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A Study in Pink.

I like pink. It�s the colour of my favorite dress, the one that brings out my eyes, or at least that�s what mama says. Pink is a happy colour, it�s always smiling, just like me. Mama says a princess always smiles. I love mama.
I don�t just like only pink though, no, that would be boring. Blue is a nice colour too- just like mama�s eyes. Mercury and Venus have blue eyes too, but I think Mama�s are the nicest. But don�t tell them I said that, they might get upset�And I don�t want them upset at me.
They�re my only friends, mama�s guardians. They take me out and we play together whenever mama and papa go out to do important things. I know they do important things �cause that�s what they told me�Besides, they wouldn�t have to miss my birthday if it wasn�t for important stuff, would they�.
No! �course not. I should stop being so silly.
Oh! And Puu is my friend, even if I don�t se her a lot. She told me it�s �cause she does important things too. She keeps the bad guys from coming and hurting mama and papa from other places and times. I don�t know how a bad guy could come from another time, but if Puu says so, it must be true. She�s the smartest person I know.
Luna P is my friend. Sometimes she even talks to me, like when it�s dark and I�m afraid. The other kids make fun of me though. They say she can�t talk, but I know they�re wrong- Luna P is magic. She can do whatever she wants. I ignore them. Mama says princesses have to "keep their chin up". I try my best, really I do. But it�s hard to keep your chin up when you cry.
Luna P is black. That�s another colour I like. Luna P, Papa�s armor, Mars� hair. They�re all different shades of black. I like black �cause it isn�t a happy colour at all. It doesn�t need to smile- It�s fine just the way it is. I want to be like that- happy all by myself, no more smiling to be happy. But mama says that princess have to be light and happy and they have to smile a lot, even if they don�t feel happy, �cause other people will be sad if I am. I don�t know why, but I always listen to mama. Even if she doesn�t know as much as Mercury or Puu, she�s still very smart.
Mars jokes about that sometimes�I don�t know why. Then mama turns red and talks about Yuichiru, then Mars turns all red, just like her dress, and they talk about all kinds of stuff like �tests� and �arcades� and something my mama used have called an �Andrew� or was that a �crush�? That�s when Mercury or Jupiter will take me outside to play in the garden.
It�s getting awfully dark so early�We haven�t even had dinner but the sky is almost black�I can�t see the stars either. That�s strange. I don�t like it when we can�t see the stars, it gives me belly rumblings, and I can�t sleep. Whenever that happens mama will tell me about when she was the princess, and she shows me her crystal.
But mama�s out tonight, with papa again. Important things called �treaties�, that�s what they�re doing. They even have to miss my birthday�Oh, I�m crying again. I have to stop, it�s not good for a princess to cry, that�s what Venus says. I have to be strong�..
Maybe tonight I�ll go and look at mama�s crystal, it looks just like a star. Like it could light up the whole universe if you just let it�Oh, I�m being silly again. Mars would laugh at me if she heard me say such things. But still, I don�t think they�ll notice if I just look, I can�t hurt it by looking.
It�s really dark now. Mama�s room is pitch-black, but the corner where her crystal is lights the floor through it�s box just enough for me to see. It�s such a pretty box; Mama says her friend Kakyuu gave it to her. I don�t know her, but she must have liked mama a lot to give her such a nice present.
Where�s the crystal? It was here, I could see it�s light; but the box is open and nothing�s here! Did I lose it? Oh No! Mama will be really mad if she finds out. Maybe if I hide in my room she won�t think it was me. Maybe�.
Puu say�s mama�s trapped. The bad guy�s got her and the other�s too. Puu say�s I have to go or they�ll get me too- I have to go to the past and find the "Gishouzansu". Is that mama�s crystal? I don�t know, how am I going to go to the past? And how am I going to find this �g� thing? Will that help mama and papa? Puu say�s it will, and she knows everything�.. She�s sending me into the past, back to when mama was still little, she says. I�ll be ok, she says. I�ll have Luna P with me, and people there will help me. I have to be strong by myself.
I have to be like black, happy by itself, happy by myself. It�s scary in all this mist, but Puu�s holding my hand and showing me where to go. She�s all alone too, I think. If she can be strong, so can I.
Puu hugged me! She�s never done that before- I wonder why she did now? Why does she look so sad? Of course I�ll do my best, she doesn�t have to tell me that. Yes I�ll be careful, the bad guy�s will follow me, I know that�Make friends? Why would I do that? No one likes me, I�m too different. Besides, I have to look for help for mama. Ok Puu, I�ll try, just for you, �cause you never ask for anything unless it�s really important�I�ll try to be more pink�Oops, sorry Puu, it�s just something I was think and said out loud. Here? You�re sure? Ok, I�ll be back soon with help, you just watch! I can be strong just like mama: I will!