Chapter 21: Return
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AN: Finally the next chapter is finished. I know its been long between chapters. I have been so busy. Enjoy the chapter and don't for get to read and review.
Sailor Moon is not owned by me, I am merely borrowing the characters to make this chapter.
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Within the Gates of Time, the lone warrior looked upon her mirrors and sighed. The future looked a little less morbid as a faint glimmer of hope came when it seemed all was lost.
Still, there was a lot yet that had to be accomplished before the final decision. However the first step had been completed. Pluto reminded herself.
Now the others will follow.
"You know the Prince is not pleased with what you did. Or should I say not did. He blames you for the Sailor Scouts death." A small childlike figure appeared from out of nowhere, startling the Time Guardian.
Regaining her composure she turned around and faced the young Scout of Destruction.
"I do not answer to the likes of the Prince. Whatever his opinion of me, I do what I must. The Scouts deaths were inevitable. In all possibilities, I had seen their destruction thus destiny had them die. There was nothing I could do." Pluto almost yelled the last part.
"Calm yourself. This isn't like you. I know the guilt and sadness this has brought you. I have only one question. Can they be brought back?" The small figure asked.
Pluto shook her head in despair and replied in a whisper. "I am not sure."
Saturn looked at her mentor with a knowing look. "You do know, Pluto. I can see the look in your eyes."
Pluto looked back at her time mirror and lowered her shoulders in defeat. "There is one way but only if it is found."
"What of the Silver Crystal? Serena had brought them back before. Why not now?"
Pluto laughed at that and shook her head slowly.
"She is not facing death, is she? All other times she herself had been near death, just as her mother had been when she sent everyone into the future."
Suddenly Pluto frowned as if noticing something for the first time. "Hotaru? Why did you come?"
Hotaru let out a long sigh.
"My powers are building. I did not want to mention it to Darien or Serenity, for they have enough to worry about. I have powers of my own that were granted me from my planet. These are the ones that were handed to me, the same ones that I almost used during the battle of Pharoah Ninety." Hotaru shook from the chill that crawled up her spine from the memories of that time. She would not like to repeat that any time soon.
"The call of the culmination is at hand and my powers are heeding it. I can control them for now, but if it continues as it is, I may not have any choice but to do what destiny has handed to me."
Pluto nodded in understanding. She had expected this and was terrified by it. The powers of Saturn, one never knew what would happen if released. The last time Saturn had been forced to use her powers, a whole galaxy had been destroyed, but that had been ions ago.
Saturn turned around and quickly said, "I must get back before they know I am missing. Serenity has awoken and preparations are at hand."
Pluto looked at Saturn and nodded, "I too must leave. Tell the Princess I will see her as soon as I have finished with my task."
Saturn looked at Pluto as her tiny face frowned slightly. Lifting her shoulders in defeat she disappeared.
The Guardian looked once more into her mirror then walked into the Mists of Time and was gone.
Serenity looked at the clock as it read five in the afternoon. She had been "ordered" by her future husband to stay still as he cooked one of her favourite dishes. The smell trickled into the living area and her stomach grumbled in response.
Luna, who had been lying on her mistress' lap, chuckled at the embarrassed look Serenity had given her.
Yeah. Some things always stay the same.
Serenity sighed as she watched TV. She was better, that was a fact, but her heart was still heavy with sorrow at the loss of her friends. She had sworn that she would avenge them with Abol's defeat. However something in the back of her mind made her question herself.
With the complete return of Endymion's and her memories she remembered Abol's friendship, his kindness and his deviousness when he turned traitor against the Silver Alliance.
Upon hearing that Beryl was about to attack the Moon, Chronos had tried to get back to his world but the doorway he had always used crushed in on itself as soon as he had entered. He was never heard from again.
How could he have betrayed them like that? His own father! Sure he had been angry with her and Endymion, but to join with Beryl!!
Serenity sighed, as she pushed the memories away. Now was not the time to dwell on the past. Her thoughts must be towards a future. Her future: one without her friends.
At the thought, silver tears began to form and trickle down her porcelain face and dropped to her companion on her lap. Luna looked up, as she felt the moist droplet, at her charge and shook her head sadly.
"Please Princess. Things will always work out in the end. They always do." She said with positive meaning.
"I know. But they don't appear to be right at this moment." Was all Serenity said.
Darien looked onwards from the kitchen to his love as he witnessed this touching scene. He may have been his friend, but what he had done did not compare to the pain what Abol was doing now.
Abol would pay by his hand. That he swore.
Within the dark halls of the Abyss palace, Abol looked deep within his crystal mirror and shuddered from the coldness that seemed to creep up his spine. His guilt was in evident across his face and its pain showed deep within his eyes. After so many millennia, he finally knew what he had done and was afraid.
How could he have been so stupid, so blind at not realizing what Beryl had really wanted?
She herself had been succumbed by Mettalia's treachery many years before, in exchange for power and glory. She herself promised him revenge. And in good faith she had given him this magic mirror that could see anyone, anywhere. Yet she had then betrayed him and had made sure that no one else could use the heavenly gates and thus destroyed them and his people.
Wallowing in self-pity, he never heard the cloaked figure appear nor her silent appraisal of him until she spoke.
"Have you finally come to your senses, brother? Its not too late to make amends."
He didn't even bother to take his eyes from the mirror as he watched his princess wipe her tear soaked cheeks. He took one last look at his love and tore his eyes from her figure. For many minutes he stared at the cloaked figure as if assessing and confirming something. Then suddenly he looked down to the ground like a person in defeat and nodded once.
From the shadows, a figure all in silver stepped into the light and carefully departed the Lord's chamber in secret. The Silver Lady looked back a moment and smiled her pleasure. Her Lord has returned. They had a lot of to make up for what they had done, but she knew that together, the Kingdom would survive.
With that she turned back and walked down the hall to make preparations.
Within the depths of the mirror, the image of Serenity disappeared and in its place came a angry red mist that seemed to lift from the mirror itself then turned to black. An image suddenly appeared.
Her hair was that of crimson, as the long ebony material flowed like that like ripples in the wind flowed from either side. Her ruby red lips came together in anger. Her green eyes sparkled like emeralds in fury.
They would all pay for their treachery. It was time to return.
To be continued.
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AN: Finally the next chapter is finished. I know its been long between chapters. I have been so busy. Enjoy the chapter and don't for get to read and review.
Sailor Moon is not owned by me, I am merely borrowing the characters to make this chapter.
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Within the Gates of Time, the lone warrior looked upon her mirrors and sighed. The future looked a little less morbid as a faint glimmer of hope came when it seemed all was lost.
Still, there was a lot yet that had to be accomplished before the final decision. However the first step had been completed. Pluto reminded herself.
Now the others will follow.
"You know the Prince is not pleased with what you did. Or should I say not did. He blames you for the Sailor Scouts death." A small childlike figure appeared from out of nowhere, startling the Time Guardian.
Regaining her composure she turned around and faced the young Scout of Destruction.
"I do not answer to the likes of the Prince. Whatever his opinion of me, I do what I must. The Scouts deaths were inevitable. In all possibilities, I had seen their destruction thus destiny had them die. There was nothing I could do." Pluto almost yelled the last part.
"Calm yourself. This isn't like you. I know the guilt and sadness this has brought you. I have only one question. Can they be brought back?" The small figure asked.
Pluto shook her head in despair and replied in a whisper. "I am not sure."
Saturn looked at her mentor with a knowing look. "You do know, Pluto. I can see the look in your eyes."
Pluto looked back at her time mirror and lowered her shoulders in defeat. "There is one way but only if it is found."
"What of the Silver Crystal? Serena had brought them back before. Why not now?"
Pluto laughed at that and shook her head slowly.
"She is not facing death, is she? All other times she herself had been near death, just as her mother had been when she sent everyone into the future."
Suddenly Pluto frowned as if noticing something for the first time. "Hotaru? Why did you come?"
Hotaru let out a long sigh.
"My powers are building. I did not want to mention it to Darien or Serenity, for they have enough to worry about. I have powers of my own that were granted me from my planet. These are the ones that were handed to me, the same ones that I almost used during the battle of Pharoah Ninety." Hotaru shook from the chill that crawled up her spine from the memories of that time. She would not like to repeat that any time soon.
"The call of the culmination is at hand and my powers are heeding it. I can control them for now, but if it continues as it is, I may not have any choice but to do what destiny has handed to me."
Pluto nodded in understanding. She had expected this and was terrified by it. The powers of Saturn, one never knew what would happen if released. The last time Saturn had been forced to use her powers, a whole galaxy had been destroyed, but that had been ions ago.
Saturn turned around and quickly said, "I must get back before they know I am missing. Serenity has awoken and preparations are at hand."
Pluto looked at Saturn and nodded, "I too must leave. Tell the Princess I will see her as soon as I have finished with my task."
Saturn looked at Pluto as her tiny face frowned slightly. Lifting her shoulders in defeat she disappeared.
The Guardian looked once more into her mirror then walked into the Mists of Time and was gone.
Serenity looked at the clock as it read five in the afternoon. She had been "ordered" by her future husband to stay still as he cooked one of her favourite dishes. The smell trickled into the living area and her stomach grumbled in response.
Luna, who had been lying on her mistress' lap, chuckled at the embarrassed look Serenity had given her.
Yeah. Some things always stay the same.
Serenity sighed as she watched TV. She was better, that was a fact, but her heart was still heavy with sorrow at the loss of her friends. She had sworn that she would avenge them with Abol's defeat. However something in the back of her mind made her question herself.
With the complete return of Endymion's and her memories she remembered Abol's friendship, his kindness and his deviousness when he turned traitor against the Silver Alliance.
Upon hearing that Beryl was about to attack the Moon, Chronos had tried to get back to his world but the doorway he had always used crushed in on itself as soon as he had entered. He was never heard from again.
How could he have betrayed them like that? His own father! Sure he had been angry with her and Endymion, but to join with Beryl!!
Serenity sighed, as she pushed the memories away. Now was not the time to dwell on the past. Her thoughts must be towards a future. Her future: one without her friends.
At the thought, silver tears began to form and trickle down her porcelain face and dropped to her companion on her lap. Luna looked up, as she felt the moist droplet, at her charge and shook her head sadly.
"Please Princess. Things will always work out in the end. They always do." She said with positive meaning.
"I know. But they don't appear to be right at this moment." Was all Serenity said.
Darien looked onwards from the kitchen to his love as he witnessed this touching scene. He may have been his friend, but what he had done did not compare to the pain what Abol was doing now.
Abol would pay by his hand. That he swore.
Within the dark halls of the Abyss palace, Abol looked deep within his crystal mirror and shuddered from the coldness that seemed to creep up his spine. His guilt was in evident across his face and its pain showed deep within his eyes. After so many millennia, he finally knew what he had done and was afraid.
How could he have been so stupid, so blind at not realizing what Beryl had really wanted?
She herself had been succumbed by Mettalia's treachery many years before, in exchange for power and glory. She herself promised him revenge. And in good faith she had given him this magic mirror that could see anyone, anywhere. Yet she had then betrayed him and had made sure that no one else could use the heavenly gates and thus destroyed them and his people.
Wallowing in self-pity, he never heard the cloaked figure appear nor her silent appraisal of him until she spoke.
"Have you finally come to your senses, brother? Its not too late to make amends."
He didn't even bother to take his eyes from the mirror as he watched his princess wipe her tear soaked cheeks. He took one last look at his love and tore his eyes from her figure. For many minutes he stared at the cloaked figure as if assessing and confirming something. Then suddenly he looked down to the ground like a person in defeat and nodded once.
From the shadows, a figure all in silver stepped into the light and carefully departed the Lord's chamber in secret. The Silver Lady looked back a moment and smiled her pleasure. Her Lord has returned. They had a lot of to make up for what they had done, but she knew that together, the Kingdom would survive.
With that she turned back and walked down the hall to make preparations.
Within the depths of the mirror, the image of Serenity disappeared and in its place came a angry red mist that seemed to lift from the mirror itself then turned to black. An image suddenly appeared.
Her hair was that of crimson, as the long ebony material flowed like that like ripples in the wind flowed from either side. Her ruby red lips came together in anger. Her green eyes sparkled like emeralds in fury.
They would all pay for their treachery. It was time to return.
To be continued.
