Chapter 3 of Sailor Moon and the Whisper of the Roses

By: Artemis M. Goddess (MG, but you knew that already)

*curtains rises and the stage is bare*

MG: "o_o? Where is Mina?"

*Someone hands her a peice of paper*

MG: "What do you mean she's at the video arcade! She's supposed to do the disclaimer!"

*The person who handed her the paper shrugs and walks off*

MG: "Do you other arthors have as much trouble as I do with disclaimers and characters? -_- Well I'll do it then. I do not own Sailor Moon and I do not take credit for it." *sigh*

*curtain closes on a really pissed off MG who grabs her notepad and pencil, and heads for the video arcade.*

Remember! 3 more reveiws and I'll put the next Chapter up asap!

_________________________________________________________ "Darien?" Serena pounded on the door again.

"Serena? What are you doing here?" Darien opened the door and gave her a kind look.

was that a shadow that I saw pass over his eyes? Serena thought to herself no, I must be imagining things!

"Hey...um..Darien? I was just wondering-" She slowly and casually walked into the room. She felt a chill crawl along her spine. "did you have any dreams resently?" She looked deeply into his eyes. She figured she knew enogh about him that she could see if he lied or not.

"Well, only dreams of you." He pulled her close and she melted into his arms. She did not know if it was true or not. They locked lips and stood there in a pasionate embrace.

"Hmm?" Serena's eyes snapped open as she felt Darien's hands pinch her back like claws. "Ow! Darien?" she steped away from him and he gave her a quizzled look.

"What? What happened." his face looked genuinly worried.

"Oh..um...nothing. Nothing at all." She walked over and glanced at the the book sitting on the coffee. It was The World Alminac.

"Ug! How can you read this stuff? It's so boreing." She sat down and tried to look like she was not suspisious

"Would you like some Oreos and milk?"

"Sure." He got up and walked into his little kitchen.

I'd better be ready to transform. I feel a little weird about all this.

"Here you go. Oreos and milk." Darien walked into the room carrying a tray with a package of Oreos and two glasses of milk.

"Thanks." Serena smiled sweetly at him. There was no way it could be Darien.

She picked up a cookie and bit into it. But as soon as she swallowed it the room bagan to waver and sway. She fell to the floor and was lost in utter darkness.

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"Hehe. Serena?"

Oh no! Not again!

Slowly and painfully Serena sat up. Once again she was staring at black all around. Her instincts screamed at her, Danger! Dark Energy! Danger! But she stood up and grabbed her locket.

"Imperial Moon- oof!" Serena flew backward onto the ground as Sailor Jupiter tackled her.

"Noo!" Serena screamed as she struggled with Jupiter who had clenched her hands around Serena's neck and was tring to strangle her.

Serena caught glimses of the other scouts. They were all smileing wickedly as she struggled for air.

She blinked and instead of Jupiter there was the man who looked so much like Darien. Looking at her through horrid red eyes.

No She screamed silently at his laghing face. She grew dizzy and light headed. Her lungs burned and cried for air. Help me!

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"Aahhhhhh!" Serena struggled with the arms that tried to hold her down. She even went to the extreme of biteing one of them.

"Nooo!" She flung herself about wildly. Finally someone stronger than her held her down until she was calm enogh to think logicly.

"Where am I?" she was in a little white room with flowers on a table by her bed.

"Your in the hospital. You were unconious for two days." replied the big male doctor with sandy blond hair that had held her down.

Suddenly the memories of what had happened sunk in.

Darien! It can't be!