Here is the second part of my Pluto and Endymion story and introducing a new
sailor. I hope you enjoy it. Once again please review and tell me what you
think.

~The Fate of Time~
Part 2
by
*Silver Starlight*


Sailor Star stepped closer and Pluto saw her clearly. Unlike the normal Sailor
Senshi uniform her fuku was different. The body of her suit was silver and her
colar, bows, and skirt were a deep purple color. Her tiara was silver rather than
gold and the gem which rested in it was an amythest which was in the shape of a star
rather than oval. She also wore knee high laced boots the same purple as her bows
which were topped with a silver star. The button which rested in the center of her
front bow was in the shape of a silver star which glowed and also her purple choker
was fronted with another silver star.

Sailor Star herself appeared different although she looked to be the same age as
Sailor Moon had been when Pluto had first met her again in this life. Star stared
back at Pluto as she took her appearance in. Sailor Star was as tall as Sailor Jupiter
and had long straight silver hair which fell well below her fuku skirt which she wore
straight with one thin braid at each temple. Her eyes which gazed back at Pluto were a
deep violet color which contained silver specks causing them to look mystical and not
altogether of this world.

"Sailor Pluto, it has been a very long time." Sailor Star said as she waved her
own staff and caused all the scenes which appeared in the mist to disappear until
only the gray mist swirling at their feet remained. Sailor Star's own staff was
long and silver which was topped with a glowing silver star and was written along
its length in some unknown and long lost language that existed long before even the
moon kingdom.

Pluto still shocked could only stare at the only other Sailor allowed at the gate
of time, the Sailor of destiny and fate, Sailor Star. Pluto blinked and finally
regained the composure she was well known for. "Why are you here Star?"

Star smiled slightly, "Because matters that have long required my attention involve
you Sailor Pluto. I am not truly here at this time physically but as the time of my
rebirth draws near I was able to come to you in spirit. You must know Pluto, that
although guarding time and destiny are similar, they are also very different. It is
past time that you learn for yourself, for dwelling on your love for Endymion can
only cause you pain."

Sailor Star stepped next to Pluto and grasped her destiny star staff in both hands,
and as she did so silver beams of light erupted from each point of the star until it
gathered into a mass of silver light in front of them as tall and wide as the time
gate itself. Sailor Star whispered, "The Destiny Portal, that which less than a
handful of people have seen since the beginning of time."

Sailor Pluto frowned. "The Destiny Portal? I have no knowledge of this."
"You have not needed to Pluto, for time may be yours to guard, but destiny is mine."
Sailor Star pointed her staff at the portal which glowed a brighter silver for a
moment until pictures began to form in the glow. "Like you Pluto, it is taboo for
me as the guardian of destiny to reveal what may be, however I may reveal what has
been and what could have been."

A scene began to form inside the portal, blurry at first, but then Pluto flinched
slightly as she saw it was the first meeting of Serenity and Endymion. "This is what
has been." Sailor Star's staff glowed again. "This is what might have been." A series
of scenes flashed in the portal, each one showing Serenity and Endymion. "These were
all possible futures for them once." Star waved her staff once more and the silver
portal returned to her staff. "Just as time is fluid so is destiny. Many destinies
are possible based on the choices we make in our lives."

"If destiny is indeed fluid like time, how is it that in all the different destinies
you showed me, the outcome was the same?" Sailor Star nodded, turning mystical eyes
on Pluto. "That is what you must know, for although the choices people make determine
their destiny, there are those who will always make the same choices, no matter what.
Their fate was always the same, out of the million different destinies nothing
different could ever occur for them. In that way they are different from the lives of
normal people. What I mean to say to you Pluto is that no matter what you could have
done Endymion would never have been yours, for their destiny prevents it."

"Why did you tell me this?" Pluto said turning away from her to stare back into
the dark mists. "Perhaps it is because I know how you feel, for like yours my job is
also a solitary one and just perhaps I did it for someone you love more than you know."
Suddenly Sailor Star nodded her head and closed her eyes as the brightest silver light
yet began to surround her whole body and then to waver and fade. The last thing Pluto
heard as Sailor Star disappeared was her disembodied voice. "Remember Pluto that love
comes in many forms, and that your destiny has not yet been chosen."

Pluto's eyes went wide and she gasped in realization, for only one person had such a
light as had appeared when Sailor Star had disappeared to go back to the place where
her soul awaited its rebirth. Serenity.