"Come on guys! Let's go!" Ara shouts as she blasts through the school, sparking in excitement as she went. "We have to get you home so I can stop doing this!" She said as she unwillingly giggled and hopped around before taking off again; leaving behind a spark trail.
Hazel found it hard to keep an eye on her sister and much harder to keep up with her. "Ara! Would it hurt for you to slow down?" She asked while huffing and puffing.
Ara bounced in place for a moment, waiting for them to catch up. "Yes!" She exclaimed happily before running around again.
The two gods didn't even bother to pick up their pace. Hades let out a low chuckle. "I wouldn't worry about that being a permanent fixture in your life." He commented, cocking his head to the side. "Even dimensional crap can't permanently mess up someone."
Ara bounced in place while speaking and grinning. "Amazing, because this burns so much!" She said, her happy tone betraying her actual feelings.
"That's normal." He said, shrugging his shoulders.
Hazel, trying to catch her breath, says, "The office is right around the corner." She turned to the two gods and said, "So, do you two have a plan on how we are going to present this." She said while gesturing to Heidi's "other dimension" dad. "We only get one chance at a first impression." She said while resting her sunglasses on her forehead.
Heidi looked thoughtful while Hades grinned. "Well, I personally was thinking of sending you little ladies first, you know as-" He was cut off as Heidi promptly stomped on his foot. "Kidding! Ouch."
Heidi rolled her eyes and shook her head. "It would be best for us to go second. If she saw him first, well, the school would be partially destroyed by a dragon." She said, looking as if something like that had happened before.
As they reached the door Hazel sighed. "Unfortunately for us-" She said turning her attention to Ara. "-I don't see any other way this could have the slightest chance of working. At least if we go in first, we could...soften the situation." She said while looking at the door as if it was intimidating.
Ara glanced at the door, finally calming down. "Well, let's go get a another hot plate of trouble. That's what we are going to be in." She said while Hazel nodded.
Hazel turned to the two gods. "We will be back to signal you two inside. Hopefully, it won't be in spirit." She said with humor.
Hades chuckled when he heard that, only stopping at the look he was receiving from the goddess. Heidi nodded and snapped her fingers, her outfit suddenly resembling Hades' while she summoned her ember to her hand. "Well, in the very least, she might not recognize me right away." She grimaced at the thought.
Hazel looked at her flatly. "Riiiiiight…" Then she turned to Ara and nodded to the door.
Ara smirked and…, to everyone's surprise, kicked the door open.
Hazel just blinked at her sister and shook her head. She followed behind Ara in embarrassment as they entered. Hazel gave the two gods a look that said "This might take a while" before closing the door behind them.
Hades 'hmphed' and folded his arms before looking at Heidi. He blinked and narrowed his eyes. "...Is that my coat?"
Heidi's eyes halved and she sighed. "Seriously? You notice a coat?"
Hades frowned and looked away. "Probably stole it." He muttered under his breath, looking quite grumpy over something small as a coat.
"I heard that." The goddess said in amusement, prompting the god to grumble a bit in response.
On Ara and Hazel's end, after Ara kicked the door open, she walked in like she owned the place. Her sunglasses gleamed in the light of the office. That, she was glad about. Too much sunlight in this kingdom!
"Hey, hey! Guess who's not dead?!" She exclaimed when she entered the main part of the room. Hazel trailed behind her with a small grin at that.
Mal looked at them both in surprise, mainly from the way they had entered, and frowned a bit. "What are you two doing here?"
Ben, on the other hand, chuckled and said, "Hey you two! I am glad that you are okay. I was really getting worried there. Is there something that you two needed?" He said partly to them and partly to himself.
Ara lifted her shades a bit, enough to see her halved eyes. "Is it wrong to stop by and say "hi" to my two favorite people. Especially when Hades was this close to me! Then, after that, I was invited to the after party!" She said referring to Heidi and Hades' encounter.
Mal looked a bit irritated, but blinked when heard that. "You two were still there after that woman sent everyone away?"
Ara frowned. "Uh, yeah. I am kind of offended that you didn't notice sooner…" She grumbled.
Ignoring her sister, Hazel spoke up, "Yeah, we were still there. That's how we got these shades." She explains.
Mal raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips. "I was wondering about those." She said, trying to look elsewhere in the room.
Ben shook his head and smiled at them. "So...you two just came here to say 'hi'?" He asked.
Hazel and Ara shared a glance before Ara spoke. "Not...exactly…" Ara turned her attention to them with an awkward smile. "Me...and Hazel...were outside in all that ruckus and thought, "Man, Hades is not as bad as we thought!"..." She trailed off not exactly wanted to finish her sentence.
Mal couldn't help but laugh when she heard that. "Hades? Not as bad as we thought?" She smirked and folded her arms. "He's up there in the worst villains of all time, not to mention several other factors."
Hazel spoke up. "He...really isn't. He called everything off, him and Heidi talked everything out, we got lit shades, and he captured an evil spirit for us." She explained.
Ara nodded and said, "Yup. Sounds good to me."
"Really?" Ben asked in genuine interest.
Mal suddenly frowned, staring at them in suspicion. "Who is Heidi? Hades said that his companion was named Amora. That can't possibly…" She abruptly stopped, looking at the floor as she thought over this.
"Do you remember when we spoke at about four in the morning? I told you about a girl named Heidi that went by "Amora" so we could escape to the wall." Hazel said in a calm manner. "We are still talking about the same person." She explained as Ara nodded.
Mal looked up at them. "The same person could look like an undead being?" She asked, not sounding one bit convinced.
"Hey, cut her some slack." Ara stepped up. "She just went a tad too close to Hades' Helmet in her Underworld a while back and has been fighting it like crazy ever since she entered our world. That's one of the main reasons we were rushing to the wall." She folded her arms. "Hestia told me herself."
It didn't seem possible, but Mal looked even more unconvinced now. "I'd believe the Hestia part. Everything else? Yeah...no. That Helmet is just a legend, none of the gods even talk about it anymore." She said matter-of-factly.
Ara felt like she wanted to smack a girl. By some miracle, she was able to keep her composure and let Hazel pick up the rod instead.
"So, after we traveled all over Auradon...you think we are making this up? The gods don't talk about it, you say? We wouldn't even know about it if Hestia wouldn't have told us!" Hazel folds her arms. There is now more than one stubborn individual in this room.
Mal scowled while her eyebrow twitched. "That doesn't mean that its real, even Hestia could have been simply telling you a legend." She fired back.
Hazel's eyebrow raised as she chuckled mirthlessly. "Of course you wouldn't believe us, you didn't see anything…" She grumbled. "Mal, I know what a legend sounds like and that was not it. Especially when she used Heidi's name in the "legend". She also said our Hermes was there, so you can also ask him." She fired back with halved eyes.
Mal tilted her head up. "Well, if you could get him in here then maybe I'd believe you." She paused and smirked. "Actually, if you could any god for that matter to come in here and say it's real, I'd stop and admit that I'm wrong." There is no way they can do that. She thought, her smirk widening.
Ben looked at the two girls in concern as they shared a terrified look. Ara with beaded eyes and Hazel's eyes briefly turning pink.
Ara coughed, "Well, we know...a god that can confirm that...aaaand we are here to speak on his behalf…" She finished with a guilty smile.
The look of Mal's face was priceless when she heard that. "What?" How?...Wait, which god? The purplette's eyes widened even more at her thoughts.
Hazel backed all the way to the door, still wearing her own guilty expression. "We are sooo gonna die…" She thought as she opened the door still facing Mal. "Come on in, guys." She called, her expression unchanging.
Much to the surprise of the two who were still in the dark about this, Hades waltzed right on in with a massive grin on his face. A woman who looked like a female version of him was holding his hand with a neutral expression.
Ara's guilty smile grew as she said, "Surprise..?"
Ben looked like he wanted to jump under his desk. He did not, but he wanted to. He just looked at the two new people in his office in a fearful standstill.
The woman saw this and suddenly stepped on Hades' foot so hard that he let out an 'ow' in surprise. "You can't even enter a room anymore. This is what happens when you try to declare yourself king." She shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. "So much for you not scaring them."
Hades looked down at her with a pout that seemed to not belong on his face. "I didn't even try to! Not my fault I just so happen to be incredibly intimidating." He replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Stop grinning like a madman high on a sugar rush and we wouldn't be in this situation." The woman deadpanned, shaking her head while closing her eyes.
Ara rolled her eyes at the two. Ben looked to Ara and Hazel before asking, "Um, guys. Out of concern, have you two been spelled?"
Ara snapped her head towards him in disbelief. "What!? No! Of course not!"
Hazel agrees with a monotone voice out of irritation. "We are both sober and sound in mind." She said while taking her place beside Hades while Ara went beside Heidi.
Mal looked at them in disbelief, blinking a few times as if she didn't believe what she was seeing.
Heidi opened her eyes and looked at the purplette with a small smirk. Oh, it would appear we broke Mal. She thought in amusement, relaxing a bit as silence filled the room.
"Well…" Ara said and clapped her hands breaking the silence. "You have your god. Hades, Mal wanted to know if your helmet was real. Care to answer?" She asked him.
Hades blinked before grinning and looking at Mal. "Oh, Mali thinks my Helmet is fake?" He laughed before stopping as Heidi quickly elbowed him in the side. "Long story short, yes it is very real. Very clingy and very annoying. So annoying in fact I told Hermes to tell everyone up in Olympus to not talk about it. That's why it ain't in your history books."
Ara and Hazel turned to Mal with a triumphant expression.
Mal snapped out of her daze and scowled. "Figures." She muttered under her breath, refusing to look at the god now.
Ara speaks up once again. "And we want to know...can we keep him?! Please!" Ara says like she found a stray puppy.
Hazel rolled her eyes at her twin's antics. "What Ara means to say is, wewishtoreturnhimtotheUnderworld…" The words speed out of her mouth so fast, everyone can barely keep up. Naturally, she winced at the end of her sentence.
Mal paused when she heard that and looked up. "You want to what?"
Hades smirked mischievously and leaned forward. "They want to send me back to Hell."
Heidi rolled her eyes and shook her head at his antics. "In other words, we want to send him back home." She said simply, resisting the urge to chuckle at the expression on Mal's face.
Ben blinked repeatedly in shock. "Ummm…" He trailed off as he looked to Mal.
Mal got ahold of herself and shook her head. "Are you insane? If he goes back down there he might as well be free to cause chaos. That's not an option." She folded her arms and looked at them with a deep frown.
Ara rolled her eyes. "Of course it's an option. You just don't want to consider it. I don't think he will do anything. He's actually a pretty cool guy." Ara says casually.
Hazel nodded and said. "If he wanted to terrorize us, he would have done it by now. The only thing he did so was bore us to death with his "take over Olympus" speech." She briefly turned to him and said, "Heh, no offense." Then she turned back to Mal. "Instead, he is here trying to talk it out."
Heidi hummed in agreement. "He really is trying to take a less...angry approach to this, or fiery for that matter, and I stand by as witness that he has done nothing that would have actually caused harm." She stated, her tone serious before looking at Mal. "I'd know if he was trying something and I can tell you that he isn't."
"You can't forget that he got rid of a creepy spirit right in front of us. I mean, I was shocked. I did not expect for him to help. He helped when he really didn't have to! That has to count for bonus points!" Ara explained as she placed her hands on her hips with a raised eyebrow.
Ben looked up in thought as if he was actually considering the idea.
Mal saw this and scoffed. "Don't tell me you are actually considering this. Ben, if we let him go back down there he'll just use it as a chance to-"
"Mal."
The purplette was cut off by Heidi, prompting the girl to look at the goddess in confusion. "What?"
Heidi's eyes flickered up to meet Hades' before holding her hand out. "Give me your ember."
Hades looked sour and folded his arms, resembling an unhappy child who was about to throw a tantrum. "Do I have to?"
"If you don't you might as well kiss this opportunity goodbye and return to the cave where you'll most likely sit for thousands of years before the barrier falls while your only company will be Pain and Panic." Heidi told him in a single breath before shooting him a questioning look. "Would you like thousands of years with them or would you like to go back to the Underworld?"
Hades twitched before pulling out his ember and dropping it into her hand. "You are bad." He suddenly blinked before smirking. "Hey, I'm starting to see the resemblance!"
Heidi's eyes halved before she looked at Mal. "If Hades wanted to do absolutely anything he would have rather opened up a crack in the earth and dropped me into Hell than hand me his ember." She examined the god's ember before shoving it in her coat pocket. "Now he doesn't have it. I do."
Ben was officially convinced. He didn't want to say anything yet. Mostly because he knew that Mal would pick it up before he could get the words out. He also wanted to hear what she thought, so he looked to her in anticipation.
Mal's face was filled with surprise at what she had just seen. He gave it to her without much trouble...Is he serious? She thought in confusion, pausing as she closed her eyes. "Why?" She unknowingly asked aloud, the confusion heavy in her voice.
"Because he has no reason to do anything and the only thing he wants to do is go back to the Underworld." Heidi answered, a soft smile appearing on her face.
Ben looked over them. "Well, I have made my decision. What do you say about this?" He asked her finally getting comfortable.
Mal shook her head. "I…" She opened her eyes and looked at the goddess. "Fine, you got me. He...doesn't want to do anything, does he?" She struggled to admit this before shooting her a questioning look.
Heidi shook her head. "No, nothing."
Mal bit her lip before raising her hands into the air, finally giving in.
Ben chuckled, his cheerful mood had returned. "I guess we have come to an agreement. As King of Auradon, I hereby give Hades permission to return to the Underworld." He says with a smile.
Heidi let out a relieved sigh and smiled. "Thank the gods." She murmured quietly, glancing at the god beside her.
Hazel blinked. "Wow. I can't believe we actually succeeded." She turned to the two gods with a smile while Ara was bouncing around again.
Hades looked quite surprised and was about to reply when something hit the window on the far side of the room. The god cocked his head to the side before beginning to laugh.
Heidi stared at him as if he had finally lost his mind. "What are you laughing at?"
Hades only laughed harder and began walking towards the window. "I think...I think it was a bird!" He said before falling into a fit of laughter again.
Hazel's heart stopped when that bang came out of nowhere. Now Hades sounds like he went crazy; laughing at a bird hitting a window…
Somehow, Ara froze in the air mid-jump. She looked at the window in concern and confusion. She is also a little irritated at the "bird" that ruined her vibe.
Heidi shook her head. "It's more than a little wrong to laugh at a bird hitting a window." She said, scratching the back of her head as she thought of a way to somehow explain this.
Hades stopped laughing for a moment and grinned. "No, it's not an actual bird, it's a running joke because Hermes can't see windows when he's flying at supersonic speeds!" He told her before guffawing and laughing again.
Heidi's jaw fell when she heard this and looked at him in surprise. "Hermes?"
"Oh, not again." Ben said referring to the other times Hermes ran into their windows; delivering messages to and from Olympus. He walked over and opened the window for the poor god with concern.
Hermes rubbed his head and nodded in thanks before looking at Hades. "Hades, whatever you are up to I am here to stop it!"
Hades abruptly stopped laughing and peered at the flying god. "...What?" He cocked his head to the side. "How fast were you going when you hit that window?"
Hazel blinked and said, "Stop...there is nothing going on…" She said in complete confusion.
Ara finally landed on the ground. "For a god that can travel at the speed of light, you are super late, man. We've already been through this." She says waving her hands carelessly.
Hermes blinked a few times and looked around the room. "Wait, so he isn't doing something? Nothing related to Olympus?" He asked, his tone turning nervous for some reason.
"Yeah, no, not anymore. You and the other gods can go fly back with peace of mind that I am doing nothing." Hades said, shaking his head in annoyance at the other god while gesturing for him to go away.
Ben nodded in agreement. "Yes, Hermes. Apparently, he changed his mind. We were just here talking out the matter." That's when he took in the god's demeanor. "Is something wrong?"
Hades grinned as Hermes looked down at the floor. "Hermes here called for the calvary and now there's a bunch of gods disguised as birds sitting in a tree nearby waiting to come and get me." He said, leaning towards the window so he could get a better look. "Why, I think I spy Poseidon! One of my own brothers coming to peck my eyes out. I feel the love." His voice was filled with sarcasm as he spoke.
Ara raised an eyebrow. "You seem oddly happy about getting mobbed by birds…" She says trying to see out the window.
Heidi looked out the window as well and blinked. "Wow, you even got Athena." She said in surprise.
Hades whipped around and looked at Hermes. "Now someone has to tell them that Hades is doing absolutely, positively, nothing. Ooh, I can imagine how much that burns to hear that." He was obviously enjoying the guilty look on Hermes' face as he strolled by him.
Hermes wilted even more. "To think...Athena had a theory this could happen."
Ara and Hazel shared a look before turning back to Hermes. Ara breaks the silence. "Well, Hermes, you're up!" She says while pointing to the birds.
Hermes nodded and floated towards the window. "Here I go, off to my demise! I will be eaten alive!" He said dramatically, moving painstakingly slow.
Hades rolled his eyes. "Well, hurry up and get eaten already, I don't have a century to watch you make it to the window." He said sarcastically, annoyed at the god's dramatic actions.
Heidi looked at him before sighing and going over the window. She stuck her head out and looked at the birds. "Yeah, that's right! It's me, the chick who left before her trial! Anyway, Hermes ended up doing a dumb and recruited you all to take down Hades when Hades has done nothing. In other words, nothing happened. You can all go home now." She deadpanned before leaning back in and stepping away.
Hazel blinked for the thousandth time today. "Well, that was...simple." She states, as Ara looked at everything in confusion.
Heidi grabbed Hermes and practically threw him out the window before quickly closing it with a sigh of relief. "Oh, those guys were definitely gonna get me." She breathed, referring to the gods disguised as birds.
Ara chuckled. "Of course they were." Ara used her Heidi voice. "Yep! I'm the fugitive that caused crap in Auradon and bailed on her trial!" She chuckled once again. "What were you expecting? Gift baskets?"
"Uh, actually, I was expecting them to go after him." Heidi deadpanned, pointing at Hades who shrugged.
"That's fair." He commented, not bothered over the fact.
Hazel glanced at the window before speaking, "So, are they going to leave or..?" She asked in concern.
Hades peered out the window, rubbing his chin before slowly nodding. "Hermes is leading them away. Have fun explaining that one, Bird."
Ben sighed and said, "Well that's that. I guess you guys are free to go now?"
Hades chuckled and folded his arms. "Oh, yeah, I'll take the kid down with me."
Heidi raised an eyebrow and glanced at him before nodding. "Hm, yeah, that will work." She said with a soft smile.
Hazel sighed before she spoke. "I guess this is good-bye...for real this time." She smiled at her.
Heidi chuckled and placed a hand on her hip. "Gods, I hate that word. Goodbye is such a...permanent word. So, I will do you a solid and say "See ya later." instead." She joked before smiling at her.
Hazel smiled back at her. Surprisingly, Ara and Hazel decided to hug her at the same time causing them to sandwhich her. Ara looked at Hazel in annoyance. "Hey! I wanted to hug her first!"
Hazel shook her head. "I was thinking the same thing." She chuckled.
Heidi rolled her eyes at them and smirked. "I don't care who hugs me first, I am open to all forms of hugs." She shrugged her shoulders. "I am a hugger, afterall."
The twins finally released her. Ara took a deep breath. "Well, see ya later. I am always a mirror away." She smiled while looking at the young goddess.
Heidi nodded with a smile. "Exactly." She saw Hades begin to creep towards the door and she chuckled softly. "Well, it would seem my ride wishes to leave."
Hazel smiled and nodded while Ara waved with a smile.
Heidi nodded back and approached Hades before grabbing the back of his jacket's collar, stopping him midstep. "I almost forgot. There is something I need for you to do." She directed the statement towards everyone in the room.
"Huh?" Ara said as she looked to everyone else.
Ben looked at confused as she was. Hazel's reaction was similar to Ara's, but she was pointing at herself questionably.
Mal blinked at that and raised an eyebrow.
Heidi looked at Hades before sighing. "Hadie, my brother, needs to be brought off of the Isle. Immediately. In my universe he's a chicken and he wouldn't survive on his own."
Hades 'hmmed' at that. "He is pretty skittish. Keeps screaming whenever he sees one of Cherabogs."
Heidi nodded and continued. "Hades isn't going to be there to watch over him anymore and I'd hate to think what could happen if he's left on his own."
Ara tilted her head to the side. "So...where do we come in?" She asked the question that's on everyone's mind.
Heidi scratched the back of her head. "Well…" She trailed off, releasing the god and placing her hands on her hips. "He is...what's the word?" She looked at Hades for assistance.
"There's a bunch of little angry winged ladies chasing him up and down the Isle because I do business with Chernabog. Usually I just shoo them off, buuuut Hadie on his own is pretty useless." Hades said casually, not appearing to notice the shocked looks when he said 'winged ladies'. "She's asking for you all to chip in because she needs for you, king, to actually allow him off. You two-" He pointed at Mal and Ara. "-Know the Isle and you." He looked at Hazel and tilted his head. "Well, something just tells me that kid will get along with you."
"That sounds...interesting." Ara said as she thought it over.
Ben nodded. "It does and how will we do it?" He paused before blinking in realization. "Ahh, you want me to let him off the isle to save him from those "winged ladies"?" He said as he finally put two and two together. "Well, I have no problem with that. Mal?" He looked to her for her answer.
Mal shook her head, thinking of the boy she had seen around the Isle once or twice. "They have a point when they say he's skittish." She tilted her head before smirking. "I have no problem with it either."
Hazel shrugged and said, "Yeah. I am okay with it too."
Ara nodded. "Ah, what the heck." She said in agreement.
Heidi sighed in relief while Hades chuckled. "If any of you can deal any damage, be my guest. I lost a game of poker last week and they won't stop yakking off my ear about how horrible I am." He mocked a high-pitched female voice and rolled his eyes. "If I could, I would have fried them and sent them back to good ol' Cherny."
Ara smirked and said, "I think I can fulfill your request." She said as she smiles in thought.
Hazel scoffed. "And I think I will keep her under control." She says pointedly at Ara while Ara rolled her eyes and smirked.
Heidi rubbed her arm. "Just don't harm them too badly, I've seen what happens when one of those chicks gets too damaged and it ain't pretty. Let's just say I met with Chernabog in the most unpleasant of situations." She grimaced before looking at Hades. "Any other requests?"
"Hmmm. No. I'm good." He said, beginning to turn around and inch towards the door again.
Heidi's eyes halved and she shook her head. "That's my cue." She said in a deadpan before waving at them. "See ya."
Hazel replied. "B-I mean, see ya!" She chuckled at the end.
Ara waved and said, "I say see ya for everyone! Chester will miss your scratches!" She grins when she says this.
Heidi laughed, not appearing to notice that Hades was looking at her impatiently. Just as she was about to reply, Hades went ahead and grabbed her by the hand and began dragging her off. "Hey! There is something called being patient!" She said in annoyance as they disappeared from the doorway.
"I don't know what that word is, thank you very much." Hades replied sarcastically.
"Well, I guess you will be getting a lesson in manners, Dad." That single sentence caused a crash to sound from the hallway followed by laughter from Heidi.
Hazel laughed and shook her head. "I am really going to miss them…" She said half to herself and half to her sister.
Ara was about to nod until she remembered. "Oh no! I forgot something!" With that, she bolted out of the room trying to catch them before they left for good.
Further down the long hallway, Heidi continued to laugh at the sight of the god who had managed to crash into a stand of some sort. "Man, it's like you haven't heard that word before!"
Hades grumbled and picked off the small pieces of wood that had landed on him. "Yeah, well, I haven't." He said grumpily, folding his arms and looking away.
Heidi's laughter halted and she shot him a confused look. "Didn't Hadie ever, you know, call you that?"
Hades got up and brushed off his clothes. "Nope. Only called me father. Doesn't hit the same way." He said before beginning to walk down the hallway.
Heidi's eyes softened and she walked after him. "Well, I can continue to call you that if you want." Referring to the word that had managed to startle him so bad.
Hades shrugged, looking quite calm despite his surprise only moments ago. "What's the point? After I drop you off at your entrance you'll probably just forget about me."
The goddess sighed and ran in front of him, forcing him to stop walking so she could talk. "That's not true. I mean, I don't know if I could simply show up like how Hermes does, but I could try. Let me ask the Hermes I know and see what I can do, okay?"
Hades paused before nodding. "Okay." He muttered before walking around her.
Heidi sighed softly before turning around and following him.
"Wait! Ack! Lemme catch up!" Ara said as she finally caught up to them. "Oh my gosh you two are some speed walkers!" She gets out while keeping in step with them.
Heidi raised an eyebrow. "Huh, I never really noticed that. Have you?" She asked Hades with a thoughtful look.
"Nope." He replied, shrugging his shoulders and looking down at the girl. "Forget something?"
Ara was busy catching her breath while he was talking, but she still regarded him. "Woo! Yes, actually." That's when she turned to Heidi, still trying to keep up. "I almost forgot. You gave me a gift-" She gestured to the crown on her head. "-so I must return the favor." She smiled.
She used her magic to summon her bubble wand to her hand. She looked over it one last time before holding it out to Heidi. "Here. Take it." She said with a smile.
Heidi blinked at her in confusion but took it anyway. "Why? I just gave you a crown, this is something far more important."
Ara smiled and shook her head. "You have me a crown, yes. Is it useful? No...but it's special to me." She looked to the ground as she spoke. "It's not everyday that Ara of the Isle receives gifts, but I treasure every one of them." Then she nodded and turned her gaze back to Heidi's. "I'm giving you my original bubble wand, not only because it's something to remember me by, but because important to me. In turn, it's important to you." She gave her a happy smile and then she began to ramble. "It's pretty useful too. It can repel rain and water. It can remove moisture. It is also a pretty cool weapon. There is a loop to put it around your neck. If you wear it, then you won't have to worry about water again! Pretty cool, right?" She smiled again.
Heidi examined it before smiling and nodding. "Sounds like it'll save me from a bit of trouble...or a lot." She chuckled before carefully putting it in her large pockets. "Thank you." She said softly, her eyes softening as well.
Ara saw this and smiled. That is when she stopped walking. At this point, they were pretty much at the front doors. She just watched and gently waved with a smile.
Heidi looked over her shoulder and smirked. "One last thing, don't freak out if you see Bob at any special event, holiday, birthday, or anything. He brings good things!" She laughed before waving and continuing off.
Ara laughed and called out, "What!? If I did that, I would be taking Triple G's job!" She laughed and began to walk backwards in the direction of her dorm before running off.