Destiny or Fate: The First Road Taken
Chapter Two: The Choice
Meanwhile, Serena was now walking and not running home. She had failed another test, and she knew her mom would be upset. "This is probably not a good day to ask mom for anything. I got a 25% on a test. It's highly unlikely though that she will forget but I can always hope that she will…" Serena continued on a monologue as Luna felt much more comfortable again now that the girl wasn't running at top speed. Luna listened carefully to what the girl was saying for any clue that this was definitely the girl she was looking for. "Oh! Darien is such a jerk! . . .No matter how handsome he is. . . . Andrew is so nice to let me take you. He must really trust me to take care of you. Oh I know! If I take really good care of you maybe he'll think I'm good girlfriend material! I know I have to ask mom now, I'll explain how important the situation is!" Luna reconsidered the likelihood that she would say anything important.
No sooner had the thought crossed Luna's mind then there they were at Serena's house. "Mom I'm home!"
"Hey klutz!" a young voice laughingly greeted, "You fail that test today?"
"Oh Sammie! Why do I have to have the worst little brother in the world!?"
"I'll take that as a yes!" Sammie replied with a huge smirk on his face, "You're lucky mom's not home right now. She ran out for groceries."
Serena grinned – perfect she thought to herself as she walked past Sammie into the kitchen.
Sammie finally noticed what was in her arms, "Did you bring home a cat?"
"Shh, just help me find food for her."
"You think that mom will let you keep in after failing a test?" Sammie asked with big speculative eyes.
Serena began to tear up. "After she meets Luna she won't be able to say no, no matter what happened today."
"Serena, how do you know that her name is Luna, or that it's a girl to begin with?"
Luna perked up and tilted her head as she watched Serena, "It's just a feeling I get. Is that your name kitty?" Serena asked as she began to stroke Luna again. Luna couldn't help but purr. It had been so long since she had been loved like this and by so many people in one day. She was also happy. She had her answer, the key that possibly made Serena the girl she was looking for.
Serena and Sammie fed Luna and watched her until their mother got home. Serena's mom reprimanded Serena, however by the end of the night all was forgiven after Serena agreed to go to the library to study that weekend. Serena also agreed to do the dishes until the end of time with no extra allowance to keep Luna.
Saturday, Luna slept in with Serena and followed her to the arcade where she met up with another one of her friends named Molly, a nice, pleasant girl who seemed to keep Serena grounded at least most of the time. After the arcade they spent the rest of the day at the mall. Luna found nothing important that linked Serena to being her chosen one.
Sunday, Luna followed Serena to the library with her mom as the escort to make sure Serena made it with all of her school books and stayed for a little to make sure her daughter didn't leave right away at least. Luna stayed in Serena's bag because no cats were allowed inside the library. After Serena's mom left Serena had an encounter with Darien, that almost got her kicked out of the library but Darien said that he would keep her under control and actually got the girl to study a bit. Luna made an interesting observation, every night Serena fell asleep looking at the moon.
Monday, Luna went to school with Serena. Important notes: Serena is always late and normally gets detention. However, the teacher was impressed that Serena finished one of her homework assignments, almost fainted actually. Seems to always, accidently, run into Darien.
Tuesday, Luna stayed at home to observe Serena's mother. Important notes: loving women whom can cook wonderful meals.
Wednesday, followed Sammie to school. Appears he is the opposite of Serena, popular at school, good at sports and his teachers like him.
Thursday, observed Serena's father who is a prestigious protective man. He saw Serena and Darien having an exchange outside of a coffee shop. Darien was covered in coffee and Serena looked angry. Her father went up the young man and very violently threatened him. Afterwards, Serena looked flabbergasted at her father after Darien almost bolted down the street to get away from them. Luna observed Darien the rest of the night, wishing to stay away from Serena's father.
Now here it was Friday and Luna had decided to wander the neighborhood that day. The negative energy in the town was beginning to grow slowly. It was now or never Luna decided. She was going to tell Serena and hope that she was right. She knew she was but also terrified that by chance she wasn't.
Serena had just walked in from school, well probably the arcade. Luna noticed a small smile on the girls' face as she walked into her bedroom. Luna meowed to make her presence known.
Serena visibly jumped. "Luna! Don't scare me like that!"
"I'm sorry Serena," Luna responded.
"It's okay I – WHAT!" Serena went as far away from Luna as possible, who was sitting calmly on the bed. "You did not just talk… it was my imagination."
"No, Serena it wasn't," Luna walked to the end of the bed.
"What…" Serena said weakly, "… Okay then I am dreaming," a large smile came to Serena lips and she almost yelled, "Yes, I'm dreaming."
Luna rolled her eyes. She knew she should have the patience for this but she didn't. "Serena there isn't much time. I have to explain the situation that Earth is in and you must make your decision quickly."
Serena just stared at Luna, a little dump founded.
"Good, just listen then, it's probably best," At that Luna leapt into the air and did a front flip, pulling a brooch from her subspace compartment.
"Wow. . ." Serena stated in awe as she looked at the Brooch.
"This is yours if you choose for it to be," Luna stated calmly, glad to have Serena's attention.
"Really?" Serena asked softly, she began to feel a pull towards the brooch, "for me?"
"Serena, this isn't any normal brooch," Luna began as Serena inched slowly towards the brooch, "this is a transformation brooch to very ancient magic."
"Magic?" Serena asked as though hypnotized by the brooch as she got slowly closer and closer to it.
"A very long time ago there was a race of people whom lived on the Moon and other planets within the Milky Way solar system. There was a peace for a very long time between all of the planets, this time was called the Silver Millennium. After long periods of peace, it always seems as though evil and darkest will come back to threaten the peace. In preparation for such a time of violence, each planet appointed a guardian who would be responsible for protecting their planet and peace within the galaxy.
"Guardians knew the risk they took once they agreed to their position. There was no future for a Guardian, there only position in life was to be a Guardian. Their dreams to become nurses, musicians, performers, chefs, etc. were forgotten as their duty became their only goal in life.
"The evil that came to the Silver Millennium was imprisoned at the price of the Queen of the Moon's life. She had the power of the Silver Crystal at her disposal. Once, the enemy came, they annihilated everyone in their path, including the Guardians. The Queen could have wiped out the enemy, but what was the point if no one could enjoy the peace that would follow. The Queen made the choice to use the last of her life force, through the Silver Crystal, to trap the evil and send all of her subjects and those of other planets to the future, on Earth, to enjoy peace until the evil came back -"
"And now the evil is back," Serena interrupted. During Luna's tale she had finally approached the brooch and was now sitting next to Luna on the bed.
"Yes, and every close to unleashing its evil power one more time."
"And the only reason you are telling me this is because you think I am one of those Guardians."
"The leader actually."
Serena eyes grew. "No way." She shook her head, "No way," more loudly. "No."
"Yes, Serena. You are Sailor Moon, or will be if you choose."
