Taurus finally exited his room only to find half of the Zodiacs watching his favorite show on the projectile without him. Guiltily laying on the floor on top of their huge rug with pillows surrounding them and blankets hugging them, were Cancer, Libra, Virgo, Leo, and Scorpio.
"Well, well, well..." Taurus muttered. "I thought Libra and Cancer were supposed to be be studying, Virgo having her hands tied with Capricorn, Leo flirting with some girl somewhere, and Scorpio," Taurus laughed. "I didn't know you were into these types of films."
Scorpio threw a pillow at Taurus's laughing face, automatically turning it into a scowl. Taurus picked up the pillow and swung it back at Scorpio, only for Scorpio to dodge his attack with eyes still glued on the projectile.
"Virgo dragged me here." Scorpio explained, completely ignoring the dramatic male behind him.
Virgo nodded her head in approval. "And Capricorn is out on a field trip with the others. I thought you would have known since Gemini is with them."
"Libra and I got overwhelmed and decided to take a break." Cancer added.
"Leo already did his thing, too." Libra hummed, taking Leo by surprise.
Cancer eyes widened at Libra's statement. Did she just called Leo out for what they saw him do earlier?
"I won't tell you where Stephan is." Leo pursed his lips and crossed his arms above his chest.
"Okay." Libra replied.
"Okay." Leo said back.
Scorpio looked at them with a raised eyebrow. "Did you guys get in a fight about who flirted with the most people today?" He asked. "If you did, please go away. I don't want you guys ruining the mood."
"No." They both answered simultaneously and glared at Scorpio.
With a smile, Taurus came downstairs and made himself comfortable on the fire couch. "Actually don't go, and someone give me popcorn!" Taurus ordered.
All of a sudden, the door leading into their house swung open, grabbing the attention of the Zodiacs in the room. Behind those doors were Gemini, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. They all had an anxious look plastered on their faces and looked like they came back here in a rush.
"What happened?" Virgo asked whilst eyeing everyone up and down. Boy did they look musty.
"And where's that crack head?" Cancer asked as the group made their way into the house. It was odd that the hot cheeto-man wasn't with them. Not that she was worried or anything.
The five who went into the woods face suddenly dropped. Gemini and Pisces clasped their hands to their mouths, horror written all over their faces. Capricorn had his hand on his forehead, trying to keep calm. Sagittarius looked like he was going to make a run for it, but Aquarius latched herself onto him and succeeded at stopping him.
"I knew we forgot someone!" Pisces cried out and immediately fell to the ground. Why did she just brush it off. Why did they not realize they had forgotten Aries sooner?
Libra stood up from her spot in alert. "Wait Pisces, what do you mean?" She began to get an unsettling feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"And why do you guys look like you just crawled out of a jungle or something?" Taurus asked, slightly worried.
"We'll explain everything as fast as we can, but let's all calm down first." Capricorn ordered.
***
Within a few minutes, they were able to tell the story of almost being murdered, escaping, and leaving Aries behind.
"I don't get it. How did you guys not realize you left Aries behind?" Scorpio asked.
"That's because we didn't go at the same time. Our group proceeded to go ahead and we were later notified in the middle of our mission about another Zodiac coming to help. We were busy gathering herbs and escaping that we forgot about it." Aquarius explained while looking down in shame.
"Did you guys notify the headmaster about this already?"Cancer asked.
Pisces shook her head. "No, not yet."
Capricorn sighed in frustration while rubbing his temples. "What should we do now?" He asked.
Leo cracked his knuckles and Sagittarius immediately got the signal. "That's easy." Leo stated. "We're going to get him back, but first we need to make out a plan. Can't just go there unprepared. We have to start right now, because every second counts."
"Shouldn't we report this to the headmaster, first?" Virgo asked.
"I know it's foolish, but not yet. They wouldn't trust us to handle the situation and make a big deal of it. Worse case scenario, they ban us from ever leaving school grounds for safety reason until we gain full control of our powers." Capricorn answered.
"Good point." Virgo replied while everyone else nodded in agreement.
"I think we should split into two groups." Leo shared, immediately getting started. No way was he going to leave a bro behind. "Everyone can't go at the same time, it'll look suspicious and I doubt we'll need that much wizards."
"So five and six?" Taurus asked.
"That makes sense. The smaller half can stay behind and keep the others updated. We still need to do some more research but don't have time so it's better that way. We can also use that one spell." Gemini started to rack her brain, trying to remember it. "Frick, what was it called?" She said while snapping her fingers.
"Telekinesis ma toh?" Taurus asked. "That one telekinesis spelled we read from the forbidden part of the library that lets two or more people link minds?"
Gemini smack her fist into the palm of her hand. "Yes, that one!"
"Great idea, but now we need to split the group. I suggest people who're good at researching stay behind and the ones who are better at combat goes ahead." Scorpio said.
"We also need to include someone with great adaptation and knowledge into the team that's going ahead so they'll know what to do."Cancer added.
"I think I'm going to be staying back here. I've already done some research on the poison and I might find a cure or something related if I keep digging. Anyone wanna stay and help?" Pisces asked.
"I'll stay. I've been visiting libraries everyday and I think I might have something." Libra said.
"I'll stay too. We still need to do some stuff before activating the telekinesis spell with a group as big as ours." Taurus stated.
"And I'll help." Gemini piped in.
"One spot left and that's me." Virgo announced. "I'll keep you guys updated and answer valuable questions you may have while out in the woods since Cancer and Libra will be busy researching and Gemini and Taurus holding the spell."
"Okay then, this means that Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Aquarius, and I will head out into the woods." Leo said and looked at everyone. "Sounds good with you guys?" He asked.
Cancer and Scorpio hesitantly nodded in agreement while the three who've already been in the forest nodded confidently.
"Then thats settled." Leo stated. "Libra and Pisces will be doing the research. Gemini and Taurus will handle the spell. Virgo will be our information book. Meanwhile the rest of us will get ready and head into the forest with that teleportation spell you guys mentioned earlier. Any complaints before we go in?"
The room was silent, giving Leo the answer.
"Alright then, let's go get Aries."
Surprisingly, no one felt fear. The only goal in their mind was to get back a friend who may be in danger. Just a few weeks ago, if they were told to do this, at least half of them would have chickened out. This just proved how much each have grown in a short span of time.
