You may notice a change in the cover. It is made by whithney_hwee who had surprised me by making a cover for this book.

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"UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sabrina yelled, "WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO SHOPPING?"

She was walking alongside the other zodiacs to go shopping. Vivian, Tahlia, Levin and Vincent were all pushing a trolley each. As for the others they were talking (and maybe screech like little children) to each each. But it isn't any ordinary shopping trip.

"WORSE OF ALL GROCERY SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sabrina added.

"At least it's not dress shopping." Alyssa pointed out.

"Yeah true that," Sabrina nodded, receiving a glare from Carol, Lizzy and Giselle.

"Ok, I get you hate grocery shopping Sabrina, but we're here at the grocery store so there's no way going back." Vivian pointed out, "It's not like you are going to run away."

"Maybe she will be running away from how crazy we are." Alyssa smirked, "I would join her. We can both catch a bus and ride to the-"

"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO THE SCHOOL ON MY WATCH ALYSSA BROOKBANKS." Vivian yelled.

"D'awwwww..."

"Does this happen every grocery shopping trip?" Phoebe asked.

"Not really. Normally Alex, Vincent, Arlen, Skyler, Lily, Vivian, Giselle and even Sabrina go out grocery shopping to buy for the houses. In this case it is a rare one, which I don't get." Tyler replied.

"Yeah," Levin mumbled. He turned to Vivian, "Why- WHY ARE WE going grocery shopping as a whole group?"

Everyone turned to Vivian instantly. Vivian sighed, "Don't look at me, look at Cameron. He and Vincent planned this out."

"For once Vivian didn't plan something. I am surprised." Aika gasped.

"Well it's true. We want everyone to have an experience shopping together." Vincent explained, "So we are going in four groups helping buy stuff for each of the houses."

"I bet the four groups are Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Something I should be scared about." Skyler muttered, looking up atthe sky and noticing a helicopter flying past, "Oooh a helicopter."

"They are not arranged in elements. Instead they are random." Cameron pointed out. He also noticed the helicopter, "WOW A HELICOPTER."

"Why are you two excited over helicopters?" Tahlia asked.

"Cause...helicopters." the two replied.

"I am pretty sure Vivian has the list of people," Pete pointed out before turning to the Virgo female, "Is that right?"

"Actually..... you are wrong." Vivian giggled. She looked at Vincent, "Vincent arranged the groups this time. So I will be surprised."

"What is with the Virgos and assigning us to groups?" Levin asked.

"I don't know." Gilbert shrugged, then he gasped, "What if.... what if all the Virgos have an underground base where they would work together to make groups. And in that base it is a paradise with a swimming pool, nightclub, free donuts, hot tub and even a beach!"

"And it would be Earth signs only and who knows what they would be doing down there?" Colin gasped, "We Fire, Air and Water signs need a paradise too!"

"As much it sounds like a paradise I wish I can enter," Vivian played along with the two boy's wild imagination, "It isn't true because we Virgos have normal things to do and underground there is dirt, dirt, dirt, lava, etc."

"VIVIAN! YOU CRUSHED MY IMAGINATION." Gilbert pouted, "I wanted to make an Air Sign theme park."

"I want to make a Fire Sign castle where we can make 'No Homework' a rule." Alyssa added, with a determined smile.

"If the Fire signs have a castle, the Earth signs have an underground paradise, the Air signs have a theme park, then the Water signs should have their own WATERpark." Colin smiled doing jazz hands to match the mood.

"Sometimes I wonder how we all become friends-" Skyler muttered, "What are we going to do with you all?"

"Love us dearly." Gilbert joked, hugging Skyler's arm. This made Skyler jump back in surprise and shake his arm, trying to pry Gilbert off.

"ANYWAYS, should I show you the list?" Vincent asked, getting out a folded A4 piece of paper and unfolding it.

The others nodded and they crowded around Vincent to see the group. There are four groups, each with 6 people. The groups were not named 'Group 1', 'Group 2' 'Group 3' and 'Group 4', instead the were named Draco, Phoenix, Pegasus & Cygnus.

"Draco, Cygnus, Pegasus and Phoenix?" Sabrina asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Constellations." Vincent explained, "Draco is the constellation of the dragon, Cygnus is the swan, Pegasus is a pegasus while Phoenix is a phoenix."

"Ok... but why can't you name them Dragons, Swans, Flying horses and Hot birds?" Sienna asked.

"Cause we need to honor the constellations anyways, I hope you enjoy your teams." Vincent smiled like a proud parent, "I used a randomizer."

Everyone looked at the teams again and there were a range of responses. Some were cheering, some were sulking while the others just shrugged their shoulders. The teams are:

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DRACO (Group 1):
- Sabrina
- Carol
- Lily
- Tahlia
- Leo
- Skyler

PHOENIX (Group 2):
- Gilbert
- Arlen
- Alex
- Giselle
- Alyssa
- Vivian

PEGASUS (Group 3):
- Cleo
- Sienna
- Colin
- Levin
- Aika
- Sam

CYGNUS (Group 4):
- Lizzy
- Vincent
- Cameron
- Phoebe
- Tyler
- Pete

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"Oh yay, I'm hot." Gilbert cheered.

"Same here!" Alyssa smiled mischievously, high-fiving Gilbert.

"I like my group, it's peaceful...." Skyler smiled to himself.

"I DON'T." Vivian frowned. She turned to Cameron, "Can we swap?"

"No." was the Capricorn male's response. He smiled, making Vivian pout some more.

"Don't ditch us!" Alex and Giselle cried out.

"Anyways each group has a grocery list. Team Draco is in charge of the cereal, milk, eggs, all that daily stuff we need." Vincent began.

"BORING!" Leo called out.

"Team Phoenix must get sausages, hot dog buns, cake, mustard, tomato sauce, BBQ sauce and aprons. Make sure they aren't pink unicorn aprons. Buy three aprons; one for me, one for Cameron and one for Tyler." Vincent continued.

"Pink.....unicorn aprons?" Giselle asked.

"I've heard they come with a matching chef hat with the words 'SPARKLE FRIENDS' at the rim." Vivian giggled.

"I question society already..." Alex muttered.

"Team Pegasus has to get the vegetables suitable for a salad. Don't get the coleslaw mix. Just get the vegetables. I know a recipe my fabulous grandma taught me so I can't wait to work on it. Get salad dressings as well." Vincent ordered, "And Team Cygrus must get plastic plates, plastic cuttery, plastic cups, soft drinks and yes you can buy bottles of water a well, a tablecloth suitable for a picnic, and also napkins. Any questions."

"Yes, why do we need napkins?" Pete asked, "Being proper, I see?"

"You'll see." Vincent replied, "We should start shopping now."

"Wait! I have an idea."  Lizzy suggested, "How about we have a race to see who can buy their items first. Whoever comes lastwill have a punishment. Teehee."

"That's a great idea," Lily agreed, "But...... what is the punishment."

"It better not be doing the winner's homework." Alyssa grunted.

"That's still in deciding..." Lizzy smiled softly. Vivian did a gasp.

"I GOT IT!" Vivian smirked, "The losing team must play on a kiddie playground wearing baby bibs and pacifiers!"

"VIVIAN NO!" Sienna shouted.

"VIVIAN YES!" Vivian giggled.

"NO!" Alyssa screamed.

"YES!" Tahlia smiled.

"N O!" the fire and air signs screeched.

"Y E S!" the earth and water signs screeched back.

"I'M BUYING THE PACIFIERS AND THE BIBS." Vivian smirked, "And I'll make sure they are all light pink."

"OK, TEAM WE HAVE TO WIN THIS!" Sienna ordered to her team.

"It's a race against time!" Cleo cheered.

"Ok teams.... may the best  team WIN! ON YOUR MARKS......" Levin stated.

All the teams stood together. They all got ready to race.

"GET SET..." Lily and Levin smiled. At this point, random strangers stopped in their paths and watched the zodiacs get ready for the race.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" the zodiacs cheered as they darted inside the grocery store.

And as expected, the random strangers started applauding, despite not knowing what is going on-.

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(Soon)

Vivian bit her lip as she looked at the cakes on display. She had a hard time deciding since there are many cakes to offer.

Chocolate cake.... Vanilla cake..... Icecream cake..... Cheesecake....

She didn't notice Giselle and Alex looking around for hot-dog buns while Alyssa and Gilbert were moping around. Arlen however is admiring the bread display. Vivian sighed and began to picture what the reactions would be for each cake.

"WHERE'S THE DONUTS?" Alyssa yelled.

Vivian rolled her eyes and looked back atthe ginger haired female, "Well instead of moping around you can just search. I am trying to pick a cake here."

Alyssa and Gilbert exchanged glances and walked around to find donuts. Vivian sighed and examined the cakes again. A lot of questions filled Vivian's head.

Would the others like the cake she decided?

What if Vincent told Vivian to buy the cake so he can eat it to himself?

Why do they even NEED a cake in the first place?

"THERE'S NO DONUTS HERE!" Vivian heard Gilbert screech. She turned her head to him and noticed he and Alyssa were having some kind of breakdown.

"Can you guys shut up? I am trying to pick a cake here!" Vivian yelled.

"But donuts..." Alyssa pouted, "This makes me sad THAT A STORE DOESN'T HAVE DONUTS."

"Um yes they do." Giselle pointed out, pointing to a price tag. There is a note there also, "There's even a note saying that someone brought the donuts and they have to make some more."

"That sounded suspicious..." Alex mumbled.

"Yeah, it is very suspicious..."Arlen sighed, popping out of nowhere and looking around.

"Well you two can sulk about your donuts. I reall need to decide on a ca-" Vivian started.

She was interrupted by Gilbert hugging her left arm and Alyssa hugging her right arm. Vivian noticed the two were giving her super sad puppy dog eyes. It reminded her of when Cleo was a child, she would use the same puppy dog eyes to get chocolate.

Vivian teared up and looked away, "Fine... we'll get the donuts from outside the store.."

"HECK YES! KRISPY KREME HERE WE COME!" Gilbert cheered. (As much as I love the donut store, I do not own Krispy Kreme. For those who never heard of the store, it is a shop that sells really good and tasty donuts)

"WAIT- WHEN DID I AGREED YOU TO TAKE YOU THERE?!" Vivian asked with wide eyes.

"Should we get the sausages?" Alex mumbled.

"Yeah, that's a good idea." Giselle and Arlen chuckled softly.

(Meanwhile)

"Ok, what cereal to choose. We need eight boxes.." Carol mumbled.

She, Skyler, Sabrina, Lily, and Tahlia were staring up at the cereal display. Leo, however, was looking around for cereal boxes with prize toys inside.

"This will be hard to pick.." Skyler mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Lily and Carol asked.

"He means it would be hard to pick a cereal since we only have Houses 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8." Sabrina explained, understanding her Scorpio male friend.

"That is true.." Tahlia mumbled, "We don't know what Houses 2, 3 and 7 want."

The others nodded.

"We can't text them because that would put us in risk of being last." Skyler pointed out, "And I don't want to embarrass myself with Vivian's stupid suggestion-"

"IT'S NOT STUPID!" Tahlia and Sabrina yelled.

Leo's smile widened when he got a cereal box from the shelf: A kiddie fruit loops cereal with a prize inside. The male placed the cereal box in the trolle and batted his eyelashes. The others noticed.

"Leo, what's this?" Sabrina asked, noticing the cereal.

"The cereal for my house!" Leo replied proudly, "There's a prize in it. Look!"

He picked up the cereal box and shoved it in front of the others' faces, "See there are zodiac collectables. Collect all 12! And look! The lion figurine has a gold crown on its mane!"

"That's neat... but won't the other two mind?" Carol asked.

"They don't care." Leo smiled, "But I really really really really want the lion figurine."

"But what are you going to do wi-" Skler began, only to get interrupted by Leo's super sad face. Skyler sighed, "Fine. We'll buy it!"

"YAY! I am one step towards getting a kingdom!" Leo cheered, "If I get a lion figurine, I am going to name it 'Leo Jr' and he will be king. Then next I will try to collect the female water bearer figurine and name it 'Princess Aika'."

"What are the others going to be?" Sabrina asked.

"The others will be....'random people'." Leo replied, "Except for the twin figurines the the ram figurines. They can be the palace guards."

"I....am concerned."

"Hmmm.... how about this..." Carol muttered, "We can get cocoa puffs for everyone and in case they ask, we can say they never told us what cereal they wanted."

"Good idea." Skyler agreed as he got 7 cocoa puff cereals and placed them in the trolley. And oh yeah, Leo made sure to get his cereal and put it on the baby seat of the trolley just because he wanted the cereal to feel special.

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(Soon)

While the others are still looking around the grocery store for groceries...... Team Pegasus (Cleo, Sienna, Colin, Levin, Aika and Sam) have already paid for their groceries and they are waiting for the others to finish the race.

"I can't believe we actually won." Aika smiled to herself as she watched Sienna, Cleo and Sam celebrate together from her seat (she is sitting with Levin and Colin), "Now we are save from the pacifier thingy."

"I am pretty sure Vivian is joking around. It is probably another prank just to make us hurry up." Levin pointed out.

"Oh yeah... haven't thought of that." Aika frowned.

"What  if it isn't a prank?" Colin asked, "What if she actually brought the pacifiers and bibs: light pink edition."

"Then be happy we won." Levin replied, leaning back and placing his hands behind his head.

Later Team Draco (Sabrina, Carol, Tahlia, Skyler, Lily and Leo)  have arrived with the groceries all paid and ready to go. Leo immediately sat next to Aika, a wide smile shown on his face.

"Hey Ai! Guess what?" Leo asked excitedly like a little child wanting to share good news.

"What?" Aika smiled.

"We brought a cereal with a zodiac figurine inside!"

Aika gasped and turned to the rest of Team Draco. Sabrina coughed, "Yeah about that. He would not stop bragging about how he would name one of the Leo figurines 'Leo Jr' and one of the Aquarius figurines 'Princess Aika'. The restof the Leo and Aquarius figurines will be royals from other kingdoms and oh yeah, the Gemini and Aries figurines are the palace guards."

"The rest are 'random people'." Tahlia sighed.

"AWWWWW!" Aika sighed, hugging Leo.

"Aw?" Skyler asked, "I AM CONCERNED ALREADY."

"You know... what is the point of the race?" Sabrina asked, "I am sure it is another one of Vivian's pranks."

"Whatif it isn't a prank?" a voice asked.

Everyone turned to the voice and jumped to find Vivian with her team (Team Phoenix which has herself, Gilbert, Alyssa, Alex, Arlen and Giselle) with their groceries, all paid and ready to go. Alyssa and Gilbert ran to the celebration squad and celebrated along with them for being third. Arlen was dragged over to join the squad. As for Alex and Giselle, they watched the celebration squad.

"You guys would think I would joke around for this?" Vivian asked, as she scavenged through the grocery bags and got out a set of 6 light pink pacifiers and a set of 6 light pink bibs, "I got this."

"OMG VIVIAN. YOU ACTUALLY BROUGHT THEM!" Lily gasped.

"Yep, she did." Arlen replied, "We  thought she was joking, but turns out she wasn't."

"We didn't buy the cake, because Alyssa is dragging us to Krispy Kreme." Vivian sighed.

"I LOVE THAT PLACE!" the all heard Sienna cheer from the celebration group.

"Me too, but right now I feel bad for Team Cygnus. They lost." Carol frowned.

"Wait, who is Team Cygnus again?" Arlen asked.

"Lizzy, Vincent, Cameron, Tyler, Phoebe and Pete." Levin replied, "And here they are."

Indeed Levin is right. Team Cygnus had just arrived with the paid groceries. Vivian danced around with the setof pacifiers and the set of bibs.

"YOU GUYS LOST. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?" the girl smiled.

"Oh f***, the offer." Pete mumbled, lookigng at Colin who gave a worried look in return.

"Yes, dear friend. Let's head to the park ad then get donuts!"

And so, Team Cygnus ended up doing the request. Luckily no one else was around when they did the request, but it felt weird.
After spending time at the playground, the team ditched the pacifiers and bibs and everyone went to get donuts...something Alyssa, Sienna and Gilbert were waiting for.