Title: Redemption
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #62, Redeem
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. Sailor
Moon belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and Kodansha. This non-profit, non-copyright
infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and
taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*
Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics
if a pokemon talks
Warnings: AU, het, dark
“You do not deserve redemption.” He hisses, and his eyes are a mad golden color. He wears armor, lovely silver armor, over dark aquamarine, and his hair cascades around his shoulders in a waterfall of ruby locks.
He has always been caught and tied, and he knows it. From his very first breath, his fate was decided. He will wield the power of the oceans for those who command him, and he will pretend to be weaker than he is, tied in a form not his own, but in the end, the truth still rings out.
Lance cannot believe how naïve his Queen is. Does she not understand anything? Is she still the foolish little schoolgirl she used to be, back when his love was alive?
She accepts the rebuke, because she deserves it. Her foolish actions led to the death of one of her own, and she knows it.
“You have … courage to come here.” A different voice interrupts. The woman wears golden armor, and she smiles. “Surprised to see me, Ashline?”
“C-Charlotte…”
“Pluto.”
“And we will continue to guard for eternity.” Lance agrees. “You see, Ashline… we made our vows to your mother, and you took those vows, and twisted them, but they’ll hold all the stronger for that. And though I would love to join Red in death, it is not possible.”
The control bracelets still wink on his wrists, and Ash flinches.
She leaves, and Neptune and Pluto resume their solitary watch.
Ash wants to be forgiven, but it’s too dangerous to let her Senshi run unchecked, so… she keeps them bound and tied, layer upon layer of spells and secrets, what was once loyalty now outright manipulation.
She wants forgiveness for it, but…
They are right.
As long as she cannot free them, they cannot forgive her.
And she’ll never, ever have redemption.
End Fic
Completed 7/20/07
Edited 8/21/09
It’s annoying how one second you have a wonderful fic and the next the bunny keels over dead. *Sigh*