Title: The Forgotten Guardian ~ chapter 10
By: Moondreams16
Rating: G
Notes: Here's another chapter. Enjoy.

 	The school bell rang dismissing all the students from school. Alexis 
shoved her way through the crowd with her skates and book bag. She let out a 
sigh of relief as she exited the crowded hallways. She sat down on the stairs 
and started taking off her tennis shoes. 
	"I need to talk to you," came a voice. Alexis looked up to see Rae 
with her arms crossed.  Alexis groaned inwardly. She did not feel like 
listening to one of Rae's tantrums. 
	"Chill out, I didn't come here to yell at you," said Rae as if 
reading her thoughts. Now that surprised Alexis. 
	"So what ya want?" asked Alexis curiously. 
	"I came here to apologize. I know I was pretty nasty to you earlier 
and I am sorry. So can we start all over again?" asked Rae seriously. 
	"Yeah, sure! I would rather have you as a friend then an enemy," said 
Alexis with a laugh. Rae laughed softly. 
	"I heard you wrote songs," commented Alexis.  
	"Yeah, you like to sing?" asked Rae. 
	"Some times. To the radio, but mostly I play the piano," said Alexis. 
	"She can sing really well," came a quiet voice. Alex turned to see 
Ami standing quietly behind her. 
	"Amy, right?" asked Alexis. 
	"Yeah," said Ami a bit shyly. 
	"She's in my computer class," explained Alexis to Rae. Rae grinned 
and nodded. 
	"So Ames what do you have planned..." Alexis stopped listening as 
soon as she saw them. They were holding hands and gazing into each other's 
eyes. Alexis took a deep breath and approached Travis and Aurora. 
	"Hey Travis, what time are you picking me up tonight?" asked Alexis. 
Travis jumped looking startled. 
	"You remember don't you? Dinner tonight? At the Tskino's?" asked 
Alexis a bit sarcastically. 
	"Yeah of course, " said Travis. 
	"Oh Travis, you didn't tell me about this little inconvenience," 
purred Aurora. Alexis bit her tongue to keep from replying. 
	"I guess it slipped my mind," mumbled Travis. He was acting like a 
complete idiot over this girl and didn't even know it! Typical male.  	"What 
time, Travis?" asked Alexis with her arms crossed. 
	"Oh, 7:00," replied Travis. 
	"Alex, that is your name, right? You might want to get the 
appropriate shoes before going down the steps," she said giving Alexis a 
sickly sweet smile. 
	"Only my friends can call me Alex, the names Alexis to you. Got it? 
And don't diss the blades," said Alexis trying to keep her temper from 
exploding. She couldn't ever remember when she had been so angry. 	"Ohh 
such grammar. No wonder Haruna failed you on that quiz. Maybe you should 
learn better Japanese or either go back to America," said Aurora. She turned 
and giving Travis a smile and walked away. 
	"Oh that vain little twit! Only I can tell you to go back to the 
USA!" said Rae with her arms crossed. 
	"How could you stand there and let her insult like me?" demanded 
Alexis angrily. 
	"Stop it Alex, I know you're jealous but that.." Alexis interrupted 
him. 
	"Jealous? Ha, why would I be jealous of her? Anyone can prance around 
wearing short skirts and skin tight clothes!" said Alexis. Travis frowned 
angrily and walked off. 
	"Hey guys! Guess what? Ms. Haruna let me off detention!" exclaimed 
Serena merrily. She suddenly frowned, "What's wrong?" asked Serena. 
	"Meatball head, your brother is a major jerk," snapped Rae. Serena 
looked at her with puzzlement. That didn't sound like her twin at all! 
	"He's not a jerk. He's just distracted by that short-skirted bimbo. 
Don't start Rae," demanded Alexis as Rae opened her mouth to comment only to 
close it again. 
	"I got it! Why don't we go shopping?" asked Serena. 
	"Is that you're answer to every thing?" asked Rae sarcastically. 	"Well since we are going to dinner and you guys are going dancing, why not get a new dress?" asked Serena. 
	"Sounds like a good idea," said Ami. 
	"Sure, there's nothing better I had planned for this afternoon," said Rae enjoying the face Serena made. 
	"Alright, let me get the others. Lightning, Matchmaker, meet us by the steps," said Serena into her communicator. 
	"Lightning? Matchmaker?" asked Alexis confused. 
	"Yeah Lita and Mina. That's just their code names. Like Rae's name is Flames and Ami's here is..." Rae interrupted her angrily. 
	"You need to stop talking her ears off, Meatball head." She was already mad at Serena for using the communicators for non- scout business. 

	"Oh Alex you look pretty. You should wear make up more often," commented Ami with a smile. 
	"I do believe this is some of my best work," commented Birdie. 	"Darien's gonna flip when he sees this dress," commented Serena as she twirled in front of the full length mirror that the sisters always kept in their shop. 
	"Your dad is gonna drop dead from shock when he sees you in that dress you mean," laughed Lita. 
	"You mean when he sees the bill," laughed Rae.
	 "I think we should do this more often," commented Mina with a grin. 
	"Its just like going to a ball," said Avery with a sigh. 
	"Yeah you should know. And who was that young man I saw you kissing earlier?" teased Catsy. Avery blushed and busied herself with styling Mina's hair. 
	"Watch out, guys. 6 princesses are going to town tonight," laughed Catsy. 

	"What are you doing here Travis?" asked Bobby as he opened the door. 
	"I happen to be taking Alex to dinner tonight," said Travis as he ruffled Bobby's hair.
	 "And you had to wear those clothes to do that! What somebody brain wash you or something?" asked Bobby with a smirk. 
	"That's enough, Bobby why don't you go watch TV or something?" suggested Mrs. Lee. Bobby grinned and took shook his head. Alexis took a deep breath and looked one last time in the mirror. The short dress that Lita made her get did fit nicely. It was dark green, her favorite color. 
	"Ok here goes nothing," she muttered in the mirror. She looked down at her hands to see she was shaking. She scolded herself and started down the stairs just to see Travis at the bottom. Mrs. Lee grinned at Travis's expression. It was wonder and amazement. Coming down the stairs was an angel, his date. 'This is going to make one interesting evening. I'll have to ask Irene for all the news tomorrow' thought Mrs. Lee with a smile. 
	"My lady," said Travis after a nervous cough. He held out his arm and she took it with a smile. 
	"Get her home by Midnight, young man or you'll have me to answer too," yelled Mrs. Lee with a smile. 
	"No problem, Ma'am," he said and escorted his date out the door.  

	Alexis was awed by the elegance of the French Restaurant. Travis lead her up to a table where a man and woman where already seated. 	"Mr., and Mrs. Tskino, allowed to introduced my date this evening, Alexis Jones. Alex these are Serena's parents," said Travis. 	"Nice to meet you," commented Alexis with a smile. 
	"Speaking of Serena, where is your sister?" asked Mr. Tskino with a frown. 
	"I believe Serena was running a little behind and so they will be getting her shortly," explained Travis. When they were seated a waiter came up and asked in a very heavy French accent, 
	"Would you care to order?" Mrs. Tskino shook her head and the waiter left.
	 "Sorry we are late," said Darien as he and Serena approached the table. Mr. Tskino glared at Darien. 
	"That's ok, dear," said Irene Tskino. 
	"Alex, you look lovely tonight," commented Darien with a smile ignoring Ken Tskino's glare. 
	"Thanks, it looks like our waiter has come back," said Alexis as she noticed their waiter approach them quickly. Mr. Tskino frowned over the menu. He ordered something trying his best to pronounce French. Alexis raised an eyebrow. 
	"I haven't met many people who where fond of snails," said Alexis. Ken Tskino's face turned green. 
	"Snails?" he asked weakly. Alexis smiled and nodded. Irene covered a laugh with a cough. Darien and Serena looked at each other and started laughing  softly. Travis trying his best not to, finally started laughing loudly. The waiter looked distressed over the whole scene. 

	"We should do this more often," said Lita with a grin as she squeezed Ken tightly. 
	"I agree, I never seen you look more lovely," said Greg who was talking to Ami. Ami blushed and smiled.
	 "Hey look, there's the others," said Mina as she pointed to 2 couples walking toward them. 
	"So how was it?" called out Andrew. 
	"Wonderful, Mr. Tskino is going to allow me to date his daughter for awhile until I mess up. He said if he caught me kissing her, that to consider myself as good as dead," said Darien. 
	"That's only if he catches us," said Serena with a mischievous grin. 
	"Then he would kill you both," spoke up Rae. 
	"And Alex marveled us all with her French," spoke up Darien. Alexis blushed.
	 "None of us knew she was fluent and she kept Mr. Tskino from ordering snails," said Travis with a grin. 'Back to normal, almost,' thought Alexis as she stared at Travis. That still didn't change the fact that he wasn't in love with her. He was in love with Aurora. 

	"Shoot, I hope these doors are just about over!" grumbled Sailor Mars as the scouts walked through the gold door studded with garnets. 	"Well that Scilite needs to be stopped once for all," said Sailor Jupiter as she slammed her fist against her hand.  They entered a room of dark green. Garnets were encrusted in the mahogany furniture. 
	"There will only be 3 more doors after this," came Sailor Pluto's voice. The scouts turned around to see Sailor Pluto with another girl dressed in a Sailor Suite with dark purple hair. 
	"Is she the Sun guardian?" asked Venus. 
	"Me? No I am Sailor Saturn," said the little girl shyly. 
	"She was bored and wanted to come along," explained Sailor Pluto. 	"So is the crystal globe a key?" asked Sailor Sol. "No," said Sailor Pluto. 
	 "Who was that woman in white at the first door?" asked Sailor Moon. 
	"That was your grandmother, Serenity," said Pluto. 
	"Shh," commanded Mercury. Queen Eclipse entered the room and took out a huge book from one of the shelves. She sat down at the table and proceeded to study it. She looked up as Sailor Pluto and Aurora entered the room. 
	"I am so glad you're just got here, Setsuna. I didn't want to disturb the history lesson," said Eclipse with a smile as Aurora made a face. 
	"It would seem that the princess isn't fond of my lessons," said Setsuna with a smile. 
	 "Now, near the Northern Border there has been many uprisings over the last few months. They are getting closer and closer to the capital. That's what worries me. Would it be wise to have Aurora take the throne at such uncertain times," asked Eclipse with a frown. 
	"I could do it Mother," protested Aurora. 
	"You are not quite ready for such an under taking. You are still stubborn and out spoken, just like your father," said Setsuna with crossed arms. 
	"I know. Just like him. Setsuna could you give me some advice. I feel that the Light Kingdom will not last long if the rebels get closer to the capital," said Eclipse. 
	"Then it is time to tell her," said Setsuna. 
	"Tell me what?" asked Aurora looking confused. Eclipse opened her hand and a crystal appeared out of thin air. It illuminated the room with colors from the rainbow. 
	"In each one of the rulers of this kingdom is a power beyond measure. We each have to learn how to control it. My time as Queen grows short. Even now, the crystal grows dull. The magic runs through your blood and so you will be more powerful then I ever was," explained Eclipse. She grasped her daughter's hand. There was a flash of light.  Aurora opened her hand slowly to see a crystal rose. 
	"What magic are you talking about?" asked Aurora. 
	"Just shows you how well she listens to my lessons," said Setsuna sarcastically. 
	"Fairy magic. It runs through all the people in the people in the Light Kingdom. That is why we are so much small then normal people. Your father had more fairy blood running through his veins then my whole family ever has had. Do not be afraid, my darling," said Eclipse. 	"There now, I've got to get back to the time gate. Be strong Eclipse.  I am afraid that is all I can tell you," said Setsuna and she disappeared. The falcon dropped a small garnet key into Sailor Sol's hands.

	"Hey guys, want to come to my house tomorrow to go swimming?" asked Travis. 
	"Swimming? In September?" asked Mina with shock. 
	"It's still pretty warm out. If it is too chilly tomorrow, we can go to my in door pool," said Travis. 
	"Sounds like a good idea to me," said Lita. The others nodded and smiled.

To be continued...

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