Igniting the Flames of Spirit 2 

	“Saturday…meet me at Maverick’s Treehouse at ten in the morning.” Timmy muttered to himself as he sauntered down the block. He stared at the time and address, peeping at each house number as he strolled down the Steelridge neighborhood, taking in each of the suburban homes along the way. He couldn’t help but think how nice they were, at least in comparison to his own house. He stopped, however, noticing one house that had a very obvious treehouse behind it. This had to be the place. He paced down the yard, passing by the large two story house and sauntering over to the back yard, taking in the sights of the side of the building. Loose water hose, snaking its way down the grass, a few water guns lying about, and was that a wooden staff leaning against the wall next to the window? Interesting. Taking a few more steps forward, he found his way to the more open-area that was the yard. 
Once back there, the mouse scoped around, taking in the fairly large area. There were few things of note; a patch of turf that looked a little like an arena for fighting. A well built treehouse sat in the tree that towered over Timothy’s head.. He stared up at it, rather surprised at just how well that tree could hold something of that size. Once he stepped up toward the base of the tree, the boy pulled out his phone, staring at it for a second, feeling a little bit of red slowly start to fill his cheeks. “I can’t believe I even have her number. Wow…” He took in a breath, sending the text up to the lupine. “Hey, I made it, I think.” the message read. He waited for a response, but instead, a small fireball flew out of the window, exploding into a rain of sparkles to let him know he was at the right place. He straightened out his skirt with a light chuckle, before hopping up onto the ridges that were cut into the thick trunk as he climbed his way up. 
As he climbed up higher upon the ladder, the boy took note of how cozy the large room was. Inside was a bed on the far end of the treehouse which had a fox and wolf lying on it, playing on their phones together. A desk with a computer and a chair, and with it, a hyena who was tap-tapping away at the keyboard. Accompanying the rest of the treehouse, there was a box filled with various action figures and toys, a television on the wall opposite of the desk with a few video game systems. This place was big enough to have a party! The group all waved and welcomed him in, Savannah even rising to invite him to a seat.
“Rekka told us you were going to be here today.” She spoke up, straightening up those red glasses of hers. “Been hearing that you were into learning how to bolster your skills, eh? I’m looking forward to this. Name’s Savannah McClure. We’re in the same class but I don’t think we ever met. Come in, take a seat,” She said, taking a seat back in front of the computer. “I’ve been looking up stuff to plot out a curriculum to help you become the most efficient mouse you can be!” She started, just before Mavy perked up.
“Hold it, hold it. He just got here. Give him a second to breathe, I haven’t even gotten to introduce myself fully yet. Let him get his butt in the chair first!” He laughed.
“Oh! Hehe, right, I just got a little excited.” She laughed, guiding the boy to his seat.
As Timmy sat and watched, listening to the kids around him, he let off a little chuckle. “I know who you are, Maverick. Terry honestly doesn’t stop talking about you. Good to finally meet you!” He beamed sweetly to the fox. “A-and of course Rekka’s the one that asked me to come here.” He blushed, looking among the kids all around him. He felt put on the spot before he even had the opportunity to ask anything. “So uh…Where’s Terry?” He asked, raising an eyebrow, expecting him to be here, if anybody at all.
“Cheer practice. They have a competition coming up soon so they’re in full gear now.” Maverick piped up.
“Oh. I see…I was hoping I could show him what I can do. So um…what’s next?” His voice fell, sounding a smidge disappointed that his best friend wouldn’t be present for this. 
“Well we already broke down why you’re here, Squeaks.” The wolf finally piped up, rising up to her feet as her paw went to her left hip, sizing Timmy up with her eyes and taking note of his change in demeanor, even if nobody else did yet. He was already getting stronger, she could see it in his eyes. “...It’s day two of you becoming a badass. So, let’s start easy.” She walked over to him. “Show us what you can do! You said you can make things quieter or louder, yeah? Well…go for it.” She instructed.
Timmy, always eager to please, immediately shot up from his seat, holding his paws up, taking in a breath, focusing his mana to…to…to what? What was he doing? “Uh…wait, I need something to focus on. It’s kinda quiet in here.” He chuckled anxiously.
“I got it.” Rekka said, rising up, starting to tap her shoes on the floor. The bottom of those red and orange sneakers had metal vents along the bottom of them, which provided a nice loud set of taps on the floor. “Go ahead, shut this up or make it loud.” Timmy listened and obliged, shifting his own foot on the ground, letting him get a sense of the noise. He focused on the source, and with every tap, Rekka’s feet produced less and less noise, which only meant she’d start to tap louder, but the noise grew quieter and quieter, up to the point that she made herself look like a toddler throwing a tantrum, stomping her feet with no auditory feedback. She finally delivered a jump, slamming both feet into the wood of the treehouse, only to be met with complete silence. “Woooah. That’s so awesome.” She praised.
“Yeah, wow, that’s so useful!” Maverick sat up, definitely intrigued by what was in front of him. “Oh dude, that by itself can make you like, the stealthiest person in the world!”
“Wait wait, Mav, he said he can go quieter or louder. So let’s see the other side of it.” Savannah chimed in. “Let’s see.” She said, grabbing a coin, flipping it once in the air and then catching it. “You ready?”
“Oh, uh…yeah, go for it.” He looked at her, ready to use his skills again. She flipped the coin, and that “CHWING” sound that was made upon her claw tapping the metal was comparable to having someone flip the coin directly next to your ear. It was piercing, and not just the way it was flipped, but once it landed, the rolling was loud enough that it caused the foundations of the tree house itself to vibrate. After that first burst of noise, the mouse winced, swiftly raising his hands to cover his own ears. “Aaah! O-okay yeah I’m still…kinda affected by my own powers.” He said, rather embarrassed that he did have flinch at the noise he made, just before looking up and noticing each of the other 3 children wincing or cringing on their own. 
“Goodness, what an amplification…” The hyena said, getting her bearings back, before reaching for the coin and placing it back on the desk, this time with just a small ‘clank’ rather than anything that would deafen them. “Timothy, your powers are impressive. We could do so much with that. Like, there’s a whole world of possibility for you! I think…we should sit back and sus this all out. This is titillating!” 
“Keep your panties on Vannie.” The wolf stopped herself after saying that. “Huh, that’s a rhyme I never actually thought of.” She snickered, before continuing on. “Anyways, it’s really cool that we have this down, so let’s talk about what we can do with it.” She started.
“I already threw my idea out.” Maverick followed up behind. “You’re a master at stealth. Think you can silence more than one person at a time?”
“Or do you think you can make just small popping noises into big booming explosion noises?” Rekka immediately tossed out.
“Would you be able to silence other people from talking? Or even throw the noises or do ventriloquist things?” Savannah even got in on the barrage of questioning.
Timothy was not amused. He felt this weird, mounting pressure within him. He went from being relatively unknown. To him, a simple nobody. Now he was the center of attention. And not just of Rekka’s this time, but of all of his new friends at once. It was a bit much, he couldn’t just answer these rapid fire questions, this fast paced attention, and this new focus on a power he mostly ignored up to now. “H-hold on guys. Give me a moment, please.” He said, collapsing back into the nearby chair. “I-I gotta take a second to think.” He felt himself  start to sweat a little bit. Was this what it was like? To have all eyes on you so suddenly? Just before his thoughts could wander any further, he felt a pair of paws rest upon his bare shoulders, warm, comforting, soft. He didn’t even have to look to know precisely who it was. “S-sorry. I didn’t mean to freak out or anything. It’s just…a lot, you know?” 
“It’s cool Squeaks. That’s why we’re here.” Her paws began to rub his shoulders a tad, triggering a very vibrant spark of blush upon his face. “Alright.” She then pulled away once she felt him relax, flopping back onto the bed with Maverick. “These are your powers. So you’re the one who gets to say what you wanna do with ‘em, or what you can do.” 
“Yeah, sorry about that, dude.” Maverick got a little embarrassed, not used to losing his cool demeanor and getting that excited. “Go ahead, dude. These are your powers, like she said, so you should be the first one to chime in as to what you want to do with them. So, go ahead, talk when you’re ready.”
“T-thank you.” He smiled sweetly at the vulpine, although his mind was definitely swimming a little bit from the contact, enough that it was already getting hard to contain himself with his conflicting thoughts of the wolf before him, and the idea of his powers having some sort of use. The conflict in his mind was causing him to lock up and just, not speak. “G-gimme a minute.” And with that, the trio did exactly that. Mav and Rekka both hopped back on their phones, Savannah looking at the computer, and Timmy sitting there, contemplating on when to speak up or what to say. Truthfully, his own excitement was becoming palpable through the confined space. Not that they were able to smell the scent of the combined arousals or anything, but the cubs felt it. 
“So, what were you thinking about, exactly?” Maverick finally spoke up, lying back, his foot moving precariously underneath Rekka’s pink skirt. Despite his suddenly lewd actions, his voice remained rather normal. Seemed as though the little wolf was into it, pressing herself against him.
Timmy snapped out of his thoughts, not really noticing the stealthy play happening across from him. “Um…well, I kinda like leaning into Rekka’s way of thinking. Making noise to throw people off. It’s something we could think about. Like, quick, sudden noises and stuff.” His mind was going to a few different places as to how he could defend himself. “Like, snapping or clapping could be pretty cool.”
Chiming in, Savannah perked up. “Maybe. If you could get some headphones to defend your ears, too. You know it’s a lot easier to say these things, rather than doing ‘em. So, I think we should give it a shot when it comes time to practice.” As she spoke, she was looking at that cute mouse in front of her. Her own mind was going places as well. 
“True. I definitely want to spend some time figuring out exactly what I can do. I didn’t ever think my powers could be used for fighting. But I’m willing to give it a try. I mean, thinking about it, I might be able to do cool stuff with other people’s powers, too. Maybe we can practice stuff together.” As the mouse continued rambling, he’d feel something along his leg. He looked but saw nothing. “I think sooner or later, we can all get together, with Terry too, and we can do a huge practice da-ah!” He gasped, his ears and tail going rigid. He looked down, even flipping his own skirt up as he saw his own panties get a tad wet. “What’s hap-oooh.” He finally interrupted himself, letting out a rather pleasured squeak. His length, despite being hidden under the panties, had been infiltrated by a pair of thin, aquatic tendrils, teasing his length, having not gone down since he felt that sensual touch by Rekka minutes prior. He bit his lip, looking around to see why, until his eyes landed upon the hyena, who was looking at him with those half-lidded, enamored eyes, her fingers twiddling about in order to intentionally use her own powers to tease the boy before him. “S-Savannah?” Once he understood what was going on, he saw something else that made him double-take. Maverick and Rekka, what were they-oh! Was she really just sucking him off? Right here? Right now? While they were having a discussion? He couldn’t take his eyes off of the scene before him. 

“You’re free to keep talking, sweetie.” The hyena stated, her fingers sliding up and down now as those tendrils formed into a ring, squeezing warmly around the base of his length, slipping up only an inch or so before gliding back down to his base. “Hehe, sometimes we just do this while we talk. Gets all the creative stuff to come out. Gets our brains in the same place and stuff.” She giggled. “You were onto something though. Maybe we can find stuff that can make sudden snappy noises that you can do in bursts.” Behind those glasses was such a heavy glint of arousal upon her own features. 
“Short, mnh…snappy bursts, eh? Maybe like one of those little guns that shoot the foam darts? Noif. Yeah, like Noif guns without the…ooh snap, that’s so unfair when you heat up your tongue like that Rekka.” He huffed, putting a paw down now to rub along her head. “...The guns without the darts just make really loud pops.” He was doing his level best to maintain his focus, but it was a challenge when the one working him knew just how to get to him. In fact, in true Rekka Shields fashion, she decided to tease everyone else in the room. Her mouth slowly drew off of the fox’s blue length, making sure Savannah and Timmy paid attention by making that sexy ‘pop’ as she came off of it, even letting them all see the string of his precum connecting them both together still. 
“Really, we could use a cap gun instead. They still have ‘em at a few of the toy stores in the city. We should be able to pick one of those up tonight to play around with it.” Just after saying those words, the pup went low, gripping Mavy’s base, then dragging her tongue along the underside, her eyes intentionally looking at the mouse to aim on working him up even further. Once she finished there, she pulled off, rising back to her feet. Both her and Mavy discarded their lower clothes rather swiftly, tossing them to the side. Returning to him, Rekka straddled over Mavy, spreading her folds, again, purposely enticing the pair adjacent to them, and sunk herself down on the fox. “Aaah…s-so anyways. Aside from that, maybe we can just try to find like a fireworks store or something. We got everything here in Milestone, after all.” She pointed out, starting to ride him a bit harder. She did stop, only to laugh as the fox underneath her seemed to lazily flop onto the bed. “What, really gonna make me do all the work?”
“Yep.” The fox lazily responded.
At this point, the Hyena had tossed her own panties onto the mouse’s face, letting him know where she stood as well. "Let's do this. Rekka told me that you're pretty talented with that mouth of yours…" She approached him with very clear intent.  Her own chocolate brown length was pulsing before him, girth throbbing with anticipation. "I'd love to witness this myself. " She pulled those red frames from her face, revealing her long eyelashes as she folded those spectacles and placed them on the desk. "Whaddya say?" As she asked, her fingers were still waving up and down, the grip of that water ring still playing with his base.
“My mouth? I..er…mm…” He gripped his seat a little harder, feeling that pleasure mounting within him, slowly eroding away any of his reservations. His eyes stared at that length of hers, and with a lick of his lips, he whispered softly to her. “Let’s do this…” He hopped from his seat, immediately abandoning both his skirt and his panties as well, leaving them in a small heap on the floor. Looks like he’s one of the group now, each of the 4 cubs being fully bottomless, only leaving on their tops. Would any of them regret this? Only time will tell. For now, Timmy followed his instincts, dropping to his knees in front of the hyena, pressing himself against her crotch and using his nose and lips to explore. He began with shuffling his nose underneath her orbs, beholding that cute, puffy slit underneath. “Oh you do have one under here…” He inhaled, moaning right against her thighs. “So…hot…” He huffed, his arms wrapping around the back of her thighs as he started to let his tongue bathe along her lips, giving them a bit of a shine. As he did this, her member began to pulse, even leaking a little bit of her own nectar onto the top of his dirty blond hair. 
“Mnh…eager, and you know just how to find the right spots quickly. You’re gonna do very well around these parts.” The girl cooed, grinding her hips against his face. She seemed pretty wet, and this time it was unrelated to the powers at her command. Timmy kept doing what he knew to do, using his tongue and lips to pleasure her, as though this is what he is ‘meant’ to do. “Wait wait…Ah..up here.” She moaned out, pointing her member toward the boy’s face. “Here now.”
Without hesitation, the boy opened his mouth, taking her inside and for now, just focusing on polishing the head, giving small, rather sweet bobs upon that and that alone. His mind was swimming, and body undulating as he felt the change down on his length. That ring of water expanded a bit more, now encapsulating all but the head, and it began to wave back and forth, having transformed itself into a rather warm feeling fleshlight. He began to grind into it, his head popping in and out of the hydro cylinder, his precum even mixing into the water that was working him so nicely. “Mmmm…” He moaned around her shaft, his eyes looking up to meet hers, the orbs showing a mixture of deep arousal and gratitude for how she’s working him as well. 
“Oooh..snap…” Maverick huffed out as he began to take charge. His arms wrapped tight around Rekka’s waist and finally he took some level of charge, drilling his length upward to pound into his beloved rival. Despite the physical focus there, his eyes were looking around the side, spotting Timmy’s rear as he serviced Savannah. “Snap that’s a good view…Yo, Tim, tail up! Gimme something a little less flat to look at.” He said, intentionally teasing the girl that was riding him. “Wait no I didn’t mean-!” He was cut off with a bit of a loud gasp as the wolf looked back at him with a rather naughty smirk herself. As she continued to bounce and increase her own pleasure, she used her own powers to heat up her insides to the point that it felt nearly molten within, causing him a very odd mixture of pleasure and pain. “Aight, aight, I take it back, jerk.” He huffed as he leaned against. 
“S’what you get. Now stop talking and just enjoy the moment, dork.” She laughed, before turning her face forward again, to the duo before them. “But he is onto something. Squeaks, tail up.” 
That just felt so embarrassing! But at the same time rather exciting. He was already going to comply when Maverick made his demand, but upon hearing Rekka say it? That pink ropy tail shot straight up, legs even spreading just a little bit to let his balls dangle and letting that magical fleshlight appear in view as it maintained pace in how it was stroking him. Looks like all 4 were enjoying the moment. Enough so that it prompted Savannah to speak up.
“O-okay…okay Timmy that’s enough. T-turn around. Face the other two.” She said, twirling her fingers, actually causing the aquatic toy to start rotating now on his length, which caused him to gasp aloud as the pleasure changed pace. 
He complied, pulling his mouth off of her length, crawling toward the other two now, hiking his rear up again as he allowed himself to get an eye full of that blue shaft penetrating those ebon folds, thick orbs slapping against her clit over and over again as the two bounced in united rhythm. In fact, each of those harsh slaps hit with enough impact to sprinkle a little bit of her juices against his little pink nose. Timmy’s breath was getting so sharp, so hot. This was amazing. He had no idea that this morning was going to turn out this way! In fact, they were so close. Her pussy was so close to his face he just wanted to…if his tongue could just…”EEP!” 
That pink pucker from behind was suddenly spread as her head began to penetrate him. It was pretty slick. Another use of her powers to lubricate herself? Savannah really knew what she was doing. His head lowered as he worked on adjusting to her size, but moaned out in such deep pleasure once she worked her way all the way in. “Oh goodness you’re so taut! It’s wonderful back here!” The girl moaned out, reaching up to grab one of her own budding breasts, squeezing at her nip as she steadied herself with her free hand. 
“You go girl!” Rekka cheered her on, starting to speed up her own bouncing, grinding and squeezing on Maverick, occasionally stopping to grind and work her muscles to work Mavy’s length to the best of her ability. “Ah…wait…I’m gonna cum…” She huffed, reaching a paw behind Maverick’s head, threading her fingers through his long, silver locks. She used that one last moment of clarity, looking back to Timmy, pulling herself up and off just long enough to start rapidly stroking her clit, blasting off a small wave of her own juices onto Timmy’s face, splashing him and even matting his hair a bit with her own orgasmic juices.”Nnnhaaaa…dang that was so good.” She bit her lip. She wasn’t done, yet. She slammed herself back down on the fox’s length. She knew Mavy was close, and probably more so after witnessing that. Once she was down on him, she bounced hard and fast to work the fox up to his limit. 
“Ah…oh man that’s…too much. I’m gonna…gonna…” Maverick squealed out, his hips bucking up and arching, slamming with double speed into her. Rekka watched, knowing exactly what to do next. She let the fox release, staying still as she felt him start to fill her, but also knowing what kind of loads the vulpine was able to dish out. She swiftly pulled off of him, allowing one of his bursts to fire off into the air. 
“Savannah, now!” She shouted, rolling off to the side, flopping onto the bed to watch the finale of the fun. Without hesitating, without letting another blast go to waste, Savannah thrust forward hard, not just hilting into Timothy, but forcing him forward. Rekka reached out, taking the boy’s head and slamming it down on Mavy’s shaft, holding him still while Maverick released that ample essence. It was enough for Timmy that some began to roll out of the side of his mouth as his eyes snapped wide open. The party didn’t end there, either. Savannah was also placed in such a position that she was pushed over the edge as well.
“Oh man this…so…s-spendiferous!” Her vocabulary always had a habit of slipping out in moments of intense passion. Her own member released, blasting into Timothy’s pink star, filling his tunnel with her own white cream, gripping his hips as tightly as her body could allow. The teasing ring she created with her water collapsed and splashed onto the floor. However, no more need for it, the mouse also moaned out from all that was hitting him, forcing him to release his own jets of cum into the water puddle at the same time.
 Timmy pulled off, panting loudly after he swallowed down all of that delicious cum, licking his lips as he stared at the duo on the couch. He was panting loudly as he was letting himself recover his composure, looking up up to his friends, tail curling itself around Savannah rather affectionately, falling forward and letting his face rest in Maverick’s softening member.
  The sounds of intense heated passion rang out from inside the treehouse. Maybe not enough to rouse…maybe even arouse the neighbors, but the denizens of the nearby house likely heard, and knew exactly what was going on. It wasn’t very long after the sounds quieted down,  the young poodle popped her head in to see the scene before her, and without missing a beat, her usual helpful self spoke out. “Did you guys want me to bring you some water?” She asked cheerfully.
“Ah, Rika. Uh..” The fox huffed, collapsing backwards onto the bed. “Actually…I got an idea. Could you bring some laundry soap? We got a lil’ messy so we’re going to take care of it in the yard.” 
“Ooh! Okay big bro, I’ll be right back!” She said, her head popping down from the ladder as she darted back to the house.
“D-dude…that was your little sister? And…s-she saw?!” Timmy was so confused by these weird friend and family dynamics. 
“Don’t worry about it, but I know where Maverick is coming from.” Savannah spoke up, wiggling some and finally pulling herself out of the mouse, watching that white cream run down his taint and his orbs. “Hehe, let’s step out.” Savannah said, shaking her head a bit to regain her composure, walking to the exit. “Next up, laundry and shower express.” She turned around to face the crowd, opening her arms and dropping out, conjuring a small slide of water to let herself slide down to the ground floor outside.
Rekka chuckled. “For once she’s the one without any chill. Alright, let’s go.” she laughed, hopping up and moving to the exit as well, grabbing her clothes on the way and stripping off her own top, winking to Timmy, who she knew was watching intently, jumping off the top floor and kicking on the flames from the bottom of her feet as she used the propulsion to land safely below. 
“Guess we’re next, eh?” He winked to his friend, taking his paw and helping him to his feet. Once he took Timmy’s paw, he couldn’t help but to glow with blush, himself, not entirely used to the personal charm that he knew the fox was typical for putting on. Holding his hand, and grabbing his clothes with the other, he pulled him over to the edge; hugging him close and jumped down, the air supporting their bodies as they fluttered down to the grass below. He could tell that was rather sudden for the boy, but with a chuckle, Maverick patted the top of his head. “Don’t worry, we’re good.” 
“Y-yeah I mean, we are but sheesh we just, y’know…” His legs wobbled some. “Gosh…” So…what…exactly are we doing?” 
“Just watch and learn. You’re in for something amazing today, Squeaks.” Rekka grinned, nudging him once with her elbow as she darted out toward the house to turn on the hose that was attached to the sprinkler, then back to the other kids. Wow. Even with that blue cream oozing out of her young folds, the slight glisten of her body, the wetness on her lips, Timmy was already finding himself getting hard again, but he could tell that moment’s passed. Even still, seeing her so joyful, so natural, so comfortable will be a moment that’s going to be etched into his mind forever. A moment he dreamed of sharing with her, and her alone one day. 
The trio moved toward the center of the yard, with Timmy shortly in tow, standing close by to see what was about to happen. Rika had come out as well with the laundry pods, tossing them over to the group before disappearing back inside, wanting to watch the show from inside. Once the water fully began to shoot from the system, it began to gravitate toward the group. Once it did, just in front of Timmy, the water began to form into the size of a rather large ball of water. The group of kids all took their dirty clothes and tossed them into the ball, and Timmy, quick to pick up on the moment, did the same. Rekka approached him from behind and took a pod, handing it over to him. “Go ahead, toss it in.” At this point, any thoughts of being timid were gone, and he was just having fun. He tossed the pod into the sphere of water, and once it went in with that ‘plonk’ noise, the clothes began to shift and spin, the water ball now turning itself into a washing machine, floating in the air in all its soapy, spinny glory. Rekka followed up, snapping her finger to create a spark, then controlled the string of flame to surround the laundry sphere for just a few moments to heat it up, then just let the flames collide with the water to put them out. 
“And now while we’re doing this…” The wolf chuckled, pointing up to pull his attention elsewhere. During the spectacle of the laundry sphere doing its thing, Savannah already conjured up another slightly larger sphere of water loomed overhead. 
“Time to clean up.” Savannah cut in. The water then fired out a set of tendrils, specifically aiming at the kid’s crotches, giving their privates a nice massage on both the inside and the outside as she worked on clearing off any evidence of their fun. Of course this was met with a chorus of soft moans and coos, as Savannah did her thing. Once that was taken care of, the water went back up into the sphere, Rekka pointed up, hitting the sphere with a long burst of flame, getting it nice and steamy. Finally, Maverick reached up, conjuring a small vortex that would surround them all, giving them a nice outside, steamy shower together. Each fur had the time to wipe and rub themselves clean in the vortex of water droplets that stayed localized themselves. Shortly after, the water released from the vortex, and was instead replaced by a warm wind that surrounded them. Timmy noted the pair of canines fist bumping as their own powers combined with each other to create this hot wind, drying them all off shortly after. The young mouse was so unbelievably engrossed in the spectacle. The teamwork, the precision, the creativity. And yet he knew it wasn’t over. 
A new sphere of water had formed and the original floated over it, dropping the clothes in and spinning once again now to get the soap out. The squad all took a seat to watch it finish, just enjoying the moment, taking in the spectacle of the magical shower room and laundromat they created together in the backyard of the fox’s home. “So, how did you like it?” Rekka asked, looking at the bewildered mouse once again. “The power of teamwork. It’s kinda the cool thing about hanging with us, we can learn so many awesome ways to use our powers, either from talking, practicing, or just learning new stuff on the fly.” 
Timmy nodded his head, just in complete awe at the spectacle and how smooth this all happened. Minutes pass and the water falls to the ground slowly, separating everyone’s clothes out. Again the fox and wolf rose up, holding out their paws and swirling some heat around the clothes to dry them off. Seconds after, they all began to dress up once again to continue the training with the young mouse.

A few minutes passed after getting all dressed up, the crew decided to take a few minutes to sit underneath the tree, either basking in the glow of the events that transpired, or getting giddy and excited about what was to come next. 
“So, I was thinking about it. I think we should go somewhere we have a bit more room to play around with our powers instead of keepin’ them quiet and on the down low out here. Especially with Mr. Boom over here. We’ll end up making the whole neighborhood mad.” Maverick pointed out. “Plus, I think Timmy’s cool enough now that we can introduce him to ‘The Spot.’ without having to worry about him telling the neighborhood. You two cool with it?” Maverick asked, eyes scanning between the two girls, ensuring they knew that he was being serious.
“I don’t see a problem with it. He’s already proven to me that he…almost has what it takes to roll with us.”  She said that last part with a little hesitation. The wolf looked over to her rodent compatriot, taking a stance right before him. Despite the similar heights, it almost felt like she was towering over him. “You’re not going to tell anyone about our spot when we get there, are you? I can trust you, can’t I?” The pup asked with the same intensity she did when offering a challenge.
“N-no I wouldn’t.” He said, starting with a stutter but finishing with his own resolute force. “I wouldn’t tell anybody if it means it’ll take away time we’re going to spend together!” Fists balled, feet stomping, he was going to stand this ground. “I wouldn’t do anything to hurt any of us. Whatever this secret spot is, take me there. I’ll…I’ll make my mark on it the same way that you guys did!” Their crystal blue eyes felt as though they engaged in a battle of their own, Timmy’s to assert his passion and honesty, and Rekka’s to gain insight on his emotional state. After a few moments of quiet contemplation, the wolf’s expression lightened up, and she smiled, reaching a paw out and placing it reassuringly upon his shoulder.
“I see no reason why he can’t come then.” Seems as though his words swayed her enough that she finished by looking at Savannah for the final confirmation. 
The hyena shrugged her shoulders. “I like him enough that I say he can be trusted. Let’s head out, we’ll see if he’ll still feel the same when we get there. Ready?” She asked, starting on her way to the front yard. “Let’s go.” 
Once the trio came to their agreement, they looked to Timothy, leading him back out to the front of the house, heading a little bit down the block. He looked a bit quizzically at them, wondering where they were going to head. “So uh…are we going to walk there or what?” 
“Nah, takin’ the bus. It’s pretty far from here, but it’s far enough away from everybody else that we can get away with whatever we want to do.” Mavy beamed at the mouse standing walking inches behind them. “A totally safe place to cut loose and nobody’s going to find out about it.”  
The mouse let his mind wander into some rather interesting places. Of course, it wouldn’t make so much sense to think of ‘that’ kind of thing. They just did that openly and freely in the treehouse. Wait. Did they really go all out in a place like this? That’s crazy! “Where in the world could we go to do anything in secret like that?” He asked during their stroll to the end of the street. Nobody answered once the group made it to the bus stop that was waiting for them. 
“You’ll see, Squeaks, you’ll see.” The lupine leaned on the rodent. “Nobody knows about the place but us. Just hang tight.” The pup then looked up, seeing the few cars pass by until the large, white bus approached the group. 
They all hopped on after scanning their phone on the payment device, except Timothy, who scanned, scanned, and scanned again, getting a bit frustrated. “Dang it I thought I. Oh no, I didn’t put any on this morning.” He whined. 
“Don’t worry about it, little one. Go ahead and take a seat, it happens.” The large, brown-furred Capybara smiled at the mouse. “Just make sure you’re more attentive next time.” His voice was deep but very gentle, hopefully reassuring to the young boy. His large paw came forward, patting those blond locks, before nodding his head to give one final assurance that he’d be okay. With a nod, the rodent smiled, cheeks a little flush, now from embarrassment but also comfort at the man’s words. Shortly after, he joined his group of friends. 
They began to chat a little, with Timothy explaining why there was a short delay for the mouse to join. “Hm? He let you back here free? Hang on a second.” Savannah rose from her seat, padding back up to the front of the bus just as they approached the next stop, and the girl, after conferring a bit with the driver, scanned her phone once again to make sure that he was paid for as well before returning, gingerly taking her seat beside Rekka once again. Timmy looked rather confused about what happened, causing her to speak up. “I wasn’t going to let you ride for free. Everyone deserves to be paid for what they do. So I went ahead and took care of your fare.”
“Eh?! Y-you didn’t have to!” Timmy squeaked from behind Maverick, since he decided to take the window seat. “I owe you for that, I can’t just-”
Savannah raised her hand. “You paid me plenty this morning.” She winked at him, which immediately shut him up and made the mouse silently sit back with a rather heavy blush on his face. “Hehe, that’s right!” 
At this point, the cubs were just shooting the breeze or taking in the sights. The bus was taking its route, only stopping where there were denizens of the city ready to board as well. Timmy wasn’t the type to go many places, so even the trip to this mysterious location was a sight to behold. He’s never been this far north of the city. The bus traveled over bridges, giving him a beautiful view of what it was like going into the major city limits. The bridge took him over one of the many gorgeous blue waterways  that divided the lands of Milestone city. The gorgeous conglomeration of houses and homes that decorated the sides of the roads, and the large, lush lawns between each of them. Moving further in, the houses started to turn more into taller apartments, and eventually into larger buildings after the bus headed toward a long highway. Once at the long stretch of road, the view of the large beaches and waterfront of the lake took over the scene. Timmy’s eyes were glued to the visage, completely enamored with everything that he was seeing. Eventually, the view of the water was broken by the larger buildings that seemed to serve as its own concrete ocean before them, tall skyscrapers towering down over them in every visible direction. The streets themselves became less scattered and more gid-based and organized. “Is this where we’re headed to?” He finally asked, looking back to the group.
“Yeah, the place we’re headed is a few streets down.” Maverick assured the excited boy. Timmy’s eyes went back to look upon the sights and sounds. There are so many other people moving about. Street performers using their various powers to entertain, people rushing to work or to lunch, and others just enjoying their time outside, going for walks in the comfort of the buildings surrounding them. A few stops later, he felt a couple taps to his shoulder, he was pulled back from soaking in the sights and sounds and back to reality. “C’mon, we’re here.” He instructed, rising up and heading out of the middle-of-the-bus exit. Once out, they waited for the bus to pass, crossed the street, and started their trek to this mysterious place. It wasn’t as if the journey was creepy or anything, the sun was still bright and there were still people around them. 
Despite that, there was so much anticipation thanks to all the buildup and no conversation about the place. He kept up conversation with Rekka as they walked, getting to know each other more with discussions of music tastes, cartoons and video game tastes and the like. Their walk brought them past increasingly unpopular stores, now leading them down paths that had more unique small businesses, and then larger clusters of apartment buildings. Finally, after crossing one other street, the kids walked down a long path that led right to a somewhat large building. Only one story, but the fence surrounding it, which seemed to have aged from rust a bit, spanned the entire city block. The grass was overgrown, the school itself seemed to have vines growing along it, broken windows, and damaged outer frame painted the story of how long-abandoned this building was. There seemed to be nobody else around here, either. The children kept going until they reached the front area, the fence appearing to be taller here and locked with a giant padlock. 
“How are we supposed to get in?” Timothy asked, looking at the lock, even  holding it to see if there was some secret to it. By the time he looked up, the little gentlemanly vulpine had lifted the lower right corner of the metal fence, having discovered a way around it already. 
“Ya coming?” He asked, flashing the mouse a rather cheeky grin, hoping to surprise him in every way. The mouse chuckled as he looked back at him, then rolled his eyes and slid into the opening as well. Maverick followed behind, now lagging behind the girls. “Hope you’re not too nervous or anything. I know that we’re kinda putting you on the spot here…but this is the best place to test stuff out. We’re not gonna get in any trouble. The few people that still live around here don’t care and some might even kinda like the show we put on with our powers. Either way, this is the best way that we can practice and learn. Not many people know about this old school so it’s perfect for us.”
“Why’s it abandoned though? Where did everyone go?” Timmy tilted his head, staring at the damage to the school. 
“Nobody knows.” Savannah answered. “But this was the last school not to have any form of anti-mana. So…whatever happened must have been bad enough to scare the other schools all over the city. This school’s got so much mystery behind it and a bunch of rumors. But now’s not the time for that.” She said as they rounded the corner to the back of the school. A large open grassy field was laid out before them. Messy, but present. Directly from the building, there was a large asphalt lot that stretched out for a bit as well, any signs of chalk or writing having been long-washed away. Bent and damaged tetherball poles with the ball having gone missing stood as markers of the past. The black ground itself even had many signs of damage. Small craters, large slashes, scorch marks, impact damage, and scuffs from fights past. The last thing to note was, on the grass, a playground; slides, swings, monkey bars and even a small clubhouse attached to it, all of it inexplicably in near-pristine condition. 
“Wait wait, why’s the playground…?”
“No idea.” Rekka spoke up, looking at it herself. “...It doesn’t get old, and if it ever gets damaged from us fighting or anything, it’s always back to normal, like it gets replaced every day.”
“That’s so spooky! How are you guys not worried about that?!” Timmy nervously blurted out. 
“Eh, it’s never shown to be bad so eventually we stopped caring.” Mavy shrugged as he meandered his way to the center of the black, hard ground. “I’m sure you’ll feel the same. Besides, you’re here now.” He grinned, his face turning back toward the boy, the other two taking their positions around him as well, standing in a triangular formation with Timmy as the center of the focus. Rekka stood tall, crossing her arms and locking eyes with the rodent, a grin painted across her face, her excitement for the coming discoveries radiating from her and the other cubs.
“So..” Rekka began, cracking her neck as she prepared herself for what was coming next. “...Shall we begin?”