What Now
By Wendy Olson
It took us a really long time to figure out what to do with Celeste. A sea-goat was not an animal any of us were familiar with. Wendy decided the best place for her was in the bathtub. Mindy filled it with a small amount of water. It was a good thing that the girls had their own bathroom.
Next we had a meeting. Noel, Kelly, Mindy, Wendy, Wicca, Hercules and I were all in their dorm room. Kim and Centaurus were watching the others in the stables. It’s also very good thing that no one was using them for school yet. Soon we would have to find a different hiding place.
Wendy was on the bed still shocked at what she saw. Kelly had her arm around her. Noel and Mindy were on Esa’s computer. They decided to try and find out about Circe. We thought this might give us a clue to where she was.
"I just can’t believe it." Wendy said. She then began to cry. Kelly held her close. Wicca walked over to them and jumped into Wendy’s lap. Wendy stopped crying and began to stroke the cat.
"Have you found anything?" I asked Mindy and Noel.
"So far all we can see is that Circe was in Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’." Mindy told me.
"What was she in it?" I questioned.
"She was a sorceress who was on an island. Odysseus and his men found her on their odyssey. Circe turned the men into pigs. We haven’t found how they were turned back yet." Noel explained.
"Keep looking." I said. I paced back and forth.
"Where’s Andromeda? That is what I want to know." Wicca said after a little bit.
Kelly and Wendy shook their heads in agreement. We all wondered where she was. "Can she really turn them back?" asked Kelly.
Hercules barked. "I think that means yes." Mindy translated.
"You girls keep looking I’m going to ask Centaurus if he knows anything more." I said as I headed for the door. Behind me I could hear Wicca jump down from the bed.
"I’m going with you." She said matter-of-factly.
"It’s okay. We’ll be fine." Wendy said. Since it was her telling me I believed it.
Wicca and I then went to the stables. Once there we saw Sailor Sagittarius and Centaurus watching the animals. "Hullo. Did you figure out why Perseus has changed teams?" Sagittarius said.
"No. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Centaurus, are you sure you don’t know anything else about Circe?" I asked.
He looked at me with a face of thinking. After a little while he said, "I really can’t think of anything else. It feels like there is something at the tip of my tongue that I just can’t remember."
Sailor Sagittarius put her arm around him. Centaurus looked at the ground. "It’s okay. I’m sure you will think of it later, mate!" She told him.
"Hopefully not." A voice said. Perseus was standing behind Wicca and me. He smiled an evil smile.
"What is going on Perseus?" I questioned him.
"I’m just doing what my love asks of me." He said truthfully.
"Wendy didn’t order you to do this." Centaurus yelled.
"My love isn’t Wendy. I’m sorry I can’t tell you who she is though." Perseus told us.
"Centaur Spear!" Centaurus called. A spear made of stardust formed in his hands. He threw it at Perseus.
Perseus moved out of the way just in time. He began to laugh. "Medusa’s Head!" Perseus directed his power to Sailor Sagittarius and Centaurus. They froze into statues.
Black smoke formed next to Perseus. Circe pointed her staff at the animals. "Come with me my beasts." Red smoke covered them all and they disappeared.
"NO!" I yelled. Wicca and I ran towards Circe.
"Human Reveal!" Circe pointed her staff at us. Red smoke covered us and we began to change. I could feel myself became taller. Soon Wicca and I were our human forms.
"Why did you do that? Now the cats will have powers." Perseus yelled. Circe laughed and then the smoke covered her. She was gone.
Sailor Sagittarius and Centaurus began to unfreeze. "Well, I better be off!" Next Perseus was gone.
"Mojo! Those weird pig men are back. You better hurry!" Sailor Aquarius said through the communicator.
"They made us human?" Wicca questioned aloud.
"No time to think about it. We better go and help the others." I shouted as I ran towards the door. Wicca, Sagittarius and Centaurus followed me from behind.
Once we got to the dorm room the pig men were gone. "They took Lee, Rosa and Celeste. Once they had them they left." Mindy told us.
"Why are you human?" asked Aquarius.
"Wee?" agreed Virgo.
"Circe took all of the animals from the stables. For some reason she changed us into humans." I explained.
Everyone looked very confused. "We did discover something the island that she was on in the Epic poem is Aeaea. Also Hermes cured the men with something called Moly. I have no idea what that is." Wendy told us. I put my hand on her shoulder and she smiled.
"There is something else. Perseus said he was doing this for his love." Centaurus told Wendy.
Wendy looked sadly at him. "I’m his only love."
Wicca walked over to her and hugged her. "I’m sorry kid." She said. Wendy then began to cry again. This time she cried in huge sobs.
"I think we need to find this island." Virgo said. We all agreed.
To be continued in "Aeaea Island"