The Ninth Planet (OC Planet)

X- no, Erebus

Name revealed!
Slight short chapter and the last part of trials continuation, enjoy!
Also, slight angst.
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Mirage stared at planet X with a deadpanned look. "Do you need to say it every time someone comes by?"

"I... Can't believe it." Ganymede widened his eyes.

"We found planet X." Europa added.

"You give yourselves too much credit, was it you that found me or were you simply following Mirage's directions to my gravity?" Planet X raises a brow.

"Wait, you know Mirage?" Europa asked.

"Of course, Mirage is the kindest planet I have ever met during the early solar system." Planet X glanced at Mirage. "The one I considered her as my older sister."

"We were merely cousin, planet X." Mirage deadpanned. "Or should I say, Erebus?"

"What?!" The Galilean moons gasped. "He have a name?!"

"I gave him the name 'Erebus' before he disappeared from the early solar system." Mirage looked between Erebus and the moons.

"Then how did you know his orbit-?"

"He is the one who came to me and refused to give me answers." Mirage glanced at Erebus. "Isn't that right?"

"I have my reasons not to let you know why I disappeared, Mirage." Erebus said. "The sun would-!"

"It wouldn't matter if the sun hated you, Erebus!" Mirage exclaimed, raising her voice. "Nor Jupiter, nor Saturn! We, the ice planets missed you! Even Uranus and Neptune!"

"They didn't even-!"

"I don't care, we are the ice giants, we have four of us, why losing each other?!" Mirage yelled, didn't let the chance for Erebus explain. "I've taken care of you three until you disappeared, Neptune gone insane in his orbit alone, Uranus got tilted badly from the collision, and then I lost my left eye and my first moon, he got crushed, died by Saturn's gravity!"

Erebus widened his eyes as he noticed tears running down her eyes. "Mirage, I-"

"I've wished you would come back and give me a good reason why did you disappeared without me knowing..." Mirage closed her eyes, letting the tears fall. "I have waited 4.5 billions of years, and you still haven't given me an answer...?"

Erebus tried to wipe off Mirage's tears while her eyes closed, but she backed away after feeling his gravity near her.

"Don't..." Mirage back off a little. "Today isn't about me, these moons are the one looking for you by the dwarf planets."

Natasha gently wiped away Mirage's tears while the other Mirage's moons comforted her.

"Sorry, did I startled you all?" Mirage whispered to her moons. "I hope I didn't woke the kids up from my yelling."

"It's okay Mirage, your feelings are important first." Olivia smiled. "The kids wouldn't mind."

"Anyway I have one question for you, Ganymede and Europa." Erebus changed the topic and asked the Galilean moons.

"Wait, you know who we are?" Europa asked.

"You are the two of the Galilean moons, Jupiter's moons." Erebus said.

"Wait, have you been spying on us?" Ganymede asked. "Or did Mirage told you about us?"

"I have never uttered any of the gas giant's moons when visiting Erebus." Mirage cut off. "My moons does not like any of them, including you Ganymede." She glanced at Cassandra.

"Well, don't take it personally, I've been away from the solar system for a long time. It's not Mirage telling me about you all, I basically spent all my time watching and listening to everything that's been going on there." Erebus said.

"Wait really?!"

"That's kind of creepy..."

"Enough! Answer my question!" Erebus suddenly shouted.

"But you haven't asked anything." Ganymede raise his brow.

"Or right, uh, are you on the side of Jupiter?" Erebus asked.

"What? The side of Jupiter?"

"What does that even mean?" Europa confused.

"Just answer, yes or no?"

Mirage deadpanned looking at them and started heading to Erebus's hideout. She knows there by heart.

"Does he know everything? Even the time you spent with Akullore in your orbit?" Natasha asked.

"You know, I'm not even sure now." Mirage halted. "My memory after losing my left eye went hazy, and I don't remember the one planet I talked to when I was new here."

"Which planet you're referring to?" Erebus floated beside her.

"I'm... not even sure now." Mirage shook her sphere. She turned back and looked at the view of the solar system.

"For billions of years, this has been the only view I've had. The home I once had, the home I lost because of him." Erebus said.

"Who?"

"Your planet." Erebus turned to the Galilean moons.

Ganymede tried to leave but he was stopped by Erebus knowing Jupiter's past.

"Which part of his past I didn't know, Erebus?" Mirage asked.

"This story started billions of years ago..."

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Next up: Bing Bang episodes! Tho I mostly focus on Mirage's side of how she lost Erebus and how she gained Timothy. It's mostly of a part 2 Mirage's past.
Stay tuned!