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Chapter One
Serena's Story
I was so mad at Darien, I seriously considered killing him. Not just killing him, but killing him in such a way that it was a slow, lingering and painful death. Deep down I knew I loved him, but at that moment in time, I couldn't care less.
He had abused my love terribly. He had spent the past six months telling me that he didn't love me and that I should stop annoying him, and then what? He tells me that it was all the result of a bad dream and that we could pick up where we left off?
He had got to be kidding. I had spent countless hours crying over him, believing that there was something wrong with me, that I had made him stop loving me, that I was too clingy, that I was the source of all my misery, and that basically the end of a thousand year old relationship was all my fault.
And then the creep tells me that he stills loves me.
I had finally gotten used to the idea of living without him for all eternity and he springs that one on me. What was I supposed to do? After staring at him in shock for all of two minutes, I looked him in the eyes, saw that what he said was true, and muttered, "Well, I no longer care for you".
The look in his eyes nearly made me take it back right then and there. But then I remembered the pain I had suffered and reminded myself that a little revenge never hurt anyone. He had gone out of his way to hurt me, even going so far as to convince me that he was dating someone else, and had told me as Sailor Moon that "our love was like a rose, beautiful when its in bloom, but it can't last forever." I wasn't so sure anymore that I wanted to be dating this guy.
Besides, I had an added reassurance that things would turn out alright, not that I was going to tell him that. He could just figure it out for himself.
'Reni, the pink-haired time traveller, is my daughter. I was pretty sure of it, and not just because of her hair style. Just the way she acted sometimes, and the way that sometimes, when I touched her and she was asleep, I could see her dreams of her mum. Not that I looked much like her mum, aside from the hair and the moon sigil. And the Lunaball looks so much like my Luna, that it couldn't be a coincidence. But more than anything else, when I held her in my arms when she was scared or homesick, I got this feeling of everything being so... right. As though everything was going to be alright.
Unlike Endymion, I knew before Pluto told me.
But I didn't start this to tell you about my 'Reni. This is a history of my revenge upon Darien, and so long as you don't start that "That's so mean" response with me, I will tell you how it all happened.
Lets see, it started before 'Reni and I defeated the Death Phantom, but after Rubeus died. The Scouts and I had travelled to the future to try and rescue 'Reni's mum, and had been told by 'The King of the Earth' who looks 'surprisingly' like my Endymion, that Darien had been ignoring me because of a series of dreams in which I die. Well, I got back and confronted him about it, but he said that until he knew what the dreams meant, he would continue to listen to them.
A new member of the Black Moon Family had taken over, Emerald, and it was her job to ensure that the past was sufficiently changed so that the Future containing Crystal Tokyo ('Reni's home) never existed. To do that, she had to destroy the Sailor Scouts of the past. After discussing things with Pluto since then, I realise that because 'Reni had come to the past there was no way that the future could have been changed. It all comes back to the fact that having changed the future so that there was no Crystal Tokyo, 'Reni would have never existed and so she could never have come to the past to try and rescue her mum, and some great paradox would have been created. The timestream naturally resisted paradoxes so it just wasn't possible for the past to have been changed. If you find this all very confusing, go talk to Pluto, for she can explain it much better than I can.
And so, I was standing there with Darien, and had decided to show him what it felt like to have your heart ripped from your body and slowly crushed. Of course if I had known then that this would happen later on, maybe I would have thought of it differently, but I honestly didn't care. Right then, all I wanted was revenge. After all, everything worked out fine, as I knew it would, and now we can laugh at this. Although it took him several years to realise that all this had been planned by me. I guess he had never thought that I was capable of organising something that complex.
But as I was standing there looking at him, I wasn't planning anything. In fact, I had no idea what to do next. So I thought back to what he had done in any number of situations in the past few weeks, turned my back and walked away. I didn't need any telepathic bond with him to know that he would be standing behind me unmoving, his face a picture of shock and hurt.
After I rounded a corner I ran home, not wanting to think about what I had done. Although a part of me felt like cheering, deeper, all I wanted was to curl up into a ball and cry. But at least I knew that he still loved me. That had been playing on my mind for ages, despite Reni's presence, and I was glad to know for certain. After I arrived home, I locked myself in my room, got out some paper and pens, and began to plan my revenge.
Armed with the Silver Crystal, I sat down to try and work out what he had done that had hurt me most. I realised that not only ignoring him, but convincing him that I was happier without him, was the key to making my guy miserable.
I probably should have got Ami's help in planning things, but I seemed to be going okay. My revenge involved improving my life in many areas, so that he could not convince me that I would be better with him. It was only when Luna actually ran her claws down the window pane with an ear splitting scratch that I realised she was there.
"Serena, what are you up to?" I don't think she had ever see me work this hard on any one project before.
"Darien said that he loves me", my reply was short and unemotional. Luna's face lit up like a light, I had told her my theories about the origin of Reni a while back.
"Serena that's great", she said, and then realised that I didn't look as ecstatic as she felt and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Luna, he led me on. For months he's been trying to convince me that he hates me, then he tells me he loves me and expects it all to turn out right. Well, I am not putting up with it. I mean, what happens the next time he has a nightmare? Or is kidnapped by the Negaverse? My poor old heart can't take much more of this. So, I told him I'm not interested in him anymore."
"Oh Serena, how could you do such a thing?"
"I just want to get back at him for what he has done. He hurt me so much, and it felt right to want to hurt him back."
"Oh Serena", Luna sighed.
"I know", I sighed back, "Luna, I will need your help if I am going to successfully get my revenge against Darien. Will you help me?" I looked at her honestly, there was nothing more I could have done, Luna sees through my tricks as if they were glass.
"I don't know Serena. I mean, you're the Moon Princess, so you could order me to and I will, but I won't voluntarily hurt him in any way. I will help you in any other way."
"That is good. For now, all I need of you is that you will wake me up every morning and ensure that I get up on time."
"I already do that."
"But from now on, I want you to wake me up and 5am". For a moment, I thought Luna was going to fall off the bed in shock. But she controlled herself and only her eyes betrayed what she was thinking.
"And just how am I supposed to do that?", one eyebrow was raised and there was an evil-looking glean in her eyes.
"You're a cat. Use your claws. Or", I continued hastily for she looked as though she was going to enjoy my revenge more than me, "Remind me of why I wanted you to wake me up."
"Yes Serena", there was still an evil glint in her eyes.
I looked at my clock and decided that, considering that I wanted to go to school early, it was late enough and, placing the silver crystal under my pillow, I went to sleep.
Darien's Story
She broke up with me.
I could not believe it.
She broke up with me.
I mean, I always knew it was a possibility, but, really, it had never occurred to me that she would do it.
Not that I blamed her.
I had treated her poorly. I had told her as much. Paying attention to my dreams, I had ignored her, broken my heart and just been incredibly rude to her, and all because I loved her.
Even now, looking back, that seems like a flimsy excuse for my actions. But it is the only one I had and she has long since forgiven me. But this is not about forgiveness: it is about revenge.
She had broken up with me.
And I was not even surprised. I knew that if I pushed her far enough she would grow to hate me. That's the way Serena was. I just hadn't realised it would happen so soon.
It hurt so much as my heart broke. I immediately understood everything that she had gone through and more, for I knew it was all my fault. I knew I had driven away my one true chance for happiness, for love, and for having a family of my own. That was a long way off for this eighteen-year-old, but as an orphan, I frequently dreamed of having a family. And all of my dreams revolved around Serena.
But now those dreams had broken, like so many mirrors to form the sands in the hourglass that marks the passing of time.
And she had broken up with me.
Looking at her face as she said "I don't love you anymore", I could see that she meant it. And why would I doubt it? She had never lied to me before, I certainly wasn't expecting her to start.
But, I realise now that I had underestimated Serena in a great many ways. I never realised that she had planned everything until many years after. But I'm getting ahead of myself again, but what were you expecting? I mean, that all happened over a thousand years ago, yet some aspects of it remain, burned into my brain, reminding me that if you have to hold on to the good things in your life or they will pass you by.
After they come crashing into you like a hurricane.
She pushed past me then, but I did not see. All I could see were the tears in my eyes. Roughly, I grabbed my helmet and jammed it onto my head to hide them. I ran and jumped on my bike to escape from the pain I felt.
For once, the Senshi had not been with Serena, and I was glad of that. I didn't think I could have borne the snickering comments from Rei and Mina. It was bad enough that Lita had decided that I was the scum of the earth without the rest of them agreeing with her.
I spent many hours that night riding my bike aimlessly around Tokyo, not caring where I ended up. However, it seemed that more and more I was passing by a small area that was full of painful memories. There was the arcade where we first met, as a test paper came flying through the air to bounce off my head; There was her friend's mother's shop, where she had battled that first monster; There was the Starlight Tower, where we first realised our love; And here was the place where she broke up with me.
Finally I realised that this was not helping the situation. I headed home, and went up to my apartment with a heavy heart. I grabbed some paper and a pen and tried to think of what I could do to convince Serena that she still loved me. Yes, once again I was deciding on her feelings for her, a serious mistake. But as I worked into the early hours of the morning when I finally fell asleep from exhaustion only one thought pervaded my consciousness:
The love of the Princess Serenity would once again be mine.
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