No More Reeni
Chapter Two: Changing the future
By SmellDRoses
Seconds passed like minutes, minutes like hours. It had been over three months now since Darien had broken her heart. When Serena had seen him walk away with the other woman. Serena looked, from the outside that she had moved on, but inside, her heart was still a tangled mess of thorns and suffering.
Serena now completely ignored Darien, for she knew that if she didn't, she would fall back into despair. If she didn't see Darien, she didn't think about him. As much. Her friends were getting annoyed with her. They believed that she should have gotten over him at least a month ago. They were fed up of her 'woe is me' attitude and had even told her so. Serena felt like the world was against her. The world didn't want to see her happy any longer.
One peaceful Saturday morning, something happened which Serena never expected. In her apartment, a bright light appeared, like the twinkling of stars. From this white light appeared someone Serena had never thought to see. Reeni.
"But how-" Serena stuttered as Reeni ran over to her and encased her in a constricting hug.
"I'm soooo sorry. I never realized that you were-I love you-please forgive me for acting like such a meanie-can you forgive me, mother?" Reeni howled, tears falling in streams from her blue eyes.
Serena couldn't understand it. "Daughter? What do you mean? I think I would remember giving birth to you!"
"Puu told me, just a second ago. You have to believe me, I'm Small Lady Serenity, your future daughter. Please…forgive me." Reeni sounded frantic, Serena couldn't deny it. When she thought about it, they both looked the same, down to the hairstyle they both wore. But pink hair? Where did that come from?
"Why did she only tell you now? I don't understand? Who's Puu? Who's Serenity? How'd you get pink hair?"
"Puu is Pluto, Sailor Pluto. I was playing with your cosmetics not too long ago and decided to dye my hair, it was boring blonde, I wanted it to look more like yours, but something went wrong and it was pink, but I like it. Back to the important matters, if something doesn't happen, soon, I'm not going to be here." Reeni stated quietly but resolutely.
"What do you mean? You're not going to be here? I don't understand!"
"Can you not guess who my father is?"
Serena choked out the name which had been on her mind for such a long time. "Darien."
"Exactly. You two were meant to make up ages ago, but he loves you too much. You see, my future father gave dreams to Darien, which were bad, to see if he loved you enough, for the battle ahead. He does. Too much in fact. He loves you so much that he now refuses to believe it is all a dream. Refuses to believe that he can be with you. You have to convince him, Serena. You have to convince him before its-" But, already, she began to glow with an unearthly light, she started to fade, slowly. "it's happening." Reeni's fear couldn't be hidden in her voice. She was fading from Serena's life, from all life to be exact.
"I have to tell him!" Serena gasped.
"Serena! You can't tell him! Please promise me? You have two weeks before I am gone, forever. I'm being taken now so that I cant meddle more than I already have. Remember, two weeks." They were the last word I heard from Reeni before she faded into nothingness.
(Serena's POV)
I promised myself that she would not disappear forever. I would get back together with Darien. If it was the last thing I did.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
It had been only a couple of days now that she had been gone, and nobody even seemed to have noticed she wasn't there. Iluko and Kenji didn't realize that Reeni, the girl who had been under their roof for over three months, had disappeared. The scouts didn't know anything about the little pink haired child. And Darien- well, since he had broken up with me, I didn't know what he thought, if he even remembered her…
I didn't know what I was to do, was I going to get Darien to come back to me in less than a fortnight? And what's worse, I don't perform well under pressure, my math results show this. What was I going to do, knowing my future daughter's existence depended on me making up with the love of my life?
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