A Run From Destiny

Chapter Three

A/N: I do not own Project Hope

Serena was settling into her new life. She enrolled in the same school as Jason and his friends and with Kale's help, she was able to get far better grades then she ever did in Japan. Her English was improving as well. You may be wondering why Pluto didn't take Sammy to see Serena right away, well, She had decided to take a detour to see if she could locate the orphanage that Sammy had been adopted from.

Pluto, as Trista, entered the orphanage and a woman from behind the desk smiled at her.

"Welcome to Project Hope for Children" She said, "How may I help you"

"Yes, I am here in regards to a child who was adopted a number of years ago" She said. The woman, Patricia regarded the gree haired woman. There was something strange about her.

"Child's name?" She asked.

"Sammy Tsukino" Trista replied. Patricia's face fell.

"Do you know where Sammy is?" She asked. Trista was surprised, but decided to be honest.

"I do" She said. "His adopted parents abandoned him after thier daughter discovered that she was adopted" Patricia narrowed her eyes.

"What is thier daughter's name?" She asked.

"Serena Tsukino born as Serena Thomson" Trista replied. Patricia nodded.

"Our records indicate that Serena Thomson was never adopted" She said.

"I suspected as much" Trista replied. "What about Sammy"

"He was born Samuel Higgins" Patricia replied. "When the Tsukinos came to adopt him, I was wary because they were foster parents. I asked them to adopt Serena first and then I would think about letting them adopt Sammy. Serena had been at thier home for 6 years, from the time she was a baby. At the time, Sammy was only a baby and I wasn't sure about letting them adopt. Mr. Tsukino told me that his wife had miscarried a boy and that they really wanted a boy not a girl. I told them that they could move Serena to another foster home or bring her to the orphanage, but they refused. They didn't want Sammy to be an only child. I had to grant them the rights to adopt Sammy because I didn't have any legal grounds to stop them" She sighed. "Where is Sammy now?"

"He is safe" Trista replied. "Does he have any living relatives?" Patricia shook her head.

"No" She said. "His parents were in a serious car accident. The father died on impact while the mother was able to give birth to him before she died. The last thing she told us was that she was an only child and her parents were dead" Trista sighed.

"Sammy is going to be joining his sister" She replied. "Do I need to fill out any necessary paper work?"

"No" Patricia said. "I trust you. I don't know why, but I do. As long as Sammy is safe and happy, that is all I care about. I will however, report the Tsukinos for child abandonment" Trista nodded and walked out of the orphanage and back to her car, where Sammy was waiting.

"Are you ready?" She asked. Sammy nodded. It had been two months since Trista had taken him under her wing and while he had grown to adore her, he really wanted to see his sister"

Serena was sitting in her room doing homework when Jason knocked on the door.

"Rena, there's somewhere here to see you" He said. Serena sighed and put her pencil down. She followed Jason downstairs and to the living room. She stopped when she spotted the boy sitting on the couch along with Sailor Pluto.

"Serena!" Sammy shouted running over to her.

(Serena is 16 which makes Sammy 10)

"Sammy" Serena asked, wrapping her arms around her little brother. "What are you doing here?" Sammy looked up at her, eyes full of unshed tears.

"Mama and Papa abandoned me" He whispered. "They said I wasn't really their son. Can I stay with you? I don't want to go to the orphanage" Serena gasped. She hadn't known that her parents would be that cruel. She looked at Jason who nodded quickly.

"Of course you can, Sammy. I love you, you know that" She said. He smiled and turned to look at Jason.

"You must be Serena's twin" He said. "I always wanted an older brother" Jason smiled and draped an arm around the boy.

Well, now you have one" He said, winking. Sammy smiled.

"I have something for you Serena. It was given to me the monday after you disapeared" He handed her a sheet of paper and she read it outloud.

Dear Serena,

I hope that this letter finds you well. we are so sorry that we didn't catch what was going on between Raye and Darien. Andrew is the one who brought it to our attention. They are no longer welcome in our circle of friends. I wish Amara was here. She and I could do some serious damage to the idiotic prince and his slut. This is Lita, incase you didn't guess that from the last sentence. We just wanted to say that we love you very much. We didn't mean to ignore you this weekend. We were planning a surprise, but it was taking all our time away from you. We didn't forget your birthday, the preparations took longer than we anticipated. We were going to have a party on Monday. We didn't realize that your parents had forgotten your birthday or that Darien had. We didn't clue him in on the surprise because we weren't sure he could keep his mouth shut. I thought he was planning on his own surprise on your birthday. We know that you don't want to come home right now and that's okay, but when you do, we will not ask you to forgive or get back together with Darien. Follow your heart, not that damn destiny stuff.

Lita

Mina

Amy

When Serena was finished reading there were tears in her eyes.

"My friends do care about me" She said. Sammy nodded.

"I don't know how she did it, but Lita convinced Sailor Pluto to bring me here. I didn't even know that your friends knew any senshi" Serena glanced at Sailor Pluto, who indicated that it was okay that she tell her brother the truth. Serena sat down and patted the seat by her and Sammy took it.

"Lita was able to get Sailor Pluto to help because Lita is a Sailor Senshi" She explained. Sammy's eyes widened. He had been saved by the senshi plenty of times and now that he thought about it, they all seemed familiar, especially Sailor Moon.

"You're Sailor Moon, aren't you?" He asked. Serena smiled.

"I am. That was quick work" Sammy shrugged.

"I guess I never noticed it before, but you have the same hairstyle" He said. Serena laughed.

"I'd been wondering who would eventually figure that out" She said. "I'm really glad you came Sammy. I missed you" Sammy threw his arms around his sister.

"I missed you to" He said, hugging her as if he'd never let go.