It was the zodiacs' third day of being human. They were all sleeping peacefully have having sweet dreams when an alarm went off. Quickly, all twelve of them ran out of the towers and into the living room to see what was going on.

"What's going on?" asked Taurus.

"Where's that noise coming from?" asked Libra.

"My ears," whined Pisces.

"Someone turn that sound off!" ordered Aries.

"We don't know what's causing it!" said Capricorn.

"I'm going to go deaf!" shouted Leo. Then the alarm stopped.

"What the hell was that?" asked Sagittarius.

"Did one of you do this?" asked Virgo looking around.

"I was planning on doing something... but someone else beat me to it." confessed Scorpio.

"It wasn't me! I was sleeping in my room!" said Cancer.

"I'd never do something like that." said Gemini innocently.

"Then who was it?" asked Aquarius.

Hydra appeared in the doorway to the kitchen. "It was me. It's time to wake up."

"How did you make that ear splitting alarm?" asked Virgo.

"Easy. I have many different alarms and stuff hooked up to this house. All I need to do is press a button on my little remote." Then Hydra pulled a remote out of her pocket.

"Wh-what use do all of those buttons have? There's so many..." said Cancer.

"Please don't tell me that they're all alarms." said Gemini.

"Of coarse not! I have other surprises for later. Ha! Cetus said that watching over twelve spoiled brats would be boring and annoying. The jokes on him though," said Hydra while smiling.

"Hey, are we ever going to meet Cetus and the other constellation you said a few days ago?" asked Scorpio.

"I don't know. You don't want to meet Cetus but maybe Phoenix can stop by to visit sometimes," said Hydra.

"Besides us are you three the only other constellations?" asked Capricorn.

"No. there are a few others that live further away. We're just the only three that live in this area," explained Hydra.

"Wait, why did you set off the alarm?" asked Taurus.

"Because you sleepy heads would sleep all day if I let you. You need to be able to get up early and enjoy sunny days like this." Then Hydra opened a window.

"Why is she suddenly being all nice and happy? The past two days she seemed serious and... well... not like that!" whispered Sagittarius.

"I don't know," whispered Pisces.

"Hey, Hydra? Why are you in our house anyway?" asked Aquarius.

"Because I'm cooking breakfast. I'm about to show you what good food tastes like," said Hydra.

"You're making us breakfast? Why?" asked Aries.

"Because I wanted to do something nice for you guys. Do you not want me here?" asked Hydra.

"No, we like having you here. We're just surprised!" explained Libra.

"Good. Now go sit down. Your pancakes are almost ready," said Hydra.

"Can she make us breakfast everyday?" asked Scorpio.

"Probably not." answered Aquarius.

"I wonder what pancakes taste like." said Leo. Then Hydra walked in the dining room and passed everyone a plate and a cup.

"What's this delicious drink?" asked Aries.

"That's a smoothie." answered Hydra.

"These pancakes have chocolate bits in them!" screamed Scorpio.

"Yeah. They're called chocolate chips," said Hydra.

"What are the white ones?" asked Aquarius.

"Those are white chocolate chips." Answered Hydra.

"There's different types of chocolate?" asked Taurus.

"Of coarse! I'll bring lots of different types of chocolate over sometime and let you guys try it out," said Hydra.

"Hey, Hydra? Can you tell us about the school we'll have to go to?" asked Virgo.

"What do you want to know?"

"Everything!" said Gemini.

Hydra thought for a moment. "You'll all be in a special class where your teacher will teach you about being constellations and stuff. Of coarse you'll be called the "french immersion students" so the other humans won't know. Your teacher will pretend to teach you french for one of your classes. You'll have other classes with normal humans for P.E, art, math, biology, physics, chemistry, history, etc."

"Who's out teacher?" asked Capricorn.

"I don't know. I was a teacher five years ago, I think Ophiuchus is supposed to teach but she had to leave... so it could be any constellation," explained Hydra.

"Will we actually learn french? That seems cool!" said Cancer.

"Je m'appelle Leo et je sais un peu de français." Said Leo.

"So, you know french, yet you still don't know how to turn on a tv," said Hydra. Leo shrugged.

"What did he say?" asked Sagittarius.

"I have no idea." replied Pisces.

"How big is our school?" asked Libra.

"Pretty big. I mean you guys have a pool in your school." said Hydra.

"Wow. Is school as fun as it sounds?" asked Taurus.

Hydra laughed. "I wish."

"I'm going to check out the backyard now," announced Virgo as he took his plate and glass and carried it out to the sink. Everyone else followed.

***

All the zodiacs and Hydra walked into the backyard.

"I'll leave so you guys can have fun," said Hydra.

"You don't want to stay?" asked Scorpio.

"It's not that! I just don't think you guys will have as much fun with me around," said Hydra.

"Nonsense! You probably know many ways to have fun," said Gemini.

"She's right. Teach us some games or something," begged Sagittarius.

"Please?" asked Cancer while making a puppy dog face.

"We will really appreciate it!" said Pisces while making a similar puppy dog face.

"Fine, fine. I'll stay." said Hydra. The zodiacs cheered.

"What should we do? Go swimming? Explore the tree house? You decide Hydra!" said Leo.

Hydra thought for a second. "Well I could teach you guys how to play a sport."

"Ooh! Which sport?" asked Aries.

"Hmm... what about softball?" asked Hydra.

"Softball sounds fun," said Virgo.

"Softball? I wonder how you play that," said Taurus.

"Does it require being very athletic?" asked Capricorn.

"Not really. You just hit a ball, run and you catch it too," explained Hydra.

"I can't wait to play!" said Aquarius.

"Okay. What do we need to set up?" asked Libra.

"Go in the garage and get the bag of gloves, the bat and the bag of helmets. Then we'll drive to the softball field," explained Hydra. Then the zodiacs ran to the garage with Hydra.

***

All thirteen of them got out of their cars and walked into the softball field.

"Wow. I'm so excited!" said Virgo.

"Okay we'll need two teams. I'll pitch for both teams. Those little mats are the bases. Basically you guys hit the ball when I throw it, then you run. If someone catches the ball then you're out. You run to the bases until either the ball gets throw to someone on a base or until it gets thrown back to me.
"If I pitch it and it's a bad pitch then that's called a ball, if you guys miss or hit it out then it's a strike. If you get three strikes then you're out and if I get four balls then you get to walk to the base. I know that's not a very good explanation of the rules but I haven't played in ten years. I'll explain it all as we play," explained Hydra.

"Can I be a team captain?" Asked Aries.

"I'll be the other team captain!" declared Leo.

Hydra looked at the other ten zodiacs. "Alright, we'll have Virgo, Libra, Cancer, Pisces and Capricorn on team Aries and Sagittarius, Aquarius, Gemini, Scorpio and Taurus on team Leo. Go to the little dugouts over there after you receive a position."

"Position?" Asked Pisces.

"Oh! The positions are where we're going to play, right?" Asked Sagittarius.

"Yes, that's correct." said Hydra.

"What if we hit a ball over the fence?" Asked Libra.

"This is your first time playing so that's unlikely, but if you do then it's a home run. You get to run to home without getting out," said Hydra.

"Why would we run home?" Asked Taurus.

"Not to the mansion. The fourth plate over there is called the home plate," explained Hydra.

"Can I have a good position?" Asked Aquarius.

"Okay I'll assign positions. Aries and Leo can be back catchers since they're the captains, Sagittarius and Virgo can have first base, Libra  and Scorpio on second, Capricorn and Taurus on third and Cancer, Gemini, Aquarius and Pisces can play outfield. We'll play so everyone can get one chance to bat," explained Hydra. Then all the zodiacs went to the two dugouts.

***

Leo, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Taurus, Aquarius and Gemini were in the dugout trying on gloves.

"Okay listen up team. We NEED to beat the other team!" announced Leo.

"Having fun is important too!" announced Gemini.

"Yeah. It will be fun WHEN we beat them," said Leo.

"Why do you want to beat them so bad?" asked Sagittarius.

"Just because I want to win," said Leo.

"Are you sure it's not because Aries is the other team's captain?" Asked Scorpio.

"What the hell are you implying?" Asked Leo.

"Anyway, we should probably practice throwing while Hydra gets ready," suggested Aquarius.

"That's a good idea. We need to get used to catching with these gloves," said Taurus. Then they all went into the field.

***

Aries, Virgo, Libra, Cancer, Pisces and Capricorn were stretching.

"Who are we going to beat?" asked Aries.

"Leo's team!" replied the others.

"When are we going to beat them?" asked Aries.

"Now!" Replied the others.

"Good," said Aries.

"I can't wait to play, although I'll probably hit the ball two feet," said Pisces.

"This sounds like a fun sport," said Virgo.

"What if the ball hits me in the head?" asked Cancer.

"You have a glove to use as a shield," said Libra.

"Seriously?" asked Cancer.

"I can't imagine it hurting too much, then again I've never been hit by a ball before," said Capricorn.

Hydra walked in the centre of the field. "Okay guys it's time to play. Aries' team will bat first!" announced Hydra. Leo's team all got into their positions.

Aries walked up to the plate.

"Don't miss," taunted Leo behind her.

"I won't." said Aries. Then Hydra pitched the ball and Aries missed. Leo laughed and threw the ball back to Hydra. Then Hydra threw the ball again, Aries missed again.

"Aries is going to strike out," tormented Leo. Then Hydra threw the ball again and Aries hit it up in the air and ran to first base.

"Catch it!" screamed Hydra. Aquarius and Gemini were running to catch it but they missed. Aries' team was cheering in the dugout.

Virgo stepped up to bat. Hydra pitched the ball to him and he hit it out.

"That's an out. Strike one," announced Hydra. Then she pitched the ball again and Virgo hit it but it rolled beside Scorpio. Virgo ran to first base and Aries slid to second base and ended up being safe.

Cancer stepped up to bat.

"Turn sideways, and hold it like this," said Hydra who walked over and showed Cancer how to hold the bat. Then she ran back and pitched the ball. Cancer moved out of the way because it was coming at her face.

"Ball one," called out Leo. Then he threw the ball back to Hydra. Hydra pitched it again. Cancer hit the ball and it landed close to her feet.

"RUN!" screamed Hydra. Cancer ran as fast as she could and Leo ran over to throw the ball to first base but Cancer was already safe. Virgo was also safe on second base and Aries was on third.

Libra stepped up to bat. Hydra pitched him a ball and he hit it. Gemini caught it in the outfield but then it rolled out of her glove.

"Does that count?" asked Gemini.

"No, they can still run," said Hydra. Gemini looked around to see who to throw it to but Virgo, Cancer and Libra were already on their bases and Aries scored a run. Then before Gemini threw it back to Hydra, Virgo ran from third base to the home plate.

"Don't touch the plate!" yelled Hydra. Gemini threw it as far as she could but Virgo was already past the home plate.

Capricorn stepped up to the plate. Hydra pitched a ball. Capricorn swung but missed. Leo threw the ball back to Hydra and she threw it again. Capricorn hit it really far but Aquarius caught the ball.

"Good try," said Hydra. Then Pisces stepped up to bat. Hydra threw a ball to him and he hit it but it rolled over to Sagittarius on first base.

"Alright time to change up!" shouted Hydra. Then Aries' team got their gloves and ran out to the field while Leo's team put on their helmets and lined up to bat.

Leo stepped up first. "Don't miss," tormented Aries. Hydra pitched the ball and Leo hit it upwards.

"Catch it Aries!" screamed Hydra. Then Aries caught the ball and stuck her tongue at Leo. Leo frowned and walked back to the dugout.

Scorpio stepped up to bat. Hydra threw the ball but Scorpio didn't swing.

"That's a ball," said Aries. Then Aries threw it back to Hydra. Hydra ended up throwing two more bad pitches, then Scorpio missed. Hydra threw another bad pitch.

"That's four balls, take your base," said Hydra. Then Scorpio walked to first base.

Sagittarius stepped up to bat with a big grin. Hydra pitched him the ball and Sagittarius hit it over the fence. Everyone started at him.

"How did you do that?" asked Libra.

"I don't know," said Sagittarius who was just as surprised as everyone else. Then Sagittarius and Scorpio ran past the home plate.

Taurus stepped up to the plate. Hydra pitched her a ball and she hit it. Taurus ran and Capricorn threw the ball it to Virgo who was on first base. Taurus stepped on the plate at the same time Virgo caught the ball.

"That was a tie so Taurus is safe," said Hydra. Then Aquarius went up to bat. Hydra pitched him a ball and he missed. Then Hydra threw it again and Aquarius hit it. It was headed for Cancer and she put her glove in front of her face as a shield. Then everyone cheered. Cancer lowered her glove and saw the ball inside.

"I caught it!" screamed Cancer excitedly. Then she threw the ball back to Hydra.

Gemini stepped up to bat. Then Hydra pitched the ball and she hit it but Pisces caught it.

"Okay guys, everyone take the field and I'll hit it!" shouted Hydra. Then Leo's team all got their gloves and all twelve zodiacs were in the field.

"I'll pitch I guess." Said Virgo. Then Virgo pitched the ball to Hydra. Hydra hit it really far.

"Catch it!" yelled Pisces. Then Taurus and Scorpio both were running for the ball and they bumped into each other causing both of them to fall down so Capricorn stepped in and caught it. After that everyone got their stuff and headed to the cars.

***

Everyone was in the living room eating ice cream. Hydra went home so it was just the zodiacs. "That was so much fun," said Aquarius.

"Hey Leo, you were such a fast runner! Oh wait, you didn't even get to run," said Aries.

"Whatever. I can beat you at any other sport," said Leo.

"We should learn how to play more sports," said Virgo.

"I'd rather learn how to play an instrument," said Gemini.

"Maybe Hydra can give us music lessons!" said Pisces.

"All of us learning how to play instruments at the same time? That will be hard on the ears," said Sagittarius.

"I want to learn how to paint," said Cancer.

"We've got lots of time to learn how to do lots of different stuff," said Libra.

"Being a human is so much fun. We should of done this sooner!" said Scorpio.

"I'm going to check out the book floor. Anyone want to come?" asked Capricorn.

"Ooh! I do!" replied Taurus. Then a few zodiacs followed Capricorn to the book floor while the others watched tv.