On the track and off - Chapter 1

Written By Neo Queen Serenity Chiba

Rating - PG - Rating could go up

Genre - Romance

Editor - Only me!

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At the racetrack in Hong Kong, it was a very hot day. Serena's sister Elane and her mum Irene were selling Ice Cream.

"Ice Cream!" shouted Elane.

"Ice Cream!" shouted Irene.

"Hey I would like to get one!" shouted to a man, and came over to Elane.

"Ok, what sort?" questioned Elane

"Chocolate please" answered the man. Elane got a cone and gave it to the man.

"That will be $1.50 thank you," said Elane.

"Thanks" said the man

"Hey mum!" shouted Elane.

"Did you tell Serena not to go out until I came back?" said Elane

"No she was asleep, you know how she is, so I locked her room" said Irene, showing the key to her daughter.

"You didn't?" said Elane

"I'd sure did" said Irene. Elane look at her watch and panic hit her face.

"Mum, I have to go to work now, I'm late for work and I'll check up in Serena ok?" and ran off.

On the other hand, Serena threw a long rope of sheets outside of her window and tied the top end on something strong. She climbed down and once she was near the ground. Obviously she landed on the ground and broke her leg.

Elane was nearly at home until she saw her older sister coming too.

"Becky!" said Elane.

"Hey sis, how come you're coming back?"

"Well I have to pick up a few things before work" said Elane while walking to the gate of the building, which their apartments were in. Then the 2 girls saw an ambulance and had a girl on the stretcher. Then they recognised who it was. It was Serena! The 2 girls quickly ran to the ambulance and saw Serena quietly sobbing while her leg was all bruised and from her face was in pain.

5 minutes later, all of Serena's friends - Ami, Raye, Lita, Luna and Mina and her family Elane and Becky were all at the hospital. Then Serena came out on a wheelchair with Becky pushing her as soon as she got out of the emergency room. While all her friends came rushing in to see her, Irene then came in.

"Oh god Serena, are you all right?" said a concerned Irene.

"I've would've been if you didn't lock the room" said angrily Serena.

"Mum, I told you not to lock the door!" said Elane

"I'm sorry, but she always out if we're not home, so what can I really do?" said Irene

"Well I forgive you mum, I know climbing down from a tall building was dangerous" said Serena

"Well good, because I hope you had learnt your lesson Meatball Head" said Raye

"Raye! Shut Up!" said Serena

"Ok, ok let's go home. I'm tired," said Becky. Everyone agreed and went off.

Everyone arrived at Serena's place and went inside.

"Well, I'm going to sleep good night!' said Serena and wheeled off.

"Let's just hope that she won't do it again. That stupid Meatball head" said Luna.

"Luna! I heard that!" shouted Serena out from her room.

The next few weeks Serena's leg was healed and she were studying at a library in the University of Hong Kong International. Since Serena was so bored she stopped. "Hey guys lets stop this, I wanna go somewhere fun" said Serena

"What about going to the Hong Kong Jockey Club, I heard they were holding something fun there" said Ami.

"Sure why not, you guys coming" said Lita, standing up and stretched.

"Yeah!" said the girls. The girls changed out of their uniform to a t-shirt and bone coloured 3/4 pants. They walked to the Jockey Club and entered in the park. The 6 stunned girls were so excited that they so wanted to ride! Now they saw every horse they met Yuen one of Becky's friends.

"Yuen!" shouted Serena. Yuen stopped and saw Serena running to him with her friends following her. "Hey Serenity, how have you been?" said Yuen.

"I have been alright, oh these are my friends, Ami, Raye, Lita, Luna and my cousin you know Mina. Girls this is Yuen one of Becky's friends" smiled Serena.

"Hi!" said the girls.

"Hey, how come you didn't tell me you were a horse trainer?" questioned Serena.

"Well, I only just started 2 weeks ago" said Yuen

"Ok, who is this horse?" said Serena

"This horse is my favourite, Media Puzzle is his name" smiled Yuen.

"Media Puzzle. Hey isn't he." said Serena

"Yes Serenity, he is the one plus he will be. Hey what are you doing?!" said Yuen, not finishing his sentence and tried to take control of the horse. Obviously Serena was on the horse and tried to take it for a ride. Then a man saw this and wasn't very far from Media Puzzle.

"Serena!" said the girls and back off. The man gave his horse to the trainer and hopped on Media Puzzle with Serena. He took control and rode off. While riding, he felt the girl's hands on his larger ones and slowed the horse to a stop. He hopped off and helped the girl off the horse. Yuen and the girls ran to Serena to check if she was alright while Yuen went to the man to check if the horse was alright.

"How is he?" said Yuen

"He's alright, just a bit terrified" said the man.

"Next time be careful, my name is Seiya Chun" said the man.

"I will be careful, my name is Serenity Moon," stated Serena.

"SERENITY CHIBI MOON! What were you just doing then? Are you alright?" said Elane followed by a little girl, Anne and her dad. Anne was about 5 years old and her dad owned a comic company.

"Yes I'm fine," said Serena.

"Well that's good then. I want you to go home and continue studying. You girls should go home too. I think you guys all have an exam tomorrow is that right?" said Elane

"Yes Elane" said the girls.

"Well we better go then, c'mon Serena," said Mina. Then the girls left and went home. That night, Serena was in her room studying while drinking coffee. Then she felt nausea coming from her stomach and quickly rushed to the toilet. Then Elane and Irene rushed in to see what was happening. Elane smoothed her back while Serena vomited.

"Serena, are you alright?" said Elane. Serena nodded and ducked her head in the toilet bowl again. "Whoa, is it that serious? YOU'RE NOT? Are you?" said Irene once panic hit her face. Serena got up and stand. "WHOA! You not thinking that dirty are you? You think I am but I'm not. So please don't think of anything else, which is sick" said Serena and walked off. "Mum, don't jump into conclusions, obviously she was studying and she drank 4 cups of coffee to make herself stay awake and then she was vomiting" said Elane and walked off and left Irene in the bathroom.

The next day, Serena went to uni with her friends and were at the library study (AN: ok it is the exam block and it is close to holidays that's why) for the exam. Obviously she just finished an exam 15 minutes ago and now refreshing her mind to study again in the library with her friends. Serena had a thick textbook in front of her and was reading it until she thought of an idea since she and the girls had spare after their lesson right now. "Hey Amy, do you want t go to a club tonight?" said Serena.

"I don't think so Serena, I have to study you know" answered Ami

"Hey Mina, what about going shopping today?" questioned Serena

"Sorry Sere, I can't" said Mina

"Luna you want to go horse riding?" said Serena. This gave everybody's heads up form the textbook. "Horse riding is what you mean? At the Hong Kong Jockey Club?" said Lita. Serena nodded.

"Alright then, we'll go after this lesson, ok?' said Mina. As the girls lesson finished they all went home got changed into a t-shirt and jeans and all met each other at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Administration 20 minutes later.

"Ok, we're ready?" asked Serena. The girls nodded and went into the administration. They signed in and paid for the lesson. As they walked together, they found an area where 6 horses were. They met a man in brown hair with some gear for the girls. "Hello, I would say, you are the girls that want a lesson," said the man. The girls nodded.

"Well my name is Taiken, all I need you to do is put this vest on and the helmet and we'll start our lesson" smiled Taiken. The girls got their helmets and vests on and now it was time to hop on a horse. As the girls got near one of the horses, the horse stepped in a bit and the girls go terrified except Serena.

"Hey, don't tell me, you guys are scared of a horse" stated Serena.

"Girl, you're pretty brave, why don't you take a ride first," said Taiken.

"Alright" said Serena and mounted on the saddle. Taiken was holding the lead and started to lead the horse. Serena was holding the rein and started to get use to the trotting. The girls cheered for Serena because she was good at riding.

"Yeah, go Serena," said the girls and Serena waved to them. After a 1- minute of trotting the horse stop and Serena got off the horse. "Serena you were pretty good up there. Have you rode a horse before?" said Taiken.

"Um. No not really," blushed Serena. Then each of the other girls has a go then they were to sign out. In the administration, they saw an ad about new comers in the Jockey Club and it was happening in the weekend. The girls look at each other and asked the lady about the details for the Jockey Club. The lady behind the counter told them everything and gave the girls each a form. Then the girls left. They were outside of the building and walking across the road. Then Seiya came riding on a bike and stop them. He looked at the paper that Serena was holding and Serena quickly hid it behind her back. He raised a brow and said, "You're not doing this so you can see me are you?"

"No! Of course not" said Serena

"Whatever, I bet it is. To let you know, been a jockey is very hard, I tell you" said Seiya.

"I don't care, it's my dream to be a jockey and I'll do those levels no matter how hard they are," said Serena.

"Suit yourself, but don't come looking for me if you're stuck" said Seiya and rode off before she could say anything else. The girls went home to ask for permission. All the other girls know they were allowed, so they were definitely going. But for Serena, she asked her mum. "Serena, you know, I would want you to go, but what about Becky? I'm actually afraid of her that I can't stand in front of her and argue," said Irene. Then Becky came home.

'What's going on Serena?" said Becky.

"I...... Uh...... ask mum if I could go into the Jockey Club." muttered Serena.

"WHAT!" said Becky.

"Do you know how dangerous it is to become a jockey? What about schooling eh? Don't you want to continue school in uni?" said Becky.

"LOOK SIS! 1! I DON'T care about school. because all I do is fail even I study hard enough! 2! I don't actually care how dangerous it is because it is my dream including my friends!" shouted Serena.

"Well then who is going to pay for the course?" said Becky.

"We don't, we get paid for it, remember once jockeys wins that race we get paid 5% of the amount the winning money from the owner or the race association," said Serena.

"Do you want to know my definite answer?" questioned Becky.

"What?" said Serena.

"NO! You are not going!" said Becky

"Please Bec!" said Serena, giving her the puppy eyes.

"No!" said Becky

"Fine, I'll let you think about it Bec, until you give a definite answer" said Serena

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Well, wait until the next chapter. Will Becky say yes to let Serena go to the course? Please R + R. See ya.

serenity4darien@hotmail.com

11th November 2002 (but revised on 03 May 2004)

Neo Queen Serenity Chiba