As the three agree on working together to find and get Inari a flash of lightning sparks close by the group. The three jump in surprise as they look to find Mother Nature standing there.
"Hello, Children." Mother Nature smiles sweetly as she walks closer to the three.
"M-mother! What brings you here..?" Snow Miser looks nervously between her and the other two. It wasn't often that she showed up unless they were fighting.
"I just came to check on the progress of the Ice Palace you're making for the ceremony. I must say, it's looking fantastic so far! Also, that's not Heat Miser's handy work is it...?" She motions toward the stone blocks Heat was helping with to stabilize the structure.
"W-Well, y-yes it is. Someone keeps trying to melt the castle down on Snow, so we decided to give it a structure under the ice to help support it. J-just incase it happens while the ceremony is going on! That way no one will have to worry about it just melting on them." Heat tries to explain.
"So you're telling me that the both of you willingly worked together on this project?" Mother Nature questions with a gasp of shock in her voice.
"Y-yes, Mother, Dear.." They both replied.
"Boys, I couldn't be more proud of you both right now. You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear and see that you two are working together! The structure and palace are very impressive so far." Mother nature smiles warmly and nods. Her attention is soon turned to Indi whom she raises an eyebrow at. "Now then, who might this young lady be..? I don't believe we've met.
"Th-this is...Azura. She's my girlfriend and a river elemental! She's my date for the ceremony. I wanted to introduce her to everyone there as a surprise! Heheh, but it looks like you surprised us!" Snow Miser grins nervously as he glances at Indi. Hearing him call her his girlfriend, Indi's face turns a deep red from her blush.
"Really? Well that's strange. I wonder why we haven't met before this then! I thought I'd met every elemental. Is she newer by some chance?" Mother Nature gave a curious look. She wasn't usually so careless as to not notice a new elemental in the world.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mother Nature!" Indi gives a curtsy/bow. "I am fairly new. I haven't actually met too many other elementals until recently. Snowy being one of the first. He really charmed me with how he dusted the trees around one of my rivers with snow! It's such a breath taking sight.." She giggles and hugs onto his arm gently.
"Fascinating..! Well, Snowy, if you and this girl are so close, I simply must get to know her more! Especially if you're intending to bring her to the ceremony. I have so many questions! I haven't seen either of my sons this interested in anyone other than themselves or their work in decades. I know, let's have dinner tonight! We can all meet up and get to know each other more then. It'll be perfect!" Mother Nature smiles.
"B-but, Mother, we uh, need her here! Eheh, We've still so much work to do on the palace before the ceremony in a few nights! We really need her help here." Snow pleads, panicking inside over his mothers deep interest. If they screwed any of this up and she found out, they would be toast! Especially for lying to her like that. He could feel his ice turning into a watery sweat.
"Y-yeah, whoever is trying to melt it can have their fire put out by her water powers! So we need her here. The three of us really want to continue to work together as team! You can't break up a team.." Heat tries to chime in and help.
"Alright, I'll invite all of you to dinner then! I won't take no for an answer. As for your palace, I'll have some of my helpers keep an eye on it and inform me if anyone dares to mess with it on my watch." Mother Nature smirks a little, there was something very fishy going on here. Her boys never behaved this well with one another. Nor did they agree, not even in trying to win an award. This Indi was very interesting indeed if she could get them to do that. "Anyways, I'll leave you boys to your work! See you at 6pm sharp, so be ready!"
"Y-yes, Mother, Dear..!" Both Misers exchange fearful glances to each other as their mother leaves. Their looks shifting over to Indi and swallowing very nervously.
"How are we going to pull this off!?" Heat quickly turns to his brother freaking out.
"I don't know! Ugh, what was I thinking!? A RIVER elemental!? What if she asks Indi to show off her talents?!" Snow Miser covers his face with his hands in a fit of worry. "What have I done..?"
"Well, as long as you and Heat work together, I'm sure we can pull this off, Snowy! Heat melts ice which makes water! If you both gently use your element it'll keep the water flowing right..? If you gently ice over the water without solidifying it, you can still manage to manipulate it, Snow." Indi smiles nervously at her suggestion.
"Th...that might actually work..!" Snow Miser glances at Heat Miser, growing a smile back onto his face. "Alright, we'll have to practice it for sure, but let's give it a go! We have until dinner to get this right."
"Let's do this..! Heh.." Heat Miser smiles back at his brother. Something felt right about all of this. This is something he wanted from his brother for so long! Sure he got angered quickly at his antics but, deep down he always wanted to have this kind of fun mischief making team work with his brother. Indi seemed to some how make that possible. Though he wouldn't admit it out loud, she was growing on him. He really started to consider her one of them.
On and off through the rest of the afternoon, the two brother tried their best to get their illusion to work with combining their powers. There were plenty of times a lot of frustration had ensued between the two. Fireballs and snowbolts flying through the air to help ease their tensions at one another. Indi sat on the sidelines watching the whole show in mild amusement as they trash talked one another and just went about their usual ways. When things seemed to go on for too long however, she would step in to make peace between the two. Eventually the two were able to fully focus and work together through their trial and error. It was just beginning to turn 5:30PM when they fully got it down pat!
"Haha, WE DID IT!" Snow Miser cheers giving a little jump of excitement as he hugs his brother and smiles. "I can't believe we've actually done it! We some how managed to get our powers to work together!"
"Yeah and it's all thanks to you, Indi! Thanks for helping us stay on track with it. Even though it was incredibly frustrating at times and I wanted to melt a few cubes off of my brothers head." Heat Miser jokingly smirks at Snow as he hugs him back.
"Haha, same, I felt like putting out a few of those flames on yours too!" Snowy smirks back at him, folding his arms a little. "Anyways, we should get ready, mother will be expecting us soon! See you later, Hot Head." Waving his brother off, he picks up Indi and teleports them to his house, heading in with her. "I'm going to go get ready for the dinner. I have no idea what to help you find to wear...and I don't think that I could help.." Snow blushes, rubbing the back of his head. "I'll send my minions in to help you out though! They may be able to think up something for you. Sorry I'm not much help.."
"Oh, don't worry about it, Snowy! Your minions help will be just fine." Indi smiles warmly at him, waving her hand. She leans over and kisses his cheek before heading into a room with the minions to try and find something. While there were no female clothes, there were a lot of older clothes that Snow Miser had used at various times. Grabbing out a few pieces, she explains to the minions what she's looking for and they get onto working their magic. It takes them almost 25 minutes to get it finished but when they do it's well worth the wait. Once she's fully dressed she steps on out and does a little spin for Snow Miser. "Well, what do you think..?"
Snow Misers eyes widen as he looks her over, he recognized the outfits she'd used to piece it together. "You look sparkling gorgeous, my snowflake.." He steps closer to her and takes her hands into his. "I can hardly believe you used those old things to make this.. beautiful new piece! You are just amazing." He pulls her close protectively as they step outside. "...Are you...ready to pull this off? I'm admittedly...very nervous. I could almost start shaking right now! I just want everything to work out. I want Mother to like you. I-I'm scared of something bad happening to you if she finds out...or us. I really don't want to lose someone else I care about so deeply. I think it would turn my already cold heart frozen-rock solid if I lost you.." He blushes a little as he rubs the back of his head nervously.
"Shhh, everything is going to be fine, Snow. If you act nervous you'll give us all away." Indi smiles warmly up at him. Tightly she hugs onto him and gently nuzzles his chest to reassure him. "I'm not going anywhere. I wouldn't want to lose another person I care about either.. But, I believe in us! I believe we can do this. We make a great team..." Every word coming out of Snow Misers mouth was making her heart just melt. He was so caring and concerned.. and still so shy. Leaning up she gives him a quick kiss on the lips. He was adorable! She tries her best to reassure him. "All three of us make a great team too..!" Indi re-states as Heat Miser joins them. "Alright you two, let's do this, together!" She nods, hanging onto both of their arms.
Snow Miser can't help but blush as she kisses him. A happy little sigh leaving his lips as he nuzzles the top of her head. When Heat Miser gets there he looks up at him and nods. "Let's Go! I'm as ready as I'll ever be." With that the trio take off for Mother Natures dinner party.