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Sailor Pluto

Past

"Setsuna, I'm going to tell you a secret that only the royal family of the moon knows about. I want you to look carefully what I'm about to show you, okay?" Serenity IV said this to me while we were walking through the corridors that ended in a big wooden door, which was quite rare in a castle made from crystal.

The queen sang an old saying that at the time I had never heard before. The door opened and we entered. The room was real dark; the only thing that I could see were three spotlights lighting three objects, each one on a pedestal. My eyes got wide when I recognized the one in the middle.

"The Silver Crystal!" My young voice filled the large room with eco. The queen only nodded and said:

"Yes, child, but I want you to pay attention at the other two."

I looked at the one on the right first. It was a staff, a tall one with the shape of a key with a red orb in the middle of the head piece. When I looked at it I felt a strange pull and somehow a great sense of old wisdom.

The one on the left was a huge black glaive with the metal part in the shape of an adorned G. It was really simple compared with the other two but I could feel it was anything but. The power radiated from it like calm waves waiting to be used. Its power was great but difficult to control.

Once more my eyes turned to the key shaped staff before I set them on the queen's figure.

"Why show them to me?" I asked trying to understand why it was so important that I looked at them that forced me to leave my home planet.

"Well… I understand that you have a gift, the power to see things from the past and future isn't that right?"

"Yes, but…"

"And you know that powers are very unusual in people with no noble blood. The nobles from Mercury have the power over ice; the Venusian family has the power over love and metal and so on… But you, my sweet, are not from a noble family and you still have this rare power." The queen explained while she walked to the staff on the right.

"Is that so wrong?" I asked with fear and the queen turned in my direction to look at my confused face.

"Not at all, child, I 'm sorry if I'm confusing you. I should've started at the beginning. My ancestor, Serenity the first, when the Moon Kingdom didn't exist, received these three objects with the mission to unite all the planets of this solar system. The first of the three was the Silver Crystal that was given to her and her line. Its power is only to create and shall be protected by my family till the ends of time. The second one was this staff, called the Time Staff, unlike the Silver Crystal; its bearer has to be chosen by the Staff itself. Anyone that touches it without being chosen will instantly go mad."

"What about the other one?" I asked after some seconds pondering the Queen's words.

"Ah…" the Queen turned to the black glaive admiring it before speaking "The Silence Glaive, a great weapon with a terrible power. Besides its wielder no one can use it, unless the person wants her death. The power level of these three objects is the same, but they work differently. The Silver Crystal creates life and purifies evil, the Time Staff control time and gives knowledge once forgotten and the Silence Glaive has the power over death and rebirth." The queen finally looked at me with her blue eyes shinning with expectation. "And I think that you are the Staff's chosen, little one."

I looked at the staff and, again, I felt the pull. But was I the real chosen? The sudden fears of what could happen to me if I wasn't filed me. But the pull stayed strong and I saw myself approaching the weapon and finally holding it.

At first nothing happened but then… I felt the old knowledge leaving the Staff and filling my mind. I almost lost it, but somehow I kept my sanity. When the transfusion was done the Queen helped me stand and lead me to my new room saying that tomorrow I would start the training to become Sailor Pluto, the Sailor of Time.

Present

The Guardian of Time woke up and when the memories came to her she almost threw up. She looked at her self to see the ruined suit stained with blood, her blood. Setsuna could feel the tears surfacing and one sob escaped her lips before she could control it. "How could I let things turn so wrong!" She thought guiltily… She was supposed to prevent this kind of things, but the Time wasn't on her hands now.

"Never thought I would see you cry, Setsuna." The strangely kind voice said.

The sailor looked up from her suit and so Charon seated on a chair a few foots away from her. He was covered in his dark brow cape and the only thing she could see was his haunting eyes examining her. She felt chills when the idea of him watching her sleep came to her mind.

"You promised me that the princess would live." The woman said with hate in her voice.

"She is alive, Set. The princess is just encased in a black crystal. She still lives like I promised."

"And I already gave you the answers, Charon. Why are you still here?" Setsuna asked angry and tried to stand up.

"Set, Set, Set… How can you be so naïve? Did you really think that I came here just for the answers?" Charon said while walking to the fallen warrior. "You are clever than that. Answer me, why am I here?" He whispered in her ear while holding her up.

Setsuna looked at him. Even this near her, she couldn't see his face entirely, that was a red blood cloth covering his mouth and nose. The sailor looked at his eyes for a moment before answering.

"I don't know…"

"I am here for revenge! Revenge for what you did to me!" He said while tightening his grip on her shoulders. The madness was back in his eyes and for the first time Setsuna feared for her death.

End