"So, this is your gym?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah, it ain't much, but I hope you guys like it." Breeze said.
"Meh," Thor shrugged. "My uncle's gym is a lot bigger and spacious, but it'll do."
"Let's do this thing." Slam said.
"Fine by me." Thor smirked.
"Just know that because you're new, we'll give you a warning, but it won't be easy." Slam smirked back.
"I'm so going to have fun with you." Thor smirked back.
"You do seem like the challenger type." Breeze chuckled.
"He really loves to show off during football practice." Atticus teased his best guy friend.
"How's about we make things interesting? We'll switch sparing partners from time-to-time to make it fair." Slam said.
Atticus and Thor looked to each other before discussing this with each other and then looked back to him.
"Sure," Atticus smiled. "Anything to make this more interesting."
"Great, so while Thor and I are going at it, and you and Breeze can do the same." Slam said.
"Fair enough for me." Atticus replied.
"Finally! Some action!" Thor smirked. "Maybe my baby sister has good taste after all."
"Let's get this started." Slam smirked back as he got into his fighting stance.
The boys soon all got ready to have some of their own fun while the girls were dancing. Once they were all ready, they soon collided against each other to begin their own fun. Their guy fun was more or less just training with their fists.
"When I was a kid, I had Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots..." Thor smirked. "This reminds me a lot of it."
"This is the most training Breeze and I have ever had." Slam smirked back.
"You're gonna be in for a challenge then." Thor teased.
"That's it, you're going down!" Breeze laughed.
"We'll see about that." Atticus smirked.
Thor soon managed to tackle Slam at first. "I should've been in WrestleMania." he then smiled to himself.
Slam soon smirked as he soon got the upper hand.
"Whoa!" Thor yelped at first.
"Maybe at the next one, I could coach you." Slam teased him back.
Atticus and Breeze seemed to be equally matched for the moment.
"Not bad, kid." Breeze told Atticus.
"Kid? Please..." Atticus smirked to the naming, but then Breeze felt himself getting lifted up.
"Your parents must be demigods or something." Breeze commented, not all that scared of being lifted up.
"No, I was just gifted with this strength." Atticus told him as Breeze got free with a back flip.
"Not bad," Breeze replied. "I guess those muscles just aren't for show."
"You can say that again," Atticus said. "Nice flip by the way."
"Thanks," Breeze said before smirking. "But don't let that flattery make you think I'll make it easy."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah..." Atticus falsely sighed with an innocent shrug. "Men."
The four of them continued to train and then soon switched training partners.
"I'm getting hungry again," Thor said. "Mind if we eat after this?"
"Sure thing, buddy." Slam smiled.
They continued their training and where to Atticus's surprise, Slam seemed to be a perfect match in strength for him.
"Hey, guys?" Slam called.
"Yeah?" The others replied.
"I think I found my new best friend." Slam said, putting his arm around Atticus.
"And I think I found my third best friend." Atticus said, doing the same thing with his arm.
Slam laughed as they seemed to get along.
"Well, that's great." Breeze smiled to them as this was a great day at the academy so far.
"Wow, you're an amazing ballet dancer, Mo." Jade's voice smiled.
"Oh, uh, I'm not that good, really," Mo's voice replied bashfully. "But, thank you, Jade."
The guys looked over to see what was going on.
"No, Jade's right; Mo, your dancing is amazing." Phoebe smiled.
"What's going on?" Breeze asked the girls.
"You should have seen it, guys, ooh, better yet, I can show you." Cherry said as she brought out her cell phone which had a recorded video.
"You video taped me?!" Mo panicked.
Cherry soon handed her phone to the guys.
"Noooooo!" Mo cried out and soon jumped out before landing on the floor, but luckily didn't hurt herself.
Cherry soon played the video it showed Mo dancing and where she was first doing a perfect Pirouette and then did a perfect Grande Jeté and where she ended it with a Tour en l'air and she landed with ease and grace. Mo soon stood up and shuffled her foot shyly.
"Mo... You're so graceful..." Atticus whispered. "I had no idea you were so talented as a ballerina."
Mo simply twirled her hair as she blushed bashfully before they heard someone clapping their hands. Cherry then put her phone back in her pocket before looking with the others, and where they saw that it was Skyla who was smiling while clapping.
"Oh, uh, hello there, ma'am." Mo smiled.
"That was phenomenal, my dear," Skyla smiled back to her, warmly. "Just like your mother."
"Y-You knew my mother?" Mo smiled back.
"Oh, yes," Skyla smiled joyously. "Such a sweetheart, I swear she was part angel from Heaven above."
"D-Do you know how my mother and father met then?" Mo asked.
"Hmm... That was a bit of a long time ago..." Skyla replied. "Oh, dear, you don't know much about your parents, do you?"
"No... I don't..." Mo shook her head. "It means a lot to me to know people who know them."
Mo soon noticed a slip of a picture in Skyla's right pocket which seemed to peak her interest.
"Oops." Skyla said, a bit innocently before she reached there and let it slide out.
Mo soon caught it to take a look before handing it back. She soon saw that the picture was of Skyla and what looked to be here husband and what looked to be a baby boy in her arms.
"Queen Skyla, you're married, right?" Mo asked.
"I was..." Skyla confessed. "My husband was King Skyler."
Phoebe frowned as she knew from her information about the Sky Dancers. Skyla let out a small sigh.
"I'm sorry..." Mo said as she knew that this had to have a sad story with it. "He looks very handsome and brave."
"Yes, he was." Skyla nodded to the young tomboy.
"So then I'm guessing the baby boy in your arms in the picture was/is your son?" Mo guessed.
"You would be right." Skyla nodded.
Phoebe held out her arms and Skyla noticed this and then hugged the young witchling.
"Where is he?" Mo wondered then.
Skyla explained what happened to King Skyler and that he was still alive but in another dimension, but his spirit would tend to keep appearing. Phoebe nodded as she knew that all too well.
"Deep..." Thor commented. "And, uh, what about your kid?" he then asked.
"After what happened to my beloved Skyler, I sent my son away to Earth." Skyla frowned.
"Do you know where?" Mo asked.
"All I can say, I hope it was to a kind and loving home." Skyla gave a small sigh.
"Can I speak with you for a moment?" Drell asked Skyla.
"Of course," Skyla replied before looking down to Phoebe. "Do you mind, dear?"
"Oh, sorry, ma'am." Phoebe said, letting go of her.
The two adults soon went and spoke secretly.
"You know exactly which of the Sky Dancers is your son, don't you?" Drell asked her.
"You could tell?" Skyla asked.
"Oh, trust me, your eyes gave it away to most of them." Drell said.
"It's not all sunshine and butterflies, I'm afraid." Skyla pouted.
"I know, but you should come clean since he's right with you even if he doesn't realize it." Drell told her.
"So then you know that Slam's my son?" Skyla asked.
"Yep," Drell nodded. "My crystal ball showed me everything on that day when he was born and when you had to send him to Earth."
"That's eavesdropping!" Skyla pouted to him.
"I gotta keep track of the magical kingdoms." Drell smiled innocently.
Whirl and Twirl were seen playing with Patch. Phoebe giggled to this.
"You two certainly are interesting dogs." Patch said to Whirl and Twirl with a smile.
"Thanks, so are you." Whirl and Twirl replied with a small back in Dog language.
Phoebe held her Raggedy Ann doll as they watched the dogs and she giggled as it looked so cute and fun. The three dogs continued to play together until they overheard Skyla and Drell's conversation.
"This is just a lot to go through... You don't know what it's like..." Skyla said.
"Look, I may be a pain sometimes, but I've had my share of heartbreak..." Drell replied. "I was going to marry the girl of my dreams... We had a great wedding planned. We got Homer to come out of retirement for entertainment, we had black orchids everywhere, the 17th century was the best hundred years of my life because I met her... But then our wedding came, and... I didn't come to the wedding in time."
"I just don't know how I'm going to tell Slam I'm his mother." Skyla said.
Patch looked a bit surprised to overhear that.
"Well, it is a shock, that's for sure..." Drell admitted. "Of course, I say in your own time, but not when it's too late."
"I know." Skyla sighed before she saw Patch, Whirl, and Twirl by a corner behind them.
Patch tried to hide with the other dogs.
"Come on out, boys; I know you're there." Skyla told the dogs.
Patch, Whirl, and Twirl soon came out of their hiding spot.
"How much have you heard?" Drell asked.
"Oh, probably enough..." Patch replied, a bit bashfully.
"Y-You can talk?" Skyla asked Patch.
"If I had a nickel for every time anyone asked me that question." Patch groaned.
Whirl and Twirl looked surprised that Skyla could talk with others.
"Yes, I can talk, it's because of Puppy Power," Patch explained. "Surprised you haven't heard of it."
"I thought it was just a legend." Skyla said.
"I suppose that makes sense, but no, it's true." Patch smiled.
"Whoa." Skyla smiled back.
"Patch used to be a rather normal Dalmatian... With some adventure... Then he met Atticus." Drell told Skyla.
"It's true." Patch smiled.
"How touching..." Skyla smiled down to Patch. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Patch."
"And it's nice to meet you too, Skyla." Patch smiled back.
"So, you overheard about my son?" Skyla asked. "Can I trust you to not say anything until I'm ready?"
"I won't, ma'am," Patch promised. "I just hope you do it soon."
"Same here." Drell said.
Whirl and Twirl soon began to ask Patch about the ability to talk in Dog language.
"Well, like I said, it's all about Puppy Power," Patch told them. "The Pound Puppies in the older days used to always talk to humans when it was discovered in The Dark Ages."
Whirl and Twirl soon gave it a shot in trying to talk not in Dog language. It didn't seem to work which made Patch look up to Skyla.
"I'm sorry, boys, but I don't know what you're saying." Skyla told them.
This made Whirl and Twirl whine and Patch decided that he needed to help them, and where he knew exactly how to help them.
"Okay, guys, settle down, let me handle this." Patch told Whirl and Twirl.
The two dogs looked curious, but something magical happened.
"Sklya. Can you. Understand. Us?" Twirl asked, slowly and clearly.
"Yes, I do." Skyla smiled out of delight.
"Wahoo!" Whirl cheered before smiling sheepishly. "By the way, sorry for taking off with your glove with the Sky Swirl Stone that one time, Skyla."
"Yeah, sorry." Twirl added.
"Oh, boys..." Skyla shook her head softly. "Can I trust you two to also keep this secret safe from Slam and the others?"
"We'll try, Skyla." Whirl and Twirl promised.
"Thank you." Skyla smiled down at her dogs.
Whirl and Twirl smiled back.
"What kind of dogs are you guys again?" Patch asked.
"Just average dogs... But our ears can become wings when we're in The Sky Realm." Whirl explained.
"Cool." Patch smiled.
"I know it must seem strange to fly with ears." Twirl said.
"Well, Atticus told me a story about how he met an elephant that could fly with ears." Patch clarified.
"Really?" Whirl asked.
"You'd have to ask him, I wasn't there, but he'd never lie." Patch smiled.
"He never lies." Drell said.
Patch then went back to playing with Whirl and Twirl as he found them to be a lot of fun, and where Whirl and Twirl felt the same way about Patch since they hadn't ever played with another dog before.
"Thank you again." Skyla said to Drell.
"No problem, have I ever let anyone down?" Drell smiled.
Skyla was about to answer that question.
"Uh, don't answer that." Drell soon stopped her.
Skyla then stopped with a small smirk.
"Uncle Drell, I'm hungry..." Thor whined as he walked to his uncle.
"Where do you keep your food?" Drell asked Skyla.
"Let's go to the dining hall." Skyla suggested.
"Sounds good." Drell nodded.
Thor moaned and groaned a bit.
"All right, Shakespeare, I heard you the first time," Drell rolled his eyes to his nephew being melodramatic. "Sheesh!"
"I think he gets that from your sister." Skyla smirked playfully.
"You have no idea." Drell rolled his eyes.
Thor grinned sheepishly to his uncle.
"Come here, boy." Drell smirked, grabbing Thor by his ankle and dragging him across the floor.