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Chapter 25: Remembering The Forgotten of Another

Pluto felt the floor beneath her. She opened her eyes and hadn't expected to see much, but in the dark warped room she could see something: the egg.

It was a strange looking thing. It kind of warped tones of red purple and black around him like a force field in the shape of an egg. She got up using her staff. Luckily it seemed their goal wasn't to steal it from her.

As she saw him inside he even looked conflicted in rest…was he sleeping? Why did his face bring back only feelings of both heartbreak and compassion? She needed more answers; she needed to remember more.

But then a part of her wished not to. She was handling her place as the Guardian of Time for a long while now. She'd been the first senshi of Pluto to be bestowed that honor but what she didn't understand was why…why was never a question she asked.

If she only half wished…then would she be able to break this …be able to get to Charon? She looked at her hand. She placed it on her staff and delicately put it on the force field.

"By the name of Pluto, shatter darkness, so that time may be mended." She focused her powers onto it.

Suddenly she felt it shatter, like small shards of glass, or egg shell pieces infront of her.

Charon opened his eyes and stood up rather abruptly. "Why did you come?"

"I wasn't planning on taking the risk." She stepped back. Was it too easy?

"It may have been a trap…I don't understand what they planned to get out of this. I'm starting to believe that Ixion purely exists for my own torture."

Next to him, he was a foot taller. She looked at him. He was tortured by this as much as she was. "It doesn't matter. I've stepped down as Senshi Guardian of the Moon Princess until I can make sure everyone is safe, even if that means abiding by whatever trap your allies set out."

"You don't look like it."

"What do you mean?"

He sighed. "You still are a Senshi as you are. It is more than a verbal contract. I wish I could show you things from my perspective…at least in the past. I know you did the things you did because you believed they were right. But I don't think you understand the suffering I saw, watching you, and being turned away, and then witnessing your death. Now I find you only with partial memories; memories that won't let you see the whole picture…just what you need to know to be a Guardian."

"Then tell me."

"I've tried." He shut his eyes for a moment, and turned away. When he opened them he saw a shadow in the room move. Eris.

As they stood in silence, he wondered what she could have wanted in this confrontation.

...

Charon, do you really want to show her everything?

Charon sighed. Of course I do.

Then use Pseudia's seed.

The shadow of a ghostly woman on the ground took over his shadow, all black, held out her hand and the image of a seed appeared. Let it sprout between both of you, and it can spread your darkest memories of the past so she can understand your suffering.

Is it safe? I thought…

I have no jealousy over her position. Even now you see her status was a double-edged sword. Even you know they only feed off the energies of darkness…let Pseudia's ability to play on the forgotten assist you. What she decides then will be all her decision…

...

Her voice was like a whisper in his head. He knew that Eris had long acquired strong abilities after the war, but with them, it was never forceful. He looked to his hand and saw that, as the shadow, the seed was now in his hand.

It might be his only shot at getting Pluto to understand his feelings about the past. If this failed…he would be also questioning his own place next to the others. Should Pluto get hurt, things would not be so black and white.

He turned. "What if I told you, you could see what I saw...back then..?"

"What do you mean?" She seemed to not notice the toil in his mind, nor the conversation he'd had in there with Lady Discord.

He looked at her fierce expression masked in a kind of calm that he'd seen her perfect over the years. Confined emotion.

"If I use Pseudia's seed to share my memories with you…"

"I won't be seeded by -" She looked wide eyed at his suggestion.

"You won't be. At least I wouldn't do that to you." He stared at it in his palm.

She looked at it. "If anything goes wrong, I will never trust you again Charon."

He felt his heart pound. The same tone cold words of caring too much she'd once bestowed on him the day she turned him away as a Guardian. "That is fair." He nodded. He lifted the seed in his hand, and it glowed a strange purplish red color.

Pluto looked at it for a moment and then closed her eyes. She had to trust him with this. It might be her only chance. At the same time it seemed to branch off of Charon, as if it was feeding off him. He grimaced slightly. It seemed to sit in his hand as if it was now an extention of his arm.

Maybe this wasn't the best idea. These demons…could she trust them? She backed off a step.

Charon looked to the seed thoughtfully and then outstreatched his arm as suddenly the seed sent redish branches towards Pluto.

Swiftly it branched onto her arm, as if it was growing out of Pseudia's Seed, like a bridge between them. She retracted her arm as if to move back, but she couldn't.

"Charon, just stop it now. I don't know about this.."

"I don't know h-" He began to say, and then looked at her in the eye. He had to do it. "Pluto I cant." He looked to the Demon Seed and then to her again. If she could understand him it would be their only chance.

She looked at him with wide eyes, as suddenly she felt the familiar feeling as if she was slipping into a dream, as her body felt limp beneath her.

Then there was the clank sound of her scepter as it hit the floor.

Pluto felt strange. She knew she was dreaming. Her whole consciousness was there, but she felt a strange vibe of negative energy surrounding her. Pseudia. It had to be. But if this was Charon's memory…she needed to see it.

It was strange. She … she was seeing things through the eyes of Charon.

His moments of memory starting with being picked as her Guardian before most of the other scouts were even born…he originally was a citizen of the moon, gifted with strange powers. He had…a sister?.

The feeling he had. The sense of nobility. The strange emotion he felt when he saw her.

Then it moved forward in a rush.

Trapped in his mind, she saw the moments he visited her out by the Gate of Time.

"They told me they want to use my teleportation for portals between worlds now. The current Queen of the Moon asked me."

"Isnt that a good thing?"

"I'm not sure. Don't you hate how lonely you are here?"

"You come to visit me."

"But the other Senshi, the ones that protect the princess, train and roam free with her. I can't stand sneaking off here just to see the Senshi

and Princess I am supposed to Guard. You're planet is not desolate, and they wish to see more of you."

"I took on this responsibility to honor my planet's power. Now as a Guardian I can at least assist the Universe to my best ability."

Pluto saw a tinge of pain in her own eyes. Had she truly forgotten her own pain? She felt a pain in her chest as if it was Charons- maybe she was feeling his pain. His pain had been the feeling of witnessing hers…she knew in her heart even then she ignored her own solitude. She knew she'd been a scout destined to stand still in time, but it was different back then. Now she was human too… suddenly she felt as if she had two lives. And yet he loyally adhered to her wishes and backed off then. She felt the memory blur as it moved forward.

"I suppose I shouldn't tell them you used a portal today."

Pluto's eyes rose, as she looked to Charon, now outside the Doors.

"I was only curious about what was going on outside…the Earth and the Moon…planets with life."

"Did you like what you saw?"

"What did I see Charon? You seem to know?"

"Well the Prince of the Earth, but you ought to know he is 'secretly' seeing the Moon Princess."

"He just seemed like a fair man."

"All the same I wouldn't tell a soul if it got you in trouble. You deserve such freedom. I'm happy for once you used my portals for your own gain."

"You still seem bitter?"

Pluto recollected on how her past words had been true. She could feel the pain in Charon's heart now, witnessing things from a different side.

"I only care too much for you that it pains me to see you only finding freedom in glimpses of the outside world. I don't expect you could understand that or my jealousy."

"Jealousy?"

Charon broke his stoic tone. "Ahem, I … I'm beginning to think maybe I was not the best person to be your guardian."

"Why is that?"

Pluto could feel the emotion in Charon's heart...or his memory of that emotion. Charon had fallen in love with her. She watched as he approached her and attempted to kiss her before the memory faded again.

"There is supposed to be a ball at the palace two nights from now. Of any time to have one…they play games and dance in folly like we are not on the brink of war. And rumour has it it is deriving from the people of the earth - something with their rather crossed fate has now caused another crack before the scales break."

"It sounds like they are attempting to keep the people calm with a ball?"

"Princess, Pluto, while I admire your optimism, I've seen some of these humans twisted by darkness. The moment they find a way onto the Moon and they get away with it, we will have a formidable enemy. What's more that isn't all that troubles me…"

"What is it?"

"We…or rather you did not receive an invitation. That's why I only knew about it until now."

"I have my duties here. I'm sure that justifies that decision."

"Do you even care to enjoy your life while the rest of the world celebrates? Or is it only me that it hurts?"

"When were your words so sweet Charon?" She laughed almost mockingly.

"Since I have let all of my guard down around you…and I am afraid I'm going too soft."

"I do care…but if anyone was to steal my key…or try to infiltrate us from another time…that knowledge is too precious…"

"You are the Senshi of Revolution, and The Unheard Scream…not of time. That was only bestowed onto your Planet the moment you accepted this. Can you not share this burden with another?"

"Well in a sense I do with you."

"If only I could take your place."

"You'd look ridiculous with two staffs…plus this one is a little…"

"Delicate?"

Pluto caught a glimpse of her past self, staring at her. It was as if she saw a true happiness, one un-mellowed, and pure looking at Charon. This moment, if even for a second relieved some of the pain in his heart, but it grew. It was the foreboding kind. It now ached in hers, knowing how Charon felt, and recognizing her own denials.

And then it changed again. And all for the worse.