The room was filled in silence as the two strongest inner shinshies of Venus and Jupiter escorted a tall young short hair blonde women to the front of the court of the rest of the Neo-Queen's protectors. One of them couldn't look straight a head to look at the blonde that had stood in front. "I don't know what came over you or why you have done what you have done, Haruka!?" The Neo-Queen's eyes were filled with sorrow as she looked down. "What you have done I don't know what to do?" She exclaimed. "My daughter taken and you…." She broke off and looked down unsure what to say next to this young strong women that she had trusted over the years. "You gotta-"
"That's enough! Why should I, Haruka?" The Neo-Queen interrupted her with more anger in her eyes than sorrow. "I've trusted you and for gave you for things that you have done in the past to help and to protect, but there is nothing you can say to me to bring my daughter back!" She watch Haruka standing in front of her with her gaze unable to look onto her. "You betrayed your loyalties, your oath, and your friends, Haruka!"
Haruka look up at the Neo-Queen with slight anger in her expression. "I have NOT. I can still get her back if you let me!" She protested with her. She was determine to make the Neo-Queen understand that she isn't a traitor and her friends. "No, Haruka, no." The Neo-Queen voice was slightly above a whisper. "You done enough damage." The Neo-Queen stood up from her seat as she gracefully walk towards the tall short hair blonde. Haruka tensed slightly as she walk towards her and stop a foot from her. "I need you to relinquish your heshin pen."
"I can not." Haruka look directly at the young Neo-Queen. "Let me go and I'll-"
"There is no second chance, Haruka! You made your choices and I'm not asking you to hand over the pen or I'll be forced to take it from you!" The Neo-Queen glare at her with almost venous eyes.
Haruka look straight at them with equal expression. It seem like countless hours before Haruka handed over her heshin pen to the Neo-Queen. The Neo-Queen had a firm grip on it. "I'm going to take sometime what would be appropriate punishment, Haruka." The Neo-Queen had turn away from her and walk towards the private chambers. Venus and Jupiter unsure what to say to Haruka as they too look away from their former friend. The others in the seats unable to look at Haruka felt the same hurt that their Neo-Queen is enduring now.
Neptune however had different conflicted emotions. She can't believe her partner. Threw all different situations, but this alone she is unsure how to react. Haruka knew she wont ask forgiveness from her nor her friends. She needs to get out of this situation and fast with her heshin pen. She has to get Chibiusa back in safe hands.
It seemed like endless hours before the Neo-Queen has walked out of her private chambers. Her eyes locked on Haruka. Haruka felt her gaze. Making her frozen in place that made her unable to move where she stood. "I've thought threw and hard to figure out a punishment for you, Haruka, but I don't know if it will be enough." She exclaim at her. All the years she knew Neo-Queen Serenity she never seen her this mad. "You leave me no real choice. I sentence you to life in jail, Haruka. You have no place among us in the court that you've betrayed!"
"My Queen, there-"
"I've heard enough out of you, Haruka! You and only you knew what you've had planned and the coast it will have effect of it! I'm done arguing with you. I've made my mind and you'll pay for it." Neo-Queen Serenity turn her back away from Haruka. Trying not to shed a tear to the events that had unfolded. No matter how much she wanted to HATE her, but she can't. Her child is out there as a hostage and Haruka. She has no words for her. Hearing the two shenshi's taking Haruka away and feeling the tension in the air by the others. "You all are excused." She spoke somewhat coldly to the others as she walked into her chambers once again.
Haruka paced in her cell. Thinking how to get out to put some stuff back in place. Her own guilt over whelmed her every minute has passed. Cursing to herself under her breath for letting Chibiusa get in the middle of a plan that would help to stop everything. She slammed her fist against the concert wall of the cell. There were no one down the cell block she was held in. At lest she doesn't have to deal with humiliation from other inmates. The events that had happen plagued her mind constant.
Year and a half earlier…
Haruka stood silently by the window of both Michiru's and her own home. Michiru was off teaching younger kids art which left Haruka alone for a while in her own thoughts. She was bothered with some rumors of possible threats that will harm everything that she and her friends have stride for. Haruka shook her head to get rid of the negative of the thoughts that have stir. They already have fought ageist the Black Moon kingdom and survived that chaos. She can't ignore the changing of the winds of late.
What more can there be done? She had stated her concerns to the council with little success. Michiru convert her as best to her own ways, but she just can't just drop this feeling. The emotions building like a raging forest fire refusing to give any relive. She can't go up to her old friend Pluto. Her knowledge would help ease her mind, but she refuses to say anything of the future due to her taboo. Haruka screamed in frustration. 'What is there to do? What can I do? My friends tell me to take some time off from my duties, but I can't."
Sound of the front door opening and shutting was heard from the second floor where Haruka live. Haruka sigh as she look confuse as the clock have read one thirty in the after noon. Knowingly Michiru usual gets home around five in the evening. Who could have enter her home without permission. Before she had walked across her study room Sailor Pluto stood. Her expression was deep in thought as she look at the strong women. Before Haruka can say a word to her, "Haruka, I know your confuse why I have come with out a word to you or Michiru." At those words Haruka knew this wasn't just a social call to catch up with each other, but she couldn't help to gesture the time guardian into the study.
"You look like you have a lot on your mind, Pluto?" Haruka watch on seeing her friend taking a seat near a book-case with a slight nod in response. Pluto looked at Haruka with complex expression even more than before. "What's going on?" Haruka pressed on in hopes this older senshi will give her the reason for this visit. "What would you do if knew what the future will be like, Haruka?" Haruka look dumb founded hearing these words from her. 'What does she mean by that?" Haruka ask herself. "I don't know, Pluto? I guess it depends what is at stake."
Pluto sigh looking away from Haruka. Her gaze look threw the window to the outside world. Seeing the birds fly, trees sway in the breeze, and the crystal clear sky. "If you knew that something horrible would come to destroy this world we helped to create. Would you stop it before it happens and take the reproduction from the effect in the after math or let it take it's course?" These words from Pluto made Haruka's skin crawl. Haruka thought hard at her words with uneasy feeling.
"Are you asking me to change something that would violate your taboo?" Haruka question her. Pluto looked away to void her gaze. The silence has taken its grip in the medium size room. Haruka watch her good friend for sometime and unable to bear this silence any further.
A slow nod was notice by her. Pluto slowly look back at her with plea and sadness. "Yes, Haruka, I'm asking you to change the future." Haruka had no words to answer to her friend. All she could do is sit at the nearest chair. "I know it's a lot to ask of you and it's against every oath I took to protect the time line, but I can't bear what will happen. I also seen the after math if the time line has shift." Pluto's voice was above a whisper as she hold back any tears to the thought. Haruka otherwise remain silent. Hearing what Pluto had said made think the possibilities of the after math would be?
"Does it have to do with the rumors I've been hearing?" Haruka finally gotten enough courage to ask. Pluto nod very slowly at her and unsure how this tall blonde would react. Haruka look at Pluto, trying to read her mind. "There is something else you're not telling me?" Pluto once again look away from her friend. "What kind of after math would I have to deal with if I gone along with this new change to the future?"
Pluto let out a big sigh. "Michiru can't join you and betray the ones that you care for." Shacking her head in disbelieve to the words she just heard. Betray them? Was all Haruka could think of. She sunk deeper into the chair, letting her elbows rest on her legs with her head hanging. She can't do that to them nor Michiru. Michiru would hate her if she gone threw this, but her thoughts went back to reporting her concern about these rumors that Pluto has confirmed. "I know this isn't easy to decide on, Haruka."
Pluto sat up from her seat and walk across the room to touch Haruka's shoulder. "Your asking me to give up everything just to change the future?" The husky voice was quite with mix emotion. "What would happen after I change it, Pluto? At lest give me that much of answer." Pluto kneel to the same eye level as Haruka's.
"You'd be more of an out cast, Haruka." She shook her head in more disbelieve and hearing Pluto out a sad sigh. "But things will be better towards the end of this. They'll understand in time… That's all I can say." Pluto stood up slowly making her way to the door of the room. She pause and look at the distraught tall blonde. "You have to make the choice, Haruka. Time isn't on our side here. You alone have this choice."
"Who do I have to speak to? That is once I've decided what I'm going to do." Pluto gave her a sad soft smile.