Title : Mercury Dragon
Act: 1
Act 1 title: The Memories
CHAPTER TWO: Witnessing An Old Age ( part 2 of 2)
Quote: Learn from history and accept that you are who you are because of it.
Anonymous
Sailor Pluto looked at him with stern and compassionate eyes.
" Your highness, I see that you worry for me. Please do not worry. I have plans. For the fulfilment of those plans, my punishment is worth it. Your worry is unfounded, Prince Hermes. All I do is worth it, as long as it is for the White Moon family and the future."
Draco nodded.
Sailor Pluto then gave him a vial of memories, which he quietly witnessed.
The memories he saw were those of the person he had become. Indeed, it was true. Sailor Pluto was right, the man who he was masquerading as had a similar a strange coincidence...
Sailor Pluto spoke to him.
"In this era, your name will be that of a minor lord, Agnitio Niteo. You will masquerade as one who is a scholar of magical arcane arts. You will be here for two weeks. Then, you will leave with me. You can not stay in the past. when you leave, I will give you the antidote to my enhanced polyjuice potion."
Draco nodded. "Yes, I understand. My past life must never know of myself… his future self. However, if I am masquerading as Agnitio, then...where is he…in the first place?"
Sailor Pluto smiled softly and continued…
"His whereabouts are of no concern to you. He is far away in this era. His life is similar to your present life, but please note that some facts of your life need to be twisted. So, lie.. Do so wisely. Moreover, please note: Your presence in this time in the Silver Millennium is only to be used to witness the life of your past self. You will agree to use this knowledge to do noble deeds. For the White Moon family, do you swear to uphold the values of love and justice?
Draco nodded and spoke. "I understand. I will do as you say, I swear upon the White Moon family, blood and the cosmic alliance."
Draco blinked. What did he just say to Sailor Pluto?Those words were not of wisdom but of instinct. He pondered. He still did not believe this was happening. He also could not believe that he had said something about time and space earlier. Perhaps this was real... or... a vivid dream. But at least, he seemed to know what to say. Draco let out a breath of relief. Sailor Pluto smiled softly. Then, she took him to a nearby staircase, which was near the balcony. He walked down with her.
After going down, he noticed that wonderful realistic paintings, Various talking portraits, windows, tapestries, and objects all lined the walls, which had carvings of crescent moons, planetary symbols, stars and crystals on them. one portrait stood out. It was a portrait with seven people in it. Out of the seven, three were familiar. One was the blonde princess from his dreams. The second was the queen. The third was a figure who looked like Albus Dumbledore. The other figures were females of Moon royalty, but with different hairstyles( yet similar, due to buns and ponytails).All of them were smiling and in gowns which were made of the most impeccable materials he had ever seen. It was amazing, but he managed to contain his reaction to seeing such opulence. He was a Malfoy after all.
He noticed that they faced the outside. The doors to the gardens were open and he noted that there was a path leading to a circular marble platform, which had various planetary symbols and a crescent moon on it. He had no idea what it was, but he would find out. He intended to. There were two sentinels, but they allowed Sailor Pluto and Draco passage. At the sight of that, Draco assumed that Sailor Pluto had certain rights to be allowed no limitations over where she wandered in the castle. But then again, he could be wrong. So, he silently followed.
"So… this is the foyer." He stated calmly. Sailor Pluto nodded.
He was led to an ornate door with many planetary symbols and strange carvings (that looked like various transformation items) on it. It had no guards and it gleamed with an unknown power. Draco felt its warmth and was wary.
"This door… It gleams with power…It is... it's strangely familiar." He muttered in a low tone. Sailor Pluto nodded. She motioned to him to stop and be silent. He did so. She then spoke calmly.
"Agnitio… this room leads to the court of the Silver Millennium."
Draco nodded and spoke. "I see." and his nerves sang with anxiety.
He knew that Queen Serenity would be there. He knew his past self was there... or was it his dream self? He knew that people from his recurring nightmare would be there. He steeled himself. He then stared at the doors and wondered about the portrait he had seen.
Sailor Pluto approached the doors.
She rapped on it, gently, with a gloved hand. Then she stood back and Draco knew. They would have to wait in silence for their group to be admitted.
After two tense seconds, a feminine and powerful voice rang out.
"Guests, please state your identities and purpose in being here." It boomed at them.
Draco took a step backwards. Sailor Pluto did not react.
"I am sailor Pluto. I am here to escort a guest to see your majesty." She spoke reverently.
As soon as Sailor Pluto spoke, Draco understood. He had to introduce himself.
"I am a minor lord, Agnitio Niteo. I am a scholar of magical arcane art and I seek to widen my studies, my queen." He spoke deferentially.
"Your presences are acknowledged. You are both permitted to enter." The voice spoke.
Then, the door opened by itself. It opened to reveal a room grander than anything Draco had ever seen. It was a hall, grander than the Great Hall of Hogwarts. It was five times bigger than the Great Hall of Hogwarts. Draco was stunned when he saw how impressively huge the whole hall was. The place was lit up by many glowing white crystals, which were embedded in the ceiling. The walls had murals of various royal White Moon queens, all of whom had the buns and ponytails hairstyle. It was amazing.
However, Draco did not show his emotions outwardly. As he stepped in, he realized that it was really like Hogwarts, except for how the tables were arranged and the lack of banners. It was… strange yet familiar. Draco did not know what he was feeling as he entered the hall. Despite not knowing, he calmly walked down the hallway.
It was full of tables, food, laughter, servants, drinks, joy and people. Draco recognized the people as being nobles, merchants and Royals. He saw those whom he had seen from the balcony above. He hid his real emotions, as he knew that being emotive would ruin things here. He knew them as such, because a part of his brain, his memory… it told him so.
He saw Queen Serenity seated at the main table, which was something like the staff table, except longer, made of marble and more ornate. There were two other tables, each close to the walls. All the nobles, merchants and royals sat at those tables. They started to gossip, in whispers.
"Say, do you recognize that stranger?"
"Who is that young man?"
"He's some noble, I think."
"I thought that a scholar would not come to the moon. Well… apparently I was wrong."
"Isn't that Sailor Pluto?"
"Isn't she supposed to be at her post?"
"Why are they here?"
"He can't be a scholar, he looks too young!"
Those were the whispers he heard as he walked between the two tables, calmly strolling down a white-silver carpet, which had many flowery patterns on it. As soon as he reached the end of the carpet, Sailor Pluto did as well. She motioned to him to stop and bow. Draco did so.
Queen Serenity looked at him with silent, calm and calculating eyes. Then, Queen Serenity and Sailor Pluto's eyes met and Draco knew somehow, that they had communicated silently. Draco looked at Sailor Pluto questioningly. Sailor Pluto nodded to him.
Queen Serenity nodded and spoke. " Sailor Pluto, Sailor Senshi of time and, you are welcome. As for this young gentleman over here, what is your name?"
Draco was confused. Didn't he say who he was earlier? However, he did not show his confusion and reiterated what he had said earlier. " My queen, I am a minor lord, Agnitio Niteo. I am a scholar of magical arcane art and I seek to widen my studies."
Queen Serenity nodded. She spoke. "I see. You are welcome to the court."
Suddenly, a girl in a long and velvety green-blue dress ran towards him and hugged him. He stiffened. The girl looked exactly like Ginny Weasley. "Oh my goodness gracious, you came! You came, my prince! My darling Hermes!"
Draco was confused when she hugged him. He knew that he was Hermes reincarnated, but he should have looked different due to the polyjuice potion. Why was this happening? A drop of sweat rolled down his forehead.
As this was going on, a male voice yelled, "Hey! Stop hugging him, Princess Gaia! Your prince is here!" A boy who looked exactly like him yelled.
Draco felt disturbed upon seeing his exact mirror image, but he hid his unsettled emotions well. He cleared his throat and started to speak.
"Ah, princess Gaia? I think you had me mistaken for Prince Hermes." Draco spoke, feeling strange. His was because he was talking about his past incarnation as if he was another person.
Princess Gaia looked at him and her face reddened. She finally recognized that he did not look like his past self at all and took a deep breath. She spoke hastily.
"I… I sincerely offer my greatest apologies for my untoward advances. I sincerely apologize for my behavior. Have a good day, Scholar Agnitio." A second later, he opened his mouth to speak. However, before he could reply to her apology, She then ran towards her prince. Draco stared at her, feeling confused.
"So…" He muttered.
The past was a complicated and strange thing. Then, he saw a certain blonde princess stand up and walk towards a black-haired prince. They died in his dreams. His mind started to become full of visions, which were full of anguished crying, blood and death. It erupted in his head again as he thought about how Sailor Mercury had been killed. He winced but shook it off by shaking her head. It was an oddity but nobody in the hall noticed. Only Sailor Mercury noticed his pain.
"Lord Agnitio Niteo, do you need any remedies? I noticed that you were in pain." Sailor Mercury was dressed in blue and had a vial of purple liquid in her hand.
Author's notes:
There will be pairings and if there are pairings you don't like… So, the choice is this: keep reading or read another fan fiction with pairings that you like.
Do not threaten or insult me.
I am also aware that my fan fiction can be dry and boring at first, but bear with me.
Also: I know I have people following this, but there are no reviews. I would like a review. Please?
Latin
agnitio : recognition, knowledge.
niteo : to shine, glitter, be bright, glow, be sleek, flourish.
Hints of next chapter:
He did not understand. Why would they seal the senshi of Saturn away? It was no wonder Hades looked jaded.
"You betrayed us!"
"The people of Earth are planning treason!"
"Don't go to Earth anymore!"
