In a dream a poor orphan is given a brush that brings to life everything she paints.

In a place similar to the Caribbean in 1706, two fourteen-year-old "polliwogs"--humans who can walk on water--rely on a mysterious figure known as the Ghost Trader and a band of pirates to help them escape from the evil that is chasing them.

Orphan Tohru Honda, having discovered the Zodiac secret of the Sohma clan, has trouble handling the responsibility of what she knows when two friends come for a sleepover.

Tohru and friends are excited about the coming summer vacation, but first they have to deal with Black Haru going into a bigger rage than usual and with Ritsu Sohma and his mother.

Merle and Sarafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen, and set out to rescue her and save Venice from the Egyptian mummy warriors threatening the city.

A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.

"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--

Akito causes a commotion by dropping by the summerhouse where Tohru and the Sohmas are staying, and Tohru begins to wonder what life is like for the loved ones of a cursed member of this family.

Tohru, keeper of the house and the secrets of the Sohma family, tries to cart Isuzu off to the hospital after finding her passed out, while Yuki gets accidently locked in the closet of the ASB student council room.

Delving into the recesses of Kyo's past, we find the Sohma trio returning home on a rainy day. There, a mysterious man who has known Kyo for a long time meets them and the bonds of family and friendship are tested as Kyo deals with monsters he's been avoiding.