Discalimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its character's
Sorry it took so long for me to update but things have been hectic with the holidays and studying for exams but I have finally finished chapter 2 so here it goes.
Chapter 2 - Searching for the Moon
The four girls sit at their usual booth in the back corner of the Crown Arcade picking at a mutual plate of fries. Today might feel like any other day sitting there except for one major difference, Serena is gone. It has been two days since the girls received the letter from their leader telling them that she had left and now they are trying whatever they can to find her.
"So far I have had no luck tracking Serena with the Mercury computer." Amy says to her friends while continuing to fiddle with the hand held. "Have any of you been able to contact Darien in America?"
"No, I've left like a dozen messages telling him that something has happened and to call me back but nothing." Mina pouts, taking a sip of her soda.
"Same here." Lita looks just as miserable.
"It's obvious he doesn't care anymore. I don't think we should be so concerned with finding Serena, if she wanted us to know where she was she would have. I think we need to focus on school and fighting evil. Serena will contact us eventually." Rei is trying her best to put on a strong front but her friends can see that she is just as worried about their friend as the rest of them.
"Amy maybe you should try hacking some security footage at the airport and seeing if she got on a plane." Lita suggests pushing Rei's comments aside.
"Firstly that is completely illegal Lita and secondly Serena has the Lunar Pen. If she has left the country she most likely did it without looking like a sixteen year old girl." Amy responds calmly and logically.
"Amy is right. Serena wouldn't want to attract attention." Mina is now sitting with her head in hand looking dismally out the window.
"I just wish she would have come to us and told us why she had to go. Maybe we could have helped her." The other girls' moods were affecting Rei and she is now looking just as sad as her friends. Just then Mina's phone begins to ring and all of the girls perk up.
"Oh my god! It's Darien!" Mina shrieks.
"Answer it you idiot!" Rei yells at the blonde. Mina clicks the answer button and puts it on speaker.
"Mina?" Darien's voice comes through the speaker.
"Darien. Hi." All of the girls wear the same look of hope, praying that he knows where Serena is.
"Mina what happened? Why is my voicemail full of messages from you and the girls saying something about an emergency?" Darien doesn't ask why none of these messages are from Serena. He is afraid of what they might say.
"Darien have you heard from Serena at all? Has she tried to contact you?" Rei demands.
"No. What do you mean? Isn't she there?" Darien's heartbeat quickens and he begins to worry about his love.
"No she isn't. She ran away and we were hoping she had tried to call you." Amy is trying so hard to remain calm but hearing that Serena hadn't tried to contact the man she loves was concerning to her.
"She ran away? Where did she go? How could Luna have let this happen?" Darien is becoming frantic now, wanting to hang up and try calling Serena.
"We don't know where she went that's why we were hoping she contacted you so don't you yell at us Darien. She probably ran away because of how upset she is that you dumped her. Also Luna went with Serena which means there was no chance that Serena was going to stick around no matter what anyone said." Rei is becoming angry with the guy on the other end of the phone and if he weren't half way across the world she would slap him.
"I'm sorry. I am just as worried as you and I promise I will try to get a hold of her. If I hear anything from her I promise that I will call you immediately. I have to go. Bye girls." The line goes dead and the girls look at one another scared and worried.
Meanwhile halfway across the globe Darien slides down his dorm room door holding back tears. What had he done, he never wanted to hurt her this badly. Rei is right, it is his fault that she ran away, what other reason could there be. If anything is to happen to his beautiful meatball head he will never forgive himself. He is going to everything in his power to find her and fix everything, he swears to Serenity he will.
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"What do you think of this one, Luna?" Serena asks pointing to an ad in the newspaper advertising a small 1 bedroom apartment. "It's listed here for only $650 a month, fully furnished, and it allows pets. Is that a good price? How much Canadian money do we have again?"
"We have $5898 Serena, you used $2 for the newspaper and $100 for your new phone. That apartment looks fine and the price will have to do. Just remember we need to be very conservative with the money until you can get a job here." Luna paces back and forth in front of the bench where Serena sits. Serena had used the Lunar Pen to appear older and they had taken the earliest flight which had brought them to Toronto. Apparently it is one of the larger cities in Canada but Serena finds it small compared to Tokyo.
"I know Luna. Now be quiet, I'm calling the number." Serena pulls out her cell phone and dials the number listed on the ad.
"Hello?" came a woman's voice from the other end of the line.
"Yes, hello! I'm calling about your apartment ad in the newspaper for the 1 bedroom." Serena is happy with how much her English classes are paying off. "Is the apartment still available to rent?"
"It is. You will need to provide us with first and last month's rent upon moving in. Will that be a problem?" The woman sounds like she doesn't want to be having this conversation but Serena doesn't care. They need a place to live.
"That is not a problem. Your ad also says that pets are allowed so it's alright if I have a cat yes?" Serena looks over at Luna who is now perched on the bench beside her.
"Cats are fine just no big dogs or any reptiles." Serena holds back a laugh at how disgusted the woman sounds at the word reptile.
"Nope. Just a cat. May I ask when I will be able to move in?" Serena knew that she may have to wait some time before she can move in and that they will probably need to stay in a motel for a while.
"Apartment is ready to be moved into whenever you need just let us know. Can I Just get your name dear?" The woman sounds more pleasant now that she knows Serena would not be bringing in any reptiles.
"Right my name is Serena Shields and is it possible for me to move in this evening?" Serena doesn't know why she gave Darien's last name, it just came out so naturally.
"Tonight? My, that's rather soon. Don't you need a few days to pack first?" Serena knows her request is rather unusual and already has an excuse.
"No, ma'am. I just left an abusive situation so I have all of my stuff in the suitcase beside me." She knows it's wrong to lie about such things but she also knows people will give you sympathy.
"Oh dear, how awful. Of course you can move in today. It's not a problem. When you get here just buzz the number for the superintendent and I'll come down with your keys." Serena tries not to shriek with joy at how quickly she managed this knowing that anything can go wrong.
"Thank you so much. I'll see you soon. Thank you." She hangs up the phone an turns to Luna. "That was surprisingly easy."
"You will probably have to fill out some forms when we get there but I can help with that." Luna doesn't seem particularly excited at all and it is bumming Serena out.
"Come on Luna. Brighten up. Everything is going to be fine. It's better than the alternative." She trembles as she thinks about what telling her parents would have been like.
"Let's just go shall we?" The cat jumps off of the bench and begins trotting down the street the blonde following behind with her suitcase . One task done, now all Serena has to do is find a job. It can't be too hard can it?