Midnight

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Recap

Serena's House

Serena sat in the bathtub with a heavy heart. There were many things, she hadn't told the girls. She hadn't said what Damien wanted or how Serena knew about him when no one else did. But the thing weighing down on Serena's mind the most was that she hadn't told the girls that she had been very close to Damien before the shadow people had arrived and that she had truly loved him. In fact she still loved him today.

Chapter 5

Serena sighed to herself as she made her way out of the bathtub and into her bedroom. When she reached the bedroom she took off the towel covering her hair and started to comb it out. Her mind wandered back to the conversation that she had with the rest of the girls. She debated whether she should have told the rest of them that Damien wasn't their only enemy. He worked for someone else. Although Serena had never met anyone besides Damien, she knew that there were others. There were times when she was fighting Damien that she sensed she didn't have his full concentration. It was almost as if his focus was divided between her and something else. To Serena it almost seemed as if he were having a conversation with someone in his head. She knew that that was probably the case. It just wasn't in Damien's nature to attack.

'At least not the Damien that I knew,' Serena corrected to herself. She carefully tied her hair in a braid and was getting ready to get into bed when she heard the door to her room shut. She looked at the door and saw Luna standing there.

"We have a new enemy." It wasn't a question.

"That's right," Serena responded.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Luna questioned.

"Because I knew you'd tell the others and I didn't want them to know," responded Serena.

"You could have told me in confidence. I wouldn't have betrayed you." Luna was having a very hard time with this. To her it meant that Serena no longer needed her. It made her feel useless.

Serena looked at Luna's dejected face carefully and immediately determined the cause. "You'll always be important to me Luna. I'll always need you."

Luna looked at Serena gratefully when she made this admission. She felt a lot better knowing that she wasn't completely inadequate. She smiled (if cats can smile) and made her way to the bed to lie down on the pillow.

Serena looked at Luna fondly and lay down on her side on the bed, her head on the part of the pillow that Luna hadn't taken up.

This was the same position that she was in a few hours later. It was almost dawn, but try as she might she couldn't sleep. She desperately wished that she had Trista (Setsuna) to talk to. Not many people knew this but she had always visited Trista during the Silver Millennium. Something about the quiet sailor soldier had always made her easy to talk to. Serena had always confided in Trista. She knew that Trista was grateful for the company and in return Serena had a confidante. There were times when Serena would give anything to talk to Trista. This was one of those times. She really needed the older soldier's wise advice right about now. Serena knew that she was probably aware of the situation right now. Very little happened that Sailor Pluto didn't know about.

'Wait a minute! What am I complaining about? I can contact her. In fact I think I'll call her tomorrow." With that cheerful thought Serena fell promptly asleep.

Serenity was dressed in a long flowing white gown. Her hair was up in a bun with soft strands framing her face. She was standing in a huge ballroom with a glittering chandelier above her head. Candles were placed at the perimeter of the whole room.

"Princess Serenity, would you do me the honour of this dance?" asked a voice from behind her. She turned around and stared straight into the amber eyes of Damien, one of her best friends. She smiled and gave him her hand. They walked hand in hand to the center of the ballroom and started dancing.

Serenity took in the features of her dance partner. He had beautiful amber eyes that looked almost red in certain lighting. His silver hair fell in soft waves around his face. A few locks of hair fell over his brow giving him a boyishly good looks that belied his twenty – two years (did that description make him sound cute? If it didn't imagine your perfect cute guy and Damien will look like him- if you're a girl. If you're a guy, you can imagine that Damien looks like you, not that I'm saying you're evil or anything 'cause I'm not).

"So what's this ball for?" Damien asked.

"The usual. Mother's hoping I'll meet someone and fall in love," answered Serenity looking slightly disgruntled at her mother's constant badgering.

Damien stared into Serenity's exquisite cerulean eyes and once again thought about how breath-taking she was, even when she was angry.

"Well, have you found someone?" he inquired trying to keep the panic from his voice.

Fortunately Serenity was looking elsewhere and didn't notice. "Not yet."

Damien breathed a sigh of relief. She had no idea what her simple answer meant to him. It was now or never.

"I know a way to stop the balls and your mother from hassling you," he said softly.

Serenity looked at him in surprise. "How?"

"Marry me."

Serena's eyes popped open when she heard her bedside alarm clock ring. She quickly sat up and tried to shake the dream from her mind. She hadn't dreamt of that incident for a long time.

"Serena, time to get up! Breakfast's ready!" her mother yelled from downstairs.

"Okay!" she yelled back. Serena quickly got up got dressed for the day. She tied her hair into her trademark style and walked downstairs. For once, she wasn't late.

She quickly ate her breakfast, got her lunch, thanked her mother, and walked out of the house. She walked to school very slowly. Since she was early she had the luxury of taking her time. Serena reflected on her dream. What did it mean? She hadn't had that dream for a long time. She thought that it had stopped. Apparently not. But why was it back now?

Serena was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice when she reached school. She walked into the school and to her classroom. All the girls (except Raye) were already there. Serena walked up to them.

"Hey girls," she greeted.

"Hello," everyone replied almost simultaneously. There was an awkward pause. No one knew what to say.

"Did you see what Melvin is wearing today?" Mina asked suddenly. Just like that, the ice was broken.

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful. By unspoken agreement, no one mentioned the previous night.

In no time at all it was the end of the day (sorry if that seemed too hurried). The girls gathered their books and left the building.

They were walking home when they heard a scream.

I thought about ending the chapter there, but realized that would be cruel. So I'll continue for a little while longer.

The girls were jolted out of their conversation. They quickly ran to the origin of the scream. When they got there they saw that Sailor Mars was already there. She was facing Damien who had a bolt of dark magic in one hand and a two year old child in the other. The frantic mother of the child was who had screamed. She was on her knees in front of Damien and was pleading with him to let her child go. Damien ignored her.

The girls dropped their things on the floor and quickly transformed. They ran into open view of everyone there.

"Stop right there!!" yelled Sailor Moon.

Damien turned his attention from Sailor Mars, who was severely bruised, to the rest of the Sailor Soldiers.

"The playground is a sanctuary for little kids. How dare you pollute it? In the name of the Moon I will punish you (was that corny or what?)!" exclaimed Sailor Moon.

Damien smiled. He let go of the child, to the relief of the mother, and advanced towards Sailor Moon. Sailor Mercury had left the group and gone towards Sailor Mars. She was crouched beside Mars and was attempting to heal her.

Damien wasn't paying any attention to them. His focus was solely on Sailor Moon. Just when Sailor Moon thought that she would crack from all the tension, he stopped.

BLAST

He released the bolt of dark magic without any warning. Sailor Moon's eyes widened. Her mind screamed at her to move, but her feet refused to obey. She was frozen. She watched the attack come closer and closer…

And that's where I'll stop. Wow I didn't write that much. Are the chapters getting any longer? Anyways please review and tell me what you think. By the way do you think I should start using the Japanese names for the characters or are the English names okay?