Chapter 23 Like Father Like Daughter

It was yet another gloomy morning on the Isle. It was days like these that Hadley had missed the bright and warm mornings in Auradon sitting out in the quad with a cup of coffee reading some new exciting book. Hadley had been up all night going back and forth thinking about Hades and if she should see him or not. 'Got nothing left to lose at this point'. Reluctantly, Hadley got out of bed and made her way over to her dresser. She had taken all of her favorite outfits with her to Auradon and she was left with nothing she actually liked. After going through both Mal and Evie's closets she settled on black bootie heels, Evie's black sequined leggings and Mal's oversized dark purple sweater that had a few rips in it. Hadley threw her hair up into a messy bun and looked at herself in the mirror for a while still not used to the blue hair. 'This will have to do'. With a sigh she grabbed her bag and headed out the door jogging down the twist and turns of the metal staircase that lead into the secluded alley.

About a 20-minute walk later, she made it to Hades's cave and went through the twists and turns until finally reaching him. Hades was lounging in his chair reading god knows what. "let's get one thing straight I'm not here to "bond" or anything like that. Show me how to not set my own hair on fire and we can go our separate ways" "nice to see you today, great weather we're having today" Hadley gave him a look "alright, alright. First tip: control your temper" "I don't have a temper" "tell that to your hair" sure enough her hair was glowing blue. Hadley crossed her arms and rolled her eyes with a huff "that's not controlling your temper. Think happy thoughts" "happy thoughts?" "isn't that the garbage they teach you in Auradon?" "more or less and that magic fixes everything yet if Mal does one spell it's frowned up" "hypocritical" "tell me about". The father daughter duo stayed silent for a spilt second. "how do you keep it in check?" "I don't" Hadley gave him a 'are you fucking kidding me' a look that was becoming common across her face "seriously I embrace it. It's who I am" "but it's not me" "it will be if you let it. You're special Hadley you need to embrace that. I see you living in your sister's shadow during your time on the Isle, it's time to step out of that be the extraordinary women you are".

"Why did you never say anything. To me. To us?" "honestly your mother wouldn't let me and I didn't want to make you girls weak, you're stronger without me" "that's bullshit and you know it" "look at you you're at Auradon and making something for yourself" Hadley looked at him in disbelief "I made myself into something great in spite of you and mom" "exactly you're embracing excellence". Hadley rolled her eyes as she stood up and grabbed her bag "I don't even know why I came you're no help. I turned out great without you and so did Mal. I don't need you" "Don't get angry. Seriously think of something that makes you happy. That's how you can control it". Hadley turned around and raised an eyebrow "the faster you learn to control your magic with happiness, the better you will be. Seriously you don't want to be driven by anger. Trust me".

Hadley signed and sat back down "truce. As of right now" "truce". The two carried a conversation centered around magic but this was a start. A good start.

After a long and mentally exhausting day, Hadley made her way towards the boat to see what the guys were up to. It seemed like ever since Uma left for Auradon, the boat has been in a frenzy. The crew didn't really know what to do and Harry was doing his best to lead everyone. Uma was truly missed, and we were all hoping should would make an appearance any day now. Hadley found a pacing stressed out Harry on the bridge "Dude you need to breath she'll come back" "what if something happened to her and there's nothing we can do to help her were stuck in here" "knowing Uma she is doing everything she can to get everyone off of this island" Harry silently nodded "in the meantime we need to distract ourselves and do something fun for once" "we could go loot in pirate's alley" "yeah…. or we can do something actually fun" "this is the Isle, Love, or have you forgotten?" "doesn't mean we can't make it enjoyable. Look everyone is stressed and need some R&R" "yeah maybe" "you know I'm right.".