Who was he, was he real, he was so handsome! I woke up from my dream asking myself these questions. I'd been in the garden crying about something and a tall handsome young man with the most beautiful blue eyes came up to me and held me. He didn't speak and I knew he loved me, I knew that he hated to see me cry and he held me til' I woke up. Great! Now I was dreaming of strange, handsome young men! What next, will I dream of Darien coming back to life! < Whoa I thought, where did that come from? > Darien's gone, he's dead and he'll never come back, I loved him like a brother and he left me! < No!> I yelled at myself < I won't do this again, he's gone I have to get over it. > I knew the truth though, I would never get over him. I lay back down on my bed and sobbed into my pillow, when I felt better I stood up and went to my bathroom, I turned on the water and got into the shower. After I showered I got dressed in one of the new outfits Mina had bought me for my birthday last year. It was a black tank top and matching black skirt with red rose print. I had always loved roses, ever since I was little I was fascinated by them, They were beautiful and I had never seen them before. Roses couldn't be grown on the moon. Once when I was little I went to a party with my mother on earth. I was sent off to the nursery to play with the other princes and princesses. When I got there I found Prince Darien in the adjoining room sitting in a corner crying. I asked him what was wrong and he said that one of his best friends was moving. He looked so sad and I couldn't stand to see him with tears running down his chubby little cheeks, so I went out to the garden and grabbed a bunch of roses, the thorns cut my hands but I didn't care, all I wanted was to make Darien happy. I got back to his room and handed him the roses. He grabbed a pitcher of water that was for all the kids to drink and placed all six roses in the glass, then he set the glass on the table. "Thank you Serena" he said. I smiled up at him, glad that I could make him feel better. He leaned toward me and our lips met for a moment before we both pulled away and we stared at each other. We sat together on his bed and talked until the party was over, he was still very shy, but I managed to get him to tell me how he felt about his life and how he felt about his father. I thought it was terrible to grow up without a father and told him so. I kissed him again right before I left and that was the last time I saw him, I had loved roses ever since then. They reminded me of my first kiss. I looked over at the clock on my bedside table, it was 3:38. Oh my god I'm late for the party! I ran out into the garden and teleported to Venus, I ran as fast as I could to Mina's house and walked in. There was no sound, something was wrong. Mina had invited all the princes' and princess's to a party at her house to celebrate Prince Adam's birthday. Where was everybody, the door had been open when she walked in. She checked all the rooms, when she got to Mina's room she screamed, a maid was lying on the floor, blood running down her face and her eyes were open and staring. This was wrong! This was all wrong, how could this happen, where was everyone, oh my god what was I going to do! I ran out of the house and teleported back to the palace. I ran to my mother's study and found her at a conference with the royalty of all the planets. I burst through the door, I must look terrible I thought, I was crying and my hands were covered with blood. My mother ordered everyone out and ran to me when the last person shut the door behind them.
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"Oh my god Serena what happened, are you alright?"
"I'm fine mother. I went to Mina's house for Adams' birthday party, when I went to the door it was open, all the lights were out and no one was there. I went to Mina's room and found a servant dead! Oh mother what happened, where's Mina!" I yelled sobbing into my mothers' dress.
"It's all right Serena everything will be ok, we'll find Mina and all the others, don't worry. You just go back to your room now and go to sleep, I'll handle everything."
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I ran back to my room and collapsed in a heap on my bed. I didn't even bother to undress, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillows.
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