Once Upon a Dream

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh no matter how much I would like to.

Authors note: This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh fan fic and I am shooting for around 3 reviews for the first chapter. So if you guys like this and review I'll write the next chapter. Love ya'll bye!

P.S. I am sorry that it's TristanXSerenity in the beginning but it is how it has to be for now sorry!

Story Description: AU Serenity and Joey have always told each other everything? Right? Everything, except for one secret that happened after they were separated. And what happens when this "secret" comes back into Serenity's life after all of these years? SetoXSerenity.

Chapter One:

Nothing More

Serenity sat in her Shakespearean class carefully listening to the teacher. At the current time they were studying Hamlet, it's not that she didn't like Hamlet at all it was just that her teacher could make it sound so boring. She couldn't wait until the class would take a break from Shakespeare and get to study other poets. In her teacher's words:

'They would be using their newfound knowledge and apply their skills to decipher the meaning of other famous poets and their poems.'

Serenity just wanted to be done with Hamlet. She took her eyes off of the teacher and averted them to the clock.

…three…

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…"

…two…

"…or to take arms against a sea of troubles,

And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;

No more; and by a sleep to say we end…"

…one…

"…the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come."

Bzzzz!

"You can leave now." The teacher stated as he resumed his original position practicing his lines for tomorrow's classes.

Serenity got out of her seat and started shoving her books inside her bag; once they were all in there she started towards Tristan Taylor's locker on the other side of the school.

Serenity took her usual way hoping that Yugi and the rest of the group wouldn't see her. She liked them but they can get a little nosy when they want to be, plus she hadn't exactly told Joey what was happening between her and Tristan yet. She wanted to break it to him slowly, I mean she was sixteen and he still wasn't comfortable with her dating; especially not one of his friends.

She had been going out with Tristan in secret for about a month now. Nobody knew or even suspected it. She was well aware of Joey's feelings of when Tristan took care of her in the Hospital. He was furious and thought Serenity was going to be taken advantage of.

'Tristan would never use me like that, though he did tell some pretty interesting lies to get me to like him.' She chuckled about how he said he taught Joey everything about duel monsters. That was probably the only huge lie he ever told her. Tristan could be so stupid, but yet, sweet. She figured that was why she put up with him.

Going down the hall was easy, well until she saw Tèa talking to somebody further down the hall. She quickly stumbled into another part of the hall and continued on her detour.

"Oh no," she whispered as she saw two more familiar faces. Joey and Duke were making their way towards her. She ran a full-out sprint the way she just came and prayed with all her might that Tèa was still preoccupied.

Unfortunately she was done with her conversation and had started putting books in her locker. Serenity attempted to sneak past her while she was busy. Too bad her luck wasn't that kind to her today; Tèa had just finished up and started to turn around.

Just the second that Tèa could have seen her and pair of hands shot out of the closet behind her and pulled her in. She would have screamed had it not been the hand on her mouth.

The closet door closed just as Tèa turned to face where Serenity had just been. Serenity turned around nervously to face the anvil-haired youth that stood before her.

"Oh, it's just you Tristan. You scared me half-to-death!" she whispered while playfully shoving his shoulder back.

"Well I had to before you and your blabber-mouth ruined this." He said, embracing her. "I know how Joey can react to big changes and I just want this to last as long as possible before Joey finds out. I fought so hard for you to have me in your heart, and I just want it to last."

A tear came to Serenity's eye at that speech, she wanted it to last too, she hadn't been this happy since she was reunited with her brother; even if they were under some bad circumstances.

She noticed Tristan was staring into her eyes again, so she decided to say something; change the subject. "Tristan," Serenity whispered, breaking his trance. "How about we go out to dinner to celebrate our one month anniversary of sneaking around with out Joey knowing?" Serenity toyed.

Tristan gave her a sly grin and quickly mused, "It's a date!"

A date, the word felt foreign to her tongue, she and Tristan had never really been on a date, in public, before. Sure if Joey would ever fall asleep when Tristan came over to study they would go for a joy ride on his motorcycle, and then sneak Serenity back in bed before Joey woke up. They almost got caught once, but Serenity just gave the excuse that she was getting a drink of water; and every time she thanked God for Joey's inability to put two-and-two together.

She walked staring down at the ground lost in a dream about her date. As lost as she was Serenity barely saw him coming.

She was forced back on the ground dropping all of her drawings, stories and poems on the ground. Once she lost the shock of the implosion she looked up to see who it was. He was probably a little over six feet tall, brown hair, deep blue eyes. He was also wearing a black leather ensemble with a dark blue trench coat that perfectly brought his eyes out. The only thing was that hadn't seen him anywhere, although he looked extremely familiar.

"Sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was going." Serenity blurted out.

"Obviously…" He grunted. He shuffled the papers into a stack and handed them to her. "Here," He turned on his heel and started to walk away when she stopped him in mid step.

"Um, do I know you from somewhere? You look really familiar. What's your name?" She questioned. Serenity could have sworn she had seen him a long time ago, like a long lost friend.

"Do you seriously not know who I am? Seto, Seto Kaiba. You really don't know me?"

Serenity shook her head in response, feeling stupid for even asking.

He couldn't believe she didn't know him. Even worse he felt like he knew her from somewhere, somewhere in his childhood, but whom? "Goodbye nice meeting you…" He trailed off realizing he didn't ask for her name.

"Serenity. It was nice meeting you too Seto."

They both continued on their separate ways until each other was out of sight. It hit Seto like bricks when he realized who it was, "Serenity? Wow you have really grown up."

Serenity gently laid a blanket on her slumbering brother and watched him turn as he mumbled something about doughnut pizza. She continued watching him until she heard the familiar sound of a motorcycle outside her house.

Tristan watched Serenity walk out of her front door in all of her radiance. She was wearing a pair of blue-jeans and a white sweater, she had her hair down as usual, and her eyes were brimming with joy.

Tristan swung his leg over the side of his bike and greeted her with a bouquet of flowers and a warm hug. Serenity jumped on the motorcycle and asked, "So what's for dinner Tristan? Your choice."

He thought for a moment and picked the perfect place. "Okay Serenity hold on tight!" He said with a rev of his bike. And they were off.

They zoomed down the street and around corners. Serenity always loved taking bike rides; the wind rushing past her, hugging corners, and Tristan. They took a left on to Franklin Ave. and stopped at a small little bistro. Ironically enough it was called The Franklin Bistro.

They walked in, hand-in-hand, and Serenity almost fainted when she saw the inside. The Bistro was completely dedicated to Shakespeare, all they served was soup, sandwiches, and they were supposed to have the best hot-chocolate in the city. It was Serenity's heaven on Earth, and Tristan knew that.

"So, what do you think?" He teased knowing very well what she thought of this place.

Serenity was left speechless as they sat down in a booth by the window. The sky was lit by the light of the full moon and twinkling stars.

"Well are you going to hang your mouth open like that all night or are you going to say something?" Tristan asked quizzically.

Serenity closed her jaw and placed her head on Tristan's shoulder. "It's perfect," She mumbled "just perfect."

Serenity squeezed Tristan once more for the perfect evening and started to turn the knob. Seeing that Tristan was stepping towards the door she whispered to him.

"You might not want to come in, I hear Joey in there. So I would go home. See you at school, bye…" Serenity watched him go out the door and down the steps before heading inside.

As she predicted, Joey was up and in the refrigerator scrounging for food.

He looked up at her with a piece of sausage hanging from his mouth like a dog.

"Whre shave du ban?" Joey mumbled through his food.

"Um, Tristan was having trouble in his English II class so I was helping him out on his homework." She laughed nervously.

"Ok Seren, go to bed then." Joey stated as he continued to gorge himself.

Serenity threw on some pajamas and put her hair up as she lied down on the bed. She had a lot on her mind but she was so exhausted that her eyelids closed as soon as her head hit the pillow.

"Come on Seto, stop being such a slowpoke!" a five year old version of Serenity teased.

"No you're the one who should be slowing down! You're going to hurt yourself!" Six-year-old Seto warned her.

Seto watched her speed down the sidewalk on her blades backwards. Her pigtails were flailing around like flags proclaiming her arrival.

In a flash of rollerblades and auburn hair he watched his best friend fall to the ground.

"Reni! Reni! Are you alright? Seto yelled over to her.

"Does it look like I am alright!" She looked up at him with big watery eyes and hugged him close to her. Serenity's face was streaked with tears and her knees were all scraped and bloodied up.

He helped her take off her blades as well as his and swung them over his shoulder. He picked her up and had her lean against him while they hopped back to the school where the nurse was, "Thank you Seto." She whispered.

"It's nothing Reni." He said quickly.

The air between them was still until Serenity piped up, "We'll be friends forever, won't we Seto?"

"Yes Reni, now and forever." Seto smiled.

Seto shot open his eyes and looked around the room. He couldn't get back to sleep no matter what he tried. He put on a robe and slipped into his slippers as he made his way over to an old chest. He sorted through his few mementos of his childhood till he came across and old picture of him and Serenity her last day at the Lincoln Elementary School. It was her second grade year and he was in his third grade year.

"Well we always told each other we would meet again after you moved. I just didn't think it would take nine years…" he trailed off.

"…and Miss Wheeler, you'll be performing 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe for us." The teacher finished. He had just rambled off his list of poetry assignments to everybody in the class.

"Oh, and before you go I would like to announce that we will be performing the Shakespearean classic 'Romeo and Juliet'. I would also like to say that I would be very excited to see all of you at the tryouts. Extra credit for those of you who get a part, double credit if you get a lead role. You can go now."

The class started leaving with a heat of fiery discussions brewing under the surface of the whispers. With that Serenity gathered her books and papers and started to leave before the teacher stopped her.

"Serenity, can I expect you at the tryouts tomorrow?" Mr. Thompson wondered.

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Well I just think that you would be perfect for the role of Juliet. You know if you come probably an hour earlier you can see who the Romeo will be. Wish you luck!" He said pushing her out the door and locking it.

Serenity was letting his words sink in, "You would be perfect for the role of Juliet." She was off in a trance; she could see the stage, the costumes, her upon the balcony with Romeo staring back at her.

Twaaaang!

She had run into an open locker door and snapped out of her trance. "Oh, I am so sorry I was lost in another world." She laughed halfheartedly while rubbing her throbbing head.

"So we meet again," Seto said sarcastically "I'm guessing there is a 'Romeo and Juliet' play going on? You were reciting lines."

"Serenity stared into his navy eyes and stated "No auditions are tomorrow am I was just preparing. You should try out. Well, if you like theater anyway. Guys audition at 3:30; maybe I'll see you there? Well bye." She hurried. She knew how jealous Tristan could get and she didn't really want to be seen with any attractive boys.

"Yeah, bye." Seto said confounded.

"Hey! Serenity! Want a ride home?" Tristan asked her. "Hello anyone home?"

"Oh, sorry I was just, thinking. Yeah I'll take a ride home." She said grabbing the spare helmet.

They zoomed off, the wind splashed at her face like waves in an ocean. They turned as gracefully as a swan, but as soon as it had started it was over. Tristan pulled into her driveway and let her off. Seeing Joey's car she just waved goodbye to Tristan and opened the door.

"Hey Seren, you have a package here for you." Joey said numbly as he stared at the T.V.

She reached over to take it from his hands and read the label:

Mary's Flower Shoppe

1478 Branson Avenue

To: Miss Serenity Wheeler

1794 Dalton Street

She walked to her room and plopped herself on the bed.

"Who would send me flowers? Tristan never sends them he just gives them to me in person. So who?" She wondered.

She opened the lid on the box and was left breathless. It was a bouquet full of white calalillies and baby blue roses. She didn't think that she had ever told anybody about her favorite flowers. Never. She read the handwritten card and gasped, dropping it on the floor:

To Reni

Together, now and forever

-Your past Romeo