“Who are we going to play with today?” Pandora asked her daughter as she flitted around the house, still trying to finish getting the place ready for visitors even though it was now the time she was expecting Adonis. “Marcus!” Luna replied accompanied by a croak of her slippers as she jumped up and down. The last time she and Adonis had spoken, Pandora had mentioned Luna picking out her own outfit so she had decided to let her daughter do the same again today. It was never going to mean great style or season-suitability as at one-and-three-quarters those weren’t the things that one considered in outfit picking. But she was bright and wearing fun clothes that she loved and she definitely looked cute with her green dragon wings and a blue summer dress over a bright orange long-sleeved t-shirt covered in pumpkins and shimmery white moon frog slippers that ribbited whenever she walked. “That’s right!” Pandora was saying just as there was a knock on the door. “And that will be them.”

She swung Luna into her arms to carry her down to the kitchen and open the door for Adonis and Marcus. “Hi! Happy Christmas.” The whole of December was Chrsitmas for Pandora. She grinned at Marcus and stepped back to let them in the house, only setting Luna down to run to her friend once the door was firmly shut and no toddlers could be wandering outside and slipping on the icy front steps. “We’ll go up to the sitting room where it’s a bit more comfortable but do either of you want anything to drink?” She asked, turning to Adonis.