Magic from the Moonlight: Return of Chapter 1: Chp1: Tears of a little princess, a sailor moon fanfic

Magic from the Moonlight
Book I: Return of the Moon Princess

Org. writing, concept, some characters
by Pluto Knight
Copyright © 2003/20xx

Editing and continued writing
on Jan. 13th 2009
by Saturn Knight
Copyright 2009/20xx

Author's note: Since English isn't my native language. Please don't flame me for grammar errors. Spelling errors… guess I'll just have to kill off my computer.

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Chapter One

Tears of a little princess

*** Tokyo Cemetery… ***

It was a cold and windy October day and the rain poured down over the funeral session and its attendants that were unfortunate not to have brought an umbrella with them, while the sound of approaching autumn-thunder could be heard rumbling in the distance. A young girl, no more then 10 years of age, looked at the two coffins in front of her, while leaning into the embrace of an older woman with dark green hair and dark-red eyes, who softly stroked the young girls back while listening to the words of the priest.

"Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be Thy name…" The young girl closed her eyes shut as the priest began his citation from the bible. She didn't like his words one bit and the fact that he was saying them quietly only made it worse. She wanted to run; run away from it all. Too scream for her parents to come back.

"Mommy… Daddy…" she whispered hoarsely, "W…why did you leave me…?" Serena sniffed. She had been crying a lot since the terrible accident that had claimed the life of her parents, almost none stop since the day they had died and not even her 'distant cousin', Setsuna Meioh, had been able to comfort her. Not even a little.

"Puu… who will take of me now…" she mumbled. Setsuna slowly lifted her up in her arms, comforting her, "How does living with your Uncle Mathew sound, Serena?" she asked softly, smiling warmly at the child in her arms. Satsuna had 'met' Serena at Serena's school where she had been doing some assistance-teaching for some of the older students there and since then had been like a protective older sister to Serena. Over the past 4 years since Serena had started school, Setsuna had grown close to Serena and her parents. Setsuna had often been at the Tsukino household to help Serena with homework, so for her the death of Serena's parents had been a shock to her as well.

"…Ashes to ashes, dust to dust" The priest finished, as he emptied the spoons of earth down over the coffins.

Setsuna closed her eyes, not wanting the tears to fall as the grave diggers began to descend the two coffins into graves. "Come on Serena, let's go home and get something warm to drink." She said, taking Serena's hand. Serena had a horrified look in her eyes as dirt was slowly shoveled over the graves.

"Come on, Serena… Let's get out of here before the thunder storm gets here." Setsuna said, lifting her up in her arms, "Boy are you getting heavy, little princess. You sure have grown a lot since I first met you."

Serena scrunched her nose a bit, "Puu! I am not little anymore!" she said, crossing her arms. Setsuna gave a warm chuckle and smiled at Serena, "Right you are, princess. Right you are. Should we bring a cake home with us?"

"CAKE!?!" Serena exclaimed in not so lady-like manner, "YES!"

Setsuna raised an eyebrow, briefly reconsidering the "princess" part about Serena, but broke into laughter seeing the enthusiastic look on Serena's face.. When it came to sweets and eating, Serena's mood would always get better when the subject fell upon that.

*** 3 weeks later… ***

"Serena, hurry up. Your uncle is going to be here any moment now!" Setsuna called from downstairs as Serena put her stuffed animals in her suit case.

"Coming, Puu! She yelled, walking out of her bed room, dashing down stairs. In a few minutes, Serena's uncle Mathew would be there to pick her up and that would be the start of her new life; a life in England along with her uncle and his two children, Selena and Travis. Serena sighted. She didn't want to leave Puu at all, but Puu had told her that it was for the best and that she would come and see Serena as often as she could. It had made Serena feel a little better, but not much.

"Did you put your stuffed animals in your suit case, Serena?" Setsuna asked, as Serena came down the stairs and entered the kitchen.

"Yes, I did." Serena replied, not sounding too cheerful, as she plopped down on the couch, turning on the T.V.

"Serena, what's the matter?" Setsuna asked, stopping her lunch making and walking over too the couch where Serena was sitting.

"Why do I have to go, Puu?" Serena asked tearfully, "why did mommy leave me!?" she cried, curling into a ball on the couch.

Setsuna sat down gently next too her, pulling Serena into her lap gently, "Serena, we've been over this subject already. As much as I would love to raise and take care of you, I cannot. I don't have the means to do it. If I had then I wouldn't hesitate to do it, you know that."

Serena just kept on crying silently; tears streaming down her face. "I am so very, very sorry Serena…" Setsuna said, softly caressing her back comfortingly, "believe me, I don't want to send you with your uncle either, but I have no choice."

"I miss mommy…" Serena whimpered.

"I know, Serena…" Setsuna said softly, pulling a cotton blanket over her so she could get some rest. Though it had been 3 weeks since the funeral, Serena still didn't sleep much at night; usually no more then 3-4 hours at the most. That had further convinced Setsuna that it would be a good idea for Serena to go and live with her uncle in England, starting a new life and escaping all the bad things she had experienced over the past 5 weeks.

Serena woke up to the sound of two people talking in a language she had never heard before. She whipped her eyes. They felt a bit sticky from all the dry tears and tear-trails and she had a hard time seeing clearly. She looked around and got up and walked into the kitchen, seeing Setsuna and a tall man with dark blond hair standing there.

"Hey, Serena, did you sleep well?" Setsuna asked. The man turned around and kneeled down in front of Serena. "Hey, Serena, "he said.

"Serena, this is your Uncle Mathew" Setsuna said. Serena only nodded and walked over to Setsuna, clinging onto her leg tightly. Uncle Mathew smiled softly, fully understanding her behavior. It was going to be a difficult task, making her smile again, even though Setsuna had told him that going to England would only be good for her in more than one way.

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Okay Minna-chan! This is all you are going to get for Chapter one. I don't want to give away too much too quickly or make the story rushed. Stay tuned for the Next Chapter, that will hopefully be out sometime this week as well!!!