The next day we couldn’t wait for Kelly, Esa and Hunter to get to school. All of us waited for them in the Twin’s dorm room. Wendy and Mindy tried once again to reach their boyfriends on the communicator. Still the only thing that happened was static.

The three walked into the room and saw us. "What is going on?" questioned Esa.

I filled them in. "So you can’t find Percy and Hank? Well, are you sure they aren’t in England still?" Hunter asked.

"Their suitcases are in the room still unpacked." Mindy explained.

"I called Kim and she said that she saw them off at the airport. She lives in London and so do they." Wendy told us. She had a worried tone.

"Well, I don’t know then. What is with their constellations though? How could the stars change? They haven’t moved in thousands of years." Hunter wondered aloud.

Boots explained, "I am very confused by that. I haven’t messed with the constellations in a long time not since summer when I had to put the rest of the animals back until we returned to school. I have never heard of the stars changing. When does Annie get back?"

"Not for a little while. I haven’t even spoken to her in weeks." Hunter said.

"When did this start? Do you know where?" questioned Wicca.

Lee and Boots looked at each other. Lee shook her head and said, "Hum…I don’t know. It was just a few weeks ago. It started with the students who took summer classes. I can’t tell you when or where because I wasn’t here. I was at home."

"Same with me. Of course I’ve never gone to this school." Boots laughed.

Kelly seemed very upset. She was staring out the door when she yelled, "There is a cheetah running down the hallway. And in the next room I can see an alligator. This place is a zoo!"

Mindy looked out the window and said, "There is something very strange in the park. It’s a dog with three heads." We all ran to the window to see. I saw a black three-headed dog. It was barking at a bunch of kids.

"That’s Cerberus. We better stop him from hurting anyone." Wendy yelled. In an instant all of us ran to the park. The girls transformed on the way. The boys changed into their constellation forms.

"Stop that you evil dog! We are the Zodiac Sailor Senshi and we’re here to stop you!" Sailors Gemini shouted in unison. The three-headed dog looked at us very confused. The students that the dog had cornered ran away once they saw us.

"Pisces Fisherman Harpoon!" Sailor Pisces’ power caught the dog. Soon the three heads bit their way though the rope. This sent Pisces flying to the ground.

"Leo Mournful Roar!" Sailor Leo shouted. Her power didn’t even seem to phase the dog.

"Aquarius Tidal Wave!" the wall of water knocked the dog to the ground. The dog blinked and rose back onto it’s feet.

Suddenly black smoke formed behind Cerberus. Inside the smoke I could see red eyes peering at us.

"Maybe this requires constellation power! Star Meteor!" Orion called. His belt produced a meteor.

As the meteor flew towards the dog and the black smoke I could hear an eerie voice. The voice said, "Animal Reveal!" Red smoked formed in the middle of the black smoke. Then the red smoke floated toward Orion. The smoke encircled Orion and he began to change. Once the red smoke covered him completely he was changed into a yellow Labrador retriever. Lastly the meteor crashed onto the dog. The dog then changed back into three black puppies. They ran away whining.

"Orion!" Leo called. She ran to him. He whined while she petted him. "So that’s what’s happening. You’re turning people into animals. Why!" Sailor Leo shouted into the smoke.

"Twin Singing Harmony!" Sailors Gemini shouted. Their power went right through the smoke. The eyes in the smoke didn’t seem to like that much.

The eyes blinked rapidly. Soon the voice said, "Starry Truth!" Once again red smoke formed. This smoked covered all of my sailors. First the sailors’ uniforms changed into Greek dresses in their power colors. Their symbols appeared on their foreheads. Next star crystals appeared on their bodies.

In Aquarius’ hands a crystal pitcher appeared. It was filled with water and it had crystals on it. Then Sailor Leo changed. She became a lioness. The lioness had crystals and still had the symbol on the forehead. Pisces was next. She became a small orange and yellow koi fish. The fish also had crystals and the symbol on the forehead. Aquarius ran to Pisces and put her in the pitcher of water.

The smoke laughed and disappeared. Sailors Gemini and Aquarius’s uniforms soon returned. Leo, Pisces and Orion stayed in their animal forms. The rest of us were stunned.

"What just happened?" question Bootes.

The wolf and fox from the brothers’ room then appeared. In the fox’s mouth was Perseus’ holowatch. Wendy took it from the fox and pressed the button. Perseus then appeared and said, "If you are watching this then we have become animals. We don’t know how this is happening. All we know is that the students aren’t disappearing they are being changed into animals. For what reason, we don’t know.

Be careful sailors. We know you will find a way to fix this. Wendy I love you. Don’t worry. Mindy, Hercules loves you too." Then the image was gone.

"What do we do now?" Sailor Aquarius asked.

"Maybe Virgo can fix them?" Mindy asked. We all looked at our friends in sorrow. What could we do to change them back?

"I just want to know who did this and why. There has to be a reason." I said.

"Maybe they want the Horoscope Stone? I don’t know who it could be." Auriga spoke as he bent down to pick up Wicca. Wicca looked equally worried.

"Libra and Scorpio get back tomorrow. But we better be extra careful next time we meet the black smoke with the red eyes." I told the group. They nodded.

Wendy picked up Perseus and cuddled him. Tears ran down her face, which Perseus licked. Mindy hugged Hercules and sobbed into his fur. As the twins were doing that, Orion rubbed against Esa. Esa let out a truly mournful roar.

To be continued in "When Animals Attack."

~For the next week I will be on vacation in Las Vegas! If you would like to send me e-mail please do next Friday. My e-mail might lose your e-mails if you send them before that. Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it! ~Wendy