My name is: Aura My fanfic's name is: Only in your Dreams This part is: the prologue The rating is: PG (barely, really it probably should be G) Hello! If your reading this, you are about to test-drive my first fan fiction ever (gulp) submitted. I LOVE feedback of course, but being a reader as well as a writer, I understand that it's a hassle to write when every reader wants to hear from you and demands that you do so. So write or don't write as you will - I love you just for reading it anyways! And now... on to the part where I cover my as... Um... I mean... the disclaimer. Ahem, None of this stuff (characters, main plot of the show or manga, villains, moon kingdom, names, Mamoru... sigh, I *wish* I owned him! Um that is...anyways) belongs to me--except for any stuff that I feel like making up out of my own head. And that stuff is MINE... it came out of MY head - it's MINE... that is, unless you grovel on the floor and beg permission to use it, and then it's okay. Um. Uh. (gropes for anything else relevant to say) Don't sue me. I'm Po' and all you'd wind up with is loose change and maybe some pocket lint (if your lucky) Oh yeah. I'm not getting paid for this (or I'd be better at it!) :) On to the fanfic!- And Oh yeah, these things < > go around thoughts. 'Nuff talking. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Serena sighed and hugged her knees closer to her small body. Sitting on her window seat, she watched the dark, rain-laden clouds slowly gather together on a hot, humid June evening. It would rain soon, she knew. The air tasted of wet grass and an eerie pre-storm silence had settled over Tokyo. She reached back and drew the curtains around her seat and idly stared out, past the window, not really seeing anything at all, lost in thoughts. "Mamoru..." she whispered despairingly. A tear fell from a soft blue eye and slowly rolled down her cheek, matching the first raindrops that began to streak the glass she faced. "How could he have forgotten me?" She was so alone now, all alone in this battle to save the world. She wished that Luna had never brought her back, that the world could have ended with her still innocent of her memories, her past. Now all she could feel was the aching hole where friendships and love once resided. Sure, she *could* have Luna reactivate the scout's memories and return to their former dust-the-youmas-and-thwart-the-villain-of- the-day routine, but they seemed so happy now, so content to live in the innocent, carefree world of teenagers and to forget all about the violence, the pain, and the heartache. < and me > a small voice whispered in the back of her mind < all I am now is a bad memory glimpsed in some nightmare. > No. She couldn't bear to bring them back to the horror of battling the negaverse now. She would let them have the happy lives they deserved. Even if she had to fight for the rest of her life in silence. Alone. And Mamoru, her mamo-chan. He made her heart ache the most. He didn't even recognize her. Probably thought she was some crazy street-wandering lunatic for accosting him and saying such insane things to him this morning. She didn't even know if Luna could bring him back- he wasn't a scout or anything like that. She could only pray that someday those stormy eyes would look at her with recognition and that all-consuming love that she remembered... but no, it was too much to ask, too much to hope for... The rain was coming down full-force now, it was as if the elements had elected to wage war against Serena's house. She could see the branches of her cherry tree whipping to and fro in a vicious wind and she shuddered at the violence of her life. Slowly lowering her chin back to her knees, she felt a sudden lightening in her coat pocket and heard the beautiful tinkle of a melody a thousand years old. Looking down, she saw that her star locket had fallen open on a pillow near her feet. It was too much. She was no longer able to restrain the tears of grief that had been pricking at the back of her eyes all day. With a small cry, Serena buried her face in her arms and cried. "Oh, Mamo-chan" she sobbed inconsolably as the storm raged outside the windows. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This is way short, I know... but it's just a prologue to test out if my style is OK... and that means that I'm counting on getting *some* feedback. I've written many things but never a fanfic and I've NEVER posted anything before - I'm SO nervous and scared! If anyone likes it, I've already written most of the first part (It's much longer, of course) but if noone likes it then tell me what's wrong and I'll do my best to fix it. *laughs nervously* Oooohhhh, my stomach is tied up in knots, I'm so scared! 'nuff notes: I love you all just for supporting Sailor Moon and being here! Bye! -Aura, signing off... for now.