youma. 
	"Ahh!" The youma screamed, and was blown 
back, singed and burned.
	"AQUA HALLUCINATION WHIRL!" Mercury spuna 
around, like a dancer, water collecting in a 
rainbowy mass abover her head. She pointed one 
finger in the air. The mass solidfied into a 
sphere. She pointed at the youma.
	It had no time to dodge. It was trapped in a 
block of ice.
	"My turn!" Sailor Moon said. She pulled out a 
staff that was just a few inches shorter than she. 
A gold crescent moon was at the top, everngy 
sparkling in it's center. "Moon Lovely Rainbow 
Kiss." She said, and pointed the staff at the 
helpless youma. It exploded into dust.
	"Somehow, I think we caught that one off 
guard. They aren't always going to be this easy." 
Mars said thoughtfully.
	"I know. But this is their warning." A cold 
glint was in Sailor Moon's eye.

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	A girl lay asleep in her bed, blankets over 
her head. 
	Unbeknownst to her, a snake, with a unique 
symbol on it's hood, slithered toward her bed, 
climbing up the bed post until it hovered over the 
girl.
	Venom dripped from it's razor sharp fangs. 
But it did not bite.
	It just hovered there, as a shadow grew. A 
shadow of a woman.
	The girl sat up, her face hidden by the 
shadows. A silent scream of terror tried to escape 
her throat.
	"Beware of the dark... the shadows are 
near..." A woman's voice echoed. 
	"What do you want?" The girl asked. A knife 
was in the hand of the woman. Lightning blazed 
outside the window. 
	No thunder.
	The room was lit up in burning slendor for a 
brief second, lighting the woman's face. Her hair 
was the darkest of browns, long, and flowing. Her 
eyes were purple, filled with sadness and regret. 
	She wore a senshi fuku.
	"I am so sorry." She whispered. No words 
escaped her throat, but the girl on the bed sensed 
her thoughts.
	"Whatever for?" The girl asked.
	"Run. What was true is now a lie. What was a 
lie is now true. Beryl does not know of you yet, 
but soon truths shall be revealed. 
	"I gave my life to change the future. My soul 
haunts the dreams of the damned. I am here to tell 
you... beware. The Dark is upon us all. You are one 
of a team. Fight, please, fight. 
	"I thought it would be different, but I was 
wrong." The woman said, a tear tracing down her 
cheek.
	"Who are you?" The girl asked, scared out of 
her wits.
	"I was a senshi."
	"Who am I?"
	"That is yet to be determined. Only you can 
decide that."
	"What can I do? I'm just a girl..."	"Beware 
the Dark. It is a snake... ready to bite..." The 
woman faded from view. The girl spun around, coming 
face to face with the cobra. Once more, the room 
was lit with the fire of lightning. 
	The girl was Usagi.
	The cobra struck just as the thunder roared.

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	Usagi woke up, a scream stuck in her throat, 
drenched in sweat.
	Luna slept on. A thunder storm was at it's 
peak, rain beating against the wondow like a drum.
	Usagi stared at the wall.
	It was like someone had flipped a switch in 
her brain. It had been off, closed to the horrors. 
Closed to the pains and terror of the rebels. 
Closed off like an innocent child's. She had not 
looked around. When they told her to close her 
eyes, she had.
	No more. 
	It was on. Everything that she had once found 
safe and secure was gone. Her hand went up to grasp 
the locket around her neck. 
	It made her feel safe. She loved that 
feeling. She realized, that for the last three 
years, she had not felt that. 
	Beware of the Dark.
	The words echoed in her thoughts. 
	"It was just a dream, Usagi. Get over it." 
She said, taking deep breaths.
	She threw away the quilt, as the room had 
suddenly grew hot. She wrapped up in the top-sheet, 
and threw her hand over the pillow to fluff it up.
	Her hand hit something sticky.
	She sprang up, searching, reaching for her 
lamp's switch. 
	Light flooded the room, making her feel just 
a bit better. Slowly, she turned to the pillow.
	She excepted to see the blue pillowcase.
	She saw red. Blood soaked her pillow.
	"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

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	"Usagi?!" Luna sprang up. Usagi blinked. The 
red was gone, replaced by the pillowcase. The door 
burst open, her mother and father running in.
	"Usagi? What's wrong?" Ikuko asked.
	"Nothing, Mom." Usagi forced a smile. "Bad 
dreams, I guess. I'll be fine." She noticed her 
hands were shaking.
	"Oh." Kenji tried to sooth his pumping heart. 
Visions of youmas had seeped into his mind when he 
heard the scream. "Well, get to sleep, Hime-chan." 
he said.
	"Night-night." Ikuko gave her shaken daughter 
one last glance before turning off the light and 
closing the door. 
	Luna pounced on her protegee.
	"What's wrong?" She asked.
	"Luna, there is something bad going on... 
where the hell did I put that damn communicator..." 
Usagi picked up the pink object. Luna noticed how 
the girl trembled as she hit the button that 
summonded Mars.
	After about three minutes, a very sleepy and 
cranky Rei picked it up.
	"Wha is ith?" She mumbled.
	"Rei, get to your fire thingie! Now! Don;t 
look at me like that. Ask it about the youma." Rei 
muttered a few 'adjectives' and the screen went 
black. Usagi heard mumbling, and saw a blaze of 
orange. Rei picked it back up, pale and no longer 
asleep.
	"Usagi, call Ami. They're doing a raid." Rei 
said. 

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There's part one!! Hope you like!

Rose