EPILOGUE
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon
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Serena smiled over the recent postcard from London. The list of names signed at the bottom were longer then the actual message scrawled in Darien's writing. It had been months since the Pack fled the county after the large show down. They went as far as to leaving the country so not to cause any more problems.
In a few days, she, her brother, and even her father would be joining the large group to start a new way of living. Her father already had a job lined up, courteously of an older member of the Pack, and both she and Andrew would be attending college for a long while. All that was keeping the trio in the small town was the fact the twins needed to graduate first. It was what her father and Darien worked out before the Pack made tracks.
She even had a surprise for those in London.
Andrew may have been the first to change, but he was limited to the moon cycle. Serena, on the other foot, was slowly learning to control her morphing ability. She had yet to reach the final stage of being a full wolf but each time her body change more and more. It would only be a short time before she reached that final step, and then she'd give Darien a run for his money.
She set the post card down before turning to look out the window. The strange things that happened in the last five months wore heavily on her mind, as they did others, but she was happy. And if life continued to be such an adventure, then she couldn't way for the next volume of her life to begin!
She was pulled from her musings by her father's call. Heading downstairs she saw his want. He held out the cordless phone, mouthing the identity, then left the room to finish packing odds and ends.
"Hello Raye," she spoke into the receiver.
Three days later the two girls were hugging and laughing while the men in their lives unpacked the rented car and took everything inside the new home. Serena exclaimed over Raye's rounded belly, teasing her about her recent activities with her new husband. Raye took it all in stride, enjoying her friend's presence. They both trooped inside to join the men for the unpacking, laughing at Seiya and Chad in yet another argument, Bathsheba bouncing around them barking.
Since the fight Darien rewarded Seiya with more respect and special obligations, allowing him to attend meals that only immediate family members participated in. Chad and the brunette even grew closer. Mostly since Seiya protected his intended without worry of himself. There was also speculation the Seiya had started mooning over a certain redheaded helper among the Pack.
Dinner was a very lively event. Either they talked to, around, or over the others in the room to converse. Eventually Serena's father confessed to a headache and went to bed early, Bathsheba tagging along after having taking to the man quickly, while the rest stayed up late. One by one they drifted off to sleep where they sat, only leaving Serena and Darien to talk in low tones.
"Let's go for a walk," he suggested. Her eyes sparkled at the thought.
"Let's." They held hands as they snuck barefoot from the house. The back yard was eerily similar to the house they left in the states, but it did show its differences. Whereas the forest in the states held a tree line, this one slowly grew thicker and thicker, and contained a gentler slope than the other.
"Not too far from here there's even a creek that'll be great in the summer to cool off in." Serena pouted.
"How is it you always find these wonderful places?" She recalled some pictures Raye showed her of previous residences. He tapped his nose. "Oh shut up!" She pushed him playfully.
"Really it's only because multiple Packs switch lands throughout their travels. Wherever is free at the time is where we head. By good fortune, the previous homes hadn't been used in a long time so we quickly moved in, else wise, we would have never met." The thought was sobering. Deft fingers swept through one pig-tail. Serena wrapped her arms around his waist and held fiercely.
"Nope, we still would have met. One way or another, my mother would have seen to it." She looked up. "It was meant to be." Frowning lips soon turned around.
"Silly dreamer." He dipped in close to press a soft kiss to her lips.
"Maybe, but this silly dreamer loves you." She moved her arms from his waist to his neck. "And I have a lifetime to shower you with that love." Another kiss was pressed to her brow.
"A lifetime, huh? Somehow, I wish mine was shorter to match yours." Serena pulled away, a quirky grin on her lips. "What?"
"About that… my lifetime matches yours now." He blinked. She escaped from his hold and trotted away.
"What?" A smoldering look was thrown over her shoulder as she headed back towards the home. "Hey, Serena! Explain that!" He started after her. She laughed and ran. "Serena!" And the hunt was on once again.
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For now the chapter 'Blood Moon' will stay incomplete. I may come back one day and revamp it but truthfully, I'm very tired of this piece. There is a lot of repetition in the chapters that really grate on my nerves but I don't have the drive or time to go back and edit the story line to make a more dynamic work.
For anyone that may have lingering questions, please, go ahead and leave your question(s) in a review and I will try to respond as quickly as I can.
Sincerely
~EosSol (formally KAWolfQueen)