Pluto's Dark Secrets
A Sailor Moon Fan Novel by Lady Chaos (Ang)
CHAPTER 1: THE ARRIVAL
In a timeless dimension, a cool mist shrouds a mysterious figure. A young woman, tall with a medium build, wearing high black boots, a short black skirt, a tight white bodice with a large brown bow with a red center on her chest, and a black sleeveless v-neck top going up from the bow. Her hair was of a deep green shade, with feathered bangs and tied up in a tight bun with the long ends falling loose to her knees. Her eyes were of a reddish color, with older, but not aged facial features. On her forehead she had a golden tiara with a red jewel in the middle of it. In her hand she holds an ivory and red crystal staff in the shape of a giant key. This is Sailor Pluto. A lonely soul, forever guarding the Door of Time and Space. Placed here by Queen Serenity herself back in the time of the Ancient Moon Kingdom, before Queen Beryl and her troops destroyed our Solar System and forced the Earth to begin evolution all again. Few have ever been able to meet her, and have been eligible to gain passage to the Time Warp.
It is now AD 3010 Earth Standard Years, just as the world is coming out of a deep nuclear winter filled with ecological disaster, with the reviving help of the now Neo Queen Serenity, the once Sailor Moon of the past. Her and her husband, King Endymion, the once Tuxedo Mask, rule with the four Sailor Warriors at their sides in Crystal Tokyo, the capital of their domain, the Earth. The only thing that stood in their way was an opposing force, known as the DarkMoon Family, a group of evildoers formed from the negative energy left over from the past nuclear war, and a far off rogue moon known as Nemesis. When they were just children, Neo Queen Serenity banished them to Nemesis to stop them from interfering with the positive forces of Earth. There they grew up surrounded by negative energy, planning there revenge on the planet Earth. They noMinakoted their leader, known as Prince Dimando, and had him educated in the ways of the Dark Crystal by the Wiseman, a strange oracle who also embedded the powers of evil within the rest of the family. Beginning with Dimando, then his brother Safiru, his chief advisor; Esmeraude, the vain Commander in Chief, known for her beauty but despised for her laugh; Rubeus, the power-hungry general; and the four sniveling, self-centered sisters: Cooan, the oldest; followed by the fraternal twins Petz and Calaveras; and Beruche, the youngest. Together with a whole array of advocates, they launched an attack on Earth, centered in Crystal Tokyo, putting almost all of its inhabitants into a comatose state, including Neo Queen Serenity. The only people who were not under the spell are the four Sailor Warriors, casting their energy to protect the Crystal Palace; King Endymion, who was wounded severely, and Chibi-Usa, the king and queen's daughter who is preparing to go to the past for safety.
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"Aunt Poo! Help they're after me! The bad people from the NegaMoon!" Chibi-Usa screamed, appearing out of the portal leading to Pluto's dimension. She rushed to Sailor Pluto, who seemed rather startled by the sudden appearance of her Godchild.
"We must get you to the past at once then." Pluto said, ushering Chibi-Usa to the Door of Time.
"But Aunt Poo, I don't wanna go all by myself!" Chibi-Usa exclaimed.
"But Chibi-Usa, my dear Small Lady, you must...no wait, here!" Pluto turned her giant key of Time around and formed a golden key on a necklace and a floating ball that looks like a cat.
"Here now my Small Lady, this is you Crystal Time Key, It will bring you back to me whenever you are in danger, but you must be alone and have the Silver Crystal." Pluto explained.
"But why the Crystal now all of a sudden?" Chibi-Usa inquired.
"It is the only way to save you mother." Pluto went on, "Now this is your Luna Sphere, it will give you powers needed in the past, and you can communicate with my through it. Now let's have a special code. How about you call me 'Luna P' and I'll call you 'Small Lady', Okay?"
"Yeah, wicked cool!" Chibi-Usa said.
Pluto then opened the Door of Time, "Now remember Small Lady, you can trust in Sailor Moon, she's your friend, as well as the other scouts. Now concentrate hard on the past, about 1000 years ago in Tokyo, and your ball will lead you when you get there. Good-bye, Small Lady!" Sailor Pluto said, gently pushing Chibi-Usa into the void before the Time Warp.
"Bye-bye, Luna P!" Chibi-Usa said, floating off into the Time Warp.
Pluto stood and watched as Chibi-Usa disappeared, and while her back was turned, five figures phased in behind her.
Sensing this, she turned around suddenly and the door slammed behind her.
"Trespassers, stay there!" She said, searching the dense fog for figures.
Then a man came into view, tall, muscular, with bright red hair.
He said, "Please allow me to...."
"No time for that now, you are unworthy to be here!" Pluto said, raising her Time Key, as if to strike him.
"Rubeus what's going on?" Asked a woman accompanied by three other women coming toward the man.
"That is exactly what I want to know." Pluto said, "Prepare to die, trespassers!" She swung her Time Key at the man who ducked quickly.
He shouted, "Dimando! Dimando! Help! We need you!"
Then another man phased in beside the group. Tall, wearing all white with a flowing violet cape. His white hair was long and angled around his face, and his eyes were a striking violet color that seemed to stand out above all.
As Pluto turned to face him, her eyes met with his.
"His eyes," she thought," They're so beautiful, they seem to calm me down like some spell...wait, what am I thinking?" She strengthened her stance and pointed the red crystal end of her Time Key toward him, "Who are you? What are you doing here?" She demanded.
The man with the violet eyes replied," Allow me to introduce myself, I am Prince Dimando, and I mean no harm."
"Where are you from?" Pluto asked.
Prince Dimando replied, "We are from a place called Nemesis, a rogue moon beyond the standard orbits of the planets. The people of Earth call it the NegaMoon."
"Watch yourself," Pluto thought, remembering how Chibi-Usa fled to her. She then said, " What is it you want of me?"
The prince then replied, All I want of you is to grant me access to the Time Warp, that is all."
" And what if I don't give you this access?" Pluto inquired.
" Oh, you will." Prince Dimando corrected, as the DarkMoon tattoo on his forehead changed into a third vertical eye. From it he shot a hypnotic beam at Pluto.
She just stood and winced it off.
" Your mind powers will not work on me your Highness. For I am immortal and invulnerable to any attack." Pluto said.
When she said this, the four women gasped and the other man took a step back in awe.
Prince Dimando removed his beam and ground his teeth in failure.
" Leave us." He said, turning to his subjects.
" Yes your Highness." The five said in unison, disappearing into oblivion.
" Now, maybe we need to get to know each other better, hmm?" Dimando said, stepping toward Pluto slowly. She in turn stepped back.
" What is you name?" He asked.
" I am known as Sailor Pluto." She said cautiously.
" Don't you have a birth name?" Dimando said, continuing to step forward.
" It's Setsuna." Pluto said backing into the Door. She tried to move away from him but he grabbed her arm and jerked her back, forcing her to drop her Time Key. She was helpless now.
"Resistance is futile, my dear Setsuna." Dimando said, getting a hold of her other arm,"You see, I am really quite irresistible."
" I beg to differ, your Highness." Pluto said, although she knew deep down that, that she had already fallen for him, when she looked in his violet eyes.
Pluto attempted to break free from Dimando's grasp but failed to do so, for his strong hands tightly squeezed her thin, gloved wrists. Dimando then pushed her against the Door of Time that was safely locked. He put his hands on her upper arms but still had a firm grasp on her.
His striking violet eyes looked deep into her dark red eyes, and he began to stroke her long, deep green hair.
" You know that you are very beautiful right? "Dimando said, so close to Setsuna that she could feel his breath on her cheek.
She then could feel herself begin to blush and looked down away from his glare," Thank you, your Highness," she said softly.
" You know a beautiful woman like you should not have to stay here forever." Dimando said, putting his right hand down her arm and onto her waist. Pluto did not know what to do, she had never experienced a sensation like this before and became somewhat nervous and frightened.
" What if I gave you something in return for letting us have access to the Time Warp." Dimando said.
" What would I possibly want from you? No material items could do me any good." Pluto contradicted.
" I'm not talking material items here," Dimando corrected, " I'm talking about your freedom."
The word freedom rang through Pluto's head.
" My freedom? How is it possible?" Pluto said, rather suprised by this tempting offer. She had oftened dreamed of leaving her post and exploring the world, but she had always rendered it impossible.
" It is really quite simple, beautiful Setsuna," the prince went on, " All I would do is create another you, a clone or droid if you will, that would take your place in your leave of absence, now how does that sound?"
Pluto was distraught," I -I don't know, I've been here for so long and it's my duty to..."
Dimando then kissed her gently on the forehead," Well, what will it be? Say no and I'll understand but, it doesn't feel as good as saying yes now does it?" Dimando said, then kissed her cheek.
Pluto's feelings for Dimando then grew so strong that the want of not disappointing him and the tempting offer of her freedom forced out he single word that would change her life forever, "Yes, yes I'll do it!" She said excitedly, for now one of her greatest dreams had just come true.
"It's done then!" Dimando said, who then pulled her toward him and passionately kissed her. "Thank you so much my dear Setsuna, your generosity will be rewarded."
" Dimando then phased out into the fog and the original five figures, the man and the four women, then reappeared and Pluto then opened the Door of Time for them. As they disappeared into the Time Warp, Pluto shut the Door and turned back to her duty, with mixed emotions about what she had just done.