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Mizuryunokamioh: I have always wondered why if the Silver millennium had the time gates why did it fall, why was there no plans in place to prevent it from falling or at the very least plans in place to save at least a part of it so it could be rebuilt
This is my answer to that question.
The Pluto Protocols
Chapter 0 – Beginnings Part 1
'Speech'
"Sound Effects"
(Thoughts)
Nyx - Second Plutonian Moon
Secret Staging Base – Hades
Year 4000 YAF (1)
Tryst the current Queen and Senshi of Pluto stood at firm attention as she waited for the appearance of her Leader and Ruler Serenity the 17th. Heart pounding in anticipation for the reigning monarch of the Luna kingdom and Head of the Silver council who had definitely earned the tcognomenes (2) the Avenger, Tryst had already ensured that nothing saved what she had to say could upset the dangerous woman.
Serenity 17th the Avenger had earned her name from the final years of the civil war, through ordering the executions of all the remaining relatives of the current rulers of the remaining 11 kingdoms of the Silver Millennium including her own sister. On top of that she had also order the creation and implementation of a new spell that would prevent any Queen current or future from having more than one child, to prevent the likes of the civil war from ever happening again. The only way a Senshi could have a second child was if the first died before having a child of their own. This was done with good reason; the Queen had seen both her mother and grandmother die at the young age of just 30 (3), barely in her minority. She had also known of the deaths of her great grandmother, the first victim of the war and witness the death of her first daughter. That would be enough to make any woman vengeful.
Along with the executions she had also created the Heshin, devices which enabled the Senshi carry almost their full power far beyond their own planets (previously the Senshi would lose up to 60 of their power just leaving their planets orbit) and the creation of the time gates, in order to prevent events like the civil war ever happening again. There were even rumours that the Queen had ordered several top mages and scientist to find a way to create an artificial Senshi. All in good reason with two of the Senshi's lines having been completely eradicated. Both the Senshi of Ceres and Eris would never again appear next to the fellow Queens, their lines lost forever, even their planets were no longer able to support life.
Pluto's visage contorted as she tried to imagine her own planet with out life, a horrifying thought, though it was this thought that had caused her to ask (politely) the Queen to come to this secret staging base hidden deep within the crust of Pluto second moon Nyx. Her head jerked as a cold harsh voice broke through her deep musings
'Pluto I am not so unimportant that I have time to stand here while you daydream'
'Uh your Majesty I did not hear you come in' Bowing deeply Pluto continued 'Please forgive me'
Looking up from her bow her eyes took in the sight of the Supreme Ruler of the Silver Millennium, it was a sight to behold. Like all of her line Queen Serenity 17th the Avenger held a classic beauty, measuring exactly 4 elts (4) in height with long Silver hair, a sharp nose and wide deep grey eyes all perfectly symmetrical in position and proportion on her face, her lips were a dark pink and her body was the colour of pure snow. Yet her features also carried her personality, her eyes were piercing and filled with cunning, here lips were pursed as though she was constantly angry, Her long hair was kept in a tight bun on top of her head to keep it out of reach from any would be assailant. She wore no gown but instead military issue fatigues, including a standard issue Kelmarg blade on her hip, all typical of the Avenger. As Pluto examined her Queen, Serenity motion for her to rise out of the bow a grim smile on her face.
'Rise Pluto no harm was done am I to assume that this building is what you wished to show me'
Pluto nodded brisquely sensing that Serenity was in no mood for anything other than business 'Yes your majesty, this is the first of several military caches'
The Queen arced an eyebrow at the statement. 'Surly you did not call me all the way out her just to show me a weapon's dump Pluto if so I shall be very annoyed'
Swallowing with no small amount of fear Pluto hurriedly explained the situation. 'Your majesty this is no ordinary weapon dump it contains several units of every type of weapon we currently use in the combined armed forces including some of the more experimental units. It also contains plans for every type of weapon and vessel as well as a small stock pile of materials and machinery needed to make them.'
The Queen still looked unimpressed 'Why should that impress me or even warrant a personal viewing Pluto.'
'Because' Pluto replied looking more uneasy than before 'It is part of a contingency plan that I am creating'
Serenity now looks slightly interested 'A contingency plan for what Pluto'
Pluto Gulped as she mentally prepared her self for what would come next
'The fall of the Silver Millennium.'
'WHAT!!'
Break
Kuiper Belt
Orbit of Dysnomia
Year 7182 YAF
A strange black mass floats in the orbit of the Planet Eris' only moon Dysnomia waiting. No one knew what it was nor its purpose or that it even existed, no one living that is. The mass had been drifting their silently for time unknown to any living being waiting to for full its purpose. As it floated there a small red light suddenly began to blink and the mass finally did something after being inactive for so long, it vanished.
Break
Earth
Tokyo City
Year 2004 CE (5)
Usagi Tsukino stares at the stars, her mind replaying the events that had just passed her battle with Chaos. More importantly it was Chaos' last words that were being replayed over and over in her mind.
'Well done mortal few have ever faced even the smallest portion of my power and have succeeded in defeating it, BUT remember I am infinite this defeat is nothing to me, I shall always be I am after all a part of existence itself, a force of nature, I cannot be denied.'
Her face fixed in a frown as she desperately tried to decipher its meaning. She had won hadn't she, she had over come Galaxia, had defeated Chaos purging the galactic cauldron of its influence. So why did this speech echo through her mind causing her to become fuelled with doubt. What did it mean when it said it was a part of existence, of nature, Chaos was evil Usagi was sure of it Pluto, Mamaru, Rei they had all told her this. It must be true so why, why did it plague her mind. Could it be that she hadn't won that despite what Pluto had said, there would be more fighting to come, more death, more destruction. Unable to answer these burning questions Usagi crept down from the roof de-transformed and entered into her bed drifting off into an uneasy sleep
Break
Zero Star Sagittarius
Galactic Cauldron
Year 2004 CE
Sailor Galaxia allowed her self a small smile as she watched a large shadowy being standing at the cauldrons edge, on her lap Chibi Chibi sat sleeping. Her mind passed across the current leader of the Senshi and with the smallest of caresses eased the uneasy sleep of the heir to the house of Serenity. Rising Galaxy adjusted the small child till she was resting on her hip then descended down the large granite steps of the Zero star which currently looked like an amphitheatre with the cauldron at its centre. Arriving at its centre her gaze moved to the cauldron black churning depths, at that moment the shadowy figure spoke.
'You should rest my dear the conflict sapped your strength considerably'
Galaxia just smiled as she continued to observe the swirling mass within the cauldron. The figure then continued.
'It looks as though the damage has been fixed for now, the time guardian believe that no more threats shall come for her and her Senshi, why her own Princess begins to doubt all that has happened and been said. Soon the doubt will devour their friendships and drive the Senshi apart, and the time guardian's plans will fail'
Galaxia nodded her gaze shifting to the shadowy figure. 'And yet my lord you plans have failed before and the Senshi have rallied behind their princess while the time guardian has manipulated them though the conflicts. Still I hope you do not go too far with her, I have grown quite attached to the young human and I am not the only one'
The Shadowy figure twitched 'Bah you mean that fool Solaris, he will not interfere he knows what will happen if he does'
Galaxia smiled once again 'My Father is no fool my Lord, he did after all convince both you and Kamisama to give him part of both of your separate powers'
The Shadowy figure twitched again 'So very true my dear, so very true. But enough of that, for now it is time for you to rest and our daughter to rest with you. Soon both of you shall be needed to play your part once again. As I have planned'
End?
My Apologies if grammar and spelling aren't quite up to par, unfortunately I am currently without a beta reader. In saying that please let me know what you think in other words Please Review.
(1) YEF Year after formation the dating system for the Silver Millennium With Year 0 counting as the year the Millennium was formed, its earth equivalent is 40,000 BCE
(2) Millennial for Cognomen, a cognomen is a title or nickname given to individuals usual those of high position in society such as William the Conquer with Conquer being the cognomen other cognomens in history include the great, the unready, the bastard and my personal favourites the shit (James II of England) the Minus-a-Quarter (Michael VII Dukas, Byzantine Emperor) and the Hairy Breeches (Ragnar Lodbrok of Sweden). Millennial is the language used by nobility and learned in the silver millennium, Latin is based on fragments of millennial as is Greek, Assyrian and Aegyptian.
(3) The silver millennium calendars utilised Solar years calculated by the average time taken for all planets to have completed their Solar orbit divided by the total number of planets, each solar year worked out to be around 10 standard earth years so Serenity the 17th would be actually 300 earth years old.
(4) An elt is a Millennial measurement. A rough equivalent in today's standards would be 1 elt 500 centimetres or 2 feet. In other words 4 elts is 6 feet or 2 meters roughly.
(5) Just in case anyone did not know CE stands for Common Era the current time period we live in as defined my most modern historians. CE replaced AD or Anno Domini for dating purposes after 1995 under the pretext that not all nations are Christian ones.