Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Time seemed to go extremely slow for Serena as she waited for class to be finished. She did her best to hide her impatience but it was getting harder as the class period was nearing the end. It didn't help either that after this last class, she could enjoy the weekend with her friends. Today's plan is to visit the new family that moved in town yesterday.

Yesterday, she and the gang had been shopping when they heard that the owners of the newly constructed mansion in town had finally moved in. Curiosity getting the better of them, they made their way to the mansion to catch a glimpse of the family. They were not the only ones to see the family. It looked like half the town was there. The police were kept busy to stave off the people and even more so when Serena was caught sneaking past them. The scouts were able to rescue her after apologizing on her behalf. As they left they heard people saying that the family was supposedly immensely rich and the two children were popular singers and players. The scouts asked around for more information but no more could be found. No one had ever heard of this family.

The bell rung and Serena was the first to jump out of her chair. She heard nothing about studying for a test next week as she hurriedly grabbed her things and left the room. Quickly, she exchanged several of her books in her locker and ran home.

She shut the door, took off her shoes, and headed for her room. She had two hours before she had to meet the gang at the arcade. For thirty minutes she dug through her clothes for something befitting the visit and then changing into it. Luna had arrived in the room twenty minutes ago and merely watched from the bed as her princess was getting ready.

"I take it you and the girls are going to visit that family who just moved in yesterday?"

Serena nodded excitedly. "I can't wait to see them! I learned from my teacher that they have two children who will be transferring to our school! I wonder what they'll be like?"

Luna just smiled. It felt so good to have normalcy return, well most of it. Not long ago they had been attacked by Galaxia and the earth faced certain doom. But thanks to the Three Stars and Chibi Chibi, Serena was able to defeat Chaos. Earth was restored and the Three Lights returned home with their princess.

Two months later Serena became an emotional wreak. Darien again left for America as he had done before Galaxia's attack. He had called the professor to check if they would still accept him. The answer was "Yes" and Darien was on a plane. Before, Serena had allowed it, but this time the two fought over this choice. Serena feared something terrible might happen again and could not bear to lose him. Ever since everyone was revived, she never wanted Darien to leave her side again. That second month she pleaded with him to stay. At first all Darien did was comfort her, telling her she was being silly. He would not die; they could still communicate by letters and telephone. This appeased her for awhile until his departure neared closer. Her pleas became stronger. Patience wore down, leading to a fight. Since the fight, neither had spoken nor seen each other. All the scouts were extremely worried about this. They did their best to fix things only to comfort her in the end as she watched his plane leave Japan.

For three weeks Serena pretended during the day as if nothing happened, but at night she would cry herself to sleep. During this time, the scouts were shocked by the news Luna had managed to gather from the distraught moon princess: Serena and Darien had broken up. This had been concluded at their fight. What shocked them even more was that Serena was accepting it. None of the scouts could believe this, especially the Outer Scouts.

Trista spoke long with Serena. Serena acknowledged that the future would change, even Rini's existence. This information was given the next day at the scout meeting. The inner scouts had accepted the break up, especially knowing of Serena's growing feelings toward Seiya. Of the outer scouts, only Trista and Hotaru sided with their princess. Hotaru did not like it, but chose to accept her princess's decision. Everyone could see she was torn by the news. She and Rini were best friends. But with this change, she would never get to see or play with Rini again. Michelle and Amara were furious. Destiny could not be changed. Darien and Serena must be together for the Silver Millennium to occur. The two left after exchanging words with Trista and Serena. All of them promised to Serena that they would talk to them. Eventually, they would come around.

"How do you think they're doing, Luna?"

Luna had to think for a moment of what Serena spoke of until she saw her looking at several pictures of the Three Lights. In one picture Seiya teasing Serena. Next to it was a big frame containing a group photo of just the inner scouts, Serena, Chibi Chibi, and the three boys. A third photo was a concert photo of the boys singing. A fourth picture was shot when Seiya was playing football. The last picture was attached to the mirror. It was of Seiya staring off into the distance with a gentle smile. This was Serena's favorite in being that she had taken it without his knowing.

"I'm sure they're doing great. The last message I received from them was that they were almost done reconstructing their planet. In fact they plan on visiting right afterwards!"

Serena's face lit with excitement. "Really?! That's wonderful!"

A sudden thought occurred. What if the outer scouts attack them upon their arrival? That wouldn't be good. Maybe she should tell them. Ugh, they weren't going to be happy, especially Amara. How should she tell them? What to do!?

Knowing exactly what the blonde was thinking, Luna nodded with a smile. "I have already told the outer scouts this in case they decided to attack Princess Kakyuu and the Starlights for intruding Earth a second time." Serena's face shone even brighter and hugged her friend in a deathly squeeze.

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!"

She dropped Luna, who was sucking in oxygen she lost in that death hug. A squeal erupted as Serena jumped about, exclaiming "I can't wait for them to come! I should go ahead and start making plans." Luna listened as she listed off each thing but got extremely worried as it got longer and mostly involved eating. "Oh, I have got to tell the girls this!" Serena suddenly proclaimed. "They'll be so excited!" She hurriedly grabbed her things and sped toward the arcade, leaving a dust trail.

Luna sighed. "I hope you know what you will be getting into when you come, Princess Kakyuu. The Starlights surely do."

Halfway toward the arcade a group of people stood outside an instrument store. Soft beautiful piano music was coming from within. Serena stopped to listen to it. The more she listened the more it reminded her of the Moon Kingdom. It was so warm, serene, and peaceful. As the music became a little livelier she could picture all the fun times she had and the many balls her mother, Queen Serenity, had.

A second piano entered with the first. Five minutes into the song, the second piano changed. It had power and the song expanded toward the entire piano. The player managed to still keep a sense of serenity and liveliness to it. Serena could still image her home but she could also image the sun. She never pictured the sun as was being described by the song.

"I've got to see whose playing. Excuse me. Pardon me. May I get through?" She got through the crowd by asking politely. After that she forced her way, only to end up accidentally falling through the doorway and ending the music. "Ow, that hurt."

"Are you alright, miss?" asked a male voice.

"I'm fine." She grabbed the hand that was before her. "I'm so sorry that I made you stop. It was so. . ."

Words left her as she gazed upon her helper. He was a little taller than her. When he had helped her up, she felt his strength and also how his hands were kind of rough. He was thin but muscular. His hazel red eyes was a stark contrast with his flaming red hair. All in all, he was rather . . .

"Beautiful," she finished her thought, forgetting completely what she had said before looking at him.

"Thank you but it was not all me." Serena was confused by this until she remembered her statement and nearly blushed in embarrassment. "My sister deserves the credit as well. She is the one who composed it."

"But I could not have done it without your help, Ryan."

Serena had to blink several time to make sure she was seeing correctly. To his right stood a feminine version of him. Nothing was different, except the hair and voice. Her hair flowed down to her knees. It shone brighter than her brother's hair. As she spoke, there was a gentle lyrical tone in her voice. Her brother's voice was just a tad deeper than Darien's voice, but any girl would swoon upon hearing it directed toward her.

An applause outside caused all three of them to turn toward the shop window. The siblings, after their sudden surprise, waved to the group in gratitude for listening.

Ryan elbowed his sister. "Looks like we already have a fan group, Sis. And here we moved in hope to leave behind popularity for awhile. You really can't avoid this. This was to be our vacation and Justin was so looking forward to it."

"Maybe we should seclude ourselves then at home," she pondered making Ryan gasp.

The people left the building to continue their business. Noticing that the blonde girl was still there, Ryan's sister went to introduce herself and to leave her brother with the store manager, whom she pointed was heading their way. Ryan quietly groaned at his sister as he turned to speak with the man. This allowed the girls to get to know one another.

"Hi, my name is Sara Choi and that," she said gesturing at her look-alike, "is my twin brother, Ryan.

Serena gaped at Sara. "You guys are twins!?"

Sara giggled. "We are. Could you not tell?"

"Uh, well, I mean," Serena fumbled embarrassingly with her words. "I could see you guys were siblings."

"But did not think we were twins," Sara finished Serena's thoughts. "I guess I could understand that."

Ryan, having finished business with the man, came into the conversation as he placed an arm around Sara's shoulders. "So who is this beautiful young lady?"

"Ah, I forgot! I'm sorry!" Serena exclaimed as she quickly bowed. "I'm Serena Tsuskino. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Ryan imitated Serena's greeting. "Ryan Choi. The pleasure is mine."

As Serena straightened herself, she happened to notice the time: 6 o'clock. She was supposed to have met the gang an hour ago!

"Oh, no! I'm late!" She quickly bowed farewell before running at high speed toward the arcade. A booming noise sounded not long after.

"Did I just hear a sonic boom?" asked Ryan with a sweatdrop.