Transformation Beginning: Day 1

Word Count: 6,002

Summary of Events:*
Chalmers arrived in Swift Current and met his billet family, the Zarskis, and got settled in — although he had the distinct impression that he wouldn't enjoy himself in their company. Alizabeth spent most of her morning thinking about the change that she'd noticed in Abigayl and wondering how it'd come about, and how she could experience the same kind of change. Chalmers — due to the Broncos being on their way back from a road trip — was then subjected to going and watching the youngest Zarski — who was five — play on his hockey team.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Loui's team was playing some other team comprised of other little kids in Swift Current that really oughtn't be playing organized hockey — in Chalmers' mind — and Chalmers was mortified to be in attendance.
The score was in the double digits for both teams and neither of the poor goalies had been changed out yet — although the fact that the teams had scored that many goals was somewhat miraculous to Chalmers, being as they spent more of the game down on the ice than on their skates.
Chalmers was glad that he'd only started playing organized hockey in a league of any kind when he was nine years old. He'd been spared the mortification of actually having played in such a game as this.
Loui came out on the ice and Mrs. Zarski went wild. Liam, Leia, and Lyza were playing on their phones, and Mr. Zarski was off at the concession stand getting some snacks — although with the length of time he was taking Chalmers wondered if he wasn't cycling through the line a couple of times, eating it all because Mrs. Zarski seemed to be a diet Nazi around the house.
Chalmers watched as Loui got the puck and promptly fell over. He got to his feet after an opponent had taken the puck, and fell over on the blue line. When he got to his feet he got the puck and turned around, heading for the other net.
Most of the other kids followed after Loui as he headed toward the offensive zone, managing to stay on his feet all the way over the blue line into the zone. Partway through the zone Loui fell down, but then got to his feet, the puck still near his stick, and looked around at the other players who were all skating around the central zone doing nothing.
Turning around, Loui headed back to them, leaving the puck behind, and inciting his mother to go almost completely mad, getting to her feet and pounding the glass, desperately begging Loui to go back and get the puck.
The goalie go up off the ice and skated over to the puck, skating forward, he went all the way to the blue line and shot the puck; it passed through the central zone past all of the little forwards and defensemen who were just skating around and falling over for no apparent reason, and went right past the other goalie's feet as he sat across the goal line.
Instantly the red light went on and the horn went off — being as it went off for both teams when they scored — and everyone on the ice cheered . . . at least until Loui's team realized they'd been scored on.
The kids set up for a face-off again and the puck was dropped, with the two centres collapsing onto the puck and covering it, causing there to be need for another face-off. Rolling his eyes, Chalmers watched the spectacle continue."

*this month I'm trying writing a novel without chapters.