Serena Tsukino looked out her window onto Azabu with a heavy heart. It was heartbreaking to know that she was going to leave Tokyo, Japan, the only home she had known for her whole life. She would have to leave Molly, Melvin, Ms. Haruna, her friends the Sailor Scouts, and more importantly, Darian Shields, her boyfriend.
       Mrs. Tsukino stepped into Serena's bedroom, followed by Luna the cat.
       "I know this is hard for you. But it's a great opportunity for your father's career. And besides, Florida is really nice in the summer. Plus, Lita will be there." Mrs. Tsukino said. Serena remembered Lita, who left to Florida to live with foster parents. She had said she hated Florida.
       "Yeah, Mom. But I'm gonna miss Tokyo. Big time." Serena said glumly.
Mrs. Tsukino ruffled her daughter's neatly done hair. "I'm going to miss Tokyo too. So is Sammy and your father. But sometimes things change. Wouldn't you like to live somewhere else for a change? Plus, we're going to Disneyworld for Christmas." Serena's mother continued. Serena sighed loudly.
        "Okay, Mom. I'll finish packing." Serena said glumly. "That's my girl" Mrs. Tsukino said as she left the room. Big tears welled in Serena's eyes.
        "Oh, Luna, I don't wanna leave!" she whined. Luna jumped onto the bed and sat on her haunches.
        "Serena, I have some important news for you." Luna began. Serena wiped her eyes and turned to the cat. "I thought that the evil forces were gone for good. I mean, after the Wiseman and everything." she continued, looking at Serena. "But they aren't. There is a certain woman from the past; Beryl's past, that is here to finish Beryl's dirty work."
        "Oh, Luna! Beryl and the Negaforce are long gone! What do you mean, that some friend of Beryl's is here to bring the Negaforce back to life?" Serena cried.
        "Something like that, yes. You see, before the Silver Milennium, the peaceful time, there was a dark time, the Dark Century, in which a princess from the Saturnian moon Iapetus decided that she wanted her own kingdom. Her name was Ziondra, and she had a daughter named Nayana." Luna explained. Serena perked up.
        "You know, Luna, have you ever noticed that all of the villians we've fought had names similar to names of a mineral or a precious stone, like Emerald, Malachite, Prince Diamond? Funny thing is, the names Ziondra and Nayana aren't names of a mineral or precious stone. Weird." she said.
        "Serena! That's not important right now! What's important is that you know at least Ziondra's history. So, the Saturnian princess left our galaxy and went to the Andromeda galaxy, where she ruled an entire fifteen planet solar system. In that solar system there was a gateway to the Negaverse, which was the dimension Beryl, a very distant relative of Ziondra, ruled.
        "Well, a war broke out between our solar system and Ziondra's solar system. Ziondra's daughter Nayana knew that her mother was evil, so she joined Queen Serenity's army rather than her own mother's army. Ziondra was bitter over it, and she proceeded to destroy all of the planetary kingsoms - Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Solaris, which became a huge ball of radioactive energy - like a star - and all of the other planetary kingdoms. Except the Moon Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom. Finally, before Ziondra could finish off the last remaining kingdoms, Serenity's armies beat Ziondra back, if you can believe that. Finally, the hundred year war ended, Beryl took over both the Negaverse and Ziondra's solar system, and Ziondra went to trial for treason. She was found guilty and was sentenced to death.
        "While Ziondra awaited her sentence, a seeress gave Ziondra everlasting life. If Ziondra's physical body was destroyed, her spirit could invade the body she chooses so she could live a normal life in our dimension. But without the physical body, she would dwell in a different dimension. This same spell was cast on the remaining members of her court as well.
        "So, she was executed, her court executed, and thus, the Silver Milennium began. During this time, Beryl strengthened her armies for the invasion that took place a thousand years later, which marked the end of the Silver Milennium." Luna finished. Serena sighed happily.
        "That is totally amazing Luna. But what happened to Nayana?" Serena asked.
        "Nayana? Oh, she became what we call a Sailor Guardian, a faithful Guardian to humans, against all evil. She would be Sailor Iapetus, under the command of Sailor Saturn. That is another thing I wanted to tell you. Artemis told me that Nayana may be living in Florida, along with the other Guardians, and we must find them so that we may be strong enough to fight Ziondra. I believe Ziondra has found a human to live in." Luna explained.
        "So, Ziondra must know about Beryl, and how Beryl, the two Aliens, Ann and Alan, the Negamoon Family, the Deathbusters, the Dead Moon Circus, and Galaxia and the Sailor Animates got beaten by us. And now that they're all gone, she has decided that this would be the perfect time to finish what Beryl started - to release the Negaforce! Oh my god, Luna, we've gotta tell the others!" Serena cried. She ran out of the room, Luna close behind.

        Serena rushed over to Cherry Hill Temple after paging the remaining Scouts. Raye was sitting on the porch glumly. Mina was petting Artemis, Amy was typing stuff in her special Mercury computer, Michelle, Amara and Trista were looking at a newspaper.
        "You guys! Some lady named Ziondra is gonna finish what Beryl started! It's back to square one all over again!" Serena shrieked. Raye sighed loudly.
        "Serena, who told you that?" asked Raye in a scornful voice. Luna stepped up.
        "I did, Raye. All of you need to hear this." Luna said, then proceeded to tell the girls the same story she told Serena earlier in the day. Amara looked at Luna and said,
        "So, this Queen Ziondra person is dwelling in the States, where the Sailor Guardians are at? Are you pulling our legs, Luna?"
        "No. This is all true. I have very strong vibes. Thing is, we need all of the Scouts whenever it is time to fight Ziondra. Unfortunately, only two known Scouts will be in Florida. Jupiter and Moon. What are we going to do?" Luna replied. Amy looked up from her computer.
        "Scouts Teleportation? I mean, we could do that." Amy suggested. Suddenly Luna perked up.
        "I've got a better idea! A much, much better idea! Oh, why didn't I think of this before?" Luna cried. Mina scowled.
        "Don't keep us in suspense, Luna. What is it?" she asked.
        "I can upgrade your powers! Eternal Sailor Moon will become Magical Sailor Moon, complete with the amazing ability to fly!" Luna said excitedly. The girls leaned in closer, interested. "I can give you a very powerful compact  - each of you. You all will have powers based on ancient magic spells once performed by the seeress Ziondra used." the cat continued.
        "Wow! That sounds really, really cool. So, can we have the powers now?" Mina said excitedly. Artemis looked at them and said soberly,
        "Obtaining these powers will not be easy. We need the seeress's old spell books to cast special spells on your transformation pens, so that they can carry the powers the seeress once possessd. Which means that we will need Amy to look up information on her computer and Raye to consult her special spirits." Raye perked up and went off to her special room. She started the fire and began the ritual. After it was finished, she returned to the temple's front porch, where Amy was consulting her special data computer.
        "The seeress seemed to be Native American, and it says here that she was from Earth. She was very powerful and has existed since the dawn of man." Amy was saying as Raye bounded down the steps.
        "You guys, the seeress was named Riva and she was Indian or something like that. She lived in Oregon, long before the colonists from England crossed the sea; long before anybody discovered America!" Raye announced. Amy gasped.
        "Wow! All that waiting paid off - it says the same thing here. And more." she replied. The others leaned in close. "Riva not only practiced magic from her own native tribe, she used voodoo spells, spells from other Native American tribes, and indulged in Satanic magic and spells. This girl was also psychic. Woah. She knew quite a lot of magic." Amy continued. Michelle sighed.
        "But how do we get the magic she possessed? We're going to need that magic when Ziondra crosses to our dimension." Michelle argued. Trista nodded.
        "We can also use that magic against Ziondra. We can use that magic to prevent her entrance into our dimension." Trista suggested. Luna sighed.
        "We need to come up with a way to learn Riva's magic. Amy, Raye, keep trying to figure out a way to get Riva's magic. We will meet here at the same time tomorrow." Luna said. The girls nodded silently and left.

        In another dimension, the one known as Ziondra prepared for her arrival into the humans' realm. It was only a matter of time before she entered, to finish what Beryl started. Ziondra handpicked the person she wanted to posess. The person who will finish Beryl's work.
        An American teacher, two years into her teaching career. She was on the verge of starting her third year of teaching at a private academy in Florida. The same academy Lita Kino attended.
        The time drew nearer and nearer....... 

        Across the world in Florida, Lita Kino stared out the window of her new home. She lived with foster parents now, after it was discovered that she was a teenager living alone. She left Tokyo shortly after school was let out for the summer. Now she lived in Pensacola, in a large stone house with the Johnsons - Fiona, a prim, proper woman who may be the cruelest woman alive. She made Kaolinite seem like a saint. Fiona was from New York, and had a New York accent. And she made poor Lita's life a living hell. Fiona loved expensive dresses, and was a big flirt. Her husband, David, was a complete womanizer, and regretted the day he married Fiona. But he was very nice to Lita. He was frugal, and hated to spend tons of money - something Fiona loved to do.
      Right now, Mr. Johnson was on a business trip (he was a business executive) and Mrs. Johnson (who tells everybody she's depressed) was punishing Lita for wearing a sleek skirt to school. Mrs. Johnson was a very vain woman. She was a bulimic and a self-mutilator - all a sleek little ploy to make her husband and Lita feel sorry for her. Lita sighed angrily. She wanted to call Mina collect, but Mrs. Johnson forbade Lita to make telephone calls.
      "God, I wish she would give it up." Lita muttered to herself as she crossed the room to turn her stereo up. Mrs. Johnson was screaming at her secret lover because he wanted to call it quits. She screamed and hollered in her never ending effort to gain sympathy from others. Suddenly, Lita's phone rang. Lita jumped up and answered it.
      "Hello, Johnson residence." Lita greeted.
      "Lita! Guess what! I'm moving to Pensacola! Isn't that great?" Serena shrieked on the other line.
      "Ohmigod, Serena, you know long distance calls are forbidden in my house. But never mind that. When are you coming?" Lita responded.
      "In September. That's only a month away. We might go to the same school too. Which one are you going to?" Serena answered.
      "Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Walton Beach. It's about an hour's drive from Pensacola. It's a private academy, but we don't have to wear uniforms." Lita said. But before Serena could squeal in delight, she continued. "But, they have a strict dress code. We have to wear long skirts every day and we're not allowed to wear tank tops." she lamented. Serena groaned.
       "Well, I guess it's better than uniforms. Well, I wouldn't want evil Fiona catching you, so I'm gonna go. You take care, alright?" Serena said.
       "Thanks. You too. Tell everyone I miss them and I'll see you in September!" Lita said.
       "Bye." was Serena's reply and the two hung up. 

       Exactly one month later, Serena, her brother Sammy, her parents, and Luna were boarding flight 52 on United Airlines headed to Pensacola. Narita International Airport had been crowded as always, and had taken the Tsukinos a half hour to find the gate.
       Serena settled down in her seat by the window in economy class. Luna in her cage sat in the middle seat and Sammy sat on the outside seat. Serena's parents sat in the seats behind them. Sammy grinned at Serena wickedly.
       "It's gonna be a seven hour flight, Serena. In that long time frame, we might crash." he said slyly. Serena raised an eyebrow.
       "Please, Sammy. I got over my fear of flight when I was younger than you are now." she said dryly.
       That flight was a long one. It first stopped in Oklahoma City for a refuel, then plugged on for another two hours to Pensacola. Finally, the airplane landed, and the passengers got off the plane. They collected their baggage and hailed a taxi which would take them to the house Mr. Tsukino had bought earlier when he went on a business trip to Pensacola in May.
       Serena gaped at the large stone house. She then whipped out the slip of paper that had Lita's address on it.
       "Oh, Mom! Lita lives seven doors down from us!! Oh, can I go see her?" she cried happily.
       "First you have to pick your room. Then you have to unload everything." her mother answered. Serena scowled at the boxes, which had been sent a week before their departure. She went into the house and up the stairs. The hallway was long and narrow, with doors to five bedrooms.
       "Goodness. Five bedrooms for four people." She picked the room at the end of the hallway. Serena threw the door opened and found herself staring into a pretty blue and cream bedroom with a bay window just opposite the door. "Wow! I've got this room!" she breathed, then went downstairs to drag her boxes up to her room. She unloaded the boxes, put her bed up (with the help of her father and Sammy), and fixed up the room. Since they had arrived to Pensacola at 3:45 AM, it was 6:30 AM when the house was finally finished. Then Serena crashed on her bed and slept for most of the day, dreaming of a horned monster.

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