The Adventures of a Lady

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Sailor Moon

Authors Notes: I'm making Serena at least eighteen in

this story, as well as all the other girls. I don't

think that some of the things she's going to do are

right for a fourteen year old.

Thank you so much for the comments you guys, it really makes you want to put

out the next chapter. Keep letting me know what you think.

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Serena sat pondering her situation in the garden later

that day. She pulled the petals off a red rose as she

tried to sort out what was happening to her. She had a

headache from trying not to be herself for the past few

hours. She had a feeling the tripping and whining wasn't

something that would be looked kindly upon right now. Plus

everyone she talked to thought she was crazy but she knew

she was right. She tried to remember what had happened the

night before she woke up here, and she only realized one

thing. That was that she didn't remember actually going to

bed. It was like the whole night was a blur, and then she

woke up, but she remembered everything else about her life.

"Why would you destroy such a beautiful flower?"

Serena looked around to find Darien standing behind

her with that same amused look in his eyes.

Serena suddenly became annoyed at this and she looked

away.

Darien was again amused by this, and it made him want

to dig a little deeper into this strange girl who had

captured his attention so quickly. "Have I done something

to offend you?"

"Your eyes are laughing at me," she said without

hiding her anger like a Lady should have.

Darien laughed and sat beside her on the long wide

bench. "I apologies, I'm not laughing at you, I am only

observing you."

"Well you shouldn't."

Darien didn't stop looking at her. "Why are you out

here all alone?"

Serena was slightly afraid that perhaps what she was

doing would seem to be improper here. She looked up at him

in a mixture of surprise and worry.

"I'm sure that this rose would have preferred if you

hadn't come."

She looked at the flower in her hands, no more than

mulched deep red silk and a few pieces of the green thorns.

She quickly dropped them on the ground and watched as the

fluttered breathlessly away.

"Is something the matter?"

"Everyone thinks I'm crazy," she said honestly.

"Are you?"

Serena looked at him again. "No."

"Then there's nothing to worry about." His smile lit

up his eyes, and this was the first time that Serena had

been close enough when he was like this to see just how

kind they could be. He looked caring and honest, which was

something that was absent in him when he was teasing and

making fun of her.

Serena stood up and looked down on him. "Excuse me, I

think I should be getting inside now," she said as she started

walking away from him. She saw Lita in the distance, and she

b-lined for her.

"Lita, I need to ask you more questions," she said slightly

out of breath as she approached her friend.

"What is it Serena?" Lita asked ready for whatever she

might get.

"Is it alright for a man and a woman to be alone?" She

was starting to pick her words very carefully.

"Not unless they are either married or engaged to be."

Serena looked back at where she had been sitting with

Darien moments before. He would have known that. Was he

trying to play her? "What exactly is it that I am allowed

to do?"

Lita smiled. "Now this is territory you and I have been

through before. A Lady is never allowed to do anything.

We have joked and discussed this subject many times. Your

father love you and therefore you have many more privileges

than the normal Lady, but there are still boundaries."

"Can you name some?"

Lita looked amused. "You are not allowed to go to town

without an escort. You can not possibly do anything that is

not befitting a Lady, such as anything a man might do. You

will not disgrace yourself in front of others by standing

up against the opinions of a man or a higher ranked lady."

"Wait a sec," Serena stopped her. "Are you saying that

I have to be this prissy little twit that nobody listens

to and has no responsibilities?"

Lita looked at her surprised. "I don't know what that

all meant, but it sounded a bit right. Serena, women are

meant to be the support of their men."

Serena could feel her temper rising. "Well to hell

with that. If this is some sort of sick joke I want it to

stop now. When I wake up tomorrow morning I better be

back in my own room in the future. I can't stand all this

pathetic stuff."

She stormed off back towards her room, hoping that she

remembered where it was. Lita just watched her in shock,

and Amy and Raye watched her with surprise.

"What was her problem?" Raye asked as the two girls

walked up to Lita.

Lita looked at the two Ladies that Serena had said

she knew from the future. She felt at once that she had

known them somewhere, but it was just a feeling. "She's

upset."

"And that means she can walk off in a huff?" Raye

said.

"She is very beautiful," Amy said after a moment.

Lita looked at her and smiled. "Yes she is, and she

has the kindest heart of anyone I have ever met. But

she is headstrong and proud, and that has caused her

much grief in the past."

"There is nothing wrong with a woman who has a mind

and a will," Amy said crossly, which was unusual for the

usually quiet Amy.

Raye smiled at her. "Amy here is a genius," she

bragged to Lita, and Amy just blushed. "There is hardly

a book in this world that she has not read, and her

intelligence could match that of any man."

"I'm sure you and Serena would have many things to

talk about then," Lita said. "When she decides to come

out of her room again, perhaps I can introduce you both

to her informally.

"That might be fun," Raye said ready for the

challenge.

When Serena woke up the next morning, she did not

open her eyes. She lay in bed, afraid of what she might

see if she were to give in to the temptation. She tried

to feel the bed she was in, but she was to tense.

Slowly she opened one eye, letting her eye adjust to

the light streaming in the huge room. Both eyes snapped

open and she felt like she would cry.

It was the same room from the day before. She

whimpered slightly and closed her eyes again. This was

not happening to her. Why on earth was she stuck in this

nightmare?

She sat up on the end of the bed and looked into the

room again. It was a beautiful room, and it held so much

of her own touch. She could feel herself in this room

just as she had been able to back home in her old room.

She sighed defeated. She didn't know what to do.

But something occurred to her. Maybe this was a test.

Was she supposed to prove something? Was this some sort

of bizarre way of getting her to learn something? If so

it was extraordinarily weird. But what would happen if she

failed? Would her friends be stuck here forever? Would

something terrible happen back home? Would the future

never exist?

All these questions suddenly seemed more terrible then

what she had to go through now. If this was a test, then

she was going to pass it. But what could it be?

Serena thought about what happened in this time period

and what she might have to do about it, but her years of

sleeping during history class were now starting to catch

up to her. She tried to decipher what Lita had said, and

only one thing came to her. She was supposed to be a Lady.

Was that the test? To see if she could be a Lady?

If that was it, then she was going to show the world exactly

who she could be. No more clutzing out and whining. No

more stuffing her face and sleeping during class.

With her determination set, she was going to do this.

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End of Chapter two

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