She's Back! She's Bold! and… She's finally home
Chapter Five---Parting is such sweet sorrow!
It had been a week since Serena's parents had died. Now, a day after the funerals, they were all about to leave their home for good.
"Amy, we want you to know that we love you very much and that you were right. We haven't been around to be here for you. You did take second place in our lives and we can never change that…I just wish we had more time." Her father said. He had set her down in the kitchen with her mother to talk to her.
"Is there anything that we can say that could stop you?" her mother asked quietly.
"No. Serena is my princess. I've sworn to protect her and that's what I'm going to do. She's always been there for me, ever since the first day that I started to Juuban. I'm not leaving her. She needs me, she's my friend."
"Amy, we want to make it up to you, please…"
"Then let me go…I'm old enough to be on my own anyway. Serena needs us…she needs me. It's all I've ever wanted…to be needed. You've never needed me."
They sighed and shook their heads at their daughter, knowing that she wouldn't change her mind.
"We want you to have this." Her father said, pushing a present to her.
It was a blue velvet box. Inside was a necklace with the Japanese symbol for Ice Maiden.
"Thank you." She said, wiping the tears from her cheeks.
Raye sat at her father's kitchen table with her family. They had just presented her with a gift. It was a necklace with a red satin strap and a gold charm. The charm was the Chinese symbol for fire.
"Raye, please stay." Her little sister begged.
"I'm sorry sweetie, but the moon princess needs me. She's died many times to save this world and me. I promised to protect her over a thousand years ago when I was the princess of Mars. I'm going to keep my promise."
"I wish that you didn't have to leave so soon." Tara, her stepmother said.
"I know, but you can't stop me."
Her father was just sitting there, staring at her. She looked over at him and smiled a little. "I'm so sorry." He whispered.
"I am too. I would have loved to have gotten to know you. I would have loved to have gotten to know all of you."
"I wish I could change the past." Her father told her.
Raye placed her hand on his back, and sighed. "The past cannot be changed, Trista taught me that. The future is what needs our help."
Lita sat with Ken and Andrew in the arcade. "Are you sure you want to go?"
She smiled at Ken. "Positive. Serena is my everything. I will protect my princess."
Both of them sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be persuaded to stay.
"Good luck." Ken said and handed her a present wrapped in green paper.
"Guys, you shouldn't have. Thank you." Inside was a necklace with a lightning bolt on it. Written on the silver charm was her name.
"We're so sorry Mina." Her mother kept saying over and over through her tears.
"Mom, please don't cry anymore. I love you, but my destiny isn't here. Things have changed drastically. I promise that I'll never forget you."
Her father kissed her head and handed her a velvet, orange box. Inside was a locket with the shape of a heart.
"You can put pictures of your children when you get them." Her mother barely managed to sob out.
"I promise that I will. I'll have a whole slew of them for you. I always wanted a big family, and I promise that I'll make you lots of grandkids…when I'm a little older."
Her mother broke into a smile. "Promise me that you'll be careful."
"I promise."
"Well, Molly, this is it. I love you so much. You're like the sister I never had."
"I got both you and Sammy something." She said, handing them both white boxes.
"Molly you shouldn't have…but I got you something too." Serena said and handed her a box with pink wrapping.
"Thanks Molly!" Sammy said, strapping on the watch. It was black and had his name written in silver around the face.
"Serena? I don't understand." Molly said, turning the paper over. "One free wish to Serenity Kushrinara a.k.a. Serena Tsukino. I don't get it."
Serena got a twinkle in her eye. "You still like Nephrite, right."
"I'll always love Nephrite."
Serena took out the silver crystal. "Oh silver crystal, grant my plea. Give Molly her heart's desire. Let Nephrite live!"
Molly gasped. Nephrite landed in her kitchen with a soft, but not comfortable thud.
"Dude, you ok?" Sammy asked.
"Yeah…I think." Nephrite said, trying to get up.
Molly looked at Serena for an explanation.
"I figured since you and Melvin broke up, that HEH, why not! You and Nephrite make such a cuter couple. Besides, you never did get that cup of coffee." She said and smiled.
"You're Sailor Moon!" He said, when he finally got up.
Serena merely clapped. She then leaned over toward Molly. "Promise me you'll fill him in."
"Okay!" Molly said happily.
Serena opened her present and was shocked to find a beautiful necklace with a silver crescent moon that had her name written in embedded pink stones.
"Molly! It's absolutely gorgeous!" She said and hugged her long time friend.
"Don't ever forget me, okay Serena."
"I could never forget you. Now, you have to catch him up. Come on Sammy! We got a ticket to another dimension and this is one trip I don't want to miss." She said and led her brother out of the house of her long time friend.
"Well, this is it!" Seyia said happily. He was standing in between Darien and Serena. That's where (amazingly) Amara had told him to go and stay. He had been acting differently around Serena. It was like he had finally accepted that she and he weren't meant for each other. But he certainly was glad that she and Darien weren't together, that was a perk.
Serena was stone cold toward Darien and Sammy was disgusted that he was coming with them. Raye wasn't far from totally frying the bastard and Lita was ready to electrocute him. Amy and Taiki were ready to rip his head off. Mina was contemplating how to kill him and not get caught by the police when they got to wherever they were going. Hotaru was thinking about her glaive and how clean the cut would be if she could just get near him without him suspecting. Trista was smirking at the thought of his fate. Michelle and Yaten were about ready to pound his butt. But no one, NO ONE, could hold a candle to Amara's idea. It involved the Spanish Inquisition, her space sword, and two semis heading opposite directions. (A/N: I love the idea…*evil grin*)
"Ok, are you ready?" Trista asked, earlier that week she told the scouts what she had told Darien. They had sighed and said that they would play along.
"Yeah." Everyone said.
"Ok, join hands."
Instantly they were transported to the time gates.
The gates were rough and black with age. They looked like they had seen better days…make that years.
"Ok, now, you're going to have to hold hands and concentrate on staying together. Serena and I will concentrate on the place where we are going."
They all (with the exception of Serena and Trista) concentrated on staying with each other.
They began to float toward the dark glow that was behind the now opened doors.
A bright light passed over them and the next thing that they knew they were standing in the middle of a forest.
"That was fast." Amara said, pleased that no one got lost.
"Well, we'll be walking for about twenty minutes that way." Trista said, pointing northeast. "That's the way to the Sanq Kingdom. Follow me."
The trip was uneventful with the exception of Amara, Raye, Lita, Serena and Sammy finding a way to trip Darien.
"Okay, we're here." Trista said, stopping in front of a house that was about medium size, but knowing Trista…appearances are deceiving.
"Let's go inside." Hotaru said, her body had long since worn out.
Once inside, Trista gave them the tour de grande. (A/N: grand tour!) "It will appear ordinary until you get to your rooms and the bathrooms." She said and showed them to their rooms.
"Your bags are already there, but if you need anything, it's in your subspace pocket. Sammy, you need to know how to get into your subspace pocket, because yes, you have one. First, Serena, give him his memories."
"Here you go little bro." She said and pressed her index finger to his head. The symbol of the sun appeared. "You were my cousin from the sun back in the days of the Moon Kingdom. My older brother Trieze was your older brother, my older cousin."
"Cool." He said. He reached into his subspace pocket and brought out his gameboy. "I like it."
Serena sweatdropped and just turned to Trista. "I think we need to call it an early night. We each have a job or school to start tomorrow. Night everyone."
No one knew what they were getting into…
NEXT CHAPTER: Modern Working Women
Chapter Five---Parting is such sweet sorrow!
It had been a week since Serena's parents had died. Now, a day after the funerals, they were all about to leave their home for good.
"Amy, we want you to know that we love you very much and that you were right. We haven't been around to be here for you. You did take second place in our lives and we can never change that…I just wish we had more time." Her father said. He had set her down in the kitchen with her mother to talk to her.
"Is there anything that we can say that could stop you?" her mother asked quietly.
"No. Serena is my princess. I've sworn to protect her and that's what I'm going to do. She's always been there for me, ever since the first day that I started to Juuban. I'm not leaving her. She needs me, she's my friend."
"Amy, we want to make it up to you, please…"
"Then let me go…I'm old enough to be on my own anyway. Serena needs us…she needs me. It's all I've ever wanted…to be needed. You've never needed me."
They sighed and shook their heads at their daughter, knowing that she wouldn't change her mind.
"We want you to have this." Her father said, pushing a present to her.
It was a blue velvet box. Inside was a necklace with the Japanese symbol for Ice Maiden.
"Thank you." She said, wiping the tears from her cheeks.
Raye sat at her father's kitchen table with her family. They had just presented her with a gift. It was a necklace with a red satin strap and a gold charm. The charm was the Chinese symbol for fire.
"Raye, please stay." Her little sister begged.
"I'm sorry sweetie, but the moon princess needs me. She's died many times to save this world and me. I promised to protect her over a thousand years ago when I was the princess of Mars. I'm going to keep my promise."
"I wish that you didn't have to leave so soon." Tara, her stepmother said.
"I know, but you can't stop me."
Her father was just sitting there, staring at her. She looked over at him and smiled a little. "I'm so sorry." He whispered.
"I am too. I would have loved to have gotten to know you. I would have loved to have gotten to know all of you."
"I wish I could change the past." Her father told her.
Raye placed her hand on his back, and sighed. "The past cannot be changed, Trista taught me that. The future is what needs our help."
Lita sat with Ken and Andrew in the arcade. "Are you sure you want to go?"
She smiled at Ken. "Positive. Serena is my everything. I will protect my princess."
Both of them sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be persuaded to stay.
"Good luck." Ken said and handed her a present wrapped in green paper.
"Guys, you shouldn't have. Thank you." Inside was a necklace with a lightning bolt on it. Written on the silver charm was her name.
"We're so sorry Mina." Her mother kept saying over and over through her tears.
"Mom, please don't cry anymore. I love you, but my destiny isn't here. Things have changed drastically. I promise that I'll never forget you."
Her father kissed her head and handed her a velvet, orange box. Inside was a locket with the shape of a heart.
"You can put pictures of your children when you get them." Her mother barely managed to sob out.
"I promise that I will. I'll have a whole slew of them for you. I always wanted a big family, and I promise that I'll make you lots of grandkids…when I'm a little older."
Her mother broke into a smile. "Promise me that you'll be careful."
"I promise."
"Well, Molly, this is it. I love you so much. You're like the sister I never had."
"I got both you and Sammy something." She said, handing them both white boxes.
"Molly you shouldn't have…but I got you something too." Serena said and handed her a box with pink wrapping.
"Thanks Molly!" Sammy said, strapping on the watch. It was black and had his name written in silver around the face.
"Serena? I don't understand." Molly said, turning the paper over. "One free wish to Serenity Kushrinara a.k.a. Serena Tsukino. I don't get it."
Serena got a twinkle in her eye. "You still like Nephrite, right."
"I'll always love Nephrite."
Serena took out the silver crystal. "Oh silver crystal, grant my plea. Give Molly her heart's desire. Let Nephrite live!"
Molly gasped. Nephrite landed in her kitchen with a soft, but not comfortable thud.
"Dude, you ok?" Sammy asked.
"Yeah…I think." Nephrite said, trying to get up.
Molly looked at Serena for an explanation.
"I figured since you and Melvin broke up, that HEH, why not! You and Nephrite make such a cuter couple. Besides, you never did get that cup of coffee." She said and smiled.
"You're Sailor Moon!" He said, when he finally got up.
Serena merely clapped. She then leaned over toward Molly. "Promise me you'll fill him in."
"Okay!" Molly said happily.
Serena opened her present and was shocked to find a beautiful necklace with a silver crescent moon that had her name written in embedded pink stones.
"Molly! It's absolutely gorgeous!" She said and hugged her long time friend.
"Don't ever forget me, okay Serena."
"I could never forget you. Now, you have to catch him up. Come on Sammy! We got a ticket to another dimension and this is one trip I don't want to miss." She said and led her brother out of the house of her long time friend.
"Well, this is it!" Seyia said happily. He was standing in between Darien and Serena. That's where (amazingly) Amara had told him to go and stay. He had been acting differently around Serena. It was like he had finally accepted that she and he weren't meant for each other. But he certainly was glad that she and Darien weren't together, that was a perk.
Serena was stone cold toward Darien and Sammy was disgusted that he was coming with them. Raye wasn't far from totally frying the bastard and Lita was ready to electrocute him. Amy and Taiki were ready to rip his head off. Mina was contemplating how to kill him and not get caught by the police when they got to wherever they were going. Hotaru was thinking about her glaive and how clean the cut would be if she could just get near him without him suspecting. Trista was smirking at the thought of his fate. Michelle and Yaten were about ready to pound his butt. But no one, NO ONE, could hold a candle to Amara's idea. It involved the Spanish Inquisition, her space sword, and two semis heading opposite directions. (A/N: I love the idea…*evil grin*)
"Ok, are you ready?" Trista asked, earlier that week she told the scouts what she had told Darien. They had sighed and said that they would play along.
"Yeah." Everyone said.
"Ok, join hands."
Instantly they were transported to the time gates.
The gates were rough and black with age. They looked like they had seen better days…make that years.
"Ok, now, you're going to have to hold hands and concentrate on staying together. Serena and I will concentrate on the place where we are going."
They all (with the exception of Serena and Trista) concentrated on staying with each other.
They began to float toward the dark glow that was behind the now opened doors.
A bright light passed over them and the next thing that they knew they were standing in the middle of a forest.
"That was fast." Amara said, pleased that no one got lost.
"Well, we'll be walking for about twenty minutes that way." Trista said, pointing northeast. "That's the way to the Sanq Kingdom. Follow me."
The trip was uneventful with the exception of Amara, Raye, Lita, Serena and Sammy finding a way to trip Darien.
"Okay, we're here." Trista said, stopping in front of a house that was about medium size, but knowing Trista…appearances are deceiving.
"Let's go inside." Hotaru said, her body had long since worn out.
Once inside, Trista gave them the tour de grande. (A/N: grand tour!) "It will appear ordinary until you get to your rooms and the bathrooms." She said and showed them to their rooms.
"Your bags are already there, but if you need anything, it's in your subspace pocket. Sammy, you need to know how to get into your subspace pocket, because yes, you have one. First, Serena, give him his memories."
"Here you go little bro." She said and pressed her index finger to his head. The symbol of the sun appeared. "You were my cousin from the sun back in the days of the Moon Kingdom. My older brother Trieze was your older brother, my older cousin."
"Cool." He said. He reached into his subspace pocket and brought out his gameboy. "I like it."
Serena sweatdropped and just turned to Trista. "I think we need to call it an early night. We each have a job or school to start tomorrow. Night everyone."
No one knew what they were getting into…
NEXT CHAPTER: Modern Working Women