Title: Fulfilling her duty
Author: Ree
Theme: Setsuna (bar)
Genre: General/Drama
Version: PGSM silver Millenium
Rating: G

Setsuna and her friends all belong to Takeuchi Naoko. I just asked them very nicely if they wanted to play. They agreed, and quietly snuck out without Takeuchi-sensei's knowledge.

Fulfilling her duty

Sailor Pluto paced in front of the Gates of Time. Something did not feel right. Something major was about to happen, and it was her duty to stop it.

Even though Queen Selenity was back on the Moon, Sailor Pluto could still hear her words echoing in her head, and her heart understood the meaning. She was to stay here at the Gates of Time for all eternity. It was her duty to bar the path of anyone trying to breech this small opening in defenses of the Solar System.

When she accepted this duty, she had not been completely sure how she was going to bar the path of any enemy. Even Queen Selenity had not been able to explain all the details, but Pluto had been sure she could figure it out. It had been a thousand years since then, and she had stopped several invasions. She was so in tune with the time stream now, that she could sense when the next attack would be, and where it would be coming from most of the time.

Pluto stopped pacing. Stretching her senses, she looked for any indication of where the next attack would be from. She could feel it. It was coming soon, and whatever form the attack took, it was going to be strong.

Carefully, she opened the Gates and stepped through. Looking into the flow of time, she tried to sense any concentration of malice. Finding none, she stepped back out, letting the Gates close behind her.

Looking down on the Earth, she could see the people fighting, but they always seemed to be squabbling over something. As she turned her gaze to the Moon Kingdom, she noticed a small ripple in the time stream. Then a golden light flowed across the Moon's surface, leaving destruction in its wake.

In shock, Pluto watched as the light headed towards the Earth. 'This is the attack I've been looking for? I can't believe it! Why would she destroy everything?'

Raising her Staff to a defensive position, she stepped back until her back was against the Gates. 'I can't defeat this attack.' The golden light was heading for her. ' It's too powerful. All I can try and do is block its path.'

Standing still, she tried to make herself a bar that could not be breached. 'I will not let this into the time stream. The destruction will stay here!'

As the golden light lapped at her feet, she held on to her resolve. Agonizing pain rushed up her legs, but she still attempted to block the gates. A garnet glow surrounded her, pushing back against the golden light. Catching her breath, Pluto tried to push the light away. Even as she tried, the golden light was eroding the garnet shield. Within minutes, the shield was gone. In the next moment Pluto was gone as well.

Floating in the space in front of the Gates, Pluto's Staff glowed brightly. Then it flew to the Gates and fell into the bars on the front, acting as a cross bar. The garnet orb pulsed slowly. Then the golden light retreated as quickly as it had come, leaving a silver Moon, a golden Earth, and a barred gate.