I AM SOOOO SORRY! I NOTICED I MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE.

At the end of chapter 15, I wrote 'end' at the bottom of the chapter, and everyone thought I was finished. But I'm not…I got two more chapters and THEN it will be finished. And as of right now, I am almost finished with chapter 17.

Ok, now that has been established, on to my thank yous.

S. Wright- Hey Sean, can I do the happy dance with you? I'm glad you like this story and I appreciate you reading the other (even if you hate diamond).

Meshala- I am so honored that you've read my story! You are a terrific writer and I love your stuff. Thank you so much for you review.

ScorpioNightShadow- I hope I didn't give you a toothache with all the sap, but since you are such a loyal reviewer, I will dedicate all upcoming action to you. ; )

Sexykitten- Thank you very much.

Sailormairz- Oh my goddess, you read the entire thing so far in one sitting? Thank you, I had to share you review with my family! Your review really touched me.

BenRG- Bow down to you, I will! Thank you for your review and your score (even though this isn't finished) I hope that score remains when I do finish. Oh and don't worry, you haven't seen nothing yet. Just wait to see what I pull out next chapter. This one is good, but the next is written with you in mind!

Ghostwriter- I'm glad to please.

Catalina-You seem to be a newbie, compared to the others, thanks for the review.

And last but definitely not least… Hauntress- Buddy! Keeping you on your toes is my mission. Oh and I read your latest gem too…but did I review? I'll check. You didn't think I would not put them back together, that would so go against the title. Yes it's a question, but I had to answer it. You foresaw this chapter and Serena will bring it on!

Now with that all said, here is the story

Can Love That's Lost Be Found

By Crystaldove

Lita ran off and caught up with Darien.

"Congratulations Darien. I know you're happy."

"Lita…what do you want?"

"What's wrong with you Darien? You were so happy a minute ago…"

"I was happy until you showed up…before you get all comfy and think that I will help you with Serena, don't. Paladin told me about the meeting."

"He did…why?"

"Unlike the lot of you, my advisor is loyal to me. I know what you did and why you did it. I can't believe that you are jealous of Serena. I can't believe that I unknowingly assisted with your plot!"

"It wasn't a plot…"

"No, it was just a deception. You're late for class…"

"Huh?"

Lita looked behind her and noticed that the schoolyard was empty and ran off. Darien had some time before the start of his first class. His first class had always started about an hour after Juuban started classes. He was always early to see Serena. Darien noticed that Paladin was following him, so he veered to the park to speak to him.

"What is it Paladin?"

"How did things go last night?"

"You mean you don't know? She spent the night…"

"Sire, what about her…?"

"At her parents insistence."

"Huh?"

"Such language from you Paladin…you're watching too much t.v. What would Advisor Marion say?"

"She would say…wait, I never told you about her? Sire, your memories…have returned?"

"Yes, I remember my past in the kingdom and my childhood before the accident…I'm completely whole."

Darien told Paladin what transpired at his apartment that prior night. His guardian was elated. His prince was once again happy and able to love his princess.

"But what about the others? Did you tell her?"

"I promised her that I would never cause her pain. I couldn't tell her…but that doesn't mean that I won't. I won't make the mistake of the others."

"So what will you do?"

"First, she has to meet the person that kept me grounded the past few months. Second, I will tell her that I know why the others kept my problems secret, but she needs to ask them herself. Lastly, I will be there when she needs me."

"That's wonderful sire, but who kept you grounded the past few months?"

"You stupid…she has never met you."

"Oh, but must you be so harsh Darien?"

"It keeps you on your toes. I'll see you this afternoon."

Class went by at a quick pace. When the bell rang for lunch, Amy and Lita waited outside for Serena. They assumed that since Serena and Darien had reconciled, they would too. Their wait was in vain, Serena sat inside and spoke to Miss H for a few minutes. The teacher saw the kiss at the gate and wondered if she would have to ask her personally. She was glad that Serena and Darien had gotten back together. She wished them all the best and Serena and Molly went outside for lunch.

Amy and Lita were about to give up hope when Serena and Molly came outside from class. They approached, ready to get the details of the reconciliation.

"Hey Serena, I saw you and Darien out by the gate, so you are back together?"

"You did Lita…it's good to know that you are so observant; yet our business isn't yours."

"What do you mean Serena?"

"I think you know what I'm talking about. You and the others know too much about my relationship with Darien. Whatever is going on between us…is none of your business. Now if you will excuse me, lunch is almost over and Molly has waited long enough."

That's how the exchange between them proceeded for the rest of the afternoon. After school, Lita and Amy tried to catch up with her but were halted by Paladin.

"If you are attempting to speak to the Princess, I suggest you wait."

"Paladin! What are you doing here?"

"I was escorting the Prince here. Now as I was saying, Serena is unavailable."

"What do you mean unavailable? We have the right to know what is going on!"

"That's what got you in this mess with her in the first place. What gives you the right to know the details of her personal life?"

"She's the princess…"

"A fact you have forgotten. It was your desire to know her business that caused her to lose her trust in you. Now if you really want to mend that fence, you need to remember your place. But the most important thing she needs to know is the truth."

"She doesn't know?"

"No, but she will if you don't tell her."

"Is that a threat Paladin?"

"I told Darien what happened…he is not pleased but it's not his place to tell her."

"He is committing the same act we did."

"Is he? He told you about his dreams because he thought you would help him and Serena. But you knew that she wanted to know the truth…and you kept if from her. She asked for weeks and you didn't tell her. And when she overheard it…you lied about knowing and she figured it out. You kept it from her for your own selfish reasons. Now if Darien told her…it wouldn't be pretty especially since he received his information from me. Now I could tell her, but that wouldn't serve any purpose."

"He's right Lita. It would seem that Serena and Darien have gotten back together, which would also mean that he told her about his problems…which we shouldn't have known about in the first place. We need to tell her the truth."

"I know Ames…but I'm afraid. What if she doesn't forgive us?"

"It's a chance we have to take…regardless of what happens, she deserves to know the truth."

"How was school today baby?"

"Oh Darien, I haven't had this much fun at school in months!"

"Really? The temple of doom has become a place of enjoyment?"

"Well, I told you that Miss H and I had gotten close. She's happy for us."

"I am too."

"You are so corny Darien!"

"But you love me anyway."

"Come on loverboy…my milkshake awaits."

"Can we share?"

"Only if you're a good boy."

"I think I'm going to be sick!"

Serena looked up and saw a rather large hawk perched above the tree they were passing under.

"Darien, did that bird just talk?"

Darien smiled and held out his arm. Paladin flew down and landed while inclining his head to Serena.

"Serena, do you remember me talking about a goshawk in the past?"

"Oh yeah, your pet hawk!"

"Pet hawk…sire how dare you insult me in that manner?"

"I'm just kidding, you're Paladin correct?"

"Yes princess, I am Endymion's advisor."

They spent the next few moments getting acquainted with each other and Paladin told him about the others without telling their secret. They shared a few stories and Paladin told Serena about Darien's childhood when he would sneak off with him in his robin form. Before Darien got too embarrassed, he took Serena by her hand and they walked to Crown.

Andrew was taking some orders, wondering about the others since he hadn't seen them in a few days. He dropped the pad he was holding. The patrons noticed this action and turned to see Darien and Serena together.

"Darien…Serena? Does this mean that you're back together?"

Serena let go of Darien's hand and ran and embraced Andrew.

"Thanks for what you did for us Andrew. Thanks for looking out for him."

"Hey, he's my best friend and you're like a sister to me. I'm just so glad to see you two together. Now what can I get you? And since we are celebrating…it's on the house!"

Darien walked up to Andrew and felt his forehead.

"Dude, are you ok?"

"What are you implying?"

"You never give away anything for free."

"And this is why I don't."

"Play nice boys…I want a banana split and two spoons. I'm going to get a booth."

Serena began to walk off, but was stopped by Darien grabbing her and placing a kiss on her lips. She blushed and walked off.

"Seeing is truly believing."

"I can't believe it myself. I have her back in my life."

"What happened?"

"A lot, I can give you a condensed version though. Come on, can't keep my lady waiting."

Amy and Lita saw Serena sitting in a booth from out of the arcade. Remembering what Paladin said, they took a chance and approached her.

"Uh Serena, I know you're busy but we need to speak with you at your earliest connivance."

"Since when did my availability designate the time for the meeting. No one ever cared if I was unavailable before."

"I know and that was wrong of us. But that's going to change."

"Change?"

"Yes, we need to talk about what happened…you deserve to know the truth."

"Oh, you mean the reason why you didn't tell me you knew about Darien? I'm listening."

"We can't do it here, that's why we need to know when you're not busy."

During this time Darien came over carrying the banana split. He noticed Serena wasn't alone and was about to speak to he assumed was Molly, he scowled when he realized it was Amy and Lita.

"Darien are we doing anything later today?"

"Uh…later?"

"Yes Lita, I thought this was important, so why wait?"

"Of…course."

"Well, Andrew wanted me to come see him later and I was going to see if you minded."

"I don't mind and this gives me the perfect opportunity to call a meeting. Tell the others to meet me at the fountain at 8:00. Find the cats too and I won't tolerate lip of any kind. Now if you will excuse me."

The girls got up and left her to her date with Darien. Darien sat and the two continued afternoon treat. Darien walked her home but was detained by her parents. Mrs. Tsukino was interested in meeting the man that caught her daughter's heart, so she invited Darien to dinner. After dinner, Darien left the Tsukino household and proceeded to Andrew's. Serena did her homework and headed to the park.

When Amy and Lita left Crown, they called the others on the communicators. They met at Raye's and she was quite livid that they had decided to do this without her consent.

"How could you do this without asking me? I mean this is a big thing…we aren't ready for this!"

"When is the time Raye? There isn't a ready for this…we need to own up to are part in this. We knew why Darien left her…and didn't tell her. We could have told her that it wasn't her fault, that he was having issues that made him afraid of hurting her and that we were trying to help him. We didn't have to tell her about the dreams, but like Paladin said it's up to us to reveal the truth. We kept her in the dark for our own selfish reasons."

"You're right, so what time is the meeting?"

"8:00 tonight so we better get ready. I'll go find the cats."

Lita left the others and found Artemis and Luna at Central. She informed them on the upcoming meeting and they followed her to the park.

The girls found that Serena was already at the park waiting for them.

"You look beautiful Serena, I'm glad your doing well."

"Thank you Luna…but we are not here for pleasantries, let the meeting commence."

The girls fidgeted nervously, not knowing where to start. So Artemis took this time to begin.

"I know we hurt you when we left you in the dark. You had been asking us for so long why Darien broke your heart that we decided to find out. Honestly, when I found out, I assumed that the only thing that you would care about would be getting him back. That reuniting the two of you would be enough…I was wrong. Now that it has been brought to my attention and I really thought about it, I would want to know why the love of my life left me too."

"Darien told me about all of your involvements with him and his training. I thank you for that; you were there for him in his time of despair. But that doesn't explain why you didn't tell me the truth. Why didn't you tell me you knew? Why didn't you tell me that you were training him?"

"I was jealous of you."

Serena turned to Lita with shock seen on her face.

"I am the strong one of the group, I am the one that knows how to fight…and you did it without me. You found this strength in yourself that I didn't help you with and matched me in everything. You didn't need me to keep you from harm anymore so deep down I thought that if I didn't tell you about Darien…you would still have a need for me. I could train you like I wanted to, so I trained him…molding him in the ways of Jupiter."

The color drained from Serena's face. She noticed the others wore the same pensive look as Lita…even Luna looked sad. She processed this information for a moment and then turned back to the others.

"And your stories Amy, Mina and Raye?"

"You are so graceful and beautiful…the embodiment of what I'm supposed to be. I'm supposed to be the one that shows you the ways of love. You found it on your own and became your own goddess of love…I was jealous too."

"Mina?"

"I couldn't teach you…I assumed that you were just lazy…But then we were told that you were getting tutored by Miss H and that she was hiding your improvement by posting old scores. It made me mad that I couldn't do what she did…"

"Stop it, Raye what's your reason?"

"You touched into your past and discovered yourself…"

"OH FOR THE LOVE OF THE ALLIANCE! I can't believe you! You were jealous because I bettered myself and because it wasn't at your hands…you spited my by keeping my business from me! My guardians… my teammates… my friends took it upon themselves to know why I was hurting and didn't concern themselves with telling me. Then to add salt to the wound… took Darien as your new disciple, and kept 'that' relationship behind my back. And I guess that your reason was that I made decisions without consulting my advisor, right Luna?"

"Please understand Serena that we meant no harm…instead of facing our own insecurities, we blamed you for our lack emotional stability. You are right, I felt that, as your advisor, I should have been the one to mold you into the person you are now…and the girls should have trained you in the ways of their planets. This was all in the plan to make you the perfect ruler."

Serena looked up to the moon for guidance and strength. She was about to tell them the truth about their assumptions about her.

"I spoke to Paladin…he told me about you ideas concerning my rapid development. I found them quite amusing."

"You met Paladin?"

"He is my loves' advisor…why wouldn't I have met him?"

"I meant that…nevermind."

"Thank you Amy. Can I continue?"

The group nodded their heads and watched as Serena began to pace.

"Yes, it was true that I didn't understand the work being taught in school. I asked Miss H for help and she did. I got her to keep it a secret because I didn't need extra attention mounting to the pain that I was going through. One night I found myself sitting on my roof looking at my ancient home. I asked for something to help me relieve the pain I was in. I called for the crystal and went deep into the depths of its power… and I learned something very surprising."

She called forth the crystal and let it hover infront of her.

"I learned that it the crystal contains residue from past battles…you may think that would be normal from all the energy that is spent, some remains to prevent it from being drained. But I learned that my crystal is a conductor…the power comes from me. If I attacked like the rest of you, it would be erratic and would destroy a small village. That's why I need to use a tool, so I can channel it."

The girls looked at each other and Luna was the first to respond.

"You are the real power, not the crystal?"

"Yes…when I learned that…I also realized why the crystal kept this power. It was there to seal a barrier on my memories. Once I released that power, the seal was broken and my memories returned. My memories of the past, my power and …my abilities."

"Your abilities…what are you getting at?"

"In the Silver Millennium, I trained with various tutors in all sorts of disciplines. My mother knew of my strengths and we decided that I would repress my powers, so you wouldn't feel inadequate. I was this way in the Silver Millennium; strong, graceful, smart and spiritual, but to make you feel needed, I faked many things. The only reason why I revealed my true self was because in your jealousy, you neglected me, I had to fend for myself."

"Oh Serena…"

"Yes Raye…you were jealous of something that could have been prevented if you understood my pain and the need for closure."

"I'm sorry Serena…you were hurting and we were only thinking of ourselves."

Serena looked at the group and noticed that with this out in the open, they still carried the look of guilt.

"No…that's not all. I think there is something else."

Lita looked at the group and hesitantly spoke up.

"Yes, we were jealous of what you had become…but our real reason for helping Darien was…"

"We hoped with him stronger, that there wouldn't be a need for you to be so powerful…you would revert to the Serena that…we controlled."

Serena looked at the others enraged. Her sigil appeared dimly on her forehead and silver aura began to show.

"No…you wanted me to be the person you verbally abused! To be the person that couldn't walk without falling; the person that was a disappointment to the team. THE PERSON THAT I HATE MORE THAN ANYTHING! I can't believe you…at least Darien's hatred was due to his fears. You are supposed to be my friends. I accepted you as you are, and you made me feel like dirt. I suppressed my true abilities, just to make you feel secure and you can only accept me for the failure I was?"

"Serena, please it's not like that!"

"Is it Amy? Well let me tell you something…not only am I able to match you in strength and abilities…I surpass you!"

Andrew was talking to Darien when he noticed his friend wasn't paying attention.

"What's wrong Darien?"

"I gotta go, Serena needs me."

"Is it the enemy?"

"No, it's her 'friends', they just destroyed their relationship."

End chapter

Ok, I hope this was a good chapter! I know some of you were hoping for a quick resolution, but as S. Wright can tell you… 'We don't like hasty resolutions!'. Now I want to finish this in two more chapters, which means either they will be pretty detailed or that I will advance time…or something like that. You know me, especially Hauntress, that you can never assume or speculate where I am taking something next. But I am sure you will absolutely love the next chapter.

So stay tuned…thanks again and review!

Dove