Hello Minna-san! How are ya'll doing? Anyways, I know that I told everybody last week that my next story would be titled "Once Upon A Dream." This story was originally part of it but decided to turn it into a two different piece. "Somewhere In Time" happened in the past and "Once Upon A Dream" will take place in the modern days.

Anyways, again I want to say ARIGATO for everybody who read and reviewed "So It's You" I really appreciate it and you guys gave me inspiration to write another story. You guys are the BEST!

I also want to THANK Lunadoragon for helping me pick a name for Seiya.

Now, let's get on with the story!

Usagi: Serenity

Seiya: Karasu

Mamoru: Endymion

Setsuna: Emerald

This is AU and a little OOC. Gomen Haruka-lovers for I turn her bad in my story. Sorry I needed some bad guys and didn't want to create new characters!

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon and its characters.

Serenity a beautiful wealthy girl has cerulean blue eyes and long blonde hair that goes all the way to her ankles. She would always fix her hair up in two odango like pigtails in each side on top of her head. Serenity is easy going and very lighthearted. She likes to have fun, can make friends with about just anybody and doesn't stay mad for a very long time. People just find it hard to hate her. Serenity also has the most beautiful smile that can light up a dark room, but that bright smile is not visible in her face today. She is slowly walking down the aisle dress in a beautiful embroidered and beaded white wedding gown, with a sweetheart neckline and cathedral train. She is holding a bouquet of white and pink roses in her delicate small hands. A very long white veil that has rhinestone here and there flows from the back of her head all the way to the train of her dress.

The same thin white fabric of veil covers her face but you can still see through it. You can see her heart-shaped face through the light, thin fabric and there is no joy written in her normally smiling face. Her face looks hollowed and tired, like she hasn't been sleeping or eating for the last couple of weeks. Her eyes are bloodshot red from crying and would throw angry glances at her older sister Haruka, and her lover Michiru who sits in the front pew of the church. There is nothing but anger in her heart for her only and older sister but every time her eyes would meet Endymion, who is standing dumbfounded in front of the altar waiting for her with the priest, fresh new tears will flow from her cerulean eyes. Serenity thought there will be no more tears left inside of her, since she has been crying since the day of her engagement with Endymion was announced not too long ago.

.:Eight Years Ago:.

A ten year old Serenity is running around the forest outside her family's estate. Both of her parents have died almost two years ago leaving her and her older sister to watch out and take care of her. Haruka, a tomboy with short sandy blonde hair and green eyes, didn't mind if Serenity would play in the forest, since she was the same exact way when she was her younger sister's age. Serenity is climbing up a tree, wanting to sit on one of its branches, but on her way up one of the smaller branches that she is stepping on snaps under her weight making her lose her balance and causing her to fall back on the ground. She hits her back pretty hard and she started crying as she lay on her side in a fetal position with both hand covering her face.

A boy her age, with indigo eyes and long blue-black hair that is done up in a low ponytail saw her falling of the tree and he comes running to her. He sits besides the crying girl.

"Are you okay? Are you wounded?" He asks the little girl as he helps her sit up. She wipes the tears off her face with the sleeves of her dress. She nodded yes then shows the boy the few scrapes in her arm that she has obtained from her fall. The little boy started laughing at Serenity.

"That will not kill you Odango, it's just a scrape!"

"Don't call me Odango!" She says glaring at the boy. She is no longer crying.

"Okay Odango" he says as he taps one of her odangoes on her head.

"I have a name you know." She retorts back.

"Then, what is your name Odango?" She glares at him again.

"I am not telling you!" She sticks her tongue out at him then looks away.

He starts chuckling. His dancing indigo eyes never left her face. She looks back at him with annoyance written all over her cerulean eyes. She lets out a "HMPH!" as she crosses her arms by her chest. She turns her face away from him with her eyes close. The little blue-black haired boy stops himself from laughing some more when he sees that Serenity is getting more irritated.

"You know, I bet you look very pretty when you smile."

"HMPH!" she made that same sound still facing away from the boy but now her eyes are no longer shut.

"I'll show you something beautiful if you give me a smile." He said teasingly.

She turns to look at him again, curiosity written all over her heart-shaped face while her eyes sparkles with eagerness. The raven-haired boy gets up and extends his hand to Serenity and helps her up from the ground.

"By the way, my name is Karasu. My sister Kakyuu and I live in a cottage by the river." He says still holding unto the hand of the blonde-haired girl, while his other hand points to the direction of his house.

"I'm Serentiy and I live over there." She says pointing at the opposite direction of where Karasu lives.

"Are you ready?" Serenity nodded yes in response and he leads her deeper into the forest.

Serentiy never went this far into the forest because she's afraid that she'll get lost or get eaten alive by some wild animals. But somehow, she didn't mind going in with Karasu, this maybe the first time that they have met but she trust him already.

"We're almost there." Karasu says after what it seems like hours of walking for Serenity.

The two children stop in front of some grass like bushes that is taller than them. The bush looks almost like a fence and it seems like it goes lengthwise for miles. Serenity looks at the wall like bush in front of her then at Karasu.

"I could've sworn you said something beautiful. I don't see anything beautiful here." She says making a somewhat disgusted face. She then rolls her eyes at him then looks back at the row of bushes in front of them.

"That's not what I meant Odango." He says with a smirk.

"Hey! I said not to call me that." She says with a whiny voice.

Karasu sticks her hand in the grass like wall of bushes in front of him and pushes it aside. He holds her hand again and tells her to follow him. Serenity walks behind Karasu, brushing away the grass or insects that touches her face or arms. What she didn't know is that the wall is only about three feet in width and before she knows it they are both out and on the other side of the bush. Serenity couldn't help but gasp out at the site presented in front of her.

"I didn't know there's a garden in the middle of the forest." She says as she let's go of Karasu's hand and runs in the middle of the garden. The whole place is filled with lilacs. Different colored lilacs, white, lavender and purple. Some of the lilac plants are small and some are very tall and the air is filled with the flower's scent. She walks to one of the shorter shrubs with white lilacs and brings her nose closer to the flower to smell it.

"So sweet" she says as she twirls around to face Karasu who is standing few feet behind her. "Thank you for taking me here Karasu."

"You're very welcome Odango." He says as he gives her a wink.

"Can I come here everyday?"

"Yes you can. Just don't tell anybody about it because this is my secret garden"

"I promise that I won't."

From then on, Serenity would always come running into the forest to the secret garden to meet up with Karasu. They would hang around the garden for countless many hours just playing and talking. At times they would bring food and have a picnic.

How do you like it so far? Good? Bad? Please let me know what ya'll think… if not that's cool. As long as I know you read my story is what matters the most! Have a great weekend ya'll!!!

XOXOX