This fanfic takes place right after the scouts find out that Serena is the moon princess. I used the American dub names simply because I thought it would be easier to read
So, read on, and I hope you enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the scouts; never have, never will. They all
belong to Naoko Takeuchi, TOEI, and a lot of other people who aren't me.
* * *
Serena was sulking in her room as she had for days. She felt that she lacked
the strength to go out and face the world. Sometimes her friends would stop
by and try to talk to her, but she would just ignore them and eventually
they'd go away. Even Luna tried to cheer her up, but she found no comfort
in the words of her cat.
"Come on, Serena! Get up! You're supposed to be a princess. Now act like
it!" Luna chided.
"fhi sdon'yt eelfa like ist.", Serena mumbled.
"What?"
"I said I don't feel like it!"
"It doesn't matter.", Luna mumbled lamely. My princess would have never
acted like this, she thought to herself.
Serena rolled over onto her back and contemplated the ceiling. Then she
sighed again.
"Luna, I'm tired. I don't want to be a scout anymore. And besides, it's
hard!" Serena whined.
"Look, Serena. You're Sailor Moon, Champion of Justice!" Luna implored
her charge. "You can't just give up like this!"
Just watch me, Serena thought bitterly, her face crumpling into a frown. Her eyes started to glisten, and she blinked to keep back the tears that threatened to overflow her eyes.
Luna softened a bit after seeing how upset her charge looked. "Besides,
you're never going to get Darien back if you keep acting like this."
"Well, maybe I can't handle it. I'm the wrong one for the job. Mina or Lita
or someone should be leader. I'm not cut out for this."
"What kind of attitude is that? Of course you're not cut out if you keep
acting like that!" Luna shouted at her companion.
Serena glared at her companion, her lower lip shaking. She burst into tears,
soaking her bedspread and her cat.
"Don't you get it Luna? I'm not Sailor Moon! I'm not the Moon Princess!
I'm Serena, the klutz, the ditz, the crybaby. I can't even work this useless
piece of junk," she said, holding up the imperium crystal. "I just wish I
could be normal again, not any of those things! I wish I could be like her!",
she shouted, brandishing a magazine and pointing to a smiling model for
added effect. Then she began sobbing, emotionally worn down from all the
shouting.
Serena didn't notice the glow emanating from the crystal, but Luna did.
She started to cry out, but was stopped short when Serena gasped and
stiffened. The glow from the crystal covered her body for a moment, and
the light was so intense that Luna couldn't look straight at it. She
instinctively covered her eyes with her paws. The light spread out silently,
creeping around solid objects and causing them to glow brighter than they
ever had before, and was sucked back into the crystal quickly.
Luna blinked, barely daring to look at Serena. She glanced in that direction
of her princess and let out a breath of relief as she saw that she was just
sleeping, obviously knocked out from the effect of the power from the
crystal.
"I always told her those magical items were not to be played with," Luna
muttered.
* * *
Serena had felt the crystal warming up as she had yelled the final words of
her monologue, but she had ignored it. Then it began to glow, and Serena
had felt an irresistible tugging. Everything had slipped away as she felt
herself leaving her body.
Now it was a struggle just to open her eyes again. Maybe I should have
listened to Luna after all, she thought. That crystal is really not a plaything.
She managed to open her left eye, and a groan escaped her lips. The sun
was hot on her face, and it burned her retinas to glance at it. She rolled
over onto her side, although it took quite an effort to do so. A towel
slipped out from under her elbows and she found herself with a mouth full
of sand. She spit it out and began to take stock of her surroundings.
It looked like a beach to her. That it was by the ocean was evident, but
what scared Serena was that she didn't know where it was. She had just
been in her room. She could have sworn it.
She stood up hesitantly and glanced around. It seemed like a public beach,
but where?
"Hey, airhead, what's up with you?"
Serena whirled around, trying to find the source of the comment. She came
eye-to-chest with a rather handsome looking…..well, chest.
"W-what?", she managed to stammer.
"I said, what's wrong?", said the man, more slowly this time.
"Uh..", Serena thought fast. What was going on here? "I don't know. I
must have been dreaming or something." She looked up at him and stars
appeared in her eyes. He was really cute. A real heartthrob!
"Well, in that case…see ya, airhead!", the man said, walking sideways and
waving a hand at her.
Giggles sounded from near her ankles.
"What a joker, Sal."
"Asleep. Ha!"
"Wasn't he cute, guys?"
Serena looked down and noticed the gaggle of girls who were sunbathing
on the ground near her feet. They were all looking at her with knowing
looks on their faces. One got up and began rolling up her towel and
packing her beach bag.
"C'mon, Sal, I think it's time to go home now. I think you've had enough
sun for today." The girl grabbed her by the hand and began to walk off.
Serena blinked twice and followed, somewhat apprehensively. They
headed towards what looked to be a parking lot, and the girl fumbled for
her keys in her bag.
Eventually they came to a green convertible. The girl opened the door and
stepped in. Serena, slightly confused, hesitated before climbing in.
"I think we should take you home. You look kinda sick…and pink.", said
the girl as she started the car. It grumbled to life and started purring.
Serena nodded. She was still very dazed, so she hardly remembered the
way the girl took to her house, but she knew it included several freeways.
Serena stared out the window and wondered how big this city was. It
couldn't be as big as Tokyo, but it was still fairly sizable. And that brought
her to the question, just where am I anyway?
Thinking out loud, she whispered, "Where am I?"
"Whoa, that sun must've done a number on you. Of course you know
where you are, don't you?", she said looking over her sunglasses. She
studied Serena's frightened face for a moment, then went on in a more
worried tone,"You're in LA Don't you remember? You live in LA, and
I'm your best friend, Sara? Your name is Salene. Do you remember?"
Serena began to shake her head, but then a thought hit her. This was what
she wanted, wasn't it? She just wanted to be a normal girl, to lead a normal
life. Looked like she got her wish. It seemed that she was miles away from
Tokyo, the scouts, and the Negaverse. A thought began to creep into her
head. She smiled at the other girl, "Sara", and nodded.
"Of course I remember!"
* * *
Salene began to groan. What happened? She thought. I feel so….sick. I
didn't know you could get so sick from a sunburn, she thought.
Am I dead? She made an effort to open her eyes, but then decided that it
was too hard. She settled instead for some moaning.
Luna stirred, awakened from her light nap by the stirring of her princess.
She bounced lightly onto the bed, her feet only making a small "bleeping"
noise. She waited impatiently for Serena to awaken.
At last Salene coaxed her eyelids to open. She lifted one arm and began to
rub her forehead, which ached like someone had taken an axe to it. In fact,
her whole body was sore, and tough to move.
"So you're finally awake, huh?" asked a regal voice.
Salene spun around wildly looking for the person who spoke. She came
face to face with a small black cat and relaxed some. She must have been
hallucinating. Hearing voices!
"What's' wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost!"
This time Salene just sat staring at the small mammal. Then her reflexes set
in and she began to scream.
Luna was used to hyperactive teenagers, but when Serena kept screaming
she began to get worried. Thankfully (for Luna) Salene ran out of air and
stopped screaming. She sat panting on the bed, her eyes wide. Her gaze
darted around the unfamiliar room; it seemed to be decorated everywhere
with bunnies.
"Where am I? What is this?" Salene nearly shouted.
"Why, Serena! Really! You're at home. Now will you please stop that
racket before someone comes up?"
"Hehe. That's funny. I thought I heard that cat talk." Salene was babbling
to herself.
Luna was beginning to get a mite worried. "Of course I'm talking. What
else would I do?"
Salene took a few deep breaths. Cats didn't talk. Everyone knew that. She
must be sick, so she would just humor the dream cat.
"Okay, cat. Can you tell me where I am?"
"You're at your house, Serena. In your bed?"
Salene looked around at the room she was in. It was pink and decorated
everywhere with bunnies.
"Umm….I don't think this is my house. Besides, I was just at the beach.
How could I be inside?"
Luna began to get a sinking feeling. Serena might be ditzy and airheaded,
but she wasn't this bad.
"You aren't Serena, are you?", asked Luna pensively.
"I don't know who this Serena is, but no, I know I'm not her."
"Then who are you?"
"Salene. That's my name, anyway."
Luna felt even worse, now. This girl wasn't her princess. She looked like
Serena, but she wasn't. This is confusing, thought Luna. But how….
"Where is this place, anyway? I was at the beach," Salene asked.
Luna thought fast. "Umm, well, you see….Well, I don't know exactly
where you were before, but now you're in my owner's house."
Salene thought about that. "Well, where is your owner's house, exactly?"
Luna sighed. "In Tokyo."
"Tokyo..", muttered Salene. Then it seemed to strike her.
"Tokyo? But that's in Japan! I live in America! I was just in LA How did I
get here? Wait…," Salene smiled, "I know what it is. This is all just a big
joke. Ha! Can't believe I fell for it. Where are the cameras?"
Luna shook her head, amazed at how thick this girl was being. "Look…
Salene, was it? You just happen to be in Tokyo. I don't know how you got
here, either, but I do know where you are. If you don't believe me, just
take a look out that window."
Luna watched as the girl shook her head. Then she got up and looked out
the window.
Oh, now what am I going to do, thought Luna? This isn't Serena. It looks
like her…but it isn't. How did she…
Then it struck her. The crystal! It must have been! But why….
Luna thought back furiously to the conversation she had had with Serena
earlier. The crystal had acted up then, but she had just shaken it off. But
something had happened! It was obvious now. Oh, Luna, you're dead, she
thought angrily.
Salene stared out the window, transfixed. It was like nothing she had ever
seen before. The city before her glistened with a million lights. It seemed to
glow from the heart. The buildings were packed tightly together, and the
streets were crowded with hundreds, thousands of pedestrians.
It was dark outside, but she couldn't see any stars. There were just too
many lights. She looked out towards the horizon. On the azimuth was a
building that looked like the Eiffel tower..
Salene recognized all of it from the few pictures she had seen of the city.
It was indeed Tokyo, as the cat had said. But how?
Salene turned from the window, eyes wide, and whispered, "Oh, my God!"
Fin (for now)
Love it? Hate it? Asleep?~~Holleeone@aol.com
So, read on, and I hope you enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the scouts; never have, never will. They all
belong to Naoko Takeuchi, TOEI, and a lot of other people who aren't me.
* * *
Serena was sulking in her room as she had for days. She felt that she lacked
the strength to go out and face the world. Sometimes her friends would stop
by and try to talk to her, but she would just ignore them and eventually
they'd go away. Even Luna tried to cheer her up, but she found no comfort
in the words of her cat.
"Come on, Serena! Get up! You're supposed to be a princess. Now act like
it!" Luna chided.
"fhi sdon'yt eelfa like ist.", Serena mumbled.
"What?"
"I said I don't feel like it!"
"It doesn't matter.", Luna mumbled lamely. My princess would have never
acted like this, she thought to herself.
Serena rolled over onto her back and contemplated the ceiling. Then she
sighed again.
"Luna, I'm tired. I don't want to be a scout anymore. And besides, it's
hard!" Serena whined.
"Look, Serena. You're Sailor Moon, Champion of Justice!" Luna implored
her charge. "You can't just give up like this!"
Just watch me, Serena thought bitterly, her face crumpling into a frown. Her eyes started to glisten, and she blinked to keep back the tears that threatened to overflow her eyes.
Luna softened a bit after seeing how upset her charge looked. "Besides,
you're never going to get Darien back if you keep acting like this."
"Well, maybe I can't handle it. I'm the wrong one for the job. Mina or Lita
or someone should be leader. I'm not cut out for this."
"What kind of attitude is that? Of course you're not cut out if you keep
acting like that!" Luna shouted at her companion.
Serena glared at her companion, her lower lip shaking. She burst into tears,
soaking her bedspread and her cat.
"Don't you get it Luna? I'm not Sailor Moon! I'm not the Moon Princess!
I'm Serena, the klutz, the ditz, the crybaby. I can't even work this useless
piece of junk," she said, holding up the imperium crystal. "I just wish I
could be normal again, not any of those things! I wish I could be like her!",
she shouted, brandishing a magazine and pointing to a smiling model for
added effect. Then she began sobbing, emotionally worn down from all the
shouting.
Serena didn't notice the glow emanating from the crystal, but Luna did.
She started to cry out, but was stopped short when Serena gasped and
stiffened. The glow from the crystal covered her body for a moment, and
the light was so intense that Luna couldn't look straight at it. She
instinctively covered her eyes with her paws. The light spread out silently,
creeping around solid objects and causing them to glow brighter than they
ever had before, and was sucked back into the crystal quickly.
Luna blinked, barely daring to look at Serena. She glanced in that direction
of her princess and let out a breath of relief as she saw that she was just
sleeping, obviously knocked out from the effect of the power from the
crystal.
"I always told her those magical items were not to be played with," Luna
muttered.
* * *
Serena had felt the crystal warming up as she had yelled the final words of
her monologue, but she had ignored it. Then it began to glow, and Serena
had felt an irresistible tugging. Everything had slipped away as she felt
herself leaving her body.
Now it was a struggle just to open her eyes again. Maybe I should have
listened to Luna after all, she thought. That crystal is really not a plaything.
She managed to open her left eye, and a groan escaped her lips. The sun
was hot on her face, and it burned her retinas to glance at it. She rolled
over onto her side, although it took quite an effort to do so. A towel
slipped out from under her elbows and she found herself with a mouth full
of sand. She spit it out and began to take stock of her surroundings.
It looked like a beach to her. That it was by the ocean was evident, but
what scared Serena was that she didn't know where it was. She had just
been in her room. She could have sworn it.
She stood up hesitantly and glanced around. It seemed like a public beach,
but where?
"Hey, airhead, what's up with you?"
Serena whirled around, trying to find the source of the comment. She came
eye-to-chest with a rather handsome looking…..well, chest.
"W-what?", she managed to stammer.
"I said, what's wrong?", said the man, more slowly this time.
"Uh..", Serena thought fast. What was going on here? "I don't know. I
must have been dreaming or something." She looked up at him and stars
appeared in her eyes. He was really cute. A real heartthrob!
"Well, in that case…see ya, airhead!", the man said, walking sideways and
waving a hand at her.
Giggles sounded from near her ankles.
"What a joker, Sal."
"Asleep. Ha!"
"Wasn't he cute, guys?"
Serena looked down and noticed the gaggle of girls who were sunbathing
on the ground near her feet. They were all looking at her with knowing
looks on their faces. One got up and began rolling up her towel and
packing her beach bag.
"C'mon, Sal, I think it's time to go home now. I think you've had enough
sun for today." The girl grabbed her by the hand and began to walk off.
Serena blinked twice and followed, somewhat apprehensively. They
headed towards what looked to be a parking lot, and the girl fumbled for
her keys in her bag.
Eventually they came to a green convertible. The girl opened the door and
stepped in. Serena, slightly confused, hesitated before climbing in.
"I think we should take you home. You look kinda sick…and pink.", said
the girl as she started the car. It grumbled to life and started purring.
Serena nodded. She was still very dazed, so she hardly remembered the
way the girl took to her house, but she knew it included several freeways.
Serena stared out the window and wondered how big this city was. It
couldn't be as big as Tokyo, but it was still fairly sizable. And that brought
her to the question, just where am I anyway?
Thinking out loud, she whispered, "Where am I?"
"Whoa, that sun must've done a number on you. Of course you know
where you are, don't you?", she said looking over her sunglasses. She
studied Serena's frightened face for a moment, then went on in a more
worried tone,"You're in LA Don't you remember? You live in LA, and
I'm your best friend, Sara? Your name is Salene. Do you remember?"
Serena began to shake her head, but then a thought hit her. This was what
she wanted, wasn't it? She just wanted to be a normal girl, to lead a normal
life. Looked like she got her wish. It seemed that she was miles away from
Tokyo, the scouts, and the Negaverse. A thought began to creep into her
head. She smiled at the other girl, "Sara", and nodded.
"Of course I remember!"
* * *
Salene began to groan. What happened? She thought. I feel so….sick. I
didn't know you could get so sick from a sunburn, she thought.
Am I dead? She made an effort to open her eyes, but then decided that it
was too hard. She settled instead for some moaning.
Luna stirred, awakened from her light nap by the stirring of her princess.
She bounced lightly onto the bed, her feet only making a small "bleeping"
noise. She waited impatiently for Serena to awaken.
At last Salene coaxed her eyelids to open. She lifted one arm and began to
rub her forehead, which ached like someone had taken an axe to it. In fact,
her whole body was sore, and tough to move.
"So you're finally awake, huh?" asked a regal voice.
Salene spun around wildly looking for the person who spoke. She came
face to face with a small black cat and relaxed some. She must have been
hallucinating. Hearing voices!
"What's' wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost!"
This time Salene just sat staring at the small mammal. Then her reflexes set
in and she began to scream.
Luna was used to hyperactive teenagers, but when Serena kept screaming
she began to get worried. Thankfully (for Luna) Salene ran out of air and
stopped screaming. She sat panting on the bed, her eyes wide. Her gaze
darted around the unfamiliar room; it seemed to be decorated everywhere
with bunnies.
"Where am I? What is this?" Salene nearly shouted.
"Why, Serena! Really! You're at home. Now will you please stop that
racket before someone comes up?"
"Hehe. That's funny. I thought I heard that cat talk." Salene was babbling
to herself.
Luna was beginning to get a mite worried. "Of course I'm talking. What
else would I do?"
Salene took a few deep breaths. Cats didn't talk. Everyone knew that. She
must be sick, so she would just humor the dream cat.
"Okay, cat. Can you tell me where I am?"
"You're at your house, Serena. In your bed?"
Salene looked around at the room she was in. It was pink and decorated
everywhere with bunnies.
"Umm….I don't think this is my house. Besides, I was just at the beach.
How could I be inside?"
Luna began to get a sinking feeling. Serena might be ditzy and airheaded,
but she wasn't this bad.
"You aren't Serena, are you?", asked Luna pensively.
"I don't know who this Serena is, but no, I know I'm not her."
"Then who are you?"
"Salene. That's my name, anyway."
Luna felt even worse, now. This girl wasn't her princess. She looked like
Serena, but she wasn't. This is confusing, thought Luna. But how….
"Where is this place, anyway? I was at the beach," Salene asked.
Luna thought fast. "Umm, well, you see….Well, I don't know exactly
where you were before, but now you're in my owner's house."
Salene thought about that. "Well, where is your owner's house, exactly?"
Luna sighed. "In Tokyo."
"Tokyo..", muttered Salene. Then it seemed to strike her.
"Tokyo? But that's in Japan! I live in America! I was just in LA How did I
get here? Wait…," Salene smiled, "I know what it is. This is all just a big
joke. Ha! Can't believe I fell for it. Where are the cameras?"
Luna shook her head, amazed at how thick this girl was being. "Look…
Salene, was it? You just happen to be in Tokyo. I don't know how you got
here, either, but I do know where you are. If you don't believe me, just
take a look out that window."
Luna watched as the girl shook her head. Then she got up and looked out
the window.
Oh, now what am I going to do, thought Luna? This isn't Serena. It looks
like her…but it isn't. How did she…
Then it struck her. The crystal! It must have been! But why….
Luna thought back furiously to the conversation she had had with Serena
earlier. The crystal had acted up then, but she had just shaken it off. But
something had happened! It was obvious now. Oh, Luna, you're dead, she
thought angrily.
Salene stared out the window, transfixed. It was like nothing she had ever
seen before. The city before her glistened with a million lights. It seemed to
glow from the heart. The buildings were packed tightly together, and the
streets were crowded with hundreds, thousands of pedestrians.
It was dark outside, but she couldn't see any stars. There were just too
many lights. She looked out towards the horizon. On the azimuth was a
building that looked like the Eiffel tower..
Salene recognized all of it from the few pictures she had seen of the city.
It was indeed Tokyo, as the cat had said. But how?
Salene turned from the window, eyes wide, and whispered, "Oh, my God!"
Fin (for now)
Love it? Hate it? Asleep?~~Holleeone@aol.com