There is no way for me to tell Elle and Hazel what happened during the talk that I overheard so they follow me up to my room after dinner. Fiona has agreed to spend some time with Chelsea in her room so that we can talk without worrying about where she is and who all is around her. Just to be on the safe side, I set up a spell that will alert me if they try to leave or someone else tries to enter without me knowing it. I trust Fiona but there are so many things going on right now that I do not trust that I have to be extra cautious."So, what did you hear?" Elle asks as soon as the door is closed.She gives a start as Dante stands up from where he was sitting on the bed. As soon as he learned that we were going to meet here about what is going on he decided that he would wait here for us. Luckily, he knew that we were all coming so he is completely dressed instead of the usual way he waits for me. "They think that there is a snitch in their Coven. Somebody working for Simonetta. Aman
"So, Chelsea, I am going to show you where the tunnels are that head back to the pack house. For tonight, we are going to stay there. I want you to follow the tunnels until you reach the pack house. There are a couple of different places they lead to so you have to use your connection with the Earth to find the correct path. Ready?" I ask her.She nods enthusiastically as I lead her through my room towards the secret passage. Of course, there is one in her room too but I will use that for tomorrow. I want her to learn a new path each night so that she has time to focus on learning only one at a time until she has them all down. "Why are we staying with the pack tonight? I thought that I was working on my witch training for the week." Chelsea asks just before we reach the tunnel opening."Honestly, I am tired. I would not even bother teaching you it tonight but I think that you should always know how to get out in case of an emergency. I just figure if we are already back at the pack
Maze time. Time for Chelsea to show us what she has learned so far. We are still in the Pack's territory so the only witches that have come to this show is Elle, Hazel and Fiona for some support. Dante and Frank are here to support her as well as she tries to find her way through the maze. I finally told her this morning that I had some plans for her for breakfast that we had a special training idea for her for today but now it is time to finally unveil it."Today, you are going to find your way through the maze. Similar to last night in the tunnels, you are going to be expected to use your powers to find your way through the maze. If you make it all of the way through in less than an hour then I have a special day planned with you on Friday. Do you think that you can do it?" I ask her as she stares open mouthed at the maze entrance. She begins to nod her head hesitantly as she looks into the entrance. I am not sure what all she is nervous about. It could be the fact that she is go
Chelsea finally makes it through the maze with only a few minutes left to spare. She looks at me to see if she made it and her bright smile answers mine as I nod to her. She made it thorugh just fine. It was closer than I thought it would be at the beginning but she still made it in the time limit. "So, when are we having the celebration?" She asks excitedly. "On Friday. We will have it on Friday. I just need to go over a few things with one of the guests." I say cryptically. "Guests? Someone special then?" Her eyes grow at the possibility. "Someone very special. I hope that they end up being just as special to you as they are to me." I answer her. Before she gets to question me further, Elle and Hazel rush over. They manage to make it just shortly before Frank and Dante. They all offer their congratulations with enthusiasm. Frank is by far the most proud as he looks at her. It is the same look that used to be reserved for me when I was just a child. Just then, his head whips up
Elle uses the elements of air and water to create a floating bed of water that will carry me back to our house. Being surrounded by witches is the best place for a deliver. The werewolves have always delivered in the pack but the witches have better ways of keeping the mothers alive. They have instincts and powers that nobody else can manage. With this baby being a hybrid I figure that I am going to need all of the help that I can get if I am, in fact, in labor at this moment. I still am not quite sure I am in labor but at this point I am not sure that I am not in labor either. These stomach pains far outrank the last ones that I had. "How are you doing Laina?" Elle asks as we continue our walk, or float in my case."I am doing okay." I struggle to get out as another pain hits."How bad are the pains?" She asks me."Not terrible. Just like a knife being shoved into my stomach and then twisted. Not too bad though." I say with false enthusiasm."Well you are either in false labor or
It does not take long for us to figure out that I am not actually in labor yet. I expected as much but when the contractions almost completely stopped in an hour I was more than ready to find a way back to the pack house."Are you really going to stay there until you have the baby?" Hazel asks as she joins me in my room."Yes, maybe a little after as well. I have been thinking about having a few witches stay in Elle's house to help Chelsea with her training and to be closer for when I do go into labor. I do not need the entire Coven but it would not hurt to have a few close by at all times." I explain."I am sure that there will be plenty of volunteers. Did you have anyone in mind that you want there?" She asks."I think that we should have shifts of witches. That way nobody is away from their normal life for too long. I know that I want Fiona there for the first couple of days since she has been bonding with Chelsea so much. As the only other shapeshifter she will also be able to he
Elle has finally relented enough to allow me to walk to the lake to speak with Rojo before we head back to the pack house. She still insists on helping me during the walk to the pack house since it is so much longer but it feels good to be able to walk to the lake. Rojo is nowhere in sight when I arrive at the water's edge but as soon as I place my toe in the water he begins swimming up towards the surface. As his back breaches the water I find a smile forming on my face. I have not had as much time to spend with him as I would like in recent months. I move slowly through the water so that I can run my hand along his back. He swims in circles around me once I get deep enough in the lake. The water is nice and warm today. I debate on swimming for a while but Dante is waiting on me to go back to the pack house. "So, I hope that you remember Chelsea. I brought her and her friend to meet you not long ago." I begin our conversation.He sends me back a picture of her in his head to let m
"I am so happy to have you back here. I was worried about you." Dante says when we finally make it back to the pack house. Most of the trip I floated with Elle's help but I did walk once I reached the edge of the pack's territory as well as as we were leave the Witch's territory. It was nice walking but It was also nice not to have to make the entire walk. My legs are beginning to tire and my stomach cramps a little more after I walk a while."I am glad to be back once again. It will be nice to relax. I just do not want to be stuck in the bedroom until I have the baby." I admit to him."I have a surprise for you. You will not have to be stuck in the bedroom. You will not be able to go up the steps nonstop but we can make sure that you are resting plenty without giving up your life." Dante says.I look at him in curiousity as he leads me towards the rec room. Once we reach it my eyes are immediately drawn towards a large bed in the middle of the floor facing the television set. I can
"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