"Mystic Maya! Mystic Maya!"

The cheery voice of Pearl rang out across Fey Manor. Maya smiled warmly when she saw her energetic younger cousin running into her bedroom. She looked very excited about something, but Maya just could not place a finger as to why.

"What is it, Pearly?"

Pearl was practically bouncing up and down as she waved a letter of some sorts in front of her. "You got a letter from your special someone!"

"My what…? Oh…" Maya inwardly sighed. Even after all these years, Pearl still held onto her childhood fantasies. "Well, it's about time that old stick in the mud finally wrote me back. I was starting to think he forgot about me."

Pearl watched with anticipation as her cousin started to read the letter. She knew that it was none of her business regarding Maya and Phoenix's relationship, but her curiosity was just practically begging to be satisfied. When Maya started laughing, Pearl just couldn't take it anymore.

"What does it say?!" She blurted out. "Is he finally asking you to…"

"Sorry, Pearly. Not this time." Maya ruffled the younger girl's hair upon seeing the disappointed look on her face. "But he did say something interesting."

This piqued Pearl's interest. "Oh really? What?"

"Apparently, he's nominating me to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge."

"ALS? What's that?"

"It's a horrible disease that people can die from. The Ice Bucket Challenge is supposed to raise awareness for it."

"Oh! So are you gonna do it?"

"You bet!" Maya laughed. "I have to pour ice cold water on myself. Of course, Nick thinks I won't be able to handle it. Psh, as if he hasn't met a Fey before. Come on, Pearly! Let's go show 'em how it's done."

"Okay!" Pearl shouted with the same determination her cousin had as she followed her out of the house. That was when something hit her. "Wait, why do you need me to come along?"

At this, Maya gave her a mischievous grin. "You might as well. After all, I'm nominating you to do this too."

Pearl didn't know why, but she felt like she had just been played.

Phoenix was checking over his inbox again as he sat in his warm bed, still trying to get over from this damnable cold. If only he wasn't so sensitive to cold water, then he wouldn't be in this situation.

A dinging sound rang from his computer, and he saw that Maya had sent him an email. It was entitled "Here you go, Nick!" and in it was a link to her Facebook account. Already having a pretty good idea what it was, Phoenix clicked on it and he was immediately brought to a video on Maya's profile. He clicked the play button, and instead of Maya getting buckets of water dumped onto her, he just saw his former assistant and Pearl standing under a waterfall.

"Well," Maya began. "I was nominated by Nick to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but come on, let's face it. A tiny bucket filled with cold water? That's for wusses. Right, Pearly?"

Pearl was visibly shaking under that freezing water, but she tried to look as strong as her cousin and nodded. "Uh-huh…" She stammered. Her voice was filled with uncertainty.

"Anyways, we decided to show everyone how a Fey does it, so we're here at Hazakura Temple standing under one of the many waterfalls in the mountains. Now…it may not look that bad, but all this water is from the melting snow up there!"

At this, the camera moved up to show a layer of snow near the peak of the mountains. A stream was trickling down all the way from the top to where Maya and Pearl stood now.

"Yeah, you can imagine how cold it is!"

"V-V-Very…c-c-c-cold…" Pearl's teeth was practically chattering, and Phoenix started to feel a little sorry for the girl.

"But still, this is nothing! I could stay here for hours if I wanted to!" Maya continued on in her usual, upbeat voice even as the water from the snow continued to fall on her. "Okay, nomination time! I already nominated Pearly, so now I challenge Iris, Penny Nichols, and Max Galactica to do this next! And just try to top ours! Your turn, Pearly."

"O-Oh! I…I nominate…uh, T-Trucy Wright…my…my mom…and…Sister…B-Bikini!" Pearl stopped as a loud sneeze came from her. "Mystic Maya, are we done now?"

"Yep, we're done! Okay, you can stop the recording!"

Phoenix laughed as soon as the video ended. Of course, Maya would be the one to go the extra mile, but did she really have to drag Pearl along with her? And…how exactly was Morgan Fey going to do the challenge while she was in solitary confinement? Though he could admit, that would be something he'd like to see.

"Hey, Daddy. Are you feeling better?" Trucy came into his room. She was clad in her bathing suit and had a bundle of towels in her arm. She, Apollo, and Athena were getting ready to do their challenge next.

"A little bit." He sniffled.

"That's good. Well, I'm going to go pour ice cold water on myself if you wanna come watch…" The way she sounded so unenthusiastic about it made Phoenix want to laugh.

"I'll come down for that. And you better hurry too. You've been nominated again by Pearl."

Trucy sighed. "Alright, we're doing it now."

Phoenix went downstairs to the backyard where Apollo and Athena were waiting. Athena had on her swimwear while Apollo was wearing an old tank top and trunks. Both of them looked absolutely thrilled to be doing this.

"Remember, guys, it's for a good cause." Phoenix chuckled as he whipped out his cell phone.

The three of them rolled their eyes as they each stood behind their respective buckets. Trucy was the first to talk when Phoenix began the recording.

"So this is our ALS challenge, which we had been nominated to do by my dad. I nominate Jinxie Tenma and Vera Misham."

"I nominate Ema Skye." Apollo followed.

"And I nominate Junie Woods and Simon Blackquill." Athena stated.

"Okay, guys!" Phoenix called out. "On the count of three. One…two…"

Before they dumped the water onto themselves, Trucy caught Athena's eye and gave her a wink. When Phoenix said "three," the three of them picked up their buckets, but that was when the two girls did something no one saw coming. They waited until Apollo poured his bucket onto himself before they suddenly splashed him with their own water. Apollo's Chords of Steel came into play when he felt the extra gallons of water splatter all over him. He hollered a few choice words as Trucy and Athena stood off to the side laughing and high fiving each other. Even Phoenix was stunned speechless, but amused all the same.

"I…I'M GOING TO GET YOU FOR THIS!" He hollered once he was able to collect himself, and began chasing the two girls around the yard. His face was turning red with a genuine anger, but it was hard for Athena and Trucy to be afraid of him when his bangs were hanging floppily over his face.

"Come on, Polly! It was only a joke!" Trucy laughed. "Don't forget who my daddy is!"

"Say, Apollo, I'm sensing a lot of anger coming from you. Would you like an emergency therapy session?" Athena taunted him as she tried to get away from the fuming defense attorney.

Phoenix just shook his head as he shut his phone off. He decided to side with Apollo on this one, and went over to pick up his garden hose. When Trucy and Athena were in range, he cranked the water all the way up and blasted them with the spray of water. It wasn't as cold, but it was enough to get them to squeal with surprise. Needless to say, the rest of the afternoon was spent with a huge water fight between the workers of the Wright Anything Agency.

PX: Honestly, Apollo, how did you not see that coming? XD Of course, Maya would be used to standing under freezing cold water after completing the Special Course. Anyways, sorry for the wait. I hope this chapter makes up for it. I'm currently fighting a cold and schoolwork, but I have many more ideas for future chapters :D In the meantime, don't forget to nominate, donate, and stay tuned to this story. Later, ace readers!