muggle-born-witch answered: How do you feel about Mercury/Pluto and Mercury consoling Pluto about loss of her planetary status?
August 24, 2006
âYouâre not a planet anymore.â Or so they said to her.
Apparently, Earthâs humans had decided upon themselves on how to define a planet:
The object must be in orbit around the Sun.
The object must be massive enough to be a sphere by its own gravitational force. More specifically, its own gravity should pull it into a shape of hydrostatic equilibrium.
It must have cleared the neighborhood around its orbit.
She passed rule one and two, but three? Pluto was small, she knew that. She would never be strong or big enough to clear her orbit. The planet dwarf planet had always felt jealous of Jupiter and Saturnâs size, but never more than that moment.
 Earth gave her a few pitying words, but he was clumsy with his half-apologies, half-excuses.
 Pluto ran.
And as she ran, the planet furthest from her spot in space joined her frantic race away from the disappointment.
âPluto? Hold up, just talk to me, please.â âGo away.â Her voice was barely a choked whisper. If she had to look someone else in the face to hear how oh so sorry they were, she was afraid she would cry/scream/punch them in the belly.
Mercury easily kept up with her sprinting, long legs used to his advantage. If he wanted to, he could shoot of, faster than fast. She knows. Sheâs seen him in orbit around the Sun.
âHey now, slow down! I canât keep up!â Mercury tried joking.
Pluto let her silvery hair cover her face. She didnât want him to see her tiny quirk of a smile.
After an unknown amount of time spent running, they just stopped. Her legs and lungs were aching but she never felt more⊠alive. Not Earth-alive, just alive in this weirdest sense. Pluto begins to understand why Mercury enjoys this so much.
âYou wanna talk?â
He said it in a way that doesnât make her want to curl up into the far corners of space alone.
âYeah. Letâs talk.â
Later, he would say to her that he still thinks she's the most beautiful planet in the Solar System. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fin wow im actually proud of this one? i think i ship Plercury now? what is the ship name idk hope u liked it ollies out
