AN: It has been a hell of a long time. Sorry for the unannounced hiatus, but I'm back and here to stay.

Danny groaned as he woke up.

"That was a weird dream." He said, turning around. He opened his eyes, and saw a brown and black painted ceiling. "Huh?" He said. He tried to push himself up, but felt something pushing him down. That's when he noticed that there were two weights on his body. One was on his chest, and the other was on his legs. He looked down and saw a mop of silver hair. 'Silver hair. Then…'

"It wasn't a dream." Danny said. The mop of silver hair stirred, and parted to reveal a smiling face.

"What wasn't a dream?" Astra asked. Danny had to admit, seeing her with her hair everywhere, her tired eyes on him, and a lazy smile was a very good sight to wake up to.

"Yesterday." Danny said, trying to hold down a blush. It must've worked because Astra made no comment about it. Instead, her smile widened.

"Best day of my life." Astra said, snuggling Danny's chest. Danny smiled and looked up.

"Where are we?" Danny asked. He started looking around and saw a fireplace, as well as wood everywhere. The place seemed familiar, but not too familiar.

"Your new home, and my old home." The elf said.

"Old home?"

"I was given to you, so everything I own is now yours, including my old home." Astra said, smiling wider. Danny's eyes widened in panic and regret.

"Wait really?!" Danny shouted. He shot up to a sitting position, knocking Astra off of him. The girl fell to the floor and stared back at him as the boy looked back at her with regret and concern. "I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" The elf picked herself up from the floor.

"They said they were going to offer me to you. Don't you know what that means?" She asked.

"I thought they meant that I could ask you for help from time to time!" Danny said. He started to move, but the sleeping girl at his legs slowed him long enough for Astra to get back on top of him and pin him to the bed. Danny struggled against her. "Let me go, I'm going to see if I can still say no!" Astra shook her head and continued holding him down with a calm expression.

"You can't. You've already seen the Elder, so the offer will stay until you die." She said. Danny stopped struggling, but still looked upset.

"What about you?" He asked. Astra shrugged.

"If I die, you lose nothing, other than me." She said offhandedly.

"And you agreed to that?"

"It was a hard decision for me, but I see that it was the right one." She said, smiling.

"What?"

"Call it women's intuition, but I have a feeling that I will love being yours." She said, hugging Danny around his chest. Danny looked ready to panic and throw her off, but he just sighed and hugged her back.

"This… Is going to take some getting used to." Danny said. 'I've been in this world for less than a day, and already I've screwed up.' He thought.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure to help you in any way that I can." Astra said, snuggling into Danny's chest. Danny nodded, then froze when he heard growling noise. He remembered the weight on his legs. 'My panicking must've woke her up.' He thought. Sure enough, Ekaterina grabbed the elf and threw her off of Danny, wrapping her arms around him as the elf hit the wooden floor.

"Mine." The girl said, glaring at Astra. The elf rubbed her sore back and looked at the clansgirl.

"Is that all you can say?" She asked. Ekaterina responded with a growl and glowing red markings. The elf just rolled her eyes. "I may be owned, but I'm still the lead elf here. You need to remember to respect me." She said, giving Ekaterina her hardest glare. The clansgirl stopped her growling and her markings faded away. She released Danny and walked to the lead elf. She bowed at her hip to the younger girl.

"I apologize for my disrespect." She said, as sincere as Danny could tell. "I will leave." She pulled herself up and started walking towards the door. Astra gave Danny a look, and after a few seconds, her understood. She was asking him if he wanted Ekaterina to leave. He shook his head, and the elf smirked. She held out her hand to the girl, who was halfway out of the door. Ekaterina's body froze, and the girl was pulled back inside. She floated in the air and looked around.

"I forgive you, and I'll let you do it again, and again." The elf said, bringing the other girl to the ground and closing the door.

"What? But I—" Astra got on her knees in front of the other girl.

"Why do you like my spirit so much?" She asked. Ekaterina gave her a blank look, though her cheeks flared red.

"He's cute." She said, her voice monotone. Astra gave her a raised eyebrow.

"Is that all?" The elf asked.

"He's interesting, and his hair is really soft." Ekaterina said. Danny looked at his hair and felt it. It didn't feel soft to him, but it wasn't sharp or anything either.

"You've only known him for a day, and yet you so attached to him. Why?"

"Cute things are mine, and he's cute, so he's mine." Ekaterina asked. Danny felt a small stab at his pride.

"So he's yours by that logic?"

"Yes." Ekaterina said without missing a bet. 'That's weird logic.' Danny thought, deadpanning.

"What if he stopped being cute?"

"He would still be mine."

"Really? Even though he wouldn't be cute anymore, he would still be yours?" Astra asked. Ekaterina went silent as her face turned a brighter red, though it was still blank. She spoke, her voice still monotone.

"No."

"No?" Astra asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I would be his." That throw both Astra and Danny through a loop. Astra smiled as she put her head into her hand.

"Really now. Why?" She asked. Danny started to get concerned as Ekaterina's face turned a dark red. Astra's smile turned into a smirk as she watched the girl in front of her.

"He should collect cute things, and I'm cute, so he should keep me." Ekaterina reasoned, her blush spreading down her neck. 'Does she really think I'll collect "cute" things?' Danny thought.

"He should keep you? Like a pet? Or a toy?"

"Y-Yes." Ekaterina said, her face a deep red as her voice cracked. Her crack give Danny the hint that he needed. 'She'll pass out at this rate.' He thought.

"Astra, I think that's enough." Danny said, concerned for the clansgirl.

"But." Astra looked at Danny, and went silent at his pleading gaze. She nodded and walked away from the girl.

"Are you okay?" Danny asked Ekaterina. The girl nodded, not trusting her voice. Danny looked between her and Astra. "Do you want to stay with me?" He asked. Ekaterina nodded again, and Danny helped her to her feet. "Okay, then you can stay with me too." He said. Ekaterina nodded. 'I don't think that blush is going away anytime soon.' Danny thought.

Knocking was heard from the door, and Danny went to open it as Ekaterina fell onto the bed, startling Astra. Danny opened the door to reveal the Alpha, with a wide smile on the man's face.

"Half-Spirit! Great to see that you are up already. Have you seen the young one? Her parents are worried about her." He asked. Danny moved and let him see Ekaterina, who was face down on the bed, breathing deeply.

"She's been with me all night." Danny said. "I should go apologize to her parents for keeping her here."

"They'll be fine. They just wished to know that she was alive. I will tell them that she is staying with our new half-spirit." The Alpha said. He turned to Danny and grabbed the boy like he weighed as much as a bunny. "Now, we must begin your training."

"Training?" Astra and Danny asked.

"Yes! If you are to become a member of our tribe, you must train with our magic and learn our customs, which is what you will be doing with the Elder." Valko said. He walked through the door, holding Danny in his massive hands. "Today is your first day of training, and you have much to learn!" He said, too happy about this. As Danny was carried through the dirt roads of the village, people were pointing at him and whispering.

"It's the new spirit."

"Alpha's happy. Not good."

"Is the spirit going to train?"

"Looks like it. Poor thing."

"Hope it decides to stay long enough to become a clansmen."

'What did I get myself into?' Danny thought.

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Astra was tidying up Danny's house while he was gone. She and Ekaterina visited the clansgirl's parents and gave them the news that she was staying with Danny. They were… far too ecstatic.

"Our little pup is staying with the spirit!" Ekaterina's mom said, her markings glowing a bright blue beside her husband. Astra looked towards Ekaterina, and the girl was too busy burying her face in her hands to explain.

"Think about the grandchildren! Think about how powerful they will be." Her dad said, his clan markings glowing a bright blue like his wife's.

"Half Tekula, half spirit! We'll be the first grandparents to such lovely beings!"

Needless to say, Ekaterina's parents were okay with her staying with Danny. The girl in question was sitting on the bed, swinging her small legs as Astra tidied up. Astra lit the fireplace as the door slammed open. Astra knew who it was from the way the spirits around her started to get excited.

"Hey Danny." She greeted. She turned around to face him. "How was—AH!" Astra screamed as her eyes took in Danny's form, which looked very much broken and tired. There were burn marks in various places on his body, but the most prominent marks covered his hands and went up his forearms. He was also covered in slashes, the biggest one spreading from his left shoulder to his right hip, tearing the shirt he was wearing. Astra quickly ran to his side as Ekaterina shot from the bed and ran to Danny, whose knees finally gave out. Astra caught him before he could collapse. "What happened?!" Astra screamed, tears coming to her eyes. Ekaterina had tears prick at her eyes, even though her expression was blank again.

"I…" Danny coughed, and Astra gave an internal sigh of relief when no blood came out. "…had to… fight Valko's… two hands without… my powers."

"What was he thinking?!" Ekaterina screamed. She helped Astra with Danny and, together, put him on the bed.

"Don't… worry. I won." Danny said, smiling. Ekaterina and Astra both looked shocked to the core.

"You won?" Astra asked.

"Yeah… Everything hurts… but I won." Danny said as he closed his eyes and rested. 'Just who did I give myself too?' Astra asked herself.

"That's… amazing." Ekaterina said as she crawled into bed with Danny. She patted the space on Danny's right and she settled on his left. "Help me heal him." She said.

"S-Sure." Astra said. She moved and settled on Danny's right. She and Ekaterina looked eyes, and their markings appeared on their bodies. The two girls closed their eyes and let the markings glow white.

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Danny groaned as he woke up, feeling much better than before he passed out. He pushed himself to a sitting position and looked around. The house was empty. Ekaterina and Astra were both gone, leaving Danny alone. He pushed himself off of the bed and walked around to stretch his legs. After a minute of walking, he went to the door and tried to open it, only for a bubble to appear around it and keep him from touching it. Danny frowned a tried again. After failing again, he tried blasting the knob, only for the barrier around it to absorb the shock. He brought his hand up to try freezing the knob. He was about to fire when the door opened and showed Astra and Ekaterina with handfuls of fruits and three dead rabbits.

They blinked at the sight of an irritated looking Danny with a glowing blue hand pulled back like he was going to punch him. Astra giggled, then started laughing.

"He couldn't get past a simple barrier spell." She said between laughs. Ekaterina smiled, and started giggling behind a hand. Danny's face flushed red and he powered down. He moved as Astra and Ekaterina walking in.

"Shut up. I'm not used to this stuff yet."

"Yeah, but you're a spirit, a simple barrier spell shouldn't be hard for you, especially when you can go through walls." Astra said. Danny's eyes widened, and he facepalmed. "You didn't think about it, did you?" The elf asked, still giggling. Danny nodded his head. Astra's light laughter rang out. After a minute of laughter and giggling from both girls, they calmed down.

"Sorry, but it's just too funny." Astra said.

"I'm sure it is." Danny said sarcastically.

"Anyway, how was your rest?"

"Good. I feel a whole lot better than before."

"Good, then me and Ekaterina did good in healing you."

"You healed me?"

"Yep. You passed out on the bed, so we healed you. After you were all better, we went hunting for dinner since the man of the house was out cold." Astra said. Danny put his head down, and Astra quickly ran up to him. "I didn't mean it like that. You're training right now, and I'm almost absolutely sure that you are going to come home on your last legs. Me and you don't have parents, and I'd rather not go to Ekaterina's again." Both girls shivered at the memory. "So while you're training, me and Ekaterina will take care of the house. You can make it up to us when you finish training and get us our new family wolf. Okay?"

"Family wolf?"

"You'll learn about it later, so don't worry about that right now."

"The Elder was here." Ekaterina said. Astra and Danny turned to her, and saw Ekaterina holding a golden band. "For the elf." She said. Astra walked up to the other girl and quickly put the band on. The band glowed and shrink until it fit snuggly against her wrist. She quickly walked towards Danny and kissed him deeply, making Ekaterina growl. The band around Astra's wrist glowed white and Danny's name carved itself into the metal. Astra smiled as she pulled away.

"Thanks Ekaterina." The elf said. The clansgirl growled and stomped to Danny, who was still reeling from the surprised kiss. The ends of her clan markings appeared on her cheek, but didn't glow. They stayed their oily black. Ekaterina grabbed Danny's torn shirt and pulled him to her lips, kissing him just like Astra did. She pulled back and let a smile cross her face as her cheeks turned pink. "I guess I made you jealous?" Astra asked as Ekaterina's markings disappeared.

"No." Ekaterina said, throwing the elf a scathing glare. Astra just giggled. Ekaterina glared harder at her, then, remembered Danny. "This is for you." She said, giving Danny a piece of parchment. Danny grabbed it and read it.

"What is it?"

"The Elder wants to see me, though I don't know why." Danny said, pocketing the parchment. Danny started heading for the door, and felt two pairs of hands grabbing onto his arms.

"We're coming too!" Astra and Ekaterina both shouted. They did not want Danny to come back home close to dropping dead again. Danny smiled.

"Okay. Let's go."

The Elder was waiting for the trio when they reached her hut. Now that there was more lighting, Danny could see that the Elder had ocean blue hair and forest green eyes. She was holding her wooden staff that was nearly as tall as her, and her wolf was by her side, watching the three as they approached. The Elder was wearing a tunic that ended above her naval, and had on green pants that looked like they were made from leaves.

"About time." She said as they approached. Her wolf gave a low growl, seemingly irritated at the apparent "lateness" of the group as well. "Let's go. I've been waiting for most of the day for you." She said, walking inside of her hut. The three followed her inside and looked at the chaos that was her home.

"Yikes. Does she ever clean?" Astra asked, shivering slightly at the mess around her. She loved clean places, that's why she always cleaned her home before leaving. Seeing a place like this… it was making her uncomfortable. Her shiver increased when the Elder turned to her with a glare.

"Cleaning is far too much of a hassle when it's only going to get dirty again." She said, snarling. Astra nodded in silent fear and the Elder walked to her chair and cleared an area in front of her. "Sit." She said. Danny and the two girls instantly kneeled in the cleared spot. The Elder sighed, and decided to get down to business. She grabbed a book that her wolf had in its mouth. "Alright, I'm not going to exaggerate or anything about this. I'm going to teach you about this land and Other Country. This is so that you can get an understanding of our culture and circumstances, as well as learn our history so that you don't embarrass yourself later in life." She said. She pointed her staff at Ekaterina and Astra. "If they want, they can stay and learn with you, or they can leave. It's their choice, or rather, it's the clan girl's choice and your choice for the elf." Danny held in a glare when she referenced Astra like she was a thing, which she was, now that he owned her.

"I'm staying." Ekaterina said, tightening her grip around Danny's arms.

"Master?" Astra asked, looking at Danny.

"Do you want to?" Danny asked. Astra gave him no response, and looked no different, as if she didn't hear him. He was going to try again, until her expression shifted to make her look slightly annoyed. 'She wants me to decide.' Danny thought. He sighed and thought about what this could do for him and Astra. He didn't know much about the elf yet, but maybe she could help refresh his mind whenever he asked since he was more than likely going to forget some of the things he would learn. While Ekaterina was a big help, it was better to have two people to check with than one.

"Yes. Astra's going to stay and learn with us." Danny said. Astra smiled at him. 'I guess I made the right choice.' Danny thought.

"Good then. Now let's begin. I know that you are children, so I will try to make it entertaining for you to learn it. And what's more entertaining than watching history unfold before you?" The Elder said, smiling and smirking. Danny briefly wondered what she was talking about. He got his answer when she put the book in front of her wolf and tapped it with her wand. "Let's began shall we?" She said. The book flashed to life and white streams of light came from it and wrapped around the four people and one animal.

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They were back. Danny opened his eyes, seeing the messy floor of the Elder.

"I hope all of that stuck with you. Off you go now." The Elder said, waving her staff in the direction of the exit. Danny blinked as he realized that he was back in the real world. He looked towards the Elder, who shrugged. "The effects will wear off in a little bit. You should get used to them in time." Danny nodded, holding his aching head. He helped the two girls to their feet and walked out with them.

As they walked, Astra held her head as her sense of time returned.

"I don't think I'll get used to that." She said. Ekaterina nodded.

"Me too."

"I think I will… I hope." Danny said. They made it to their home, and when Danny opened the door, Ekaterina and Astra both flopped onto the ground. "I guess the effect isn't as strong with spirits." Both of the girls groaned. Danny sighed and picked them up. 'If I had telekinesis, this would be so much easier.' He thought, trying to find a way to carry the two. He decided on dual fireman carries and walked over to the bed. He put them down gently and backed away. He smiled as they slept, and turned to the fruit and dead rabbit.

"We didn't eat yet." He mused. He shot a blast at the fireplace, starting a green fire. He grabbed the dead rabbit. 'I may not be able to go get the food, but I can at least cook it.' With that thought, he smiled and got to work.

AN: Alright, you know the drill.

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