Once A Thief Always A Thief

By TriGemini

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or its characters they belong to Naoko Takeuchi.


Chapter Five


Morning had finally come. Although, for Serena she felt that it had come too early for her likely. However, she knew that if planned on doing anything productive she would have to get out of bed and get moving. She then remembered she was going to meet the girls early at the club, for they had a lot to discuss today. They were hoping that they could make some sense out of the letter that they'd received. However, Serena knew there was something she first had to do before leaving the house that morning and that was to talk with her mom about what was going on.

Ellen Kingsley was in her early forties and had been widowed for ten years ever since Serena had been fourteen years old. It'd been difficult to go on with her life after husband's death, but she knew in order to raise Serena she had to. Alas after sometime she began to have some problems with Serena. They'd gone through a rough patch of Serena getting into trouble every so often until the problem had escalated into a much difficult situation. She never understood where she had gone wrong with her daughter. Nevertheless, she felt somehow that she was to blame for what her daughter was doing. As for, Serena, she never realized what she put her mom through during all those times she'd gotten into trouble. It wasn't until the last heist. That Serena realized that the road she was heading down onto was a dangerous one and that if she hadn't gotten out of the game herself things would've turned out badly for her. She also did it so that her mom could stop worrying so much about her. When her mom found out that Serena had quit being a thief, she was delighted. Her mom even thought that at least one constant worry was over with finally. With all that was happening Serena hated the idea of marring her mom's happiness by telling her what was going on. However, Serena knew she was going to need all the moral support from her mom as well in order to be able to get through this situation at hand.

Therefore as soon as Serena got dressed she went downstairs because she knew that her mom would already down there making breakfast. While Serena made her way to the kitchen door, she tried to think of the best way to tell her mom of what was happening without making the entire situation upsetting and serious. For that reason, she thought that the best way to manage this was to be straightforward about it. That's why after thinking it through once more Serena decided to confront the matter immediately. She entered the kitchen and sat at the table that was in the middle of the room. Her mom looked up to notice that she'd come in.

"Good morning, Serena! Did you sleep well?" asked Mrs. Kingsley.

Serena sat in the chair in silence for a moment. All of sudden she felt like she couldn't do it. She couldn't tell her mom the truth. Then Serena thought, 'Serena if you don't do this now you're never going to get a second chance at it. Besides, this is a time when you need your mom's advice. Don't fail to ask her.' Serena tried very hard to smile but it was failing miserably. At this attempt, her mother even noticed that something was wrong.

"Serena what's wrong, dear?" she asked her daughter worriedly.

Serena managed to look at her mom's face and said calmly, "There's something very important I have to discuss with you."

At hearing that, Mrs. Kingsley stopped everything that she was doing and sat down across from Serena at the table.

"What is it Serena? You're beginning to worry me…what's wrong?" she asked again.

"Okay, you know how after that last heist the Silver Five had pulled. When we decided that it was just better off if we quit while we were still ahead."

Mrs. Kingsley had nodded her head yes, for she certainly remembered that time.

Serena continued, "Apparently, someone knows about us and they're blackmailing us with this secret. The problem is...is that we don't know who's behind it. What worries us even more is that they'll probably want us to do something. We aren't sure yet. However, I have a feeling whoever sent that note wants something and I don't know what. What's more, mom is that I know I promised you when I quit being a thief that I would never go back to that life, 'because I know how much it hurt you to see me like that. For that reason, mom I'm going to make you a promise. Right here…right now. That unless I truly have to do something drastic I'm not going to break that promise, all right!"

All of this seemed to overwhelm Mrs. Kingsley and yet she realized now that Serena was worried about breaking her promise to her. Therefore, to assure her daughter she moved to grab Serena's hand.

"Serena, listen to me. Do whatever you have to do to protect yourself and your friends. As for the promise, you made me. I'll understand that if worse comes to worse and something bad has to happen. I will always be behind you…no matter what," said Mrs. Kinsley as she tried to comfort her only daughter. For it seemed like it was the only thing she could really do at this point. However, she also knew that in the end Serena would make the right choices. After all, she did decide to quit being a thief. That had proven to be one of the greatest challenges and she overcame it. Nevertheless, there was this new challenge and it seemed as if she wasn't going to give up on it either without a fight. So really, the only thing they could do at this moment was see how things played out.

After the conversation Serena had with her mom. Serena decided it was time to go to the club and get ready for the meeting. She knew she would have to tell them that she told her mom. After all, they all knew the promise Serena had made. So, they would understand. However, at the moment Serena was more concerned with the letter.

With any luck, she and the girls could try to make some more sense of it today. Nonetheless, little did they know that another letter was on its way to them.


A/N: Yay, another chapter, hope you all enjoy it.