TWs: Mentions of kidnapping/capturing, mentions of threats/violence. Stay safe :)
"C-Come on , Callisto, y-you have to talk to him eventually." Io pleaded.
"Not happening, Io. I told you what he said-"
"A-And I'm saying m-maybe there's more to it!"
Callisto glared at him for interrupting. Io bit his lip, backing away.
"Triton is our friend, w-we should hear him out." Io spoke.
Callisto huffed, "You can do that, I'm staying right here."
Io frowned, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Hey, guys, I have some news~" Europa floated up to the duo.
"What is it, Europa?"
"It's about the dwarf planets." She smiled, "Apparently, they were captured."
"W-Wh-What!?" Io stuttered over his words, "A-Are you sure!?"
"Positive. Pluto and his moon, Charon, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Triton were all taken by the mysterious planet X." Europa hummed, "Gotta hand it to him, he's quite bold."
Ganymede cleared his throat as he appeared beside the smaller moon, "Anyway, the planets are going over some type of plan that involves asteroids."
"Which doesn't make sense since planet X is an Ice Giant..." Europa muttered.
"Unless they're using Ceres as bait." Ganymede smirked.
"Hah, please- who would be lured out by that monstrosity?"
Callisto glared at them, starting to fly away.
"H-Hey, wait for me!" Io called after her.
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Neptune put the finishing touches on the diagram, his messy chicken scratch writing hard to distinguish yet still legible.
"Need help, mate?" Uranus asked, noticing the other had been staring at one part for far too long.
"Oh! No, I got this-" The marker squeaked against the board as he rewrote the words.
"Neptune." Messier spoke, spooking Neptune, "You've been at this for nearly twelve hours- perhaps, you should let someone else go through it while you take a break."
'But...' The marker came to a stop as Neptune quietly sighed. He shook his head, 'You're right, Messier.'
He turned to his cousin, holding out the marker, "On second thought, I do need a bit of help! Thanks, Uranus!"
Uranus smiled, taking the marker and switching places with Neptune. He squinted his eyes at the whiteboard and hummed, "We're using the moons as a distraction?"
"Mhm~" Neptune nodded, then turned his head to look at the rocky planets, "Actually..."
The blue Celestial went up to them. They immediately noticed him, pausing their card game.
"Hey, Neptune!" Mercury waved, "Can we help you?"
"Possibly... I was wondering who you guys think is capable of leading a bunch of moons."
The Rocky Planets looked at each other, Mars speaking, "Why do you ask?"
Neptune blinked one eye, then the other, "Well, Earth caused the Moon Revolution, right? Unless, I misheard my moons."
Earth huffed, hiding his face with his cards, "Of course..."
Mars looked at the other, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Neptune frowned, shaking his head, "Ah, sorry, Earth- I didn't mean to-"
"Titan." Earth interrupted.
"Huh?"
"You need a moon who's capable of leading and giving orders, yet isn't domineering; someone who can sway a crowd with a single word." Earth shuffled through his cards, glancing up at Neptune, "Saturn's largest moon, Titan."
"Ti... tan." Neptune raised a hand to his chin, "Titan... ooh! I ran into him before." He snapped his fingers, flying off to where Saturn was.
"You're welcome!" Earth called after him.
"Saturn!" Neptune appeared behind the ringed Celestial, wrapping his arms around the taller one's neck.
"Ah- Neptune! You can't just scare someone like that!" Saturn's hands went up to his chest as he let out a sigh, "How can I help you, my watery friend?"
"I was wondering if I could talk to your moon, Titan," Neptune spoke.
"Oh, sure! Though, you don't have to ask me for permission. I'm pretty sure Titan can speak for himself." Saturn smiled.
"Alright! Thanks, Saturino!" Neptune grinned before making his way across the asteroid belt.
"Neptune," Messier spoke, his voice sounding serious. Neptune let out an inquisitive hum, "He hid the Novastar."
"Oh? That's... not good." Neptune frowned.
"It's somewhere in the Kuiper belt, but I don't know where. I can probably track it down if we were closer." The Star uttered.
"Don't worry, Messier! I'll get the Novastar for you in no time at all!"
There was a beat of silence as Neptune exited the asteroid belt.
"Thank you, Neptune." Messier's voice came out small and genuine, "You're truly one of a kind."
"Thank you, Messier! Without you, I wouldn't know what to do first. All of this is so... overwhelming." Neptune let out an awkward chuckle. His smile fell into a frown as he spotted his moons, "I really hope Triton is okay..."
"He's going to be fine, I know it," Messier spoke.
Neptune waved at Jupiter's moons as he flew past, "Does X ever talk to you...?"
"Hm, sometimes... it's mostly just empty threats." Messier sighed.
"Empty threats?"
"He threatened to break my Novastar after I told him I wouldn't help him with his plans, but it's impossible for someone like him to break a Novastar." Messier explained, "Only a Star has the power to do so."
"Ah..."
"Speaking of, I sense something's happening on X's side- I'll talk to you later."
'Oh, okay! Byeee!' Neptune twirled around as he finally arrived at his destination, "Hello, Saturn's moons!"
The moons looked at Neptune, some confused while others smiled at his arrival.
"Hello, Neptune- glad to see you back on your axis." Titan smiled.
"It is, isn't it? Oh, how have my moons been while I was sleeping? Hopefully, they weren't too much to handle." Neptune raised an eyebrow.
"They were actually well-behaved." Dione spoke, "Easily entertained, too."
"Of course, they were also pretty sad about your condition, so it took a bit of time for them to come around." Titan continued.
"I understand..." Neptune nodded, glancing at his moons a few units away.
"Is that all you wanted to talk to us about?" Titan tilted his sphere.
"Oh, no- actually, I came here to ask a favor of you, Titan!"
"Me...?" Titan raised his eyebrows, surprised.
"Feel free to say no, but I was wondering if you could lead a moon brigade? We need everyone if we want to defeat X."
Titan looked confused, "Why are you asking me?"
"You led the moon revolution, right?"
Titan frowned, "Look, I never wanted to bring violence into the revolution, but it just turned out that way. I'm not going to lead a bunch of moons just for all of us to get wiped out by some rogue planet."
"But you guys aren't bringing violence into this fight. X kidnapped the dwarf planets, so now we have to take action or else something even worse will happen."
"That sounds terrible..." Rhea uttered.
"We just need his attention off the dwarf planets so we can save them. The Earth seems like he has high hopes of you leading the diversion." Neptune smiled, "And I trust his judgment."
"Really...? He does...?" Titan's eyes widened.
"Now, are you going to just stand here and wait for X to take all of you out one by one, orrr... are you going to help us?"
Titan looked at Neptune with a wide-eyed stare. He gulped down his anxieties as he nodded, "I'll do it."
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