17/02/05 - Hi everybody!
This is the first fic I post on web and I'm a bit nervous (hope you'll like it!).
Every comment, critique or review is more than welcome (I should also say that english is NOT my first language, so, if you find some mistakes or there's something that sounds weird... please, forgive me and let me know!)

Disclaimers: Sailor Moon is not mine... Naoko Takeuchi's rights...

Chapter 1: Tenoh Haruka

All around her was death, destruction, chaos... then no more scream, no more laugh, no more pain, no more joy... just silence.. eternal silence... and absolute darkness.
"Nooo!" she yelled with eyes wide opened, back in the real world.
She gasped for air, while looking at the ceiling above her. The first rays of light passed through the curtains of her window, she was in her room, in her warm bed... there was nothing to be afraid of... yet the memory of that dream made her shiver.
It was almost a week since she had accepted her fate, her duty, her responsibilities... but that vision still haunted her every now and then, reminding her what could only be done by her... and her wonderful partner, of course.

She got up from bed and slowly walked in the bathroom. She took her sweaty pyjama off and entered the shower as she always did to clear her mind from those terrible nightmares.
Twenty minutes later she stepped out and still naked, she faced herself at the mirror, focusing on her wet sandy blond hair, her tired emerald eyes, her androgynous features.
Often (not to say always) they took her for a guy... maybe because of her height... or her male clothes... or her tomboyish behaviour... or her charming nature... truth to be told, there were many reasons, but none of them represented a problem to her.
On the opposite, she found it quite funny when it came to harmlessly flirt with girls... it was so easy for her to draw their attention, make them sigh with delight and laugh in amusement.
Slowly she shook her head with a sarcastic smile. How stupid and futile was it all, when compared to the approaching Silence...

Back in her bedroom, with a towel wrapped around her body, she gave a quick look at the clock. 7:05 am.
She had plenty of time to get ready for school, since the lessons started at 8:00, but then she wondered if it was enough to prepare herself for seeing again that special girl... her misterious partner.
It was almost a week since she had accepted her destiny and still she didn't know how to act in front of her... not after what the girl confessed and then probably forgot, since she never mentioned it and never showed her that beautiful smile again.
Was her confession just an excuse to persuade her? To get her help?
Then again, she visualized the girl in her mind... how could such an angelic, perfect creature deceive anybody?
A flying bird escaping from the small hands of a child like sand... could it be her the one able to catch it again?
She sighed and took her school uniform, a male uniform of course, much more comfortable than the female one.
She knew it was pointless to keep on thinking about that, so she decided it was better to get ready for the on coming day, her third day at the new school...

She was almost arrived when a quite familiar voice called for her attention: "Haruka-san..."