Title:  Welcome To Reality

Chapter Title: Selene's Mirror

Summary: Serena Warren, now fifteen, graduates the tenth grade with honours and is offered a chance to go to Japan on a student exchange program. Here, she realizes that the reason her dreams seemed so real is that they were.

Author: Silver Sparklze

Reason For Writing: This story was written as a challenge set by Sage: The Dark Dryad.

Author's Notes: I have tried to translate the Japanese next to the words, but even so, anything written in bold, or bold will be translated at the end of the chapter if not already translated.

~Singapore Airport, Singapore~

Serena sighed, waking out into Singapore Airport. She had to change planes to get to Tokyo, although she didn't know why. She grabbed her ticket out of her bag; only to be grabbed suddenly…

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Serena wrenched herself out of the other person's strong grip, and turned around, ready to defend herself. Her arms and mouth dropped open when she saw a mirror image of herself.

"Sere-hime?" {Princess Serenity?} She asked.

"Hush. You are Princess Serenity now." The girl said in slightly accented English. "I need to give you some things." She handed Serena a pink bag with a golden moon on it. "You should remember everything in time."

"What about Darien?" Serena asked, remembering the other girl's love for the dark-haired man. Serena Tsukino smiled sadly.

"He is destined to love the Moon Princess. I am no longer that girl. I have never been able to feel quite the love I once did, while you still dreamt of me. I believe part of the emotion was yours."

"You knew about that?!" Serena gasped. Sere-ko laughed, shaking her head.

"Not at first, no." She said, "Only after I defeated Galaxia did I realise that you had seen my life. That was when I began dreaming of you. But you stopped dreaming of me after I defeated Metallia…why?"

"I don't know." Serena said honestly. "Until I dreamt of you a week ago, I had been alone for two years."

"I think that perhaps my soul no longer called for friendship and understanding, because I had Darien-chan. Even while I was sure he hated me, part of my soul refused to believe it." Sere-ko said thoughtfully. "Sayoonara, Sere-hime. Manzoka suru kudasai." {Goodbye, Princess Serenity. Please be happy.}

"Hai, omae mo. " {Ok, you too.} The two girls hugged.

"Sere-chan! Hiyaku!" {Serena! Hurry up!} A woman, who Serena recognised as Sere-ko's mom called.

"Hai! Tashi yuki, Haha!" {Ok! Coming, Mom!} Sere-chan smiled softly. "Seiko o inoo ru yo." {Good luck.} She hurried over to her family, and was hugged by her mother. Serena watched her blonde soul partner leave, and sighed. Time for her to go too. Onto a new life…in Tokyo.

~Dream Sequence, Selene's Castle~

Once again, Serena was in the middle of the mist. She walked forward, wondering what she was doing back here.

"Took you long enough." A gentle voice said. Serena turned around, placing her hand to her heart. A beautiful woman with white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes smiled at her. "Did I scare you? I am sorry." She moved forward, so that she was standing in front of Serena. On her forehead was a silver crescent, and the dress she was wearing seemed to be made out of the mist itself. "I am Selene, Goddess of the Moon"

"I…er…" Serena stuttered.

"You are Princess Serenity. I know." Selene inclined her head slightly, a small smile in her eyes, although her mouth remained stern.

"I wasn't always." Serena ventured.

"But you are now. Why did you take so long? I Called you hours ago."

"Called?"

"Yes. I Called your spirit."

"But I'm asleep…"

"Technically, yes. But your spirit is here. And until I allow it to go back to your body, you will not age…you will not wake. Come, I have something to show you." Serena followed Selene through the misty halls. She noticed the marble slab that she had seen last time.

"Selene, who is that man?" She asked hesitantly. Selene didn't turn around.

"I may not see or touch him yet, it is not night. But his name is Endymion. He is my one true love, a mortal. Some say he is a shepherd's boy, some say Prince of Eris. I say he is Endymion, and that is all that matters."

"Is he Prince of Eris?"

"No. He is prince of more than Eris. He is Prince of Earth, just as I am Princess of the Moon. Or, just as I once was. Now you hold that title. Nor is he Prince of Earth any longer. That is Darien Chiba. Time waits for no one, not even deities. But we are not where we should be. Come." Serena followed her again, and finally they reached a monument that Serena recognised.

"Your mirror." She said softly. This time, Selene did turn around. She smiled.

"Correct. You have been here already, yes? Serena Tsukino brought you here."

"Yes…"

"Look into the mirror." Serena obeyed the blue-eyed lady's command.

((Yes, they're speaking Japanese, but the mirror translated it to English, because that's Serena Warren's first language))

$"What are we supposed to do?" A pretty dark-haired girl who Serena recognised as Rei asked.

"Well, Serena said that she had organised someone to take her place…" A blonde girl – Mina – said doubtfully.

"But we all know what Serena's like. And has she thought about Rini?" A green-haired girl queried, looking angry.

"Well Rini's still here, isn't she?" A dark haired girl who looked to be around twelve said sensibly.

"Yes…so she may have done something." A blonde haired boy added. A dark haired man whom Serena recognised as Darien stayed silent, staring at the ground glumly.

"She said she didn't love me anymore…" He whispered.

"Nonsense, Dad. After all, I'm still here, so she must love you." A pink haired twelve year old comforted.

"Well, there's not much we can do." Ami said practically. "Has Trista said anything about it?"

"Only that the Fates have realigned…"

"Rei! Oh, hello girls…" An old man leered at the Scouts and their friends.

"Grandpa! What are you doing here? I told you we needed privacy!" Rei snapped.

"Well, this letter came for you." Rei's grandfather handed her the letter.

"Thanks. Now shoo." Rei waited until her grandfather had closed the door, then read the letter. "Oh…lord."

"What?" Lita looked concerned.

"I've got an exchange student from America coming to stay with me!!" $

Serena turned to Selene.

"Is that what you wanted to show me?" She asked. Selene smiled.

"It was not what I wanted to show you." She said, "It was what the Mirror wanted to show you."

"Oh…" Serena said, not quite understanding, "Right…"

"It's time for you to wake up now." Selene's crescent flashed, and Serena disappeared…

~Tokyo Airport…Tokyo~

"Could all passengers please put their seats in an upright position, stow away their trays and fasten their seatbelts ready for landing." An impersonal female voice said over the speakers. Serena did as she was told, mind still buzzing from the dream. Obviously the events she'd seen must have taken place a while ago, after all, Rei couldn't have heard about her arriving today…that was just silly.

Sere-ko: Serena (affectionate. You could also use Sere-chan.)

Darien-chan: Darien (affectionate, used between lovers, family, and close friends.)

More Author's Notes: Thanks to these reviewers;

Sage: The Dark Dryad: Yes, I already sent you the chapter :-). Thanks.

Silver Moonlight-81: Yes, she's now on her way. And she will meet the senshi…how surprised are they gonna be when they see that she's identical to Serena Tsukino? Wait and see :-)

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