Thoughts I: Time and Dreams
By SailorOnyxPluto
Dreams. What exactly are dreams? Are they our subconscious desires coming to life while we sleep? Are they thoughts from our daily experiences? I am the Senshi who not only watches over the flow of time, but also the dreams of all who live on Earth. I, however, do not have any dreams of my own for I am never allowed to leave my post at the Gates of Time unless the circumstances are absolutely dire. Therefore, I do not have much time to actually sleep, if any. Even if and when I can leave my post, it can only be for short periods of time and then I must come back.
I guess you could say that I do have one or two dreams of my own. I dream of a day where I can have a family of my own and an eventual replacement to take my place at the Gates of Time one day. I also dream about living on Earth with my fellow Senshi and friends in a time of peace. The dreams of others can range from extremely amusing to extremely frightening, which upon they suddenly wake up and realize that it's just a dream and nothing more. When I do dream, I can usually never remember them, but if I can remember my dreams, they're usually about occurrences in time. Sometimes the events have already happened and other times they have yet to happen.
The dreams and events of the future are the ones that torment me the most because I can't reveal the information to anyone since it could change the course of history. However, to know the future is to be trapped by it, but knowing that there's a trap is the first step in evading it. My trap is time: the past, the present, and the future melded together in this desolate plane of existence. I know that it is a trap, but unfortunately, I could not evade it if I wanted to. To watch over time and the dreams of others is my eternal duty, or curse, if you want to call it so. I not only have to watch over time, but also have to stop those trying to pass through the gates in order to change the past of the future for their own benefit.
I also have the power to send dreams and visions to whomever I wish or need to contact in times of need. Sometimes, sending these dreams can provoke the receiver to want to change the future and may even provoke me to intervene. If I must intervene to change the future, I am in danger of breaking the three taboos of the Time Guardian, told to me by Queen Serenity of the Silver Millennium herself: "Do not travel through time, do not abandon your post at the Gates of Time, and above all else, never stop time. If you break all three of these taboos, you will sadly die." If you are one who is familiar with my personal history, I have broken the three taboos and I have died, but I was reborn not only to continue being time's guardian, but also to help the Senshi of Earth.
My life will stretch to the end of time or until I can mother a neo-Senshi to take my place. I have let my mind wander away from my eternal duty for too long with thoughts of dreams and fantasies that may never happen. I am Sailor Pluto, the eternal guardian of time and the Senshi of dreams. I must now turn my attention to the Gates of Time and the Mirrors of Dreams.