..::"Garnet, how about the name Dagger?" Garnet stopped completely and than turned towards Mina. "Sure that is a great name!" Garnet, or now Dagger, chirped and hugged Mina. "Ok than, well where are we going next?" Gunner said as he looked at the two girls. "Dali, that is the next destination."::..

Right as Mina set a foot on the dirt path of the town, Dali, she felt her horn start to hum. She watched as everyone walked into the Dali inn and smiled to herself as a hidden power took control.

"You guys find a room, I will get one later." She smiled again as the power spoke for her. Her voice was colder and had little emotion and her eyes turned a hard green. Gunner looked at her, with worry in his eyes, and waited outside.

"Mina, you ok?" He asked slowly as he watched her carefully. She closed her eyes to slits and smiled slowly.

"I am fine, do not worry about me. I just have a little job to do." She said slowly and turned her back on him as a signal for him to leave her alone. He just stayed silent as she turned and walked down the path and further into the town.

The man at the inn watched the travelers go into the room with curiosity in his sleepy eyes.

"One got out. How can that be? Oh well I will tell the mayor tomorrow about this incident." He mumbled as he fell back asleep. A cat looked at him than jumped out the window with a small meow.



Mina felt Gunner's eyes bore into her back as she walked towards the huge windmill in the town center. She knew that he would follow her, but she wanted him to see.

'This girl was too easy. Once she collects the 12 Zodiac coins, and is able to summon their power, I will bring her to me so I can gain the power and become invincible.' The voice of the raw power thought inside her head.

'Why do this to me? Can you not just collect them yourself?' The only true part left in Mina's control, only her thoughts, said back to the voice. The only response was silence as she entered the windmill and looked around on the floor. A small gleaming coin caught her eye and her body grabbed for it. Suddenly her horn glowed and she gained control of her body, only to fall on her hands and knees. She let a tear slip down her cheek as she looked over the coin.

On the coin was a small mountain ram sitting on a ledge of a mountain looking over a burning field. The coin was about the size of her palm, and as she turned it over, words were inscribed in the bronze coloring;

The story of 12 Zodiacs. The 11 Zodiacs pondered. How best to catch Virgo's Heart? Aries headed east.

Mina felt a power like no other in the small coin, and compared it with the one on her necklace. Both had similar features, and the writing was the same penmanship, but now the coin on the neck started to communicate to her head in silence. She suddenly knew that at midnight she had to go to an deserted place and pray for the sprite of Aries, which was in the coin, to join her. After she could summon him in battle. She placed the coin in a pocket on the side of her blouse and turned to leave. Right as she opened the door, she ran into Gunner. Before she fell back from the impact he grabbed her shoulders and steadied her.

"Mina, what are you doing, are you ok?" He asked her, worry evident in his voice.

"Yeah, just peachy.why?" She asked looking up into his eyes. He just let out a long sigh and let her go.

"When you came into town you changed. The others might not have noticed, but I did. Your eyes turned to steel and you personality turned towards the worst. Please tell me what happened." Mina just looked down at her feet.

"I don't know, but we need to go if we want to get a room." She said brushing past him and towards the inn. He just shook his head and followed her. As Mina looked at the inn owner Gunner walked into the main room.

"I am sorry Miss, there is only room for one more person. I can suggest going to the bar and staying there." He mumbled looking at the angry slivered haired girl.

"Fine, ok Gunner," she turned towards him, "You are gonna stay here, no buts." Mina turned and left leaving Gunner standing there. He went into the room to find that everyone had a bed, and he claimed the last one telling everyone that Mina would be all right.



Mina stood in the center of the marking in the grass, waiting for the moonlight to land on her, knowing that at the moment she must start her prayer and summon Aries. The moon suddenly came out of cover from the clouds and she was drenched in it's light. She fell to her knees and pulled her Gates out, crossing them so the were over her chest as the top tips of a X.

"Oh Aries, lonely Zodiac, grant thy power onto thee." She whispered. Her horn started to glow as she repeated the sentence and the coin appeared in front of her. Going to a standing position she raised her arms and yelled out again, "Oh Aries, lonely Zodiac, grant thy power onto thee." A huge light covered her and flew upward into the moon, leaving her to glow for a few moments, when the glowing stopped a ram appeared before her in a ghost like state.

"Mina, summoned from a far land, I am Aries. I am at your service, and no matter what, I will always be with you. Even without that coin." It said in a strong voice. Mina touched it to feel warm fur for a moment until it turned into a light and combined with her horn. Everything went dark again as if nothing happened. Mina smiled in the darkness and walked back into town, and new friend within her helping her every step of the way.

***The next day***

Zidane slowly work up to an annoying poking in his side gut.

"Stop it." He mumbled as he turned away, but he fell off the bed in the process. A bell like laughed entered his ears as he opened his eyes to see Mina looking down at him.

"Common sleepy head, you're the last person in town to wake up!" She said as she laughed again and helped him up.

"Where is everyone?"

"They left why?"

"Just to let you know I woke up earlier to an angle singing.and you think I am crazy!" He finished looking up at her.

"No.No, It is just that I heard the singing. I do not know who it was, but the song was lovely. Let's go find everyone!" Mina yelled as she pulled the confused Zidane out of the room by his tail.

"OUCH! That hurts, I will look for Dagger and Vivi, you look for Steiner and Gunner, ok?" Zidane yelled as he pulled his tail away from her.

"Ok" She nodded as they separated.





Vivi was looking at the inside of the room he somehow got into. He was just walking around when he was taken away. The villagers were acting so weird around him. He felt a tear come to his eye as he thought about what happened.

***Flashback Time***

Vivi walked down the street and noticed how every person in Dali was avoiding him. It did hurt but he had to make sure it was not his mind. A group of kids were on the other side of a well in the middle of the road. He took a step towards them and they took one back.

"Hmmm." He said as he took another step and they ran off. He bowed his head and turned to be caught and a hand was around his mouth, he was pulled away into darkness.

***Back to real time***

"Zidane, please help me." He whispered.

"Shut-up mage, how you got out, I don't know." A man said turning towards the scared Vivi. Vivi just whimpered and backed away to a corner.

Zidane entered the weapon shop to see Dagger talking to a local. He put a hand on a shoulder and pulled her out the door, but not before buying new weapons.

"They are so nice here!" Dagger said as they went back towards the inn.

"Dagger, Vivi is missing we got to go find him." Zidane said turning the princess towards him.

"Yes, let's go than." The princess said her face turning serious. They both searched the windmill to find a passage down. The looked down and jumped into the darkness.





Mina was looking at the garden with interest and looked out to the field she stood on the night before.

"So it is an landing pad for ships. Cool!" She said as she ran out to go look at the ship.

"Kids these days, change their minds every day." An old lady mumbled who was tending to her garden. They walked past a coffin box and stopped as they hear whimpering.

"Vivi, you in there?" Dagger asked as she knocked on the box.

"Dagger, Zidane? Please let me out!" Vivi wined as the two broke the box and he told how he got there. They ran past an assembly line of eggs and stopped when they saw a whole room of grown up Vivi's.

"Are they your friends?" Dagger asked as they looked at one.

"Someone is coming, jump!" Zidane said as they jumped and were packaged in boxes.







Dagger and Zidane his behind a large box and watched as Vivi was taken away to a room.

"We got to follow them and save Vivi." Dagger said as she walked after the men, and Zidane followed.



"Miss Mina!" Steiner yelled as he ran to the sliver girl that was standing in the grassy fields.

"Oh, hi Steiner, Gunner." Mina said as she looked at a big box.

"Have you seen the princess?" He said, and Mina could tell her was worried.

"I can't say I have, oh, help me push this box over, there are people in it." Mina said turning towards them. The knights didn't complain as they pushed the box over and out popped Vivi, Zidane and Dagger.

"I knew someone was in there!" Mina laughed as the three looked up at her.

"Thanks" they all replied at the same time. Mina just laughed and helped them up. Suddenly a voice yelled from behind the group, "So you are the one who beat Black Waltz no.1. Well I am Black Waltz no. 2. You won't get away this time!" They all turned to see a taller version of the mage Zidane fought in the Ice Cavern.

"You fought him" Mina asked as she turned towards the ship, "Hurry, the ship will leave without us!"

"You and Gunner go and hold it for as long as you can, we will fight this guy and meet you there!" Zidane yelled and the two nodded and ran over to the ship. Zidane heard a yelp but ignored it as he got ready for battle.

Two in three days!! I am so happy. I have decided to make a book for each disk. Therefore, If you read this story you have to read the others. Ok that is it, thanks for reading!