Eternity's Angel: Hi! I'm so sorry if I have update for a while. But you got to know this, I am not neglecting any of my stories. Damn, I am terribly sorry that this had took like 8 months to updated. Over the past few months, I had been busy with my school work.(This summer is no exception. Seeing that I got homework over the vacation..) Also, it seems that I have a terrible case of writers block along the way, so I decided to put the story aside and work on my other stories until I got the inspiration to write again. I would like to thank all of you who had review my story; not to mention I would like to thank you all for having patient for this story to be updated. I was very happy that my story is still in process. Enough of this talk, lets get on with the next chapter!(WARNING: Oh yeah, in this chapter, there's a sever case of slight humor– tch, from what I have been suffering, I need a good laugh!)
Also, I wanted to update before school comes rolling along–school torture is on the way. -.-;; Yes...Anyway, go ahead and enjoy! This chapter is dedicated to Archangel Rhapsody! She gave me lots of ideas and she gave me a boost so I would be able to write this chapter out!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. It respectfully belongs to Naoko Takeuchi. It's VERY simple! It's not like I have a genius mind like her! -pout-I WISH! All I own are the episodes of the Sailor Stars version of Sailor Moon! HA! And they're not even DVD's. Damn! =(
Dangerous Dreams
By: Eternity's Angel
Chapter 4: Clues
I woke up from my unconscious sleep and held my head between my hands and groaned. My head hurts like hell. Finally, I came out of whatever headache I have, and stared around the room that surrounds me. It's pretty dark but there's one thing that I only figure out, this isn't my room. I could barely see the light. I had to search blindly through this particular room for something that I can at least have some light into this creepy room. I groped blindly around the room, having that I have bumped into various objects around the room, until I came across something very smooth. My conscience somehow nagged me to do something with it. I pushed it away and I found that it was a window and the moonlight from outside shined through the glass window and into the room.
Well, at least I have some kind of light that I could see where I'm going to go. But before I could look at the room, the moon had held me captivated. I stared at the moon for some time before I saw what was outside the windows. Outside the windows, was a gigantic beautiful garden. There were rows of bushes and there were lots of flowers in the garden. From the angle that I'm looking at, I could make out that there was a fountain the middle of those bushes. It was done excellent, probably by the gardener.
I turned back into the room and looked around for any sign of a switch for the light. Once I found it, I looked at the room that I had woke up in. It was very elegantly decorated. The walls were painted in baby blue and it feels very comfortable to me; like it suits me. I walked around the room, hoping to get some clues of where I am. So far, all I could gathered together was that I'm in some mansion(judging by the acres of land that the house-wait, scratch that- mansion stretched to. Sighing, I turned my body around and head for the door, but I was face-to-face with my boss. Mr. Darien Shields. Whoopie! Wait-MY BOSS? Right, standing in front of me was DARIEN SHIELDS A.K.A. BIG BOSS-WAIT, WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?
I let out a startling scream, but I was cut off when my so-called-boss-whose-standing-in-front-of-me-using-a-hand-to-cover-my-mouth.
"Shh!!!!" He said, "When I let go out your mouth, you'll talk quietly and calmly, understood?"
I nodded my head and he slowly released his hold on my mouth. I breathe in slowly before I semi-yelled at him, "What the fuck are you doing here? Wait! The real question is, where the fuck am I?" It took me a couple of seconds before I realized who I had just cursed in front of. My eyes widened and I slapped my hand against my mouth. I had just cursed in front of my boss-specifically, it was directly to him! I could get fired for this! Fuck! Today is definitely not my day! I thought silently, cursing mentally inside my brain-more like arguing with myself.
When I looked up to see his reaction, it was quite the opposite of what I was thinking of. He had this sort of a grin on his face. His cerulean eyes was filled with amusement, but for some odd reason, I thought I saw some tenderness behind those amusement. Arching an eyebrow, I crossed my arms around my chest and using one foot I tapped it, on the soft comfortable pink rug, impatiently.
Crooking his head to one side, he said, "My, my. What interesting words you said. To answer your question, your at my mansion."
"And why am I at your mansion? The last thing I remember was that I was at my apartment! How in the world did I get here in YOUR MANSION????" I yelled angrily, totally forgetting that I had to remained quite.
Again, he had this amused face, but this time, he was laughing. LAUGHING! WHAT THE HELL? THIS IS GETTING ME TO NO WHERE! Angry that he was still laughing, I marched myself to stand right in front of him. I started poking at him. "WHAT. -poke- AM. -poke- I. -poke -DOING. -poke- AT. -poke- YOUR MANSION???????" I was fuming like hell! This guy-boss or not- was getting on my NERVES! Realizing at the proximity of how close we were, I jumped-like he was a bug or something- and stepped away from him a couple feet away.
"Why don't you sit down on the bed and I'll explained everything to you? That way, at the end, you'll ask me questions that you wish for them to be answered?" Darien asked, gesturing to the bed. I walked towards the bed and sat down-normally I would just jumped on it, but with my boss around...nah!
"Here's what happened, I was driving home when I stopped by a shop to grabbed dinner. As I was about to go into a shop and purchase my meal, I heard a couple of noises coming from a apartment building. Curious I went to go and check it out and I found a couple of hoodlums carrying you out of the building. Seeing that you're unconscious and by the way they were carrying you, I have decided to take some action and gave them a piece of my mind. I brought you back to my mansion hoping that you'll be safe." He finished and I had a sneaky suspicion that it sounds...weird. [1]
The whole scenario didn't sound right. But I dismissed the whole thing, seeing that I don't have the strength to argue with my boss. Before I realized anything, my stomach growled–apparently very loud. Damn. I must haven't have anything to eat before I took a nap. Embarrassed at the situation, I looked down–not wanting to look up to see his expression– I could feel some warmth coming up from my neck and spreading around my cheeks. Instead, he looked at me with his warmth feeling that made my stomach churned. He got off from the corner of the bed that he was sitting and headed for the door. Before he left, he said, "I'll get you something to eat. Why don't you lie down or walk around the mansion? You could come down if you like; I'll be getting you something to eat." With that, he walked out of the room.
Great. Stuck in my boss's mansion with only and unfamiliar area. This is definitely getting me to no where! Enough is enough; I rather walk around the mansion. Explore a bit–like he said. Getting up from the bed, I walked towards the door and peered down the hallways. It seems that there were a lot of rooms–much to my displeasure. Too hungry to argue with myself, I turned towards my right and walked down the long hall that leads me to who-knows-where it would take me. Along the way, I saw several of paintings or photos of people that I have never seen before–definitely not from the 21st century. Many of them I have seen are a striking resemblance to Darien. A lot of the men had striking midnight hair–except for the clothing. But then I stopped near the staircase and saw a picture of a woman.
She didn't looked like any other ordinary women that I have seen in the other paintings–of course, no offense to my boss's paintings of his ancestors?(Whoever they are.) But, this particular woman had captured my wonder.
"She's very..enchanting. Isn't she?" A voice interrupted my thoughts. I turned around to see Darien standing there. His arms folded behind his back and his eyes on the painting that I was staring at.
"Yes, she is." I said mindlessly; I was so captivated by the painting. She looks familiar, like I've seen her somewhere, but where? I looked down at the bottom of the frame that held the picture.
Serenity Shields
I widened my eyes, I have heard that name before! I gasped, The Dream! I stared back at the painting; that painting was the same one in my dreams, except that there isn't anybody next to her. The woman detailed long silver locks hair, shimmering down and probably passed her waist. She was dressed in a elegantly dress, and I see no indication of any makeup on her face; which makes her more beautiful. But something didn't quite fit, like something very strange. Didn't that person in that dream called 'Serenity'? Then how come this woman in front of her was the one that's in her dream? The portrait! My eyes widened when I realized that for some reason, my mind screamed at the dream that I had dreamed before I somehow round up at my boss's mansion.
"You must be hungry by now Serena. Why don't I show you down to the dinning room so you can have your meal?" My thoughts were snapped when Darien spoke, bringing me out of my thoughts about this woman that's in front of me. But I have a lot of questions regarding about my dreams; not to mention about this woman! My mind screamed but I decided that I should take this a step at a time. Maybe I can ask Darien about his ancestors. Maybe I can get something out of him that might answer the weird dreams that I have been having lately.
"Er..sure. Lead the way." I forced myself to be enthusiastic, trying to avert any thoughts of those dreams to distract me from eating a well-balanced meal. I mentally laughed at that.
As we walked down the spiral staircase that reaches down to the main hall, I was amazed along the way by the paintings of Darien's ancestors, the sculptures of vases, or some other valuable items that was probably centuries years old; especially coming from the Shields' family- seeing that they're line of Shields were traced back to probably the Dynasties! We walked through the main hall and stopped in front of double mahogany doors; Darien opened them and my eyes widened at the sparkling light coming from the lights there were above the dinning table(and let me tell you this; the table was long!)
The dinning room was marvelous, very elegant and very shiny. There was a warm fireplace brought warmth to the room making me feel at least comfortable. Darien led me to the dinning table where a whole set of plates full of food are settle in front of me. Just looking at them make my stomach growled even louder; what an embarrassment! I heard a low masculine chuckle and my face automatic light into a blush; Damn, I'll never live this one down. God! If I knew I'll be in this mess, I would've eaten before I took a nap. But nooooooooooooo, I just had to round up in god-knows-how in my boss's mansion, my stomach growling from the lack of energy that my body has. Damnit!
Darien chuckled again, causing me to stared at him with a confused look on my face. I have probably expected a comment from him but instead he pulled out a chair for me to sit-what a gentlemen. Hah! My mind said otherwise, but my stomach kept me from commenting about anything. When I sat down at the chair that Darien had held out for me, I said a quick 'thank you' and my eyes scanned at the several of dishes of food in front of me; some desserts and some other meals looked very delicious. I didn't noticed that Darien had already filled up a plate for me since he broke my trance of thoughts and handed me a plate that's loaded with goodies. Heh!
"Um...thank you Mr. Shields." I said, accepting the given plate, settling it down in front of me. I didn't want to be rude by eating first so I waited for him to load his plate with food, but instead, he said, "Now, didn't we go over the first name basis? You don't need to call me Mr. Shields, call me Darien. Besides, Mr. Shields makes me sound so old." A hint of humor was in his voice while he was saying this.
"Sure, M–Darien." I corrected myself before he say anything about being old and all. I mean, judging from the looks of it, he looks pretty young to me–not that I was looking at him like a school girl who has a crush on a boy and would stared at him endlessly, dreaming of the wonders of love. No way; its just plain boss to secretary(personal though) business. In deep thought, I wonder exactly how old he is exactly. I mean, he doesn't look that old, but then again who am I to judge my boss? I guess I was staring off to space absently without noticing that I have already put some food in my mouth; out of the blur, I saw out of the corner of my eye that Darien wasn't doing anything. All he was doing was sitting there staring towards my direction and nothing on his plate.
Settling my fork down, I asked him, "Mr–Darien, why aren't you eating?"
He smiled, "I'm not hungry; I had a snack before you have woken up. Help yourself with the food; don't mind me." He's doing that staring-at-you-that-freaks-you-out. My conscious told me and I find myself eating very warily. Silence crept between the both of us; only sound was my fork making 'clanking' sounds against the plate. I decided to break the silence, "So Darien, ...how old are you?" That was the first thing that was on my mind–not to mention the first thing that I have blurted out without thinking. My eyes probably widened before I slapped a hand over my mouth. Before I can apologized, he did surprised me by answering my question.
"I'm actually 25 years old." He chuckled again–probably because my mouth definitely had dropped open for him to see. 25 years old!!!!????? Damn! I thought he was beyond 25! He looks handsome. AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! WHAT AM I THINKING???????–SCRATCH THAT! WHAT AM I SMOKING????? I really need to breathe.
"Really? I would've thought you were older than 25 years old." I managed to choke out without any sort of weird sound–but big mistake, AGAIN. This time, I was expecting some big coming along.
But, he just laughed. Laughed at what I had just said to him; being older than 25. I am definitely not gonna live this one through.
"Well, when you put it that way, I guess you could say something along the lines of my age." Darien said, a small glint or amusement in his deep blue eyes. But it wasn't the little reaction that he had, it was what he said that had me puzzled. What could he possible mean by that? Before I could asked him anything, he beat me to it.
"Its almost morning, why don't you go upstairs to the guest room and rest? You don't need to worried about coming into work today–I could excuse you from that, seeing that you probably had a horrible night yesterday." He told me, offering me to stay at his mansion and rest. As much as I like the offer, I guess I should go home to my apartment and change–I wrinkled my noise at the clothes that I am currently wearing.
"Thank you for your hospitalities, but I think I would be fine." I said, getting up from the table quietly–not to mention politely. He got up as well, "No, I insist. It doesn't matter, really."
"Er...no really. It's ok Darien. I have things to do; I planned on coming to work today. So you don't need to worry." I said trying to persuade him to let me go home.
He sighed, and I could've sworn I heard some muttering but all he said was, "Alright Serena. Why don't I get you a ride home? Your home is miles away from here and its hard to get transportation around."
I thought about it, this is getting me to no where! I mean, I have NO clue where this mansion is located and I think a headache is coming up. Damn it!
"Ok. Thank you very much Darien. I really appreciated this...er...I guess I'll see you later." That was lame Serena! You could do better than that! I thought with a sign, mentally shaking my head at the prospect of my lame excuse. I hope he doesn't take it offensive.
"Alright. I'll see you later in the office. If you can't come in today, I understand. Why don't I walk you out? My driver should be outside by now." He said, walking up and stood in front of me. He looked like he wanted to do something but I guess he held it back. He gestured to me to followed him, which I complied. He led me back through how we went before when we were going through the main hall and into the dinning room.
While we were walking, I noticed that there wasn't any windows opened. The only light sources was some candlelight or a dimmed lighted lamp hanging around. I noticed that none of the shades were open, not a speck of light which can be eerie. Not even any sight of anybody around the mansion–no maids, no servants, nobody at all around the place. Its like this place was abandoned or something–which can't be because the place looks so clean(yet no maids around) and it looks flourish with this odd smell(cleaning smell probably).
We continued walking until we have reached a place where I see was another similar double door to the dinning room but for some reason I have this fuzzy warmth feeling inside my body. Its like I known this place somewhere, a familiar feeling inside my mind and heart–but that can't be right, seeing that this is my first time here, not to mention that I only got to know my boss for like a day or so. Darn it! Oh well, I'll ignored it this time–seeing what I went through already.
He opened the door for me and I saw that outside was faintly dark, but I could sort of tell that its early in the morning. Probably around 4 or 5am. Considering winter is coming up, the sky sure darkens pretty fast. Oh well–I saw a black car outside the mansion and I realized that it is my ride home. Talk about living large.
I faced Darien, "Thank you very much for your hospitality. I really appreciated what you have done for me. Thank you for rescuing me from whatever-was-kidnaping-me. Um..did you by chance get a good look at my kidnapper? If you did, I should put charges against them seeing–"
"I'm sorry but I didn't get a chance to glanced at your kidnapers. I'm sure that they're probably gone by now; you have to be careful out there. Especially during the nights, you may not know whose lurking in the allies." He said, with this odd sound when he spoke. I tried to recognize it, but all my mind could head towards was anger. Odd. We both only know each other for like a day, but I can't put that in my mind..or in place. I guess this is what I get when I think too much.
"Oh. I guess I should be going now, see you later Darien!" I said and head outside where Darien stayed back–I could sense his eyes burning behind my back(just a feeling). Once I was inside the car I gave the driver my address and the car out of the gates and into the streets. The only odd feeling was that I felt that somebody was staring at me, but when I turned around in the backseat to scan around the area, I saw nobody.
His dark indigo eyes surveyed at the retreating car in the darkness. Those eyes were filled with pain; he wanted to hold her in his arms and never let her go. He wanted to kiss her like he had done so before; those pink lips just begging for him to kiss them, to claim them as his once again. But he held himself back, afraid that he might frighten her in some certain way. Afraid of what might become if she ever found out, but no matter what, he'll always love her forever.
"Oh Serenity...you don't know how I'm glad that you're back. We'll become one someday and I'll make sure of that. Don't worry my love, I'm coming for you. Soon, you'll know everything. And we can be together again." He whispered in the mild of darkness; eventually he merged deeper in the dark where nothing can be seen.
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--twitching– I am SO sorry that I haven't update this story in 8 months. I have to admit, this story took me a while, but those reviews that you wrote gave me encouragement to regain my ideas and start writing this chapter immediately. I have been stressing to finished this chapter so I can update this before school comes rolling. =) Thank god this chapter is finished! Yeah! Thank you so much for all your reviews!
[1] Ok, so it WAS a lame idea..but hey, I am in a SERIOUS case of writers block!
A/N: One, school is about to start for me so I would be very busy this year–I'll try to fit in some time to at least update, but I won't guarantee anything; considering the amount of stories that I have to finish. My first priority is to finish Would You Be Mine? I want to finish at least one story before I can begin releasing another story that I have been brainstorming. So, I have no clue when this story would be update–I think that the next chapter should be out later on(No, you don't have to wait another 8 months for me to update. Haha...)
Two, this chapter is NOT edited, so please excuse any sign of grammatical/spelling errors. -.-;; I really need a editor–couldn't get a hold of one. Arg!!
Ok, I hope that you enjoyed this installment! =) Please leave a review and tell me what you thought about it!
Eternity's Angel