Aeaea Island
By Wendy Olson
We all stood in the Twin’s dorm room after Circe and Perseus took the others. None of us could figure out where Aeaea Island was. Wendy thought maybe Greece. Mindy thought maybe Italy. None of us were sure.
Soon Centaurus’ face lit up. "I think I remember something!" He shouted. Sailor Sagittarius clapped with joy. "I didn’t remember this until you said Aeaea Island. Okay, back in the old days there was a Circe. She wanted to be a constellation. Circe asked The King and Queen to make her one. They refused. One is born a constellation. When the stars form a constellation the corresponding human, animal or object is born.
Circe did not take this very well. She decided to use her animal magic on the King and Queen. Her power was not enough against both the King and Queen. When the fight was over they banished Circe to Aeaea Island forever. Only the royal family can find the island. Also only the royal family can free her." Once Centaurus uttered those last words we all knew who it was.
"Andromeda!" we all shouted.
"It can’t be." Centaurus yelled.
"It is her. She has always wanted Perseus. Finally she has him. I don’t think there could be anyone else who could do this." Wendy said. She had stopped crying.
"Well, how are we going to get there? None of us are part of the royal family." Sailor Virgo asked.
Wendy smiled a huge grin. "Pegasus!" She shouted. After a little while the white winged horse appeared. All of us did not really fit in the small room. It suddenly felt very crowded.
Wendy petted his head. The horse whinnied. "What can he do?" I questioned.
"You can find him can’t you boy?" Wendy whispered to the horse. Pegasus nodded his head yes.
Wendy then jumped on his back. She pulled Mindy up behind her. Mindy called to Hercules and he also jumped on top of the flying horse. Hercules sat in between Sailors Gemini.
"What about the rest of us? We all need to go." Sailor Aquarius stated. We all nodded.
Centaurus looked and the horse and they seemed to be talking. "Pegasus says I can follow him. Sagittarius and I can use the power of the centaur to come along"
"Aquarius get on. It’s okay." Sagittarius told her. Sailor Aquarius was very hesitant but got on Sailor Sagittarius’ back.
"Sailor Virgo you can ride on me." Centaurus said. Sailor Virgo climbed onto his back.
I looked at Wicca. She shrugged her shoulders. "What about us?" I questioned.
Wendy whispered something into Pegasus’s ear. He then nodded his head. "Wicca climb on. Pegasus says he can carry you too." Wicca did as told.
I was left not knowing how I would be able to go. It was much easier when I was a cat. "Mojo, Virgo is very light. I think that I can carry you also."
"Are you sure?" I asked. Centaurus nodded his head. I then climbed onto his back behind Sailor Virgo. I put my arms around Virgo’s waist. Virgo was holding onto Centaurus’ waist. I still do not like riding horses. I guess this is different because he is half man and half horse.
"All right Pegasus, find Perseus!" Wendy shouted.
Pegasus began to glow. He then disappeared. Centaurus and Sagittarius held hands then they called, "Centaur Power!" We began to glow also. It felt very much like that time I rode Pegasus to Cassiopeia’s base. It was very nauseating and fast. The background seemed to bleed into one gray blur.
After a moment we stopped. Once my head stopped spinning I could see where we were. It was beautiful. A huge mountain stood in front of us. Around it was green grass and trees. The trees were also covered with wonderful flowers. Then I could see the ocean. It was green-blue. The water was crystal clear.
"That took a lot of power." Centaurus said. Virgo and I got off of him right away.
The others also got off of their steeds, okay not steeds but Sagittarius and Pegasus. We all looked around at the island. "Well, how do you suppose we get in?" questioned Sagittarius.
"I see a gate." I said. In the bottom of the mountain I could see a gate. We all shrugged and then went towards it. All except Pegasus, he went back into the sky. He would come back if we needed him.
Once we made it to the gate four pig men appeared. "So, you found us." They said in unison.
"That’s right. We want our friends back! Twin Singing Harmony!" Sailors Gemini yelled. Their power cut through two of the pig men. They dropped to the ground.
"Aquarius Tidal Wave!" Sailor Aquarius' wave wiped-out one of the last two. The pig man fell to the ground.
"Virgo Pure Light!" Sailor Virgo used her power on the last one. He also fell to the ground.
"Well, that was easy!" I laughed. That’s when a dozen more came out of the gate.
"Really, Mojo?" joked Wicca.
To be continued in "Inside the Mountain"