"Where's my locket?! Without my locket I'm useless to my friends!" Serena said and then started to cry.

"Good, you're finally awake. I thought maybe you'd fallen into a coma or something." A voice said. Serena saw a tall figure step into the shadows. "Who's there?" Serena asked. The figure stepped into the light an introduced themselves.

"Hi, my name's Darien. I'm the one that found you unconscious. So, what's your name?" Serena was to shocked to answer. It WAS Darien! But apparently he didn't recognize her from before, or even the day before for that matter. She changed the subject. "Where's my locket?" Serena asked anxiously.

"Oh, you mean this thing?" Darien said as he pulled her star locket out of his pocket. "The docter asked for me to give it back to you when you woke." He tossed the locket on the hospital bed. Serena quickly grabbed it an held it tight. She sighed in relief.

"You know, I don't know why, but I feel like I've seen this locket before...Some place I can't remember...Anyway, why is it so important to you?" He asked.

"Uhhhhhhhh...." Serena racked her brain for an answer besides the real reason. "....Ummmmmmm....Sentimental value! Yeah, that's it, it just means a lot to me, that's all!" Darien shrugged. "Anyway," he started, "like I was asking at first, what's your name?"

"My name is..." She hesitated. "My name is Serena." She replied slowly. "Serena...Serena..." He repeated the name aloud as if trying to remember something important. " So familiar..." He thought. "The locket, her name, even... her hair... from someplace I can't recall..." He wondered why he felt he knew her from someplace. Then it hit him.

"That girl from the street! The one who wondered why I didn't remember them!" He thought. He decided not to tell her he recognized her. He looked at her hair. "Odango Atama." He said aloud. It just came to mind when he looked at her hair. "What?!" Serena was amazed."Is he getting his memory back?" She wondered to herself.

"Uhhhhh....nothing. I was just looking at your hair and thought that was a good nickname..." He managed. "Why did I just blurt that out? And where in the world did 'Odango Atama' come from?" Darien asked himself in his mind. He was really confused. He remembered her from somewhere besides the street. From some long forgotten past... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Parts 8 & 9 coming soon