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
"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