Sailor Element
Prologue
By Princes_Serena
"Why can't Serena EVER be on time?!?" Rei exclaimed as she looked at
Mina's
wall clock for the millionth time. "No matter where we hold a study
session
she is LATE. Even when we hold at HER house!"
"Calm down Rei. She's probably just grabbing an extra book or…" Even
Mina
couldn't come up with an excuse for Serena.
"Rei, Lita was 5 minutes late and you hardly noticed. Anyway she hasn't
been
acting like herself, even Darien says that she isn't herself." Ami
stated
looking up from her math book.
"Yeah." Mina agreed. "Where were you anyway?" Mina asked Lita.
"I was just talking to someone. Let me go see if the cookies are ready."
Lita
said as she got up and turned for the kitchen.
"You just checked. So get your butt back aver here." Rei argued.
"I think I know why." Ami said putting her book away. "You where
talking to
Ken! I saw him yesterday at Crown Game center."
"You said he was going to be away for a months!" Mina piped in.
"I think the cookies are done." Lita said trying to escape the other
girls.
"No you don't. Give us details. Now!" Rei fussed.
"Well… he came back 3 days ago because his parents where done with the
research. So he phoned me yesterday and I met him for lunch a few hours
ago."
"Ohhh. So you two still going out or has he found someone new???" Mina
asked
curiously.
"Well I don't know… I saw Rei and Chad at the movies yesterday." Lita
said
quickly trying to shift the attention.
"What! I thought you said nothing was going on between you two! You
liar."
Mina said furiously
"Well he asked me with all of that dude talk so I said 'yes'. No big
deal."
Rei said calmly.
"Yeah right. You were holding his hand and laughing so it was a big
deal."
Lita informed the others.
"Yeah well… I saw Mina and Andrew walking through the park laughing and
holding hands! Oh and when Andrew left he gave her a kiss!" Rei snapped
back
giving Mina a serious glare as she slid down in her seat and hid behind
a
pillow.
"What!" the others almost yelled. They knew Mina and Andrew had been
going
out ever since Rita broke up with him. They never knew they might be
serious.
"A KISS! You NEVER told us you two where serious. We just thought you
two
where just going out!" Ami said still recovering from the shock of
Rei's
statement.
"Well I didn't even know he was going to do that…"
"Didn't look that way!" Rei interrupted.
"Where you spying on us Rei." Mina exclaimed from behind the pillow.
"Of course not. I was just walking and I saw you two so I decided to
see
what was happing. I WAS going to go talk to you but you were already
lip-locked with him!" Rei snarled back.
"How serious are you two. Like just friends, more or serious?" Lita
asked
coming out of the kitchen almost laughing.
"Well we are… I saw Ami and Greg eating at a VERY expensive restaurant
Friday." Mina said as Ami dropped her book with a loud BANG.
"WHAT!" Lita and Rei almost screamed.
"I thought he was in Canada!" Lita said trying to calm herself down.
"Well he came back about a week ago…"
"And you didn't tell us!" Rei ranted.
"I found out Wednesday when he phoned me and asked if I wanted to go to
supper and naturally I said yes." Ami said nervously shifting in her
seat.
"Yeah sure. You probably where jumping up and down when he asked you
out."
Lita teased.
"I was NOT jumping up and down I, I, I… Serena's here." Ami said as she
heard the sound of the front door open.
"Excuses, Excuses." Mina said waving her hand back and forward.
"Serena your 30 minutes late!" Rei yelled at Serena as she walked into
the
room.
"Sorry." Serena quietly mumbled to Rei.
"Serena are you okay?" Ami asked looking at her concerned.
"Hm. Yah I'm okay. Just haven't had any sleep lately that's all."
Serena
quietly said as she sat down.
"Here maybe these will make you feel better. I just made them." Lita
said
cheerfully as she placed a plate full of cookies in front of Serena.
"No thanks Lita." Serena said as she pushed the cookies away.
"Serena, maybe you should go home and sleep. You look totally
exhausted"
Mina told her.
"No. I'm fine."
"Are you sure? You seem tired, and you haven't been yourself lately.
Maybe
skipping study-buddies today would help." Ami said.
"No. I need to pass the exams."
"Serena, its only January. The exams aren't until June." Lita said
putting
the cookies aside.
"I know, but I want to pass them." Serena said pulling out her books.
"No." Rei stated as she stood up. "Serena you are either sick, someone
hurt
you or something is bothering you! So tell us what it is."
"Serena, please we're worried about you. Did Darien do something to
you?"
Ami said as she knelt in front of Serena.
"No. Darien didn't do anything. Thanks for your concern but I don't
even
know what it is." Serena said trying to sound happier.
"Serena how 'bout this, either you tell the four of us what's wrong or
we'll
call Darien and you'll have to tell him too." Mina said coming up
behind her
and putting hand on her shoulder. "So, what'll it be girlfriend?"
"Well okay I'll tell you guys. Every time I try to sleep I hear this
voice
and it keeps yelling at me. I don't know why. I think that maybe its
because I missed something, let someone down, or will need to help
someone."
Serena said as she looked up at the others. "I'm scared to sleep now,
but
know I can even hear it when I'm really tired."
"What is the voice saying to you Serena? Maybe we can help figure it
out."
Rei said looking at the other girls.
"Yeah. Just call us the Dream Experts!" Mina said.
"It's always different but I think it could be calling us."
"Do you mean what I think you mean?" Lita said looking at the other
girls as
Serena nodded her head. "Maybe we should talk to Artemis? Where is he
Mina?"
"He left before you guys got here. Sorry. What about Luna?" Mina asked
Serena.
"I haven't seen her all day. Sorry."
"That's okay." Rei said as she walked around in front of the others.
"What
about Darien?"
"He might know. Do you know where he is today Serena?" Lita asked her
as she
headed towards the kitchen.
"I think he should be home today, but I don't know for sure." She said
as
she dialled the cordless that Lita handed her. A few seconds after she
dialled
Darien must have picked up. "Hi Darien." She said as the other girls
got up
and sat back in their seats. "Yah I'm at Mina's. We where wondering if
you
could come over for a minute. We just need some help with something.
Soon as
possible. Yeah 20 minutes is fine. Okay bye." She said as she hung up
the
phone and put it on the table. "He has to do something first so he'll
be
awhile."
"Okay." Rei said. "What will do till he comes?"
"Well, Ami hasn't finished tell us about they're relationship." Mina
said
turning to Ami. "So what do ya call it."
"What about 'Ami's relationship' and with who???" Serena said looking
at the
others.
"Oh right we forgot. You weren't here. It seems Greg is back from
Canada,
and Mina saw her and Greg at a VERY expensive restaurant." Lita
informed
her.
"And I found out Ken's back in town." Ami piped.
"I saw Rei and Chad on a date, and Rei was happy about it." Lita
countered.
"Well I saw Mina and Andrew…" but before Rei could finish Mina jumped
of her
chair and tackled her.
"What did she see?" Serena asked watching the other girls fighting as
Lita
walked over the two and whispered something into Serena's ear. "NO
WAY!!
Mina! Why didn't you tell us!!" but before Mina could say something
they
heard the door open.
"Hi girls." Darien said as he entered the room.
"Oh, hi Darien." Mina said getting up from the floor followed shortly
by
Rei.
"Hi Darien." Lita said offering him some cookies as he took one he went
and
sat beside Serena.
"So what's with the fight?" He asked the girls.
"Just over information." Mina said trying to fix her head.
"What information?"
"Nothing big. You don't REALLY need to know."
"I'll tell you later." Serena told him with an evil grin at Mina.
"Okay. So what's the big emergency?" He asked as everyone looked at
Serena.
"Just tell him." Ami urged her as Serena nodded.
After Serena told Darien everything she knew about the voice and dreams
she
was on the verge of crying.
"Oh Serena." Darien whispered as he put his arm around her shoulders
and
gave her a kiss on the head. "You should've told one of us sooner."
"I know. It just the fact that it might have been nothing, and we might
have
been tense and afraid for nothing."
"And Luna would've made us start training." Rei added half jokingly.
"Yeah. Probably harder than ever." Ami added.
"You gonna be okay now?" Darien asked her as he loosened his grip.
"Yeah. I think I'll be okay." She said as she shifted so she was sitting
on
her own.
"So what was the fight over?" He asked as Mina shot over to Serena.
"Oh please don't tell him. I'll do ANYTHING for you. Just please don't
tell
him. It's bad enough for the five of you to know." Mina said while
bowing at
Serena.
"You choose, I'll tell either Darien or… maybe Artemis?" she added as
Mina
stood up and looked horrified.
"Fine tell him. See what I care." She said as she walked to the couch
and
sulked behind her faithful pillow.
"So, what's the big deal?"
"Well according to Rei, she was out for a walk and saw Mina and Andrew
walking in the park. She was heading towards them when she saw them in
a
total lip-lock." She said in a sly voice.
"Well that explains Andrew's happy attitude lately. You are completely
serious about this." Darien asked almost baffled.
"Yep." Rei confirmed.
"Darien, please don't tell him that you and the girls know. It would
completely embarrassing both of us." Mina asked as Darien got up and
headed for
the door.
"Don't worry about it Mina, I won't tell him… I'll just taunt him. Well
girls I have some things to get done so I'll see you later." He said as
walked out the door.
"Bye, Darien. Oh, poor Mina, you'll never live this up. What ever will
you
do." Lita said in a sympathetic voice and patting her on the head.
"I know what I'll do." Mina said getting up from the couch.
"OUT!!!!!!!!!
OUT NOW!!!!!!!!" she yelled at them as they picked up their stuff and
left
the apartment.
"What was that about?" Darien asked from his car.
"Mina kicked us out!" Lita yelled down to Darien between laughing
spurts.
"Give her a break girls. Want a ride home?"
"Sure." They said as they bounded down the stairs. It was only January
but
the sun was starting to melt the snow. Today was just warm enough for a
shirt and light jacket.
"Thanks, Darien." Ami said as she slid into the back seat of his car.
"Just the normal places?" he asked them as he pulled out of the parking
lot.
"Yeah. Just drop me off near the temple." Rei said as she put on her
seatbelt.
"Thanks for coming over Darien. It helped a lot." Serena said as they
speed
down the street to the temple.
"No problem. But this may mean we have to be on our guard for the next
few
weeks. Do you all still have your transformation pens, brooch?" he
asked as
he pulled up in front of the temple.
"Of course we do. I still have mine in my room." Rei replied as she
closed
the car door. "Thanks for the ride. Get some sleep Serena." She told
them as
she watched the car zip down the street.
"Where to next?" Darien asked the girls as they stopped at a red light.
"My place is just around the corner." Lita said pointing to the left.
"Alright then."
"You can just drop me off with Lita. I live around the corner." Ami
said as
she picked up her bag for the floor of the car.
"You sure? I could swing around and drop you off?"
"Yes. I can just easily walk it.
"Alright then." He said as he pulled up in front of Lita's apartment.
"See
ya later. So where should I drop you off?" he asked Serena as they
pulled
out onto the busy street.
"My house. I think I'm going to try and get some sleep." She said as
they
drove down the street onto a quieter street.
"You going to be okay?"
"Yeah. I just some sleep. Now that I know what it is I should be able
to
rest peacefully."
"If you have any troubles or the dream comes back phone me okay." He
said as
he pulled up in front of a nice house.
"Don't worry I'll phone if something happens." She assured him as she
picked
up her bag and said, "I'll be fine." as she gave a small kiss on the
cheek.
"Bye"
"Bye Serena."
"Hi mom." Serena yelled as she walked into the house.
"Hi Serena. How was study-buddies?" Her mom asked as she walked out
of the
kitchen and gave her quick hug.
"Fine."
"Then why did Darien drop you off?" Sammy asked from the living room.
"I saw him on my way home so he gave me a ride. No big deal." She
answered
to an unhappy Sammy. "I'm going up to my room. I'm tired."
"Have a good nap sweetie." Her mom said as she walked up the stairs and
into
her room.
"There you are Serena. What did you do to Mina? When I got there she
was
really P.O.ed." Luna asked when Serena closed the door.
"I'm tired. I'll tell you later." She told the black cat as she laid on
her
bed and fell asleep.
After a few seconds she felt someone shaking her. She bolted up.
"Serena, are okay. You look like you've seen a ghost. What's wrong?"
Luna
asked as she rubbed up against Serena. "Serena?" Luna asked her again
as she
reached for the phone and quickly dialled a number. "Who are you
phoning?
It's 5:30." Luna informed her that she slept for almost an hour and a
half.
"Hello. Darien. Yeah I'm okay but I think it's time for us to return."