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BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday

The plane down from New York hadn't taken long, but after all the time in airports, TJ was ready to be done with it all, and was regretting her refusal to let Dad take her in the jet. But nope, she was doing this on her own, no overprotective parents around.

Somehow, she thought the biggest danger here was going to be glitter. The stuff was everywhere. Most of it was concentrated on a huge banner that read FANDOM HIGH, but it never stayed just where you put it, did it?

She wheeled her suitcase over to one of the seats and perched on the back of the seats, tail out for extra balance, and took out her phone to text back that yes, Dad, yes, Mom, she'd made it just fine. And then maybe to whine to Aunt Kate about how she'd had to do that.

[Newbie shuttle ahoy!]

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TJ grinned. "I'm apparently not most people. What else is new? So are the Gales just your family, or is it more than that?"

"They're 'just' my family and much more than that," Charlie said cheerfully. "We're... a Force to be reckoned with. Magical as all get out, descended from a Horned God. You know."

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"Literally?" TJ asked, because it felt worth clarifying. "Do any of your family have horns?"

"Only the boys and usually only around ritual time - not that your average person would notice." She hesitated, "Well, there are exceptions. Sometimes they go full blown stag. That's pretty noticeable, but we can mostly keep people from noticing or at least have them thinking there's nothing odd about it."

"Okay, that sounds pretty cool," TJ admitted. "If a bit difficult."

"You have no idea," Charlie said. "Seriously.

"More than just the looks?" TJ asked.

"It's a whole family thing," Charlie said, "Way too complicated to get into, but if you know anything about stags with a full rack? Touchy doesn't begin to describe it." Nor did highly dangerous. And that was before the Aunts and Aunties got protective of them.

"...Ugh." That kind of summed it up, right?

"Ugh is right," Charlie agreed. "But I love them. Family, right?"

"Family," TJ agreed. "Nuts, but what can you do?"

"Exactly!" Charlie grinned at her. "So what brings you to Fandom High?"

"Family." TJ laughed. "Okay, sort of. They want me to get a bit more experience and a broader spectrum of things under my belt before I settle down, I want to do some things on my own without them always there." She shrugged. "The brochure looked interesting. You?"

"I'm Wild," Charlie said and you could pretty much hear the capital letter there. "The Aunties hope that all the crazy wonderfulness of this place - my words not there's - will keep me occupied and mostly, somewhat, out of trouble. And put. They hope I'll be happy to stay put for a while."

Charlie had a wandering soul.

"'Crazy wonderfulness' sounds promising," TJ noted. "You're the wanderlust type?"

"Wild," Charlie said pointing to herself. "Found out when I came into my powers last year, not that I think it should have come as a shock to anyone, really. Makes me definitely expected to head off on my own and go rogue in some way when I'm older, and definitely more likely to go wandering off and get myself into trouble at any time in general. Fair warning to you!"

TJ laughed. "Consider me duly warned. I'm pretty good at getting out of trouble, so let me know if you need anything. Is Wild a different kind of magic?"

"More a rogue kind of the same magic<" Charlie said. "I already got the 'One day, Charlotte Gale, blah blah blah, with great power comes great responsibility' speech. Twice. In less than a year. And I don't even have it yet. ...Mostly."

TJ groaned and rolled her eyes. "From Mom, from Dad, from Uncle Logan, from Aunt Kate...everybody loves that speech, I swear."

"Do you ever want to recite it along with them?" Charlie asked. "Because I do, but usually by that point I'm already in enough trouble as it is."

TJ snickered. "I've been known to finish it, yeah. Doesn't do me any favors, but sometimes you just have to."

Charlie raised a hand for a high five, "Wonder twin powers, activate!@"

TJ grinned and met that high five. "I think school's off to a great start."

"Oh yes," Charlie said. "It's going to be great!"

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