Aegis 3.0

[Scripted Away]

"how stupid do you think you are?!", The old director"s voice suddenly shouted. Not a second later, a sound like slapping and a body falling to the floor was heard.
"I can read thoughts, stupid boy. Now where are you friends-"
The heavy steps of the man approached, but in a move faster than anyone could have looked, Mio slid through the legs of the man and stood in front of him in a defensive pose.
"Don't make me hurt you", he said calmly, wiping the dirt off his face. "We only want Coraline. We can save her."
"Boy I've kept this secret for two years now. Do you seriously think I will let you just walk off after you found out?"
"Sir- don't make me hurt you. I can and I will, if you threaten my girlfriend."
"Out of the way", the man growled, trying to push Mio away- who however was like glued to the ground.
The man, clearly getting more and more frustrated and angry by now, lastly just tried to punch Mio in the face- the boy just stopping his fist with one hand.
"Big.mistake.", Mio said, his voice getting deeper - before he catapulted the man to the floor, still standing like a rock in the way.
"You two go and find Coraline, I keep your backs free", Mio said, hoping he was actually talking to Heather and not just a puddle of water.
"Go! Hurry!"

""Can I try turning one of them around?", William asked with big, curious eyes, watching the pancakes frying in the pan for a moment before he looked up at his father again.
"How long do you already know each other, daddy? And how did you fall in love?"
He smiled softly, leaning his chin on the counter.
"I once saw in the TV, that a boy said to another boy that love and looking good is girls stuff, but I don't like playing war or so. I like hearing stories about princes and princesses being happy ever after and I like playing with Heather... Does that mean I'm bad at being a boy?"

Rachel just softly stroked over Heather's back to calm her down and planted a small kiss on her forehead.
"It's okay honey, take a deep breath."
Turning to jack, she frowned slightly.
"Jack, you are twice as old as your sister. You know better, come on."
Softly wiping the tears off angel's cheek, she softly hugged her. "Honey, so you told me you found your Barbie and got angry with Jack. But you haven't seen that he broke it, right? Do you think it could have broken in another way?"

 

[Wyosch]

"Mio!", Heather screamed as her boyfriend catapulted the man onto the floor, jumping up as a human again, fear written in her eyes as she just stared at him for a moment before she snapped back into reality and grabbed Coraline's hand, letting out a strange squeal as she dragged the ghost with her.
"I hope you're right about the secret lab!" she puffed, half out of breath - not from running, but from panic - and kicked down the door that lead down to the basement.
"You smell that?", she asked Coraline, quickly looking for the lightswitch. "Smells like hospital. And you know what smells like hospital too?"
Her finger pressed the switch and the room lit up, revealing something that supposedly had to serve as a lab.
"I- Is that your body?", Heather mumbled silently as she pointed to some sort of huge glass-thing, half floating in between the green liquid a body that looked a lot like the ghost next to her.
"Oh my god-"

"Of course you can.", Jim replied, smiling softly at William as he tried to flip over some of the pancakes. "I bet with a little more practice you can become the world's best pancake flipper.", he winked, leaning back against the oven to watch his son, making sure he wouldn't hurt himself.
"Your mother and I have known each other for... well quite some time actually. We went to the same school for a short moment when I was 16 and she 12. Met her again about two years later and then's when we fell in love. We however had to part our ways pretty soon again... and didn't meet again until four years later. I- I actually don't really like to think back of those times, of course not because those are the times I met your mother and fell in love with her, but of everything that was happening around that time.... eh, I think your mother can tell the story better than me."
It was not that Jim didn't remember it anymore, on the contrary, he remembered every single second of how it all happened and when and what more.
He just got pretty sad when thinking about how long they were apart and about how much he had sometimes hurt her really badly which still bugged him to this day.
He preferred to concentrate on the now, and just like Mayrose had adviced him, he did only think about the now which did him good.
As William asked if he was 'bad at being a boy', Jim raised an eyebrow at him, shaking his head and just smiling lovingly.
"Just because you don't like playing war - and god I hate kids that play war. It's not something funny that one should enjoy playing, it's like fucking hell - eh, you didn't hear that, 'kay? - but eh, like I said, just because you don't like doing things other boys do doesn't mean you're bad at being a boy. You can't be bad at being a boy. There's no such thing that exists. You can be a bad person - which you aren't - but that's something different now. Who cares if you prefer playing with Angel and her dolls instead of playing outside in the mud? It's your decision what to do. If you wanna play outside in the mud, then do it. If you wanna dress up as a princess and play with your sister, then do that. Do whatever makes you happy, okay?"

Angel nodded at her mother, sniffing a few times before she thought of an answer.
"But William wouldn't break my toys. And Jack always steals them and never gives them back! And, and the others were all at school.", she replied, wiping away some of her tears before she just hugged her mother again.
"And who else would break my toys except for Jack?"
"I didn't break your stupid barbie!"
"Then who did?!"
"I don't know! But it wasn't me! Maybe it was daddy!"
"Daddy is very careful with my dolls when we play, he didn't break it. Just admit that you did it!"
"But I didn't!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Coraline's eyes widened as she saw her lifeless body floating around there, tears running down her cheeks as she ran to the glass container and banged her fists against against it, her breathing turning into a high-pitched soughing.
Just a couple of seconds later, Mio came to slithering half beside Heather, while the man was just shouting around furiously in the hallway.
"I blocked his nerves. His arms and legs are nothing but pudding for the next two hours", he explained, already dialing 911 on his phone.
It didn't take too long until the ambulance and police arrived, arresting the headmaster and rushing Coraline's body (and her ghost that was unnoticed by them clinging to the stretcher desperately) to the hospital.
"Miss Gale, Mr. Kim, we have to ask you to come with us to answer a couple of questions", one of the policemen, who was riding along in the ambulance explained, Mio Just nodding in silence.
He had been oddly silent ever since he had called the services.
Now that he was sitting in the waiting room, waiting for the policeman to finish interrogating a doctor, he shyly looked at Heather from the corner of his eyes, before locking his eyes to the floor again, his elbows resting on his thighs.
"Was-"
He sighed silently.
"Was it my fault?", He mumbled silently as he finally looked at Heather. "You looked scared...I just can't figure if you were scared for or of me..."

William looked up at his dad with big, sparkling eyes, hugging him tightly for a moment, before he just looked down again.
"It's just... I asked Ash and Noah if they feel Ike that sometimes, too, and they both don't, but-"
He sighed silently, curling a streak of his long, curly hair around his finger for a moment.
"It's so weird... Sometimes I feel like I'm a boy, and sometimes I feel like I'm a girl. And something's just nothing at all or both... Why am I so weird, daddy?"

Rachel raised one eyebrow at the two. She believed them both, actually, the only question was how to make them believe each other and find out who had broken the toys.
A soft smile formed on her face as she had an idea.
"You know what the police does when they don't know who broke a toy?", She asked with a mischievous smirk, playing it all up as a big secret.
"They interrogate, and look for proofs and hints on who could have done it. And they always start- with the crime scene!"
She pointed in the direction of Heather's room.
"If you both didn't do anything, we have to find the criminal, don't we? Inspector Heather, Commissary Jack- we have a case to solve! Who's in?"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather looked up from the floor with big eyes as Mio asked her if she had been scared of him.
"What? No! No no no! Of course not!", she replied, hastily shaking her head as she grabbed his hands and gave them a tight squeeze.
"I was terrified! For you! I was so scared he would hurt you!", she explained, her voice cracking as the fear made its way back into her thoughts.
"You could've been lying on that stretcher! He could have hurt you so much! You- you have no idea how badly I wanted to just- kick that guy!"
She took some deep breaths, pushing her head into Mio's chest, closing her eyes and letting some tears roll down her cheeks.
"I was so scared..."

Jim's expression softened as he went down on his knees, leaning his elbows on the chair that William was standing on, looking up at his son with a soft smile.
"You're not weird.", he replied, carefully pushing William down so he'd sit on the chair. "So you sometimes feel like a girl? And sometimes like a boy? And sometimes like none? Or sometimes even both at the same time?"
He gently ruffled his son's hair, just smiling calmingly.
"You know who sometimes felt like that too? Your uncle Jack."
Jim had been super surprised when his little brother had wanted to dress up in skirts and dresses, and had been really confused when he had told him that he sometimes felt more like a girl than a boy.
Jim knew about gender identities, but he had never known that kids could feel like that at such a young age already.
Good thing he was prepared now.
"It's something very normal, there are many people who feel like that. It's nothing to be ashamed of, or to feel akward about. It's just you. Not weird, not crazy, not sick. Just you. And hey, you know if you want to talk to a professional once I could bring you with me to Mayrose once. Or ask uncle Jack. Just, don't think that you're weird, okay? Because you're not."

Angel and Jack both raised their hands as their mother asked them who was in for crime solving.
"Let's find the Barbie-murderer!", Angel called, running over to her room - almost tripping over her own little feet - followed by Jack.
"I found my Barbie here.", she explained, pointing to some wet spot on the floor.
"Eww - did you pee here?!"
"No! It's my Barbie's blood."
"Looks like pee."
"I tasted it and it's not pee nor water."
Jack made a disgusted and slightly worried face as he looked over to his mother, asking her with his facial expression if it was normal for Angel to know what pee tasted like....

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio wrapped his arms tightly, yet gently, around Heather, softly pulling her on his lap so the arm rests of the chairs weren't in way, and softly ran his fingers through her hair.
"Oh sweetie...", He whispered silently, resting his cheek on her head as he just gave her some time and comfort.
"You don't have to worry about me... I hate hurting others, but I know how to defend myself. I have a black belt in karate."
He softly kissed her forehead, nosetip and lastly her lips, cuddling against her tightly.
I'd never let anyone take me away from you, honey. I love you."
"Mr. Kim, Miss Gale?", The officer interrupted him, Mio Just looking up at him with big eyes.
"To make it clear- breaking into houses is a crime. On the other hand- you two saved a life, reunited a family that had lost all hope and helped us arrest a kidnapped.
Minding this, we will let you two get away with a warning."
Mio sighed relieved, nodding at the policeman. "Thank you, officer."
"You are free to go. The doctors said that the surgery was successful, and Miss Duchannes will rehabilitate completely. Unofficially-", the man added with a soft smile. "To me, you two are heroes. By far not everyone would have dared what you did for Coraline."
He gave them a warm smile before he left, Mio Just cuddling against Heather again. "He forgot to say that we are an awesome team and couple", he whispered lovingly. "You know what? You are my first girlfriend... And honestly I hope you'll be the last, too. My one and only..."

William looked up at his dad with happily sparkling eyes, thing his hair into a ponytail and changing into a cute pullover, still wearing his baggy jeans however.
"This is my favorite pullover!", He explained happily. "It's an old one from Raven, but it's so pretty!"
After Turning the pancake around once more, he leaned back against his dad and looked up at him, smiling softly.
"Daddy? Thank you for being the best Daddy in the world."

Rachel raised one eyebrow.
"Eh, angel, honey- for the future; we don't taste anything we don't know what it is, okay?"
Kneeling down in front of the puddle, she slightly bent down to sniff on it.
Dog smell.
Echo?
Turning back to Heather and Jack, she made a thoughtful pouty face.
"do you still have your Barbie and lightning McQueen somewhere here? The next thing a good detective does is looking at the victims!"

 

[Wyosch]

As the officer left, Heather let her tears stream down her face, burying her face into Mio's chest.
Coraline would heal. She would live, she would be able to live her life again.
There was just so much that had happened today, and Heather didn't really know how to cope with all that.
They had just broken into a house! Arrested a kidnapper! She'd seen an almost dead body...
Just taking a deep breath, she lifted her head and looked back at Mio, a loving smile on her face.
"You know what happens to a mermaid when her true love hurts or leaves her, or when something fatal happens to him - or her? She perishes. She dies.", she explained, closing her eyes as she leaned against Mio's shoulder.
"It sounds crazy, I know, but I really won't ever wanna leave you... one and only. Exactly what I always wished for."

"Hey, that looks really great on you!", Jim replied, a gentle smirk on his face as he winked at his son.
He had heard so many stories about parents kicking their kids out of the house when they were somehow 'different'. When they weren't straight, or didn't feel like their assigned gender at birth, or something else.
He really didn't understand.
As long as one's child was happy and healthy, who cared about their sexuality or gender identity or whatever else was seen as 'being different'?
When William thanked Jim for being the best dad in the world, he smiled thankfully and hugged his son tightly, giving him a kiss on his forehead.
"If you want we could go to the mall tomorrow to buy you some more 'girlier' clothes. So you won't have to wear Raven's old ones."

"Okay mommy.", Angel replied, walking over to her bedside table, opening her drawer and taking out her beheaded barbie, which had some small holes in her body, all wet from slobber too.
"Here is she."
"Lightning has the same holes too!", Jack noticed when he saw the doll, looking up at his mother with big eyes. "It's weird that they're both broken in the same way, right?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Mio smiled lovingly as he tightened his hug around Heather and just petted her back calmingly.
"Well, good thing I'm planning to be yours forever", he whispered to her ear, smiling softly as he ran his nosetip over her cheek, cuddling against her.
"Hey sweetie... I have an idea. Let's make it a super comfy and calm evening, okay? If your parents are okay with it, I could stay over, and we could cuddle and watch your favorite movies with a huge bowl of popcorn and all the sweets you want. Sounds good?"
He softly kissed her forehead, .
A fluffy blanket, lots of cuddling and dreaming about our future- and then we'll build a fort with all the pillows we can find."
Smirking softly, he winked at her. "I'll make sure you'll have a totally calm and relaxing evening. What about a nice massage? Or anything else you wish for. I could also make you your favorite dinner. Everything you want. Hm?"
He just wanted to kiss her, when one of the docs approached them with a soft smile.
"Miss Duchannes just woke up from her anesthesia.", He explained. "She's asking for you. You can visit her if you want."

"You really wanna go shopping with me?!", William asked excitedly, looking up at Jim with a happy grin.
He proudly put the finished pancake on a plate and poured the dough for the next one into the pan.
"You know, I like clothes that are, like, neutral- the very best. Like... Like just jeans and a plaid button-up shirt. I've seen a few that looked really nice. Can we go buy them after the picnic?"
He lifted his shoulders, watching his pancake for a moment.
"I saw them when I went shopping with Mommy, but I was scared to ask her to buy them for me because I was scared she'd be sad or angry if I told her that I'm neither a boy nor a girl..."

"I think I know who the criminal is-", Rachel said, narrowing her eyes as if she was telling her kids a big secret.
"It's... Echo!"
She smiled softly, pointing at the holes. "That's definitely from her teeth. I'll ask Daddy to tell echo not to chew on your toys. She listens the best to him."
Giving both of them a gentle hug, she tilted her head at them.
"After the picnic we'll go to the city and get you a new Barbie and a new lightning McQueen, okay? I'm really sorry that echo broke them."

 

[Wyosch]

Heather was happily cuddling against Mio, her eyes peacefully closed and just listening to his soothing voice. He was so sweet, only thinking about her being okay and feeling good, instead of thinking about himself as well. She was such a lucky girl having a boyfriend like him.
"That sounds so great! Especially the pillow fort! Ohh and you could meet Fish. I bet he'll love you just as much as I love you.", she replied, flinching as she suddenly heard another voice.
Coraline was awake?!
Half falling off of Mio's lap, Heather jumped to her feet and looked at the doctor with big eyes.
"Where is she? Can I see her? Is she alright?"

"Oh, Willy, you really don't ever have to be afraid that your mother will be sad or angry at you for being 'different', okay? Just like me, as long as you're happy and healthy she is happy too. No matter what you identify as. So you really don't have to worry, 'kay?", Jim replied, smiling proudly as he watched William with the pancakes.
"I just don't know if we got any time to go to the mall after the picknick, also depends on how long it takes for us to eat, but if we still got some time then sure. And if not then tomorrow, okay?"

Jack and Angel both gasped when their mother revealed the secret of who broke their toys, looking at Rachel with big eyes.
"It was Echo?!"
"But why would she break our toys?"
"Or chew on them?"
Angel just put her Barbie back in the drawer of her bedside table, where she had put some blankets and fake toy-flowers as a grave, Jack giving his mother a tight hug.
"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, mommy.", he mumbled sadly, yet smiling widely again as Rachel mentioned buying new toys.
"Can I have a new car toy then?"
"And I a new Barbie?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"as soon as Miss Duchannes woke up, she asked just the same questions about you", the doctor chuckled, smiling softly at the two young heroes in front of him.
"She's in room 1.16. I'll show you the way."
He led Heather and Mio down the left corridor, past a few rooms, and lastly opened the door to 1.16, where two boys of around 18 and 19, a girl of about 15, a man and a woman were standing around the bed Coraline was lying in- as well as a silver-haired, angel-winged doctor with an expression that could have liquified even a terminator's kidneys.
He cleared his throat as Heather and Mio came in, just took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment, composing himself for the sake of his patient and her family.
"Ah, Mr. Kim and Miss Gale. The two young- heroes.
The last word was sharp as a razor blade.
As always when Mac was close to losing his composure, his polish accent, that normally was down to rolling the r's, got stronger now; a clear warning for everyone who knew him.
"Miss Duchannes asked for you."
If looks could kill...
"Heather!", Coraline whispered, her voice as soar as if she had shouted for days on end- which wasn't surprising, minding that she had just had surgery on her throat.
Her mother turned to Heather with tears in her eyes. "Miss Gale, I can't thank you enough for saving my daughter. We had lost all hope to ever see her again. We'd like to invite you and your friend to a barbecue once Cory is released, if you'd like. Just- thank you. Thank you so much."
"Boyfriend...", Mio muttered under his breath behind Heather, whereas Macon just looked at him with one raised eyebrow.
"You two and me- we will have a talk outside when you're finished here."

"Okay", William said with a happy smile, looking up at Jim happily. "And can you teach me how to make clothes appear like Mommy a you always do?"
Looking towards the stairs, he raised one eyebrow.
"Angel, Jack, Mommy! Picnic is almost ready!"
If they would ask questions...?

"I guess she just wanted to play", Rachel explained with an apologetic smile. "Dogs play differently than kids, you know?"
As jack apologized, she just softly kissed his forehead and gave him a soft hug. "It's okay honey. Next time you both know better and investigate before accusing each other. Okay you two?"
She sighed softly, looking at the Barbie.
"Yeah, I bet we'll find a good new lightning and a new Barbie. As an apology for echo breaking your things. And if you want, I can also try to fix your broken Barbie and lightning."
As she heard William calling from downstairs, an excited smirk formed on her face.
"Now you two, hurry! We have to get ready!"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather froze when she walked into the room, seeing her father stare at her with the most angry expression she had ever seen on him.
"Oh fuck-", she whispered to herself, making some big eyes before she just smiled akwardly and turned away from him, to look at Coraline.
"I'm so glad you are okay again-", she mumbled, giving Cora's hand a soft squeeze before she turned to who was probably her mother.
"Don't thank me, it's something anyone would have done.", she replied, nodding slowly when asked if she would like to come on a barbecue someday.
"I'd love to! I just- I think it would be a good idea to leave you to rest now, Coraline. I'll see you when you're back up on your feet again."
With a soft smile to Coraline, Heather said goodbye, grabbed Mio's hand and dragged him with her outside onto the hallway.
"I am so dead!", she mumbled, nervously biting around on her fingernails. "That doctor in there - that's my dad. And that look on his face means I'm dead. I'm sooo dead! Oh god-"
She dug her fingers into her hair, looking up at Mio with big, terrified eyes.
"I'll get grounded for forever! Oh god-"

"It's not that hard, just like normal shifting. But instead of shifting into a shift, you imagine some clothes and boom - you shift into them. Might take a little practice though.", Jim explained, winking at his son and gently giving him a pat on his back.
"Don't worry, I don't think they'll ask many questions, if any at all, okay?"

"If you could fix Lightning McQueen that'd be great!", Jack replied, grinning excitedly as he heard his youngest brother calling. Giving his mother a quick kiss on her cheek he ran past her and made his way downstairs as quickly as possible - yeah, he was hungry. A lot.
Angel grabbed her mother's hand, smiling softly at her.
"Maybe they'll have a Barbie that looks like you. Or like Raven!", she mumbled, nodding excitedly as she thought of her newest doll.
"Can you help me get dressed for the picknick?"

 

[Scripted Away]

"this will get rough...", Mio mumbled silently, holding Heather's hand tightly.
When the famous Dr.Gale came following them onto the hallway, his eyes widened even more. He had heard about him being young but- he was really young! Only a few years older than his oldest brother, if he'd have to guess.
Macon, still with his death-glare on his face, teleported the three of them onto the next mountain, the wind howling as he looked down at the Dale below, before he turned to Heather and Mio again.
"You", he growled, waving one hand at Mio. "Three steps back."
Mio Just looked at Heather with big, sorrowful eyes, before he let go of her hand and did what the doc had told him.
"I just have one question for you-", Macon said with a dangerously calm voice.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!"
his voice was everything but calm now, as he grabbed Heather's arms tightly, staring down into her eyes, his full of rage.
"ARE YOU INSANE?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA IN WHAT DANFER YOU GOT YOURSELF THERE?! YOU COULD HAVE BEEN HURT! OR WORSE! I COULD HAVE LOST YOU!"
as tears were gathering in his eyes, he pulled Heather into a tight hug, burying his face into her hair.
"...I could have lost you...", He whispered, his voice hoarse from almost crying and suppressing it.
As he looked back into Heather's eyes, his were full of pain and fear.
"What would I have done if he had kidnapped you too? Or if he had hurt you? You can't just- gah! You can't just break into a kidnapper's house and play the hero. Why didn't you call me for help? Goddamn I have an entire heavenly army behind me, don't you think they couldn't have managed it?!"
Sighing silently, he softly stroked some hair behind Heather's ear and stroked over her cheek. "No matter if you are three of fifteen or even thirty- you will always be my little girl, and i... I will always be worried for you. That's my job as your dad. Heather; don't.ever.do.that.again. ever. Got me? I could bear losing you."
Sighing tiredly, he looked to Mio now.
"Come on over here."
Mio Just gulped, doing what Heather's father told him. "Heh...hi-..."
"Try anything funny and I'll smite your ass."
"What?!"
"Kidding." Macon smirked softly for just a second, but immediately turned serious again. "Seriously though- you-" his eyes widened upon seeing the edges of Mio's mark on his neck. Looked like the antlers of a stag.
"...oh-..."
Mio blushed deeply, biting his lip. "Y-yeah eh-"
"Then I'm sure I can trust you that you won't hurt my daughter. Right?"
"Absolutely, sir!"
"So, eh-" Macon ran his hand through his hair once, looking at his daughter and her boyfriend. "For the future... I can't believe I'm actually saying this... There are certain things... Couples should do when they plan to get...close and-"
"Oh God sir!", Mio groaned, facepalming. "That didn't even cross my mind till now so- apart from that we all remember 4th grade biology lessons."
"Thank God!", Macon sighed relieved, before raising one eyebrow at Mio and holding out his hand. "Well then. Welcome in the fam, kid. Oh and, Heather? You are right. You are so grounded."

William nodded at his dad, looking towards the stairs as he heard jack approaching.
"Jack, look! I'm making pancakes!"

"I'm sure we will find the perfect Barbie for you, sweetie", Rachel said with a soft smirk at her daughter, braiding her fluffy hair into two cute braids.
"Now, what do you want to wear, sweetie? Skirt? Dress? Jeans?"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather almost started crying herself when her father shouted at her, but honestly she had already cried enough for today and didn't have any tears left.
"But- dad, you don't understand! Wouldn't you be happy if someone would do something like that if I had been in Coraline's place?", she asked, trying to stay calm, but honestly, she had the temper of her mother and already as a toddler she could throw tantrums like no other - okay, Jim still held the record for best tantrums ever, but that was just unbeatable.
"Her family thought they had lost her! Two entire years she was alone, scared - thinking she could never return to her family! I know I should have thought about it and probably should have gotten help, but in that moment I didn't think about it."
She sighed silently, just hugging her father tightly and wiping a tear off of his face.
"I know you're scared. I was too. But I- I would have defended myself." I think. "But, just- I'm sorry."
When Macon called Mio over, she started smiling, turning around with her mouth open and big, terrified eyes when her father mentioned couples doing stuff in the future.
"OH MY GOD DAD!!!", she called, blushing to a deep red, groaning internally. Akward!
"Why do you have to be so embarrassing?! I'm not stupid and I don't even wanna- do stuff... until I'm older than 15! Okay! Okay?"
Heather shook her head, running her hand over her face to hide her deep red blush, muttering under her breath some swear words before she looked up at her father again with an annoyed expression on her face.
"Grounded? But- but why?!", she asked, just deciding to not talk back anymore else she'd be punished even more.
"Eh... by the way, mom- is mom... very angry...?"

Jack ran up to his brother, standing up on his tiptoes so he could see the pancakes, smelling them and lastly making a weird face to show that they smelled great.
"I can't bake pancakes, mine always stick up to the ceiling!"
"That's because you're not supposed to throw them up.", Jim replied, just smirking softly at his children.
"But you do it too!"
"Yeah well- eh... well only tall people are allowed to do that, in case the pancakes do stick to the ceiling the tall person can just pick them off."
"Awh man!", Jack moaned, tilting his head as he saw his younger brother in one of his sister's old shirts.
"Is that Raven's shirt?"

Angel giggled happily when her mom braided her hair, shaking her hair so her braids would smack her into her face.
"I really like braids!", she explained, smiling softly at her mother when she asked what she would like to wear for the picknick.
"Can I wear a pretty dress? Then I'll look like a princess again! Just like you. But you always look like a princess, no matter what you wear! That's not fair."

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon sighed silently, softly stroking through heather's hair for a moment.
"Sweetie... you are a hero for this family, and if you had been in Coraline's place, I wouldn't have cared about anything but saving you- but as your dad, all I care about is you being safe and okay. that's why I... lost it a bit there. You will understand once you catch your own kids doing dangerous stuff."
he softly kissed her forehead, just wrapping one arms around her shoulders and leaning his cheek on her head.
"that's what good parents do, you know? they would give and do absolutely everything to make sure their kids are able to live a good and safe life."
smirking apologetically, he lifted his shoulders.
"Hey, I'm new to this too!"; he chuckled softly. "I sure as hell wasn't prepared to have a teenage daughter when I'm not even in my mid twenties. hell Coralione's father asked me if i'm your big brother. I'm just... paranoid."
he shrugged, then however raised one eyebrow at heather with a challenging expression.
"Strategy, young lady, strategy. Your mother is pissed. really pissed. pregnant dragon pissed. And I honestly don't want to imagine what punishment she would come up with right now. If we tell her i already grounded you though, we eliminate the possibility of her coming up with something worse. savy?"
smirking slightly evil by now, he teleported himself and heather home and mio back in front of the hospital.
"Well then- have fun with your hormone-insane mother", Mac chuckled, opening the entrance door. "Honey, I'm home! And guess who's coming along!"

William looked at Jack with big eyes for a moment, before he nodded and crossed his arms.
"I like it. it's pretty!"
looking up at his dad, he smiled softly.
"I'll go upstairs and help heather and mommy pick a dress!"
With an excited grin, he quickly went into heather's room, watching them for a moment.
while his mom apparently was still thinking, he grinned, doing what his dad had told him to do if he wanted to make clothes appear. he just hoped that would work with another person, too...
with a proud grin, he made dress appear on his sister.
"You look like an angel in this one", he said with a soft smile. "Or do you like something pink better? or light blue? or what about purple?"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather hid behind her father when she heard a deep, with rage-filled roar coming from inside of the house, gulping nervously as she heard footsteps making their way towards the door.
"Glad you're back, baby.", Hunter softly said to Macon, kissing him and giving him a tight hug. "While you were gone the boys and me bakes some cookies. They're both sleeping like roses on the couch right now and the cookies are on a plate in the kitchen."
As Hunter turned to her daughter, her eyes gaining a creepily dark frosting and color, a deep frown appearing on her face.
"Heather Rey Gale - you, missy are in deep trouble.", she said calmly, smiling softly as she turned to her husband for a second before back at her daughter.
"WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU THINKING?! ARE YOU COMPLETELY OUT OF YOUR MIND?!!", she suddenly started yelling, steam coming up from her hair, as if ice were melting from the heat and the water damp was ascending.
"You could've gotten seriously hurt! You could've died! I thought you were responsible and had a little sense in that head of yours! How could you?! Do you know how worried your dad and I were when we got called by the police - THE POLICE! - that our daughter was in the hospital?! Hm?!"
Heather just wanted to say something when Hunter lifted her finger to clearly show that she should better keep her mouth shut.
"And then we hear that you broke into a house! Our responsible, shy and sweet little daughter broke into a house. BROKE INTO A HOUSE?! Do you know that you could have thrown away your entire future with that? Spend some years in jail?! You're lucky they left you with a warning, because I would surely have thrown you into jail, no matter who you saved and who the cops arrested thanks to your help! Breaking into a house is illegal! I thought you were smart enough to understand that! IQ of 200! 200!! And you do stupid and dangerous things like that! And what else did I hear? Little Miss Gale skipped all of her lessons at school today? On your FIRST DAY of school?! How do you think that makes us feel?! We teach at that school! And our daughter just skips an entire day of school. Well, bravo, missy for being 'cool' on your first day! Look where it brought you, hm! Up into your room, and I do not want to hear a single word, got it? Oh and you're grounded, and if it wasn't for your dad having calmed me down a bit it would have been grounded for life! Grounded for 12 weeks! No piano for a month and I want you to give us your phone immediately when you get home after school. And if we ever hear anything like this again the consequences will be much harder! Got it, young lady?"
"But-"
"Up to your room. Now."
"But mom-"
"NOW!"
Heather just frowned angrily at her mother, handed her phone over and ran into the house up to her room, closing the door behind her.
"I've been pretty calm considering how I reacted when we got the call, don't you think?", Hunter asked her husband, her eyes slowly turning back to normal and her body stopping with smoking.
"I hope she learned her lesson."

Angel gasped when she saw the pretty dress, thanking her brother with a tight hug before twirling around a couple of times.
"Look how pretty this dress is!", she giggled happily at her mom, a proud sparkling in her eyes.
"Now we all look like princesses!", she said, grabbing both her mother's and her brother's hand, grinning.
"Let's go! Princess Angel is beginning to feel hungry!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon just frowned sorrowfully as he watched Heather run upstairs, before he looked at Hunter, biting his lip.
"Honey, it all went a bit different than you think", he said silently.
"Heather has been bullied by Victor McTeggard, that boy who was in her class.
she panicked and ran away in fear."
he sighed silently.
"I'm not saying it's right what she did. not at all.
But she had good intentions, and i think that should count something", he explained.
he could only imagine how Heather was feeling right now. punished for basically doing the right thing and unable to see her boyfriend in private for three months... and no other way to keep contacts to him.
he would feel horrible if he couldn't see hunter for so long, and guessing from Mio's mark- it meant that they were meant to be. And that again would mean...
"Honey, I agree on the grounding, but I think we should make an exception on it", he said silently.
"Heather met someone. A centaur. He got his mark because of her- and her marks glowed."
he lifted his shoulders, softly wrapping his arms around hunter's waist for a moment. "Don't you think it's a bit too hard to basically disable any contact between them? just think about it, okay?"
he gave her a small kiss on her cheek, before going upstairs to look after Heather.
"Heather?", he asked, softly knocking against her door, not wanting to just burst in. "Please...can i come in? i talked to mom. She might still let you meet Mio, as long as you two stay here."

"Yes, your majesty", William giggled, walking after angel as if he was carrying the edge of her dress like a servant did for their princess.
"the royal cooks made sandwiches and pancakes for her royalty.
we hope she will be satisfied with our cooking", he laughed.
"Mommy? can you braid my hair like lara croft?"
"how do you know lara croft?"
"...i just do?"
"suuure you do, young man. but okay." with a soft smirk, she braided william's long hair into lara croft's hairstyle and kissed his forehead. "You look great, sweetie."
grinning happily, William ran downstairs again to show off his braid. "Look how awesome mommy can braid hair!"

 

[Wyosch]

Hunter's eyes widened when Macon told her about their daughter's BOYFRIEND?!
She knew about a centaur's marks filling a void in their souls, and she herself only knew too good about a mermaid's marks.
"A-are you joking?", she asked silently, feeling quite guilty for lashing out at Heather like that.
"A mermaid being away from the one who made her marks glow can actually be deadly... remember when you left to heaven for a week and came back to find me almost starved to death? I don't want that to happen to my girl!"
She sighed silently, just nodding at her husband.
"Fine, he's allowed to come over. But only if they stay here with the door open!"
She smiled softly when Macon left to go upstairs and check on their daughter, Hunter making her way to the kitchen to try one of the cookies she had baked for Macon.
Or two.
Or maybe three.
Or more.

"Go away!", Heather called, just curling up in her bed even more, the blanket pulled up all the way over her head, tears streaming down her face.
So much that had happened today.
Bad things, but great things too!
And as if she hadn't been punished enough already thanks to her anxiety, she now was grounded with no phone- meaning she couldn't even text Mio after school, and she wasn't allowed to play the piano for a month as well! Music being one of the very few things that helped when panic was creeping up on her or when she just was so stressed or nervous again, Heather felt as if she had just gotten the death penalty.
"You don't know what it was like for me today! And the only thing both of you did was yell at me, well thanks..."

((A two-year-old playing videogames is even a little too unrealistic for Aegis xD))
While Jack was explaining to Angel what they would be having at the picnick, Jim nodded approvingly as William came to show off his braid.
"If I had longer hair I would definitely let your mother braid my hair too.", he said, winking.
"Actually your short hair is even just long enough for mini braids!", Angel interrupted, Jim just shaking his head.
"Oh god - no no. Don't tell your mother! Else she'll want to braid my hair too! Help!"

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon sighed sadly as he slowly opened the door, went over to Heather's bed and shifted into his ice bear shift, gently curling up around his crying daughter so she could cuddle into his fur.
"I talked to Mom, Mio can come over as long as you two stay here and leave your door open", he mumbled to her ear, softly nuzzling his nose into her hair.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you", he whispered silently. "I was just... I was so scared. Just the thought of you being in danger, or losing you, it... It's unbearable."
Smiling sadly, he shifted back and just pulled Heather into his arms, laying on his side so could cuddle against him for comfort.
"You can't know it but..." He sighed softly, looking down into his daughter's eyes and softly stroking over her head. "When your mom was pregnant with Noah, she was shot in her stomach by a HACK agent. She and Noah, both died. Back then, I traded my own life for their lives, and I only came back because my mom sacrificed her own godly power to save me. I've been so lucky that time. But today, I could have lost you, and who knows if anything had been able to bring you back. One thing gone wrong and-... You would just be gone... Heather. I love you so much. I'm just incredibly scared to lose you because of what happened. You don't know most of my past, but I buried three brothers. My parents. And my grandfather. I could bear it, with a lot of time. But losing you... I wouldn't survive that. I almost lost your mother three times. And every time it was the biggest horror I could be put through. Imagine how losing you would break us. You're still our little princess."
He softly kissed her forehead, hugging her tightly.
"And your mom feels just the same. Maybe you understand a bit better now why we acted how we acted." Softly stroking over Heather's cheek, he looked down into her eyes, his gaze understanding and loving.
"Come here, tell me about your day. Cry. It's okay, I'm here sweetie. That's what dads are there for after all."

((1st: Lara Croft is originally a film, OMG o.O kids can peek through open doors and watch secretly. (Nooot that I would have ever done that, nooo XD)
2nd: read the headline beside it: *click*
Also this, and I'm sure you'll find more ))
"Ohhh yeah, angel, William, help me catch your dad so we can braid his hair!", Rachel giggled, jumping on Jim's back playfully.
"Hey, when you shift into your wolf form, your fur is even longer!", She laughed, ruffling his hair. "And you'd look so pretty with a little pink bow in your hair!"

 

[Wyosch]

Heather sighed silently as she cuddled against her father, burying her face into his chest and closing her eyes.
"I- I understand why you both reacted like that, and I understand that you are both scared that something might happen to me but... nothing happened and we should just be glad that Coraline's with her family again. I don't ever want to do something like that again... I just saw her body like that and- and I was so scared that Mr.Watkins would hurt Mio-"
She took a deep breath so she wouldn't start crying, looking up at her father with big eyes when he asked her to tell about school.
"Well I- I came into the classroom and... everyone started whispering. Bad things, probably. And there was only one seat available which was next to Victor and I sat down there and he said he'd like to show me around school and he kept scooting over closer to me and I got really scared and when the teacher left the classroom to go make some copies Mio's best friend Kato came over to me and told me I could take his seat and Victor pushed him really hard and I told him to stop and then- and then everybody started laughing and they didn't stop when I asked them to and I- I used the lake's water to eh... to silence Victor and his friends and then I ran away to the lake where Mio joined me and we talked and-"
Heather buried her face into her father's chest as she felt tears gathering in her eyes.
"And then I went to the bathroom to go freshen myself up for gym class but Victor and his friends had been waiting for me there and they grabbed me and hit me and pulled my hair and pushed me to the floor and one put his hand around my neck and tr-tried to strangle me and I was bleeding and crying and-"
She was shaking as she pulled up her knees, her entire body curled up into a ball, sobbing into her father's shirt.
"T-they just laughed at me and said it wouldn't be the last thing I had seen from them and I- I'm so scared they'll hurt me again-"

((oh god no that's just sad! Toddlers aren't supposed to play videogames T_T they should play outsidexD))
"Oh no! I'm being attacked by the mother!", Jim called, laughing silently as Angel tried to climb onto him as well.
"Two against one, that's not fair is it?", he asked, winking at his daughter who had already given up trying to catch her father.
"Can we go now?", Jack asked silently, honestly being super hungry right now that he could eat an entire house!

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon frowned sadly as he just tightened his hug around his daughter and also wrapped one wing around her like a fluffy blanket.
Yeah, he should have been steaming, planning those boys painful deaths... But honestly, all he felt was pity for his poor girl.
How could someone be so cruel and mean to hurt a girl as sweet and wonderful as her?
"You're safe now sweetie...you're safe", he whispered silently, giving her a kiss on her head.
"I know it will be very hard for you to believe me now, but please trust me when I say that your time will come. And while all the kids who are so 'cool' right now realize that they wasted their opportunities by being stupid, you will shine brighter than the stars", he mumbled. "Your aunt Rachel went through exactly the same. She has been bullied all her life, but who is everyone looking up to now? Yeah, her."
Gently stroking through her hair to comfort her, he took her hand with his free hand.
"And I promise, sweetie, I will do everything to stop the bullying. Victor already got kicked out of school, and everyone who cares to hurt you will follow him", he mumbled.
"Not to mention that you also have me."
Mio had appeared in the door of Heather's bedroom, smiling sadly as he went over to her and softly wiped her tears away.
"Do you want to know what I see there?", Mio whispered softly, pointing at the mirror and gently leaning his head against Heather's. "I see the most beautiful, intelligent and brave girl I've ever met. Even more- I see the love of my life."
Macon smiled softly at the two, nodding.
"With your boyfriend and your dad by your side, you won't have to fear anything."

((Should, should... Sadly they don't < ))
Rachel giggled softly as she nodded at her son, taking William's hand with a soft smile.
"Okay then, let's go. Should we walk there or teleport?"

 

[Wyosch]

Just as Heather had wanted to reply to her father, Mio had appeared in her room and was there to comfort her as well.
She different have anything to be scared of. She had her father, her mother, her boyfriend... she had family. And she knew that they would be there to help her whenever they could, because that's what family's for.
"How did you know where I live?", Heather asked silently as she finished cuddling with her father and boyfriend, a soft sparkling in her eyes as she looked up at Mio.
She was glad he was here too. She was so happy to see him here, smiling his wonderful smile and just... making her happy.
She didn't know it was possible to feel like this, especially for someone she hadn't even known for half a day - but that's what her parents had too, and she understood. She understood it all.
She just felt as if gravity was pulling her towards him, wanting to be as close as possible, breathing his air, smelling his scent, touching his skin.
His voice made her feel as if she were floating, able to get through to her when walls as thick as concrete were blocking everything else.
"I'm glad you're here.", she whispered to him, a soft smile on her face, that made her look as if she hadn't just cried but been laughing and smiling all the way.
"Oh eh- formal introduction. Dad, my boyfriend Mio - and Mio, my dad Macon."

((that's just depressing to read stuff like that 'My 3-year-old is addicted to videogames' ... that's just sad man T_T xD))
"My feet are too lazy to walk.", Jack explained, making a serious face to show his parents that he wasn't joking, Jim just shaking his head with a soft smirk on his face.
"Alright then we'll teleport."
He grabbed Jack's and Angel's hands, looking back at his wife with a happy smile.
"Could you grab the basket? Don't really have any free hands.", he said, winking, making a weird face at their daughter who seemed to be... licking his hand. Okay.
"Honey, what are you doing?"
"You smell good."
"Eh- thanks but... is that licking really necessary?"
"My tongue is bored and now not anymore."
"....aaaalright.", Jim akwardly smiled at his daughter before shaking his head and just concentrating on the picknick again.
"Okay, everybody ready?"

 

[Scripted Away]

Macon and Mio Just looked at each other for a moment in utter silence, Mio apparently totally intimidated and Macon thoughtful.
Just as the silence was starting to get really awkward, Mac smirked softly.
"Mio? Hm. Nickname for Miosako?"
Mio Just nodded. "Miosako Jun Kim-Myeong. But- really, that's just so long."
Macon however was staring at the boy with curious eyes.
"The Prince the dragon obeyed", he mumbled, actually more to himself. "Are you named after him?"
Mio nodded once again. "He was my great-great-grandfather."
"He also was a close friend of my friend Wang."
Mio's entire face dropped into an epic open-mouthed stare. "S-sesang-e...!"
"Neo gwaenchanh ni?", Mac chuckled softly, raising one eyebrow, whilst Mio Just ran his hand over his face in disbelief. "soljighi malhamyeon, naneun malmun-iissda..."
Mac just have him a pat on the back, chuckling softly. "I'll arrange a meeting, Kay? But back on topic- it's nice to meet you. Take good care of my little girl, okay?"
Smiling lovingly, Mio watched Heather for a long moment.
God she was just amazing.
When she was close, he felt like it was no longer the Earth's gravity holding him, but hers. She was like a sun, bringing light and warmth into his life, and making him feel so much stronger and braver than ever.
"I promise", he said with a loving smile, shaking macon's outstretched hand while taking a slight bow how he was used to.
"You have his smile", Macon said with a gentle smirk, Mio's eyes sparkling at that.
"And his heart. Welcome to the family, Miosako."
"Thank you..."
"Always."

(I'll reply to Jim later, really gotta go to bed now X'D))

 

[Wyosch]

((when I try to translate whatever you just wrote there in Korean it doesn't work so could you tell me what they talked about? xD))

Heather watched her father and boyfriend talk to each other, quite the nervous smile on her face as she hadn't started learning Korean yet and thus didn't understand what they talked about. What if her dad had threatened to kill him or so?!
She sighed relieved when her father welcomed Mio to the family, a happy sparkling in her eyes when she grabbed her boyfriend's hand and squeezed it slightly.
"He won't let anything happen to me, daddy. He's showed me that already three times today.", she explained, dreamily looking up at her boyfriend as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"OH MY GOD-", she suddenly jumped up from her bed, a huge grin on her face when she ran over to her door, turning around to Mio with an even bigger grin than before - in her arms a dog that was more fluff than dog which was happily wagging its little tail at his human.
"Meet Fish, my dog!", she explained, sitting down on the bed again, flashing a soft smile at her father before looking back at Mio.
"He's cute, isn't he??", she squealed, gently kissing her dog's forehead when hugging him tightly.
"Fish, this is Mio, my boyfriend. Wanna say hi?"
Can he understand me too?
"No, I don't think so.", Heather mumbled thoughtfully, smiling softly at her boyfriend. "So I can talk to animals, just like my mom. Runs in the family apparently. But only the females. Weird, but handy as well! Wanna meet Fish?"

((okiedokie ^^ sleep is important just don't forget to reply to him too xD))

 

[Scripted Away]

((Mio was surprised and Mac asked him if he's okay, whereas Mio answered that he's just a bit overwhelmed (; ))

Mac got up with a soft smile, gently ruffling Fish's fur for a moment before he gave Heather a small kiss on her forehead and left the room to give the two of them a bit alone time. "Hey, Mio, will you stay for dinner?"
Mio looked up at Macon with big eyes, a happy smile on his face. "I'd be honored to, if it doesn't cause you inconvenience, sir."
"Nah, 'Sir' was my stepfather", Mac said chuckling. "Just Macon."
When Macon had left and Heather was showing him Fish, Mio slightly tilted his head to the side.
Luckily he was hella good at keeping up a Pokerface, or else he probably would've looked really worried about the well-being of this dog. was it normal that it was drowning in its own fur like that?
Despite his worries, he smirked softly, gently running his fingers through his fur for a moment.
"Well ain't we an awesome team?", he chuckled at Heather. "You talk to animals, I talk to plants." turning to fish again, he looked at him curiously. "So, Fish, hm? Well It's nice to meet you. I see you're a great friend of Heather. I'm her new boyfriend, Mio."
Grinning softly at both of them, he got up from the bed and went into the middle of the room. "If we're making a big meeting here, my beautiful girl may not be missing", he explained, and in a soft light, a Jindo with the most beautiful face appeared beside him.
"Heather, Fish, this is Bianca. A friend of mine constructed this incredible translator collar for her, allowing her to communicate with humans. Bianca- my girlfriend Heather and her friend Fish."
the dog looked at the two of them with her beautiful brown eyes for a moment, before a smile formed on her mouth and a small lamp on the collar turned from blinking red to green, a tiny speaker in it saying in a soft, young female voice "Hello...!"
her tail wagging happily, she grabbed the edge of Mio's shirt carefully with her mouth and pulled him with her to the bed, like a little girl who was scared to talk to someone without someone familiar holding her hand.
with his one hand gently resting on Bianca's back, Mio turned to fish again. "And? What do you like to do best with Heather?"

"Sure thing honey", Rachel said with a happy smile, picked up the basket, took William's hand and teleported all of them to their place in the forest.
After she had spread out the blanket to sit on and the food him and William had made, she smiled softly at her kids and husband, softly taking Jim's hand and intertwining their fingers before she pulled a stone out of the bag she had taken with her, about the size of her hand, and put it down in front of her.
"This is a special stone", Rachel explained mysteriously, smiling softly at her family.
"You know, back when I found this stone, times were still hard. So hard that none of us ever smiled. We all had forgotten how to be happy. That one day, the ground was quite wet because it had rained, and your dad and i were just having a walk through the forest together, when I suddenly tripped over this stone here and fell right into a giant puddle of mud.
And we both laughed till our eyes teared up and we had to lean onto each other so we wouldn't fall over from laughing."
Smiling lovingly, she looked up into Jim's eyes, softly stroking through his hair for a moment before she kissed his cheek. "And I knew that I had found the one."

 

[Wyosch]

((I feel bad for making you wait so I'll try to write something ^^' won't be too long of a reply though:3))

Heather awed when she saw Mio's dog, smiling softly when she tilted her head at Bianca, asking if it were okay to pet her.
While Heather was petting the pretty, white dog, Fish was sitting in between his owner and her boyfriend, looking at Mio with huge eyes.
I like to go on walkies and I like to play with her! And I love when she sings me to sleep., Fish replied to Mio's question, but for anyone who wasn't able to talk to animals it just sounded like barking. Though Fish's bark wasn't really comparable to other dogs' barks. His sounded more like... a squeaky toy.
"Fish said that he likes to go on walks, he likes to play and he likes when I sing him to sleep.", Heather translated for Mio, happily cuddling her head against his shoulder.
"I'm glad you're here. And even happier that you'll stay until after dinner."
She stopped petting Bianca so she could wrap her arms around Mio and cuddle tightly against him, giggling when she saw Fish trying to fight Bianca.
"You should see him with my uncle's dog. They have two, a poodle and a Pitbull-Mix. I think he said she was Pitbull, Rottweiler and Husky, but that doesn't really matter. So you see the Pittie, Echo, playing outside, and Fish just tries to fight her and push her over. It's hilarious to watch! I believe I even have a video, maybe I can find it... but first: cuddle!"

Jim's eyes were sparkling when he looked at Rachel, smiling lovingly as he gave her a soft kiss.
"Your mom was the only one who could make me smile. You know, I was really sad all the time, and quite grumpy towards the others - but your mom didn't even have to do anything to make me smile. And I'm telling you, that facial expression of hers when I first flashed a smile at her... it's one I'll never forget, and it's one I can't get enough of. That's why I love watching her with you all. She has that same expression on her face. I didn't know what it meant when I first saw it, but I know now. It's love. Pure, deep love.", he added, giving her another kiss and softly squeezing her hand.
"You know what place we're at now? This is the spot your mother and me always came to when we wanted to talk. And sometimes, after an exhausting battle, we just sat here, not talking... but just sitting next to each other. There used to be a trunk here with our initials... but I accidentally broke it the first time my demon took over... so I carved a heart with our initials in it on every tree in a two mile radius around our house."
He smirked softly at Rachel, an akward smile on his face when the kids awed, him just blushing.
"Eh... eh- who's hungry?"

 

[Scripted Away]

((Daisy is an Afghan though X3))

Mio smiled lovingly at Heather, just gently wrapping one arm around her shoulders and pulling her into a soft kiss.
To be honest, all he wanted was to cuddle with her right now, and not think about anything else.
Bianca, who had seemed to guess her human's thoughts, invited fish to play outside on the Meadow, leaving the two of them alone.
"It may sound weird after just a day, but it just doesn't feel right to be far away for long", he mumbled softly. "And the thought of only seeing you in school because you were grounded... Nah."
He looked around for a moment.
The wallpapers and shelves still were the ones she probably had had as a little girl. One week ago.
Hopefully she came clear with it...
At a silent knocking on the door, he looked up.
"Mister-.... Macon!", He said surprised, Heather's father just smirking softly.
"Last time I'll disturb you, I promise", he said, before gently taking Heather's hand. "Just a minute. There's something you need to see... And I wanna talk to you about."
Giving Mio a small Ile, he led Heather up the stairs into the loft, where he had stored all sort of stuff- at least till now.
Now it was a beautiful room.
"I just-... I figured my big girl probably wouldn't want her little girl room anymore, so I renovated a bit here and there... And everywhere."
Gently wrapping one arm around his daughter's shoulders, he just stared out of the window, his expression thoughtful.
"Heather I want you to know... No matter if you're 3 or 15, no matter if you're small or big, have brown or pink hair- I'll always love you the same. And I'll never stop being thankful for having such a brilliant, brave and beautiful daughter. I'm proud to be your dad. And I love you."
He planted a small kiss on her head, smiling softly.
"And, although I still think you inherited some of my insanity to just go and break into that kidnapper's house like that, I'm very proud of you. I remember you once said you wished you had wings like me and Noah and Misha. To be an angel. Sweetie you might not have wings, but you are an angel. My angel."

Rachel smiled happily as she leaned against Jim's side and took a sandwich.
Just when she wanted to say something, a black-hearted young man appeared beside her, grinning happily at his siblings and parents.
"Hey everyone.", Ash said with a soft grin, the little boy holding his hand looking around with big eyes, until he saw his grandfather and a wide grin appeared on his face. "Grappie!", He called happily, Ash smirking softly.
"So Benny really really wants to tell you something", he chuckled, carefully holding his hands a few inches behind the little boy's back as he stumbled to his grandpa with insecure, little steps, trying to avoid stepping on the pancakes and sandwiches.
"I'm big as daddy! Look!"
He stretched his arms into the air and stood up on his tip toes. "Sooo big!"
"We sized ourselves this morning and Benny is so proud that he's an inch taller than Jasmine", Ash chuckled lovingly. "He really wanted to show his grandpa what a big boy he already is."