Chapter 24

Dc: I don't own Sailor Moon


Labor



You could hear her screams down the hall. She was pushing but Rini just wasn't coming. They were all scared because of the dreams. The outers were supposed to be coming to bless the child. Serena had a firm grip on Darien's hand.


Serena: Darien, honey
Darien: yes
Serena: DON'T YOU EVER STICK THAT THING IN ME AGAIN!!! DON'T EVER TOUCH ME AGAIN!!!

She clamped down on Darien's hand as another contraction hit.

Darien: ahhhhhhhhh. That's my hand
Serena: It's my stress ball now!

Her family was pacing in the waiting room. They could hear her screams. They hoped all was well.


Doctor: 3 more
Serena: ahhhhhhhhh
Doctor: another
Serena: ahhhhhhhhhh
Doctor: I see her head. Give me another
Serena: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(while Serena is still screaming)
Doctor: I got her! Congratulations! You are now the parents of a healthy baby girl.

Serena collapsed into her pillow. She was covered in sweat and so was Darien. She was exhausted.

Doctor: would you like to hold your daughter?
Serena: yes please
Darien: She looks just like you
Serena: Let's not forget her ego
Darien: what about my ego
Serena: let's just say it's not the best ego in the world.
Doctor: we need to bathe her and then we will bring her right back to you
Serena: Ok
Doctor: Mr. Shields, why don't you go give the rest of the family the good news?

Darien had the face of a schoolboy who just got picked to be in the front of the line. Darien walked out of the room.

Ken: Well, what happened?
Darien: You may see little Rini in the nursery
Irene: A girl!
Sammy: Rini? What kind of a name is that?
Irene: I think it is a lovely name.

Then there was a sound that made Darien's blood run cold. Somebody had flat lined. He had this feeling that he knew who it was. He started running to Serena's room and that only confirmed his fears. They wouldn't let him in. By this time, everybody had followed Darien. The doctor walked out and Darien could briefly see someone pulling a sheet over his beloved.

Doctor: I'm sorry but we've lost her
Darien: What do you mean you lost her! What happened to my wife dammit!
Doctor: It was very sudden.
Irene: No! Not my baby girl!
Irene starts crying while Ken and Sammy are too shocked to blink. The girls start to cry when they realize that the dreams had some truth in them. They lost their Princess. Darien was the most upset.
Doctor: It was too sudden to bring her back. I'm sorry. At least you have a part of her here on earth. (He said pointing towards nursery)

The doctor leaves them to their tears (now remember, he is under a spell)

Sammy: Serena. My sister is gone
Irene cries harder. Ken envelops her in his arms, crying into her hair. Darien is holding his head in his hands crying softly. Sammy is trying not to cry but he is unsuccessful. Irene manages to stifle her tears for a moment to get 5 little words out and then she cries harder.
Irene: We must prepare her funeral.
Darien felt as if something had died inside him. He gets up and walks to the nursery to look at all he had left of his beloved Serena.
Darien: At least she got to hold her before...
He trails off. He senses a woman beside him. He doesn't see her face but he does take notice of her hair. She said something.
Nurse: You have more of her than you think
Then she turned on her heel and walked away. He looked back up but she was gone. Her hair was silver.


Darien couldn't stand to see her put in the ground so he stayed at home with Rini. With the help of Irene and the girls, the house was a memorial to Serena. People were supposed to come here after the funeral to pay their respects. He did make sure of one thing. Serena was to be buried in her wedding dress. That is how she always had wanted to be buried. And if it didn't fit right anymore, it would be tailored to fit her body. Darien was to be buried in his tux from the wedding; it was a husband and wife kind of thing. On their tombstone it read " In matrimonial peace forever" " Their love will live throughout eternity". Irene had left it up to Darien to pick out her tombstone. It had a background of the night sky with stars and a crescent moon with the phrase above and their names and dates. Only Serena's had two dates etched in her side while Darien had only one. Serena also had her rings on her fingers except he wanted to keep her band so she only wore the engagement ring with the moon/rose setting. Inside her band read " To My Moon Goddess". People would be arriving soon.


3 hours later

Darien was thanking everyone for coming while only Mina, Lita, Raye, and Ami stayed behind. He saw four girls walk up the drive. He suddenly had an angry feeling as he watched them approach them as Serena's parents left to grieve at home.


He could tell they had been crying

Darien: What are you doing here?
(Shocked)
Michelle: We came to say goodbye to our friend
Darien snorted
Darien: I thought you said goodbye 3 months ago
Amara: How could we have known this was going to happen?
Darien: I'm sure Trista knew
Hotaru (whispers to Darien): Trista has been crying since last week and when we asked her what was wrong she said nothing.
Trista: I couldn't tell. My duty is a pain I've had to live with for a thousand years
Darien: I'm sorry; I had no right.
Baby cries in the background
Michelle: Rini?
Darien nods as Michelle goes over to the bassinet


Jessica is about to knock to go in and grieve with Darien when she overhears their discussion.

Amara: How are you going to take care of her Darien?
Darien: I don't know, I guess I'll have to hire a nanny.

Jessica sees her way in. She suddenly doesn't care to grieve. She has to make a spell.


They are crowding around the baby when they hear the door open. They are surprised when a strange woman walks in.

Amara: Who are you?
Silver ignores her question.
Silver: Darien, your eyes can deceive you
Darien: What are you talking about?
Silver: You can't believe that she is dead! You know in your mind and in your heart that she can't be dead.
Darien: Why?
Silver: Your future
Darien: Are you saying that she can't be dead because of our future?
Silver: yes!
Darien: I saw her buried. I saw her die. Don't try to give me any false hope.
Silver: I see that you are in no shape to even hear what I am trying to tell you
Darien: Who are you?
Silver: In your heart you know who I am. You will remember soon enough.
Silver turns on her heel and leaves them these words as they watch her retreating back.
Silver: You will see her again, I promise you. She is not what she seems.

The meaning of this conversation is so hard to Darien to digest so he just throws it out.




It took a lot of energy to hologram Serena's image in her wedding dress with engagement ring in her casket so the respectful people of her family would believe what they saw. She made Serena in her casket until she was buried deep in the dirt. Now she had other things to work on.




AN: Wow! Part one is finalally finished! I guess you figured out by now that Serena is not dead. Bingo! Ok in part two, there is like a big time skip like 4 years or something. I'll tell you the important things that happened over those 4 years and then we'll go from there. After a few chapters with 4 years, it will skip again to 8. Well I better finish this to work on part two. Continue reading this story in: The Mistress of The Dark: Part II

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