"MOMMY!" wailed a 7 year old Serena Tsukino. "I WANNA GO ON THAT ONE!" she said as she pointed at a lime green roller coaster. It had about 3 loops and countless drops and turns.

"Serena. Mommy doesn't want to ride that one. It's scary." her mother said as she was looking at the ride and started to turn green.

"Mommy," Serena said putting on her best pout and puppy dog face. She started to sniff. "I'm a big girl. I can ride by myself!"

In the row next to them was a boy with jet black hair of about 10 years old. There were several kids behind him cheering him on. "YEAH! DARIEN'S GONNA RIDE THAT HUGE ROLLER COASTER! BY HIMSELF!!" None of the other kids had wanted to do it. There were kids from 3 to about 14 behind him and the only one brave enough to do it was ten year old Darien Shields. For the past two years he proved to everybody that he wasn't afraid of anything. He never told anyone the rest of the story though. He figured if he could live through an accident that killed his parents, he could do anything. He actually wasn't afraid. He rarely showed any emotions. But he felt them. He felt great sadness. Constantly.

The ride had come back and the line started to move. People were filing on. He took a seat. A little girl with pigtails and buns walked up to him. "Hey! Is this anybody's seat?" she asked Darien.

"Yeah."

He wanted to laugh as her face fell. Then he finished, "Yours."

She grinned. She plopped down next to him.

"Hey! You look young to be riding this by yourself. How old are you?"

"7. But...I'm not riding by myself."

"You're not?" he asked looking puzzled.

"You're here with me!" she said as the ride slowly started to climb the first tall hill.

"Hey. What's your name?" she asked him.

"Darien. Shields." he said as if he were unsure. "What's yours?"

"Serena Tsukino!" she said brightly.

That was when the ride started to tilt forward. Fast. Serena couldn't believe how scary it was. She almost started to cry when Darien took her hand. He held it for the rest of the ride to keep Serena calm.

When the ride was over they walked over to Serena's mom. "Gotta go now!" he said brightly.

"Hey! Wait a second!" she called him back as she realized she'd never see her friend again.

"What's your address? So I can write you letters?"

He took a candy wrapper and a pen out of his pocket. The pen was dark green with gold streaks down the side. At the top it had the initials "D.S" written in gold lettering. He wrote something on the paper with the pen and handed them both to Serena. "Here. You keep the pen. As a...gift."

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Sorry it's so short. I'll write more. I just did this as an intro. Sorry if it stinks. It's only my 2nd story. PLEASE REVIEW! IF I GET 5 REVIEWS I'LL DO 2 MORE CHAPTERS!!!!!