Serena Tsukino sat in her room on her bed. She stared blankly at the picture on the dresser in front of her. The picture of her and her boyfriend Darien.
A cold laughter left her lips but it was quickly cut short with an enormous grief going through her body. They had promised each other when Darien went to America again since Galaxia stopped him the first time, that they would marry when he came back but...
"He was married, he got married" mumbled Serena to herself heartbrokenly. "and expecting a child too" she added.
She picked up the picture and threw it across the room, it crashed, the glass from the frame broke into millions of pieces, just like her heart had done.
Serena then reflected back, to the scout's meetings which were more like 'yell at Serena' hours. How immature she was, how lazy she was, how a pig she was when it is about food. How she didn't study enough... she knew that she had increased her marks on the tests to the point that she had a 75 on her test but none saw it.
Well, the list went on and on and when she was an hour late last meeting, which she just got the news of Darien none wanted to hear it. Rei even told her to hand in the crystal since she wouldn't be a good leader anyway, then Amy was the one that said the worst thing ever. That the Princess has never been a klutz like her and that she was smarter than her and etc.
"I am not her," said Serena suddenly. "I am not her because I am a reincarnated princess, that is the different" Serena's eyes widen with this realization.
"They want me to become her," Serena said as she slowly sat down on the bed again, staring blankly at the locket that held the crystal. "No one wants Serena Tsukino anymore... they want Princess Serenity" she mumbled softly to herself as she picked up the locket.
Serena stood up as she walked downstair slowly, her mind already made up. She walked to the kitchen where her mother Irene was washing dishes and father Ken reading the news. "Mom... Dad..." said Serena slowly and steadily.
Irene looked over her right shoulder and Ken looked over the top of the newspaper at her daughter.
"Can we talk?" she asked hopefully.
"Of course dear," said Irene as she wiped her hands off on a cloth and got some hot chocolate done for her daughter while some coffee to herself and her husband.
A few minutes later all of them sat around the table, Serena's brother was out doing what little boys does best.
"Mom, dad, I know I have been very secretly these last 4 years and that a week ago I completely seemed disconnected to the world. There is a large reason to this so are you willing to hear me out without stopping me because I do not think I can continue if I am stopped, you can ask questions later okay?" asked Serena.
Both parents agreed but shoot worried glances at their daughter. Serena then told them the whole story, leaving nothing out, not even the scouts battle or the so called friends only yelling at her for this and that nowadays when Galaxia was finally defeated and they could concentrate living normal life.
When she was done she knew that she was crying and so was her mother. Her father, however, was beyond angry at Darien at playing such a cruel trick on his daughter.
"I was thinking of going back to singing classes if that is okay?" Asked Serena, this was one thing she liked before the whole ordeal started to happen.
"Oh Serena, I spoke with the teacher at the school and she said that even if you dropped out, when this all begun without our knowledge, you were the best student she had and she couldn't teach you anything new anymore and she felt she would just hold you back," said Irene suddenly.
Serena's eyes widen before she smiled. "So I could have picked up a singing career whenever I wanted?" Serena asked.
"Yes dear," said Irene with a happy smile for her daughter.
"Well then I think I want to move to my own apartment so that the other girls can't find me, don't worry I will give you my address and all and I will use the crystal to hide where I live from the girls," said Serena.
Mina Aino was pissed, that day she knew that Serena had something very important to say, she could feel it, her heart was broken... no shattered beyond repair. When Serena had left with a glassy look in her eyes, Mina turned and glared at Rei, Ami, and Lita in such an anger that they had never seen on Mina.
"Mina what's wrong?" asked Ami. "If it is about the klutz..." she started.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Mizuno" growled Mina out. "And from today it is Aino for you" she added.
"Mina!" said Artemis shocked.
"No Artemis, don't Mina me!" said Mina. "Her heart was shattered when she stepped inside" she growled out in anger.
Luna sat up in stunned shock, shattered? but why? When?
"Mina... what do you mean?" asked Lita.
"I don't know what happened, just like you, but she came here an hour late, her heart was shattered as if someone had ripped it out or stabbed a knife right into it several times," said Mina. "She just stood there and took what you yelled at her like she has done for months now!"
"Who could have shattered her heart?" Asked Rei skeptical.
"I don't know, but this is a worse version of the Dark Moon break up..." here Mina's eyes widen. "He should have returned today!"
"Darien?" asked Luna and Artemis which Mina nodded to.
"It can't be Darien," said Ami suddenly. "He loves her too much to break her, besides they will marry and have Rini" added Ami.
"Yes and Serena need to start acting like the princess she is" added Rei.
Lita was silent but she was in disbelief, Rei and Ami didn't believe Mina? when had they become experts on the matter of the heart? Even Luna and Artemis was surprised.
Mina's eyes narrowed. "Hino, Mizuno," said Mina coldly and harsh which got the two girls mentioned to look up at Mina surprised.
"As Leader of the Sailor Scouts from the Silver Millennium, I order you to hand in your transform wands and Mercury laptop," said Mina.
"You can't do that!" shouted Ami shocked and disbelief.
"She can and she just did," said Artemis. "She was your leader back then and her words are law when the princess isn't around" added Luna.
Rei and Ami growled and pulled out their items and handed it to Mina. Mina looked at Lita and raised an eyebrow.
Lita shook her head. "I knew that something was wrong with Serena when she stepped in, it was like she didn't even see us," said Lita as she stood up. "I, Lita Kino, also known as, Sailor Jupiter and princess of Jupiter will always be on Serena's side no matter if she is the princess or not... she is MY FRIEND," said Lita Kino.