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Title: Happily Ever After (With a Little Bit of Butt Kicking In Between)

Authors: Mstar (My idea so my name 1st! *Ouch!!!* Mystic Moon just whacked me on the back on the head. By the way, when I mention Mystic Moon and myself, I'm Mary and M.M.'s Jessi. Those are our REAL names.) and Mystic Moon

E-mail: NutCase55@worldbreak.com and jessimotto@1colony.com

Chapter: Prologue~And so the Madness Begins...

Rating: G

Summary: Serena is forced to join a reading club at her school due to her below average reading grade. It doesn't help that her mortal enemy's the instructor. But when a Nega-creep with "special" powers attacks in the middle of a meeting, the world becomes a Sleeping Beauty story (YES, Sleeping Beauty, NOT Cinderella. That is SO cliché.) with a MAJOR twist (and a little bit of butt kicking, of course ^^).

Genre: U & M Romance/Comedy/Alternate Reality

Disclaimer: Jessi-chan doesn't own Sailor Moon, but I do!!!!!!! I wish!!! No I was just kidding. Sailor Moon is NOT mine *sigh*, but is the property of Ms. Naoko Takeucki, to whom I would like to say THANKS!!! If it weren't for her, loads of people would be out of a job and I wouldn't be sitting here typing in the 1st place and so would a whole lot of bored psychos like myself! Sleeping Beauty is also owned by Disney (no duh).

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I'd like to thank me for this idea! *Ouch!* Jessi-chan hit me again. Jessi-chan helped with ideas to move the story along. I'm writing the even numbered chapters and Jessi-chan's writing the odd (Because she's odd!!!!! *Ouch!* Jessi-chan just elbowed me.), so that leaves me here writing the prologue. By the way, ..... denotes thought. *.....* are author's notes and I KNOW Rei doesn't go to the other's school, but she does in this story and so does Darien. The girls are sophomores and Darien's a senior. Now stop listening to reading the results of a yak attack and start reading the story!!!

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"Miss. Tsukino, PLEASE pay attention!" Ms. Haruna yelled as she snapped Serena out of 1 of her frequent Tuxedo Mask/Sailor Moon daydreams. Ms. Haruna satisfied that Serena had arrived from her journey back down to Earth safely, continued, "THIS is important to those of you having trouble in reading. There is going to be a reading club every day from 3:00 to 4:30, starting tomorrow. Those of you with a reading grade of 80 or below are required to join. That includes you Miss. Tsukino." Ms. Haruna made this point as she glared at Serena who was starting to fall back into her usual stupor. "If you'd like, those of you have a grade above 80 may also join. The instructor is 1 of the top reading students in senior year here at this high school. His name is Darien Chiba and-," Ms. Haruna stopped as she joined the rest of the class in staring at Serena, who had just fallen out of her seat. "What?!" Serena shrieked. "You are meaning to tell me I HAVE to spend an hour and a half each DAY with the biggest jerk in Tokyo formally known as Darien?!" At this comment, half the class burst out laughing. "Yes," replied Ms. Haruna who was losing her patience, VERY quickly. "I rather have DETENTION, than have to be around that conceded idiot!" Serena moaned. Ms. Haruna had had it. "Fine, you have a WEEK'S worth of detentions-," At this, Serena brightened up. "AFTER the reading club!" Ms. Haruna finished. "As I was saying," Ms. Haruna continued. "They had the seniors write an essay depicting ideas to help students with their work and Mr. Chiba's idea won." Serena slumped back down into her desk, sulking and stayed that way for the rest of class.

As Serena headed to the arcade with Mina, Amy, Rei, and Lita, she was still sulking about what happened during Ms. Haruna's reading class. When they arrived at the arcade, Darien was already there and as soon as Serena saw him, she ran up to him whacked him upside the head. "What was that for?" he asked while staring uneasily at Serena's hands, not wanting to be hit again. With a tremendous "UUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Serena shouted for all the world to hear, "Because of YOU I now have to spend 2 hours at school, more than I have to. And 3 fourths of that time I have to spend with YOU!!!" Serena was fuming, so Lita tried to comfort her. "Calm down Serena! It won't be too bad, I think." Serena's expression suddenly changed from anger to mischievousness. "It won't," Serena said with a smirk. "Because I signed y'all up for the club too, because I KNOW you guys wouldn't leave ME with that egotistical psycho." "YOU WHAT?!" screamed Mina, Rei, and Lita in unison. Amy on the other hand, was a WHOLE other story. "Oh THANKS Serena! I was meaning to sign up but I forgot," she said. Darien started to laugh as he watched Rei start to scream at Serena. "To think I caused all this chaos," he replied. All he got from that comment was 4 angry glares (as in Serena, Mina, Rei, and Lita). Darien laughed, and trailed into his own thoughts. Sheesh! The only reason I agreed to DO this whole reading club thing, was the fact that I KNEW Serena would be in it. Andrew, Darien's best friend, seemed to have read his thoughts and said to Darien in a voice that only Darien could hear, "Smooth move Dare, agreeing to instruct the reading club, JUST so you can see Serena. What's next? A MATH club?" "What makes you think that?" Darien asked cautiously. "It is SO obvious," Mina replied as she popped up out of nowhere. "WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?!" Darien shouted. MAN!!! The girl scared me out of my wits and last time I checked she was talking to Lita and Amy, OVER THERE! "Over there," Mina said innocently as she gestured towards the Sailor V game. "Yeah!" replied Lita, who like Mina, popped out of seemingly nowhere. This time resulting in Darien falling out of his chair. "The way you're always STAREING at Serena..." "It's a wonder, that Rei and Serena haven't noticed," Amy finished for Lita, and once again, freaking Darien out by popping up from nowhere. *I would use a word other than nowhere, but the synonyms I can think of just don't stress my point across.* "WILL YOU GUYS STOP THAT!!!!!!" Darien shouted at the 3 girls. Amy shrugged and replied, "I don't know how we're doing it in the 1st place. This is totally against the laws of physics." "I don't know the laws of physics," Mina said in reply. "Me neither," Lita agreed. "Anyway," Mina said as she turned them all back to the subject. "Darien, you hide your emotions well, but that didn't stop ME from finding out." "Or me," said Lita, Amy, and Andrew in unison. Darien let out an exasperated sigh and replied, "Whatever, but all I know is that if you tell a single living soul, INCLUDING, no ESPECIALLY Serena, I will see to it personally that you die a VERY painful death." Lita just rolled her eyes and said, "Whatever," while Mina just sat and looked disappointed because she couldn't tell Serena. Andrew only smirked and Amy made like Lita and rolled her eyes.

Several things happened over the next few days. 1st of all, Serena managed to bribe Mina into dressing up with "meatballs" in her hair, and pretending to be Serena so the actual Serena could get out of the reading club. When "Serena" showed up in the classroom the club took place, things went um, oh see read for yourself:

"Hey all!" Mina replied rather cheerfully. Darien raised an eyebrow and said, "Hey Meatball Head, aren't you a little TOO cheerful? Yesterday you hit me upside the head!" Mina blushed slightly and answered, "Well, I um, changed my mind!" "If I didn't know better, I'd say you are most definitely NOT Serena Tsukino," Darien replied. "What makes you think that?" asked Mina cautiously. "Where should I start?" Darien said as he started to walk around Mina. "1st of all, meatballs does a Meatball Head not make." "Should I point out the double negative?" Mina replied sarcastically. "That's not the point," Darien continued. "1, your hair's not the same length as Serena's. 2, you don't talk like Serena. And 3, Serena and I can't stay in the same room for at least a minute without arguing. So as I said before, just because you have the same hairdo, or don't in Serena's case, does NOT make you an exact replica of ole' Meatball Head. So I better go to the arcade and drag her kicking and screaming over here." "Why don't you just make sure she comes tomorrow?" Mina inquired. Darien answered this question by pulling out a slip of paper and reading it.

"Darien,

Please make sure Serena attends the reading club meetings. Even if you have to drag her there kicking and screaming. The only excuse she should have from them is if she is death sick in the hospital ^^. She really needs to bring up her reading grade so it's essential that she goes to the meetings. Just don't be TOO hard on her. The reason she has detention afterward is because she made a "point" in expressing her great dislike of you.

Thank You,

Ms. Haruna"

Serena didn't take lightly to the fact that Darien had been ORDERED to make sure she attended the meetings. It didn't help that she and Darien fought at least once at every meeting. Things went much like that until shortly after the 3rd week when something REALLY weird happened. It was in the middle of a club meeting, in which they were finishing the unabridged version of Sleeping Beauty, when Fantasia attacked. *YES. Fantasia the MOVIE belongs to Disney, but this is NOT the movie, it's the Nega-creep mentioned in the summary.* She burst into the room the reading club was in saying, "Darn it! I was too late for regular school hours, but I can still get the after schoolers!" She was dressed in a costume that resembled that of a pink flamingo. "I am the glamorous Fantasia!!!" she shouted as she hit people with a yo-yo like thing and sucking their energy. "Fantasia?" Rei replied. "Wasn't that that boring movie with the flamingos with yo-yos?" "Yeah!" Mina added. Those flamingos freak me out!" "Me too!" Ami agreed. *THE FLAMINGOS WITH YO-YOS WAS NOT MY IDEA!!! IT WAS JESSI-CHAN'S!!!* "You'll pay for that comment!!!" Fantasia shrieked, and with that, she sucked out Mina's, Rei's, and Amy's energy. Lita and Serena quickly got together and started whispering hurriedly. "We're going to have to transform in front of Darien!" Serena whispered urgently. Lita didn't answer though, because she was suddenly hit by the yo-yo thing and drained. Serena's mind was spinning. Hopefully, if Darien knows I'm Sailor Moon he'll leave me alone in fear that I'll moon dust him. Darien, in his little corner of the room, had similar thoughts running through his head. I've gotta protect Serena, but the only way I can is if I transform in front of her! Oh well, I'll kick the flamingo's butt and sort it all out later. Heck! Maybe it'll even make Serena like me once she knows I'm Tuxedo Mask! Suddenly, there was a great flash of light as both Serena and Darien transformed at once. "You're Tuxedo Mask!" Serena shouted as Darien yelled, "You're Sailor Moon!" BOOM!!! A great ball of red light engulfed the both of them. All they could hear was the evil laughter of Fantasia as they grabbed on to each other. "Darien!" Serena yelled and "Serena!" Darien shouted as they were torn away from each other by the spell. Darien was slammed down on a luxurious bed in a beautiful room in a castle. He noticed he was now dressed as a medieval prince. Serena was slammed down on a fairly comfortable bed in a cottage. She too noticed that she was dressed differently, except that instead of like a prince, she was dressed in a plain medieval dress. All of a sudden, an image appeared in front of them, each seeing the same image in their different rooms. It showed Fantasia, who started talking. "Hello Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon. Or should I say Prince Darien and Sleeping Beauty? Yes, you were both sucked into the book that was lying near the fight. I have the power to put people into books or movies and the only way to get out is to go along with the book the way it was written and defeat the villain at the end, as in me. By the way, your friends are characters in the story too but you 2 are the only ones that actually know that this is a fictional story, although you Can get hurt. I hope you read the book the whole way through!" And with that, she burst into villainous laughter and the image faded away. Darien was angry and happy at the same time. So we have to do the story the way it is in the book and Serena's Sailor Moon too. Darien smiled. COOL!!!!! I get to kiss Serena and get married to her like in the book and movie!!! And besides, I think Sailor Moon LIKES Tuxedo Mask ^^. Serena, however, was in despair. I CAN'T believe Darien's Tuxedo Mask! And Tuxedo Mask was hot too! Oh no! That means Darien's hot and I DON'T DENY IT!!! AHHHHHHHH!!! The prince KISSES AND MARRIES Sleeping Beauty in the book and movie!!! AND THERE'S STILL THE CHANCE THAT I MIGHT ACTUALLY ENJOY IT!!! Serena put her hands to the heavens and screamed, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!