The Next Generation
by D M
<As Reviewed by Usagi and her cohorts, as well as Yaten, Seiya, and Taiki>

Welcome to your first visit to The Next Generation.

<Minako> a.k.a., welcome to your first visit to hell.

Similar to a hard copy book, it is not necessary to read this on-line short story in one setting. This on-line version will set a 
bookmark when you close the story  so that you can come back to the place you stopped. 
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Chapter 1 - Beryl Manors
Hi. I'm Amanda. I was moving from Neflite Hills Orphanage to Beryl Manors Orphanage.

<All>  Gee, I wonder where they got these oh-so original names from? 

Neflite Hills really trusted me

<Mamoru>... because he was a fool!
<All> Mamoru-san... 0_0

 and let me drive there by myself.

<Seiya> Oh boy.  Big big accomplishment!  I must be the first teen to successfully drive there all by myself!

 While I was driving, I thought about my mom. "Is this the type of future my mom would want me to have?" I thought to myself.

<Makoto>  ..because I know working at Jadeite's Burger Barn isn't exactly what my mother, who is actually going to end up being 
one of the original scouts, probably Mercury, wanted for me.

From what I had heard, my mom had died in the World Negaverse War.

<Usagi>  Aiiiee!  What kind of name for a war is THAT??!
<Seiya> Uh.  A lame one?

 I know nothing

<Yaten>  About time you admitted it, too!

 about my dad. I was only 1 year old when she died.

<Usagi>  Her dad was a SHE?!!?
<All> 0_o 

 I blame myself for not remembering anything.

<Setsuna>  Yes, we all blame you.  You are the root of all forgetful people's problems!  

 In a couple hours, I found Beryl Manors Orphanage. I parked my car in the parking lot.

<Seiya>  As opposed to parking it in the gymnasium?

 I remember when I got the car. Neflite Hills gave it to me for my birthday.

<Minako>  well, wasn't that nice of him... I'm sure she did ~something~ for him to earn it...
<Michiru>  Are you insinuating something... slightly hentai, Minako-chan?
<Usagi>  Incinerating?  She's burning her computer again?  *scoots away from Minako worridly*
<Minako>  Forget it... >_<

 I stepped into the school and reported to the office as Neflite Hills had told me.
"You must be Amanda Mizuno, right?" the secretary asked.

<Ami> Oh, NO... no, not me!!  Please be indicating another Mizuno, please please....
<Yaten>  Here's a shot in the dark:  Amanda is the future daughter of Ami Mizuno.

"Yes." I said.

<All> Uh oh.
<Ami> *shakes and buries her head in her hands*  Please do me justice in this story.... I've done nothing to deserve this cruel and 
unusual punishment.  I get straight A's.  I read a lot.  I love cats....

"Emily here will give you a tour of the school," the secretary said. "Hi, Amanda. Follow me." said Emily.

<Seiya>  My, such ~intriguing~ dialogues.
<Yaten>  I could read this shi... I mean, fanfic all day.
<Ami>  No. No. No.

 She thoroughly explained where everything was and the rules. I tried to memorize everything. Gym downstairs to the right, all 
dorms upstairs, classrooms downstairs to the left. Emily then showed me to my dorm room, dorm #598. I settled in by unpacking. 
Something then caught my eye on my roommate's dresser. ...

<Mamoru>... and promptly ran away with it, leaving a mess of blood and a hell of a lot of explaining for me to do when my new 
roomie got back.
<All>  Eww, Mamoru-san! >.<




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