Chapter 21: Too Much To Handle
She may have gotten a new wand, but nothing about her night went smoothly. She felt the effects of the Cherry Blossom cardian that night, along with her other friends. Luckily they didn't have boy problems spinning in their head all night. She felt like a zombie. At least she knew she could destroy whatever came next she thought.
She slumped into the arcade, and sat down at the counter and let her eyelids droop. School work never helped, with Ann always bragging about her times with Darien, and Alan trying to win over her heart at any given moment he could…or of course her teacher's nagging about marks.
"Wow, Serena you doing okay?" Andrew asked.
"Long day yesterday." She felt herself let out a long yawn.
"Wow, catching flies meatball head?" Darien said walking into the arcade.
"Why are you so late Dare?" Andrew asked.
"Ran into Ann on the way in. Took a while to get away." He shrugged.
Serena felt her world crash on her a little more. She wasn't one to be depressed, and yes the new moon scepter did a world of good last night, but she wasn't exactly beaming with energy today.
"Actually Serena you don't look so good." Andrew said. "Hey did you guys hear about that weird Cherry Blossom tree yesterday?"
"Yea I heard your friends Molly and Melvin passed out around them." Darien inquired.
"Another one of those monsters." Serena managed to say between her head laying in her arms.
"Really? Another one? Are you sure it wasn't just the heat?" Andre asked.
"Nope, I ran into it too." Serena said.
"Wait, what Serena? Your telling me you saw it?" Andrew asked.
"Mhm…" She said halfheartedly.
"Wow, a monster with flowers for a weapon, sounds deadly…" Darien added with a bit of sarcasm.
"I cant do this today, I'm going home." Serena got off of her stool like a zombie. She liked seeing Darien, but she didn't have the strength for witty comebacks, or flirty talk.
"Good Serena you look like you need some rest." Andrew agreed.
"Just don't pass out on the way there…Serena?" Darien said before he noticed that she looked extremely energy-zapped and her knees were buckling.
"Woah!" He said as he caught her on the way down, just before she passed out.
"She wasn't kidding when she said she saw that monster, she seems like she got hit hard!" Andrew said eyes wide at Serena who had fainted, held up in Darien's arms.
"What doesn't make any sense is why she's feeling it now, and why she wasn't hospitalized like the rest of them?" Darien said looking at the passed out blonde in his arms. She really was a lot more peaceful sleeping.
"I better go bring her home, I'm the one with the car." Darien said with a little regret.
"Don't go rubbing it in now Dare! Your car makes mine look like a bike." Andrew said waving his friends off.
"Hey Darien! Whatcha got there?" Ann ran up to the man outside the arcade.
"Serena, says she got zapped by that Cherry Blossom Demon yesterday, so she's not doing too well."
"Oh that's too bad." Ann gave the passed out blonde a look. "Well how bout you ditch her and come with me for a bite to eat! It'll be fun I promise!"
"Sorry no can do, I got to get her home and make sure she's okay. If you've seen these monsters, you'd know the kind of damage they do Ann." He said, walking away.
"Oh I know what they do and they're not monsters they're Cardians!" She said to herself, bitter over the denial.
"What's wrong Ann?" Alan appeared beside her.
"Oh nothing. Say Alan, you don't remember Serena getting zapped by that cardian we let out last night?"
"Serena?" Alan pictured the beautiful blue eyed blonde in his mind. "No, I don't particularly remember that."
"Me either. Something is up with that girl and my Darien." She complained.
"Your Darien?" Alan repeated.
"Mine as in friend. Jeez Alan, don't get so jealous! We are brother and sister you know." She winked at him, before the two transformed looking for the next prey.