Chase POV.
I think I’m being adopted by mama Masha, I now stay in her room, she had to pay Anastasia and promise to help her, she even sent a request to my parents and Mr. Laden to get me to move in with her. River got his right to sleep in her room once he shifted, he likes to show me tricks, he can blow air and make the balloon stay up toward the ceiling.
Now we all share Masha’s room, that all good and fun, until River got in trouble with her, since he shifted, he wanted to be in dragon form more often. But since Masha had me too, she couldn’t take him out to fly as often as he wants to, she said it’s not my fault, that even if I did shift, she won’t be taking us out as long as often as River wants to, which happens to be around all the time.
River was left with the job of watching me, I was playing with mama’s phone while she showers, River had to keep an eye on me, but he didn’t want to do just that, instead, he suggested, he takes me out for a fly, I heard Kaddy talks all about how fun flying is. I wanted to try it too, I agreed, I wouldn’t say no, Masha wouldn’t take up to the sky.
“How do we do this?” I ask River in a whisper throwing a look to the bathroom, we could still hear the shower being on.
“I shift, you get on my back, and we fly,” he says.
“Uhmm… River do you know how to fly?” I ask, from what we learned in school, our partner is the one who’s supposed to teach us how to fly.
“Yeah, no worries” River says all proud, mama has been giving him flying lessons.
“But how we go out?” I ask, I didn’t want to get lost outside, I didn’t want to go without mama.
“The window,” he says, running toward the window, he messed with the lock, I couldn’t open it even if I tried but river being older than me, he finally managed to open it.
He ran back toward the bed, and jumped next to me, we heard the shower turn off, we don’t have much longer, River was quick to shift or at least try to, he’s still new in all of this, he turn to his gray dragon after a bit of struggle.
“You okay there? River? Chase?” mama asks, River turns to me he can’t answer.
“Yes mama” I answer for the both of us.
Chase now in his dragon form, he wasn’t as big as mama or the other dragons are but just big enough for me to sit on his back and fit out of the window, we almost did it, but River wings were too wide, he was trying to get himself out but then he was pulled back by the tail. A slap landed on his side and another on my diapered bum, I started to cry, Masha just caught us, she threw both of us on the bed, closing the window with a bang before turning to us.
“River shift back now!” mama order both of us, he was too scared to say no, he did just that crying.
“Now tell me who’s smart idea was that?” she asks pacing in her bathroom robe, we shared a look but didn’t dare to say who it was.
“I see, both of you are getting punished for this. River you’re in timeout” she orders him, he nods and runs to the safety of the corner, she won’t punish me too badly for this, would she?
I hoped I’d be able to get off the hook with a scolding, but mama had other plans, she pulled me over her lap, making me lay prone with my bum in the air, she landed three painful swats to my covered bum making me cry out. She placed me in the corner swapping me for River, he received the same treatment, only his was a bit longer and came with a long scolding for shifting without mama, and for thinking about taking me out.
Masha got me back along with River she gave both of us a hug, we both cried into her chest, I don’t like being punished, I looked at River who had grey teary eyes, I felt bad for him we only wanted to play but our playing got us both in troubles. I felt my eyes burn a bit, I went to hug him, he hugged me back as did Masha, my eyes kept burning, the burn got even worse, bad enough for me to start whining.
“You okay Chase?” she says, I shake my head, no my eyes burning, she pulls me up until our eyes met.
“Tell mommy what’s wrong?” she says, I just shake my head crying, her hand starts to caress my face until my eyes finally opened.
“Oh my god,” she says looking at me.