Legend of the Dark Moon – Book II – Prologue
The birthing room of the hospital was filled with screams as a beautiful baby
boy was born into the world, his hair the color of the midnight skies and his eyes
intensely blue. The mother smiled happily and held him to her chest. In a far corner
of the room a young lady with long green hair watched the scene, her eyes wide
with sadness from some forgotten time and she spoke, "The time has come young
prince of Earth, the time for it all to start over." A bright green flash of light filled the
room, invisible to those without magical capabilities, but the young baby boy saw it
and he hushed feeling secure and protected.
The same year in a hospital not far away from where the first boy had been
born another was born. This boy had the same midnight hair as the first only his
eyes were a shade of holy green. The noise in this birthing room was much different
a sad gloomy atmosphere, the mother watched her son with longing eyes but she
was only a teenager and her parents took the baby away. She would not see it again
for many years. The same green haired girl watched the scene, she watched the boy
be taken to a small orphanage where he would spend the rest of his childhood. And
as the green light filled the room she spoke in his ear, "Do not worry, she will be
with you soon you must watch over her." As the light faded a light of understanding
filled the babies young eyes, somehow it seemed to understand.
Four years later the same mother of the second boy visited the same room
again. This time a beautiful baby girl was born, her hair and eyes blue as the sky.
The same year six other girls were born each a part of some undefined destiny. At
each birth the same green haired lady watched unseen, and she whispered the same
thing to them before they left, "Watch them. They are the key to all our futures."
And when the green light was gone they all stopped crying as if they were waiting for
another message to reach them.
That year on June 30, triplets were born to a blue haired mother. Though
they had nothing physically similar you could feel the bond that they shared with
each other. In the corner of the room the same green haired lady stood watching,
but this time she didn't leave she walked silently behind them as they were taken to
the nursery, and waited until no one was around. Frowning she looked at Serena, the
oldest of the triplets. "Young princess, your life will never be out of your control.
Hang on to your friends." She looked at the middle child, named Alexandra. "You are
the luckiest, your powers will not be needed till the very end. You shall sleep in
peace." With a sad remembering glance she looked away from the one named
Charity. "I promised you that I would make sure that your sisters lives as peaceful as
possible, even if you were the one to take their hardships, but even I can not stop
some things. Still you'll have the hardest life, trust in Adrian and Darien. They will
help you through this."
Her eyes darkened a little bit with regret, but she swung a large key around
her head and opened a portal. Smiling at Serena she silently promised to someday
return her two sisters, and she picked up the two youngest sisters taking them
silently through the portal. Nobody noticed they were gone, until for hours later.
On the doorstep of a small apartment Juuban district the green haired lady
left the middle child. The couple that lived there had wanted children for years, the
princess would be most welcome in their home. Smiling she left as quickly as she
came.
Charity was different; she was left on the doorstep of a small orphanage. The
same orphanage the second boy had been given to. "Those two will always protect
you. Stand by them. On your fourteenth birthday you and Adrian will be given your
memories back, as I promised, I will see you soon after that." And for the final time
she disappeared into a green light.
The door to the orphanage opened as a young boy ran out to get the morning
paper, and stumbled directly over the baby girl. The boy looked down at what he
tripped over and smiled, she was so cute. He was only four but he felt the need to
protect her, and from inside the house he heard someone scream for him to hurry.
Taking the paper and the baby girl he walked back into the house. He had a feeling
things would be different from now on.
Two years later a car crashed off a cliff, one boy managed to live through it,
the boy was take to the same orphanage.
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Two-year-old Charity clung to Adrian's arm, her eyes curiously watching the
new boy being introduced to everyone. He looked to be about the same age as
Adrian somewhere around six years old, and he looked lonely. Sort of as if he'd been
left alone without anything good to remember.
Adrian watched him as the introduction was over and the rest of the children
went back to whatever they were doing, not caring what happened next. The boy,
Darien, was standing still in the middle of the room looking like a fish out of water.
He looked over at Charity. "What do you think? Should we join him?"
Charity nodded her head, "'Drian he looks sad. Sad isn't good."
Adrian smiled, "No, sad isn't good come on."
Adrian walked curiously up to the boy, little Charity clinging to his arm. The
boy watched them approach with cool eyes, almost detached. Charity clung tighter
to his arm. "It's okay, Charity. He's just not used to being in a place like this."
That was probably true, the orphanage was dreary the walls were white, but
over the years they'd acquired a nice set of coloring markers and paint stains. The
children were quiet and calm only because they knew if they acted out they'd be
whipped and sent back to bed with out the one piece of bread they were allowed for
dinner. Rooms were small and packed, and most of the time they were shared with
both boys and girls.
There hadn't been a baby at St. Peter's orphanage since Adrian, when Charity
was brought in, and at first no one knew what to do with her. The only two live ins
were over sixty years old, and they had no idea how to take care of a baby with
thirty children already living in the house, but right from the beginning Adrian had
stepped forward and taken her in. He'd been the one to take care of her, so there'd
been and old closet cleaned out and two beds put it in it. Adrian would live with
Charity.
Adrian wasn't too sure where they'd put this new boy, all the rooms were full,
and there was no way to fit another bed in the closet where Charity and himself
slept. But the boy wasn't worried about anything, he just kept watching them
approach, it was almost disconcerting for the six-year-old Adrian.
Charity looked at the boy and spoke to him, "You sad, sad isn't good. Me 'n
'Drian don't want you to be sad."
The boy looked startled at the little girl, she was a pretty smart for her age.
He somehow knew that she shouldn't be able to speak with such good grammar at
such a young age. Adrian smiled down at her, "That's right, you told him didn't you?
How do you think we could cheer him up?"
Charity looked at the boy, "Doll."
The boy was startled again, the little girl actually wanted to cheer him up.
He'd lain awake for nights on end in the hospital without anyone caring if he ate,
slept, or was happy.
Adrian looked back to the boy, "She wants you to play with her doll. What's
your name?"
"Darien."
He smiled, "I'm Adrian, and that's Charity."
Charity spoke more urgently, "Doll."
Darien smiled, "Okay, let's play with doll."
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Charity sat propped up on the fence. Her legs swinging back and forth. Lately
she hadn't had anywhere she could just come and think. Plus, she literally had no
privacy; she hared her room with a boy!
Footsteps pounded heavily on the ground behind her, she'd known that one of
them would eventually come after her.
Darien swung himself onto the fence. "So what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just thinking." She answered still looking up at the stars.
Darien smiled. "This had to do with Adrian doesn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm always thinking about him, and whenever I see him I
get nervous… I don't know, maybe I'm just sick. Do you think I have a fever?" She
babbled not to o sure if she should've told him in the first place.
Darien rolled his eyes, "You know perfectly well that you're not sick. You're
never sick. I think you also know why you feel so funny around Adrian."
Charity glared at him, sure she'd known she just wasn't ready to admit it to
herself, she was afraid that everything would change. "I don't like change."
"Yes, you do, I know you do. You're just afraid of it. I promise, if you tell him
nothing bad will come of it."
She jumped off the fence and headed back to the orphanage, "So what did
you two do this time? Draw straws to see who got to come talk to me?"
Darien chuckled, "You know us too well." He paused, "He told me to come
because he thought you might be more comfortable talking to me every once in a
while. He's afraid of change too."
Baffled she just kept walking.
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Charity absolutely hated it when Darien was right, he was the smartest one of
the three and he had no problem showing it. So a month later she was still trying to
find a way to tell Adrian, but having no success. Plus Darien kept throwing them
together in uncomfortable positions, it was bad enough she was still sharing a room
with him.
She rolled her eyes at her self and looked down at her homework, chemistry
was so hard to concentrate on these days. Not that it was ever easy.
The door squeaked and opened as Adrian walked in. Throwing his jacket on
the bed he plopped down on the floor next to her. "What're you working on?"
"Chemistry, but it's not due till Friday anyway. I just didn't have anything to
do." She replied.
He reached over and took it away from her, "Good, then you can tell me what
you want for your birthday."
"Nothing! I already told Dare. You guys are teaming up on me!" She
complained.
He chuckled, "No, we're just trying to get information!"
She looked down, "It doesn't matter, I can't have what I want anyway."
Adrian was take aback, one minute she was joking with him the next she was
serious. He knew something was really wrong with her, he just didn't know what,
and it was bugging the heck out of him. "Why won't you tell me what's wrong?'
Charity looked at him, "Because I'm afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Change."
Adrian frowned, "Me too, but we're orphans. Things are always going to
change, we may have to completely change our lives once we get out of here. Our
life is causing us to change there's not reason to fear it."
Charity smiled she'd never thought of things that way. "I guess you're right."
"Good! Now, tell me what's wrong with you!" He demanded.
Looking down she barely whispered, "I'm in… I'm in love with you."
He stared down at her for a minute not comprehending what she had said.
"Never mind. I didn't say anything!" She babbled and got up to run out of the
room.
With lightning reflexes he grabbed her wrist, "What's wrong with that?"
She looked at the floor again and stopped struggling against him; "It doesn't
matter does it? You don't feel the same way."
He chuckled, "I've loved you for two years, ask Darien, you just never
noticed."
He was right, she hadn't noticed, and she didn't doubt that he was telling the
truth either. Smiling from ear to ear she threw herself into his arms and cried
happily. "You gave me everything I wanted for my birthday already!"
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Sailor Pluto gently shook Charity awake. "Wake up, and get dressed. It's
time, young princess."
Barely awake Charity threw her clothes on, and went around to Adrian's half
of the room to find him already dressed sitting on the end of his bed. "Morning."
Taking a glance out of the window she snorted, "The sun's not even up yet."
Pluto stepped out of the darkness, "Sorry, princess. I had to wake you before
everyone else in order to have enough time."
"Hello, Sailor Pluto." Shaking her head shocked she whispered, "How did I
know that?"
"Garnet Orb, release their memories!"
A bright green flash filled the room and Adrian and Charity both stepped back
as the memories flowed through them. Everything from their birth to their death.
Sailor Pluto smiled with satisfaction.
"It's time, Charity." Pluto said.
Charity looked up a little overwhelmed by all that was happening, "Yes, I
guess it is. Thank you, Pluto."
Pluto smiled, and stepped through a porthole back to the time gates.
Adrian smiled, "It's about time."
Charity laughed, "Only she didn't stick around long enough to tell us where
everyone else is."
Adrian glanced at the floor, and started laughing, "She lefts us a letter! How
Pluto—like."
They opened it together and read it aloud, "I know you've probably wondering
where your sisters are. It is very important that you do not find them, until other
people introduce them to you. Charity remember you must always protect them, and
Prince Darien. Do not forget what I told you the last time I saw you."
"Very thorough, what did she till you the last time she saw you?" Adrian
questioned. He could remember that day, she'd refused to tell her while he was still
there.
Charity's eyes widened, "Oh gosh."
She stood up abruptly, "I can't believe this."
Adrian calmly stood up, ""What's wrong? What is it?"
"I'm pregnant." She looked him in the eyes, "She gave me a choice she told
me that if she'd allowed mother to take me with the others that I would've lost the
baby."
He sat back down on the bed a n d took a deep breath, "Then I'm glad she
didn't let her. We'll be happy, and we'll have to work hard."
Charity smiled in agreement.
"Darien and I are going to be sent out in a couple of days. I wasn't you to
marry me." He said smiling at her.
Her eyes got wide again' she was having way to many surprises today. "Of
course!! YES!"
"Good, now we can get out of here!"
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Of course things had to be done. Legally they had to have permission from
the head of the orphanage. That was easy enough seeing how they had far too little
room and how Charity had just always been thought of as the same age as Adrian
and Darien. Then of course Darien had to be told.
The argument over who would break the news was so long that Darien almost
found out by listening to a conversation that Charity had been having with the head
Mother. So eventually they decided that Charity would be one to tell Darien, which
then lead to a fight with herself to decide WHEN to tell him. Luckily, the time
appointed itself when Adrian made sure that they were the only two people free to
go to town to do the grocery shopping.
The walk to town was awkwardly quiet due to the facet that Darien knew that
there was something both Adrian and Charity had been hiding from him, and the fact
that Charity didn't know how to tell Darien about the baby or her upcoming wedding.
Finally, Darien got tire d of waiting.
"So, are we going to have to finish shopping before you decide to tell me
whatever it is that you've been hiding?" Darien questioned as he looked over a pair
of apples.
She smiled slightly, "Well, I like to enjoy my time with the fruits."
He grinned, "I'm sure that's true, but I'm also sure that it's not a coincidence
that we're here by ourselves doing grocery shopping that normally takes six people."
The smile faded a little, "No, I suppose not."
"Listen to me for a second, Charity, I know whatever it is you've got to tell
me is something you're scared of telling me. So, I'll tell you something first." He
paused for a second to pick of a couple of oranges and a kiwi. "We all grew up
together, from the time you made me play with your doll to right now shopping for
food. NO matter what I will always think of you as my little sister. I don't care that
there isn't some piece of paper that says we're related or not."
She wiped a tear from her eye, and gave him a gigantic hug. "Well, fine then,
I guess I'm going to have to start calling you big brother!"
"I don't have a problem with that, but I would like to know what's going on."
She stopped walking and sat down on a small bench outside the bathrooms."
Adrian and I are getting married."
Darien sat down next to her. "I see, I almost expected that. So, what was so
hard about that?"
Her voice lowered into a whisper, "That's not all, Darien, I'm pregnant."
Darien smiled, "Okay, so we're going to have another moth to feed. I sure
hope it doesn't eat as much as you or we'll all be broke in a day."
"We?"
"You didn't think I was about to give up on the two of you did you? No, we'll
just need an apartment wit ha rather large refrigerator."
For the second time in one day Darien was given a large bear hug, but it was
rather short, because suddenly Charity ran into the bathroom to throw up most of
what she ate for breakfast and she was quite sure some of last night's dinner.
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The Tsukino family was at this exact time finding a rather large letter
addressed to them in their mailbox. Of course, they did receive letters every day, but
this one letter was special. It was from the special agency that they had hired years
ago in hopes of finding their two missing daughters.
Giving a quick prayer Ellen Tsukino quickly ripped open the envelope and
scanned its contents. Unable to believe what she was reading she read it three more
time before shouting for her husband to read it also.
In short the letter told of a couple whom had found a baby on their d
doorstep, although the couple had always wanted children they felt that if the child
belonged to someone they could not keep it. They filled a report in order to see if
someone could claim the missing child, but since the baby was in a small town an
hour away the case had never been connected. The agency was positive that the
child was the second of the three children Ellen had, had that night.
Then the letter went on to tell that there had been an auto accident just on
the other side of the same town that involved a stolen car. Inside they had found the
charred remains of a man and a baby. That baby had been the third child Ellen had
given birth to that night.
Her husband read the letter and quietly agreed with his wife that neither
Serena nor Alexandra should know that they had a second sister. In fact, that night
when he called the family to sit up the meeting in which they would finally get to
meet their daughter he told the family not to tell of the third child.
The next day Ellen and her husband, Ken, brought Serena and their youngest
child, Sammy, to a small beach house where they explained what had happened that
night Serena was born. Sammy didn't really care, but Serena was shocked, angry,
and happy.
The same day the family that had raised Alexandra quietly explained they had
fund her real family, she had know for years that she had been left on their
doorstep, Alex, was sad to be leaving the family she had known for the first fourteen
years of her life but also happy that her family had wanted her and had not left her
for dead as she had thought for years.
The day after, the two families met and the two sisters were reunited. Neither
knew that that the exact time their other sister was two months pregnant and
getting married to a brother of a friend they Alexandra would meet for the first time
the next day. In fact, neither of them even knew she existed.
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The wedding took place in a judges quarters, and was the quiet kind of
wedding that they all expected, but the three of them were all happy, and they all
returned to the orphanage for the last night they would ever spend there.
They had managed to find a medium sized apartment across the street form
Tokyo University where both Adrian and Darien would be attending. Charity had
decided that she would wait till the next year to start college.
Alexandra and Serena started their first year of High School at Crossroads,
and their parents quietly mourned the death of the child neither of the two girls
knew about.
Sailor Moon and her royal guard defeated Beryl and Galaxia, but there were
even more battles to come plus soldiers none of them remembered, but for this time
there would be peace as all of them waited.
The birthing room of the hospital was filled with screams as a beautiful baby
boy was born into the world, his hair the color of the midnight skies and his eyes
intensely blue. The mother smiled happily and held him to her chest. In a far corner
of the room a young lady with long green hair watched the scene, her eyes wide
with sadness from some forgotten time and she spoke, "The time has come young
prince of Earth, the time for it all to start over." A bright green flash of light filled the
room, invisible to those without magical capabilities, but the young baby boy saw it
and he hushed feeling secure and protected.
The same year in a hospital not far away from where the first boy had been
born another was born. This boy had the same midnight hair as the first only his
eyes were a shade of holy green. The noise in this birthing room was much different
a sad gloomy atmosphere, the mother watched her son with longing eyes but she
was only a teenager and her parents took the baby away. She would not see it again
for many years. The same green haired girl watched the scene, she watched the boy
be taken to a small orphanage where he would spend the rest of his childhood. And
as the green light filled the room she spoke in his ear, "Do not worry, she will be
with you soon you must watch over her." As the light faded a light of understanding
filled the babies young eyes, somehow it seemed to understand.
Four years later the same mother of the second boy visited the same room
again. This time a beautiful baby girl was born, her hair and eyes blue as the sky.
The same year six other girls were born each a part of some undefined destiny. At
each birth the same green haired lady watched unseen, and she whispered the same
thing to them before they left, "Watch them. They are the key to all our futures."
And when the green light was gone they all stopped crying as if they were waiting for
another message to reach them.
That year on June 30, triplets were born to a blue haired mother. Though
they had nothing physically similar you could feel the bond that they shared with
each other. In the corner of the room the same green haired lady stood watching,
but this time she didn't leave she walked silently behind them as they were taken to
the nursery, and waited until no one was around. Frowning she looked at Serena, the
oldest of the triplets. "Young princess, your life will never be out of your control.
Hang on to your friends." She looked at the middle child, named Alexandra. "You are
the luckiest, your powers will not be needed till the very end. You shall sleep in
peace." With a sad remembering glance she looked away from the one named
Charity. "I promised you that I would make sure that your sisters lives as peaceful as
possible, even if you were the one to take their hardships, but even I can not stop
some things. Still you'll have the hardest life, trust in Adrian and Darien. They will
help you through this."
Her eyes darkened a little bit with regret, but she swung a large key around
her head and opened a portal. Smiling at Serena she silently promised to someday
return her two sisters, and she picked up the two youngest sisters taking them
silently through the portal. Nobody noticed they were gone, until for hours later.
On the doorstep of a small apartment Juuban district the green haired lady
left the middle child. The couple that lived there had wanted children for years, the
princess would be most welcome in their home. Smiling she left as quickly as she
came.
Charity was different; she was left on the doorstep of a small orphanage. The
same orphanage the second boy had been given to. "Those two will always protect
you. Stand by them. On your fourteenth birthday you and Adrian will be given your
memories back, as I promised, I will see you soon after that." And for the final time
she disappeared into a green light.
The door to the orphanage opened as a young boy ran out to get the morning
paper, and stumbled directly over the baby girl. The boy looked down at what he
tripped over and smiled, she was so cute. He was only four but he felt the need to
protect her, and from inside the house he heard someone scream for him to hurry.
Taking the paper and the baby girl he walked back into the house. He had a feeling
things would be different from now on.
Two years later a car crashed off a cliff, one boy managed to live through it,
the boy was take to the same orphanage.
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Two-year-old Charity clung to Adrian's arm, her eyes curiously watching the
new boy being introduced to everyone. He looked to be about the same age as
Adrian somewhere around six years old, and he looked lonely. Sort of as if he'd been
left alone without anything good to remember.
Adrian watched him as the introduction was over and the rest of the children
went back to whatever they were doing, not caring what happened next. The boy,
Darien, was standing still in the middle of the room looking like a fish out of water.
He looked over at Charity. "What do you think? Should we join him?"
Charity nodded her head, "'Drian he looks sad. Sad isn't good."
Adrian smiled, "No, sad isn't good come on."
Adrian walked curiously up to the boy, little Charity clinging to his arm. The
boy watched them approach with cool eyes, almost detached. Charity clung tighter
to his arm. "It's okay, Charity. He's just not used to being in a place like this."
That was probably true, the orphanage was dreary the walls were white, but
over the years they'd acquired a nice set of coloring markers and paint stains. The
children were quiet and calm only because they knew if they acted out they'd be
whipped and sent back to bed with out the one piece of bread they were allowed for
dinner. Rooms were small and packed, and most of the time they were shared with
both boys and girls.
There hadn't been a baby at St. Peter's orphanage since Adrian, when Charity
was brought in, and at first no one knew what to do with her. The only two live ins
were over sixty years old, and they had no idea how to take care of a baby with
thirty children already living in the house, but right from the beginning Adrian had
stepped forward and taken her in. He'd been the one to take care of her, so there'd
been and old closet cleaned out and two beds put it in it. Adrian would live with
Charity.
Adrian wasn't too sure where they'd put this new boy, all the rooms were full,
and there was no way to fit another bed in the closet where Charity and himself
slept. But the boy wasn't worried about anything, he just kept watching them
approach, it was almost disconcerting for the six-year-old Adrian.
Charity looked at the boy and spoke to him, "You sad, sad isn't good. Me 'n
'Drian don't want you to be sad."
The boy looked startled at the little girl, she was a pretty smart for her age.
He somehow knew that she shouldn't be able to speak with such good grammar at
such a young age. Adrian smiled down at her, "That's right, you told him didn't you?
How do you think we could cheer him up?"
Charity looked at the boy, "Doll."
The boy was startled again, the little girl actually wanted to cheer him up.
He'd lain awake for nights on end in the hospital without anyone caring if he ate,
slept, or was happy.
Adrian looked back to the boy, "She wants you to play with her doll. What's
your name?"
"Darien."
He smiled, "I'm Adrian, and that's Charity."
Charity spoke more urgently, "Doll."
Darien smiled, "Okay, let's play with doll."
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Charity sat propped up on the fence. Her legs swinging back and forth. Lately
she hadn't had anywhere she could just come and think. Plus, she literally had no
privacy; she hared her room with a boy!
Footsteps pounded heavily on the ground behind her, she'd known that one of
them would eventually come after her.
Darien swung himself onto the fence. "So what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I'm just thinking." She answered still looking up at the stars.
Darien smiled. "This had to do with Adrian doesn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm always thinking about him, and whenever I see him I
get nervous… I don't know, maybe I'm just sick. Do you think I have a fever?" She
babbled not to o sure if she should've told him in the first place.
Darien rolled his eyes, "You know perfectly well that you're not sick. You're
never sick. I think you also know why you feel so funny around Adrian."
Charity glared at him, sure she'd known she just wasn't ready to admit it to
herself, she was afraid that everything would change. "I don't like change."
"Yes, you do, I know you do. You're just afraid of it. I promise, if you tell him
nothing bad will come of it."
She jumped off the fence and headed back to the orphanage, "So what did
you two do this time? Draw straws to see who got to come talk to me?"
Darien chuckled, "You know us too well." He paused, "He told me to come
because he thought you might be more comfortable talking to me every once in a
while. He's afraid of change too."
Baffled she just kept walking.
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Charity absolutely hated it when Darien was right, he was the smartest one of
the three and he had no problem showing it. So a month later she was still trying to
find a way to tell Adrian, but having no success. Plus Darien kept throwing them
together in uncomfortable positions, it was bad enough she was still sharing a room
with him.
She rolled her eyes at her self and looked down at her homework, chemistry
was so hard to concentrate on these days. Not that it was ever easy.
The door squeaked and opened as Adrian walked in. Throwing his jacket on
the bed he plopped down on the floor next to her. "What're you working on?"
"Chemistry, but it's not due till Friday anyway. I just didn't have anything to
do." She replied.
He reached over and took it away from her, "Good, then you can tell me what
you want for your birthday."
"Nothing! I already told Dare. You guys are teaming up on me!" She
complained.
He chuckled, "No, we're just trying to get information!"
She looked down, "It doesn't matter, I can't have what I want anyway."
Adrian was take aback, one minute she was joking with him the next she was
serious. He knew something was really wrong with her, he just didn't know what,
and it was bugging the heck out of him. "Why won't you tell me what's wrong?'
Charity looked at him, "Because I'm afraid."
"Afraid of what?"
"Change."
Adrian frowned, "Me too, but we're orphans. Things are always going to
change, we may have to completely change our lives once we get out of here. Our
life is causing us to change there's not reason to fear it."
Charity smiled she'd never thought of things that way. "I guess you're right."
"Good! Now, tell me what's wrong with you!" He demanded.
Looking down she barely whispered, "I'm in… I'm in love with you."
He stared down at her for a minute not comprehending what she had said.
"Never mind. I didn't say anything!" She babbled and got up to run out of the
room.
With lightning reflexes he grabbed her wrist, "What's wrong with that?"
She looked at the floor again and stopped struggling against him; "It doesn't
matter does it? You don't feel the same way."
He chuckled, "I've loved you for two years, ask Darien, you just never
noticed."
He was right, she hadn't noticed, and she didn't doubt that he was telling the
truth either. Smiling from ear to ear she threw herself into his arms and cried
happily. "You gave me everything I wanted for my birthday already!"
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
Sailor Pluto gently shook Charity awake. "Wake up, and get dressed. It's
time, young princess."
Barely awake Charity threw her clothes on, and went around to Adrian's half
of the room to find him already dressed sitting on the end of his bed. "Morning."
Taking a glance out of the window she snorted, "The sun's not even up yet."
Pluto stepped out of the darkness, "Sorry, princess. I had to wake you before
everyone else in order to have enough time."
"Hello, Sailor Pluto." Shaking her head shocked she whispered, "How did I
know that?"
"Garnet Orb, release their memories!"
A bright green flash filled the room and Adrian and Charity both stepped back
as the memories flowed through them. Everything from their birth to their death.
Sailor Pluto smiled with satisfaction.
"It's time, Charity." Pluto said.
Charity looked up a little overwhelmed by all that was happening, "Yes, I
guess it is. Thank you, Pluto."
Pluto smiled, and stepped through a porthole back to the time gates.
Adrian smiled, "It's about time."
Charity laughed, "Only she didn't stick around long enough to tell us where
everyone else is."
Adrian glanced at the floor, and started laughing, "She lefts us a letter! How
Pluto—like."
They opened it together and read it aloud, "I know you've probably wondering
where your sisters are. It is very important that you do not find them, until other
people introduce them to you. Charity remember you must always protect them, and
Prince Darien. Do not forget what I told you the last time I saw you."
"Very thorough, what did she till you the last time she saw you?" Adrian
questioned. He could remember that day, she'd refused to tell her while he was still
there.
Charity's eyes widened, "Oh gosh."
She stood up abruptly, "I can't believe this."
Adrian calmly stood up, ""What's wrong? What is it?"
"I'm pregnant." She looked him in the eyes, "She gave me a choice she told
me that if she'd allowed mother to take me with the others that I would've lost the
baby."
He sat back down on the bed a n d took a deep breath, "Then I'm glad she
didn't let her. We'll be happy, and we'll have to work hard."
Charity smiled in agreement.
"Darien and I are going to be sent out in a couple of days. I wasn't you to
marry me." He said smiling at her.
Her eyes got wide again' she was having way to many surprises today. "Of
course!! YES!"
"Good, now we can get out of here!"
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
Of course things had to be done. Legally they had to have permission from
the head of the orphanage. That was easy enough seeing how they had far too little
room and how Charity had just always been thought of as the same age as Adrian
and Darien. Then of course Darien had to be told.
The argument over who would break the news was so long that Darien almost
found out by listening to a conversation that Charity had been having with the head
Mother. So eventually they decided that Charity would be one to tell Darien, which
then lead to a fight with herself to decide WHEN to tell him. Luckily, the time
appointed itself when Adrian made sure that they were the only two people free to
go to town to do the grocery shopping.
The walk to town was awkwardly quiet due to the facet that Darien knew that
there was something both Adrian and Charity had been hiding from him, and the fact
that Charity didn't know how to tell Darien about the baby or her upcoming wedding.
Finally, Darien got tire d of waiting.
"So, are we going to have to finish shopping before you decide to tell me
whatever it is that you've been hiding?" Darien questioned as he looked over a pair
of apples.
She smiled slightly, "Well, I like to enjoy my time with the fruits."
He grinned, "I'm sure that's true, but I'm also sure that it's not a coincidence
that we're here by ourselves doing grocery shopping that normally takes six people."
The smile faded a little, "No, I suppose not."
"Listen to me for a second, Charity, I know whatever it is you've got to tell
me is something you're scared of telling me. So, I'll tell you something first." He
paused for a second to pick of a couple of oranges and a kiwi. "We all grew up
together, from the time you made me play with your doll to right now shopping for
food. NO matter what I will always think of you as my little sister. I don't care that
there isn't some piece of paper that says we're related or not."
She wiped a tear from her eye, and gave him a gigantic hug. "Well, fine then,
I guess I'm going to have to start calling you big brother!"
"I don't have a problem with that, but I would like to know what's going on."
She stopped walking and sat down on a small bench outside the bathrooms."
Adrian and I are getting married."
Darien sat down next to her. "I see, I almost expected that. So, what was so
hard about that?"
Her voice lowered into a whisper, "That's not all, Darien, I'm pregnant."
Darien smiled, "Okay, so we're going to have another moth to feed. I sure
hope it doesn't eat as much as you or we'll all be broke in a day."
"We?"
"You didn't think I was about to give up on the two of you did you? No, we'll
just need an apartment wit ha rather large refrigerator."
For the second time in one day Darien was given a large bear hug, but it was
rather short, because suddenly Charity ran into the bathroom to throw up most of
what she ate for breakfast and she was quite sure some of last night's dinner.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
The Tsukino family was at this exact time finding a rather large letter
addressed to them in their mailbox. Of course, they did receive letters every day, but
this one letter was special. It was from the special agency that they had hired years
ago in hopes of finding their two missing daughters.
Giving a quick prayer Ellen Tsukino quickly ripped open the envelope and
scanned its contents. Unable to believe what she was reading she read it three more
time before shouting for her husband to read it also.
In short the letter told of a couple whom had found a baby on their d
doorstep, although the couple had always wanted children they felt that if the child
belonged to someone they could not keep it. They filled a report in order to see if
someone could claim the missing child, but since the baby was in a small town an
hour away the case had never been connected. The agency was positive that the
child was the second of the three children Ellen had, had that night.
Then the letter went on to tell that there had been an auto accident just on
the other side of the same town that involved a stolen car. Inside they had found the
charred remains of a man and a baby. That baby had been the third child Ellen had
given birth to that night.
Her husband read the letter and quietly agreed with his wife that neither
Serena nor Alexandra should know that they had a second sister. In fact, that night
when he called the family to sit up the meeting in which they would finally get to
meet their daughter he told the family not to tell of the third child.
The next day Ellen and her husband, Ken, brought Serena and their youngest
child, Sammy, to a small beach house where they explained what had happened that
night Serena was born. Sammy didn't really care, but Serena was shocked, angry,
and happy.
The same day the family that had raised Alexandra quietly explained they had
fund her real family, she had know for years that she had been left on their
doorstep, Alex, was sad to be leaving the family she had known for the first fourteen
years of her life but also happy that her family had wanted her and had not left her
for dead as she had thought for years.
The day after, the two families met and the two sisters were reunited. Neither
knew that that the exact time their other sister was two months pregnant and
getting married to a brother of a friend they Alexandra would meet for the first time
the next day. In fact, neither of them even knew she existed.
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*
The wedding took place in a judges quarters, and was the quiet kind of
wedding that they all expected, but the three of them were all happy, and they all
returned to the orphanage for the last night they would ever spend there.
They had managed to find a medium sized apartment across the street form
Tokyo University where both Adrian and Darien would be attending. Charity had
decided that she would wait till the next year to start college.
Alexandra and Serena started their first year of High School at Crossroads,
and their parents quietly mourned the death of the child neither of the two girls
knew about.
Sailor Moon and her royal guard defeated Beryl and Galaxia, but there were
even more battles to come plus soldiers none of them remembered, but for this time
there would be peace as all of them waited.