Title:
Winter Snow
Author: Crystal Saturn
Rated: G-PG 13+
Chapter: 3- Little Messages

Last time on "Winter Snow"…

*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…


The smoke parted briefly, as if to let the small figure through. A black paw, and then another. The crescent moon symbol shone brightly on her forehead. As the little black cat approached, wisps of fog clung to her fur, condensing and contrasting in a glimmer against the midnight black of her coat.

"Crystal, from now on, your locket will guide you and you have to keep it safe. The locket will transform you into 'Crystal Saturn' another sailor scout. You will have very powerful abilities once you learn to control them. They can be very useful in battle. The locket will be with you everywhere you go, for as long as the locket exists, you will have the power of telepathy. You are able to use this power whenever the locket is in your presence." The dark figure explained thoroughly. "Oh and another thing Crystal, please be careful. You are a great asset to the team, and you will be needed on the quest to find princess Serenity" With that Luna left.


"Oh, Darien, I just remembered. There was one thing I forgot to mention to you. I may… have the power of telepathy." Crystal said sheepishly.

"You what?" Darien said dumbfounded

"I can sense, or read, thoughts." Crystal informed her disbelieving brother. "I know right? It's kinda new to me too… so I'm not sure how this works yet. But it sort of explains things…"

*What a wacko. I knew there was something odd about her.* Darien thought

"Hey! I heard that!" Crystal pointed an accusing finger at Darien. His jaw dropped in awe and disbelief.

"Aherm" Darien cleared his throat, "What I meant was, that, by the way you explained it, it was like someone gave you the power of telepathy." Darien corrected

*Well someone did give it to me* Crystal thought. Darien had heard her and was about to comment when Crystal interrupted him. "It's… a gift." She said simply "Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to step in the shower now." Crystal said, walking towards the bathroom before Darien could ask any more questions.

A few minutes later, Crystal reappeared in a casual top and jeans, with a white coat. Darien sat by the coffee table sipping the rest of his hot chocolate. Although they were related by blood, they were still no closer than strangers to each other.

"So, let's see what you've got in here," Crystal said, snooping in Darien's kitchen. She walked over to his fridge and was about to open the large door when Darien protested

"Umm… why don't we go watch some TV instead? I'm sure you don't want to see what's in my fridge… I mean, it's just some food and stuff, what can be so exciting about a fridge?" Darien said, trying to persuade Crystal out of his Kitchen.

"Darien, seriously, your fridge can't possibly be THAT bad!" with that she opened the fridge door. She exclaimed loudly at the sight. There, on the top shelf was a red apple with a bite taken out of it, a ½ eaten chocolate bar, some overdue milk, and a potato with little green furry spots all over it. It seemed to be growing into a plant, with roots so it could get up and run away.

"I… umm… don't do a lot of shopping?" Darien tried to make up an excuse for why his fridge content was so minute and distasteful.

"Well then what do you eat boy?" Crystal asked, looking at her brother. She tried to sound mature, like a mother, at the same time, playful to break the ice. "Look at this, Darien, this is not how to live a healthy life young man! This is just, unacceptable!" she waved the half eaten chocolate bar in his face while her other hand was on her hip. Darien chuckled at the sight. Crystal then took the contents of his fridge then dumped them into the bin. She closed the fridge door, grabbed Darien's arm and dragged him along.

"Wait, where are we going?" Darien managed to ask

"We, are going grocery shopping," Crystal tossed Darien what she hoped to be his car keys.

"So I guess you're staying?" Darien asked with a hint of playfulness in his voice

"Of course! Who's else is gonna make sure that you eat all your greens?" Crystal smiled, hopping into Darien's very classy, red sports car, and they drove off to the mall. "That is, if you'll have me."

"Of course." The tall, dark haired man nodded in approval. He knew it would be a little awkward, and there would still be much to talk about, but she was family.

"That reminds me, we also need to go shopping for new clothes too" Crystal said pulling at Darien's green jumper that he was wearing.

"Hey, what's wrong with what I wear?" Darien asked snatching his jumper away from crystal, who just looked at him as if he was from another planet. *Well first off, it looks like pea soup!* crystal thought, turning her head to look out the window

"It does NOT look like pea soup!" Darien defended his jumper and his sense of style.

Crystal just laughed lightly at her brother's antics. "Whatever you say big bro, whatever you say." She smiled. About 2 hours later, Crystal and Darien exited the mall with shopping trolleys, loaded full of groceries and clothes.

"So what do you usually do at this time?" Crystal asked her brother as she loaded the groceries into the car.

"Umm... I go to the arcade and…"Darien was interrupted

"The arcade? Aren't you a bit old for that?" Crystal asked

"I go to the arcade AND talk to my best friend Andrew, who owns the Crown Arcade" Darien resumed his sentence.

"Ooooooooh! Well off to the arcade we go then!" Crystal smiled genuinely, "And since you paid for my clothes as well as yours and the groceries, then I insist on buying lunch." Crystal offered. Darien nodded, he was out of cash anyway.

Darien and Crystal entered the arcade together, only to be greeted by surprised gasps from Serena, Lita, Mina, Raye and Amy, who were sitting in their usual booth. Darien and Crystal both walked down to the counter, where Andrew greeted them with a smile, and sat down on the tall stools.

"So… the stone cold Darien has a girlfriend now huh? So what would you two like?" Andrew said while winking at Crystal, who blushed profusely and smiled.

"Actually, no, she's my sister. And we'll have 2 chocolate shakes and a pizza." Darien corrected, and read Crystal's thoughts

"But I thought you said that you didn't have any family…" Andrew said confused, while jotting down the order and giving it to his sister to sort out. Soon, the orders came out and Crystal sat there, slurping her shake while Darien filled Andrew in on the story. It was then, that she heard someone's thought.

*I knew it! I knew that Darien would have a girlfriend! How dare she take my man away from me?! Why would he be interested in me? ~Sighs~ Besides, I'm just another dumb junior high girl to him. He's such a hunk though!*

Crystal turned around to see who was looking at her. It was a blonde girl, sitting in a booth with her friends. She had bright blue eyes and her hair was up in a quite unique hairstyle, but it suited her. Her face was quite pretty.

*Well no wonder Darien is going out with her… She's so pretty! Oh no! She saw me! Look away Serena, Smile and look away!!* Serena panicked. Crystal giggled to herself and turned around. By now, Darien had finished the story.

"Oh, so you're Darien's long lost sister…?" Andrew asked, clearing things up. Crystal nodded

"I'm Andrew," he said smiling and sticking his right hand out

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Andrew, I'm Crystal." She introduced herself, taking Andrews hand to shake it.

They began to talk, but didn't get very far.

"Heya Andy!!!" Another blonde girl hollered, skipping towards the counter. "Hi Darien!" she said enthusiastically

"Hi" Darien replied

"Oh hey Mina, Crystal, this is my Girlfriend, Mina…" Andrew introduced. Mina gave Crystal a big hug.

"And her friends, Lita, Raye, Amy and…" Andrew was then interrupted

"And Meatball Head" Darien smirked. Serena's fake smile faded as her face flushed a bright red colour in anger

"And Serena…" Andrew ended

*Aww! She looks so adorable!* Darien thought to himself, forgetting for a moment that his sibling could hear all he was thinking.

"UGH!! Shut up you… you...conceited jerk!" Serena said *ugh…. Handsome, cute, hunky, gorgeous, conceited jerk* Serena thoughts contradicted how she reacted to his comment. *No, stop it Serena, he's got a girlfriend!*

"Why do you have to be so mean to me Darien?" Serena asked, looking furious. *Why don't you like me Darien?* she mentally questioned, and with that she excused herself and practically ran to the ladies room.

"What's wrong with her?" Lita asked, watching Serena storm off.

"I don't know, she's never acted like that before!" Amy said

*Great one Darien!* Crystal glared up at Darien. He just sat there, astounded. Serena had never seemed to take offence that easily. Crystal got up to comfort Serena and explain everything.

"Where are you going?" Darien asked. Crystal just looked at him *Trust me* she told him mentally. He nodded, signaling that he got her message.

Crystal cautiously and slowly opened the door to the ladies room and she gasped at what she saw.


Crystal Saturn