Hours had passed since Serefina had ran off and she had sat by the waterfall and pond trying to think of why she cried when Cera hit her. Doctor M had beaten her and kicked her, but Serefina soon concluded it was the pain in Cera's eyes that hurt Serefina the most. Also Doctor M may have beaten her, but if she looked back then she saw that her body may have broke, her spirit and her hope for the future never seemed to be damaged. Serefina watched the fish swim in the pond and her mind thought back to the past while her training went on.
Flashback
Serefina sat in her desk and listened to Doctor M talk. She was going over the parts of a Gundam and Serefina sighed in boredom. Unknown to her Doctor M had come up behind her and Serefina laid her head in her arms, Doctor M kicked the chair out from under her. Serefina screamed in shock and sat on the floor in confused daze. Doctor M helped her up and then said class was dismissed. Cera and Noa left but Serefina was told to stay.
"Serefina. You will have a training session tonight and you will have to use the Zero System." Serefina nodded mutely and walked out her arm muscles flexing in her attempt to calm down. When the time came for the session, Serefina looked at her picture of her and Duo and felt a pang of regret as she hid it away. She then walked to the training room. When she entered Doctor M was waiting for Serefina, her maroon eyes holding a secret. "Serefina, this time you will be using the Zero system to fight in space. Every time you are hit you will get a strong burst of electric energy. Your body can only take 10 shocks before you pass out. Also you will get a shock if you start losing it and use your emotion to fight." Serefina nodded and slipped the helmet on her head.
The screen in front of her face lit up and she saw that she was in a Gundam. Her hands reached for the controls and she began to fight. After she destroyed the mobile suits and man run suits she took the helmet off and felt dizzy from the 7 shocks she had taken. "You will keep this up until you can't get shocked anymore and you lose that hopeful light in your eyes, your training is getting you ready for battle but it is also getting you ready for death. Your humanity will get you killed sooner then with out it." Serefina nodded and went to bed. Her mind floated around and she used the laptop she wrote one final email to her brother and after attaching a device to it she sent it and then deleted any evidence of the email from her computer. She then climbed in bed and prayed that she forgot Duo and her brother. She reached into a box and pulled out her pocket watch and took her chocker off and put in a safe place before opening her pocket watch and falling asleep to the music.
End flashback
Serefina stood quickly and hid behind the waterfall as a young man with silver blond hair walked out of the brush and head for his car, but then he stopped and walked to the pond. He looked down a soft smile on his face, as he looked at his reflection, before leaving and getting in his car. Serefina slipped out and after making sure that she had good foot and hand holes she climbed the rose trellis to the balcony outside her room. As she walked in she was dimly aware that Cera and Noa where nowhere to be seen. So she quickly changed into a sleeveless white sundress that served as one of the only nice things she owned, then she slipped on a pair of white high heels, and then a floppy white hat that covered her face at the right angle. She walked down stairs and walked into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, the hat sitting on her head in a slightly slanted way. When she poured her coffee she went and sat down next to Queen Relena at the long table that served as a Dining room.
"Why are you all dressed up? I thought soldiers were supposed to look like this." She then pulled out a picture of the marines from thousands of years ago. Serefina looked at her and tried to control her anger. After her coffee was gone Serefina walked to the kitchen to deposit the cup in the dishwasher and when she turned she looked into the eyes of a surprised Noa. Noa's eyes turned somber quickly as she hugged Serefina and jumped when Noa was hugged back by Serefina. When Noa let go, Serefina walked out of the kitchen and walked into the garage where Cera was fixing her ped. When Cera hugged Serefina tenderly, Serefina closed her eyes and hugged her back before hopping on her bike and speeding away. But what caught Cera's attention were the little bits of water on the floor where Serefina's bike used to be. Cera smiled and began working again.
A couple hours later Serefina arrived on Colony L2. She walked briskly to the graveyard she had found when she had come here a couple of years ago. She left flowers at each one and then sat in front of Sister Helen's grave. Serefina looked at the grave and said in a quiet voice, "I'm back. Like I said, I would reserve one day a year to coming to see all the people who guided me. Oh, Sister Helen. Life has changed; I've changed since last time you saw me. I hope you find peace and don't mind a blood stained soul like mine talking to you." Serefina got up from her position on the ground and after dusting herself off she walked to the graves of the people who died in the Colony L6 explosion.
Each person had a personal grave and Serefina walked to the far right to an old Cherry tree. There in the shade of the tree was where her parent's had their graves, the flowers she had placed last year rotted and decomposed. So Serefina placed more on the grave and sat down between the two graves, her hand reaching for the pocket watch in her pocket and the locket, that her mother had been right about she had grown in to it that hung around her neck. Her eyes welled slightly and Serefina closed her eyes to see in her mind's eyes her parents smiling at her and telling her it was okay to cry. And the barriers she had built were released, and the tears fell down her cheek in two burning rivers.
As Serefina cried it felt like her father had begun to hold her and Serefina began to cry harder into his shirt. But when the truth was revealed, the person was Hirro. He had followed Serefina so he could know where his parents were buried and when he found Serefina again she was crying her eyes out by herself. Hirro closed his eyes and held back tears as Serefina quieted and she said softly. "Otousan…you and Okaasan said to find onii-san but I searched for him and I looked for his body on the battle field, but I never found him. I'm scared…I think my humanity is still in me and I don't know how to deal with it. I wish you and Okaasan were alive that way you could look for him." Serefina's hat came off to reveal dark brown hair that, with out the hat, seemed to tumble around her and over her shoulders. Serefina slowly let go and said in a tone that scared Hirro because it was so cruel, "How can I be talking to my Otousan? He died years ago and so did I." Serefina put her hat back on slowly and looked at Hirro with eyes that were puffy and slightly red. Hirro looked at Serefina and struggled to smile as he hugged Serefina tightly, as if protecting her. When Serefina looked at him a light of hope lit in her eyes and Hirro smiled and nodded. Serefina laughed and tackled him.
"ONII-SAN!" she yelled as she tackled him. Hirro smiled because he knew this game, she was trying to get him off balance, and so he grounded himself and caught her standing and spinning her before setting her down. Serefina looked at the graves and she tried to look at their names but her mind told her to let go. "I'll see you both next year. I promise." Serefina whispered before taking her locket off and where her mother's neck should be she dug a hole and placed the locket in the hole before covering the hole and looking at it to make sure she had hidden the evidence.
When she was satisfied Serefina walked towards the docking station her brother walking a little slower. They both boarded the shuttle and Serefina watched the people until she fell asleep from her crying. When they arrived on Earth, Hirro woke his sister woke up and was about to punch Hirro in the nose to break it when she realized who woke her up and she stopped to say, "Sorry Onii-sama. Reflexes." Hirro smiled more easily then before and they headed back to the palace, which took only a short period of time since it was close. As Serefina walked in she headed for her bedroom. When she reappeared she was in a Green Halter top and pair of black jean shorts. Cera and Noa smiled at Serefina and hugged her tightly when she came over.
Serefina sat and watched TV with her friends and at about 9 o'clock Quatre said in his normal quiet voice, "We are going to go to one of my mansions because Relena is getting uncomfortable with all the people here." Serefina knew that Quatre really meant that Relena thought she was creeping in on her prey, so she wanted them out of the picture. But Serefina quietly packed and when she turned to looks around the room she felt a pair of arms encircle her waist right above her hips. Serefina sighed contently and looked out the corner of her eye to see who it was, but she had purposely turned the lights low so she could live without the bright lights of the city. Since the lights were down, the person had held Serefina close to their well-sculpted chest. Serefina ran her hands back along their waist and when she felt a gun she pulled it out quickly so no one would miss it and she pointed it into the person's stomach, but then pointed it lower so it pointed just below the belt. She then turned and looked at the person who was half hidden in shadow.