could be heard in the unnaturally still, unnaturally cold night was a girl's shrill scream of terror.

The scream woke Mina from her deliciously deep, dream-filled sleep. "The Princess!" she cried, then wondered why she did so. She had never called Serena "Princess"... it just didn't fit the fun, cheerful, rather klutzy girl she knew and loved so well. Mina closed her eyes and concentrated on the scream, long since faded. It was the Moon Princess who had screamed, much more so than Serena... gods, what could've happened?
Mina reached into the nightstand drawer for her communicator and hit the "all-call" button. If her instincts were correct, this was one meeting Serena would not be attending.
End II
Cycle of Our Souls: Heart's Love
Part III
M is for Mars

Disclaimers and the like:
The characters mentioned in this story do not belong to me, and I'm not making any money with this.
As promised, we're finally beginning to get some plot. I noticed quite suddenly as I was writing how much more the original "Cycle of Our Souls" centered on the "relationship" aspect than this one does. I guess that's because I just don't relate to Mina as well as I do Raye, so instead I'm having the relationship as more of the backdrop for the beginnings of the main plot that will flow through all the remaining sections. The point is, if you were hoping for something more like the original, with no "Scout" activity and just whole bunches of personal stuff, then you're gonna be a little disappointed. There is the romance, of course, but I had to do something to keep this one from being just like the other one!
Ok, I wrote that little bit ^ before I wrote the actual story chapter, so now I'll say that Part 3 is an exception. I didn't realize this was gonna end up being an entire section, but it is... so next time will be more plot, less romance. Woops. :)
As always, The stuff between the lines of "@-" symbols is all Silver Millennium, the text between lines of "*" symbols is Mina's thoughts and takes place between SMR and SMS, and everything else is just a few weeks prior.
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