Gladstone scratched his head as he looked down at the list.

"Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, basil, ginger…is she baking or doing a spell?" He asked himself. "Maybe I can buy these dried?" Gladstone walked down into the spice aisle of the grocery store and grabbed some jars from the shelves, nearly taking one of every spice. "She's just gonna have to deal with dried spices until that garden sprouts up." He smirked as he strolled with his basket of spices into the produce aisle. He grabbed a bag of garlic and tossed it in.

"Hey Uncle Donald, can we get some cake mix to make a cake for Webby?" Gladstone looked over the stands of fruit and saw Dewey jumping up and down. Gladstone fell to the floor in a panic. He peeked over the top of the vegetables and watched his cousin and his nephews.

"No, Dewey, we can't. Mrs. B said Webby isn't allowed to have too many sweets." Donald didn't even blink at Dewey and he put a box of strawberries into the cart.

"What if we make a healthy cake?" Huey asked.

"Who would want a healthy cake?" Dewey scoffed.

"Have you ever heard of gluten-free and paleo-cakes? There's a ton of recipes online." Louie showed his phone to Donald. "Or we could do a tres leches cake like how Uncle Panchito does it and put a ton of fruit on top."

Gladstone's phone vibrated. He pulled it out of his pocket and hid back behind the cart.

"Did you get what I needed?" Magica asked.

"Yeah, but I ran into some trouble." Gladstone looked back to Donald. He was pushing the cart closer and closer to his hiding spot.

"What kind of trouble could you get into at the grocery store?"

"My cousin Donald is here. With all three of the kids." Gladstone listened to the kids' cacophony getting louder and hid around the corner of the stand. "There's no way I can get out of here without getting caught."

"Crap. Do you think you can make a run for it?"

"I'm trapped in the produce section. And it looks like they're gonna be here for a long while." He peeked around the corner to see Dewey wrestling with Uncle Donald over putting a bag of asparagus in the cart. "If they stay distracted enough I could-"

"Uncle Gladstone?"

The goose turned around to see Louie staring at him, curiously.

"Heya, Green Bean! Whatcha doin'?" Gladstone's face went red and he chucked the phone into his pocket, Magica panicking on the phone line.

"I could ask the same thing." Louie pointed to the basket. "Are you baking something?"

"I-I…just have to refill on some spices that expired at home! Y'know, cause I win so many free vacations, I don't really use them and then they go bad…" The little duck squinted up at him.

"Then why are you hiding?" Louie pushed his face into his uncle's. Gladstone's heart was pounding. Louie stared deep into his eyes suspiciously. He panicked and averted his gaze away, seeing a green flash of paper on the floor behind his nephew.

"Hey, twenty dollars!" Gladstone reached for the bill. He looked at his nephew and handed the bill to Louie. "Keep it. Don't tell anyone you saw me."

Louie smiled and winked. "Deal." He pocketed the cash and ran to Donald, tackling Huey in the process. Louie quickly looked back at Gladstone and gave him a thumbs up. The goose bolted to the self-checkout line and rang himself up before exiting the store. He ran to his car and started the engine, speeding out of the parking lot. He pulled his phone from his pocket and put it on speaker.

"-re you even there? Hello? Answer me you stup-"

"Calm down! I'm safe! I got out of there! I had to bribe a nephew, but I got your spices."

Magica sighed. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'll be home in less than a minute." Gladstone sped down the road and getting every single green light.

"Everything on the list, right?"

"Is dried okay?"

"I can make do, as long as the spices are whole and not pre-ground. Most of my spells require me to grind them myself."

Gladstone slammed the brakes on a red light. He looked in the bag next to him. All of the spices were powdered. "Crap."


A/N: Hey there! I absolutely loved the idea of Gladstone running an errand for Magica and almost getting caught by the kids. After all, they can't know that she's living with him! ;)

I know that this chapter is kinda short, but I really don't have an idea where I'm going with this fic. It's kinda fun just shooting this story out into the computer and playing around with it. It is gonna be alot of fluff until I wanna start getting serious with it. Sorta like a Ducktales K-drama. Feel free to suggest any scenarios you wanna see. Since I have NO REAL PLOT WHATSOEVER, I may use your suggestions and put them in.

Please favorite, follow, review, and harass me on tumblr with duck trash. Y'know...all that jazz.

Thank you!

~Alex