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Episode Five:
October 15th
The sound of a beating heart was the only thing that he could hear. His legs felt tired from running, and the weight from the armor he was wearing, but it was the only thing that they could do at the moment. He didn't know what he was running from or where he was running to, all he knew was that he had to run and get the hell out of there.
Danger
One word could do so much to the brain and right now he was on over drive. Running and running, his feet were numb. Dodging trees, branches, and jumping over bushes, like they weren't that much of an obstacle for him.
"Help me Prince! Help!" the cry of her voice echoed through his head and her shouts of pain were stabbing his heart.
When he had found a clearing at the end of the long path he was walking, he knew that he had found his destination, so he lowered his run to a fast paced walk. Her screams of pain had subsided just moments ago and this had worried him. In the clearing there was a heavy fog that blurred his vision but he could sense where he had to go. As he took each step into the clearing the suspense in his gut increased harshly.
The air was crisp and cold; through the heavy fog he could tell that frost was covering the grass and some of the trees. There was a marble walkway that led to somewhere he knew, in his gut, that he had to go and get there fast. His walk turned into a jog, afraid of slipping and falling on to the slippery icy wet marble path.
He felt different in this place. Everything felt so warm and calming, considering the gut feeling he had and the blistering cold weather. This place, he knew, was some kind of distant memory that was now replaying itself. And knowing that had scared him for though it was a distant memory, he remembered nothing of it. So the suspense in his gut had come back with a strong force that made his stomach ache.
As he was nearing the end of the path, there was a platform, kind of looked like an open gazebo, with marble pillars surrounding it, holding up the marble roof. In the center of the platform looked to be either a bench or a table with something on top of it. As he stepped closer to the platform, he noticed there was a man, who looked to be in his early twenties, staring at that bench solemnly. It was then that he noticed there was someone on that bench that the man was staring at with such great sadness.
When he stepped on to the platform, the man had noticed and walked over to him.
"Your Highness," the man said with great urgency, "the Princess, they got to her. I don't know what to do. My remedies are not working on her. We're losing her!" the man said in a rushed tone. The man had very pale, almost white, blonde hair and blue eyes. His clothes were all white with some blue ribbons and he looked to be like some sort of high priest.
He quickly moved away from the priest and over to the Princess he was just told about. She was beautiful and looked so peaceful where she lay. Her long silvery blonde hair cascaded all around her, her white dress fit her just perfectly, and her pink lips held a small smile. But that was all he could see of her face. His gut feeling told him to do something, something that he didn't think twice of doing, he just did it on impulse. He kissed her like in the story books.
The kiss was warm, sweet, and full of such urgency because he was scared of losing her. When he separated from the kiss, he kept his eyes closed and silently prayed.
"Prince?" he thought he had imagined it, but when he felt a hand touch his cheek he knew it was her. Feeling such over joy he scooped her up into his arms and held her tightly. Her giggles warmed his heart and right then and there he knew that everything was going to be okay.
They were locked in a passionate kiss when a harsh gust of negative energy blew at them.
"So I see you woke her up. Thought she would be dead by now. Guess I'll just have to go with plan B." said the fiery haired witch.
"You will do no such thing!" he said as he grabbed the sword from its scabbard. He got into a fighting stance, not realizing it, and then charged at the witch. They fought for a long while, getting in some good blows to hurt the witch but she wasn't affected. When she threw a ball of negative energy at him, he fell to his knees and struggled to get up. Her cackle was loud, evil, and very annoying and it made him cringe in anger. But when he heard a scream coming from behind him he knew he had lost.
"NO!" then everything went black.
"NO!" Darien woke up with a start from the nightmare. His breathing was rapidly heavy and he was sweating. "AGH!" he shouted agitatedly as he grabbed at his arm in pain. The gash, from the last battle, was gone but here was a bruise and a small tiny scare where the gash used to be. His arm was still in the sling from all of the pain. He ripped it off and threw the sling across the room, tired of its uselessness.
It was three in the morning and Darien hoped he hadn't woken his grandfather with his loud ruckus. Darien got up and left his room walking outside on to the temple grounds. He went to a nearby tree and climbed it, sitting on a thick branch hidden behind a bush of leaves.
There was a cool breeze in the air and it brought back memories from when he was little and used to play in the trees with his sister. It was this exact tree that they would always climb.
"Come on Darien! Hurry up, this is a race remember?" Raye yelled to her older brother in a playful mood.
"Raye it's too tall… I can't do it!" Darien said in defeat.
Raye jumped down from the tree to her brother's side.
"It's alright Darien, once you're up there you won't be scared. I'll help you get up." Raye said. She showed Darien the way to climb and in no time they were both sitting on the thickest branch in the center of the bush of leaves.
"Don't worry Raye, I'll find you. You have to come back." Darien said determinedly as his thoughts drifted from Raye to Sailor Moon. "Why are you helping us? Aren't you evil like the other Sailor Scouts?"
So many questions were running though his mind and so many of them were left unanswered. And as he kept thinking of Sailor Moon, he started to think of his chemistry partner Serena.
Serena was different from all of the other girls at Oceanside High School. She was smart, beautiful, confidant, caring, sweet, funny, outgoing… the list kept going on and Darien was starting to lose himself. For all of the arguments full of insults that they have had, she still cared and had shown signs of a good friendship between them.
As he kept thinking on and on about what was going on, he got a weird sudden feeling in his gut and he felt a tug pulling at him. He didn't want to ignore it, so he followed it. The tug had pulled him to the local beach.
Darien sat on a large rock by the shore and stared out into the ocean. When he looked at the beach he thought he saw an angel, so he got up and walked over to her.
Her alarm had woken her up from the nightmare that had been haunting her dreams for days now.
When Serena woke up, she got ready for her early morning jog that she does every morning before she has to go to school, during the week, and the gym, on the weekends, at 6AM. Serena woke up early enough so she could jog for an hour and a half, get home and do some exercises, hop in the shower around 5, get out 15 minutes later and get ready to leave around 5:30. She had started this routine 3 years ago and got used to waking up at 3 in the morning.
Serena was jogging by the local park when she felt this strange tug and she had a feeling that she needed to be somewhere else rather than sitting on a park bench for her two minute break.
Serena got up and started running, like she had never ran before in her life. A few minutes later her socks were in her shoes and her shoes were in her hand as she walked along the shoreline at the beach. As she stood there staring off into the horizon and feeling the cold sea water splash against her sore feet, Serena started to think back on the strange dream she had.
It was around the midnight hour and she was walking home from a late night study group with her friends. It was cold and dark out and she had her guard up for just in case anything bad was to happen.
A cold breeze brushed against her shoulder, sending chills down her spine, thinking it was just the wind. She walked a few more blocks down the road until she was standing in front of the park's main entrance. Since it was late and she was in a rush to get home, she decided to take a short cut through the park.
The walk through the park seemed to get longer and longer and she realized she was now lost.
"How am I lost? This park isn't even that big! I don't even remember any of this being here," she mused as she kept on walking, trying to retrace her steps.
It wasn't long until she realized that she wasn't alone. Every now and then she would turn around to try to face whatever it was that was following her. She started to get annoyed with it so she gave up and ignored it.
The wind started to pick up more and the air started to feel thick. She did the only thing she could think of at that moment, she ran. She ran as fast as she could without trying to look back out of fear. All she wanted to do was get home and then go to sleep in her warm soft comfy bed. She ignored everything around her as her legs moved faster through the, now, never ending forest. She felt like she had been running for hours on end so she stopped to take a break. She was slouched over with her hands on her knees, panting for air. When she stood up, she was frozen in place, sensing something, or rather someone, was behind her.
"You know," the taunting voice started, "if you would stop running this would be a whole lot easier." The taunting voice was dark and evil. She couldn't tell if it was male or female and she was too scared to turn around.
"What do you want?" she asked with a shaky voice. She silently kicked herself for sounding scared but when she heard the voice again it sounded familiar.
"You need to run. Get out of here!" the voice yelled. She called out his name but heard no reply.
She knew she had made a big mistake, by turning around, when she felt cold hands around her neck and sharp claws digging into her skin. She could see it now. It was all black with a red mist swirling around it. But there was one thing that stood out from the black and red, it was gold. The eyes of this 'thing' were golden orbs. This had sent chills down her spine. When she looked into the orbs, she saw images of her friends and family, but it hurt her. She could hear their words, harsh and cold as the beast, were hitting her like a slap in the face. Hot tears filled her eyes but she refused to let them fall.
The sardonic laugh from the beast echoed through the forest as it threw her into a tree. A flash of yellow light appeared and then there was a girl with long blonde hair and wearing a yellow dress.
"You should really just give up and join us, your highness. The longer you resist, Princess, the more of your loved ones I will hunt down and hurt." The girl said mockingly as she stepped closer to her. She was at a loss for words and then sunk to her knees as the girl was now standing over her. She felt helpless and started to cry.
"Awe the pretty little princess is scared?" the girl in the yellow dress said mockingly. The girl then bent down, grabbed the 'princess' by her throat, and then lifted her up. The yellow dressed girl started to laugh.
She was scared and pain shot all throughout her body. 'It's all over' she thought as she closed her eyes to prepare for her death.
"NO! Let her go!" a male voice shouted and then the girl in the yellow dress dropped the 'princess'.
"Do you really think you can save her? She's mine now."
There was a long pause as they fought. When she woke up, the yellow dressed girl saw her and got an evil thought.
"Oh Princess," she called for her tauntingly. When the 'princess' looked up, she saw the yellow dressed girl grab the man, ready to cut open his throat.
"NO! DON'T! Please, I'll do anything just let him go! Please!" she pleaded with hot fresh tears rushing down her face.
"Anything?" the yellow dressed girl asked.
"Yes anything!" the 'princess' cried.
The yellow dressed girl was pure evil. She didn't let him go. No, instead she let the blade glide.
"NO!"
The cool ocean breeze brushed against Serena's face as the dream kept replaying itself in her mind over and over again. She knew that this dream meant something… but what?
Serena was zoned out, thinking of nothing but the dream, but was taken out of her thoughts when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Being startled was not a good thing for Serena because of all of her defense training. Grabbing the arm of her 'attacker' she flipped him over her shoulder, making him land hard on his back in the sand. She knew it was a guy when she saw who she had flipped over.
"Darien? What the hell! I could've hurt you!" Serena said worriedly as she tried to help him off the sand.
"I'm not too worried about that. And shouldn't I be asking you 'What the hell'?! What was that for?!" Darien said as he took Serena's helping hand. Instead of her pulling him up, he pulled her down, face first, into the sand.
Shaking her head to get the sand out of her hair, she said, "I guess I deserved that."
There was a long moment of silence with the two of them sitting in the sand. Darien looked mad, worried, and happy. Whereas Serena just looked confused and annoyed. When they looked at each other they both started to laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" Darien asked through his non-stop chuckles.
"I could ask you the same thing! But you scared the shit out of me! I thought you were some perverted pedophile or something," Serena tried to calm her laughing but it was way too out of control. "Why are youlaughing" she had managed to ask through her constant giggles.
"I never would have thought that a girl like you could flip me. And then you fell in the sand which was also funny." Serena felt insulted but she just could help but laugh instead of argue.
"Why are you so surprised?" Serena questioned as she gained her composure.
"Because… you're half my size and you seem so fragile." Darien stated as he tried his best to find the right words to say without insulting her.
Serena raised a questioning eyebrow but then let it go. They sat there in silence, every now and then one would try to say a funny joke or insult the other, until the sun started to rise.
"Well since it's so early, do you wanna start on the project?" Darien suggested and then Serena realized that she had an hour left to get to the gym.
"Oh no I'm late! I can't now, but meet me at the crown later so we can work on it. I gotta go, bye Darien!" Serena said quickly as she put her shoes back on and started to run home. When she got home, a smell had invaded her senses. Serena walked into the kitchen, following the source of where the smell came from, and found a mess all over the counter and stove.
"Mom, Dad, why is there a mess in the kitchen?" Serena yelled from the kitchen. Her question was replied with silence. "Mom, Dad?" Serena yelled again as she walked up the stairs to where the bedrooms were. When she got to her parent's bedroom, she heard voices coming from inside. Serena knocked on the door and when she heard someone say enter, she went in.
"Mom, dad, why is there a mess in the kitchen?" Serena asked slowly as she saw the breakfast buffet that was spread out all over her parent's bed. Serena knew that it had to be some special occasion but what was it? "What's with all of the food?" Serena asked with much curiosity.
"We're not going to the gym. Today is a special day for your mother and me," Artemis stated and Luna giggled. "You get the day off today Serena."
"But why?" Serena questioned.
"Serena today is our wedding anniversary. Don't you remember sweetie?" Luna asked worriedly.
"Oh yeah! I'm sorry I forgot mom." Serena said as she remembered that October 15th was the day that Luna and Artemis had married.
"It's alright sweetie." Luna said as she held Serena's hand.
"So what are you two planning on doing today?" Serena asked excitedly.
"Now that is a surprise for your mother." Artemis stated and Luna giggled. She was excited but yet nervous to know what her crazy husband had planned out for them that day.
"Well whatever it is, I hope you two have a lot of fun. I think I'm gonna go back to sleep, since I have today off." Serena said as she started to walk out of the room but was stopped by Luna's voice.
"Not so fast young lady." Luna said in a serious tone.
"What?" Serena asked she knew that she had done nothing wrong, so what was it?
"You need to do some research on the enemy. Try to find out whatever you can about their attacks and where other strange things have been happening. Also try to come up with some tactics on how you're going to get the scouts back. We need them. They can help us find the Princess and you know that when we find the Princess—"
"The Negaverse will be destroyed and peace will be achieved throughout the universe." Serena finished. When Luna nodded her head, Serena took that as the cue that she was excused and could go back to sleep. "Why are things so complicated?" she asked as she drifted back to sleep in her warm soft comfy bed.
The Temple 5AM (Darien, Grandpa Hino, and the guys)
Darien had been in a daze when he had gotten home from the beach. He couldn't explain all of the mixed feelings that he had and he wanted to understand them, but the more he thought of them the more they scared him and worried him.
It was around 5:30AM and Darien was in his room studying. Saturday mornings usually found Darien at the Crown hanging out with Andrew before the afternoon crowd came in. Today was different though, very different. The nightmare had woken him before sun rise and since he couldn't fall back asleep he decided to continue on with his project.
It was getting later in the morning, Darien was taking a break from his studying to have coffee, but was surprised to see his grandfather already up and having a cup of coffee himself.
"Good morning Grandpa," Darien said as he walked into the kitchen, got himself a cup of coffee, and then joined Grandpa Hino at the dining room table.
"The enemy is starting to give up. They're having a hard time defeating you." Grandpa Hino said in a monotone voice filled with wisdom. "Be prepared, my son, for the worst has yet to come." His words were concerning Darien and he needed answers.
"Grandpa… did you have another vision?" Darien questioned.
"Yes I did early this morning. It was set back long ago, but the enemy was there. There was a young couple, a prince and princess," Grandpa Hino paused, a serious expression coming upon his features, "Stay away from the Princess. If you don't… she'll be the end of you." Darien was taken aback.
Grandpa Hino had mentioned everything that had happened in his dream, but there was something that was bothering him and he needed to know.
"Grandpa, do you know who the Princess is?"
Grandpa Hino was silent as he took in the question his grandson had asked.
"She's here but has not made herself known. Give it time and keep your eyes open." Grandpa Hino said and then excused himself back to the Great Fire to finish more of his readings.
Darien sat at the table, stuck in his thoughts, trying to think of who could be this Princess. He didn't think it could be any of the girls from school, he would've known by now, so that only left one girl left in question… Sailor Moon.
'Sailor Moon… what are her intentions? Why does she help us instead of the sailor scouts? Aren't they all evil?' Darien's thoughts were filled with more questions than the answers he hoped for. He couldn't concentrate on his math homework so in defeat he threw his pencil and note book on to his desk and turned on his TV to the news. On the TV, the newscaster, named Veronica Storms, was giving her report on what's been going on around town.
Darien didn't really pay much attention to the woman in the park talking about something people don't really care much for, so he picked up a book from the coffee table and started to read. Right when Darien was about to tune out the TV, something had caught his attention. He dropped the book and grabbed the remote turning up the volume to the TV.
"For years now we have all heard of the strange attacks that only the Earth G's have been able to save us from. Then the attacks had suddenly subsided, leaving us all to believe that we were now finally safe from that danger. Three months ago the attacks had started again, just as suddenly as they had stopped. But now we're getting hurt. When we had thought all was lost, a new hero, or should I say heroine, had showed up to save the day. She claimed to be the champion of love and justice but who is this new super hero that has joined the Earth G's?"
Darien was mad, he was so mad that he didn't realize Andrew had walked into the living room. He walked in and then was shoved against the wall by Darien.
"Whoa, dude loosen up the death grip why don't ya?" Andrew said as he pushed his friend away.
"What has gotten into you?" Andrew asked his friend worriedly.
Darien was still mad and didn't take his eyes off of the TV as they kept on talking about the 'New member to the Earth G's'. Andrew was focused on the television screen when he just barely heard Darien say, "She's not one of us. She will never be one of us." Darien held ice in his voice and it sent chills down Andrew's spine, scaring him a bit. Last time Andrew heard him talk like that was a few months ago at a party when some drunk guy was trying to pick a fight with him.
Andrew let out a sigh, "Why do you say that Dare? She helps us in ever battle since she showed up. She doesn't seem evil." Andrew mused as he thought the situation over.
Darien's voice had interrupted his thoughts, "She's one of themif you haven't noticed. She's a Sailor Scout Drew! She could turn on us at any second!" Darien shouted agitatedly. Andrew looked at Darien, he was concerned about his friend and he knew that Darien needed a distraction ASAP!
"C'mon get dressed," Andrew said.
Darien looked at his friend, confused, and then got up and changed. He followed Andrew out of the house and to Andrew's car that took them to the Crown.
"What are we doing here, Drew? I thought you had today off." Darien questioned as they got out of the car and walked into the diner.
"I do but its October 15th already and I haven't even started planning yet. I hope Brian kept to his word and got his cousin to DJ." Andrew said agitatedly as they walked through the diner to the back where his dad's office was.
"Wait, you brought me here to help you plan a stupid Halloween party?" Darien asked annoyed.
"Dude I need so much help on this and you obviously need a distraction from your uncontrollable anger issues. And Halloween is 16 days away! Dad rented a huge ballroom for the dance and he's expecting it to be better than last year!" Andrew said as he sat down at the computer and brought up a couple of websites and the word document that had a planned out summary of how the room would be set up as.
"The first thing I need to do is come up with a theme for the dance…" Andrew mused then looked at Darien and asked, "Any ideas?"
Darien looked at his friend, wondering if he was serious. With a dead set look in his friend's eye, Darien sighed and then started to think back on the years of the parties Andrew had hosted. As he contemplated on the past themes, he realized there was one that was never even mentioned before.
"How about a masquerade?" Darien thought that never in a million years we would've said that word, or helped plan a Halloween ball for the matter. Andrew gave him a look that he was unsure of.
"A masquerade?" Andrew asked then looked up the theme on a search website. After seeing some interesting ideas Andrew put his arms behind his head, lay back in his chair, and had a satisfied smile on his lips. "I like it," Andrew said simply.
"You do?" Darien asked in shock. He had only suggested it because it was the only thing he could think of at the moment.
"Yeah, it's the best idea I've ever heard in years. Better than Jed's George of the Jungle theme two years ago and Zack's outer space theme from last year where everyone dressed up as aliens and characters from star wars and star trek. This one is better because everyone has an option for their costume and all they have to do is just add a mask for the theme. It's perfect, and now I just gotta get decorations and what not." Andrew said the last part to himself then started typing like a madman on steroids to the keyboard.
Darien took this as his cue to leave, so he quietly stepped out, not wanting to disturb Andrew. He let out a heavy sigh as he closed the door behind him then he started to make his way to the exit. As Darien inched towards the door he heard someone calling out his name. With an irritated sight he turned around to see Melvin struggling with a heavy box. Irritation leaving him, he rushed over to help the nerd. When Darien lifted the box he realized that the nerd wasn't so weak after all. The box had to weigh at least 70 or 80 pounds, maybe even more, and it had to take two people to lift it.
As they put the box down in the storage room, Melvin managed to muffle out "Thanks Darien."
"It was no problem. Do you need any more help?" Darien asked as they started to leave the storage room, when a girl came in with another box.
"Where do you want this one?" the girl asked and then Melvin pointed to the box he had just put down.
"Thanks for the help Lita," Melvin said as they left the room and went back to the dining area.
When Darien looked at Lita he saw a tall girl, over average height for most girls, with chocolate brown hair and a slender athletic figure. But there's something in her green eyes that made them dark and evil. The coldness of her dark eyes sent cold chills down his spine. Darien knew that he's seen this girl before… but where? No one at school held the same look in their eyes like she did, well at least not around him. Something in his gut was telling him to keep a close eye on her.
8:47 AM in Serena's bedroom
The loud annoying beeping sound of an incoming phone call had rudely awoken Serena from her deep sleep. Slowly and groggily Serena answered her cell phone to hear Molly's high pitched excited voice.
"Serena where are you?" Molly asked urgently but her excitement had ruined it.
"At home sleeping, Molly what do you want?" Serena asked in annoyance. In the background Serena could hear excited girls squealing in their giddiness.
"Serena you need to get to the gym ASAP! There's a casting director here and Mason wants them to meet you!"
Serena sat up, as quickly as she heard Molly's news, got up and started to get dressed.
"Molly tell them I'm on my way." Serena said as she finished putting on her leotard and started putting on yoga pants over it.
"Okay Serena, see ya soon."
Serena hung up her phone then ran into her bathroom to do her hair and make-up. She tied her hair into water fall braids and then into a messy bun. Her make-up was a natural brown with light eye liner on her water line and little mascara. She quickly brushed her teeth and put on her shoes, grabbed her gym bag then was out the door and in her car driving quickly to the gym. When she got to the gym she quickly found Molly.
"Hey Molly,"
"Hey Serena, why were you at home when I called? Shouldn't you have been in the back gym training for you meet?" Molly questioned as they started to walk towards Mason.
"Today's my parent's wedding anniversary and they gave me today off to do whatever— Hey Mason," Serena said as they reached their coach.
"Oh, Kevin this is the gymnast I wanted you to meet. This is Rena Moon who is currently in training for the Olympics. Rena this is Kevin Ross. He's looking for some gymnasts to use in his upcoming movie." Mason explained as he introduced the two.
Kevin looked over Serena, debating whether or not if she was what he was looking for. He could see that she was very pretty and could be used in the movie but the bigger question was could she act?
"Miss Moon you might be exactly what I'm looking for." Kevin said as he kept contemplating his options for the leading female. The only way he could tell is if he brings in a friend. "If you'll excuse me, I have a few phone calls I need to make but there's someone I need you to meet to help me decide on some things." Kevin said as he excused himself out of the gym for some privacy.
Serena let out the breath that she didn't realize she was holding in until Kevin had left.
'If I get in this movie, it could help me big time with getting scouted.' Serena thought to herself then quickly turned her attention to mason. "Mason what is Kevin Ross doing here?" Serena asked.
"He wants to use the gym for his new movie about a male gymnast that realizes what he's missing out on, after he gives up on his dreams, when he meets this girl that is naturally amazing at gymnastics, but with some proper training. Kevin wants to use some of the gymnasts here as extras and he wants to use the best out of the best as the lead for the girl." Mason explained to Serena and her heart sunk.
"Mason, I can't act to save my life!" Serena stated worriedly.
"Serena it's alright, if you do get the part most of your scenes will be on the floor doing you best routines. Go stretch so you can practice some of your moves." Mason said.
Serena nodded slowly and then made her way over to Molly and Izzy on the floor. About an hour went by and Serena was working on her double twisting full back when Kevin came back in the gym but he wasn't alone. The girls in the gym made high pitched squealing sounds as they saw the new comer walking in. When Serena had landed she was faced to face with a pair of hazel brown eyes.
"You must be the girl Kevin wanted me to meet." The boy said as he walked closer with an amused look on his face. Serena was confused; she had no idea who this guy was!
'But he must be part of the movie if Kevin wants him to meet me.' Serena mused in her thoughts.
"Who are you?" Serena asked and could hear a couple of gasps behind her from the girls who were listening in.
The boy smirked back a chuckle as he put out a hand, "I'm Daniel, Daniel Cunningham." He introduced himself.
Serena smiled softly, a light blush staining her cheeks as she shook his hand.
"I'm Rena Moon," she said softly.
From a little distance away, Kevin was watching the scene in front of him.
"I think I found my leading girl." He claimed to himself as he made his way to the two.
"You got the part," Kevin stated and Serena turned away from Daniel to look at him.
"What?" she asked confused.
"You get the lead role in my new movie. You and Daniel are perfecttogether." Kevin stated at the two. He noticed that Daniel wouldn't stop staring at the girl in front of him and a smile came upon his lips knowingly.
'I think I just hooked up Hollywood's newest IT couple!' Kevin thought excitedly.
"Kevin I don't know if I can. I'm still in school and my training schedule is hard to change." Serena stated and took Kevin out of his Hollywood match-making thoughts.
"No problem, we can work with your schedule," Kevin said almost a little too quickly. Serena gave him a wary look and went to refuse the offer but was cut off by Kevin. "We won't interrupt with your schooling and we're doing all of the filming here at the gym. Mason said he would talk to your father about it," there was a slight pause, "You want to go to the Olympics, am I correct?" Serena slowly nodded her head yes and Kevin continued, "If you do this movie, I will send every video of you doing you 'thing' to every scout I know in the country." Kevin said. 'This will get her, I'm sure of it.' And he was right; he did get her but not fully just yet.
"If my dad agrees to it then I'll do it." Serena said and they shook hands making the deal.
"Until then, you two should starting making—I-I mean hanging out so it will be easier for you two on set." Kevin said and then whispered into Daniel's ear, "Take her out on a date. You two are dating in the movie so date her in real life. Get the movie good publicity. If you do I'll double your check." Then he left leaving a stunned Daniel for Serena to look at. She noticed that he was very handsome with curly sandy blonde hair and brown eyes.
'He's cute but nothing like Darien—wait where did thatcome from?! I don't like Darien, we're just lab partners!' Serena thought to herself as she tried to shake out the images of Darien and how gorgeous he looked this morning at the beach. It was then that she realized Daniel was talking to her. "Huh? I'm sorry could you say that again please?"
"Do you wanna go out for lunch? You don't have to if you don't want to," but before he could say anything more Serena quickly answered him.
"I'd loved to, and I know just the place to go to." Serena stated as she grabbed her things and started walking towards the doors with Daniel right behind her. "Let's take my car so you won't draw so much attention." Serena suggested and Daniel opened the door for her, then he got into the passenger side.
"Where are we going?" Daniel asked. He really couldn't take his eyes off of her! She was just so beautiful and unlike any other girl he had seen before. She was beautiful with her golden blonde hair, now loose around her shoulders, and her big blue eyes. He knew that he had to tell her the truth so he decided to tell her while they ate.
'I hope she won't hate me." Daniel thought as they pulled up to the parking lot of a diner arcade that seemed to be empty. Serena got out of the car and Daniel quickly followed but was taken aback when she suddenly stopped in the middle of the parking lot.
"Did Kevin tell you to do this?" Serena questioned, now realizing the reason for why he had asked her out.
Daniel was surprised at first, then he noticed that Serena seemed a little hurt and angered. Quickly reacting Daniel responded, "He suggested it. But I just wanted to hang out, I don't really get to do that much and there's also something that I really need to tell you later." He said as he took her hand and they walked into the diner and quickly found a secluded booth.
No one had noticed them, or so she thought, until Melvin came over to take their lunch orders.
"Hello welcome to the Crown, My name is Melvin and I will be your server for today. Can I take your drink order?" Melvin said the script that Andrew had him memorize.
"Yes can we get two bottles of scotch please," Serena said jokingly with a fake British accent.
"Wait we don't—oh hey Serena!" Melvin exclaimed as he looked up from his note pad.
"It took you long enough to notice." Serena said with a giggle. Melvin blushed nervously and then looked at her friend.
"Hey I recognize you from somewhere. Hey you're—D" Melvin was cut off when Serena covered his mouth with her hand.
"You finish that sentence and you're meatloaf Melvin. And I know Molly will be more than happy to help me." Serena said in a low threatening voice.
"Okay I won't but why is he with you? No offense, Serena, but you're not famous." Melvin questioned while holding his hands up in defense.
"Actually she's an old friend of mine and when I heard she had moved back to the area I had to come see her." Daniel lied so Melvin would stop questioning him.
"Oh that's cool. So what do you guys want to eat?" Melvin asked, changing the subject. They quickly ordered their food and Melvin left.
"Ya know you didn't have to lie about knowing me." Serena said slowly while looking out the window.
"I know, but it doesn't bring attention to you. If I told that kid the truth he would still be here asking questions he doesn't need to know the answer to." Daniel said and when Serena looked at him, she noticed that his expression was sincere. They looked at each other for a while, neither one daring not to say a word, until their food came. Serena just picked at her burger as Daniel ate slowly, stuck in thought. Serena paused what she was doing and then looked up to Daniel.
"What were you going to tell me?"
Daniel stopped what he was doing and just stared at her.
'Maybe I should just tell her…' he mused in thought.
"Daniel? Are you al—"
"I need your help with something," he said rather too quickly and rudely as he interrupted her.
Serena stared at him, shocked.
'He needs myhelp? I wonder why though,' Serena thought to herself and when Daniel started talking again she was taken out of her thoughts.
"It's up to you if you want to help me or not but please keep this a secret between you and me. And don't tell anyone in the media, especially Kevin." Daniel said as he looked Serena dead set in the eyes.
"Of course I won't tell. What's the point of a secret if you tell?"
Daniel let out a sigh and paused for a moment to collect his self as he tried to gather the right words to ask Serena for her help.
"I'm gay, and I want to know if you'll pretend to be my girlfriend until the end of production for the movie? I plan on coming out then but I'll pretend to be a dirt bag in the end when we break up so nothing bad happens to you. And we'll only have to pretend in interviews and what not." Daniel explained.
Serena sat in her spot for a while, thinking and debating the pros and cons of Daniels plan. She didn't like the idea of a fake relationship just so they could please the fans and the production company, but she didn't mind at all going along with it until Daniel was ready to come out. She just really hoped that nothing bad would happen out of it. And with her final decision set in mind, Serena let out a soft sigh and looked Daniel in the eye.
"I'll do it," she said with a soft smile.
Daniel let out a big sigh of relief and put his hand on top of the table and Serena put her hand in his. It felt fake and uncomfortable for both of them. They knew there was going to be no spark between them, especially now since Daniel came out to Serena. But they both knew that this was going to be a beautiful start to a wonderful friendship.
There was a sudden crash and clutter and when Serena looked out to the dining area, she saw one of the new waitresses had tripped and dropped the tray full of plates and cups. Good thing they were all empty and the cups were plastic, but sadly the plates were glass and some had broken. Serena quickly got up out of her seat and went to go help the waitress.
"Here let me help you," Serena said as she picked up some cups and broken pieces of glass from the plates.
"It's fine, I think I got it. Thanks though," came the harsh reply and when they looked at each other Serena saw a pair of cold green eyes that sent shivers down her spine.
The waitress moved harshly away from her and Serena was left alone knelt down on the floor.
"Those eyes… I've seen them before but from where..." Serena whispered to herself as she pondered on who the hell that girl was. But then a harsh scream from outside threw Serena out of her thoughts; her head started pounding, and sent her into super hero mode. Serena quickly rushed over to Daniel, "Hey I forgot my phone in my car and I'm sure my parents will be calling soon, I'll be right back." Serena said quickly and then was out the door before Daniel could protest after he heard the sudden screams from down the street.
Serena quickly ran out of the parking lot and headed in the direction of the screams. The screaming had stopped, though, and left a confused, worried, and terrified Serena in the middle of an empty street. She continued on down the road, hoping to find something, until a sharp agonizing pain tore through Serena's head. A voice in the back of her mind yelled at her to transform and after she did she felt as if a rope was pulling her towards the enemy.
The invisible pull had led her through the woods to a secluded part of the park. It was the same clearing where she had found out she was Sailor Moon.
She hid in the bushes to analyze the scene before her. The creature reminded her of a lizard with sharp claws, poisonous fangs, and an extremely long tail with spikes at the tip of it. Tuxedo Mask was the only one fighting it and he wasn't doing such a very good job. He looked tired and worn out already and the monster looked like it was just getting started.
Sailor Moon decided to step in and threw some rocks to distract the monster from killing the masked man. Her plan worked as the monster was hit in the head with the rocks, and then started to head over towards her. Sailor moon contemplated whether or not if that was a good idea, but she wasn't given the chance to run as the monster came towards her. Letting her scout instincts take control, Sailor Moon leapt up into the air and Sailor Kicked the monster right in the head, with all of her strength, send it falling to the ground unconscious.
Sailor Moon slowly stood up, smiling at her work, then looked at Tuxedo Mask. She noticed that he was clutching his arm and slightly shaking, and then she saw some blood.
"Are you okay? Did that thing scratch you?" she asked with so much care and worry, for a second he forgot she was a scout.
Smiling slightly, he let out a sigh, "I'll be fine, it's just a small scratch. Nothing to worry about." He tried to reassure her, but it didn't work.
"Let me see it," Sailor Moon said as she walked to his side.
"No really, I'll be fine." He said while trying to move away.
"Please let me see it?" Sailor Moon asked with a puppy dog pout and Tuxedo Mask knew he couldn't say no to that, even if he thought she was evil.
Unaware to the two heroes, the monster started to stir awake. Looking around to find who had knocked it unconscious, it finally found the culprit. Letting out an ear piercing scream, it charged at its victim.
Tuxedo Mask looked up in time to see the monster getting closer. "Look out!" he said as he pushed Sailor Moon out of the way, getting his wound cut deeper from the monster's razor sharp claws.
Sailor Moon looked on in horror as Tuxedo Mask tried to fight off the monster on his own again.
'Now would be the time to use your tiara Sailor Moon,' the voice said in the back of her mind.
Closing her eyes to focus on her power, Sailor Moon felt a warmth on her forehead as her tiara started to glow a bright gold. Opening her eyes she brought her gloved hand up to her forehead, removed the tiara, and prepared her attack. Moving her arm back and taking aim Sailor Moon yelled, "MOON TIARA MAGIC!" As the spinning tiara, now a golden discus, left her hand, it went straight into the back of the mutated lizard monster. When it made contact, the monster let out a painful cry, then turned into nothing but dust.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Sailor Moon turned to Tuxedo Mask to thank him but her eyes widened when she saw that he was slumped over in pain and there was more blood. She quickly ran to his side and helped him take off the jacket to the tuxedo so she could help him. There was a slight problem though… the white shirt underneath the jacket was long sleeved so either she had to rip the sleeve off or take off the shirt completely.
"You're losing a lot of blood and you need to bandage that wound." Sailor Moon stated as she took her cape and started to rip it to make a makeshift bandage for him. When she looked up, to her dismay, he had already ripped the sleeve off from the white shirt. As she wrapped the cloth around his very well-toned muscles on his arm, she could tell that he was trying very hard to not cry out in pain. "You might need to get stitches," she stated as she finished up wrapping the cloth and cleaning off the dry blood from his arm.
"Nah, I've had worse than this and apparently I heal fast too. I'll be gone by tomorrow." He said a little too quickly as he put his jacket back on, without her help, and stood up. She sat there dumbfounded at his rudeness and watched him as he walked toward the exit of the clearing. Right when he was about to leave he turned around and said, "Thanks,"
Sailor Moon suddenly stood up as she remembered that she had left Daniel back at the crown, alone! She quickly detransformed and started to run back to the crown as fast as she could, her incident with Tuxedo Mask quickly forgotten. As Serena thought about it she liked the idea of the fake boyfriend girlfriend relationship that she now had with Daniel. And she also didn't mind that it would be over as soon as the movie was done and finished with, also the time when he said he was going to come out to the public. Serena decided that she preferred this fake relationship over a real one because she knew that she couldn't get hurt, and one of her biggest fears is having her heart broken.
Serena walked through the doors, completely ignoring the new crowd, and headed toward the booth she was sitting at with Daniel. It was when she had sat back down she had realized that Daniel had pulled the hood to his hoody over his head and he looked about ready to leave at any given moment.
"Hey I'm sorry that took so long, my mom likes to talk." Serena lied through her teeth at every word, minus the sorry.
"It's alright, I should get going. This crowd is getting just a little too big for my comfort and Kevin has a car coming to pick me up. He wants to discuss some things about the movie. So you're definitely doing it?" Daniel asked as he glanced back and forth from the window to Serena.
"I have to talk to my dad about it, but let Kevin know I'm interested." Serena answered with a soft smile that had somewhat settled some of Daniels nerves. When they both looked out to the window, the car Daniel had mentioned had showed up and was now waiting in the parking lot.
"I should get going," Daniel said as he stood up from the booth and Serena copied his movements. "Will I see you tomorrow at the gym?" Daniel asked and when Serena gave a soft nod he took her into his embrace. It wasn't much of a hug and it felt a little weird to Serena but then she remembered that she had to show everyone that something was going on between them, so she hugged him back. When Daniel pulled back he gave a quick kiss to Serena's cheek then said goodbye and walked out the door.
Serena stood there in a daze as she watched the black SUV speed off down the street. Confusion pasted on her face and her hand glued to the spot Daniel had kissed. She really didn't think that they were gonna start that today. She didn't even know if she could do the movie! Yet here she was in a pretend relationshipwith a man who is gay and who most likely already has a partner. Her life was getting just way too confusing for her to keep up with. First she finds out she's Sailor Moon and now she's fake dating a gay guy who wants her to be his leading lady in a movie she doesn't even want to be in. Serena, though, was sharply taken out of her daze when she felt a hand on her shoulder and her automatic reactions kicked in. She was about to elbow the person until she saw their face.
"Darien, do you really want me to kill you?!" she asked her voice filled with annoyance and anger. She hated it when people snuck up on her and she absolutely hated surprises of any kind.
"No, I like my life too much. But I've been trying to get your attention for a few minutes now; you've been spaced out for a while." Darien replied and Serena tried so hard but slightly failed to hide her blush and it didn't go unnoticed from him.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Serena asked trying to change the subject.
"I always hang out here with Andrew, and the football team comes here pretty much every day after practice." Darien stated and when Serena looked past her shoulder she saw the entire dining area filled with guys she recognized from school.
"Oh,"
"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the gym or something? Or did they kick you out cause they realized that they were just wasting their time on a klutz." Darien teased with a smirk. He remembered the klutz attacks she had at the beach this morning and there were a number that she had a school.
Serena's face turned red with anger at his words. "You butt-head, they would never kick me out! It's because of me that they're known throughout the country! And my training was canceled for today cause it's my parent's anniversary today and they had plans for it."
"Then why were you with Daniel Cunningham?"
Serena was quickly distracted from her anger when she was asked that question.
"Well I did go to the gym today, after Molly called me and yelled at me to get over there, and Daniel was there with some director and they want to film a movie at the gym. Also Daniel and I are old friends. We grew up together for a few years then my family decided to move. I'm a stunt double in the movie and after some things at the gym we just came here for a milkshake and to catch up." Serena lied but that was the story she and Daniel had come up with if anyone had asked any questions about them and how they met.
Darien was about to ask another question about the kiss, yes he had seen it, but was interrupted when Serena had changed the subject and asked if they could just drop the subject and start working on the project. She had all their supplies in her car so they went out, got the stuff, and then set it up at a table.
A few minutes after they had started, one of Darien's friends came up and slapped him on the shoulder to get his attention. Darien's grimace didn't go unnoticed by Serena and when he took off his jacket she saw a blue makeshift bandage around his upper arm and blood trailing down his arm.
"Darien what happened?! You're bleeding!" Serena said as grabbed some napkins and headed toward his side to help him.
Darien on the other hand was in too much pain to even care that she was trying to help him. He needed to get to somewhere where he could be alone to use his powers to heal himself. He even considered going to the hospital to get stitches but decided against it knowing that he didn't want to get benched and he couldn't get bench because of his college scholarship.
"It's from football. Don't worry about it I'll be fine." He said as he quickly got up and headed toward the counter to where Andrew was and then was led to a back room.
"Football my ass, I know it was something else." Serena paused for a moment as a quick thought struck her. "Could Darien be Tuxedo Mask?" Serena thought more about it and then realized that the possibility of that ever happening were slim to none. Darien was a high school almighty football jerk who did nothing but torment her. Tuxedo Mask on the other hand was strong and serious and he made it clear that he hated Sailor Moon.
"Yeah right, Darien could never be Tuxedo Mask! What the hell was I thinking? Maybe I need to cut back on the milk shakes." Serena said to herself as she pushed her shake aside and continued on with the project.
Hey guys once again I'm really sorry about the wait, but I hope this made up for it :D
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