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There was another Princess in the gardens that evening, though her purpose for being there was less motivated by worrying others as it was saving her own pale skin from disaster. It wasn't hard to get into the grounds of Crystal Academy, if you knew what you were doing and looked the part; thanks to her time as Blanche Williams, Coralie looked the part. The same locket and bracelet that were a part of her everyday wear had been topped by a thin cream cardigan over a softly-patterned gold tank top and chocolate slacks. Yes, she was fifteen going on thirty, the mature look at odds with the strange and childish rabbit odango adorning the crown of her skull; Allie would never take them down though. Ever.

She'd been in Destiny City almost a year now, nine months or so by this point. At least, as she could remember it. Perhaps they'd been in the city a bit longer but her grief had erased any memories. Certainly Chibiusa hadn't been comfortable enough in her adult body or her bereaved state of mind to leave Ray's home for what seemed like weeks after she'd entered it for the first time. Now it was fall, Ray was gone, her body was gone, but the grief remained. Not far from here she'd helped with the theft of her cousin's Crystal. Her power, stolen by Wiseman with her as fait accompli. It was that which was keeping her out of the school proper and on the grounds, half-hidden beneath a low-hanging tree as she stared up into the windows of the upper-class.

Things had been patched gratefully and with the utmost adoration towards Sailor Pegasus, and a warmer welcome couldn't be expected from anyone. But then, Helios had been in her dreams as Black Lady, had seen that the girl there was not so very different than the one they'd always known. Chronos hadn't seen her but for that brief moment, and had never met the Princess of Crystal Tokyo before. Had never known that Serenity and Endymion had a child, and that child was now here by some twist of fate and magic. How did you patch things up with someone you didn't know?

The shuffle of dried leaves on the ground alerted the young teen that someone was coming and for a moment, Coralie had the urge to flee blanket her with its panic. It was that initial instinct to run that actually had her holding her ground, stepping around the tree to fully be on the path with a smile. "Oh! I didn't know someone else was here, I'm sorry." Not really. Not quite.

Someone should have warned Serenade Soriano about the power of her eyes. It was first notable to Coralie that they were almost the same color as hers, just a few shades brighter - more pink than red, really. But what was truly drawing to her was the fact that they were almost as sad as she felt her own were, which was not something that was easy at all to accomplish. Something serious would have had to have happened to this girl, to feel like Allie felt.

Drawn out by this, the false bright smile she'd put on for the initial hello faded into something a bit softer and sadder herself. "Yes, it is very sad. I hear people say that winter is the very sad one, but in the fall you watch things die. It's not very pleasant, is it?" Contractions were a new addition to Allie's repertoire and she was still rather cautious about using most of them. The clip to her speech that marked her as foreign was still evident, and probably would be forever, but she was doing better. Much better, in fact!

"Summer is my favorite. Warm, bright, very free. Do you think so?"

Spring brought to mind flowers, and how there was always a bright side to everything. There were so many parallels between the seasons and life itself on Earth, something that supposedly her father had been very in-tune with. Certainly things had always been calm in the spring! "And there are many flowers. There are always so many more flowers in the spring!" Stepping closer, Coralie remembered her American manners and held out her bracelet-wrapped hand somewhat awkwardly. For some reason, she almost wanted to hug the strange girl with the sad eyes.

"I am Coralie Williams, it is very nice to meet you." It was still hard to remember that she shouldn't bow, though truth be told it was a curtsy that came more naturally to Allie. After all, she'd spent more time in the court of Crystal Tokyo than the past version of Japan's capital city. "Do you come out here very much?" She'd spent a few evenings now in the serenity of the Crystal gardens, and had yet to run into this particular girl. Or any girl, really.

Amusement crossed through Allie's eyes at the question, the truth spilling from her lips before she could really prevent it. There was a part of her mind, the cautious and mistrusting part of the young teen's mind that was immediately kicking her own a** with the action. But it couldn't be helped! There was something about Serenade Soriano that make you want to tell her all your secrets, because she'd keep them. And help you get past them. "I don't go here. I just like to come up on the grounds when I can get in, because you have very pretty flowers." There were some things, however, that weren't mentioned. Such as the fact that her cousin went to this school, as did her friend. There was no way to say that she had no idea who the cousin is.

Plus, Coralie would never betray Pegasus. If Reanna didn't care to claim the friendship, things would be very awkward and that was not at all what she wanted! No, there couldn't be any awkwardness that might ruin what little acceptance the princess might have within the senshi.

"I guess it is a good thing that you are not...cooped up? What is that?" Polite concern turned into bright curiosity at the slang she'd never heard before, or never quite grasped if she had. There were so many strange words, it was impossible to know them all!

Another shy smile bloomed across Allie's face, this was something she understood very well. There had been endless days of brooding in bed staring at the wall, poring over the internet in hopes of finding out information about anything, eschewing all contact but with one single person who was no longer around to support her. The list of those sorts of people in her life was slowly growing longer and longer, wasn't that distressing?

"I did that before, when I came here. I did like being in the living room, with my computer. I didn't know much of English. Still do not, I think." Red eyes warmed through with interest at being locked in a piano room, it sounded very much like something Haruka would have done once upon a time. "You play piano? I did want to learn, but didn't have time. I tried to sing once." There was a pause, and a giggle. "I was bad."

"Books." It was short and then Coralie realized she should probably elaborate on that point. "My English is so good because I read very much. Read and listen, I like to be in busy places. It is very busy here." The wide smile noted that this was probably some sort of sarcastic joke in good nature, though the awkward wording of the whole thing made it fall perhaps just a bit flat.

"I was very confused by a book called Twilight though. It was very easy to read, but I didn't really understand parts of it. It seems very scary to have someone sneaking your room at night." She snuck out at night. It would be very very bad to have someone come out.

"Have you heard of it?"

Nodding, Allie grinned with enthusiasm that Serenade had immediately picked up on what she meant. That was rare in and of itself! "Yes! That is it. I did not understand the love part, Bella said that she was very much in love with Edward, but it made no sense. Is the idea that love makes no sense and makes you dumb? I do not know." An odd shrug as arms reached around behind her to grab elbows in hands and rock back to look up at the evening sky as well. "It is so pretty out here, you are very lucky to live here." Most people knew that some of the Crystal girls were there of their own merits in skill or in academics, but Coralie didn't.

To her, they were all wealthy princesses living on a hill in a fairytale world with the most beautiful gardens she'd seen anywhere in town. It was a serene place that reminded Allie of the quiet gardens of her home, and that was why she came up here every night. It was also perhaps a chance to run into Reanna, and that was not really ever something to be missed, of course. Not that Coralie would ever admit that was a reason for hanging around. That was just pathetic.