Author: Shadow

Disclaimer: I, Shadow, do hereby state that Sailor Moon, sadly, belongs to Naoko only!

Summary: Book Two! As Serena enters her second semester, her heart is heavy from her loss of the man she loves. She must win Darien back at all cost! But it looks like her big break is coming as well...

If you can't tell, I'm trying to use music themed chapter titles. E-mail me and I'll tell you what's from where, or if its even music related.

Book Two: The Spot Light Cries For Me

Chapter Thirteen: Caribbean Influence

Serena listened to the beats that her three new band members had recorded for her to listen to. She sang the words that came to her head as she and K rode to the studio and try to record at least one song.

She spaced out listening and writing as K led her up to the studio. She blinked and turned off her CD player and walked into the booth. She put on the head phones and sighed.

"Play track three!"

She heard the fast punk rock meets techno beats over the head phones and sang the lyrics that had come to her head.

"Hold up! Fuck off! Leave me be!" She sang with gusto "I'm going! I'm gone! I'm going to be my own woman for now!"

She bobbed her head listening to the short intermission beats then sang again "I'm gonna run, wild free! With my best friends by my side! So hold up! Fuck off! Leave me be!" the song finished with a long rift then faded.

Her studio manager Teddy spoke to her over the head set "what do you call that one? Its short and to the point…and negative."

Serena grinned "Ode to High School!"

Teddy chuckled over the mic. "Ok, we'll store it to work on it later…lets run track one…the rock techno beat."

"Ok!"

The beats rang out heavy as she leaned into the microphone. "Don't wait up mama! 'Cause I'm never coming home! I'm gonna be a rock star mama! So don't wait up 'cause I'm never coming home!" she bobbed her head in time "I'm going to be rocking the city of lights, romance will have no chance with how busy I'll gonna be! I'm going to the City Of Angels just to sin!" She let the solo rift play for a bit before finishing it up "Don't wait up mama! Tell daddy goodbye. See you later brother! Don't cry over me! I'm gonna be a rock star mama! You better pray for me!"

Teddy laughed over her headphones again "You hate your home town honey?"

"When I tried to leave for LA my mom tried to lock me in my room…what do you think? This one is titled Mama."

"Ok, lets try the last one. Track three!"

The last track had a smooth; beach techno fusion dance beat to it so Serena had to fight the urge to dance along with it "Jump! Jump! Jump! Dance! Dance! Dance!" She bobbed her head in time with the beat as the song slowed just a touch "Sing to the stars and twirl!" She whispered before the actual body of the song started.

"Never forget to live, as life takes over leading you to early insanity. Come with me! Follow my lead and dance the night away! Relax and remember to love look at the stars and remember where your are. Family and friends should be your first priority! Never forget who you are! Take a break and sing with me I will lead you for eternity. Sway with the beats of the Caribbean trees. Dance in the waves and never fall back into oblivion. Stressful ties should be cut, this isn't the matrix so turn around and really see where you are and stomp right out…Family and friends should be your first priority! Never forget who you are! Take a break and sing with me I will lead you for eternity. Sway with the beats of the Caribbean trees. Dance in the waves and never fall back into oblivion." The song continued on then faded.

Teddy sounded please when he spoke again. "I like that girl! It almost has a "Stars are Blind" Paris Hilton sound to it! We should hold onto that for this first album…what do you call it?"

"Caribbean Influence." Serena said smiling.

"Thinking of Paris Hilton…Victor paid off the royalties for you to rerecord "Stars are Blind" with you techno sound. Jesus girl…with this sound I think of riding down the Nile in futuristic Egypt with all these lights and palm trees! I love it!"

Serena smiled and kept at it. Within a month "Caribbean Influence" was released to all the radio stations as the first single off her album that she named "Water Ride".