Chapter 10 Danielle and Endymion went to a room where they could talk privately. "The only thing I remember about my childhood is the car crash," Endymion began, "Even all the years in the orphanage are fuzzy. I guess I TRIED to block those out." "You went to an orphanage?" Danielle asked surprised. Endymion looked at her strangely, "The doctors weren't just going to put me out on the streets! Why? What did you do?" "After the crash, I just sat and let it all sink in for awhile, then I started to look around the area. I went from house to house, explaining my situation as best as a terrified six year old could. Most people wanted to help, but it wasn't the most prosporous town, and they could barely afford to eat themselves. I almost gave up hope, when finally, I went to an elderly couple's house. They weren't able to have children of their own, and had more money than the other people in town, so they not only gave me a place to stay, but sort of adopted me. They became the grandparents I never had. I stayed with them until I was about 16 and had gotten a job singing at local restaurants. Of course, I still hadn't realized that I had any sort of powers yet, just a great voice. I would have stayed longer, but......they died not long after I got that job." "Wow, that must have been hard, losing two sets of parents and all." "Yeah, but I knew it had to happen sooner or later. Geez, they must have been around 70 when they took me in." "What were our real parents like? In the Silver Millennium, I mean." Danni smiled, "Ever wonder why there has been a senshi named after every planet except for Earth?" Endymion got the idea, "So our mother was Sailor Earth?" "Uh-huh. Personality-wise you take after her. As for Dad, Zeldie (AN: Nickname for Zeldelak. She was married to him, Remember?) was the last thalaxian, Michael was second to last, and Damion, our dad, was third to last. Even though he was obviously killed a long, long time ago, he still lasted longer than most of the other thalaxians. Now I got HIS personality, so you can imagine what he was like," she smiled quickly then looked down, "Unfortunately, that also meant that my Thalaxian blood was stronger." "Yes, I remember them now. Dad wanted to explore space, but Mom, as Queen of Earth then, couldn't leave, so he stayed." "Yep. Just the opposite of Zeldie and I." "Wait a second, I just thought of something, odd as it would be, weren't YOU supposed to inherit the throne?" Danielle nodded, "Yes, originally, since with a difference of about three minutes, I was first born, I was supposed to become Queen of Earth after Mom, but can you imagine? ME a QUEEN? Yeah right! I knew I couldn't do it. I also knew you were the one interested in politics and stuff. I hated it! It was all pushed onto me and I couldn't stand it anymore, so after I met Zeldelak, I decided to run away." "That would be why all these images are of when we were fairly young." "Precisely." "But how did you go unrecognized?" Danielle shook her head, "There's a whole long story behind that, but to make it short, I eventually left the Solar System with Zeldie, before that I wore sunglasses or something. No one knew about my voice, so they obviously wouldn't assume that the girl going around singing kind-of- slutty songs at times, would be Princess Serandrion of Earth." "So if you weren't even in the Solar System, how were you reborn with the rest of us?" "I returned home when I sensed trouble, which turned out to be the war with the Negaverse." "Hmm..." Endymion let this information sink in before proceeding further. "There seems to be a pattern of running away here," he commented. Danielle looked down sadly, "I know, that's why I returned now, I just couldn't run again." He noticed that she looked a little ashamed, and decided to change the subject. "How did you ever find out I was still alive after the crash?" "Actually, we were reunited before." He looked at her with confusion for a few seconds, then once again, another wave of memories entered his brain, and he did kind of remember seeing her before. "I already told you that I had gotten a job singing at local restaurants. Well, one day someone liked what they saw, and asked me if I wanted to work for them. It was a modeling job.....for Raz-Ma-Taz." (AN: I also took this from a different story, I thought it was a REALLY cool name, and originally had a slogan I was going to use for it, but decided it was too cheesy and got rid of it, so that's why I didn't bother making up my own name. I forgot what the story was called or who wrote it, so if you're reading this, I'm sooorrrrrrry! If I did remember I would have asked first! Pleeeez don't sue meeeee! I don't have any moneyyyyy! :( ) Endymion had it figured out now, he had also gotten a job there; as soon as he was old enough to leave the orphanage. "I had been wanting to get out of town and start my new life for some time, so I accepted. I worked as what they called a 'traveling model.' Instead of posing for pictures, I went to different malls, cafes, or outside the store to sing while modeling the clothes. I'm going a little off track here, but I saw the way everyone's faces lit up when I told them my son's name. Yes he was named after the 'arcade guy.' I met him once when I went to the arcade to sing. Heck, I was the one who introduced him to you." Endymion remembered that too, she was right. "Anyway, shortly after I was hired, you joined. No one really made the connection until one of the photographers was reviewing the pictures he had taken that day, and it happened to be at the place I was singing. He looked at a picture of you, and it was like, 'How on earth could we have missed this! These two look exactly the same!' So they brought us in to meet each other." "So we were even at that point; you still didn't know about me either?" Danielle rolled her eyes, "Even worse. You just didn't know I existed. I thought YOU were DEAD." "Yeah, I can see it again," He laughed, "You were so freaked out. Telling me I was some sort of ghost or something." "I wish I could have had a picture of your face; You thought I was a total weirdo!" She giggled and spun her finger around her ear. "You wanted a picture? I think the better one would have been of you sliding down to the floor in the corner!" Endymion burst out laughing. They had lots of laughs remembering that day, and even though the senshi were not there, they were regaining their memories with every word. There was one thing though, that Endymion wanted to know before moving on to the more recent things. "Why did you erase our memories in the first place?" "Well, it wasn't an easy desicion. You see, When Zeldie found me again, he revived the power that was resting inside me, and gave me my memory back. Of course, that meant I had to leave to be with him, so yet again I decided to run away," she shook her head, "I knew yours and Serena's destiny long before you even found out what a Moon Princess was, and didn't want to get in your way." "How would you have gotten in the way?" Endymion contradicted. "I knew what a thalaxian was, and what could happen to them. I recognized that my Thalaxian blood was beginning to get the best of me, and I also knew that if any delthalaxi had the potential to become the most evil creature in the universe, it was Zeldelak, but like I said, I thought I could stop that from happening. Which obviously didn't work," she pointed her finger and touched the tip of her brother's nose, "so it's a good thing I kept you two out of it. Also, I think part of the reason Serenity didn't like me when she first saw me again was because she thought my power was stronger than hers. When I learned in the past just what kind of magic I held, I knew other people would think the same, and that could interfere with Serena's destiny. Now, before you say anything," she stopped Endymion when his mouth started to open. "My powers could never compare with the strength of the Queen's. Especially now that she has her full Thalaxian-Senshi magic back. Her attacks are the strongest, most powerful attacks in the universe, mine are simply more diverse, and besides, it's extremely easy to beat me: catch me before I begin or in-between songs, and get a good blow to the stomach, then I won't be able to breath OR sing. If I can't sing, I'm totally helpless." "Hmm," Endymion was still thinking about why Danni had erased their memories, "You know, I never thought that destiny could be changed so, just by a memory," he said. "Trust me," Danielle said long and drawn out with the voice of experience, "destiny is one of the most metamorphic things known to man. Now then," she switched the subject to something she had been extremely curious about ever since she talked with the senshi again. "What is all this I hear from Mina about a little pink-haired girl named Rini?" she smiled mischeviously. Endymion rolled his eyes and they continued to talk; about Rini, both Motokis, more of Zeldelak and Michael, enemies both of them had defeated and many other things. When they finally decided to return to the ball, it had died down.