Cat Woman Disclaimer: Is this really necessary? I mean COME ON!!! I'm sure everyone who is reading this knows that I DO NOT own Sailor Moon. Nor any other characters in this story (to the best of my knowledge). However, the story is mine. If there are any parts in here that belong to others, I will apologize now for it. Truth Be Told Chapter 4 Rating: G "By the Gods!" I said as I stopped dead in my tracks. I saw four young girls about our ages. I recognized them immediately, yet the others hadn't, because after all, those four were a big part of my life. "What is it?" Hercules asked looking at me strangely. He hadn't noticed the ther girls yet. But, Iolaus and Jason had and had almost immediately begun their comments on how beautiful they thought the girls were. I didn't need to answer Hercules' question for the comments made by Jason and Iolaus said it all. "Who are they?" Lilith asked staring at them while trying to ignore the comments of the guys. "Those are my friends.....from my home!" I replied as I started walking towards the girls again. The guys were still behind making even more comments and even placing bets! Boys.....go figure! I ran the rest of the way to them and we all hugged. It had been a few years since we had all been together and a few weeks since we had all last spoken. The others had soon followed me and I introduced them all to eachother. Jason had taken an immediate liking to Mina the same way Iolaus had to Raye. Hercules, Lilith, Lita, Amy, and I walked ahead of them not wanting to hear the guys lame passes at Mina and Raye. We reached Hercules' house and then we all split up promising to get together that day for lunch.....which incidently was in oh, about an hour! (Jason and Iolaus' idea) The girls and I had reached the our cabin and I immediately saw something I hadn't seen in a long while.....a coach...with the my families royal insignia on it! "Is she here?" I asked to anyone who wanted to pay attention. I assumed they knew who I was referring to. "Go inside and see for yourself!" Mina said happily. The fact that she was happy and the way she said what she did, basically gave it away. I ran into the house, my friends trailing not too far behind. There she was.....my mother was standing right there and I had almost totally run into her with what Melissa refers to as 'reckless behavior.' "Mother!!" I said in pure joy. I ran to her and hugged her. I could hear her soft, little laugh. When we were on the moon she always said that I brought that out in her. "Hello my dearest Serena!" Queen Serenity said with the utmost delicacy. "I've missed you terribly!" She kissed me on my forehead. A few tears of joy had fallen from my eyes. I hadn't been this happy since.....well, for a long time. About an hour later, my friends and I had met up with Hercules and the others. 'My life cannot get any better than this! I have my friends.....old and new.....I have my family. What else could I need?' I thought. I didn't think anyone was listening in on my thoughts. I was wrong. "Love!" Lita said to me. "You need love, Serena. Then, everything will be perfect!" "I don't need love. Especially when I have great friends like the ones I have right now!" I said, hoping that everyone heard me because I wasn't going to repeat myself. Sure enough, everyone did hear me. "Awwwwww! You're so sweet, Rena!" Mina said jokingly. 'The love of my life dumped me and even though I still love him, I have learned that I CAN live without him.' I thought as we walked on to a clearing not too far from the lake that Hercules and I spent most of our Summer in. I sat down on this huge rock with Amy, Lilith, and Lita at my sides, while Jason, Mina, Iolaus, and Raye were off 'getting to know each other.' Hercules was looking around remembering all the memories of the summer. "What are you thinking about?" I asked Hercules as I walked up behind him. "Huh? Oh. I was just thinking bout everything that happened over the summer and how you don't make sense to me anymore." Hercules replied. I was a little shocked at what he had said, '...you don't make sense to me anymore.' "Why don't I make sense to you? I'm still the same girl you spent the entire summer with." I said, hoping that would be the end of this discussion, it wasn't. "No, you're not. You've changed. It's ike you're keeping a secret from me...from everyone. Like, there is something that we should know, that the secret you're keeping might just one day get you killed!" he knew nothing of me, and yet, he was dead on. My past, my life, if I didn't tell him of me soon, it would put me and possibly even him, in danger. "You're right!" I said ashamed for keeping a secret from the one guy I knew I could absolutely trust. "I am?" he asked, a little shocked. "Yes! Hercules, I have been keeping a secret from you, from almost everyone. And, if I don't tell my secret soon, people may die, and it would be my fault!" I said as I turned and looked at everyone talking and getting to know eachother. They were all unaware of what I ws about to do. I was even a bit unsure of what I was going to do. I cleared my throat. Everyone looked at me, even Jason and Iolaus who were previously distracted by Mina and Raye whose attention was just drawn to me. "I have an announcement to make." ________________________________________________________________________ Happy? I made it longer this time!! YAY!!! Anyways...you know the drill. Sent any comments to me because I would REALLY REALLY REALLY like to hear from you. I have no idea what you people think of my story or even if you are reading it. Which, incidentally, is worrying me a lot! I will have the next part of the story done for next week. BYE!!!