A/N: This is shorter than my normal chapters, but readers have been requesting updates, so I will try my hardest. To make up for it though, I decided to give you guys a flash of the past, as well as bring in Michiru for the first time in this story. I'm going to skip ahead in time for the next chapter, because I can't write about every day or weekend, that's boring. Or even every email Mina or Michiru sends Serena. Mina and Serena email each other pretty much every few days. And Michiru and Serena will be communicating more in the future. Stella will also be coming back for a short period time next chapter before she leaves again.

I didn't get to edit this chapter, but I hope you guys like it!

Much thanks to Sora Yun Farron for encouraging me to finish this chapter

Chapter 8

"You got a puppy?" Sofya asked me the next Monday at lunch. I had decided on a salad today for lunch because I didn't want to mess with the long line at the entrée bar.

"Yeah, she's adorable, white all over and Dr. Fauna, Dawn's friend, says she most likely a mix breed, even might have some wolf in her!" I squealed excitedly, "Wolves are my favorite animal."

Sofya sighed, "Your so lucky, I wish I could have one of my favorite animals."

I looked at her for a minute, and studied her slightly, "Polar bear or penguin?"

She gave me a wistful smile, "Both."

I giggled, and Sofya turned back to her food. We ate quickly for a few minutes before Anna bustled over with her food plate. "I can't believe you two passed up on cheeseburgers, it's very rare that they serve them, always giving us healthy crap."

"I made a cheeseburger over the weekend Anna," I told her, still eating my salad.

"And you know very well that I'm a vegetarian," Sofya put in, "So why exactly would I want a slab of beef?"

"They have tofu burgers?" Anna suggested weakly. Sofya just glared and Anna sank down in her seat under the withering look. I giggled at the two of them, crunching on a few of the carrots I added to the top of my salad.

Anna started eating her burger from the slumped position she sank into before sitting bolt upright again. "Shit, sit up straight, it's the Evil Queen," she whispered, staring at something over by the entrance.

I looked over to where she was looking and saw a woman with chin length raven black hair wearing a pencil skirt and crisp navy blouse. I noticed a significant drop of the noise level in the lunchroom and a shift among students as they straightened their posture. "Who is that?" I asked in a quiet voice. While the talking didn't cease completely, the decrease of noise discouraged me from speaking at a normal volume.

"Regina Mills, assistant headmistress," Sofya whispered back, "Fiona is the nice, floaty and spacey headmistress, but Madame Mills is the one who actually runs the place and everyone knows it; she's known as the Evil Queen amongst the students, but we all know better than to say it to her face."

"The Evil Queen? Like from Snow White?" I asked, trying to understand how they connected the two.

"She has a apple fetish from what I hear," Sofya shrugged, "No one knows how she got the name, it just kinda happened. She's the main reason why barely anyone breaks the dress code, you have to deal with her."

"But what is she doing here, in the lunchroom," Anna hissed, "She never comes here, she dislikes rude manners and bad posture."

I watched the woman as she strode with confidence into the room, but noticed that her eyes were locked on something behind me. Turning to look, I saw a tall blond in an officer's jacket returning the glare that Madame Mills was giving her. "I think that person," I said, motioning towards the blonde, "is her target."

"Ah, she's the new campus security officer," Sofya said, "but I don't know her name."

"Emma Swan," Anna interjected, "She's really nice, kinda sarcastic; I think she and Ms. Blanchard are related somehow, they have similar facial features."

"Do they," I started, subtly pointing my finger between the two women, "Hae something going on?"

Before Anna or Sofya had a chance to respond, Madame Mills reached the smirking blonde and yanked on her arm, pulling her out of the cafeteria. "Oh my word," Anna gasped, "Did you see that? Sooo much sexual tension between the two of them."

"Seriously Anna? The Madame looked like she was going to kill Swan," Sofya refuted.

"I'm telling you guys, something is going to develop between them at some point, probably during an argument."

Sofya rolled her eyes. "Anyway," she said, turning to me, "You're going to the fencing club meeting this afternoon?"

"Yeah," I answered, "Dawn told me she was part of the fencing team and it seems like fun."

"Also a good way to get to know Dr. Isles," Anna interjected, "Get a recommendation for AP classes that she teaches."

"That is secondary," I protested.

Anna grinned, "So you did think about it."

"Just shut-up, lunch is almost over and I would like to finish my salad."

The rest of lunch, and, in fact, the rest of the day passed relatively peacefully. Gym class wasn't as horrible as I originally thought it would be; each class we started out by running or walking a few laps on the track, which was located just behind the gym, and a few light stretches to warm up. Coach Wood had informed us last week that we would be learning different sports and games to keep us active and to have fun in class. While the weather was nice, we were to play out on the field, so he had us playing a schedule of flag football, soccer and tennis. I had hoped that today would be the day for tennis, but soccer was the draw for the day. I exhausted myself running around the field after the soccer ball, tripping every now and then.

When I had taken my fitness test last week, Coach Wood found out about my clumsiness and made it his mission to 'cure' me. I told him it was a lost cause, but he just laughed me off. He promised me if I gave as much effort as he gave me, I would be walking on a balance beam in no time. That would probably be another reason for why I'm joining the different clubs, more practice. Besides, I promised myself when I left to live with my sisters, that I would be a better person, a different person.

Once class was over, I hopped in one of the showers in the back of the locker room, rising off the sweat and dirt from falling all over the place. I placed my sweats back in my locker along with my gym shoes and jogged up the stairs to one of the dance studios. I entered the room, and noticed a few other people there waiting.

A few minutes after I got there, a beautiful middle aged blonde woman walked into the room. "Hello everyone," she said, "This is the introductory meeting for fencing club. I am the supervisor Dr. Isles. I see some familiar faces among you, which is good. This is a club to teach people how to fence in a non-competitive environment. If you like to compete, I suggest you join the fencing team instead." When no one got up to leave, Dr. Isles counted us all out, "Ah good, there's an even amount of you to partner up. Since this is a club, you don't have to come every meeting if you have other responsibilities to take care of. I will usually be at these meetings, but if I'm unable to come, I will leave a note." She explained more rules about the club, and how for the first few meetings after this one, she would teach us how to fence, but she expected us to practice on our own outside of the meetings if we wanted to get better. After about half an hour, Dr. Isles left and I headed out to the parking lot to head home.

"Dawn!" I yelled when I got home.

"Down here," I heard a muffled yell coming from the basement. I hopped down the stairs and saw my older blond sister running on the treadmill. "Hey," she breathed, still running, "How was school, oh and how was your club meeting?"

"School was fine, and the meeting went really well. I really liked Dr. Isles, she is super nice, and very well put together. I've never seen such fancy clothing on a teacher in my entire life," I told her.

"She sounds nice," Dawn huffed, "Oh, by the way, if you're going to do fencing and archery, I suggest you work on your upper body strength. You're going to need some strength in your arms to pull the bow string." She gestured to the weight machine across the room and the hand weights, "Remember you can use the stuff down here anytime."

I nodded, "Thanks Dawn, I'm going to go work on some homework, and make sure Jacey and Luna haven't torn apart me room."

Dawn huffed out a laugh, "When I get done down here, I'm going to shower and fix dinner before heading into town for work."

"Have you learned all your lines?" I asked her.

"For the most part, hopefully I won't have to go on, since I'm just the understudy. The main actress still has another few weeks before her contract ends. I'll be back late, but I expect you to be in bed since it's a school night."

"All right Mom, geez," I rolled my eyes, and headed back up stairs. "Jacey," I called, reaching the second floor. A few minutes later, a small white blur tumbled up to me, plopping herself down at my feet. "Hello girl," I bent down to scoop the puppy up, "How are you doing?"

Jacey nuzzled my face, indicating that she had a good day. I walked into my room and saw Luna laying on my pillow. "Did you have a good day?" I asked my guardian.

Luna glared at me, "I had to babysit a dog all day."

"Nah, Dawn was here, she let Jacey out right?"

"That's beside the point, and Sasha was no help, she just kept encouraging the puppy to play, then disappeared when the white fur ball really got excited."

"Well she looks really tired now," I said, looking at the dozing puppy in my arms. I set Jacey down in her puppy bed and sat down at my desk, opening my computer. I saw I had new emails, and noticed that Mina has responded to my last message.

Heya Moon Bunny,

OMG! Beryl and Nehellenia married? Odd couple, but I guess we really don't know them very well. Maybe what we thought happened, isn't what really happened back in the day.

My week at school was fabulously amazing, but I have to tell you something, I am in love. *sigh, I know I might have said this before, but this time I really mean it. Picture this; I'm sitting in my first class, and in walks my soul mate. Older, tall, dark and drop dead gorgeous, and I was instantly swept away in love. You notice I didn't say handsome? Well, my soul mate… Is a girl, well, woman I guess. Her name is Aiden, she's a senior, and was helping with freshman orientation (I did tell you it's a 3 year school right? So technically I'm a freshman). I was awestruck, completely and totally besotted right then and there. Though I've been freaking out with how to talk to her and stuff, she's a senior! This is very stressful.

I don't know what to do, help me Moon Bunny!

A very Frustrated Goddess of Love

P.S. Did I tell you I gave Michiru your email address to contact you? I can't remember if I did or not. Anyway, she said she was going to email you at some point so be on the lookout!

I blinked at the end of the email. Michiru wants to contact me and Mina is in love… Mina being in love I'm not surprised about, but Michiru contacting me? I wonder what she wants to talk about.

"Did Mina email you?" Luna word's broke into my thoughts.

"Huh, yeah," I replied carelessly, flipping back to my inbox, seeing an email from an unknown account. I clicked on it and sure enough it was from Michiru.

"Well what did she say?" Luna interrupted.

"Oh, the usual. How things are going with her, what school is like, she's fallen in love with an older student. Normal stuff for her basically."

Luna seemed satisfied with my answer because she drifted back off to sleep so I shifted my attention entirely to the message in front of me.

Usagi,

I'm not sure where to even start with this email other than saying that I am deeply sorry for what happened to you. I was so angry at what the other senshi said to you. I broke up with Haruka the minute that I heard. Don't worry about me though, I wasn't as broken up about it as I might have been months ago. We've been having problems since I've been touring in Europe more, I actually only came back to Japan to pack my things since I was offered a full time job in France.

When Minako told me what you're parents did to you, I was completely horrified that someone could do something so horrible to you of all people. To be truthful Usagi, you're possibly one of the kindest, most loving individuals I've ever met, and I feel that I've become a better person since knowing you. Minako gave me your information weeks ago, but I haven't known what to say to you.

The only thing I can say to you at this point is to beg for your forgiveness. You are my princess, and I, as one of your protectors, failed to protect you, and failed to see the danger within.

Michiru

"What do I do with this?" I murmured to myself. I leaned back in my chair and closed my eyes to think for a few minutes. Michiru and I were never really close; we had become sort of friends over the past few months, but as an outer senshi, she maintained a distance between us. It seems she is apologizing for more than just what the other senshi and my parents did; it seems like she's apologizing for not being more of a friend to me. I didn't know what to say to the senshi of Neptune, so I decided to respond to Mina's email first.

Dear Frustrated Love Goddess,

I'm not sure what to do with that information. I mean, you've sworn you've found your soul mate before, so what makes this situation any different. Although, this is the first time you've said a girl, well, woman is your soul mate. Why don't you just get to know her first? She is a senior, so maybe you can ask her to help you with your classes, get used to the school and stuff. However, first you actually have to talk to her. I know you can do it, you're one of the most self-confident people I know.

And as for Michiru, yes, she did email me to apologize for everything basically, for what my parents did, for what the senshi did and for what she didn't do. I'm not quite sure what to do with that, but I have to answer her so after I get finished with this I'll email her back. Maybe we'll develop a friendship or maybe we'll just continue to be acquaintances, either way, this is another step for me to put what happened in the past behind me.

I'll talk to you later this week, let me know what happens with Aiden, and try to send me a picture of your true love so I can match a picture to a face.

Much Loves!

Moon Bunny

I sighed as I sent the email off, thinking about how I was going to respond to Michiru's email. I wanted to be friends with the sea senshi I really did. I had always felt something around the older girl that I couldn't quite place, something that caused my heart to flutter and a feeling of contentment to settle in it.

Dear Michiru,

You don't have anything to apologize for, you didn't know. I would like to be able to put this behind us and move on from who we were in the past. I am no longer the moon princess and you are no longer an outer senshi; we are Usagi and Michiru, two people who knew each other and might grow into friends eventually.

I hope in the future that we can be friends one day. Feel free to email any time and let me know how you're life is going, or just to talk.

Usagi

I sent the email off to the mysterious sea green haired senshi and sighed, before pulling out my books to get started on my homework.

Later that night after dinner, I was watching TV on the couch with Jacey and Luna curled up around me on the couch. I started to lightly doze off as it was getting late. As I was falling asleep, I started to dream. Dreaming is always a dangerous thing for me because dreams were often memories of the past or visions of the future, neither of which I cared to see right now. However, this dream was different; it felt real, like I was truly part of the dream, but I felt safe and content…

Dreamscape

I was sitting in a garden just outside the palace walls, enjoying the time by myself. Ever since the princes and princesses of the other kingdoms came to the moon to seek training to become full-fledged knights, I hadn't had any peace. The knights weren't the problem; it was their squires, their younger siblings that were the problem for the most part. My cousin Mina wasn't so bad, but the rest of the squires from the inner planets were completely awful.

Fortunately, Anna, my best friend, also training to be a knight, kept them away since they were scared of her. Suddenly a noise behind me broke me from my musing. Twisting around, I saw girl with sea green hair staring at me curiously. She appeared to be a few years older than me, and in studying her face I realized I recognized her.

"You're the squire from Neptune," I said, scrutinizing the older girl, "How did you get passed Anna?"

The other girl looked confused for a minute. "Anna?" She asked, "Oh, you must mean the Knight of Saturn. I didn't realize I had to get past her. I was just looking for a place that was quiet; the squires from the other planets were getting on my nerves."

I snorted, "Tell me about it. The ones from the inner planets haven't left me alone since they got here. I mean, don't they have classes, like, magic classes or something to go to?"

"You would think so," the other girl said, moving to sit next to me, "They don't seem to be taking their duty as squires very seriously."

"Doesn't look like it," I scoffed.

She smiled at me, and stuck out her hand. "I should probably introduce myself before you group me in with the rest of them. I'm Michelle, the Squire of Neptune as you know. I've seen you around the palace but I've never had a chance to speak to you. You're the youngest princess of the Moon aren't you?"

I snorted, "Ask my mother and any of the court and they'll tell you that I'm the only princess of the Moon. My name is Selena, despite what my mother," I sneered at that, "might tell you."

"Selena," Michelle said, testing out the name, "That's beautiful, I hope we become great friends."

"Me too Michelle, you'll have to get through Anna though, she is my best friend. Mina too of course, since she's my cousin."

Michelle laughed, "All right, deal, it'll be a pleasure to be your friend Selena…"

Selena…

Selena…

"Serena!"

I jolted awake, looking around quickly. "Huh, what?" I saw Dawn leaning over me.

"I've been trying to wake you," she said, smiling down at me, "What are you doing down here? It's far passed midnight."

I looked over to the clock and saw that it was close to 2am and that the TV had gone shut off by itself. "I must've fallen asleep when I was watching TV," I mumbled, rubbing my eyes, "Why did you wake me?"

Dawn smiled, "I saw you sleeping in here when I got home. I was going to leave you, but the couch didn't look too comfortable. And you were mumbling and moving around a lot in your sleep that you would have fallen off eventually. What were you dreaming about anyway?"

I thought back to my dream, trying to catch the ting tendrils before they escaped, but I couldn't seem to remember. "I don't know," I replied honestly, "I don't really remember what happened."

My sister looked at me with concern in her eyes. "Do you need anything to drink? Tea, milk?"

I shook my head, "No, no, I'm fine, I'm just going to go upstairs to sleep for a few more hours."

"All right, do you need help taking Jacey and Luna upstairs?"

"No I got it, you go to bed; I imagine you're tired. When it's actually the morning, I want to hear all about the show."

"You got it, now off to bed," Dawn said, shooing me upstairs. I scooped up my furry critters and headed upstairs.

"Do you really not remember your dream?" Luna whispered from my shoulder, "You sounded really distressed."

"You saw that?" I asked her, placing her down on my bed.

"You woke me up with your mumbling, so do you really not remember or were you just saying that?"

I scrunched up my face to think, "I just remember flashes, moments of the dream, nothing concrete anyway. However, I do know I was on the Moon, and it looked way different than what Queen Serenity used to show me."

"How did it look?" Luna asked, "I can't remember the Moon, not really anyway."

"It was… beautiful, but cold," I replied, "It didn't seem like the all loving place that we've heard about, or remember in our memories; are you sure that you don't remember anything about the moon kingdom?"

Luna shook her head, "No, I can't remember anything at all; my past is a complete blank, but I know how you feel, something doesn't seem right about what was shown to us."

"Maybe this dreams are memories, like real memories."

"Or maybe it's just another distraction."

"If they were do you think I would forget everything about them?"

"Good point."

We sat in silence for a few minutes before I let out a big yawn. "It's too late to think about this anymore, and I have school in a few hours. I better get to bed, you too Luna."

"Mhm, goodnight Serena."

"Night Luna," I said, drifting back off into my dreams…

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