The spell seemed to do the trick in stopping the madness. The hellhound puppy storm stopped and the puppies began to poof into black smoke.
The room was coated with black mist until a gust of wind blew past us and took all the smoke into the hallway. The door closed and Bianca began to fan herself with a pink fan that came out of nowhere.
"Lisette?" Bianca looked at the poor girl who was still on the ground with a pink puppy on her head. "What illegal spell did you try to do?"
"Uh..." She lifted her head slightly to give a nervous smile as she giggled quietly. "See...what happened, was-"
"ARF!" the pink puppy declared. It had one black eye and one that was pink.. It panted happily before it hiccupped.
Then blew out a stream of pink fire.
I stared at the creature blankly as it happily continued to relax on Lisette's head.
"That...was SO COOL!" Lisette beamed, completely forgetting what she was being asked before she picked the puppy off her head and cradled it in her arms. "Sweet child, you're mine now. We'll start world domination and leave everywhere burning in pink flames!"
"ARF!" the pink puppy agreed as it began to rub its head against her cheek.
"This went totally south," Calvin replied, and I looked to see the white hellhound puppy was still in his grasp. It had one white eye and one orange one, and looked just as happy as Lisette's puppy.
"You got a puppy too?" I inquired.
"It was an accident," he admitted. "Though...he's kinda cute."
"ARF ARF!" the white puppy replied.
"This totally backfired." The unified response came from my Trouble Four, and there they were with a puppy in each of their grasps.
Zackery's had one black eye and one teal green eye. Zion's had one black eye and one sapphire blue eye. Zeus's had one black eye and one gold eye, and Zeke...
"How the hell did you get two puppies?" I inquired as I put my hands on my hips and stared at the two happy hellhound puppies. One had black fur with one black eye and one red eye while the other had white fur with one white eye and one red eye.
"Go big or go home, right?" Zeke teased with a wink. "More puppies I have, the better for me to seduce you with."
"Unbelievable." Zackery shook his head.
"At least he's honest," Zion concluded.
"If we tag team together, we can seduce her better with three puppies."
"That's not a bad idea," Zion reasoned.
"We have to get naked!" Zackery emphasized.
"Why?" Zeus asked.
"So that we can seduce her! Naked men and puppies like in those yearly calendar things firefighters do every year to make swooning women buy them! It's a genius idea."
"Too bad you three are so slow," Calvin commented as he shook his head.
We all looked to Zeke and there he was, posing proudly and covering his junk with the adorable puppies, who were panting happily with their tongues out. With our attention on them, they both blew out streams of fire, one black and the other white with specks of red.
Zeke held his head up in pride.
"Never seen a sexy naked being holding adorable hellhound puppies who breathe fire, now have you?" he said with a seductive voice. "All you have to do is unveil what's behind the cuteness." He winked my way, which had me losing myself in laughter.
"This...is the best gift ever!" I laughed while Zackery stuttered, "Dammit! That was my idea and Bianca is right there!" He pointed at the woman for extra emphasis and we watched her shrug.
"It's a bold idea. Bonus points for naked confidence."
"See?" Zeke was living his best life right now. "Sometimes you have to take risks."
"I can't believe this!" Zackery groaned dramatically.
"Dammit! We're missing a hellhound for Jade!" Lisette concluded. "We all somehow got one but Jade."
"Uh oh," the others said and looked at me as I relaxed.
"Thank you guys, but this is more than enough. We can raise them together," I reasoned, and suddenly Minx was at my feet.
"Mawe?"
I smirked and leaned down to scoop her right up. "I’ve got Minx. She can help keep them in line."
"A familiar cat taming six hellhounds," Lisette pondered. "That seems like a diabolical aspiration to world domination!"
"Can you even imagine hellhounds trying to dominate the world with their leader being a cat?" Calvin inquired.
"I'd watch that," all four Maxwells declared.
Bianca walked over to me and Minx and she tapped her finger against her lips. "I can at least do this," she announced and closed her eyes for a few seconds before tapping Minx's forehead.
"Let your chains crumble as you heighten your service. Alla Ra Free Anasa."
My own body began to glow as my magic seemed to be tugged by the spell and shot into Minx as her body began to glow. My hair levitated as it shifted from black to white, and with a few blinks, there was a little girl floating in the air.
We all gasped as we watched her mismatched ears twitch. She wore a gothic black dress with purple streaks and long white hair.
Her eyes were red like mine, and her nails were like cat claws. Her black tail shifted to white with a purple bow with a bell attached to the end.
"Mawe! Minx on duty!"
"Minx!" I practically squealed before I cautiously reached out to touch her cute body. "Y-You're a girl! Well, I knew that, but you're a girl-girl! Like how Star changed into a little girl."
She bobbed her head happily before she was hugging me with her hands.
"Mistress Jade, Mawe!" She snuggled against me while I held her and looked at Bianca.
"That's my gift to you, Jade," she whispered and leaned over to kiss my forehead. "Merry Christmas, sweet daughter."
I beamed at her acknowledgment before I moved to hug her.
"Thank you, Bianca!"
The sound of the door opening again alerted us that someone else was here, and we pulled back to see Tanner and Alaric were back and coughing as they waved away the black smoke from outside.
"Why is the whole hall full of smoke?" Tanner asked.
"And why are there hellhound puppies from Hell here?"
"From Hell?!" we all exclaimed and looked at Lisette, who shrugged innocently.
"Did I not mention that? Uh...oops?!" She shrugged. "ANYWHO! Alaric, Tanner, and Bianca. Why are you three back?"
"Someone forgot Jade's present at home," Bianca pointed out, but purposely directed a finger in Tanner's direction. He let out a huff and muttered, "It's Alaric's fault. He distracted me!"
"I did no such thing," Alaric calmly declared.
"I was sealing the envelope and trying to finish writing her name when you went all on your knees and thought today was the perfect day to be all romantic with that damn mouth of-"
"And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where babies come from," Bianca concluded and clapped her hands.
It did the trick in making Alaric and Tanner realize we were all still present but totally got what "distracted" Tanner.
"Wow, Dad. So you're the initiator in the relationship," I teased.