DISCLAIMER!! Sigh I don't own Sailor Moon, or any of the Sailor Scouts for that matter, I just added in me and my friend Megan. Oh, and James and Guillermo. Its pronounced Gee-air-moe. Heh. R&R PLEASE!!
As they were walking she noticed that Megan was walking about twelve paces in front of them. She looked in a daze, dressed as Trish, but with her hair free and simple. Trish shook her head at the differences of the planetary styles and followed silently with her head bowed. It took over 15 minutes for them to reach the main hall, it was after everyone else had already been coronated and they all sat in their thrones lined up behind Neo Queen Serenity.
Trish stared at Mina with blank eyes, knowing now that she didn't have the link with the planet that she did. It hurt her to know that. All queens had to have the link to rule with prosperity, and she knew that it would be the downfall of her planet. She wasn't really listening, but when the Priestess of the Moon started walking down the row of thrones and asking if they all felt the presence of their planet, if they felt the link, she listened more intently.
"Neo Queen Amy, of Planet Mercury, do you feel joined with your planet in the sense that you can feel its pain, and its joy?" asked the priestess very formally. Amy closed her eyes and smiled slightly.
"Yes, I feel its joy that the rulers have been renewed to their rightful places, yet I also feel a slight pain that it knows something wrong." She said. The priestess nodded and walked down to Rei.
"Neo Queen Rei, of Planet Mars, do you feel joined with your planet in the sense that you can feel its pain, and its joy?" the priestess asked again. Rei too closed her eyes before answering.
"Yes, I feel the joy it feels, but I too sense that the planet knows something wrong is going to happen soon." She said. The priestess nodded and continued down the line.
"Neo Queen Makato, of Planet Jupiter, do you feel joined with your planet in the sense that you can feel its pain, and its joy?" the priestess asked. Lita closed her eyes and a look of pain flashed upon her face.
"I feel its sorrow that something will happen." She said in close to a whisper. The priestess nodded and reluctantly stepped over to Mina, she wanted to ask questions about this feeling of wrong.
"Neo Queen Minako, of Planet Venus, do you feel joined with your planet in the sense that you can feel its pain, and its joy?" the priestess asked finally. She waited for Mina to answer, but as she closed her eyes she knew what would happen. Mina didn't feel the link; she didn't feel anything from her planet. She opened her eyes and trembled slightly. She couldn't lie and say she did, she had taken oaths.
"I...I do not feel the link between me and my planet." She whispered. There was a collective gasp throughout the room and Serena looked at Mina in shock, then she looked to where Trish was standing and she understood completely.
"Then you are not the rightful queen. You are now stripped of title of queen, and the planet Venus shall be without ruler until the rightful one is found. You may step down from your throne and into the temple to beg forgiveness of the goddess." The priestess turned her back and walked to where Neo Queen Serenity was sitting in her throne.
"My Queen, we cannot leave Venus without ruler for long. The presence of Evil is felt very strongly, and we are weak while incomplete. What can we do?" she asked in a low whisper. Serenity looked very thoughtful before looking at the priestess.
"It has been under my nose for a long time, but I hadn't seen it. I was too blinded by what we had always thought to realize that things have been changed slightly. I see it clearly now, but I should have seen it long ago. Mina is the princess. She has always been a princess. We have all thought that it meant she was to rule the planet when the Crystal Millennium came, but we were wrong. She is still meant to be a princess." She muttered softly in a musing voice.
"My Lady, what are you trying to say?" the priestess asked. She looked at the Queen with puzzlement.
"Ever since we were all reborn we were destined to meet and become friends. I have known Amy, Rei, Lita, and Mina most of my life, but Trish and Megan have been there for only some of it. It was always thought that since they had been brought into the group we had made ourselves into that they would be princesses and the original five of us would rule. But we were wrong. Trish is supposed to be the Queen; it is all clear now that I am linked with the Moon. It changed for some reason, but Trish is supposed to be the Queen, not Mina." Said Serenity. The priestess looked at Trish and realized that she could feel the link to the planet. She nodded and motioned for the other priestesses to come to her.
"Minako, I must talk to you and your sister privately with the other royal families, if you don't mind." Said the High Priestess. Mina stopped by the door she had been about to enter and gazed at the priestesses with eyes full of tears that she wouldn't release until in private. Trish went to her sister and led her to the room the others were heading for, and then sat her down on the large, over stuffed couch.
"We have made a grave mistake. It was assumed that the Queen of Venus was to be Minako, but Neo Queen Serenity has put it all together. Lady Trishari, of the Planet Venus, do you feel joined with your planet in the sense that you can feel its pain and its joy?" asked the priestess in a soft, gentle voice. Trish closed her eyes and tried not to cry as she nodded her head. Another collective gasp went up from the room. She glanced down at Mina, but there was no sign she had even heard; yet Trish knew because Mina stiffened slightly and her hands formed into loose claws.
"How could you?" Mina whispered. Trish just held her anyway and tried to sooth her.
"I didn't want to take the throne from you since all of you believed that you were the rightful queen. I was content to see you rule our planet with your husband by your side. I was happy to just be in the background to see how happy you were. But while I was asking the planet how it wanted me to rule I saw it. It wants me to rule like I was supposed to after our mother passed on her rule. In the Silver Millennium I was the crown princess, not you." Trish explained in a monotone voice that was almost a whisper. Mina just stared at her with sadness in her eyes, conflicting emotions swept through her, making her want to push away and stay in her arms at the same time.
"We all had thought that you were the one reincarnated to be the Queen because you joined us first, but now that I think of it, Trish has always been older than you." Said Serenity as she came into the room and stood next to Darien. She was about to say more when the door opened and the Novice that had helped Trish came meekly into the room holding something.
"Pardon me, your Majesty, but this was left a short while ago for the young princess. It has the symbol of our planet on it, but no one saw who left it." She said. Casey curtsied low in the presence of all of the royalty present and waited for the High Priestess of Venus to come and take the package away.
"Give it to her, young novice, you have earned the privilege." She said. Casey's eyes burst with joy as she presented the shoebox size package to Trish.
"Thank you, if you would like to stay you may, you deserve it for all of the help you have been." Trish said after taking it from the girl. Casey beamed another smile and went to stand behind and to the side of the High Priestess of Venus. Trish looked at the package and wondered who had left it for her. As she examined it she saw that a letter was attached. The seal of Venus was clear on it as she lifted it.
"I wonder who could have left this." She muttered. Carefully Trish broke the seal and pulled the long piece of paper from the envelope to read the neat cursive writing.
"My Dearest Daughters, I have decided to write to you in case of anything happening on the happy day of Trishari's coronation to Queen. Trista, though she is young for a guardian, has informed me that something is going to happen and you will all be sent into the future onto the planet earth. I do no know what this catastrophe could be, but I want you to know that I love you both dearly and deeply. I know that both of you will make me proud of you as you go on to grow and rule our people. I hope that both of you shall give me lots of granddaughters to rule after you and some grandsons to prove your father proud.
"Although there were no princes for you to marry, I have arranged for Knight James and Knight Anthony to be allowed to marry you. I hope that you find this in agreement to what we spoke of. Trishari, as my oldest daughter you have a responsibility to our people, rule them well and never forget our customs. And make sure that Mina always wears her veil; she never did like it. Take care of your younger sister; she has always needed your gentle support of whatever she does.
"Mina, my little princess, you must always follow custom, and for Venus' sake wear your veil. I know how it is to wear it, but it is custom. Listen to what your sister has to tell you. She will make a grand leader someday. You are both dear to me and I could never stand you arguing with each other, though they were few and far apart. Don't be mad that you aren't queen; you have known that for a long time. I might have lost your sister, but she was found and you do love her so. And don't take advantage of her, you know she would die for you, or give you a star in the palm of her hand even if she had to get it for you.
"Take care, my beautiful girls, children of my heart. I should keep this short since we are meeting with Queen Serenity today and I must be going. To let you know of the date, you both are visiting with Princess Serenity as she is readying for her big ball tonight.
"I have enclosed into a package a small gift for you. Please take it and remember us all by it. The veils were mine and your Aunt Lilianna's cherish them well. Your grandmother gave them to us on our thirteenth birthday. There is also a replica of Lilianna's crown and mine. I wish for you to wear them, it means so much to me. Well I must go my darling daughters. Take care of yourselves. I love you. Your mother, Queen of Venus." Read Trish in a solemn voice. She folded the letter again and placed it back into the envelope with the seal on it.