Chelsea and Caleb spent almost an hour getting to know Rojo before they began to grow bored. I just enjoyed watching them as they got better aquainted with him. He was playful and sweet the entire time. He seemed to really flourish while the children were spending time with him. He might have grown in power spending time with me but the time spent with the kids seemed to help his demeanor quite a bit. Finally, it is time for us to begin getting the catfish settled into its new home. Rojo seems happy enough to help keep an eye on the fish as Chelsea talked on and on about it. She really seems to like a fish that she has only known for a short period of time. The fight to reel it in must have caused some type of bond. "Bring the bucket with your fish over here. Rojo come back in the water and join me please. Let's get this fish a new home." I say happily.Rojo walks to the edge of the water before turning into a bird, flying over the water a few feet and flopping back into the water a
Once Chelsea finally finishes saying goodbye to Rojo and her catfish, I lead her into the house to show her her room. As soon as we enter the front door Chelsea and Caleb stop and stare on in awe at the foyer. When Chelsea notices the fountain with the witches and the wolves she runs over to it laughing. Her hands instantly go into the water as she continues to laugh. With a flick of my hand I cause air to make its way out of the wolve's upturned mouth sounding like a genuine wolf howl. The witches in the foyer all stop and take in the scene as Chelsea's laughter bounces off of the walls. Caleb joins in as well as the howl goes on for a few moments.Once her laughter slows down some, I join her at the fountain. She is covered in water all of the way down to her knees. It is a good thing that we have already placed some of her clothes in the closet upstairs. She will be able to use her new bedroom and bathroom to clean up before heading back."Are you ready to go and see your room? If
After a couple more weeks of settling in, I have to admit that Chelsea has had no problem getting everybody wrapped around her finger. She is the pride of the pack as well as the pride of the witch Coven. Even though she has not found her wolf yet and has no magic powers, she has had no issues getting everybody majorly attached to her. Now, she finds reasons to follow me every time that I go to visit the witches so that she can get to know everybody better. They have all found ways to spend some time with her and get to know her better. Some of them use their powers to help keep her entertained while others like to watch how her training is progressing. They have even decided to help her with advancing her training at a faster pace so that when she gets in school she is not behind any of the others.All four of the girls that we wanted to test to move on in their training as witches ended up passing swimmingly. None of them faltered and they even managed to help the others out when n
I have to admit that, so far, I like Fiona quite a bit. She seems to really have quite the head on her shoulders. She also seems to have a vast amount of empathy for all races considering how she was raised. She had never really belonged in that Coven anyways so I am infinitely happy that she managed to find this Coven to join of her own will. I am still rather curious to see if she has any other abilities that she might not have known about. Some that could have been buried instead of nurtured the way that they should be. It is entirely possible that she is able to do many of the other things that I can do but she has never had the chance to fully explore them."Alright, I want to see what all you are capable of. We already know that you are able to use Telekinesis exceptionally well, now I would like to see if there is anything else you are capable of. I was unaware of most of my powers until I met my grandmother. That is when things began to get interesting. Are you ready?" I ask
"I want you to focus on the awareness inside of yourself. Then, you are going to pick an animal that you can picture fully. One that you know very well. Anything at all. Once you have pictured it, I want you to push your awareness out into every part of your body with that image in mind. See if anything happens." I tell her.She closes her eyes and slowly stills as she focuses. As her face takes on this serene quality I find myself getting up and moving a little farther away. If she can shift and has chosen something larger then I would not want to be sitting too close to her. Slowly, I see movement under her skin. It looks like there are things crawling under her skin as her arms begin to lengthen. Grey fur begins to sprout on all of her exposed skin as I watch. My excitement is growing as I watch her begin to shift into another creature. That excitement is premature as the change stops suddenly and she opens her eyes to meet mine. "Nothing happened. I guess that I cannot do it." S
Now that Fiona has shown that she can shapeshift, I have to come up with a way to help her control her new powers. She has to learn how to transform into something without seeing it right in front of her. It is always going to be more difficult than when studying it at the same time but it is definitely doable. It is a trick that as a witch she should have already been able to master. Witches have such good memories that we can practically see things happening in front of us even if it had been months or even years since it really did. So, theoretically, as long as she has seen an animal in person she should be able to shift into it by focusing on that memory.Since her training has been done a little backwards thanks to her old pack, I am going to recruit Elle to try and help me get her caught up on this skill. She is the one that helped me to learn how to control my shapeshifting. Even if she is unable to shift herself, she does understand the magic behind it and might be able to l
Now that I know that Elle is not at her cottage or with the witches there is only one more place for me to check. She has to be spending more time with Frank's pack if she is not here and her cottage is rigged for intruders. I wonder why she rigged it? Has there been a problem with somebody breaking in? Has she been harrassed in some way that I did not know about? Whatever it is, it is not okay in my pack. On my walk to the other pack, I am pleased to see that some of the childen that are from my father's pack have been spending time with the children from my pack. I find pockets of kids that are outside playing games from both packs. Some are playing hop scotch, others are playing hide and seek. Some teens, I am fairly sure, are defacing property. That is not exactly something that I can condone but considering that as soon as I get close they are all very busy looking at their cell phones and laughing at jokes, I cannot exactly catch them doing anything bad. I am sure that they wil
When I finally find Elle she is exactly where Rand said that she would be. She is with all of the witches from the Blood Coven. They are in the middle of some type of altercation when I make my way toward them. Aurora has her voice raised while talking to Elle. It is just windy enough that I cannot make out her words. Then again, as I reach my awareness out, I find that this wind is not exactly natural. Finally, as I get within a few steps of them, I hear what is being said."You cannot really expect us to just sit aside and allow your Coven to train our younger members. Why would we do something like that!" Aurora practically shouts at Elle."I am not trying to steal your Coven members away. I just think that Simonetta might still have a hold somewhere in your Coven and we should try to get rid of it right away. If they train with us then you know that they are not being influenced by outside forces." Elle says back reasonably.Ah, that is what they are arguing about. Just last week
"Wait, you can do that?" Frank asks shocked. "Yes, of course I can. It is not something that I have done often, actually only one other time but it is an option. It is one that terrifies her." I admit. "Who did you do it to before?" Rand asks me. "I did it to Morden. There was no other way to stop her from coming after my pack or my family." I answer simply. "Your grandmother said that Simonetta was behind that the entire time. That only makes it right that she gets the same punishment if not worse than what Morden received." Rand points out. I had not thought of it that way but it is true. Still, we need to have a system set up for something like this. Otherwise, there will always be somebody that takes advantage of the power and that is not something that I can condone. "That is very true. I had not thought of that but this is not a decision to be made lightly. There might be longer reaching consequences that even I am not aware of by using this ability. Still, I see no other o
It did not take long at all for the Hybrid Council to arrive. They all file in looking a little shocked to see Simonetta there, unable to use her magic as she floats slightly in the air. Quickly, they find their seats. Then, both Rand and Frank walk in as well. I had not thought of inviting them but I am glad that Dante did. With how long she terrorized their pack it is only fitting that they are here for this as well.I smile at them all as they whisper among themselves for a few moments. This is a bit of a shock for those that were not here to see Simonetta arrive. For Frank and Rand, they finally see their enemy tied up and floating in the air. They are not aware that I can take away her ability to use magic so this is going to be a shock to them when the meeting starts. "I take it you called us all here for a reason?" Elle says once everyone starts to calm down."Yes, I did. As everybody here knows, Simonetta has caused quite a few problems for us. She has terrorized werewolves,
Simonetta rushes towards me using wind to guide her speed. It is not enough to throw me off guard though and I shove a wall of dirt up in front of me. She almost crashes into it before she is able to skid to a stop at the last second. If she had prepared then she might have been able to use the air that was helping her speed up to me to jump over the wall but instead, she is used to using her other powers for combat and did not make the decision in time.As soon as she begins to stop, I tear down the wall and shift into werewolf form quickly to land on top of her with my teeth to her neck. Out of all of the forms that I could have turned into this was the only one that registered as an option. I would like for her to see the one thing that she thinks is beneath her be the thing that brings her down. For once, she surprises me when she throws me off of her with some air. I quickly flip over and land on my paws. I shift back and face her again. She is breathing hard and I find myself a
As soon as my illsuion drops I see Simonetta's face blanche. Chelsea drops to the ground and has it swallow her up as she falls through it to meet the others. I send her a brief thank you as she helps to keep them all safe from whatever back up plan Simonetta could have.She sends me a sad farewell. Apparently she is worried about whether or not I am going to make it out of this one. I might not have used much magic recently but I guarantee that there is no way I will let her get away with this threat. Today, she is going to go down and she is not going to be a threat to anybody with werewolf blood ever again."Wait, you had the baby? No! You can't have had it already!" She screams in rage."Actually, I can. There was nothing stopping me from having it. There is also nothing in the way of me putting a stop to you and your bullying once and for all" I say. She takes a few steps back as she steels herself for what we bothk now is going to happen next. It is a shame that the rest of the
"Why would she ever want to go with you?" I ask Simonetta in shock."I am sure that she can see the benefits when she realizes that if she doesn't then she will never get to meet the bundle of joy in your stomach. I will personally make sure that you are unable to deliever them. After all, the more powerful the babes the less the mother can use magic so I am sure that you are not able to defend yourself very well." Simonetta says triumphantly.I try my best to look worried. I really do. I find that it is difficult to be worried about her though. She has never really had a lot of sway over me. Even when I first realized how much stronger than her I am I had found it difficult to be scared of her. "You really think that I am afraid of you? Even without being able to use my powers you do not worry me. I have plenty of other witches that are able to come and help me." I say."Not before something bad happens to you. Chelsea, I would hate to see for anything bad to happen to Laina. I just
Each team splits up and gets ready to make their way through the obstacle course. They are all going to have to take turns trying to make it through safely. Each team has a designated amount of time before they get elminated. The one that makes it through the fastest and with the least amount of mistakes, will be the ones to win the competition. The course is very similar to the one that we did with the entire pack when we first started training. The one that really got the women moving faster as they fought to make good time through the course to beat the men. This one is just a little more geared towards children and not fully grown adults.Some of the obstacles are smaller to better accomodate their size, some things are closer together and they have even added some new obstacles that would have been difficult for the adults. There are also some obstacles that are going to require teamwork to make it through. If they do not work together then they have no hope of making it to the
It takes much longer than planned to get the babies ready for travel. I have never packed a diaper bag before but luckily Scarlett shows up to help me get them ready and squeal over the twins for a minute. Or more precisely, several minutes."I can't believe that they are finally here! I swear it felt like your pregnancy was never going to end. Every time that I thought you were going into labor and you never did. Yesterday, I had no idea that you were going into labor. How did you keep that from me?!" She says to me."It was not exactly on purpose. I did not even know that I was in labor until I spoke to Dante and then Elle confirmed it. It was a really odd day. We had a lot that happened that day so I thought that everything I was feeling was just from stress." I admit to her."Ha! For once, I could have answered that if you had just talked to me. Instead, you have me doing made up jobs with you to help me out." She says excitedly.I shake my head as she begins showing me exactly h
The first night with the babies was quite a bit of a learning curve. Whenever we put them in their bassinets they just started to cry nonstop until we picked them up again. It took a couple of hours to find out that if we put them into the same bassinet they were able to sleep peacefully and not wake us up. By the time we managed learning that, I was beyond exhausted and ready to sleep. Thankfully, there was more than enough people in the house to help us out throughout the night.When I wake up I find that Dante is already standing over their bassinet watching them sleep. They have managed a few hours of sleep straight which for me was quite shocking considering that they are newborns. "How are they?" I ask him sleepily.Chelsea decided to sleep on one of the loveseats last night as well. She was just too excited to go to sleep in her bedroom after I had the babies. I do not blame her but as she shifts when I start talking I do realize that that might have been a mistake. She is goi
Chelsea comes running in once the babies start to cry for food. Her face is filled with excitement as she rushes over to me. Even though they are hungry, I allow her to hold and rock Caterine while I first feed Archer. I might get good enough to be able to feed them both at once in the future but for now feeding just one is tricky. I never knew that it could be this hard to feed a baby."Hi Caterine, I am your Aunt Chelsea. We are going to be best friends. You are going to get to go to school with werewolf pups and use magic. It is going to be wonderful. I can't wait to teach you everything that I know." Chelsea coos to the baby making all of us smile.It is a good thing that she already has so much experience being around babies because she does a great job holding Caterine while Archer is feeding. She does sit down though as she looks at her. Even though Caterine was crying just a moment ago from hunger, she is now looking at Chelsea with wide eyes. Werewolf pups have much better ey