Hazel expertly moved her hands as she carved designs into the whipped cream covered cake. She made it colorful with light food colorings and whipped cream instead of icing. She even filled the inside with strawberries, so when cut, the berries fall out onto the dish.
She used her piping bag to add the last rose onto the cake and smiled to herself when finished. "Okay, done." She said, satisfied with her work.
She looked over the cake one more time before gasping. "Oh! I almost forgot!"
She went to the stove, looking for a specific saucepan. The saucepan she searched for was full of her sweet homemade strawberry drizzle. The perfect topping for the shortcake, and the last topping the shortcake.
"There you are." Hazel said as she pulled the saucepan out of the refrigerator. The drizzle was nice and cold at this point.
She skillfully drizzled the topping onto the cake in an attractive zebra pattern then smiled to herself, admiring her work. "What do you think? Too much?" She asked her grassy assistant.
Vetiver hopped onto the kitchen island, looked to her, then looked to the cake, and tried to take a huge bite out of it. Without fail, Hazel yanked Vetiver away from the desert and said, "No, Vetiver! This is not for you!"
She, then, placed the grumpy feline on the floor. After that she changed back into her Audrey disguise using her illusion ability. She looked over herself and smiled. Then she left the kitchen to find a chair to sit on to think about things. A lot of things. Now she has to add "ruining Chad" to her to-do list. She also needed to figure out how she was going to complete her mission. For now, Hazel was enjoying the peace and quiet.
The atmosphere was shattered when the door opened and Heidi and Hermes stumbled in looking, for a lack of better words, horrible. Heidi quickly shot a glare at Hermes as she straightened up with his help. "Did you just break the lock on my door?"
Hermes shrugged, seemingly ignoring the other person in the room they had abruptly entered in. "You never gave me a key and you don't keep your windows open, do you want me to crash through a window?" He asked innocently, smirking as he saw her eyebrow twitch.
Hazel or "Audrey" looked at them owlishly with a perfect "o" for a mouth. When she gathered her thoughts, she looked the two crisp people over and sighed. "So much for peace and quiet." She complained.
Both of the gods looked at her and Hermes waved while Heidi smiled. The god led the bluenette over to a nearby seat before floating up in the air like nothing was wrong. "Well, I ought to be going, Zeus is bound to need me soon." He told the two before zipping out the open door, shutting it as soon as he was long gone.
"Soooo...how was your day?" She asked Heidi, trying to ignore how the woman looked due to the feeling of laughter bubbling up within her.
"Let's see...Went to Hell, pranked Zeus, got hit by lightning twice, met another god, and rifled through a goddess's library." Heidi explained calmly, leaning back in the seat while closing her eyes.
Audrey smirked. "That does sound quite...eventful. The only thing I've been doing is cleaning, shopping for the house and...cooking." She said, leaving out the "extra details". "Speaking of, I made dinner and dessert." She smiled.
A look of surprised crossed Heidi's face as she opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow. "You...did all that?" She asked, sounding as if that was the strangest thing she had ever heard.
The princess stood, stretching in the process. "Yeah. You wanna see the cake?" She began to walk towards the kitchen area.
Heidi took a moment to get up before she followed her. "I...uh, am just," The goddess was at a loss for words as she peered at the princess. "It's usually me who does all those things." She mumbled, still stunned at the fact that Audrey had done all that. The same Audrey that had personal assistants that did all her shopping whenever she needed anything. How hard did she hit her head? She thought with a grimace.
"VETIVER!" The princess shouted.
Vetiver was on the island (again), mouth wide open and slitted eyes from getting busted. Vetiver begrudgingly backed away from the floral cake, grumbling and hopping off the counter.
"Sorry about that." Audrey apologised. "I really have to watch her around the cake." She lifted the cake with her hands and said, "What do you think? I may have added too much drizzle to the shortcake, but it's still okay, I guess." She said, looking at the strawberry shortcake critically.
Heidi snapped out of her stunned silence to shake her head. "No, it looks great." She said with a soft smile before looking at her in confusion. "I didn't know you knew how to cook or bake."
The princess blinked in surprise and confusion. "Was I not supposed to know how to cook?" She looked to her in shock.
Heidi slowly shook her head. "No...In fact, I only began teaching you the basics a month or so ago. I'm usually the one who cooks, cleans, shops, bakes, pretty much everything, and you…" She bit her lip and tilted her head. "...Not so much." She said quickly with a cringe.
Audrey blinked before returning the cake to it's dish. Then she placed the glass covering over it. She chuckled nervously. "I really must've hit my head hard because I had...no idea. I just got bored and...did stuff." She played it off with a shrug.
Heidi raised an eyebrow before her hand drifted down to a hidden pocket in her dress. "Maybe I should call Apollo, he knows all types of head injuries and…" She trailed off, worry soon filling her voice as she pulled the phone out without a second thought.
"...Is something wrong?" She asked with hesitation and a raised eyebrow.
The goddess's eyes flickered up before she sighed. "Audrey...People don't gain random skills from hitting their head, not often. When that happens...It usually means there some pretty bad damage. At least, that's what Apollo told me when I was training with me."
Audrey winced and said, "But I'm fine. I feel great. I'm the one who should be worried. You look like you spent time in the oven." She stated matter of factly.
"I look like this all the time after I speak with Zeus." Heidi said as she looked down at the phone in her hands, considering whether or not to call the rather annoying god.
The princess played with her hands before saying, "I'm okay, really. I just wanted to surprise you, but if it's a bother then I'll stop." She said, preparing to put the cake away.
Heidi let out another sigh before setting her phone down on the counter. "I...won't call him, okay? But I am worried, a month ago I couldn't even trust you to turn on the oven...Now you've made all this." She gestured before shaking her head. "It just doesn't feel right and I don't like that feeling." She admitted, averting her eyes while folding her arms.
She grimaced. "Man, if you are this worried over the cake then I would hate to see how you react over the main course…" She said while nervously meddling with her fingers.
Heidi turned away slightly. "I am only worried because it is unnatural and I don't like unnatural things." She said, her eyes growing soft. "Those things tend to lead to worse things and those end up...well, landing you in terrible situations."
Audrey sighed. She looked to the ground before searching the kitchen. "Maybe if I hit my head again, I'll return back to normal?" She asked while using oven mitts to bring out the lasagna dish.
"That wouldn't help, just ask Hermes. He's hit his head so many times when he's had amnesia or a concussion and it ended up backfiring on him. The guy had really bad migraines for years until it healed." Heidi said with the smallest of smiles before looking into the next room with a mixed emotion.
The princess placed the dish onto the oven, looking dejected. "Here. Dinner is done. Dessert is done. Keep Vetiver away from the cake if you want some. I'm heading to bed." She said while walking to the bedroom upstairs.
Heidi watched her before waving a hand over the lasagna, covering it in a strange glowing orange bubble. "That'll keep it warm for awhile." She murmured before looking at the cat who was nearby. "As for you, I'm putting a forcefield around that cake. Don't even think about trying to break it otherwise, well, I will know." She told the cat before snapping her fingers and placing the cake in a floating yellow orb. "I have something to do, please don't destroy my house." She said before walking out of the kitchen and heading towards a large bookcase in the living room.
Vetiver gave her the halfest eyes at that last statement, being the 'refined' cat she is. She grumbled something. Then left the kitchen to find somewhere to nap.
Heidi rolled her eyes before placing a hand on a black journal-like book. This caused the book to suddenly glow gold before the bookcase split in half like a doorway opening. The goddess clicked her tongue and headed into the darkened room without a second thought.
…...
After a few minutes of sulking and things that made her question her control when it came to her temper, Hazel took a few steps downstairs. She heard and saw nothing. That was when she sighed. "I guess she's gone again." She stated as she finished making her way down the stairs.
She shook her head as she made her way to the entrance of the workshop. She knew that Heidi wouldn't be gone for long, so she had to be swift. But how could she when she felt so...crummy. "Let's get this over with…" She complained, opening the door and changing into her true form in one movement.
She closed it and went to see the princess's progress on her dinner. She hoped that she, at least, ate most of it. Hazel didn't want to put her to sleep on an empty stomach. The healing process wouldn't go very well if she did that…
"Princess?" She called in a calm voice. "Are you finished?" She approached, looking for her dishes to take.
Audrey, who had been sleeping for a bit, quickly awoke and jerked her head in the direction of the empty dishes. "They are over there." She mumbled before yawning as she looked at the girl.
Hazel looked at them before silently taking them. "Glad to see you don't need assistance with sleeping. I will check on you more tomorrow." She said while looking at the ground.
"About that...I'm a light sleeper, only get about thirty minutes of sleep before I wake up." The princess informed her with a slightly annoyed look. "What I would give to have a night where I don't wake up."
Hazel blinked at her before signing. She made her way over to the bed before sitting on it, looking intently at Audrey. "I can put you to sleep." She stated.
Audrey raised an eyebrow before narrowing her eyes. "I'll wake up, right? This isn't going to be like what happened to my mom, is it?" She asked with a hint of fear in her voice.
Hazel resisted the urge to growl and rubbed her temples. "No." She got out. "I will put you to sleep and you will wake up in the morning like everyone else." She said, with her voice dipping back into her melancholy tone.
The princess looked away for a moment before nodding reluctantly. "Okay. Do it."
Hazel blinked before saying, "Do you mind me touching you?" She looked at the princess questionably.
Audrey looked at her in humor. "You magic users sure like to touch people when you use a spell on them, don't you?" She tilted her head. "Heidi does it all the time so I'm fine with it."
Hazel shrugged. "It's not my fault. It's just how it works." She prepared her magic before saying, "Okay, lay down so I won't have to catch you."
The princess tilted her head in mild confusion before laying down. "I know about that whole "How it works" thing, I've seen her do it many times." She chuckled. "She doesn't think I know, but I do." She shook her head before going silent.
Hazel have her the smallest of smiles before extending her finger toward her forehead. As soon as her finger made the slightest bit of contact, a wave of white magic rippled through the air like water in a pond.
Hazel tilted her head, wondering if it worked or not. "Princess?" She said since she was a light sleeper, if she doesn't answer then it worked. "Princess, are you still there?" She whispered.
Audrey seemed to twitch a bit but remained asleep, almost as if she never was a light sleeper in the first place.
Hazel smiled before looking at her hands. Then she moved away from the bed and collected the dishes. She gave Audrey one last look before exiting the workshop and begrudgingly reverting back to her illusion form.
After putting the dishes is the sink and washing them out, she began to do what she was doing before. Pacing, mumbling, and griping. Most of it was mental.
That was until she paced near Heidi's bookcase. As soon as she passed by, she needed to take a double take. She walked back to the bookcase with curiosity, mostly because she felt something coming from it. Maybe something coming off of it? Like heat from an oven she could feel it from a distance.
She raised an eyebrow as her hand reached out to touch the bookcase. At first she scolded herself for compulsively touching things. After a while longer, she was back and running her fingers all over the mysterious case.
She stopped her movements as she came across an odd looking black book. She had no idea why, but she really wanted to see what that book was about. She also had a part of her that said to leave the book alone and walk away, but, no. The first instinct won this time. So, she reached out to grab the book and tried to remove it from the shelf.
If things couldn't get any weirder, the book glowed when she first made contact. Then there was this...sound before the case opened up like double doors. "Ooookaay…" She said, still in her shock. "Secret entrance...right."
She blinked for a second before saying, "Hmm, if Ara were here she wouldn't even think about it and run right in." She peered into the opening. "But Ara's not here and I'm the more responsible one…" She looked around before saying, "Ah, what the heck." She said as she walked inside, not minding the door closing behind her.
The dark blue hallway leading to an even darker room was lined with torches lit by blue fire, a sign of just who this area belonged to. The air was dense with magic and there were the soft snaps of something coming from within the room at the end of the hallway.
Hazel sped up her pace, feeling uncomfortable in the dark hall. She reminded herself to step lightly as she had gotten closer to the magic filled room. She also wondered to herself how big this house really was. When she made it to the end of the hall, she peeked into the blue room, looking for any sign of life.
The only thing coming from the room were the snapping sounds along with the crackling of the great fire in the middle of the room. The room was, strangely enough, quite similar to Heidi's room back on the Isle. The only exceptions were the mountains of books, what appeared to be wands, weapons, shields, and various pieces of armor. The oddest thing about the room had to be the massive cork board on the wall that was filled with pictures that were linked together by various colors of glowing threads.
She blinked before creeping into the large room. She looked around with curiosity, but also caution. She constantly looked over her shoulder as she wandered deeper into the room. She looked over the books and weapons, but the glowing threads on the cork board attracted her eyes easily in the with the room's dim lighting.
She went over to the board and her eyes widened immediately. "Uhhhh…." She trailed off, forgetting to keep silent.
The board was filled with pictures of three very well known individuals. Elsa, Moana, and Rapunzel, though, there were more pictures of the former queen than there were of the other two. A great indication that the person using the board held more interest in the former queen than they did the other two. The pictures of Elsa were pinned with blue pins and linked together by icy blue threads before they were linked up to two pictures of two unknown individuals. Written below the female's picture was a name, Skadi. While the other one had no name and a question mark next to the man's face.
Hazel blinked multiple times before raising an eyebrow. She traced her fingers over her mother's pictures all the way to the unknown people. She questionably studied the pictures before asking aloud. "Who is Skadi?" She said, forgetting about being quiet all together.
As if her words were magic, the picture of Skadi glowed before an unknown voice began speaking. "Skadi, known as the snowshoe goddess, she rules over mountains, wildernesses, winter, revenge, knowledge, damage, justice, and independence. She lives on a mountain in solitude and doesn't do much other than hunting." The voice said with a hint of humor. "She is one of the few gods to reside out of Asgard as she wishes to not be bothered by the other gods and only visits once a month to obtain the necessities. Her exact location is unknown, but it is on a really tall mountain prone to freak of nature blizzards. Nobody has seen Skadi for quite sometime as she has always evaded me and any other god wishing to speak with her. It doesn't make sense, does it?" The voice questioned before suddenly disappearing as the picture went back to normal.
Hazel jumped away from the entire board when this happened. "What on earth was that!?" She whispered to herself frantically. "Either that was my mind, this place is haunted, or someone is actually talking to me…" Her eyes look around vigorously for the source of the voice.
The voice suddenly returned with a laugh. "That's because I was. Not to worry, Heidi isn't nearby. My student went running off somewhere and will be awhile." The being informed her, their voice echoing across the room.
Hazel nodded slowly, Now understanding that it wasn't just her imagination. "She is? Oh...well...uh. Sorry for intruding." She smiled nervously.
"Ah, it's fine with me. Heidi was too secretive anyway with her magic." The voice said casually before pausing. "Hecate, goddess of magic. I'm currently hanging out in the shadow realm and since our two realms are so close together I decided to answer you." Hecate explained while chuckling.
Hazel gave up on looking for her and smiled, "Oh. You must be the one who redecorated the Underworld, then?" She asked, clearly interested.
Hecate chuckled and clicked her tongue. "Yep, that was me. Late birthday present since I missed a couple decades worth. That and it'll also double as one for Hades when he gets out."
Hazel tilted her head. "Well, isn't that convenient." She shrugged, looking back at the cork board.
Hecate sighed. "Okay, you know what? This disembodied voice thing is getting annoying." She said before going silent. Not even a minute later, the wall on the opposite side of the room glowed before a pale woman coated in a green magical aura and wearing a short red dress stepped out. "Yeah, that's better." Hecate said, blowing a strand of her pitch black out of her face as the glowing stopped.
Hazel was wide-eyed the entire time and only blinked when the glowing had ended. "Why do the gods always scare me to death when they appear..?" She sighed, placing her hand on her chest.
Hecate shrugged as she grimaced at her dress, looking at a black ripple near the bottom. "Ugh, the shadows made it weird." She mumbled before snapping her fingers, changing the dress into a long white robe with ornate silver designs with the appearance of runes and alchemy symbols. Attached to her sides were, oddly enough, two identical black flashlights. "That's an improvement." She said to herself before looking up at the girl. "As for the scare to death thing, I think most of the gods enjoy that. I simply enter the way I did because I have to do it that way. I always have to open a portal when going to other dimensions, domains, and various realms."
Hazel nodded with a raised eyebrow. It took her a moment to find words so she can reply. "Well…" She changed back into her original form. "I am Hazel and that-" She said, pointing to a picture of the former Queen. "-is my mother." She looked back to the goddess.
Hecate strolled over and ran her hand through the flames, humming in approval before looking at the board. "I figured that. I apologize that you found my student's hobby. It is a strange one indeed and I told her not to continue but she's a stubborn girl."
Hazel's eyebrow raised once more as she said, "Hobby?" She looked at the goddess questionably.
Hecate nodded and rubbed her chin. "Yep. Heidi is a secret conspiracy freak. She believes that these three people have a direct connection to the gods. She's been studying them in secret ever since she was freed from the Underworld." She glanced over her shoulder. "She seems to pay much more attention to your mother, however, considering the fact she's stolen countless ancient norse books." She gestured to a stack of books before sighing.
"Ties? With the gods?" Hazel repeated, nearly laughing. "Earlier, she basically told me to run in the opposite direction of I see one. I don't think mom has ties with the gods. If anything, she's afraid of them." She said, walking over to the many books being displayed.
Hecate chuckled and smirked. "She believes that Rapunzel here got a little something from when Apollo when he was turned into a human last time. I see where she's coming from, that girl certainly had his healing abilities, but I'm not too sure if that's the exact story. As for this one-" She pointed to Moana and shook her head. "That girl is most definitely connected to the gods, I don't know how but she is. The ocean treats her well." Hecate's gaze flickered over to Elsa and she tilted her head. "Your mom piqued her interest ever since Heidi heard of her feats. Freezing an entire kingdom? Creating life?" Hecate turned around and looked at the girl. "She has too much power to merely be a spirit. Spirits cannot normally create life out of nothing."
Hazel turned to her in surprise. "They...can't? Not even a little snowman like Olaf?" Then she remembered. "Well there's also Marshmallow, and the snowgies…" She thought. "She made the snowgies just by sneezing…"
Hecate smiled a bit. "The thing is about life creation is that any powerful being can do it but only the gods can keep that life living for more than a couple minutes. Any god of any pantheon can do it, and they excel at it. Creating new beings with a simple flick of the wrist or a cough or…" Her eyes closed as she chuckled. "...A sneeze."
Hazel paused her movements for a moment. "Sooo...what are you trying to say? Because what I'm thinking can't be what you're thinking." She said blankly.
Hecate tilted her head before looking at the fire. "Tell me, does you mom create life as easy as this?" She raised her hand and suddenly the fire flared before a pitch black hound covered in fire bounded out and landed before the goddess. "With little to no effort?" She asked, bending down and petting the calm dog.
Hazel stared at the dog in surprise and said, "Pretty much. It doesn't take long at all. The longest I've seen is five seconds." She shrugged.
Hecate chuckled as she picked up the dog and held it like a baby. "You see? Only the gods can do such a feat with little to no problem. Demigods can sometimes do it, though I will admit I've certainly seen some powerful ones create creatures, but it is a rare sight and it should be noted that they can't keep it up forever." She said before petting the dogs belly.
Hazel looked to the side before mumbling. "Well...I made...one." She put her hands behind her back.
Hecate looked up with a smile. "Well, that only makes sense considering your parentage. You are…" She tilted her head as a rainbow light passed through her bright green eyes. "Unique. Almost as unique as my student and her parents are one combo that I'd never thought I'd have to see."
Hazel looked from herself to the goddess. "Wait! Did you just scan me!?" She said in complete shock. "Did not know you could do that...wait what do you mean unique?"
"Unique as in something I haven't seen before." Hecate said as she set the dog on the ground. "Also, I only scanned your soul. When I do that I can find out the parentage or family of that individual. It's how I know Heidi's mom while no one else does." She explained before closing her eyes.
She blinked before saying, "Wait, so you know who Heidi's mom is?" She looked at the goddess in wonder.
"Of course. I've known ever since I saw her being brought in by Hermes as a baby. Unfortunately, I cannot tell her of who her mother is." Hecate grimaced and looked down at the dog who let out a whimper. "Not even she should know that being."
Hazel blinked. "Oh, whoa, really?" She asked with confusion.
Hecate nodded as she patted the dog on the head in order to calm it down. "I took an oath not to discuss the details of that...woman. Hades and I do have the same description of her though. A lustful, hateful, disgusting being that will trick others to get her way, until she didn't." She finished with a deep frown.
Hazel frowned, messing with her fingers. "I had no idea…" She looked to the goddess. "She sounds pretty...manipulative." She said, squinting her eyes.
Hecate chuckled humorlessly. "Listen to Hades rant and you might get a better idea of how horrid she was. He's the only being that never took an oath against Heidi's mother. Though, most of what he goes on about are just how he wants to torture her for her ways with him." She finished with a small smile as she thought about the usually angry god.
Hazel nodded in understanding. "I'm pretty sure if anyone asks him, he'll blow up." She said with a smile.
Hecate gave her a nod. "That is true, although Heidi has gotten pretty close to getting him to talk. He stops her, though, and I suspect that if he had his powers the Underworld would have gotten many souls that day." She sighed and folded her arms. "I suppose that is one benefit of that bubble."
Hazel blinked then nodded. "I suppose...it is a good thing that barrier is still up, then. Wow, this is a lot to take in. I think my brain is rebooting…" She said while holding her head.
"Heidi had the same problem when I told her the bare minimum of who her mother was. Luckily, she had a bed of lava to break her fall when she fainted. I knew it wasn't a good idea to tell her when we were in the middle of levitation practice." The goddess said to herself before shrugging.
Hazel nodded as her mind was still going through the motions. "Sorry, I am still stuck on...my mom is a god?" She said with pure confusion.
"It's okay. Completely understandable." Hecate said with a smile before rubbing her chin. "Of course, the only way to find out is to have a chat with Skadi. The other one is a dead end, that one is blind." She pointed at the male before causing it to disappear. "Skadi can be a difficult one to track though, and that's what Heidi is spending most of her free time doing. Tracking down the one who doesn't want to be found."
Hazel tilted her head as she thought. "If my mom is a...god then that would explain how we exited the underworld by ourselves." She rubbed her chin in thought. "There is a huge blizzard where Skadi is, right? I am pretty sure that's not helping the search…"
Hecate shook her head, waving her hand over the board and transforming it into a map with her magic. "There are several locations Heidi and I looked at, she asked for my help one time, and we managed to knock down many except." She pointed at one near Norway and another even farther up. "This one and Everest. Heidi can't get to the second one since that's Zeus's domain and he's banned her from there. The first one, however, is known for its storms and terrible conditions and there have been sightings of a being up near its peak."
Hazel looked from the map to the goddess questionably. "What kind of storms?"
"Blizzards with winds so strong that they have sent climbers flying off its cliffs. You can't see anything due to just how much snow is coming down. Not to mention there is a bit of an animal problem." Hecate explained before grimacing. "I'm not sure if the animals are protective of the mountain or that is Skadi's work."
Hazel tapped her chin as she thought, "It just keeps getting better, doesn't it?" She asked with sarcasm. "Well. This might be incredibly stupid, but I want to go." She said while looking at the map.
"It's only stupid if you go alone. If you managed to convince Heidi, and she'd be an easy one, she'd go. The snow doesn't effect her the same way rain does and she's an ideal human warming device." The goddess said with a chuckle.
Hazel smiled. Then she looked to the goddess. "Thankfully, I am okay with snow. Maybe I will ask my sister to join. She has pretty good mastery over storms. She may be a huge help." She said with a shrug.
Hecate waved her hand and caused the map to disappear off the board and reappear in her hands as a glowing blue magical type of map. "I do have to tell you, if you do ask Heidi you must not say you learned it down here. If she asks how you know about Skadi blame Hermes." She told her and offered the girl the map. "He's always blabbering about things he shouldn't be discussing."
Hazel blinked before smiling, nodding, and taking the magical map from the goddess. She looked at the map and grinned. "I'm sorry, but...this is so cool." She said with a smile.
Hecate chuckled and placed a hand on her hip. "As Heidi once put it, "Hecate, you do know everything you make looks awesome and cool and way out of my reach?" Then she'd go on about how I'm way too good with magic to be her teacher, but that's not important. Regardless, the map is indeed cool and will also help you avoid stepping into any territory belonging to a god. Heidi has done it one too many times and I decided that perhaps you shouldn't have to deal with the same consequences."
She nervously chuckled. "Yes, much appreciated. Thanks." She nodded to the goddess. "When do you suggest I leave?"
"I would say as soon as Heidi has calmed down. She is quite worried about something and I speak from experience that she is a nightmare to deal with when she's like that." Hecate told her with a cringe before chuckling. "She should be fine as soon as she gets an answer of some sort or reassurance."
"Of course." She said with a smirk. She glanced at the exit and said, "Speaking of, I should probably get out of here before I get busted."
Hecate hummed and closed her eyes. "Heidi is still...Arguing with-" Her face turned to one of confusion. "-Apollo? It seems she interrupted him and scared off a woman, resulting in a very heated argument. Oof, now they are going at it with their powers." She opened her eyes and shook her head. "She is going to be awhile but I would advise against staying down here when she may teleport back in."
Hazel nodded and said, "Good point." She turned to leave before saying, "Bye! Thanks for the helpful, but very confusing advice!" She chuckled.
"That's the best kind of advice." Hecate chuckled before opening up a portal to an inky dark abyss. "Good luck!" She called out before stepping in with her dog as the portal closed immediately behind her.
Hazel smiled, heading to the exit with a quickened pace. She glanced at the map in her hands before sighing. "I need to add goddess hunting to my to-do list." She stated and left the room just as it was before.
…
Heidi placed her hands on her hips and scoffed as she saw Apollo attempt to walk away. "Apollo!"
The god paused before looking over his shoulder and glaring at her. "I already told you, your princess, is fine! You should be happy that she suddenly knows how to cook and bake, that's like hitting the jackpot of all concussions!"
Heidi's eyes narrowed and she walked up to him. "I think you are just trying to get rid of me. I scare off some little blondie and you've been upset since."
"She was this close to-" He was cut off as he noticed her fist light itself on fire. "Okay. You want me to give you an answer?"
Heidi raised an eyebrow and pulled her fist away. "Yes." She answered cautiously, looking him over for any sign that he might try to attack her again.
Apollo turned around smirked. "The answer to your little problem is…" He lifted his hand before pointing at her. "You are paranoid to the point of insanity and I'm tired of your yapping so I'm teleporting you away, bye bye!" He said quickly, not even giving her a chance to react as he teleported her away in a blast of light.
When Heidi opened her eyes, she found herself laying on the floor of the living room and let out a growl, completely ignoring the room and the fact that someone might have been in there. "I'm gonna kick your ass for that, Apollo." She grumbled as her hair lit up.
Audrey looked up from her notebook. Seeing who it was, she rapidly put it away and asked, "Back so soon?" She looked for places to hide the notebook.
Heidi got up and grumbled before beginning to stomp around, looking very much like her father at the moment. "Oh, I didn't want to be back this soon, I could've gone for at least two more hours, but Apollo teleported me away after we fought for an hour over the fact I ruined his chances with a blonde in a bikini." She huffed, her hair flaring a bit in her anger.
The princess blinked before standing and walking over to the goddess. "You are very concerned about this, aren't you? What did he say?" She asked, already knowing that they had been arguing.
Heidi's hair extinguished as she stopped stomping for a moment. "And I quote, 'I already told you, your princess, is fine! You should be happy that she suddenly knows how to cook and bake, that's like hitting the jackpot of all concussions!' That is what he said and he's sticking to it. Though, you can never trust the guy who tells you what you want to hear." She muttered out the last part before shaking her head.
"I'm pretty sure that's not what you wanted to hear." She said with a slight smile. "I say this because you are very adamant on something being wrong with me." She folded her arms behind her back.
"I wanted an explanation that would tell me if you were alright. Like an explanation from a doctor, not a Baywatch-wannabe!" Heidi said the last part loudly, almost as if she was still arguing with the god despite the fact he was nowhere near them.
The princess jumped at her tone and backed away from her, giving her extra space. She glanced at her before looking at the ground with a saddened expression.
Heidi twitched a bit more before walking towards a window and glaring at the sky. "This isn't over yet, I am not going to be cut off by a teleportation trick." She growled to no one in particular before running her hands through her hair. "I must have channeled a bit of dad there, why else would that blondie yell Hades?" She whipped around and rubbed her chin. "Or maybe that's just one of those dumb blondes."
Audrey looked back up at her and sighed. "Maybe, I don't know…" She murmured, still trying to recover from her shock.
Heidi glanced up before pulling out her phone and dialing a number. "Uh...Yeah...Wait, what do you mean you saw all that? For gods sake, Hestia, if you are going to spy on me don't admit to it!" She blinked and grimaced. "Oh, so I reminded you a lot of Hades? He also went off on Apollo?" Heidi looked at the princess with a sudden look of guilt. "Just get over here. Yes, I am admitting defeat on the first day. You win."
Audrey blinked. After about five seconds into Heidi's conversation, her eyes began to wander. Her mind began to think on other things to the point where she tuned everything out. It wasn't until Heidi looked at her; that's when she was brought back to the real world. "Man, Hecate was right. She is...super stressed. I really have a talent for causing trouble, don't I? You know what? I am just going to get cake and go to bed. Seems like I am the only one who wants to eat it...besides Vetiver." With that thought, She turned from the goddess and entered the kitchen.
Heidi would have turned to follow her after she put the phone away had she not heard the sound of her Aunt appearing. The goddess's eyes halved as she turned around and saw Hestia in her child form standing on the other side of the room. "You are in that form?"
Hestia tilted her head and smiled. "Of course, not only do I avoid most of the other gods in this form, but it said in this book-" A book tilted "Dummy's Guide to Becoming a Therapist" appeared in her hands. "-That the simple sight of a calm child can calm some individuals."
"Yeah, I think they are simply spouting nonsense. Most children give me a nervous twitch." Heidi replied with a deadpan, shaking her head at the goddess. "Are you sure you don't need a bit more time to do some research?"
Hestia tilted her head before smiling brightly. "No, I learned everything I need to know in this book." She chuckled and took a seat. "After what I have observed tonight-"
"After you spied on me." Heidi interrupted her with a bit of sarcasm.
Hestia didn't appear bothered that she was interrupted. "-The first thing we will be working on are your anger issues."
The look on Heidi's face was beyond comical as she stared at Hestia. "No...No. I do not have anger issues." She said while sitting down in a chair. "I don't."
"Hmm, Hades said otherwise." Hestia replied, a notebook appearing in her hands as she ignored the dumbfounded look on the bluenette's face. "Now, first things first, what angers you?"
"Hestia, we aren't doing this-"
"What angers you, Heidi?" Hestia asked pleasantly before handing the woman her notepad. "Please, feel free to write them all down."
Heidi was about to argue when she noticed the look on her aunt's face. The look that said, "I will continue to repeat myself until you do it." With a scowl and a grumble, the woman begrudgingly formed a pen out of fire then went to begin the loooong list of things that angered her.
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Hazel has snuck out the moment she (accidentally) popped the forcefield and begrudgingly took her slice of cake. She went a little ways into the forest to make sure she was out of sight from the house. Once she was far enough, she released a breath, she had no idea she was holding. She waved her hand sloppily and made a table to set her slice on.
Once she small table was made, she sat the slice down. Then she flopped over into the grass, looking up at the starry sky. "Let's see. How was today? I...went shopping, cleaned, cooked, chilled after that and got not even a "thank you for it". I have to say the finest part was messing with Audrey. That was fun. Well...I would call the secret room thing fun if that corkboard didn't look like stalker town." She said to no one in particular as she went through her thoughts.
Then, she saw something hop onto the small table. It's something furry by the looks of it. Hazel sat up immediately to shop away the animal, calling on her magic just in case it was dangerous.
To her annoyance, it was just her cake stealing cat again. She snatched her plate away from the feline with an aggravated expression. "How many times do I-?! No!" She said to her.
Vetiver turned to her with a raised eyebrow. "Whoa. Don't get angry with me because you are having a bad day." She said, seeming to speak through some type of telepathy.
Hazel's eyes widened when she heard this, but shrugged It off and chalked it up as magical side effects.
Vetiver continued, "You are upset because the blue haired woman has been acting like you didn't exist, and when you showed her something she treated you like an alien?"
Hazel nodded, "Basically!" She threw herself back into the patch of grass. "Ugh! I am just so frustrated and overwhelmed! How was I supposed to know that I couldn't cook!? I figured that everyone could cook something!" She folded her arms. "Now she's upset because of it. Mostly because it's "unnatural". I have to agree with Apollo on that one. If someone woke up and learned how to speak French I would be freaking impressed! Not scared!"
Vetiver walked over to her before sitting beside the young woman. "Ahh, you are just saying that because you are upset."
Hazel sat up quickly and scoffed. "Upset? No! I'm not upset. I am just...needing some time alone."
"You are upset."
"Yes, I am upset." Hazel sighed. She looked over herself and saw that she was still in her Audrey disguise. She rolled her eyes, too lazy to change back. "I guess I just thought… Yeah, I am upset because things are not going as I planned." She folded her arms before saying, "It was pretty unrealistic of me to not see all of this coming considering the type of person Heidi is." She told her cat.
"Agreed." Vetiver concurred with a swish of her tail.
Hazel shrugged. "I guess I will stay for a couple more days, then head back. One thing I am enjoying is space away from my family." She smirked at Vetiver. "I will also try not to be too snappy on Heidi."
Vetiver smirked back playfully. Hazel, then reached for her slice and summoned a spoon. She looked to the ogling feline and cut a piece off for the cat before digging in herself.