Anything italicized is someone's thought bubble or they're singing

Bold + italicized = flashback/memory

*=lyrics have been changed to fit the story

The sun had finally set on the recent events that took place. Learning about Beryl's daughter was definitely a surprise to everyone there, even though Marinette didn't know anything about that time for a while. Even Adrien didn't know, and that was obvious and made sense to the Scouts, because they had no idea if he was apart of all this too. If only they did know.

"So what are we going to do about Nefari, girls?" Serena brought up as she walked out of her room in her hotel room with her phone in hand.

"Beats me!" Rei yelled. "Aren't you the future queen?! You should know!"

"I don't know everything, Rei!"

"Girls, please!" Luna chimed in. "That's not the right impression to make on the lost Princess of the Moon!"

"It's alright, Luna." Marinette began as she was sitting with her future brother-in-law on the couch. "I remember a time in the Silver Millennium. Rei, as Sailor Mars, came to the Moon to hang and got into a big fight with Serena."

"You remember that?" Serena asked surprised. She didn't even remember memories like that from her other life. How did Marinette?

"Of course!"

"Wow!" Leda stated. "I'm shocked!"

"Well you are Sailor Jupiter." Adrien exclaimed, making Marinette giggle at his pun.

"Funny, cat boy." Leda muttered as she rolled her eyes.

"Anyway..." Marinette began as she stood up from the couch with Tikki following her movements. "...does anyone want to refresh my memory on who Beryl was?"

"Oh, she was the biggest enemy to the universe." Luna began. "Especially to the Moon Kingdom!"

"She tried to take over once already." Amy stated with a sigh after.

"And almost succeeded in doing so." Mina added.

"But Serena stopped her." Darien said smiling. "I've never been more proud."

"Aw, Darien!" Serena said blushing.

"All by yourself?" Marinette asked surprised.

"Well, yeah...Beryl almost killed everyone here." Serena answered. "With the Emperial Silver Cyrstal's help, I was able to start again."

"Wow...that's amazing." Marinette said smiling. "I don't know if I'd be able to do something like that without Cat Noir."

"Seriously?" Adrien began. "Mary, you were able to send Nefari away with just one blow of your own powers!"

"But that was as Sailor Night, not Ladybug."

"Still..." Rei began. "...I'm surprised you have that power."

Marinette looked at the Fire Scout and grinned at her. She remembered Rei from the Silver Millennium pretty well now, especially the others. But something felt off. All she remembered really was that she was 10 when Beryl attacked and when she was sent down to Earth for protection. She rarely remembered her family. She may have remembered the arguments with Rei and Serena, or the fun times with the other Scouts, but her family was still all a blur.

Her grin was replaced with frown as she tried to think of her mother and father in her other life, not realizing she was leaving the hotel all together.

"Marinette?" Adrien called out as Marinette left the room and went down to the lobby.

"Is she okay?" Serena asked, being concerned like a true big sister.

"I'm not sure." Adrien answered as he followed her, giving Serena the cue to follow behind him.

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Marinette walked out of the hotel and went down the sidewalk towards the park, trying to get her mind straightened out. She tried real hard to have family memories of her past life come back to her like an old song on repeat, but nothing, and I mean NOTHING, was coming to her. Her mind was still a blank slate when it came to her family. It was like they never existed in her memory at all.

Marinette pulled out the broach she remembered transforming into Sailor Night with and grinned as she walked into the park and sat on the fountain edge. No one was there at this time of night, so she had free roam of the whole place to try and clear her head. She then looked up at the full moon, seeing it shinning its bright light down on top of her with a comforting warmth that only a mother could give.

"Mom?" Marinette asked as she stood up, still look at the moon. "I know of you now. I know of Serena now. But, I don't remember." She had looked away from the moon at this point and at the stone slab by the fountain.

("Once upon a December" – Anastasia – Elsie Lovelock cover)*

Her mind wandered as she looked back at the broach in her hand and held it close to her chest like it was the last thing she'd ever see in her lifetime.

MARINETTE: Dancing bears/painted wings/things I almost/remember/and a song/someone sings/Once upon a December/someone holds me safe and warm/Soldiers dance through a silver storm/figures move so gracefully/across my memory.

Just then, Marinette's broach started glowing in her hands, making her look at it again in surprise, before it floated up in the air and above the tip top of the fountain. And to the Hero of Paris' surprise, at the top of the fountain, was a crescent moon. The U shape was big enough to fit a compact broach, which is exactly what happened as the little red broach slowly fell into the little nook, and glowed brightly throughout the park, showing a ballroom now with people dancing and having fun.

MARINETTE: Someone holds me safe and warm/Soldiers dance through a silver storm/figures move so gracefully/across my memory!

Right then and there, Marinette's outfit changed to a beautiful pale blue gown that looks just like Serena's dress from the Silver Millennium, only with white accents, not gold, and with the same crescent moon symbol on her forehead as she danced with some of the men that came up to her in this vision.(1)

MARINETTE: Far away/long ago/glowing dim as an ember/things my heart/used to know/things it yearns to remember...

As Marinette spun around, facing the fountain once again, a young man with short blond hair and wearing a black tuxedo with a cape and eye mask on his face was in front of her, holding out his hand to her. She gently took it into hers, before he pulled her close to him and slowly swayed with her.

MARINETTE: ...and a song/someone sings...

He spun her around to have her stand where he was and stopped dancing with her, before walking up to her and planting a sweet kiss to her lips, and then disappearing from her sight as the ballroom faded and her broach reappeared back into her hands. But she still was wearing her Princess Andromeda outfit.

MARINETTE: ...Once upon/a Dece-em-ber...

(End of song)

"Marinette?!" Adrien called out, making Marinette jump as her princess form dropped and saw Adrien and Serena running up to her with worry. "You okay?" He asked as he stared at her out of concern.

"Uh, yeah...yeah I'm fine." She said with a grin.

"Are you sure, kiddo?" Serena asked. "You just left without a goodbye."

"I'm sure. I just...needed to clear my head is all."

"Okay." Serena said unsure wheather she wanted to believe her lost sister or not. But in the end, she just smiled, nodded, and walked her home with Adrien.

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Nefari watched from her magical sphere on her staff, that was once her mother's. She saw the whole thing. Knowing this knowledge that Marinette doesn't remember her family from the Silver Millennium could be used for their advantage.

"Say, Hawk Moth..." She began, getting his attention. "...what about Marinette Dupain-Cheng? She's suffering memory loss of her past life."

"And she wants to remember?"

"I would assume so." Nefari spat back. "What do you think?"

"I think..." Hawk Moth began as he took a little white butterfly into his hand and turned it into an akuma. "...that's a great idea."

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Marinette sat in her room alone, trying to remember her life before she became the girl she is now. Her past life. But nothing was coming except for the memories with the scouts when she was 10 back in that time. She was starting to lose hope as she held onto the broach she now knew she could use to transform into someone else.

"What's the point? I might never remember my past mother and father...or Serena." She said as she hung her head, not noticing the akuma flying in through her opened window...and landing on her broach.

~END OF CHAPTER~

Sorry for the late update. I've been working on some original stories lately and haven't been into writing this. But for some strange reason, I felt like writing it again. So here you! Hope you liked it. And I hope you all have a Happy New Year! Let's make 2018 better than 2017.

Thanks for reading, God bless, and have a great day!

(1)= I know in previous chapters that her Andromeda dress is red with black accents. I decided to change it a bit. When she's 10 she'll have the red dress, but when she's the age she is now which I believe is 15, she has the pale blue and white dress. Thought I'd clarify for you.

Au avoir!