A/N- Hello! I have a few things to say. I know I put this under romance, and it will have romance. But I put it under Serena and Darien…now there will be that pairing, but not until about chapter 2 or 3. This story focuses mainly on Serena, so Darien's pov won't be used more than once or none at all, though he'll be around. So Serena and Darien are already together and like I said before he doesn't show up until chapter 2 or 3. Oh and Serena can transform into Sailor Moon in this as well. Happy reading!


Serena placed a map on the small round table in front of her. She smiled as she traced her finger over the blue symbols that depicted small buildings around a courtyard. She had been out for most of the day and had just sat down for a cup of coffee at a café she wanted to try ever since she moved into her apartment.

Serena moved just a little over two weeks ago and she was looking forward to living somewhere other than her parent's house. It already felt nice to have a place of her own, even though the sparsely decorated rooms screamed plain and boring.

She had promised herself that she would wait and shop for her new home when she accumulated a bit more money, but she had already gotten tired of staring at bare white walls and unfurnished table tops. Just the thought of spending one more day in a bare room sent her cringing and ready to walk into another home furnishing store.

As a strong gust of wind pulled at her, she spared a glance at her watch. She hadn't been sitting at the café too long, but she was anxious to finish shopping and get home so she could decorate.

Grabbing her bags in two hands she walked over to a garbage can to throw out her drink. Just as the empty cup hit the bottom of the garbage can a hysteric woman knocked into Serena, sending a few of her bags out of her hands and crashing to the ground. As the contents spilled, Serena looked at the woman and watched her fall onto her knees, picking some of the fallen items up.

The woman was mumbling something under her breath that Serena couldn't really catch, but she dismissed it as she watched the woman collect the dropped items.

"I'm s-so s-s-sorry." The woman managed to say as she wiped some of her tears off her face and scrambled up, her long blond hair covering a large portion of her face, but Serena could see most of her features.

She was bothered by the woman for some reason. Sure she wasn't that mad about being bumped into, the woman seemed sorry enough as it is, though the apology seemed to hold something more. Narrowing her eyes Serena searched the woman's face for some sort of clue or sign of something, but the woman's face held nothing but despair and fatigue, judging by the dark circles that were set deeply below her eyes.

Heaving a sigh she softened her face at the woman, feeling that she was probably overreaching.

"Hey, it's fine. But is there anything I can do to help you? By the way, my name is Serena." Serena placed a sincere and warm smile on her lips, trying to comfort whatever troubled the young woman standing next to her.

Serena extended her hand to the woman to show her she had nothing to fear, and because she was generally interested in what was troubling her.

"T-thank you, I'm f-fine. My name i-is Christa. I have t-to go now, s-sorry again."

The handshake was brief and Christa's grip was unnaturally weak and limp. Again Serena found something wrong with the way Christa spoke to her, something just seemed off about it.

But before Serena could say anything else, the shaken woman frantically spun around with tears on her face and was already starting down the street. Wondering what the woman's problem could have been, she pondered whether she should follow the shaken woman or just let her go on her way.

Just as she was about to go after her, she was already out of site, most likely blending in with a crowd of people. Tearing her gaze from the street, Serena looked down at her bag that the woman had accidentally made her drop and then she stole a glance up the street again, but she could see no trace of Christa.

Sighing she picked up her bags and headed to the shops located about a block away. She had never been this far from her apartment yet, but she just never had the time.

As she approached the first store and opened the door she was assaulted with the smoky but comforting scent of incense. As she breathed in more of the scented air she felt herself relax, she felt at ease and very peaceful.

Huh, I need to buy some of that stuff to put in my home.

As she wandered around the small shop she lazily scanned the various shelves full of knickknacks and artifacts.

Serena came to a stop as she eyed the beautiful necklaces that hung from a few old nails in the wall. The necklaces seemed so out of place hanging on a rusty nail that she wanted to buy all of them. Though as she looked at the price she placed the necklaces she was holding back onto the nail, they were too expensive for her.

Just as she was turning away to leave she bumped into a figure that seemed to have just appeared, letting out a gasp of surprise she righted herself and then turned to look at the figure she almost knocked over.

"I wasn't watching where I was going, I'm really sorry for bumping into you." Serena waited for the figure to turn around, but when it didn't she started to panic.

"Are you alright? I really didn't mean to bump into you, did I break anything?" She placed her hand on the figures frail back, she could now tell that it probably was an elderly woman that she knocked into.

When the woman grabbed Serena's hand she almost jumped, the woman's hands were very gnarled looking, probably due to arthritis or just old age. But as Serena's gaze jumped to the older woman's eyes she was surprised to see pearlescent eyes staring at her.

"Oh! Did I hurt you, do you need help?" Serena was starting to worry that the woman was deaf and blind, but again she was surprised when her hand was squeezed in a tight grasp, though it wasn't painful.

"Child, don't worry now, I'm alright. Sometimes I lose my train of thought, especially as of late. I should be asking you what you need, but I've been working here all my life and I rarely notice anyone new come in." As the woman's hand fell away from Serena's she turned to the necklaces and ran her hand over them.

"That's okay. Um, I was just looking at the beautiful necklaces that you've got here, they are truly magnificent."

Hm, so she must be blind, but she noticed that I was new customer and new to the city. Well, she probably memorizes voices if she is truly blind.

Serena felt the gaze of the woman again, this time it felt like she could see through her soul, like she was reading her thoughts. For the second time in a day she tried to shake the weird feeling that she was now picking up from being near the older woman.

"Thank you for the compliment, dear. Would you like to buy one of them from me today, they've been here an awfully long time."

"Oh, I was just looking around. Plus they are slightly out of my price range, I may buy some another day. By the way, my name is Serena and I just moved here a little over two weeks ago." Serena smiled sheepishly at the blind woman but realized her smile couldn't be seen.

But it's the thought that counts. Her thoughts reminded her.

"I see. My name is Evelyn. Wait a moment while I go get something for you, I think you may like it." And before Serena could protest Evelyn was shuffling towards the back of the store and into some sort of storage closet. She walked with confidence, even though she was blind.

It's probably because she has been working here a long time and she knows where she is going.

While waiting she heard some shuffling of bricks or some sort of rocks, maybe something heavy.

Wait, shuffling of bricks or rocks! What is she doing back there, maybe I should help her.

As Serena made her way to the back of the shop, Evelyn appeared in the storage room's doorway. She was holding a small box that had a keyhole in the center of it and the box was embroidered with intricate gold flower patterns.

Maybe she misunderstood me, I didn't have enough money for the other necklaces on display, how could I possibly afford whatever is in that box.

"Now, can you wait a little longer while I get the key for this?" But even before she could answer Evelyn gently placed the box in Serena's right hand and walked away again. This time she headed towards the antique looking cash register. But instead of opening it she reached into what looked like a slot under it, she couldn't really get that good of a look. When Evelyn came back with the key she had a small smile on her face, like she was excited to give the key to Serena.

"I want you to take this key and open the box with it." As Serena grasped the rusty old key she gently placed it in the small box, as she twisted the key is made a grating noise, but it wouldn't open.

Not wanting to break it she left the key inside the keyhole and turned to Evelyn. "It doesn't look like I can open it, maybe you should try yourself or let someone else open it." Evelyn shook her head and placed her hand on Serena's shoulder. She had a weird look on her face, disappointment maybe? Serena wasn't quite sure, but she didn't want to be responsible for breaking the tiny box.

"No, I couldn't possibly open this, my hands too old and frail. But…are you positive that you cannot open it. Surely someone as young as you could have enough strength to open a tiny box. Just try a little harder; I'm sure you won't break it." Evelyn's hand retreated from Serena's shoulder and came to rest on the box in Serena's hands. She gave her a motherly pat for encouragement and took a few steps away from Serena, smiling.

Swallowing hard Serena turned the key that was still firmly connected to the small box and gave it a more forceful turn. As she heard something give or break inside of the box, a small popping noise was made. She immediately cringed and was about to apologize for breaking it. But instead of breaking, it soon snapped open, its small rusty hinges protesting against the movement. Inside was a very pretty necklace. It looked very antique and old, though it still had a classy charm about it. The dark blue of the stone seemed to catch the light and the gold patterns encasing it were the same as the designs on the outside of the box that it was placed in.

"How do you like it, Serena?" Serena managed to rip her gaze from the beautiful necklace to look at Evelyn. She was looking at Serena expectantly, but with a gaze of something else. Longing? Or maybe she just wanted to see its beauty for herself. It was along that line of thought that Serena realized just how little she knew of the older woman in front of her. She had made Serena feel welcome and comforted in such a short period of time that she wasn't sure what to do.

"It is really beautiful, but you can't possibly think to give this to me? I can't afford such an antique, though I can promise I'll be back after I've saved up some more money to buy one of your less expensive ones." Serena handed the box to the Evelyn, who refused to take it.

"It's free." Evelyn had a knowing grin on her face. "Free? Why would you give this to me? Surely you have some family that you would like to give this to?" Serena was completely floored, this woman was being so nice, maybe she was losing her mind and didn't realize what she was possibly giving away.

"Well, you're new to the city so I thought it would be a wonderful gift among all of the stresses you're probably facing right now. Oh, and my family, well that's a story for another day. Won't you come back some other day and talk to this old woman? Because I have to get going, it's getting time to close up shop and I need to get some rest." Serena seemed to accept the gift from the woman, feeling a little ashamed that she brought up the topic of family and how she thought that Evelyn could possibly be experiencing dementia; she was probably just an old woman who was being nice.

"Thank you for the beautiful gift and I will definitely be back some other day. Have a nice day, bye." With a wave Serena was out of the shop, but not after seeing a wave from Evelyn. Deciding to wear the necklace right away, she clasped it behind her neck and decided that it looked stunning with the outfit that she was wearing.

Glancing at her watch Serena realized that the few hours she was inside the little shop time had went by so fast. It was already dark outside and she really couldn't shop anymore since most of the shops were closed. Retracing her steps Serena made her way back to her apartment.

As she was just a few blocks away from her home she sensed something, more likely someone. It was weird how she was just aware of someone, but she didn't know what to do. Though, out of the corner of her eye she saw a small figure walking. Hesitantly she turned towards the small figure and realized that it was a little girl.

Looking around her the feeling that she had before vanished and all that was left was the little girl walking around without anyone with her. The child was about four or so and she was wandering into what looked like a dark alley. Fear overtook Serena as the child disappeared in a cover of darkness. Running across the street she called for the child, but received no answer.

Swallowing her panic she walked into the darkness of the alleyway and out of the soft glow of the security light. As she walked straight ahead she tripped and stumbled across trash and other things that she didn't want to think about at the moment. As she made it to the end of the alley she realized her mistake, there was no noise of a child stumbling around in the dark, and as a large figure loomed over her she scrambled back a few steps.

Squinting her eyes she knew it was a man, probably the one that was watching her before. But in his hands was the little girl that she was following, and the child didn't look too happy in the man's arms. She looked like she was on the verge of tears and she was reaching out to someone, but it wasn't Serena. Turning her head to the left Serena spotted another figure, only this one was huddled in the corner of the alley and looking at the child and man in fear.

As Serena looked closer she realized that the woman was the one who bumped into her earlier in the day, it was Christa. "What's going on?" Serena was worried, but she hadn't been attacked, though the situation didn't look too good for her, Christa and the child. "Is this the woman that you were talking about, Christa?" The man's deep voice echoed around the dirty alleyway. "Yes, it is her." Christa looked at Serena, her eyes were pleading, but Serena had no clue what she wanted.

"Good, now none of this would have happened if you would have given it to me in the first place." The man seemed quite angry with Christa and Serena wondered what ties Christa held with the frightening man. "I'm sorry, I was just scared. I shouldn't have run away, now can I please have my daughter back?" There were tears pouring out of Christa's eyes as she held out her arms to the man. "I don't think so, why don't you go find it before I give her back to you."

Serena watched as Christa nodded and made her way towards Serena. Frankly Serena didn't know what to do. She didn't know what they were talking about either. Christa barely talked to her when she bumped into her earlier in the day, so she was lost on what Christa could possibly want.

"Don't come any closer to me, I don't know what you both want, but I'm not a part of it! I'm going to leave right now, you don't need me." Serena started to walk away when she heard the man laugh and she felt a hand gripping her forearm tightly.

"You can't leave until I get what I want, and then you will be on your way, maybe."

But to Serena's relief the grip was light and feminine; the man had just spoken but hadn't moved from his spot in the middle of the alleyway.

Sighing Serena turned her questioning gaze over to Christa. But as Christa bent over to Serena's ear, nothing could have prepared her for what she would say. "Run, Serena."


A/N- Well I'm going to cut it off right here…I'll have an update pretty soon, this week soon. I just feel that this chapter is pretty long so it's good to stop right here. I hope everyone likes this story so far. I would really like and appreciate some feedback/comments/critique on this. Thank you.