Neh, I told my self not to update until I got more reviews. but here I go. (Yeah yeah, I don't own sailor moon and all that.) good God. Well let's just say that Serenity does look like Rei. Maybe I'll fix that mistake later. Well let's just say Serenity had red-black hair k? Anyone got a problem with that?

Serena stood at the door. Twisting her golden hair up into the 'meatballs' style she almost always wore. Rei was still asleep. Probably due to the sedative Serena sneaked into her tea the night before. She hadn't wanted to but Rei had left her no choice. She hadn't been sleeping, just sitting by the window keeping watch. It wasn't healthy. Luckily they still had the sedatives left over just after Andre lost his wife, and again after his lost his business. Serena shivered, but not from the cold. That night. "Father! Father! What is wrong?" little Rei cried running up to Andre. Andre's head was in his hands, and he was to grief striken to answer, so horse master Jadeite answered for him, "I'm sorry little mistresses, but your mother is dead." Jadeite wasn't one for comfort. Rei and Serena embraced their father, crying with him. It was the last time they had been an actual family, until they had come here. "Hurry home Father. We can't lose you too!"

Andre held the scream that had been building in his throte down. "P-P- Please My Lord, spare my life." Andre started to say. But the beast roared him into silence. "I shelter you from the storm! I feed you and your animal! And you repay all of this by stealing my rose!" "I-I-I." The beast roared again and grabbed him, lifting the poor man up to eye level. "You what?" he growled. "I am sorry My Lord! My daughter, Serena, she wanted a rose so much, and we haven't been able to get roses here." He realized he was rambeling. The beast let him drop. "Here is how it shall be. I will spare your life if you send your daughter to me." Andre reeled back in horror. What kind of man did the beast take him for? Was he the kind who would sacrifice the life of his child just to save his own? "Never! I would never send any child of mine to her death mearly to save my own life! Kill me now, you shall not have my daughter!" "Her death? I said nothing of killing her! She will take no harm from me. Send her or come your self. The choice is yours."

It was almost sunset when he finally reached the cottage. Serena and Rei ran to him, crying tears of joy at his safe return. If they only knew. if they only knew.



(AN) Neh, sorry tis so short. and chapter four isn't going up till I get more reviews!