"Ara! Are you ready?" Hazel called her sister from the hotel bathroom.

Hazel pins her hair in different spots to make a floral design as she looks into her mirror. She puts another pin into it as Ara said, "Yeah, I am. I am just wrapping the present."

Hazel called as she put in the last pin. The rest of her hair, she put into a large braid that draped over her shoulder. She couldn't rid of her bangs, so she had left them alone.

All of her vanity time in the mirror caused her to realize something. She seems a bit...more mature. Not mentally, but physically. Her facial features have matured. Her eyes have deepened in color.

Hazel chuckled. She looked more like her mother. She was happy with that. Her mother is a beautiful woman. It was better than what she looked like in her early teens.

Hazel cringed at that image and walked out of the bathroom. "Ara, have you seen my bangles?" She asked while searching their luxury suite.

Ara turned to her, the blue and golden shaul.

Ara nodded. "We are all ready to go." Ara went and picked up her present. "See. Ready and-" Ara gasped as she nearly lost her grip. Thankfully she had fast reflexes. "wrapped…" She finished with a nervous smile.

Hazel shook her head before she thought of something. "So...where are we going and how are we going to get there?"

Ara looked at her blankly. "How could I forget to ask that!?" She mentally scolded herself. "Uhhhhh…" She continued while Hazel looked at her with exasperation. Hazel face-palmed as her sister continued to hold the note.

As if someone had overheard them, there was a quick knock on the door and the sound of something being dropped onto the floor reached their ears.

Ara finally stopped her brain crash. Her head spun to the door and she looked at Hazel in confusion.

Hazel shrugged her shoulders and went to the door. She peeked through the peep hole to find no one there. She raised an eyebrow and opened the door to find a package laying on the ground.

She picked it up and asked, "Ara, are you expecting a package?" She said as she returned inside the room.

Ara shook her head. "No, but we might need to check in case it's for someone else.

Hazel nodded and summoned a sharp emerald using her magic. The knife like emerald cut through the wrapping swiftly. She made the emerald turn to glitter and opened the box.

She pulled out this small device and examined it. "Oh. It's a button. The same buttons they use to open the barrier. I wonder what it's doing here…"

Ara smirked. "This has Hermes written all over it. It must be related to the party. I bet it's on the isle."

Hazel thought about it. "Okay. It's on the isle, but where?"

"You need faith, sis." Ara said still holding her smirk.

Hazel's eyes became halved. "Are you saying we blindly go to the isle of the lost and wing it?" She said, her bangles clinking once she rested her hands on her hips.

"Yep."

"Of course."

Ara grabbed her gift and tossed Hazel hers, which she caught then glared at Ara for tossing it. "Text the boys to meet at the exit."

Hazel nodded, sent the quick text, and they went out the door.

(About 45 minutes later)

Ara, Hazel, Triple G, George, and the cats scrambled over the magical bridge connecting the isle to the mainland.

"I thought you said you were ready?! What took you so long!?" Ara asked Triple G in a fit.

Triple G turned to her as he ran. "Chester clawed my wrapping paper!"

Chester shook his head as he ran. "No! Deuce did! He just framed me! Honest!"

Deuce shook his head. "No, bro! You ain't turning this on me!"

Hazel hurriedly pressed the button to open the barrier. She grumbled about how late they were then continued to run. "Alright, Ara. Where does your faith take us now?" She asked as the barrier closed behind them.

Ara looked at Hazel blankly once again. "Uhhhhhhh…"

Suddenly, they heard the sound of someone screaming. The screaming grew louder and louder until a boy with blue hair and blue eyes entered the plaza. The reason for his fright were four winged teenage girls who were all flying after him. "Why can't I be the flamethrower in the family?!" He cried, resorting to running around in circles as the girls continued to follow him.

Ara and the gang stared at the scene before them. Some of them were startled. Some were confused.

"Uhh...what the hell..?" Triple G said in plain confusion.

Hazel blinked as she tapped Ara's shoulder, "I think he needs help." She placed her gift on the ground.

Ara followed and said, "Yeah. Our magic is watered down here, but we can do enough." She turned to Triple G and said, "Watch the gifts."

He nodded and stayed back while the twins rushed to the boy's aid.

Ara called, "Hey, batwoman! Pick on someone your own size!" She allowed electricity to flicker about her body. Hazel stood right beside her, glowering at the girls with glowing eyes and flaming hands.

The girls stopped flying after the boy and hovered as they stared at the girls. Almost as if the magic had surprised them, they glanced at each other before flying off into the sky.

The boy let out a sigh and stopped. "Thank god…" He muttered, holding his hand to his chest as he tried to calm down.

Ara, on the other hand, turned to Hazel. "I am so glad that worked. I really didn't want to singe my new outfit." She chuckled and held her hand up for a high-five.

Hazel smiled, put her hands out, and returned the action before turning to the blue haired boy. She walked up to him while shaking out her wrists. "Hey, are you alright?" She asked him.

The boy grimaced and shook his head. "N-Not really...But I'll get over it, happens everyday." He said, removing his hand from his chest and turning to look at her. "Hadie...Son of Hades."

Hazel points to Ara and says, "Ara and Hazel. Daughters of Queen Elsa...even though we don't really look like it."

Ara nodded as she looked herself over. "Those guys over there are with us. Triple G is the son of Gaston. George; son of Governor Ratcliff. Then there is Chester and Deuce…Cheshire Cat." Ara smiled.

Hadie looked at them all before scratching the side of his head. "Sorry about Chernabog's girls...They've been after me ever since Dad lost a poker game a while back. I usually just hide in a cave somewhere but my sister sent me out to run errands."

Ara blinked and smiled. "Your sister's here? We are supposed to be at her party, but-"

"Buuuut someone forgot to ask proper directions." Hazel looked at Ara with halved eyes which Ara returned.

Hadie shrugged, looking over his shoulder in a paranoid way. "Ahh, my sister asked me to round up everyone she liked and redirect them to the party location. It's in my dad's stomping grounds."

Ara smiled even more. "Awesomeness! Cause we are best friends!" Ara waved the boys over and Triple G handed Ara and Hazel their gifts. "We even brought presents."

George smiled and said. "We want to be remembered."

Hadie blinked when he heard that. "Huh. Well, she'll probably appreciate them seeing as she usually doesn't get any. She doesn't care for her birthday...or holidays...or any celebrations in general. Always looked startled when I brought it up." He rolled his eyes at the thought. "Could have sworn she looked happy for a second…" The boy mumbled and shook his head before focusing back on them. "Nobody remembers her birthday so we are doing pretty good on the no birthday party thing." He paused as a thoughtful look crossed his face. "Then again, that party might be for a belated birthday or something and they just compiled it with a celebration to hide it from her…"

Ara and Hazel winced as they looked to each other. Ara turned to him and said, "Thanks for telling us because that is about to change. We are going to load her house with presents! Now I can't wait for a holiday!"

Triple G said, "We can talk about a Heidi fund later. Right now we have to get to that party."

Chester said, "Fashionably late is about to turn into...plain late…" He said with distaste.

Hadie shrugged and looked away. "To be fair, my dad hasn't crashed the party yet so you are still early. He crashes every party he hears about."

Ara laughs and said, "I bet he is going to be the life of the party. So, where is the party place? This box is starting to hurt my hands." She said while adjusting her fingers for comfort.

"I can lead you there, Celia is letting the others know since I had to run for my life after I told her." Hadie said with a smirk. "Also, in case you ever want to surprise my sister, wish her a happy birthday on Halloween. She hates the fact that dad is, well, dad, and that she was born on the spookiest day of the year. At least she wasn't born on April Fools Day!" He exclaimed before beginning to walk away.

Ara tilted her head and followed. "Huh. I will keep that in mind." She smiled and motioned her friends to follow Hadie. They nodded to each other and followed without a problem.

….

Hadie stopped as soon as they had reached the second cave entrance. He looked around the dark street, checking to make sure nobody was nearby before giving them a thumbs up. "Just go down the mineshaft and you'll hit it."

Triple G nodded and said, "Cool, thanks man." He smiled.

Hadie smiled back before he looked away. "I'm gonna keep an eye out for dad, just in case he tries to crash this one. Him and his 'dad powers'."

Ara adjusted her grip on the box. "No problem. We got it from here." She said as she began walking. "See ya!" She said as Hazel turned.

"Yes, thank you for your assistance." Hazel said as she followed.

Hadie looked back at them and paused before nodding. "I will yell if my dad is coming!"

Ara called over her shoulder. "I will be listening for your...screams, then…" All of her friends looked at her with concern as they continued. "You know what I mean!" She said tiredly.

Triple G turned to Ara once Hadie was out of sight. "So, how far do you think this shaft is?"

Ara shrugged and said, "I don't think it's that far then everyone would be too tired to party."

Triple G nodded and said. "Good...because I challenge you to a race!" He dashed off, unfairly leaving Ara behind.

Ara blinked before calling, "Hey! I wasn't ready!" She rushed to catch up with him.

Hazel tried to follow, but didn't have the energy to go running blindly in a dark mineshaft, so she lagged a bit behind. George and the cats ran to catch up, though.

Of course as soon as they got there, Ara steps on a rock the size of a lego and rolls right in. She tumbled until her body had finally lost momentum and stopped. She dizzily chuckled and said, "First…"

Triple G came in laughing at his adoptive sister pick herself up off of the ground. "Second."

Hazel came in after him and said. "By some miracle I made it in here third."

Chester and Deuce followed and they both said, "Fourth!"

George came walking in with squinted eyes. "You cheated." He pointed to Hazel.

Hazel placed her hand on her chest and said, "I did no such thing." She smirked. "You tripped."

"On your rock." He retorted.

Chester coughed and said, "Guys. There are other people here besides us, you know?" He said turning to the people who were now staring at the group in concern.

"Uuumm…" Ara started awkwardly. "Hello?"

Everyone except a few people watched them before Mal cleared her throat and chuckled. "Well, that is one way to make an entrance."

Off to the side was Heidi and Gil and the two seemed to be in an intense game of...Uno? The goddess had a pirate hat on her head along with several other items that she had won already.

Ara glanced in that direction before mentally laughing. She answered Mal by saying, "It truly is a gift. Speaking off, we have some things for the lady of the hour." Ara said referring to the box in her hands that (somehow) remained undamaged.

Mal nodded and jabbed her thumb at a table made out of, what appeared to be, gold and smirked. "Heidi said to put all gifts on the table, she thought it would be funny to make it out of gold."

"It is funny." Heidi said absentmindedly as she slapped down another card. She looked up at Gil and smirked. "Remember, this is the game for that hook. If I win you gotta go grab Harry's hook and bring it back here."

"And if I win, I get...wait, how many do I get?" Gil asked, looking up at her in confusion.

"I'll bring brownies and cookies." Heidi answered back before shrugging.

"Oh, right!" He said with a wide smile before the two returned to their game.

Ara shook her head. "Yep...that's Gil."

Triple G agreed. "Yeah, that is definitely Gil. Apparently little bro is the same in this world."

Ara chuckled, "Yes, he is." Ara figured she would bother Heidi after she was finished. She turned to Mal and said, "So, are you going to introduce me to the people I startled?" She smirked as she placed the black and blue and purple wrapped box on the table.

Mal rubbed her chin and looked around the room. "Let's see here, we got Dizzy here," She pointed to the girl who was talking with Evie. "Celia," The girl herself was trying to read people's fortunes on the other half of the room. "One of Chernabog's nice daughters, Ann." The girl in question raised her hand before looking elsewhere. "Hmm…" Mal hummed as she tried to recognize more people. "I don't even know how Heidi knows some of these guys."

"Poker night, Mal, poker night!" Heidi called out and groaned as Gil slapped down a draw four.

Ara chuckled and said, "Sounds like an interesting backstory."

Triple G smiled and said, "It really does! I would like to hear it sometime."

Mal shrugged, looking thoughtful as she remembered what Heidi told her. "Long story short, all of the bad guys who like to gamble meet once a week and bet some pretty ridiculous stuff. Hades, apparently, gambles away souls while Chernabog gambles away his countless psychotic daughters. It gets pretty wild from what I hear."

Triple G agrees. "Yeah, that does sound pretty wild." Then he blinked when he remembered something. "Oh, you're Mirror Mal, aren't you? I wouldn't be surprised if you forgot who I was." He said with a smile.

Hazel raised an eyebrow. "I take it you two have met?"

He nodded. "Yeah, we spoke once through the mirror when we were helping Heidi get to Olympus." He turned to Mal and said, "You remember any of that?"

Mal nodded and smiled. "I remember hearing that the other me is a real pain in the ass." She chuckled and folded her arms. "Heh, but I really do remember all of that."

Ara chuckled and said, "Oh, yeah. She heightens my blood pressure."

George nodded and said, "Ara must like you better than the other Mal. Wherever Mal is, Ara is usually on the other side of the room." He said as Ara nodded in agreement.

Mal raised an eyebrow at that. "Geez, that sounds like it'd be really annoying to keep up. Always sitting there hating the other person and as Heidi would put it, a 'Giant waste of time when you could be relaxing instead.'"

Ara smirked, "Hate is a strong word. It's the right word, but still…" She shrugged. "I will relax...as long as she is as far away from me as possible."

Triple G sighed, "And that's why you guys aren't friends yet."

Ara sputters like a young child, "B-b-b-but she..!"

Hazel smirked, her bangles clinking as she placed her hands on her hips. "Maybe we should change the subject."

Heidi looked up from her game and sniffed the air before blinking in mild confusion. Why do I feel like something is about to happen? Is it the smell of smoke or…

Her thoughts came to a grinding halt as smoke suddenly blasted from the floor of the cave and began filling the air. The goddess let out a deep sigh and stood up, placing her hands on her hips. "It was the smoke." She said aloud in a deadpan.

Triple G quickly used his jacket to cover his nose and mouth. George used his sleeve to cover his face and gave Hazel his purple scarf to cover her face with. Chester and Deuce covered their breath as Ara asked, "Okay...now what?"

Ara just looked to Heidi, immune to the smoke in the air. She looked at the goddess with a raised eyebrow with a questioning look.

Heidi simply shook her head in exasperation as a loud yelp echoed down the mineshaft. "It's best to just wait." She said knowingly, glancing back at Mal with a face that screamed 'I'm going to get that person.'

Mal nodded, undeterred by the quickly thickening smoke. "Yeah, I knew he wouldn't stay away." She said with a small sigh before folding her arms and watching as the smoke began to circle.

Ara turned to her struggling friends, who looked like they spent the night in a room full of cut onions. "Hang on, guys." She said as she flicked her wrist.

To their relief, bubbles engulfed all six of them. They all relaxed and breathed in the clean air.

"Oooh, we needed that." Deuce sighs. "Thanks, Ara."

Ara nods and says, "Your welcome." She, then, turned around to see the rest of what was going on.

Heidi looked down at the floor before pursing her lips and marching towards the mineshaft. "...Stop the theatrics and get your ass down here before I get a minecart."

Her words prompted a loud laugh to enter the room before Hades suddenly appeared midair and landed in front of her. "Aw, but I like the theatrics, I was just about to get to the guitar solo."

"And for the sake of everyone's ears I am fortunate to have prevented that." Heidi fired back, folding her arms and gesturing to the room. "Get rid of the smoke."

Hades tilted his head and looked past her before a smirk appeared on his face. "Sure...But on one condition."

Heidi lifted an eyebrow. "What?"

Hades looked thoughtful before looking back down at her as his hair flamed up. "You have to spice up the winnings next time."

Heidi just blinked in silence, staring at him with the most exasperated look she could muster as everyone began mumbling about the sight of the god.

Ara and her friends had the halfest eyes. Ara whispered to Triple G, "I thought he was going to show up…"

Hazel rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips. "So much for Hadie's warning." She said with sarcasm.

Chester nods and said, "You know, I was totally expecting this."

"Kinda cliché if ya know what I mean." Deuce spoke and they nodded in agreement.

Hades was about to look at them in offense when he saw Heidi finally let out a sigh. "Fine. I'll bring extra gold and diamonds if it will stop you from gambling away the Underworld."

"That only happened once!" Hades crowed, his hair flaring while nearby torches flared as well.

Heidi rolled her eyes and frowned. "And it resulted in my brother getting chased by succubi." She glanced back up at him. "Get rid of the smoke."

Hades let out an exaggerated groan and flicked his wrist, the smoke suddenly whirling into a large funnel before going back into the ground. "There, happy?"

"Yes, I am." She stated before snapping her fingers. "Now, leave or behave."

Hades blinked at that and looked quite confused to say the least. His whole demeanor was like a little kid getting an ultimatum from his mother, and, for a lack of better words, Hades looked a bit appalled.

Not really focused on the scene, Ara released her friends from their bubble domes once the air was well again.

Ara fixed her sleeves and said, "And that, kids, is why our O-zone layer is garbage."

Triple G nodded. "That felt like poison!"

"It smelled like global warming." George agreed.

Hades finally snapped out of his daze and rolled his eyes. "You humans and your crap about global warming...If they only knew."

"Dad. Don't start this or I will drag you back to the cave this instant." Heidi warned him with narrowed eyes.

Hades scoffed and began to back up a bit. "Oh, really? You know, I could have sworn I'm the parent here and you are the kid."

Heidi raised an eyebrow as her hair began to flare up in response.

Mal winced and shook her head. "Oh, he's going to get it now."

Hazel blinked and said, "Oh boy…" she backed up a bit along with everyone else.

Ara chuckled and said, "Where is the popcorn when you need it?!" She smirked as she continued to watch.

The goddess twitched a bit as she unconsciously channeled her magic to her hands. Hades smirked when he saw this and gestured widely. "Are we gonna go? Here? I always thought you didn't like to fight in public. Something about...keeping a secret?"

In a single move, Heidi and appeared in front of him with glowing eyes. "Listen here, I have had to go through a lot of crap lately and I don't need you telling things you aren't supposed to."

Hades' smirk widened and he shrugged. "And what if I do want to say it? What are you gonna do? Use your-"

Before he could get another word out, Heidi slapped her magic-covered hand over his head. This caused a light to cover him before it faded to reveal a tiny lizard in its place.

"No. I am going to merely pull the same trick Demeter pulled on you all those years ago." Heidi said, her attention focused on the lizard as her hair began to die down.

Mal's eyes were wide when she saw the lizard and she blinked a few times. "How...What?" Since when can she do that?

Ara did not lose her smirk and her raised eyebrow made her seem more amused. "Good show!" She said using her best "George" accent accent. George looked at her in amusement.

"That was...pretty easy." Hazel said looking at the lizard.

Triple G shrugged. "After everything I have seen...this is the least surprising thing…"

"Same." Chester said, looking at the reptile with halved eyes.

When Heidi heard them her head whipped in their direction, realization filling her eyes as a 'deer caught in the headlights' look appeared on her face. Without even looking, she grabbed her lizard transformed father and looked around the room.

Mal shook her head in confusion and looked up at the goddess. "Heidi...What was that?"

Heidi's eyes flickered down to the lizard as the reptile began making a laughing sound while it's body flamed up. "You tricked me." She hissed to the lizard before her eyes went back to scanning the room.

Mal cleared her throat and folded her arms. "Heidi. What was that?"

The bluenette froze at the tone her half sister was using before she gulped. "That was...my cue to leave." She said quickly before disappearing in a bright light.

The VK let out a sigh and closed her eyes. "Of course. Running off instead of telling me, classic Heidi."

Ara's gaze flickered to Hazel. Hazel smiled and nodded.

Ara turned to everyone else and said, "Well, it's been fun, but we got a chick to catch." She pointed at the boys and said, "You guys, stay with the VKs. Hazel, you're with me."

Hazel nodded and turned back to Mal. "We will talk this out and be right back. We are familiar with people running off due to magical purposes." Hazel explained while walking towards her sister.

Mal nodded in thought. "Maybe you can get an answer out of her, I know I sure can't." She muttered out the last part before turning to look at her group.

Ara shrugged. "We should. She turned Hades into a lizard, but that's not the biggest act of magic that we have seen from Heidi." She motioned to her group.

Hazel nodded in agreement. "She should be comfortable with us."

Mal didn't answer this time and Evie looked at them instead. "We were told by Heidi that she had no talent for magic and couldn't use it whatsoever. Not even the simplest of spells." She informed them with a small frown.

Ara and Hazel looked at each other with a raised eyebrow, but Triple G spoke up. "Haven't you guys ever wondered how a magic mirror from another dimension could connect to yours?" He pointed to Hazel and said, "Hazel can tell you. She made our mirror with magic and Heidi casted a bunch of spells on it so it would connect! It was so cool!"

Deuce raised his paw and said, "She made my toy float like zero gravity, dude! It was rad!"

"Not to mention that time where I thought I was going to die." Ara thinks aloud. "She was casting spells like crazy then."

The four VKs were silent before Carlos looked at them. "We thought it was Hermes who did the mirror, or even that Hecate. Heidi works with a lot of magic using gods and...well, we thought she had just found one and asked for help. She can levitate a few things but most of the time they are launched at someone. Her emotion manipulation isn't magic...It's something else entirely and she's always been able to do it." He scratched the side of his head. "Whenever she shows up with magical items she claims she called in a favor. We don't know anything about her casting spells."

Ara shivered and said, "Oh, there were spells...many...many spells. She even locked me out with spells! Thanks to yours truly!" She said looking at Hazel.

Hazel rolled her eyes and said, "It's not my fault she decided to trap herself in there!"

"Then who's is it, then?" Ara fires back.

Hazel took a deep breath before saying, "Bottom line, no. We made the mirror." She held up a second finger. "Two, there is no way the gods would've made it because none of them answered except for Hestia." Hazel thought for a moment. "As for the emotional thing...didn't she help you in someway, Ara?"

Ara blinked for a moment and nodded. "Yeah. I was suffering from personality changes, one of the side effects of dimension hopping. I was overly happy." She smirked. "Oh man I hated that. Anyway, she took the happiness right out of me...literally. She took it out of me and...absorbed it? All I know was, she gave me a heads up, I felt weird, then it was gone. On the down side, we had a scary overly happy Heidi running around."

George chuckled. "I remember that. It was quite scary."

"Goodness that made my fur crawl…" Chester remarks.

Before one of the VKs could respond, Mal whipped around. Her eyes were glowing brightly and it was easy to tell she was upset. "Yeah? Well, guess what? I never saw any of it. Not a single spark of magic from her until she did that! I don't know what she did...but she did something and it has to do with-" She scowled and shook her head. "Magic."

Ara's expression naturally darkened at Mal's tone. Her eyes squinted as electricity began to flicker around her. Her eyes glowed and she was about to say something before Hazel gave her a slight push to the side.

Hazel stepped up, still eyeing her sister. She shook her head "no" and held her hand out. Ara's gaze softened at this and she nodded. The glow in her eyes died down, but every now and then you would see a spark.

Hazel finally took her eyes off of Ara once she felt the change in her attitude. "I understand, Mal." She said calmly. "Maybe once we return we will have an answer for you, or maybe she will have one for you directly." She said backing up once again. "For now, we must retrieve her."

She offered her one last smile before disappearing in a bright, warm rainbow light. Ara, on the other hand, was gone in a blast of cold wind.

Mal closed her eyes, her breathing becoming normal once more as she turned away. "If they don't come back with an answer I'll just ask someone else." She muttered with narrowed eyes before looking elsewhere.

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She was going to explode. Yup. Explode.

She has been looking everywhere for them and they have just...disappeared...AGAIN! Where on earth could they have gone this time!? They are not answering their messages and the mental messages she's been sending them either.

She can already feel the temperature change in the atmosphere, but at this point, she really can't bring herself to care. The only thing on her mind is finding her children.

That is also why she stormed into Ben's office and nearly has icicles hanging from the ceiling fan. If looks could kill, he would definitely be a Ben-cicle by now.

"Where are they?" She asked him slowly as if trying to keep her temper in check.

Ben paused as he thought about it for a moment before looking at her. "I thought they were on school grounds?" He said, though it came out more like a question.

She began to pace. As she paced, the air shifted in the room and a thin layer of frost began to cover the carpet. "They are not! They are not here...or anywhere! They can't even hear my telepathy!" She said, sounding more panicked than angry.

The king looked quite confused as he stood up. "I don't see why they would have left...They just helped get their friend and a god back." He said in thought, looking down at the desk as he tried to think of a reason.

Elsa stiffened and stopped pacing. The air around her froze when she whipped her head towards him. "They what?"

Ben quickly looked up. "They, uh, helped their friend get back and convinced me to let a god go back as well…" He trailed off, purposefully leaving out the god's name.

Elsa made her way over to the king's desk. She leaned on it, which caused the desk (and everything on it) to be covered in ice. "Which god?" Her ice blue eyes bore into his.

Ben looked at her before glancing away. "Hades...It was Hades." He knew it was bad as soon as he said.

Snow. Now the room was covered in snow. The ice on his desk turned a deep shade of red and grew rigid spikes from it. "WHAT!?" She exclaimed as the whipping winds blew their hair in all directions.

The young man held up his hands calmly. "Hades did not do anything, I can promise you that. He didn't seem upset with either of them when he was in here and he didn't even have his ember. I think he just wanted to return." He explained slowly, remembering how the god seemed rather peaceful with the two girls, at least for his standard of peaceful.

Everything froze once again as Elsa displayed her shock. "Really? So...they were with him and this friend...last?" She squinted her eyes at him.

Ben nodded. "Yes, and after we talked the two left immediately for the Underworld. That was the last we saw them or heard them." He answered, feeling a bit more calm now that there wasn't a blizzard swirling around the room.

Elsa pondered this for at least a minute. Finally, she sighed and it came out in a cloud due to the current temperature. Then, she waved her hand dismissively and the room returned to normal. "I guess I will have to speak to him, then. You wouldn't happen to know where Hades is, would you?" She said, not caring if she would have to confront him, or not. She just wanted to make sure her daughters were safe.

The king shook his head. "He would be in the Underworld. I doubt he would be leaving after getting back so soon." He told her, finding it odd that Hades would dare venture out so soon.

Elsa nodded in frustration and said, "I will keep an eye out for him. Thank you for your time, King Ben." Fluently, she walked out of the room with haste.

Ben let out a small sigh in relief as he sunk down in his chair. I'd hate to be Hades if she saw him. He thought, wincing at the image before going back to his paperwork.

Hades was spending his morning by walking around the school grounds. One might think, Hades, isn't that a bad idea? Hades would reply with, "Even if it is I'm still doing it." The god was undeterred by the idea of his siblings or the other gods finding him, actually it might spice up his morning, and decided that he was free to stomp wherever he wanted.

Besides, sunlight happened to be good for his complexion.

The god smirked as he saw a few students in the distance gaping at the sight of him and he waved, prompting them to look at one another before running away. "Oh, I am loving this. I get freedom, sunlight, and I still get to scare the kids! Ah, this is turning out to be the life!" He exclaimed obnoxiously, purposefully trying to draw the attention of any nearby god or goddess.

If he did that would make this so much better. Nothing like a good argument with a god to start off your day.

"You are trying to get attention on purpose, right?" A woman in a light blue, shimmering dress spoke to him. "Well, it's very good timing for me because I have something to ask you." She looked at him in annoyance.

Hades whipped around with an easy-going smile. "Ah, you are not my intended crowd, Queenie. You see, I'm trying to get someone like Apollo or Ares down here, just to see what kind of argument we can get going. Afraid I don't have time for your concerns at the moment, leave your message after the beep. BEEEEP!" He said sarcastically before laughing and continuing on.

Elsa squinted her eyes and placed her hands on her hips. Then she smirked and blasted the ground underneath him with ice, causing a more slippery surface.

Hades looked down with a raised eyebrow and without even blinking, he melted the ice and shot her a lazy look. "Ice, really?"

Where he looked, she was no longer there. She was now in front of him with a large snowball hovering above her head. "Yes, ice. Do you know something about ice?" The snowball was flung at him, but turned to water on contact. "Ice is just cold water." She finished.

Hades blinked at her before scowling. "Great, great, someone thinks they are so smart with the water. Newsflash! One of my moronic brothers is Poseidon and I'm used to it, up your game." He said before he snapped his fingers and appeared dry the next second.

Elsa just rolled her eyes. "Look. I didn't come here to have a magic contest. The only reason I came here is to know where in the world my kids were!" She glared at him. "Now, I don't like you and you don't like me, but I will never see you again if you tell me where they are."

The god shot her a dry look. "The only kids I see at the moment are the dumb and dead ones."

Elsa's glare didn't budge. "The kids that helped your sorry butt get back into the Underworld." She folded her arms. "Either you are very forgetful or very stupid."

Hades rolled his eyes. "Oh, those two. Yeah, they fall under the dumb. Only the dumb would hitchhike with my sister down to see me." He scoffed and looked away. "Next time tell them not to go to Hell."

The queen took a deep breath before gathering herself again. "They went...into the Underworld? They must get that from their father…" She mumbled the last part in exasperation.

"Yeah, they were listening in, mind you it was a private conversation, and overheard me chatting with my technical daughter about a few things. Hours later they swing by with Hestia to chat about it." The god stated as he shoved his hands into his pockets.

She nodded and replied, "So, where are they now? They, surely can't still be in the Underworld."

"They were out of my hair as soon as they hopped in the gate and said Hasta la vista. I don't know where the hell they are now and I do not want to know." Hades replied sarcastically, rolling his eyes at the memory.

"Take me to it." Elsa commanded him with a dry expression.

He stared at her for a moment before shrugging. "Alright, if you wish to jump into Hell twice then be my guest. I don't give a damn." Hades said before snapping his finger and opening up the entrance. "After you, your majesty."

Elsa laughed dryly before pointing to the entrance. "I thought ladies go first?" She smirked to herself.

His eyes halved and he scowled. "Either go now or I'll make those stairs into a slide that lands riiiiight next to Cerberus. She loves visitors."

Elsa rolled her eyes before traveling down the stairs. "I'm going. I'm going." She said with annoyance.

Hades smirked and began down the stairs while closing the entrance. "I didn't have the patience for the first lady that tried that and I sure as hell don't have the patience now. You ladies aren't to be trusted with this staircase, the last one tried to use me to break her fall."

"I wonder why…" She replied dryly. "Hmm, you would make a good cushion, I suppose. You would make an even better punching bag." She said, keeping her eyes on the stairs.

The god rolled his eyes. "Ha, ha, very funny." He folded his arms in a sassy way. "That first lady only wanted to do it because she knew she was gonna fall. Not to mention she's my technical daughter and knows way too much about me! Like come on, invasion of privacy." He complained, before looking away as his hair flamed up.

Elsa just looked over at him with halved eyes. "If she is your "daughter", of course she would know pretty much everything. Especially if you are the primary parent. Who else would she spend the most time with?" She glanced at him before turning her eyes back to the stairs.

Hades shrugged and looked thoughtful. "Hell if I'd know. She's got some freaky emotion powers though, quite powerful actually, and I ain't the source of those. I just find it entertaining watching her go all "I'm moody and unhappy, rawrrrr!" He said sarcastically, making a mock roar before chuckling. "The audacity to throw my ember around though, yeah, that's all me."

Elsa took her eyes off of the stairs and her eyes widened. Then she turned and looked at the god with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.

The god looked slightly appalled before scoffing. "Oh, I know that look. I don't want to hear anything!"

Elsa grinned at his reaction and pointedly looked at him. "Awww, you miss her, don't you?" She used her "baby" or "adorable dog" voice and clapped her hands together.

"Me? Hades, missing someone? HAH! Yeah, you got it all wrong, lady. I'm glad she's out of my hair." He replied before scowling and looking at the stairs.

Elsa nodded slowly as her expression turned into a smile. "Right, right. My mistake. Macho god Hades would never miss the only person who could fully understand him and showed him affection. Silly me for that thought." She said with sarcasm.

Hades was silent before he grumbled. "...That's just cold." He muttered to himself and shoved his hands in his pockets.

She chuckled before motioning to herself. "I'm the Snow Queen." She stated matter-of-factly.

"And I'm the God of the Underworld, yet you don't hear people calling me the damn Grim Reaper." Hades said sarcastically before looking up as he saw the main platform coming into sight.

Elsa raised an eyebrow once more. "Ooh. I struck a nerve?" She turned her vision to the main platform.

"That nerve has been struck for centuries now." The god grumbled back as he pulled out his ember and began tossing it up and down.

Elsa glanced at him. "No wonder you miss her...and they say that I'm the one with the frozen heart."

He ignored the last part and frowned. "Yeah, well, she was the only child of mine that treated me like their parent. The others chicken out or hate my face." He said quietly, pausing in his game of tossing the ember.

That was the first time that she looked at him with true concern. She thought for a moment before asking, "Why do you think that is?"

"I don't know, I guess that one just likes me. One of the other two hates me for...various reasons. Heidi? She just...likes me. It's weird." The god said, confusion ringing in his voice as he began tossing the ember again.

"It's weird that one of your kids...really like you?" Elsa blinked. "I would be relieved, not confused. Maybe she sees something in you."

Hades chuckled lowly as his blue eyes flickered up. "It's weird because she isn't mine." He said simply before returning his gaze to the stairs.

She nodded in understanding as she put more puzzle pieces together. "Hm, she's not from here. Now I understand. She's yours, but...not yours. Dimension travel." She looked to him. "Do you not think she will return?"

He shrugged halfheartedly. "She can hardly handle one Hades, but two? You'd have to be a saint to handle two. She said she would, but who knows?"

She chuckled and said, "So, you are hoping that she is not like you and keeps her promises?" She smirked.

He glanced away and put the ember back in his pocket. "If she did make a promise she is obligated to follow through with it. The kid is the Goddess of Promises for god's sake. She'd probably get all of Hell on her ass faster than she could explain what happened." He explained, smirking as he thought of something.

"If that's the case," She said, while shrugging off the heat for now. "Then there shouldn't be much to worry about. So, how much further?" She asked, looking around.

The god shrugged as he looked at her. "Twenty more steps. Takes awhile to get down to Hell and the stairs are good for exercise."

"So you never thought of installing an elevator?" She asked in exasperation. "An escalator? Not once?"

"It's not like I've been out and about to see all the modern technology you humans got going on. I've been stuck on that dump for two decades and before that I was stuck down here for letting the titans stomp around for twelve minutes." Hades said dryly before scoffing. "Besides, no one comes down here enough to warrant any of those."

Elsa raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Fair enough." She said once they finished off the staircase.

Hades let out a shrill whistle before looking up. "Cerberus we got a visitor, go down to the lower levels!"

There was a loud howl in reply before the area shook a bit from the massive dog jumping around. A second howl sounded before the shaking stopped and Hades rolled his eyes.

"I've got to get out of here…" She said blankly with her hand resting on her chest from all of the noise.

Hades glanced at her and smirked. "Well, the only way out is either back up those stairs or going through the gate into another Hell. There are stairs either way."

Her eyes halved when she looked at him. "So, where's the gate?" She folded her arms. "And gods it's hot in here…"

"Yeah, well, it's Hell." He said sarcastically with a roll of the eyes before looking out into the dark area. "The gate is about three platforms down to your left, you need to fire magic at it if you want it to work, according to Hestia at least."

"Okay." Elsa shrugged. She headed in the pointed direction quickly. "Thank you and I hope I never see you again!" She called in a friendly-like manner.

"Don't worry, my face will be the first thing you see when you come running back and demanding for someone to open the entrance." Hades said with a chuckle before folding his arms.

Elsa's voice still called from the darkness. "Aren't I lucky?" She said with sarcasm.

"At least you got someone on this end to help you." His voice echoed before he chuckled lowly. "Can't say the same for the other Hell." He said to himself before walking away from the edge of the platform.

Elsa rolled her eyes when she heard him again. She whipped her head around and smirked. "This conversation is not over." She mumbled before running towards the gate.

"Yada, yada, yada." Hades said singsongy before going quiet on his end.

Heidi paced around the cave in an irate manner while the lizard-transformed Hades watched in amusement. The goddess stopped and shot him a glare. "You think this is funny don't you? Me getting caught using magic?"

The lizard made a laughing squeak and rolled its eyes, prompting Heidi to huff. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, lizard."

The flames in the nearby vicinity roared as she began pacing once more. "I swear I will keepyou like that until my hundredth birthday." The lizard lit up in response and made an annoying sound. "Oh, don't go "I'm the dad here!" on me! You were trying to get me to blow up!"

In retrospect it must have looked weird to see her arguing with a tiny blue flaming lizard, but Heidi didn't have the patience to care. Not like anyone would dare enter the cave anyway.

The goddess turned and walked towards the chair in the room before picking up the lizard and sitting down. "It's like you want to get me in trouble, or you want me to do something stupid."

The lizard squeaked in reply and Heidi rolled her eyes. "I don't have anger issues, that's all you dad."

Out of nowhere, there was an echoing scream that was getting closer and closer. It was followed by the loud screeching of bats. "Aaaaaaagh! Stupid rat birds!" Ara blasted into the area and hid behind a rock. "Let's talk this out!" She yelled to the winged animals.

They screeched in aggravation and dove straight for her. "Okaaay...maybe not."

Thankfully for her, Hazel appeared in front of her and summoned a beam of light and turned it in the bat's direction. That caused them to squeak and fly blindly in the opposite direction.

Ara sighed and said, "Whew. Thanks, sis." She stood back up and came out of hiding.

Hazel shook her head. "Of all the things we have been through, you are scared of bats?"

Ara shivered. "I'm not exactly a cave dweller, y'know?" She shook her head and turned in the direction of Heidi and her lizard father.

Hazel did the same and said, "Don't mind her. We came looking for you. Hoping to know...well, what happened? We were having fun." She asked in confusion.

Heidi gazed at them in silence before slowly standing up and looking at a wall. "I am not going to talk about it." She stated before walking towards the wall.

Ara blinked. "Who said we wanted to talk about it?" Ara walked closer, but giving her ample space. "We are your friends. We want to be here for you. That's all."

The goddess glanced back at them as a rock pillar suddenly shot out of the ground. "Dad." She chided, eyebrow twitching a bit at the sight of the pillar. The lizard laughed before the pillar sank back down. "I am not going to discuss that. They'll forget soon enough."

The twins shared a look. Hazel shook her head at Ara and Ara nodded. Ara, being the boldest of the two, asked. "What will we forget?"

"Not you, them. Mal and her group." Heidi corrected her as she got closer to the wall.

Hazel glanced in her direction before saying, "Are you sure? Mal seemed pretty upset. I hope it will be that easy." She thought aloud.

The goddess chuckled humorlessly. "It takes hours to forget, I am not perfect...I cannot do it in mere seconds." She said cryptically before holding her hand out and pointing it at the wall. The wall suddenly parted to reveal a hallway lined with gold. "I am not going to delve into that." She stated, referring to her previously mentioned statement before she began walking into the hallway.

Hazel's eye twitched at the sight of the entrance. "Oh, no. Not more mysterious, secret openings…" She bemoaned. "Wait, where are you going!?" She called to her walking sister.

"What? I see an opening lined with gold! I'm goin' in!" She said with a grin.

Hazel looks at her with annoyance before following. "Mom is going to kill me if I leave you alone…" She said wrapping her arms around herself.

Ara chuckled and said, "That's the spirit!" She continued alongside her twin.

Heidi rolled her eyes at their conversation as she reached a pure gold door. Looking down at her transformed father, she opened the door and stepped into a rather bright room. The walls were completely gold while the floors were marble. Heidi shook her head as she saw the still burning flame in the center of the room. "I see you made my room for me." She commented offhandedly before walking up to the fire.

Ara's eyes widened significantly at the sight. "This looks like a super hero's secret base!" She said in admiration. "I will try not to touch anything…" The gold reflects off of her pupils as if she were hypnotized.

Hazel ignored her sister and admired the structure of the room. She also admired the detail and craftsmanship on the golden walls. "Where are we?"

"My room. It's been mine since we arrived here." Heidi informed her as gold chairs formed around them. "My father wanted me to have a room where I could practice my powers and use them without the risk of someone hunting me down and using me to bring down the barrier." She put her hands in the flames while lizard-Hades hopped on her shoulder. "Plenty of villains would love to have a daughter of a god with them."

Ara looked down as she thought. "I have been there before…" She nodded and sighed. "I...understand."

Hazel smiled. "You must be a big fan of gold." She said, looking around more.

"My dad is, he's the one who did the walls and made the chairs. I remember there being a castle of gold once in the Underworld, it didn't last very long because he got angry and dismantled it." Heidi said, moving her hands a bit through the flames, causing them to slowly change color.

Ara turned her attention to Heidi while Hazel nodded and smiled. Ara gasped and said, "Are you gonna use your magic?"

The flames abruptly turned gold while the goddess flinched a bit. "...Only because they can't find me here." She said while lizard-Hades flamed up at the response.

Apparently Ara's eyes can get bigger and they twinkled with anticipation. "Ooooh! Do it! I have never seen you...you...let it go, y'know?" She sparks a bit when she said this. Hazel nodded happily with a similar look in her eyes.

Heidi's eyes narrowed before she removed a hand from the flames to grab lizard-Hades. "Fine. I'll turn you back. Stop squeaking in my ear." She said in annoyance before promptly tossing the lizard and firing a blast of magic at it.

Hades landed on his back and huffed in annoyance. "Next time don't throw me...I'm old."

Heidi rolled her eyes and returned her attention to the flames. "If you are old then I am free to call you ancient. That good with you, oh ancient one?"

Hades scoffed and got up as a chair formed out of gold behind him. "Don't push your luck." He said before sitting down and folding his arms.

The twins looked at one another. Ara took one step before opening her mouth to say something. Quickly, Hazel stepped up and covered her sisters mouth. Ara looked to her with halved eyes and Hazel happily returned her gaze.

Hades rolled his eyes and looked at them before his eyes flickered over to meet Heidi's. "What are you doing in here, anyway? You don't need any assistance to cast any spells. Not like you are that old biddy fairy or a witch, losers."

The daughter smirked before morphing the golden fire into a chain and sending it his way. The chain wrapped around him and forced him to stay down, much to his annoyance and her amusement. "Have you ever heard the term, "Shut up"?"

Hades scoffed and waved his hand, prompting the chair to move towards her. "Yeah, I've heard of it, I just don't use it."

Her eyes halved in response and smacked him on the arm lightly. "I know, but it wouldn't kill you to try it for a moment."

The god laughed as he tried to get the chains off. "Because I'm already mostly dead!"

Heidi let out an exasperated sigh before removing both hands and placing them on her hips. She shook her head at him before turning away. "You and me both." She muttered under her breath.

"They are super brooding…it's killing my vibes!" Ara told Hazel mentally. She frowned with halved eyes and folded her arms.

Hazel blinked and looked at her. "Ara, please don't start anything. They seem to be...working something out? Also, why are you using telepathy?" She her face changed to one of confusion.

Ara gave her an exasperated look. "Because they can hear everything! The only safe place is in our heads!"

Hazel nodded, now understanding. "Let's just be the bystanders we are for now. At least until...the right time." She gave Ara a look and Ara mocked her a bit before remaining silent.

Hades rolled his eyes before looking at the flame. "So...The whole fake memory thing? Or are we going with complete memory loss?"

"Shut up." Heidi mumbled back, clearly in thought while golden magic swirled around within the flames.

"Oh, come on. We both know your gonna do one of them, best to just tell me now so I know when to clap." He said sarcastically before smirking as mischief entered his eyes. "Can't let a little secret out."

"Shut up!" She said once more, her voice turning dangerous while the flames roared high.

The god didn't seem affected by the level of anger she was directing towards him. "I don't do that. I just keep going."

Heidi shot him a glare, her eyes turning completely gold while the flames turned a deeper shade of gold. "Do you want me to turn you back?"

Hades paused for a moment before chuckling and shrugging. "Eh, the lizard life is actually quite pleasant. You get free shoulder rides allll day."

Heidi scowled and didn't answer that as she walked to a separate part of the room.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Ara said, not able to keep her silence. Hazel didn't attempt to stop her this time.

"For her? Nope. For me? You can get these chains off of me!" Hades said to them with a grin.

Hazel and Ara glared at the god before pretending he wasn't there. Ara took two steps closer to Heidi before saying, "You are not alone. Not anymore. We want to help."

Heidi didn't look back at her as her magic began swirling around her hands. "The only help I need is for you to all stay silent. Mal and her group must not know about my magic. Auradon must not know about it." She whipped around, her face contorted into one almost akin of pain. "The gods don't even know about this and I intend to keep it that way."

"Because someone would get in biiiiiig trouble!" Hades said before chuckling at the scene.

Ara took a deep breath and looked to Hazel with wide eyes. Hazel looked back at her and winced. The ruby haired girl spoke up, finally. "We'll see what we can do." Her reply was calm devoid of emotion.

Heidi said nothing as she turned away while Hades rolled his eyes. "Should have known someone else would have figured it out by now, Hun. You aren't that great with secrets." He told his daughter before looking at them. "The punishment this girl would get would put my years in the Styx to shame." He said, a dark look entering his eyes while a frown settled on his face.

Hazel whimpered while Ara scoffed. "Nothing we say matters. We are weird, unreliable, reckless, strangers from "out of town"." She walked around a bit before saying, "No one knows us here. They don't take us seriously unless it's our magic."

Hades raised an eyebrow and tilted his head. "In this place not being known is the one thing you do want. Look at Heidi-" He jerked his head in her direction. "-She's only known for being my daughter and that alone has made her an outcast, enemy, villain...And she did nothing." He hissed the last word out, closing his eyes as a memory resurfaced. "Those people in sunshine land are darker than those here and, frankly, I'd rather stay here than go back."

Heidi's eyes flickered away from the wall and she looked down at her father sadly. "Dad…" She whispered before her magic faded and she let the chains fall. The god didn't even bother to move, still reliving whatever memory was in his head at the moment.

Ara looked between the both of them before she looked to the ground. She was lost in her own thoughts. Hazel gazed at her twin in concern before deciding to talk about it at a later date.

Hades finally snapped out of his daze and looked up at them. "Ask anyone what happened twenty years ago when they found me. That'll tell you everything." He let out a humorless laugh. "Dark bastards even televised it across the whole damn country. Then again...Belle and Beast or that old Fairy might be better sources."

Heidi's eyes narrowed before she walked over to him and leaned down. "What are you doing?"

"Trying what Hestia does. Duh." Hades said, a lopsided smirk replacing the dark look on his face.

Her eyes halved and she shook her head. "Dude, Hestia has a talent for that, you don't. If you want to say something just say it."

He rolled his eyes and folded his arms. "Yeah, but she gets to have more fun. Why would I want to give them the answer when it would be much more shocking to dig it up themselves?"

"Because nobody wants to take the time to do that." Heidi deadpanned before shaking her head and straightening up.

Ara's head snapped up as she was ripped out of her thoughts. Her face now mixed with confusion and irritation. "Excuse me." She said as she began to take her leave. She half-way turned to Hazel, prompting the other woman to follow.

Heidi looked away when she saw them begin to leave, summoning a golden chair to sit in as she closed her eyes.

When they made it out of the cave, Hazel pulled her sister to the side. "Are you okay?"

Ara looked at her before looking away. "I am fine. I just need some answers."

Hazel tilted her head with a smirk. "Answers to what?" She looked to her sister.

Ara returned her look. "To everything." She motioned her to follow. Hazel shook her head and followed quickly.