Hello again! I'm so sorry for the long wait! As you know I do have another story I'm working on (Forever Condemned) but I have also been very busy (school really takes away valuable time!). But no matter summer is coming soon and I hope to be updating at a much faster pace! Well for this particular story I'm going to try and make it into a novel. I hope that there will be a many chapters to it and I have big plans for it! Well that's all I have to say except ' on with the show!'

The damned DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sailormoon.

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" Dammit!" yelled the blonde in pain and frustration. She stood from the floor quickly but careful not to fall.

" What? What happened now?" yelled a more mature female voice. The brunette stepped out from the bathroom.

" I broke a fucking nail! That's the third fucking time this week!" she wailed in anger. She stomped passed the brunette and turned on the faucet to let the cool water run through her sore finger.

" And this time its my middle finger!" she whined staring at the nail as if it were her life line that broke.

" Why is your middle finger so important from the rest?" asked Lita shoving the blonde aside so that she could keep looking for the blonde's locket.

" Because...I like my middle finger to look nice so that the many times that I flick people off I do it with some class!" she yelled turning of the faucet and walking back in to the stuffy six bedded bedroom.

Lita started laughing hysterically at her reply. Her face was turning blue and she accidentally hit her head on the pipe under the sink. It was just like her best friend Serena to say something like that. Lita regained her composer and stood from the floor her face still a little red from the previous laughing fit.

" It's not funny! I mean what's the point of doing your nails if you break one every so often? And to top off my fucking day I cant find my locket!" she whined collapsing on her bed staring up at the stained ceiling. Tears welled up in her eyes. That locket contained special memories.

Lita lifted up her hard moldy cushion and took out a pack of Marlboros and a lighter. She then walked on over to Serena and threw her a cigarette. Serena took it gratefully and waited for Lita to light hers so that she may have a chance to do the same.

" Serena don't cry we'll find it.it has to be around her somewhere.I mean." Lita stopped short and let out a low grunt as she blew out some hot cigarette smoke into the room.

She walked over to Serena and yanked down the collar of her shirt. She lifted up a locket in the shape of a heart.

" Look familiar?" asked Lita sarcastically. She saw Serena's face light up as she grabbed the locket.

" I'm so sorry I forgot I had it on! I guess I'm so excited about leaving this toxic waste dump that I'm acting like a bit of an airhead. I mean I'm finally eighteen. I can finally live my own life away from here you know?" she beamed as she kissed the locket and stuck it back into her shirt. Serena now lit her cigarette and started to drag in some smoke.

The smell of the cigarette started to flood her mind with unwanted memories. She remembered her father and how he would always have a cigarette handy. She could almost smell the Cuban cigars mixed with her father's own unique male scent. She could almost see herself sitting atop his lap as he told her stories of his day in the stables. A tear escaped from her eye as she once again cursed her self for remembering. Remembering how much she loved her parents. Remembering how dead they were. Their cold limbs stuffed in two coffins steeped in the dirt and soil.

" Rena? You okay?" asked Lita concern written all over her face. Serena had a glazed far away look in her eyes as if she were trapped in a nightmare and couldn't wake up.

Serena awakened from her momentary trance and quickly whipped away the stray tear that had slid down her cheek. She took in a lung full of smoke and then threw the cigarette on the concrete floor and stepped on it.

" Let's get moving I wanna get out of here as soon as possible," she scolded a hint of sadness in her tone. She looked at Lita for a moment then turned and walked back to the place where she was packing some memorabilia's that she had brought with her to St. Marie's.

Lita said nothing as she walked back to her bed to get ready to leave herself. She was used to these mood swings. One-minute Serena would be perfectly fine and the next she would be as gloomy as she was on the first day at St. Marie's four years ago.

In all reality if Serena ever was fine it was once in a blue moon. For as long as Lita's known her Serena's always had a cold exterior. She doesn't befriend easily. To be blunt she's a bitch most of the time. She has the kind of melancholy attitude. Even so she's a very cool person to hang out with once you get to know her.

Lita remembered the first day Serena first came to step foot at St. Marie's four years ago. She looked so worn out like if she had been fighting away a pack of wolves or something. They had put her in the same room as Lita and four other orphan girls. All rooms in St. Marie's have at least six beds in each. Well Serena took one look at that room and if it was possible became paler than before. Sure it wasn't first class but at the same time it wasn't all dregs. Or maybe she had just gotten used to it. Anyway Lita was never much of a socialist herself but decided to be friendly and befriend her. Well that didn't turn out the way she planned it to.

" Hi my name is Lita. What's yours?"

Silence.

" Are you okay? Did you even hear me?"

Silence.

" Are rich snobby people like you always this rude or are they just deaf?"

Lita had noticed the girl's gold locket worn around her neck and her clothing was more or less of a wealthy accommodation. She guessed that she was wealthy but she would have never known that she was the daughter of the richest man in the world.

" Fuck off! Can't you see I want to be alone or are you too much of a dirty orphaned dupe to notice?"

At that point Lita wished she would have held her tongue and her fist but she couldn't help it. She was a blunt and spontaneous person.

Lita saw red as she pounced on Serena. They hit the concrete ground hard. Lita was on top straddling Serena as she punched Serena in the jaw. Serena grew irate herself and rolled on to Lita. Now it was her turn to throw the punches. Lita went for the blonde's long hair and yanked it fiercely. Serena gave a blood-stirring scream. Her hands came up and with a swing smacked Lita across the face. The commotion did not go unnoticed and before you knew it a crowd had gathered in a circle but before the girls could inflict anymore damage they were torn apart by two employees.

Lita tried to pounce on Serena once again but the arms holding her back only tightened their restraint. Serena too tried to wiggle her way out of the arms that pushed her off of that brown-hared bitch.

" Let me go I'm sick and tired of people dragging and pushing me the fuck around!" yelled Serena.

Lita's chestnut hair had loosened out of its earlier ponytail and was hanging around her face. Serena's hair was a tangled mess and covered most of her face as well. The mistress now came to see what all the fuss was about and was astonished to see both girls trying to claw each other to pieces.

" What is the meaning of this?" asked the infuriated mistress. She had a pointy face and a slender figure with no curves. Her brown hair was put up into a tight bun in the back of her head and she wore a standard long gray and totally out of style dress. The scowl on her face did not go unnoticed and both girls knew that the shit had hit the fan.

" That rich, snobby bimbo insulted me!" yelled a still furious Lita.

" Yeah like hell I did! I just stated the truth.you're a dirty, worthless, unwanted bastard!" yelled Serena at the top of her lungs.

The other girls were standing around watching this feed back of insults. Some were insulted by Serena's scurrilous description of Lita. Some figured that if Lita was a worthless, unwanted bastard so were they because they were all abandoned.

They were also shocked at Serena's pugnacious attitude. She looked like a blonde-hared blue-eyed angel. Now they knew what the quote 'looks can be deceiving' meant. On the other hand they weren't surprised with Lita's behavior what so ever.

Lita was a tough cookie. She had picked fights with almost every girl at St. Marie's and yet she was still admired but she was mostly feared.

" My office now!" was the mistress's laconic order.

The girls had been reprimanded and scolded at by the mistress. She went on saying how disappointed she was at Lita for picking a fight with a new comer and how angry she was at Serena for 'feeding the fire' as she put it.

Both girls had been lucky that day. First off they didn't get severely punished. The mistress must have known what Serena and Lita had both gone through. Also if it weren't for both girls' sharp tongues they would never have become the good friends they were today.

" Lita?"

" Lita?"

" Lita!" yelled an angry blonde.

" Huh? What?" Lita awakened from her momentary flashback.

" Hello? God you can be so witless some times! Its time to go are you ready?" was Serena's caustic response.

" Listen Moody I'm not someone to toy with so watch that pretty little tongue of yours," scolded Lita as she waved a finger in the Blondes face.

" Whatever can we just get going," she asked in lackluster manner. Lita gave her answer by gesturing her arms toward the door.

Lita looked back at her old bed. The way she had decorated it with its torn green sheets and hard cushioned pillows. As stupid as she may sound she would miss the place. This is where she spent the most part of her child hood. Serena noticed Lita's stare and she too looked back at her old bed. She wasn't going to miss it at all.

" Come on Leets we're moving on up," said Serena as she dragged Lita out of the doorway and into the hall.

They started walking side by side down the dimly lit hall. They were half way to the Main exit when the mistress stopped them.

" Wow I cant believe you girls are all grown up.I'm gonna miss you guys," she said as she grabbed both girls in a tight embrace.

" We're gonna miss you too Mrs. Haruna," cried both girls. They really were going to miss her. She had been like a mother to them.

" You girls were my favorite even if you were the trouble makers here! Okay well let me stop this crying I mean you girls will be back to visit right?" asked Mrs. Haruna tearfully as she let go of the girls.

" Of course you were like a mother to us! We'll come by with some new bed sheets and toys for the kids and we'll even buy you a new dress!" exclaimed Lita. Mrs. Haruna laughed a bit through her sobs.

" Heck I might just even buy you a new car.your old one still smells like eggs!" joked Serena as she tried not to cry.

" Well it wouldn't if you two hadn't egged it!" stated the mistress.

" Sure blame it on us!" laughed both girls.

At that moment a man came in wearing a chauffeur's customary outfit. He was a tall and skinny man in his late forties with short ruffled brown and gray hair and hazel eyes.

" Hello I'm here to pick up a Miss. Serena Sinclair and a Miss. Lita Landry," stated the man as he walked up to the three women.

" Michael? Oh my God Michael is that you?" yelled Serena in excitement.

" Little Serena? Goodness how you've grown!" said the man as he swept the blonde off her feet in a strong embrace.

" Michael I've missed you so much!" Said Serena as she for the first time that day broke out in tears.

Serena backed out of his embrace. She whipped her tears on her sleeve. She introduced Michael to Lita and Mrs. Haruna. They shook hands politely.

" Serena there is a throng of news reporters out there are you sure you're ready for this?" asked Michael concerned for Serena's well being.

" Well its not every day that one the richest women in the free world is released from an orphanage," remarked Serena sarcastically as she picked up her small carry-on bag.

" All right then lets get a move on," said Michael pushing the girls out the door.

A throng wasn't a good enough word to describe the multitude of people that were gathered outside the orphanage doors. News reporters were all ganging up on each other trying to get a closer look at Serena and her friend. Microphones were being pushed in her direction. Questions were being screamed at her including 'what do you plan to do now that you are released and have no parents?'

It's true what they say.reporters really don't have any compassion. Serena rushed to the taxicab and slammed the door on all the reporters. The noise still persisted and reporters were still all over the taxicab even as it started moving. Once the cab was at least a mile away from the orphanage was when Lita decided to speak.

" Wow! My god I've never seen anything so wild in my life!" exclaimed Lita.

" Welcome to my world! I had to go through this all the time when I was young I mean imagine being 14 and stalked by news reporters. ' Do you like being rich?' ' What does your room look like?' ' Can your dad lend us some money for our fund-raiser?' it is so annoying!" explained Serena.

" Wow!" was all Lita could say. She would have never imagined that having rich parents would have its consequences.

" Hey Michael why are you driving this cab? Your suppose to be driving the limousine remember? I mean wouldn't mom and dad have left you it in their Will? And why didn't you adopt me?" asked Serena now that they were on the subject of her life.

" It was your fathers wish to leave you in the orphanage. He didn't want anyone to adopt you and he made it clear to the mistress."

" What? Why would he want me to stay in a place like St. Marie's when I could have been living at home with you?" asked Serena in anger. Did her father want to punish her for something?

" Serena they left you everything. From their condo in Malibu to their estate here in LA. And they didn't want anyone to take all of that away," he explained.

" So they didn't want anyone to adopt me because they didn't want anyone to take control over everything they left me?" asked Serena her voice low.

" Yes," replied Michael. After a few silent seconds Lita decided to speak.

" Um.so Michael how did you end up driving a cab?" asked Lita trying to lighten the mood.

" Well once Rena's parents passed away all the workers were laid off and the only places that wanted to hire an experienced driver were truck driving companies and taxicab companies and well I chose driving a cab.

" I heard that today was the day of your release from the orphanage so I explained to my boss the situation. He gave me the privilege of driving you to wherever your destination is," explained Michael a bit out of breath after his lengthy explanation.

" Rena? Where is our destination?" asked Lita. Lita was so excited about leaving that she hadn't thought about where they were going to go.

" Well.why don't you choose? I mean I have so many homes in so many different places," offered Serena.

" Well I've always dreamed of going to Ireland.and Japan.and.and New York.and!" exclaimed Lita excitedly.

" Well slow down girl your gonna give yourself a heart attack! Pick one place that you would like to go to first," laughed Serena.

" Ummm.Florida!" she yelled as she started jumping up and down.

Serena was now laughing hysterically. Lita never acted like this before! She thought for a moment. Florida did sound like a good vacation area and she did want a change of scenery. Plus she already had an apartment there.

" All right! We are heading to Miami Beach!" she announced.

" Oh and Michael you can call that minimum wage job of yours and tell them you quit! You're coming with us!" said Serena excitedly.

The three were talking happily and telling jokes. For the first time in four years Serena was actually happy. Little did she know that life had more hurdles for her to jump.

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Well what did you think? Okay so there wasn't much action but I'm saving the real juicy stuff for later! Any comments or questions I will except gladly! And remember how I love constructive criticism! Oh and just in case you were wondering Darien doesn't come in till later chapters( novel remember?)Well stay tuned for the next chapter!