Hey minna! I'm baaaack! *giggles insanely* Ooookay, now that I have
that out of my system... How is everyone enjoying this? *scans the
empty room* Anyone out there? Helllllloooo? *sigh* Oh, well. Let's
get on with this. HIT THE LIGHTS AND CUE THE CAMERAMAN. And... ACTION!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon! A lot of other people do. I'm
not one of them. I do own the rights to this story and to the characters
that I created, though. Please ask before borrowing. Thanks.
A Dreamer's Dream
by Tegasus
Rating: PG
Chapter 10-What are you doing?
Dream Maker watched as the five senshi talked among themselves.
She was still trying to figure out what had happened to Haruka. One
moment she had been reaching out to give her the help she needed to
conquer her nightmare and the next, she had been banished from Haruka's
dreamscape.
'Best not to tell the other about this right now, especially
Neptune. At least until I figure out... What the-?!?' Dream Maker threw
herself out of her throne just as a blast of energy obliterated it. She
rolled to her feet clutching her Dream Scepter, ready for the next
attack.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Setsuna awoke to find herself once more in the Halls of Time. But
something was different. These were not the welcoming mists and pillars
she was so used to. The place seemed colder and more distant, as if she
no longer belonged there.
"And why should you belong here? You've done nothing to deserve
it." Setsuna turned and watched as Chibi-Usa turned and walked out of
the mists to stand in front of her. The two friends just looked at each
other for a moment before Chibi-Usa smiled slightly and stepped back.
"You broke the Covenant and the Laws, Setsuna. You are no longer
needed."
As Setsuna watched horrified, Chibi-Usa reached into the mists
and withdrew her Garnet Scepter, the symbol of her guardianship.
Small Lady, NO! What are you doing?
"What I was born to do. Oh, Setsuna. Haven't you figured it out?
Why do you think that out of all the people that ever lived, only I was
able to use the Time Gate to take me where," Chibi-Usa smiled evilly
and changed into Black Lady, "or should I say WHEN I wanted to go. You
were forbidden to travel through the gate. Didn't you ever wonder why
that was?"
I was bidden to guard the Gate, I had no need to travel
through it.
"Maybe you're right, but there's still the small matter of the
broken Laws." Setsuna turned and spotted a cloaked figure approaching
from the mists. "There were three laws that must never be broken,
Setsuna. First, Time travel must not be allowed."
"Dropped the ball there, Sets. You allowed not only me, but
Sailor Moon and her guardians to travel to the 30th Century and know of
their future. Tisk, tisk."
"Second," the hooded figure continued, "The Time Gate must not be
left unguarded."
"You abandoned your post, Setsuna." Black Lady sneered, beginning
to twirl the Time Staff. "Shame on you. That's two laws you've broken."
"Third and most important, Time must NEVER be stopped!"
"Three strikes and you're out, Setsuna." Black Lady raised the
Time Key, "Dead Scream." Setsuna could do nothing as her own attack
rushed towards her.
Just before the attack struck, Setsuna thought she heard the
cloaked figure murmur, "Enjoy oblivion, Time Bitch." Then there was
nothing.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Setsuna drifted. She had tried to fight the darkness after Black
Lady had attacked her, but she was just too tired. It was just too much
work to try to fight the inevitable anymore. She didn't worry about the
person who had tried to impersonate Chibi-Usa. She didn't matter.
Nothing did. She was alone. Not that being alone was anything new, she
was always alone.
"But you're not alone. Not if you don't want to be."
Yes, I am. As the Guardian of Time...
"But according to that creature, you're not the Guardian
anymore."
No...
"Then why do you say that you're alone? If you're not the
Guardian, then you have no reason to be alone, right?"
I don't know...
The voice sighed. "You have a choice, Setsuna. It's the same
choice you were given before, you just don't remember making it. That
was the mistake, I think. Making all of you forget. I think that this
would have been easier on you if you could have remembered why you made
the choices you did."
What choices did I make?
"You made many choices, Princess of Pluto. One of them was the
choice to become the Guardian of the Gate of Time."
Did I know what I was getting myself into? Did I know the
loneliness I would suffer?
"Yes."
Then why...
"Why did you choose it?"
Yes.
The voice sighed again. "It's time you remembered what you've
forgotten. Remember, Daughter of Pluto, remember..."
** Flashback **
"No! She's just a child! She can't handle that much
responsibility!" Her mother was arguing with Queen Serenity again. Last
month when she had turned eight, she had been given the choice of
whether or not she wanted the responsibility of being the Time Keeper.
Her mother, the Queen of Pluto, had been so sure she would refuse, but
she couldn't, not after what she had seen. "She'll be all alone! I
won't allow it!"
"Enough Rhea! It is not up to you! It was up to your daughter and
she made her choice."
"She's not old enough to choose!"
"Yes, I am, Mother." The child Guardian spoke up for the first
time since the argument begun. "I am ready to choose because I have
full knowledge of what my decision entails. I know the consequences of
this path and I choose to follow it anyway."
Queen Rhea looked at her daughter, trying, for her daughter's
sake, to understand why she would choose such a harsh and lonely
existence. "I just don't understand, Setsuna. Why would you choose this
life?"
"Because I couldn't live with the consequences of choosing the
other path." Rhea watched in sorrow as her beloved child, her only
daughter, changed into a stranger. "There must be a Guardian of the
Gate and if I refuse it, someone else will be chosen. That person will
use the Powers of Time to rule the Universe. Everything we know and
love will have never have existed. That is why I choose this path. I
can do nothing else."
As her mother sadly nodded and turn to go, Setsuna, Princess of
Pluto and Guardian of Time felt the last of the bonds that held her to
the Time Stream fade. She had already said good-bye to the other
princesses and to her family. This was her destiny, what she was fated
to do, to be. She was the Immortal Guardian of Time.
If that was true, then why did she feel her all too mortal heart
beginning to break...
** End Flashback **
Setsuna came back to herself standing once more in the Hall of
Time. She knew now, what she had forgotten. Why. And more importantly
that it had been HER CHOICE! No one had forced her. She had chosen the
become the Guardian with full knowledge what might become of her. She
had chosen.
With that knowledge came the peace and tranquillity that had
helped her last through the centuries. The strength to stand firm and
continue with her duty, even if it meant watching her friends and
family die. They would be reborn again and live in a brighter future.
Setsuna opened her eyes and the illusion of the Time Gate faded.
"I am ready."
"Pluto Eternal Time Power... MAKE-UP!" She was plunged into a
darkness that burned with the light of a thousand suns. A light as inky
as nothingness, where up was down and down was two feet over. She was
between Times. She was home. The nothingness cradled it's child and
filled her with everything, transforming her into the Senshi Guardian
of Time, Eternal Sailor Pluto.
Pluto smiled as she felt her Time Key once again appear in her
hand. It was time to reform the void into currents, streams. Time for
Time to flow once again. "Time Space Reformation!"
Pluto watched, half in amusement, half in satisfaction, as the
Gate of Time reformed before her. Through the Gate, she knew that the
streams of Time were flowing back into their proper place.
"Very good, Sailor Pluto. I knew that you hadn't totally
forgotten your duty." Pluto turned and smiled softly at the man
standing before her. Kronos, Father of Time. Her father. "Sailor Uranus
has taken up her duties as Destiny's Chosen. The time of change is upon
us. You are needed to guide them on the path they choose."
"I understand." She paused a moment before turning to go. "Thank
you, Father, for everything. Good-bye." Pluto disappeared. The future
awaited.
Well, well? What did you think? Like it? Hate it? Looking for rotten
fruit? Please respond and tell me about it. The more letters I get, the
quicker I try to get the next chapter out. Honest! Well, I gotta go.
Until next time!
Ja ne,
Tegasus
pixietegs@hotmail.com
that out of my system... How is everyone enjoying this? *scans the
empty room* Anyone out there? Helllllloooo? *sigh* Oh, well. Let's
get on with this. HIT THE LIGHTS AND CUE THE CAMERAMAN. And... ACTION!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon! A lot of other people do. I'm
not one of them. I do own the rights to this story and to the characters
that I created, though. Please ask before borrowing. Thanks.
A Dreamer's Dream
by Tegasus
Rating: PG
Chapter 10-What are you doing?
Dream Maker watched as the five senshi talked among themselves.
She was still trying to figure out what had happened to Haruka. One
moment she had been reaching out to give her the help she needed to
conquer her nightmare and the next, she had been banished from Haruka's
dreamscape.
'Best not to tell the other about this right now, especially
Neptune. At least until I figure out... What the-?!?' Dream Maker threw
herself out of her throne just as a blast of energy obliterated it. She
rolled to her feet clutching her Dream Scepter, ready for the next
attack.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Setsuna awoke to find herself once more in the Halls of Time. But
something was different. These were not the welcoming mists and pillars
she was so used to. The place seemed colder and more distant, as if she
no longer belonged there.
"And why should you belong here? You've done nothing to deserve
it." Setsuna turned and watched as Chibi-Usa turned and walked out of
the mists to stand in front of her. The two friends just looked at each
other for a moment before Chibi-Usa smiled slightly and stepped back.
"You broke the Covenant and the Laws, Setsuna. You are no longer
needed."
As Setsuna watched horrified, Chibi-Usa reached into the mists
and withdrew her Garnet Scepter, the symbol of her guardianship.
Small Lady, NO! What are you doing?
"What I was born to do. Oh, Setsuna. Haven't you figured it out?
Why do you think that out of all the people that ever lived, only I was
able to use the Time Gate to take me where," Chibi-Usa smiled evilly
and changed into Black Lady, "or should I say WHEN I wanted to go. You
were forbidden to travel through the gate. Didn't you ever wonder why
that was?"
I was bidden to guard the Gate, I had no need to travel
through it.
"Maybe you're right, but there's still the small matter of the
broken Laws." Setsuna turned and spotted a cloaked figure approaching
from the mists. "There were three laws that must never be broken,
Setsuna. First, Time travel must not be allowed."
"Dropped the ball there, Sets. You allowed not only me, but
Sailor Moon and her guardians to travel to the 30th Century and know of
their future. Tisk, tisk."
"Second," the hooded figure continued, "The Time Gate must not be
left unguarded."
"You abandoned your post, Setsuna." Black Lady sneered, beginning
to twirl the Time Staff. "Shame on you. That's two laws you've broken."
"Third and most important, Time must NEVER be stopped!"
"Three strikes and you're out, Setsuna." Black Lady raised the
Time Key, "Dead Scream." Setsuna could do nothing as her own attack
rushed towards her.
Just before the attack struck, Setsuna thought she heard the
cloaked figure murmur, "Enjoy oblivion, Time Bitch." Then there was
nothing.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Setsuna drifted. She had tried to fight the darkness after Black
Lady had attacked her, but she was just too tired. It was just too much
work to try to fight the inevitable anymore. She didn't worry about the
person who had tried to impersonate Chibi-Usa. She didn't matter.
Nothing did. She was alone. Not that being alone was anything new, she
was always alone.
"But you're not alone. Not if you don't want to be."
Yes, I am. As the Guardian of Time...
"But according to that creature, you're not the Guardian
anymore."
No...
"Then why do you say that you're alone? If you're not the
Guardian, then you have no reason to be alone, right?"
I don't know...
The voice sighed. "You have a choice, Setsuna. It's the same
choice you were given before, you just don't remember making it. That
was the mistake, I think. Making all of you forget. I think that this
would have been easier on you if you could have remembered why you made
the choices you did."
What choices did I make?
"You made many choices, Princess of Pluto. One of them was the
choice to become the Guardian of the Gate of Time."
Did I know what I was getting myself into? Did I know the
loneliness I would suffer?
"Yes."
Then why...
"Why did you choose it?"
Yes.
The voice sighed again. "It's time you remembered what you've
forgotten. Remember, Daughter of Pluto, remember..."
** Flashback **
"No! She's just a child! She can't handle that much
responsibility!" Her mother was arguing with Queen Serenity again. Last
month when she had turned eight, she had been given the choice of
whether or not she wanted the responsibility of being the Time Keeper.
Her mother, the Queen of Pluto, had been so sure she would refuse, but
she couldn't, not after what she had seen. "She'll be all alone! I
won't allow it!"
"Enough Rhea! It is not up to you! It was up to your daughter and
she made her choice."
"She's not old enough to choose!"
"Yes, I am, Mother." The child Guardian spoke up for the first
time since the argument begun. "I am ready to choose because I have
full knowledge of what my decision entails. I know the consequences of
this path and I choose to follow it anyway."
Queen Rhea looked at her daughter, trying, for her daughter's
sake, to understand why she would choose such a harsh and lonely
existence. "I just don't understand, Setsuna. Why would you choose this
life?"
"Because I couldn't live with the consequences of choosing the
other path." Rhea watched in sorrow as her beloved child, her only
daughter, changed into a stranger. "There must be a Guardian of the
Gate and if I refuse it, someone else will be chosen. That person will
use the Powers of Time to rule the Universe. Everything we know and
love will have never have existed. That is why I choose this path. I
can do nothing else."
As her mother sadly nodded and turn to go, Setsuna, Princess of
Pluto and Guardian of Time felt the last of the bonds that held her to
the Time Stream fade. She had already said good-bye to the other
princesses and to her family. This was her destiny, what she was fated
to do, to be. She was the Immortal Guardian of Time.
If that was true, then why did she feel her all too mortal heart
beginning to break...
** End Flashback **
Setsuna came back to herself standing once more in the Hall of
Time. She knew now, what she had forgotten. Why. And more importantly
that it had been HER CHOICE! No one had forced her. She had chosen the
become the Guardian with full knowledge what might become of her. She
had chosen.
With that knowledge came the peace and tranquillity that had
helped her last through the centuries. The strength to stand firm and
continue with her duty, even if it meant watching her friends and
family die. They would be reborn again and live in a brighter future.
Setsuna opened her eyes and the illusion of the Time Gate faded.
"I am ready."
"Pluto Eternal Time Power... MAKE-UP!" She was plunged into a
darkness that burned with the light of a thousand suns. A light as inky
as nothingness, where up was down and down was two feet over. She was
between Times. She was home. The nothingness cradled it's child and
filled her with everything, transforming her into the Senshi Guardian
of Time, Eternal Sailor Pluto.
Pluto smiled as she felt her Time Key once again appear in her
hand. It was time to reform the void into currents, streams. Time for
Time to flow once again. "Time Space Reformation!"
Pluto watched, half in amusement, half in satisfaction, as the
Gate of Time reformed before her. Through the Gate, she knew that the
streams of Time were flowing back into their proper place.
"Very good, Sailor Pluto. I knew that you hadn't totally
forgotten your duty." Pluto turned and smiled softly at the man
standing before her. Kronos, Father of Time. Her father. "Sailor Uranus
has taken up her duties as Destiny's Chosen. The time of change is upon
us. You are needed to guide them on the path they choose."
"I understand." She paused a moment before turning to go. "Thank
you, Father, for everything. Good-bye." Pluto disappeared. The future
awaited.
Well, well? What did you think? Like it? Hate it? Looking for rotten
fruit? Please respond and tell me about it. The more letters I get, the
quicker I try to get the next chapter out. Honest! Well, I gotta go.
Until next time!
Ja ne,
Tegasus
pixietegs@hotmail.com
