Heidi reached the gates of Olympus in record time, knowing well that she did not have much time left. The white splotches on her skin were suddenly spreading like a wildfire and even Apollo's special bandages weren't halting the process.

She transformed back into her human form and landed in front of the gates, a frown etched on her face. I can't stay here for too long. She thought before looking at the guard.

The guard at the gates looked back at her neutrally. "State your business." His voice was gruff and deep while his amber eyes held little to no emotion.

"The Gods are expecting me." She answered simply, lighting her hand on fire.

Her signature blue flames caused the guard's eyes to widen. "They have been awaiting your arrival." He opened the gates with the golden spear he held, gesturing for her to enter, "Come."

Heidi nodded as she entered and followed the guard. Olympus looks the same. Her eyes halved when she saw flashing lights and a certain god surfing a crowd of mortals he brought up to Olympus, Even Dionysus' parties are the same!

Her ears soon picked up several voices as they approached the area where the gods had their important meetings. By important she of course meant their arguments.

"For the last time Hades has not escaped!" An annoyed female yelled, sounding quite fed up now.

"Then how do we explain the girl?" A male asked quietly, almost as if he didn't want to be there.

Definitely Hephaestus.

Thunder rumbled and Heidi sighed, immediately knowing who was about to talk. "She's an imposter! She must face punishment for impersonating a god!"

Someone cleared their throat. "We haven't met her yet, therefore we cannot place punishment on her. Until we find her guilty she is completely innocent."

"Puhlease!" An obnoxious male laughed. "She's caused so much strife in Auradon its pathetic! Innocent my ass, that girl has something up her sleeve and she's just waiting to unleash it!" He clapped his hands together. "And I for one will enjoy watching it unfold!"

A very feminine voice scoffed. "Of course you would, Ares. If you could you'd bathe in the blood of all the people in Greece."

Ares cackled. "Sounds like a dream come true! Oh Aphrodite, you truly know the way to my heart!"

The guard opened the main entrance doors for her before retreating away. Heidi glanced back at the retreating figure before entering the room.

Her very presence caused the gods to halt in their arguments, the head of each god and goddess turning in her direction in almost perfect sync.

Zeus was the first to say something as he summoned one of his signature lightning bolts to his hand. "So the imposter finally shows her face!" He boomed as thunder followed shortly after.

Hera practically forced him to lower the thunderbolt, "Will you calm down? Athena is right, she has done nothing."

"Yet!" Ares said loudly, causing several of the gods to glare at him.

Hermes suddenly appeared in front of her before smirking and nodding. "It is as I thought!"

Everyone including Heidi all stared at him in confusion. "What have you discovered, Hermes?" Athena asked calmly, though she too was greatly confused.

Hermes zipped away, reappearing near to where Zeus and Hera sat. "This imposter is none other...than Hades biological daughter!" He declared while pointing at her.

A few of the rather unobservant gods gaped while the more intelligent gods looked at him dryly as Hermes grinned. "She has not come to turn herself in, no-far from it! She has come to have something fixed because someone from here messed with it. That's not the most surprising thing however..." He zipped in front of Heidi and grabbed her ember out of her hand. "This woman...is from another dimension!"

…

It was so silent that one could hear the breathing of the being next to them. Crickets were chirping as Hermes still grinned from ear to ear.

Finally, Poseidon was the one to break the silence. "Hermes, that has to be the most ridiculous thing you have ever said." He said with halved eyes as Artemis nodded from where she stood.

"It truly must be." She commented, looking at him in exasperation.

Apollo laughed. "Have you lost your mind? It's one thing to say that she's his kid and we all believe that one, but to say she's not from this dimension? Hah!"

Athena narrowed her eyes. "Are you certain of this?" This caused several of the gods to look at her in disbelief.

"Athena, don't tell me you believe this-" Apollo was shut up as Athena shot him a glare.

She turned her gaze to Hermes and the woman next to him, "Speak."

Hermes gave her a thumbs up. "Normally when I stand next to living beings I can tell if they are near death or not. When I stood next to her she already felt dead! Very dead."

Heidi's eyes bugged out as she tried to get her ember from the flying god. "Excuse me?!" It was one thing to say she was undead, Hades and her were more undead than other gods, but to say she felt dead? That's just wrong...

"I keep forgetting he can do that." Apollo said with halved eyes as Artemis smirked.

"I didn't." His twin said, causing Apollo to gape at her.

Hermes ignored the two as he continued. "The only other individual that feels this dead is Hades. This is due to the Underworld and it's...life-draining abilities." Several of the gods narrowed their eyes at him and opened their mouths but were shut up when he raised his hand. "Therefore-" He dropped the ember into Heidi's waiting hands. "-She must have spent a prolonged time in the Underworld. We have never sent a daughter of Hades to the Underworld, so she must be from a dimension where the alternate versions of us did!"

"How would you know that?" Heidi asked, shooting him a confused look.

"That's simple!" He turned around midair. "You aren't the only one who has fallen victim to the Underworld's transdimensional properties."

"Uh, huh…" Heidi muttered, looking at him in suspicion.

The gods seemed to believe him as much as she did.

Hermes faked a hurt look. "None of you believe me?"

"Nope."

"Not really."

"I usually just ignore you."

Hermes wilted as Zeus cleared his throat, gaining the attention of all the other gods. "We still have the matter of what to do with this imposter!"

Ares jumped up, pointing his spear at her. "Let me at her!" He yelled, his grin wide as his scarlet eyes were huge in anticipation at the thought of killing her.

Aphrodite rolled her eyes as she heard the god's exclamation. "I say we allow her to stand trial or something."

"I second that." Athena stated, peering at Artemis from across the room.

"I also agree." Artemis said, folding her arms and elbowing Apollo.

Apollo frowned at her and shook his head. "Well, I don't! For one, she just came out of nowhere and-!"

"We shall hold a trial."

All the gods turned in perfect sync to see a calm Hestia beaming back at them.

Zeus looked stunned before looking back at them all. "...A trial it is then."

"Oh, come on!" Ares yelled, stomping out of the room and grumbling all the way.

Heidi glanced at the angered god before grabbing Hermes and pulling him down to her level while the gods began discussing her trial. "Hermes."

Hermes blinked and smiled. "What's up?"

"Seeing as how I can't get Hephaestus to look at my ember I need to get someone else to." Heidi stated in a low voice.

Hermes looked thoughtful before nodding. "Well, I can take you to the person who broke your ember in the first place. They also happen to be that someone who can look at it." He told her with a cheeky grin.

"Great." She looked around the room with a grimace. "One problem, how are we gonna get out of here?"

Hermes quickly grabbed her hand and chuckled. "Easy, we just have to be quick."

Heidi rolled her eyes and smirked. "Just don't get cranky when you get zapped for this later."

The god started floating, prompting her to float a bit as well, and this caught Zeus's attention. "Hermes! What do you think you are doing?" He boomed, a lightning bolt appearing in his hands.

The rest of the gods all turned their attention on Hermes. Hestia looked beyond amused and held her hand up to her mouth in an attempt to not laugh.

Hermes grinned widely when he heard the demanding tone. "Just doing what I do best, saving the world and helping an innocent individual!" He declared.

Heidi's eyes halved when she heard that. "Seriously? When have you ever saved the world?"

"Oh, countless times, nobody remembers my tales though." He responded with a laugh, causing Heidi to look at him as if he were an idiot.

Zeus stood up as a storm began to form above the city. "Hermes, are you taking this imposter away before her trial?!"

A golden fedora appeared on Hermes' head. "Normally I would never do this, but this time the fate of the world and life as we know it is at stake!"

"Now you are just being overdramatic." Heidi deadpanned.

Hermes tipped his fedora and shot them all a grin. "Sayonara, muchachos!" He called out before zipping out the door, barely dodging a bolt that was thrown his way.

…...

Hermes and Heidi landed in front of Hades' cave, prompting Heidi to look at the god in confusion. "Hermes, what are we doing here?"

Hermes chuckled as he unlocked the gate with a snap of his fingers. "I am taking you to the person who messed with your ember!"

She looked at him with halved eyes. "Are you saying Hades did it?" The god nodded. "From within the barrier." He nodded again. "And he was somehow able to pull me to another dimension?"

"Yep! All of the above!" Hermes confirmed happily, holding the gate open for her.

Heidi looked at him strangely as she entered the cave. "I think the gods may have been right to say what you have been spewing is ridiculous." She deadpanned as she walked down the tunnel.

Hermes wilted at that. "Why does everyone keep saying that?" He zipped in front of her. his blue eyes meeting hers as his look of sadness disappeared. "I've seen your world, in fact I've met you before." He stated with a grin as he pointed at her.

Heidi narrowed her eyes. "Oh? When was that?" She asked in suspicion as she folded her arms.

Hermes smirked knowingly as he closed his eyes. "You were six and you were recently visited by your Hermes. About a minute or so after he left, I saw you walking around. Naturally, I was curious. It's not everyday you see a mini Hades running around the Underworld, so when I went down to ask you, you said, "Eh, Hermes? Did you forget something?"

Heidi stared him before her eyes widened and her mouth fell. "You...I was talking with an alternate Hermes?!" She exclaimed before she slammed her hand over her mouth. "Shit."

There was a crash when she muttered the word and the sound of someone grumbling before it went eerily quiet.

"Ooh, he knows we're here now." Hermes said with a chuckle as he grabbed her hand and zipped down to where Hades was. The two appeared in front of the god who was 'pretending' to be asleep.

Heidi looked at him with halved eyes, knowing that he wasn't actually asleep. He always did this when he wanted to startle intruders. Seriously, why does he think this works? Tried it myself, dad, it doesn't work.

Hermes let go of her hand before floating over to Hades and jabbing him in the shoulder. "Hades? You good?" He asked with a wide smile before he flew up.

Hades grumbled something as he slipped his sunglasses off to glare at Hermes. "What's the occasion this time? You found a long lost daughter of mine and the others want their child support checks?" He asked sarcastically while stealing a glance at Heidi.

Hermes laughed and zipped over to Heidi's side. "Well, she is your daughter, but that's not why we're here." The god elbowed Heidi, prompting her to summon her ember. "I need you to take a look at this." Hermes plucked the ember out of her hands and tossed it to Hades.

Hades caught it with practiced ease and looked at it in surprise, "Looks like someone is a fan." He said with a smirk, looking up at Heidi.

The goddess rolled her eyes. "Is there anything off about it?" She asked as she folded her arms.

Hades looked at it and tossed the ember into the air a few times. He picked up his ember and held it up to Heidi's before shrugging. "Besides the color, it's fine." He said while putting his ember back on its pillow. "Though, someone did put a magic spell on it, but that dropped as soon as you tossed it to me."

Heidi raised an eyebrow. "So, you weren't the one who did it? Hermes said you did." She gestured towards the flying god who grinned sheepishly.

Hades glared the other god. "In case you haven't noticed, Hermes, I'm stuck on a floating piece of garbage with a magic-blocking orb around it." He said sarcastically as he sat up and tossed Heidi's ember back to her.

"Told you so." Heidi deadpanned as she caught her ember, shaking her head at Hermes in exasperation.

"The spell felt like Hades! The only way this could have happened is if someone made it look like it was Hades. That way he could be blamed while they got away with it." Hermes exclaimed, rubbing his chin as he tried to think of who could have done it.

Heidi rolled her eyes before looking back at Hades, "There is one other problem."

"What might that be?" He asked, eyes lighting up in interest.

"I can't open the gates to the Underworld." Heidi stated with a frown.

Hades smirked as he stood up and strolled over to her, towering over her as he chuckled. "That means the Underworld doesn't consider you a demi-god or a goddess. Might wanna get that checked out." He told her while he poked her on the forehead.

Heidi looked confused as she looked herself over. "What's that supposed to mean? I am a goddess." She stated while tilting her head at him.

"Obviously." Hades chuckled while turning around and marching back to his throne. "If you want to get back into the Underworld you're gonna have to hitch a ride." He said as he picked up his ember. The god looked up at Hermes who was still in thought. "Hey, Hermes! Buzz off! I can't think with your shitty rambling!" He yelled at the flying god while glaring at him.

Hermes stopped rambling for a moment to look at the two of them before shrugging and zipping away.

Heidi looked at the god in suspicion. "Why did you just send him away?" She asked in caution as she held her ember close to her.

Hades rolled his eyes and spun to meet her gaze. "Hermes is a buzzkill and I didn't want him here." He said with a wide smirk. "Besides, I have an offer for you."

Heidi's eyes narrowed at that. "What kind of offer?"

Hades' smirk widened even more as he strolled over to her. "If you help me off the Isle, I'll open the gates for you." He told her casually, looking at her with 'innocence' in his eyes.

"Why the hell would I ever agree to that?" Heidi asked incredulously, gazing at him as if he said she had two heads.

Hades shrugged, turning slightly as he folded his arms. "Oh, I just thought that you, I dunno…" His head whipped in her direction and his eyes met hers. "Have a time limit?"

He knew he picked the right words as soon as he saw her eyes widen to astronomical proportions.

She made this sputtering sound as she pointed at him. "H-How the hell do you know that?!" She demanded as her eyes glowed, her grasp tightening around her ember.

"I'm the God of the Underworld, I know when someone leaves my domain. You aren't supposed to be here." He said as he approached her again. "As soon as I make it onto solid ground you are home free."

"...Can't Hermes do it?" Heidi asked, taking a step back as she glared at him.

"Paperwork." Hades commented as he chuckled. "By the time he fills it out you'll be out of time." He stood in front of her, his eyes filled amusement. "I think you'll find that I'm your only hope."

She narrowed her eyes, looking at her hands as she saw tiny patches of white littering her palms. She looked up at him. "If I wasn't desperate I would slap you."

He smirked as he held out his hand. "Do we have a deal?"

Heidi looked at the hand before nodding and placing her hand in his. "We do."

Her eyes glowed and the two of them disappeared in a flash of blue light.

Hermes floated down from out of nowhere. "This is not good." He said, knowing well what Hades was planning to do with Heidi. "I have to warn someone." He zipped away as soon as he said that.

….

Heidi and Hades appeared near the school. Heidi shook her head as she let out a soft gasp. "Open the gates, now." She demanded, letting go of his hand and glaring at him.

Hades raised an eyebrow as he rubbed his chin. "How about...no." He grinned at her as his hair lit up. "I need you to help me."

"We never agreed to that." She hissed, not appearing to notice the patches of white spreading up her arms and onto her chest.

Hades did, however, and chuckled. "Ah, don't worry! It won't take long, you'll be down there in no time." He said dismissively before grabbing her arm. "Remember, I'm your only trip home." His tone turned dangerous as he grinned at her.

Heidi's eyes widened as the white coloring beginning to creep up her face. "You wouldn't dare." She growled, her eyes glowing as the tips of her hair lit up.

He leaned over her, narrowing his eyes as he chuckled lowly. "Oh, sweetheart, I dare. You should read the fine print next time." He squinted at the white coloring that covered her forehead. "You got a little something up there." He poked her forehead, causing her to smack his hand away.

"What is it?" She asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion.

Hades smirked. "I think it's a...pimple?"

Heidi scoffed before whacking him on the shoulder. "You idiot! If I don't get down there now, I'll…" She paused as she closed her eyes and winced as her head pounded.

"You'll what?" Hades asked with a knowing smirk, "Aw, did someone get too close to my helmet? It's best to just embrace it, that's what I did and look at me now. I'm everyone's favorite god!" He did a spin as he gestured to himself. "You'll enjoy it!" He sang out the words as he laughed.

Her eyes snapped open, dark orbs in their place. "Some of us would rather not be the type of person that tries to take over Olympus!" She exclaimed, holding back to urge to punch that stupid smile off his face.

Hades swaggered over while his smirk widened, "Come on, don't be shy. I won't judge, in fact I quite like the white skin, you look dead." He commented, looking at the white coloring.

She gaped as she quickly looked herself over, "No, no, no, no, NO!" Her head darted up, eyes meeting his as she let out a growl. "Hades! Open them now!"

"Nope! I told you, I need help." He responded as he turned away.

Heidi gasped as she felt a sharp pain shoot through her body, "Hades! Please, I don't have any time before I-"

Hades whipped around, looking as giddy as a kid in a candy store. "Ooh, a few seconds? Man, you work fast!"

"Hades, I swear-"

She was shut up as her eyes suddenly glossed over and a dark energy swirled around her.

Hades chuckled as he watched. Here we go! He rubbed his hands together as he awaited the woman who would step out of the dark funnel.

The energy flew upwards to the sky as a ghostly white arm shot out to grab him by the wrist.

A woman with pitch black eyes and black hair stepped out, little to no emotion on her face as approached him. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of him. "Get that stupid smile off your face." She said monotonously, letting go of his wrist and summoning her ember to her hand.

She changed the ember into a black staff that pulsed blue and waved her hand over her dress. The dress grew in length before it stopped at her now black heels, cracks etched themselves onto the dress as they too pulsed blue.

Hades blinked, looking her over and walking in a circle around her. "Hmm...I can work with this." He said, ducking as the woman swung her staff at him. "Hey! Watch where you're swinging that thing." His eyebrow twitched as he looked at her.

She didn't appear fazed as she tilted her head. "Shut up."

He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Is this all I'm getting? I was expecting more...evil, y'know." The god poked her in the arm. "Maybe it will kick in later." He said to himself as he tried to get a reaction out of her.

A reaction he did get.

The man had to dodge a flaming kick from her as soon as she gazed at him. "Do you ever shut up?"

"Do you ever say anything nice?" He grumbled, while shaking his head.

"Not to you." She fired back, pointing her staff at him. "You are an idiot and you deserve to be treated as one."

"I am a god! Not an idiot!" The god's hair flared as he yelled, stomping over to her.

She jabbed him with the staff. "Tomato, tomahto."

Hades looked at her with halved eyes, his hair now back to normal. "Seriously, are you going to act like this all day? I need somebody useful, not...whatever this is." He gestured to her in exasperation.

"I won't help idiots like you. Your goal is ridiculous and impossible." She responded with halved eyes as she twirled her staff and pointed it at him again.

"Hey! I take offence to that!" He exclaimed, looking quite irritated now.

"I was hoping you would." She deadpanned before looking away in the direction of the school. "Are you going to do anything to them?" She asked as she turned her dark gaze to him.

Hades let out a laugh, "Them? Only if they get in my way." He told her while he folded his arms. "Why? Are you gonna do something about it?"

She looked at him with zero emotion. "No. I don't care what happens to them."

"Then why'd you ask in the first place?" He asked, scoffing as her saw her roll her eyes.

Her eyes narrowed at his question as her staff began glowing. "I needed to know if I should waste my time on you. Perhaps I will observe you briefly before I command Hermes to open the gates." She said disinterestedly, watching as the patch of grass under her turned red.

Hades instinctively backed away as he saw a massive three-headed dog rise out of the ground. The woman looked up at the dog before jumping up onto its back and sitting on a throne that was attached to the dog's body by a harness.

Hades blinked. "You summoned Cerberus?" He asked, looking dumbfounded at the sight of the woman sitting so calmly on his guard dog's back. He took a moment to regain his thoughts before he looked at the dog. "Wait, why are you obeying her? I'm Hades! She's a knockoff version of me who is, apparently, my daughter!"

The dog simply blinked at her master's words.

Hades gaped before looking up at her. "What did you do?" He hissed with a glare, his hair lighting up while he frowned deeply.

"Me? I did nothing, moron. We share the title God of the Underworld, therefore Cerberus obeys me as well." She told him as she transformed the staff back into her ember. "In fact, she likes me more. If you wish for her to do anything I would have to agree with you."

Hades folded his arms as he approached the dog. "So, if I said I wanted her to burn down that building-" He pointed at the school with a grin.

He was cut off as she chuckled. "I would have to agree with you."

His eyebrow twitched and his grin fell as he saw her lean back in her throne. "This is a load of shit. I should kick your ass down there for this!" He yelled, tempted to pull out his ember.

"Be my guest, you are a deceiving liar." She stated while her dark gaze settled onto him. "You say you keep deals, yet you lied and tried to insert something in the nonexistent fine print."

He placed his hand on his heart as if he had been physically wounded by her words. "Oh, you wound me, I would have returned you eventually, just after I was living the good life!" He waved his hands through the air as he smirked.

"Liar." She muttered as her eyes narrowed.

"I heard that." Hades grumbled while glaring at the school.

She rolled her eyes and glanced at the school as well. "If you wish to do something do it now. I have no patience for your games, Hades."

Hades shot her a glare and 'hmphed' as he began marching towards the school. "You have no patience for anything it seems. You never even bothered to tell me your name and here you are speaking this shit like you run this place."

Her eyes seemed to sparkle slightly at the word 'name'. "My name? Hmm…" She rubbed her chin before smirking and settling back into her throne. "You may refer to me as Amora."

Hades raised an eyebrow and glanced over her shoulder. "Amora? Heh, sounds vaguely familiar. Have we met?"

Amora's eyes halved while she commanded Cerberus to start moving. "We met twenty minutes ago, idiot."

Hades shrugged and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Right, right." He waved her off and grinned at her. "I was just wondering, no need to get your panties in a bunch, A-mor-a." He said the name in a mocking tone and drew out each syllable.

She didn't respond to that and instead turned her attention to the school. "How do you plan on gathering the students? I suspect you would prefer to have a crowd watching you and your little show." She said with a roll of her eyes as she leaned on her hand.

"Ah, I got just the trick! Works great when I have to chat with Chernabog about our business." Hades chuckled, wringing out his hands and stretching his neck.

"I don't even want to know." Amora said with halved eyes.

Hades rolled his eyes and tapped his throat twice with a glowing finger before shrugging. "Testing, one, two, anyone hear me? If you can, great, if you can't, just follow your fellow students when they begin screaming and crying in fear. This is Hades, your favorite god of all time, and my lovely assistant-" Amora fired a blast of energy at him, zapping him and causing him to scowl. "-Ow. I mean, my partner in crime, Amora. We are requesting your presence out on the front lawn ASAP, make it snappy, we've also got Cerberus out here for all who want a selfie. I'm charging fifteen bucks a shot. Come and get em now while she's not out for body parts!" He pulled out his ember. "Okaaay, so everybody knows what they are supposed to be doing? If you wish for me to repeat myself then allow me to sum it up." He clapped his hands together while his hair flamed up. "Get your asses out here before I torch the school!" His hair extinguished immediately as he calmed and chuckled. "Alright? Cool, cool, I'll be expecting you all in...Five minutes? Yeah, that sounds good, I always enjoy a good panicky mob. Hades out!" His finger stopped glowing and he chuckled while folding his arms.

Amora had a look of disappointment on her face. "I have to share a title with you? Gods, you are such a moron."

Hades looked comical when he heard that. "Hey! I have to share a title with you, a knockoff version of me who just so happens to be a lady. Like come on, you couldn't have gotten an original idea?" He said in a huff, folding his arms while shooting her a glare.

"Have you ever used Cerberus as your personal ride?"

"Well, no-"

"There's an original idea."

…

Ara smacked her hand against her ear rapidly after she heard what seemed to be a man's voice inside her head. At the moment, she was laying on her bed, taking in the gorgeous crown that was given to her...until that happened. At this point she just thought she was hearing things.

She turned to Hazel and asked, "Did...did you hear that?" Her confused eyebrow rose higher. "Something about blah, blah, blah, selfies. Blah, blah, blah, school."

Hazel turned to Ara with a more serious, yet fearful attitude. "Yes. I did. The voice said that he was Hades and that we need to head outside before he torches our asses."

Ara's eyes widened. She silently made an "o" with her mouth before she snapped out of it. "I will find the boys. You find Mal." She commanded her.

Hazel nodded without conflict and ran out of the room. Ara sighed in frustration. "Of course it couldn't be easy. I swear…" She thought. She stole a glance at the crown in her hand and decided to put it on just in case the school was burned anyway. Then she dashed off to find the rest of her team.

As for Hazel, she had been running from here to there trying to find where Mal and Ben might be. Eventually, she found them already outside along with every other trembling teenager in the premises. "Mal! Ben!" She called to them. "What is going on!?"

Mal looked at her in relief before shaking her head. "It's Hades, I don't know how he managed it but he's off the Isle. He's coming."

Hazel paled at that. Even the grass near her feet recoiled. "You can't be serious. The real one this time?"

Mal quickly nodded. "It has to be." Her voice dropped to a lower tone. "I can feel that it's him. There's nothing else in the world that feels like that." She said, resisting the urge to close her eyes.

Hazel shook her head trying to organize her thoughts. "So, what's the plan?" She asked them, still unable to fully lose hope. "Or, are we just gonna wing it this time. C'mon, you two have to have something, right?"

Ben hesitated and Mal grimaced, her eyes falling to the ground. "All we can do is listen to his demands. I don't think he has it in for the school, I think that the school is just a pit stop before he launches an attack on Olympus." She sounded unhappy at her very words. "We can't fight Hades, not without a god nearby."

Hazel glared at this point. "So, we are just going to sit down, do nothing, and get owned?" She stated flatly.

Mal looked up at her with a frown. "There is nothing we can do! If we do one wrong thing he can send us on a one way trip to the Underworld." She exclaimed, clearly stressed out about the subject. She calmed down a bit and shook her head. "I don't know what to do, okay? Neither of us do."

Hazel closed her eyes. Then she opened them again with a stubborn gleam in them. "Fine, I will comply. But if he does anything to my family I will fight him even if I die. I will protect my sister." She stated before running off to find Ara.

Mal sighed and went to say something, but before she could she felt something approaching. Something massive. It was...footsteps? What could make the ground shake like this? She thought, thinking back to the message he had sent out. He mentioned a dog, but he wouldn't have actually brought that thing. That would be insane.

Hazel didn't really care if the ground was caving in right now. All she wanted to know was the location of her family. Her sister, her friends, and possibly her mother if she was still around. That was the task at hand.

Thankfully, she felt the familiar zap of energy nearby. Like a moth to a flame, she continued to follow it until her sister came into view along with her friends and her mother.

Ara turned and saw her sister in one piece. She sighed, "Oh, you're back. What did they say?"

Hazel took a heavy breath before saying, "They've...got nothing. They don't know how the real Hades got off the isle, but I have a feeling that this somehow involves the whole 'get to Olympus plot'." She explained quietly.

"I would be surprised if it didn't." Ara explained somberly.

Hazel nodded. "I am thinking that we might get out of this alive if we lay low and stay calm; don't let our magic get the best of us." She looked at Ara deeply and said, "I mean that mostly for you. Don't make rain, or you will make him upset. I don't want you to be a target." She said with worry in her voice.

"Okay, okay. I will try." She turned to the boys and said. "Lay low. Blend in with everyone else." They silently nodded when she said this. The cats evaporated and Ara nodded in approval. Then turned her attention to whatever everyone else was looking at.

The footsteps that were rocking the ground finally stopped as someone laughed loudly. Suddenly, Hades, a massive three headed dog, and a rather gloomy looking woman appeared out of nowhere. The god himself was standing near the throne the woman was sitting in and had a giddy look on his face. "Wow! Look at this turnout, I got princesses here, some princes, a king and ooh, even a queen! Man, I gotta use the "torch your home" threat more often."

The woman rolled her eyes and lifted a stone up before firing a blast that sent him off the back of the massive dog. "Why did you even bother with this? I thought you wanted to go to Olympus and obtain the good life."

Hades scoffed and hopped back up onto the dog. "Aww, don't be such a "Why don't we just go already?" type of chick." He mocked her before gesturing widely. "Have a little fun for once!"

Ara caught sight of the undead-looking woman who, honestly, roasted Hades very well ( in her opinion). She was about to look away until something triggered in her mind. This time, she squinted her eyes as she looked. This caused her to audibly gasp. "Heidi..?" She whispered in disbelief. She thought for a brief moment. "It's that helmet." Her inner voice rang through her mind.

The woman glared at the god and let out a growl. "I have no fun with horrid men like you. It is you whose ass should be launched down to the Underworld."

Hades glared back before looking away. "Ignore my feisty companion, she's…" He got cut off when he had dodge another ray of magic that was launched at him. "...Special. Anyway," He clapped his hands together and grinned. "This is my official declaration of my return and I felt, hey, I needed a crowd to announce to. Get Zeus riled up by the gossip. I, the greatest god, will have Olympus all to myself, so please, don't ask for my stupid brother when you need a chat with the King of Olympus." He announced before laughing and doing a spin. "That feels great to say!"

Ara blinked before mumbling to her friends. "Wait, that's it?" She raised an eyebrow. "What does that have to do with us? I barely knew Olympus was real until a week ago." She grumbled the last part.

Triple G grimaced and whispered with a panicked tone. "Ara, shut up! He might hear you!" He nudged her. Afterward she just shrugged.

Hades suddenly paused and raised an eyebrow. He looked at the woman and folded his arms. "I don't think they are taking me seriously."

The woman rolled her eyes and looked at him. "I don't even take you seriously."

Hades' eyes halved and he scowled at her. "I should just throw you down there, let the demons eat you up."

"I'd enjoy that." She deadpanned before looking in the opposite direction.

Hades resisted the urge to attack her as he turned his attention back on the crowd. He cocked his head to the side as he pulled out his ember and began tossing it up and down. "What to do, what to do?" He mused, scanning the crowd for someone who caught his attention.

"What is he doing?" Ara whispered when everyone else was trying their best to remain silent.

Triple G whispered once again. This time through gritted teeth. "Shut up!"

Hazel whispered silently. "He's looking for someone. If you don't want to stand out, I suggest you shut it." She said while ducking down a bit while Ara just looked at her with confusion.

Hades stopped his search and grinned widely before pointing his ember at the girl. He elbowed his companion and pointed at the crowd. "Make them part. I wanna say hi."

The woman's eyes narrowed and she looked down in thought before slowly standing up. She walked to one of the dog's heads before summoning her magic to her hands. "Part like the sea." She murmured quietly before bringing her hand down.

As if the students were being controlled, they found themselves parting until there was a clear path to the girl Hades was looking at. "Don't do anything to her." She hissed to the god before returning to her throne.

Hades chuckled and hopped off the dog. "Now, why would I do anything to her?" He looked the girl in the eyes and smirked. "Hey, Mali."

Mal grimaced at the nickname and shot him a glare as she remained silent.

"Dammit." Ara thought to herself. Why is it always her that is "invited" into the crazy situations? "Well, I'm gonna die. I guess I lived a pretty good life and this is a pretty cool way to go out. I would've liked to at least know my dad's name before I died, but beggars can't be choosers…" Externally, she glared at him and remained silent.

Hades strolled past the shocked students and stopped in front of the purplette. Mal met his gaze and folded her arms. "How did you get out?"

Hades raised an eyebrow before chuckling. "No, hi? No, long time no see?" He clicked his tongue before shrugging. "If you must know, I made a deal with a desperate little lady."

Mal frowned when she heard that and looked at the woman he had arrived with. "Was it her?"

Hades looked at the woman as well and smirked. "Why, yes it was. She came to me with a problem and I offered her a way out. She just has to help me out with a few things, fine print y'know."

"He took advantage of her. Why that piece of…" Ara balled her hands into fists. She could not afford to get emotional at this point. No magic. No magic. "Keep it together. Control…" She repeated mentally.

"Liar." The woman spat, her face morphing into one of anger as the dog growled.

Hades rolled his eyes and waved his hand at her. "Don't worry, Amora was it? I'll get you down there in no time. We just have to get me onto that shiny gold throne."

Mal paused when she heard the name. "Amora?"

Hades shrugged his shoulders. "A fake name, she's being so secretive with me." He looked at 'Amora' with a mock pout. "Come on now, I'm just here to help."

"No, you are not." She fired back with a growl.

Hades rolled his eyes and smirked. "Ignore her."

In the middle of this mess, Ara was starting to wonder why she was even here. All she was doing so far was watching family problems unfold before her. "This is like watching an evil sitcom." She mumbled to herself.

Hades perked up, his enhanced hearing picking up what she had said. "An evil sitcom? I wish. Missy on the throne there ain't got any evil in her, besides the overwhelming sarcasm and hatred towards yours truly!" He laughed and suddenly turned away. "Anyway, I should be off before she commands the dog to come and get me."

Ara looked around. "Are you talking to me...or everyone?" She asked and trailed off at the end, honestly tired of being in...whatever this was.

Instead of Hades responding, Amora turned her dark gaze to meet the girl's. "To you." She commented, looking at the rock in her hand before suddenly pointing it at Hades.

Hades blinked and cocked his head to the side. "What are you doing?"

Amora blinked back and matched his head tilt. "Nothing."

He looked at her for a few more seconds before lifting up his own ember and pointing it back at her. "Yeah...you know, something is telling me you aren't exactly being honest here." He said sarcastically as he calmly walked through the crowd.

"Should I run?" She thought to herself as she scanned the scene. She surely didn't want to be in the middle of a showdown, but it probably wouldn't be great if she tried to run off…

Amora stood up and jumped off of the dog, the rock still aimed at the god. "Me? Honest? I should not be obligated to tell you the truth when you lied to me." She said, her voice devoid of emotion.

Hades shrugged when he heard that as he finally left the crowd. He approached her and chuckled. "Even if you did want to try something, you wouldn't do it with all these people around. Would you?"

Amora was silent when she heard that, choosing to look away and gaze at the crowd.

Ara looked at "Amora" with a face of silent pleading. She tried to look back and find her friends or her family, but when Hades parted everyone they had been moved quite a distance from her. So, she turned back to the scene as it continued to play out..

Amora looked back at Hades before raising her stone high into the sky. "Let only the strong remain, return the innocent and weak to their homes." She stated, an incredible amount of magic swirling around her before suddenly exploding and flying out as a wave.

To the surprise of the people, once the wave hit they began disappearing away. Amora nodded when she saw this and pointed her stone back at the god.

Ara frantically looked around as people started to fade away. At first she had some fear until she heard that the "weak" were going home. She only became sarcastically disappointed when she didn't fade. "Figures…"

"Ara!" Hazel called as she bolted near her sister. "Glad to see you're not dead...yet."

Ara shrugged. "So am I." She said and turned her attention back to what Amora and Hades were doing. Hazel followed her sister and did the same.

Amora's eyes narrowed and she regarded Hades with a glare. "Now no one will be injured when I defeat you and send you back."

Hades raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "Such big words for someone so weak. You should have really just agreed to our deal, you'd be going back alive with that. Can't guarantee you'll be going down like that now."

Amora let the stone fall to her side before transforming it into a sword. "If I am weak than you must truly have no power, Hades. You made a fatal mistake betraying me."

He instinctively backed up and rolled his eyes. "See, that's the thing, if you truly are my daughter you would know I don't exactly follow my deals to a T."

Amora stayed where she was and snapped her fingers. "My father would never do such a thing, not after I came into his life. You aren't him. You have the darkness of complete and utter loneliness still dwelling within your heart. I know everything about you, Hades, every last little flaw, secret, and weakness."

Hades frowned and, surprisingly, remained silent as he thought over what she had just said.

"Whoa. He got roasted." Ara whispered to Hazel.

She chuckled and whispered, "Yeah. This almost makes me wish I had popcorn." She looks back at them.

Hades cleared his throat and finally looked back at her. "You know that thing is coming, right?"

Amora nodded, knowing well what the thing was. "I do. It is because of you that it is closing in, hungry like a wolf that has been starving for days. I want to send you back before I fall."

Hades, much to the surprise of everyone in the vicinity, sighed and shrugged. "And you're just gonna let it happen?"

Amora stared at him and shook her head. "There is nothing I can do Hades, my father abandoned it long ago and it has finally come for him. Only, it's mistaken."

Hades paused and put his ember away, further stunning the three individuals.

Hazel blinked when he put his ember away. That is not at all what she was expecting. Another question. What was that "thing" they were referring to?

Hazel could tell that Ara was thinking something similar by the way she was frowning and how her eyebrows were drawn together.

Amora raised an eyebrow, prompting Hades to roll his eyes and gesture for her to put her weapon down. The woman cautiously set it on the ground and looked at him in confusion.

"...So, you were also stuck in the Underworld for a long time?" He asked, shoving his hands in his pockets while relaxing.

Amora blinked, beyond confused now. "What?"

Hades chuckled and cocked his head to the side. "You have the same dead feeling I have, as Hermes puts it, and I only got that from chilling out in the land down under."

Amora just continued staring at him, tilting her head as she tried to figure him out.

"Is he...trying to start a conversation? Now? Now of all times?" Hazel asked her sister, truly perplexed.

Ara nodded. "Seems that way." She halfway turned to Hazel. "Trust me. You are not the only person that's confused here."

Amora closed her eyes for a moment before opening them and shooting him a glare. "Are you trying to trick me again?"

Hades looked at her in amusement and quickly raised his hands out of his pockets. "Nope. I'm just asking a question."

Amora faltered before pointing at the ground. "Throw your ember on the ground if you wish for me to believe that."

Hades shrugged and casually pulled the ember out before tossing it onto the lawn. "Happy?"

Amora's eyes widened and she blinked a few times. "You are serious?"

Hades smirked and took a step forward. "What? Can't say I've ever met another being who got the same shit handed to them by Zeus."

Her head whipped up at that. "That's what this is about? My time in the Underworld?"

Hades nodded and shoved his hands back in his pockets. "Yep. According to Hermes you really cleaned up yours, made it nice. He tends to get lost down there every now and then."

Amora went silent at this, her stance beginning to relax as she looked at him.

Hazel and Ara shared a quick glance before looking back at the scene. They really wanted to see how this interdimensional confrontation would work out. This is not something you would see everyday.

Hades looked at Amora's sword before looking back up at her. "Besides, I guess I did betray you and go back on my deal." He seemed to struggle a bit with the words. "I...I'll help you with that thing." He muttered out after much trouble.

Amora's jaw fell open. "W-What?" Forgetting that they had been at each other's necks not even ten minutes ago, she walked over to him. "Why? What is going on?"

Hades blinked, unsure how to handle the genuine concern his 'daughter' was directing towards him. He let out a groan in annoyance at the fact that he was struggling to put up with the attention he was receiving. "You were right. Okay? What you said hit me hard and...Iamlonely." He said the last words so quickly he would have given even Hermes a run for his money.

Amora blinked and stared at him. "I...don't know what to say. I mean, you were trying to kill me just five minutes ago, why the sudden change? I have been nothing but a sarcastic prick all day."

The god looked away and scowled. "Ugh, just accept that I am going to help you before I retract my offer." He said in a grumpy manner that fit him much more.

Amora was silent for a moment then she rolled her eyes and smiled softly. "There's the Hades I know."

Hades, much to the amusement of the woman, stuck his tongue out in a very childish move before looking elsewhere.

Amora simply shook her head and snapped her fingers, causing the sword to disappear. "And here I was prepared to force you back onto the Isle." She mused, eyes falling to the ground.

"Huh, what a turn out…" Said a pleasantly surprised Ara.

Hazel chuckled, "Yeah. He reminds me of someone else who was very aggressive and cranky when they were lonely…" She put her hands on her hips while Ara looked at her with halved eyes.

Amora looked away and spotted the two girls from her position. "Hm, I'm surprised my spell worked." She commented with a smirk, prompting Hades to look at them as well.

"Wait...Were they watching us this entire time?" He asked before looking at Amora in confusion. "How did I not sense them?"

Amora rolled her eyes and folded her arms. "I have my own secrets like you have yours." She pulled on his arm and gestured towards his ember.

"Oh, yeah. We saw everything." Ara stated.

"Yep, one-hundred percent." Hazel agreed proudly.

Hades scowled when he heard that, picking up his ember and shoving it in his pocket. "Of course you did. Now people know I'm lonely." He grumbled the last part out at a barely audible volume.

Amora chuckled before shaking her head. "Next time don't be such a blabbermouth about your deepest secrets."

Hades mumbled something before looking at her. "You got into my head, didn't you?"

Amora looked at him with a pleasant look. "I have practice, you are an open book if I say the right words."

Hades shook his head and sulked a bit, looking at something in the distance.

Hazel saw Hades look to the distance, so she made sure to follow in expectation.

Ara, on the other hand, had a question. "Quick question. What is that "thing" you guys were talking about?"

Hades glanced back at her. "Oh, just the helmet's spirit. It's been flying about all over Auradon, even made it onto the Isle. It was looking for her." He jabbed his thumb in the direction of Amora.

Ara frowned. "Oh great not this again. Hestia already ran me through this. She told me "not to panic" like I wouldn't panic." She folded her arms.

Hades chuckled when he heard his sister's name mentioned. "Sounds like Hestia. She's right though, I can catch the spirit and toss it back in its hole."

"Literally. Just snatch it out of the air." Amora made the motion of grabbing something.

"Well, um, have fun?" Hazel said, not sure what to say in this situation.

Hades' eyes halved, a comical look appearing on his face. "I won't. That thing has been yakking off my ear for way too long. 'Use me! Use me!'" He said mockingly, folding his arms with a sour look. "And it wonders why I had Hermes lock it up in a box. It's so damn annoying!"

Amora laughed at his expression. "I was right...You did abandon it out of annoyance! Hah, now I've gotta tell that idiot to pay me. The drunk god said that you forgot about it."

Hades didn't even require the name as he rolled his eyes. "That moron should be glad I pay him no attention."

The two gods suddenly looked away, Amora looking quite fearful for some reason while Hades looked...bored of all things. "Oh, there it is." He pointed at a tree that looked rather normal.

Ara blinked a few times. Her brows furrowed in confusion as head head tilted to the side. "It's...a tree?" She asked, not exactly what she expected, but who was she to judge.

Hades glanced back at them and snapped his fingers, causing a pair of sunglasses to appear over their eyes. "See, you normal mortals will probably never see one spirit as nasty as this chick, so instead I'm just gonna give you some shades so you can see it. Otherwise I'd look like an idiot trying to chase nothing."

"Hm, fair point." Hazel says in reply.

Ara was too busy admiring the sunglasses. "They look fresh and just what the doctor ordered. This sunlight is killing me!" She said with a smirk.

Amora, who had looked away from the tree, nodded and smiled shakily. "Yeah, Hades and I are sunglasses experts. The sun is our enemy after a long time down under."

"Got that right." Hades replied, slowly walking in the direction of the tree.

Ara leaned to make sure she was going to get a good view of what was going to happen. She didn't want to miss a thing. As for Hazel, she would much rather be watching from a distance. A far distance.

Amora got down, trying to hide as best as she could. In the distance something shadowy suddenly flew out, the darkness of it practically turning the area around it pitch black. Hades promptly jumped at it and, much to the humor of the others, landed on the ground with a grumble.

"Hey! Quit making me look like a moron!" He yelled, quickly getting back up and charging towards it again.

Amora shook her head as she watched him chase it. "Now you know why he gave you the sunglasses." She said quietly, smirking a little at his situation.

Hazel grinned trying to hold in her laughter. "Yep. Without them he would look worse than he already does." She chuckled and Ara offered her a fist bump. She didn't have to look to return Ara's fist bump.

Amora smiled at that and looked at her hands. "That's the thing about my father, he always manages to make anything he does look comedic. It has made a lot of arguments between us result in laughter, mostly because he looks really stupid when he gets angry." She said, finally giving into her laughter when she saw the god get dragged as he held onto the spirit.

Ara laughed hard. "Evil spirit: two. God of the Underworld: zero." She grinned after she said this.

Hades shot them all a scowl as he got another hand on the shadow. "Like you all could do any better!" He said in annoyance before suddenly getting dragged again.

"If I could grab those things I would do a better job. You are rusty!" Amora laughed, laughing even harder when he shook his head in irritation.

"Rusty and doing a really good job removing our weed problem. Keep up the good work!" Hazel called out to him, keeping her grin.

Hades shot them a glare before looking at the spirit. "Okay, you know what? No more mister nice god!" His ember flew out of his pocket and somehow managed to smack into the spirit, stopping it and allowing the god to get ahold of the thing. He shook his head at it and stomped his foot twice. The ground began rumbling as it split open and revealed a staircase going down into the Underworld. "I will be right back." He said before charging down the stairs with the angry spirit.

Ara smirked and said, "Well, that was the highlight of my day." She folded her arms as she looked at them.

Amora rolled her eyes and chuckled as she stood up. "Funny enough, I've seen him do that on the Isle, he tried to teach me, and it's even worse there. Long story short, there is a running joke that my father is the Ghostbuster of the Isle." She said in amusement.

Hazel shook her head in amusement while Ara looked over Amora once more. "So...about your skin..? She said as she trailed off.

Amora shook her head. "Yeah...uh, how can I explain this?" She scratched the side of her head. "I guess you could say this is something that was brought on by both the helmet and my own negative emotions. The helmet caused the discoloration while my own emotions did the eyes and hair...stuff." She finished, trailing off at the end as she gazed at the entrance.

Ara smiled shyly and said, "You totally looked the part. Call it a lack of faith, but I thought you were going to kill us." Ara stated plainly.

Hazel emotionlessly concurred. "Same." She offered Amora a smile at the end.

"Sorry for losing faith in you, buddy." Ara apologized while scratching the back of her head.

The goddess shook her head and closed her eyes. "It's alright. I never intended to let Hades actually harm anyone, I just didn't know if he was the same one I knew. Deep down he is." She said the last part softly before opening her eyes, revealing that they had gone back to their normal blue coloring.

Ara and Hazel smiled at that. They looked at each other before Ara asked, "So...where is he? We need to work on getting you home...again." Ara smiled.

Amora rubbed her chin. "Well, he's probably trying to get down to the holding cell. It must have taken a bit to find the entrance to my Underworld, and it takes about thirty minutes to reach the cell. It's under a lake of lava at the very bottom of the Underworld." She explained, running a hand through her hair as it began to turn back to blue.

"I guess that means we have some chill time." Hazel said as she sat on the grass below. "How are we going to explain this to everyone else?" She thought with humor.

"Umm, in an epic tale that is partially true, but sounds awesome?" Ara answers, imagining herself taking all of the credit.

Hazel's eyes become halved at her sibling. "How about the truth?" She said while using her magic to make grass grow and wrap themselves tightly around Ara's neck.

"Okay! Okay! The truth is epic too!" Ara pleads.

Hazel releases her and Ara sighs deeply in relief. "So, what's next for you, Amora." She said, testing her fake name.

The goddess's blue eyes halved at that. "Please, don't use that-" She paused and raised an eyebrow. "Heeey, the voice is back to normal. Means he's probably at the cell right now. He's gonna have a fun time opening that thing." She smiled before shaking her head. "Anyway, that was just a fake name, or rather my middle name."

"It's fine. Hazel was just picking with you." Ara looked at her with interest. "So, Amora is your middle name? Hm, in exchange, my full first name is Ara'Levina." She said with a tilt of her head.

Hazel had her attention on helping some random ants cross over a puddle. "Well, Hazel is my middle name. My first name is Gardenia." She said as she made an ant sized bridge and smiled at her achievement.

Heidi nodded at that and tilted her head. "See, my name, on record, is Heidiana Seraphina Amora, but my dad claims that Amora is my middle name every now and then. I think he's confused himself because he's also said that Seraphina is my middle name. We both agreed that both were just names that were on a note." She shrugged and looked away.

"Confusing." Ara said blankly. "Understandable, but confusing."

"Yeah, that's how I label that situation. It's one of those things I don't really bother with anymore." Heidi said with a small smile.

Hazel nodded, changing her confused expression. "I can see why." Then she looked around and said. "Do you think he is finished by now?"

Heidi hummed and closed her eyes, feeling for the signature that his ember had. "Yeah...I think he'll be up any moment now." She said, concentrating on locating the god.

"Alright, then." Hazel confirmed said as she stood.

Ara also decided to stand. She didn't want the god to start grumbling again. By getting comfortable, it would have shown that he was taking forever and might offend him. Ara had enough complaining for one day, so she will play the part.

It wasn't even ten seconds after they had done that when they saw Hades fly out of the staircase and land on the ground unceremoniously while the crack closed up soon afterwards.

Heidi's eyes halved when she saw this and she strolled on over to him. "Having trouble there?" She asked, smirking when she heard him grumble.

The god pushed himself up and got to his feet. "Yeah, well, one of the 'helpful' guys down there said he could get me up the stairs faster. I didn't know he'd throw me out!" He exclaimed, his hair lighting up much to Heidi's amusement.

Heidi chuckled. "Yeah, well that's the problem. Invest in an elevator and maybe they'll stop throwing you out." She said while folding her arms.

"Noted." He muttered while his hair extinguished before looking at her. "So, you gonna send me back now?"

His question caught her off guard and she frowned, biting her lip before looking towards the ground. It was clear that she wanted to say 'no', but there was a conflicted look on her face.

Ara walked up to her. She put a hand on Heidi's shoulder. "Hey, something wrong?" She asked with genuine concern.

"I don't want to send him back." Heidi said softly, looking up at the god. "I don't think I can."

Ara shrugged. "Then...don't." She offered a smile.

Both gods looked at her, Heidi blinked as if what the girl said was impossible while Hades' surprised look was picture-worthy. "I don't want to cause any trouble here…" Heidi said, unknowingly taking the god's hand. Hades blinked in surprise before shrugging it off and returning his gaze to the girl.

Ara chuckled and looked to the gods. "After everything I saw, I don't think he wants to cause trouble here either." She gestured to Hades while speaking. "So, what's the problem? He's earned my respect."

"Really?" Hazel asked her sister. "I like him too. Kinda in a crazy grandpa kind of way." She said as she chuckled.

"Grandpa?" Hades muttered, looking slightly offended at the title. "I don't look that old."

Heidi rolled her eyes in amusement before a serious look entered her eyes. "I...suppose there wouldn't be a reason for him to return. I just don't see how you could tell everyone that Hades isn't going to be on the Isle anymore, it would cause panic." She said, a frown replacing her smile.

Ara thought for a moment. "If we could get through to Mal, then he would be a shoe in. Ben believes anything and the people believe Ben." She said with a smirk. "But Mal is...what's a word that means beyond stubborn?"

"She is as bad as an angry billy goat. Those things are the most stubborn things I've ever seen." The goddess said with a smirk before looking thoughtful. "Hold on, does she know that she's my half-sister?"

Ara shrugged while Hazel shook her head. "Thankfully, we never got that far into conversation when I told her that I knew her father. I referred to you as a "random goddess" who told me and was later able to redirect the conversation." Hazel smiled at her and said, "I am skilled at keeping secrets."

Heidi's eyes narrowed at that before she tilted her head. "I might be able to convince her to allow him to return to the Underworld."

Hades looked at her with widened eyes. "Really?"

The goddess nodded and gazed at him. "I just hope you don't mind me spilling a few things." She smirked after she said that.

He scowled when he heard that but nodded anyway. "Fine. Nothing too juicy though." He said with a chuckle, prompting the other blue-haired individual to roll her eyes.

Ara laughed. "Doesn't this sound fun?" She turned to Hazel and play pushed the girl. "You go too."

Hazel frowned and cut her eyes at her sister. "What? Why me? I would like to go lay down after all of this!" She complained.

Ara's smirk widened as she spoke. "I am telling you to go. Everyone knows you are a lucky charm. When you are around, nothing goes horribly wrong. I on the other hand…" She finished with a grimace.

"Fair point." Hazel said, grimacing as well. "Fine, but only because it's for Mal." She said with a tired look. Ara just smirked in victory.

Heidi and Hades shared a look before the goddess smiled. "Great. It might reduce the risk of her going aggro on him." She turned her attention to the god. "And, please, don't try to antagonize her."

Hades looked innocent when he heard that. "Me? I would never do that." Heidi's eyes halved, prompting him to smirk. "Okay, fine, I'll behave."

"Shall we?" Ara said prompting them to head on and get this going.

Heidi nodded and patted the other god on the arm. "Come on." She said, making him roll his eyes and begin walking with her. Hades tapped her on the arm, causing her skin to go back to normal as it had been dead white still.

The goddess raised an eyebrow before smiling softly. "Thanks."

Hades chuckled, finding that he didn't mind the attention she was giving him. Not anymore. "Not a problem, kid."

...Wasn't that something. It's also one of my favorite chapters because, let's face it, Hades is a riot! Also because of all of the beautiful roasts and Ara's big mouth tendencies. One of my favorites right here! It's not over yet!⭐