There I was, sitting in the front pew with my family at the Church of Nyx, attending the biggest wedding of my kind. It should have been me getting married to him but, as per the rules, it could never happen. I saw him look at me for just a moment with those beautiful grey eyes that always held the key to my soul. I wanted to hide or move to the back, but because of who my family was I had to stay where I was. There was another reason I had to stay in the front, but I wasn't going to show it. I looked down at the piece of glass I held in my hand. I just wanted to hide myself within it.
Now you are probably wondering who I am, what my kind is, and why am I holding a piece of glass. My name is Serenity Usagi Tsukino and I was born in ….. well that will be a story for another time. Let me start from the beginning to help you better understand the pain I'm feeling.
In the summer of 2010, I was a 17-year-old Japanese girl looking forward to my senior year of high school.
I'd just gotten home from work when my father, Kenji Tanaka, called me into the kitchen to talk. I sat across the table from him.
"Usagi, I have some news. Remember I told you that there may be changes coming at work?"
I looked at him in shock. All I could think was that he probably got laid off, and now my family would be broke.
"Yes, I remember. Did they lay you off? That wouldn't be fair! You've been working there forever." I said, getting angry. He raised his hand and shook his head.
"No, no, sweetie. They decided to move me back to the main office."
"Oh, okay. When did you work there?" I asked, feeling calmer.
"Before you were born. It's where I met your mother. But it means we have to move."
"Oh. What state are we moving to?
"Not a state sweetie, but to a different country. Japan. My home country."
I was shocked but not mad. I used to go there when I was little to visit. My life in America was simple: school and work. Nothing in-between, not even a boyfriend . No guy ever caught my interest. My life in America was just black and white maybe moving to Japan it will bring color to my life.
"Are you okay Usagi?" my father asked, looking into my eyes. I smiled at him.
"Honestly, yes, it'll be fun."
He nodded, " Yes…".'
Knowing what I know now, I should've taken the hint he was giving. I should've said no or asked to stay, but I didn't. Something was calling me to Japan, and I knew no matter what, one way or another, I would end up going.
Over the next 4 weeks, my family and I got ready to move to Japan, getting the paperwork, signing me up for my new school, and packing. I quit my job a week after I found out I was moving to give myself time to pack and get everything ready.
Moving day was a pain. The flight to Japan was long and exhausting, but our new house was wonderful – even nicer than the apartment in NYC! Mom was overjoyed because she could finally plant flowers around the property. I was given a week's grace period before I had to start at my new school; I explored the city and found a cute café near Tokyo Tower with an incredible view of the structure. It became my favorite place.
I got lucky, my father's company helped me enter one of the top high schools in Japan, popular with locals as well as the international students living there.
One thing I could never get used to was the school uniform. The skirt was way too short; the slightest movement would show my underwear. This kind of thing was unheard of in American schools! I took a bus and it dropped me off a block away. Walking to the school was beautiful, with trees lining up and down the road. It looked like part of an anime! Once I got to the school, I was shocked; it looked like a castle straight out of a movie. Students from all over the world were walking by all so beautiful it almost made me feel like an outcast.
Walking into the school, I went straight to the school office, where I was told I had a student advisor would show me around and help me with anything. Her name was Nicole and she was beautiful, with long legs and straight blond hair. I wouldn't be surprised if she told me she was a model. We became fast friends. To be honest, Nicole was the first friend I can ever remember having. We hung out, ate lunch together and she showed me around town. Everything was perfect and normal until the day I first met Them. That day changed everything.
The first time I met Kunzite, Jadeite, Nephrite, Mina, Rei and Lita. Nicole and I had decided to eat lunch in the school garden. I saw them sitting in the sunshine and was struck with a feeling of familiarity. Like I should know them, but wasn't sure how. Nicole explained that Jadeite and Mina were siblings, as were Nephrite and Rei, but Kunzite and Lita were cousins and that the group of them were always together. She also told me to be careful of the boys in the group, they were just after one thing. I had the feeling that something might have happened between her and one of them.
While Nicole was talking about something that happened during class, I couldn't help but look up at the group. I was caught by blue eyes with a hint of grey looking at me. I was trapped by his gaze until his wink broke the spell and I quickly looked away as a blush painted my cheeks. I tried concentrating on Nicole, but couldn't keep myself from looking back at those eyes. That was the moment it all started. The point where everything changed. The place where all the secrets started pouring out like a broken faucet.
the memories started to slowly trickle back. It began as dream. I was sitting in a dark room looking at a mirror, still and attentive. Slowly, images appeared in the mirror. At first it was the bars behind me, then I saw myself with the group of people I saw in the garden... happy, crying and angry. The dream didn't make any sense until the day I saw Kunzite.
One day, I had to stay after school to get some extra help in my Japanese class. When my tutor class was done, I went back to my homeroom to get my things. I slowly started sliding the door open but when I saw a girl standing between Kunzite 's legs. I was shocked and couldn't move away from what I was seeing. He was kissing her with a force that made me blush. Their kissing was doing something to me I couldn't explain. I felt like I was burning from the inside. His fingers were threaded in her hair, pulling her closer to deepen the kiss. I was sure they didn't know I was there, feeling like a Peeping Tom watching them kiss. When his other hand traveled up her body to her breast, I felt it as though he was touching me, instead. I'd never done anything like that before but somehow the feeling was familiar. I glanced up at his face and saw his blue eyes looking back at me. He pulled her hair while looking at me, and I heard her moan. I don't know why, but I couldn't take it. I ran home as fast as I could. It didn't matter how fast I ran, though. That day, everything changed.
That night I had another dream where I was in the same room, looking at the same mirror, but this time I saw myself wearing a beautiful white gown.
"Wake up, wake up," It kept telling me.
"What do you mean?" I told myself.
"It's time to wake up, remember."
When I woke up, I remembered everything. Who I am, who my parents are, and why I was forced to forget.
My name is Serenity Usagi Tsukino and I am a hybrid. Half Vampire, half-witch... the first of my kind. I was born in Japan to a Princess of witches and a Prince of vampires. My parents broke the rules by having me. In this world, it's okay to have a lover of a different species, but it was forbidden to marry or bear a child with them. They were killed protecting me from my mother's brother, Mark. He wanted me and my power... both vampire and witch. Strength, speed, and the ability to control another person's mind.
When my parents died, my Uncle locked me in a dungeon with only a mirror and a chair. I spent many years imprisoned by him, until the fateful day that a boy came in and saved me. Even though my memories have come back, the only things I can remember about my savior are his deep gray eyes and the feeling of love and pain.
The memory of who the group of people in the garden really was rushed back to me; Kunzite was my ex-lover. He and his cousin Lita were part of the werewolf nobility. Kunzite was a Prince, descended from Nyx, Goddess of the Night. The King or Queen and crowned Prince or Princess were all gifted the power of all species and can't be killed. Kunzite's older brother held that gift but Alexander.
Werewolves, Vampires, and Witches rule the underworld.
From the group, met Jadeite, Nephrite, Mina, and Rei are my cousins. MIna and Jadeite are from my father's side and Rei and Nephrite are from my mother's. Making me part of the royal family.
I woke up remembering everything about who I am and what I want. But first, I needed blood. I got dressed in all black, a color I hadn't worn in 300 years. Much older than a teenager, I am actually 500 years old. A full 10 years older than all of my friends. I found my "mom" in the kitchen. I told her that I know the truth. That I know that she isn't my mother. She told me that everyone I believed to be my family members were actually guardians sent by both sides of my parents' families to protect me. Despite my parents breaking one of the biggest rules in the underworld, the royal family chose to give me care and protection instead of shunning me and pretending I don't exist.
My mother was shocked when I asked for blood, but nodded and bowed as she gave it to me. I felt so thirsty and alive drinking it. The memory blocks that made me think I was human had locked away all of my abilities to make me feel and look like one. But now that those blocks were gone, everything about my true self had awakened.
Walking to school that day, I saw the group from the garden ahead of me. I ran ahead and turned to look at Alexander with a sassy expression, "It's too bad. I used to fuck you better."
His look of shock only lasted a moment before he smiled and said, "Welcome back, Y/N."
MIna, Lita and Rei smiled and excitedly pulled me in for a round of hugs. I was so happy to have them back in my life again!
I still didn't have all of my memories back, though. I knew about Kunzite and I being together and that, though we'd ended the affair, we were still close.. but I still didn't know why we'd ended it.
That got me thinking about Nicole. She was the one I saw Kunzitekiss ing, but she was also the one that told me that he was bad news.
She lied to me and I don't know why.
It was amazing to be back where I belonged with the people I loved, but the happy reunion didn't last long.
My Uncle Diamond found out I was back and sent his undead soldiers to try and kill me and everyone around me.
The undead were cursed. They'd embraced the darkness and lost, not only their ability to be in direct sunlight and any good they had in themselves, but having autonomy over their own mind and body to Diamond and his considerable power.
My friends and I fought the war against them for months, until one day my uncle, Diamond, joined the battle. Kunzite, Jadeite, Nephrite, Mina, Rei ,Lita and myself tried in vain to fight him. He was on the brink of killing us all when I, in a panic, desperate to save the people I loved most, made a deal: If he spared their lives, I would go with him willingly.
I found myself back in that dark room, staring at myself in yet another mirror day after day. This one was different from before; this mirror allowed me to hide my memory as time passed, as well as help me see the places I wanted to see… which was anywhere but in that room.
But, the last thing I wanted to do was erase myself to help my power hungry uncle. I broke the mirror and hid a piece of the glass in my skirt pocket. I looked down at the only sliver of glass that remained as I put it away…ocean blue eyes were looking back at me and a voice whispered, "Here we are again, princess" before everything turned to darkness.