Tony watched as Candy walked around all day with a ball of energy. She made it before coming out for breakfast and held it in one hand as she ate. Loki was suprised when she used another spell to make her breakfast appear while still holding onto the ball of energy. "How can you cast two spells at once?" She simply shrugged and continued to eat.
"What's this for?" He went to poke the ball of energy that she'd moved to balance on her head so she could use both hands. She leaned away from Tony to keep him from touching it, "Loki wanted me to hold a spell for a few days straight while keeping it at a specific strength.. It's just part of some new training.. Touch it and it'll likely blow up this entire floor." The friends laughed at the face he made as he quickly backed away from her and her energy ball.
"Why, exactly do you need to do this?" He asked as he sipped his coffie, noting how silly she looked balanceing it on her head like that. Her mouth was full so Loki answered for her, "She has far more power than I had originally thought. This will help her learn to control the amount of energy she puts into the spells to keep her from wasting it."
It was a rather uneventful day. She did a few training sessions with Cole, played Minecraft with the brothers, drew some pictures, practiced with her blades, scared the shit out of Tony every time she got board and tossed the ball of energy around and used it like a hacky-sack.
Thor was impressed, the energy never wavered in the slightest no matter what she did. Even when his brother teased her and pissed her off, it remained consistant. The Frost Giants weren't the only ones they'd heard stories about when they were young, Dream Walkers were highly feared as well although they were thought to be myth.
He wasn't sure which of the stories were based on truth and which were mere children's tales, although he felt he was slowly figuring it out. So far the things that turned out to be true were their ability to enter peoples dreams, they were very intelegent and loyal to those they considered friends and allies, and very very powerful. His brothers use of her power while fighting the Frost Giants was proof of that as was this spell she held so easily.
What he found to be false was that they were hidious, manipulative monsters that were ruled by their emotions and short tempers... Well, perhaps the part about them being sadistic might be true now that he thought about the movies she had them watch.. She viewed the Saw movies as more comedy than horror.
She held the spell for three straight days before its power began to fluctuate any. She was tired and board and and board! "Aunt Candice!" She shot up off the couch with a huge smile and ran to meet her little nephew half way, picking him up in a big hug. "AEDAN! My little buddy! I Missed you so much!"
She heafted the boy onto her hip and went over to give everyone else a hug. "Boll! Bwoll!" Candy giggled, "Ball?" She held the spell out for the younger boy to look at and he smiled. He loved balls. And Mickey Mouse.. and shoes.. She made an identical looking ball of energy and gave it to the toddler to play with. This one was harmless, she wouldn't dare give either of the boys anything that could hurt them.
Aedan was five and looked just like his aunt and daddy, red hair, hazle-green eyes and pale skin with jst a couple of freckles scattered across his nose. Logan was two and, like his brother, was a bit slow in talking. He knew things, just didn't want to talk yet. He looked like his mom. Dark brown hair, brown eyes and slightly tanned skin.
Aedan suddenly gasped and shouted, "It's Iron Man!" and ran over to one of Tony's suits with a huge smile on his face, "Look Dad! Iron Man!" His dad went over to make sure the boy didn't touch it and crouched down next to him, "Wow! That's awesome!" He humored the boy as his little brother found Cole and gave him a hug, forgetting about his ball in favor of getting puppy kisses.
"What made y'all decide to come? Who's taking care of the business?" She asked her parents as she led them into the living room. "Mr Banner is very convincing and Mr Stark sent some people he trusts to watch over things, we'll manage it from here." She nodded to her father's explination before giving Bruce a hug, "Thank you so much for getting them to come! You're so awesome!"
"It's Minecraft! Let me- May.. I .. play Minecraft.. Please?" He asked when he saw Thor's computer. Loki placed his hands on his hips in mock anger, "Is that game so interesting that you forget to give me a hug?" Aedan reluctantly left the computer and ran over to give him a quick hug before going straight back to giving Thor his pouty-puppy-face.
Tony was shocked to see Loki cuddling on and tickling the baby when he came in. Jarvis had told him their guests had arived but he was in the middle of something that he couldn't just drop. "Hello! Welcome! Tony Stark." He greeted the family, "You must be Dean?" He shook her father's hand, "Yes sir. This is my wife Alethea, our son Jonathan, his wife Sher and their boys Aedan and Logan." They all shook hands in turn.
"This is Loki's brother, Thor and that's Cole." Candy introduced them and another round of handshakes ensued as she pointed out the other dogs to her new friends, "That's Cujo, Holly and Shina.. The little ones are the ones you gotta' watch out for. They're mean and not housebroken very well." Shina was a black and white Shizu in a green sun dress. She was happily playing with Cole that was just slightly bigger than her while Holly, the tan-colored Chiuahua in a pink dress was trying to hide behind her momma's feet. Cujo was just sitting by his mommas' legs, looking like a tree stump with a head and tail. He was a lazy, fat mutt. No one knew what he was, just that he had some Chow in him due to his strangly colored toung and curly tail.
