Chapter 1

A black cat jumped onto a bed with a blonde, meatball headed girl soundly sleeping. The cat jumped on the girls chest.

"Serena. It's time for school," the cat said.

Serena opened her eyes and stretched. She sat the cat down on the edge of her bed and walked to her dresser.

"Thanks for the wake up call, Luna. I have to be at school on time to keep up my almost perfect attendance," Serena said.

Serena pulled on her clothes, grabbed Luna, and walked downstairs.

Serena's adoptive mom was making toast for her kids. She waved to her adoptive daughter and handed her a plate of toast.

"Your backpack and lunch are in the living room, dear," Serena's adoptive mom said.

"Thanks, Mom." Serena took a bite of her toast and sat at the dining table.

Serena's adoptive dad sat at the table, reading the newspaper. He looked over his newspaper.

"Morning, honey." He groaned. "Your brother is going to be late again."

Serena finished her toast, grabbed her backpack and lunch, and walked to school.

Serena walked into the courtyard of her school. She dodged chatting girls and boys until she found her five friends sitting on a bench together.

A girl with short blue hair stuck her nose in a history book. Next to her sat a girl with a brown ponytail with a science test in her hand.

"This is ridiculous!" the brown headed girl said. "I miss one study session and I get a C! Come on!"

A blonde headed girl with a big red bow looked up from filing her nails and at her friend. "Don't sweat it, Lita. You have great science grades and everyone knows it."

Lita gave a small smile at her friend. "Thanks Mina but-"

"Don't lie to yourself, Mina," a girl with long black hair said. "Amy's got the best grades in science and everything."

Amy looked up from her history book. "Huh?"

"Thank you, Rei!" Lita said sarcastically.

Serena walked over to her friends. "Hi girls. What's kicking?"

"I got a C!" Lita complained.

"I finished my nails!" Mina triumphed.

"I made Lita more upset!" Rei giggled.

Everyone looked at Amy who was still reading her history book.

Once she realized she was being watched, she looked up at us. "Hi Serena!"

Everyone, except Amy, giggled until the bell rang and the boys and girls raced to class.

After school...

Serena waved bye to her friends and started walking back home. On her way she stopped at the store to grab some drawing pencils. She was halfway home when someone bumped into her. Serena stopped herself from falling. She looked up to see a familiar face.

"Hi Princess," the man said .

Serena smiled at him. "Hi Darien. Nice running into you."

Darien smiled at his Moon Princess and soulmate.

"I've gotta bounce but I'll see you later," Serena said.

Serena walked past Darien, then allowing herself to blush. She opened the door to her house and immediately smelled something delicious.

Serena set her backpack down and walked into the kitchen. Her mom was dumping cookies into a bag.

"What's that, Mom?" Serena asked.

"Some cookies for your brother." She turned to face Serena. Serena clasped a hand over her mouth.

Her mom was a mess! Her hair looked wild and super tangled, her eyes looked tired and red, she was twitching an awful lot, and she was stuffing cookies in her mouth.

"Wanna try one?" She stretched a twitching hand out to Serena and handed her a cookie. Then she turned back to the bag.

"Thanks?" Serena said. "I'll be in my room."

On the way, she threw the cookie in the trash and wiped her hands on her skirt.

Serena went to her bedroom and locked her door. Luna slept peacefully on Serena's bed.

"Luna. Wake up." Serena said.

Luna opened her eyes and stood up. "Hi Serena. How was school?"

"School? School?! No we are not worrying about school. We are worrying about Mom!"

Luna put her paws up. "Sorry for asking. Let me start over. Hi Serena. How is your mom?"

"Horrible!" Serena shrieked. "She looks so messed up! I'm worried about her, Luna. And I know that those cookies caused it! I'm gonna make my mom better. Are you with me Luna?"

I hope you like the first chapter. It was kind of short but there are more to come! Peace out!

-Sailor Jupiter11