A/N: Sorry for the late-ish update. I had the chapter completely done like a week ago, but I've been sick yet again and couldn't get to the computer. Lesson be learned: Stop being allergic to medicine. lol Anyways with the story, please tell me if you really want anything in this story, and I'll consider putting it in it. Afterall, you guys are like the only ones who are reading it. Well, enjoy! -or else! (hehe j/k )

Disclaimer: I just write fanfiction, I don't own Sailor Moon unfortunately.

Chapter Six: The Plague of Night Terrors

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Recap:

Serena ran home and opened the door with her keys to the house. When she turned the key in the lock, she looked at the arms of her sweatshirt and gasped, 'Oh no! My cuts must have reopened and bled through my sweatshirt! Not good... If Darien finds out... no I can't think like that. He won't find out.'

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Darien walked into the Crown Arcade, and walked toward his friend Andrew.

"Andrew, can I talk to you in the back room for a second?" Darien asked.

"I'm working, Dar-"

"It'll only take a few minutes," Darien said, "Please it's really important."

"Alright," he said reluctantly and walked with Darien to the back room.

Once Darien closed the door, he realized the look on Darien's face mean't that something was definitely up.

"Do you know why Serena keeps avoiding talking to me, and if she has any injuries that she has gotten recently?" Darien asked in a deeply concerned voice.

"Look Darien, the girl's going through a really rough time right now. She probably wants to get away from you teasing her mercilessly," Andrew said and sighed.

"That's not it Andrew, she's different. We don't even have our normal fights anymore. I called her Meatballhead, and she didn't even respond to the nickname. I think she'd talk to you if anything was wrong, ... so did she say anything to you?" Darien asked; Serena without realizing it, was tearing Darien's heart to pieces because she couldn't trust him enough to tell him something that happened or was bothering her.

"She didn't want me to tell you anything, and I'm going to keep it that way. I'm sorry, but she trusts me, and if I were in her position, I'd ask the same," Andrew said sorry that he wasn't allowed to explain anything to Darien.

"Okay, fine, but then if she's hurt- you'd better explain things to me!" Darien yelled.

"Of course she's hurt, emotionally she's-"

"No, I mean physically, Andrew. We bumped into each other like always, and when she fell, I went out to catch her. Since, her arms were the only things that could stop her from falling and since the rest of her body was almost on the ground, I grabbed her wrists to catch her-"

"And?" Andrew interrupted.

Darien said frustrated, "... and they were bleeding."

"Woah... Serena, I thought you told me you were okay..." Andrew whispered barely audible, but Darien heard it.
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(Later at Night With Serena)

(A/N: italizied: the dream

bold + italized: basically anything new that happens to the plot, or Serena's thoughts or quotes)

Serena tossed around in her bed relentlessly, having terrifying dreams for the fifth night in a row. Dreams of her parents death
plagued her. Her whole body was saturated in sweat, and a deep look of pain and agony was planted across her face as she had
visions of everything before the accident.

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(In Serena's Dream)

'Oh no, not this again! No, I can't go through this again. I haven't the strength to see their accident again.' Serena thought.

"Everyone all set?" Kenji asked.

"Yes!" They replied enthusiastically.

"Okay," Kenji said, "then lets-" and was interrupted by the ringing of the phone.

RING, RING

Serena tried to unplug the phone out of the phone jack to stop them from hearing the message that would bring them to their deaths. 'NO!!! Why isn't this working?!!!!' she thought as her transparent hands kept trying to stop the phone from ringing. If she did, then
her parent's and her would have gone on the camping trip, and everything probably would have been fine.

The answering machine kicked on.

"Irene, it's mom," she said before going into a coughing fit.

Ikuko (Irene) picked up. When she was finished talking, her eyes widened in horror.
"We'll be right there," She said and hung up.

Ikuko looked toward her husband Kenji, "Your father and I have to go now. The trip is postponed."

Everyone, even Kenji sighed.

She continued, "Your grandmother is deathly ill and she wanted us to see her. Us as in Kenji and I. Grandma doesn't want you kids to see her like this Serena, Sammy, and Rini. Serena take care of your brother and cousin.

'Of course I will, I have been... all of this time... If only you were there, everything would be fine...'

"But Mom-"

"No buts, Serena. We'll see you later. Love you," Ikuko said.

Their parents exchanged their goodbyes and left.

"Onegai, please don't go!'

Ikuko did something different, though this time.
'Wait this wasn't in all the other dreams I've had...'

Ikuko gave her a reasuring look that everything would be fine, but it almost pleaded her not to do it all on her own. It's amazing what one look can say.

This time, Serena jumped into the back seat of her parent's car as they were leaving the house.

'I will NOT let them go alone this time; I deserve to be there with them...'

Serena's parents, Ikuko and Kenji, were driving to Ikuko's dieing grandmother's house. Soon, it started to hail.

"Oh dear, I guess it's a good thing we didn't go on the camping trip in this weather," Ikuko said as big chunks of hail came down on to the windshield.

Kenji reached to put the windshield wipers on. They didn't budge. He couldn't pull over because they were on a very narrow road on an area with a steep drop below them. Kenji tried to see through the icy windshield, but to no avail.

'No Dad! Don't!'

He stopped because of the lack of visibility,and didn't want to continue on this road, if he couldn't see.

Everything seemed to move in slow motion. Somehow as Serena was going to brace for the truck to hit and the impact, the backseat of the door suddenly flung open and a force shoved Serena out of the backseat of the car.

'What the...?'

Her parents gave her a loving smile as she was pushed to the safe side of the road by an unknown source.
"NO!!!! LET ME GO WITH THEM!!!!" Serena yelled.

Just as Kenji was going to get out to bang on the windshield wipers to get them to work, a van came and knocked the two in their car off the treacherous cliff. Ikuko and Kenji gasped in horror as they fell 200 feet to their death.

'Mom... Dad...' Serena thought sobbing on the other side of the road, and woke up with a start.

end of dream

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Serena woke up with her face wet with sweat and tears. Opening the top drawer of her nighttable, which was next to her bed, she took out a picture of her parents before the accident. Sobbing, she went into the bathroom to start what seemed to always be her morning cutting ritual when...

Rini walked into Serena's bedroom with tears in her eyes. Serena walked over to the distraught, crying girl, and encircled her in her arms in comfort. After the child stopped crying, and Serena regained her voice, she asked, "Why are you so upset Rini?..."

"I had a horrible dream about Mom and Dad..." the girl said between sobs and Serena immediately felt the pain of her nightmare about them take into effect again.

"Oh Rini..." Serena said enveloping her future daughter in a comforting embrace and silently cried with her. Unbeknownst to them, Sammy was also in his room doing the same. The nightmares were like a plague. They were constantly being spread around the people in the household.
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A/N: I know, such a sad place to leave off... I realize this is pretty short, but it seemed like I had to end this chapter here, or the rest
of the next chapter wouldn't fit in well with this one- if you know what I mean. Also, I really don't like having to repeat stuff that is identical to that of another chapter, but this one it kind of seemed to work with (the flashback in the 1st chapter which was a dream Serena had in this chapter).The main reason I did that was because I really wanted to incorporate Serena's thoughts and actions into what she could do if she thought she could prevent their deaths. If you're confused about anything just let me know, and I'll try to explain. And don't worry, this chapter will lead perfectly into the next one. Alright well... Please Review! Till next time then... Sayonara

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