Chapter 8

Serena looked around. Darkness again. She tried to feel for something to rest her feet on but, instead, kept floating around. She looked around, trying to urge herself to move. But she couldn't. Until she saw another light.

"Serenity!" she barely yelled. "Is that you?"

No answer.

"Who's there?" Serena asked.

Still no answer.

Serena tried to move closer but the light just moved farther away.

"Please! Let me get there! I have to!" Serena screamed to no one in particular.

But it seemed to work! The light enclosed her in. She closed her eyes and when she opened them again, light was flashing rapidly all over her and she was falling down without stopping.

She looked around and tried to make out the lights but they were passing too rapidly around her.

Serena started to fall down more rapidly and heard many voices saying random stuff to her. She looked around and felt very overwhelmed.

Until she suddenly saw a very bright light. And she was about to fall right into it!

...

Serena jolted upright, breathing heavily. She squinted at the bright room she was in. She was sitting somewhere squishy and comfy. A bed, possibly?

Serena brushed her bangs in her hands. She leaned back and closed her eyes, trying to make sense of all that was happening.

The door opened. Serena jolted forward, eyes wide open. The woman standing at the door held her hands up, eyes wide.

"Woah Miss!" the woman said. "H-how are you feeling, kid?" The woman started to walk towards Serena, clutching a clipboard.

"I-I-I..." Serena could only stammer. Her shoulders relaxed and she took a deep breath. "Where am I? What happened?"

The woman smiled an put her clipboard down on the table on the other side of the room. "Well, for starters, my name is Ms. Clare. I'm a nurse here at this hospital."

"H-hospital? What happened?" Serena leaned back, not taking her eyes off of Ms. Clare.

"Well, your friends brought you here. Said there was an accident. You were out for a few days." Ms. Clare scribbled something down on her clipboard.

"Where are my friends now?" Serena started to take the blanket she had on in the bed off. "I have to talk to them."

"Woah!" Ms. Clare put her hands up again. "They're just out this door. I'll get them." Ms. Clare walked to the door and went out.

Serena got out of the bed, realizing she was in a hospital gown. She fluffed her meatball hair in the mirror.

The door opened and her four friends, Luna, and Artemis walked in. They crowded her, hugged her, and asked her questions. Serena wouldn't smile. She looked down and sniffed.

"I'm sorry," she said, barely audible.

The girl looked confused. "What?" they chimed.

"I'm sorry!" Serena practically yelled. "I'm a stupid excuse for a girl and scout! I shouldn't deserve great friends like you!" Serena darted for the door. "I'm sorry..."

...

Serena fell onto the grass. She had ran into the woods and not stopped. She fell in a clearing on the grass, by a creek.

Tears streamed down her face. She leaned over the creek and let her tears drip into the creek water.

"I wish I was never a scout..." Serena said in a raspy voice. "I wish I could be normal..."

"Normal, eh?" an unfamiliar voice boomed.

Serena instantly jolts her head up. "Who's there?" she asks, sniffling.

"Someone that can help you," the voice boomed. "I can get rid of your worries. Give me a wish. Make it smart because it will never be undone. Ever."

Serena instantly thought of something. "I want you to wipe my memories. Of everything about the scouts, the moon, me being the moon princess, everything!"

"Are you absolutely sure?" the voice boomed.

Serena bit her lip. She knew that it was a great risk she has to take, but this may be her only chance! "Yes. Positive."

"Ok. You won't remember this and you'll fall back to a normal, teen life. Good luck!" A blinding light flashes across the woods. Serena falls to the grass, memories freshly wiped.

A malicious, familiar laugh fills the woods. A familiar face is barely audible, but he is none other than...Mederson, holding a teen, meatball headed girl's memories.

...

Serena opens her eyes and checks her clock. Right on time to get ready for school. Serena opens her windows and puts on her school uniform. She walks downstairs to get her french toast, eats it, and heads to school.

School...

"Molly!" Serena calls.

Molly turns around to face Serena. "Serena!"

The girls meet and embrace.

"What's been going on?" Molly pulls away. "You've been so busy."

"You have no idea!" Serena exclaims. "So much homework and drawing contests and stuff."

"Well, you probably won ALL of the drawing contests. Your SO good!"

Serena blushes. "Aww, hush."

The girls laugh and head into class.

Lunch...

Serena sits with Molly on a bench. She hadn't seen any of her four friends all day. Although, she wouldn't remember them, anyway.

Serena shoved sushi into her mouth and smiled. She finished her last bite of sushi before it had even been half of the lunchtime.

Serena looked over at Molly, eating her food.

"Molly can I have some of your food?" Serena pleaded.

Molly sighed. "Oh, alright." Molly hands Serena a fortune cookie.

"Yay!" Serena triumphs. Serena cracks open the cookie and shoves half of her cookie into her mouth, while she reads her fortune.

Forgotten memories can always be remembered, even if they seem impossible.

A weird feeling shot through Serena's stomach. She stopped chewing and shoved the small paper into her pocket.

"Here, Molls. You can have this half of the cookie." Serena hands Molly the other half of the cookie, while she swallows down the cookie. She shakes her head and just reasons that it was something she ate.

But is it beleviable, enough?

Saved from that thought, it was time to go to the next class.

After school...

Serena started to walk home, feeling something very weird in her stomach, like earlier. She shook her head and kept walking.

It's probably nothing. I'll just take a nap when I get home, Serena thought.

Home...

Serena slipped off her shoes in her room and changed into something more comfortable. She closed her window and got under the covers of her bed, trying to get comfortable.

Five minutes later, she was still not comfortable. She sighed and went downstairs to get a drink. She poured herself a glass of milk and quickly drank it.

Serena put the glass in the sink and rubbed her eyes, feeling more tired by the second. She started to walk towards the stairs until she heard a strange noise outside.

Serena walked outside and followed the noise. It led to the side of her house. She looked around.

"Hello?" she called. She shrugged and was turning back.

Instead, she came face-to-face with a long, black haired figure. Before she could say a friendly 'hi' the girl tackled her to the ground on the grass.

"What were you thinking?!"

Hope you enjoyed chapter 8. Hope you can catch the next chapter.

-Iraka9