It was spring. A busy time for most young people ,when love was in the air.
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     You don't need to be so rude. I'm trying to set the story
     Cassi: "Well, sorry. I'm just so nervous. You may continue.>
     ... and when students everywhere were preparing for the annual prom.
     "And this year's theme will be unicorns in the moonlight," an overly perky blond said from the front of the auditorium.
     "Blech," Lydia, Cassi, and Dawn said in unison.
     "I can't believe they let Alicia be the head of prom committee," Mina whispered to them.
     "How many years has she been a senior?" Cassi asked, pulling the band from her hair and running her fingers through it before putting it back in.
     "About three years," Dawn replied, "and she's been the head of prom committee each year."
     "And every year the theme has been the same," Mina said. In unison the four girls went, "BLECH!"
     "Do you girls have something you wish to say?" Alicia asked over the PA system. The four stood, looked at one another, and stepped to the front of the auditorium, Cassi bumping Alicia away from the mic with a hip check.
     "Fellow students, esteemed faculty and staff," Dawn said, addressing everyone, "Alicia Silverman has been the head of prom for three years straight, and each year the theme has been the same. Why has nobody opposed her  before? Why have we put up with her unicorn headbands and corny music?"
     "Because she's popular," Mina said, taking over the mic, "and nobody goes against the popular kids, right? Well, it's time for a change."
     "We are prepared to become the head of prom committee," Lydia said when Mina passed her the mic, "and we promise a good time without all of the cheesy decorations and corny accessories."
     "My headbands are not corny," Alicia said, regaining her feet, rage building, "you won't get away with this."
     Cassi took the mic from Lydia and said, "Girl, give it up. You've been a senior way too long, and now is the time for change." She turned to the student body and said, "Leave it in the hands of Welling, Drolland, Lockheart, and Deetz and your prom will ROCK!"
     Loud cheering and applause rose from the student body, especially from the principal and vice principal, who were pleased that Alicia was ejected from office. Alicia, on the other hand, was furious with this turn of events, and was ready to cause trouble.
     "What will be the theme of the prom?" she asked, sneering at Cassi. Cassi glared back, fire flashing in her magenta eyes.
     "The theme of this year's prom will be The Gravity of Love," she said, a spotlight falling onto her and her group.
     "The colors will be pink, silver, and gold," Mina added tentatively. The other three nodded in agreement.
     "We'll have food, an open bar of nonalcoholic beverages, and a totally cool DJ," Dawn said, getting caught up in the moment.
     "And we promise this will be the best prom in three years!" Lydia added. More loud cheering and applause filled the air and the four took a bow.
     "Well done," the principal said as she stepped up to the mic, still applauding, "I will anxiously await the prom to see how you have done."
     'And I'll be waiting to see how I can screw it up,' Alicia said to herself as she stepped into the shadows, flames of revenge burning into her sapphire blue eyes, "I will have my revenge."

     After school that day the four newly elected heads of the prom committee sat in the local game center / snack shop, enjoying fruit parfaits while discussing their plans. As they talked Crystal Andreas and Michelle Kaioh entered, followed by Alex West and Dan Jensen.
     "Hey y'all," Crystal said as they took seats with the other four, "What's new?"
     "We heard about you guys upstaging Alicia today," Michelle said, "that was very brave of you."
     "Thanks," Mina sighed, propping her head on her hands as she rested her elbows on the table, "I just hope we can pull this off without much trouble."
     "Girl, we know we can do it," Cassi said as she took a bite of parfait, a slice of kiwi performing a not so gracious dive back into the yogurt, splattering the surrounding table with yogurty goodness.
     "So how much money do we have to work with?" Dawn asked, stirring the fruit into the yogurt absent mindedly.
     Lydia reached into her school bag and drew forth a jewel encrusted notebook with the words Prom Committee embossed in gold leaf on the cover and spine. She opened to a book marked page and sighed for a moment, then gasped in awe.
     "What's wrong?" Mina asked, "Don't tell me we're broke."
     "We're far from it," Lydia said in shock as she passed the notebook over to Dawn, who also gasped in awe before passing it to Mina.
     "Holy Moses!" Mina exclaimed when she saw the four digit figure in the book, "Please tell me they misplaced the decimal point!"
     "Afraid not," Lydia said, "according to the records given to me we have that much money in the prom account to draw from."
     "But isn't almost $5,000 a little much?" Cassi asked when she saw the figure, "How the heck did we get that much?!"
     "Rollover from previous proms," Michelle said, "Alicia was miss cheapskate and hired family members for everything, including decorations, DJ, and catering, plus her mom did all of the headbands and whatnot."
     "So we're on a nice little nest egg," Cassi said, "wicked!"
     "So what are the plans?" Dan asked as a waitress set a cup of cocoa before him. "Thank you."
     "Well, the colors are pink, silver, and gold," Mina said as she finished her parfait, "And I'm thinking lots of balloons in those colors."
     "Would pale pink be O.K.?" Dawn asked. The other three nodded.
     "Crepe paper in those colors as well... and lots of streamers," Cassi added, "also confetti and glitter and table decorations."
     "And angel feathers," Lydia said, "like in that music video we saw done to Gravity of Love."
     "Right, angel feathers," Cassi said, "I could do a mural as the backdrop for the stage."
     "Anything we can do for help?" Crystal asked, taking a long sip from the herbal tea she had ordered.
     "Advertising," the four said in unison.
     "I could help with that as well," the waitress said, stopping at the table.
     "That would be perfect Amber," Mina said, her blue eyes meeting the green eyes of the red haired girl who stood at the edge of the table.
     "Could you put up some posters to tell people about it?"
     "No problem. I'll also see if we could cater some of the food for you at a student rate," Amber said.
     "Excellent," Dawn said, raising the remains of her parfait to the sky, "a toast to us and our committee!"
     "To us!" the others cheered, toasting them by raising their glasses.

     After the visit in the snack shop Alex caught up to Crystal, who was lost in thought, and matched his pace to hers.
     "Whatcha thinking about?" he asked, noting the far away look in her eyes.
     "Who to invite to the prom," Crystal replied, still lost in thought.
     They continued in silence for a few more steps before Alex said, "umm... Crystal, would you... ummm... would you go to the prom with me?"
     Crystal stopped in her tracks, which was rather abrupt since Alex also stopped and nearly fell on his face. "I... I'd be honored," she said after a moment, "but only as friends."
     "Right, that's all I had in mind," Alex said, smiling now that he had a date to the prom who wouldn't want anything afterwards.
     "I'll see you tomorrow," Crystal said, breaking him out of his daydream. They had reached Crystal's house, and her mom was waving to them.
     "Right, tomorrow," Alex said, waving as Crystal ran off.
     Once Crystal was inside she hung her coat by the door, left her shoes there as well, and ran to her room. She slammed the door behind her, dropped her books on her desk, and launched herself onto the bed, where she began to sob.
     'Oh Alex, what have I done?' she asked herself as she looked at a picture of her. It was only half of a larger picture, since a muscular arm was draped over her shoulders in the photo. 'If he comes to the prom then you'll be hurt. He told me he'd never let anybody else dance with me, and since we broke up all those years ago each one of my dates who has danced with me wound up broken and bloody.'

     "What color dress are you going to get?"
     "What else? Emerald green."
     "But Cassi, you always get green."
     "Well Heather, what color are you going with?"
     "Orange... pale orange and peach."
     "Typical Heather and equally typical Cassi."
     "Well Mina, what color dress are you going to get?"
     "Pale orange... maybe snow white. I don't really know. Heck, I might even get a lavender or pale violet."
     "On second thought I might get pale green."
     "Then I'll get flaming orange, with matching shoes and gloves."
     Cassi and Mina sighed as they looked at all of the dress colors and styles in the prom section of the store. Heather went from rack to rack to find the perfect style and color. With those three were Crystal, Michelle, Dawn, and Lydia, all also looking at dresses.
     "What are we going to do? They're all so pretty," Lydia said, holding a dress of satin of a peculiar shade of red to her body, "How does this one look?"
     "I'm jealous," Mina said when she looked at Lydia, "with the right hair style you'll look wonderful."
     "Wow, really?"
     "Totally," Michelle said as she began to play with Lydia's hair, "we just need to figure out what to do with your hair."
     "Try putting some of it up," Cassi suggested, "like a top knot or a ponytail."
     "Use this ribbon," Dawn said, pulling a long strand from her purse. Michelle took it, pulled some of Lydia's hair up, and tied it in place with the ribbon, tying that into a bow.
     "Perfecto," Michelle said, "now with the right shoes, gloves, purse, and accessories you'll be totally styling."
     A loud sigh from another rack broke their happy mood. They turned to see Crystal looking at a violet satin dress with lots of black lace. She fingered it idly, not really paying attention to anything.
     "That's a nice dress," Dawn said, stepping up to the rack that Crystal was by, "it'll look good on you."
     "I know," Crystal sighed, "I just don't know if I'm going."
     "WHAT?!" the others exclaimed, drawing a lot of attention to their group.
     "Well.... I'm having second thoughts about this, I mean..."
     "Girl, stop right there," Cassi said, "this is your prom. It's a super huge night of your life. You can't just not go. What would your date think?"
     "I don't want him to get hurt," Crystal whispered, a tear rolling down her cheek.
     "Hello, I'm sure your date can handle himself," Michelle said, "and if things get too hot we can call in backup, or kick some butt ourselves."
     "I guess you're right," Crystal sighed ,wiping away her tears.
     "Let's see how you look in that dress," Heather said, "then we can figure out what to do with your hair and also find the right accessories."
     "O.K.," Crystal said, scooping up the dress before bounding off to the fitting room.

     In a completely different store in the same vicinity the guys were figuring out what to wear to the prom. Alex, Dan, Darren, and Will were in the shop, checking out colors, styles, and fittings.
     "So, who are you going with?" Will asked as he examined a nicely cut tuxedo.
     "Crystal," Alex replied as he looked at the colors for the tuxedo he was going to order.
     "Cassi," Darren replied, checking the several shades of green which the store had in stock, "I know she'll probably get green for her dress.
     "And I'm going with Heather," Dan replied, "though I have no idea what color she would be getting."
     "Orange," the other three replied.
     "Go fig. So Will, who's your date?"
     "Dawn and Mina."
     Three pairs of eyes were instantly upon him. "You're taking WHO?!"
     "Well, I agreed to take both at the same time, and they think it's a grand idea. Imagine me with two of the new heads of the prom committee."
     "No way. It'll never work," Dan said, "Mina will trip over her own feet or Dawn will dump you for someone cuter for the rest of the dance."
     As they discussed their prom dates and whatnot a quite muscular young man entered and inquired about getting a tuxedo. As he waited for one which would fit him he looked over at the other four.
     "Hey, are you guys going to that prom that's coming up?"
     "Hell yeah," Darren said, "it's THE social event of the year."
     "Any of you going with Crystal Andreas?" he asked, flame flickering in his eyes. Dan, Darren, and Will backed away from the newcomer.
     Alex wasn't paying much attention to what was going on, being absorbed in something else altogether. "Yeah, I'm taking her," he said, turning in time to see a fist hurtling at his face, then the floor rising up to greet him. The unconsciousness wrapped him in her touch once again.
     When he woke he found the shop keeper sitting beside him, holding an ice pack on his swollen right eye. Around him were Will, Darren, and Dan, all nursing assorted bumps and bruises. The shop looked like a tornado had struck it, and there were a couple of burn marks from what appeared to be plasma bombs.
     "What happened?" he asked, wincing from the pain in his face.
     "That big guy dropped you with one punch," the shop owner said, "your friends jumped in to save you while I called the cops. I heard two more thuds, a couple of explosions, and a third thud. Then he ran off like something scared him."
     "We tried to hold him off from hurting you further," Dan said, holding an ice pack to his cheek, "guess we weren't the greatest at defending you."
     "That's not going to ruin my prom," Alex said, the throbbing in his head increasing as he stood.
     "Listen, I know you guys are some sort of super heroes," the shop keeper said, "so here's what I'll do. You send your friends my way and I'll give the four of you free tuxes and reduced rates for your friends, on one condition."
     "Shoot," Darren said, nursing a gash in his forehead.
     "Kick that guy's ass once for me. He was majorly negative and giving off creepy vibes."
     "Will do," Will said, saluting while holding a large ice pack to his head.

     The big night finally arrived, and Alex, Will, Darren, and Dan had pitched in to rent a super sized stretch limo for themselves, their dates, and some of their friends.
     As they pulled up to the school Mina met them, an air of agitation about her.
     "Guys, I'm so glad you're here," she said.
     "Mina, what's wrong? Why so worried?" Will asked, "Your mom said you were here."
     "We have problems," she said before primping the hell out of the bow in her hair.
     "Well, tell us what's wrong, or are we going to die of suspense?" Cassi asked. Several people glared at her. "Sorry... I'm nervous."
     "Well, the decorators only did a half assed job, the caterers aren't here yet, the DJ called in sick, even though we have his equipment and music, and the lighting people broke something and vanished."
     "So in other words you need our help," Dan said.
     "Please? I will be so totally grateful."
     "No problem," Dawn said as she poked her head out of the limo's sunroof, "You, me, Cassi, and Lydia are in this together."
     "And we want you to be successful," Alex said, "so we'll help you."
     "Thank you guys. You're all wonderful."
     The warriors and sailor soldiers stepped from their limo, all smoothing the wrinkles from their clothes. Added to the already large group were Adderson, Michelle's date Chris, Alyssa, and Alison, all nicely dressed for prom going.
     As their limo pulled away a cherry red sports car came screeching into the parking lot, racing at them at top speed. The driver spied a large mud puddle near the others and increased speed.
     "Have a nice prom!" Alicia cried from the passenger's seat of the car as they drove by, muddy water splashing into the air. To her shock and amazement the water turned around and covered herself, the driver of the car, and her friend Denise and her date.
     "You too!" Alex and Adderson called back, their hands glowing from the reversal of the water.
     "How much time until the prom officially starts?" Will asked as he pulled out his cell phone.
     "Half an hour," Mina said, breathing heavily from panic.
     "Gotcha. Dan, you're in charge of music. Start playing something fast paced. Cassi, Heather, Dawn, and Lydia are in charge of decorating. Adderson, help them with that. Alex, you and Darren take care of lighting. Crystal, Michelle, and Chris are with me on catering duty. We have less than half an hour to do this."
     "Right!" everyone said as they headed off to perform their assigned tasks.

     Thirty five minutes later people began to arrive at the prom, all quite surprised to see how wonderful everything looked. The buffet table was set up, with Amber and her friend Tom taking care of everything. Dan was at the DJ's table, munching on some pizza rolls as he spun the tunes for the night. The disco ball spun, lights dancing about the room in shifting colors thanks to the teamwork of Darren and Alex.
     "Remarkable," Dawn said as she looked around the room, "we managed to pull this off without much trouble!"
     "Even if Alicia did try to sabotage it," Cassi said as she dragged a very mud covered Denise to their table and dropped her into a chair.
     "I had nothing to do with this," Denise said, her mascara running from her tears. "Alicia was angry that you guys could run a prom better than she could and wanted to ruin everything."
     "But we turned the tables on her because our friends want to see us succeed," Lydia said, setting a plate of food before Denise, "Here, enjoy your prom."
     "But... but..." Denise stammered before Cassi stuck a piece of seafood casserole into her mouth. she chewed thoughtfully for a moment before saying, "That's wonderful. You guys seriously outdid Alicia."
     "Thanks," Mina said as she approached with a basin of shampoo and other hair care products. "Denise, if we hurry we can get you cleaned up in no time."
     "But what about Aaron? He got splashed too."
     "I got cleaned up sweetie," Aaron said as he pulled up a seat next to Denise. He ran his fingers through his pale green hair and winked one of his golden eyes at her.
     "O.K., I'll be back shortly," Denise said, taking a few more mouthfuls of food before following Mina to the cosmetology room for a quick pre - prom cleaning and makeover. Peace had more or less been restored.

     Following dinner came lots of dancing, some slow, most really fast paced and upbeat. One of the songs on the slower side was The Gravity of Love by Enigma, which was the theme song for the prom, to which all of the couples glided over the dance floor. Crystal had purchased the violet dress which she had seen in the store, and had found shoes and small gloves to match. Her silver hair was pulled up in a bun with two small braids hanging from it, a violet bow topping it off. Alex himself wore a black tuxedo with a tie and vest of violet, black, and gold, his ponytail nicely braided with a golden band at the end. A small spotlight went from couple to couple during this slow dance, and it seemed to hang for an extended time upon them.
     "They get all the luck," Mina sighed as she danced with Will.
     "Let them have their moment," Will replied, "Alex got decked the other day at the tuxedo shop for saying he was going to the prom with Crystal."
     "And the rest of us got pounded as well," Darren said as he glided up to them with Cassi in tow. "Then the guy ran off."
     "I just hope he's not here," Cassi said as she playfully ruffled Darren's hair, "otherwise I'll have to whoop him for hurting my date and his friends." Darren blushed.
     As the fast paced dance music pounded through the gym, several of the warriors began to get a sinking sensation that there was going to be trouble. However, when they looked at all of those enjoying the festivities they put aside their doubts and went back to their dancing and enjoyment of the vast array of food they were offering that night.
     Alex was off dancing with Crystal, Michelle, and Michelle's date Chris when he felt an intense charge of evil energy run up his back. He ceased his movement, looking around to pinpoint the cause of his discomfort. When he only saw other party goers he shrugged and returned to dancing. A second charge ran up his back a moment later, this one more powerful than the first. He whipped around, his long braid in motion from the sudden movement.
     "Where is he?" he asked nobody in particular as he looked around.
     "Alex, what's wrong?" Crystal asked, brushing a few strands of her silver hair from her face, "you don't seem to be enjoying yourself."
     "We may have sailor business," Alex whispered to her and Michelle, who had joined them.
     "What? Here?" Michelle asked, straining to keep her voice low. Alex nodded. "How?"
     "Somebody is having fun at my expense, since they seem to be a dark energy channeler, and they're using my spine as a lightning rod."
     "Oh joyous," Crystal sighed, "if anything happens we'll get the others. You need to try to hold him off."
     As if on cue a large, very muscle bound young man approached. Crystal looked into his eyes, trying to delve into his psyche and find out his intentions. The resulting charge of negative energy nearly knocked her from her feet, and she leaned on Michelle and Chris to keep standing.
     "May I have this dance?" the person asked, rudely shoving Alex to the floor before extending his hand to Crystal.
     "No way," Crystal snarled as she regained her balance, "I'm perfectly happy with my dance partner."
     "Who? This wimp?" the person said, grabbing Alex by the hair and roughly yanking him to his feet. Alex glared at him, fire in his eyes.
     "That was the third bad move of the night," Alex said as he dug his fingers into the sensitive flesh of the person's wrist, finding the pressure points for release. Once his hair was free he moved while still holding the person's arm, flipping him through the air and into an empty table with a perfectly executed judo throw. Alex smoothed his hair back into place before adding, "The first thing you did wrong was pushing me to the floor. The second was moving in on my date."
     "You little runt," the person grumbled as he stood and tore his tuxedo jacket off, "I'm about five seconds from killing you dead!"
     "Obviously not an English major," Crystal whispered to Michelle before they ran off to get help.
     Alex took off his own tuxedo jacket and tossed it to Chris, loosened his tie, and struck a battle stance for hand to hand combat. His opponent struck a similar stance, the seams of his shirt looking like they were about to burst from the amount of muscle crammed into it.
     "So, who do I have the pleasure of squaring off with tonight?" Alex asked sarcastically, his power level rising to meet the occasion.
     "The name's Hunter, and I'm one of Crystal's old boyfriends," the person said, his own power level rising dramatically.
     Alex arched an eyebrow before saying, "It's no wonder she broke up with you. You're overly possessive and don't have any manners."
     Hunter grumbled something before lunging at Alex, fists moving faster than the naked eye can see. Alex crossed his forearms before his body, a light shield forming to take the brunt of the damage. The force of the blows knocked him back a few feet, but he managed to remain standing. In retaliation he dropped low and performed a sweep kick to the back of Hunter's knees, nearly breaking his shin against the iron hard tendon and muscle of his opponent.
     "How did that feel?" Hunter laughed as he reached to grab Alex's hair again. Alex dropped down, grabbed the extended arm, and used his opponent's momentum against him, hurling Hunter into yet another table.
     "It felt quite good, actually," Alex said sarcastically as ghostly kick boxing gloves formed around his hands. He struck another battle stance, making a motion to Hunter to try to attack him again.
     "You're going to pay for making a mockery of me!" Hunter snarled as he regained his feet and charged at Alex, his own fists glowing. Alex blinked for a moment, amazed at the amount of power his opponent could generate into his hands. Instead of taking him head on, though, he decided the safest course of action was to defend for a short while.
     Executing a series of back handsprings, he managed to carry himself across the gym just a few steps ahead of his opponent, who was running at full speed towards him. Upon finding his back to a wall Alex flipped towards the ceiling at a slight angle, used his momentum to propel himself higher into the air, and flipped halfway across the gym before landing in a crouch. A split second later several large globes of flames dropped from his trajectory, striking Hunter with the force of miniature tactical nuclear missiles.
     "Fighter's tech thirty-four," Alex said as he regained his feet, "Fire from Heaven."
     "Alex," Cassi called from the entrance. With her were Darren, Will, Crystal, Michelle, Heather, Dawn, and Adderson, and all were still dressed for the prom, Cassi being in a pale green dress, Heather being in one of flaming orange, and the others in more conservative colors. Alex looked to see Hunter emerging from the flames, slightly charred, but still alive and fighting.
     "I'm coming," Alex said as he ran across the dance floor, people moving aside so he could make a hasty exit. Hunter plowed his way through the crowd of people, meeting resistance from Dave, Ryan, James, and some members of the football team. Dave turned his head and gave a thumbs up to Alex, who joined the others in exiting the premises.
     Once they were outside Cassi turned to Alex and said, "What ever did you do to piss that guy off?"
     "I don't even know who he is," Alex said, "but he says he's one of Crystal's ex-boyfriends."
     "Would this be the one you dumped for being overly possessive?" Michelle asked. Crystal blushed and sighed. "I knew it, I knew it. You told me he said he'd never let you go, so why did he choose now to reappear?"
     "He said he'd never let me dance close with anybody else," Crystal said, "I guess this is what he meant to do all along."
     "Well, he's not going to get away with it," Will said, taking out his Centaur pen, "We're going to teach him not to mess with the friends of a warrior."
     "Then let's do this," Michelle said, producing her Neptune wand, "I'm sure we can handle him."
     "Onward to victory," Adderson said, taking his Universe pen from his pocket.
     "Henshin yo....." Alex shouted, hoisting his right hand aloft, the jewel in his ring glowing. The others held their power items aloft and shouted their henshin phrases.
     "Star Crystal Power!"
     "Universe Rebirth Power!"
     "Cassiopia Star Power!"
     "Night Aura Power!"
     "Centaur Star Power!"
     "Neptune Crystal Power!"
     "Callisto Cosmic Moon Power!"
     "Nebula Star Power!"
     "TRANSFORM!!"
     As Alex's transformation was about to initiate, a large mass slammed into him, knocking him from the column of light surrounding his body and interrupting him. Alex looked up to see Crystal's ex - boyfriend standing over him, blocking all of the light from the gym and building behind.
     "I told Crystal I wouldn't let anybody else dance with her," Hunter said, reaching for Alex's throat, "and she knows that I mean business."
     "Then let me be the first you didn't mangle," Alex said, a globe of light forming in his hands, "Lighting!"
     A pulse of blinding light came from the globe, distracting Hunter long enough for Alex to move away and join the others, who had finished their transformations. When Hunter regained his vision he looked around, blinking a few times to make sure his vision was clear. At that moment Crystal kicked him in the face, sending him sprawling on the ground.
     "You asshole," she grumbled as she kicked him a couple more times, "I told you it was over, and I mean it!"
     "I will never let you go," Hunter said, grabbing Crystal's foot. He stood up and flipped her upside down in the process, "and this time I mean it."
     "Put me down ya turdsack! I told you to stay the hell away from me!"
     "You heard the lady," Adderson said, striking a dramatic pose from atop the gymnasium. Hunter turned and looked up to see six people standing in the light, five dressed in armor, one in a sailor fuku.
     "You ruined our prom and now we cannot forgive you," Michelle said, "so on behalf of the stars and planets..."
     "We shall punish you!!"
     "Guys, now is not the time to piss him off," Crystal shouted as Hunter tightened his grip on her ankle, her face contorting in pain.
     "Then now is the time to kick his ass," Alex said, stepping from the shadows, his Saturn pen in hand. He held this to the sky and shouted, "Saturn Star Power TRANSFORM!"
     Waves of light washed over his body, dissolving his clothes and turning him into energy. Bracers formed around his wrists, the gems in these glowing as rings of ice and rock surrounded his body on multiple levels. These shrank inward, flashes of light forming his boots, pants, and the long sleeved tunic which he wore. An amulet in the shape of a sunburst formed on his chest, and from that came a mass of ribbons, which shrank inward to form his armor, utility belt, and hip scabbards. One last ring of ice formed around his head, shrinking inward to form his crown, his visor forming over his eyes. His glaive formed as he spoke his introduction.
     "Brought forth by the silent star, Saturn, a warrior to protect the light. I am the silent angel, the warrior of death and rebirth, Warrior Saturn."
     "You're that little punkass I beat the snot out of  at the tuxedo shop," Hunter snarled as he threw Crystal over his shoulder, "and on behalf of milady I'll stomp you into the ground!"
     'Damn!' Alex thought as he rolled out of the way of the charging mass, 'I can't do anything while he has Crystal in that position.'
     "Lemme go you creep!" Crystal growled as a large crystal shard formed in her hands, which she cracked over Hunter's head. The crystal shattered from the strike, yet did nothing to slow her captor. She held the shattered remainder and looked at it in shock. "Oh boy."
     "It pays to have a thick skull sometimes," Hunter said, grinning evilly, "keeps girls from knocking me out."
     By now the other warriors had joined Saturn on ground level and were in the process of trying to figure out an attack plan, and Hunter saw this as a perfect opportunity to squash seven bugs with one charge. Everyone save Night managed to move in time, the single warrior getting body slammed through the air and into a tree.
     "Night!" Nebula shouted, producing her whip. She lashed this about above her head, a circle of fire forming. She cracked the whip through the circle, two streams of fire screaming through the air. "Cosmic Fire Strike!"
     The two streams became one large pillar of flames, directed at Hunter. The behemoth sidestepped the attack at the last possible second, the heat created singeing a couple of his hairs. "Your aim really needs work lady!"
     "How could he dodge?" Nebula asked in shock, "My aim was dead on.... I couldn't miss."
     "Neb, watch your back!" Cassiopia shouted as Hunter came around behind and head butted Nebula across the clearing, where she crashed into a rock, her armor reverberating from the strike. When Cassi saw her friends treated like this she summoned her spear and leapt skyward, a globe of energy forming around the spearhead. She dove to the ground and shouted, "Queen's Savior!" as the energy was discharged into the ground. Hunter dove out of the way as the ghostly guardsmen were summoned, coming back up on his feet in time to use the momentum to send Cassiopia flying to the ground.
     "You guys are pathetic," he said, looking at those he had already defeated, "Crys, you hang out with a bunch of total losers!"
     "They're not losers you meathead," Crystal grumbled as she managed to kick Hunter in the nose. The behemoth flung her to the ground as he tended his wound.
     "You bitch! How dare you fight back against me!" he grumbled, leaping into the air to perform a body press. Saturn managed to dive in from the side, grab Crystal, and get her out of the way before he was flattened by over a ton of force.
     "Alex!" Crystal cried when she saw her ex-boyfriend flatten her friend into the ground. She glared at Hunter, fire flashing in her eyes as she summoned her spear.
     "You turdsack! You asshole! You jackass! You flattened my prom date!" she growled, stepping towards Hunter, who was in the process of wiping some of Alex from his shirt. "On behalf of Callisto you will NOT be walking away from here!"
     She spun her spear above her head, the spearhead glowing. She drove it into the ground, energy and lightning crackling through the air, centering around the sphere. She shouted, "Crystal Rain!" as the sky darkened over, razor sharp crystals raining down upon Hunter.
     From the crater where Hunter had impacted came a shout of, "Mega Brando!" The ground beneath Hunter buckled and exploded, launching him skyward. From the crater came a somewhat squashed Alex, an evil grin on his face.
     "You decked my in the tuxedo store, you used my spine as a lightning rod, you ruined my prom, then to top it off you tried to squash my date and wound up crushing me," he grumbled, the jewels in his bracers glowing. He crossed his arms before his body, his palms set so the heels were together. A globe of ice energy formed before his palms, which split into multiple rings that hovered near his body on multiple levels. He held his hands to the sky, the rings orbiting his body.
     "Ice Ring Strike!"
     The rings centered before his body before sailing at Hunter, striking him repeatedly with fast moving rings of ice and rock.
     "I'll kill you dead yet!" Hunter said, a globe of dark energy forming in his hand. "Hell's Wrath!"
     "Heaven's Arrow!"
     An arrow of pure light pierced the globe of darkness, causing it to disintegrate and explode simultaneously. Hunter looked around for the source, finding Warrior Centaur with his bow drawn, a second holy arrow notched.
     "My mirror will reveal the truth to us about you," Sailor Neptune said, holding up her deep aqua mirror, the reflective surface shining. "Submarine Reflection."
     She turned the mirror towards Hunter, a generous amount of water pouring forth from the surface to surround him. Hunter cried out in pain as dark energy flowed from his body, forming a cocoon, changing his shape to that of a negaverse youma.
     "What in the nine hells?!" Nebula exclaimed, "Callisto, what the hell were you dating?!"
     "I wish I knew," Crystal replied, "but even I have trouble figuring things out at times."
     "Prepare to die!" the youma said as the surrounding area began to shake, "I'm going to overload this place with dark energy and watch it explode."
     "No you're not," Warrior Universe said, his fists glowing as he surrounded the youma in a bubble, "Gravity Flip!"
     The bubble rose from the ground and sailed towards the open air. As Universe struggled to maintain the bubble he turned to Neptune and said, "Is he still human or is he all youma?"
     "Checking on it," Neptune said, gazing into her mirror. Hunter's frightened face flashed onto the surface, overlaid by the youma's face. "He's still human, but I can't pinpoint what is causing this difficulty."
     "His class ring," Alex said, his computer visor glowing, "aim for the large ring on his left hand."
     "With what?" Night asked, "If we release him from the bubble he'll blast us."
     "Use a whirlwind," Cassiopia said, "then Centaur and Callisto can aim for the target."
     "O.K.," Night said, a small tornado forming between his palms. He lobbed this into the air and shouted, "Star Solar Winds!"
     A whirlwind erupted in the sky beneath the youma, engulfing him and keeping him from the ground so that Universe could disperse his bubble. Callisto and Centaur then took careful aim with their choicest attacks and let fly.
     "Star Missile!"
     "Heaven's Arrow!"
     The crystal shard and the arrow of holy power struck the ring on the youma's left hand, shattering it instantly. The youma instantly reverted back to Hunter's true form, which plummeted to the ground. Universe and Saturn moved in to catch him, pooling their powers to give him a soft landing.
     "Hunter," Crystal said after all had returned to their mortal forms, "Hunter, how do you feel?"
     "Crys?" Hunter asked as he sat up, wincing from the throbbing pain in his head, "What happened? Where am I?"
     "Welcome back to the land of the unpossessed and unobsessed," Cassi said, smiling at him.
     Hunter looked at the people around him, then at Crystal. "Crys, I only recall a few things from the past few days, and if I did anything stupid then I am truly sorry. I don't know what came over me."
     "I'm just glad you're back to normal," Crystal said, giving him a hug. She stood and said, "Hunter Greenman, I'd like to introduce you to my friends Cassi, Will, Adderson, Michelle, Darren, and Alex. Guys, this is Hunter... the real Hunter."
     "Well, now that all this is taken care of, let's head back to the prom," Cassi said, "they'll be announcing prom queen and king soon."

     "And now for the moment you've been waiting for. The announcement of the prom queen and king and their court," Dan said over the PA system as the vice principal handed him an envelope. "Thank you madam VP. You look lovely tonight." He opened the envelope and said, "We'll start with the queen's court first."
     "Prepare to lose girls," Alicia said as she stepped up to the four coordinators and their friends with some of her girls, "We always get court and queenship."
     "Give it a rest Alicia," Denise said, "you missed some mud in your hair."
     "What?!" Alicia cried as she tore at her hair, making it worse, "Oh my god! This is so unfair!"
     "Third princess is Cassi Droland. Second princess is Dawn Welling. First princess is Lydia Deetz. Congratulations girls."
     "I'm so happy for you guys," Denise said, giving a giant grin to the three who were making their ways to the main dance floor.
     "Third prince is Adderson Martin. Second prince is Darren Wilder. First prince is... well, it's me, Dan Jensen. Wow, I feel honored!"
     "You go for it guys," Dave shouted, whooping it up for everyone.
     "And before I join the others on the floor I'll announce the queen... or make that queens, which is a first. Give a big hand for Mina Lockheart and Crystal Andreas!"
     Loud cheering and applauding followed the announcement of the two queens. Mina and Crystal joined hands as they dashed onto the dance floor, spotlights illuminating them.
     "And now for the announcement of the king... make that kings, since yet again we have two. Will Arrowney an Alexander West, come on down and join the party!"
     More applauding and cheering followed as Will and Alex approached the dance floor to accept their crowns. Hunter took over the mic to make the final announcement as Dan went to accept his sash and dance with Lydia.
     "Now the kings and their queens will have their dance, followed by the court joining them," he said, "and their song will be The time of My Life from the movie Dirty Dancing. Congratulations you lucky guys and gals. Enjoy the dance."
     <As the music plays, the camera pans around the dance floor, pulling in for close up portraits of each of the couples. Crystal had her head resting on Alex's shoulder, causing him to blush. Dan and Lydia were getting down to the music. Mina kept stepping on Will's toes, yet somehow they managed not to kill each other. Cassi and Adderson glided over the dance floor, lost in the moment. Finally, Dawn and Darren wound up bumping into almost everyone on the floor.>
     When the kings, queens, and their court finished their first dance everyone applauded them. From the sideline Alicia booed them, only to find herself covered in chocolate ice cream by her so called friends who were tired of her trying to put down people who made their prom way better than any in the last three years. As she ran off in tears Denise gave a wink and thumbs up to everyone in the court, who returned the sign.
     "That was amazing," Hunter said when he stepped down from the DJ's booth, "you guys were amazing."
     "Thanks," Crystal said, bowing to him. Hunter blushed. She turned to Alex and said, "Would you mind if I have a slow dance with Hunter?"
     "Not at all, "Alex said, "go and have a ball."
     "Thanks," Crystal said, taking Hunter's hand and leading him to the dance floor.
     As they danced Darren and Will walked up to Alex and put their hands on his shoulders.
     "Dude, that was a nice thing you did for Crys," Will said.
     "Well, technically we did," Darren said, correcting his friend.
     "We gave her back the old Hunter, not the jerk she broke up with," Alex said, "and I'm glad we did what we did."
     "You're not jealous?" Will and Darren said in unison.
     "Not one bit," Alex said as he watched Hunter and Crystal dance, "we're good friends sure, but not a couple. However, I would promise her everything if she asked for it. I'd promise her the world."
     <close with portrait of Crystal and Hunter on the dance floor>

Cassi: "Wow.... my first really big part in a fic. I had such a blast!"

Mina: "We had fun, didn't we?"

Heather: "I actually got a good part for once! I love proms!"

Will: "Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves. I sure did."

     So all of you liked this?

All: "Hell yeah!"

     Then I'm glad I wrote it. It was fun, thinking of my proms - Senior prom, Jess' junior prom, the prom social in my dorm...

Cassi: "Which was what inspired you to write this, right?"

     Absolutely correct. And I wrote it in such a short amount of time it's frightening.

Lydia: "But it looks good, and you wrote from your heart."

     *blushing* Guess I did. However...

Heather: "You wrote it during class, didn't you?"

     Yeah.... usually in my English classes and band rehearsal.

Dawn: "You WHAT?! Did you even pay attention in class?!"

     Well, yeah, sort of.

*Dawn grabs the author and drags him to the library in order to study, study, STUDY as the others look on in shock*

Will: "Well, looks like this is the end."

*the others wander off to see if they can save the author from Dawn.*

-End