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“It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’ve been workin’ like a dog…” Gwen wasn’t singing. It was for the best that she wasn’t singing, as she was sure that the souls of the two Beatles that were dead would surely come back to haunt her at how much she’d butcher their song with her terrible singing abilities. Instead, she was speaking the words, though the melody was present in her mind. “It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleepin’ like a log…”

It had been a long day for Gwen. Unlike her usual day, she spent ALL day in class (surprisingly enough) and had spent some extra time outside of class working on her math homework (once again, surprising considering this was Gwen), and now, all she wanted to do was go home and play a few levels, maybe even progress with the story of this RPG she tried to get invested in. Tried to, anyways.

“This week sucked… there’s no good openings and I really need to pass that stupid exam,” Gwen remorse aloud to herself, kicking a lose gravel and not following where it fell. She slung her backpack around to the other side, giving her left shoulder a break as she continued on her merry way. Normally she wouldn’t have taken the long way around, but because of classwork, she felt she needed the exercise. There was no time to do her usual gymnastics, bring little Micah around with her since her backpacks were always full, and given the last experience with that bounding, fuzzy, firecracker thing, she needed to unwind, even if it was talking around the block a few times.

She kicked another piece of gravel, this time following where it landed and noticing the little nose that poked out from the bushes. She immediately recognized it as a rabbit, and she grew still. ’Really? A wild rabbit, or maybe someone’s pet?’

Being an avid animal lover, Gwen lowered herself to her knees and gently set her backpack aside, making sure to appear as innocent and harmless as possible to the little creature. She loved all animals, and without hesitation, she reached out her hand and clucked her tongue against her teeth, in hopes of luring it out. “Hey there, little guy… don’t worry, Gwen isn’t gonna hurt you. I love animals!”

After a few moments of patient cooing, the bunny finally poked its head out and looked up at Gwen, it’s bright red eyes eying its next victim with keen interest. It took one small, timid step out, if only to get a better aim at his dinner.

And Gwen simply didn’t know any better. “There, there… come to momma! Come!”

Gwen wasn't exactly sure what to think when this girl, perhaps a few years younger than her, had jumped in front of her. Her initial reaction would have been to ask if it was Halloween, yet this wasn't the first person she's seen dressed in this attire. Her mind skipped and jumped back to the events from earlier, remembering being cornered by that strange, basketball-sized furry monstrosity and being saved by two people, dressed similarly to this one. Though, this one was maybe smaller, and... much, much cuter.

She completely ignored the fact that she called her "ma'am", going straight to the punch and approaching the subject about the rabbit that this 'super hero' seemed to be protecting her from.

"It's just a bunny... I mean, look at it." Gwen pointed to the furry little creature, not seeing it weighing its options on which of the two it would get a better meal out of (perhaps the one that looked like a watermelon would taste like one as well?). "And by the way, what are you suppose to be? A Power Ranger, a soldier, what?"

Gwen got a good look at that attire, unable to resist the urge to poke it to see if it was real. All the while, the bunny was preparing to make its move, perhaps waiting until Gwen had distracted Sailor Lenka long enough to get a good shot at her chest or neck. "You're the third one I've seen... are you some kind of super hero?"

'But... it's a bunny...' Gwen thought to herself, just as the bunny gave a hiss and revealed its mouth of sharp, dagger like fangs and claws retracted. Gwen had immediately jumped back in both surprise and fear, and in her surprise she fell onto her butt, getting out of Lenka's way involuntary. "Eyaaaaa, kill it with FIRE!"

It seemed that the young Senshi had everything under control, as without missing a beat, she yelled out her attack and sent the watermelon rind forward, trapping the beast before it could strike. Upon the second attack, Gwen watched at the once adorable, then ferocious bunny turned into dust, and while it wasn't with fire, Gwen was absolutely certain that it was certainly dead.

“Hi. I’m Sailor Chibi Lenka. It’s nice to meet you!” said her savior, turning around and allowing Gwen to get a better look at her now that there was no immediate danger around them. Her attire was absolutely adorable, disguising the fact that this girl, Sailor Chibi Lenka, held a strong power within her. Gwen's mind was flooded with questions, but there were only so many words, and still flabbergasted by the experience, they came out in an almost incoherent jumble, at least in her own ears. "Gwen Caspain... what did you just do? What's a youma? What's going on... I smell watermelons, or I think I do."

She rubbed her head, patting herself on the cheek and messing up some of her stripes on her cheek. "I've been working too hard this week..."

“I saved you from a youma…it wanted to drain your energy, then kill you by eating your…um…soul thing. At least that’s what I was taught. A youma is a very bad sort of monster who isn’t…good. They thrive on darkness, and are very, very bad…but they can look like all sorts of things…like pigs…and bunnies…Things that make you want to come close, but also scary monster things that make you want to run away. “

Bit by bit, Gwen's heart finally began to beat at a steadier pace, and her momentary fear was replaced by intrigue. The more that Sailor Chibi Lenka said, the more Gwen felt that she was pulled right into a movie or a video game. 'Youma. Darkness. Very bad...' Gwen was picking up on the keywords here, and finally she stood on her own again, looking down at the little warrior that was only a bit shorter than herself. Despite her appearance, Sailor Chibi Lenka had kicked that youma's butt, and Gwen admired that.

“Well, yeah, I was throwing a watermelon rind…I’m the senshi of Watermelons, after all! I’m a Sailor Senshi, and we’re the heroes of the city! We protect people from the bad guys who just want to push people over and spread chaos around and be really, really mean! I’m also training to be a Jedi, but that’s a different story all together.”

Now Gwen's interest was at its peak, mostly for two certain reasons. She addressed the first, and perhaps the more important one, and she knew she sounded like a complete idiot right now. "Sailor Senshi, huh? I've seen that term pop up in the news every so often, but I don't watch it enough to know anything beyond what the media says. Which they say bad things, but if you say they're the good guys, and you're the one that saved me from that youma, then you obviously must be good."

Gwen never trusted the media, not because of any conspiracy theories but because they always focused on the negative news, never the positive. Then, she couldn't resist bringing up the last thing that Sailor Chibi Lenka said. "And you're training to be a Jedi, so that only confirms that you're a good guy. Them being on the light side of the force... didn't know they existed too... makes me wonder what else I don't know about this city."

Before she could go crazy with her train of thoughts, she looked back down at her savior, holding out a hand that, if one looked closely, still shook slightly, though it was from excitement than fear. "Thanks for saving me... I guess I have to be careful with everything around here. Next thing I know a lamppost will try to kill me."

"You killed youma with lightsabers? Well, count me in then! If there are any more of those things running around, I'm definitely going to be prepared," Gwen said, knowing that she was getting way too into the whole ordeal and wanting to believe that she was just playing around, yet after what she just witnessed, combined with the creature earlier in the week, what did she have to lose? She was still a bit iffy about the Jedi part being real and she suspected that this Sailor Chibi Lenka meant that she had a few toy lightsabers, but again, if fuzzy balls could sparkle and adorable little rabbits could have alligator-sized fangs, then maybe this girl was for real.

"I always thought of myself as a more Han Solo kind of gal, if I do say so myself," Gwen said, making a pistol gesture with her hand and pretending to shoot at a nearby lamppost. "You know, the type that'd shoot first. But unfortunately I'm too young to own a gun... and I'd be a terrible shot."

She considered her offer and without missing a beat, Gwen nodded. "Alright then, Sailor Chibi Lenka. I, Gwendolyn Caspian, will see you in a week, here, at this very spot. And I will be willing to learn the ways of the force, and to protect myself!"

Gwen feared that she might have been coming off a little sarcastic, though she meant every word of it. She may have been smiling, but it wasn't meant to belittle the young warrior, not in the least. If this girl could teach her to protect herself, AND gain herself a friend, then Gwen was willing to try just about anything. She asked a final question, and she was much more serious than she would have been had she not witnessed the events from moments ago. "Should I bring a robe?"