Darien sat in his room an hour later. He rubbed his face tiredly, thinking, 'ok I've got on decent terms with one girl now to make peace with the harder one.' He looked in the mirror and sighed, he had often wondered whom he was. Was he the loner Darien Shields or was he the mysterious Tuxedo Mask.
Lately though he was wondering if he was someone other than those two. He'd see another person in the mirror only not in normal clothes or a tuxedo but in armor, with a sword at his side. "Damn it who the hell am I." He punched the mirror and it broke with a shatter. He sighed again this was becoming too much.
Making up with past wrongs and dealing with the present ones and trying to figure out whom he was. Ignoring his bloodied fingers he fell back on his bed and was out like a light.
Darien's Dream
He was walking through the mist again as always, 'did I forget The Dream when I made the list of why my life sucks' he asked himself sarcastically. Suddenly the mist cleared. That's odd, Darien thought, it never cleared before.
The lifting of the mist reveled a beautiful, frozen lake. In awe he stepped forward and felt him change out of the normal tuxedo into a pair of casual slacks and a white shirt.
He felt a weight on his shoulders and realized that he had a pair of ice skates around them. He then saw someone skating towards him on the ice.
His breath caught It was Princess Serenity! She was dressed in a white ice skating outfit, a small smile playing on her face. "Princess." He said when she skidded to a stop. The smile remained as she spoke, "you seek answers? Skate with me and I will give them to you."
He quickly laced on the skates as if he had been doing it all his life and slid onto the ice. He was surprised he didn't fall or slip but skated out with perfect balance.
Serenity skated out to him with the same grace, "you always have been graceful on skates." She commented with a grin. "What do you mean" He was extremely confused. "The third persona you have is the true you. It is Prince Endymion of the Earth."
"Prince?" He asked surprised, she smiled as she skated a figure 8, "since you are seeing flashes of yourself then I think its time you remember life in the Silver Millennium."
She stopped skating and snapped her fingers. The Moon Staff came to her hand as it did in her Silver Sailor Moon form but this one was slightly different. Instead of ebony black wood it was pearly silver.
She took the point of the crescent moon and touched it to his forehead, "Remember, my prince" Suddenly images flashed through his head, him a four men chatting eagerly, the princess and himself horseback riding in a lush green plain, other memories that raced by before he could really see them.
He remembered everything and when he was able to snap out of it he smiled at Serenity, "Thank you Serenity, for my memories. Now since we're here and I don't want to return to reality anytime soon why don't we skate." Her smile was bigger and she took his out stretched hand, "Of course.
End dream
Serena woke up a smile on her face. Skating with her prince had been one of her favorite things to do on the moon. If only she knew who he was here. She frowned as she started for the shower, she was afraid she already knew.
After her shower she crept through the sleeping house and grabbed her keys. She had made an investment earlier that week and bought herself a motorcycle with some of her small fortune she kept nicely hidden in a bank account. She revved the motor and gunned from 0-50 in a second and shot onto the street.
Darien sat at the counter drinking his black coffee, thinking about his dream/reality night and going over the memories in his head. Serenity was Sailor Moon but just who was Sailor Moon? He sighed and sipped his coffee just as Andrew glanced up at the sound of a motor.
'Who could that be' they asked themselves. The door opened and Serena walked in, a motorcycle helmet under her arm. "Hey"
She said as she sat the helmet on the floor and sat down at the bar, "coffee, black please Andrew. I really need some caffeine." " Coming up Serena" he headed over to make a fresh batch of coffee.
Darien gulped 'now or never' "hey Serena can I talk to you" She glanced at him and she said, "You just did. What do you want?" "Well I want to apologize for what happened all those years ago. I know its really not acceptable now but please hear me out."
Andrew delivered her coffee and left to tend to other customers. Serena sipped then turned on her stool and looked directly in his eyes, "make it good and make it now".
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