A fiery haired woman tightly gripped her staff as she paced back and forth around her post.
"This is terrible news, I have to do something about what I've discovered. I have to find them and warn them about the future…I hope that there is still time." She sighed in concern.
"What I've seen and what I've experienced is horrific, I need to find Pluto before I make my next move. Where is she hiding? Is she still on Earth?" The woman looked around the wondrous room she had been charged in guarding. Like Sailor Pluto, this woman guards the gates of time and space for anomalies, anarchy, anachronisms, and enemies. The two have been partners for many hundreds of years but lately Pluto has been on Earth guiding the Outer Senshi on their next moves thus leaving the mysterious woman to guard the gates by herself. Quite some time ago something odd happened, another Senshi had been murdered in another reality and her powers removed. The enemy has since been bobbing and weaving throughout time and changing rather minute details, things that would otherwise be overlooked, and creating starkly different futures.
She has seen many of the futures created by the enemy and it haunted her to no end. It became her mission to track down Pluto and stop some of these futures from happening by following the enemy in the past. She held a sphere in her delicate gloved hands and peered into its contents. She could see Setsuna with her close friends, Michiru and Haruka.
"So she's with Uranus and Neptune, perfect." She placed the sphere with the others that adorned the room. It wasn't hard to track Pluto; her energy signature was unique and powerful enough to be felt past the depths of the gates. The woman remained concerned about the energy signatures of her enemies, who also happened to be on Earth.
"I better get going. I hope everyone understands why I have to abandon my post." The woman sighed once more as her footsteps echoed in the distance. How would Pluto react in seeing the unknown woman?
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Michiru tossed and turned that night, every time she closed her eyes she saw a vision of destruction, it was rather hazy and grainy but she saw the Sailor Senshi being killed left and right. This wasn't something new, since becoming Sailor Neptune she constantly had visions, but this one was different. It was different enough to strike fear to her core.
"Michiru, wake up." Haruka gently nudged her sleeping partner awake.
"Haruka…" She hazily mumbled.
"You're kicking and punching me! It's not a fair fight!" Haruka joked.
"I was having a nightmare…" Michiru sighed, the smirk from her partner's face quickly faded.
"What kind of nightmare?" Haruka narrowed her eyes.
"Oh you know the usual, destruction of the world…but there was something much more grim about this dream…" Michiru recalled.
"What was so grim?" Haruka inquired.
"I'm not sure how to say this…" Tears started to fall, "you weren't by my side…" Haruka comforted her lover but had been hurt by the revelation.
"I'm right here, I'm your partner and I'm Sailor Uranus." Haruka wrapped her toned arms around the delicate woman next to her. Michiru held her tightly back. Haruka told the truth, she sat next to her in bed and is quite tangible.
"Did I die?" Haruka inquired.
"No…it was strange, it was as if you never existed." Neptune said. Haruka couldn't help but feel confused and hurt by the nightmare. Both still had horrific dreams about the death of the other and if never became easier for them. Earth had been experiencing a great period of peace and prosperity after the defeat of Galaxia and the always-terrible Mistress 9, yet they knew a newer evil would always come.
"We should get back to sleep, we're still students you know and we need our rest." Haruka wiped the tears from Michiru's face as she managed a slight smile.
"Oh Haruka, you're so wise." Michiru chuckled. The two returned to sleep but Haruka gripped her love extra tightly to protect her in her dreams. The thought still lingered in her mind, what if she and Neptune never crossed paths?
In the next room Setsuna been awakened too, not by the young Hotaru or the lovebirds in the next room, but from a message she received. She had heard the conversation next door; the rooms had rather thin walls (which made things awkward at times) and couldn't help but ponder the possibilities. There was no more sleep for Setsuna to have for the night as her mind wandered. Weeks had passed and the trio continued to have nightmares.