Title: For the Love of Earth
Rated: G
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters. BUT I do own this story.
Author's Note: Thank you do everyone who has reviewed my story. I really appreciate it. I hope you guys have liked my story so far. Now on to chapter 5.
Right before Serena could reach dreamland she heard her communicator go off. 'Can't anyone connect to me when I am not sleeping?' Serena asked herself while she fumbled to get her communicator in the dark. When she finally found her communicator she sat up in bed, turned on her lamp, and turned her communicator on.
"Hello" Serena yawned groggily, squinting. Her eyes were still trying to get used to the sudden brightness of her room.
"Hello Serena, dear." came the voice from her communicator. Once she had heard that voice she immediately woke up, sat up straight in bed and a smile started to form on her face.
"Mother!" Serena exclaimed merrily. "Hello"
"Serena I heard you were feeling better." Serena told her. Queen Selenity wanted her daughter to go back to Earth immediately after she was feeling better. For all of the weeks that her daughter was down on Earth, unable to leave, she feared that her true identity would be found out and that she would be kidnapped or hurt because of it.
"I am feeling much better, Mother." Serena beamed. 'Thanks to my Darien.' Serena said to herself.
"That's good. So now you will be able to come back home tomorrow when the sunsets in the place that you landed on when you arrived on Earth."
"But Mother!" Serena whined. She didn't want to leave Earth so soon. Not after Darien and her had finally admitted their love for one another.
"No buts Serena! You have already been on Earth way to long, so now that you are feeling better you can come home." Queen Selenity told her daughter sternly.
"Yes Mother." Serena responded in defeat.
"Don't be sad my dear. You will be able to return to Earth soon just after the finally arrangements of this peace treaty between our planets is complete." Queen Selenity told her daughter, hoping that this bit of information would help to brighten up her spirits a bit.
"Yes Mother." Serena answered giving her a smile to let her know that her bit of news made her feel better. Even though deep down inside she truly wasn't happy.
"Well I have to go now. I will see you soon."
"Goodnight Mother."
"Goodnight Serena." Queen Selenity said. Serena then turned her communicator off, put it back down on her bed stand, shut her lamp off and waited for sleep to claim her. But sleep didn't come to her so easily, for a few hours she tossed and turned in bed while a gnawing sensation began to grow in her stomach because of what she had to do the next day. When sleep finally managed to get to her it wasn't as pleasant as when she was awake. This was because when she did fall asleep she was stricken by a nightmare.
In her nightmare Serena awoke to see that she was in black nothingness. The air was thick and it was so dark that she couldn't even see her hand when she placed it right in front of her nose. The worst part of all was that no one else was there. She was all alone and she was terrified.
"Darien! Darien help me!" Serena screamed at the top of her lungs. She began to trash around in her bed trying to get out of her nightmare while tears were rapidly falling down her cheeks.
Serena's screams were heard down the hall by Darien and his generals. "Serena" Darien cried. He was quickly awakened by her screams. He immediately jumped of his bed, put his robe on and bolted out of his room towards Serena's in a panic. 'Something is terribly wrong with Serena.' Darien told himself frantically as he began to run faster to his Serena's room.
On his way to her room he saw that his generals were also awakened by Serena's cries for help. "Hey Darien is everything alright with Serena?" Jadeite asked him. He had just popped his head out of his room to see Darien rushing by towards Serena's room. This is what all of his other generals saw when they had popped their heads out of their doors to see what was going on.
"Yes everything will be alright." Darien assured them while he kept of running towards Serena.
When Darien reached Serena's room she was still screaming for his help. He quickly ran into her room and straight to her side. "Serena! Serena wake up I am right here." Darien assured her. When she still wouldn't wake up Darien began to shake her so she would wake up.
"Darien!?!" Serena sobbed when she was finally pulled out of that horrible nightmare and saw that Darien was right there beside her. She soon felt a splurge of relief rush over here when she knew that it was truly Darien. "Oh Darien it was horribly! I dreamt that I was completely alone and no one was with me. I was so terrified." Serena told him as she flung herself into his arms. She then began to cry even harder then before into Darien's robe.
"Shh.. it's okay Serena. It was just a nightmare; I am right here." Darien murmured into her ear. He then carefully picked her up and sat down on her bed with Serena in his lap.
"I know, but it felt so real. I can't bear to leave you, Darien. I love you too much!" Serena sobbed. She soon realized that he nightmare was partially true because she would have to leave Earth and Darien soon. She would also feel so alone without him. This realization made her cry even harder, if that was even possible.
"It's okay Serena. I am right here. I won't leave you. I love you too." Darien said to her as he kissed the top of her head. He then began to rock her back and forth, while he rubbed her back to try and calm her down.
A little while later Serena had stopped crying and fell asleep in Darien's arms. Darien tried setting Serena back down on her bed, but she wouldn't let go of him. Even in her sleep. So instead of waking her up again Darien just sat back down on her bed, covered them up with a blanket, and fell asleep with her in his arms.
The next morning Serena woke up to see Darien sleeping peacefully. She also found out that she was still being held protectively in his arms from that night. 'He looks so cute when he is asleep.' Serena told herself while she lightly kissed Darien on the lips.
When she pulled away she was staring into a pair of gorgeous dark blue eyes that made her insides melt instantly. "Good morning Darien."
"Good morning Serena. Are you feeling any better?"
"Yes, just fine." Serena said as she keep on staring into his eyes. 'I can't bare to leave him.' Serena told herself. Her eyes began to tear up again and before she knew it a fresh batch of tears were falling down from her eyes.
"Serena what's the matter?" Darien asked her with a worried look on his face. The light tears that were now falling down her cheeks didn't go unnoticed by Darien.
"Oh I am fine, just happy to be here with you." Serena lied, putting on a happy expression for him. She was hoping that Darien would belief her and not see through her phony act.
"That's good." Darien smiled. He then brushed away some tears away from her cheeks and pulled her into a warm, secure hug. 'He believed me!' Serena thought as she returned Darien's hug.
A few minutes later Darien pulled away from their hug. He lightly set Serena on the floor and stood in front of her. "Now get ready and we will go to the gardens." Darien whispered in her ear. The sound of his voice so close to her ear sent shivers up and down her spine.
"Sounds great." Serena whispered back to him. She then bounded towards the door with Darien following right behind her. "See you soon, Darien." Serena smiled as she shut the door behind him. Once Darien had left her room Serena leaned against her door, sunk to the ground, and began to let all the tears, that she managed to keep from falling during part of their conversation, flow. 'How am I going to be able to leave him?' Serena asked herself. Once she was able to recompose herself she got up off of the floor and began to get ready before Darien returned.
Once Serena was ready for the day, she sat down on her bed. She picked up the star locket that Darien had given her and began to look at it's golden shine. Shortly after she had placed the locket back down she heard a knock at her door. She quickly got off of her bed, walked to her door, and opened it.
"Hi Darien" Serena smiled sweetly after she had opened her door.
"Hello my dear." Darien smiled back, as he offered Serena his arm. They then walked out of Serena's room and towards the gardens of Earth arm in arm.
When they had reached the gardens Darien sat down on a bench and pulled Serena closer to him. She then took a seat beside Darien on the bench. By that time Serena couldn't keep her secret from Darien anymore. "Umm... Darien" Serena mumbled as she looked up at him nervously. "I need to tell you something."
"Yes Serena, what is it?" Darien asked her, while he looked down at his Serena. He became a bit worried when he noticed how nervous she was beginning to act.
"Well Darien, you see that nightmare I had last.." Serena began. She got up from the bench and started pacing around it as she began to get really nervous. She soon found herself ringing her hands to try and comfort herself 'Oh how am I suppose to tell him this?' Serena thought.
"Yes what about it?" Darien asked her. He was starting to eye her suspiciously. He noticed that she was getting extremely nervous very quickly and her actions were starting to confuse him.
"Well that nightmare I had last night was sort of true." Serena finished, still pacing around him.
"Serena, what do you mean?" Darien inquired. He then got up off of the bench and took Serena by the shoulders to stop her from pacing and to make her look in in the eyes.
"I mean that I am going home TODAY and I am going to be so alone without you!" Serena exclaimed. bursting into tears. She immediately turned away from Darien as her tears continued to fall down her cheeks and off of her face.
"WHAT?!?" Darien bellowed, staring at Serena with disbelief at what he had just heard her say. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Darien asked her. He walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders again, trying to make her look at him.
"Well Darien the reason I didn't tell you sooner was because I just found out about last night. My mother told me over my communicator. The other reason why I didn't tell you earlier was because I didn't want to see your reaction to this news." Serena explained to him as she looked at the ground. Her tears were beginning to dry up.
"Serena it's okay." Darien told her, tilting her face up so her could look into her eyes. "I am happy that you at least told me. Darien smiled down at her wanting to make her smile.
"Really?" She had now managed to stop crying and was looking up at Darien through tear-rimmed eyes.
She couldn't believe what she was hearing, she expected him to get mad at her or something. But now that she thought about it she knew that her Darien would understand that was one of the reason why she loved him. That was also another reason why he seemed so perfect.
"Really! Everything will be alright you can always come back and visit or I can come and visit you on Jupiter." Darien told Serena merrily, which made Serena begin to smile.
"I'd love that, but I will come and visit you. I just love Earth!" Serena beamed. 'I can't let Darien go looking for me on Jupiter and found out that I wasn't really from there.' she thought as she gave Darien a big hug, inhaling his sweet scent. She was so could that she had found someone so understanding to love and to be equally loved back.
"Sounds good to me." Darien chuckled as he returned Serena's hug. "Now tell me when will you be leaving?" Darien asked. He was still holding Serena in his arms.
"I am going to be teleported back home at sundown in the forest."
"Well that gives us about six hours until you have to leave." Darien whispered to Serena. He then pulled her away from him and look down into her crystal blue eyes that shown with love for only him. "So what would you like to do?"
"Well I just want to stay here with you, in your arms." Serena cooed as she snuggled up closer to him.
"That can be arranged." Darien chuckled, pulling her towards the bench. Once they were seated on the bench Serena leaned against Darien's shoulder while her draped his arm around her shoulder. Neither one of them say one word to each other because all the both of them really wanted to do was stay in each other's arms for a little while in silence. Which they did.
After a few hours had passed by Serena's stomach began to growl. "Ergghh.."
"Serena what was that noise?" Darien asked the girl in his arms after he had heard the loud grumbling noise coming from his one and only.
"It's my stomach." Serena giggled. "I am a bit hungry." Serena blushed a bit when her stomach started to growl again.
"Well then lets get some lunch." Darien chuckled when he say her cheeks flush because of her stomach. He then pulled her off of the bench and stood beside her. The next thing he did was take her hand in his and they strolled back to the palace to get something to eat.
When they had reached the palace Darien and Serena walked straight into the dining room. "What would you like to eat?" Darien questioned Serena when they had entered the dining room.
"Umm.. how about some salad, soup, bread, and some water?" Serena declared cheerfully at the thought of food. She soon began to picture all of the delicious food she wanted to eat in her mind's eye.
"Sounds good to me. Wait here while I get our food for us."
"Alright" Serena agreed. She then took a seat on the chair that Darien had pulled out for her to sit in. Next Darien left her as he went into the kitchen to get them their food.
After waiting for a while Darien came back into the dining room carrying a tray of steaming, hot food. "Here is our lunches." Darien declared, placing Serena's food in front of her. He then took a seat at the table and the two of them began to ear their lunches in peace.
When they were both done eating Serena noticed around what time it was. "Darien I need to get ready to leave." Serena mumbled. She quickly got up from the table and headed towards her room.
"Wait Serena, let me help you." Darien told her, getting up from the table and following her.
"Okay Darien, if you want to." Serena murmured as she looked down at the ground. She was trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to spill at any moment. She didn't want to leave Darien.
"I'd love to." Darien whispered, tilting her head up so he could look into her eyes. He then kissed her lightly on the lips and pulled her into his arms. "Now lets go." Darien said, pulling her towards her room.
After they reached Serena's room the two of them began to pack the things that Serena had brought to Earth with her. While Darien was helping Serena pack he noticed the crown that he had made for her. He picked up the crown, walked up behind Serena, and gently placed it upon her head.
"It still looks magnificent on you." Darien murmured into Serena's ear as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"It is only because you made it." Serena pointed out when she had noticed what Darien was talking about. She closed her eyes and savored the feeling of being in his arms.
When they were done packing Serena saw that it was almost time for her to go home. "Darien we need to go to the forest now." Serena told him. She then grabbed he knapsack and exited her room with Darien following right behind her.
When they had reached the spot where Serena was going to be teleported back home, they only had a few minutes to say goodbye to each other. "Bye Darien. I will miss you." Serena told Darien.
"I will miss you too." Darien responded, looking into his true love's eyes.
Serena then hurled herself into his arms and kissed him on the lips with all of her might. Darien soon began to kiss her back holding her as tight as possible without hurting her. He never wanted to let her go no matter what.
"I love you Darien and I will come back to you as soon as I can." Serena promised him after they had broken away from their kiss. Her eyes began to tear up again, but she didn't let any tears fall because she didn't want to break down again in Darien's arms.
"I love you too Serena and I will be waiting for you." Soon Serena started to glow and before she knew it she was back home, gazing at her family and friends.
Well that was chapter 5. Hope you guys liked it. Please review and remember the more review I get the sooner I will be posting the next chapter.
