A/N: Thanks to all the great reviews! I am sooo sorry I haven't been updating but guess what? Spring Break is coming in a few days I shall update a story a day I promise! BTW: in this one I have it so that Darien does remember his family.
Serenity bounded into Andrew's arcade with her friends close behind her. Andrew had moved to Earth with his parents when he was just ten years old. His parents were sent to see the progress of the planet and monitor its activity. Serenity and the Senshi had often come to check on the family and soon became fast friends.
"Chocolate Milkshake on the double, I'm long overdue!" Serenity shouted as she took a stool at the bar. The rest quickly followed suit in such quick succession that Andrew broke his pencil trying to write them all down.
"Okay how's this, I get a Hello, and a Hey Andrew we've missed you, and then I take orders one at a time." The blonde said with a laugh at the eleven giggling faces in front of him.
"It's a deal, and just for the record we have missed you…almost as much as your milkshakes!" Mina said with a big smile.
"So why haven't you guys visited in awhile and how are things back on the Moon?" Andrew asked looking toward Serena who was ogling the freezer where the ice cream was held.
"Well we've been traveling a lot trying to get other star systems to join the New Lunar Union, and things are going great…I am to be crown— ." Serenity was cut off by Andrew's greeting to a customer who was walking in as a signal to Serenity to stop.
"Hey Darien! Sorry your usual spot is taken by my friends here, but grab a booth and I'll bring your usual coffee." Serenity felt herself tense as Andrew greeted whoever had entered behind her. It couldn't be Endymion, that was much too easy and much too big of a coincidence. But the gasps from the Senshi seemed to confirm her thoughts.
Slowly Serenity turned her head and grasped the counter with white knuckles as she saw the dark wavy hair and midnight blue eyes of the man she could love more than any other.
She stared at him not worrying about how silly she looked or even the fact that she was leaning towards him until the stool she was sitting upon came crashing to the ground. Haruka and Mina were instantly by her side to help her up and ensure her safety. The others also dropped from their stools to check on their fallen friend.
"Wow Andrew looks like one of your friends is a bit of a Meatball Head." Darien called finally noticing the blonde as he made his way to a booth.
Seeing that Serenity was alright, her friends quickly backed away at Darien's comment. She was known to a bit of a temper and being Princess making her angry could mean life in prison.
"You take that back you arrogant jerk! Who do you think you are calling me a Meatball Head? You take that back or I'll have you rotting awa--." Once again Serenity was cut off this time by the panicked faces of her friends. Serenity quickly remembered who she was and quickly got back on the stool asking for her Chocolate Milkshakes, which got her friends placing their orders once again.
Serenity couldn't help glancing over at the man who slowly sipped his coffee. There was no way he could be Endymion, and yet there was no mistaking that face, or that smile which still had the power to render her helpless. Haruka noticed she was too busy staring to pay attention to the milkshake placed in front of her, so she tried to steal a couple of sips.
"Touch that and you die." Serenity said softly not pulling her eyes away from Endymion.
"He's not going to suddenly disappear or morph into Endymion, so will you stop staring like an idiot and drink your milkshake. You're trying to win his heart again not convince him you are psycho." Jedite said from the other side of Haruka.
Serenity stuck out her tongue but nevertheless she did resume her shake and getting into a fun conversation with her friends. She only stole glances back at the man everyone once and awhile and she was laughing heartily when Andrew called out goodbye to his friend. She turned just in time to see his retreating figure.
"Okay now that he's gone could someone please explain to me why Serenity turned into a lovesick teenager over Darien Shields of all people?" Andrew said looking across the bar but his eyes stopped at Ami.
She gave a small sigh. "You never did pay attention in Lunarian history did you?" Andrew shook his head sheepishly as Ami pulled out her computer and brought out a hologram of Princess Serenity and King Endymion.
"Oh no not the past lives thing, you know I prefer to think of you guys are friends not the reincarnated saviors of the universe, that's a bit too deep for me." The generals laughed as Andrew backed away from the computer. "Wait a minute…Prince Endymion…he looks just like..Oh My God!" Andrew backed into a stool that was behind the bar for when he got tired and collapsed to the floor with a loud crash.
"I can't believe I never realized it. I knew he looked familiar when I first met him but I never understood why." Andrew said still not getting up from the floor.
After Malachite and Jedite helped Andrew up, the gang began reminiscing over fun times and filling in Andrew on all that had been going on at the moon. The sun was beginning to set when the girls and Andrew began making plans on how to get the Princess and the Prince together.
"Uh… if you need us we'll be at the mansion." Nephrite said beating a hasty retreat from the matchmakers. The other generals quickly followed suit.
"Guys I think I'm going to take a walk…tell me what you come up with." Serenity said easing out of her chair. She needed to be out among the stars, she needed to think, anything to get her mind off the despair her heart felt over her first meeting with her Endymion.
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Darien Shields wandered the streets, his mind was full of melancholy. He couldn't believe the way he had acted in front of the blonde meatball head. It was a rush of all those fun childish emotions he tried so hard to keep bottled up inside. His childhood was over, it had been ever since his 8th birthday.
"There's a kid inside
To this very day
And he makes a try for that high pop fly
That I fumble one September
And he makes a fuss
Over some A plus
That I shouldn't still remember
And he goes along
Getting hurt, Getting mad, Fighting fights that are over
And unless I'm strong
All my senses are carried away
I can see the kid
The kid I used to be
I can feel him tugging at me
Every time I think I don't care I blink
And he's there again
He's there again
Fighting ancient wrongs
Humming old songs in my head
Singing come along, come along
Come along for the ride
To a time and place
I could not forget if I tried
And I never know when the breeze will blow
With a rush of old sensation
Why the kid should wake
And my heart should ache
But there he goes
He's there again"
Darien kept wandering lost in his thoughts when he came upon the meatball head herself standing on the bridge staring up at the stars. He watched wondering if it was he that put such a somber look upon her face. As he watched her he heard her voice ring out to the stars.
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Serenity wandered the streets welcoming the coming of night, wishing it would shroud her broken soul in darkness, but even after the sun set the stars shone through the blackness of night.
She stopped at a bridge and looked up angrily at the twinkling stars.
"Look, look at the stars
How brilliant they are
How can they be shining now?
When hope is so far
Look, look how they shine
These cruelest of stars
What fire inspires them,
What faith is it fires them?
Darkness grows, the world turns cold
And still, there glows the light
Heaven knows what hope they hold tonight
Look,look how they shine
These stars in the night
The darker the night becomes
The brighter their light becomes
Chill winds wail
The tempest blues
and clouds assail the sky
Through the veil,
The stars refuse to die
In this world of darkest night
Where hope is hurled away
There they are
And still, there's light
Oh,so far, but still
They lift our hearts
As we lift our eyes
Are we fools to see
The harmony that fills the sky
Look, there's the light
Of the Stars"
"Oh my Endymion" Serenity could not help but cry as she saw the moon reflect in the water shimmering with the happiness of all those living upon it. She pulled out the locket that he had given her so long ago and listened it's haunting melody, longing for a love that seemed to have died when she did.
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Darien watched the figure in shock as he thought he heard her speak the name he had only heard in his dreams. But when she played the music that haunted his dreams and made his heart ache for what he did not know, he decided this girl may finally have the key to the dreams that had plagued his sleep for as long as he could remember…and perhaps, just perhaps help him find the princess that he had fallen in love with.
A/N: So how'd you like this chapter? A little modified Barry Manilow fits almost too well into here, it's almost uncanny. I really like how the one song adds depth to Darien. Let me know what you guys think!
