(A/N: well here's the first chapter to a little plot bunny thats been running around the meadows of my mind and nibbling on the grass of my imagination. Review if you want, hopefully the next chapters will be better and I promise that they'll be a lot longer than this little prologue.)

Full Summary:

12 seemingly ordinary teenagers learn a shocking secret when they're estranged, "crazy" grandmothers die. They are witches, part of a special coven known as Zodiac. Each witch represents an animal of the chinese Zodiac, and a constelation of the astrological Zodiac. They are entrusted with keeping the balance in the world, between good and evil. But what happens when one refuses to accept his heritage? Or when someone on the outside tampers with the young Coven to tip the balance? And even more important: what if Witches were in danger if being exposed to the modern world?

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Cold, icy wind lashed against the windows of the run-down old house. Weeds, vines, and other things of the forest had become overgrown around the house. The house itself was in Victorian style, with peeling paint, broken windows and rusty hinges. The once-beautiful house was now in ruins, with parts of the roof caving in. Deep inside the house, down in the old cellar, twelve old women were sitting around a table with lit candles all around them.

"Well…it won't be long now…" the woman at the head of the table sighed. "Soon we shall pass on, and it shall be up to them to embrace what they are, learn how to control themselves and uphold the balance of the world."

"But Meredith…shouldn't we tell them beforehand? Give them some training?" another woman fretted.

Meredith narrowed an eye, "There was a time when yes, we could have told them what they are, trained them. But that time ended centuries ago when it became dangerous to be one of our kind. It is better for them to discover on their own, and learn themselves how to control their power. Besides, there are things we cannot teach them. Each new generation interprets their powers in different ways. You know this, Rosalind."

Another old women with striking green eyes spoke, "But what if they do not embrace? What if they reject? The balance would be threatened!"

"Someone could try to take advantage of them!"

"One might be foolish enough to reveal themselves!"

"They could abuse their power!"

"We must prepare them!"

The aged voices of the women overlapped as they argued over what to do. Meredith, who seemed to be the leader struggled to make her voice heard. "Stop! Silence! Be quiet you crones!! By the Mother Goddess, shut UP!"

The rest of the women fell into an uneasy silence as Meredith continued. "Now, this is the year of the Dragon, therefore the next Dragon shall be the first to emerge. We will not directly tell them- in this day and age, they'd probably only laugh at us anyway. No, we shall send dreams instead. Dreams that shall not cease until they're powers arrive, until they are ready to be what they are: Witches of the Zodiac."

Rosalind's soft voice floated through, "So what spell shall we use then?"

"Somnium Carmen," Meredith replied as she stood up, the other witches following her lead as she placed her gemstone and a small dragon pendent in a wooden bowl. Each witch put ground up flowers of their constellation into the bowl, along with their gemstone and a pendent of their Zodiac animal then Meredith lit it all on fire. "Now as they smoke rises to the sky at this bewitching hour of midnight, here at the night where the moon is hidden, let us say our spell."

"Dragon, Snake, Horses, Ram , Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig, Rat ,Ox, Tiger, and Rabbit
Convenio huic nox noctis of vox
Transporto ut somnium cuius nos votum transmitto
Ut they can complexo neque nec verto acidus
Permissum praesagus visum in suum somnium adsum
Licentia lemma non , jugis vos may exsisto ,
Insquequo they have they es quis nos es huic hora!"

When the witches chant was over, there was a bright flash and the objects in the bowl were gone.

"It is done. In twelve days we shall be no more, and the balance in the world rests in the hands of the new Zodiacs."

"Are you not concerned that four of them are…males?"

"It has been generations, centuries since there has been a male in our little group. I think its time for a little change don't you think? Besides, male witches are rare enough. And the girls will need someone to boss around," Meredith replied with a small smirk.

Far away from their little meeting place, twelve high school students suddenly found their dreams filled with constellations, animals, figures reciting spells, and the most important element of all: magic.