[Author's Note: Hi! I am Jen Brown, the creator of the "My Story" fanfic series. This little story was inspired by many people but mostly by my character, Justine. This is a story about her life as of now. If you want to find out more about Justine, You may e-mail me at either of the following Addresses: chibahana@aol.com. I will answer all of your questions about her. She is a great character and I hope you will like reading about her as much as I liked writing about her.] My Story I am Justine DiMarco, Princess of the Negaverse, Masked Defender, aide to the Sun Princess and ordinary girl. My life has been one weird thing after another. First thing- wait a minute, this is a really long story. Are you sure you would want to hear about it? Okay, you asked for it. From time to time I may tell who is in a chapter before the story actually happens. I may also give a short summary of what happens, too. My Story Read by: my best friend Lea Adersen Lea! You promised! Please? Oh, you're so stubborn! Okay, let's try this again. My Story By: Justine Eleanor DiMarco Read by: Justine Eleanor DiMarco Hi, I am Justine DiMarco! Here is my story: Chapter 1: I Become the Sun Aide This story like any other would be nothing without talking about the Silver Millennium. It was a beautiful time until the Negaverse spoiled everything, but that's for a later chapter. I was a thief, and a pretty good one too. That was until I got caught. By Lea, the Sun Princess. Well the reason I was a thief was because my family was really poor and I wasn't the only one who went to school. I had 2 sisters and 2 brothers. My brothers, sisters and I could barely get the required education that we needed on what both my parents made, so I made an occupation of stealing food so we could eat. It was hard at first but I was never caught until the day I was asked to become the Sun Aide. I was walking- not running- from my latest crime. I had stolen a loaf of bread for my families dinner. While walking I bumped into Lea. Oh great, I thought, I am dead. I will be caught for sure. "Hey Justine," said Lea, "how are you doing?" "Oh. Hi, Lea," I said nervously, "I am okay. Just getting the loaf of bread my mother wanted for dinner." "Stop! Thief!" a voice yelled. "Come on. We gotta get outta here," I said. "Justine," asked Lea, "did you pay for that loaf of bread?" "No, but you don't understand," I explained, "I am poor. Very poor! I am barely able to go to school on what my mom and dad make." At this point tears were streaming down my face as I explained my family's plight to the princess. "I understand," said Lea in an understanding tone, "that you're poor, but you shouldn't steal. I am going to have to turn you in for it." "I know," I said in a low, raspy voice, " you would be wrong not to, but will you tell the police why I did it? It would be nice to know that somebody understands I did the wrong thing for the right reasons." "Sure," said the young princess, " I could tell them that or I could do something even more helpful to you and your family." "What do you mean Lea?" I asked in a very curious tone. "I mean I want you to be on of my aides," she said in an almost exasperated tone. "You see I am short one and I think you could really be a strong, able, smart young aide. You are also my best friend. Who else would I ask? Not Serena. She hates fighting. Not Hiro cause he is a prince of Earth. And my brother is already one of my aides. So what do you say?" "Lea," I said awed at my best friend, "I am very honored for you to request that I be your aide, but there are some things that bother me. One, I can't really be trusted because of my stealing, and two, aren't you only supposed to have one aide." "Justine," said Lea, "you are going to be my other aide. Two reasons. One what if Luc wasn't there to keep me from getting hurt in a battle? Two, who else would I want at my side at Hiro's and my wedding other than Serena and Luc?" "Okay, Lea. I will," I said. And that is how I can to be the Sun Aide. [an: Yes there is a chapter 2, I just have to get it running. Thank you and don't forget to write!] Chapter 2: Nephlyte-part 1 Before I get too deep into this subject I want to make one thing absolutely totally clear: Nephlyte is not evil he is just misunderstood a whole bunch of the time. Okay, I had been Justine the Sun Aide for about a week when I met the Princess of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus. I had already met Princess Serena of the moon, who didn't trust me very much but I understood why she didn't. That same day, after talking over weapons that you could use in battle with the princes of Earth, I met the hottest, and, in my opinion, sexiest man who would ever make a difference in my whole entire life. I was in love at the first sight of him. He was also one of Prince Darien and Hiro's generals. I was walking around the courtyard, looking at the beautiful roses that had been planted when Prince Hiro of Earth had been there. All of a sudden I bumped into a young man in his mid-twenties, brown hair, deep blue eyes, and the deepest, sexiest voice around. I knew exactly who he was. Nephlyte. My future love and my latest crush. "Excuse me, miss," he said. "I am so sorry to have bumped into you. Hey, do you work here? Because you look familiar to me. Have we ever met?" "No, sir," I said kinda nervously. "I don't think we have. I do work here now, but I never did before last week." "Oh," he said. "Do you have any idea of who I am?" "Your Lord Nephlyte," I blurted out, "general to the twin princes of Earth." "You are well informed, for a gardener," he said with his to-die-for-smirk. "I AM NOT THE GARDENER!!!" I exclaimed not noticing that Lea, Hiro, Darien, and Serena were all looking at me with embarrassment. "I see," he said not phased at all by my outburst. "Then who are you?" "I am Lady Justine of the Sun Kingdom and Aide to the Sun Princess," I said starting to calm down. "Well, Justine," he said laughing in amusement, "I see the princess over there." "Yea," I said, "so what? She is always here in the rose gardens." "Well," he said, "from the way she is standing-" "Um," I said, "I have got go now. Gotta finish duties, and stuff like that. You know all those things an aide has to do. Well bye now!" Before he could say "bye" I was outta there. Lea is gonna kill me for yelling at Nephlyte like I did, I thought to myself. Thank god I have my mental blockers up or I would be toasted, roasted and eaten at tonight's dinner. "Hey, Justine," said a royal voice I was happy to hear. "Darien," I said in a surprised, but equally happy voice, "what are you doing here? I mean I know what you doing here but why are you talking to me?" "Need a hiding place?" he asked very politely. "Sure do," I said. Man, I thought, he can really be a prince sometimes. "Hey, Space out," I heard, "over here. In this bush." "Huh?" I asked. "Are you trying to kill me?" "Exactly!" exclaimed a young man behind the Prince Darien disguise. "Queen Beryl wants you to be out of her way so she can get the Silver Emperium Crystal from your mistress the Princess of the Sun." I had my sword out and I was ready to kill this guy, when a pair of arms wrapped around me and carried me to safety. "What?" I turned my head up to see Nephlyte, oddly enough, saving my life. "Why are you saving me? I mean I thank you, but why? I am supposed to protect the princess from any harm that may come to her. I am supposed to die for her." "Well, Justine they weren't after her this time," he said after we were in the clear, "they were after you. I don't really think they would kill you, but just to be safe I wanted to make sure you were okay." I could not believe what I had just heard. He wanted to see if I was alright. It was totally amazing to hear. What I heard next, if Darien had said this to Serena, it would have put her in the hospital. "Justine," I heard, "there is something about you. I can tell you are very special. Why would you be one of Princess Lea's aides? You have really got to be special to her. I wish I wasn't going out with Lita. You really seem more comfortable around me. Lately Lita has been so skittish around me. I think she may be seeing someone else. I actually think we should break up. Justine, what do you think?" I felt really sick at that moment. What did I think? I can't believe what I said next. It was so stupid to say I felt like dying right after the words came out of my mouth. "Nephlyte," I began, "you are going out with Princess Lita of Jupiter? Well, I don't really give out love advise because I am not that good at it, but I think you should ask her if she still likes you and if she does she will tell you." "Thanks Justine," he said with a great smile on his face, "you are a lot of help. I am sure Lea always appreciates your advice." As he left he kissed my cheek. All of a sudden three people, including the real Darien, ran up to me to see if I was okay. "Justine," Lea said worriedly, "are you okay?" "Yea," said the real Darien, "that monster tried to kill you. And it looked just like me." "Justine you don't look so good," said Hiro, "is everything okay? You look a little pale." "Oh, Hiro I am fine," I said in a sad tone, "just a little tired and scared after that attack the Negaverse pulled on me." I fell into Hiro's arms when I, I guess, fainted. I had every right to. At least that's what Lea had said. Now a few weeks later.... Okay, Lita and Nephlyte broke up. Lita admitted she had cheating on Nephlyte with another guy. Prince Ken of Jupiter was her new love interest. I was both sad and happy at the same time. I was happy because I had Nephlyte all to myself now, but I was sad because he was sad. Lea finally asked me what was going on, but it wasn't really Lea. "Justine, what is wrong?" Lea asked while we were working out. "What do you mean?" I said nervously. "Don't play that with me. You have been acting really weird lately," she said, "I mean one minute your really happy, and then the next your totally down. And you have been acting like that ever since Nephlyte and Lita broke up with each other. What is going on here?" It took me a while to answer her question. I didn't know how to tell her how I felt about Nephlyte. I was scared she would want me dead for some reason. "Lea," I finally blurted out, "I want you to promise not to be angry with me." "I promise, but why do you think I would be mad at you?" She asked. "Okay here goes everything, I love Nephlyte. Strange as it may seem, I love him. Remember when you saw me almost get killed by that negamonster in the Darien disguise? Well, I had also just met Nephlyte in the garden. I just happened to walk right into his path and we got to talking and then he insulted me. But right when he apologized, I was far away in love land. I mean when he said you were really pissed and you were about to come and pound me, I was about to lose control. I just wanted to kiss him. But instead I ran away and right into a Negaverse trap." "So that's why you are always down when you see Lita. You feel you stole Nephlyte from her. But you were there when Lita admitted to cheating on Nephlyte with Prince Ken. Why do you still feel guilty?" she asked in a confused voice. "I feel guilty," I said, "because I think I gave Nephlyte the idea to break up with her." "Oh," Lea said chuckling. "What's so funny?" I asked. "You are!" said a very unfamiliar voice and I was knocked unconscious. When I finally woke up, I was in a dark room and I was laying on a table. Where am I? I asked myself. What's going on here? Why do I have a splitting headache? "Why, why, why. Is that all you stupid humans think about?" a voice I thought I knew but didn't really recognize said from behind me. "Huh? Who are you? Where am I?" I asked in a scared yet strangely excited voice. "Lady Justine of the Sun Kingdom, your supposed to be great and mighty and all knowing," said the voice now becoming more familiar to my aching head. "She is, Queen Beryl!" said Nephlyte's thundering voice. "Nephlyte!" I yelled before I fell unconscious again. "Justine, wake up, it's me Lea," said a much more royal voice I knew. I woke up to see myself lying in the Sun Princess' chambers. "Huh? What's going on here?" I asked as I rubbed my very sore head. "Lord Nephlyte brought you to safety," said an actually worried Moon Princess, "you were taken by that ruthless Queen Beryl. She would have killed you if Nephlyte hadn't been there. Nephlyte saved you!" "Justine," I heard Nephlyte say, "are you okay? You took a couple of good hits to the head. In fact, you were bleeding when I took you out of the Negaverse." "I am fine," I said, "just a little sore in my head." "Good," said Lea, "then you can help me." "With what?" I asked a little confused. "A spy mission I put together," Lea continued, "here try this on," she added with a smile. I tried on my "spy suit" as it was called, and made my way into the warp hole with Lea. "Lea?" I asked. "What?" she replied. "Why did you choose me? I mean I am flattered and all that, but it seems to me to be a really bad plan just to go to the Negaverse to find out what their next move is," I said. "I chose you because you're the only one I can trust in Justine," she said in a soft almost sad voice, "you and Hiro are the only two I can trust." At first I was really apprehensive that this was another one of Beryl's traps. She could be very sneaky. You never knew what she would throw at you next. Once we had reached the secret hiding place that Lea loved to perch on, I was less apprehensive but still on my guard. "Justine," Lea said quietly. "What?" I whispered back. I was getting somewhat nervous again. "I want you to stay here while I get a better look," she said. "Are you crazy??!" I whispered loudly. "You could get hurt, or worse." "Justine," said Lea, "calm down. You are going hysterical. I am not so sure you should be here now that I think of it." "No," I said, "I want to know what is being planned by that lying snake of a witch." Lea looked at me as if I were a bizarre person trying to get away from an insane asylum on Earth. "What?" I asked. She shook her head and we both looked down on Beryl's courtroom. All of a sudden I felt the presence of two people behind me and Lea. Before we knew it, Hiro and Nephlyte were lip-to-lip with the both of us. Nephlyte totally took me by surprise, but I would be lying if I said I didn't like it. "Nephlyte! What the hell did you scare us like that for?" I yelled when we got out of the Negaverse. "Just wanted to surprise you," he said, "Lea, is her head still bothering her? She is going ballistic!" he finished. "Sorry," I said, "I was just really surprised by that kiss, I lost control." "It's okay," said Nephlyte, "so did that kiss mean anything to you?" "Sure did," I said with a bunch of zealous. "Good," he said as he lightly touched my lips with his fingers. "You will have much more of that tonight," he whispered in my ear. I shivered at the thought of me and Nephlyte together for a whole night. That's right, I thought, tonight is our first 'date'. I hope I don't disappoint him. I would really be sorry then. That night I went to Earth with Lea and Serena. It would be my first time there in a few years. When we arrived, Lea and Serena rushed to their loves and I watched and waited for Nephlyte. 10 minutes after I had arrived with the princesses, Nephlyte walked straight up to me with 3 lavender roses, a golden dagger, and a beautiful gold chained necklace with an amethyst stone for a charm. "Nephlyte," I said, "they're beautiful gifts. I love them. Thank you." I kissed him softly on the lips. "How long have you been waiting to do that?" he asked, knowing what the answer would be. "Ever since I first laid eyes on you," I said in a tone that Nephlyte said was totally sexy, and I found not so bad myself, but I wasn't about to tell him that. We went through the rose gardens and then we went straight to the palace. We were just about to have dinner when we saw Darien and Serena starting to make out. We pretty much lost our appetites after that, so we went outside and when we knew the coast was clear we went back inside. "This has been quite an evening," I said. "And it has only just begun," he said as he picked me up and kissed me passionately. "What was that for?" I asked in an innocent voice. "For looking so stunning in that dress, and for being my girlfriend," he answered. Oh my gods, I thought, is this what happened to Lita on her first date with him? I am still a virgin. "Justine," he said, "I want you to know I do love you. Always remember that. I won't ever stop loving you. Not in this life time or any other." "Oh, Nephlyte," I responded, "that's so sweet. Can I ask you a question though?" "Other than the one you just asked me?" he asked chuckling. "Yes," I said with my eyes in a sad look. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Well," I said, "how far did you get with Jupiter your first date?" "Well," he said, "if you are asking if we [Lita and I] got as far as this, I would have to say no. She wouldn't go this far. Justine, if you want to know, I am a virgin also." "What?" I asked in a very surprised voice. "You are a virgin? You never did it with Lita?" Just as I was about to ask one more question, Nephlyte brought his lips to mine in a hot kiss that probably only Lita had felt. I can't believe this guy will be my first lover, I thought as we finished our kiss and he started to carry me to his room. He laid me on his bed and sat down beside me. He bent over and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck. I love him, I thought, I must because I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't. "Justine," he said, "after we do this does this mean we are meant to be?" "I sure hope so," I replied. "Good," he said. I rolled over onto him, and laid on him for a while. He is just so comfortable, I thought. All of a sudden I heard a pounding on his door, and I woke up. When I looked around and saw I was alone, I got off of the bed and then told the knocker to come in. They came in alright, but it wasn't who I wanted to see. Lord Jedite, Lady Zoicyte and Lord Malachite rushed in to see if Nephlyte and I were okay. "Why would you want to know if he was okay?" I asked. I had no idea about what had just happened to Earth. "Lady Justine, you are looking beautiful tonight," said Lord Jedite looking at me as if I were some sort of new girl that had just walked into his life. "Oh, Jed," I said in an annoyed tone that snapped him right back into reality, "Zoicyte? Malachite? What has happened to Nephlyte?" "Oh, nothing Lady Justine," said Malachite in a nervous tone, "nothing at all. We were just making sure he was keeping you safe." "Oh," I said in an unsure voice, "but why are you so frantic?" "Justine," said Zoicyte, "the Earth was just attacked. Prince Darien and Hiro are going to need Nephlyte's help and we can't find him." "Get out of here Zoicyte," said a gruff voice behind me. "Nephlyte," I said in a soft scared voice, "I want to know what is going on here, and I want to know now!" "We'll leave you two alone," said Malachite, "Come on, sweet Zoey. These two have quite a bit of talking to do. You too Jedite." After they had left, I asked Nephlyte what was going on. "Well," I said, obviously totally annoyed with him, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON??!!" "Justine," he said quietly, "sit down. I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach you aren't gonna like this." "What Nephlyte?" I asked as I sat down next to him. He stood and said, "Justine, I love you. You must know that by now. I mean you would not have kissed me like that if you didn't know how much I cared for you." "Well," I said, "in the pit of my stomach I knew I felt something for you because you were always there to save me and help me. And tonight I knew you loved me when you picked me up and brought me here, to your room. But Nephlyte, why are you reminding me that you love me when I have known it since the day we met." "Well, Justine," he said kneeling down and holding my hand to his heart, "I have a very unpleasing thing that you will probably say you hate me for and will want to kill me. I know it. The reason I told you that I still loved you is I am now working for Queen Beryl of the Negaverse." I sat there dumbfounded. "What?" I finally said. I couldn't believe what was said next. "I am working for the Negaverse," he said in a small scared voice. "For how long?" I asked. "Ever since I met you," he said. "So the fake Darien was your doing?" I asked now more in controlled manner. "No," he said in a not-so-serious tone, "that was Jed's idea." I gave him a look that got him scared for his life. I had that affect on most guys including the twins. "So if we had made love," I asked, "I would be on your side right." "Yes, Justine," he sad looking at the moon, "you would be." I looked down at the floor. How could Nephlyte do this to me? How was I to be his girl when our sides were enemies? I was not about to pull a Romeo and Juliet. That would be to traumatic for everyone, especially for Lea and Nephlyte. Chapter 3: The End of the Silver Millennium [Added Author's Note: In this chapter Lea, Serena, and the twin princes find out I work for the Negaverse, the Silver Millennium is destroyed and everyone but me loses their memories.] "Nephlyte," I asked after we had just made out. As I had said at the end of Chapter two, I was the princess of the Negaverse and I hadn't told Lea. I was always making some excuse about where I had just been or where I was going. She never knew how I deceived her. "Yes, my sweet," he said snuggling up against me. "What's gonna happen? To us, I mean," I said in a sad tone. I felt him move so that he was on top of me again. He gave teasingly erotic kisses to me which I found really arousing. I wanted him to do what he had been doing again, and he could tell by my squirming. "Well," he said when he stopped kissing my face. I groaned in disappointment at the halt. "we won't lose. At least the queen won't lose, but the Moon and Sun kingdoms probably will. And you know how the queen can get when we win. Oh, Justine. Can't you think of yourself more than others in need? What is it you want? Whatever it is, Justine, I can give to you." I smiled devilishly at what he had just said. "Whatever I want?" I asked innocently. He smiled at what I had meant. "Yes, my love, whatever it is you want I will do it for you." "Neph," I said, "make out with me again." "As you wish," he laughed and we started again. As soon as I got back to the Sun Kingdom . . . "Lady Justine," I heard bellow in the throne room of the Sun. King Tranquil, usually a man who lived up to his name, had found out that I had gone to the Negaverse with Lea on a spy mission. Both Lea and I found out, the hard way, that no one other than the spies could go on a spy mission. "Yes, King Tranquil," I said, "I know I shouldn't have gone with your daughter, but at least we weren't hurt." "Lady Justine," said the king, "you may not have gotten hurt, but you should have still been against letting her go to the Negaverse. You aren't just her aide, you're her friend, and friends advise us not to do what is wrong." "I know, Your Majesty," I said. Friends advise us not to do what is wrong, huh, I thought. Well, what if you didn't tell your friend about something that would be really important in a war. That would be the hard thing to say. "I am sorry, Your majesty. I was wrong and I am sorry. I won't do it again," I said with an apologetic tone. I really didn't mean it, but no one seemed to notice it. "Well," he said, "as long as you don't do it again I guess I won't punish you. But, Lady Justine, this is your first and only warning. I am fighting a war against the Negaverse. I don't want to have to fight one against you too." You already are, I thought. You already are. "What did you mean by that?" asked Lea, giving me a seriously, angry glare. "By what?" I asked immediately turning on my mental blockers. "By what you were just thinking." "I don't know what you are talking about." "You know exactly what I am talking about. The things you said about already being in a war with my father and my aunt. What is that supposed to mean?" By this time she was pretty much in tears, as was I. "Lea, in your heart you know why I thought that. I am now on the Negaverse. You know how dangerous it can be, and I know you wouldn't pass up a chance to get me back from there. But, you know you can't. I will tell Beryl. You can count on it." "So you are going to resign?" she asked. "I have been thinking of it, but not today," I said, "tonight is too important. I will wait to resign tomorrow." "Justine," Lea said, "I have a question." "What is it?" I asked. I was in a bit of a hurry and Nephlyte would hate it if I were late for one of our special dates. "Why did you go to the Negaverse?" "You may find this really stupid," I said, "but I went because I was in love with Nephlyte." "No," said Lea, "Nephlyte couldn't be- I mean he wouldn't go- No, Justine I won't believe it. He couldn't do that to Hiro or Darien." "He is, Lea," I said sadly, "you see the day before he and I met, Queen Beryl had turned him against the guys, you, Serena, and Lita. But that is not the worst part." "There's more?" she asked in a trembling voice. "Yes," I said, "there is my friend. Nephlyte told me that not only was he turned against everyone, but so were Jedite, Zoicyte, and Malachite. I couldn't believe it either, but then he proved it to me by bringing me to the Negaverse and well now I am Princess." "You are the Princess of that evil kingdom," she said as she looked at me as if I were the lowest thing to ever walk the Sun. "I must say 'yes' to that one, but believe me," I said, "I don't want to be enemies with you or the Moon Kingdom. I have been trying to change Beryl's mind on this 'defeating the moon and sun kingdom' idea. I think she is thinking of destroying me also. You see my only reason for joining the Negaverse was Nephlyte. I loved him and I would not be able to stand being a day without him. I love him so much." "So you really don't want to be on that side, but it's your only way to be with the one you love," she said with a smile. "Why are you so happy? I could get killed for this," I said, "and so could Nephlyte." "I am happy for 2 very good reasons," she said laughing. "One reason is, I don't have to worry that you have someone to love and who loves you. Nephlyte does love you, doesn't he? Two, hey if you're going to be at the ball tonight, it's great to know that you are still on my side, even if you aren't at my side." "Okay," I said, "but you're gonna have one bad thing happen." "What's so bad?" she asked. "The Princes of Earth," I said, "they might not be able to come to the ball. You see Beryl is going to attack the earth first, then she plans to, well, attack the Moon Kingdom." Lea hugged me and comforted me. I was the one crying now. I didn't want my best friend to die. I loved her like a little sister. I wanted to keep her safe if only her, Hiro, and Nephlyte. No way was Beryl gonna kill her or Hiro. I didn't have to worry too much about Nephlyte. He was already on Beryl's side. I had to do something drastic to stop Beryl. "Lea," I said, pulling away from her, "I gotta go." "Is it the Negaverse?" she asked. "No," I said, "I am doing this for both your and Serena's kingdoms. I will keep the two of you safe no matter what happens to me." "Don't try anything that could get you hurt," she said, "I won't let you die." "I know," I said, and I ran off telling myself that I would defeat whatever got in my way. A few hours later... "Justine," said Lea, "I was so worried about you. I thought you had been killed. I am so distressed." "Why princess?" I asked my mistress. We went outside to the terrace. She looked as if something horrible had happened. "Lea, what's wrong?" I asked again. "Prince Darien and Hiro haven't been seen or heard from in days," she said in a sad tone, "I am so worried, not just for myself but for my cousin too. She loves Darien so much." As she said that, not only did we see Princess Serena, but we also saw the princes. "Lady Justine, princesses down here." I heard two whispered voices say. "Hey guys," I whispered down to them. A conversation went on that is pretty hard to remember so I won't write down what was said. I went in a few minutes later. As I came down the steps to the ballroom I heard a deep voice from behind me. "My lady, might I have this dance?" said the man. I turned my head down to see who it was when all of a sudden I was guided down the stairs and pulled into Nephlyte's loving arms. "Of course you may," I giggled. We started dancing and then he brought his lips to mine and we kissed. All of a sudden, I opened my eyes to a horrible boom. Nephlyte was outside with Darien's other former generals. 'What's going on here?' I asked myself. 'Oh no,' I thought, 'Beryl went with the old plans. Now I have to try to kill her to save my friends.' I went outside and there she was. Beryl. Ugly old Beryl. And just about to kill Serena, Lea, and Luc. I saw a rainbow colored flash come across my face. Two roses stuck in the ground. Red and blue. I threw a laser at her. The four looked at me not just in astonishment but in sadness. I knew what was about to come, but I didn't care. "Traitor!" She called out. "You swore you would only be loyal to the Negaverse, but instead you save them. You little traitor." In a moment I felt nothing. Nothing but pain. 'I am sorry my friends,' I thought to them, 'I am truly sorry. I wanted to save you. One day, if we ever meet again, I will ask for your forgiveness.' My Story Chapter 4: I Am Reborn [Author's Note: Sorry for the delay, but I am being pushed down so much by my school work. Is there any end to the torture? Well I am going to stop talking about me and start talking about Justine.] Prologue: I am floating. I don't know where I am but I know that I am not touching the ground. Am I dead? Why can I still think then? Wait I am touching something, but it feels weird. Kinda squishy. I give it a kick. I hear a voice. Someone's pulling me. I start screaming and I sound like... A BABY??? * * * * Okay, I think you know what just happened to me so far. If you didn't well then I feel very sad for you. I was born on November 22, 1981. A millennium after I was born in the Silver Millennium, but my parents didn't know that. My "mother and father" were very nice people. Unfortunately, they spawned a friend who became an enemy in the Silver Millennium and still will be one. You should know him. Well, just in case you don't know what I am talking about, I am talking about Jedite. And seems to me that he had his memories back too cause when I met him, he looked evil. He was now my brother and 3 years older, too. Very weird. Well, on with everything. My parents were happy and they showed their love openly. I was kind of embarrassed by them as a 2 year old. Well, about a year later, my parents, Jedite(who was called Jack then), and I were in the car when a huge truck hit us. It was Beryl trying to get Jedite and I back to the Negaverse. Jedite went willingly, while I put up a fight for my life. She soon gave up and left me for the wolves. Fortune must have been smiling on me at the time, because I was found by a few police men and taken to the hospital. I had to have stitches in my left knee. I was told then my parents were killed. I was sad but not so sad that I wanted to kill myself. I was sent to the orphanage until I could get a good family or until I could earn a living. I did find a good family, and it happened to be Darien and Hiro's. When we met, I took to them like Serena is attracted to ice cream. We got along together great. When I was five and they were eight, we were in yet another accident. This time both Jedite and Beryl. Well, this time Beryl succeeded in getting me but poor Darien and Hiro got amnesia and forgot all about me. I wished that they would come rescue me one day but that was never gonna happen. Anyway let me continue. When I returned to the Negaverse, I was proclaimed "princess" and I was totally miserable until I re-met Nephlyte. When I was 9, I had volunteered to train people to be generals. So did Jedite. He was 12. Beryl said yes to my request. As soon as I was in one of the training rings, my pupil started attacking me left and right. I was prepared though. I blocked everything he gave me. After he was done, I stifled a yawn. When he turned around(and I am positive he felt this too), something clicked. He walked up to me calmly, and kissed me. "Nephlyte," I asked, after we had stopped kissing, "do you remember me?" "Yes, my princess," he said softly. "Hey," I heard from somewhere, "GET YOUR HANDS OFF THE PRINCESS OF THE NEGAVERSE!! And get back to work!" "General Jedite," I said calmly. "Yes, Princess?" he asked meekly. "Don't ever do that again," I said, "or you will have to face the wrath of the queen. Is that understood?" "Yes, your highness." I heard him grumble something under his breath as he walked away. I went back to Nephlyte. I hugged him and kissed his sweaty face. "I missed you Nephlyte," I said, "I always dreamt about meeting you again." "You did, did you?" he asked. "Yes," I said, "every night I was alive on Earth. I thought of you every night." "You look great," he said, "you have blossomed quite nicely. Beryl has done quite well raising you." Beryl was a wonderful 3rd mother, and she was quite good at being a real mother too. I really was surprised at how well she had raised me. I would be lying if I didn't feel a little flattered at what Neph had just said. I hadn't blossomed that much, but my figure was pretty good for a 9 year old. Hey I was supposed to be selfish. I was the princess of all who were evil. "I still love you," I said coyly, "I know you know that, but I want you to remember that I do. I always will, in fact." With that said, I gave him a kiss that would usually make any other person look at me wide eyed after I had finished, but Neph just kissed right back and picked me up in his arms. After we had gotten back to my quarters, we started a major make-out session. I had missed him while we were apart. "Justine," he said, "I really missed part of the relationship in the Silver Millennium." "What part was that?" I asked. "You know," he said, "the making out and being with you." "Oh, Neph that is so sweet of you to say," I said, "I feel that way, too." "Justine," he said, "I have something to give you." Just as he finished his sentence, he pulled out a black velour box. "Open it," he said as he thrust it toward me. I opened the box to see a pair of black heart-shaped earrings and a necklace with a black heart-shaped pendent. They were carved from my favorite stone. Obsidian. "Oh, Nephlyte," I said, "they are beautiful. Oh thank you, so much." Nephlyte looked at me with a wild look that made me shudder with anticipation and delight. What could he be planning in that devious mind of his, I thought to myself. "Justine," he said, "I want to tell you that you are so wonderful. YOU are the most beautiful girl in the Negaverse, and I was wondering, when we get older, will you marry me?" "Neph," I said, surprised at his question, "I am very flattered by your question, but are you sure about this? I mean marriage takes a commitment." "I know that princess," he said, "but if I do something that you & I know we want, the queen will want us married anyway so why not just not fight destiny, huh? I want to marry you anyway. I wanted to marry you from when we first met in the Silver Millennium. I could not believe that I could love Lita or any other woman when you were around." I looked at him now with tears streaming down my face. What he had just made me feel so good inside. I said yes to marry him when we became older. Two years later I would be meeting Lea. But that is for the next chapter. [Author's Note: Yes, there will be a chapter five coming soon. I am sorry if it takes a long time to write these things, but it does. Just want you to know I am not angry I am just busy.] 
[Author's Note's:  Well,  I hope you have been reading my
other chapters because I have no time to give any summaries.  Sorry I am
in a rush, but I just found out I got an C in History and if my mom and
dad find out I am not doing my homework in that class I will be dead.  I
want to be able to write my stories, but if it gets in the way of school
I can't.  Sorry but I am way to behind in school and I can't afford a C,
so this will be a really quick chapter.]

Chapter 5: I Re-meet Lea


        Okay first you must know that the way Luc was killed was not mine
        or
Nephlyte's fault.  You see Nephlyte had his head turned while Malachite
shot Luc three times.  The only people who saw Luc get shot were Jedite,
Zoicyte, Malachite, Lea, Hiro and Darien.  Lea was especially pissed.
Let me tell you about it.
        I was walking around, trying to find a fresh victim to get energy
from when I got lost.  
        "Hey," I shouted to a young blonde, "do you happen to know where
        the
mall is? I am kind of new to these parts and I don't even know where I
am."
        "Oh sure," she said sadly, "come on.  I live close to it.  I will
help you get to it."
        I started to walk closer to her when all of a sudden my memory
        kicked
in and told me to run up and hug her.  It was Lea.  Instead I walked up
to her slowly and asked her what was wrong.
        "My brother was killed a week ago," she said, "four people killed
him.  No, three people shot him.  One was turned so I couldn't see his
face.  But I am gonna kill the three who killed him."
        "Oh," was all I could manage.
        "What do you mean by 'oh'?" she asked in that same tone I
        remembered
from the Silver Millennium.
        "I mean I am sorry," I said.
        "Oh," she said.
        "What is your name?" I asked.
        "Lea. Lea Adersen," she said.
        "Your Lea Adersen?" I asked.  "You are the writer of all those
        books
and the champion gymnast of the world."
        "You have heard of me?" she asked, kind of surprised that I knew
        who
she was.
        "Of course," I said, "I mean, I am one of your biggest fans."
        "Well, that is good to hear," she said.
        "My name is Justine. Justine DiMarco," I said with pride.
        "Nice to meet you Justine," she said.  She now had a small smile
        on
her face which made me smile, too.  
        She told me that Luc had died about three hours after he was
        shot.  I
was really sad for her.  Luc had been my friend in the Silver Millennium,
but we weren't close.  
        Lea introduced me to her cousin Serena, who still despised me and
        I
remembered as an acquaintance.
        Three weeks went by, and I couldn't find any energy.  I almost
        died
before Neph finally came to take me back to the Negaverse.  I said
good-bye to Lea and Hiro, who Lea introduced me to 2 days before.  I
would miss them, but I would be back soon.  Well, at least I had hoped I
would.  It turns out I didn't come back for another 5 years.  I was sad
about it, but everything turned out for the best.
        When Nephlyte came to pick me up, he was in a very different form
then I was used to seeing him.  He had a yellow tee shirt, a blue jacket,
and blue pants.  I would have passed right by him if he hadn't grabbed me
by the arm.  I was in heaven when I was kissed by him.  Finally some
energy, I thought, and I like the way I am getting it.  I wrapped my arms
around his neck, so no one would wonder what the heck I was doing.  Lea
came up to me wondering who this guy was.
        "Justine?" she asked.
        "Yea, Lea?" I said.
        "Who's the guy?"
        "Oh this is..." I started to say.
        "Max, Maxfield Stanton," said Nephlyte confusing me out of my
        wits.
        "Nice to meet you Mr. Stanton," Lea said, just as surprised as I
        was.
        " Hey, Justine," he said, "we better get going.  We don't want to
miss our plane back to America."
        "Is he your brother?" asked Lea.
        "No," said Nephlyte, "I am not her brother.  I am her boyfriend."
        "Justine you never told me about any boyfriend," said Lea.
        "I was sure I had," I lied, but Lea didn't sense anything.
        "I think it's best we be going on Justine," said Neph getting a
little impatient.
        "I know," I said.  "Well I guess I will see you when I come back
        to
visit, Lea."
        "I'll miss you Justine," Lea said as she hugged me.  I hugged
        back
and we finished our good-byes.  I got into Neph's car and we were off
like a shot in the direction of the airport.  Instead of going to the
airport, we vanished just as a police car was going to pull us over for
speeding.  As we entered the portal to the Negaverse, we transformed into
our regular forms and started to make out when we accidentally
transported ourselves into my mother's courtroom.  She wasn't to happy to
see me kissing Neph in public view.  Especially her public view.  Once I
noticed where we were I whispered to Neph to meet me in my chambers in
about 2 hours.  Nephlyte bowed to the queen and kissed my hand.  I sighed
as he left.  
        "So, Justine," Beryl said, "I noticed you were quite content
        kissing
Nephlyte just now, so you don't have to talk to me long.  I just wanted
to know how your observation went on Earth.  Did the plan I had take
affect?  Which ones were killed?  I want to know Justine," she said in an
impatient voice.
        "Beryl," I said sadly, "the plan did take affect, but the bad
        part is
only one of the people you wanted dead was actually killed.  Prince Luc
was killed but the rest weren't."
        "Damn you Malachite," I heard her say under her breath.
        "Mother," I said, "may I go now?"
        "Yes my dear," she said, "I think your young man is waiting for
        you."
        "Mom," I said in a small voice.  I didn't want to make her mad at
what I wanted her to say yes to for so long.
        "Yes, Justine?" asked the concerned queen of all evil.
        "Is it okay if I marry Nephlyte? Not now but in a few years."  I
started getting nervous when she gave me a look that made stand up
straight in my place.  She nodded at me and smiled evilly.  "Justine,"
she said, "yes.  You may marry him as long as you love him and he doesn't
betray you or the Negaverse."  I excused myself for the courtroom and ran
to my room and who should be waiting for me but my and only love.  "So?"
he asked, "What did she say?"
        "Yes," I said, "we can.  But only one thing.  You cannot betray
        the
Negaverse."
        "Do you think I will?" he asked as he hugged me tightly.
        "No," I said, hugging back just as tight.
        We laid down on my bed and cuddled until dinner.  My mother could
have sworn I was beaming at what she had said earlier. 


        [Author's Endnotes:  Okay.  I now have one through five done, but
        I
promise more in the future just not right now.  Chapters 6 through 8 will
have to do with me getting on the Scouts side and becoming the Masked
Defender.  I will most likely be finishing this up in about maybe 9 to
perhaps 11 months.  These things, as I have said, take a lot of time and
effort.  So don't be saying you want the chapters now cause I won't give
them to you unless you are Sailor Mac or My Best Friend Lea Adersen (not
the character but my real best friend).  Have a nice day.]