Takes place during "the first day".

Enjoy

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"Eeeeeee!" Odwin squealed in excitement as he began writing down in his bard magic book "so bard magic can work on plants."

Skara giggled at his reaction, she found it cute how he gushes over every new discovery. She tried shaking those thoughts away knowing that Odwin can read minds.

"What's the limit to your ou control over them?" Asked Odwin with the biggest smile he could muster "can you give me an estimate?"

Odwin and Skara were now sitting in the area around Blight manor, trying to fill up the pages of Odwin's bard magic book.

Skara, who was holding a violin began playing slowly, causing the plants to grow and move around to her will "I suppose if i practice enough-" she said before stopping to look at her work with the plants "-i could control them just like a plant coven witch."

It didn't take a second before Odwin began writing it down, causing Skara to chuckle; gaining Odwin's attention.

"You know? Learning this stuff with you makes me regret being so competitive before." Said Skara with a weak smile "i gave up a lot of instruments and it would've been nice to show them off here"

"Wait, gave up instruments?"

"To try and...beat you, i believed i needed to be more focused." Said Skara as her weak smile fell "i took the one i was best at and got myself used to the strings. Then i moved to similar instruments."

"Is that why you only play instruments with strings?" Asked Odwin tilting his head and Skara nodded "well, why not pick them again? If i can practice magic other than oracle for fun, you can practice other instruments for fun too."

Skara smiled at that, but before she could say anything Odalia called.

"Odwin Blight, come inside now!" She said in an angry tone before quickly going back inside "there's something we need to talk about."

"I think I'm in trouble" said Odwin in confusion

"What did you do?" Asked Skara in concern and Odwin just shrugged

"I don't know if we'll be able to hang out tomorrow" said Odwin awkwardly "Maybe we can continue tomorrow at school?"

"Yeah, that'd be good. How about lunch at bard class?" Asked Skara cheerfully

"Great, see you then" said Odwin with an awkward smile

Skara waved with a smile as she began walking in reverse, keeping her eyes on Odwin as she moved.

Before Odwin could give his own gesture of goodbye, Skara tripped and fell inside a bush. Odwin, in a panic, quickly summoned a spirit that lifted Skara up from the ground before setting her back down on her feet.

"Uh, my bad" Said Skara flushing with an embarrassed smile as she got the dirt off her clothes. "Thanks for that"

"No problem!" Said Odwin as he gave Skara a thumbs up

Skara replied with her own thumbs up before finally making it out successfully.

The moment Skara left, Odwin looked at Blight manor. He didn't do anything that'd warrant punishment from his mother so he was confused as to why his mother was calling for him.

He looked through his mind for whatever could've possibly angered his mother and came up with nothing.

Odwin shrugged and headed inside to see his entire family gathered in one place.

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"What's going on here?" Odwin whispered to Amity as he sat next to her on the couch.

Odalia was in the middle of the room pacing around with a not so pleased face. It was clear to everyone that she wasn't in a good mood.

"I should be asking YOU that" Amity whispered back "she just called everyone here all of a sudden. Even dad"

Amity pointed at Alador who was sitting next to them and their siblings and definitely wasn't paying attention to Odalia.

"Are we in trouble?" Asked Odwin quietly trying not to make any sudden movements. "Maybe dad's here to support mom's scolding."

"I don't think so" replied Emira in a whisper, causing Od and Am to focus on her

"Yeah, we didn't do anything this time" whispered Edric narrowing his eyes as he put his face between Od and Am almost causing them to let out enough noise for Odalia to notice them whispering

"Can you not surprise us like that? Mom's gonna hear us-" whispered Amity angrily

"What are you four whispering about?!" Odalia snapped at her children

The four straightned their postures and smiled innocently at their angry mother.

"Remember, unless she says what we did, don't admit to anything" whispered Emira as she kept her innocent smile going

Everyone silently agreed with Emira and did not stop smiling as their mother.

"You're not in trouble if that's what you're thinking" said Odalia with a frown "It has come to my attention that a certain triclops family is boasting about their 'family bonding day'...bonding? Really? It's more like spoiling that brat more than she already is"

Everyone went silent at Odalia's rant. They knew about their mom's competition with Boscha's mother, but it's usually not...whatever they were witnessing

"So are we gonna have a family bonding day?" Asked Edric raising a brow

Odalia let out a smile before she spoke "We were, but after thinking about it, a normal family bonding day would only be a waste of time and potential effort" she said calmly "so we're doing it differently. Tomorrow, the girls will spend the whole day with me and the boys with your father-"

Upon the mention of the word 'father', Alador snapped back to reality in confusion.

"-learning about our jobs and such. Any questions?" Odalia continued. And as Amity and Emira were about to speak, Odalia interjected "and no, you can't change which one of us you're going with"

Emira and Amity silently groaned before Odwin decided to ask something.

"You said the whole day, what about school?" Asked Odwin tilting his head

"I already took care of that. You won't be going tomorrow" said Odalia calmly

""Wait, but-"" Od and Am tried to complain before their mother shut them down

"We're doing this and that's final. Understood?" Said Odalia causing Od and Am to go silent "understood?" She asked again, this time a little more aggressive in her tone

""Yes, mom"" answered the twins dejectedly

"Now go get ready for tomorrow. It's going to be a long day...and don't even think about trying any tricks. Understood?"

""""Understood"""" said the four siblings in union

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"I can't believe i have to spend a WHOLE DAY with mom!" Said Emira in disbelief as she and her siblings made their way to their respective rooms

"And I'm gonna miss Luz's first day at school!" Exclaimed Amity dejectedly

"I'M gonna miss my magic practice with Skara!" Added Odwin with a frown

"Aww, our baby siblings have crushes" Edric fake cooed

"I don't have a crush on Luz, we just go to the same school now. That doesn't change anything." Said Amity as she avoided eye contact

"And i just practice magic with Skara. That doesn't mean i have a crush on her"

Before Edric could reply, Emira stepped in and stopped him.

"Ed, please stop. You're the only one here not bothered by tomorrow" said Emira tiredly

"Come on, i have it as bad as you guys." Said Edric with a dramatic frown as he crossed his arms

"""What?!"""

"Firstly, you're going with dad who will probably focus more on a random butterfly that whatever you're doing. It's like a holiday for you!" Retorted Emira angrily. "I have to go with MOM! I might as well jump into the boiling sea!"

"And you don't have anything tomorrow that you looked forward to!" Added Odwin angrily "do you know how excited i was to finally learn about bard magic?!"

"I have both problems! I have it worse than anyone here!" Yelled Amity angrily

At the bombardment of angry comments, Edric slowly backed away in fear with his hands up.

"Okay okay, i was wrong." Said Edric in a panic, causing everyone to slightly relax

"Od, Am, if you see Boscha after tomorrow, please give her my regards...and a black eye while you're at it" said Emira in a dangerous tone

"I think I'm gonna do a lot more than that" said Amity angrily

"I'm pulling out my oracle book." Said Odwin with a deep frown as a purple flame spewed out of his hand and formed a book decorated in spirit skulls and oracle symbol eyes. The book opened on it's own and landed on a certain page "this one should do the trick"

"Ooh, i like this" said Emira as she stared at the page with an evil smile

"I can work with this" added Amity with an equally evil smile

"Nope!" Said Edric snatching the book "you can't blame someone just because they hurt you without knowing it. Didn't we have like a whole adventure about this same situation a while ago? You know? When we decided to be good siblings to one another because we were jerks because of this entire thing."

"Yes, except Boscha isn't our sibling. We don't have to be nice to her" replied Emira with a smile

"Amity, she's your friend!" Replied Ed, turning to Amity

Amity shrugged "She deserves it." she said calmly

"C'mon, are you really gonna hit her with-" said Edric before beginning to read the spell that his siblings wanted to use on Boscha "-the flames of torment? This fire does not do physical damage. Instead, it causes pain in varying degrees. The pain will not go away unless the user desires or runs out of magic? Why do you have this?!"

"Ehh, it has some uses?" Said Odwin with a nervous smile

Edric continued reading "these flames are pitch black in color so they don't let out enough light to be used as a light source. This spell has no use except for inflicting pain and suffering upon others."

Everyone turned to Odwin as they heard the description causing him to flinch in surprise.

"I can explain" he said nervous

"No, no you can't" replied Edric in a disappointed tone as he slammed the book shut causing it to disappear which took Ed by surprise. He fell over and stood back up quickly.

"Ugh, i can't believe You're the one being responsible here!" Emira whined

"The cryptic wise old man words have served me well" Edric boasted proudly

The three sighed and decided not to hurt Boscha...for now, until they see how bad the family bonding day will be.

And before they knew it, it was already tomorrow.

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