The rain was falling down around where I was sitting soaking me to the bone. I was under the big oak tree that had supposedly been around for generations in my family and at the moment the only comfort I had. I was contemplating as to what I should do at this point. I mean, what do you do when your entire world crumbles because of something that you couldn't control? I am Serena Shields. My size is average I suppose and I have long blonde hair and yellow eyes.

I lived with my mother for my 16 years of life in several different places until recently when she passed away from a car crash. It was only the two of us, so when she died I had nowhere to go. That is, until my father appeared and told me that I was to live with him in his home far away. I found out through my friends computer hacking skills that he was rich beyond my wildest dreams. He had no children other than me and if I played my cards right I would inherit everything. There was only one problem: I didn't want any of it.

I gazed out into the land that I would soon be leaving. This was my mothers parents land that they had owned when it was passed down to them. My mother and I had always lived alone with little money, so I was very surprised when I came to find out that they were upperclass. Sadly they thought of me as only a lowerclass citizen that they wouldnt usually waste their time on. I was only here right now because they had insisted that she be put to rest 'in the one place she was happy before my father and I ruined it' as they constantly told me. They didnt want me to be around for long because they firmly believed that I was the cause of her death as well. After meeting them I now understood why my mother never took me to see her parents. Looking back I could see why she would smile so sadly when I would ask why I didnt have grandparents like all the other kids.

At any rate, I was going to live with a man I had never known even existed soon. I could only hope that things would go well.

(A few days later)

I pulled my luggage out of the back of the dark shiny car and looked around me. The sun was brightly shining, but in only a few hours it would set. The large mansion was mostly white and gold with a fence running around the owned land that disappeared into the surrounding thick forest. To most it would have been a fairytale, but to me it was a nightmare.

"Ah, hello Serenity. I'm glad to see you have arrived safely." I looked to my left and saw the man Yuyi Takehito, also known as my father, coming towards me. He was a tall but thin man and he wore a gray business suit and had his hair (that was by now turning slowly into gray) slicked back. As he neared me I thought he would welcome me more, but he just kept walking towards the car that I had just exited.

"I prefer Serena if you don't mind." I said as politely as I could. He stopped for a moment to gaze at me but then continued talking and walking.

"Serena then. I'm afraid that I must be going. I have a meeting that I cannot miss, but Tennoji will take care of everything while I'm gone. Goodbye." Then, as quickly as he had come, he got into the car and the driver sped out of the driveway to heaven knows where.

I saw an old man that I assumed was Tennoji standing where Yuyi had come from. He was a small old man that was stooped over with little hair. He beckoned toward me and led me into the home.

"It's been a long time since we've had a young'en in the home." He said with a gentle smile at me. "The last one around was your papa way back when!" I smiled back as best I could and followed him as he gave me a tour of the mansion. He explained the rooms with such happiness but I couldn't understand it. After a long time he finally showed me the room that was to be mine.

The room was extremely large with high walls painted white and three extra doors. The thick carpet was a dark and lush forest green. The bed had silk of the same color green with at least half a dozen pillows. There was a large wooden study desk just off to the side. A large walk in closet that was filled with designer clothes that were too fancy for me was waiting behind door number one and for a moment I wondered how they had gotten my size and who went shopping for them but quickly forgot it.

My own personnel bathroom was about the size of my previous bedroom behind the second door. The tile and everything else was all white. The third door was actually leading to a balcony that gave an amazing view of an outside garden and pond surrounded by a bunch of trees.

"Thank you."

"Your welcome. If you need anything just let one of us staff know, alright?"

"I will. Thank you once again." I watched his small form leave the room and close the door after him, and the moment I heard the door click I sank to the carpet that was so thick I thought it was trying to eat me. I sat there staring at the ground for a while, trying to figure out my next move.

I knew that I would have to go to a fancy school that Yuyi would choose for me. I didn't want to go to a school anymore though. My mother had gotten mad at me when she found out that I wasn't planning on finishing school in order to get a job, so I stayed for her. With her gone, what was the point? I didn't want my father's money and I certainly didn't want to live here for very long. Yuyi will find out my plans when I tell him tomorrow, I decided.

I stood up and looked outside into the sky to see it was dark out with the stars shining through the glass. My body moved to the bed to sleep, and in my head I went over what I was to say to Yuyi when I woke up.