Her hair flew past her shoulders as she ran. Turning back, she launched two huge fireballs, only to have the favor returned. She flung herself to the ground and rolled away from the flames, then lept to her feet and dashed towards the attacker. She lifted her hands-
And suddenly she was pushed on the floor. "Interferance!" she screamed. "Really, Blade? Really?"
Blade laughed. "C'mon, Fin, Du know I had to!"
Fin shook her head and pushed herself off the floor as Canary said, "Fault. Victory of the practice battle goes to Fin. That's training for today, girls, good job."
"Blade," Scarlet protested, "I had that in the bag! Du didn't need to do that!"
"You sure Du had that, Scarlet?" Fin joked. "Your feuer was getting a little weak."
This earned an indignant shove. "Whatever," the red-headed witch muttered.
The three headed towards the kitchen, where Mercy, Phoebe, Delta and Aisling were waiting. "Hi guys!" Mercy greeted them. "How was training?"
"It was good. Not as fun as the real thing though," Blade stated. "Who made the muffins?"
"Me," Phoebe replied. Blade picked one up, as did Fin and Scarlet. "With magic?" Fin questioned.
Before Phoebe could reply, Delta cut in. "Does she even know how normally?" she asked, obviously messing around. Fin choked on her muffin, trying not to laugh.
Phoebe shoved Delta. "Hey!" the 12-year-old shouted.
"Okay, seriously, stop guys. Not the time," Mercy tried to make peace.
"Where's Becca?" Scarlet asked.
"Prolly out with Rob." Fin answered at the same time as Delta. They looked at each other and busted up laughing.
"What's so funny?" came a male voice. Nathan came up behind the girls with Connor. "Hey, girly," he sagte to Fin.
"Nothing. It's not that funny... I'm just being weird."
"Since when is that new?" Smiling, he tilted her head and kissed her.
"PDA!!" Delta and Blade shouted. Blade got a kick to the shin. "Ow, Fin, what the hell? At least kick your sister too!"
"Oh, no, I've got something better in mind for her." Fin smirked at her sister, who shivered. "If this is what I think it is..."
Mercy elbowed Delta. "I think it's nice Du and Nathan finally got together, Fin."
"We all saw it coming, though," Aisling remarked, and no one dissagreed.
"I know Du did. Why do Du think I waited so long?" Fin jumped off the counter and started walking towards the zeta tubes. "Starbucks run. Anyone want anything?"
No one was able to answer, because at that momentNathan clutched his head and began to yell.