A Lover's Quest

"Hey everyone out there in the fan fiction world. My name is Julie."
"HEY what about me!!!" Another girls comes from the other room.
"Oh yeah that is my best friend Nerissa. Anyway this is our fan fiction.
This is set in the Silver Millennium. This story is by my mind."
"Yeah whatever." Nerissa rolls her eyes.
"R-I-G-H-T. Anyway on with the show."
"It's not a show... stupid!"
"Hey I am not stupid!!! Look who is talking anyway." Julie about to slap
Nerissa.
"All right... lets begin with the story."


The disclaimer: We know that you all hate this part but we don't own any of
the characters in this story. Here is a rose for u all. @---}---- We own
this story and the Characters: Charles, Marie, Elizabeth (Lizzy). Don't sue
me please cause we're worth a penny combined
* means thought,
***means flashback.


Chapter 1


The Beginning

Serena was running down the hall. Her friends would never believe what just
happened.

*** This man Or rather incompetent boy was holding her waist and trying to
kiss her. He had somewhat succeeded in this by just brushing her lips.***

"PRINCESS! Why are you running like a hooligan when you are supposed to be
royalty?"
Serena awakened to her cat Luna yelling at her.
"Sorry Luna. I was just in a dream."
" Well Serena this is no time for dreams. You should be in your quarters
preparing for the ball in our honor."
" Sorry Luna. Got to find the others and prepare for the ball. See ya."

Serena starts to run down the hall with Luna yelling at her to stop.
She runs into a huge lounge room and looks into the four of the five
connecting rooms for her friends. They were nowhere to be found. Then Serena
heard laughter coming from her room. Serena opened her door and got smacked
with one of her dresses. This dress was her ice blue formal gown that hugged
her hips and showed off her body. She wore it to make men go insane to be
with her and loved teasing them and leaving them to wonder what it would be
like to be her boyfriend if she ever would have one.

"Back to reality Sere."
"Raye! Why did you ruin a happy thought?"
" What! I just woke you up to tell you that in one hour the ball begins and
if you aren't there we'll get the rut of the punishment again."
" But I am as innocent as the day I was born." Serena sticks her tongue out
at Raye.
"Yeah sure. The innocence factor on the day you were born was devilish."
Replying with her tongue out at Serena.
Amy, Mina, and Lita all stared at the two arguing princesses.
"Sigh" " What are we going to do with them? They are at it again."
"I don't know Ames but if they don't stop soon I'll have to resort to
throwing them on the bed and bombard them with pillows."
"But Lita you can't hurt the moon princess. Remember we're supposed to
protect her."
"Alright. Who's up for the cakes I made this morning?"
Serena heard cakes and rushed to Lita, gave her a hug and started on Lita's
cakes.
"Well that ended quickly. I have more in my room for the rest of you."

They prepared for the ball. Lita was wearing a full length, green dress. It
flowed gracefully from her waist in ruffles of silk and with a low neckline
she wore an emerald necklace to accommodate the dress. Being the princess of
Jupiter had its perks.

Amy had a long icy blue dress, with swirls of royal blue at the top of the
dress, on and had her hair pinned up with the royal sapphires of her planet.
Her necklace was made of silver with a planet shaped sapphire pendant with
two jewels next to it.

Mina wore a yellow gown that came to her ankles and had her hair up in her
traditional bow in a yellow color. She also wore a necklace made of gold
with an amber pendant on it. It was one of the many heirlooms of Venus's
royal family.

Raye wore a full length, dark red gown that hugged her body and had a slit
to show off her legs. She wore her ruby necklace with the low cut neckline.

Serena was the most impressive of all with a aquamarine blue gown with
spaghetti straps that had a low cut that just showed enough to make men
daydream and leave them to drool. Her usual pearl earrings were replaced
with diamond studs and had a diamond necklace that traced along her
neckline. Diamonds were sewn into the dress in a swirling fashion up and
down the dress. They shined and sparkled whenever she moved. Serena's hair
was up in the traditional moon hairstyle, but each tail had white roses
weaved in and out of them.

"SERENA! Hurry up. We're already late."
"Oh shut up Raye. I'll make it to the ball in my own time."
"Well, We aren't waiting for you."
"Okay but do I have to? I just want to get in my breeches and go riding
through the night."
"No Serena." Raye stuck out her tongue.
Serena replied with her own tongue.
"There they go again." Said Lita with a sigh. The three girls that weren't
fighting went down to the end of the hall. Then Lita yelled "Serena I think
they have cake at the ball."
"They do. I guess one ball couldn't hurt" Serena said as she ran to the
double doors to enter the ball. They all put their masks on for the
masquerade.

"I introduce Princess Mina of Venus."
Mina entered with her head high and was met at the bottom of the stairs by a
guard of the prince of earth. She knew by his outfit that was a gray
uniform. He presented her with a big yellow rose and kissed her hand. She
hadn't expected the rose but it was gorgeous and was happy that a man so
generous was starting to dance with her.

"I introduce Raye the princess of Mars."
Raye was also presented with a rose of red and was dancing with the man that
had given it to her.
Amy was introduced and given a blue rose that was very rare on earth.
Lita was introduced and given a pink rose to go with her dress.

" I introduce Princess Serenity, The high princess and heir to the moon
kingdom." All bowed or curtsied to show respect and Serena entered. She met
a man in a black tuxedo and was presented with a white rose with red tips.

" I introduce princess Setsuna of Pluto."
Setsuna came in with a long flowing black gown. She wore long black gloves
and an opal pendant hanging on her neck. In her hair she had a single black
rose in her bun.

" I introduce Princess Michelle of Neptune and her escort Haruka heir to the
throne of Uranus."
Michelle was wearing a sea green gown that was hugging her curves and she
held a white rose. She wore a pendant of jade. Haruka was next to her in a
black tuxedo.
Serena knew that if she were in trouble Haruka would be there to help her.
Haruka was the big brother Serena never had.

"I introduce princess Hotaru of Saturn."
Hotaru was the youngest but she was still very pretty. She wore a gown of
purple that flowed from her waist and her hair had purple roses in it. She
wore a pendant of amethyst around her neck.

As the first dance ended the court of Serena gathered around her. Raye was
bored as well as Lita, Mina, and Amy. Setsuna was enjoying the music, while
Michelle and Haruka danced. Hotaru was on the balcony looking at the planet
of Saturn in the night sky.
Serena told Raye to listen to her.

" You guys today I had a little encounter with a guy."
"What Sere? You didn't tell us about it earlier."
" I know Lita but I knew that we'd be bored and decided to wait."

*** Serena was in the rose garden admiring the roses in full bloom. When she
felt another presence in the garden she thought it was just a passer-by.
Next thing she knows she is being held at the waist. A man was behind her
and now was trying to kiss her. As he brushed her lips slightly, She slapped
him and started to run. She ran as fast as she could to get to her friends.
She was scared and didn't know what to think. She had just been forced to
almost kiss that boy and part of her wanted to but her mind said no.***

" So that's why you were out of breath when you came into the room."
" Yep. Sorry I didn't tell you sooner."
" Well will my little sister honor me with this dance." Haruka interrupted.
He knew what was going on he had tapped into Serena's mind while she told
the girls her story.
Serena took his hand and followed him to the dance floor.
" Serena did that guy bother you? Cause you know I'll find him and punch him
into a bloody pulp."
" No Haruka. He wasn't bothering me and I'll take care of it. He got slapped
last time but next time he'll get a good swift punch from yours truly."
" Alright."
" May I intrude? I couldn't help noticing a beautiful girl and not dance
with her."
" I guess so." Haruka said. He wasn't sure about this guy that had given
Serena a rose and was starting to read his mind. * Darien was holding this
beautiful maiden but what had possessed him to? Usually he used his wit and
charm to overcome his conquests. This one though was different she didn't
like him. He read her mind then felt her block him out. He needed to kiss
her for some odd reason and he almost succeeded by brushing her lips with
his. He felt a slap and heard her light footsteps running away. Was that the
girl that he was dancing with? *

That was enough for Haruka. He didn't like it. This was the perv that tried
to kiss Serena.
Haruka then remembered Serena stating she had everything under control.
So he left his sister with the stranger, and danced with Michelle.
Serena was swept away by the blue eyed stranger in the black tuxedo.
She was in awe that he could dance as good as she. Then something went pass
her mind *could this be the guy in the garden* but she wasn't for sure.

That's why Serena disliked masquerades. You could never see who was dancing
with you and unless you knew the person you would have to guess until you
heard the guy bragging about dancing with the moon princess.
Serena thought about things like this all night as the handsome stranger
danced with her.

Raye was jealous she had no one to dance with and Serena was hogging the
cutest guy to herself.
Jadeite noticed the princess of Mars alone and looking slightly angry with
the dancing pair in front of her. He went over and asked for a dance.
"Your highness will you honor me with this dance?" Jadeite asked politely.
"Yes." Raye gave her hand eagerly to the general and they made their way to
the dance floor. Raye was lost in a train of thoughts about Serena, Jadeite,
and her kingdom. Raye was at the royal age to be wed and if she did not
before the year was done her mother said she'd choose for her. Raye didn't
like it. Her mother was so mean at times but she knew it was for the benefit
of the kingdom. Maybe on this trip to earth she'd find a man she loved.

Lita was dancing with another general named Nephrite. He was a kind man that
danced with her the whole night through. They were in conversation on how
women could be just as tough as men could and Lita said that tomorrow she'd
prove she was no puny girl. Nephrite had already known she had an edge
feeling her arm muscles when he'd asked her to dance. He knew that he'd lose
this debate with her cause she had scheduled to arm wrestle him tomorrow.
She wasn't like other girls.

Amy was in deep conversation with Zoicite. He was quite intelligent and she
often found his theories very probable. They talked of Plato and Socrates
and theories left and right. They finally got up and joined the ball by
dancing together. Amy liked him. He was smart and never left her feeling she
was to smart for a girl. He was perfect to Amy. Then she thought of her love
on Mercury. She never felt right with James but her mother liked the match.
Amy was looking for a reason to postpone marriage then the Queen Serenity
told her to pack for earth. Amy was jumping for joy inside then she met
Zoicite and felt happy with him. Maybe if she married the right man marriage
wouldn't be so bad.

Mina was enjoying her walk with Malachite another general. Mina had never
met a man that was so strong. She thought of Venus and the men there and
they could never compare to Malachite. Slowly she was falling in love.

Malachite was like Darien in his conquests for lovely women but Mina was
beyond lovely. He thought she was a goddess. With her long golden hair and
icy blue eyes she was a sight to be seen. He thought that Mina and the moon
princess looked very similar in height, figure, and basic features. So
Darien had the moon princess, he was open to take Mina.

Serena heard the last note of the ball and the man she was with gave her a
hug with his secure arms. He left the princess with a pure red rose. She was
intrigued. She was thinking of roses. How did he know her favorite color of
roses were red and white? She cast aside her thoughts and rushed to her
room.
There she found her friends talking of the ball and the great men they had
met. Serena was the last to talk. She told them of how the guy she danced
with was a good dancer, but didn't converse very much like he was in
thought. Raye stated she was jealous of the two and with that they all
headed to bed.

Mina went with Serena to brush her hair before hitting the bed. Mina always
had brushed Serena's hair. She always thought of her own golden tresses.
Serena always knowing Mina's thoughts would brush Mina's hair in return.
Mina also wanted to know if Serena had told the whole story about the boy in
the garden. Serena knew what Mina wanted and blocked her thoughts from
everyone in telepathic reach.

Mina left knowing of Serena's shield but didn't mention it. Serena wanted to
be left alone and Mina was okay with that.

To be continue...
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Well I hope you guys liked this chapter and the next chapter will be even
better. Preview Serena meets the guy who kissed her and the scouts transform
so get ready for Chapter 2: The Midnight Dream. Since it's almost the end of
school we are trying really hard to finish the second chapter. But
hopefully it will be out soon... we will try get out:)
We made Haruka a guy in normal clothes and turns into a girl... just to let
you all know and understand that:)
Nerissa and Julie