"Duke!" Rowena called.
"Yeah Mum?"
"Have you seen Billy anywhere?"
Duke looked up.
"Nooo..." he said slowly.
Rowena walked into the lounge, a worried look on her face.
"Can you help me find him?" she asked. "I... I... I can't imagine..."
"Yeah, yeah, sure," Duke said.
How could Rowena have lost Billy? His mother did not do things like that. Unless... maybe Billy was using his powers? He was a shape shifter after all...
"Oh, thank you," Rowena said gratefully. "Billy? Billy!"
And she departed, looking for her baby boy.
"Let's see," Duke mused after a few minutes of looking around to no avail. "If I were a baby, where would I hide?"
And that's when they heard baby wailing.
Billy was in his room with his toys, now demanding food.
"Oh thank goodness," Rowena said in relief.
She picked up Billy, scolded him for disappearing on her, and then tended to his demands for food. Duke grinned, then went back downstairs to continue his game playing.