Disclaimer: Sailor Pluto isn't my character and doesn't belong to me.

Keeper of Time

Sailor Pluto. Keeper of time. This is who I have been for a thousand years, and I'm still questioning it. Why me? Why is it that I must be time's keeper? I have been granted eternal life so that I can protect the gateways of time. It's still strange to think that I will live forever. I'm the keeper of time, but I still can't comprehend how long forever will be. Living forever, shrouded in mystery, isolated and alone, this is my destiny. I have been granted eternal life but not eternal love.

I will accept my responsibility. I have been chosen for this. I made a promise. But why must time have a keeper? Are there so many people that would take advantage, using time for their own purpose? Are there so many evil people out there now?

A long time ago, I made a promise. I accepted my responsibilities, as well as my limitations. I'm not allowed to stop the passage of time. The limitation bothers me. Some day I'll be walking along and I'll see two cars about to collide, or someone about to get shot. Maybe someone I know, about to get hurt or killed. It would take only a split second to save someone, and I could easily give them that. Sometimes a second can change the course of someone's life, or even more than that.

I often see things happen. I know that I could stop them. So often I want to stop time for just that second. But I made that promise. Someday, it will be someone that I care about. Someone who's life will be ended in that one split second. I'll sit there, the only person who could save them, and do nothing. There are times when it seems like the course of the Earth can be changed in one split second. What good are your powers now, keeper of time?

Maybe it is for my own good that I'm so isolated. Maybe if I saw a friend about to be hurt, I would stop time. Maybe I wouldn't be able to stop myself. Or maybe I would, but living with the knowledge that I could have saved them would be impossible. So maybe if I hold myself back from all but a few people, it will be for my own good. But the isolation hurts too.

I will accept my responsibilities, though sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it. It's so hard for me sometimes, but time needs a keeper. It just happens to be me. I will keep my promise. The responsibility is mine. This is my destiny. I am Sailor Pluto, Keeper of Time.