"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
Once all of the kids are once again assembled and calmed down, I am happy to see that Chelsea is talking to the boy that I just spoke to. She seems to be trying to figure out exactly what happened and help him. Soon, she should be able to tell them all what is going on with her. Then, they might not feel as much like freaks as they do right now. I mean, with her and I there are way bigger freaks out there.Dante walks over to sit next to me while a couple of other adults begin explaining the next activity. This one is actually just training and sparring together but with them being children they are going to have a blast. They have a real reason to hit each other after all."Hey, so what did he say? Is he okay?" Dante asks."Yeah he seems to be. He was just a little upset that the only thing any of the others know about him and the orphans is that they are just that, orphans. He does not want to be seen that way." I tell him."The other child said that that is the only information tha
"Chelsea, what did you think of your first day of wolf camp?" I ask her during dinner with the witches."It is fun. I just hope that nobody else gets picked on because of us being orphans. That really was not fair." She says."He was not being picked on. If he wants anyone to acknowledge that he is more than just an orphan then he has to stop being just an orphan. You all do." I explain.Elle is watching our interactions with a slight smile. I can practically feel her amusement over me going over this with Chelsea. I had so many problems when I first started to learn how to use my powers. I was trying to take on a Coven and protect my pack all at the same time. At least Chelsea only has to worry about school at this point."Yeah, he ended up saying something about that later on. I did not want to pick a fight but I wanted all of them to know that I was able to protect my friends." Chelsea says in a small voice."I know. I am proud of you for what you did. Next time, just make sure tha
"So, we just have to assume that they know now." I confirmed out loud.This cannot be happening. All of this planning that we did to keep her away from them and yet they still managed to find out the truth about her. We are going to have to tell her all about it now. Before they are able to get any closer to her."That would be the best bet. If we go on the offenseive then we will not be caught off guard later." Elle says."Do you think that Aurora is going to tell Simonetta then? She seemed like she was on the verge of telling her. Like she might not tell her unless she has a reason." I say. "It is hard to say. I think that she could easily be swayed to but if she is not given the opportunity then mabye not." Elle says.We can only hope that she is not given the opportunity. I might be able to keep track of their comings and goings but I have no way of keeping track of their communications. She might have been talking to Simonetta this entire time but I would never know. Maybe we ca
"Is that why we moved our training here?" Chelsea asks me.The fact that she was able to come to that conclusion on her own is impressive. She is much smarter than any other eight year olds that I know. Since she has already figured it out I might as well be honest with her. The Moon Goddess' warning that she could possibly turn into my biggest threat remains in the back of my mind. The only hope to stop that is by us growing closer as sisters and always being completely honest with each other. "Yes, it is. We were hoping to avoid them learning that you are also a Hybrid but it seems that they learned it anyhow. We might be able to keep it slightly under wraps by not letting them know what all you can do but they have already learned the biggest secret we had from them. We just have to keep them from learning more." I admit."Since they already know that I am a hybrid does that mean that we can go back to the witch house? Training was much more fun there. They know that I can use the