Previously...

She smiled, "Simple. Train them in their dreams, that way it won't harm anything if they mess up."

"Exactly."

The triplets looked at her, "Who are you?"

"I'm Aurora..." She looked down.

Cosmo realized what was happening, "You're shy? That's okay! River's shy sometimes too!"

"Thanks, Cosmo..." She sighed, "but... that's not exactly the case. I know that Father has barely told Dad anything about me, and... he doesn't like that. I had just decided to interfere when I saw Dipper and Dad fighting."

Ford scowled, grabbing him by the arm, and walking over to Aurora, "What do you know?"

"About what?" She asked, confused.

Ford sighed, "Anything."

"Um... I... I don't know anything, okay?! Just leave me alone," She frowned, backing up.

He sighed, "Continue."

The color returned to the walls, and everyone was relieved... at least, Dipper and Ford were.

"Look, I'd understand that you don't want to tell us what you know, and all three of us know that the shadow men don't exist," Will smiled.

She nodded, "They don't. That's just a stupid story to keep humans away from us. Wish I could say the same about the hunters..."

"... Luckily, none of us have been caught by the hunters," He smiled.

Will coughed, "Do I need to remind you?"

"Oh. Right. Well... Will was caught, but... they released them for some reason..." He grimaced, "I don't want to know why."

She snickered, "Probably don't want to know. Besides, he's weaker than you are, so it'd be easier. No offense, Will."

"None taken," Will sighed.

She smiled at Ford, "Well... I still want to teach all of them magic."

"Of course you do... Do you want to teach a foxxen magic too?" He asked.

She gulped, "A foxxen? No! Those things are deadly."

"... Not all of them..." Will mumbled, looking down.

He smiled, "Yeah, Blaze is special."

"Blaze?" She repeated, confused.

Will smiled, "Can I go get him?!"

"Sure, you can go get Blaze," He grinned.

Will ran out of the room, coming back not much later with Blaze the foxxen in his arms, "This is Blaze. He's really nice, don't worry."

"I... I'm not petting it. It might mark me," She frowned.

He sighed, "Even if it did, it has no poison."

"What? How... how does it not have any poison? It's a foxxen!" She was surprised.

Will frowned, "It had marked me, and... Ford had to make a deal with Bill, so that he could clean my bloodstream of the poison, and take the poison out of the foxxen..."

"Oh. That's... fascinating," She smiled, finally beginning to pet him. Blaze purred happily, scratching at her hand. She sighed, "He seems to like me."

Will giggled, "Yeah, he does. Don't scare her, Blaze. She's pretty benevolent."

"Yeah... benevolent," He grumbled.

She was confused, "What's wrong?"

"Everything. Just... worrying about the hunters... and other stuff like that..." He mumbled.

She snickered, "There's no way the hunters could get any of us. Cosmo, Luna, River, and I's eyes look normal, remember?"

"Yeah, well... that's 'cause you haven't gotten your magic boost yet..." He sighed.

She frowned, "Our eyes will glow with our main color of magic, won't it?"

"Yes. Besides, it's customary to pretty much wear clothes the same color as your magic," He snickered.

She sighed, "How long do I have until then?"

"A few years, no worries," Will smiled, petting the now purring Blaze.

She nodded, "Alright. How old are these three?"

"To humans? They're 8. Pretty much babies, to us, of course," He admitted.

She sighed, "What can we do to protect against the hunters?"

"That's... complicated."