A Millenium Past

By: Ryo Angel

PG

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A millenium has passed and yet, nothing has changed. The Moon glows brightly for the Earth

Prince's arrival. For months now, the servants have been cleaning like mad to chase away the

smallest dust bunny and the floors are polish until they are clean enough to eat off of.

The Moon princess ran hiter and thither, unable to contain her excitement of her only love's

arrival.

Her mother, Queen Selenity sat down in front of her mirror. Looking at herself, she closed

her eyes and sighed. "Pluto." She called out softly, "Must you linger in the between realm so

much? The festivaties are for all the Senshi. Including you."

I step in from the shadows and bowed. "Selenity."

"Pluto," She got up and faced me. "You have been with me for generations, do not bow to

your oldest friend."

I rose and nodded. "Your daughter is very excited." I commented casually to her.

Selenity's face took on a sorrowful look. "Yes, she is." Although she didn't say more, I

knew she was worried. Rumor has it that Beryl has taken control of the western region of

the universe just outside of our own solar system and was now set on conquering the Moon

as well.

I did not speak, but joined her as she looked out the balcony to see the inner scout's arrival.

"So much has happened in the past... so much pain and sorrow." Selenity mummered.

'And yet more to come, my young friend.' I thought as I gazed at Selena, her daughter.

"The Prince will arrive tomorrow." I told her.

"Yes. Terra had said as much." Selenity turned back to her chambers. "Time has turned into

a prison of pain." She said just before she disappeared out of her chambers, "I just hope

that Selena doesn't have to go through it like I have."

I didn't comment, but took my leave to visit the inner scouts in Selena's chambers. I passed

by the time stream on my way and stopped briefly in my past to retrieve a dress long

discarded by Meiou Setsuna for for postion as guardian of Time. But time has already flown

across that age and must now be discarded like the dress once was. I lingered a bit more in

the between world listening to the conversation between the Senshi.

"Endymion is -so- cute!" Minako exclaimed.

"Yeah, Selena, you are definately very lucky to catch him. Why, he reminds me of my old

boyfriend, that back stabbing, uncute, psychopatic masochist... er..." Makoto smiled

sheepishly as her friends sweatdropped.

Selena just smiled, then looked at the clock by her table. "Where is Pluto?" She asked

quietly.

I smiled softly as I stepped in. "Hello, minna-chan." I said, acknowledging all the Senshi.

"Puu!" She exclaimed, embracing me in a tight hug. "I was afraid that you wouldn't make it

in time."

I hugged her back and smiled, "I'm the guardian of Time, Usa." I said using her old pet

name, "Time is literally at my fingertips."

"Oh yeah." She giggled.

"Are you excited about Endymion's arrival tomorrow?" I asked, sitting down next to her.

"As if she could be anything else!" Mars-hime said. "Always going on about how

handsome and daring he is."

"Well, it is normal for one to talk about their betrothed. Especially one who is in love." I

winked at Usa.

Her friends laugh as she blushed.

"So how is it going, Ami?" I asked the water princess, knowing that her planet was

undergoing a huge decision on her love life.

She sighed. "Same old, same old. Mother and Father are still finding suitors for me left and

right. Some of them are actually nice, but..." She trailed off with a deep sigh from her heart.

The rest of her friends tried to console her. "Don't worry, Ami. As the goddess of love, I

can assure you that whomever you marry, you will be happy and in love with that person."

Minako said, smiling

"Goddess in -training-." Rei butted it. "Your mother is the real goddess." She turned to

Ami, "How 'bout I give you a fire reading? The fire never lies."

"Hey! I should know more about love even if I am just the Goddess in training!" Out came

the henshin sticks as the two hot-headed princesses glared at each other. Time to step in.

"Girls. Settle down." I clapped."Don't dirty up the palace, or you'll waste everyone's effort."

Glaring at each other and grumbling about love and fire, both obeyed and put away their

transformation tools.

"I'll see you all tomorrow." I said, standing up. "Good bye, Usa. And remember to get

some sleep." I said. "You're beginning to look like a panda with those big rings under your

eyes." I blew her a kiss as I fell back into the Time stream.

Sighing, I returned the dress and stretched in my comfortable scout outfit. "Pluto." A voice

called out to me, echoing througn past and future.

"Lord Chronos." I greeted the Lord of Time.

"Beryl advances ever closer to the Moon." He said.

"I know. I only wish there is something that I can do to..."

"There is nothing." He cut in. "You are the guardian of time. It is your job to send them as

Selenity wishes."

"But..." I began, but was once again, cut off.

"Nothing." He said, echoing into the past.

I nodded and passing my hand across my eyes, I relived the past to understand again, why

I was to have this cruel job of guardianship.

*()()()*()()()()*Past*()()()()*()()()*

"Setsuna-hime! Setsuna-hime!" An old woman cried, running after her young charge.

A ruby-eyed girl stopped as she watched her nurse stumble after her. "What Moari?" She

asked, tilting her head, her long emerald-green hair tumbling down one slender shoulder.

Catching her breath, Moari knelt down until she looked eye to eye to her charge. "Your

father wishes to have a word with you." She finally gasped out. "But let's get you cleaned

up first. You're a mess!"

Setsuna pouted. "Don't wanna get cleaned up." She whined, knowing that when she did,

her father would never let her play again.

Moari only smiled. "You have to. Or your lady mother would clean you herself."

"No!" Setsuna exclaimed. "Mother cleans hard."

"Then come along." Moari pulled the 10-year-old girl to her chambers and stripped her

from her torn purple dress. "Yet another dress ruined." She sighed.

Setsuna sat down on the bathtub and blewed the bubbles away. She felt Moari take away

all the pins and ribbons that adorned her hair. "Does Father want to talk to me about the

prince?" She asked, her mind drifting to the pompus jerk that had visited her from the next

planetary system over.

"I don't know, dear." Moari's voice was strained as she fought Setsuna's tangle of hair.

"This is the reason why I tell you to not run all the time." She scolded, "It makes my job

doubly as hard."

"I'm sorry, Moari." Setsuna said, leaning her head with Moari's pulling. "Ow! That hurts!"

"Well, it wouldn't have if you don't have so much tangles." After a few moments of grunting,

Moari finally said, "There! All done. Now lean your head back." Moari took a small jar of

blue mercury oil and poured it onto Setsuna's hair. Rubbing it lightly, she took a jug and

washed away all the bubbles. "There, all clean."

Setsuna got out of the tub and wrapped herself in a bathrope as she followed Moari into

the main room. "Green." She said. "I want to wear the green dress that mother gave me last

spring. The one with the Moon flowers."

"All right." Moari searched for a while in Setsuna's closet and finally pulled out a long

elegant dress with small red Moon flowers along the waist that neatly dipped down.

Zipping it up, Moari braided half of Setsuna's hair and put it up in a bun with burgandy

ribbons and decorated it with a single chinese comb with a ruby red pheonix.

"All done." Moari stood back and looked at her creations. "Now, you look like a princess.

Just remember to not run."

"Yes, Moari." Setsuna walked slowly out her chambers and into her father's throne room

alone, knowing that no servant is allowed in even for cleaning. She curtsied, and greeted

her father softly.

"Hello Setsuna." Her father's voice was pained and Setsuna frowned when she heard her

father use that tone. It was saved for wars and dark news.

"Father?" She looked up. "What's wrong?"

Red eyes found hers and she gasped as a vision went through her head.

-*-

A dark shadow arose from the solar system. Broken bodies laid dead on the blood soaked

ground. A girl stood in the middle of the chaos, calm and serene, but her eyes were

troubled. A scream broke out, a dead scream of pain and suffering.

-*-

"Setsuna." Her father cried out, rushing to her when he heard her scream of pain.

Immediately Setsuna found herself falling to the ground, trembling. Her body racked with

pain

"Father." She clutched her father's arm tightly, Setsuna tried to swallow, but found that she

couldn't. "Death..." Her dried throat croaked out, "Death is knocking on our doors."

Her father's face contorted with fear. He tried to settle his trembling arms but it was no use.

"Time is running out. Death will come." Setsuna said, as if prophesizing the future. It was

then that she disappeared. Then reappeared in front of her father as a grown woman.

"Death is coming." She disappeared and reappeared again as the child she was.

"Death has come." She whispered as she rose, the pheonix comb had worked its way out

from her hair and dropped to the floor with a clang. "Pluto Power, Make-up!" She yelled,

transforming from a 10-year-old awkward girl to a slender 21-year-old woman. Her eyes

were troubled, but her face showed one of peace.

"Death has come." She whispered again. She looked at her father and a single tear fell from

her eyes. From then on she never cried. Not once. Not when her family members died, not

when Beryl came and destroyed her young friend, Usa. Not when Selenity sacrificed her

life, sending her daughter and her friends to the past. Never once did she cry again.

*()()()*()()()()*Present*()()()()*()()()*

I was chosen to guard Time. Why? Because of my grandmother. She was the guardian

once. And before her was my great-great-grandmother. But now... No one should suffer

what I did, so I shall -be- the guardian of time. Endymion comes. Soon destruction shall

reigned and Death comes once more.

Their last dance together. I stopped time for them. My gift to them. A few more moments in

each others arms.

Then choas ruled. I did not move as I watched the Senshi battle Beryl and I did not move

when Endymion was destroyed. But before he dies, I hear a old promise. "No matter

where... no matter when, I shall find you and we shall be together." He whispered,

carressing his princess's tear-filled face one last time.

Selena cried out with pain and mourning. My eyes froze on the small dagger that she pulled

from Endymion's armor. Blood pour from her breast as she recite the old promise. "No

matter where... no matter when... I shall find you and we -shall- be together once more."

Selenity cried out as her daughter slowly died in the arms of her love. Taking the Ginzuishan

out, she raised it high above her. A stream of rainbow light poured from the crystal and

engulfed everyone.

As for me, I planted a small voice in Selenity's head, 'Send them to the future.'

In a blink of an eye, all were gone. Left were the ruins of an ancient kingdom that has

ceased to exist. Like in my vision centuries past, bodies littered the blood-stained ground.

I walked to the center and using my Dead scream, I erased all traces of the ancient kingdom,

all but the garden when the Moon flowers grow. Taking one last breath of the sweet

fragrence, I passed a hand over it and watch it disappear with dried eyes.

I went back to the time stream and saw the moon blazed brightly with the promise that I

swear will be fulfilled. I looked at the shadows of the two death pale lovers and blew them

a gentle kiss as I took Selenity's wish and sent them all to the future where they will unite

once more and break the cycle of Death.

Two tears fall from each one of my eyes. With them carrys the weight of a great burden shed.

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