The blueprints all get finished right as it is time for us to head to the cottage for today's training. Elle is alrady expecting us and I am sure that she has a spot set up for me to rest at while Chelsea gets her training done. She is also set to checkk on how my pregnancy is progressing when I get there. Just to make sure that I am not about to go into labor since nobody believes me when I say that it is not time."I still can't believe that we won the treasure hunt!" Chelsea says excitedly as she skips next to me."You did really well. The only thing that slowed you down is the fact that not everybody used their gifts fully. If they had you would have been back way earlier." I explain."I thought that you did not want me to use my powers," She says sounding confused. "Not your powers. The gifts that each of the orphans have. They are all gifted in some way from the Moon Goddess. If you had all utilized those gifts better you would have made it back much earlier." I tell her.Reali
"Why would Simonetta be coming here?" I ask innocently.Of course, they do not know that I overheard them talking on the other side of the wall when they were planning if they would tell Simonetta or not. They do not know that I saw them already divided on if they were going to tell her when they finally learned the truth. I might just be able to use this fact."You know as well as I that she would like to know of any other hybrids. The fact that you are raising another one is something that she is most interested in." Aurora almost sneers at me.Ah, so she is not trying to hide who she really is too much right now. Between the offensive body language that she is giving off and the way that she is talking to me, it is fairly obvious which side she is on. She might not feel that way when she finds out that she is already outnumbered with more witches on their way."And why would she ever find out that Chelsea is a Hybrid? I mean, if she is then who are her parents? My father has never
Aurora and Amanda looked at each other shocked when everybody eappeared out of nowhere but now that they are being led to the house they look much more subdued. They are not happy with the turn of events. At least I have a better idea of what is going on. After they move out of the direct area heading towards the witch house, I find myself all but collapsing onto the ground in exhaustion. Luckily, Elle was expecting it and she caught me on a pillow of air. Dante comes rushing up to me as I struggle to stand back up."Are you okay?" He asks me concerned.He reaches down and helps pull me back up. As I stand I hold onto him to to steady myself. He wraps his arms around me as I once again find my balance."I am okay. Just too much excitement for the day." I tell him."How about we take the night off of training. I am sure that Chelse could use the break as well. Elle can help us get back to the pack house." He suggests. I nod my head and say, "Okay but there are only 2 more days of tr
"So what exactly is that school going to be for?" Scarlett asks excitedly after Elle leaves. "It is a Hybrid school. They are not going to be able to learn in the pack school or just with the witches. Instead, they are going to have to have a school of their own where they can learn everything they need at once. Without that, the consequences are pretty bad." I tell her."Oh, I guess that you will be the one running this school too?" She asks me.I shake my head and give a pointed look at Chelsea before saying, "No, not me. It will be another. We have a long road before it will be ready though."Scarlett gets the hint as she moves on to other topics. She has Ulfred surrounded by toys on the ground to keep him busy while we talk. Even Chelsea is helping with it. She is created little water bubbles in the shapes of different animals to float around him just like Sage and Hazel did for her before she discovered that she could do it too."She is getting pretty good at that." Scarlett say
That night we ended up relaxing for most of the night while Chelsea kept Ulfred busy. Scarlett and Dante helped keep me entertained all throughout dinner as we ate some amazing pasta and watched movies. Dante would not have even let me go to the bathroom alone if there was a way around it for him."Is he always this protective? It would drive me insane." Scarlett asks when Dnate insists on getting me yet another drink."Yes, but he has not been this bad for long. Besides, with everything that I have put him through, I can only imagine that it has all been building and has finally culminated in this. I mean, I htook on an entire Coven while pregnant and he never tried to stop me." I point out."Good point. Maybe with your next pregnancy you can take it easier on him throughout the entire pregnancy then. I do not think you would be able to make it through him acting like this the entire time again." She says with a chuckle.Dante comes walking back and hands me a bottle of water as we b
"Do you think that Elle was able to get a lot of the work done last night?" I ask Dante."I do know that she is your grandmother so I am absolutely positive that she can get it done in record time." Dante tells me."I am glad that you have such great confidence in my abilities. I am excited to see what we have started already." I tell him.Scarlett is going to meet me at the day camp today so that we can check on the progress of the school. She really took to the idea of getting out and not being home waiting for Quin to notice her once again. We have to come up with something better to keep her busy for a while.There is the possiblity that we can have her stay with the witches for a while so that she can help them with the planning. It is also possible that she can help Rand's pack for a short period of time as well. Dante is fully prepared to handle Quin if he gets upset over her not being at their home when he gets back there.Now that it is Thursday we only have two days left bef
The little breakfast Cafe really was a great choice of places to eat at. Chelsea got pancakes in the shape of little wolves while I got a veggie omelet and Dante got eggs, bacon, and potatoes. Then, we all decided to get a huge plate of bacon to split because as delicious as the food is, it just wasn't enough.Now, the pups are trying to do their tasks so that they can get sorted into their teams for tomorrow's big finale. Even though we already know where each of the orphan's strengths lie, we are testing them anyways to see just how strong they are in each of their gifts. "Alright, I made it. Quin was not happy to hear that I was working all day and bringing Ulfred along though." Scarletet says as she walks up to me."Well, at least you were not leaving him somewhere. This way he is still with a parent. Do you want to stay out all night or are you going tow ork up to it? I can help you with either possibility." I offer."I think that I will go home tonight. Maybe tomorrow night we
When Elle levitates us high enough into the air to see the entire outline of the building I think back on all of the pictures that the Moon Goddess has given to me. As soon as I think of what could be different a few details seem to jump right out at me. Even out of the corner of my eye when I am not focused on that area. It is like she is trying to show me exactly what is wrong with this.The towers are just a few feet off of being in each cardinal direction for one. It is not by much but it is by enough that the towers would not be positioned correctly. Then, I see that some of the rooms are also mixed up. It is not a huge deal to me and maybe not to some of the others but I am sure that to the Moon Goddess there is a purpose for each room being where it is.I signal to Elle to lower us to the ground. As soon as my feet touch the ground, I reach out my awareness with the picture of exactly what we need. As soon as I think it, the Earth responds quickly and begins to move all of the
"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