Krissy was already starting to wake up when she heard the knock at the door, but she let her dad get it, because she was still tired from yesterday. But when she heard that it was Chance and Elin at the door, she got up and called out to them that she would be right there before she hurried to get dressed.

She poked her head out of her room when she was done to see that Chance was still telling Elin something about how his foot didn't feel any different and was this what it felt like when Tyler fixed up her arm?

"Did you guys have to go see Tyler?" she asked as she made her way over, readjusting her headband in her hair as she did.

Chance grinned. "He fixed me and my dad up," he explained. "And he made sure Elin was okay after she got hit, because you know, sometimes you can't see where it hurts." He nodded sagely before offering his arm to both of the girls. "K's making breakfast."

Krissy grinned at him. "Alright," she said as she slid onto his other side, and the three kids walked downstairs together, with Chance suggesting different things that they could play depending on if the girls wanted to stay inside or not.

Of course, they ended up getting down to breakfast at the same time as the rest of Krissy's family, since Kurt teleported down with them and the bamfs.

"G'morning, K!" Chance called out, since both girls were a bit quieter than usual.

"Hey sweetheart," K called back. "Do you feel like my lingonberries or do you just want boring old strawberries?"

"Can I have both?" he asked as he let go of Krissy and Elin's arms to pull out two chairs for them, like his mom had taught him.

"Of course," she told him as he set both him and Elin up with their breakfasts and then looked at Krissy expectantly.

"Both please," Krissy said, her tail swishing behind her.

"What about whipped cream?" K asked her. "You look like you might need some."

"Yes, please," she said, quietly climbing up on the other side of Elin and scooting closer to her best friend as K loaded her up.

"Can I steal some of those for Kade?" Kate asked with a smile as she sat down by Krissy with a very awake little elfling.

"I think it's long overdue," K agreed. "For the lingonberries anyhow. Poor mistreated little guy."

Kate rolled her eyes. "He's going through a growth spurt. Eats everything I put in front of him," she explained as Kade accentuated the point by trying to gum the heck out of her shirt.

"Teeth time," K said, shaking her head.

"Oh yeah," Kate agreed.

"He's growing up good," Kaleb said, grinning as he watched Kade with his chin on the table. "Mama says he's gonna be tall if he keeps growing all the time like that."

"Your mama's right," K said before she looked up at Kate. "And what does mama need? I might even be able to spare some blueberries if you're in dire need."

Kate chuckled. "Oh, let's save those for an emergency," she said. "Just the berries and cream, please and thank you."

"No coffee, Mom? Are you feeling ill?"

Kate laughed. "And coffee too."

"Mama's tired," Kari said. "She's forgetting coffee, and that's important."

K was chuckling as she headed to fill up Kate's plate when Kade got a little upset and tired of gumming Kate's shirt. Kate wasn't fast enough giving him something else to chew on, clearly, and his swishing tail hit Krissy's orange juice and spilled it all over her lap.

And then — bamf. Krissy was across the kitchen, looking surprised herself at her new position.

For just a beat, there was stunned silence from those in the kitchen who hadn't been at Azazel's hideout — and then Kari let out a little squeaking sort of noise that sounded excited.

"Come on, sweetheart; let's dry you off," K told her, perfectly calmly — as if it could happen to anyone at any time. "It was just a little spill."

"Krissy 'ported!" Kaleb sang out, grinning widely as he climbed up in his seat to try and see her better as his big sister looked mortified.

"When did she start?" Scott asked after a beat, addressing Kurt, since he was one of the few people who didn't look surprised.

"Last night," Kurt explained in a low whisper while K gently helped Krissy get the orange juice out. "Azazel had a hold of her, and she 'ported away as soon as she got any distance." He paused and looked prouder. "Along with Kade."

"She did perfectly," K said, making sure to give Krissy a kiss on the cheek once she was cleaned up.

"I didn't mean to," Krissy said quietly.

"Doesn't make what you did any less perfect," K swore. "You saved your little brother."

"And it's so. Cool," Chance said, giving Krissy a thumbs-up.

Krissy looked between them for a moment and turned a slightly darker purple before she nodded. "It is pretty cool," she had to admit. "It feels kinda funny. Different than when Papa does it."

"You'll get the hang of it," K promised before she poured her a new glass of juice and handed it to her.

Krissy grinned up at K and murmured a little 'thank you' before she went back to her seat with her new glass — which she set on the side away from Kade, who was wearing more of the cream and berries than had managed to make it into his mouth.

"Your smoke is different than your dad's and the bamfs," Chance said when she sat down, leaning over to see her better. "How come?"

"Because I'm purple," she said with a shrug. "So that's what color my smoke is."

Chance tipped his head to the side. "Okay," he said slowly before he went back to his pancakes.

"The kids all had a big night then," Scott said, shaking his head at the three of them. "Chance kicked him in the face, and Elin got the drop on him with her sword."

"Oh?" Kurt turned toward Elin, clearly interested. "That's impressive, Elin. Even I have trouble doing that at times — especially with him."

"I didn't get him in the right spot," she said critically, with an oh-too-familiar glare.

Kurt shook his head and leaned forward. "I didn't get him in the right spot either — for a long time. Not until last night, anyway."

She let out a breath and nodded to herself. "Good."

"Besides," Kurt said, smiling gently at her. "You slowed him down. And that was very helpful to us when we confronted him. You helped us to save Krissy and Kade, schatzi."

"If you say so," she muttered.

But that had Kurt narrowing his eyes before he teleported to her and swept her up right out of her chair. "Now, you listen to me, Elin Anika," he told her as he pulled her into a spinning hug and then held her there. "You have done wonderful things that no one else your age can do. Not the way you do them. You are eight, schtazi. You are not required to be perfect, or even to fight evil, and yet you do so all the same. Now stop requiring more of yourself than you have any right to ask — or so help me, I will hold your father personally responsible," he added over her shoulder, glaring at Logan.

"But I got Chance and Scott hurt," she whispered.

"You did not," Scott said seriously. "You know what he was capable of — do you really think he would have left anyone alone? You made sure we were awake so we could stop anything worse from happening. You did exactly what you're supposed to do."

"You didn't get me hurt," Chance promised, watching Elin like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "I know who hurt me. I was there. Duh."

"No," Logan said, shaking his head even as Kurt was giving him a look that clearly read that he was going to make Logan suffer if this wasn't fixed — and now. "Come on; we need a chat about this, little darlin'. And everything else you've got wrong about this too." He walked over to where Kurt was and plucked the little girl out of Kurt's arms and looked at Kurt for a moment. "I take it you want to come and play preacher and choir."

Kurt simply gestured with one hand. "I just want to see that my goddaughter is healthy and happy. You know that."

"Right," Logan muttered as he headed off to quieter grounds to chat with Elin, even as she held on tighter to him. They went down to his office, and he didn't even set her down to talk with her. "You're a little off on this one, punkin'," he told her quietly. "You did more than kids your age should ever do, and I wouldn't be surprised if you hadn't, he probably would have done more than just hurt Chance and Scott."

Elin let out a breath and looked like she might cry before she wrapped her arms around his neck and snuggled in. The truth was the kid was still shaken from getting dropped into the ocean, so to have the monster come back that fast and show up where she was sleeping was a whole lot for her to deal with, even without all the other crap that went with it.

"And that's not all," Logan told her in a hushed tone, quiet enough that anyone else trying to listen simply wouldn't hear. "You need to tell the truth about what you can do now, too. There is no reason to hide it, and it might help you get used to everything faster."

Elin didn't want to answer that, though. Instead, she snuggled in deeper and Logan held her tight until she was ready to go.

When the two of them finally did make their way back to where the others were, Krissy was quick to wave Elin over with a big smile. "Did you have a good talk with your dad?" she asked kindly. "Sometimes it helps to talk to my dad too. He's gonna help me with my powers now, which is pretty cool, right?"

Elin glanced over at Logan and nodded. "Yeah, that's probably a good idea," she said softly. "It will be fun, I think." She started pushing the last of her berries around on her plate. "Maybe we can all work together …"

"Of course we can!" Krissy promised. "That's what friends do."

"And we already take classes together," Chance pointed out.

"And…" Krissy leaned forward with a spark of trouble in her gaze. "Mama says this means I can beat Sying racing once I learn how to do it on purpose."

"Good," Elin said, brushing it off suddenly. "He needs it."

Chance grinned at Elin. "Krissy said she wanted to play inside today. Do you want to play, too? We were going to get a game of Rook going if we can."

"Okay," she agreed. "That might be fun." With that, the little girl seemed to put it all behind her — for the time being anyhow — as Logan simply shook his head at her, already having decided that she needed to tell people about coming into her mutation herself.

"Don't think so hard, liebling," Kurt said gently. He was crouched down in front of Krissy watching as she screwed her entire face up with her hands in little balls trying to make herself teleport across the room to where Kate was. "You aren't going to get anywhere trying to turn your face to sandpaper."

Krissy let out a frustrated sigh and peeked one eye open to see that Kurt was still there, watching her patiently. "It's hard," she complained.

"So was archery at first, but you love it now," Kate pointed out.

Krissy sighed with her entire upper body, getting her shoulders involved as well as she rolled her eyes. "Alright," she said, trying to do as Kurt had suggested and let herself relax even a little bit, though that was hard as well. She had been scared the first time she did it — and surprised the second — and she was pretty sure that the whole thing was just a fluke and she was never going to figure out her powers, since they had been standing there for forever without even a hint of purple smoke.

"Don't think so much about trying to leave," Kurt explained as Krissy closed her eyes again, this time not quite so scrunched up. "Just think about where you want to be."

"I am," Krissy said, sounding purely frustrated before, finally, she let out her breath and shook her head. "I don't think this is working."

"It's alright, Krissy. You don't have to get it right away," Kate promised as she got up and made her way over to hug the frustrated little girl. "Remember how long it took you to be able to hit a target?"

"And it took me a long time to be able to use my powers as well," Kurt said, reaching over to gently boop her nose. "And I was older than you are now."

"That's because boys take forever to grow up," Kate sang out, and Krissy couldn't help but giggle, especially when Kurt didn't contradict her in the least but simply shrugged at the suggestion as if it was common knowledge.

"We can try again tomorrow, liebling," Kurt promised, pulling her into a hug before he kissed her cheek, and the three Wagners headed out of the practice room they had been using together.

However, they hadn't fully made it down the hallway before one of the doors to the side classrooms opened, and Chance jumped out at Krissy with a loud "boo!" that had her squealing in surprise and terror for a split second before Chance got a face full of brimstone-scented purple smoke for his antics — and Krissy ended up on the far end of the hall, positively fuming at him.

"Chance!" She had her hands on her hips as the little boy fell apart in giggles, holding onto his stomach, while Kate and Kurt stepped slightly back to see how Krissy would handle this herself. "What did you do that for?"

"Because it's funny!" He grinned at her. "Your tail stood straight up!"

Krissy stalked over to where Chance was and put her finger in his face. "It's. Not. Funny."

"Hey, Elves don't have a monopoly on jokes and sneaking up on people and scaring them," Chance said. "Anyone can do that." He grinned. "And I'm way sneakier than you are."

"You are not."

"Oh yeah?" Chance drew himself up to his full height, which was a few inches taller than Krissy. "Prove it. I bet you can't get the drop on me."

"And what do I get when I win?" Krissy asked, drawing herself up just as tall as she could to match him as Kate tried valiantly not to laugh at the familiar scene — and Kurt was simply covering his mouth because he'd lost that battle long ago.

Chance considered her for a moment before he nodded slowly. "Respect."

Krissy raised her finger to stick it in his face again. "You… ugh!" She spun on her heel and flicked her tail in his face as she stormed away.

"Does that mean I win by default?" he called after her, still grinning, and she let out a noise that was pure frustration that had him grinning even wider.

"Be nice," Kate said, shaking her head at the little Summers.

"I am nice," he replied. "It's just teasing. I hold the door open and pull out chairs."

"And antagonize little elflings," Kurt said, though he was still unsuccessfully trying to hide the laughter at Krissy's pure Kate-like reaction to the challenge.

Chance shrugged widely. "All my friends are girls," he said in explanation. "And they're all competitive. Even Charlie. So…"

"So you figure you'll get the drop on them first," Kate laughed outright.

He shrugged again but didn't deny it. "And it really is funny when her tail goes straight up."

"It is," Kate said. "But it's still not nice to scare people."

"I know," Chance said, finally looking a little abashed at his behavior.

"And you know, as soon as she can teleport, it will be much easier for her to get the drop on you," Kate continued.

"But not yet," Chance pointed out with a crooked smile before he rushed off down the hall after Krissy, leaving Kate and Kurt simply shaking their heads.