Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the charecters from the manga or anime, I do however own this storyline as well as any other additional charecters that come from my twisted mind at any point. Don't sue me, it would cost you more then you would actually get.

Not What I Seem

Chapter 2 - I'm gonna show my true colours

The two girls sat in silence to the ball, both lost in their own thoughts. The stars above them twinkled brightly and the full moon shone down on them casting a dull glow over the earth, lighting up the night for all those who dared to venture out into the darkness.

Serena sat looking out the window thinking about how she could get away from the party early,

"Hey Mina?"

Mina stirred from her thoughts as she noticed Serena waving a hand in front of her face.

"Yea Sere?"

"What time does this thing go till tonight? I mean you know I love spending time with you, but I sorta promised the girls at Starz that I might possibly rock up there at some point tonight."

Mina smiled, Serena you will never change will you

"Ummm I'm not really sure Sere...but I sure as hell wouldn't mind leaving early. Why don't we make an appearance and we can leave at about 9ish and tell them mother wants us at home for something?"

Serena almost leaped out of her seat, and probably would have if she wasn't wearing her seatbelt.

"You're the best Mina!" She squealed.

Mina held her hands over her ears, Serena's squeal was something that could deafen a normal person.

Mina turned back to the window and stared out the window. She looked up at the stars and instantly spotted the planet Venus, shining brightly in the night sky it was the second brightest light in the sky tonight, second only to them moon. She felt a calming influence from the bright planet and smiled as she aloud herself to daydream.

For the rest of the drive to the ball, Serena couldn't stop thinking about how much more fun she would have at the club later, pulling out her mobile phone she decided to call her friend Raye and find out who would be there tonight.

Raye was one of Serena's best friends and one of the only people who knew about Serena's background. They had met one night after both being kicked out of a club for being under-age. Since then they had swapped stories and together that had made getting into clubs underage an art form, and nobody ever questioned their ages. Raye never became as close to Mina as she had with Serena but they always got along, Raye knew about Mina's rebellious streak but respected Serena for it more because the girl had the guts to make it known where as her cousin still hid behind her rich girl appearance. Something that pissed Raye off on more then one occasion.

Raye herself didn't come from a well to do family. Her father had run out on them shortly after Raye had turned 8 and her mother had remarried a wonderful man who treated Raye like his own daughter. He had a son, named Andrew who was slightly older then Raye and the two bonded instantly. When Raye was 12, and Andrew was 16, her step-father died of a heart attack and once again Raye and her mother were left alone, this time her mother also had Andrew to support now. Raye's mother began to work double shifts at the local supermarket just to support her family.

Raye had tried numerous times to get a job. Her mother had started off trying to help her daughter acquire jobs starting off with one at the supermarket, when the young girl was only 13 years old. Raye only lasted a week at that particular job because the supervisor was hitting on her, and rather tell her mother whom she knew needed the job she became a total klutz so that the supervisor had no choice other then to fire her. Raye had been through numerous jobs since, working in small supermarkets or fast food outlets, usually she had the same problem, she looked a lot older then her young age, which therefore resulted in older men making passes at her. For now Raye was once again unemployed.

It only rung twice before Raye picked up the phone. Obviously expecting Serena's call.

"That better be you Serena, if you ditch me again tonight I'll never forgive you!"

Serena giggled at her best friend

"Hey Raye, you want to repeat that, some bitch was screaming at you in the background I couldn't hear you over the noise she was making"

Raye fumed at Serena's comment, but laughed at the same time

"You better be coming tonight Sere, I'm sick of having all the guys asking where you are, and why your never there anymore."

"I never knew I caused you so much trouble" Serena faked a hurt cry.

Raye laughed, this was a game the two of them played quite often, Serena knew that Raye really didn't mind, as far as Raye was concerned if Serena wasn't there then she got more attention, even though she thought of Sere as a sister.

"Damn right you should be sorry girl! There are more guys asking why your not there then there are asking me if I want to dance or if I want a drink..."

Serena laughed,

"Bite me bitch! You know I'll be there wouldn't miss it for the world we'll be there around 10ish. Who else is going to be there?"

Raye smiled, she missed Serena and Mina, they didn't see each other anywhere near enough these days.

"Ummm well Lita and Ami will be there, of course, umm and Ann and her boyfriend...ummm what's his name again? Oh yea...Alan! Are going...oh yea and tell Mina that Andrew is going to be there as well..." Raye grinned evilly.

Andrew and Raye had always gotten along better then any other brother and sister Serena had ever met, Serena mused it must be because of their difficult childhood and their ability to relate to each other so well. Raye always commented that it was a shame he was family otherwise she would have snagged him for herself.

The two were complete opposites, Andrew was blonde with sea-green eyes that seemed to twinkle with mischief, he was tall, about 6'2 and extremely well built. Serena had for a long time wanted Andrew, but when they started to get closer the lust she originally felt for him turned into a sort of sisterly love. Andrew felt the same way for Serena, he would never admit to people that he ever saw her in any other way the a brother would a sister.

The two had come to the conclusion about there feelings pretty quickly after one hot steamy night of alcohol and passion between them it was the next morning when Serena and Andrew woke up in each others arms that they realized how they felt for each other, occasionally they joke about it but no one else was ever told.

After a while Serena had the best idea and decided to try and get Mina and Andrew together, as far as she was concerned they were the 'perfect couple' if there ever was one. They had met just after Serena had met them all, and she was so proud of being the one to introduce them to 'true love' if there ever was such a thing. They flirted constantly but so far, it had resulted in very little and Serena was beginning to doubt her capabilities as a matchmaker.

Andrew had eventually fallen madly in love with Mina after getting over the opinion that she was just another stuck up rich blonde who knew nothing about making it on her own in the world. He came to the realization that the only true part of that comment is the blonde. A fact they all constantly made fun of her for.

Mina in return had fallen head over heals for Andrew. She would always stare into space and get this dreamy look on her face when his name was mentioned and the girls would let her daydream for a little while till Serena would get sick of it and scream

"Someone get me a damn bucket!"

Serena covered the phone and turned to Mina,

"You'll never guess who will be at the club tonight." Mina shrugged.

Annoyed at being torn from her daydreams about Andy.

"Sere don't play games, just tell me, we are going to be at Michelle's party soon." S

erena laughed to herself.

"Never mind hun I guess you'll find out when we get there"

"Fine Sere"

She settled herself back into the comfortable position she was in and continued to dream about how a relationship with Andrew would really be like. She imagined him bringing her flowers and showering her with kisses. She pictured them sitting in front of a fire and him making slow romantic love to her in the afterglow of the fire.

'I wish'

Serena turned back to the phone trying not to laugh and continued on with her conversation.

"Why didn't you tell her Sere?"

"She'll find out later, Anyway, who else, quick I'm gonna be at the ball soon."

Raye racked her brain for other people who were coming. Then it hit her,

Shit! I wonder how Sere will take it

"Oh yea well...ummm...Beryl will sorta be there as well..."

"That's ok Raye, I wont let her ruin my night, that stupid bitch isn't worth my time"

Beryl and Serena had gone to school together, as far as Sere was concerned Beryl was like a fly, an ugly red headed fly whose main purpose in life was to piss off Serena and attempt to make her life difficult.

Beryl had had a thing for Andrew not long ago, and hated it when Serena rubbed in the fact that Andrew wasn't interested in anyone other then Mina.

The two had always competed in everything, Serena would score well on a test, Beryl would spread it around that she cheated. Serena would get asked out on a date, Beryl would tell peopled that Serena was a player and she was easy. Now it was true there, Serena was a player, but Beryl was the one who was easy, her popularity came from all the guys (and occasionally the odd girl or two) that she screwed in the back of there car or behind the school buildings.

The limo pulled to a stop at the rather large gates of the Rosenberg mansion.

"Ahh Crap! Raye I gotta go, we're here, I'll ring you back when we leave...is that ok?"

"Yea that's kool Sere, I'll cya later babe."

"Bye Raye"

Serena put the phone in her bag as she stepped out of the car. Pasting a stunning smile on her face she followed Mina into the house.

The mansion rose high above the ground. It was a beautiful white 4 story home that was lit up pushing away the darkness like the people inside feared that they would no longer be safe if it crept too close to them. The beautiful fountain out the front was lit up as the house and the cherubs spouted water from their mouths into the shallow pool that lay below. The long driveway was lined with brightly shining torches that led right up to the large set of stairs that rose to the impressive front door. For anyone else this house was something to marvel at, the people that entered to huge open doors however noticed nothing about the impressive state of the home with a wave of their hands. This house was what they were used to, anything less and they would not be seen in it.

A butler, stood at the top of the grand staircase that was covered in a thick red carpet, the sort of thing you would expect to see for royalty, of course these people saw themselves as royalty so once again, they expected nothing less.

The butler was an old man, who seemed to Serena to be about 50ish, he was wearing a very smart looking black tuxedo with tails and a gold vest over his white shirt. The Rosenberg family obviously wanted to show that they were nothing lower then the best and from what Sere could see, the people down stairs were impressed.

She smiled to the butler as she told him their names, something which she knew she didn't have to do, her family was extremely well known, and her aunt was good friends with Michelle's mother.

The butler known as Giles announced them as they started the ascend down the huge winding staircase He coughed once to get peoples attention then introduced them to the guests as they walked down the stairs into the ball room.

"May I present Ms. Mina Love and Ms. Serenity Celeste"

People looked up to see the two beautiful women walking down the stairs.

Many of the men received slaps over the head once their dates caught them almost drooling at the sight of the two gorgeous women gliding down the grand stair case.

The women around the room gave the two filthy looks,

If looks could kill... Serena thought but her smile never once faulted and she met the eyes of every women in the room making them look down in embarrassment of being caught in their jealousy.

Michelle turned up to set eyes upon Serena and Mina coming towards her, excusing herself from her small group of friends she walked towards them to welcome them.

Serena and Mina had already been taken aside and were in the middle of a conversation with two handsome young men who had wasted no time in ditching their dates and introducing themselves.

"Ladies, thank you so much for coming."

Mina turned towards Michelle.

"Why Good evening, Michelle, what a wonderful party, congratulations."

Michelle was slightly surprised that Serenity had decided to attend the ball, she had only invited her because her mother had suggested it and because if she became close friends with Serenity then just maybe she could benefit from her fathers designer company.

Michelle's family wasn't one of the most prominent in the area, she had had a good upbringing and they were well known but in comparison to Serenity Celeste and Mina Love she couldn't even imagine the wealth they had power over.

Pasting on a fake smile she turned to Serena, almost dismissing Mina.

Mina stood in the background glaring at Michelle and rolled her eyes. Serena stifled a giggle at the face Mina made before she turned and went back to her conversation with one of the dashing young men.

Serena turned back to Michelle.

May as well play nice

She smiled gratefully as she listened to Michelle's meaningless chatter.

"Serenity, glad you could make it, come you just MUST meet everyone, they are all dying to speak with you"

Rolling her eyes at Michelle's pathetic attempt at sucking up and gaining her friendship.

Serena mumbled under her breath... "I very much doubt that"

But instead replied "Oh, Michelle it was lovely talking, but Mina and I were actually in the middle of a delightful conversation with these gentlemen here so if you'll excuse us we really can't be rude and just leave them here when they have taken the effort to make us feel welcome"

Giving Michelle her trademark dazzling smile, Serena turned back to the guys standing to her side patiently waiting for her to turn her attention back to them

"SO...ummm, so sorry I didn't catch your names?"

The taller of the two introduced them,

"Hi, I'm Jake Spellman and this is my friend Chris Redding, you don't like Michelle very much do you?"

Serena battered her eyelashes giving them her innocent look that never failed

'Stupid fools do they honestly think they even have any chance with Mina and I?'

"Nice to meet you Jake, I'm Serenity and this is my lovely cousin Mina, and well...I wouldn't be here if I didn't like Michelle would I?"

'yawn these boys are so preppy it is making me sick'

#Serena's point of view#

Jake seemed to think about this comment for a while probably trying to deiced whether or not I was being serious or not.

He wasn't bad looking for a rich snob, which is what I automatically assumed he was. He was tall, about 6'1, he brown eyes and shinning brown hair that shone like the reflection the lights overhead. He had well defined features to his face, but of course I could easily pick out the imperfections, his nose pointed up at the ends, it gave new meaning to the phrase "speaking over your nose at someone". He had a well chiseled chin and a good tan that I very much doubted was from the sun rather then a tanning booth at a beauty parlor. He was wearing a dark blue suit which probably cost him more then it would to pay all the debts of the worlds third world countries.

Poor Mina, that Chris guy may as well be drooling on her shoulder, its sickening I better get us away for a while I'm sure we could go mingle or something, but hmmm well its not like anyone here will be much more interesting then these two.

"So beautiful,"

Huh? Is he talking to me? Oh damn he is looking at me, looks like he figured it out.

"This place is sorta noisy...you wanna like get outta here and go and umm maybe talk a while?"

Oh god! The look in his eyes when he asked if I wanted to talk. Talking is the last thing on his mind.

He looked at me like I was a piece of meat, a very expensive piece of meat, but nothing more. Putting on my most disappointed face I sighed,

"Oh I really wish I could but I have to stay here with my cousin I promised her I wouldn't leave her alone for too long and well we have to be home pretty early...speaking of Mina where has that girl gotten to?"

Omg! I sooo have to save her he is like attached to her that is really gross. I looked at my watch 9:55pm, perfect time to leave.

"Mina sweetie, we really must start to say goodbye to Michelle remember we did promise we would be back at your place by 10:30, you don't want your mother to worry now do you?" Man she owes me big time now.

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Ten minutes later in the limo.

"Thank you so much Sere, that guy was filthy, but what took you so long I mean God how much did you want me to suffer?"

Mina huffed, she tried to look like she was slightly mad at Sere but she couldn't hide how happy she really was to get out of that place. Everyone there had been so stuffy, and that Chris, she shivered at just the thought of his greasy hands on her.

Serena smiled her little innocent smile, usually it worked on anyone, but of course Mina knew her so damn well she was one of the few exceptions.

"Don't look at me like that Serenity Celeste you know it won't bloody work!"

"Ok Mina I'm sorry, maybe next time you wont drag me along to those boring charity balls they are so dull you know I hate those things and yet you dragged me along anyway"

"Alright just drop it already Sere we have ten minutes to get rid of these gowns and find something a little more suitable to wear to the club,"

Then she looked over at Serena,

"Think you can actually be ready that soon or should I call the girls and tell them we'll meet them next week, hopefully you might have an outfit by then"

Mina laughed as Serena threw her lip-gloss at her.

"Nobody likes a smart ass Mina. Now shut-up I thought ahead and have already chosen my outfit"

Mina just rolled her eyes "Yea right Sere"

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The limo was only ten minutes away from the Moonlit Starz club, and they were 5 minutes early to Mina's surprise.

The girls were now dressed much more appropriately in Serena's opinion.

Mina was wearing tight black low-cut pants that zipped up at the sides and a yellow corset top showing off all her curves in all the right places, her hair was out and now had in it her trade-mark red bow in it.

Serena was wearing a tight black skirt that came just up to mid thigh and a silver halter-neck top with silver platform shoes. Her hair had been taken out of the bun on top of her head and was now out and spilling half way down her back in golden waves curling at the ends.

Serena was going over their plan of action as neither of the girl ever ended up going home after they had been at the club and they always had good excuses sorted out.

"So Mina you told your mum that we were going back to my place right?"

"yea Sere of course and I told her that and then I told her we might end up at one of the other girls places so I would have my mobile phone on at all times" she sighed "this perfect daughter crap shits me sometimes it takes so much bloody effort to make her think I am the perfect daughter"

"Uhuh whatever. Oh umm yea by the way Min I forgot to tell you Andy is gonna be there"

Ahhhh I'm gonna be in Shit now I can't believe I forgot to tell her

"WHAT!?!?!" Mina was screaming now "You are SO dead Serenity Celeste! I can't believe you didn't tell me HE was going to be there. How could you do this to me?"

"Hey baby, chill! I mean come on girl think about it, you look hot and we both know it, if I had told you, then you would have been stressing all night"

Mina huffed and went back to starring out the window. Serena took this as defeat and went back to thinking about all the hot guys she was planning on hooking up with tonight.

Authers Note: Well there yas go, It took me a while but I finally got it done, hope yas liked it, Again I have alot more of the story written it is just a case of perfecting it so that I'm happy enough with it to post. Please read and review, I live on reviews I don't care if you hate it just please tell me they help me write.

Not: guys I'm doing year 12 at the moment so I spend most of my time studying, and when I'm not studying I'm out partying with my friends, I write whenever I have enough time to get some serious work done so I'll have the next chapter out as soon as possible

luv yas. Heaven Sent Angel