A/N: Yes I knew I said I was going to update the other stories first…but uh I'm so stuck on this story right now. I started the chapter to defying destiny…but see I'm stuck again and I can't very well post a chapter with only 500 words…so yeah I'm trying I really am! Anywho I've been waiting to write the next few chapters ever since I started this story so prepare for love-y, angst-y, drama-y fluff…and no I haven't had sugar today! BTW: I know this chapter might seem rushed…but I didn't want to drag on going back and forth about how miserable both of them were for a year…(you'll know what I'm talking about) so yeah sorry if it seems rushed if you want me to slow it down just let me know and I'll either put another chapter in or rewrite this one.

Darien quickly straightened his disheveled hair as he walked into the arcade. It was empty…which a month ago would have been normal for this time of day, but lately it had been taken over by Usagi and her friends. With a sigh he realized they must have skipped today to avoid him.

"Hey Andrew" Darien said trying to be cheerful enough to prod his friend for information…it was an act he couldn't keep up long so hopefully Andrew would be willing to share the gossip on his friends.

"Darien." Andrew's voice was colder than normal and Darien realized he must have found out what had happened between him and Usagi.

"Look I hurt her and I shouldn't have, I want to go make amends, so where is she?" Darien cut right to the chase, he couldn't let anyone see the emotions that were dwelling behind his midnight eyes.

"She's gone, she's not coming back, and no I'm not telling you where she went to. I haven't seen any of them in two years and they leave four months early because of you. Now it'll be almost a year before I see any of them again." Andrew could not hide his anger or disappointment from his friend. While Andrew knew he shouldn't be so hard on Darien just because he didn't like Serenity, but Darien was the reason they had left so soon.

"What do you mean she left? When did she leave? How could she leave so quickly? She couldn't have packed up and left so soon she must still be at the mansion." Darien moved to get up but was pulled down by Andrew.

"No one is at the mansion, they gave me the keys to it this morning, since they paid for it for the entire trip they gave me the keys to enjoy it, seeing as they aren't here to." Andrew said, while he liked the idea of going home to the mansion…he still wished they were there.

Darien heard Andrew's words and suddenly the torrents of emotion within him were no longer held back by his midnight eyes. Andrew was quick enough to catch the small tear that fell from his friend's eye. Andrew heaved a sigh. The great buffoon, he did love her, he just couldn't tell her.

"Darien one day I am going to ask you some strange questions, when that day comes I want your promise right now that you will tell me the truth." Darien looked strangely at his friend wondering why he would make a strange request. But at this point Darien didn't care, he had already lost Usagi, he couldn't bear to lose his best friend too. Darien gave a slow nod and then got up from his stool to leave.

"She left this for you." Andrew spoke quietly and gently in great contrast to the speed and forcefulness to which Darien turned around and raced toward him. In Andrew's outstretched hand was the star locket, the very locket Darien had heard play. He took it slowly and wondered if Usagi had known he had been there that night, how else would she know that to leave him the locket. He felt hope welling up within him, perhaps all was not lost if she left this for him. She loved him still.

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Serenity looked out over the balcony staring down at the moon. I had been three months since she had left. Three months since the only man that could ever claim her heart, told her that he didn't love her. She heaved a sigh and wiped a small tear as she called upon the crystal once again to show her Darien.

The image was the same she'd seen many times, he was back at the arcade, reading a book and sipping his coffee. No matter when she looked he never seemed phased by the fact that she was gone. She had yet to see him shed one tear. It hurt her that it didn't trouble him, it hurt her that he seemed to have moved on without a care. He turned and looked up his eyes met hers as if he knew she was watching her. He walked outside and looked up at the night sky, for some reason staring up at the full moon.

Once again she felt a song rippling through her, it was her only way to express the pain her heart suffered, the emotions that ran within her.

"You never looked so good
as you do now
underneath the glowing lights,
there talking with your friend,
laughing at the moon.
I swear you looked right through me.
But I'm still living with your goodbye,
and you're just going on with your life.

How can you just walk on by
without one tear in your eye?
Don't you have the slightest feelings left for me?
Maybe that's just your way
of dealing with the pain,
forgetting everything
between our rise and fall
like we never loved at all.

You,
Seems like you're doing well
as far as I can tell.
Time is leaving us behind,
another week has passed
and still I haven't laughed yet.
So tell me, what your secret is
to letting go, letting go like you did,
like you did.

Did you forget the magic?
Did you forget the passion?
Oh, and did you ever miss me,
and long to kiss me?
Oh baby, baby.

Maybe that's just your way
of dealing with the pain,
forgetting everything
between our rise and fall
like we never loved at all."

"Serenity! Hurry there is another attack on the castle, it's him again, the one that attacked Darien." Serenity turned and ran in the direction of Lita's call. At least tending to her people kept her mind occupied.

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Darien walked home slowly. He entered his apartment building and didn't even take the elevator to his floor, instead he took the stairs right up to the roof. The roof was his place, his place to stand and stare at the moon and talk to the two women in his dreams. He only wished he knew where they were.

He took the locket out of his pocket and his thoughts ran to Usagi and the night of the mask ball. How she looked as his princess, but how he refused to believe it, she was the girl of his dreams. She may not have been a real princess like in his dreams, but they were definitely the same. Tears flowed from his eyes as he recalled the words he had told her as she professed her love for him.

"I can take the rain on this empty roof
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm ok
But that's not what gets me

What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do

It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doing It
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, living with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken

And not seeing that loving you

Is what I've always needed to do"

Darien let the locket play, not caring that he was crying, not caring that this was the only real emotion he'd ever shown since his parents died, he felt that somehow he had always belonged to Usagi. That somehow he was stranded here without her, and that this life was not his own. Every night the dreams became more real and even awake he could remember the places, the faces, the way everything looked, felt and smelled.

"I'm sorry Usagi, I just never realized you were the one my dreams were leading me too all along. You are the other half of my heart, the one that can feel happiness and love. I love you Usagi" He knew she couldn't hear him but somehow playing the locket and looking up at the moon made him feel as if he was closer to her…it was silly but in his dreams she was the moon princess, though for all her light and energy he believed she should have been born of the sun. "I love you Usagi" Darien whispered the words again, letting his mind realize the truth in them as much as his heart did. He just hoped that one day Andrew would tell him where he could find her.

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"Beryl you will not win! I will never give up my birthright to you!" Serenity screamed as power burst forth from her, fighting back against Beryl's youmas to the relief of her senshi.

"Foolish girl! You will give it up to me in time. Your power is no match for mine! Perhaps your little prince will make the choice easier for you. You can't watch over him all the time Little Princess!" Beryl laughed as she shot dark energy toward the princess.

Serenity felt the power of the crystal pulse through her as her anger grew. The past months had been too much for her. Constant attacks from Beryl's minions, the lost of Enydmion's love, and now the witch dared to not only threaten her love but call her little!

"That's it! I have had it with you. You've killed my love and I, Destroyed my kingdom! Murdered my friends! And now you dare to threaten all that has been restored and no one calls me LITTLE! I am Serenity! Heir to the throne of the white moon, leader of the New Lunar Alliance, future ruler of the Universe…and it is high time you treated me as such!" The power growing within Serenity burst forth from her, shrouding the entire moon in a brilliant white light. Any youmas were instantly dusted and Beryl's shield of dark energy was fading fast.

"You lost to me a thousand years ago Serenity! You will lose again!" Beryl screeched even as her own power was fading.

"You only lost because I killed myself. Now I will not allow you to torment my people any further. You will now die by hand as punishment for your crimes against the people of the moon and the people of the earth. Luna Lucis Auctorita!" With Serenity's final words Beryl uttered a cry of pain and turned to dust.

The glow that surrounded Serenity dimmed. The senshi and generals stared at her amazed.

"Serenity! You defeated Queen Beryl!" Raye cried, unable to believe the power her friend had wielded.

"Yeah I figured I had to because she had this thing about destroying my kingdom and I just couldn't get past that. Did you guys honestly go into battle expecting to fail?" Serenity looked down at them with an air that was that of a Queen.

"Well considering our track record…" Zoicite began.

"Perhaps that's the reason the battle was lost the first time, everyone went into it expecting to lose, even Endymion, and after I lost him I didn't care whether the battle was winnable or not, all I cared about was being with him no matter what it took. That is why we lost the first time. Now I have my duty and my people to live for, and that is what will always keep me fighting." With that Serenity walked away, she resembled nothing of the princess they knew in the silver millennium, indeed she didn't even resemble the princess she was before their trip to Earth. Darien had changed her, her heart was still broken, but now she was able to become a Queen for her people, even if she had to rule alone.

"At one time I could never imagine her being Queen, and now it's hard to remember that she's still a princess." Malachite spoke softly as he watched he retreating figure. If only it didn't have to be this way.

"Well she'll be crowned in just a month, and everyone is coming. Maybe with the outers and Andrew being here she'll cheer up." Amy offered softly knowing that only one person could cheer up their princess.

Everyone muttered half hearted "maybes" and they each went their separate ways, but not without sending a glance towards Nephrite, who heaved a small sigh and headed in the direction Serenity had taken.

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Darien walked the streets to the arcade, having gone so many times his feet seemed to know the way, which helped as Darien's mind was once again preoccupied with Usagi. It had been nearly a year, nearly a year since he had seen or heard of her. Even though he still asked Andrew about her once a week, Darien had almost given up hope of ever seeing the love of his life again. He took small comfort in the fact that she still came to him in his dreams, and as the nights wore on the dreams had become so vivid that they seemed to be more real than the world he awoke to.

Darien took his usual seat at the bar and waited for Andrew to greet him with his usual cup of coffee. Instead Andrew walked out from the back room and to the front of the arcade where he posted a "CLOSED" sign.

"Andrew why are you closing today?" Darien asked curiously, since Saturday was usually the arcade's busiest day of the week. Andrew ignored his question and led Darien to a booth. The pair sat across from each other…and after an awkward silence Andrew spoke.

"The day Se-Usagi left you promised that you would answer me truthfully when I asked you a few questions. I need you to do that for me now." Andrew spoke quickly he was nervous and in a rush. If this was the wrong decision he could be brought up on charges of treason against the moon kingdom.

Darien looked at him oddly but gave his friend a slow nod, suddenly becoming very nervous about whatever questions Andrew had to ask.

"Who is Serenity?" Andrew's first question could not have took Darien more by surprise. He stared open mouthed at his friend, he knew he had never mentioned Serenity to anyone, how did Andrew know?

"How do you know about her?" Darien asked wondering if he had somehow fallen asleep at the counter one day and talked in his sleep.

"Just answer the question Darien, we don't have time for this." Andrew said forcibly. It was the first time Darien had ever seen Andrew so serious. Darien looked away at first but then decided to look right at his friend as he spoke of his deepest secret.

"A girl- a princess I've had dreams about for as long as I can remember. Every single night I dream about her and I guess I feel in love with her, and I realized too late that I was dreaming of Usagi, only I was dreaming about her as the princess she should be." Andrew gave a stiff nod, trying not to give away anything to Darien as he thought of his next question. He had to be absolutely sure of Darien.

"Who is Endymion?" Andrew asked regarding Darien's eyes as he registered shock once again, but this time he knew better than to question it.

"He's the prince in my dreams…" He trailed off not sure if he wanted to admit the rest but Andrew's stare urged him on. "It's what Serenity calls me in my dreams. It's me, I am Prince Endymion." For the first time Darien said the name aloud and somehow it seems so right. As if he was Prince Endymion.

"The dreams what are they of? What do you see?" Andrew asked if Darien described the moon kingdom that was it, he was remembering in his dreams and that was enough for Andrew to go on. Enough of a chance to bring happiness to Serenity.

"They're of things that happened to them – to us, on the moon. Serenity is the moon princess and mainly they're of the last battle where Endymion- I was killed, and Serenity killed herself. The dreams seem so real to me, all the little moments with Serenity everything seems so real, but it can't be real. I mean last night I could smell the wood of library and hear Serenity's footsteps as she snuck up behind me, hear her laughter as I jumped at her soft touch, I know the feel of my arms wrapped around her better than anything else in the world. I've lost my mind to the dreams Andrew….and now you know it" Darien's words came out fast and panicked finally someone would know that he was crazy, he would lose his friend and get sent to some institution. But instead of treating him like crazy Andrew calmly asked his final question.

"Do you love her?" For a moment Darien wondered who Andrew was talking about, but then remembered that he had admitted that Usagi and Serenity were one.

"Yes" The word was barely a whisper only a breath but Andrew understood it.

"Then come let us go see your princess." As he spoke Andrew took a key from his pocket and grabbed Darien's hand. "Luna Repeto" As Andrew gave the command for the key to take them home it glowed with white light. The light expanded to engulf both Andrew and Darien, the latter of who was too wrapped up in the familiarity of it all to even question what was happening.

It seemed hours for the light to go away perhaps even days but when it did, the pair found themselves in an entirely different place. One glance told Darien it was the place in his dreams, and without even looking down he knew he was wearing the armor of Endymion, and for once he stopped doubting whether or not his dreams were real.

A/N: You love me now don't you! Sigh…next up Serenity's coronation…and the meeting of Serenity and Endymion…but it can't be that easy can it?