Heroes (a zodiac story)

Chapter two

"We've just hit the jackpot."
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All the girls looked surprised at the boys until Lyra spoke up.

"Jackpot?"

"Uh yeah. We'll explain later. First, my name Lewis and I'm from Great Britain." The sandy colored haired boy said and bowed.

"Not that great you know." Said the onyx eyed guy. "When I picked you up it only rained and it was damn cold there."

"Shut up. As if America is so great." They went on bickering with each other.

"I'm Drago from Italy. And don't worry about those two. They don't really mean anything they say to each other. And by the way the one with the red hair; that's Aiden and he is from the United States." He turned around to face the two bickering boys. "Will you two shut up so they can introduce themselves?!"

Lewis and Aiden stopped and now faced the girls.

"Well, I'm Ruby." The girl with the chestnut hair said.

"And that shy girl over there is Lotus, but you guys already met her. And this is Lyra." Ruby introduced her friends. Lotus gave a shy smile at the boys while Lyra just nods.

"Okay, so Gem." Lewis pointed to Ruby who looked confused. "Flowers and Ly Ly." He pointed to Lotus and Lyra while he gave himself a satisfied smile of finding such 'perfect' nicknames.

"But-" Lyra was interrupted by Aiden.

"Don't waste your breath. He gives stupid nicknames to everyone."

"Flamehead is right," Lewis said with a grin just to piss of Aiden.

"But I have to say, those aren't very Dutch names, you know?" Aiden said.

"So?" Lyra asked challenging while raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing," Aiden said while quickly looking away.

"Ooooooooo d-" Aiden punched Drago on the arm before he could finish his sentence.

"Shut up!" Aiden said.

"But we need to talk. In private." Lewis said with a straight face.

The girls again looked surprised at the boys. Because, why would they wanna talk to us? We've just met them and they wanna talk somewhere private? A little bit sketchy don't you think. The girls decided to just shrug it off. Something gave them the feeling that they should listen to what the boys had to say. But that doesn't mean they trust them.

"Uh sure. We can go to the ice cream shop." Ruby said a little unsure while pointing in the direction of the ice cream shop. It's was only a few meters from her house.

The three boys looked at each other with a grin.

"Ice cream huh?" Lewis said with an eyebrow raised.

"That's something I don't say no to," Aiden said with a smile.

"Let's go get some ice cream!" Drago shouted and the three boys ran towards the direction of the ice cream shop.

As the boys ordered and got their ice cream, the girls arrived. They didn't want to run after the childish boys.

"I thought we were gonna talk?" Lyra said with her hands on her hips.

"We can talk AND have delicious ice cream," Drago said while giving a high five to Lewis.

"Do you guys want some too?" Aiden asked while taking a lick of his ice cream.

"We don't have our money with us," Ruby said.

"Don't worry, our treat," Lewis said with a smile.

The girls nod happily. They weren't going to say no to free ice cream! They aren't crazy. Well, when it involves food they're not. The girls got their ice cream and they all sat down outside the ice cream store.

"Do you know the Zodiac?" Drago asked.

All three girls said something in the line of 'yea' and 'yes'.

"And you know your own zodiac sign and can you tell us which sign you are?" Lewis asked.

"Libra," Lyra said followed by Ruby and then Lotus.

"Cancer the crab."

"Virgo...."

"And do you believe the zodiac are real? Like in a creature or human form real." Aiden said and the girls all gaped at him.

"Um....no?" Lyra asked because she wasn't really sure how to answer that question.

"I don't know. I actually never really thought about it that way." Ruby said.

"Well then let's get you guys to believe then." Lewis said with a grin while putting his hand on Lotus shoulder.

Her eyes widened together with the other girls when the boys touched them. A fire burned at the spot the boys were touching and spread to their whole body. A gust of wind came at them which was followed by the feeling of being thrown into the water. Now, the ground started shaken and splitting up. All the girls wanted to was scream and run away, but they couldn't. They were paralyzed. They couldn't speak or move. All they could do was stare in front of them, looking as pale as snow.

The girls' eyes widened once again when they saw a bright white light. When the light was gone they saw something they couldn't describe. They saw them self in a form what looked like their Zodiac sign. They stared at it in an awe. The boys stopped touching the girls and they were snapped back into reality.

"Do you believe in the Zodiac now?" Drago asked and the girls nod slowly.

"To go further with our story; we are zodiacs too. I'm Aries, Lewis is Leo and Drago is Sagittarius. We live in an awesome Maison where our superior lives too. She's a Member of the Council and will help us in our tasks. She'll explain everything when we get there."

The boys looked hopefully at the girls and the girls nod in return. The boys broke out cheering.

"But what do we tell our family? And will we see them and our friends ever again if we go with you guys?" Ruby asked.

"Don't worry about that. The mansion has a cover as a super elite school where, if you go there, you'll be the best in your profession. And of course, you will see them again!" Drago said still happy that the girls said yes.

"Hey, flowers. What do you think about all this? You've been awfully quiet this whole time." Lewis said with an eyebrow raised.

"Oh....I think this is all pretty cool but also confusing." She looks at her hands and noticed something that hasn't been there before.

"Um...how did I get this?" She showed the boys a small Virgo sign that was tattooed on her left wrist.

"You got that when you saw your real form. Lyra and Ruby got one somewhere too." Aiden said. "But shall we go back to the mansion now? I'm tired of sitting here. Talking."

"Where is the mansion?" Lyra asked.

"Some place that you won't find on any map," Drago said and stood up.

"But how do we get there if it isn't on any map? And don't we have to pack and say goodbye to our family?" Lyra countered.

"Only pack what you can't live without. The rest will be in your rooms. We'll meet up at 8 o'clock at the hotel." Drago said and walked away with the boys.

"But you didn't tell us how we are going to get there!" Ruby shouted.

"With the privet jet of course!" Lewis said with his arms spread in the air.

"And girls, be ready for an ADVENTURE!" Drago shouted and started to run off with the others.