The Softest Snow Flake was one of my most popular fics so far and it
seems I hhad part 2 on my computer and never posted it... So as an
appology, I'm posting parts 1 and 2 here today.  I hope everyone likes
this.  It focuses mainly on Darien and Serena and how no matter what
you *think* someone is, there is always that much more underneath the
skin and they can be the most facinating person you have ever met...
If you study them closely enough.  So don't take anyone at face value,
and look for what's below the surface....

The Softest Snowflake

You would never turn around              I don't need to speak
You're laughing at everything             And you know what I'm thinking
That's bringing me down,                    You don't need to hear
what I say
Did you say you loved me?                 I don't have to ask
I almost forgot....                                'Cause you'll guess
what I'm seeking
                                                             You don't
need to hide
That I will never be free                      What you know
There'll always be something              Mathew Sweet, We're the Same
Stuck inside of me
Did you say you felt that?
I almost forgot...

-Mathew Sweet, I almost forgot

	Serena lifted her face to the sky, closing her eyes and breathing
deeply of the fresh winter air.  "You know," she said aloud. "I think
it's going to snow, Luna." She said quietly, breathing in deeply again.
	"How so, Serena?" Luna asked in a tired voice.  She would have much
preferred to be inside where it was warm.  
	"Can't you smell it?  I can just smell the snow wanting to fall...
Like ice smells, you know?" she answered, not noting the tone of voice
the cat was using.  "I love the snow... It's so... peaceful..."
	"Really Serena, can't you grow up?  You should be concentrating on-"
Luna started, hoping to get her to think about all this nega-verse
activity lately and the seven rainbow crystals.
	"Don't start Luna.  I don't want you to ruin my day.  If you're going
to lecture me on all that nega-verse crud, forget it.  I'll go have
fun on my own!" and she skipped away down the street happily as though
nothing had happened.  'I don't need Luna right now anyway... I can
handle being a normal kid for just this one day...' she thought as she
raced up the hill in front of her.  It was a large hill with a forest
at the top, and everything was covered in snow, the perfect winter
wonderland.  She laughed and flung herself into the snow headfirst
(intentionally for once) and stared up at the sky.  'I just know it's
going to snow today...' As if to please her, the gray/blue sky was
suddenly filled with snow and the dainty flakes drifted down to her. 
Serena laughed and hooted and cheered as she closed her eyes and let
them drift down onto her eyelashes.  "I told her it would snow!" and
she burst into laughter, sitting up and looking around.  "No one's
here..." she noted aloud.  Then she spied the small and very frozen
pond to her left.  She looked around once more, and seeing no one,
concentrated until skating blades appeared attached to her winter
boots.  She hadn't told anyone she could do this, but it was fun if
she ever found the time to.  Checking once more that she was alone,
she glided out onto the ice and started with a few practice jumps
before leaning into a full out dance type routine on skates.  She was
amazing, like a pro from the Olympics or something.  Serena glided
around the pond with the utmost of ease and grace.  She sped up and
flung herself into a perfect triple axle.  'I love this feeling!' she
thought ecstatically.  'Like I could fly...' she closed her eyes and
let her mind wander around the idea of flying, while still making her
way around the pond.  If she had opened her eyes she would have
realized that her skate blades were no longer touching the ice.  She
would have realized that in a way, she was... hovering.
	Darien looked up and heard the last bit Serena had said. 'Don't start
Luna.  I don't want you to ruin my day.  If you're going to lecture me
on all that nega-verse crud, forget it.  I'll go have fun on my own!' 
He noted that she was storming away from her cat that was also
storming away. 'Nega-verse crud?  Why would Serena be involved in
that?' he paused. 'And why was she talking to her cat?' He decided to
follow her.  After all, if he had learned anything from being Tuxedo
Mask it was that nothing is as it appears.  She wound up playing in
the snow on a large hill and he had to keep himself from laughing. 
How cute and childish she looked to him from his hiding spot in the
bushes.  Just then, it started to snow and she cheered wildly, closing
her eyes. 'I told her it would snow!' she hooted triumphantly. 'No
one's here...' she looked around, even right at him and he held his
breath for fear she would spot him.  Then Serena got this... look on
her face.  She looked around one more time before concentrating on
something.  Darien paled as skate blades appeared on her boots.  'How
in hell did she do that?!'  Then she was on the ice, skating with a
grace and ease he had never seen before.  She was amazing!  She did
triple axles and jumps and turns with no problems at all... 'Who are
you Serena?  What else does no one know about you?' he wondered.  She
closed her eyes again, continuing around the rink, but... was she
getting taller?  No...he looked again.  'Oh my holy fuc*ing sh*t.
She's floating.  Floating in thin air!'  Well there was no question
about it now.  Serena was definitely not what she appeared. He found
himself standing up and walking towards the pond.  He stood at the
edge of it, watching her for a time.
	"So Serena, what else don't I know about you?" he asked aloud.  She
stooped, opened her eyes and looked down at her feet until they
touched the ice again before looking at him.
	"Darien, it's not what it seems, um... You've been out in the cold to
long!  This is a dream!  A wonderful, wacky dream.  Why don't you go
home and you'll wake up and realize that's all this was..." she
stopped talking and looked at him desperately.
	"Serena, you know as well as I do that this is not a dream.  I
promise I won't tell anyone, but I need to know, how?" he asked her.
	"I don't know..." she whispered softly.  She looked up at the sky
again and caught a small snowflake on her mitten.  "I told her it
would snow..." she said to herself.  "I just didn't think that this
would happen... Oh Darien, why did you have to complicate things more
than they already are?" she whispered softly.  
	"All I know Serena, is you've always been...different from everyone
else.  Do you think no one has noticed when you run away in the middle
of something for no apparent reason and come back a few minutes latter
exhausted?  What's going on with you Serena?" 
	She sighed and glided over to him, pulling him onto the ice.  He was
surprised to see that he to was suddenly wearing skates.
	"I have duty Darien, as odd as it may seem, I have to do things that
I may not like, but are for others.  I don't like it, I never have. 
Destiny and all that... All I ever wanted was to be normal.  But
that's too much to ask if you have my past.  They don't know it, but
I've known for a long time.  I knew who the princess was after the
first fight...." She sighed and pulled him around the pond slowly,
skating backwards.
	"You mean, the moon princess?" he asked her, surprised but getting a
clue as to what she was trying to say. 
	"Yes Darien.  I knew who you were too... But I never said anything. 
It was more normal this way." She paused.  "I hate this!  It's so
damned annoying!  I wish I could just run away and forget about Beryl
and the Nega-verse!  I'll see you around Darien." Her skates were gone
and she rushed out of his view, the snow covering her prints just as
quickly as they appeared.

To be continued or not to be continued?  What do you think?  I'm a
pretty happy with it the way it is... e-mail me at moonklutz@yahoo.com
with your answer.  I'll go by however many yes/no's I get... Jaa ne!
Klutz...


The Softest Snow Flake Part2

	Serena walked away from the hill quickly.  'Oh man� why did this have
to 
happen now?  Now of all times!  ARRGGHHH!' she screamed mentally.  'I
can't let 
anyone else find out� the past is too complicated, to horrible for me
to explain� The 
death of our friends, our family, our selves. I couldn't stand to see
them so sad� She 
sighed and turned the corner to the caf�.  She stepped inside,
removing her mittens and 
smiling at the warmth.  It was always warm in the caf�. Warm and
comforting.  She 
ordered a vanilla milkshake and closed her eyes, deep in thought. 
Could she erase his 
memories?  But she would have to use the crystal, and Ami would catch
the readings on 
her computer, and then I'd have to erase all their memories and the
nega verse would find 
out�. Serena sighed deeply. 'Shit.' The thought paused for a moment. 
'The snow is so 
beautiful�' 
	He closed his eyes and concentrated on her.  He could usually find
her with his 
mind before his eyes; after all, he had been using it to
'accidentally' bump into her for a 
long time� If a day went by when he didn't get to see her smile he
felt as though he had 
missed out on something and there was an aching sadness inside him. 
The only thing that 
seemed to be able to fill that sadness was her, Serena.  The moon
princess in his dreams 
eased it a little bit, Sailor Moon a bit more, but Serena� she was
something special.  He 
felt completely at ease with her, happy and calm.  Like everything in
the world had 
finally fallen into place and he could die happily� His eyes snapped
open.  She was 
drinking a vanilla shake at the caf�. 'The snow is so beautiful�'
Darien immediately set 
out for the caf�. 
	"Hey there meatball head!" he said cheerfully as he joined her in the
booth.  
"Mind if I join you?"   She eyed him warily, but smiled.
	"So that's why we keep running into each other!  I never knew you
could use 
that!" she said laughing.
	"What?  Where'd you get a crazy idea like that?" he asked nervously.
	"You aren't guarding your thoughts very well Darien.  You should be
more 
careful around me!"  She said, smiling brightly.  "And here I thought
you were the smart 
one!"
	"Serena!  You're as smart as anyone else!" he replied immediately
defending her.  
Serena laughed again. 
	"Never mind Darien.  I need you to forget this morning� for
everyone's sake.  
It's complicated and horrible and dangerous!  Just promise me, you
won't say a word!" 
She said going from teasing to serious in a matter of seconds.  'I
don't know if I could 
live without you�' She looked away for a moment and then smiled
brightly.  "So!  What 
are you doing today?" 
	"Uh�not much.  Why?"  Darien was beyond flustered.  How could she
change 
emotions so quickly?  It was amazing� 
	"I'm bored and a friend of mine wants me to do homework, but I mean,
who 
really wastes a beautiful day like this?" she said gesturing to the
winter scene around 
them.
	"Yeah�" he agreed.  "Why don't we go sledding?" 
	"Alright!"  And Serena was herself again� funny, sweet, charming,
na�ve and 
childish.  And he loved her for it.  'As a friend!' he scolded
himself, guarding the thought 
well this time.  They spent the whole day laughing as they zipped down
the hill and 
trudged back up only to zip down again.  They stopped for hot
chocolate several times 
and all in all it was a wonderful day.  Finally, as the sun was
setting they parted and went 
their own separate ways.  
	Serena sighed as she looked up at the star filled sky.  They were
shinning so 
brightly tonight, reflecting their light off the snow that shimmered
on the ground below.  
The moon too, was shining tonight as brightly as ever.  'Please say
I've done the right 
thing mother�' she prayed to the moon.  She looked at it one moment
longer before 
turning to sleep.
	She was in a beautiful garden again, playing with the flowers and
butterflies and 
smiling serenely at the magnificent world she lived on.   Then she was
in a ballroom, 
dancing with him and talking to her scouts and her mother� And finally
the balcony, a 
woman with fiery red hair in front of her.  The balcony, her love dead
on the ground.  The 
balcony, a sword to her heart as she plunged it in and whispered her
regrets to the world.  
Blackness.  
	She sat up, shaking violently and breathing hard.  'That dream again!
 Why can't I 
forgive myself for what I did?'  She took several deep breaths to calm
herself and slipped 
silently out of the bed so as not to wake Luna, who had crept in there
at some point in the 
night.  She glanced up, out the window to the moon.  It was shining
still with its brilliant 
silver light.  A flash of darkness and the moon turned red, bleeding
slowly away into 
nothingness as a cruel laugh echoed in her mind.  'First the prince,
then the princess!  The 
universe will be mine!' and it cackled malevolently before fading
away.  She gasped and 
blinked twice.  The moon was still there, still silver and bright. 
Had it been another 
dream?  No� it was to real for that, and she was Serena.  In her
dreams she was always 
Serenity.  That's how she told reality from dream and vice versa.  'I
just wish there was 
someone I could talk to!' But there wasn't, and there never would be
if she had anything 
to say about it. She would kill Beryl herself and erase the scout's
memories as soon as 
she got the crystal.  For now, she could only wait.

To be continued.
Yeah, I know it's short and there are a lot of people out there who
want to read this, but 
I've got writer's block!  Please send me ideas!  

Hope everyone liked!  Check out my web site at
http://fly.to/moonworld
my e-mail is bunny@sailorscout.com
I'd love some comments and whatever... 
Luvs ya!~
Klutz



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