As they had been doing for the past few hours, the group continued to baby shop for Audrey. The large group had successfully lightened the pregnant woman's load when it came to shopping for baby necessities. Everyone pitched in. Even Chester placed his phone down for five minutes every hour to help out with the baby shopping. The only person who wasn't helping was sneaking through the halls, trying not to be seen.

Besides that, no one seemed to suspect anything. At least not yet.

George walked up to Ara with a list of baby supplies that he had gathered. "I have purchased baby necessities. This should be enough." He pointed to the dozen of each that he had ordered.

Ara nodded at that with a smirk. "That should be good enough. Thank you, Geo." She nodded at him.

After that, CJ walked up to Ara and said, "Hey, Ara! I found an awesome deal on baby footsies!" She displayed the tablet to Ara so the other woman could judge her efforts. Before Ara could respond, CJ continued. "I also got them a couple of big wheels! You're never too young to start learning how to ride."

Chester shook his head at that. "In your case, break your bones." He shook his head. "Infants have no need for big wheels. I have bought them a music player that plays classical music. Classical music is soothing and it makes sophisticated children." He said proudly.

Uma, who overheard them talking said, "Doesn't that sound like a snore-fest?" In a sarcastic manner.

"Doesn't it?" CJ asked with a cringe.

This prompted Chester to roll his eyes.

Triple G asked with a blank expression, "What's our address again?"

Chester then turned to him. "We've been over this a thousand times!"

"I know! It's just so many numbers…" Trip said with a scratch or his head.

JR had gotten distracted and started shopping for himself. "This shirt would look so good on me…" He said with thought.

Ara looked at him humored. "JR, you're supposed to be baby shopping."

Deuce spoke, popping out of a pile of wrapping paper and bows. "He acts like a baby."

"You're a baby!" JR rebutted.

Deuce adjusted his hat. "I rest my case."

Ara looked at them all with exasperation. "Guys...just focus on the shopping." She shook her head as she looked at the items on her phone. "I wish Hazel were here. She'd be able to give me some insight on this stuff." Then she thought. "Actually...CJ, go check on her and make sure she's okay."

CJ shrugged at that. "...Okay." She said before preparing to get up.

Before she could fully get up, the door was thrown open by a woman in high-heels and a dress that...practically showed off everything. "Hey, is this where the party was going on?!" She asked loudly, acting as if she owned the place. "Because I brought the dip like the invitation said!" She exclaimed before making a bowl of guacamole appear.

Chester was thrown off by everything and murmured, "Invitation?" Before raising his eyebrow in confusion.

Ara, on the other hand, smiled while everyone else looked at her in confusion. "Hecate? What are you doing here?" She asked with a smile.

The woman gasped at that. "You recognize me? Oh, come on! I put a lot of work into making this form different!" She said in disappointment, huffing and folding her arms. "Is it the eyes, hair, do I need dimples?"

Ara shook her head. "Nah. Its just...there is only one person I know that would bust in and offer chips and dip in the middle of a bunch of baby shopping." She said with a shrug.

"Oh, that's good! That means I got rid of the mom bod. I am in pre-mom bod again!" Hecate said before blinking. "And no, that doesn't make me a professional with kids, mine hates men and myself and has an obsession with turning men into creatures. Ask Helios what went wrong, he's the one that dropped the kid." She said, pausing mid-babble to blink again. "So, did I nail it or not? I need feedback and Hades is a terrible judge considering the fact he's dead on the floor again."

Ara blinked before placing a hand on her hip. "Well...you don't look like a mom." She replied.

Freddie leaned over before coughing purposely.

Ara looked back at her before saying, "Ah, right. I don't believe you've ever met my friends face to face." She said with a chuckle.

Hecate did a mock bow. "I am Hecate...AKA the chick who was trapped in a dark dimension for two years by a crazed fairy." She said before going back to her other topic. "Seriously though, no mom vibes? Because I am not the mom-I was the incubator and that's all. Grew the kid, tossed at the Helios, and ditched to go to the tropics and work off the flab." She said as she made a chair appear before she sat down.

Triple G, with a blank expression, casually pulled a blindfold out of his back pocket. Then he proceeded to tie it in place, covering his eyes.

Ara shrugged and said, "Nah. You're good." She gave her a thumbs-up as visual.

"Cool-great. No need to try and copy those models some more." Hecate said casually before lazily looked at them. "So, what are we doing besides handling the Audrey pregnancy thing and the runaway Heidi? I need to get the deets so I am filled in. My mind-probing only goes so far." She told them as she shifted in her seat, which, unfortunately for a few of them, only ended up making her dress shift as well.

Uma continued to work as if nothing had gone on. "As of right now...that's about it. But, as of two weeks ago, Ara got a new boyfriend." She said as she typed in a new search.

While the boys appeared frozen, Ara said, "Uh-huh. Me and Susanoo made it official not too long ago." She said with a smile.

"Ahhh...The thunderhead of the three. Well, you have a good eye, all three are something else but he is...ah, if I didn't hate relationships." Hecate said with a smirk.

Freddie leaned on CJ, which made CJ look at her in confusion. "By ah I hope you mean absolute fire." She said with a sigh.

CJ looked at her in exasperation before pushing her off.

"Oh, he is indeed fiery and quite the looker...But alas-" Hecate grabbed at her chest in a dramatic manner. "Helios was my first and last love and he was the literal sun." She said with a smile. "Good and bad on the eyes."

The girls cringed at the joke while the boys...weren't paying attention at all.

Chester sat with halved eyes while Deuce nudged him over and over.

"Chess...Chess...Chess!" Deuce called using a whisper.

"What!?" Chester whispered in return. "Let me guess! She moved again!?"

"No! I think I forgot how to breathe!" He said, holding his throat.

Chester facepalmed. "For the love of...in...out...in...out!" He said, patting Deuce on the back.

JR asked a similar question. "Wait...do I know how to breathe? I'm breathing right now...right? Am I breathing?" He asked while unblinkingly looking at the weird woman.

This prompted George to roll his eyes.

Hecate didn't appear to notice them as she continued on in her babbling. "So the thing with Helios...he liked crazy and I asked how crazy-I totally surprised that dude when he walked into my place and found a dead body on a table. To be fair, he did catch me at a bad time, I usually put the body away for guests. Anyway, I freaked him out, we got boogey, I wound up with a kid then tossed the kid at him and ran off to an island getaway. He still talked on the weekends when I was actually looking at the communication doves he kept sending. I wonder how a sun god can send doves? Anybody know how? I'd think phoenixes or something." She said before stopping to think about the issue about the doves.

"Deuce...she's crazy," Chester said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Even a blind man can see that." He shook his head.

Deuce, who didn't seem to hear a word he said, replied with, "But that body though…" He said, trying to look past Chester.

This prompted Chester to facepalm once again. "Many beautiful people are out of their minds. Watch the news as proof of you don't believe me."

Deuce turned his attention to Chester with a smile. "Do you think she's crazy enough to go out with me!?"

Chester gave him a deadpan. "...I don't think she's that crazy." He then turned his attention back to the talkative woman.

Hecate shrugged and continued once more. "Then there was the time the crazy kid got me in trouble for her actions and since she bore a resemblance to me...Those idiots jumped me for it! So then...I decided to go undercover...I had to choose between tiger, which was native to the area, or as a wolf. Deciding that she'd let me in if I was just really polite, I ended up going full tiger mode and instead busted down the door! Now, if you thought my random bodies were insane-she had transformed like a whole ship's worth of men into creatures. Pigs, birds, saw a few chickens, and even a monkey. They were all very ugly and frankly I don't claim that kid as mine, I didn't drop her on her head or off of the chariot. Now what did she do next…" She trailed off as she tried to remember the next part.

Ara tilted her head at that while Freddie and Uma took that as an opportunity to get back on track with what they were doing.

Freddie whispered to Ara. "Your friend sure is talkative, ain't she?" She shook her head.

Ara chuckled before saying, "Yeah. She sure is. She'll stop...soon?" She shrugged.

Uma looked at them with exasperation. "About that guac?" She asked, with a sigh.

Hecate was caught off track when she looked at her phone. "Oh, hey! I didn't tell you guys what's been happening with me! Well, not with me, me, but all the stuff happening in the Underworld. See, just after I left, Hades' other daughter apparently swooped in, in a really cool hybrid dragon form, with a kid attached to her and began asking where her dad was. I told her the moron got kidnapped and she said "Oh, okay." and went off about her day since Hades is a moron. What else...Uh...Oh, yeah! I know Skadi and her hubby are at the castle and she's been abusing Hermes for awhile using some arrows. The hubby is enjoying the pools and I think I heard about a mini Elsa or something that's dating Hades' son showing up, I dunno. Oh, we also got the Hestia/Vesta combo who turned out to be craaazy cat ladies. They snuck in cats! CATS! I have never been more proud of them." She took a moment to wave at her tears. "I dunno if there are any others, aside from the random freeloaders, but Persephone says hi. She's working on bio-Ooh a text!" She said before happily paying attention to her phone.

Uma stated as she worked. "I know less than two percent of those people." She looked up at Ara.

Freddie looked at Ara and said, "Same. Do you know those guys?"

Ara blinked before saying, "Well...my world is...really different from theirs. Some of them I've met, but for a very short period of time." Ara smiled. "The most important part is that grandfather is okay." She said with relief.

Trip raised his fist at that, enjoying the ability of not being able to see.

Chester clicked his mouth. "Well...technically he is a grandfather, but he's not technically…your grandfather." He said, cautiously stating facts.

Ara's smile fell before she gained a look of exasperation. "Thanks for the reality check, Chester." She said with sarcasm.

"You're welcome." He said, glad he didn't get fried or frozen.

Ara shook her head. "Even though that is true, I am still happy he's okay." She said casually, prompting Chester to nod in a proud manner.

"I would just hate for you to feel as though you are in contest with anyone," Chester explained to her.

Ara looked down at him. "It's okay. I get it. Keep watching my back." She said, patting him atop of his hat.

"No problem, boss." He replied, calling her by the title he used when they first met.

"Oh, it's not like Skadi and her hubby don't talk about you kids. While most of our memories were turned to dirt, they just kept theirs for some reason. Her and her hubby only recently found out about mini Elsa and while the hubby is all hugs since more is better, Skadi is keeping her distance." Hecate said as she texted someone.

Ara tilted her head. "Well, all of that is...interesting. I honestly have no idea what to say." She said with a thoughtful look.

Triple G perked up. "What's tripping you up? The fact that your not-so-grandparents never forgot you or the fact that you will eventually come in contact with a mini Elsa in Heidi's Castle?" He asked.

"Both," Ara answered then sighed. "Man, this is going to be awkward." She said mostly to herself.

"If the mini Elsa even shows herself. She, apparently, only comes out for food before running to go hide with Hades' son. She's just the mini Elsa since she is like a copy-pasted version, only shorter...like really really short." Hecate said as she shifted into a different position before continuing her texting.

Freddie asked, "So, basically nothing interesting? Got it." She said as she tried to work off her boredom.

Ara shrugged before saying, "We'll just mind our own business. We came to do a job, not make friends." She folded her arms.

"Awww…" Trip said, prompting Ara to roll her eyes.

"Ditto that response," Hecate said as she lazily looked at them. "Just because you guys are helping out against a really old prissy fairy princess who wants the world doesn't mean you can't make friends. I mean-look at me! My job is all the info dealing on Miss Psycho herself since I'm the only smart one in that area. Not everyday you can boast that when Athena is running around. Besides...There aren't that many peeps there, just some random people plus my insane daughter who broke in somehow." She said in a casual manner.

Chester nodded at that. "The faster we work the faster we can go back home." He said before picking up his phone.

Ara tilted her head. "Easier said than done, but we should make it back here at a reasonable time. Time flies differently there. So...we'll train, chill, train, win the battle, and home sweet home we go. You know? So everything can go back to normal?" She asked, getting nods from all of the group. The boys even took time to nod before going back to Hecate.

Hecate blinked before staring at them. "Wait, so nobody told you guys the thing that Ama did?" She asked with a bit of confusion.

Freddie sighed. "And...here we go." She said, referring how things always switched up at the last minute.

CJ looked over with a raised eyebrow. "She did what?"

"I don't think anyone told us anything?" Ara asked slowly.

Hecate blinked at that. "Well, she wanted to make sure that nobody would be a moron and try to rush it through so...she made sure the time didn't flow differently...I just sorta picked it up on the ol' magical radar and put two and two together." Hecate said with a shrug. "Not sure if she meant it for you kids or for the people in Asgard."

"NOOOOO!" Chester screamed at the top of his lungs.

Ara blinked. "...What's the matter?"

"You don't understand, do you!?" Chester said, ripping his hair out. "The underworld's time frame usually flows significantly slower than ours. If we were to leave with the original time span, we would be gone a couple months, but it would feel like a week in our world...b-b-but now that the time frames have been matched..!" Chester ran to get his stress toy.

Freddie said, "And this...is the story of how a group of young people went from superstars to jobless nobodies…" She shook her head.

Chester wheeled. "The royal family will not be here to look after Rome, you all will lose your status, and even worse..! I could get fired!" His lip trembled as his pupils enlarged.

Ara slowly nodded at that. "I'm seeing this now. That's not good." She said, looking down in thought.

Hecate rubbed her chin. "Either you guys were the collateral damage...or it was Asgard...Huh, I should look into that." She said before shrugging. "Anyway, y'all should just ask Heidi for money. She can pay you guys triple for whatever you are making, buy out whatever businesses have employed you, and still have some spare change for buying the Olympians dinner. She's got that money trick that Hades has and that guy has a golden castle." She said in a casual manner as she didn't look at them and instead at her phone.

Ara made an unreadable expression at that before saying, "I'll...think about it." She said, picking up the hyperventilating feline and getting him a paper bag.

"About the whole 'lack of rulers' thing, I'd just make some super-smart doubles to handle it if it were up to me. I've done it with so many meetings and they never know the difference." Hecate explained with a bored look. "I once had one out for like a whole year because while mortals can fight for a day...Olympians can fight for a year over something as small as whether the goat should be the main course or the pig."

Uma didn't bother to comment as she looked up, opened her mouth, shook her head, and closed it again.

Ara nodded with a raised eyebrow. "I'll think about that too…" She blinked, setting the calmer cat down to collapse on the floor.

"Uh-huh...Oh my gosh...MAL'S BABY IS ADORABLE!" Hecate said with a loud squeal. "She has a mini ember and everything, oh my gods…" She said with a wide grin before looking up. "Does anyone want to see a really cute baby?!"

Triple G stood up. "Ooh! I want to!" He removed his blindfold, hissing at the light burning his eyes before making his way over.

George walked over blankly. Ara followed his lead with a shrug. Deuce...walked over there for different reasons.

"She looks nothing like Hades...Mainly because she actually has some color in her skin and she has such pretty blonde hair with...the purple tips!" Hecate squealed while grinning. "Oh, and she has Mal's stare...Only with a smile and not a scowl." She said in a somewhat dramatic manner before offering her phone.

Ara took the phone from her, catching a look at the baby in the picture. "Awww...what a cutie." She said with a large smile.

George stated. "Adorable."

Triple G chuckled. "I can definitely see the stare. Aww, can't wait to meet the widdle thing." He said in a baby voice.

Ara shrugged. "Hecate said Mal and the kid are at the castle so...you'll see her." That's when she thought about something then winced at the thought. Shaking it off, she handed the phone back to Hecate, ignoring Deuce, who was hugging Hecate's leg. "Here's your phone back."

"Oh, thanks," Hecate said, ignoring the cat as well as she went back to her texting.

Ara gave the melting feline a dry look before going back to her station. "Thanks for showing us, by the way." Ara scratched the back of her head. "I'm going to have to talk to my sister later." She said wincing once more.

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Hazel had quite an interesting adventure sneaking through their large home, trying not to be seen. That is a job when everyone who lives there is either a deity or has powers. Either way, she was just happy that she had made it to the hospital room without creating suspicion.

Hazel looked around the hall before silently opening the door. After that, she wasted no time slipping into the room and closing the door behind her. She sighed at that.

After that, she turned around. "Alright. Kam, I wanted to talk to...you?" She trailed off eyeing the number of cakes in the room.

Kam stared back at her with halved eyes. "Don't look at me like that." She deadpanned before taking a bite of what appeared to be a red velvet cake. "What do you need and why?" She asked, annoyance heavy in her voice at the fact that she had been interrupted.

Hazel blinked a couple times. "My tooth started hurting by just looking at all of these sweets. It looks like that board game I used to play as a kid." She cringed before saying, "I just need proof that Audrey has a fourth kid to get Hades to shut the hell up." She said as she tried to avert her eyes from the disturbing amount of sweets in the room.

Kam nearly choked and coughed a bit before looking at her with a raised eyebrow. "A fourth what?" She asked, setting her fork down before she dropped it.

Hazel sighed in a sarcastic manner. "Oh great…" She said, figuring Kam didn't know either. "Look. Me and my sis share memories. Audrey told her about a fourth kid. I need proof. You're a doctor. Do something!" She said with a fold of her arms.

Kam stared at her blankly. "...What kind of weed do they sell around here to make you think that?" She asked as she subtly pulled her phone out.

Hazel looked at her with the dullest of deadpans. "Put. That. Phone. Down." She said, pointing to the ground. "Don't get me started because I've had a hell of a day."

"Let me put you through to my boss." Kam blinked in a casual manner before ignoring her and calling someone. "One of them has lost their mind and thinks another is hiding a kid." She deadpanned as she stared at Hazel with halved eyes.

Hazel humped at that in a bratty manner. "Lost my mind? I'll show you crazy Hazel. You haven't seen her yet." She grumbled as she kept her arms folded.

"Uh-huh, yeah, she's throwing a fit. Acting like a big baby." Kam continued on as she returned to her cake. "Do you wanna come down or should I just tranq her?"

"Hey," Hazel warned. "I may be a shapeshifter, but I ain't no animal." She said with a sassy tone to her voice.

"Now she's being sassy. Not to the point of pushing my buttons, just a biiiiiit of a tantrum we have going on. Just when I think the tantrums stop at this age, they return and annoy me." Kam said casually as her eyes closed. "Yeah, would you just teleport in and tell her that she's lost her mind? There is no secret kid...I checked her multiple times and there's only the three. I think that girl is just trying some new designer weed." She said before her voice lowered at the end.

Hazel shot a glare at Kam before dryly chuckling, "Yeah, keep it up. I can't wait till your face gets broken. I might be nice enough to help you pick up the pieces."

Kam rolled her eyes. "My face has been through worse." She deadpanned before hanging up and closing her eyes. "Boss coming in, front and center." She said, waving her hand a bit as somebody teleported into the room.

Hazel greeted Kam's boss with a traditional bow before saying, "Hello, and finally someone who's going to know what I've been talking about." Then she looked at Ama with confusion. "You don't think I'm crazy, do you?" She squinted her eyes.

"The only thing that is crazy is Kam's sugar levels," Ama said with a smirk, dodging a fork thrown her way before she leaned down to whisper to her. "Not even gods can avoid that moment in the month. She gets...like that." She said, gesturing to the other woman with a small cringe.

Hazel's eyebrow practically rose sky high at that before her expression grew into a deadpan. "Of course. The moment I need to speak to the ole doc; I don't get KAM I get PMS." She looked up with annoyance. "I'm starting to think I'm cursed to be unlucky or something."

"Hmm...Unless you have seen a black cat or a cracked mirror, you shouldn't be dealing with a curse of unluckiness." Ama said thoughtfully while rubbing her chin.

Hazel shrugged. "So, I need proof of the fourth baby. Because of that, I went to Kam. Unfortunately," She started, giving Kam a look. "Now I need to prove to her there is a baby to get my proof. I need proof of the proof!" Hazel said with a few blinks.

"Well...It's hard for anyone who isn't the person who hid the baby to...see it...And that was the other Hera who must have decided to try and hide it from everyone." Ama explained slowly as she ignored the snort from Kam who went back to eating.

Hazel nodded at that. "That seems understandable." She raised her eyebrow. "So...how would I go about getting my proof?" She tilted her head.

"Normally the mortals would use a machine...Gods would use a spell. But since Hera decided to be...a pain, we have to try something else." Ama said while shaking her head.

Hazel looked at her with a half eyed gaze. "Why do I have a feeling this is going to take longer than what I originally expected?" She asked in a deadpan.

"You can ask the other Hera that if you spot her," Ama answered blankly with a deadpan as well.

"Fantastic," Hazel said with a sigh. "Oh well. Anything is better than being stuck in a room with Hades." She said with a small cringe at the thought.

"He's currently dealing with the thought of having to deal with his youngest daughter...So I wouldn't expect anything besides panic coming out of him." Ama said as she began to make her way over to the bed.

Hazel tilted her head at that. "Eh, I'm sure he'll be fine. But uh...what are we going to do? I'm sure you have a plan?"

Ama scratched the back of her neck and let out somewhat of a nervous chuckle. "Actually...I was just going to try every spell in the book until I got somewhere." She admitted with a tilt of her head.

Hazel looked up at no one in particular and said, "I'm doomed." Her fingers rested on her lips while her eyes halved again.

"Doomed and high as a kite." Kam added on with a snicker, ignoring Ama who had already begun trying spells out.

Hazel shot her a look. "Keep calm. Count to ten." She told herself, attempting to keep her temper in check.

"Or to twenty." Kam deadpanned with a chuckle.

Hazel's eye twitched at that. "Don't you know it's bad to run up someone's blood pressure, doc?" She asked with a sarcastic tone.

"...Maybe." Kam shrugged as she didn't even bother to look her way.

Hazel huffed at that. "You call me high but at least I'm not the one with the cake addiction." She said with a roll of her eyes.

"Cake is a good addiction, having a temper problem isn't," Kam said with a smirk.

Hazel raised an eyebrow at that. "Cake is a good addiction? Tell that to my personal trainer." She looked elsewhere before saying, "And I don't have a temper problem. You don't know and never will know, the day I've had. And it's still early." She said the last part dryly.

"Have a metabolism like myself...and it is a wonderful addiction. Besides, if you want to go complain about how crappy your day is...Ama is right there to listen to complaints. It's not my department." Kam said with a roll of her eyes.

Hazel shook her head before saying, "That's the best thing you said all day. I don't talk to people. Talking to people is why I'm in this mess so...I'll pass." She blew her bangs out of her line of sight before walking elsewhere in the room.

"Ah...so you can get deeper into shit and thus complain about it more...Good plan. Bottling it all up always goes well." The goddess said dryly, mumbling a bit when Ama shot her a glare.

"Doesn't it, though?" Hazel said with a smirk. "I'm glad a giant ant like you can understand." She said before taking a seat where she could see the garden.

Ama was barely able to stop the knife that Kam was trying to throw and sighed. "Okay, one of you has to leave or...something. This is getting out of hand." She said, turning away and placing her hands on hips as she looked at them.

Kam pointed at Hazel and shrugged. "The cake and I were here first, she was here second, therefore she leaves." She said while folding her arms, prompting Ama to facepalm.

Hazel glanced at her. "I only came here for help. You became the math teacher and gave me problems." She folded her arms.

"Oh, so that makes you the kid I give detention to for being a brat," Kam said while tilting her head.

Hazel turned and said, "I guess that makes you the old bag of bones that hates everything and anything that's dripping in finesse." She smirked a bit.

"The only thing your dripping in is annoyance." Kam deadpanned, twirling her fork a bit as she looked it over.

Hazel tilted her head. "You know, Hades told me the same thing. Are you two related?" She asked casually, purposely trying to aggravate.

"Nah, he lives with dead people, I care for people before they are dead," Kam said, placing her fork down as she made another knife appear.

Ama let out a sigh. "Kam, don't throw that knife, Hazel...stop trying to get a rise out of her. She is...somewhat deadly when angered." She said while cringing, clearly trying to keep the calm in the room.

Hazel shrugged. "She started it. I should be thanking her, though. I think I've found one of my hidden talents. Call me The Vexing Ruby." She said sarcastically with a smirk.

"Hmm...Nah, just annoying brat works perfectly." Kam said plainly, causing Ama to groan softly.

Hazel nodded at that. "How sweet. You thought of a nickname for me. Now, let me think of one for you." She said, her mind immediately traveling to the gutter.

Before it could continue, Ama, surprisingly, smacked Kam in the back of her head...right into unconsciousness. The older goddess stared before looking at Hazel. "Sorry, I was trying to hold that back and I didn't." She said plainly while looking at her slightly glowing hand.

Hazel blinked in surprise before nodding in satisfaction. "Well...I was not expecting that…" Then she shrugged in a deadpan. "Then again, I was expecting to not expect something. So, it doesn't count." She said with a smirk and a fold of her arms.

Ama shrugged a bit as she waved her hand back to normal. "I grew up with two brothers, I did that often." She said while averting her eyes a bit.

Hazel accepted that with a nod. "I'm going to have to add her to my enemies notebook." She said as the notebook appeared in her hand. "Watch out for flying knives…" She said aloud as she scribbled her words down.

"She normally isn't like that but...she has one of the most dramatic changes in personality when it happens. I mean-I have seen a lot of women, mortals and goddesses alike, but none match up to how Kam behaves." Ama explained as she turned away and began on the next spell.

Hazel shrugs, eyeing one of the unattended cakes. "As long as it's temporary…" She responded, peeking at the healing goddess as if she wanted to make sure she was knocked out before smirking.

"It is...or at least it should be," Ama responded with a tilt of her head as one of her spells failed.

Hazel looked at the cake, having second thoughts before walking away. Somehow she made her way back to the cake, watching it. "I hope it is."

"Unless she got herself cursed...she should be fine in a few days. It happens rarely but quickly, not fast enough for some, though." Ama said as she glanced at her.

Hazel stated down at the cake for a moment. "A few days?" She humphed. "Real feel, a few years." She nodded before making a cake cutter with her magic.

"True." Ama chuckled softly and shook her head as she frowned a bit at yet another failed spell. "But it is better than a week, eh?"

Hazel cut the cake casually with a smirk as she talked. "That is very true. I most likely wouldn't live through that." She said before she lifted a slice up.

"She usually self-isolates herself and says she's unavailable when it happens. Sometimes, however...she gets a bit out of hand. Even before I knew her, there was word of her behavior changes every few years. Gave her bit of a reputation, actually." Ama tilted her head thoughtfully as she thought something over.

"You don't say?" Hazel said with her mouth partially full of cake. She is currently using her furnace of a stomach to practically inhale the cake. She was sure Kam wouldn't miss it.

Ama didn't bother to turn around to see what Hazel was up to and instead begin with another technique. "Oh, yeah. One day she's the sweetest and the next she's throwing knives and committing arson along with several other crimes involving poison...farm animals...among other things." She said with a small shrug.

Hazel worked on the next cake, licking her lips before saying, "How...fun." She said at a loss for words.

"If we didn't have literal demons, we might have counted her as one. However, she doesn't quite fit in since she isn't always like that. Only...10%? Or would it be five…" Ama tilted her head at that before shrugging.

Hazel tilted her head at that. "I don't know. My gut tells me ten." She said before finishing off the last of the cakes at record speed.

"It's up for debate," Ama said before going quiet as she focused on what she was doing.

Hazel, satisfied with her work, teleported back to her spot to watch the garden. She started out, occasionally looking around to see if anyone spotted her. When she was sure no one was going to hunt her down, she relaxed back in her seat and remained quiet.

After a while, Ama clicked her tongue and folded her arms as she watched another spell. "I think...this one could be a winner. Could be-not guaranteed." She said before clarifying herself at the end. "Hera really knows how to hide things…"

Hazel didn't get her hopes up. Especially with how things were going so far. "Um-hm." She said with a nod. "Whatever works. I hope it works…" She leaned on her arm.

"If it doesn't...I'll just summon someone with the same abilities as Hera. I happen to have a source in Asgard." Ama said with a shrug as she watched the spell glow.

Hazel nodded at that. "Sure, sure. Take your time. I'm just going to chill out. Hopefully, no one finds out I'm missing and kicks my ass for leaving the bed." She said with a lazy tone.

Ama nodded as she shook her head, calling off the spell as she instead looked around the room. "Well, you'll be happy to know that Hecate is doing an excellent job of distracting them. At the moment she has been talking for...twelve minutes...straight." She said plainly before closing her eyes.

Hazel blinked before smirking. "Ah...I owe her one." She said before getting comfortable.

Ama nodded once more before opening her eyes as she stepped back. Appearing in front of her was a tall redhead with silver eyes. "You...need to help me." Before the other goddess could interject, Ama raised her hand. "Another version of Hera did something and I can't get past it."

"Oh...I'll see what I can do." The other woman said slowly before turning away, prompting Ama to nod before strolling over to where Hazel was sitting.

Hazel, who didn't notice the goddess' presence, stared out at the garden in a detached state. She was currently lost in her thoughts, staring into space. Her eyes changed colors due to her various emotions while she daydreamed.

Ama looked at her before softly sighing. "Even though Kam is...unbearably rude, she does have a point. You can't stay silent forever." She said quietly.

Hazel blinked a couple times before looking up at her. She looked back outside before saying, "I would much rather leave everything alone. I was doing just fine...until…" She bit her tongue for a moment. "Let's just say I wasn't complaining when this whole other dimension thing faded away."

Ama was silent for a bit before she looked down at her. "...You know that I know everything...right? I have seen practically everything so...you can talk with me." She said in a gentle voice. "I may...be old and not have this problem like Hades does, but I know everything. He doesn't and frankly...he is lacking in the brain department."

Hazel avoided her gaze. "I am aware. I just feel like every time I try to do something...something bad happens to me. Talking only seems to get me into more trouble, so I just don't. I don't want pity."

"I'm not offering you pity, much like Hades...I will only offer you a chance to speak to someone who will not judge you, hate you, or hold any bias towards you for your actions. As for...earlier...I will have a talk with Heidi. Her and I grew close over the past years, perhaps because I never offered her that pity or biased answers." Ama said calmly as she smiled a bit in thought. "Whatever that answer might be, I will talk to her. For now, you can talk with me and whatever you say stays here. It doesn't get moved on, repeated, or twisted."

Hazel looked at her skeptically before pondering it. That's when she glanced at the necklace dangling around her neck before she sighed heavily. "Fine. I'll talk. What...do you want to know..?" She asked, clearly not used to talking about her problems.

"...What is causing you the most pain?" Ama asked as she sat down on the ground like a child patiently waiting for a story.

Hazel blinked at that for a moment before sighing. "I was about eight and I lived in the basement of an orphanage. I only had one friend that I didn't see often. He was way more popular with the other kids. Me? I was the local witch." She said with a shrug.

"One day there was this baby that was dropped off. I got pretty attached to the thing and spent nearly every second with him." She explained. "I even got a job at a farm to get a few spare coins and get him some things." She fiddled with her fingers as she spoke. "One particular day, I was very tired coming back from work. Like clockwork, the majority of the kids were waiting to mess with me. They would do whatever to me, but I never hit them back knowing that they most likely wouldn't survive if I did."

She took a deep breath as she suddenly felt less comfortable. "Well...one day, I did hit back. They tried to hurt my only friend because he stood up for me. Then I...I-I…" She closed her eyes in shame, she found it very hard to speak at this point.

Ama scooted forward and offered the girl her hand as her eyes flickered with understanding.

Hazel shakily inhaled before opening her now tear-filled eyes. "...I messed up so bad." She said with a shake of her head. She took Ama's hand before continuing. "The only things I remember are large boulders flying, fire, l-lava shot up from the ground at one point. I-I don't know. I don't know what I had done, but when my friend looked back at me, he looked back at me with so much fear in his eyes." She shook her head. "I burned the entire thing down. Thankfully, we were able to get all of the babies out, but my friend didn't make it. Only I-I and the baby made it out before the building collapsed." She wiped at her eyes to no avail.

"After that...I was locked up." She said with a sniff. "I was classified as a curse and transported to another orphanage that put me behind bars that time. I stayed there until I was old enough to go to the prep school." She hiccupped. "I never even got to tell the baby...Pistachio, goodbye." She said before closing her eyes, hoping to stop the tears running from them.

Ama gently pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back. "I know...You can let it out now." She murmured quietly, making sure that the other goddess within the room couldn't hear her.

Hazel's lip trembled immediately once the goddess said this. It didn't take long for Hazel to break down and gave in to the pain that she had been suppressing for years. She leaned into the hug as her body practically lost the strength to hold its own while she uncontrollably bawled and wailed in emotional pain.

Ama simply tightened her embrace and rocked the girl a bit as she locked eyes with the other goddess. They exchanged a silent conversation for a bit before the Norse goddess politely turned away and went about her own business and let them have their space.

"...It was all my fault!" Hazel wailed, now in her head again. "Everything is my fault! I always screw things up! I'm nothing but a screw-up! I c-can't do a-anything right!" Whimpered before closing her eyes tightly.

"You aren't a screw-up, Hazel." Ama whispered quietly, locking eyes once again with the Norse goddess as she mouthed "No!" to the woman who looked like her heart was breaking at the words that Hazel had said.

Hazel was trembling at this point. "If I'm not, then why does everything I do backfire?" She sniffed before saying, "Nothing ever works for me! It always works for everyone around me! Whenever I'm on my own, I ruin everything!"

"Hazel...Bad things happen to amazing people. I don't know why...nor who is behind them...but it's those good people that keep moving past them. Those people may have the world and all forces of nature against them...yet they still move forward. It may take a day or thousands of years for them to move...but they move and they don't stop. You are, in my eyes, one of those people." Ama said with a small smile as she spoke.

Hazel sniffed and said, "I just...am tired of getting hurt. I don't see the reason for me to stick around if I'm the one causing the problems." She used her arm to try and wipe at her face.

Ama patted her on the back. "If I could promise to stop the pain, I would. If I could find the person that made it so that bad things happen, I would. But I cannot make that promise...what I can do is say that...with time, all is healed. No matter how long it takes or if it takes no time...it will heal. You aren't the cause of all these problems, not to me...and I know everything." She said as she summoned a handkerchief and wiped at the tears for her.

Hazel blinked at the gesture before nodding. "...That's...That's why I hate to be around babies...kids. I'm afraid of-of myself." She admitted.

Ama nodded at that. "You may feel as though it is an unachievable point that you need to reach, the point where you can be around them, but I don't feel as though it is so impossible. It is a difficult thing to overcome...but I know I have faith that you will move past that wall in time." She said with a smile.

Hazel looked up at her as if she was searching for any form of falsehood. That was before the smallest of smiles formed on her face. "...Thank you."

Ama bowed her head in response before tilting her head. "Anything else on your mind?" She asked gently with a calm look in her eyes.

"There are always things on my mind," Hazel admitted, her voice sounding a bit raspy now. "I might need a moment to choose one."

Ama nodded at that before finally turning her attention to the Norse goddess that had returned to her staring. "Frigg? Do you have anything to say about the situation regarding Hera's spell?" She asked as she continued to rock the girl in her arms.

The now named Frigg quickly looked back at the pregnant woman as if she wasn't staring and tilted her head. "I'm not sure what you wanted to know. She's perfectly healthy despite the odd number of children she decided to have at once." She stated, prompting Ama to raise an eyebrow.

Hazel tilted her head in interest. "...How many?" She asked, taking it easy with her voice.

"Uh...four?" Frigg paused as she saw Ama's eyes widen. "Did you guys not know or…"

Hazel blinked for a few before a small smile grew on her face. "...I knew I was right. Boy or girl?" She asked, suddenly feeling pretty tired.

"Well, there are the three girls and the one boy." Frigg said with a hint of confusion.

Hazel hiccupped once more before saying, "It's a b-boy…" She tiredly chuckled. "They're gonna flip…" She said before she finally fell asleep from pure exhaustion.

Frigg blinked. "...So you guys...didn't know?" She asked with shock.

"No, Frigg, we knew nothing about that fourth one." Ama deadpanned with halved eyes. "We are having a talk after I take her back to her room."

Frigg gulped a bit at that. "Alright...I'll just stay here…" She said as she practically ran over to a seat and sat down. "Take your time!"

Ama shook her head in exasperation before teleporting away, leaving one very relieved Frigg...even if the relief would only last a few minutes.