TWISTED DESTINIES by Blue Dreamer (bluedreamer80@hotmail.com) A Land Of Dreams : www.alandofdreams.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is owned by all its respective owners, Naoko Takeuchi, et al. Any other characters in this story are copyright to me as well as the story itself. Synopsis: A revolution has taken place in the Moon Kingdom... the only hope left for the King and Queen is to get their daughter to safety ... on Earth Editor(s): UsagiSmores -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 01 : Gossiping about this strange girl ! A big sound was heard this day of July. It was about 3 A.M. and Ken saw something in the sky. It seemed to have some kind of light. He then got out of bed and quickly put on his clothes to go outside. Nothing outside... However, he ventured towards the wheat fields which were a few miles away... and he heard the sound of cries... as he approached, he found a spaceship and, inside he found the body of a dead soldier... and in his arms was a little girl with a beautiful pendant. As he tried to take the pendant off the little girl, some electric wave came out of it... and the man quickly abandoned the idea of touching this object. Instead of the pendant, he decided to take the child and bring her up as his own... His wife and two children agreed on adopting her. The family decided not to tell anyone about having adopted a baby... and the little girl passed as Serena Williams, daughter of Ken and Ilene, and sister to Isabelle and Phoebe. As they lived a little away from the town, the Williams easily convinced everyone that Ilene gave birth to a third child... ~*~*~*~ ...17 years have now passed since Serena was found in the fields... -"Serena will you pleases hurry a little" shouted Isabelle -"Coming sis, gosh, do you have to shout like that!!!" she answered -"Hey Rena, if you don't come now, I'll come and fetch you by force!" shouted Phoebe -"Fine, fine... it's just so heavy..." Serena whined as she was carrying two gallons of milk to put them on the cart. As Mr Williams was working in the fields, his children were selling milk in town... ... there business was quite popular... however, it was difficult for the kids, especially when they were all the time harassed by the people who loved to gossip... One of the gossips concerned Serena and how Ilene conceived her. Some would say Ilene had cheated on her husband whereas some would say Serena was adopted... Then Williams would only disagree. Indeed, Serena had grown out to be a beautiful girl...with long, blond thick hair... and the most beautiful blue eyes a person could have... 17 years, a good complexion, and almost all girls would envy her... including Isabelle and Phoebe. Jealousy was to be seen with the girls in town as all males were attracted to Serena. The Williams were all brown haired and had green eyes... which contrasted fully with Serena. Isabelle was 24 and Phoebe was 19...and if someone new was to see the three children, well, he would never imagine Serena being of the same family. This time, as they were selling their morning milk, Laura, the daughter of the town banker, who really disliked them, came out with a new theory concerning Serena and, as Serena was handing her the milk. -"It's obvious that you're not somebody trustworthy," she said -"And now why is that?" Serena asked. -"The Williams are poor..." -"We're not like you, so what?" -"How do you explain your beautiful pendant" Indeed, Serena was told by her parents never to show that pendant of hers... however, in her hurry today, she completely forgot to hide it inside her dress or to remove it. -"It's mine" Serena said simply -"And, how on earth would the Williams' have bought you such a thing?" -"It's mine." -"Liar... you've probably stolen it... I'll call the police." -"Will you shut up Laura." intervened Phoebe -"A sister of a rogue can only be a rogue herself... did you steal it for your sis?" Laura asked "Or is it Isabelle?"... As Laura tried to get hold of the pendant, a striking light came out of it... and Laura fainted. Fortunately... no one seemed to have taken any attention to Laura's conversation with Serena... However, Serena was taken aback by this strange pendant. -"What exactly happened?" she asked looking up to her siblings -"Hide that for now... we need to take care of Laura" Isabelle told her Serena did what she was told... As Laura came back to her senses... she seemed to have forgotten the incident -"What the hell has happened?" Laura asked -"You mean to say you don't remember?" Serena asked uncertainly -"If I knew, I would not be asking..." Laura said -"... You fainted as you carried the milk" Isabelle cut Laura "You don't seem to be strong" -"I don't need to be strong... I'm not a farmer like all of you" Laura answered annoyed. After paying for the milk, the Williams had finished with the selling and Serena was taking everyone back home... Serena, after being silent for a long time decided to ask what was the meaning to all this. -"How come the pendant did such a thing?" -"I don't know Serena," Phoebe and Isabelle answered at the same time and this made the denial more suspicious. -"You two are hiding something... please tell me." Serena pleaded -"Stop acting childish." Isabelle ordered her... silencing Serena once again Serena could not help wondering... 'What is this strange pendant of mine? .... Is it mine? ... what if...' -"Serena get back to the track!" shouted Phoebe -"What.. oh... no!" Serena quickly snapped out of her thinking and got the cart back on the tracks -"Hey sis, you should stop daydreaming about your imaginary prince.." laughed Isabelle With that last comment, they all went into laughter.... -"By the way, don't you want to go and see Thomas?" Serena asked Isabelle. -"I can't just go and disturb him.." Isabelle answered as she blushed. Isabelle was engaged to Thomas, another farmer's son... Marriages between farmers and farmers kids was common in order to keep tradition and strength among the profession. In this case, it was not an arranged marriage as Isabelle and Thomas were in love... and both families had agreed on their relationship. -"He's your future husband... how can you..?" Serena insisted. -"... mind your own business Rena." Isabelle told her. -"Come you." Phoebe joined in -"Hey...ok..." Isabelle laughed. Serena stopped in front of Thomas Smith's house. Indeed, Thomas was plucking the different fruits in the trees. He nearly fell as he saw Isabelle coming. As they quickly kissed, which made Phoebe and Serena giggle, Isabelle made it clear that her two sisters should leave and go home so that Ilene would not worry... As they got home, Serena had no time for herself as Ilene came out with a basket in hand -"Serena, take this to your father... he forgot his lunch again" Ilene ordered. Ilene was a real loving mother... and she brought up Serena like her two children... Serena was not under or over privileged. All three kids had the same treatment... and Ilene has always been fair. -"Yes mom" Serena happily said as she loved going through the woods -"And don't you get lost ..." Ilene told her remembering how Serena got lost two years ago when she was mushroom hunting. -"Don't worry mum... I won't be long... see you" Serena quickly made it through the woods and gave her father the basket... Some of the young males in the field could not help looking at Serena with lust and desire... Somehow, one stare from Ken made it clear. 'Don't you dare touch my daughter' look was very efficient. Ken was very protective of Serena... is it because he found her and felt responsible for her? Maybe. Unlike Ilene, he was favoring Serena a little more than his own children... somehow, he could be very firm with her as well when she misbehaves. 'Look at how much you've grown' Ken would think about Serena... He would often think of her origins... 'Where does she come from? ... who is she anyways? ...' Ken had a feeling that she was no commoner ... somehow... in her interest, she was brought up like the other two. -"I must go back now dad, or else I'll get grounded by mom" Serena told Ken and run back towards home... As she was in the woods, and near the lake, she saw a strange shadow near it... as she approached, she noticed a beautiful white horse standing still -"Hey beauty" she told slowly approaching more The horse was about to run away... but did not... on the contrary, came close to her. Serena had never come across such a beautiful animal... 'pure white... like in fairy tales' she thought -"Hey you... let my horse alone" a voice made Serena jump As she turned towards the lake, from where the voice was heard, she noticed a young man bathing. She quickly turned back, blushing and confused -"I was ... did... well... I ..." Serena buffed incoherently The man laughed at her embarrassment -"Care to join me?" he joked -"NO" Serena was now even more embarrassed but somehow asked him "It's the first time I see you... what are you doing here?" -"What do you mean? I'm taking a bath" he answered enjoying the situation -"No, I mean..." -"I'm just a poor painter who stopped by this beautiful site and decided to take a bath at the same time" -"Oh... you're a painter?" Serena asked intrigued by the man -"Kind of" he chuckled "I do this as a hobby" 'Gosh that man has the most beautiful eyes I've ever come across and his voice's so...' -"You can turn around now miss" the man informed her As Serena turned... the man was now dressed up and she blushed. Indeed this man was handsome, good looking... and... -"What is wrong?" he asked -"Huh!" Serena was getting redder as he laughed The man noticed Serena's beautiful features... -"You have an uncommon complexion... I thought people in this region were all with brown hair and green eyes...." The man said -"I'm probably the only exception" Serena informed him -"How come?" the man inquired -"You can never know with genetics..." Serena answered Serena observed the man... he was tall, with jet black hair, and deep blue eyes which seem to contrast with her crystal blue eyes... There seemed to be something about this young man that Serena could not figure out. -"I want to do some sketches of you" the man told her as she took out his drawing tools -"Er... I can't... my mom is waiting for me" Serena told him as she remembered that she was supposed to finish the laundry work. She looked at him and added "Maybe some other time. By the way my name is Serena Williams" -"See you some time then Serena... I want to sketch you out" the man answered -"Are you going to tell me your name?" she asked him -"My name?" -"Yes... don't you have one" she joked -"Of course.... well... just call me... let's say... er... Darien" the young man told her -"Doesn't seem to be your name am I right?" Serena questioned -"It is" Darien answered back -"See you then some time Darien" Serena told him and vanished, as quickly as she had appeared in front of him... 'like an angel..." he thought -"At last we found you Prince Endymion", a voice came from behind him. As the young man turned around, he saw Nephrite, one of the earth's royal guards. -"What is wrong Nephrite?" Darien asked him -"I was worried" -"You need not worry... I was in excellent company" he told smiling to himself 'I will sketch my angel...'