Chapter 1: Returning Royalty
Serena sat under a Sakura tree, thinking about her relationship with Darien.
'He doesn't like to go out when we've a date. He is reluctant to kiss me…' her thoughts were cut off as she sensed darkness intruding her solar system. She quickly calculated how far and fast they were going.
Serena knew the threat had to be a block away from Raye in order for Raye to sense it. Serena activated her Moon Tablet to connect to Central Command so next time Luna went to the Arcade, the computer would warn Luna about the darkness.
The Moon Tablet was connected to the Milky Way sensors. It was 8 inches by 11 inches and silver. It used nano-technology so it was extra light.
Serena looked at the images the sensors took to find out more about the darkness. She saw a black ship branded with a Nightshade flower. She quickly referenced the brand in the Moon Archives.
-Nightshade brand: adopted by Prince Alexander Shade and his crew/ squad. His squad was called the Shadows, trained fighters. Alexander is the half-brother to Sailor Saturn. He was sent on a mission by Queen Serenity two years before the Moon Kingdom's destruction. Alexander only answers to Moon royalty and his half-sister. He was once Princess Serenity Aurora's suitor until Prince Endymoin came along, showing interest in the 16 year old princess.
"I don't remember him," muttered Serena. She clicked on the link connected to his name.
A picture of a man with Hannah's coloring was displayed. His square amethyst ring had the planetary symbol for Saturn on his middle finger. He looked like his father, who was also Hannah's father- Hades.
Neurons in Serena's brains sparked, but didn't connect. Serena closed the Moon Archive browser to log on to her university psychology on-line classes.
She finished her essay exams then started research on her Sociology doctorate paper. She surveyed a thousand people at the mall, park, high school, elementary school, and restaurants about eating habits. She let them click on their reply from her tablet.
The tablet was constantly updating the graphs as new answers were put in. It recorded the spoken responses for the printer.
Her doctorate was on eating habits. She posted the survey on-line so other nationalities could take it to creating a wider medium.
Serena, at 19, was two years out of high school, but had been taking advanced classes since 15 during her 'detentions.'
Serena was aiming for a bachelor in sociology, psychology, masters in language and two doctorates for diplomacy and business.