Training has continued well for the rest of the week. I still cannot stand to watch Chelsea try to cook when using the element of fire but I have been told that she has been improving nicely. It seems as if she is going to be ready when school starts without being a danger to anybody. We have taken to casting an illusion of the garden whenever we take her outside to practice. So far, we have not seen anybody trying to spy on us but if they do then all they will see is one of us walking through the garden and coaxing life into it. Not Chelsea being out in the open trying to learn how to heal the Earth and bring new life to the plants. We are currently heading back to the pack house to eat a quick lunch before heading out to meet Rojo. He is going to fly here and wait for us to leave and then follow us back to his old lake. The one that I cleaned up when I found him. Chelsea is still in the dark about where we are going and who we are meeting but the excitement is still very real as
We all step outside and Chelsea immediately begins looking around for who is supposed to be meeting us. I giggle while she looks around confused. I happened to mention that our guest was here and now she does not know what to think. She definitely was not considering it being Rojo. I send my thoughts out to Rojo and he jumps off of the window and flies straight up. After we walk a couple of steps he comes soaring back down slowly. He makes three lazy circles around us before Chelsea realizes who it is and starts giggling as well. "It's Rojo! That is the surprise?" She asks me. "Yes it is. I figured now that you can find a way to communicate with him you would like to meet him again." I explain. "Wait, I can communicate with him?" She asks excitedly. "Yes, you can. Wait until we get to the lake and then you can try it out if you want. It will be fun." I tell her. "Okay!" She yells as she skips on ahead with Rojo. Now that we have some expected time with just the two of us, Dant
Chelsea quickly pulls off the clothes that are over her swimsuit as she rushes towards the water's edge. Last time she met him she was braver than I had expected as she did get in the water with him but she never really got the chance to swim with him. She also did not know of her witch heritage at the time so she could not speak to him. "How do I talk to him?" She asks excitedly. "Just send your thoughts to him the same way you would to the Earth. He will listen. He cannot handle complex sentences but general thoughts and feelings he is great with. Go ahead and try it, just open yourself out and once you reach him send your thoughts to him." I tell her. I watch the intense look of concentration on her face for only a few seconds before the look changes to that of intense excitement and surprise. Her mouth pulls into a huge smile as she walks into the water and runs his hands along his back. Curious to know what they are talking about, I open my mind up to the two of them as well.
After Chelsea trains with Sage for an hour or so Frank enters the water to help teach her how to swim. Rojo has been on the other side of the lake while they were throwing vast amounts of water at each other but now that they are calming down he comes swimming lazily back to circle around Chelsea once more."It seems like they are getting along well even though they lost so much time not knowing that they are related." Dante ovserves as we watch them."I think it helps that he got his memories back as well. it is almost like he is picking up where he left off. Even if it is with another child. He has been adapting well to me now too." I say."I honestly thought that it would be more difficult fo rhim to handle everything but he seems to have the same resilience that you have. Nothing really slows him down or holds him back." Dante says.As I watch Frank and Chelsea swimming in the water I cannot help the smile. She is laughing as she slowly sinks under the water after moving only a co
"So, you have now got the basics of swimming down. How does it feel?" I ask Chelsea after she manages to stay above water for almost an hour."It is so much easier than I could have imagined. Why did it take me so long to learn it before?" She asks herself."That is because you are not used to thinking like a witch does. You were learning the way that a werewolf is taught. It is not wrong but you are not just a werewolf. You are so much more than that. There might only be the two of us so far that are hybrids but we have to change our way of thinking. Learning the way that the others do is never going to get us far." I admit. "Is there anything else that is cool that I can learn in the water?" She asks."Yes, but I need you to get something else down all of the way first. I will show you but I do not want you trying it on your own until I tell you that it is okay. Understood?" I ask her.She nods her head enthusiastically. If she was able to I am sure that she would soak up everythin
The first day of wolf camp is about to start and I am not sure what all I am supposed to be doing or even where I am supposed to be. I have been purposely left out of most of the planning for this week so that they would not have to worry about me overdoing anything. I swear that if they could wrap me in bubble wrap then they would. Heck, they still might find a way just so they do not worry as much."Chelsea! Are you ready for wolf camp?" I ask from outside of her room.She has been quiet since last night. Her witch training has been moved to the afternoon so that she is still able to have fun with the other wolf pups. They do not know about her heritage still and that is the way that I would like to keep it. She is going to be enough of a target with everyone thinking that we adopted her. No reason to add witch blood to the mix as well."No. What if I end up accidentally using my powers? Will I scare them all?" She asks as she opens the door.She does look awfully nervous for today.
The first task for the children is a simple get to know you drill. Each person has to find somebody that they do not know, or at least not well, and get to know them better. Once they learn something fun about each other that others do not know, they are going to find a way to create some type of craft for the other person to keep. Something that will appeal to the facts that they learned about each other.I think that it is a little cheesy to be doing this type of activity but so far, most of the kids do not seem to mind. They are all giggling as they run around searching for somebody that they can learn more about. Chelsea is immediately surrounded by lots of other little pups that all want to partner with her. She looks at each of them shyly like she does not know what to do.Worried that she will start to lose her cool, I send Dante over to break up the party. Everybody wants to be paired with her because not only is she new, but she is also a member of our family. Even if they do
When it is time for the kids to all exchange crafts I am happy to find that Chelsea's partner made a paper fish. Dante managed to steer the converation towaqrds when she went fishing over the weekend instead of any harmful topics. Chelsea made the giraffe that apparently the child's family sponsors at the zoo. Both of their faces light up when the see the other person's crafts. Hopefully, this means that they are beginning to make new friends already.Most of the other children seem to be having very similar experiences. There are only a few that do not seem to be making any new friends during this exercise. There are still plenty more to go today and for the rest of the week though. One of the orphans seems to be having a terrible experience with one of the children from our pack though. After the other kid gives him the craft he jumps up off of the ground and takes off through the crowd. Immediately Dante and another parent are there to find out what happened before I can even get