The girl looked up at the building. "Juuban High. If I were back at
home, I'd be going to Baltimore Highschool with all my friends," She muttered.
And Kate and Mel would be there every step of the way, She thought.
She is Ella Younger. She had just moved to Japan from Maryland, USA. Why
did her mom just have to start out on her dream of making an anime series
now? Ella wanted to be in Maryland where people ate with forks and knives, not
chopsticks.
Ella's mom dreamed of making an anime series in Japan. She hoped it would make people remember her. Besides, anime was what her mom loved.
Ella sighed, playing with her blue-green hair as she stared up at the school with her green eyes. What if she didn't make any friends? What if people didn't like her? Summoning all the bravery she had, she stepped inside her new school.
Far away in a desolate deminsion, a dark figure sat at his throne. All would hail him! All would love him! He would posess it all! At least, once he released the key to his success.
An evil so strong, no one could resist it. All resistance would crumble before it. It would consume and conquer all good. All he needed was just enough power to break the seal that held the evil back. Just enough power could be found in a person's greatest dream or fantasy.
Yes, He thought, That's just it. I'll steal the foolish humans' fantasy and dream energy to break the seal of the ultimate evil. Then the world -no- the universe would be his.
Ella stepped into the classroom, feeling nervous.
"Students, this is Ella Younger. She just moved here from America. I need someone to show her around school. Any volunteers?" Sensei asked.
Makoto Kino raised her hand.
"Do you wish to show her around, Kino-san?"
"Yes sensei," Makoto replied.
"Good. Ella, stay with Makoto today. You have my permission to leave your classes today."
The class groaned, jealous that they would be stuck in class and the new girl and Makoto wouldn't.
Makoto lead Ella out into the hall.
"So you come from America.......What state?" Makoto asked.
"Maryland. My mom always wanted to start an anime series," Ella said.
"That's cool. How do you like Juuban?" Makoto asked.
Ella shrugged. "I'm thousands of miles away from my closest friends, my native land, and everything that I'm used to, but I guess it's okay here."
"You miss your friends, don't you?" Makoto asked.
"Yeah. I've never been out of the country before. I miss my best friends Kate and Mel," Ella said softly.
"Don't worry! How about afterschool, I introduce you to my friends?" Makoto said.
"Sure!" Ella said, smiling.
So Makoto gave Ella her address and said she'd see her later.
I might make friends afterall! Ella thought.
Ella walked home after a day at Juuban highschool. It was great, suprisingly, and Makoto turned out to be a good friend. She was on cloud 9.
"Ella......"
Ella stopped. "What was that?! Who said my name?" Ella cried, turning. But to her surprise, she saw no one.
"I'm getting paranoid. Now I think people are calling to me. That's weird," Ella thought aloud, as she stepped on her porch.
Ella opened the door and went inside. "Hello! Mom! I'm home!" She called, then realized her mom was not home yet.
Ella sat her things down and wrote her mom a note.
Ella put the note on the message board where she knew her mom would see it. That's when she heard it again.
"Ella......"
Ella turned, suddenly alert. There was something urgent about the voice, and yet, something familiar too. Almost as though if she were in a trance, Ella walked towards her room. She entered the room and stared directly into her mirror.
I was her! But yet, it wasn't her.
"Hello Ella," The woman in the mirror said. This woman looked exactly like Ella, except she wore a sailor uniform with a knee-length teal cape. Her sailor colar and skirt were magenta. Her broach and back bow were teal and her front bow was magenta.
She wore a gold tiara with a teal stone in it, a teal choker, white gloves with 3 magenta bands, and teal boots with magenta trim at the tops.
"Who are you?" Ella asked.
"I am you. I'm your former self, actually. I am Sailor Dream, the senshi of Dreams. Why I have come to see you is because an evil force has come to steal the energy of people's dreams. Your power needs to be awakened so you can defend the realm of dreams from this evil force and find the other phantom senshi from the realm of dreams. Do you understand?" the reflection of Ella asked.
"Yeah, I guess, but how will I know who else is a phantom sailor senshi?" Ella asked.
"You will feel it inside when you meet them. Also, you must work with the sailor senshi, but try not to get to close. There are reasons that the phantom senshi can't interact with the sailor senshi. You'll learn exactly why in time. But take this,"
Ella's reflection said, and a silver henshin wand with a teal orb on the top circled by silver stars appeared.
"What's this?" Ella asked, taking it.
"That's your henshin wand. Use it to transform into Sailor Dream. When the time comes, you'll know what to do. I've done all I can to prepare you. Farewell," Ella's reflection said, disappearing and returning to the way her reflection should be.
"This is whack," Ella said. Then she realized what time it was and stuffed her henshin wand into her pocket as she left for Makoto's apartment.
"Makoto is going to be mad! I'm so late," Ella cried.
Then she heard a scream from one of the apartments. She ran over and gasped. "It's Makoto's apartment!" She cried in astonishment.
Ella burst in, seeing a youma absorbing Makoto's energy.
"Makoto!" Ella cried.
The youma turned to her.
"I won't let you harm Makoto or steal the energy of her dreams," Ella said, taking out her henshin wand.
"Dream Phantom Power Make-up!"
Teal feathers encircled Ella's body, forming her fuku. Whisps of magenta appeared making her boots. She brought her arms out and teal feathers wrapped aound them, making her gloves. She crossed her arms and magenta whisps swirled around her. When they reached her shoulders, she flung her arms out and her cape appeared. A teal feather floated down onto her forhead, making her tiara and choker. She posed, her transformation complete. "I'm Sailor Dream!"
"Sailor Dream, huh? Well you're not getting this girl's dream energy! Never!" The youma said.
"Dream Web Entrapment!" Sailor Dream said, making a silver web of energy that trapped the youma.
"What is this?!" The youma said.
"Nightmare Caress!" Sailor Dream cried, as teal feathers appeared, then turned into daggers of magenta fire as they shot forward and struck the enemy. The youma screamed and turned into dust, dropping a sphere of glowing silverish-teal energy.
Sailor Dream picked it up. "What's this?!" She said quizzically. "Is it Makoto's dream energy?"
"Makoto!" A voice screamed from down the hall.
Sailor Dream became flustered and dropped the sphere. It floated back into Makoto's body. Makoto sighed and her eyelids fluttered open.
Better make my exit, She thought, quickly going out through the fire escape.
"A youma attacked you?!" Luna asked.
"Yeah. And a new Sailor Senshi defeated it. I didn't really catch a glimpse of her at all," Makoto said.
"What do you think they could be after?" Rei asked.
"Don't know. Just keep a lookout," Makoto said.
"Did Ella ever show up?" Usagi asked.
"No. She cancelled but you'll meet her tomorrow at school. There is something about her though......She reminds me of someone. I just don't know who," Makoto said.