Zodiac Book

Twisted Fairytale Part 2

Standing before the red hooded boy, was supposedly the big bad wolf. However, something didn't seem right about this dangerous creature.

"Azura?"

The girl only glared at him, as her tail stayed low but her ears kept twitching above her head. The dark fur of her ears, matched perfectly fine with her hair, as her attire really just looked dark blue and white. The typical colors she uses almost everyday.

"You're the big bad wolf?" Sal didn't feel frightened at all. The fact that it was Zura who was the wolf, just made him less worried. The only thing that bothered him, was that Pisces made her the wolf out of everyone else.

Zura growled, "What's going on here?"

Sal frowned and walked over to her, "I thought I asked a question first."

"Yes, I'm the big bad wolf. Now answer mine."

"We're in a dream." He answered.

Zura looked at him with disbelief then shook her head, "A dream? Then if this is a dream, why aren't I waking up?"

"Because in this dream, we have to finish the Fairytale. Well, that's at least what Capricorn told me." He looked over to where the sign was, but realized that he had gone. Sal figured that Cap only ran cause he feared that the wolf would target not only the pie, but him too. After all, rabbits are one of the preys of wolves.

"Ugh!" The Latin girl groaned and began to pull at her ears, seeming desperate to take them off. "It hurts.."

"Then they might actually be real ears."

Sighing, Zura's wolf ears suddenly dropped and Sal sworn that he heard her whimper a bit. "I'm guessing this is Pisces's doing?"

Sal blinked at her, "How did you know?"

"Aquarius told me about their powers. They use it as punishment sometimes." She looked ahead of the forest and frowned when she saw how deep they had to go to find at least another Zodiac. "Here, let's just find your grandma first. It's probably the first thing we have to do, right?"

"Not exactly, my dear~" A voice rang in Zura's ear. The wolf shudders and grabs Sal's arm. Such a contact made the boy flinch.

"Leo?"

"Leo the cat, yes indeed~" In the plain air, Leo makes an appearance before the two humans. Seeing that the white rabbit wasn't with them, he smirked, "And it looks like Azura chased away Capricorn, huh? What did you do this time, wolf?"

"I didn't do anything!" Zura snapped but was held back by Sal.

The hooded boy looked up to glare at Leo. "You're Cheshire cat?" He asked, "And what do you mean by not exactly?"

Leo giggled, floating his way up near a high tree. "This forest, my dear mortals, is not going to make you finish the story easily. Wherever you wander around, you probably won't end up in exactly the correct fairytale."

"So your saying that the forest is the one controlling our directions?"

"Yes. But in reality, it's actually Pisces who's been controlling the forest."

Azura pulled herself away from Sal's arm, then looked up to the lion-- or cat-- once again. "Is Pisces going to be in this dream?"

"No," Leo shook his head, "If Pisces is controlling the dream, it'll be hard for them to play a role in it too."

"Oh..."

Leo disappeared, then reappeared behind the duo. "Now move along, dearies!" He shoved them, "You have to find either grandma's house or the Tea Party!" Pushing them further to the trees, he says his last words that bring both wolf and boy concern. "Oh! I forgot to say that while heading to either of those two destinations, be sure to watch out for the Knave of Hearts and the Hunter~"

Before they could even question the fire sign, he disappeared just like that.

"Damn cat." Sal slightly cursed.

~ ☆ ~

The forest felt rather large, and it seemed that Azura and Salvador, had been walking for at least forty minutes.

Sighing, Zura plopped down near what looked like a giant flower. "Do you want to take a break?" she asked, Sal looking down at her.

"I want to get to the Tea Party or Grandma's house as soon as possible!" answered Sal, "Being here is already driving me crazy just a bit... "

"Well duh, Sherlock." She rolled her eyes, "Me too, since I actually considered eating you or that pie that's pretty much taunting me."

"You're always consider eating things-" Now he realized exactly why Pisces made Zura the wolf, "Never mind." Looking around his surroundings, he notices the over sized flowers. "I believe that we might be close to the Tea Party..."

"Ah!" The girl jumped from her spot, nervously making her way to her companion.

Sal looked at her strangely, "What's wrong?"

"I saw that flower blink."

"What?" The boy didn't quite understand, but when he turned to one flower, he felt a shiver crawl up his spine. He saw the flower blink too. "Uh..."

Zura clenched his arm and he placed his hand lightly on hers as whispers began to fill the air. It could be that it's the flowers that are talking.

"You two!"

"Gah!" Sal jumped back, almost posing defensively in front of Zura. In front of him, was a beautiful woman in a gown, and a flower crown over her head. Seeing who she was, Sal calmed down and went back to his normal position. "Virgo?" He asked, "Is that you?"

"Of course, it's me." The blonde huffed.

Zura raised an eyebrow at her, as she tried to study her attire. "What are you supposed to be in the story?" She questioned, "I don't believe I've seen another pretty girl in Alice in wonderland, besides the White Queen."

Virgo rolled her eyes, then gestures to the flowers all around her. These pretty things that give us oxygen, now have eyes and a mouth, and were talking to each other as they stared at the duo. "I'm a flower." Said the earth sign.

Sal thought that being a flower in the fairy didn't seem helpful. However, he understood why Pisces made her a flower anyways.

"Anyways, have either of you two seen the white rabbit?"

"The white rabbit?" Zura tilted her head.

Sal whispered, "She's talking about Capricorn."

"Oh."

"Yes, the white rabbit. He's supposed to be with Sal when he arrives to this place.. Where is he?" Her voice was suddenly concerned as she looked at both teens with hopeful eyes.

Seeing her body language, Sal gulped. "He didn't... Come with us.."

"What!? And why not!?"

Her loud voice made both Sal and Zura jump back, whimpering slightly. Even if she's a flower, Virgo is still frightening.

Sighing, the woman turns back, "Never mind. He probably got scared by the wolf." Then she gestured for them to follow, "Come along now. The Caterpillar has been waiting for you."