Fluff

Chapter Forty-Two - Mad Skills

“Alright,” Emily said. She needed to set some ground rules down now, or else everything would fall apart into some chaotic mess. “Who wants to go first?”

The sisters looked at each other, then they all insisted that they would go first. It was exactly as chaotic and loud as Emily didn’t want it to be.

“No, no, stop,” Emily said. “We’re going to do this one at a time. Last time... last time I think we did Teddy first? How about this time we go Trinity first, then Teddy last?”

“But that’ll mean that I’m in the middle twice,” Athena said.

Emily nodded. “Okay then. Athena first, then Trinity, then Teddy.” She pointed to Teddy who looked ready to complain. “You went first last time, Teddy, it’s only fair.”

Athena grinned and moved over to Emily. Emily didn’t know what to expect until Athena jumped up and sat on her lap. “Okay,” she said. “I’m going to unlock my new skill now.”

Emily didn’t know what to do with her hands for a moment, so she settled on patting Athena on the head, which seemed to make the owl-girl perfectly happy. “Do your best,” Emily said.

With her tongue pinched between her lips, Athena focused ahead on nothing, then she grinned. “Got it!” she said. Then, much to Emily’s mounting concern, Athena started to cackle. “Oh, this is perfect. Here, want to see?” She raised a hand and summoned a blueish square in the air with the details of her newest skill written on it.