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"That means you have been sleeping on my stomach all night
"That means you have been sleeping on my stomach all night." Adrian said with a smirk on his face. Claire pulled an irritated face, getting herself to stand up. "I'm worried about you!" Her guardian laughed, almost mocking her good intentions. "There's nothing you need to worry about. Besides, I need to worry about you. You don't need to worry about me." He said in a joking manner. Claire wasn't impressed. "What about when you fought Lisa with those dark shadows?" Claire demanded an answer. Adrian suddenly turned his attention towards Claire and behaved a bit more seriously. "That wasn't anything Claire… You don't have to worry about that."
"But… You were in my dreams, cursed and killed by that fortuneteller that we met in the tent! I have to worry." Adrian reacted in shock, his face turning from a complete smile into a realization of sadness. "Claire…" he looked around the tent until confronting the girl. "I'm not going to leave you."
"Rise and shine everyone!" the strange woman appeared, in a short yellow dress that was shorter than her starry purple dress last night. "Adrian, I seriously don't believe you got into a fight with Lisa!"
"Oh no…" Adrian replied back. "Claire stay back, crazy woman alert. Crazy woman alert." The woman wasn't amused. "Adrian! Do you have to be so persistent with your attitude! I'm not crazy!" She crossed her shoulders. "Besides, if it wasn't for me, you would have gotten yourself seriously hurt!"
"How could you say that?" Claire interrupted. "You used a deadly sleeping solution!" The woman laughed. "Hardly deadly, not for Adrian anyways. Seems like he copped it better than Lisa did."
"Lisa…" Adrian muttered to himself. "What happened to Lisa?" Claire asked. "I hope she's okay" Adrian got out of the hospital bed and approached Claire. "She'll be alright. She's a strong woman. I should know."
"Anyways, I got to go. She's bound to be awake by now. I made a medicinal potion that hopefully gets her up soon!" The woman then walked out of the tent and opened the door to the "caravan" bus. "Thank goodness, its opened." She thought to herself. "She just walked into the tent, interrupting our conversation. She's really strange too."
"That's what we thought when we met her in our journey. She's into strange stuff. Don't let her constantly happy and air-headedness scare you. Thinking that she's crazy actually calms you from seeing what she really is."
"What is she really?" Claire asked. "Stupid." Adrian replied, with a smile on his face. He then kneeled down and hugged her smiling. "Everything's going to be alright."
The two headed into the caravan bus, and inside there were a small entourage of people. Lisa Forrester, the strange woman and the girl with the angel wings where part of them. Another was a tall, muscular man quite larger compared to Adrian himself. The boy with the swords that was in battle with Aries that night was also one of them. The final one being a small furry cat with caricature wings behind a sewing machine, decorating a piece of clothing. Already, it seemed like it was nearly finished and it was part of an ensemble piece. "All done." The cat said, with a whiny voice. "W-what? A talking cat? How cute!" Claire said, excited. "How dare you refer to me just as a 'cat'. I'm a sophisticated magic cat."
"More like feral." The boy with swords said. "Hey! Don't let me use my magic to teach you a lesson!"
"He has been preparing a magical costume for you Claire! Working on it all night actually. But I guess he's cute isn't he?" the strange woman said. "Shouldn't we be explaining who we are towards the little girl?" the tall muscular man said, holding onto an energy drink with his large fists.
"Wait, lets make her wear my masterpiece first!" the talking 'magic' cat insisted. The creature held the costume and chanted a few words. Then the costume magically disappeared, only for Claire to be wearing the costume over her current clothes. "How did you do that?"
"That's why I'm just not a cat!" A few blue stars then circled around Claire, showering her with glittering particles that soon faded away. Claire felt a sense of joy and appreciated and gazed at the beauty of the stars and then realizing her costume. It was a dress, decorated with frills and lace and similarly resembled a dress from old times. "Thank you, thank you so much! I really appreciate this. Wow!" The talking cat laughed. "Now that's more like it!" Lisa then approached Claire and briefly glanced towards Adrian giving him a short glare. "We are a travelling ensemble, attempting to rid the world of these dangerous beasts that have appeared in our world recently. They resemble those that some of our ensemble has fought before. They are known as the Astral Beasts."
"Astral Beasts?" Claire asked. "Yes, they are notorious for their power and base their powers on the 12 astrological signs of the Zodiac."
"But the Zodiac is just stories isn't it?" Lisa shook her head. "No. As you see, the creator of magics. Mystic, the discoverer and first magic sorceress has created these beasts using only her imagination and the power of the constellations in the sky."
"They are influenced by the star signs" the girl with angel wings said. "Our travelling ensemble is dedicated to defeat these monsters so the world can rest without fear. It's going to be a dangerous adventure, but we need to help us. You need to seal the powers of the Astral Beasts in that amulet so they don't appear anymore. Will you join us?" She then looked towards Adrian, and looked unconvincingly confident.
"Of course I will!" Claire said on an impulse, she still excited from the dress that was made for her. "That's right then, we should introduce ourselves first! I forgot to introduce myself, even when I've met you! Gosh, I'm so stupid." The strange woman said. "Go figure" the boy with swords said. She didn't take notice of that comment and approached Claire, shaking hands. "I'm Lucy, and that arrogant little boy there is Mark. That big strong man is Andre" The muscular man, then giving a smile and strengthening his arms, boasting his muscles. "That girl with the wings is May and the Kitty Cat is Socrates." The cat yelled. "I'm not a kitty cat!"
"Anyways, welcome aboard to the travelling ensemble Claire. Adrian it's so good to see you too!" Claire looked up towards her guardian, "Adrian you're alright with this right?" Adrian nodded his head. "As long as I'm here with you, I'm fine with anything."
"Well lets get going then!" Lucy said, in a cheerful manner. "Where are we heading?" Claire asked. "To the airport, we will wait for the plane to reach Texas, USA to confront Scorpio in the Texas deserts." Lisa confirmed with a determined stance
