Chapter 4
"WHAT!!" everyone yelled in unison.
"It makes complete sense if you think about it," said Mercury once everyone had calmed down.
"Mercury's right," Luna agreed. "If you think back to when we first meet Rini, you will remember that many of you thought that she looked like Serena."
Everyone sat quietly contemplating Luna's statement. After a while, you could see that they did remember the day that Serena introduced to Rini and how they immediately thought she did look like a copy of Serena except for the color of her hair. Serena had vehemently denied it but everyone could see that there was some resemblance between the two. Once a few minutes had passed, Venus spoke up.
"It does make a lot of sense once you think about," Venus paused, and then continued, "So what are we going to do to help Serena get through this?"
"The first thing that we need to do is restrain her," said Mercury.
"What are you talking about Mercury?" shouted Jupiter. "She's our princess we can't just lock her up like a criminal!"
"Mercury's right," stated Venus firmly. "We all saw the power she possessed. We can't be sure that she'll be completely on our side when she wakes up."
"That may be true but I still don't like it," Jupiter said with a resigned look on her face.
"Whether we like it or not, it must be done," Mars said. "Besides, if we ever want to set things right with Rini, then we have to turn Serena back to the way she was."
Hearing no other objections or comments, Mercury began her work while the others powered down and waited. Meanwhile, Darien
was in the other room sitting with Rini, thinking on what the girls had said. This is all my fault, Darien thought. If I had just stayed away from her, none of this would have happened. Serena and Rini would be fine now. Darien looked at Rini lying in the bed with a painful expression on her face. Feeling helpless, he tucked Rini in, kissed her head and left the room to take a walk.
Unbeknownst to all who were there, Serena had woken up shortly after arriving at the temple and had been listening to their entire conversation. When they concluded that Rini was her daughter, Serena had thought that it made sense why the little brat annoyed her so much. However, the thought that her change was hurting Rini in turn, made her heart break a little. That was until the conversation turned to their plans for her. When she heard their argument over her imprisonment, her heart lightened at the thought that they did still care about her. She was about to get up and let them help her until she heard a voice in her head saying, 'But where is your precious Darien in all of this?' Serena took a quick scan around the room and found that Darien had been decidedly absent from the conversation. 'If he cared about getting you back wouldn't he be here at your side?' Serena's heart caught in her chest. Where is he? Why is he not at my side? Did this incident change anything? Serena felt like her heart was shattering into a million pieces. 'Don't worry, my queen,' said the voice soothingly. 'I will be there soon to take you away from all those hateful people, so rest well my sweet.' As the voice drifted away, Serena felt herself comforted by the words he had spoken and found herself lulled into a peaceful sleep.
In the other room, Rini's body began to pulse a light purple.