Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Golden Hind ❯ Serena and Darien Meet ( Prologue )

Well her is the disclaimer I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the stuff I used from Hercules. I have also decided to use Darien since I used the name Serena, so in the future I will change the first chapter when I find the time.

On with the story, Darien meets Serena

Mamoru ran through the forest in search of the hind. He slowed down to a walk when he heard some of Hester's men not to far from him.

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A boy walked out of the forest with a bundle of sticks on his back. He was heading home when some of Nester's men came up behind him, on horses. The boy heard the horse's hooves and turned around. He watched as the men went past him. Only one man stopped.

"Get out of the way!" screamed a black man covered in brown leather armor. He forced his horse to move forward to scare the boy, and it worked, the boy took off into the forest, he was scared that the men were going to chase him so he tried to get away form them. As he ran towards a clearing he tripped over a rope that was close to the ground and rolled into the middle of the clearing and looked up to see a log with spikes in it falling toward him. As it hit him he cried out and then blacked out.

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As Darien walked quietly looking for the hind; he heard a boy's painful cry, turned around and ran to where he heard it. As he reached the clearing he saw the boy and the log covering his body.

"Oh no!" He ran to the boys' side, kneeled, and picked up the log and threw it farther into the forest. The boy moaned. "Lie still, don't move!" he instructed the boy just before he picked him up in his arms.

"Nester he's only a boy!" Darien screamed. Darien set the boy back down. He sensed someone behind him, turned around and saw a girl with blonde hair pulled into buns with hair coming from them and extending down her back. She wore a leather necklace that resembled a crescent moon with a crystal in the middle. She also wore a nice brown and red dress that extended to her knees and matching boots that stopped half way to her knees.

"How badly is he hurt?" Serena asked slightly hidden behind a tree.

"He's dying!" Darien said sadly.

"Is he your son?" Serena asked.

"No.eh. .No!" Darien replied quickly almost cutting off her sentence.

"But you grieve, you already morn his passing." Serena stated skeptically.

"He's innocent, he's done nothing to deserve this." Darien said depressed a bit.

"I can help him if you let me!" Serena said. Darien looked at her and stood up.

"Please!" He pleaded. As she walked up to the boy, Darien noticed that she tried hard to avoid getting near him (Darien). She knelt next to the boy and Darien stood a few feet away from them watching. Serena rubbed her hands together then held them out above the boy. A white light appeared above the boy and slowly the bruises and the marks on the boys body disappeared. As she finished healing the boy she felt weak and fell slightly to her right and Darien lunged forward, fell to his knees and caught Serena in his arms and held her gently. As he looked Serena over to see if she was okay the boy awoke and sat up. Darien looked at him and he started to scurry away.

"Don't be frightened, your okay its." The boy was already up and running away before Darien could finish what he was saying. Serena open her eyes and looked at Darien and the looked at herself, amazed she picked up one of his hands and started to examine it with her hands. Darien turned his attention to her, "Who are you?" Darien asked as she took one of his hands and placed it against her face still amazed.

"I'm Serena! Who are you?" she replied then asked as she continued to examine his fingers and his hands.

"I'm. Darien!" Darien replied slightly lying and questioning the woman that sat next to him and kept examining his hands.

He stood up, bringing Serena up with him.

"You know what you did for that boy was a miracle!" he said slightly surprised.

"Oh!" Serena said disappointed and put her head down, then lifting it back up to his with a slight smile, "I have the gift of healing. Please don't tell anyone what you saw me do here to day."

"No, I mean, if that's what you want." He slightly inquired.

"People would come, more would be hurt. This is a dangerous place." She said as she turned away from him rubbing one hand with the other, she then turned back to him.

"Your secret is safe!" He moved to touch her face " I.uh." Darien placed his hand back at his side as he was cut off by the voices of Hester's men as they searched for the hind. He turned from Serena and took a few steps toward the sound. "You shouldn't be here, this place is." He turned back to where Serena had been standing and stopped in mid sentence. "Where can I find you?" He asked exasperated.

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The Healer moved around in his home in the village south of the palace. He was trying to make a cure for the poison the hind used to dip the tip of her arrows in. Mamoru bursted into the house with Kunzite draped across his arms. He walked down the stairs and over to the Healer. Kunzite was breathing shallowly, shaking a little and covered in sweat. The healer quickly went over to a table with a white sheet under his arm.

"Oh my, here!" He said as he placed a sheet on a table. "Lay him down here. What happen?"

"He was shot by the hind!" Darien stated sadly.

"Hind?" The healer asked.

"Yeah, he's got a high fever, the arrow was dipped in poison.

"This happened to the others too, but none of them made it to town." The healer stated as he walked over to the table he had previously been working at.

"I dressed the wound with herbs as soon as I found him, but they can only help for a while." The healer lifted up Kunzite's head and poured a liquid down his throat.

"This should help slow the poison down. Is there any thing else we can do?"

Darien thought for a moment and Serena came into his mind.

"Yes there is!" He ran to the door at the top of the stairs. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

"But wait, what shall I do?" asked the healer before Darien was halfway out the door.

" Like I said I'll be back as soon as I can. Take care of Kunzite!" Darien said as he rushed out the door.

"Better Hurry!" The healer said under his breath."

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"Nester, most of the traps were hit, but nothing was caught!" Said one of the men.

"Don't worry about it, keep searching!" yelled Nester. The men continued to search for the hind banging their swords on their shields and walking through the trees and bushes.

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"SERENA!" Yelled Darien as he ran through the forest. Off in the distance he could still hear Nester's men searching for the hind. He continued to run through the forest and came to the end of it. He came to a building that resembled a temple that sat next to the palace. As he looked around surprised he saw Serena.

She was talking to a woman with short-cropped blue hair, deep ocean blue eyes, and a fair complexion. She wore a gold tiara on her forehead with a blue jewel in the middle and a lighter blue visor over her eyes. She had a blue choker around her neck with the sign of Mercury in the middle, along with a white body suit that had the collar of a sailor suit that tied together in the front with a light blue bow, with the same jewel as in her tiara in the middle of the bow. She wore a short skirt at the bottom of the body suit that was the same color as the sailor piece at the top and tied in the back with an identical bow to the one on her breast. Her boots were the same color as the skirt with a lighter blue strip at the knee where the boots ended, her gloves went to her elbows and had three blue pieces that held the gloves around the bend of her elbow, they stopped the gloved from falling.

Serena looked around and noticed Darien. She spoke to the blue haired woman and she headed to the palace. Serena watched her and then walked to Darien smiling.

"I've been looking for you, I just wish I hadn't found you here!" He motioned to the temple and then to the palace.

"Why not?" Serena asked as she took one of Darien's hands in hers. "I serve in the Temple of Selena. I'm not ashamed of it."

"With what I've heard about her, she's dangerous." Serena turned from him, as not to show the hurt she felt when he referred to the queen. "Your our of place here Serena, your caring, your gentle, and you value life, she doesn't!" The last comment hit Serena hard; she tried her best not to show that it affected her. She still had her back to him.

"You said you were looking for me?" Serena said changing the subject.

"My friend Kunzite is hurt, he was shot by the hind. We came here to help her, to save her from Nester and his trappers." Darien said not really paying attention to her body actions.

"She probably thought he was a poacher after her gold." She paused, "You say he's hurt, he's not dead?" Serena said trying to hide her guilt.

"No! He's alive, but he's getting worse." Darien stated.

"No one shot with the hinds arrow has ever survived." Serena said.

"He needs your gift!" He walked over to where she stood with her back to him and turned her around to face him, then he took her hands in his. "You can save him!" They looked into each other's eyes.

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Serena felt the warmth, as he took her hands into his. She looked at their hands and then into his eyes. She saw the pain, worry and hope in his midnight blue eyes. She was about to say yes when she remembered that the healer in the town and his companion were both men. Se removed her hands from his slowly and turned away again.

"I can't help, I can't go into the village. If only I could tell you why." She took off toward the temple and ran into the doors.

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Darien listened to her reply, and was surprised to say the least. He had thought that she was a woman who would save his friend if she could, but no it seemed as if he was wrong. He rubbed the back of his head as he headed back into the woods waking slowly thinking about his best friend and Serena.

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Serena closed the door to the temple behind her. She closed her eyes and a crescent moon with the points turned up appeared on her forehead and the dress she wore changed to a white one with golden loops going across the top of the area that covered her chest. The sleeves of the dress were not attached. In the back, her dress was kept tight to her waist by a bow; the ends of the bow fell down to the bottom of the dress. She walked through the temple and soon came to a door that had the ancient moon language printed on it.

"Luna cay mi we sent!" Serenity spoke and the door opened to reveal a room with thrones. Serenity walked into the room and the door closed behind her. The room was a brilliant blackish silver color. It had many carvings and letters carved into the walls. They all told a story of each queen that had ruled. It the center of the roof was a crescent shaped hole that allowed some sunlight in, it was meant for the beautiful bluish-white light that reflected off the Earth at night. Near the far back of the room sat the thrones for the rulers, the king queen and two slightly shorter ones for the heir and their betrothed. There were all made out of the white moon stone that the moon was famous for, but in this room you could not determine the stone from the black jade that was found on the nemesis that the evil had invaded from eons ago.

A servant was polishing the thrones. She turned to look at the princess.

"Serenity, I had not expected you back so soon." Serenity looked toward the woman who had not addressed her as; 'your highness'. The woman stood and walked into the light that shown down from the crescent shape. It was her closest friend, Sailor Saturn.

Sailor Saturn had short black hair that ended at her shoulders, along with purple highlights that shone in the light. Oh her fore head there was a gold tiara with a white jewel in the middle. She had violet eyes and very pale skin. Around her neck she wore a bluish-violet choker with a crystal burst in the middle. She wore a white body suit, with no sleeves, but the shoulders were covered by material that fringed where the bend of her shoulder started. The collar of the suit was a solid bluish-purple that was tied in the front by a red bow, which had a similar, but larger, crystal burst in the middle of it. The short skirt at the bottom was the same color as the collar. The boots she wore was the same color as the skirt and laced from the top of her ankle up to her knee, where the boots stopped and her gloves resembled Mercury's except the piece of material above the bend of her elbow stuck out from the rest. After she stood up a glaive appeared in one of her hands. The top was shaped like the letter G and the pole that extended down from it was quite simple, at the end there was a rather sharp point.

"Saturn, it is you, you scared me." Serenity stated plainly.

"I am sorry Serenity!" She bowed slightly to prove she was sorry.

"What are you doing Saturn?"

"I am polishing the thrones where your future family will soon sit!" Saturn stated happily with a straight face.

"But, Saturn with my condition, no prince alive can touch me!" Serenity said sadly.

"Did your mother say you had to marry a prince?"

"Yes! I am of royal blood and cannot marry below my status, besides the blood of the royal who can touch me is special." She walked over to Saturn.

"Yes Serenity?" Saturn asked.

"Do you have a man you love?"

"I do, your highness!" She said blushing.

"Please Saturn I hate the formalities, Serenity would work just fine! Please tell me about him."

"He is actually from my planet and is the highest ranking knight. He is sworn to protect me and he has told me many time that he loves me."

"What is his name?" Serenity inquired.

"It's Mace!" Saturn replied.

"I've heard of him, he is the man every woman wants on your planet." Serenity looked into Saturn's violet eyes. "I'm glad you have found someone you love." Serenity said sighing.

"I take it you have not found a prince that you have fallen for?"

"No! Saturn are you done with the thrones?"

"Almost!"

"Would you accompany me to the ball? I'll even call Mace from your planet for you to dance with." Saturn's eyes lit up and for the first time in the whole conversation Saturn smiled.

"Yes, so as soon as you're done with the thrones, meet me in my room I have a dress you may wear." Serenity said smiling.

"Thanks you Serenity!" Saturn giggled with delight. As she went back to polish the thrones he glaive disappeared and she picked up the cloth and continued.

Serenity left the room and headed to the call room. She called Mace and had him transported to the moon. She told him to wait in the gardens and Saturn would be out to see him soon. She ten rushed to her room and got the dress for Saturn.

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Well I'll end it there 7 pages and I'm getting tired of writing and there. I know there was a lot of description at some point but I wanted to try and describe the scouts out fits. Hope you enjoyed and please review. I still need a beta reader if anyone is interested.

(Translation for ancient moon language: Allow me to enter.) Saturn's out fit it is the first one she wore.