Note: this story is the sequel to Eternal Love, and picks up from there. 
Read it and the story to which it is a sequel to understand what is going
on in this story.


The Real Threat

by:

Prince Darien

Prologue:

Serena awoke to find herself in her school uniform, but she was not in
school.  Instead, she was in her very own house.  She looked at her clock. 
It was one o’clock in the morning.  She had no idea how she got in her
house, or why she had gotten there.  The last thing she remembered was
being is history class, and then this.
        Serena rose from her bed, and walked to her window.  She was
shocked to see a different neighborhood that was not hers.  She then looked
around, and found that the house she was in was not the one she thought it
was.  She had never seen this house before.  It was weird, she was in a
totally strange place, yet she felt no fear.
        "Serena," called a low voice from somewhere in the house.  The
voice was unidentifiable.  It sounded like a whisper, but from where?
        "Who are you?" Serena asked.
        "……I’m not you," replied the voice.
        "Where are you?"
        "……I’m everywhere.  Look around."  Serena was more frightened than
she ever thought possible.  She looked around, and tried to find the
voice’s origin.  This was futile, because it came from a different
direction every time.
        "What do you want?"
        "Only one thing."  The voice now seemed to come from everywhere,
and had an echo to it.  "Guess what it is?"  A shadow appeared in front of
her, and then everything was black for a second…


        Serena shot up in her bed.  She was relieved to find out that she
had only been dreaming.  But there was something different about this
dream, aside from the fact that it scared the crap out of her.  Somehow, it
seemed more real than any other dream she had ever had.
        Serena got out of bed, and walked over to her window.  This
bothered Luna, as the act made the sleepy cat move.  Serena looked out her
window, and saw the beautiful night sky, complete with full moon and
shining stars.  This made her at peace.
        "Serena," said the little black cat known as Luna.  "Is something
the matter?"  Serena looked at the brilliant night sky a little while
before answering.  The time span was about ten or fifteen seconds.
        "No.  I just…had a bad dream.  That’s all."
        "Do you want to talk about it?"
        "No.  There’s nothing to talk about."  Luna’s only thought was
"uh-oh, Serena’s keeping something inside, and it’s gonna blow up sooner or
later".  Serena just kept staring out into the night sky, not knowing what
to think.



        Darien Shields walked along the sidewalk, wearing a black shirt,
blue jeans, and a black overcoat.  He was taking a walk for one reason: he
had to get out of his apartment.  It was being fumigated, and he really
didn’t want a bunch of toxins getting in the way of oxygen, and other
essentials of life.  The bad thing was, he had to find a place to stay for
the night.  He had thought about Serena’s house, but then he thought of her
father.
        Darien started receiving images of…something.  He darted into an
alleyway, so he wouldn’t look stupid by standing on a sidewalk with his
eyes closed.  He stood there, in the alleyway, trying to make the images go
away.  But they would not.  He kept seeing fog, a shadow, and a dead Serena
in front of him.  He tried to keep his eyes open, but they seemed to close
by themselves, as if some other force was controlling him.


        A lone figure stood, at a full height of eight feet and seven
inches.  The figure was that of a male, but not a human.  It was the thing
that was sending the messages to Serena and Darien.
        "First, Katarina, then Lord Perro.  Well, now they must answer to
me."  The thing’s eyes began glowing white.  "Death to the Sailor Soldiers,
and to Tuxedo Mask!"


To Be Continued……

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