Anastasia Junna Hoshimi/Bond Story

*Made fun of by history, she lost her memory and calls herself 'Anya'. While she is looking for her past, someone reveals to her that "she is indeed Anastasia". From "Anastasia."*

* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Bond Level 15 Talk
* Bond Level 30 Talk

Amnesia

 **Junna:**"Tsuyuzaki-san, I have a favor to ask... Could you do an etude with me in preparation for the upcoming performance?"

 **Junna:**"And if possible, could you come to the practice room by yourself?"

 **Mahiru:**(I've done multiple etudes and script readings for performances, but...)

 **Mahiru:**(This is my first time being asked to come alone like this.)

 **Mahiru:**Student Number 17, Mahiru Tsuyuzaki... Ready to begin!

 **Junna:**......

 **Mahiru:**What!? J-Junna-chan is unconscious...? You're acting, right...!?

 **Junna:**Ngh...

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan!?

 **Junna:**Who...are you? I was practicing my steps here and slipped... Ugh!

 **Mahiru:**Did you hit your head...!?

 **Mahiru:**W-Wait a second! Did you just ask who I am...?

 **Junna:**I can't remember anything...about myself...

 **Mahiru:**What!?

 **Junna:**It's as if..."the snow is piling higher the harder I try to remember"...

 **Mahiru:**Oh...!

 **Mahiru:**...I see, it must be painful when you can't remember anything about yourself. I'll tell you about yourself!

 **Junna:**About me...?

 **Mahiru:**Yeah! You're Junna Hoshimi the class representative. You're always keeping us in line.

 **Mahiru:**You're a very serious and hard working person. When we rehearse together, I can't help but get heated too.

 **Junna:**I see...that's the kind of person...

 **Mahiru:**And let's see...something fun that happened recently! There's a girl called Banana-chan, you were helping her make sweets...

 **Mahiru:**You had an accident with the flour and it got on your cheeks and even your glasses were all white—

 **Junna:**No, that was... Oh!

 **Mahiru:**Heh heh, looks like you got your memory back... All's well that ends well.

 **Junna:**You kept saying weird things, so I couldn't stay in character.

 **Mahiru:**Sorry. I was just so relieved when I realized you were doing an etude...

 **Mahiru:**Your acting was so real... If Anastasia's line didn't come up, I might not have realized.

 **Junna:**I said that line on purpose because I didn't want to confuse you.

 **Mahiru:**So this was for the upcoming performance... The character you're playing, Princess Anastasia, also lost her memory, right?

 **Junna:**Yes, she gets separated from her family during the Russian Revolution when she is young and gets into an accident...

 **Junna:**Anastasia has no idea where she came from and grows up in an orphanage. She takes on the name of "Anya" and goes on a search for herself.

 **Mahiru:**The story is full of ups and downs! And even Dima the unsuccessful playwright who gets close to her is somehow endearing.

 **Mahiru:**She tries to use Anya to fool Anastasia's grandmother, who is searching for her.

 **Mahiru:**She even writes an "Anastasia" script in order to catch the Empress' attention without realizing that Anya is the real Anastasia!

 **Junna:**When Dima's craftiness slowly fades away and she begins to see the magic behind the stage, your heart starts to race along with hers.

 **Mahiru:**I like the part where Anja delivers an adlib about daily life in court she shouldn't have known about!

 **Mahiru:**Dima is a boy in all the famous plays and movies and it's often written as a love story, so making them both girls is an interesting take.

 **Junna:**Yeah. They don't settle with what life throws their way, but grow up while fighting the entire way... It's my kind of story.

 **Mahiru:**Do you think you were able to "grow" as well with that etude earlier?

 **Junna:**Yeah, I think I was able to understand the fear behind losing yourself—

 **Junna:****(Anastasia)**
"The snow is piling higher the harder I try to remember".

 **Junna:****(Anastasia)**
"Sadness that piles up quietly in silence... I know spring will never come for me."

 **Mahiru:**Whoa! Your sorrow as Anya has gotten even stronger than before...!!

 **Junna:**Heh heh, it's all thanks to your help.

 **Mahiru:**I didn't do much...!

 **Mahiru:**That reminds me... Why did you tell me to come by myself?

 **Junna:**It's because I didn't want to cause a commotion, but also because I thought you were the most fitting.

 **Mahiru:**Right, I play the Empress who encourages Anastasia.

 **Junna:**That's the main reason, but most importantly...you're a kind and empathetic person who will be worried but can keep their head cool in the face of emergencies.

 **Mahiru:**What...!?

 **Junna:**That's why I knew you'd definitely comfort me.

 **Mahiru:**Well, that's...

 **Mahiru:**Ngh... It's so embarrassing when someone points out a side of you that you weren't aware of...!

 **Junna:**Heh heh, I'm just returning the favor for earlier!

Dear Anastasia

"Anastasia" Final Act

 **Dowager Empress:**"Yes, that's right... Anastasia's dress was blue that day. The pink dress she was supposed to wear had a stain on it..."

 **Dowager Empress:**"Anastasia, my dear granddaughter... How I've missed you!"

 **Anastasia:**"Empress...I mean, grandmother! This warmth feels so nostalgic..."

 **Anastasia:**"(...But is this real?)"

 **Anastasia:**"(Have I just turned into Anastasia because I've been playing her all this time? Have I fooled both myself and this kind grandmother?)"

 **Anastasia:**"(Is this happiness from me finding my past? Or...is it all an act?)"

 **Dowager Empress:**"...You look lost, Anastasia."

 **Anastasia:**"N-Not at all!"

 **Anastasia:**"I'm Anastasia... I have nowhere else to return to. This is all I have."

 **Dowager Empress:**"...I wonder."

 **Dowager Empress:**"Anastasia, this performance you put on together with Dima to get my attention... It was wonderful."

 **Anastasia:**"Oh..."

 **Anastasia:**"But Dima doesn't care about this stage. She only wants the reward for finding the princess..."

 **Dowager Empress:**"No...she didn't take the reward."

 **Anastasia:**"What...!?"

 **Dowager Empress:**"She said she found her true self and that was enough of a reward for her."

 **Anastasia:**"Her true self..."

 **Dowager Empress:**"I'm sorry, Anastasia. Elegant music and sparkling dresses... It's dazzling and nothing feels certain."

 **Dowager Empress:**"Anastasia, is this really the world you belong in?"

 **Anastasia:**"...No."

 **Anastasia:**"No, grandmother... This isn't my world!"

 **Anastasia:**"Beyond the freezing snow was a dazzling stage... There was happiness in acting and a reason for living!"

 **Dowager Empress:**"Then you should run along...Anya."

 **Anastasia:**"Yes...!!"

 **Dowager Empress:**"Heh heh, she left... I must've been fooled by another person pretending to be Anastasia."

 **Dowager Empress:**"But I feel refreshed... Spring has come for me."

 **Dowager Empress:**"This is thanks to you, dear Anastasia—"

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan! The costume storage is this way...

 **Junna:**......

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**Oh, I'm sorry. I was just reflecting on the performance.

 **Junna:**...This moment when you put away your costume, you get hit by another wave of emotions.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah... You did so well this time too.

 **Junna:**Yes, I feel really attached to the role.

 **Junna:**It made me think hard about the meaning behind looking into the past...

 **Mahiru:**The past... The thing that Anastasia was searching for.

 **Junna:**Yes. I've always been a firm believer of never looking back and only pushing forward... But Anastasia is different.

 **Junna:**To Anastasia, the "past" is her "key" to finding her future self.

 **Junna:**When I think about it that way, I realize the past I hadn't wanted to look into is what's made me into who I am today...

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan...

 **Junna:**Heh heh, it's not like I had terrible memories or anything... It's kind of embarrassing to say this out loud.

 **Mahiru:**I see...like "spring has come for you"?

 **Junna:**Yeah...

 **Junna:**It's thanks to you, dear Anastasia...

 **Junna:**Anastasia is a tragic young girl who has lost her past, but she is a really powerful character in this performance.

 **Junna:**There are various theories about Anastasia's survival... According to records, there have been over 300 women who claimed to be her.

 **Junna:**There's no way to find the truth. Right now, the most important thing for me is the process of trying to become her and finding myself.

 **Junna:**So I'll side with the theory that she survived. I hope to be able to become my ideal...my own Anastasia.