Adventures of the Chibi-Scouts
By "Tuxedo" Will Wolfshohl and Doug "Candle Light Author" Helm

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Part 13  "Relationships and Revelations"

        That same Saturday morning, after Raye had been taken home by
Chad, Mrs. Anderson turned a stern expression on her children. Sitting
down, she took a sip of tea before speaking, "Girls, what Raye did today
was wrong. It's very dangerous to go out by yourselves." She looked
pointedly at Lita who had the common sense to blush. "I want you to
promise that you'll ask me if it's okay to go somewhere."
        "We promise, Mommy!" both Lita and Amy responded in unison.
        "Now, girls, I need to do some work around the house. Do you
think you can play quietly 'til I'm done?"
        "Yes Mommy," Lita squeaked, "We were playin' a game when Raye
came to the window." She grunted slightly when Amy discretely poked her
in the ribs. Mrs. Anderson gave Amy an odd look before smiling.
        "Are you done with breakfast?" Both girls nodded. "Okay, you go
play quietly, AFTER you both brush your teeth. Then maybe we'll go to
the park this afternoon."
        "'Kay Mom," Amy chirped and slid off her chair headed for the
bathroom. Lita wasn't long in following her sister after grabbing one
last slice of toast. Mrs. Anderson shook her head slightly before
starting to clear the table. She would normally let the girls help but
it was Saturday and she figured that she could do it faster by herself.

        After the girls had brushed their teeth and were in their room,
Lita turned to Amy, giggled, and asked, "So, Amy, why am I a genius?"
        Amy bit her lip and scrunched up her face in concentration.
After a few seconds Lita started to get impatient; she was about to
prompt Amy, when Amy said, "'Cause you gave me a missing piece of the
puzzle." Then her features took on a despondent look.
        "Whatsa matter?!?" Lita asked. She'd never seen Amy look so
serious before. Walking over to sit on the bed beside her sister, Lita
nudged Amy and said, "You don't look so good, Sis."
        "Well Lita, to confirm my theory, I need to thoroughly examine
Reenie's Key," Amy said softly, "The question is how do we get it?"
        "Hmm... Serena could ask Reenie to see it. S'pose not... Well...
I don't think Serena would be up to taking Reenie's Key. Serena really
isn't a thief and considering that Serena's been treated really nice..."
she trailed off and shrugged.
        "We might have to tell Reenie," Amy said heavily, "And I don't
want that because it could alter the timeline."
        "But if we go back to being fourteen, won't the timeline already
be affected?" Lita questioned. "Sis, I'm not up on my temporal mechanics
or whatever you guys call it but I don't think telling Reenie would
hurt."
        "But, Lita, what if it doesn't work?!" Amy protested. She
immediately took on a sheepish expression. "Sorry, it's just with Raye
acting like this and then yesterday." She looked over at Lita and asked,
"Was Mom really mad at you?"
        Lita squirmed a little before nodding, "She said that she was
proud of me for sticking up for you. Just that she didn't want me
fighting." Lita sighed, "I guess I got off pretty easy really." Lita had
always been active when she was a child but had never really gotten into
fights. It wasn't until after her parents' deaths as a teen that she
began to get into such trouble. "Say, what did Mommy want to talk to you
about?"
        "Mom wanted to know if I was having trouble at school," Amy
said, "I assume letting my academic performance drop like that was quite
a shock." She saw Lita's quizzical look and, after an uncomfortable
silence, continued, "I guess I just didn't want the kids to tease me,
Sis." Amy admitted, "I saw a way of changing things. I was just planning
for the worst."
        Lita didn't ask Amy to elaborate. She wasn't sure she wanted to
know the answer. "Anyway, Amy, how do we get a look at Reenie's Key?"
        "Let me give it some thought," Amy answered, "We should start
playing something before Mom thinks we're too quiet." <I'm starting to
feel antsy anyway.>
        Lita grinned evilly. "'KAY... TAG YOU'RE IT!!!" she howled with
glee and, after tagging her rather astonished sister, took off out of
the bedroom at a breakneck pace. Amy gave a growl of her own and started
out after her sister. Today was going to be fun!

        Mrs. Aino walked from the kitchen into the living room. Mina and
Carrie were sitting in front of the television watching it with
entranced fascination. Carrie had arrived shortly after ten and both
young girls had been captivated by watching cartoons for almost an hour.
Mina was surprised how much she enjoyed them. She had never been one for
cartoons or comic books like Serena and Raye. Having her friend Carrie
there only served to enhance the enjoyment.
        "Girls, why don't you two go play now," Mrs. Aino suggested,
"You've watched enough television for awhile."
        "Aw! Please Mommy?" Mina pleaded turning to look pleadingly at
her mother, "Just a little longer?" <I want to see what happens next.>
        "No," Mrs. Aino said, "You've been watching TV since you got up.
Go along now and play." She grinned to herself, "It's nice and sunny
outside. Either go play in the front yard or up in your room."
        "Com'on Carrie," Mina grumbled, "Let's go find something to do
in my room." Taking her friend's arm, she started to drag Carrie out of
the living room and up the stairs.
        Mina's mother shook her head and went back to reading the
morning paper before starting her housework. She knew that Mina would
stay in her bedroom and play quietly, at least for a little while, she
hoped.
        "Jeez, I wanted to watch those guys," Mina confessed as she went
up the stairs. <I never knew cartoons had cute guys like that...> Carrie
who was behind her frowned slightly.
        "What guys, Mina?"
        "You know, the hunky ones on TV with the..." Mina trailed off at
the odd look that Carrie was giving her. "What?!?"
        "Why would you want to sit and watch guys? Boys can be so
GROSS!"
        Artemis who was in the room gave a disgusted growl and flicked
his tail at Carrie. She giggled and, reaching out to pet him, commented,
"Don't worry, kitty, you're not a boy!" Artemis let out a mew.
        "He's not?!?" Mina asked. <That's news to me!> She giggled, <I
bet it's a shock to Artemis too!>
        "Silly, Artemis isn't a boy," Carrie explained, her tone showing
exasperation, "Artemis is a kitty."
        "Uh... yeah."
        "So what should we play?"
        Mina tapped her lower lip for a few moments before saying,
"Carrie, how would you like to be a rock star?!?" Carrie's expression
turned dubious, "Just think, lotsa fans... you can do whatever you
want!" Mina's voice started to rise, "You don't have to listen to your
parents."
        "Really?!?" Carrie asked. "You mean rock stars don't have to
listen to their parents?"
        "Nope, they get to do whatever they want, eat what they want,
and go to bed when they want!" Mina grinned; she was forming an idea.
Carrie nodded excitedly, "'Kay, first thing to do... Gotta get ready for
a show we're doing." Wrapping her arm around Carrie, she said, "First we
take care of our clothes... then make-up, and then hair!" With that she
dragged her friend out of the room.
        <Oh brother... At least Mina isn't into country,> Artemis
thought rolling his eyes, <I don't think I could stand a ho down.>

        A few minutes later, Carrie gave Mina a dubious look. "Ah Mina,
why are you wearing that funny hat?"
        "I like it," Mina responded, "'Sides, Carrie, I need something
to hide my eyes." Carrie rolled her eyes. Mina was always making out to
be some cool star or something. Sometimes it was neat, other times it
was worse than sitting next to a boy!
        "But what do we play the music on, Mina?" Carrie asked, "I mean
we don't have inst-insta-err... you know the thingies with strings."
        "Carrie, Carrie, Carrie..." Mina said while shaking her head,
"Have you lost all faith in me, babe?" Mina dug around her room and came
up with a children's plastic cassette player.
        "Mina... what's `faith' mean?" She'd never heard Mina use that
word before.
        "I never fib," Mina said. That got a double eye roll from
Carrie. Mina might be honest but if it meant getting out of trouble, she
wasn't above bending the truth to meet her needs.
        "Uh Mina, I don't think that'll work," Carrie stated after a few
moments of examining the device. She was about to add more when her
friend cut her off.
        "You're right. It ain't big enough," Mina agreed. Tossing it
aside, she left her room and quietly headed downstairs. "We need
something with a lot of power!" Her eyes twinkled as her gaze fell upon
the entertainment system in the living room. "Come on!" Mina whispered
out and then snuck across the kitchen doorway into the living room.
        "Mina... won't your mommy be mad?" Carrie asked hesitantly.
        "Nah," Mina replied softly, "We're just going to play some
music. Not like watchin' TV." Softly, Mina padded across the living
room. "We have to be quiet or our fans will find out."
        "You mean we have to sneak in here OR your MOMMY will find out,"
Carrie hissed. "Let's just go play somethin' else. Outside like your
mommy said." She had no intention of getting caught up in one of Mina's
crazy schemes again. The "flying toaster" idea hadn't gone over very
well.
        "Aw come on, Care-Care," Mina said patronizingly, "We're just
going to have a little harmless fun."
        Carrie sighed, <Harmless? Mina's using big words again.> Not
that Carrie minded but they were supposed to be playing.
        Carrie seemed reluctant so Mina said, "I'll tell you what. We'll
sing two songs and then I'll see if the others can come over and play
with us."
        "Well... I guess so," Carrie agreed. She didn't really want to
ruin her best friend's fun and she seemed to be willing to compromise.
        "Good!" Mina declared happily. Quickly selecting a CD to insert,
she examined the controls for a moment before managing to put the CD
into the tray properly. "Now to give it the right feel," Mina muttered
to herself. She adjusted the equalizer to maximize the bass and, in
addition, Mina cranked the volume to what she, as a teenager, considered
an acceptable level. "Ready?" Carrie nodded. "Good." Reaching out, Mina
pushed the play button, but nothing happened. She blinked and pushed the
play button again. "What the..." Pushing the eject button, she looked at
the CD quizzically for a moment before replacing it. Pressing the play
button again nothing happened. "It's broke," she remarked crestfallen.
        "Mina, how do you know how it works?" Carrie asked quizzically.
        "Uh... I watched Daddy play music a lot." <Amy'd be proud of
me.>
        "Where's your daddy?"
        "Dunno," Mina answered, "I think he's doin' somethin' to the
car." She looked over the stereo's controls. Sheepishly, Mina looked up
and discovered the problem. Turning the source selection knob so that it
was set to "CD player", she reached out and pushed the play button once
again.
        There was silence for a moment, then the still morning air was
shattered by the loud throbbing boom of the music as one of the heavier
metal bands started warming up into the first song. The ruckus grew even
louder as the lead vocalist started to sing.
        "IT'S TOO LOUD!!!" Mina cried. Trying to turn it down, she
desperately started turning the volume control. However, she only
managed to make it play even louder before the knob popped off in her
hand. "Uh oh!"
        "Uh Mina, I think my mommy's calling me," Carrie said and
started to back out of the room. She was just about to the doorway when
she turned and ran right into Mrs. Aino and a none too pleased looking
Mr. Aino as well.
        "MINA!!!!" both her parents shouted over the din.
        "OH NO!!!" Mina yelled horrified. Desperately, she started
pushing buttons. The music suddenly cut off and the tray started to
slide out. All that was left was a hum. Mina was about to smile but the
CD in the tray shot out and went flying through the window across the
room. "Oops!" <At least it couldn't get any worse,> Mina thought.
That's when the speakers started to vibrate, their motion easily
visible. "It's gonna blow!!!" Mina cried and, running, jumped on and
then over the couch.
        Then it was suddenly quiet. Peeking over the sofa by standing on
her tiptoes, Mina saw her father standing by the wall, the stereo's plug
in hand. He had an angry look on his face. Sheepishly, Mina looked over
towards her mother. Her mother was splitting her looks between Carrie
and Mina.
        "What on earth do you think you were doing?" she finally managed
to ask.
        "Ah... playing rock stars?" Mina meekly squeaked out, her
parents just glared at her, "Uh... want an autograph, Mommy?" She winced
at her mother's scowl. <Wrong thing to say.>

        Ten minutes later found Carrie standing in one corner of the
Aino kitchen. Carrie stifled a sigh. <Why do I always fall for Mina's
tricks?> She hated staring at the wall; it wasn't much fun to look at.
One consolation was she got to listen to Mina being scolded. <And I
thought havin' Mommy yell at me was bad.> Mina's father was doing most
of the scolding and he had a manner of NOT yelling. It sent shivers up
Carrie's spine. If he was THAT mad and wasn't yelling, she fervently
hoped she was never around to get him mad enough to yell.
        Another consoling fact was that her mother had been there for
almost five whole minutes and the fatal words, "she'll be punished,"
hadn't been said. <Not like I'm not in trouble though,> Carrie thought.
Mrs. Aino had called the little girl's mother and Carrie's mother had
said she would be right over, which confused Carrie. <Why'd Mommy come
over here?> She desperately hoped her mother would understand and
standing in Mrs. Aino's corner was all that would happen to her.
        Up in Mina's bedroom, Mina was also in a corner. She was sent
there after her father had scolded her for playing with the stereo. A
stereo, he emphasized, that was off-limits to her!
        <Can't move, can't move, can't move... I wanna go play!> This
had been Mina's silent chant for the past five minutes. She really
wanted to go play, and apologize to Carrie but the consequences of
moving from the corner without permission had been made absolutely
clear. She had all this energy and now no way to dissipate it.
        Artemis sat smugly on the bed watching his young charge. He
wasn't one to be malicious in his humor but Mina's power to destroy
anything electrical had finally landed her in hot water. "You know Mina,
you shouldn't play with stuff that you aren't allowed to use," he
remarked dryly. This earned him a glare from Mina who poked her tongue
out at him before turning her head back towards the corner. Artemis
chuckled softly, this was going to be fun.
        <Can't move, can't move, can't move... I wanna go play!> Mina
suppressed a whine, <What a way to spend a Saturday!!!>

        At two o'clock that afternoon, the Tsukino home was quiet. Luna
and Serena were taking naps in Serena's room. Reenie was doing homework
downstairs with her aunt so she wouldn't disturb her little sister.
        Luna had had a hectic day especially when she tried to keep up
with Serena and Reenie. Both little girls seemed to have boundless
energy. Luna seemed to have a lot of energy as well, she just used more
because of her size. However, Luna was always the lighter of the two
sleepers and a gentle beeping noise roused her. Looking around, she saw
that Serena's communicator was making the noise. Padding over softly,
she turned it on and found Amy's face looking at her.
        "Luna?" Amy asked surprised, "Where's Serena?"
        "Taking her nap," Luna said softly, "What is it, Amy?"
        "I've found out something important," Amy explained after a
pause, "Luna, we need Serena to get Reenie's Key."
        "I think that would be hard without telling her," Luna mused,
"Reenie keeps that key pretty close to her."
        "I know," Amy agreed while taking on an uncomfortable look,
"Luna, I think we need to tell Reenie. The Key could well... be THE
`key' to solving our problem."
        "I'll tell Serena then," Luna said, "But we probably won't be
able to get it to you until tomorrow. Serena's parents are going out
tonight and leaving a baby-sitter."
        "That's okay, Luna," Amy said with a knowing smile, "After what
happened to Raye this morning, I think I'll be content to wait. I
wouldn't want Serena or Reenie to get into trouble." <Or me either for
that matter.>
        "What happened to Raye?!?" Luna demanded.
        "Uh... gotta go. Mom's coming, bye!" And with that, the
communicator fell silent leaving Luna to stare at it for several
seconds. <What on earth happened to Raye?> she wondered, <Well I'll slip
over later on and see.> With that Luna settled back done to wait for
Serena to wake up.

        That evening after supper, Serena was very pleased to see that
her baby-sitter for the evening was going to be Molly. The older girl
was still fourteen, nothing seemed to have changed about her except she
seemed a lot taller. Shingo was staying over at a friend's house. He had
refused to stay with two little girls and be baby-sat. So it was only
Reenie, Serena, and Molly that were left in the house.
        "Let's play!" Serena practically shouted. Reenie was ready to
indulge her sister but never got the chance.
        "Sorry Serena," Molly said, "Your mommy left strict
instructions." She smiled internally as Serena's face fell. <She's so
cute!> "First, we get your bath."
        "But it ain't bed time!!!" Serena whined, "Please Molly?!? I
don't wanna go bed now!"
        "Now Serena," Molly explained, "I'm not going to make you go to
bed yet." Molly added, "Your mommy got us a movie to watch. You just
gotta take a bath and get your pajamas on."
        "Can we have popcorn?!?" Her stomach growled slightly as if to
emphasize the request.
        "No but your mommy did leave us some snacks," Molly said, "Now
Serena, you go upstairs and I'll be up in a minute."
        "'Kay," Serena chirped and then skipped up the stairs towards
her bedroom.

        When Serena was in her room Luna said, "Serena, Amy called."
        "Yeah?" Serena said, pausing momentarily in her undressing,
"What'd she want, Luna?"
        "She wanted me to tell you that we need to have a look at
Reenie's Key." Luna explained, "She thinks that it might help her find a
solution. You're probably going to have to tell Reenie about us."
        Serena smiled broadly. "Wicked cool!" she declared, "I was going
to tell Reenie anyways."
        "What?!?" Luna asked in a semi-shocked tone.
        "Well she's treats me really really nice and I'm feelin' a
little guilty for the way I treat MY Reenie." Serena struggled into her
bathrobe, "See Reenie defends me and even got spanked 'cause of me. I
want to make that up to her."
        "Serena, are ya ready?" the voice of Molly coming down the hall
cut the rest of the conversation short. Molly opened the door and
smiled, "Good girl!" she complimented, "You got all undressed by
yourself."
        "Yep!" Serena squeaked happily.
        "Well then, Serena, let's go get your bath," Molly said, "Then
we can watch the movie." Happily, Serena complied and, taking Molly's
hand, was guided into the bathroom.
        Once Molly had helped Serena wash in the stall, she helped the
girl into the furo. Serena slid into the warm water and gave a giggle of
delight. "Now Serena, I'll be right back," Molly informed her, "I'll go
get Reenie."
        "'Kay!" Serena squeaked and gave another giggle.
        Molly left the room and went down the stairs. Looking around,
she saw Reenie sitting on the couch. "Reenie, come take your bath with
Serena."
        Reenie, wishing to uphold her image, scowled. "Aw Molly... I'm
seven. I don't wanna take a bath with a little kid. I'll take one after
Serena's done." <I hope Molly doesn't tell Serena that... I'd feel
really bad for hurting Serena's feelings.>
        "Reenie, I thought ya liked Serena. You were going to play with
her before," Molly commented, "In fact, you were playing a game with her
when I got here."
        Reenie grumbled out, "Okay, okay... I'll come have my bath." She
reluctantly got off the couch and started to plod towards Molly.
        "You can drop the act," Molly said. She couldn't hide her smile.
"Reenie, you really like Serena and I think taking a bath with her won't
really bother you." Turning, Molly went up the stairs to check on
Serena.
        Giving a sheepish grin, Reenie went up the stairs behind Molly,
<Was I THAT obvious?!?> Not that she minded but she DID have a image to
maintain. If it got around that she was actually NICE to a little kid,
then it would ruin her completely.

        Reenie was annoyed, and she tried to make that clear to Molly
without being rude. The problem was simple: Molly kept occasionally
popping into the bathroom to check on them. <Aunt Ellen lets me say when
we should get out.> It was rather frustrating to say the least. As
Reenie saw it, Molly was usurping her authority over Serena and she
didn't care for the competition.
        Serena, however, was rather unaware of the whole situation. She
was in a state of deep thought; Luna wouldn't've believed it. <If I tell
Reenie who I am, will she be angry with me? I don't want that.> She had
grown very attached to the little girl and Serena needed her support at
the moment; Darien certainly wasn't giving his. <I don't want her to
hate me... and what about MY Reenie. I lied to her.>
        As Serena did internal battle with herself, Reenie noticed that
Serena was just sitting in the furo, unconsciously moving the water.
<Why isn't Serena playing?> She noticed that Serena had a rather serious
expression on her face. <She's worried about something.> Reaching out
and tapping Serena on the shoulder, which caused her to jump, Reenie
said, "Serena, are you in trouble?"
        "Huh?" Serena asked letting her worries pass for the moment.
        "Did you do something bad and then cover it up?"
        "No, Reenie," Serena answered somewhat confused, "Why?"
        "Well why aren't you playing then?" <Something must be wrong.>
        "I guess I don't feel like it," Serena said weakly.
        Reenie was about to ask why when Molly came into the room, "Okay
Serena, Reenie, time to get out and dry off. We gotta get ya into some
PJs so we can watch the movie."
        Serena complied and stood, Molly lifted her up and started to
dry her off. Grumbling under her breath at Molly, Reenie also got up and
started to dry off. Once Molly was finished drying Serena off, Reenie
snapped, "I can get her changed," and taking Serena's hand led her into
their bedroom. Molly looked confused for a moment and then grinned. She
had just realized something. Reenie really cared for Serena, and that
made her happy.

        The movie was passable. Reenie wasn't really interested in it
mainly because it was geared more towards Serena's age. She watched
though and kept her comments to herself. Not that she didn't like the
movie. The story WAS funny in parts... just there seemed an over
abundance of CUTE characters running around saying things like, "Golly"
and, "Ohmigosh!" whenever anything "terrible" happened. It was enough to
make your teeth ache, at least in Reenie's opinion.
        Serena was captivated by another matter. Sure the show was
entertaining but Serena had already seen the movie seven times. She
could quote every line, word for word, of the major characters. About
halfway through the show, Serena finally resolved that she would tell
Reenie everything, or almost everything, and hope for the best. That's
when she noticed Molly wasn't really paying attention to the show.
        Molly appeared to be off in a different world. Her eyes were
watching the television but she didn't react to anything in the movie.
Turning her head slightly, Serena asked, "Molly, is somethin' wrong?"
        "Huh?" Molly said dazed, "Is the movie over?"
        "No," Reenie snapped. She crossed her arms and took on a bored
expression, "Molly, can we PLEASE go play?"
        "But the movie isn't over with," Molly said, "Serena would miss
the ending."
        "That's okay, Moll. I already seen this one seven times." That
got an odd look from both Reenie and Molly, "'Sides, I wanted to know
what the matter was."
        "What the matter was?" Molly asked looking intently at Serena,
        "Yeah, you weren't watching the movie," Serena explained, "You
looked like you were thinking about something else."
        Molly sat stunned into position for several seconds. Reenie was
staring at Serena incredulously, eyes wide, eyebrows to her hairline.
<I've never heard Serena talk like that before!> It was a little
disconcerting, <Where'd Serena learn how to use those big words?!?>
        "Uh well..." Molly replied not really sure what to say, "I
uh..." she trailed off and looked at Serena again. "It's nothin'," she
said, "I was just wonderin' how to tell somebody something."
        Serena considered Molly's answer, <`Tell somebody something'?
Okay... let's see who would Molly know... Her mom? Nah, Molly's pretty
open with her mom. Me??? Nope...> She tapped her lower lip for a few
moments and then an idea struck her. "MELVIN!" Serena shouted.
        "A what?!?" Reenie asked. <Maybe one of those bad people took
over Serena.> Reenie immediately shook the idea off. It was silly but
she was becoming very uneasy by Serena's actions.
        "How'd you know about Melvin, Serena?" Molly asked in a shocked
voice after several seconds. <I never talked about him in front of you.>
        Turning to Reenie who was sitting on her left, Serena explained,
"Melvin was/is Molly's boyfriend."
        "Eewww!!!" Reenie began, then it hit her, "Wait a minute! How'd
you know that he's her boyfriend?!"
        "He's not," Molly answered, beginning to blush, "At least not
yet..."
        "Ah ha!" Serena chirped turning back to Molly, "You're too
scared to tell Melvin how you feel about him, right Moll?" She looked at
Molly who had took on a panicked expression, "I knew it!!! You better go
after him before somebody else gets a hold of him." <But who would ever
WANT to date Melvin besides Molly?!?>
        Molly's eyes grew wide. How on earth did Serena understand that
she was actually in love with Melvin?!? It confused her but the little
girl seemed to understand perfectly. It was rather distressing, even the
part about somebody else getting Melvin. Even if she couldn't picture
anybody else wanting him.
        "Serena?!?" Reenie asked in confusion, "What are you talking
about?" <And why's she calling her Moll?>
        "Reenie, Molly's majorly in love with Melvin!!!" Serena
explained, "And Melvin's got the hots for Molly." This just caused Molly
to blush, "But he's too scared to tell her how he feels and vice versa."
She rubbed her hands and turned to the redhead, "You gotta go for it,
Moll!"
        Molly whimpered and then promptly fainted. She was overwhelmed.
She knew that Serena could be intuitive at times from her past
baby-sitting jobs but this was just TOO much for her to handle.

        Serena had soon realized her blunder and, when Molly regained
consciousness, she asked Molly if she had had a good nap. Molly at first
asked how Serena could talk so well. Serena played innocent and said she
hadn't been talking. She'd simply watched the movie and it was over.
Reenie was too shocked, and unwilling, to say anything so she had
remained silent.
        Molly decided to put the entire incident up to a really weird
dream and, seeing that it was after seven, hustled Serena off to bed.
Reenie said she was going to go to bed as well. This got Molly's
interest up but she didn't push the matter; she had things to think
about.

        Once the lights were off and Molly was out of earshot, Reenie
turned over to Serena and in a stern voice hissed out. "Serena, I want
to know who you really are?!" <I want my little sister back!>
        Serena slid out of bed and, standing beside the bed, said, "Okay
Reenie, I'll tell you." The little girl took a deep breath and announced
with a slight tremor, "I'm Serena Tsukino and I'm fourteen years old."

Coming Next in ACS Part 14  "The Great Debate"