This is the fifth, only one more due today. I bet none of you were expecting all this!

Mary-lou p.o.v.

They all looked to be about 19, like the scroll said. But one of them was really short and had a cute baby-like face. He jumped forward and smiled, he had black coloured eyes and ash coloured shoulder length hair. "My name is Mercury! I am the first Animatic key!" He was wearing a pair of khakis, no shoes and a black shirt. He held up his left foot and I saw a circle with two horns, from the bottom was a line with another line going through it. "I use Speed Magic, and the power of Mercury; Metal Pure." He cupped his hands and metal flowed from his finger tips to form my head. He held it up then clasped his hands together and made it disappear. He grinned and I grinned back, he skipped back into the line.

A girl with corkscrew copper coloured curls walked towards me with a scowl on her face. She had brown eyes. She showed me the side of her neck, where a circle with crisscross lines exited. "Venus; the second Animatic key." She was wearing a short red skirt and an orange tube top. "Wind Magic, and Venus power; Fire Pure." She sent a blast of fire at me. "Stay away from Mars. He's mine, got it." She growled and sent more fire and lava at me until it swirled around me completely. I could just tell she was smirking, the others were making worried noises.

I simply blew it away with a blast of wind. "That is a very nice name, means 'beauty' in the ancient languages." I took a step towards her and pretended to look her over closely. "Shame it does not necessarily mean you are beautiful though." I poked her cheek, "Try smiling, it might just make you pretty." The five behind her chuckled, including her precious Mars; whoever he was. "And I have no intention of taking 'your' Mars," I smiled, "But are you sure he likes being categorized as an object to be owned?" I shoved her back with a blast of fire; she stumbled then landed on her bottom at the feet of Scorpio and Aquarius; who flicked her with her tail.

A boy with dark red almost brown hair stepped up next. His eyes were blood red; he was wearing a white waist coat and black trousers. "Hello Saturn," He took my hand and shook it, "it's nice to meet you. I'm Mars; it's nice to have another girl in our little group." He lifted his left hand, which had a circle with a single feather in it and put it in my right hand. "You have the room next to mine," There was a cry from Venus; "here's the key." He dropped a key into my other hand then stepped back. "I am the third Animatic key. I use Requip Magic and Mars magic; Ice Pure." He did this little ice bowl thing then winked and went to comfort Venus.

A boy who was taller than the others with blonde hair and yellow eyes walked over to me and clasped me into a hug, "I'm Jupiter, the fourth Animatic key." He kissed my cheek then stepped back. "I'm in the room on the other side of you." He jerked a thumb towards Mars and Venus, "If lover boy over there bothers you, come to me." He reached his right hand, which I realized had his symbol of a shape that looked like a '4' in it, out to the ice bowl and zapped it with purple lightening. "I use Jupiter magic; Pure Lightening and Earth Magic." He bowed slightly, and I noticed the loose purple trousers he wore, and the open topped plain shirt.

A boy with blue spike hair and grey eyes bounced up to me, "I'm Uranus. People call me Ura. I'm the sixth Animatic key." He poked my nose, "I like you, you stood up to Venus. Will you be my sister?" I was about to say something when he shouted, "That's great Saturn-chan! Call me Ura-chan." He wrapped his arms around me. "I use Soul Magic and Uranus Power; Moon Pure." He pulled away from me and I saw the symbol underneath his fringe. It looked like a 'H' with a line through the joint. He wore only a pair of suit trousers. I leaned forward and rubbed our noses together, he smile and I saw that his teeth were slightly crooked. "Aww." He skipped happily back to the line. He sure was a happy man.

Another man with blue hair stepped forward; his hair was darker than Uras, his eyes were blue as well. And he wore the same trousers as Ura-chan, but also a dark green shirt, that was only partially buttoned. There was a three pronged fork on his left collarbone. He stuck out his hand, "Neptune." I took his hand. "Seventh Animatic key. Ura's twin brother. Hello Saturn-chan." He smiled lazily as we shook hands. "Our room is directly across from yours." He dropped my hand and walked backwards to the others. "I use Wing Magic and Neptune power; Pure Water." He and Ura slouched against each other.

Gemini lifted up the list of my powers. I nodded, "Well I'm Saturn, fifth Animatic key." I scratched the side of my face, "I use Advanced Take Over Magic number 2, Wind Magic, Fire Magic, Lightening Magic and Requip Magic." I tapped my chin, "There is something I am forgetting. What could it be?" A goldish looking blob appeared in the air in front of me. "Ah yes." I reached into the sticky golden gloop and pulled forth Steam Soul. "I am the Steam Maiden. And I use Saturn magic; Pure Magic." I sent a fog tracker over each of them then put the sword away. "Impressive, non?" I flicked a wrist and the fire behind Venus's back went out.

I turned to the King, he was chuckling lightly. "You may go back to the Human World now." He held up his hand, "But first you must be brought to your room. You can store all your Requip armour and weapons there." He grinned, "It is more effective than a Requip room, and you may also leave the books there and take them to the Human World to read." He pushed me towards Jupiter, who had Mars standing by his side. "You may also come here. Mars and Jupiter will show you about."

I nodded, Mars tried to carry me bridal style, but I moved to the other side of Jupiter and took his arm. Mars faked shock at my actions but then started to point out different places. Jupiter kept silent apart from the times he corrected Mars. When we reached a long building, Mars ran off saying things about having to help Venus and Mercury with something. Leaving Jupiter to show me about this place; it was purple and the door was bright yellow. He opened the door to reveal a long corridor. "Eah…" he scratched his neck. "The first door to the left is the kitchen, the opposite one is the dining room. Beside the kitchen is Venus's room, across from that is mine. Next to mine is yours, across from yours is Ura's and Neptune's. Beside yours is Mars's, and across from that is Mercury's." He walked up to the black door with 'Saturn' on it in gold.

I opened the door to reveal a room that was painted black. The far end of the room was just a window and the curtains were luminous green. Beside the window to the right was a large circular bed, the covers were brown trimmed gold, and the pillows were blue. There were four cabinets around the room made from a dark wood; there was a large mirror above one of them. There was a crystal chandelier hanging from the high roof. The room has its own upstairs, which had a set of spiral stairs to the left of the door. It was made of wood and was really a balcony over the left half of the room. There was a large book self to the right of the door and a bathroom beside that. Near the bed under the balcony was a table with a few chairs, a fireplace and a few different coloured leather armchairs.

I zipped upstairs to find a completely blank setting with a blackout curtain to the balcony for changing. There was a 'c' shaped blue couch, with fluffy pillows. Along the walls were some clips for swords and twenty mannequins. I opened a cupboard to the left of me and saw a few different sets of the clothes I was wearing now, a few warmer versions, three different swimsuits and two sets of pyjamas.

I opened my Requip room and the mannequins were all full, and so was the cupboard with my armours types and I spent a few seconds running back and forth to put all my swords on the clips. I then jumped over the balcony, messed up the covers of the bed, moved the chairs about, and the table. Set the fire and placed the ten books the others had gotten me earlier on an empty bookshelf on the bookshelves. I turned back to see Jupiter just standing in the doorway. "Jupiter, could you tell me how to get back to Earthland?"

He nodded, "Just think of the person who has your key." He smiled, "Would you like me to tell the others that you've gone back?" I nodded, "I think Venus will be happy about that." He grinned, "Will you come back often?"

I thought about it, "Oui," I nodded. "I will have to come back every now and then to recharge my magic." I kissed his cheek and I swear he turned pick slightly. "Merci Jupiter." I closed my eyes and thought of Lucy. I felt a tingle come over me, and when I opened my eyes I was on the train and Lucy and Happy were asleep. I heard the announcement about us arriving in Magnolia, so I woke them up. It was getting dark outside.