the thmgau rewrite

Eclipsed Reunion

"Are you.. sure this will work?"
"Of course!"

The group had devised a plan. They were to go back to Mercury, find Sun again, & get aem to follow the group over to where Mr. Moon, Spring, & Storm were. That's where Mr. Moon would explain their side of the situation to Sun. Spring & Storm were there to support both Mr. Moon & Sun if need be.

"We'll see you three in a little bit!" Leslie waved.
"Good luck out there!"

As the group started to make their way near Mercury's surface, they spotted something - or someone - leaving its orbit.

"Wait, what the hell is that?" Nora asked, pointing toward the figure.
"It looks like.." Juniper squinted. "..Sun!"
"Sun?!"
"What are ae doing leaving Mercury?"
"I don't know.."
"Well, what are we waiting for? Go talk to them!" Kalani lightly nudged Mr. Moon.

Spring & Storm flew up to Sun first. Nervous, Mr. Moon followed. As expected, Spring & Storm were the first to enter Sun's gaze. Ae stopped in place, looking at the two girls.

"..Spring? Storm?"
"Hi, mom!"

Overflowing with pure happiness, Sun embraced Spring & Storm in a giant hug.

"Spring! Storm! Oh, how I missed you two so much!"
"We missed you too, mom!"
"Mwah! Mwah!" Sun kissed the two girls on the forehead. "Oh, it's been so long since I've been able to do that!"

As Sun released the embrace, they spotted Mr. Moon floating toward them.

"Um... hi, Sun." nov waved.
"..hi, Mr. Moon." Sun glanced away, aer face turning red.

"I, um..-"
"I'm sorry.." Sun interrupted. "..for leaving all those years ago. I was young, & newly alive again, & angry & foolish &.. thinking about what the heroes told me earlier made me realize this."
"Oh- Oh, my dear! You don't need to apologize!"
"I must apologize! 'Twas my fault, after all."
"While we were partially to blame for it all, it was Juno's actions that were the catalyst."

The two Celestials both had tears running down their cheeks as they came in for an embrace.

"I'll never forget you ever again, my love!"

Sun & Mr. Moon kissed for a moment. Their embrace ends, but they hold hands as they look at the group.

"Thank you, heroes, truly! Without you, I don't think I ever would've seen my true love again!"
"Aw, it wasn't all us. Spring & Storm played a pretty big part in it too."
"Of course, of course! Spring & Storm helped a lot!"
"They're absolutely wonderful, aren't they?"
"They.. sure are!"

"Well," Sun smiled, looking into Mr. Moon's eyes. "I believe I should make my return to the Castle of Celestials now."
"Yes, indeed! Time will certainly be surprised to see you return!"

The group smiled, slightly relieved by the fact that they didn't have to fight anyone. Spring & Storm floated over to them, with a big grin on their faces.

"Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou THANK you so so so much!" Spring said, shaking all of the groups' hands with each "thank you" that came out of her mouth.
"We're very glad we were able to help you!"
"You have no clue how much this means to us, heroes. We're incredibly grateful."

As Spring & Storm joined their parents to go back to the Castle of Celestials, the older Celestials looked at the heroes once more.

"Before we depart, we have one word of advice for you all. If you meet anybody by the name of Juno, avoid him at all costs, ok?"
"That sounds.. easy enough. We'll make sure to do that!"
"Brilliant! Farewell, heroes!"
"Goodbye!"

The group waved off the Celestial family as they flew back to the Castle. As soon as they were nowhere in sight, the heroes took a sigh of relief.

"I am so glad that's over with."
"Me too. As fun as hanging out in space is, I am INCREDIBLY exhausted."
"Hey, you could probably put this on your resume, Cherry!"
"I could, if employers would believe it."

& so, our heroes chatted along the way back to Earth.

-

"Boring.. boring.. boring..."

Juno sat in an abandoned shed, flipping through various TV channels. Life on Earth had been quite boring for the past 2,200 years. The most exciting thing that's happened to her in the past century was the invention of cable television.

He landed on the news channel, talking about something that had happened the day before.

"5 girls were seen fighting the puppets off. It is currently unknown if they were actors in the college play or not, as they seemed to leave shortly after the fight was over." the news reporter read.

"Wait a minute.." Juno hummed. "I recognize those colors!"

Red, yellow, gray, green, & blue.. those were the colors of those heroes Fate mentioned back when Juno lived at the Castle of Celestials!

If the heroes were already fulfilling the prophecy, Juno could use them to his advantage to get back into the Castle of Celestials! But what would Juno do, once she was back? She hummed & hawed to herself for a moment.

"THAT'S IT!" he declared, a stroke of genius overcoming her. "I'll destroy the Sands of Time! That's sure to cause some real chaos, even more than me shooting Sun!"