Gwn and Vannessa

They day grew on as the younger children played in the sandbox, while the older ones texted.

Johnathon sighed, knowing Vannessa had not met everybody. "Vannnessa, go play...for me..." Vannessa looked scared and he took her to meet the younger kids.

The younger kids looked up and greeted her happily.

"Hi," Vannessa said softly

The boy from before walked up to her, giving her a big smile, and dragging her to the playground.

She was scared, Johnathon sighed. "Be careful," he said to the boy, "She is still not used to people...scare her too much and she might hurt you"

The boy nodded.

Benny: I'm Benny. And how about you watch. We plan on making a sand castle.

"Alright, I am sure my girlfriend would like that"

The boy nodded, and they went to a piece of paper. The paper read 'skrimatics' and had a very poor sandcastle drawn on it.

Vannessa was confused

They all nodded in satisfaction, then some of the boys stared at the sand. The box started to shake, and a huge sandcastle erupted from sand. The other boys started high-fiving each other.

Vannessa was even more confused

Alex walked into view from behind the castle, admiring it.

Alex: Mages. They do this every now and then. They draw a thing, and then they use magic to make it.

'I don't like magic..." Vannessa whimpered and hid behind Johnathon

Alex: It is innocent magic. Just kids being kids, nothing too bad.

"She hates all kinds of magic"

Alex: Fair enough. For now, I'm going to see if Gwyn returned.

He took a bow, and wandered inside.

Vannessa sighed

After an hour or so, Alex was sitting in his room, bouncing a ball off the wall. His room was plain grey, with out much decorations.

Vannessa was cured up under a tree, alone

Gwyn was making a round across the grounds. He came across Vannessa, and sat down next to her.

Gwyn: Anything wrong?

"Just thinking Daddy:

Gwyn: What are you thinking about?

She sighed, "Why id you adopt me?"

Gwyn: You needed a home.