A month passed since Taiana's Homecoming Party. Sean came over almost every day and she had seen Jessie three or four times. She was wandering around the castle one day when she found a room she had never been in. She decided to check it out.
She opened the heavy wooden door and was surprised to see shelves full of books. However, it wasn't the books that caught her eye, but the huge painting on the wall. It was a painting of Sailor Venus.
She hurried out of the library and went to the throne room "Why is there a picture of Sailor Venus in the library?"
"This used to be her castle," Queen Marina informed, "she is your grandmother."
Taiana was shocked. Mina was her grandmother?
"After she died," her mother continued, "A statue was built in her honor."
"Where is it?" Taiana asked.
"In the west garden," she answered. Taiana thanked her and ran from the throne room. By the time she reached the west garden, she was out of breath. She stopped to rest and that's when she noticed the statue. Forgetting about her lack of breath, she hurried on.
When she reached the statue, she was in awe. The statue looked exactly like Mina. On the base of the statue was an inscription. She knelt down to see what it said.
Beloved ruler and sword protector
of the planet Venus
Taiana stood back up and that's when she noticed it. Around the statues neck was a carved replica of the necklace Taiana wore. Etched in the middle was the symbol of Venus.
Suddenly a hand touched her shoulder. Taiana jumped and spun around. She relaxed when she saw her mother standing there.
"I didn't mean to scare you," Queen Marina said, "I wanted to come out here with you but you ran out too fast."
"Did this necklace used to be hers?" Taiana asked, holding the topaz colored stone on her palm.
"Yes," she answered. "It has been passed down through the generations. Oh." Queen Marina pulled something out of the folds of her skirt. "Here is a picture of her." She handed the snapshot to Taiana. "I'm going back inside. Hana should be waking up from her nap any minute." She left Taiana alone in the garden.
Taiana stared at the picture. It had been taken in front of Raye's temple. She turned the picture over to see if there was any date. There was nothing. Taiana started to turn the picture over again when words began to appear on the back of the picture. Taiana watched in amazement as the back filled with words. It read:
Taiana,
I wrote this in magic ink so only you could read it. Just something Amy whipped up in Chemistry. Wicked cool, huh? Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and thank you for helping us with the Negaverse. I hope they aren't giving you too much trouble in the future. Maybe sometime you can come visit me again. That would be fun. Gotta go. Bye!
Love, Mina
Taiana turned the picture back over and smiled. "Thank you for your help, Mina."
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Wow. After rereading this story I realized just how far my writing skills have come since I wrote this, which was about four years ago. I know it's not the best but all of my work is special to me, so please don't flame it too bad. Thanks for reading!