Mermaids for Venus, by Boyce
Chapter 7 : Reunion
/ In the village \
(The village was very calm... All of the mermaids were waiting in circle around the statue in the plaza for their Goddess to return. Away from the plaza, a couple of young mermaids were playing around. At the foot of the statue, two young mermaids weren't playing)
Holly : Olive, Elysa... You should go and play with your friends.
Elysa : No! Mina went to battle the monster that took papa away, and I want to wait here until she returns!
Olive : That's right! Our scale rings will help her beat that squid.
Holly : But they are just rings...
Olive : No they're not! They are special rings that will give her tails ultra speed! And she'll use them to fight the monster! (A tear felt from Olive's eye) You'll see! She'll come back with daddy!
Holly : Olive... I'm sorry. You're right, they will give her powers! (Olive looked with a big smile at her, and she hugged her real hard) I know you miss your dad, Olive. But...
(She was cut by a screaming Elysa)
Elysa : PAPA! PAPA!
Holly : Elysa, what are...
(As she was talking, she heard the growl of an eel and she saw the seaserpent swimming toward the village with everybody onboard. The screams of Elysa were heard all around the plaza, and every mermaid looked up to see the mermen on the back of the eel)
Mermd : She... SHE DID IT!
Kathy : Aven! TEAR! (Crying) You're back!
(The eel slowed its swim, as a flock of mermaids were swimming toward it. The mermen disembarked from the beast and they went to meet the mermaids. Everyone was happy)
Olive : DADDY!
Elysa : PAPA!
Father: (Laughing and crying) My dear daughters! I missed you so much!
Kathy : (Squeezing Tear, crying) Tear! YoU're all right!
Tear : Mom... (Coughing) I can't... ... ... breathe!
Aven : (Laughing) You haven't lost your strength, my dear Kathy!
Kathy : Aven! (They shared a kiss) I missed you so much!
(While everyone was reuniting, Nelia and Pyron were helping a weakened Mina. They brought her in the plaza and put her at the foot of her statue)
Holly : So that's were you disappeared, Nelia...
Nelia : Priestess Holly... I...
Holly : (Smiling) I should be angry at you, but I know you were driven by love.
Pyron : Thank you, Holly.
Holly : Pyron, you are hurt! We need to treat these wounds.
Pyron : I'll be alright...
(Holly turned to face Mina)
Holly : Goddess Venus... Mina. What happened to the squid?
Mina : I... No, we defeated the enemy, and I don't think it'll be coming back soon?
Holly : We?
Nelia : Priestess, I have never seen anything like it! Mina... made a clone of herself, and the 2 of them killed the beast!
Holly : (Puzzled) 2 Goddesses?
Mina : I think the Venus Pearl had something to do with all of this. I felt the presence of... another Venus within me. It gave me the power to send this monster to hell.
Nelia : She was amazing! (Hugs her) She had the double power of a Goddess within her.
Pyron : And she used it to destroy an evil beast that wanted to conquer the whole sea!
Holly : The whole sea? But how?... Not the Trident of the Seven Seas? In that mountain?
Pyron : Yes. But the cave was destroyed, and the mountain crumbled afterward. If the trident was hidden there, it's well under tons and tons of rubble.
Mina : What about this trident?
Nelia : The Trident of the Seven Seas gives the power to the wielder the control of every creature of the seas! It is said that it was forged by a God thousands of years ago to take the control of the sea! It was kept in security somewhere, until it was stolen by an evil being. But this being was destroyed by the power the trident gave to him. We don't know where the trident is now...
Holly : If it was indeed in that cave, it's a good thing that you destroyed the mountain Goddess...
Mina : I bet. Such an evil tool! I hope it never gets find.
(Mina felt some hands touching her feet. She laughed in a cloud of bubbles)
Elysa : See? Our rings did help her beat that monster!
Olive : Yes! It gave her tails the speed she needed to bring our daddy back.
Mina : Thank you very much for your gifts! They were perfect!
Elysa
Olive : You're welcome Mina!
(Mina smiled and hugged them. Holly put a hand on Mina's shoulder)
Holly : We are eternally in your debt, Goddess...
Mina : I was a bit scared, as I never battled underwater... but I think it went pretty well (Mina reaches for her ankle, and takes the Venus Pearl) It's a good thing you gave me this, it came useful. Thank you Holly!
(Mina wants to give it back to Holly, but she refuses)
Holly : You should keep it. It was clearly made for you.
Mina : I can't accept. It's a symbol and a treasure for your people!
Nelia : But the monster was destroyed! We are saved! You can keep it as a gift, and to remember us!
Holly : Please accept our gift!
Mina : Alright... (She puts it back on her ankle) I am really grateful. Wait until I tell my frie... AHHHHH!
Holly : Goddess Venus! What's wrong?
(Mermaids and mermen started to gather around Mina)
Mina : My friends, my family! I have been gone for hours, maybe more than a day! They must be worried! And Raye! She was swimming with me! I disappeared underwater, and they must think I'm dead! I...
Holly : Please calm down!
Pyron : Holly is a priestess, and a priestess has the ability to control time... Don't you have priestess on the dry land?
Mina : Not with these kind of powers... She can really control time?
Nelia : Yes, she can teleport you back to the time when you were searching for your ribbon.
Mina : But then the monster...
Holly : ...will still be destroyed. I can choose exactly where to put you back, without changing some events that have already happened.
Mina : That's an amazing power you have! Why didn't you use it to prevent the monster from attacking?
Nelia : I did at first, but the monster kept coming back until it developed somekind of shielding around its lair to prevent me from reaching the prisoners.
Mina : I see... But it's still incredible! It could come handy when it comes to homeworks and all that school stuff...
Nelia : What's that?
Mina : Oh nothing! (Laughs) Nothing really...
Nelia : (Puzzled) Hum... Alright. Here, you can have your red ribbon back now!
Mina : (Takes it) Naaaaw... you can keep it. I have lots of ribbon at my house. It will make a souvenir for you and the villagers.
Olive : We can keep it? Really Mina?
Mina : Yes sweety. (She gives the ribbon to Olive) It's a gift from me to your village! Just like your scale rings were gifts to me!
Elysa : Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
(Olive and Elysa started to swim around, holding the red ribbon)
Mina : (Smiles) Kids are so easy to please. I really love them.
Holly : (Smiles back) I think we should send you back now, because although I can control time, I can only go back a light cycle back.
Mina : A... light cycle?
Nelia : Yes, look at the surface. There's a light coming from above the sea. It goes out at some time, and comes back again. It's a light cycle!
Mina : I can't see the surface from here... It must be pretty deep.
Olive : But... It's right there! (She points) see?
Mina : I... hmm...
Holly : Olive, Mina probably doesn't have our eye sight, especially in the water. She's not a mermaid like us.
Olive : But she's a Goddess! Surely she can see through the water, right?
Holly : Well... hmm... I
Pyron : (Laughs) She got you again, Priestess!
Mina : (Smiles) I can't see it, but that light, where I come from is called the sun.
Olive : The... sun? It's a weird name! But I like it!
Holly : Anyway, we should do this now if we want to get you back in time...
Mina : Alright...
Elysa : But... I don't want Mina to leave us!
Nelia : Elysa... Mina is not a mermaid. She has to go back to the surface world, although I'm gonna miss her.
Mina : Aww... I'm sorry everyone.
(Elysa and Olive hugs Mina real hard)
Olive : (Cries) You'll come back to see us, right Mina? Right?
Mina : Hum... well...
Holly : That's another power of the Venus Pearl. Although I gave you the power to breathe underwater, the Venus Pearl will allow you to breathe constantly underwater. And it will guide you back to our village if you ever want to come back to us.
Mina : Really? Well in that case, yes I will come back to visit you! Maybe I can bring my friends too... but... You don't happen to have a Mercury Pearl, or a Jupiter Pearl? My friends breathe air, just like me...
Holly : No... What are those? But anyway, if your friends hold onto you, they can breathe fine just like you do.
Mina : Cool!
Pyron : Mina, I thank you. I thought every human were bad and ugly persons, but you prove that there are some nice and beautiful humans
Mina : (Blushes) Thanks Pyron...
Nelia : (Laughs) Don't you go and swim after humans, you little fish!
Pyron : (Salutes) No Ma'am!
(Tear, Aven and Kathy swims near Mina)
Tear : I heard you were leaving already? But we wanted to give a big party...
Mina : I'm sorry Tear... It seems I don't have much time if I want to go back in my world without hurting my friends...
Aven : Don't worry Goddess! We know you'll always be with us!
Kathy : That's right! Tear had the idea of making a second statue in your name, to represent your 2nd apparition!
Holly : Tear, that's a great idea!
Tear : Thank you Priestess Holly!
Mina : (Smiles) I look forward to see it!
Holly : Yes... But now, we must send you back! Everyone, stand back as I send our Great Goddess Venus back to her home!
(Every mermaid and mermen gathered around the plaza, leaving Mina in the middle. Holly started to mumble some words. Mina looked back at her new friends : she looked at Pyron and Nelia. Nelia seemed sad to see Mina leave, but Pyron was conforting her. Little Elysa and Olive were crying in their father's arms, but he was holding their heads, waving with his tail at Mina. Aven and Kathy were waving, while Tear was just looking at Mina. She waved back at everyone, smiling. The village started to sing their song of courage again for Mina. She felt a bit shy about it and looked at Holly who lifted her scepter. A bright flash of light blinded her)
End of Chapter 7