Dreamland Fantasy

Chapter 21

Author's Note: Hi everyone just wanted to say thank you to all my readers who are continuing to follow along and let you know that we are getting to the end of this story with only 3 chapters left, but I have thoroughly enjoyed exploring this new take on a familiar world and I hope all of you have enjoyed taking the journey with me. To answer a review that I got, yes unfortunately Endymion's death was his final goodbye, but there will be mention of him in the final chapters to come, and while Endymion will not be showing up an longer, keep a look out for someone else (hint to come). I hope all of you continue to enjoy the story and please continue to send your thoughts and reviews. Thanks for reading and stay well Mars Light

Standard Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, never did, never will thank you!

Serena picked up her pillow and threw it as hard as she could against the wall in frustration, but it didn't help dwell the way she felt inside, the anger that welled up within her from the grief that took over her body and soul.

She had stayed up all night asking herself the same questions over and over again "Why? Why was she chosen to be a part of all of this? Why would her whole life be disrupted when it didn't seem anything she did would do any good? Why are all the hard choices and being put in harm's way being left on her? Why was she constantly being pulled back there only to lose, only to be forced to see others die and not be able to do anything to save them, to save good people?"

She wiped a tear away from her eyes knowing the dreams she had led her to regrets, but also had given her the ability to meet Endymion and spend time with him, which was something she could never regret. He had told her that it was her actions that he was proud of and he had died protecting what he cherished most, but it was the consequences of her actions that probably only led to his death to come much too soon.

She held tightly onto the special key he had given to her that she wore around her neck always. She didn't know what it was about this key that made it so important, but knew he had entrusted her with it with special reason, that there was much more to it than just a key, but right now it was the most important thing to her, seeing how it was the only thing she had to hold onto to, to actually know and feel he had existed and wasn't just part of some amazing dream she had.

She took a deep breath thinking of their last moments together and the promise that she had made to him to find the one that the key belonged to, but closed her eyes tight and shook her head sadly not wanting to keep that promise she made, just the thought of giving up his key, would be giving up part of him, losing that last piece of him to hold onto.

She took a deep breath and let it out knowing she wasn't foolish enough to believe that the dreams were over, this wasn't the end that there was still a quest she must complete, but the question still hung in the air of how much more death and destruction would she have to witness before it was all over and when would the next time be possible her last time.

She let out a long sigh and looked out her window seeing the leaves blowing through the trees that were just starting to grow tiny blossoms with the coming of the spring weather. Which meant life and rebirth would continue on growing and part of her wanted to believe that it was a piece of him still living on and calling out for her letting her know he was keeping his promise and would never be far away.

She wiped another tear away from her eyes and turned away from the window, knowing it was just wishful thinking that what she saw was only nature and the wind, when she looked out and saw a familiar face come walking up the path to her house.

She shook her head surprised by the unexpected visitor questioning "why is she here?" then stood up and opened up her bedroom door and stood at the top of the stairs listening as she heard her mother open up the front door and say "I am glad you're here. I think Serena could really use the company right now"

Serena slowly walked the rest of the way down the stairs where she saw her friend Molly standing in the doorway as she looked up to see Serena come walking towards her as she told her shyly "hi Serena"

Serena came walking up to the front door as she looked to Molly telling her quickly with little emotion "Hi Molly"

Ilene looked between the two girls seeing they seemed to need a private moment alone to talk as she told them quietly "I will just be in the kitchen if you need anything" then quickly excused herself as Serena waited for her to be out of hearing range and then turned to look to her best friend asking "what are you doing here?"

Molly looked to her concerned after having a strong feeling Serena was aggravated with her for something, but didn't know why, but she did know that Serena had been avoiding all her calls and told her "I tried calling you a bunch of times, but you never returned any of my calls. I was getting worried about you. Are you alright Serena?"

Serena looked to her friend knowing Molly was a true and loyal friend to her and she didn't respond back in kind blocking many of the calls from her yesterday and keeping secrets from her too as she let out a long sigh telling her "yeah I just had a bad headache yesterday, but I'm doing better today"

Molly nodded her head having a pretty good idea on why Serena was complaining of a headache and started blocking all her calls telling her "that's good to hear, I have been worried about you with everything going on"

Serena looked to her curiously about how much Molly knew about her and what was really going on, then with a shake of her head she questioned suspiciously "worried why?"

Molly looked down to the floor trying to avoid eye contact with her and find the easiest way of putting this gently as she told her "I know about what happened with your date the other night with Jonathan, actually everyone knows"

Serena opened her eyes up wide not expecting that response questioning back "everyone knows why?"

Molly nodded her head in confirmation telling her sadly "yeah, I thought that might have been why you weren't answering any of my calls, that maybe you were trying to avoid me too, but I'm still your friend no matter what they say about you"

Serena looked to Molly hearing that people were actually saying things about her. She knew she had been avoiding Molly's calls and everyone else's questions too for an entirely different reason, which had nothing to do with Jonathan, then shook her head curiously asking "what are people saying? Jonathan doesn't even matter anything to me any longer. You were right about him, he was a huge jerk and I am not going to waste my time on him any longer"

Molly looked to her with a strange tilt to her head by her response or lack thereof telling her "wow Serena you are taking this a lot better than I would be, unless…"

Serena looked back at her knowing there was something Molly left unsaid and shook her head questioning "unless what?"

Molly took a deep breath knowing it was up to her to let the truth out and told her shyly "unless you don't know what he has actually been saying about you"

Serena looked to her curiously wondering what other rumors were going around, what troubles she had to add onto her already troubled mind asking her sharply "what are you not telling me Molly?"

Molly looked back at her friend knowing has had a troublesome time lately and she was only going to make it worse then told her sheepishly "well Jonathan and Lisa have come up with sort of a different way of explaining what happened. They make it sound as though they never really broke up in the first place, that it was all a stupid prank. Jonathan said he was never really interested in you in the first place that he only set up the date as a practical joke that Lisa started. He was never planning on actually taking you to the movie at all"

Serena looked back at her outraged shaking her head at the lunacy of everything telling her "you can't be serious, all of this was just a joke to them, that I was some punchline of, are you kidding me?"

Molly shook her head sadly knowing the truth was out now and took a deep breath then told her "no, it's all over the school everyone knows about it and they believe him that it was all a setup. Some sort of mean practical joke that Jonathan set up. That he wouldn't ever be interested in dating someone like you and you fell for it, but I mean I don't think that Serena. I know you and you're not the way they make you sound"

Serena looked to her friend not liking the way this was all coming out that she was being made to look like a fool, used as some stupid prank and put her hands on her hips as she screamed out the anger and rage she held inside "that huge ass I can't believe him. He is actually telling people he asked me out just to make me look like some stupid fool to fall for him and his big ego, and to think I ever thought for a moment he was a decent guy"

Molly nodded her head seeing how angry Serena was now and told her simply "I'm afraid so"

Serena let out a loud frustrated scream not wanting to deal with this teenage school drama now on top of everything else she was feeling from the loss of a good man that she cared so deeply about as she heard Molly tell her apologetically "Serena, I'm sorry I just thought you should know"

Serena nodded her head knowing she couldn't change anything in her dreams, but this wasn't a dream she was living it and told her back "yeah I do"

Ilene came walking back into the room after hearing Serena screaming out from the kitchen and looked to the two girls standing there both with serious faces on questioning "Serena what is going on? I heard screaming is everything alright?"

Serena looked over to her mother and knew she at least had one thing left still in her control and be damned if she wasn't going to do something to fight back about it as she took Molly by the arm leading her outside yelling back to her mother "yeah mom everything's fine, but Molly and I are just going out for a little while I have something I have to do"

Ilene watched the girls in a hurry to leave suspiciously as she called out "alright just be home before dinner okay"

Serena waved her hand and called back innocently "will do" as she briskly walked away from the house with Molly behind her asking "can I take it that your parents don't know what actually happened the other night"

Serena shook her head telling her coldly as she made a fist feeling the rage welling up inside "my mom doesn't, but my dad was there"

Molly nodded her head while trying to keep up with Serena's fast and steady pace asking "so where are we going?"

Serena looked to her with a shake of her head as she continued rushing along telling her "where going to the crown, that's where he usually hangs out with all his buddies and that's where I am going to confront him about this and set the record straight, that what he did is not okay"

Molly looked to Serena wide eyed as she shook her head telling her "your what? Serena I don't know if that is such a good idea with all his friends there, everyone already thinks he didn't actually care about you, for you just to make a scene with him will only make it worse, maybe you should just wait until this whole thing blows over"

Serena looked back at her with a shake of her head telling her "I am not making a scene over him Molly, but I am tired of just standing by and doing nothing while others parade around acting like their actions don't matter to the people they hurt. He picked the wrong day to mess with me"

Molly looked to her friend seeing there was something different about her today. She was far more confident more fierce then she ever knew Serena to be before and nodded her head as she followed along waiting for what Jonathan had to come.

Serena walked into the crown with Molly following behind and as expected Jonathan was there with four of his other guy friends from school hanging around as they laughed out loud and she overheard them speak of the movies. She fisted her hand up in rage then called out to him loudly "who do you think you are going around and spreading rumors about me like that"

Jonathan turned around surprised to see Serena standing in the doorway and started to laugh with his buddies as he looked to her stating calmly "look Serena it was just a joke"

Serena looked back at him with disgust then shook of her head replying back "a joke, well I'm not laughing. You don't care about who you hurt do you, well lucky for me I never actually gave a damn about you anyway, but I do see you now as you really are; a conceited jerk who manipulates people and I will be sure ever girl in school knows it too and hopefully someday you'll get what's coming to you, but for now maybe it is time that you cool off and start using your head for a change"

Jonathan started laughing out loud as he told her mockingly "yeah sure whatever you say Serena"

Serena ignored his comment and walked over to the counter and picked up a chocolate milkshake that his friend had ordered and turned around to face Jonathan as she poured it down his white shirt.

Jonathan stood there with milkshake dripping off of him as he heard his buddies start laughing at him, he shook his head telling her angrily "this isn't going to come out Serena"

Serena looked to him as she let out a loud fit of laughter herself telling him proudly "now who has the last laugh" as she turned around and walked away with her head held high.

Molly stood nearby watching the whole scene playout and could see that Serena was almost a whole new person, just now showing more confidence in herself then she had ever witnessed before as she picked up a napkin and threw it at Jonathan saying coldly "here dry yourself off and get yourself a clue on how to properly treat a girl" then followed Serena out the door as she quickly caught up to her friend telling her excited "I can't believe you just did that"

Serena nodded her head feeling excited and somewhat vindicated for their lack of a date the other night telling her "I know I can't believe I did it either, but it felt good"

Molly nodded her head as she replied with a small chuckle "I really enjoyed seeing his face drop when you spilt the milkshake all over him like that"

Serena let out a laugh herself then stopped amazed that she still could feel joy and experience laughter again, after not actually feeling anything but anger and sadness for days, then nodded her head proudly telling Molly "yeah it was one of my better moments, wasn't it"

Molly smiled as she patted her friend on the back telling her "well I would be sure there will be talk about it come Monday at school" The girls both laughed at the comment as they continued walking down the sidewalk.

Molly stopped walking and looked to Serena oddly while seriously questioning "what is that?"

Serena looked down not sure what Molly spoke of, then saw Endymion's key around her neck start to give off a bright shine again as she reached down and held it in her hand protectively as Molly questioned back "what is that your wearing?"

Serena looked to her and knew she couldn't act as though the key didn't just start glowing in the middle of the sidewalk, then covered it with her hand hoping no one else saw also and shook her head telling her "it was a special gift from a friend"

Molly looked to her suspiciously with a raised brow telling her "I have never seen a key like that before. Where did you get it and more importantly what kind of friend would give you a special gift like that. You aren't holding out on me are you Serena?"

Serena looked to her friend hearing the way Molly was probing for details and shook her head telling her a quick "no", but Molly refused to accept it and continued asking "Who is this friend you speak of? Where did you meet him? Come on Serena I'm your best friend you can tell me. Is he handsome?"

Serena took a deep breath hearing all of Molly's inquisitive questions and knew deep down inside she wanted to at least tell someone that there was someone that she cared deeply about, then took a deep breath and told her "okay yes there was someone and he was unlike anyone I had ever met before kind, passionate and"

Molly looked to her surprised hearing her friend speak for the first time about this man so passionately, and then heard her friends voice turn sadder leaving her unable to finish her thought as she asked her "and what Serena?"

Serena held the key close to her heart and looked to Molly as she responded back longingly "he believed in me Molly like no one else has. There aren't that many people that still do"

Molly looked to her friend seeing the sadness return to her face, and with a shake of her head she told her "Serena that's not true"

Serena shook her head feeling all the memories left for her alone telling her strongly "it is Molly, but well when I was with him it felt different, I felt different. I felt things real things" as she let out a deep and lonely sigh

Molly looked to her friend amazed that she held onto this secret for so long then with a knowing look she smiled telling her "you fell in love with him, didn't you?"

Serena looked to her friend knowing there was no way she could speak of Endymion without the truth coming out through with her words, and now Molly knew how she really felt about him too as Serena nodded her head telling her "yes I did, but he's gone now"

Molly looked to her surprised after hearing how much he meant to her, not understanding what happened between them she questioned back "gone, gone where?"

Serena took a deep breath knowing this part, the truth about it she could never explain and told her simply "somewhere I can't follow" as she continued walking away further down the street not wanting to discuss any further.

Molly stood there for a moment and really saw the grief and anguish that was left behind from her friends broken heart far more so than any prank could ever do as she quickly caught up to Serena and shook her head telling her "what happened Serena? Is this guy really the reason you have been acting so strange lately?"

Serena took a deep breath wanting to tell Molly about everything desperately, but knew she couldn't, that like everyone else she would just be thought crazy for doing so and told her back "he is part of it yes"

Molly nodded her head expecting the answer, but wanting more of the truth and told her "Serena you and I have been best friends since grade school and I know that you have been keeping some kind of deep secret hidden away"

Serena continued walking knowing Molly was right, but shook her head telling her anyway "there is no secret" Molly let out a sigh knowing Serena wouldn't open up to her about this secret, however much she begged and told her simply "okay, but I am always here for you no matter what"

Serena looked to her friend and heard her kind response and knew Molly has been like a sister to her for years now and always had her back no matter what. As she questioned herself that maybe Molly could be trusted with more of the truth without judging to harshly for it, then with a nod of her head she told her "thanks Molly you're always a good friend"

Molly nodded her head knowing her friend was still sad and needed away to cheer her up, then suggested aloud "how about we go do something fun. I heard at the beauty salon they are giving away free make overs"

Serena thought about it for a moment and then nodded her head knowing the truth would have to wait a little longer, for now the possibility of changing herself and taking on a whole new look was appealing as she smiled telling her "that sounds like a great idea"

Molly wrapped her arm around Serena's shoulder telling her excited "come on this way when where through with you, you won't have to worry about any guy trouble they'll be falling all over you"

Serena nodded her head knowing there was only one man that she wanted to impress and he was gone now, but put on a pleasant smile telling her friend "sounds perfect" as they started to walk down the street together.

They walked until they were only a block away from the hair salon and then a sudden smell started to take over as Serena looked to Molly asking her with a squished up grossed face "do you smell that?"

Molly turned around and looked to her curiously asking "smell what?"

Serena stopped walking as she shook her head doubtfully asking her "you can't be serious, you don't smell that"

Molly looked to Serena with a raised eye brow and shook her head telling her "I don't smell anything Serena"

Serena looked to her and saw Molly didn't appear to be smelling anything, then started to wonder herself what was going on, than took a deep breath asking again "you really don't smell anything?"

Molly looked to her concerned seeing the strange way Serena was acting again, with a tilt of her head she asked her "no should I?"

Serena took a deep breath knowing what she smelled, could not be ignored that of rot and death and for whatever reason she was the only one who could.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath knowing it had to be the dreams calling for her again and then opened her eyes expecting to be somewhere else, but still seeing Molly was standing in front of her shaking her head asking concerned "is everting alright with you Serena?"

Serena nodded her head knowing there was no where she could go now, that she wouldn't get that foul smell from catching up with her and told Molly "yeah I'm fine, come on lets go"

Molly looked to her strangely feeling there was something once again left unsaid between them, but did as she asked as they kept walking ahead.

Serena tried to keep up with her friend the rest of the way, but felt almost like there was something pulling on her arm, yanking her backwards as she tried to push on ahead, until she felt a hand grab at her ankle and yank it out from underneath her. She yelled out suddenly and then fell forward putting both her hands down on the cement in front of her to brace herself from falling on her face.

She took a deep breath knowing she must have been some scene to witness then looked up, but saw she was no longer on the streets where she lived as she looked around and felt a chill run down her spine.

She slowly stood up back onto her feet and wrapped her arms around herself protectively, seeing she was standing in what seemed like a sea of death with bodies all stacked up on top of each other, then took a deep breath knowing what she had smelled was this place.

She let out a loud gulp then heard a loud explosion off in the distance, and quickly ducked down feeling like she was right in the middle of one of Sam's war video games, only this wasn't a game, this was very real and there were bodies lying everywhere with real blood dripping down from them with people dying around her.

She closed her eyes wanting to leave, but was not able to escape the sounds of the loud moans coming from the herds of people all around, leaving her unable to decipher one voice from another, until she heard one call out asking for help as they cried "Serenity"

She shook her head not sure what could be done to help one person when there was just too many of them, but she had to try and slowly made her way through the mass of bodies as she felt hands by her ankles, she had tears running down her cheeks wanting to do more for them while crying out "I'm coming"

She tried to follow the voice that she heard calling out for help when she heard the sound of gun shots close by and ducked down and waited until it stopped, but then it only went to silence everywhere.

She slowly stood back up and waited to hear something but again all was silent, she stopped where she stood not wanting to look or go any further, being surrounded by only death and destruction as the blacks clouds over head only got worse as it stared to rain down upon her.

She wrapped her arms around herself tightly feeling the chill in the air, wanting to close her eyes again and hide away not sure what she could do to stop this, all this horror around her, when she heard a voice from nearby call out gently "Serenity"

She looked over to see her feline companion Luna come walking up looking to her concerned asking "what are you doing out here?"

Serena looked around at the lifeless bodies with a shake of her head telling her "it's so awful Luna"

Luna nodded her head solemnly knowing how much worse it really is replying "I know, so much wasted life"

Serena looked around her and could see the bodies lying on the ground were not soldiers, but people and was reminded of what Endymion had told her on one of their first meetings as he spoke of those who would be hurt the most between a war of their kingdoms and nodded her head replying to Luna "the blood of the innocent"

Luna looked around and saw what Serena saw, that these were not fierce warriors who died in battle, but people defending their homeland her and nodded her head saying sadly "yes, I suppose you are right"

Serena looked to her and knew that it wasn't over, that the battle still raged on and she was still a part of it, then shook her head asking "who is to speak up for these people the ones who can no longer do so themselves? Who will fight for them so no more lives are lost? Who is to bring about peace with the leaders of both the white and dark kingdoms gone?"

Luna looked to her with a shake of her head telling her "you are a leader Serenity and there are still those that look to you"

Serena looked around her and shook her head knowing she was not Serenity and all her mislead actions caused this to be and told Luna "there must be someone else, someone out there who is better at this. Who can stop all of this death from happening? Didn't the queen speak of an alliance between the kingdoms? Where are they all now?"

Luna looked to her shaking her head sadly telling her "with your mother's death, many got scared and felt Diamond's power was too strong and now with the dark kingdom under Beryl's control. It has made the white kingdom vulnerable, many have chosen to stay with their own homelands to protect them from invasion before there kingdoms end up with a similar fate"

Serena took a deep breath knowing there was no other choice, it was all left in her hands and shook her head telling her "no I don't believe that, this can't be over we can't just give up. We can't just let them win"

Luna looked to her confused asking "what would you have us do Serenity?"

Serena looked back at her with a little laugh knowing without wanting to be she was stuck in the same positon of authority stating "it is not over Luna. There are others still that are willing to put their lives on the line and fight for what is right, and for those that we have lost, we will remember what they stood for and I will continue to fight for them. This will never be over and we won't give up not as long as there are still others that hold hope in their hearts. I still do what about you Luna?"

Luna looked to her and gave her head a slight bow telling her "so do I Neo queen Serenity tell me what you need of me"

Serena took a deep breath knowing it would not be easy and told her "we must find others, whomever they are, who are willing to still stand up and to fight for what is right"

Luna looked to her proudly and nodded her head telling her "I believe I know just where to start"

Serena followed her feline companion down a maze of tunnels where she saw people lying on the ground most lacking nourishment, some seriously wounded, others beyond that point as she took a deep breath and continued walking forward as she saw even those who were at there weakest point still bowing their heads down to her in respect

She walked into what is a small chamber with a few cots laid out and looked around seeing there were not enough cots with how many people were leaning up against the walls having various wounds bandaged up by her four female guardians giving medical care.

She looked seeing the tired and worn out faces of her four guardians who had all fought in serious battles, whether they had been the victors remained to be unknown by the wounds they showed themselves, but they were still alive which was victory enough.

She took a deep breath and saw the tired faces of the weak and sickly of all those around her and believed many had probably already decided to give up, then took a deep breath and stated aloud "Prince Endymion of the dark kingdom is dead. He gave his life fighting for what he believed was right and the freedom for his people to be able to make their own choices"

She heard some soft mumbling from those around her from her comment on the dark kingdoms ruler, but nothing further. She continued looking upon the scared faces of those around her telling them "and so is Queen Serenity the beloved ruler of our kingdom, they were murdered and for what I ask you?"

There was only silence to her comment as she continued telling them "I have seen enough grief. I have felt enough heartbreak all so others can gain more power. I know our numbers are small, but if we do not do something what will be left. I do not wish to lose anyone else so I ask of you, all of you, can we stand up together and fight back?"

Rei looked to her with a shake of her head arguing back "what are you saying that we should bring the fight to them with our numbers so few that almost certainly means death to us all"

Serena looked to her and nodded her head solemnly telling her "yes you are right, but I cannot knowingly hide while others are dying, knowing that I did not do everything I possibly could do to help them, there are good and innocent people losing their lives out there"

Lita looked to her with a shake of her head telling her "princess as your guardians we have all given our loyal oaths to protect you until to our last breaths"

Serena looked to Lita with a nod of her head telling her "I know that and I have made my choice to fight and continue this fight to the end and I would not expect any of you to follow me out of duty. It is all up to you. It is your own choice to make"

Mina nodded her head telling her "well I am not going to go down without a fight"

Ami nodded her head and stood up beside her replying "she's right for our future and the futures of those to come we must try with all we've got"

Lita stood up with her other two friends with a nod of her head saying back "I have never run from a fight yet"

The other three turned and looked to Rei as she reluctantly stood up next to them saying "well I guess we'll go down with this the same way we always have, all together"

Serena looked to all of them her guardians, her friends with a smile telling them "I am glad to hear all of you say that because I have no intention of surrendering to that witch or the pretty boy, but I also will not just stand around here and watch them try to take over all that we have. I am tired of saying goodbye to those that mean so much to me. I am not here to only watch from the sidelines. I made a promise one that I intend to keep that I won't give up not even with my last breath and that I will live each day to the fullest and if that means doing what I must to secure a glorious future for all of us. Where we are free to live our own lives and make our own choices, then let us start by doing this together"

Serena looked seeing all their faces looking to each other unsure of their next course of action, when she heard Rei speak up asking her "ok so what is this plan of yours or do you not have one at all to speak of yet?"

Serena looked to her knowing that they were at least being receptive and would stand up beside her as she looked to the fours girls stating "Endymion spoke to me about hope he said as long as there are still others out there that have hope left in their hearts that all is not lost and I won't let him die in vain. I believe what he says is true and there are others that are still willing to fight with us, so I ask all of you" she stopped and looked round the room at all the wounded people lying there asking "will you stand with me"

Serena waited a moment for their response and looked around the room as she saw all the questionable faces, but no one stood up as she started to feel low unsure if this was the best course of action after all.

Her four guardians all stood up by her side and nodded their heads proudly as they cheered loudly "where with you to the end Serenity"

Serena looked on them the guardians of what was and could be again a great civilization with a proud smile stating "it is either we give it our all or we end up with nothing"

Luna bowed her head down knowingly telling her "I knew you were the one, the leader that we needed to bring us all together"

Serena looked to her with a shake of her head telling her "I don't know about that Luna it is still only the five of us, but I will try my best" when she heard a voice call out from behind her "Queen Serenity" she turned around surprised to hear the unknown voice to see six men standing before her in the room all wearing dark capes while they bowed their heads down to her with respect.

Her four guardians were quick on their feet to stand up to defend her against the soldiers of the dark kingdom as Mina screamed out a warning "there from the dark kingdom"

Serena looked to the six men in front of her, but did not feel she had anything to fear of them and held up her hand high telling the others loudly "let the men speak"

One of the men in front of the group bowed down to her as he acknowledged her royal presence telling her "thank you your majesty the reason why we are here is that we were supporters of Prince Endymion and when the news of his death reached us, well we wanted to help you bring down the person responsible for this treasonous action no matter what the cost. We want to help bring down Beryl and her reign once and for all, but we can't do it alone. I know it was not Endymion's wish to be part of your alliance your majesty, but we can't do this alone and neither can you. We wish to help to bring an end to this war between our kingdoms"

Serena looked to the men knowing these were the men that were probably responsible for why she was still alive and that Endymion had given up his own life to fight for them and did a gentle curtsy back telling them "thank you gentlemen we would be honored to have you join us, and your services will be most appreciated and welcomed"

The lead man looked to her pleased as he walked forward with his hand extended as Serena smiled and gave him a warm handshake and looked to all her new comrades and spoke aloud "we might be small in numbers, but we are big in heart and we shall take this to the very end together no matter what" as she took hold of the key she wore around her neck and looked up high telling him "I promise"

She looked about the room seeing now the many faces that still sat by watching her scared and in need of medical help and realized that they were not just people of the white kingdom, but of both the white and dark kingdoms joined together and looked to the dark kingdom soldiers before her asking "what can we do to help?"

She never got a chance to hear his response though when she felt a shake at her shoulder asking her "Serena hey are you alright?"

Serena looked up to see her friend Molly looking back at her as she looked around realizing she was back on the street again as she looked to Molly questioning "what was that?"

Molly looked back at her with a shake of her head telling her "boy you are sure acting very strange lately. I was just asking you about that strange necklace that you are wearing and then all of a sudden you just kind of spaced out on me"

Serena looked to her remembering the conversation they had about the key she wore and she had told Molly about Endymion, but now it was as though the conversation never happened at all and looked down seeing the key she wore, once again looked just like an ordinary key as she looked to Molly and shook her head telling her plainly "it's just an old family heirloom, so what should we do now"

Molly looked to her with a shrug of her shoulder not sure if there was more to it, but let it go like all the other secrets Serena held telling her "alright if you say so, but I heard that they are giving away free makeovers at the salon want to go and maybe explore a whole new look for you that will make Jonathan extremely jealous"

Serena looked to her and the thought of changing herself, was now not appeasing as it seemed to be earlier and with a little smile she told her "no I think I would rather stay just the way I am"

Molly nodded her head accepting her answer telling her back "alright well come on I'm sure we can find plenty of other things to do"

Serena smiled as she nodded her head and walked down the street with her best friend telling her "yeah let's go"