A loud ringing noise woke the exhausted girl up from her terrible nightmare. "...mm.. 20 more minutes, mom..." mumbled Serena as she drifts back to sleep.

The bang of a door hitting the wall fully awakens her and in came a raving mother. "SERENA! Get your ass out of bed! You'll be late for school again and then I'll have to talk to that damn principle again." The mother stood in the doorway and took a puff of her cigarette.

"Mom, you talked to the principle because you were entering me into the school. Honestly, how drunk were you?"

"If you saw the money that we owe, you would be happy that I don't get wasted as often as I should." She ran a hand through her dyed blue hair and sucked on her cigarette again.

While her mother, Ikuko, gave Serena her defense speech, she threw on some clothes, brushed her hair, and put some light make up on, trying to get ready for school. "Good to know you're trying." Serena said sarcastically as she rushed downstairs and out the door.

Serena stomped into her classroom, disturbing the working classmates and looked around for an open seat. She sat in front of some nerd named Melvin and one of her friends, Molly.

"Oh Sawena, ya lat againnn." Molly stated with her rich Brooklyn accent.

"No shit Molly. My mom already gave me crap about that this morning. Spare me the scolding." Serena responded bitterly. She was in a bad mood. She was so sore and her nightmare had been so realistic that it was starting to freak her out. When her teacher started a new section Serena became lost in her thoughts of her dream.

As school finally came to an end, everyone rushed out of the building, while Serena and Molly walked slowing to their lockers.

"So, ya n' tat cuutie gonna get back togetter?"

"Ugh, Molly don't depress me. We just don't like each other anymore. Seiya and I just weren't meant to be together." Serena sighed. She did still have some small feelings with him, but before their relationship ended she discovered they had a lot of things to disagree about.

"Awh, okey. I'll catcha latta, Sawena!"

As Molly ran off to make the bus in time, Serena sat down on the bench. I can't go home til eight tonight since mom's the only one with the key to the house.. Maybe if i hoist myself up, I could reach the win-

Serena's thoughts were cut off when she saw a familiar figure. He walked to her in confidence and grabbed her hand gently and placed a kiss on it. "My princess, you must come with I."