Rating: PG (Probably be R before the story is over)

Summary: Luna walks in on Serena crying in her room one day only to find that Darien broke up with her again and that Serena was going to refuse to take him back regardless of what happened. What can Luna do to solve the situation? Can she do it quickly enough to save the future or will she fail and give the future over to the unknown?

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon

Author's Note:
I apologize a hundred times for being so slow. I have had a lot of drama over here. My brother was diagnosed with cancer and my sister is having heart troubles. But things are finally calming down again and I think that I'll be able to start updated regularly. Sorry yet again for making you wait so long.

Heartbreaking Realizations

Chapter Three:

Serena woke up to a bright flash of light followed quickly by a loud boom of thunder. She was surprised how quickly her heart could start jumping so quickly and when she stood up she realized the sudden awakening had made her body start shaking…or was that how ridiculously cold it was? She looked around the strange forest she was in only to realize that she had been in such a daze walking into it that she had no idea how to get back out. Panic started to spread in her veins. It was dark, cold, storming and she was lost. She grabbed for her communicator and felt a stab of fear when she realized she hadn't put it on before she left. She sat back down and looked around trying to will her eyes to adjust to the dark. There was nothing she could do,. her locket was with her communicator…in the pocket of her coat at home.

She took a deep breath and decided to stay there until morning. The wind was picking up and the trees were blowing wildly around which meant that more and more rain was getting through. She could see her breath and knew that it was way too cold for anyone to be out at the moment. She leaned her head back on the tree and sighed. This was a bad situation that couldn't be fixed until morning, the last thing she wanted was to get even farther lost in the forest by trying to find her way out in the dark. She wrapped her arms around herself and willed her heart to stop beating so rapidly.

She closed her eyes and sat in the cold waiting for the first rays of the morning sun to break through the clouds of the storm.

Luna paced nervously around Serena's room as the storm got gradually worse. "Where is she?" Luna asked herself, annoyed that Serena would take off without her locket or her communicator. She looked over at the clock. 1:45am. She growled as she jumped onto the bed and pushed the call button on Serena's communicator. Minutes later four tired faces appeared on the separate screens and Luna felt bad for having to wake them up with such horrible news.

"Serena hasn't returned home yet." Luna said quietly and the girls were immediately wide awake..

"What do you mean she isn't home!? We all thought the storm would scare her back!" Lita said trying not to get too worried.

Luna could just shrug helplessly. "I thought so too. But she isn't home and if she stays out in this weather she is likely to get very sick. We have to search for her. The last of her signature that the machine at headquarters could pick up was at a park in downtown around 4:00. So I think we should start there." Luna was pleased to see that the faces of the scouts were no longer visible.

"Ok we will meet you there in 10 minutes!" Luna heard the shout of Amy's voice and then the communication ended. Luna quickly jumped onto the window sill and pushed the window open (they never left it locked so Luna could get in and out freely) and was gone from the Tsukino household before another minute had passed.

Darien rolled over in bed, unable to ignore the ache in his head. He knew what this meant. Serena was in danger and every nerve in his body was telling him to turn into Prince Endymion and race to her rescue. But he refused. He didn't want to be controlled anymore. He loved Marissa much more than Serena and didn't understand why his mind just wouldn't accept that. The ache stopped suddenly and Darien rolled back over on his back and smiled. Serena could do just fine without him, she didn't need him to help her anymore…the last thought he had before he dozed off was What if you just let her die

Mina made her way through the dark cold forest slowly. Looking everywhere for any sign of her best friend, trying to keep the tears at bay as she thought of how bad off Serena might be. After walking for what seemed to be hours she saw a glint of golden blonde in the lightning and didn't even try to hold back her scream as she ran over to the cold unmoving form of Serena.

Serena opened her eyes and looked around. Everything was white and she had the horrible thought that she might be dead. She stood up from whatever ground she had been laying on and realized that she was Princess Serenity. She took a few steps forward and her mother Queen Serenity appeared before her.

"Where am I?" Serenity asked quietly and her mother smiled.

"You are in between the place of the living and the place of the dead my daughter. But we don't have much time together. Why don't you tell me what is troubling you?" The queen put a hand on her daughter's shoulder and Serenity flung herself into her mom's arm and started to cry.

Queen Serenity just held her for awhile before she pulled her back gentry. "Tell me what ails you sweetheart"

"Endymion cheated on my mother." Serenity said through her tears. "My relationship with him is over and I don't' know if I can live another day!" She started to cry harder and the queen held her daughter tight.

"Don't worry about him anymore Serenity. He is not the man that you will marry anymore. He has chosen his path in life and will realize his mistake sooner than you think. But you will have someone else and he will know that he has lost you forever." The queen smiled as she felt Serenity calm down.

"Will I really find someone else mother?" she asked softly and the queen nodded.

Serenity smiled and started to say something else but she stopped when she felt the most interesting tingling feeling in her heart. Her mother smiled and nodded, "I'll see you again my daughter, much later than this I hope." And in a flash everything went black again and Serena was lost in the dark whirlwind of her mind.

END OF CHAPTER

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