Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Other Side Of Serena ❯ How To REALLY Frustrate Darien! ( Prologue )
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By: Heart of Warrior 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Hentai / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.15.2004 | Updated On: 09.16.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 942 | Visits: 5.9K | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Comedy / Hentai / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 07.15.2004 | Updated On: 09.16.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 942 | Visits: 5.9K | Status: Completed
The Other Side of Serena
(Or: How To REALLY Frustrate Darien!)
Prologue
Darien stuck the key into the lock of his apartment door. He was exhausted. The day had been your general pain-in-the-ass day; Everyone seemed irritated at everyone else. It was raining and traffic was like some kind of hellish nightmare. Did I say raining? Oh, I meant STORMING, as in power lines down, streets closed, Serena screeching. Darien twisted the key in the lock and it opened just like usual. Well the lock did anyway. The door was another story. It had been jammed from the inside, probably from one of Serena's irrational fears.
Putting his shoulder into it, Darien managed to get the door open, knocking over something large and wooden. It fell with a CRACK.
< Oh shit... That was a kitchen chair... At least I think it was... What in the hell did Serena do this time? ... ... Do I really want to know? >
Stepping over, or rather, tripping over the fallen kitchen chair, Darien realized that there were absolutely NO lights on in the entire apartment. He fumbled for the light switch and found that only one lamp would turn on. Checking the others, he found that the lightbulbs had been removed.
Swearing under his breath, he headed for the kitchen to try and find some lightbulbs. No such luck. The only thing he found in the cabinet where the lightbulbs usually were was a cute little pink bunny key chain. Serena's, obviously. Darien swore out loud and smacked a hand to his forehead, disgusted.
< Argh! Serena, what the f*ck did you do this time!? >
With no warning at all, Darien's stereo turned on and a recording of Serena's voice started playing:
"Hello sweetie! I'm sure you're wondering what's going on. Well I'm not telling! I can only tell you this much: Follow the cards, they'll lead you to... somewhere... *coughcoughbedroomcoughcough* The pink bunny key chain is your first clue. I'll tell you what it is. But this recording will only play once, so listen carefully Darien!"
There was a pause and some static on the recording, plus someone saying "Hey, let me say something!" and someone else answering "No way in hell." Darien was getting the basic concept of what was going on, but he was also extremely confused. Don't ask me how that's possible.
The recording started up again:
"The clue that the pink bunny key chain gives you is this:
The next card is in a DVD case with Orlando Bloom on the front.
Be careful! There's three of them and they're all in different places! Heeheehee!"
*Snap* Silence.
Scratching his head, Darien headed for the DVD rack next to the TV. He took out the first Lord of the Rings DVD and opened it. A cute little drawing of a pink bunny said "Try again!" in mint-green bubble letters. Swearing again (My, doesn't Darien have a colorful vocabulary!) he snapped the case closed and reached into the storage space under the TV again. This time he came up with the second Lord of the Rings special edition box.
< It would be just like her to make me sift through all this Lord of the Rings stuff just to find a little bunny drawing... >
Darien knows his Serena far too well. Or was it the other way around? This time, the bunny was light blue and sticking its tongue out at him. The message underneath said "Did you really have to go through all three? This one doesn't even have the characters on the cover! Hahaha!" He shoved the box and its contents back under the TV. Finally, he reached for the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD. A 2-DVD set. He just unfolded the whole case. Sure enough, a 3x5 index card featuring a little gold crescent moon fell out.
< Good, if I saw another bunny, I think I'd scream. >
He turned the card over and found a note written in handwriting very unlike Serena's. In fact, it was an elegant spidery script. Only the last line was in Serena's handwriting. The words formed a poem that seemed very familiar.
"One thing to hunt things out (1)
One thing to find me (1)
One thing to dominate (1)
And in the darkness bind me"
The next card is taped to the box with the leftover chocolate cake in it. (Unless I finished it off this morning...)
<3 Figure it out, Darien. @}~~~
Darien was floored. His jaw dropped and his eyes went wide. He leaned heavily on an end table to keep himself from actually HITTING the floor. Was his sweet, sensitive Serena really saying what he thought she was saying? He swallowed hard, not knowing what to think.
His anger and irritation at the day in general melted away. It was replaced by a number of curious ideas, the two main ones being: One, just go ahead and find her, then try and talk some sense into her. Or Two, take her up on the offer and give both of them the best night of their lives...
Darien slipped the card into the pocket of that horrible green blazer and headed for the kitchen, smiling darkly.
End of Prologue
(Or: How To REALLY Frustrate Darien!)
Prologue
Darien stuck the key into the lock of his apartment door. He was exhausted. The day had been your general pain-in-the-ass day; Everyone seemed irritated at everyone else. It was raining and traffic was like some kind of hellish nightmare. Did I say raining? Oh, I meant STORMING, as in power lines down, streets closed, Serena screeching. Darien twisted the key in the lock and it opened just like usual. Well the lock did anyway. The door was another story. It had been jammed from the inside, probably from one of Serena's irrational fears.
Putting his shoulder into it, Darien managed to get the door open, knocking over something large and wooden. It fell with a CRACK.
< Oh shit... That was a kitchen chair... At least I think it was... What in the hell did Serena do this time? ... ... Do I really want to know? >
Stepping over, or rather, tripping over the fallen kitchen chair, Darien realized that there were absolutely NO lights on in the entire apartment. He fumbled for the light switch and found that only one lamp would turn on. Checking the others, he found that the lightbulbs had been removed.
Swearing under his breath, he headed for the kitchen to try and find some lightbulbs. No such luck. The only thing he found in the cabinet where the lightbulbs usually were was a cute little pink bunny key chain. Serena's, obviously. Darien swore out loud and smacked a hand to his forehead, disgusted.
< Argh! Serena, what the f*ck did you do this time!? >
With no warning at all, Darien's stereo turned on and a recording of Serena's voice started playing:
"Hello sweetie! I'm sure you're wondering what's going on. Well I'm not telling! I can only tell you this much: Follow the cards, they'll lead you to... somewhere... *coughcoughbedroomcoughcough* The pink bunny key chain is your first clue. I'll tell you what it is. But this recording will only play once, so listen carefully Darien!"
There was a pause and some static on the recording, plus someone saying "Hey, let me say something!" and someone else answering "No way in hell." Darien was getting the basic concept of what was going on, but he was also extremely confused. Don't ask me how that's possible.
The recording started up again:
"The clue that the pink bunny key chain gives you is this:
The next card is in a DVD case with Orlando Bloom on the front.
Be careful! There's three of them and they're all in different places! Heeheehee!"
*Snap* Silence.
Scratching his head, Darien headed for the DVD rack next to the TV. He took out the first Lord of the Rings DVD and opened it. A cute little drawing of a pink bunny said "Try again!" in mint-green bubble letters. Swearing again (My, doesn't Darien have a colorful vocabulary!) he snapped the case closed and reached into the storage space under the TV again. This time he came up with the second Lord of the Rings special edition box.
< It would be just like her to make me sift through all this Lord of the Rings stuff just to find a little bunny drawing... >
Darien knows his Serena far too well. Or was it the other way around? This time, the bunny was light blue and sticking its tongue out at him. The message underneath said "Did you really have to go through all three? This one doesn't even have the characters on the cover! Hahaha!" He shoved the box and its contents back under the TV. Finally, he reached for the Pirates of the Caribbean DVD. A 2-DVD set. He just unfolded the whole case. Sure enough, a 3x5 index card featuring a little gold crescent moon fell out.
< Good, if I saw another bunny, I think I'd scream. >
He turned the card over and found a note written in handwriting very unlike Serena's. In fact, it was an elegant spidery script. Only the last line was in Serena's handwriting. The words formed a poem that seemed very familiar.
"One thing to hunt things out (1)
One thing to find me (1)
One thing to dominate (1)
And in the darkness bind me"
The next card is taped to the box with the leftover chocolate cake in it. (Unless I finished it off this morning...)
<3 Figure it out, Darien. @}~~~
Darien was floored. His jaw dropped and his eyes went wide. He leaned heavily on an end table to keep himself from actually HITTING the floor. Was his sweet, sensitive Serena really saying what he thought she was saying? He swallowed hard, not knowing what to think.
His anger and irritation at the day in general melted away. It was replaced by a number of curious ideas, the two main ones being: One, just go ahead and find her, then try and talk some sense into her. Or Two, take her up on the offer and give both of them the best night of their lives...
Darien slipped the card into the pocket of that horrible green blazer and headed for the kitchen, smiling darkly.
End of Prologue