So new chapter, and as expected a new perspective. I really need you guys to review because I don't have any clue if I'm going about his the right way, or if it's believable! Also, would you like the chapters a bit longer/shorter? :/ I would love to know what you think so I can ajust the story to everyone's taste and keep giving you something you want to read! So do enjoy this chapter and please please please review!

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(Darien's POV)

I never expected Serena to say that. I thought if anything she wouldn't be harsh enough in whatever she said. To completely cut all her ties to two of her best friends just seemed so cold, and hard for Serena. Nothing like the forgiving and tolerant soul I knew and loved. As we walked to my car around the corner, I swear I could feel waves of loneliness and hurt falling from her. She marched ahead in front of me, so I couldn't read her expression or her eyes, but her silence said enough.

When the car came into view, I reached into my pocket and got the keys unlocking it from about 10 feet away. By the time I opened my door, Serena was inside and buckled in. when I had sat down, she had drawn her knees up to her chest and her face was in her hands. She wasn't crying as far as I could see, it was more like she was hiding from the world for a moment. It made my throat catch and nearly made me cry that I didn't know how to help her. I put my hand on the side of her head and stroked her hair, and she seemed to lean into it, which I took as a good sign. Then came a shudder, and although I couldn't see it I knew she was crying now. I watched her shoulders bob silently for a few minutes before turning on my engine and driving to my apartment, speeding all the way.

I didn't hesitate when we got there after what seemed to be a silent eternity. I scooped her up into my arms from her seat, and carried her- still half curled in a ball- up the stairs and into the apartment. We sat on the couch with her in my lap, unmoving for two, maybe three hours. She just cried. Not a word was said.

(No one's POV)

Rae didn't know where to go after she left the arcade. She knew she couldn't go back to the temple. Not after what had happened. She wasn't sure what the great fire would do. Someone would sense it, or the fire would reveal it. She had a dark Youma within her. In her head she cried out in frustration and sadness.

Why couldn't the scouts see that there was something not right? Couldn't they feel that this wasn't Rae? Sure she'd make fun of Serena, she'd be hard on her, but Serena was her best friend! She loved her. She would never do this.

The day after the sleep over with Amy, Rae had been walking to the store to buy groceries for her grandfather. She was thinking about what Amy had told her the night before, and clenching her fists in frustration. She knew what it was like to be singled out and bullied. That's when she ran into the Youma. Literally. Head first. It was such a Serena move to make.

But upon making contact with it, Rae found she couldn't move. Not a muscle. She felt it breath on her, the sensation cold to the point that she wondered if she was covered in frost. She pulled her mind back to the situation, and tried to focus on what she was forced to see, as even her eyes were locked into place. Deep, dark, bloody Red scales laced the surface of the creature. Cruel and sharp wooden horns grew all over her head, serving as hair, she supposed. No doubt they also served a much darker, less innocent purpose. It gave off a masculine vibe, despite having no discernable features to mark its sex.

She was concentrating so hard that the didn't feel it when her control slipped away. But she noticed when she began to move against her will. Walking down the streets, the groceries forgotten, she tried her hardest to stop. But she was a puppet. She felt the chill invade her mind, analysing her thoughts and memories, and she could sense it's joy when it found Sailor Moons identity. She practically felt it jump up and down with glee when it found her apparent weakness. Her tortured past of bullying.

From then on she was forced to watch the Youma's plan unfold and play itself out before her eye's. She could already sense Serena's hurt and the sense of betrayal she felt. And there was not one thing she could do. She spent that night walking around the city at the Youma's request. It knew how not to get caught. And she hated it for that.