The zodiacs arrived at Cancer and Cancy's country Luna at about 6am. Luna was a group of many islands that were connected by bridges and long sand bars. Luna was a very hot country, but the citizens were attacked by constant tropical storms. While most villages were build inland, many small villages of bungalows lined the edges of the islands, built over the clear, turquoise waters. The water surrounding the island was warm and beautiful, but there were certain areas where the public swam. Swimming outside these designated beaches, and swimming too far out to sea was very dangerous, even for those who could breathe underwater.

The method of transportation was either boats to get from island to island, and motorcycles. A train of carts circled the main cities in the centre of the island for those who didn't like motorcycles. The majority of citizens from Luna had skin that was either tan, or various shades of black and brown. The people were all extremely friendly, and tried their best to make every foreigner feel at home, which skyrocketed Luna's popularity among tourists lately.

***

The hotel was built on the same island as the castle. While the castle was directly in the centre of the island, the hotel was build beside a beach with beautiful white sand. The zodiacs brought their bags down to their classless rooms.

***

After everyone had finished unpacking, Cetus waited for them in the lobby of the hotel. This hotel was decorated with white walls covered in shells, and polished tiles for the floor. Mini water fountains and tropical plants were placed around the lobby. Air conditioning blasted through main floor, making some of the zodiacs shiver.

"So. Ophiuchus says to split up into two groups. One group will visit the villages inland, while the other group will explore the beaches and villages around the hotel. Ophiuchus gave me a list with who goes in which group, but-" Cetus tore the list. "I don't really care who goes in which group. I'll just be relaxing on the beach all day anyway." Cetus walked away, her beach bag in her arms.

"I'll go inland," announced Cancer. "I want to see how the villages inland have been holding up."

Pisces slung his arm around Cancy. "Then I'm going with her."

"Don't touch me!" Cancy pushed Pisces over towards Cancer.

"You want to go with them?" asked Gem.

"Sure," replied Sagittarius.

"I might as well come along." Taurus wheeled over to Cancer.

"I don't like the beach much." Lee pulled Capri with him to Cancer's side.

Scorpio began whispering to Aries.

"Are you talking about how you're planning to go in the same group as me?" smirked Ares.

"Ares will come with you guys!" announced Scorpio.

"We don't want him though," joked Vinn who pulled Leon over to Cancer.

"Scor, come with us." Leon waved him over.

Cancy held her breath, hoping he'd decline.

"Sure." Scor joined their group.

"We have... ten people," counted Cancer. "We need two more."

"I'll go." Gemini walked over.

"Me too!" Taur stood beside Vinn.

Cancy nodded. "So then I-I'll take Aries, Leo, V-Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricorn, Aq-Aquarius, Ares, Saggi, Aquari, and Pie."

"How do you two always end up together?" asked Taurus while pointing to Scorpio and Ares.

"Because the world hates me," replied Scorpio.

Scor shrugged. "Either one of you could have joined the other side."

A girl walked into the lobby. "The cart is here for those traveling inland."

"Cart?" asked Lee.

"The cart will bring us to the train tracks which will take us inland," replied Cancer. Cancer's group followed him outside.

Everyone sat in the cart, and they were already gone by the time Lee realized Capri wasn't beside him.

Scorpio, who held Capri back, smiled to herself. "You'll be coming with us today."

"Well, I'd recommend y-you guys change into your sw-swim suits," announced Cancy.

Everyone went to their rooms to change.

***

Cancer, Pisces, Gem, Sagittarius, Taurus, Lee, Vinn, Leon, Scor, Gemini and Taur explored a plaza near the castle. Spanish music played over the speakers as citizens sang and danced. Street vendors offered drinks, snacks and ice cream.

"It's nice here." Taurus smiled at the citizens. "Everyone looks so happy."

"Solis is known as the city that never sleeps." Cancer waved to his citizens. "Not much has changed."

"The music is so loud," complained Lee.

"Wait a second." Vinn stopped to buy a couple of necklaces made out of flowers the size of her palms from a street vendor. She placed the purple one over her own head while handing a baby blue one to Leon.

"It's beautiful," smiled Leon.

"Wait. Where did Gem and Sagittarius go?" asked Pisces.

Everyone looked around. Team SagGem was gone.

"We'll find out in a few minutes. Probably when we hear police sirens," sighed Scor.

The zodiacs walked past the plaza, and into a park. The castle was just up ahead.

"Wait there they are!" Gemini pointed to a children's hula hoop competition.

Gem and Sagittarius failed miserably while the group of kids shot them judgemental looks while perfectly keeping their hula hoops around their waists.

"Citizens of Luna believe that the best way to raise children is to engage them in activities that help socialize them with others," explained Cancer. "That's why you'll always see groups of children playing games and holding contests with each other."

"Those six year olds are really showing them up," laughed Taur.

The zodiacs waited for Gem and Sagittarius to give up. After two minutes, they returned the hula hoops to the children.

"I was tired of embarrassing the children so I stopped," announced Gem when she noticed the others.

Sagittarius nodded. "We didn't want to make the kids look bad."

Gemini rolled his eyes. "We're going to the castle now."

Cancer led his group through the rest of the park and through the castle gates.

The castle in Luna had white spotted floors that resembled sand, with sea shells and sparkles on the stone walls. Instead of red, the carpets were blue and water fountains were sprawled all over the place.

"The castle kind of looks like the hotel," noted Lee.

"Watch this." Cancer led the group into a room. The room had fish tanks that stretched from floor to ceiling on every wall. Many different fish swam around, having plenty of room to explore the tank.

"There's so many fish." Scor excitedly watched a fish with rainbow fins.

"CANCER? TÚ HAS REGRESADO?" Cancer was approached by a tall woman with dark brown skin that was decorated with battle scars. Her long black and blue hair was arranged into many braids. She carried a spear in her hands and her big brown eyes lit up in excitement.

"Mira!" Cancer hugged the woman. "Guys this is Mira! She's in charge of Luna's army. She was a close friend of mine when I lived here. She also fought in the wars, and is a trained medic. She spends a lot of time watching over the castle."

"I saw the evil witch lady on the news," Mira spoke English with a slight accent. "I heard about the... Retos. I don't know the word in English. How are you all doing?"

"Not bad. Our next trial is here, so I'm giving these guys a tour of Solis."

Mira smiled. "Solis is very beautiful city. I hope you guys will enjoy being here. How is Cancy?"

"She's here too! She's giving the other half of our group a tour of the beaches."

"Tell her I say hi. I missed you both so much." Mira noticed Taurus. "Oh Taurus is here. I've heard so much about you. Cancer talked about you almost every day!"

Cancer blushed. "That's enough!"

"He really really like you. He even-"

"IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU!" Cancer quickly ran out the room. Everyone else stayed where they were.

"He even what?" asked Taurus.

"He even used to try to cook so he could make delicious food for you."

"Cancer? COOKING?" Gemini laughed. "Guess we see how that turned out."

"Yes. He was no good at all. I feared for my stomach and my life when he cooked."

Cancer returned to hear the group laughing at him. "Why do you have to embarrass me like this?"

Mira laughed. "You're like little brother to me. Embarrassing you is my favourite thing to do."

Cancer pouted. "I'll let you join the rest of our tour if you stop telling stories about me."

"I want to hear more." Taurus smiled at Mira. "What else did he do?"

"I want to hear more too." Pisces pulled his phone out of his pocket to record Mira's stories.

"I've embarrassed Cancer enough today. I'll tell you more stories later." Mira joined the group as they walked into the hallway. "Did you show them the plaza yet?"

"We were just there," replied Scor.

Mira smiled. "Solis is very happy city. I don't want to live anywhere else, I like it here very much."

"You fought in the war? Can you show us a cool battle move?" asked Gem.

Mira spun her spear above her head before throwing it. The spear stuck into a gold statue of a crab at the end of the hallway.

"That's so cool!" gasped Sagittarius.

"Mirrrrrrrrrra," whined Cancer.

"I'll have it fixed. Calm down." Mira retrieved her spear and lightly tapped Cancer on the head with it. "Let's show them the training grounds. I'll teach them how to fight."

Cancer paused. "Considering our situation, that's not a bad idea."

"Alright. Follow me!" Mira took charge of the group, leading them around the castle.

***

Aquari, Aquarius, and Virgo were relaxing on the hot white sand. It was a calm and peaceful sunny day. Too bad peace and quiet never lasts among the zodiacs. That's why they all sat up after having a bucket of water tossed over them.

Aquari pushed her sunglasses up. "Do you want to die?"

Capricorn shrugged. "Kinda." He dropped the bucket and ran.

"You guys are just lying there. How do you expect to be left alone?" asked Libra who sat beside Virgo.

"Because Pisces, Cancer, Sagittarius, Vinn, Leon, and Gem are all gone," replied Aquarius.

"But I'm still here." Libra picked Virgo up. The zodiacs cheered as she tossed him into the ocean.

"How did she pick him up so easily?" asked Saggi.

"It's Libra," shrugged Aries.

"Please tell me they're not having another competition," groaned Pie. Everyone turned to watch as Scorpio and Ares piled wet sand on top of wet sand as quickly as they could.

Leo shrugged. "Looks like a sand castle competition."

"Whoops." Saggi "accidentally" tripped and destroyed Ares' castle.

"Watch out when I'm finished with this." Ares continued piling the sand back up.

"The water is really nice." Virgo swam around. "Come join me Libra."

Libra stepped into the water. "How is it kind of warm?"

"Warm ocean c-currents." Cancy joined them in the water.

Aquari remained on the warm sand. "I think I'd like to move here."

"And give up your crown?" asked Aquarius.

Aquari shrugged. "I'm only competing because we all have to. If I win I might just let you keep the kingdom. I'll move to another country and start a new life."

"I don't particularly want the kingdom anymore either. It's a lot of work and I don't want to work with Ophiuchus for the rest of my life."

"Then who's going to rule Pacem?"

Aquarius shrugged. "I guess we'll see when the competition is over. I'd rather be in charge than let Ophiuchus rule the kingdom."

Saggi ran up to Aquari and picked her up. "Come join us in the water."

Aquari pushed her sunglasses up, they slid off her head and onto the sand. "I'm having enough fun on the beach."

"Now you're joining us in the water."

"Fine."

Saggi tossed Aquari in the water, diving in after her.

Pie sat down beside Aquarius in Aquari's spot. "I used to think they liked each other."

Aquarius watched as Aquari and Saggi splashed each other. "They don't?"

"They're completely platonic with each other. Actually platonic, not in the way Libra and Virgo were bullshitting themselves."

"Their friendship reminds me of my friendship with Sagittarius."

Pie picked up Aquari's sunglasses and wore them. "If you could be anyone else, would you want to?"

Aquarius furrowed his brow. "What kind of question is that?"

Pie shrugged. "It seems like everything is given to some of the others, and they don't appreciate what they have."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm just thinking out loud."

Aquarius paused to think. Pisces and Pie's country was one of the richest countries. Pie undoubtably grew up spoiled, receiving everything she wanted. However, it sounded like she was jealous of somebody. Who could she possibly envy, and for what reason?

"GUYS!" Capri ran up to them, a tiny crab in her palms. "Look what I found! He's so tiny."

Pie acknowledged the crab briefly before trying to take a nap.

Aquarius pointed to Scorpio and Ares. "I wonder if they like crabs."

Capri walked over to the sandcastle builders with the tiny crab. "Guys. I found a crab."

Ares gasped and jumped back.

Scorpio's pointed at Ares. "CRABS!"

"Oh no... you found my phobia..."

Scorpio studied Ares' face. "You're lying."

"I'm not. I am terrified of crabs."

Scorpio rolled her eyes. "I'll find your actual phobia. You won't trick me by pretending to be scared of other things."

Capri decided to return it to the water. She knelt down on the sand, watching as it moved its tiny body towards the tide, then disappeared underwater. "I wish we had beaches in Capra."

Capricorn sat down beside her. "Me too. Do you think we'll be able to import enough sand to make a tiny beach?"

Capri shrugged. "There would be nowhere to make a beach. The edges of the country are surrounded by cliffs that drop into the ocean. There's only one tiny beach made of rocks."

"That's true. Capra has nice ponds though."

"And the best mountains for climbing. I miss riding goats too."

"Me too. I hope we get to re-visit Capra soon."

***

After swimming, Aries drank a smoothie that was poured into a coconut while Leo did the same thing beside her. Vendors on this beach specialize in pouring drinks into coconuts and selling them to visitors.

"I wonder what the next trial is going to be."

Leo shrugged. "It may involve water. Since we're on the water continent."

Aries sighed. "I hope not. I'm not good at swimming."

"Let's not go to the trial. Let's stay here on the beach instead."

"I'm pretty sure if we miss the trial Ophiuchus will kill us."

"I'm getting tired of these trials. And we've only completed two."

"Only eleven more to go."

Leo groaned. "Ophiuchus had no reason to make thirteen trials. She just wants to make our suffering last as long as possible."

"I'll enjoy the day I never see her again."

Libra and Virgo walked over to sit beside them.

Libra drank from her coconut. "I need to hire some of these vendors to come to my country. I'll pay them to make me coconut smoothies."

Virgo sighed. "Your country isn't hot enough for coconuts to grow."

"I'll import them from another country."

"I never knew Luna was such a nice country." Leo looked around. "It's beautiful here."

"Look!" Libra pointed in the distance. Dolphins arched from the surface, before diving back underwater.

"I'd love to go scuba-diving after the next trial," announced Virgo.

Aries nodded. "Let's all go. There's got to be lots of cool sea life down there."

"Sometimes I get jealous of the people who can breathe underwater," sighed Libra.

Leo stared blankly at her. "You can literally fly."

"Look!" Virgo pointed at the sunset. It was pink and orange.

Aries leaned on Leo. "I'm definitely coming back here for vacations in the future. You're coming with me."

Leo nodded. "Sounds good."

"Assuming we don't all die during the trials," sighed Libra.

"No more negativity!" Virgo threw sand at Libra, getting some in her coconut.

"You little-" Libra stood up.

Virgo ran away as Libra chased him.

Aries looked over to see that Scorpio and Ares had abandoned their sandcastle competition and instead were swimming in the water.

"Who wants to bet I can hold my breath longer than you?" asked Scorpio.

Ares floated on his back. "I don't want to do another competition. I just want to relax."

Scorpio furrowed her brow. "If we're not competing, then what do I do?"

"Hang out with me like a normal person?"

"I'm not normal. And you're making it sound like you want to hang out with me."

Ares shrugged. "I've gotten used to your presence. I actually quite enjoy it."

Scorpio stared at him, not knowing if he was messing with her or not. She floated on her back next to him. "I'm not used to being around you and not competing with you or trying to piss you off."

"Then let's act more like friends. Until tomorrow. I'll still kick your ass at the trial."

"Not if I kick yours instead."