Welcome to my imagination's reality. I hope you all are enjoying the story. Thanks for all the comments. I have never been very big on sticking things in a certain season. I just set it up for how I want the story to go. I tend to use attacks I remember from the first two seasons. Anyway just thought I would throw that out there.
Well On with the Story….
While Serena was having her day, at the same time in Tokyo…
The Sailor Scouts and Darien had spent another day searching for Serena with no luck. They called the outer scouts, who promised to keep a watch for her during their tour. Michelle said her mirror could not find her either nor could they sense the magic of the silver crystal. The outers told them that Trista refused to use her powers as guardian of the gates to reveal where Serena was since it is their fault she left. She did tell them that Serena was safe and making new friends. Trista thus returned to the gates to watch over Serena from a far. When the inner scouts returned to the temple they met in the room with the great fire.
"How are we going to find her?" Rei asked the great fire once more, but it to was not talking to her.
"Rei, is the great fire not answering you?" Mina asked.
"No, it will not tell me where she is." Rei said as she moved away from it.
"Darien, can you find her through your connection?" asked Ami.
"I can not pin point her location, I can just tell that she is ok. Our connection gets stronger when she is in danger. If she gets attacked then I could follow it back to her. She is too far for me to be able to tell where she is and she is trying to block me on top of that. I am not sure how far our connection really goes. I know I could not find her location when I was flying to America, but I have no idea where I was when it stopped." Darien said looking beyond lost. He looked like he had not slept at all nor did he look like he was taking care of himself.
"I guess we will have to search every city until we find her. How far could she have gotten with little to no money?" Lita said pouring a cup of tea for everyone.
"Who knows? If she could remove herself from everyone, but our memories, then there is no telling what she could do." said Artemis.
"What do you mean?" Ami asked.
"Well it would take a lot of skill to do that. She basically erased her own existence. The silver crystal can do whatever the owner asks. Whether simple glamour magic to destroying the world or evil villain. But she would have to practice often to get real control over what happens when it does what she wants." Artemis said.
"Basically it could be impossible to find her from what you are saying." Darien said who appeared to slump into a deeper depression.
"No. We will just have to keep looking. Her glamour will fool Ami's computer and Rei's great fire, but we will be able to recognize her. When it is meant for us to find her, we will." Artemis tried to give them a little hope.
"Then we will just keep looking for her until we find her, I just hope nothing happens to her before then." Lita said as Rei pulled out a map. They quickly began planning the next city in Japan they were going to look.
Back to San Francisco…
Leo orbed to the club where Piper was working on the books.
"Hi honey. What brings you to the club?" Piper got up and kissed Leo.
"Phoebe met our new neighbor today, her name is Serena. When Phoebe shook Serena's hand, she had a vision about her in a white dress wielding a great power. Phoebe and I have been helping her around her house, just in case and the fact she lives alone. Now Phoebe has gone to dinner and shopping with her to keep an eye on her. I already tried to talk to the Elders and they will not tell me anything except it will all reveal itself in time." Leo told her.
"Just when I thought things were going to be quite around here." said Piper looking annoyed.
"Serena is extremely nice girl. Phoebe thinks she would make a good employee for the club. It would be another good way to keep an eye on a possible innocent. Besides she needs a job and you need help around here." Leo said.
"I will meet her later then. I will call Phoebe and see if she will bring her by for an informal interview." Piper said giving in.
"Alright, also when you see Paige later, pass it on to her. Phoebe and Serena are having an early dinner then shopping for Serena some furniture and things like that. Anything you want me to do around here right now?" Leo asked.
"Go make sure the glasses are out and clean for this evening and the band doesn't need anything while they set up." Piper said as she got back to doing the books. Leo went out into the club to get to work. Piper picked up the phone to call Phoebe. After talking Phoebe into bringing Serena to the club, she called Paige to pass along the vision. Paige agreed to also meet Serena tonight at the club.
Back to Serena…
Serena watched Phoebe walk back over to were she was looking at couches. So far Serena had made several purchases. With Phoebe's help she had bought a five piece bedroom suite for her room, a stainless steel refrigerator, cordless phones for all over her house, a television, an entertainment center, a few small tables for the living room and several other odds and ends. Now they were looking at living room suites. Phoebe had a large smile on her face.
"Sorry that was Piper. Leo told her all about you. If you're interested in a job at her night club then she would like to meet you tonight after we take the things that are not being delivered to your place first." Phoebe told her as she tried another couch.
"Wow. Really? This is great. I need a job, so I will meet with her tonight. I think I like this soft tan couch and love seat that recline." Serena said excitedly.
"Would Luna not mess it up?" Phoebe asked.
"No, Luna is a very good cat. I think I will buy this one sir." Serena told the sales clerk helping them. "I do believe I am done for the day. I have spent almost three thousand on this stuff. (AN: I looked some of this stuff online so I have a rough estimate on the cost.) I will come out in a few days, get some lamps and the like. Here in a week or so I will come out again to fix up the other rooms. I might start the guest rooms next, then the attic." Serena got up and walked with Phoebe to pay for everything and take the things that fit into Serena's car to her place.
When they returned to Serena's place and took everything inside. Together they picked out an outfit for her to met Piper in. "I will set early tomorrow setting these things up. I'm excited to start filling this place up so it doesn't look so empty." Serena said as she finished getting ready.
"It will look great with the things we picked out. Are you sure tomorrow you are not going to need any help? I think my boss will let me work from home again." Phoebe said getting her keys out of her purse; she was going to drive this time.
"I will be fine. Don't worry. Work in important, you don't want to get behind." Serena grabbed her purse as they walked to the door, while Phoebe was already walking to her car. "Luna, I am going to a job interview with Phoebe's sister. I will be home later okay."
"Alright Serena. We can talk about our next moves when you get home." Luna said as she ran to take a nap up stairs in Serena's bed, which they were going to take back down tomorrow.
"Bye Luna." Serena locked the door behind her and walked over to Phoebe's car. Serena watched every turn they took so she could find her way back here if she got the job.
Inside the club Serena met both of Phoebe's sisters, Piper and Paige. Piper asked her several questions about her education, work experience, and different things that came to mind. Piper got the feeling from Serena that she was one of the sweetest people she had ever met. Phoebe and Leo were right, Serena just made you want to hang out with her and be her friend. She explained to Serena that she was too young and small for most of the clubs jobs, but she could help with the cleaning and stock during the most days of the week and only work the nights of important events. Serena could get plenty of hours working during the day to pay her bills. Phoebe also brought up that she would look into seeing if they needed another writer at the newspaper.
"Well Serena although I think with your selling yourself short, you got the job if you want it." Piper told her.
"Of course, I want the job." Serena was excited. So far she really enjoyed being around these women. Serena hoped to make more friends like them. They sat around for a while chatting and got to know each other a little better.
After a few hours of hanging around the club Piper asked Serena, "I know this is not what you expected tonight, but if you want you can start tonight by helping me clean up. Phoebe already told me you are busy for tomorrow, since your things are being delivered." Piper grabbed their glasses since the majority of people had already called it a night.
"Sure, I would love to help just tell me what you want done." Serena told her following her as she went to the bar.
"I just do a little picking up after everyone starts leaving. Here help me carry these boxes to the dumpster out back." Piper handed her a stack of beer boxes and nudged open the back door. To Serena the alley looked kind of scary and very quite. It made her very uneasy. Serena's fears came alive when a trash can changed shape into a person. The shape shifter then threw an athame at Piper.
"Piper, watch out." Serena yelled as she threw her hand to make the athame change course. Piper turned around to see it turn and fly into the wall. Piper then tried to blow him up and failed. Serena made a motion with her hand and sent him flying, which Piper caught out if the corner of her eye.
"Serena, use the knife on him." Piper shouted at her.
"Right." Serena moved her hand toward the athame and then sent it flying into the shape shifter. This didn't vanquish him, but he shimmered off before things got worse.
"Now Piper, I know that seemed weird, but everything has a reasonable explanation." Serena worried she was going to flip out.
"Don't worry Serena. I know more than you think. You're a witch. So are my sisters and I. Your secret is safe with us. We need to leave before he thinks of coming back." Piper opened the door up and both of them went back inside, where Paige and Phoebe were waiting.
"We were just attacked by a shape shifter. Serena is a witch too; she hit him with his own athame. He wasn't vanquished, but hurt." Piper told them in a calm voice so her other employees would not pay attention or the last few customers that were leaving.
"Well I will go check the book on shape shifters." Paige said as she walked to one of the empty back rooms and orbed to the house.
"Serena I think we need to talk about all this. It is just too late tonight. Do you want to come over for breakfast to talk?" Piper asked Serena.
"Okay. I have never met others before. I would like to learn more about this power and the demons you face, they are different from the old demons I used to fight." Serena said.
"Well come on I will talk you home and Piper will follow behind." Phoebe looked for her keys.
"Alright, what time do you want me over Piper?" Serena asked.
"About 9 am sounds good to me. I will have breakfast made for all of us." Piper followed them out to Phoebe's car.
"So Serena what is your power?" Phoebe was trying to get her to talk on the way home.
"I move objects with my mind. I have learned from years of practice to channel it through my hands too. What is yours?" Serena asked.
"I have premonitions, which are visions of the past and future and I can levitate. So no one taught you about your powers?" Phoebe asked pulling into the drive way.
"No, I am adopted. I noticed one day that when I got mad or wanted things, stuff happened. Later I figured out how to control. I tend to stay away from anything that rhythm. I have bad luck with spell." Serena said getting out of the car. "I guess I will talk to you in the morning."
"Good Night Serena." Phoebe said as they parted ways.
Serena walked into her house. It was very quite. She could hear the sound of Luna's paws across the hard wood floors as Luna came down to investigate the noise. "Oh Serena. It is you. How did it go?" Luna said stopping half way down the stairs.
"I got a job, made two more friends, and found out they are all witches. We were attacked outside the club and I used my power after I saw Piper try to use hers." Serena started up the stairs and picked Luna up as she walked to her room.
"Are you okay? Was anyone hurt?" Luna rubbed against Serena's cheek.
"I'm fine and no one was hurt. It was another smart demon. I miss the dumb ones like the lackeys Beryl used. I am going over there to talk with them about it. I know they are after me, so I want you to come with me. I am not sure how much to tell them, but if it gets to the point I will tell the about being the princess of the moon." Serena said as she began changing into pajamas. "I am going to use this furniture in another room except the bed."
"Serena, are you sure they can be trusted with that kind of knowledge?" Luna asked while making her self cozy on the bed.
"I think so, depends on how much they know." Serena said as she set her alarm clock for in the morning. "We will just have to wait an see. Good Night Luna."
"Good Night Serena." Luna made sure Serena was tucked in before lying down beside her.
Hope you all are liking it so far. Leave any helpful comments and suggestions for things to come. Thanks for reading. Leave me some love.
--Keeper of the Balance
