Breaking Free: A Zodiac Story

ng - some faster than others, but they were all breaking just the same. She smiled to herself as she played with her hair.

she watched the blond haired fire elemental writhe and howl on the floor. He woul

appeared - a scowl automatically appeared on her face as she remembered his rudeness. It would be satisfying to watch him grovel. He seemed to be rathe

e had cast over the nine signs. The problem was... there were only eight of

air elementals. Hmph. How did they shatter my spell? No matter. I"ll

o rebels, ever so slightly levitating t

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ng against the floor. "Hey, look, it"s... the water elemental!" Gemini called, seein

mersed in her nightmare. Aquarius immediately got down next to her and began t

She"s a water elemental, isn"t she? Maybe she"ll be revived with water?" Gemini suggested, looking around nervously. Aquarius he

ately pelted the three with water. Pisces let out a tiny sigh of relief and her expression immedi

I?" Aquarius hauled her to her feet. "Not much time t

.. oh, I see. Then why are we waiting? Let"s go and find my friends!" she yelled. Gemini cheered

sen slightly, but the puddles stayed. "Let me help." Pisces offered, gesturing at the water. Almost immediately, the puddles evapora

dmiration in her voice. Pisces smiled slightly at her, glad to see they wer

ed her wings, hovering

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safety, but they soon decided to split u

l stumble past her corridor. She easily caught up and grabbed her arm, turning her around so she wasn"t walking towards the windo

ait -" Gemini blasted her face with a strong wind. "Hey, wake up!" she yelled in Sagittarius" ear.

chill run through her. Her eyes widened as she detected the unknown presence slow

bled-ran after her, still slightly dazed. As Gemini flew, she activated her signature power - a separate Gemini split off f

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e searched for any of the travellers. A scowl crossed her face as she checked t

deeper. Her eyes lit up as she heard quickly retreating footsteps. "I

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slightly dazed Sagittarius along. Sagittarius groaned in response and

ildly, trying to find somewhere else to hide. "No, no, no..." she mumbled, randomly choosing

es were a blank slate of blue and her hair floated behind her. Her sk

ral arrows of fire at Cressida. Taken by surprise, the princess howled with pa

anding by an open door. "This way!" Libra repeated, before ducking between the dark

this place?" Gemini whispered, slowing down slightly to catch her b

, slowing down as well. "They made it so that enemies can"t detect your presence here, so we

in response - Sagittarius winced slightly and glanced down at her foot. "I think I might"ve sprained my ankl

arius shook her head and added, "No

she thought about Cancer. "I"m sure she"s safe. Hopefully Aquarius got to her first." Libra said from ahead. "Now, hu

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giant, melting scorpion - he assumed it was based off his fear of hur

ciously creating vanished in a cloud of smoke and steam. "You"re not injured, right?" A soft vo

hrough his body. When he finally managed to open his eyes, he felt comple

"Thanks... I wonder if Pisces and Scorpio a

e been using her power - gave me the news. The princess herself is running around the castle and

ng in her grip. Aquarius rolled her eyes at him. "I"ll explain later. Co

rumbled, and he let out an unmanly yelp as Aquarius dumped him to the floor. "Okay." she

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the floor and surrounded with a circle of fire. "They never taught him to do that," Sagittarius

ttempted to put out Leo"s fire. "Who do we have left?" Pisces whispered, looking around

ation and closed her eyes. "Hmm... o

ought about her friends. Gemini let a smirk cross her face. "L

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th the red-haired air elemental. "Caught you

by this - after all, wasn"t she that really talkative girl at the feast? - but she assumed that she was too scared to speak.

eady?" she mocked, slightly disappointed. Instead, the air elemental slowly lifted

ed what had happened and shattered a nearby pillar with frustration

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kly explained what had happened with her clone to Pisces; Libra overheard their conversation and couldn"t help but

her elementals. The ball of fire around Leo had vanished, and Leo had imm

mmediately woke up, spluttering. "Hey, I"m alive!" he finally said, aft

nd dragged him off. "I"ll explain on the way!

. Cressida appeared, surrounded by mini whirlwinds. "You.

ed down the opposite hallway, throwing sev

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rked. Cancer had no idea what Aquarius was thinking about, but she let Aries wake him up. Maybe they were really good friends or something? Cancer felt a little uncomfortable at the fact that Scorpio - a friend

I think water might be the better choice since

ger to help Scorpio... and so exhausted when he had woken up. Maybe Scorpio had been in his nightmare? She blocked

e called some of her healing powers at the same time; a rush o

- she was surprised that he wasn"t arguing about it or anything. Usually, he hated being helped. "

m fine," he began, but he was quickly cut off by Aquarius. "You d

ntal. Aquarius just shrugged, completely unaffected, and flew down the hallway. "I can feel the presences

. "She"s right behind us! RUN!" Gemini yelled at Aquarius. They didn"t even have to hesitate - the group

or something? That"s not going to work!" Canc

definitely wouldn"t be able to fly away from t

p with a familiar, determined fire. He dramatically skidded to a stop

r... let"s just knock her out." Pisces added quietly. Scorpio and Aries winced as they

e wave of fire. It was being blown away by an increasingly strong g

a smile. "Let"s make this fight

d off the nine zodiac signs. "Pathetic children... you won"t stand a cha

ear. "You tried to take our lives... so you"re going to pay." Aquarius added, glowering at her

as he heard the positive cheers from hi