La Guerrera del tiempo by Starsea

la princesa perdida

Theme: Disaster

She hurries through the palace, her heart hammering strangely. For once, she is completely at sea. She knows nothing. She is like any other human being. And she is unable to enjoy this condition, because of what is happening. Pluto thought the Queen being in a coma and the King being paralysed was bad enough, but this...

He turns. "Pluto?!"

"Diana is watching the Time Gate," she says, her voice distant in her ears as something inside her cries out Small Lady, Small Lady, Small Lady. "She told me what happened. I know that Small Lady has been... warped."

Sadness flickers across his transparent features, sadness for his lovely daughter, sadness that he cannot do anything to help her. Pluto begins to move again. "We must go and help her," she says, knowing that he will follow her. They run through the palace, though she is the only one making any noise. As they burst out of the palace, they see Demando has the two Ginzuishou and she hears Endymion swear, but all Pluto can see is the girl in front of her. She'd heard what Diana said, but she hadn't imagined...

Small Lady is taller, with her mother's figure, but that is her only resemblance. Everything sweet and innocent has become dark and sexual; her lips are crimson and curled with resentment, and her eyes... there is nothing in them. Pluto can feel her heart breaking.

"I don't believe anyone anymore!" Demando screams, holding up the two crystals. "Black Lady, Wiseman, you have the immense power of the evil Black Crystal. But I have the past and future Ginzuishou. I have the power to cross time!"

"What's he going to do!?" Endymion says, horrified. "The two crystals..."

She can feel everything slowing down. Time is in danger. If they touch, it could be the end of the world!

Small Lady's face contorts in outrage, the expression of a deprived child. "Give them back!" she yells, running towards him, heedless of the consequences.

"Small Lady!" Pluto hardly recognises her voice. She has never shouted in her life before. She has never felt so close to crying.

Demando doesn't hear her. He doesn't hear anything. He is far gone, a crazed smile lighting up his face, triumph filling his eyes. "We'll all be going on a trip," he says, bringing the two shining crystals together.

"No!" she screams. She cannot let it end like this. She cannot let Small Lady die in this perverted form. She cannot let her Queen and King down. There is a confusion of yelling, but all she hears in her head is that sweet voice, so long ago now.

"Pluto... you must never stop time. If you ever violate that law... you will give up your life."

Pluto closes her eyes. She is not afraid of death. She is not afraid of change. If she has to stop time to save Small Lady... to save the world... it is a small price to pay. She lifts her staff up above her head and calls out those words, "Time! Stop!"

She feels it freeze. Her blood freezes along with it. She stops her own heart to avert disaster. As blackness overtakes her, Pluto knows that whatever happens... she was a part of it. She will not die alone. She will be able to say goodbye to Small Lady. If she wasn't in so much pain, she would smile.


Title: The lost princess

Dialogue taken from Alex Glover's translation of Acts 22 and 23.

DISCLAIMER: Characters and situations belong to Naoko Takeuchi. Dialogue belongs to Alex Glover.

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