Settling into Circes Amusement Park wasn't awful for Mary and the others. They were protected from the Normal and given the all clear to continue their activities. The band was even given the opportunity to perform as they saw fit. The only problem was what their next move should be?
"Hey what's this?"
Mary and the others paused at Liliths question, turning they saw the teen now pick up what looked like a playing card. "Where did you find that," Mary asked. "It was just sitting on the table," Lilith replied, gesturing to the small coffee table in the room. "I could've sworn it wasn't there a minute ago." Mary frowned, looking at the card in the young teens hand. She may have only been a wizard for a few years but, she recognized when an object had a mystical aura to it. Right now the dark wizard could tell that whatever Lilith was holding was powerful.
Before she could even answer, the card seemed to glow with a supernatural light. Lilith gasped, instinctively dropping it as Bong, Set, Luca, and Mary gaped at their young companion. Lilith looked frightened, her dark blue eyes going wide in terror as a light enveloped her body. For a moment, she thought it a trap, that the card would destroy her. Instead she now noticed her clothing melt away.
"What the fuck!"
Despite being without clothes, Lilith could see her body was illuminated in light obscuring her nude form. Short of an outline of her toes, it was impossible to see her. This would prove to be little comfort as the teenage girl watched clothing now magically appear on her body.
It started simply enough, a white and purple corset covering her torso followed by a purple skirt whose hem was a tad short for Liliths taste. Next the teen could see a pair of fingerless purple gloves appear on her hand as well as purple and white ankle boots on her feet. A dark purple bow now attached to her chest, two narrow silver bracelets encircling her wrist as a silver tiara appeared on her forehead. What Lilith couldn't see but the others could was the change to the teens hair. The dark brown shoulder length locks became streaked with a vibrant purple. As the transformation completed itself, Lilith stumbled in her ankle boots, gaping at her new outfit.
"What in the actual FUCK!!"
No one could come up with a viable answer. Somehow the chain smoking, angry, teenager was now dressed in something that vaguely resembled a combination of a Japanese girls school uniform and a swashbuckling swordsman. Lilith turned to the people she was slowly beginning to consider allies, looking for answers. Instead both Bong and Set burst into laughter
"Holy shit what are you wearing," Bong laughed. "That's the most adorably embarrassing thing I've ever seen," Set added, the mummy bending over as she howled with laughter. "Its not that funny," Lilith grumbled, her cheeks turning crimson as she desperately tried to cover herself. This was humiliating for her, dressed like some waifu from an anime geeks wet dream. Things couldn't possibly get any worse.
Without warning the group now watched as a portal began to open within their new apartment. Alarmed they now paused in their teasing, their anxiety rising as they anticipated the worst. Had the Normal found a way to get them again?! Instead, the group were now confused as a teenage girl with dark skin now exited, sporting a very similar outfit to the one Lilith now wore. "Whoa that wasn't an easy trip," she said. "I didn't realize the tarot cards could travel between timelines."
"Who...who are you," Lilith stammered.
"I am Solar Guardian Mercury," the girl exclaimed, Lilith now feeling mortified as the girl struck an extravagant pose. Once more Bong and Set began to snicker at the ridiculousness of what they saw. "And you are Solar Guardian Pluto it would seem. Weird, I would of expected Mars of maybe Jupiter to appear next."
"I'm sorry Guardian of the what now?"
"Solar Guardian Pluto," Mercury continued. "There are eight of us in total. So far Sun, Venus, and myself have made an appearance." Mercury now paused, the girl seemed vaguely familiar to her. "You seem familiar? Did you attend West High?"
"Uh yeah," Lilith replied quietly. Mercury now smiled, a look of relief spreading across her face. "Okay now it makes sense. I guess you're friends over there must of brought you here. You probably know my cousin then, Miranda Desoto or do you know Missy, Guardian Venus." Lilith paused, raising an eyebrow before nodding. She knew those girls but she wasn't friends with them. Both girls were Juniors and ran in completely different circles than the Freshman did. What did they have to do with any of this? What exactly was a Solar Guardian?
"I know that look," Mercury replied happily. "You're wondering what any of this is, so I'll tell you. You are Solar Guardian Pluto. Pluto is a bit different from some of the other Guardians."
"How so?"
"Pluto taps into a darker magic than other Guardians," Mercury said. "Sun taps into fire, I tap into speed, Venus taps into water. You, well you tap into negative energy." Lilith tilted her head, what the hell was negative energy. "In case you're wondering negative energy is the dead," Mercury replied. "You can raise the dead or even control them. It's a bit dark I know but if anyone of us were to die you could resurrect us. Not to mention the powerful negative energy blasts you can release from your Pluto staff."
Lilith paused, wondering what a Pluto staff could be. The teens question was immediately answered as a long staff now appeared in her hands, a small circular orb surrounded by a ring topping it. "The fuck," she whispered, studying the 5 foot staff in her hands. All of this seemed like a fever dream, what made Lilith so special. As she was about to answer, a mischievous thought now came to her head. "Did you say I could control the dead?"
"Yes why?"
An impish smirk now spread across the teens face as her eyes settled on Bong and Set. The vampire and mummy now stopped laughing, seeming to sense something was amiss. Looking to make a quick escape, the duo instead found themselves frozen in place. Wide eyed and terrified, they couldn't move as Lilith now exacted her revenge. Making the pair of undead punk rockers sing the chorus to Rebecca Black's 'Call me Maybe'.
"Oh what the fuck Lilith not cool," Bong yelled. "I can't believe you made us sing that shit!"
"Laugh at my outfit again and I'll have you two dress up in pink and sing Barbie Girl," Lilith countered. Mummy and vampire now scowled, cursing under their breath as Guardian Mercury looked between them. Obviously Pluto was going to take the Soalr Guardian some getting used to.