Saturn's Room of Discussions was painted in dark colors and decorated with mahogany furniture. In the middle of the room laid a round table with a complicated pattern on it. It was the place where the two women had landed and Saturn placed the mirror on the table.

"I don't know why you are doing this, you always keep your distance from regular problems" Michiru said.

"I wouldn't call this regular and have it told that all others are pretty confused, even Serena, I had to step in. Because death is my specialty and Nixie is nothing else than surrounded by death. I can sense that you still hope…but I am sure you have figured your sister out by now. But Nixie has allies, something you don't have".

"Look…I don't intend to become ruler of Neptune again. I just want for my planet to become what it was once, might it be under any ruler".

"Your place is on Neptune, Michiru. As its princess. I cannot understand the blindness in the others".

"History is a strong weapon".

"History is nothing, but lies. Tell me the truth. Can you see the future in your mirror? Because Pluto can't see it anymore and I am sure she was blocked by something".

Michiru looked at the mirror without touching it.

"Yes, but it hasn't settled yet".

"Why aren't you touching it?"

"Because it's not mine to use".

"Very well…you need some rest to get those thought of yours in the right order. But I have to say this: your emotions blind you. Open your eyes. The reason future hasn't settled is because you haven't made up your mind".

"She is my blood, Saturn" Michiru looked into the violet eyes of the woman.

"She is your destroyer, Michiru. And the one of your people. You need to act".

Michiru nodded after a long pause. Saturn took the woman to one of the guest's rooms.

"Double, no triple the guards and prepare fine food for tonight. We are going to have a blast" she said to one of her advisors with a rather slick smile.

Michiru was alone in her room. She tried sleeping, but her dreams were populated with images of the rotting planet Neptune. She tossed and woke up with sweat on her forehead. She stood up and walked to the window only to find the image of her planet beneath the glass. Michiru opened the windows and tried calling out to the people, but none seemed to hear her. She bit her lip to blood and woke up a second time. She looked into the mirror at her hurt lip and at her aqua blue eyes. They were dark, as dark as her planet. She sighted long and hit the mirror with her palm, breaking it. Blood dripped down her hand, but it didn't matter anymore.

Back in the Room of Discussion, Saturn was sitting silently staring at the table. She felt a mirror break in her kingdom and a drop of blood drifted from her scepter. She watched it roll down on the marble floor.

"A family bound was broken" she whispered.

One by one the "guests" arrived at the castle. They were lead to their rooms and informed that the meeting will take place at midnight, sharp. None asked too much, they knew Saturn was always surrounded by mysticism.

Uranus sat her bag down and went out in search of Michiru's room. She found it soon and knocked finding the woman staring outside the window.

"I, Saturn and I am sure even Pluto can pick up that mirror. Why can't Nixie do it?" the blonde woman asked, tucking her hands in the pockets of her trousers.

"Why don't you ask her?" Michiru replied without turning around.

"Why isn't anyone answering my questions?"

"Because you are not prepared to hear the truth. Tell me…you have a relation with Nixie, right? And I don't mean one of companionship and partnership, but an intimate one".

Uranus blinked a few times, surprised.

"Yes, we did. I wouldn't call it a relation, rather an adventure, but…"

"Did or do?" Michiru asked and Uranus saw only now that she was drinking red wine of a glass. Also her clothes had changed being much more elegant and fluent. Light blue and white faded into each other, making her dress look like the foam. Michiru turned, her eyes dark and her expression strong. She, as a whole being looked like the sea itself and the image was overwhelming for Uranus. She sat still for a while, admiring the woman before her and then approached Michiru. She grabbed the glass from the woman's hands and poured the content down her throat. And then she leaned over Michiru pressing her lips on the woman's mouth, kissing her breathless. Michiru smirked as Uranus pulled away, growling in some kind of anger.

"It was an adventure without beginning or end" the blonde replied to Michiru's question. She looked at Michiru in anger. She wanted to believe that she only lusted Michiru, but it felt in vein. "I don't believe and care about relations, not in my status as ruler of a planet".

"I agree with you" Michiru replied taking the glass from Uranus' hands and placing it on the counter. "This is why I decided to not engage to anyone. We, at least the outer planets have a duty bigger than ourselves".

She turned around facing Uranus.

"Many decisions will be taken tonight and I must warn you. I will fight to win back my planet, no matter what you or anyone else thinks. And with that, also for my own believes".

"You seem very confident…you have Saturn by your side is that why?"

"No, because I found my strength again. Choose wisely tonight…choose wisely what you will think".

Uranus stared at the beautiful woman and left the room without a word.

She exited the room and walked away, but met Venus on the way.

"Uranus" the woman grinned. "What is it with that torment in you? Are you love sick?"

"Venus, it's really not the time to play love god with me. I have other things on my mind, like a dying planet next to mine and a personal torment as I fail to see right from wrong".

"How much truth you speak" Saturn appeared next to them. "Shall we? It's almost midnight".

The two followed the woman into the dark room and sat at the table. It soon got filled with every ruler and as Michiru entered it was clearly that she would fail to find a chair. But she didn't need one. She supported her back on the wall, her face in semi darkness.

"Shouldn't we pull a chair for her?" Mercury asked.

"No, as there is only one place as ruler on the planet of Neptune" Saturn replied.

"And that is me" Nixie said. "I will speak first, as I only see one possibility why we are here and why she is here. My planet is cursed. And this is because of her. She drained them of life, she filled the streets with filth and diseases, she cursed the plants to stop growing. Even the sea is in pain".

"If it would be so I would like to know why you never came for help to any of us" Saturn said.

"I don't understand why you speak, why you think you have the right to speak like you would be our head".

"Because you are on my planet, because death is my specialty" Saturn smirked. "And because you are death" she concluded.

"Excuse me?" Nixie blinked shocked.

"I think you are talking conclusions much too easily" Serena said.

"As much as I respect and admire you, Serena, your much too warm heart doesn't let you see it. But look at this" Saturn said and pointed at the mirror. "Look at the planet Neptune".

All looked down at the mirror and the shock was bigger as the images appeared. Pluto, Uranus and Mercury sighted, like concluding that what they had seen, wasn't just a mirage. Serena stood on her feet, supporting her palms on the table and staring at Nixie.

"How could you let this happen?" her voice raised.

"I told you it's a curse and…"

"Curse or not you should have come to me!"

"We, Outer Planets have always carried our problems, solved them by ourselves. You never had concerns over us…"

"That was before, when your planets were just guardians. And it changed centuries ago".

"Uranus…" Nixie turned to the woman. "Pluto…how many times have we fought alone?"

"Why didn't you come to me?" Uranus asked the woman sighting.

"Because she is the one who turned Neptune in what it is. I felt death on it since the day you took it over, Nixie" Saturn stepped in".

"Don't call me that. I am the princess of Neptune!"

"Not in my eyes".

"My question is…" Jupiter stepped in. "How come you could show us the images in the mirror? I mean, I somehow understand that you and Uranus could pick it up as you are connected to each other…but using its powers…"

"It wasn't me" Saturn said looking at the dark shadow in the corner of the room.

Michiru lifted her hand and the mirror flew in her palm. Mars, Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus also jumped on their feet. But the mirror lighted up and so did Uranus' sword and Pluto's scepter.

Mercury stood up and approached Michiru who stepped into the light.

"I have taken my side" the woman said.

"You're making a very big mistake" Nixie almost shouted, stepping next to Uranus.

"Is it now?" Saturn said also approaching the two women. "You made a mistake when you considered Michiru a weak opponent.

"Opponent? She is her sister…"Serena sighted.

"She is a witch!" Nixie turned to the woman with flaming eyes.

"I don't want to hear those words! This situation almost sliced us in two parts. And I won't have this galaxy ruptured. Not now with the threat…"

"The threat is in front of you" Michiru said approaching Nixie. "This is why you Pluto the threat in side of the galaxy. And she held you all from seeing the truth. But, you can't fool death with itself. Saturn has broken your spells".

"Are you suggesting I am the witch?" Nixie arched.

"I am not suggesting it, I am saying it".

"Get yourself together this woman is insane! You lock her up and now you are eager to listen to her?" Nixie turned to the others. "And you of all…how can she fool you?" she looked at Uranus.

The blonde's eyes, which were stuck on the ground until then, stopped on the red cut of Michiru's hand. She stared long at it.

"You can't pick it up, because you don't have any human blood left in you…" the woman whispered, looking up at Nixie. "You can't use it because you left all your humanity away! You wonder around in golden dresses and expensive jewelry when your planet is rotting".

The blonde grabbed Nixie's hand, took her sword out and cut the woman's skin. She didn't even shout when black blood dripped, boiling holes in the Saturn's marble floor. Uranus looked a last time in Nixie's desperate eyes as she stuck her sword into the woman's heart. And she shattered into pieces of mirrors.

"That…" Michiru sighted. "Wasn't to wise…".

This will have circumstances on Uranus…