Author's Note: Hi Everyone! This is my first fic ever! I hope you like it! The nect chapter should be up in a few days!

Chapter One

A lonely canoe hovered in the middle of a wide lake, it's occupant stretched across the bottom and dainty feet propped up on the bow. She appeared no more than fifteen years old with flawless skin and a stunningly slim figure. Her large cerulean eyes stared up at the cloudless sky basked with unanswered questions as she subconsciously reached up and swatted at her bangs. Her golden tendrils tickled her forehead and extended in two ridiculously long pigtails put up in two identical buns or as a few people referred to them as "meatballs."

A black cat with a strange symbol of a crescent moon on the center of it's forehead mewed aggressively and prodded it's owner.

"Leave me alone, Luna!" the girl muttered in an annoyed voice. "You are the one who tagged along, remember? It's your own fault."

The cat hissed shaking her head and sent a glare in the girl's direction. "We have been here since twelve in the afternoon! Just how long do you plan on being out here, Serena? We have a scout meeting to get to!"

"Oh, you're such a drama queen, Luna." Serena said, rolling her eyes. "The meeting isn't for another few hours."

Luna sighed in exasperation. "Why can't you do something more productive?"

Serena smirked at her pet. "Well, If you want to do something more productive then why don't you jump into the water and swim to the bank?!"

"I have no intention of - "

"Scaredy cat!" Serena taunted in a sing song voice. Luna growled and pounced atop of Serena's stomach causing the girl to gasp. "Ow! Luna!"

"Serena, you have got to start acting more seriously about this scout business." Luna informed. "Now that the negaverse is launching attacks every other day we need to keep a closer eye on Reenie. Who knows what - "

"I am sick and tired of that little pink haired annoying brat!" Serena ranted. She sat up with a look of complete fury. "Why do I always have to be nice to her? It's not like she's so innocent herself!"

Luna couldn't believe her ears. "You are so selfish, Serena! You have got to learn to put all that behind you and be the bigger person! You promised that little girl that you would always be there for her whenever she needed you. It is your duty as Sailor Moon!"

Serena paused, the memory of the first encounter with Rubeus and the Weird Sisters coming into play. Her eyes softened a bit as she recalled the emotional scene between her and Reenie. The little girl's eyes had been filled with so much hurt and sadness that Serena couldn't take it. She vowed on behalf of the moon to watch after her and bring her back home to help her mother.

"Serena?"

"I guess you're right, Luna." she replied in a soft voice. "I'm sorry. I dunno what got into me.." she smiled lightly. "I'll take us back to nice sturdy ground." her arms reached for the row paddle, but a sudden movement and her hand knocked into the object, causing it to splash into the lake. "Oh no!"

"Now look at what you've done!" Luna stated in exasperation.

"It's not the end of the world, Luna." Serena said with a nervous chuckle. She turned her back on the cat and leaned over the edge of the canoe to reach for the paddle. "Just... a little farther and... Ahh!" under her weight the canoe tipped over, dumping both her and Luna into the cold water.

Serena found her bearings as she floated underneath the water and broke the surface, gagging and sputtering. Luna came up a moment later, looking rather unhappy as Serena gingerly placed her atop her head.

"Well, that's unfortunate..." Serena said, swimming over to the upside down boat and turning it over right up. She tried to climb back in, but too much weight on one side kept causing the canoe to tip over each time. "Oh.. Now what?"

Luna shook her head. "Looks like you'll have to swim, Serena."

"Swimming..." Serena muttered. She gulped. "You see, that would be a great solution if I knew how to swim!"

"You don't know how to swim?" Luna repeated in disbelief.

Serena glared at her. "Like you can?"

Luna scowled, a red tint forming on her cheeks at the retort.

"Ahoy there, Miss! Are you in need of assistance?"

Serena shrieked in surprise, losing grip on her turned over canoe and plunged back into the water.Not knowing what else to do, Serena began to kick and fling her arms violently to stay above the surface, but her attempts failed. She began to sink and swallowed large amounts of water as she struggled to swim upwards.

Luna who had jumped atop of the canoe that had flipped before she joined Serena back into the cool lake. She nearly had an anxiety attack as she pawed at the water, meowing loudly as a boy in an identical canoe hurriedly paddled over to the rescue.

"Hold on!" he shouted, standing up and without hesitation dived after her.

"Please be alright," Luna muttered to herself as he craned her neck.

In a splash, Serena surfaced sputtering and coughing, her arms wrapped tightly around her rescuers neck as he swam them to his boat. He carefully lifted Serena into the boat and then pulled himself in after her.

"Oh, my ... c-cat - Luna." Serena gasped breathlessly, pointing to where Luna was meowing atop the bottom of their flipped canoe.

The boy nodded, reaching over and scooped up Luna in his hand, placing her gently in Serena's arms.

"Are you alright?" he asked, noticing that Serena's head was lolling. He grabbed her by the shoulders. "Hey! Hey, wake up!"

"Nighty night..." Serena slurred, her eyes rolling into the back of her head before she layed completely limp in his arms.

The boy chuckled despite the situation, slowly untangling her from his arms and draped a blanket over her drenched frame. His eyes settled onto the kitten beside him. "Just you and me for now, huh, kitten." his eyes furrowed as he noticed the crescent moon. "Woah, that's strange. Do you come from the moon or something?" he laughed at the look Luna gave him. "Perhaps it's just a sticker, then. People do some weird things to their pets, but to put a sticker on it's fur..." he trailed off as he began to row back to the bank.

Luna regarded the boy slightly and grounded herself protectively in front of Serena. He was giving of some strange vibes, they weren't evil, but she still didn't trust him in the slightest. Her eyes were pulled to the unconscious form of her charge and hoped she'd awake soon.

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