Planetary Guardian Escapades

by vkanimeluver632

A series of random oneshots based around Hotaru and Raven from my other stories which may be referenced later on in my other stories more information inside. Pairings are HotaruxZero and RavenxFakir.

10. Walking on Knives

Planetary Guardian Escapades

Disclaimer: I don't own sailor moon or princess tutu

Walking on Knives

"Why Raven?" Rue asked curiously sitting next to the swan girl on the wooden bench looking out on the lake that was so similar to another that she danced upon long ago.

"Why not Raven?" the ice blue eyed girl replied as she continued to scatter bread crumbs on the ground.

"You were so determined to beat The Raven I don't understand why you would name yourself after it" Rue admitted.

At that Raven let out a bitter laugh that sounded so wrong coming from the beautiful once so cheerful and happy go lucky girl.

"Name myself after it that's rich," she said "I never really thought of it like that. The Raven was the skeleton in my closet, the monster hiding my bed. I didn't beat it Rue. Drosselmeyer may have been stopped for a time, the Raven may have been slain and you and Mytho may have gotten your happily ever after but I didn't win shit. I won yellow feathers, a bill and the inability to dance."

The swan girl jumped up off the bench and spun around, dancing in the warm sunlight.

"But it's like they say if you can't beat them join them. I chose the name Raven because I decided to stop being weak and accepting the gift of life I had been given" she spat as her movements became more erratic and emotional.

"I chose the name Raven as a sign of strength, the strength that I decided to use to carve my own place in the universe. I gave you guys a happy ending but I refuse to fade into the background forgotten and unnoticed Rue. I thought I loved Mytho but I was wrong. I loved this world and I will walk on knives for the rest of my life if it means that I get to see the world that I love" she said a note of finality in her voice, her hands in a smooth arch above her head as she lowered the leg that had been raised parallel to the ground back down.

Her arms were brought down in a smooth motion and the air around her began to shimmer as if there was a heatwave. A swift flurry of feathers surrounded her as she began to shrink and her body twisted, stretched and morphed until all that was left was a familiar looking black swan that flapped its wings and glided up into the sky.

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- vkanimeluver632