It was a beautiful summer's morning, the sun streamed through the curtains of the Tsukino house. Inside one of the bedrooms lay a 14 year old school girl with long pigtails and what looked like meatballs on top of her head. But she was no ordinary school girl. She was the protector of love and justice and enemy of the negaverse, Sailor Moon.
"Serena, wake up! SERENA! You're going to miss your date with Darien!"
"W...what? LUNA! The nerve of you, waking me up!" Serena threw a pillow at a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead. Luna dodged out of the way.
"Serena stop messing around you're going to be really late for your date with Darien!" shouted Luna
"WHAT!" screeched Serena "WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME UP?"
Luna rolled her eyes.
"I did Serena, 5 times and each time you said you would be up in a minute"
"AND YOU BELIEVED ME! "Shouted the distressed teenager
"Well sorry for having a bit of faith in you Serena"
Serena ran down stairs, out the door and down the street. She reached a café and ran inside she looked around at the tables.
"Few, he's not here yet" she muttered
She sat down at an empty table with 2 chairs. Not much later an older looking boy around 18 ran in huffing and puffing, he sat down at the same table as Serena.
"Sorry im late Serena, I lost track of time studying" said the boy
"Darien you don't have to apologize, im always late" the two laughed
"So why did you want to meet me so urgently Darien?" asked Serena
"Well one of my collage mates, Mark, is having a dinner party at his apartment and I've been invited. He told me to bring a guest, and I'd love it if they could meet the girl I always talk about" explained Darien
Serena blushed "I dunno Darien, I mean it's a bit short notice and I haven't got a dress"
"I'll take you shopping! Oh please be my date Serena!" he gave her puppy dog eyes
"Oh ok ok! Since you put it like that, did you say shopping?"
"Yup come on" Darien grabbed Serena's arm and pulled her out of the café
"Don't pull my arm off Darien! How come when I suggest going shopping you run away"
They Laughed. After going into shop after shop after shop Serena picked out a gorgeous elegant baby pink dress, Serena thanked Darien for buying her a lovely dress and headed home.
"This gives me a chance to prove how princess-like I can be, after all I am the moon princess" Serena laughed to herself.
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"So he's going to pick you up at 7.30? TONIGHT?" asked a shocked Luna
"Yup" Nodded Serena "Maybe I'll call Amy, Raye, Lita and mina and rub it in there faces" giggled Serena
"Oh bother" Luna sighed
It was 5 pm and Serena in her brand new dress, just started to put her hair back into meatballs when the doorbell rang. Serena ran downstairs and answered it. A very tall girl with a brunette pony tail was standing in the doorway carrying a bag of something
"Hey Serena. I made some cookies, do you want some?" she said
"Oh Lita!" Serena jumped for joy "you know your cooking's too good for me to resist!" she snatched the cookies from Lita and started eating them "doyouwanttocomein" asked Serena with her mouth full. Lita stepped in and noticed Serena's dress
"Wow Serena what you all dressed up for?" she asked
"Darien's taking me to meet his collage friends"
"Serena, im a bit concerned aout this..." said Lita unsure
"Why Lita? There's nothing to be worried about" reassured Serena
"O...k" said an unsure Lita.
Just then the door knocked again. Serena and Lita answered it, a girl with long blonde hair and a red bow stood at the door with a white cat in her arms. The cat had a crescent moon on its forehead like Luna.
"Mina! What are you doing here!" said Serena
"Hi Serena oh hi Lita, Artemis wanted to come see Luna" said mina
"Yes I did and now im going to go find her" said the white cat; he jumped out of minas arms and ran off to find Luna
"Mina im kind of busy right now!" said Serena
"WHAT! No time for you're own best friend! Where are you going?"
"Darien's taking me to his collage mate's dinner party"
"WOW! A dinner party with your prince, how romantic" Mina started to get a dazed look in her eye
"Err, earth to mina" Lita shook Mina
"Oh sorry! Oh man Serena your lucky I wish I had a guy like Darien!" said Mina
"Don't get any ideas mina, he's MINE" scowled Serena
They all giggled. Ding dong the doorbell went again.
"OH FOR CHRIST SAKE CANT A GIRL GET READY IN PEACE" shouted a fuming Serena, they all opened the door
"WHAT" Serena Shouted "Amy? Raye! Sorry that's the second time the doorbells rung in 20 minutes" Serena Laughed.
Two girls where standing in the doorway, One with long black hair holding videos and popcorn the other had short blue hair and was carrying text books.
"Hey Serena, Mina, Lita, fancy watching movies" said the one with black hair
"While I study" interrupted the one with blue hair
"Amy!" nudged the one with black hair "you said you would watch the movie with us"
"Raye my grades are very important to me" said the one with blue hair
"WELL" interrupted Serena "Im busy anyway, sorry Raye"
"Why what are you doing? Pigging out on food? Sleeping?" teased Raye
"No" whined Serena "Darien's taking me to a dinner party to meet his friends"
"His collage Friends?" asked Amy
"Yes" nodded Serena
Raye laughed
" I know that you and dinner parties do NOT mix, your so going to mess this up meatball head, You're a klutz and that's a fact" Scowled Raye
Tears started to well up in Serena's eyes
"AND a crybaby" added Raye
Serena burst into tears
"You're so mean to me Raye! Why can't you have faith in me for once?"
"HAHAHA have faith in you? Serena please, your nothing but a wimp"
"THAT'S ENOUGH" shouted the usually calm Amy. Everyone stopped and stared at her
"Raye stop being mean, I have faith in her, so she might be a klutz and a ditz and a crybaby but I have faith in her" shouted Amy
"Thanks you Amy" Smiled Serena a little taken back from her outburst
"As long as you be yourself Serena you'll be fine" comforted Amy
"That's what mother said" Smiled Serena
Raye, Lita and Mina looked at each other concerned, Amy nudged Raye
"Oh, right, sorry Serena." Said a reluctant Raye
"Now guys you all got to leave! Darien's going to be here soon and im not ready!"
They all left Serena to get ready.
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7.30. The doorbell rang, Serena made her way downstairs
"Come in" she called, she was halfway downstairs when she tripped and fell downstairs just as the front door opened
"Serena are you ok?" Darien fort back his laughs
"Y...Yea" Said a dizzy Serena, getting up, Serena looked up at Darien, He looked her up and down with his mouth open
"Wow meatball head you look gorgeous" he gazed
Serena Giggled
"Thank You, You don't look to bad yourself, you look always look handsome in a tux even without the mask" Said Serena
Darien got on one knee and presented Serena with a red rose.
"From a prince to his princess" He said, he took her hand and brushed his soft lips over it.
Serena blushed.
As Darien helped her into his car she tripped on a curb. She closed her eyes ready to feel the pain, but instead she felt warm arms enclose around her. She opened her eyes and looked up to find herself looking into beautiful dark blue eyes. She was blushing harder than ever now, however Darien was laughing
"You are such a meatball head, but you're my meatball head" He said softly
"Oh my gosh Darien. You really mean it?" Said Serena
"Course I do meatball head" he replied
Serena smiled; Darien helped her into the car and started the engine.
Driving down the road, Darien noticed the wind running through Serena's hair
"She looks like an angel, and she's my angel. Im so lucky to have her" He thought.
They pulled up at a strange apartment Serena's never seen before.
"We're here" said Darien, Serena's heart started racing
"Okay Serena you can do this! You can show Darien that you can be the princess that he fell in love with 1000 years ago, don't be a klutz Serena." Serena thought to herself as her heart raced even quicker as she got out of the car. Darien took Serena's hand as he knocked on the door, he could feel her shaking with fright, and he put his arm around her and whispered to her
"Your going to be great, there going to love you" Serena gave him an awkward smile as the door opened
"Hey Darien!" said a tall guy with short brown hair
"Hey Mark!"
"Come on in and introduce your friend to everyone"
Serena and Darien Stepped in and walked into the dinning room, several collage students were sitting around a big table centered in the middle of the room. They all greeted Darien and just stood staring at Serena
"Oh yes, right" Said Darien clearing his throat
He took Serena's hand
"Everyone this is my beautiful girlfriend Serena" He Said, He felt Serena squeeze his hand
"H...Hi everyone, Nice to meet you all" she said very elegantly
Everyone shook her hand and she and Darien sat down at the big table
"So far so good Serena keep it up remember no klutz attacks" she thought
The starter had just arrived and Serena was longing to be able to slouch on the table and sleep as all Darien and the others were doing was talk about boring collage work. Serena began to sip her soup politely, however all she wanted to do was gulp it down in one big go
"Im GOING to make Darien proud of me! I am going to be lady like and im GOING to finish this soup in the proper manor" She thought to herself. Suddenly she heard the word moon
"Oh the moon was a beautiful place filled with parties and the most wonderful flowers you could ever imagine! And the people were so kind as well about a thousand years ago when those astro people didn't explore it in spaceships" Said Serena with pride
"Wow I was able to join in the conversation; I think I was very well spoken then!" Serena thought to herself
"What the hell are you on about? You freak. Nobody lived on the moon a thousand years ago. Nobody has ever lived on the moon" mark smirked
Everyone except Darien and Serena Laughed. Darien looked incredibly embarrassed, Serena's Crystal blue eyes filled with tears
"Darien where did you find this child? Kindergarten, what a space case" laughed one of the people around the table. Serena stood up; tears trickled down her rosy cheeks
"P...Please excuse me" She said as she ran out onto the balcony, listening to the laughter behind her. When the cold night air hit her she fell onto her knees crying, all of a sudden she heard footsteps behind her. She shoot to her feet and dried her eyes, she turned around to find herself facing Darien
"Serena you're embarrassing me!" he said in a low voice
"I…I….I am?" she replied, her eyes widened and started to fill with tears again
"Yes you are, talking about our past like that is stupid Serena, they don't understand like we do! Please don't do this to me. Stop embarrassing me Serena"
Serena was now struggling to hold aback her tears
"I….I am the princess of the moon. I am not ashamed of whom I am, and neither should you be. Im never going to dis-respect who I am" a tear rolled down her face "I came here tonight to show you that I can be as princess like as I was in the past. I wanted to make you proud of me. I get laughed at and called names, and you don't do anything! Im sorry im such an embarrassment Darien. You will never have the hassle again" Cried Serena, She ran down the fire escape and into a taxi home before Darien could say something. When she got home she ran in the door, up the stairs and on her bed. She buried her head into her pillow and cried. A few moments later Luna came in
"Oh no Serena, don't tell me you had a klutz attack and ruined everything" Luna tutted
"NO I DIDNT" Screamed Serena
"What happened Serena?" Said a comforting Luna
Serena told Luna everything, Luna would gasp every now and again
"Awww Serena, im sure everything will be ok" Luna snuggled up to a crying Serena. Suddenly Serena's phone rang. Her mother answered it
"SERENA ITS DARIEN" She called
"I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO HIM" Serena shouted
A few seconds later there was a knock on her bedroom door
"Serena, I thought you were out with Darien?" Said her mum as she came in
"Oh honey what happened!" Gasped her mother
"I just want to be alone" Cried Serena
"Ok honey, im here if you need me" said her mother softly, walking out, closing the door behind her.