Tsuki and her family waited outside Death City for the others. Tsuki smiled and wave to them as they approached, but sensed something was wrong. Kid looked a little upset, saying,"We were forbidden to go. Father says that, since we weren't trained to kill dragons, he doesn't want us to go."
"Sorry Tsuki, but orders are orders." Maka said, and before I had a chance to react, siruis leapt up and started yelling.
"So? Your gonna do what your told? To hell with orders! Dis is YOUR friend, MY onii-chan! What if she dies? What wiwl chu do den?What wiwl I do? What kinda friends are you? People who disobey orders are scum, but people who let deir friends do something dat might get dem killed are lower den scum! What-" Black Star cut him off.

"Relax boy, I was gonna come anyway. A god like me can't let his friends run off and do something as dangerous as dragon hunting." He said, reassuringly patting Sirius' head. Sirius smiled, and nodded through his tears.
"And if Black Star is coming, then so am I."Tsubaki said.
"We already agreed to come, so why would we go back on our word?" Maka said.
Sirius shreiked with joy, and ran over to Tsuki. "Time to go!"

"Alright, follow me!" Tsuki said leading them a mile away. She stopped and looked back,"Wow yer slow..." She said as the others caught up.

"Why'd you bring us all the way out here? No one knows we've left yet!" Liz complained. Tsuki smiled and looked at her family, who nodded in response. Sirius and Sapphire leapt into the air, transforming into giant fans. Tsuki caught Sirius and Itachi caught sisters ran out and stood across from each other.

Leaping into the air they yelled,"SILVER WIND STORM!" The blasts of air collided with the sand, sending it high into the air, and the girls continued to blast the sand away from the area. They landed gracefully, fans extended. Light surrounded the twin fans as they transformed, landing between the older girls. Everyone stared at the stone structure that was uncovered. A large circle sat at the center, the image of two over-laping, four-pointed stars, looking as if it had eight points (much to Kid's delight). Four tall podiums stood at the points indicating the north, south, east, and west. Each piller had an animal carved into it, north was a wolf, south was a thunder bird, east was a ferret, and west was a dragon.

"What is this place?" Maka asked.

"I never knew this was even here, I wonder if father knew..." Kid mumbled,"It's almost perfectly symmetrical...except..." He glared at the pillars and bashed his head off the nearest one, yelling,"Dammit! Why can't it be symmetrical!" This earned him a Maka Chop.

Tsuki giggled,"Well, this is an ancient Wiccan teleportation device. It was used to transport large amounts of people to different parts of the world. This particular one is ancient, it was used in a massive Exodus of Wiccans and their families during the time of the Sourubīsuto no sensō. In English it's Soul Beast War, soul beast was another name for spirit animals. Now every one stand in the circle." The group did as they were told, Kid obviously standing dead center.

Tsuki leapt onto the western pillar, Itachi took the eastern pillar, sirius took the northern pillar, and Sapphire took the southern pillar. All of them raised their hands into the air and chanted, Sirius started.

"Hail to the Kita no tō no shugo-sha*, I beseech thee, I beseech thee. Bestow upon us your Shinzō no tsuyo-sa*. Destroy our fears as we travel along the All Mother's wavelengths." As Sirius finished speaking the wolf carving glowed bright blue and the boy's soul expanded, covering the entire structure. Sappihre then began her chant.

"Hail to the Minami no tō no shugo-sha*, I beseech thee, I beseech thee. Bestow upon us your Bodi no tsuyo-sa*. Shield our physical forms as we travel along the All Mother's wavelengths." The carving on Sapphire's pillar glowed green as her soul mimiced her brother's as Itachi began to chant.

"Hail to the Higashi no tō no shugo-sha*, I beseech thee, I beseech thee. Bestow upon us your Seishin-ryoku*. Shield our conscience from the insanity as we travel along the All Mother's wavelength." The carving glowed a misty purple as Itachi's soul expanded and Tsuki's chant started.

"Hail to the Nishi no kanshi-tō no shugo-sha*, I beseech thee, I beseech thee. Bestow upon us your Tamashī no tsuyo-sa*. Spare our souls from being lost on the Astral Planes of Magic* by using my soul as a shield." Ryuu's soul expanded swallowing the other three and the meisters and their weapons as the carving on her pillar glowed with a black light. Liz started to panic as everyone seemed to fade away and clung to Patty's arm. Patty just laughed as if what was happening was normal.

The world faded to black and the group was surrounded by a strange multicolored light, flowing forward like a stream. Though they were in the strange stream, which appeared to move rather fast, they were completely still. Everyone gaped until Maka finally spoke," Where are we...is this..." Tsuki looked at her, a small smile on her face.

"You tell me, Maka-chan. Use your Soul Perception." Maka's expression became extremely confused, but she listened none the less. Suddenly she went from being confused to shocked.

"HOLY SHIT! We're in a giant wavelength! But...But...how? This isn't possible!"

"Actually, it is. What your sensing is the wavelength of the All Mother, Gaia, the Earth. The planet we call home has a soul of its own and therefore a soul wavelenght. We Wiccans can access this wavelength and melt into it, using our own souls as protection as we travel along it. Also just so you know we're moving, and if you look over there,you can see the All Mother's soul." Tsuki pointed at a small green and blue orb covered in tiny trees and a few red spots. Everyone stared at it. "It's sad...the All Mother's soul used to be just blue and green..."

"What happened to it?"Tsubaki asked.

"Humans shed the blood of their kin in pointless hate and greed. They polluted the All Mother with blood. Even now more damage is being dealt to a living being that is trying to fight back to the best of her abilities...what with all the other pollution in this world. It's not even industries that cause the most damage, it's mostly all of the polluted souls that must one day return to her. Sometimes I want to leave the barrier that surrounds me, to join my soul to the All Mother's and strengthen it...Look we've arrived." A light appeared before them and they fell onto a large sand dune. Tsuki stood up and pointed to a large rocky outcrop saying, "This way."

*These are the meanings of the words in the chants:

Kita no tō no shugo-shaGuardians of the Watchtowers of the North
Minami no tō no shugo-shaGuardians of the Watchtowers of the South
Higashi no tō no shugo-shaGuardians of the Watchtowers of the East
Nishi no kanshi-tō no shugo-shaGuardians of the Watchtowers of the West

Shinzō no tsuyo-saStrength of Heart
Bodi no tsuyo-saStrength of Body
Seishin-ryokuStrength of Mind
Tamashī no tsuyo-saStrength of Soul

Astral Planes of Magic Astral refers to a supersensible substance pervading all space and forming the substance of a second body for each person; aura. In this story, Tsuki refers to the earth as a living being, so I thought this definition worked well as it could also mean a physical form as the first body and a soul as the second body. Planes refers to a level of existence, performance, attainment, etc. Its more along the lines of existence. In other words Astral Planes of Magic is the magical pull of the soul of the Earth.