A/N: SO I have no excuse to why I have not updated in such a long time. I hope I can make up for it with an awesome chapter. Don't hate me!
Serena continued to run, out everything she has ever done, this was the one thing that helped clear her mind and distracted her. She began to slow down as she came to her bench in Central Park. She drew in one last breath and came to a stop and wiped her forehead and pushed her bangs back.
The moon hung low and cast a bright light around Serena giving her a glowing look. She collapsed on the ground and let more tears leak from her eyes. The past few days played in her mind as she tried to come to terms with her present and apparent future. She finally looked up and almost fainted as she saw a mirror image of herself, but in different clothes standing in front of her.
"Oh, Young One why must you continue to cry, you have always known that there issomething different about us and now you know!" the blonde copy moved to sit down next to her younger counterpart and put a comforting arm around her.
Serena looked up and sighed, "Ok, now who are you and why do you look like me," she pointed from the woman back to herself. The older woman started laughing and then sat on the bench.
"I forgot how confusing this was for me, it has been so long since this first happened. I am your future self, Neo Queen Serenity." She smiled softly and continued talking, "I was sent here to help you momentarily come to terms with all this new information."
Serena just sat on the other side of the bench and just shook her head, 'how in the world can this get any weirder'. She looked back up with frustration in her eyes, " Ok, I give too many weird thing are going on today, so now you are telling me I am a queen in the future?" She looked at the not much older version of herself. " And you cant be that old, I am 17 now, and you look like you are 20!" Serena shoved her face in her hands and just sat there hoping she was wrong.
The queen smiled at her own antics, all her memories of this event flooding her senses. She was just hoping she said the right things. "Well Serena, I can agree with you that this is really beyond crazy, but you have to stay strong because whether you like it or not this is your destiny." With that she smiled warmly at her younger version and placed her hands on her head. "I have two more tidbits of advice for you, don't be mad at your friends they are your family, and be kind to Endymion because he loves you so" and with that she closed her eyes and Serena's vision went vivid with bright colors. She saw the moon again; she was standing there with Darien and her friends. They were all in bright dresses and Darien was in some kind of armor.
Then her vision shifted and she saw Darien again, but this time he looked like the present version. She saw him battle and participate in what looked like training. She gasped when she saw Luna smiling proudly as Darien finally defeated his opponent. 'So is this where he went…to learn how to fight….for me?' she thought to herself. Then her vision changed again and she was looking at a huge palace. It came into better view and she saw the woman who had spent the past hour trying to comfort her, and she was in the arms of none other than Darien. She got closer and noticed the rings and crowns as the queen remembered this particular scene. Then they both turned and Serena felt herself falling backwards, the last thing she remembered was seeing the slight bulge coming from the dress and thinking to herself, 'I am going to be a mom in three years! Oh God' and then she saw black.
She woke up to voices seemingly arguing about her. "I TOLD you not to tell her yet, she probably hates us! Let alone is freaked beyond belief, could we not have done this an easier way!" Raye basically screamed at the rest of her friends. Serena could almost hear the eye rolling and could not stifle a laugh at her friends' familiar antics. With that one small sign of consciousness the air suddenly got quiet and Serena opened her eyes to greet everyone she had run from.
"Serena you really must stop fainting, it can't be good for you" Luna looked at her princess with worry swimming in her big eyes. "Yea S you are freaking us out! Taking off like that, luckily we were able to sense you and find you! Who KNOWS what would have happened with you just lying there helpless!" Raye tried to hide the tears in her eyes, but she was tired of hiding her feelings to try to support Serena. "Either you accept us or not its really not that hard, trust me we all have been through this too. We can help you" By this time the groups of girls all had arms around Raye and trying to calm her down.
Serena sighed; she didn't realize she was putting her friends through so much. That is the last thing that she wanted. She looked up at the moon and smiled, she was ready. She stood up and was shocked to find a moonbeam on her, she felt the cool breeze of the moon and smelt the woody scent of the trees around her. "How could I have been so blind, it was always right here…" she pointed to her heart. "I have always known that I was different, because I am not home…but yet I am.." she smiled wider and giggled as she felt the moon's power ripple through her veins. "I am of two worlds, Terran and Lunarian, how foolish of me to run from that." She turned to her friends and smiled warmly, "My dearest friends, thank you for awakening me. I know it was difficult, that I was difficult, but please forgive my faults" She turned back face up to the moon. "Here goes nothing" she spread her arms and closed her eyes and tore down a wall in her mind. The memories from the past flooded her mind. Each one more special than the next. When the memories stopped on her final day on the moon she opened her blue orbs and turned towards Darien, "I Remember" was all she could say through the tears and hiccups.
The girls gasped as Darien rushed towards her and embraced her, "Finally you have come back to me" he would never let go again, he hurt her too much to deserve this, but despite it all she had taken him back. She smiled up at him and pushed slightly, "You are still in the doghouse though, we will talk about this" She smiled and she shook his heading laughing. She stepped back into the light of the moon and felt invisible hands rest on her shoulders, the tears continued to flow as she let out her final acceptance, "Mother! I am ready I accept what destiny has in store for me, I am Princess Serenity soon to be crowned Neo-Queen Serenity, heiress to the Moon and Sovereign of the Earth." With her final words she felt the warm sensation on her forehead again and knew that her moon insignia was there. She felt her body change slightly as the moon insignia burned hotter. When all was done she was several inches taller and her hair was to her ankles. She laughed through the remaining tears and ran to her friends who enveloped her in a hug. "You do realize people are going to talk at school, I look like a freaking Amazon, no offense L, and my hair is down to my ankles" She sighed and picked up her hair and ran her fingers through it. Her friends laughed and pulled her along, "Its ok we will figure out something, long hair is in now, remember?"Serena snickered and linked arms with her friends. She took one last glance over her should and locked eyes with Darien, he smiled and she blushed. She turned her gaze back to the front a thought popped into her head, 'I think your long hair is gorgeous, and your legs look like they never end…trust me you look hot.' Serena stopped for a moment mouth hanging open, she would never think that about herself; she chanced another glance back at Darien and he just grinned victoriously. She was about to freak out when Mina's voice interrupted her mid-freak. "S you ok?" Serena shook her head and looked up and smiled, "Yea whatever it is I will deal with in the morning" She laughed at the last thing she saw before the continue was Darien's smirk turning to a cringe… 'Hahahah this might be a lot more fun than I thought' she mused as his thoughts turned to a growl, she giggled and continued on with her friends.
