Chester used a piece of ice chalk to scribble away on the chalkboard. Ironically, the chalkboard was also made of ice. At the moment, no one paid any mind to the humor of the situation they were in. They were only focused on one thing. Winning this war.
Chester finished his scribbling before standing on his stool. "As you can see-" He gestured to the "x's" marked on the board. "The blue team is moving in and trying to pass through our gates here." He said, marking the right side of their castle. "If we are to stop them without losing too many men, we must think of an elaborate plan." The cat adjusted his santa hat and looked at Ara expectantly.
Ara nodded and was about to respond before she heard another explosion. That one sounded dangerously close to their castle which they were currently inside. The purple tinted castle shook when they were hit.
Ara looked toward the large window pointedly. "Jay! Carlos! How are we looking out there?" She asked, making her way over to the windows.
Jay was keeping an eye out the window while Carlos turned to look at her. "For a lack of better words...not pretty." He said with a grimace and shook his head.
"Dude, they are picking up their pace!" Jay exclaimed, looking at them for a moment before turning his focus back on the scene outside.
Ara blinked before peeking out and seeing exactly what Jay saw. She squinted her eyes then turned her gaze to the purple crystallized flag standing strong in the center of the room. "They're coming for the flag!" Ara announced as she ran for her weapon and strapped onto her back.
Jay was quick to follow while Carlos slinked back towards the window, seeming content with being the lookout while those two did most of the "weapon work" as he put it.
Before Ara left, Chester called out to her. "Wait! What about the pla-"
"Think of one! You and Carlos are smart. Get something going while we hold these guys off." After that, she slid down the stair rails to meet her fellow defenders, trying to keep the blue team back.
Chester sighed. "Well...she's done it." He turned to Carlos, his breath turning to dog. "She has left our entire team's future on our shoulders." He squinted into the distance.
Carlos turned around and scratched the back of his head. "Well...that's reassuring. Especially when they've got someone going godmode over there." He said, saying the word as if it was a normal occurrence.
Chester blinked. "Wait. Did you say godmode? What do you mean by godmode?" He asked with a raised whiskered eyebrow.
Carlos shrugged as he leaned over to look out the window. "Someone is moving really fast down there, and it kind of reminds me of how fast Heidi and Hermes move sometimes. I haven't seen many other gods but, apparently, they all are pretty fast at whatever they do." He tilted his head. "God physiology, everything they do is a whole 'nother level."
Chester's ear twitched when he heard this, but he shook it off. "I guess that means we need to work fast unless we want to get covered with snow." He turned back to the board and began to write down geometric equations.
Carlos nodded as his eyes narrowed, trying to find the being that was moving far too fast for them to be anything but a god. He'd say he would know what this would look like but the two gods he did know happened to move at supersonic speeds most of the time. Those two rarely slowed down when they weren't strolling around.
Speaking of the being, he chuckled mischievously as he swiftly snowballed a couple kids. They both dramatically fell on the ground before sitting on the sidelines to watch the rest of the battle play out. Then he snowballed another...and another...and another…
"This is just too easy…" He mumbled to himself. "That flag is so mine!" Yes, he was a bit old for this, but come on! He hasn't had this much fun in ages! He couldn't resist.
Jupiter dashed behind another mound of snow looking for his next victim. His eyes scanned the area, landing on this teenage boy with long hair and beside him… "Thunderbolt? She's out here to, eh?" He grinned. "I should get rid of her fast. She's definitely a threat."
Ara, who was creeping beside Jay with her crosssnow (crossbow filled with snow balls) loaded with fresh powder. She looked nearly everywhere at once before asking, "You see anything?"
Jay looked around cautiously, eyes narrowed in concentration as he searched for something. "Not...yet." He said, drawing out the word.
Ara hummed, keeping her eyes open for some type of activity. That was until her magic buzzed. She felt her electricity automatically activate. Then she felt something. Like someone was watching them. Then- "DUCK!" She said, throwing herself to the frosty ground as a barrage of snowballs were hurled at them from out of the blue.
Jay barely dodged them, flying onto the ground with widened eyes. "What was that?"
Ara took a few seconds to catch her breath before saying, "It was supposed to be a trap and there's more coming." She said, standing and throwing her weapon to the ground. "I know you are out there. Show yourself!" She commanded to the hidden figure amongst the snow.
Over the whipping of the winter winds, a groan was eventually heard before the god allowed himself to be seen. "Yes, just as you've thought. It is I...Jupiter of the blue team." He paused between his words to sound more dramatic.
Ara scoffed. "No wonder we started losing all of a sudden! You are a god! That is cheating!" She said while folding her arms.
He shook his head, disagreeing with her. "Nah. It's cheating if we are not equal. You are super powerful and the blue team was hopeless so I had to help them out." He said with a smirk.
Ara blinked before using her magic to summon snowballs at will. "C'mon. Let's settle this. You and me." She gave him a determined look.
"Oh? A challenge?" He asked as both of their midnight blue hair blew in the winds.
"Yes." Ara nodded. "If I win, my team gets your flag."
He slowly nodded and said, "If I win, my team gets yours." He pointed to her tinted castle.
Ara glanced at the purple castle before nodding. "Deal." She turned to Jay. "Go back to the palace and guard the flag. I will handle him." She said, never breaking eye contact with the smirking god.
Jay nodded and jumped up. "Got it." He said, giving her a mock salute before charging back into the castle, intent on heading straight for the flag.
Jupiter backed up a bit before stretching. "Now, Imma take it easy on you. I would hate to-yikes!" He yelped before a snowball flying as fast as a bullet came straight for him. He teleported out of the way before sighing.
Ara shook her head. "That is lame. Don't water down your moves old man. Lemme have it!" She said with a smirk of her own.
Jupiter blinked before smirking again. "Huh, I like your style, kid." He said, before sending another army of snowballs toward her direction.
Ara focused on the snowballs before chuckling. "I have been told it's unique." She used her powers to conjure an ice sword. The one time she was thankful for practicing martial arts on the isle was today.
She virtually danced around the snowballs. Some had even been chopped in half with her purple sword gleaming in the sunlight. "Is that all you got?" She smirked.
Jupiter jumped. "Of course not...show off." He mumbled the last part. "Just do me a favor and hold still!"
Ara zig-zagged all over that field, dodging snowball after snowball. Then, she used her sword as a medium and form an a snowball army of her own. With a swing of her blade, they chased after Jupiter with avengence while he narrowly dodged them all.
Ara was just about to send another wave after him. Well...right before something very unexpected happened.
There was a loud "WOOOO!" before the wind abruptly picked up and with it brought a very overjoyed Njord. The god practically flew along with the wind before landing nearby with a laugh as the wind whipped around him, causing the snow and snowflakes to begin swirling around him as well.
Ara vaulted her onslaught for a moment. She blinked twice before saying, "Grandad! Don't you see I'm in the middle of a snowbrawl with Jupiter!?" She glanced around, looking for the other god.
What she did find was another line of snowballs heading straight for her. Her eyes grew wide immediately. The girl tucked and rolled just in time to avoid his trap.
Njord tilted his head. "You are brawling with him?" He looked at where Jupiter was and raised an eyebrow. "Well, at least he is not as deadly as some other gods." He said, not sounding as concerned that it was a god she was facing. "I am just going to be experimenting with this snow, do not pay me any attention." He grinned, intentionally causing the wind to pick up and blow the snow around some more until it was nearly impossible to see.
Jupiter blinked, seeing barely anything but white. "Ahh. Elemental advantages…" He grumbled. "I may be out of my element, but I still will win!" He said, looking around for anything else suspicious.
Ara crept over to her grandad thanking him. "Whew. Thanks for the advantage." She grinned at him.
Njord was levitating a snowball between his hands as he tilted his head at it. "Ah, it is not a problem. Only fair to give you an advantage, especially against the King of the Roman gods." He chuckled, summoning more air to his hands as the ball began to spin.
Ara looked at the snowball with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. "Grandad...did you just join the war?" She placed a hand on her hip.
"Maybe." He replied with a grin, speeding up the spinning snowball with a hint of mischief in his eyes.
Jupiter tilted his head before smirking. "Hm. This...might be pretty interesting." He thought about it while looking to them. "This snowball fight is going to make history." He said, while levitating a few glowing snowballs of his own.
Njord shrugged as he turned around. "Oh, yes, definitely. Especially so as I have just figured out how to do something." He said, his grin widening as he allowed to snowball to levitate on one hand. "You see, if you manipulate the wind just right…" As he said this, the wind changed directions and oddly enough, the snow began moving and rolling...into snowballs...on it's own. "...The wind will do the hard work for you." He finished before lifting the snowballs up with the wind, creating an updraft to act as a shield.
Jupiter blinked in amazement. "I have to say that is pretty impressive." He said, preparing to dodge or attack if needed. "Haven't seen that one before." He raised his eyebrow at the sight.
Njord clicked his tongue. "You have to be creative and I find that Skadi's storm is perfect for trying new things. Snow...blizzards...ice hurricanes." He listed off as more and more snowballs surrounded him.
Jupiter paled when he started to count all of those snowballs. Ara on the other hand, "Can we end this war? I have a flag to get and hot cocoa to drink." She smirked.
Njord blinked and looked at her. "Do you want me to take him out? All it would take is one gust and...a couple hundred snowballs." He said as the wind whipped at his words.
Ara waved her hand carelessly. "Sure. You can. I wanna see where this goes." She smiled with anticipation.
Jupiter looked at her with halved eyes. "Of course she does…"
Njord shrugged at her words before raising a hand, the snowballs beginning to speed up with the wind while the loud howling of the gust grew in volume. "I...have not tested this before." He said as a sort of warning before smiling and launching them all at the speed of a bullet while the updraft protecting them changed and began whipping around the two in a protective manner.
"YAAAAHHHH!" Jupiter yelled as soon as he'd gotten carried away by the overwhelming amount of snowballs. Eventually, you could barely see the god anymore. All you could see was a wave of snow heading towards the school building.
Thankfully the snow wave's momentum died down before it reached the main premises. As for Jupiter, he landed right beside the skating rink, face down in the snow. "I'm okay…" He said, raising his hand before raising himself.
Njord allowed the wind to calm before letting out a laugh. "Ah, I didn't think it would work that well!" He said, leaning over so he could look at the other god before beginning to laugh even harder.
Ara caught up, being slowed down by her own laughter. "Dude! You got creamed! I will never doubt snow ever again!" She said, offering her grandfather a high five.
Njord high fived her and folded his arms. "I see why you all enjoy this so much, I have never once swept away a being with a wave on land." He said while his grin widened.
Elsa, who saw the massive snow wave from a mile away, stopped when she saw the familiar god still faced down on the snow. She glanced at Njord and Ara. "What did you two do?"
Ara beamed. "Apparently we won. Jupiter was on the other team, grandad created a giant wave out of snowballs, and here we are." She gestured to Jupiter, still on the ground.
Njord shrugged. "It was purely experimental and what better way to test out my control over water as snow then on another god? Besides, those Roman gods can take a hit." He said with a chuckle as he shoved his gloved hands in his coat pockets.
Jupiter, finally standing, chuckled. "Yeah, we can take a hit. That, however, was was tsunami mixed with an avalanche." He said while rubbing the snow out of his hair.
"Well, I am god of the seas. A tsunami is a trick of mine and I have seen enough avalanches to know that that wasn't an avalanche. More like...A snowwave...or a snowballnami…" He said, gesturing widely as he tested the words out. "Ah, I'll figure it out." He waved his hand before grinning. "It was a complete success, though."
Ara laughed and said, "I know what to call this!" She gestured to the blue crystallized flag in her grasp. "Victory, 'cause we won!" She exclaimed, giving her fellow teammates high fives and secret hand shakes.
Njord raised an eyebrow and tilted his head. "And to think, I still don't know what this game was about." He said mainly to himself before grinning. "No matter, congratulations on your triumph!" He told her while letting out a laugh.
Elsa chuckled when she looked at the devastated battlefield behind them. "I can see you all worked hard. Well done." She said while fabricating everyone who participated an ice medal.
Jupiter's eyes halved. "Mine says first at being last." Then he turned it around. "Oh wow. Now it says last at being first." He said dryly which Elsa happily snickered at.
Njord couldn't help but laugh harder. "I believe it should say "First to be taken out by a wave of snowballs." or "Njord beat me." The god said, grinning widely at the other god.
Jupiter couldn't help but laugh himself. "At least I went down in history. You win some. You lose some." He shrugged.
When Ara returned from "celebrating" she asked, "Where's grandma? We have to tell her what happened!"
As if the words were magic, Skadi strode over with a mildly interested look. "Watching the chaos from afar. It was quite the sight." She said, referring to the snowball wave.
Elsa nodded. "I swear I heard some screaming…" She said as she thought.
"Oh, that was me." Jupiter said plainly. "Again. I was not expecting a wave of snowballs. That was not supposed to happen." He explained as if he witnessed an error within a machine.
Skadi's eyes halved when she looked at Njord. "Leave it up to you to find a way to make a wave on land using snow." She said dryly, shaking her head at the fact that he had done such a thing.
Njord chuckled. "Creative, wasn't it?" He asked, tilting his head with a smile.
Skadi's expression didn't change as she looked around. "Sure, let's call it that." She said simply before closing her eyes.
Ara chuckled at her grandparents before asking, "Okay. Now all of this snow rage has gotten the best of me. You guys wanna head back inside or go somewhere else? I don't know what you gods want to do, but there is hot cocoa in the cafeteria." She shrugged.
Jupiter blinked. "Hot cocoa!? Bye!" He exclaimed before running off.
Ara gasped before chasing after him. All they heard was, "You get back here! Losers don't deserve to drink the sacred cocoa!"
"Well, you better hurry up! I'm almost halfway there!" Then they heard. "What!? How did you..?"
"We can teleport, DUH!"
"Oh yeah...I forgot about that." Before they were finally out of earshot.
Njord blinked before seeming to realize something. "...Hot cocoa?" He said before disappearing in a breeze, prompting Skadi to shake her head in exasperation.
Elsa took some time to blink and figure out what had just happened. "They...must really like hot cocoa…" She stated, still blinking.
"Or Njord realized that he does not need to be out in the cold if there is hot cocoa inside." Skadi replied, looking up at the sky with a slight frown.
Elsa smiled at this and shrugged. "Yes… I think that explanation is more accurate." She turned to her mother. "Did you want to go in and get a cup?"
Skadi looked thoughtful before nodding. "Why not? Might as well head in."
Elsa began to head in herself. "It was pretty fun out there." Then she shook her head. "Actually, it was amazing." She said, looking at her mother fondly. It was like she was trying to see if she would disappear or wake up and this dream would be over.
Skadi looked down at her and a small smile appeared on her face. "Yes...it was."
….
Heidi let out a growl in annoyance as she set down a rose gold crown. Her hands were glowing red with heat and the ends of her hair were already up in flames. Whipping around, the woman stomped over to a desk before pulling out a white pouch of diamonds, a pink pouch of morganites along with a black pouch of white topaz.
Normally she wouldn't be upset but not only had another goddess all but dissed her-but Hazel, just thinking of the name was enough to make the flames on her exposed arms ignite, oh, she was ungrateful for her life being spared. Heidi was happy for her, she was happy for Skadi, but she was angered. Angered that she had gone through all that trouble only to be yelled and screamed at.
The bluenette set the bags down and let out another growl as she tightened her fists. "Ungrateful. That's all she is, completely ungrateful for everything. If it wasn't for me she'd have an arrow in her head. I am the one who took it and what do I get?" She closed her eyes and shook her head as she resisted the rage that her mind beckoned her to let loose. "I get nothing. I get screamed at. I get muted...She is just like that old fart Zeus, yells at me all day and tries to silence me." When she opened her eyes, she looked at the small gold drops on the wooden counter that had dripped down from her hands. "I guess all humans aren't good. There is always one, isn't there?"
She heard the sound of a flame roaring and frowned. "Hestia, I am not in the mood to talk. Leave me be." She muttered out, not bothering to look back at the goddess.
"That is what your father always said when he was angry, he felt better after talking and venting." The teenager version of the goddess said, her orange eyes locking onto the crown. "Who is that for?"
"Just another custom request, this one is a wedding crown. I already have the ring to go with it." Heidi informed her, not sounding any different despite the change in topic.
"Ah." Hestia hummed, taking careful strides over to where the bluenette was working. "I actually have a request for you. A…" She ran her fingers over an elegant crown. "...Jewelry request."
Heidi blinked as the heat on her hands cooled. Turning around, the younger goddess peered at her aunt in confusion. "You have a request...for jewelry?" The woman folded her arms and tilted her head. "You don't wear jewelry."
Hestia shook her head. "No, I do not. It is for a friend I am planning on visiting." The goddess answered with a smile. "I find that it will convey a message better than I ever will."
Heidi's eyebrows flew up as a notepad appeared in her hands. "O...Kay. How fast do you need it?" She asked, forming a pen out of her fire.
Hestia tilted her head before nodding. "As soon as possible. I do not wish to keep her waiting." She said, prompting Heidi to nod and write the info down. "I need a set of chandelier earrings and two stamped bangles. I want the bangles to be mainly of gold and diamonds, and the earrings to be of the blue diamonds only the Underworld has access to. I wish for them to be enchanted to give off a warmth like that of a blanket and that they may never be lost. Also the bangles will grant the wearer to understand any language they come across. Oh, and I want to have something engraved on the bangles."
Heidi rapidly wrote all the info down before looking up. "What might that be?" She asked, curiosity filling her voice as she tilted her head.
Hestia smiled widely. "On one of them I want it to say. "I am always here."
Heidi raised an eyebrow. "Just...that? Nothing else on that one?" She asked, blinking a few times at how simple the message was.
"Yep. Just that." Hestia replied happily before clearing her throat. "As for the other one, it needs to be in old norse." Heidi appeared only more confused at that and slowly nodded. "Can I have your notepad?" The goddess asked, her smile still remaining.
When Heidi didn't make an attempt to hand it over, Hestia nabbed the notepad from the younger goddess and summoned her own pen. Quickly writing it down, she handed it back as soon as she was done. "That is all."
Heidi blinked at the message. "...Smile for me? How am I supposed to..." She looked back up and sighed as soon as she saw Hestia had vanished. "Dang it." She muttered before walking to a desk and pulling out all her needed materials. "I guess her service of therapy is payment for my service of making jewelry." She said to herself, pulling out countless multicolored pouches of diamonds, crystals, and blue diamonds.
The woman strolled back over to her main desk and teleported everything else away before she set her materials down. Letting out a breath, she raised her hands and waved one above the other before molten gold seemed to flow out of her raised palm. "I swear, I think she is just doing this to calm me down…" She grumbled before letting out an annoyed sigh. "And it is working."
Heidi relaxed into her seat and began humming as the atmosphere in the room changed to a calmer one while the artificial light filled the dark room once more. "Weight is on me, weight is on you...We scream and we fight like there's nothing to lose." She sang softly as she transitioned into greek.
In the back of the room Hestia silently peeked out from her hiding place and smiled. And let the plan begin. She thought, closing her eyes before disappearing for good this time.
"Weight is on you, weight is on me...Sometimes I'm not who you want me to be…" The blue-haired goddess sang then stopped to sigh. "Gods know I try, but I'll never be that person." She said to herself before beginning to hum once more. Never.
….
Ara swirled her candy cane inside of her cocoa repeatedly. She had already had about ten cups, but she really couldn't help herself. She blames her mother's genes. They really love chocolate! This, she is on her eleventh cup and still counting too. Unfortunately, that comes along with a hyper and tired Ara.
Wide-eyes, she turned to her family that was still enjoying each other's company in the cafeteria. "Has anyone ever wondered what it would be like if hot chocolate came from the ground? Like a chocolate spring?" She asked with her eyes still focused on the swirling motion of the cocoa.
Njord tilted his head and rubbed his chin. "No...but that would be cool, I should ask one of the laidback gods to make one." He said with a wide smile.
Skadi's eyes halved at his response. "There is no god in any pantheon that would do that for you." She said, shaking her head at him while sipping at her hot cocoa.
"Ah, not a god, but perhaps a Trickster. A chocolate spring would be right up his alley." Njord said, missing the glare Skadi shot him when he mentioned a Trickster.
Jupiter chuckled at that. "You know what? I think he could make that happen." Then he thought. "He might be surprised that he didn't come up with the idea himself." He said before placing his candy cane in his mouth.
Skadi placed her cup down. "It depends on the Trickster, the one Njord is referring to would place a cruel side to it, like make the chocolate turn into acid. If it is any other Trickster it would be a different story." She stated, narrowing her eyes in thought.
Ara smiled before saying, "I could always ask Hermes. I don't think he would mind." She began to swig her cocoa and placed it down, sighing.
Njord nodded. "He wouldn't, however, there is one other Trickster who creates stuff like that. He is trouble, though, and it wouldn't be wise to ask him anything without a god by your side. His partying makes people lose their senses and join in." He informed her, a small grin on his face as he thought of the god.
Ringing a bell Ara's eyes widened and she nodded. "Oh, him! Heidi mentioned him. He's the one that traumatized us with circus music!" She smiled like it was a good memory.
"That certainly sounds like something Dionysus would do. Hermes and him like to prank other gods sometimes, though most of the time it is just Dionysus doing it. Madness is a specialty of his." Njord said, shaking his head at the last part.
Jupiter smiled and looked to Ara with interest. "Didn't you tell me about something like that? With you and your friend?" He asked, then sipped his beverage.
Ara chuckled and nodded. "Oh yeah! Heidi had been pranked by him. She named a wall Harold...and they were fighting. Mal said that she was trending on pretty much all social media." She said between laughs.
"A wall? Ooh, he hit her hard. I'm surprised she hadn't gone completely mad and tried to do something more...wild. So to speak." Njord said in surprise, blinking a few times.
Ara shook her head. "I am sure Hestia had something to do with that." She picked up her nearly empty cup. "That's back when we were trying to get Heidi back home, but I will go into more detail with that later. As for that fountain…"
Elsa blinked while holding her own cup. "Wait, you guys are serious about the fountain? That would be very...what's the word?" She said, partly to herself.
"Ridiculous and a beacon that would alert the gods." Skadi grumbled out, frowning at the thought.
"Oh, Skadi, it would be fine. The Greeks wouldn't care about a fountain." Njord laughed, once again missing the glare she shot him.
Elsa looked between the two of them before saying, "Why don't we talk about something else? Something more...achievable." She said with a smile.
Ara perked up. "You mean like a popcorn tree?" She smirked at the thought.
Elsa blinked. "Ara, how is a popcorn tree more achievable than a chocolate spring?"
The blue haired girl shrugged. "I don't know!" Then she chuckled. "The cocoa has me going." She said with wide, dilated eyes.
"That is why I limit him to two cups." Skadi said dryly, gesturing to a perfectly stable Njord who was trying to sneak another cup.
Ara audibly gasped. "Only two cups!? That's torture!" She glanced at her cup, finishing hers with that last swig.
Njord nodded, silently beginning to get up. "It is! She never let me use the bottomless mugs at her home." He said with a pitiful look.
Skadi waved her hand and froze one of his hands to the table. "You caused a massive storm on your last cocoa buzz." She stated simply, taking another sip from her mug.
Jupiter laughed at the other god before saying, "Should I get a blowdryer?" He teased, referring to his frozen hand.
Njord looked at his hand and tilted his head as a concentrated look appeared on his face. "Let me just…" Suddenly, the ice cracked and the god freed himself with a laugh, prompting Skadi to shake her head in exasperation.
"Whoaaaaa!" Ara exclaimed in complete amazement. "How did you do that!?" She looked at him in awe.
"Well, I can control water and ice is water, it just takes a bit more concentration to break it." Njord explained with a massive smile.
Elsa chuckled. "Now you've got her started." She said stirring her cocoa.
Ara stood, pointedly looking at her grandfather. "Teach me your ways, sensei." She said while mocking a bow.
Njord stood straight up and laughed. "It would be an honor, my dear granddaughter!" He exclaimed with a grin.
Elsa smiled while shaking her head at them. "You two are so dramatic." She, herself, stood in preparation to leave.
Skadi stood up as well and shook her head. "There is no stopping him now, especially since he just figured out that he doesn't need to be at sea to use his powers." She said as she finished her hot cocoa.
Jupiter laughed and stood. "You've finally found your calling on land?" He offered him a smirk.
Njord nodded while his grin widened. "Thanks to Skadi's storm I have figured out that my control is just as powerful as it is on the sea." He nodded in thanks to the white-haired woman.
"I did not anticipate such a thing." Skadi said, her voice devoid of emotion while her eyes halved at him.
Jupiter chuckled at the two of them. "Well, it's about time that I head out." He placed his hands in his pockets. "I'll be back tomorrow. Probably to pop by and see what's up while I'm in town." He said with a smile.
Ara turned to him with disappointment. "You're leaving already?" She sighed. "Fine. I guess I can wait till tomorrow and I am pretty sure my mom wouldn't mind." She smirked at Elsa, referring to her "punishment".
"Don't push it." Elsa stated plainly.
Not minding them, Jupiter said, "Don't worry about it. Tomorrow will be here before you know it, Thunderbolt." Then he turned to Njord and Skadi (who admittedly gave him chills). "I'll see you guys later too if you'll be around."
"Well I know I'll be around." Njord said with a wide grin. "Still so much to do before I head back to a dock."
Skadi's icy eyes bore into Jupiter's. "I have nothing more to do than remain here." She said, her voice still lacking emotion as she folded her ice covered hands.
Jupiter nearly shivered from her stare, but managed to keep his composure. He hid his nervousness and smiled. "Awesome! Anyway, I should be heading out, bye!" He said speedily then disappeared in a flash.
Njord looked slightly confused at how fast the other god left while Skadi smirked ever-so-slightly, almost as if she intended to scare him off.
Elsa blinked before looking at her parents. "Okay...so where do you two plan on staying for the night?" She gestured to her and Ara. "We have enough space in our resort if you two want to stay with us." She smiled while Ara nodded.
"As long as we are not inconveniencing you." Skadi replied with a nod. "Otherwise Njord can use his money and get us a room." She said, causing Njord to smile and give them a thumbs up.
Elsa shrugged. "Either way is fine with me. We have plenty of space. My concern is you two not driving each other up a wall." She said with humor.
"I would never-" Njord paused when he saw the look he got from Skadi. "-Not intentionally." He finished with a grin.
"I am fine." Skadi said, closing her eyes and keeping her emotionless look up.
Elsa smiled at them. "Well...okay, then. You two can get your room while we have ours because I think having Ara and father together is a bad idea." She grimaced while imagining the outcome of such a division.
A tired, sugar crashed Ara said, "What are you...talking about? I would...be on my best...behavior…" She chuckled a bit at the end.
Njord was about to say something when Skadi raised her hand up. "You are correct. That wouldn't be the best thing to do. Njord can buy us a room." She glanced over her shoulder. "Start making money." She said with a hint of humor.
Njord shrugged and, almost as if it was magic, caused a wad of cash to appear in his hand. "Covered." He said with a grin and tossed it up in the air before catching it.
Ara looked at it while leaning on her mom for support. "Now I know I'm going to have a good Christmas this year." She said, prompting Elsa to look at her with halved eyes.
"Oh, I can do the same with gems." Njord said before causing a huge diamond to appear. "I just don't know what to do with them once they appear." He said, tilting his head at the diamond as if it were the strangest thing ever.
Elsa blinked while Ara smiled. "Ah, so that's where Hazel gets that from. She can do the same thing." Ara said, still leaning on Elsa.
"Really?" Njord asked, his voice filling with excitement as he tossed the diamond over to Skadi who caught it with a bored expression. "That is awesome!"
Ara chuckled. "I know right! I said the same thing when she made her first diamond." She said, remembering that interesting Hazel that lacked confidence in herself.
Elsa, who got tired of being leaned on, pushed Ara to the side. "Okay. It's time to take you back to the room." She smirked.
"Agreed." Ara said with a dizzy smile.
Skadi looked at her before smiling softly. "We will be elsewhere." She said before her face went back to its normal devoid of emotion look. "Njord, do you know your way around here?"
Njord shrugged as he counted the hundred dollar bills. "Vaguely." He said before looking up. "I know of this place and we should be covered on the price and then some."
Skadi nodded and strode over to him. "Good." She stated before looking at her daughter. "Njord will teleport over as soon as we get a room...or rooms." She said the last part dryly.
Elsa chuckled at her parents before saying, "Alright. I guess we will be in ours. I have to lay her down." She said, gesturing to a grinning Ara.
Njord nodded. "No worries! I can find you all like that." He snapped his fingers and offered his hand to his ex-wife.
Skadi looked at the hand before sighing and taking it, almost as if she didn't want to do such a thing. With one last smile from the two, they both disappeared in an icy wind that seemingly blew in out of nowhere.
Elsa blinked before looking to her daughter. "Best day ever?" She smiled at Ara which Ara fully returned.
Ara nodded. "Best day ever." She stood up, wobbling a bit.
Elsa shook her head at her daughter. "This is why you shouldn't drink twelve cups of hot chocolate. Can you still teleport?" She asked, holding Ara up.
Ara nodded while smirking. "Of course!" She gathered her magic and focused while her mother spoke.
"You better do this right." Elsa started. "I do not look forward to landing in the Bahamas again."
Ara blinked before breaking into laughter. She grabbed onto her mother by hugging her and they both disappeared in a blast of warm air.