Callie climbed out of the pool, grabbed her towel and dried her body off before running back to the house after her brother, who had already beaten her to the back door due to his head start.

"Mom!" shouted Gabe as he dashed into the kitchen while several droplets of water rained onto the floor behind him, "Callie rallied the fairies against me!"

"I did not!" snapped Callie, as she made her entrance through the back door after Gabe.

"Would you two kindly settle down?" asked Mrs. Benson, who was in the middle of preparing several sandwiches at the kitchen counter. "First change back into your clothes, then come back down and we'll talk."

"Look what they did to my swimsuit!" growled Gabe, holding up his torn suit.

"I said I was sorry!"