Hi, Sorry it has taken me soooo long to get this up but I have been getting my web site up and running. It isn’t mush now but your wellcome to visit it. Today we get to find out a little of what happened to Serena. I love to get critisism and comments so please don’t hesitate to write. I apologize for the different E- mail addresses that I have been giving you but things have been crazy here. Please E-mail me at serene_chiba@hot mail.com I don’t own Sailor Moon and I never will. Sailor Moon is the property of Toei animation and DIC. Once again stay tuned after this for another sneak peak. Also, if you want to see the next part f the story before I post it on this site go to my web site at http://www.angelfir e.com/sd/serene The rest of this story is from Darien’s point of view. One more thing. If you thinke you know who the little girl in reis vision is your probubly right, but hey, Darien need something to cheer him up. You’ll see what I mean in this next section. Where Oh Where has my Serena Gone Part 3 By Serene When I got home all I could think about was her. My little Meatball head. It hurt me so much to know she had been brainwashed by the Negaverse. Worst of all there was nothing I could do about it. No, this was too much. I can’t handle this. The past year has been...well there is only one word I can think of to describe it. Hell. Pure torture. Time itself seemed to stand still. Every second had seemed like an eternity. Every second I thought about her. Every second had been pure torture. I had just finally accepted that she was dead. My life had been at a standstill since that unforgettable Halloween night. when Serena Usagi Tuskino, *my* meatball head, *my* sailor Moon *my* princess had been taken, ripped, stolen from me and from my life. When she was taken a part of my sole had been taken with her. It brought me some comfort to know that she was alive, but that little comfort was stolen from me when I remembered that she had been brainwashed by the Negavers. My life was just starting to move on. Why? Why did I have to get this news now. I would prefer her to be dead rather than live the life of a Negaverse slave. I could guess what she was going through for I have been through it as well. "I can’t... I can’t let her go through this. I am going to set you free again Serena. I promise. They will not have you as long as I am alive Serena." I cried into the empty room. I went into my bedroom and sat on my bed. I buried my face in my hands. I wanted to cry. I wanted to scream. I had been the only one at the meeting who didn’t cry the whole time. I shed a few tears for Serena but that was it. I couldn’t cry now. It hurt to much. A reflection of light caught my eye. I looked on My bedside table and picked up a picture of Serena and Me. It was his favorite picture of her. It was Valentines Day. The year was 1998. Last year. He traced her face with his finger. I stared at her picture for Quite some time. My thoughts trailed back to that wonderful Valentines Day as I reached into a drawer and pulled out a gold star. It was the Star Locket. Serena’s symbol for everything we shared. I lifted the lid to hear It’s beautiful melody. The music helped me to relive that Valentines day. ************** ************** "It’s 6:00. Serena should be here any minute." I said to myself as I looked a t my watch. I took a small box out of my pocket and lifted the lid. Inside there was a gold ring with a crescent moon. The moon was 100% white crystal. I thought, I put it back in my pocket and looked up at the full moon. I looked around me. There is a lake in front of me. It looked magnificent with the Moon reflecting off of it. The water was so calm. It reminded me of the palace in Crystal Tokyo. Those buildings looked like, or (let me correct myself) will look like crystals. The lake was almost that same color as those buildings, especially with the moon reflecting off of it. the water was also so calm it looked like a crystal lake. The land was equally beautiful that night. The roses were such an exquisite color in the moonlight. They were also just buds, almost completely closed but open enough so you could see their petles and tell what they were, putting their petles in the most romantic position they could. they sparkled with the dew that was on them. My eyes strayed to the tall old oak tree beside me. It’s leaves stretched out as far as they would go. It almost seemed to glow with a kind of energy that I couldn’t quite understand. Suddenly something caught my eye. there was a movement in the shadow of the tree. The figure moved tward me slowly, cautiosly. "Who are you?" I asked since I couldn’t see their face. A ray of moonlight penitrated the tree’s leaves and landed on her eyes. "Darien, it’s me, Serena." she told me as she steped into the light. Her hair wasn’t up in meatballs. In fact the only hair I saw were her bangs. The rest of it was up in the hood of her coat. The coat was long and lined with fur. From what I could tell in the dim light, the coat seemed brown. Her face ( which was always clean{no make- up} around me ) was lightly covered in makeup which greatly heightened her features. Her eye shadow made her eyes seem even bigger. She had on light rose colored lipstick completing the new look on her face. The shoes she had on looked like a pair of fancy white boots. " If you don’t mind Darien, could you get your jaw off the ground?" She asked me and smiled warmly. She came over to me and gave me warm hug. "Happy Valentines Day Darien, my love." I tilted her head up so she had to look at me. I bent down and whispered lovingly in her ear "Happy Valentines Day Serena, my only love." She pulled her head back and looked me in the eye. That’s when it happened. the trance we both knew so well had clamed us once again. We just stared into each other’s eyes, lost in each other’s sea of blue. Before I was aware of what was happening we were almost kissing and getting closer still. We stood like that for a long time, sharing a long kiss. Finally we came up for air and stared at each other’s eyes again. After a while she started to take off her coat. "It’s getting warm out here." she Explained and indeed it was getting warm. I wathed her take off her coat revealing to me a white dress That came down to just above her knees. It looked lkkkdown right elegant The way it huged her perfect figure. The sleeves were short. On her arm she wore a bracelet of perils. On her neck she wore a golden heart shaped locket. She also wore a chain around her waist made of large heart shaped links that fit loosely on her waist. As she finished unbuttoning her coat and removed it her hair cascaded down her back. It wasn’t up in meatballs today, but sown, brushed flat. It was the first time I had seen her hair down. She was *so* beautiful. Her hair perfectly framed her face in long, silky, golden strands. She smiled at me. It was then that I realized that my jaw was hanging slightly. I closed my mouth laid a hand on her cheek. Her hand went up and held mine to her. she leaned into my hand heavily, closed her eyes and sighed. I leaned closer to her ear and whispered lovingly, "You are soooo beautiful tonight Serena. Compared to you the scenery is bleak." She sighed heavily, drinking in my words. "I have something to give you my princess." "Hmmm. What is it my love?" I took out the box with the ring and opened it facing her. Her eyes lit up as she sucked in her breath. "Oh Darien, it’s beautiful. Is it what I think it is?" That depends on what you think it is." She looked at me with glowing eyes. "Is it an engagment ring?" "Yes. What do you say." She flung her arms around my neck and kissed me. When we parted she moved to my ear and wispered," Ithink you know my answer already." I smiled and took the ring from the box. She held out her hand and I slipped the ring onto her finger. ************** ************** * I closed my eyes tightly. That seemed so long ago and yet I remember it like it was yesterday. I cried then. I placed the locket and the picture on the table and flung myself on my pillow. I cried and cried like a scared and hurt little boy. I cried until I couldn’t cry anymore, and then I fell asleep letting the music from the locket sing me to sleep. even the scouts didn’t know that we were engaged. We just told everyone that we were still just lovers. We still wanted to enjoy dating and Serena was still a little too young to be married yet. These were my thoughts as I fell into a deep sleep. ************** ***** "Darien help me. Darien help. AHHHHHHH!!!!" ] "Serena. Where are you?!? Serenaaaa!!" I ran threw the darkness calling her name, "Serenaaaa!" I came upon two figures. They were her parents. "Serena," Ken said, "But she’s dead." Ilene burst into tears and he held her. "NO. NO your lying. I wont believe it. I can’t believe it." I turned on my heal and ran. I ran and ran and ran until I came upon another figure. She turned around. It was Sailor Moon. "You have failed me Darien." She told me coldly. "You have failed in your mission to protect me." "NOOOO !" I screamed and ran from the cold face. This time I ran into Luna. "Luna! Where is Serena?" She turned and looked at me. "Don’t you know Darien. Serena is dead." She got up revealing the star locket. "Hear, take this to remember her by." Then She disappeared. I fell to my knees and picked up the locket. I lifted the lid but no music came out. It wouldn’t play music if Serena was dead. I screamed up into the darkness. ************** ************ "AHHHH HHHH!!!" I woke up screaming. I was also shaking violently, no, someone was shaking me. I opened my eyes to see who was shaking me. When my eyes focused I saw Amy and the other girls, all looking worried. "What are you guyed doing here?" I asked. " We were supposed to meet over an hour ago at the temple remember. You never showed up so we decided to come here and see what was up. You must have been in really bad shape last night. you left the door unlocked and open." Lita Said worriedly. " Well what did you expect. I thought my feoncee was dead and now I hear that she is alive and in the clutches of the Negavers?" I asked her coldly. "Woah. Wait a minute. Back up a bit there. Feoncee! When did this happen? I thought you guys were just *close*. When did you decide to take the next step?" Mina asked astonished. "Valentine s Day before last." "What!!!!" "Don’t look so shocked. It’s not like we didn’t know what the future was supposed to hold." "Well It’s just that you never said anything ."Michelle Said "Yeah well we wanted to enjoy things the way they were a little longer and Serena was still a minor." I was struggling to keep a level voice. Just thinking about the fact that we were feoncees made me hurt immensely. I guess Rei could sense my mental state because She asked the girls to go and wait in the living room. When they were gone she asked, "Darien, are you all right?" "No! No I’m not all right! What did you think, that I was fine! I...." She reached over and hugged me, comforting me. "Shhhh. I know Darien. I know. We are all hurting." "Thank you Rei. Give me a minute and then I’ll be out there." When I went out there I had changed into a yellow shirt and blue jenes. " So are we going to try this again?" Just then I heard the phone ring. "Arrrg. Excuse me." I said and went to the phone. "Hello." "Hi Darien. It’s Janice. I was just wondering how you were fairing on your decision." "Well I really haven’t given it much thought. Didn’t I say I would call you?" "I know but The Orphanage has just gotten hold of three more kids. We *really* need her out of here." "Hmmm. I see. How would a temporary thing do, just to see how she would fit into my life." "Even a temporary thing would be good. When would be a good time for you to come over and pick her up?" "How about tomorrow afternoon say 3ish." "All right. She’ll be ready. Buy." "Buy." I hung up the phone and went back into the livingroom. "Who was it." Erica asked. I sighed. "Janice." "Who?" I looked up and decided that now was as good a time as any to tell them. " Janice works for some orphanage, I forget the name. Anyway it turns out I have a little Sister. They want me To take her in dew to overcrowding." "What are you going to do?" "Well I agreed to a temporary thing, but I don’t think I’m to be able to baby-sit and be your leader at the same time." "Serena did remember. The first time we met Reeny. You both baby-sat and were still able to fight." Mina Said. "Hey back up again. I thought you told me you didn’t have any other relatives." Rei asked. "You know I have amesia, so I wouldn’t remember her. What I‘m is that this is going to make my job harder." We’ll manage. I think It’s nice that you have a living relative left." Amy said. "Luna. Would it be too much of a bother to ask you to move in with mw and play baby- sitter?" I asked her. "Not at all. Life At the Tuskino’s has been going slow and boring. I don’t think they would even miss me if I left." "Thanks Luna. I owe you one." "Just keep my food bowl full and I’’ be happy." they all laughed a little. ************** ********* Now all that needs to be taken cair of is the preview. Here it is. ************** ************ While the girls were fighting Tuzedo Mask jumped in front of Serena. she looked a little anoyed. "Serena. Wake up Serena. Come on. we have to get out of here." I’m not going anywhere with you cape boy." He was stunned. He had never heard that tone in her voice directed at him. She thrust her hand foward sending a blast of energy at him. He bairly dodged it. He threw one of his old roses at her but missed. She fired again. ************** *****