Author's Note: Hi everyone! How was your week? Boy, mine was so stressful! D: I have a lot of essays, projects, and presentations going on next week. To be honest, I don't know how I even managed to spit out this chapter without falling behind in school, lol. But it's all of your fabulous reviews that motivate me! So keep it coming, please. :) I love reading what you guys think on this story, so feel free to speak your mind! Enjoy the chapter, you lovely banana children.
Luna Goddess Of The Night Sky: Thank you for the wonderful insight! I truly appreciate your review. It made me do a lot of revising and editing on this chapter, so hopefully I won't disappoint you entirely. As for the blandness of the chapters, I am working on it. It is quite a challenge to start the plot of this story, but i'm getting there! This chapter from then on will be the turning point of it, but I plan to make this story 15+ chapters; so I am trying to drag it along, but not too slow that you'll fall asleep. Keep concriting, I don't consider it a flame at all.
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Disclaimer: Once upon a time, the great Naoko Takeuchi created Sailor Moon. Not me. So, um yeah.
(Earth Dimension-Tokyo, Japan)
I can't believe I agreed to this... Serenity groaned as she walked to the home of the student council's president, Endymion Chiba. Just a few hours ago she was practically being ganged up on by her cousin, Mina and the student council president, Endymion. They had somehow managed to get her to join the Astronomy Club just because she had said a few simple facts about the Moon. What was so impressive about it? Astronomy especially had always been one of her favorite subjects, but something about the Moon just intrigued her. She didn't know why, but it was like she was drawn to it. It was a quite a shame, though because people always saw the Moon as a little planet that circled the Earth night and day. She always thought it was taken for granted of.
As Serenity arrived to the house of her sworn enemy, as she liked to call him, her jaw dropped. The president's house was gigantic! It looked like a mansion, and a very elegant one at that. It was Victorian styled, like those houses that were built in the 1900's. Even the front yard surrounding it was eye catching. With roses planted along every edge, corner, or sidewalk, it looked as if the house was surrounded by a sea of beautiful and bright red.
Someone must have a weird flower fetish..
She knocked on the door only to be greeted by her cousin, who had already shown up with Kunzite just an hour ago.
"Serena, you finally came! What took you so long?" Mina said as she flowered her cousin with hugs, welcoming her into Endymion's living room.
"Well, unlike you, I had to walk here all the way from school," Serenity said.
"Hey now. You could have just asked for a ride, Kunzite would have said yes!"
"You walked? I could have taken you here, myself, you know." Endymion said as he walked in.
"Endymion, I appreciate the offer, but I don't think your little fan club would be very pleased to see me in the same car as you," Serenity huffed.
"Unbelievable. You are so stubborn!" Endymion said angrily. Why wouldn't this woman just listen to him for once? All he was doing was being nice and offering a ride, for Christ's sakes!
"I wouldn't be so stubborn if you weren't so pestering!" Serenity argued back.
"Wow, you guys can put on quite a show! It's only been three minutes since Serenity arrived and you're already arguing." Kunzite walked into the living room laughing at the sight of the couple bickering at each other. He sat on the couch beside Mina.
"I know, aren't they just adorable?" Mina agreed.
"If you ask me, it feels like there is a lot of sexual tension between those two," Kunzite said.
"Kunzite, would you be quiet already?" Endymion glared at him with denying eyes, "If you ask me, it seems you and Mina already hitting things off enough as it is!"
"Alright, alright! Stop getting your panties in a bunch, bro. I'm just playing!" Kunzite brought up his hands in defeat.
Everyone started to laugh at Kunzite's comeback.
Serenity cleared her throat, wanting to change the topic. "So, are there other members from the club coming today?"
"As a matter of fact, yes. They should be arriving right ab-" Kunzite said as he was interrupted by the sound of the door bell, "I'll go get it."
He opened the door to the remaining group of members. There were two girls and two guys beside them. One girl was very tall and had a curvy, yet strong build to her body. Her hair was the color of almonds, yet her eyes were that of a mysterious emerald color. Serenity thought she looked like one of those Australian amazonian explorers. The other girl looked less tough though, but very intelligent. She was much shorter than the other girl, and was very petite in size. She had short, aqua blue hair and had matching aqua blue eyes. Serenity was amazed at the special glow the girl had to her face.
"Ah, and so the famous lovey dovey couples arrive." Endymion commented.
"Will you shut your mouth already, Endymion? I don't need any of your sassy remarks tonight." the tall brunette smirked at Endymion.
"It's nice to see you too.." Endymion rolled his eyes, not getting offended by the brunette's words.
"Oh, who do we have here? New club members?" the aqua haired girl's eyes lit up as she saw the new faces of Mina and Serenity.
"Yes, this is Serenity Tsukino and her cousin, Mina Aino." Endymion said.
"Hi, nice to meet you, Serenity and Mina. I'm Amy Mizuno, the club's vice president." the aqua haired girl smiled as she introduced herself to the two.
"And i'm Lita Kino, nice to meet you two as well," Lita waved.
"It's a pleasure to meet you two," Serenity smiled.
The two guys standing beside the girls coughed purposely, "Hey! What about our introductions, President?"
"Oh right, those two idiots are Nephrite and Zoisite." Endymion smiled, "Nephrite is the one standing beside Lita and Zoisite is the one next to Amy"
"The only idiot here is you, Endymion." Zoisite chuckled.
"Jeez, everyone wants to be a bully, huh?" Endymion huffed.
"Nope, only to you." Nephrite replied, this made everyone laugh.
"Okay, stop talking everyone. Amy has something to say," Lita announced, shutting everyone up.
"Yes, so today as you all know, I scheduled a sleepover meeting because tonight is the night of the Blue Moon," Amy said.
"What's a Blue Moon? I mean, i've heard it in sayings before but I didn't really know it actually existed." Mina asked curiously.
Amy smiled as she began to explain, "A Blue Moon is the second full moon that occurs every 16 years. Because of it's rarity, people refer to the saying, 'Only once in a blue moon'. Though the color is caused by it's atmospheric qualities; such as volcanic eruptions and large fire particles that are left in the sky, causing the moon to have a tinge a blue. It is truly amazing, really." Her eyes were glowing with knowledge, enjoying every single ounce of information she poured out.
"When does the blue moon appear?" Mina continued to ask.
"It appears at exactly twelve o' clock in the morning and lasts for only thirty minutes."
"I have some knowledge of blue moons, but I didn't know that much. You are incredible, Amy." Serenity smiled.
"Thank you, Serenity."
"Please, call me Serena. Serenity is too formal."
"So, are we going to look at it through the telescope?" Nephrite said eagerly.
"Of course we are, we shall watch it in my Planetarium." Endymion announced.
"Ooh! Sounds fun. Oh, I really do love sleepovers!" Mina squealed with delight.
(Earth Dimension-Tokyo, Japan)
A few hours had passed since that conversation. After Amy had given a much enjoyed talk about the Moon, the whole group had eaten dinner and headed off to Endymion's Planetarium. To Serenity's amazement, the Planetarium was literally breathtaking. It was a gigantic dome on the mansion's rooftop! Inside the dome, stood a huge telescope that looked almost as big as the dome itself. Surrounding the telescope, was artificial grass, trees, and bushes to give the whole place a feel of nature without the maintenance. Endymion had eight sleeping bags set up around the telescope so everyone could at the stars as they went to bed.
"This.. this is amazing!" Serenity exclaimed with joy as she entered the Planetarium.
"Glad to see I finally impressed the feisty one." Endymion chuckled.
"Hey, I complimented your Planetarium. Not you," Serenity said.
"Ouch!" Zoisite shouted from the other side of the Planetarium, overhearing their conversation.
Does she ever give up on her stubbornness? Endymion sighed. This girl was always degrading him, no matter how hard he tried to be gentlemanly!
"Ahem, shall we begin? Open up the dome, Endymion!" Lita said. She had a knack for getting people to shut up and get straight to the point.
"Ah, right. Sorry." Endymion waved. Out of his pocket, he took out a small remote and pressed a single button. With the click of the button, the top of the dome opened up to reveal the shining glow of the moon. The blue moon was almost at it's peak, with almost ten minutes remaining until it's appearance.
"Everyone, please feel free to walk around the dome and enjoy the scenery until the Blue Moon appears," Endymion said.
While everyone stayed near the center of the dome, Serenity decided to venture near the edge of the dome. She came across a little pond with koi fish in it that was covered by multiple palm trees. Serenity was completely in awe of the way it was beautifully decorated, with it's fish that seemed to swim in perfect harmony. In fact, his whole house was beautifully decorated. Certainly, this whole house didn't belong to him. Did it? Who were his parents? Did he even have any parents? She didn't see them when they were all inside the mansion. Serenity came to realize she knew nothing about Endymion, he was practically still a stranger to her, and here she was at his house! She was spending quite an awful lot of time with him, lately.
"Enjoying your little exploration?" Endymion said, coming up from behind her.
Serenity jumped in surprise, "Were you following me?"
Out of all places to go in this gigantic dome, he pops up here. Great.
"No, for your information, I wasn't. This is one of my favorite places to visit in the Planetarium as well." Endymion sighed.
"Right.. Well, I have a question to ask of you, if you don't mind," Serenity said.
"Hm.. alright," Endymion said skeptically.
Serenity was going to ask about his family, or if he had any, but feeling that was a little too straight forward for only knowing each other for two days, she changed her mind.
"Why do you insist on always trying hang around me? I am not anything but ordinary"
"Oh, quite the contrary, odango head. I find you to be everything but ordinary. I don't know why, but there is just something about you that gets my blood boiling." Endymion admitted.
"I don't know whether that is a good thing or bad thing." Serenity smirked.
"Take it either way you want, I don't even know myself." Endymion chuckled.
Feeling a slight bit awkward, Serenity coughed, "Hey hey. Just because we are having a decent conversation like this, doesn't mean I still don't think you are an arrogant asshole."
"Gee, thanks." Endymion sarcastically smiled. He looked at his watch, "The Blue Moon is about to appear in less than two minutes. We better start walking back, since we are quite a distance from the main telescope."
Endymion started walking back to the center of the dome, with Serenity following right behind him. They walked a few more steps until he realized they probably wouldn't get back to the telescope in time to see the Blue Moon, so he started walking at a much faster pace.
"Come on, Serenity! I don't want to miss it." Endymion shouted from over his shoulder.
No one responded.
"Serenity?"
He heard her foot steps stop.
"Serenity, now is not the time to slow down!"
He turned around to see Serenity standing still. Her eyes were transfixed on the Blue Moon in all it's shining glory. She looked as if she was being hypnotized by it, not saying or doing anything. It was like she turned into a statue, the way she stood so motionless.
Endymion ran to her and started shaking her shoulders viciously, "Serenity? Hey Serenity! Snap out of it! What's wrong with you?"
She made no sound or movement. Endymion didn't know what to think, or what to do. Clearly, she was unconscious because she was responding to him, but her eyes were wide awake. He couldn't just leave her like this in this state. And he wasn't just about to run away screaming.
Serenity closed her eyes.
"Serenity, can you hear me?!"
A bright blue light came beaming from the Blue Moon, engulfing Serenity's body. Her body began to levitate as it was covered in the light.
When Serenity opened her eyes, they were glowing a neon blue, "Silence! Lower your voice when speaking to a God!"
To Be Continued~
OooOOOoooo, cliffhanger! Man, i've always wanted to tease people like that. Whenever I read a cliffhanger especially at the best part, I always find myself cursing at the screen. And at life, LOL. Dont hate me too much! Oh, and I know an actual Blue Moon occurs every 2-3 years, but I needed the information to fit my story. Reviews are gladly appreciated. -Neela-chan
