This is just a short that popped into my head. It's sort of the opposite of Identity. Serena being haunted by Serenity and not the other way around.

Enjoy!

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I had been staring into space for what must have been over an hour. I kept busy by watching the shadows play across my ceiling.

I could not sleep, I could never sleep anymore. My dreams were plagued by her memories.

I slammed a fist onto my bed, the sound thankfully muted by the soft material.

None of it was fair, 'But,', I smiled sardonically, 'when has my life ever been fair?'

I had been plucked away from normalcy at the young age of fourteen, and been forced to put myself into danger day after day, night after night. For what purpose you ask?

Well to find our beloved Moon Princess of course!

Imagine our surprise, particularly Rei's who had always pegged me as the weakest of our little group of superheroes, when the princess turned out to be none other than me.

Clumsy, whiny Serena.

No one could understand how this had changed my life.

I had always held fierce hope in the thought that once we had found the Moon Princess then our mission would be over. We'd fall back into our normal routines. Thinking back, I realised how naive this dream was.

Not only was our mission far from over, it was only beginning. Suddenly, I was not but Sailor Moon, I was the Moon Princess. There were expectations, none of which seemed attainable to me. Sure,I had the Imperium Silver Crystal , but did I really know how to wield it? It was the queen who had possessed control over it, but everyone seemed to forget that little detail.

I had received another hard blow when Tuxedo Mask was suddenly turned into my enemy, one I was not sure I could beat. How in the world could I hurt him?

But honestly, what hurt the most were the dreams. Dreams of memories. The memories of a long dead Moon Princess who was somehow me.

These memories danced around in my head mockingly. Teasing me about a peaceful time when there had been utter peace. When I spent my time attending countless luxurious balls and formal functions. When I was a princess. When I was in his arms.

My eyes narrowed in anger. Sure this was my past, but was it really my present, or even my future?

Why couldn't I ever be Serena Tsuniko? Was she a mistake? Someone never meant to exist?

I wondered at how I had gone from being a milkshake inhaling, carefree teenager to being a fabled superhero and a fallen monarch.

I sighed in resignation, 'Destiny isn't always fair now is it?'