Heidi let out a growl as she continued on sending blast after blast of magic at the Hunters. "Hermes! We are not making that much of a dent and Demeter is dropping the temperature some more!" She called out as she sent a hand out, a massive fire-like shield appearing in front of her to protect her from countless arrows aimed at her.
Hermes was moving so fast that he was a golden blur at this point. He stopped as he took out three hunters on his own. "I didn't know Artemis had this many hunters. Where do you hide all of these ladies?" He asked the hidden goddess before beginning to zip around again.
An arrow made of a silver light shot out and almost hit the blur as the owner of the arrow frowned. "That is none of your business. It would be best of you to stop before Zeus sends someone else!" She told the two, silently hoping her words would make Heidi, at least, stop in her fighting.
Heidi shook her head as a circle of blue fire surrounded her before roaring high into the air. "I can't do that, Artemis! Zeus needs to shut his piehole and stop whining, I didn't let those people in they let themselves in!" Heidi shouted, and in her irate behavior sent a blast of magic that exploded and sent several of the hunters flying back into the forest. "I am not at fault!"
Artemis clicked her tongue and formed another arrow. "You are in charge of the Underworld, therefore it is you responsibility-"
Heidi's head snapped in the direction of the goddess's voice and sent a blast of magic that managed to catch the normally calm Artemis off guard. "Will you all just shut up about that? You people never told me anything! The only time you tell me is when you try to lock me up for eternity in Hell!"
Fire began to spread across the field and several hunters had to jump into nearby trees as Heidi somehow managed to keep the flames ignited despite the conditions. The blue-haired woman frowned before her magic swirled around her as she muttered something under her breath. Without warning, the magic flew off of her and hit countless hunters, sending them away in a golden light before flying high up into the sky.
Demeter quickly batted the spell away like it was nothing before raising her hand into the air. At this simple gesture, the storm, somehow, managed to turn even more deadly as large balls of hail began falling along with the ice.
Heidi merely summoned a bubble of pure fire to encase herself in as she continued to stare down the hidden goddess. "If you truly want to bring me in, then fight. You are holding back Artemis and I do not appreciate that! Either you fight or you leave." She stated with a glare, the ember in her hand turning into a bow. "Don't make me come over there."
Artemis's eyes narrowed at that and she watched the younger goddess carefully. With one quick movement, the woman climbed up a tree before turning into a hawk.
Heidi raised an eyebrow as she saw the hunters all stop what they were doing. "You...are leaving?"
Hermes stopped moving and looked equally as confused before his eyes widened. "She is leaving because we are getting someone else…"
Heidi looked at him before looking up at the sky for an oncoming chariot, not paying the fleeing hunters any attention as she watched for another threat.
That's when a purple flash was seen in the sky and after that, a purple thunderbolt struck the ground. In place of the bolt, stood Ara, speedily running towards Hermes and Heidi looking as frantic as ever. "I have...some really bad news." She said, not minding the conditions. The hail automatically being repelled from her.
Both gods looked at her and Heidi gaped while Hermes smirked. The god chuckled and shook his head. "Make that two people. We are getting two people."
Heidi looked at him before blinking in realization. "That's why Artemis left!" She quickly turned to look at Ara. "She left because she can't attack mortals all willy nilly like she can with us!" She exclaimed before looking up at Demeter. "She doesn't care though, it's not like this is the first time she's wreaked havoc on mankind for a god-related reason."
Ara blinked before saying, "I guess that's nice, but about that bad news, yes. Umm, a message arrow was sent to the top of the school. It told me what was going on." Them she took a deep breath. "It also told me that Ares was on his way." She said with a wince.
"Ares?" The two said in almost perfect sync. Heidi let out a groan and quickly transformed her bow into a sword. "That stupid old fart is trying to kill us now!"
"It would seem as though he tossed out the "Bring them here unharmed" thing." Hermes agreed, shaking his head with a frown.
Ara's eyes darted around before saying, "I can help. Heidi, let me help." She knew it was not going to be easy to convince her.
"No. Ares does not harm people, he kills them in the most brutal way possible." Heidi said quickly before looking at Hermes. "We need to take Demeter down as well, start thinking." She told him, prompting him to nod and look away. When the goddess returned her glowing red gaze, she frowned and placed her hand on her hip. "There is no chance I am letting you remain in this area while Zeus tries to kill the both of us."
Ara threw her arms up and scoffed. "Oh, come on! I am literally immune to every aspect of this storm and I can't help the slightest!? I am an asset!" She said, gesturing to the troubled sky. "I'm not going anywhere." She replied.
The glowing red light seemed to flare as Heidi let out a huff. "The only people who are going to be doing anything are Hermes and I. This is our crime and even though we did not do it on purpose, we have to be the ones to fight for our freedom. I will be fighting Ares and Hermes will try to take down Demeter." She said sternly, unconsciously causing her hair to flame up and crackle.
Ara's eyes widened before squinting. "This is about me, isn't it? Crossing into your world?!" She did not wait for Heidi to respond before her anger flared and she felt the burn of her magic all over her body. "This is not your crime. This is mine! I am the one who made my own decision to cross!" She glowed a vibrant purple as she spoke. "I am not going anywhere!" Now, purple thunderbolts were visible in the sky, as if the weather wasn't already wild.
The fire surrounding the goddess turned a glowing white, but before she could explode she was stopped by Hermes. Heidi's head whipped in his direction and she let out a grumble. "What?" She hissed out, her fist covered in white fire.
Hermes looked past the enraged woman and looked at the angered girl. "You see, it is our fault. We...are supposed to be on guard at all times and stop all those who wish to enter. Not once in thousands of years has an individual been able to escape the Underworld without getting thrown back into their dimension. When you all came in as one big group, you guys sent off a lot of alarms. They almost considered it to be a mistake until they noticed another pass through on their own. Your mom. As soon as they saw that, it was over for the both of us." He explained in a calm tone, gently looking at them both before shaking his head. "Even though Heidi didn't know, she is at fault as she is the Goddess of the Underworld at the moment. It would have been the same if Hades was in charge."
Ara's expression remained unchanged. If anything her glow brightened with her determination and courage. "What do you expect me to do now? Run off with my tail tucked between my legs? I made a promise." She folded her arms. "I still hold blame. I knew this could be bad, but I did it anyway. Hazel tried to tell me, but I didn't listen. If I did, we wouldn't be in this mess." She turned away from them. "I defend my friends. If we go down, we go together. I. Am. Not. Going." Ara sent out a mental signal to anyone that would listen.
It was just a quick message about how she would be helping out with this fiasco. Hopefully Hazel would receive it. Ara had no idea where she was. Ara was certain that her mother heard her.
Hermes sighed before looking at Heidi. "Change of plans, you will take Demeter. I'll handle Ares." He said, eyes locking onto the red glowing orbs. "You've always wanted to take her down, so here's your chance."
Heidi's frown twitched as she looked back at Ara. "What about her?"
"Don't worry about her, I'll watch her. If I could watch your back and take down Hunters, this will be a piece of cake." The god reassured her, watching as the woman looked down in thought.
Ara rolled her eyes. "Yay, a chaperone…" She thought mindlessly. "What do they think I am? Five!?" Ara blinked with halved eyes.
Heidi finally looked back up and slowly nodded. "Fine." She whipped around before he could say anything and frowned. "But if something happens...you will be getting it." She said with a flare of her glowing red eyes.
Hermes shrugged and smirked. "I move faster than the speed of light, I should be the one worried about you. Going up against an elder goddess? It would be like pitting you up against Hades." He told her with mischief entering his eyes.
The woman scoffed and shook her head. "She will be easy." She stated as her body was covered in the white flames. "I'll have her down in thirty minutes." The goddess said with a small smirk before flying off into the sky directly towards Demeter.
Ara glanced at her, before folding her arms, her glow fading as she regained her calm. "I guess they've got it handled. Maybe I should leave. I mean, if they can beat them easily, then they really don't need me. At that point, I would just be a cheerleader." Ara shrugged at the thought. "I guess I can stick around if they need my help, but if they don't, even better for me." She thought with a harsh tone, before stepping back a bit.
Hermes continued to watch the flaming goddess until he noticed her beginning to go after Demeter, as soon as he saw that he looked back down and grinned. "As for you-" He said while looking at the girl. "I need you to help me knock Ares unconscious."
Ara's expression couldn't be more confused. "You need me to who and a what now?" She said as her eyebrow raised high.
Hermes chuckled and tilted his head. "When I told Heidi to go after Demeter that was me getting her out of the way. She was much more prepared to go after Ares, unlike myself, and now I find that I will simply be distracting Ares while she takes care of Demeter. In other words, I need you to do something that always manages to knock that guy out." His grin widened as he looked up. "Just do what Zeus does, strike him with the most lightning you can. Ares can't handle electricity that well and he goes down whenever Zeus is angry."
Ara nodded in understanding before feeling a sense of panic. "Do what Zeus does? I don't...I've never." She took a minute to gather her thoughts. "I don't even think I have used that much magic before…" She thought with owlish eyes.
Hermes shrugged. "Then just zap him. No grandiose lightning strikes needed, if you get him enough times he'll feel it sooner or later. As soon as he's down I'll send him back to Olympus."
Ara nodded and tilted her head. "Alright. I can work with that." She folded her arms with a small smirk.
Hermes clapped his hands together and smirked back. "Perfect! I'll be the one distracting him and you just need to find a moment to hit while I talk with him."
Ara nodded. "Gotcha." She offered him another smirk.
Hermes held up a hand as he heard something in the distance. "And, just so he doesn't go straight for you, I will put you under a cloak that will hide your signature. If he can't sense you then he'll just focus on me." He explained before snapping his finger and turning her completely invisible. "Even if you can turn invisible or something he could still find you. Anyway, you'll know when to hit him."
She blinked for a moment before giving him two thumbs up. With that, she ran out of the way. It was mostly to make sure she stayed hidden.
Not even a second later, a heavily armored Ares landed on the ground. Looking up at the messenger god, he smirked and chuckled. "Hermes, it's a surprise to see you down here while she is the one fighting an elder goddess." Ares said, his voice menacingly deep while his blood red eyes seemed to glow.
Hermes shrugged and smiled lazily. "Ah, you know how it is. She has a vendetta against Demeter and I figured I'd let her handle that woman." He looked up and nodded in approval as he saw Heidi send a massive fireball at Demeter. "I'd say she's doing pretty good. What do you think?" He asked.
Ares looked up and chuckled. "I would have to agree with you. I haven't seen that much rage in her in a long time." He said, continuing to admire the battle going on above him.
Hermes nodded before disappearing in a golden flash for a second or so before appearing again with the god's helmet in his hands. "Truly terrifying." He said before glancing in the direction of where he knew Ara was and winking at her before returning his gaze to the sky. "It's almost like Hades or even Zeus is right above us."
Ara perked up at that, and blinked. "That must be the signal...what was I supposed to do again?" Now she wanted to face-palm, but she restrained. "I am supposed to shock him, right shock him!" She thought as she began to charge her magic. Right when she was about to release her purple magic, a thought went through her head. "Wait, Jupiter said if I wanted to utilize the fullness of the lightning, I would have to pull it from the sky." She looked up at the magic filled sky and shrugged. "It is definitely powerful up there. Oh, well. I trust Jupiter's judgement." She thought, but she was unaware that she had been charging her magic the whole time she went through her thoughts.
She stretched her arm up to the sky, her magic at the ready. "Well, here goes nothing." That's when she jerked her arm downward. To her amazement, more than a dozen multicolored thunderbolts came down on the unsuspecting god and struck him head on.
Ara raised an eyebrow and looked around, trying to see if that was someone else because the lightning was still going. When it finally disappeared, Ara blinked.
Hermes blinked before laughing as Ares crumpled to the ground. With a snap of his finger, Ara was now visible and Ares was sent away in a golden flash. The god looked at her before looking up at the sky. "If those bolts had been blue I would have guessed that Zeus smited his own son on the spot!" He looked down and grinned. "Nice!"
Ara, who was surprised at herself, blinked before looking at him. "Uhh...your welcome?" She gave him a small smile.
Hermes gave her a thumbs up before looking at the ongoing battle above him. He tilted his head as soon as he saw Heidi wrap a fire whip around the elder goddess and begin floating down. "Huh, she works fast. I should ask Hades what his training schedule with her was like." He said to himself, seeming unconcerned with how his partner was treating her opponent.
Ara chuckled and smiled at him. She looked at her clothing to find no sut this time. She had to thank Jupiter later for lightning proof clothing. After she decided that, she turned to Heidi and the wrapped goddess, rainbow lightning still flickering around her body.
Heidi landed in front of the two and kept a tight hold on the still conscious Demeter. "We came to an agreement after I threatened to burn a few of her gardens." Heidi said pleasantly before shooting Demeter a glare. "Didn't we?"
Demeter gave her a nasty glare. "A few? You threatened much more than that. I had to agree, otherwise most of everything-"
"Blah, blah. Anyway-" Heidi rolled her eyes and placed a hand on her hip. "She agreed to talk to Zeus as it would seem that only a few of the gods want to see us face punishment."
Hermes looked at her in surprise. "Really?"
"I'm good at this, Hermes." Heidi said with a smirk before looking at Demeter. "You are to go straight to Zeus, if you do not my demons will raid every last little garden."
Demeter glowered and huffed. "Fine. Let me go."
Heidi released her and caused the whip to disappear, prompting Demeter to immediately disappear. The chariot that belonged to her soon left as the storm began to calm down dramatically.
Ara sighed. "Glad that's over." She smiled before turning to Hermes. "By the way, we make an awesome team." She folded her arms, looking at the clearing sky.
Hermes chuckled as his armor disappeared along with the sword and shield. "I tend to make any team awesome as I am, as she puts it-" He gestured to Heidi. "The one who blabs."
Heidi smirked as her armor disappeared as well. "You are a good distraction." She said with a chuckle, patting off the leaves that had ended up on her long black dress.
"And Heidi, you should've seen what I did!" She exclaimed while bouncing around. "I called on so much magic that my lightning turned rainbow! It almost makes me feel bad for Ares. I think I smited him." She put her hands in her pockets when she calmed herself.
Heidi's eyebrows flew up in surprise. "That was you? I thought Zeus had done Ares in himself. I didn't notice them but I sure heard them." She smirked and folded her arms. "When you did that, you managed to startle Demeter and that is when I got the jump and whip on her."
Ara blinked in surprise before a smile grew on her face. "I told you I'd be an asset." She said resting her hand on her hip.
The goddess rolled her eyes in amusement. "That is because you have this guy to thank. If he didn't talk so much you probably would have been the first on Ares' mind when he landed." She said while pointing her thumb at Hermes who shrugged as if it didn't bother him.
Ara smirked and placed both hands on her hips dramatically. "But that's why it's called "team work". We work as a "team"." She said using dramatic air quotes.
Heidi's eyes halved and her eyebrow twitched. "Yeah, yeah, I get it. Either way, one of us would have had to face Demeter." She stated before shaking her head. "I doubt Hermes and I would be this close to walking out without a punishment if he had been the one up there."
Hermes grinned. "See? I know what I am doing! I told you to go after her because I knew you could get her to agree to something!" He exclaimed, floating out of her reach in case she tried to grab him by his collar.
"Yeah, no. Nice try, Hermes." Heidi deadpanned, looking at him with no hint of belief at his words.
Ara shook her head at the two, looking at them with halved eyes. "The most important thing is that we won." She stretched and said, "I don't know about you guys, but I have things to do. Heidi, you also wanted to talk about something?" She asked, turning to the goddess.
Heidi blinked before looking thoughtful. "Oh...Right. I have to tell you guys that you can't exactly stay here for too long, but it shouldn't be that much of a surprise considering all...this happened." She said with a shrug. "I was just going to discuss when you all are planning to leave."
Ara nodded in understanding. "Well, my plans are not exactly everyone else's plans. I want to leave in a couple days. The boys will most likely agree. I know my mom will. I just…" She paused for a moment. "Hazel is nowhere to be found and it's throwing me off." She said with slight concern.
Heidi looked at Hermes and tilted her head. "Do you think you could try to find her? I'm planning on texting Hecate later to hunt for her through her own means, but it would be nice to have two different beings on the lookout."
Hermes smiled and nodded. "Of course. Shouldn't be that difficult, you know me." He said casually before shrugging. "If I can't find her, no one will."
Ara sighed in relief. "Thanks guys. I really appreciate it because one thing for sure; I can't leave without her." She said with a shrug. "That would be kinda messed up." She smiled.
The two gods nodded in understanding as Heidi smiled back. "No worries, Hecate can locate just about every magical being I tell her of and Hermes does this thing all the time." She said before looking at Hermes. "I'll talk later as I am sure you want to start already." Hermes grinned and laughed before zipping away into the sky, creating a couple booms in the process.
Ara blinked before turning to the goddess with humor. "I don't know about you, but I can go for a nap." She smiled.
Heidi shrugged and tilted her head. "After that? I wish I could, if only Hestia hadn't dusted me." She chuckled before shoving her hands in her pockets.
Ara nodded, her smile widening. "Ahh...the dust. I guess I will have to nap for the both of us." Then she grimaced. "...After I get chewed out by my mom…"
Heidi cringed and shook her head. "Almost makes you want to stay out here. I'm going to attacked by Audrey when I enter the house. Mainly because Hermes tends to lead me into bad situations." She sighed and looked at the sky. "Too bad I have to go back."
Ara chuckled. "What's worse? Angry magic wielding mother or angry Audrey?" Ara looked up as she thought. "Uhh...they are both pretty scary, aren't they?"
"At the moment your mom is a bit scarier, only because Audrey doesn't have access to Kirby. If she did...well, that's a whole other story." Heidi said with a frown.
"Hmm." Ara hummed. "Speaking of, I shouldn't keep her waiting. The storm is gone and I'm still here. After a while longer she might think I'm dead." She said with a smirk.
Heidi shrugged before smiling. "Well, I'll be off, have fun with your mom and I'll have fun with Audrey." She said in humor before disappearing in a flash.
Ara smirked when she saw that. She wondered if she actually wanted to teleport or fly around for once. The weather is amazing! It's interesting what a magical storm can do. Flying it is! Effortlessly, Ara blasted off of the ground like a rocket. "Woohoo!" She shouted while doing loopty-loops to Auradon prep.
…..
"What were you thinking!?" Was the first thing she heard once she returned to the school. "You could have been hurt! Even worse; killed! What was so important that You had to go flying into...whatever that was?!" Her mother asked with anger and a hint of curiosity.
Ara took a deep breath. She already knew she was gonna get it. Might as well get it over with. "A message was sent that Heidi was in trouble, so I-"
"Heidi. The goddess?" Elsa asked with a raised eyebrow. "What on earth could she have needed you for?"
Ara shrugged and gestured to the roof. "I don't know! All I did was go on the roof and answer a message. It said that Demeter was attacking so I-"
Jupiter blinked and stopped her right there. "Wait, Demeter was there? You ran into a fight with Demeter?"
Ara tilted her head and said, "Heidi handled Demeter. Artemis left when I came. Hermes and I got rid of Ares, though." She shrugged.
Jupiter beamed before saying, "You took down Ares? How'd you guys do it? Tell me everything!" He said sticking his hands in his pockets.
Ara smirked before saying, "Okay. It was super sweet! Hermes fortunately has the "gift of gab", so he his my signature, distracted Ares, and I zapped him!" She said in a giddy manner.
Jupiter smiled and said, "In one go?"
Ara hopped around and said, "You should have been there. It was lit! I used so much magic my lightning bolts were multicolored, and there were so many of them! It was awesome!" She grinned widely.
Jupiter cheered and said, "Now that is what I am talking about! I have trained you well" He said putting a hand on his chest.
They temporarily forgot about Elsa That was still in the premises. They didn't notice until they both turned to look at the fuming woman with wide eyes.
Jupiter coughed and said, "Did I...do something wrong?" He said still holding his wide eye look.
Elsa shook her head in her anger. "Yes! Yes you did! You are actually encouraging this!" She said, her hands turning to fists.
Jupiter chuckled, not noticing how angry she was. "Of course I am! She fried her first god!" He mocked wiping a tear and sniffed. "I am so proud."
That was the last straw. Right there. "That's it. Ara, you are coming with me." She said, motioning to the very confused girl. "You cannot see him anymore! Wherever you go, I need to know if your whereabouts."
Ara blinked in surprise, "What!? Is this your form of grounding me!?" She said, holding her hands up in shock.
Elsa turned to her and said, "Yes, you are grounded. You are grounded for that and all of this!" She said, referring to the battle and the world they are in.
Ara was going to say something before she shook her head. Then she folded her arms and looked at the ground angrily.
Then Elsa turned to the god and said, "As for you, can you do me a favor and stay away from my daughter. I would hate for her to turn out like you." She said pointedly before leading Ara away. Ara followed begrudgingly, throwing her hands up in the process.
Jupiter grimaced before sighing. "Fine." He stuffed his hands in his pocket before saying, "I can see why the other one ran away." Then he disappeared just like that.
While Elsa was walking, her eyes softened nearly to the point of tears. It was short lived, though. A few seconds later, her eyes went back to their angry facade as she lead Ara back into the school building.
Ignored the entire time, the boys all blinked at each other with shocked expressions.
Triple G asked, "Should we do something?" He looked to George since he's usually good with those kind of things.
"No." George replied.
Chester nodded. "I agree with George. Everyone needs their space right now." He shrugged. "Maybe we could check on them later?"
They were awkwardly silent for a moment before Deuce said, "You guys wanna get pizza?"
After another moment, they all nodded. Then they began to head to the next pizza restaurant as fast as possible.
…..
Heidi read one of her countless books on Norse History as Audrey continued to rant about how horrible Hermes was. The goddess had long since tuned her out, not like she didn't care or anything it was just that she had heard the same rant before. Several times in fact.
"I think they purposefully paired you up with him!" Audrey said, shaking her head as her frown deepened. "You two always end up in some sort of battle!"
"Complete coincidence, darling." Heidi said absentmindedly, flipping the page as she continued to read the ancient text.
Audrey blinked at the word, silently hoping that her cheeks weren't red again, and tilted her head. "How so?"
Heidi shrugged, pausing in her reading to look up at her. "Most of the time we are sent into danger by Zeus, but other times, like earlier, he will bring the danger to us. We are always prepared though." She said with a small smile.
Audrey nodded when she heard that and looked away. "So it is Zeus causing all the trouble."
"Don't get any ideas, Audrey. Only I get to fight with Zeus and most of the time I'm smited into unconsciousness and carried away by Hermes." Heidi said, chuckling at the thought. "Hermes has bailed me out of several situations so he is not the one you should be directing all your anger towards."
The princess remained silent as she thought of ways to get back at the being. Heidi was always a worrywart about everything when it came to her family, it's not like they would go out of their way to harm her, a princess.
Heidi's blue eyes flickered up as her phone buzzed. Setting the book aside, the goddess grabbed her phone out of her pocket and checked her texts. As soon as she did this, her eyes widened and she stood up. "Audrey, I know you will not like this but I have to go...to Norway, apparently."
Audrey was immediately up and in her face. "Norway? Why would you need to go to Norway?"
Heidi continued looking at her phone as she rapidly sent text after text. "I had Hermes and Hecate look for a friend who had gone missing, turns out she's in Norway." She informed her before putting her phone away.
After the goddess had done this, a portal appeared on the wall while another being appeared in a column of fire. Hecate and Hestia shared a glance before the goddess of magic looked at Heidi. "You messaged me?"
"I need some special gear for the mountains, you know how I am in snow." Heidi said, stepping past her still confused girlfriend. "Also, I need a haircut. This much hair has finally got on my last nerve when a few hunters grabbed on it earlier."
Hecate shrugged and waved her finger through the air, magic surrounding her figure before she snapped her fingers. "Done and done."
Heidi was handed a mirror by Hestia who was smiling as if she knew exactly what was going on. The bluenette clicked her tongue as she noticed that her hair was now to the middle of her back while she had also gained bangs. "Hey, I guess I'm the family member who looks good in bangs." She said aloud, making sure she didn't specify the person she was, intentionally, dissing with that statement.
"Yeah, she did not work those bangs." Hecate answered with a snicker, teleporting onto the couch and lounging like she owned the place.
Heidi set the mirror down and looked at the black futuristic outfit she was in. It was skin tight and had several glowing lines that changed from blue to white to purple and then back to blue. Every last inch of her body including her neck was covered in the strange magical fabric and Heidi had to admit that Hecate certainly knew how to create outfits that accentuated all the good things on a person.
Audrey whipped around with widened eyes and looked pointedly at the three goddesses. "What is going on? You two just showed up like this is your house and Heidi, you are just going to Norway?"
The three women shared a glance before Hestia smiled and tilted her head. "I will explain this to you and the significance of Heidi's role in this event."
Hecate and Heidi looked at the, admittingly, bizarre goddess of the Hearth before shrugging. "Whatever works." Hecate said as Heidi nodded in agreement.
Heidi smiled and looked down at the princess. "I will be back in no time, I promise." She said before looking up at the two goddesses. "Keep it normal here, ladies."
Hestia nodded while Hecate rolled her eyes. "Like I would ever make this into a weird situation."
"Yes you would." Heidi deadpanned before shaking her head. "Bye." She said with a small wave before disappearing in a blue light.
…
The two boys and two cats stared at the four pizzas with eyes of victory. Triple G had a meat lovers. George had spinach. Chester and Deuce...anchovy.
They grinned, rubbing their hands together before stuffing their mouths like they didn't believe in table manners. Well...except for Chester. He was too busy fighting over the elasticity of the cheese.
Triple G sipped his beverage and sighed, "Now this is the life. Imma check on Ara later. This is great!" He said, resting his feet on the table.
Deuce swallowed, "Yeah, bro!" He took another bite. "And theshe anchovies awe not even dat sawty!" He spoke in mid chew.
George was already finished with his and decided that he wanted another box. "I need seconds."
Triple G looked up. Then he looked at George with halved eyes after he saw the look on George's face. "You want me to go get it? Can't you do it yourself?" He said, stretching a bit.
George blinked twice. "No."
Triple G huffed. "Fine." He placed his feet back on the ground. "Just so you will leave me alone-"
All of a sudden, there was a flash of blue light before a scream followed by several more screams. The source of the quickly forming chaos was none other than a very serious looking Heidi. Decked out in an outfit straight out of a sci-fi movie, she looked around the restaurant for anybody she might recognize as she ignored the terror of most of the people around her.
Like everything was normal, Triple G waved her over. "Hey, Heidi! Look at you looking all jedi warrior!" He said, looking her over.
While he was doing that, George looked at Triple G's half empty pizza box. He sneakily stole about three slices.
Heidi walked over as a path cleared for her, the people in front of her moving aside before quickly running out. "Hey." She said, waving at him before folding arms. "I was hoping I would be able to find you guys."
Chester looked up at that and asked, "Hm? Looking for us?" The boys all glanced at her before Chester continued. "What's the special occasion?"
Heidi looked at the floor before looking back up. "I'm heading to Norway and I was hoping you'd be able to pass on a message to Ara." She paused and cleared her throat. "I found Hazel."
Their demeanor brightened and they looked at her with smiles. "Wow, really? Where is she?" Triple G said while looking around for the ruby haired girl.
Heidi placed a gloved hand on her hip. "She's nearing a mountain on the Jotunheimen mountain range, a mountain range in Norway home to some of its tallest mountains. If my sources were correct, and those were two gods, she's heading for the one where a Norse Goddess dwells." She informed them, her frown deepening at the thought.
Chester raised his eyebrow while the others looked up in confusion. "Hmm...alright. We will pass the word as soon as we can." He replied.
"Good." Heidi stated and looked away. "I at least want her knowing that Hazel isn't facing the wrath of a territorial goddess alone." She said, her eyes softening as she spoke.
George nodded, finishing off the last of Triple G's pizza. "Don't worry. You can count on us."
Triple G looked to his box to get another slice. He found nothing. He immediately shot a glare at George, who happily swallowed.
Heidi shook her head at them before sighing. "I have to go, but, if she asks who the goddess is...her name is Skadi. I won't be able to explain it to her, not until I return anyway, but hopefully that may clear up that bit of confusion." She said, looking at them before her magic began to swirl around her. "Thank you and...goodbye." As she said those last words, she disappeared in a flash of blue light.
The boys all blinked. Triple G resumed glaring at George.
"Now you can kill two birds with one stone. Get my pizza and another one for yourself." George said with a smirk. Triple G walked off grumbling while Chester thought to himself. "Hopefully Ara would cool off soon. She would want to hear about this."