Title: Winter Snow
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: G-PG13+
Chapter: 2 -The Past Revealed

Last time on "Winter Snow"…

"How old are you Darien?" She asked suddenly

"I'm 19, why?" Darien asked confused and a little curious about the sudden interest in his age and where this was leading. Maybe she knew who he was? Maybe she knew more about his past? He watched her intently, heart pounding in his chest. Crystal was deep in thought, calculating. A look of realization dawned upon her face as her eyes darted up to meet his.

"D-D-Darien…Chiba?" Crystal stuttered as realization dawned upon her.

"Yes, how did you know?" Darien asked, full of curiosity.

"Darien…" Crystal started

"Yes…" He waited in anticipation for the words to slip from her lips.

"I'm your sister."



Darien just sat there with a blank expression on his face. He was obviously shocked.

"M…my sister?" Darien finally spoke "But how can that be? The hospital said that I never had any family besides mom and dad. How can you be my sister?" He said still shocked.

"Well… when the accident happened, I was only a few weeks old, so I didn't remember anything" Crystal paused "The only thing that saved me, was the baby capsule that I was strapped in. We were all taken to the hospital and mom and dad were unable to be saved." Crystal brushed away the tears that were starting to emerge. "We, on the other hand, were taken to separate rooms, I was fine. But you… the doctors cleaned up your minor wounds and diagnosed you with Amnesia." Crystal paused, while Darien closed his eyes remembering that fatal night…

*Flashback*

"He's got Amnesia. Where are his parents?" Said a tall man in a white coat

"They died upon arrival," Said a shorter man in a grey coat.

"Does he have any relatives?" The tall man asked

"I'll have to check, but I think it would be best of he went to the local orphanage" The Shorter man stated.

"Yes, so it shall be…" The sounds and talking soon died down and Darien was left alone in his room.


"Darien? Darien, hello? Are you OK?" Crystal asked, trying to get him out of his trance. Darien blinked twice.

"Oh yeah" he swallowed hard "Please continue" He urged her on.

"For some reason, even though we arrived at the hospital together, we were never reunited together again, not until today. The hospital searched for relatives, but none were found. Knowing that you had amnesia and that you wouldn't remember anything, they sent you to an orphanage. I was too young, and so one of the nurses found a foster family for me almost immediately. I call them Aunt Selena and Uncle Edward. I've lived with them ever since. A few weeks after I reached 10 years of age, they had decided to tell me about the car accident. They also told me about you, my older brother, and their struggles to get custody of you. They told me that you went from foster home to foster home and eventually back to the orphanage. From that day, I vowed, to one day find you." She paused, thinking a little. Darien's eyes shimmered with tears that were on the brink of spilling. He steeled himself and struggled to keep his emotions back in check, determined to understand all he was being told. He found it hard to believe that all this time, he had family, and he was never told.

"2 years later," Crystal continued, "Uncle Edward suffered from a stroke, and… he didn't make it." Tears flowed rapidly from Crystal's eyes.

"Aunt Selena was devastated, and a month later, she died of what the doctors called "Heart Failure" but deep inside I knew that she was heartbroken." Crystal cried openly. "You know, they say that in most cases, when one partner dies, the other often follows soon afterwards…"

"Hush… it's gonna be alright…" Darien comforted the crying girl.

"I had nowhere to go so they sent me to an orphanage," Crystal cried onto Darien's chest. "It was so horrible! I couldn't take it anymore so I took the little belongings they let me keep and I ran away." She attempted to wipe her tears with the back of her hand, but they just came back. Darien reminisced how it was when he was in the orphanage. The loneliness that haunted the hallways often manifested itself into anger and hatred within the children that lived there. Many had had no childhood, and no hope of a future. It was an oppressive, negative place, where many learned to harbor deep, dark feelings. Darien's jaw clenched as he listened to the girl before him continue.

"I ran as far and as fast as I could, and I soon found myself at the park. It was snowing so much that I couldn't see a thing. The last thing I remember is tripping in a rock, everything going dark, then waking up in your apartment." She watched Darien's reaction. His eyes seemed distant and unsure. "I have paperwork if you don't believe me! Photos of you as a baby, and of our parents. I have my birth certificate, and yours too. I know it's a lot to take in…" Crystal's voice trailed away as she watched her brother sift through the documents. He shook his head, not wanting to see any more. Looking up at the young girl in front of him, he smiled gently.

"Well, little sister, you found me!" Darien said smiling, trying to cheer Crystal up. Her heart lifted. She had hoped he would accept her into his life.

"I guess I did." Crystal chuckled. *I need to take a shower* she thought to herself.

"Sure go ahead, the bathroom's just down the hall, you can permanently borrow a towel, I'll go get it." Darien replied.

"What?" Crystal asked confused

"You said that you needed to take a shower, didn't you?" Darien asked, equally confused.

"Yes, but I never said it out aloud!" Crystal replied. "You never told me you could read my thoughts..."

"That's because I can't!" Darien said with a worried look on his face. Suddenly, Crystal remembered her dream…


Crystal Saturn