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Ok, just in case you were confused on who was what…there you go.
Amy-a sliver/ grey wolf with jade eyes
Dan- a black bear with the same eyes as his sister
Ian- a black snake with amber eyes
Natalie- a dark violet/ purple snake with amber eyes
Jonah- a dark brown wolf with matching eyes
Hamilton- a blonde-haired bear with blue eyes
Madison and Reagan- a light brown bear with blue eyes
Sinead- a light yellow dragon with brown eyes
Ned and Ted- a light red dragon with brown eyes
Alistair- a grey/blue dragon with dark brown eyes
The next day, I found myself racing a chocolate wolf across the backyard.
You are SO going to lose! I told Jonah telepathically.
Yep, you heard me right. Telepathically. Fiske had taught us to speak to each other when we were in morph. We just think the words we want to say and act like we're sending a message to the person who we want to talk to. It was quite handy sometimes.
Just like last time? I don't know how, but I could hear the sarcasm in his "voice."
Shut it, Betty Crocker. I retorted, using his love for cooking against him.
Make me, Hannah Montana.
I ignored his comment and focused on the approaching finish line. I was a few feet in front of Jonah, but I could tell that he didn't want to lose one bit. His pace quickened so I sped up. I morphed back into my human form before I crossed the finish line. Fiske was waiting for us at with a stopwatch.
"46.32 seconds," he said, and I turned to Jonah, now in his original form.
"Ha! Look who beat you this time!" I said, panting.
Jonah rolled his eyes. "I already won twice!"
"Psh, yeah, okay. Whatever, I'm going to go get some water," I said, walking away from him.
"Get me some?" I heard him ask.
"Nope!" I kept walking.
I saw everyone training for the big mission. Dan, Reagan, Madison, and Hamilton were testing their strength by pulling large bags of sand. Ned, Ted, Sinead, and Alistair were seeing who could stay in the air the longest. I'm glad that we weren't in a highly populated area because the people's reaction to us would've been quite hysterical. I got to the water station and wiped my forehead.
"Training to tough for you?" I jumped about a foot in the air and spun around.
"O-Oh jeez Ian, don't do that." I said, getting my breathing under control. "And no."
"Hm, well I guessed I passed my training," Ian told me, smirking.
"What?" I asked.
"Sneak attacks. Your Uncle says it will do a lot of damage in the battle," Ian said.
"Sneaking up on people?" I said and he nodded. "Didn't you already do that?"
"Then I should be a natural," Ian shot me a dazzling smile
"Y-yeah, well I-I have to get back to..." What was I saying?
"Training?" Ian suggested.
"Yeah, that," I rushed away before he could see my blush.
Epic fail, Amy! I told myself and I mentally did a face palm. Why did he make me so tongue-tied? I risked a glance back where I was and I saw Ian and Natalie bickering with a lot of hand movements. Ian turned and gave me an exasperated look. How did he know I was watching? Then Natalie flicked his head and they went back to their argument. I shook my head with a small smile on my face.
"You ready to race?" I jumped and turned on Jonah.
"Would everyone please stop doing that?" I yelled at him, and some of the family stopped to look at me. I blushed at the unwanted attention.
"You c-can go back to w-whatever you were doing now," I told everyone.
"Wow, I never knew you had that in you," Jonah stated.
"Yeah, well now you know," he grinned at my frustration.
"Attention! Please morph back to your normal form!" Fiske announced and the Starlings and Alistair dropped out of the sky.
Since most of the other people were not in morph, it took a shorter amount of time to gather everyone together. Fiske cleared his throat to get our attention.
"Okay, of course you know why we are training." He paused for a second. "For the attack on the Vespers. I think the mission should take place next week. On Thursday to be exact," Confusion rang out and it rang out real loud.
"This is stupid! We have to train more! We need to know our powers to their full extent!" Sinead's nasally voice out stood the others.
"For once, I agree with a Starling." Hamilton said with disgust. More shouts echoed out among the group.
"Please calm down and let me explain!" I had never heard Fiske sound so impatient. Apparently, none of the others had either, so they shut their mouths.
"Thank you. I have a reason for the date, however. They will not be expecting something so soon. They'll think that we have to train and get ready. But they'll be the ones that are not ready."
"Mhmm," Ian had a hand on his chin. "It does make sense, despite the closeness of the mission."
"But still! We will have just about two weeks to defeat an army of Vespers!" Madison said.
"Not an army, Ms. Holt." Fiske said and the Holt twins looked at each other confused. "See, I also picked this date because most of the Vespers will be off duty." Madison kept quiet.
"It will be a stealth mission." Fiske said, and Ian and Natalie smirked.
"I think it's a great idea." Natalie said.
"Of course you do. The Cobras are all about stealth." Dan said, speaking for the first time.
"Well, yes. Unlike you the noisy oaf, we can sneak around." Natalie defended.
"Yep that's me, the big, fat oaf. You shouldn't talk man-lady." Dan retorted.
"I am not a man-lady!" Natalie screeched.
"You sure do look like one, though." Dan said and Ian grabbed Natalie before she could attack Dan.
"You ugly, little-"
"Please, just shut up!" Jonah pleaded, cutting her off. Dan smirked and stuck his tongue out at her.
She scoffed. "So mature, Daniel."
"You know what?" Ian spoke up. "Go inside, have a time-out and think about what you've done." Ian commanded, pointing to our home, and the rest of the Cahill's snickered.
"Ha, take that, man-lady!" Dan taunted, and I turned on him.
"You too, mister," I said, and Dan pouted along with Natalie.
"But-" They said at the same time.
"No buts," Ian and I said at the same time.
"Fine, c'mon man-lady," Dan tugged at Natalie's wrist and they walked inside, arguing the whole way there.
Ian gave me a high-five behind his back and we both smiled. The family looked impressed.
"Man, I wish I could do that." Sinead said and her brother's laughed.
"Not a chance, sis!" They said, grinning.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it! Man that was a rather pointless chapter. Well, deal with it because I enjoyed writing this chapter. It took me awhile though. I hope there weren't too many grammatical errors in there. :) I know you found some, so don't nag me. Trust me, I know they're there. I'm kidding. Give me all the CC, flames, or anything you want that you can muster! Ha, I'll be fine! No need to worry about me.
~Nataliya
P.S. I have a funny idea for next chapter so I won't procrastinate…for once. :D
Oh, and P.P.S Jonah does not like Amy or the other way around. That's just weird.