She was happy because she, Serena Tsukino, the only unmarried woman in the village and the only person that had no place among the people, had a boyfriend, and she had a place among her friends. She was also happy because she would soon be seeing her love and her friends again.
She was sad because she missed Sammy, Mika, Molly, and yes, she even missed Melvin. Serena thought for a moment. Her best friend in this time was named Molly, and she even looked a bit like her best friend from long ago. She remembered that Molly had told her that she was named after one of her ancestors. Serena smiled, for Molly and Melvin were still around, and Sammy and Mika were apart of her, for through their blood, she had been reborn.
She felt guilty because the world was the frozen wasteland it was because of her. If she had stayed around, the evil would not have taken over. She shook the thoughts from her mind, for she knew that she was supposed to die so that Crytal Tokyo could rise.
She thought about everything, and she figured out what had happened. After her death, the evil was free to rule over everything, and so they, for some reason or another, turned the world to ice. The people who survived built underground villages that would keep them warm, and safe from youmas.
Serena had rarely been above ground, but she knew that she must go so that she could free her friends and free the world. She would leave that night, after supper.
She still had five minutes before she had to be at the table that the whole village ate at, so she decided to put her hair back into meatballs. It took only a matter of minutes before her old hairstyle was back. She patted the meatballs and said, "Good to have you guys back! Now... time to eat!" She stepped out of her room and almost ran into a boy.
"Hey, Old Maid, watch where you're going!"
"Why you little..." She growled. The teenager had always tormented her because she was the only "Old Maid" around, and he thought it was funny.
"Hey, what's with the bunny ears?"
"They aren't bunny ears! And I'm NOT an Old Maid!"
"Oh, you're not? Then where's your husband?"
"It's none of your business David!"
David tormented her all the way to the table, and all the way through dinner, and all the way back to her room...
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Serena waited until everyone was asleep. She knew that everyone slept through the day and was awake through the night. This was because it was better to gather snow for drinking water during the night than the day, or else youmas might attack. But she was not afraid of the youmas, for she could attack back.
Since she did not have any out door clothes for herself, she had to take her fathers. She left him a note apologizing, and told him not to come after her, because she would be all right, and she hoped that she *would* be all right.
After packing a large supply of food, she opened the door to the outside world, and stepped out to begin her journey to where she knew she had to go, The Ice Mountain.
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Night was falling, and Serena was still walking. She had not stopped all day, except to grab some food from her pack to eat while she was walking.
"Keep it going Serena. Just keep on walking. Night is almost here, then you'll be able to sleep. Hut two three four, hut two three four keep it moving!" Serena was talking to herself to keep herself awake and walking, but it was not working. She was tired of walking, and she was just plain tired.
Her eyes closed as she dropped to her knees. Sleep was winning out, and even though she saw two figures approaching her, she could not stay awake. She could only hope that they were not youmas.
