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It was an abnormally warm day out for february. The sun was shining without a trace of any clouds in sight. The temperature was quite comfortable thanks to the colder days that had preceded. Funny how bitterly cold days can make, what should be cold day, feel like a heat wave. So with the beautiful weather it was not surprising that Chailee had headed off to the park for some alone time. She sported jeans, sheepskin boots and a hoodie with another long sleeve underneath it in case she got too warm. Inside her shoulder bag she carried her flute, safely tucked within its case, and one of her personal fantasy novels. She wasn’t sure how long she would stay at the park but she had prepared to spend an hour or two.

The snow was slowly turning to slush as Chailee made her way down down a rarely used path of the park. This was her usual spot to go when she wanted some alone time to practice her flute without fear of interrupting anyone nearby. She doubted people wanted to hear her just mindlessly play the instrument. Rounding a large tree she found her bench secluded away behind the enormous maple. A few bushes set behind it making it almost picturesque. Of course, the bench was slightly damp in places where the snow had clung to it mercilessly. With the days warmth it hadn’t stood much of a chance though. With the maple’s barren branches it had no shade to help reduce to sun’s intensity.

Positioning herself on the side of the bench which wasn’t wet Chailee rustled in her bag and pulled out the book and flute. She sat there for a moment, contemplating what she wanted to do before smiling warmly at the hardback novel. Why not? I don’t need to practice my flute right now. I have all day.

With no where drier to put her bag, Chailee put her flute back inside the bag and placed it on the side of the bench which was damp. The dampness wouldn’t hurt her flute case nor the bag and if she needed to she could just carry the book home later.

She was getting ready to settle down into her book when a small movement out of the corner of her eye caught her attention. a bird flitted from a low branch of the maple tree to another tree not far away. “Is that a cardinal?” Intrigued Chailee put her book down on her seat as she rose to get a closer look.

OH! It is! He’s so pretty! Chay watched the male bird as he sat proudly in his little tree. He didn’t seem too perturbed by Chailee but something seemed to catch its attention behind her before it flew away. Turning around, Chailee was surprised to see a small black cat by her things. Guess I am not the only one out enjoying the day.

Walking back over she couldn’t help but stare at the cat as she approached. It looks so familiar.

Chay stood there for a few moments more before she realized what the cat was up to. "OH! No no kitty! That's not for chewing." She hurried over and gently pulled the book away from the black fluffed feline and inspected to see what the damage was. She sighed when she saw the tears and missing pieces. "Well...at least it's my own book this time that got damaged and not a library one."

She looked down at the feline, almost wanting to scold it but knew that it really wouldn't matter. Cats were just...well...cats. They did what they wanted. It was then though, as she looked at him that she realized where she had seen him before. "Oh. You're the cat I met at New Years!" She reached down to give him a scratch behind his ears. And now I am practically rewarding him for chewing on my book. "I don't think I remember your name." She pondered for a moment, her fingers continuing their motion. "I think it started with an F. Um...Felix?" I have no clue. A lot happened that night.

She stopped with her scratches for a moment to tuck her book into her bag, making sure that it sat on top of her flute case to keep it away from the side of the bag that was probably damp as this point.

Once she was sure everything was safe away from kitty teeth she turned back around to the feline and sat down on the bench. "Is your owner around?" She glanced around for any sign of the guy she had also met that night. She figured she'd recognize him easily if her dressed as strangely every day as he did at the ball but she didn't see a soul around."Hm. I guess you're one of those cats that get to roam around outside."

She reached back over to continue her scratches, enjoying the softness of his fur. "You really are a handsome boy." She smiled.

Chailee’s hand stopped it’s motion still buried in the feline’s fur as she stared at the cat. For a minute she thought she had just imagined what she saw and heard. She had been reading a lot lately and surely her imagination was getting the best of her considering her book tastes ran in fantasy. After all, cats didn’t talk. That was just a fact. Plus she had never seen a talking cat before and with how many cats she had seen in her life around the stable, surely if talking cats existed she would have met one already. Though that illogical logic didn’t really matter at that point because the feline was speaking to her again.

“No...no I haven’t but...Wow! You can actually talk!” Chailee had to refrain herself from wanting to scoop Faust up and forced her hand out of his fur so she wouldn’t be tempted to go against her better judgement. Unlike others who may have been uneasy about the whole ‘talking cat’ thing, Chailee was completely thrilled! To her it was something magical and amazing!

“That’s right! I forgot your name was Faust. I am so sorry.” She laughed. “I hope I didn’t offend you calling you Felix. I knew your name started with an F though, that has to count for something. So you have to be some sort of special cat that. I mean how else could you talk.” She paused for a moment and her eyes went wide. “Wait...you’re not a human who was turned into a cat like in that fairytale ‘The Frog Prince’ are you? Oh, or maybe something from Harry Potter...wait...I don’t remember there being talking cats in that...Well, it’s Harry Potter so anything is possible.” Chailee smiled to herself. Her questions pertaining to the Frog Prince and Harry Potter had been more to amuse her own curiosity than they were logical questions. She didn’t -really- expect an answer to them but a small portion of her really wished that he would say that she would be attending Hogwarts as a witch.

Chailee almost couldn’t contain herself as her imagination ran rampant. She practically fidgeted in her seat as she sat there waiting to hear what Faust would say, or do, next. After all, surely a cat had a lot to speak about. I wonder if he talks to a lot of people? Wait… “Why didn’t you say anything to me at the ball?”

Chay found herself slightly bummed that her inner childish fantasy of going to Hogwarts wouldn’t be coming true. Ah well, she was over the age of 13 anyway. She completely missed that bus...er, owl.

She had a talking cat. That was better than an owl carrying mail.

“Oh well, yea. I guess if anyone had seen you talking there would have been a ruckus. Well, not that there wasn’t already but it would have been worse and…” Chailee stopped when she realized she was just rambling and took a deep breath to center herself a bit. She needed to calm down enough to pay attention to Faust. It was obvious he had a lot to tell her and she didn’t want to miss a shred of information. When he moved closer she glanced around herself to make sure no one was near but there wasn’t anything remotely close to the pair. Good. Last think I want to see if Faust carted off. Though, I think he could probably hold his own for a little bit.

As Faust began explaining to her what was going on Chailee wasn’t sure if she was quite understanding everything in detail but the general arc of the story was pretty simple. Bad guys were attacking and the good guys were trying to protect the people from harm so a war is constantly waging. “It’s so strange to think that there’s been a war going on around me. I mean, this explains the party but how long has all of this been happening? What exactly -is- the negaverse? Are they people like me?”

She absently pulled gently at one of her curls. “Also, why am I one of the ones who gets to fight? Is talking to a talking cat the prerequisite meaning you chose me to fight?” Finally a more logical side was peeking it’s way through the complete illogical enthusiasm and want to be like a heroin in one of her novels. Though that desire still bubble like a small fountain within her.

“I definitely want to help out! I mean, it sounds so interesting and exciting and I don’t think I could just walk away at this point knowing there’s a war going on in my backyard.” She dropped her hand from her hair and smiled. “So what do I have to do exactly to help out?”

No one could say that Chailee wasn’t eager.

To think that she’d be getting caught up in a war. And a war that had been raging on for so long. It was almost mind boggling that something that seemed so significant was happening around her and everyone else but no one besides those involved seemed to really know it was happening. Sure, she had her own first hand experience with it when she was at the ball, but so much had happened to her there in such a short amount of time that a lot of it was nothing more than a jumbled mess of memories that never really seemed to make sense. Heck, she had written most of them off as nothing more than crazy dreams from when she had passed out.

Add onto the fact that these negaverse people, her enemies, were just like her. So did that mean that they were special like her? Was their starseed thing different like her own? Fast certainly doesn’t seem to like them. The way he talks makes it sound that he’d like nothing more than see them all disappear. I guess that’s normal since we’re in a war and all. But faust also touched that they might be able to be saved. If people could be saved from this parasite, even if it is only a small amount, shouldn’t that be a good thing? Chailee made a point to think about all of that later. Maybe her White Moon Primer guide thing would help her. Though I hate any kind of homework.

When Faust started pawing at her book Chailee had to keep herself from reaching out and removing him from the pages. It looked as if he had a purpose to his motions but there was a definite worry that the feline had just gotten the urge to destroy the pages like any normal cat would possibly do. When he wasn’t talking to her it was hard to think of Faust as anything but a normal cat. I guess that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

Practically ready to cringe as she restrained herself from removing the book form under Faust Chailee’s worries were quickly pushed aside by the presentation of a golden pen. Carefully she lifted it up to gaze at it. A strange symbol graced the top of the pen that she didn’t recognize but she didn’t take much more time to contemplate the design. She practically surged to her feet when Faust mentioned she’d want to hide somewhere before activating it. “Alright then!”

Without any more questions Chailee glanced around before jogging over to a little outcropping of evergreen trees and bushes. Glancing around she didn’t see anyone. Even the children that she knew were playing far in the distance were within her view thanks to the foliage. The only thing she could clearly see was the bench Faust was sitting on and a little area beyond it, but that was completely clear of anyone.

Taking a deep breath Chailee looked at the pen one last time before holding it up. “Harmonia Power Make-up!” The words came out with conviction and excitement. The moment they left her mouth her transformation began and it was such an odd yet powerful feeling. As Faust had described there were lights and sparkles and swirls. She couldn’t pay attention to it all but before she knew it Harmonia was standing back amongst the bushes but now dressed in something completely different. “Wow…”

She stumbled out of the foliage to get a better look at herself. “This is so cute!” She laughed as she looked down at herself. It was such a simple outfit but it fit so well and looked good. Grinning like a cheshire cat, Harmonia tugged at the golden bow on her chest and marveled at the larger one on her back. Oh yes. I can get use to this outfit.

Glancing over to Faust the excitement was quite clear on her face. “This is all amazing, Faust! I never imagined that well...all of this could happen to me! So I can use magic now like this? Do I have to be transformed to fight?”

Then a serious question popped in her head. “Wait...there’s no mask or anything. Won’t the enemies just be able to find me while I am at school or something once they see me like this?”

“Alright.” So like a super hero, I am stronger when I am dressed like this. Looking at her hands she squeezed them into fists.. I don’t feel any different or stronger. Releasing the tension she looked back down at Faust who had settled himself into the bench. Sensing she was about to get a long explanation Harmonia moved closer to the ebony feline and crouched down in front of the bench all eyes and ears.

There was so much information. Harmonia couldn’t help but compare Faust to one of her teachers in school who was renowned for lecturing his students. But that was about as far as the comparing went. Faust was at least interesting to listen to. The teacher she had thought of was well versed in sending his students to sleep with his monotonal spewing of historical dates and battles. She wasn’t opposed to history. In fact she could find it rather interesting but that teacher had a knack for taking that class and making it the worse classroom to step into every day.

“Wow. There’s a lot to all of this.” She mused more to herself than as a statement. “Let me make sure I’ve got everything you told me. I have a planet in space that I am named after that channels the power I need to fight. When I use this magic I have to be careful not to go overboard with it because passing out in a fight would be bad. Obviously. “ She grinned before continuing. “When I am transformed I look different to people who see me so that they can’t recognize me when I am not Harmonia. That’s kinda neat! So keeping my identity hidden is a pretty big priority. Is revealing myself to other senshi a bad thing though if I trust them?”

At the mention of meeting another senshi Harmonia nodded. “Oh, that would be great, Faust! I’d love to meet Thraen! I want to know more about all of this and I imagine that the history of senshi and this war is pretty interesting!” As long as he isn’t dry about details and have a monotone voice.


Noting that her feet were falling asleep Harmonia relented and moved to sit next to Faust on the bench again. She stretched out her legs to help increase the blood flow back tot he now tingling appendages. It didn’t take long though for the feeling to return. “There seems like there’s so much information and stuff to learn.” She sat back against the bench and absently began petting Fausts back more out of habit of having an animal around than as disrespect to the mauvian's obvious higher intelligence compared to a normal feline. “I hope I can do a good job with all of this. I mean, I am really excited to get started and begin to do the best I can, I just hope my best is good enough while I learn all about this new...well almost like a new world.”

Harmonia nodded her head as she carefully buried her fingers in the mauvians copius amounts of fur. Alright, so telling others I trust is OK. Knowing that little bit helped make the idea of fighting alongside comrades wouldn’t be such a lonely thing. Plus, knowing people outside of their powered states would mean more friends right? And friends usually worked better together. Such was the rationalizing of a 14 year old girl.

“Oh, that would be fine! I can meet him in this exact spot if he knows of it.” Then again, it would probably come down to whether Faust could explain the exact bench and tree she was nestled under. She supposed it probably wouldn’t be an issue though, after all, how many people would really be out late at night in the park? They probably would have no issue finding each other, especially with the whole ability to feel other people nearby. That was definitely a unique thing.

“Avoid black senshi. Got it!” She grinned before removing her hand from the feline’s back and placing it on her lap. “Thank you so much Faust. This is all...this is all just amazing and exciting!” She giggled. “I am sure I’ll have more questions but I am sure that guide will help! I’ll make sure to study it later.”