"That might be fun," she said, with a little laugh in her voice. "Inventing our own sport. We could call it 'Asgard Ball.'" She'd noticed that most team sports seemed to always involve some kind of a ball. "Teams of eight each. That seems like a good number. But nothing involving the horses or the chickens."

Chasing chickens was a lot of fun, but it wasn't fair to the birds, really.

The idea was truly captivating. Strange and alien. But maybe that's where the excitement came from. Ariadne was always up for trying something new.

Unfortunately, the distraction managed to draw her attention away from the very real fact that she'd been in her Human form for nearly ten minutes. Her hold on her new powers was weak to begin with. And without even thinking about it, or meaning to, her body decided to revert back.

Skin the green of the underside of a maple leaf. Hair blue as candy floss. Lips the color of violets. And eyes widening in a suck panic as she realized what she'd done.