Disclaimer: see chapter one
Author's Note: I won't chitchat for
very long today 'cause I'm extremely busy with work, school, and everything
else in life. Enjoy chapter six! It's the one of the ones we've been waiting
for!!
The Forgotten Princess
Chapter Six: Lost
Memories of Happiness
Jadeite and the rest of the gang simply stared
in shock as Sailor Earth's real identity turned out to be their newest friend
Addy. They mentally cursed themselves for not noticing how similar the two
women looked and acted in both forms.
Suddenly, Sailor Moon got her wits back and realized that Addy was
laying there on the ground unconscious and they weren't doing anything to help
her, "Oh, my gosh! We need to get Addy or Sailor Earth or whatever
somewhere to heal fast!" The rest of the group snapped out of their
stupors and agreed with her.
"How about the Outers apartment? They're the closest and
Hotaru can heal her when they get there," Sailor Mercury quickly offered
to the relief of Jadeite who was holding Addy with a gentleness he hadn't felt in centuries. Hurriedly everyone detransformed
and climbed into cars and headed for the Outer's home.
They arrived there in about five minutes flat and were let in immediately when Haruka saw the horrible state
Addy was in. Jed lay the unconscious girl on the couch while little Hotaru
calmly placed her hands over her. A brilliant violet glow spread throughout
Addy's body and soon she started to stir from her unconscious state.
Addy felt herself emerge from a foggy atmosphere and felt the
softness of a couch under her body. Oh, great!
I fell asleep on the couch again. I'm in for a lecture
from Apolla today for sure, she thought as she rubbed the blur from her
green eyes. Suddenly noticing where she was and who was with her, Addy sat up
sharply to the surprise of everyone around her.
"Addy! Slow down or you'll hurt yourself!" she heard
Cassie's concerned voice echo through the room.
Lita quickly responded, "Yeah, Addy. You took quite a blow
from that electric-crazed Nega-general," Addy grimaced as the memories of
the fight came flowing back into her mind. Well, she was planning on telling everybody about her identity anyway so this was
just another bump in the road.
"I'm fine, Lita! I promise I've
taken worse than that and Hotaru has never failed to complete heal me. Right, little sovereign?" Addy winked at the little
girl who giggled happily while hugging her around the waist.
"Hotaru, Haruka, Michiru? You knew that Addy was Sailor Earth
all along?" Raye exclaimed accusingly at the trio.
Michiru laughed out loud, "Of course
we did. Addy was our inside help in the fight against the Death Busters. She
used her battle knowledge to help us fight them. She also helped
care for Hotaru after she was turned into a baby though in secret."
"So, you trust her?"
"Why shouldn't we?"
"Because Cassie,
Addy sighed as a glimpse of guilt was seen
in her eyes, "Raye, I told you all that I would explain things to you when
the time was right, remember? Well, I'd guess the time couldn't be any better
than this so gather around and I will explain everything." Then there came
a scratching at the apartment door and a pitiful meow sounding outside.
Haruka opened the door and a lovely black and white cat wandered
inside the apartment before running to Addy and shrieking, "Princess! Oh,
I was so worried about you when I felt your energy go down so drastically.
Thankfully, Michiru thought enough about my old nerves to call me and inform me
of where you were. Don't you ever make me so worried again, young lady! Do you understand me?"
"Je suis desolee, Apolla! I just didn't think about calling you at this precise moment. As
you can plainly see, ma chat, I was just about to explain to my 'loving fans'
the wonderful story of my life and why they don't remember me from the Silver
Millennium," Addy laughed as Apolla curled in her lap and contentedly
purred like an engine. The raven-haired girl shook her head at the guardian cat
who could change moods faster than any human or animal
she had ever seen. Then her elegant face suddenly reddened as she caught
"Well, I guess that's my signal to begin my story. Um...Apolla? How exactly should we go about doing this so
that they'll know everything I say is true?" Addy asked the contented cat
who looked appalled at her master.
"Princess Adelaide! You mean, to
tell me that you were going to tell them your identity without any plan
whatsoever? How many times do I have to tell you that things will be much
easier if you would just plan things out instead of running into them head
on?" Apolla's piercing hazel eyes glared at Addy who merely rolled her
eyes in response.
Apolla lectured her princess for about five more minutes while the
rest of the court simply watched on in surprise until Addy raised her hand in
front of the old cat's face, "Okay, okay! I understand Apolla,
you don't need to go boring everyone else with your stupid lectures on how I
fight! Why don't you just answer my question from before anyway?"
"Perhaps I can help with that,
"About time, Setsuna," Addy smiled at her close friend
as Rini wrapped her small arms around her, "And remember don't call me
Pluto shook her head at that explanation before continuing,
"Fine. Now, scouts and guardians and knight protectors and whoever else is
here, I'm going to use my powers over time and combine
them with Cassie's powers over memory to help show you why Addy is not
remembered by anybody. Cassie, please stand over here in front of me and hold
out your right hand."
The former Athenian princess raised an eyebrow as she followed
Pluto's instructions. Suddenly, a swirl of dark red, black, burgundy,
and silver power surrounded Cassie and Pluto and then the power mass covered
the rest of the group and plunged their minds into a spinning tunnel.
Serena opened her blue eyes after her mind stopped spinning and
almost fell back at the scene in front of her. They, or at least their minds,
were on the grounds of the Earth palace during the Silver Millennium. The sky
was a brilliant cerulean blue that was accented by the
golden sunshine and scattered puffy clouds. There was a
slight breeze that blew the lush green leaves around the grass.
Pluto's voice then rang out from somewhere in the air, "Now,
we are seeing the palace on Earth where Prince Endymion and his family lived.
We are not really here, but I'm using Cassie's
memories to propel all our mental selves into them. Before we begin to see some
repressed memories, I would like to ask if any of you have noticed something
familiar about Addy or Sailor Earth's looks?"
Silence fell amongst the group until Nate's confident voice spoke
up, "Well, I've noticed that she looks amazingly similar to
"Perfect," Pluto continued on, ignoring the gasps of
surprise that would happen periodically, "The reason for this is that
"Now,
Pluto's voice faded off as the scene zoomed in on two figures
standing near a lake. They were easily recognized as
younger versions of Prince Endymion and Lady Zoisite. Endymion stopped walking
for a minute and snapped at Zoisite that she didn't
have to follow so closely behind him.
"Oh, Endy! Give Zoisite a break,
would ya? She's just doing her job which in case your pebble-sized brain
doesn't remember is to protect you at all costs," a twelve
year old girl in a black workout tunic and tights snapped at her older
brother. Her long hair was pulled into it's classic
French braid that hung down her back and her sharp green eyes glared into
Endymion's blue ones.
Zoisite looked at the girl in surprise before remember her manners
and bowing respectfully, "Good day to you, Princess Adelaide. I trust you
are well?"
"Oh, don't bother with such formalities, Zoisite! Just call
me Addy or you make me feel like I'm someone important like Princess of the
Earth!"
"Oh, be quiet and mind your own business, Addy,"
Endymion mumbled towards his little sister as he stalked off and Zoisite
hurried after him, glancing back at the young princess.
Then, younger versions of Jadeite, Nephrite, and Malachite hurried
out of the bushes while carrying a dark bundle over their backs. Endymion
stopped to talk with them and bent over to peer at the bundle.
Addy was watching when the bundle, which was a girl, sharply
punched Jadeite in the face causing his nose to bleed. She wandered over so
that she could watch how Endymion dealt with this predicament. That was when
she got a good look at the girl on the ground. She had dark chocolate-colored
hair and stormy gray eyes that glared intensely at Endymion. Thinking hard,
Addy tried to decide why she felt that she had seen that face somewhere before.
Then she remembered! It was in the portrait of the royal family of Athena that
was in the Great Hall. This was Princess Cassandra.
"Uh, Endy. I think there's
something you should know about that girl," Addy tried to warn her older
brother before he shushed with a wave of the hand. Then, the scene began to
fade out as Pluto's voice sounded out, "You know what happens next in this
scene so it's time to move on to the next one."
About a minute later, another scene unfolded in front of the
court's eyes. This time they were watching a ball on the Moon
which was celebrating the engagement of Princess Serenity and Prince
Endymion. Everyone stared in amazement as they watched their past selves dance
around the room while a beaming Endymion and Serenity were looking lovingly
into each other's eyes.
Then, Amy noticed something strange about this scene. She was
surprised to see a young adult version of Princess Adelaide dancing around the
room in a silvery lavender dress with her long hair hanging down in loose
waves. But, the most surprising thing was that
The dance lasted about five minutes and everyone, especially Jed, were watching
"I would like to thank all of you for coming to this ball
celebrating my daughter's engagement to Prince Endymion of Earth. Now, as is tradition at engagement celebrations, I would like to
invite all the engaged couples to come out on the floor in front of me,"
Queen Serenity's voice sounded through the marble room as about fifteen young
couples in a variety of colored outfits assembled in front of the throne,
"Very good, now is the time that we acknowledge each engagement one at a
time with a single kiss amongst them."
The queen signaled to a servant behind her who began to read out
the names of the engaged, "Princess Miriami d'Maia and MacGregor of the
clan MacGregor. Princess Aramina d'Aproda and Christaphin
d'Athenae. Lady Zoisite and Lord Malachite. Lady Melinda and Lord Nephrite. Princess
Adelaide d'Earthe and Lord Jadeite. Prince Endymion
d'Earthe and Princess Serenity. Princess Reika saPiros
and Thaddeus Setus-Ra. Princess Cassandra d'Athenae and Antony Marcones.
Princess Carlita d'Oakse and Tomacite Willietson."
The red-clad person continued to read off the names of couples and as each name
was called that couple kissed each other to great
applause.
Once again the scene faded out as Pluto's
voice rang out, "I'm sure most of you remember this ceremony, but of
course there was that little detail about
Addy already knew this information, but was surprised as she felt
Jed's strong hand squeeze hers in a comforting way like
he used to when they were together. How deeply she had missed him with that
jokester face he showed everyone else and that peaceful gentle lover that only
she ever knew existed. She desperately hoped that maybe in this time and place
Jed and her could have another chance at their love. But,
in the back of her mind, she wondered if he would feel the same about her once
he found out what she had done to cause them to forget her.
Preview of Chapter Seven:
Sailor Pluto continues the story of Sailor Earth's existence. Now,
it's time to learn why everyone forgot about