Manifestation Magic [Flo!]

[Gwynie Bryant]

Gwynie thought she was getting sick.

She woke up this morning with her limbs feeling heavy and her head hurting. That, and she felt dizzy. Her mother assured her that she was probably coming down with a little flu, and allowed Gwynie to stay in bed. Which was nice, because it meant that Flo took time off work and they got to cuddle. But it was less fun because Gwynie just felt weird. She wasn't sleepy, and she didn't feel really bad, she just felt really super weird.

So, when her mother left to go get her some hot chocolate, Gwynie poked her head out of the covers and rolled out of bed with the intention of going to open the window and get some nice fresh air or something.

Only she never hit the ground.

Gwynie's eyes widened in shock as she watched the ground get further and further away from her. She reached over frantically and tried to grab ahold of her little white chair. She strained as hard as she could, but instead of getting closer to the chair, the chair simply lifted off the ground to join her!

"....MOMMYYYY!" Gwynie shrieked as she bumped her head lightly against the ceiling. What was going on?!

[Florence Bryant]

Flo always WORRIED when Gwyn got sick. She knew it was just stupid, because all little kids got sick sometimes. She just had to force herself not to think the worst. Her little girl just had a bit of flu.

She was downstairs making a hot chocolate with marshmallows and a nice squishy melted cheese sandwich that Gwyn could probably enjoy without too much chewing. Her eyes did fall on the phone, which was already off the hook from her calling into to work and saying she needed to look after her little girl - but she was wondering if she should call the local doctors and get her checked out. Her hand had just curled round the phone when she heard the shout and, seizing the drink and plate, she ran up the stairs as fast as she could.

Thank god for recruiter training.

If Flo had been anything other than a meta human recruiter, the sight of her daughter bobbing up on the ceiling with a chair would have made her shriek and drop her hot chocolate. Instead, she set down the food and drink and looked up.

"It's okay honey." She said soothingly. "You're just manifesting!" She couldn't help but sound a little excited. She wasn't the only meta human in the family now! The woman did climb up on the bed and reach up so Gwyn could grab hold of her.

"Calm down, if you stress it'll just go all haywire." Her voice calmed then, and she pulled Gwynie down into her arms to hold her still. "My little girl's a meta human like her mummy~" She cooed, having to keep her grip firm to stop Gwynie from bobbing back up onto the ceiling.

[Gwynie Bryant]

Gwynie was instantly relieved when she saw her mother burst through the door. She was, however, a little confused that Flo didn’t share her alarm that she was floating on the ceiling. But when Flo reached up, Gwynie frantically flapped her arms until she could reach her mother’s hands. Gripping her firmly, Gwynie tried to pull herself down, “I’m—I’m what?” She looked down at her mother, still a little too panicked to really understand what Flo was saying.

Thankfully, Florence was able to grab ahold of Gwynie properly and pull her down. Gwynie clung to her mother and tried to calm down, “Wh-what happened?” She started to ask more, but Flo mentioned something about meta humans, and Gwynie’s brain started to recover from the shock.

“…Wait.” She looked up at her mother with a look that was two parts glee and one part nervousness, “Does this mean I’m meta?”

[Florence Bryant]

Flo smiled softly and held her little girl close, stroking through her hair. "It's okay." She continued to say, planting a kiss on the bobbing girl, who still appeared to not be on the floor. "I should probably get the chair down too." She added with a little laugh, reaching up with one hand and giving it a tug. Gosh everything felt stupid heavy to pull down!

"Yes, you're a meta." Flo said with a hint of pride. "I'm not really sure what power it is, I've seen a lot in 5 years but nothing quite like that." She shrugged a bit, then settled them both down on Gwynie's bed.

"That's my brave girl, just settle down Gwyn and we'll call Uncle James when you're ... less floaty." She laughed and tickled under her daughter's chin. "He'll know what it is." Planting a kiss on the top of her head, Flo reached to grab the hot chocolate. "Have a swig honey, it's a bit of a shock to the system."

[Gwynie Bryant]

"Really?" Gwynie asked, dazed, as Flo said she hadn't seen any power like hers before, "Wow. Is that why I felt so bad this morning?" Because she really had. And now she was feeling better! Only a little dizzy, but she couldn't figure out if this was simply because she had been floating around on the ceiling.

Gwynie took several deep breaths, slowly recovering from the shock. Eventually, she was herself enough to giggle when her mother wrestled the white chair to the ground. She was still shaking slightly, but eventually, she was calm enough to settle back onto the bed, still clinging to her mother.

She brightened at the mention of Uncle James. "Can we call him really soon?" She asked, taking the hot chocolate gratefully, "So he can tell us what I can do? I don't want to go outside. What if I float away, like a balloon?" The thought hadn't occurred to her until now, and it sounded a little horrifying. But between Flo and Uncle James, they could figure it out.

[Florence Bryant]

"I guess. My parents just thought I had an imaginary friend when I first manifested." Flo nodded, stroking through her daughter's hair repeatedly to help calm her down. "My first familiar was a little ferret. Called him Twiglet." She grinned.

She was sort of relieved that Gwynie's illness had been nothing but meta manifestation. She had heard there was a nasty bug going round in the elementary school and she really didn't want her little girl bedridden for a month recovering from measles. "Yeah, I'll go downstairs once you're done floating and we'll see if he can come over." She promised, giving her daughter a squeeze.

"You can come to work with me!" She added brightly. "And you'll get to see Uncle James and Uncle Chase every day, how about that?" There was always a silver lining, though she was pretty sure Gwyn would start getting bouncy about this later anyway. "I wont let you float away, I'll get the new headmistress to fly after you and get you down." She promised, stealing a marshmallow off the top of her hot chocolate.

[Gwynie Bryant]

Gwynie giggled, "Twiglet. That sounds cute." The tak-tak-tak sound of little puppy feet alerted her that Dug had sensed her distress and was coming to investigate. The puppy peeked into the room, looked around and sniffed. Once he was content that there was nothing life threatening in the room, he bounded up to join Gwynie and Flo on the bed, snuffling into the duvet cover. Gwynie smiled, petting Dug.

"Really? I get to come work with you now?" She knew this in the back of her mind, but she never really thought about the implications of that, "Oooh, then I can meet all your other friends, and talk to everyone all the time!" She looked a little nervous, "But Hammel's so big, waaay bigger than school now. There are a lot of kids that go there, aren't there?" What she was trying to ask was something every young teenager feared when going to a new school: ]what if nobody likes me?.

She did giggle, however, when Flo promised her that she'd get the Headmistress herself to fly up and catch Gwynie if she floated away, "Thanks Mama." She snuggled Flo tightly.

[Florence Bryant]

"He was adorable." Flo agreed, brightening even more when Dug showed up, and petted the pup as he leapt onto the bed. "Hey boy, your Mistress is going to have to go to big school now." She cooed, unable to stop grinning. She'd have to make sure Gwynie could get a lift home with one of the students or staff, maybe Sean would keep an eye on her. And she'd need to tell the petsitter that Gwynie would be coming home a bit later. Hm. Planning was needed.

"You do! You can meet Clarisse and Chloe and Ella..." She listed them off. "And Masie will be your teacher! How about that huh?" She giggled, tickling the girl. "Oh Gwyn, don't be a silly moo." She nosed her daughter's cheek. "Everyone'll love you, because you're the best girl in the world. And you know Niko! So you can hang out with him to start off with, if you're nervous." She offered. Everyone would like the youngest of the Bryant women or there would be hell to pay.

She smiled and flopped backwards onto the bed, allowing Dug to snuggle in between them. "Feeling a bit better now, hm?" She asked, looking up at her daughter fondly. "We can pick out a super special outfit for you and everything." Flo added, grinning. "So when you walk in everyone's going to want to be your friend."