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Welcome to the sequel to Choosing Hadie!
Debrief: This follows the Universe of Choosing by Ginnyrules27. Family/Love/Home, you got it.
I will expand upon lore, relationships, little scenes or tidbits we love from Ginny's stories. Keep in mind, the focus is Hadie! There will be scenes from other POV's of course. Such as here, we open from someone else! Characters I enjoy in the background like Ashaki, Yzla, Celia will have more screen time that show more of what influences our blue-haired godling :)
Now go forth! Read! Enjoy!
Despite being different schools, Auradon Royal Middle occupied the same campus as Auradon Prep. With such a large castle being transformed into the primary education of the budding country, contractors along with King Beast thought it made some sense. The middle school was the precursor to Prep after all. It helped to keep all the royal children in one safe place than scattered about the land. Where they'd likely be preyed upon by paparazzi or errant villains.
There were few who argued.
Of course, the only complaints eventually had were from the children themselves. Which were naturally brushed aside. Children didn't know what they wanted, according to adults. They didn't know what was truly best for them. They could suffer the education required, thought said adults.
Except it wasn't the education that the few children held grievances against.
Teenagers minded less. Auradon Prep afforded them to enjoy life without the constant bothers of immediate royal obligations. The privacies of making mistakes. To intermingle and relax without politics and parents hanging over their shoulders.
For Auradon Middle students, it was those that were siblings that had problems. Younger siblings, stuck behind, to be more specific. The dorm systems had all the years floors apart, separated by gender and school on top of it all. Classes were in different wings, so there was no chance to meet in the halls. Nor did all siblings share common interests, therefore clubs or extra-curriculars were not viable to meet together. Not to mention there would usually be a slew of other students.
There wasn't really an opportunity to just be…family.
Slamming her locker shut, the loud reverb went unheard in the crowded hall.
'That's the third time this week they didn't meet up with me for lunch. They promised!'
With a flip of her lengthy blonde hair, Alexandria Charming shrugged her school bag onto her shoulder. Resisting to stomp the way to her afternoon classes, Alexandria pirouetted neatly on her heel and strolled to Poise and Politics.
'At least I don't have Physics to worry about yet. The Introduction to Science syllabus looked brutal this year!'
Primly, she adjusted the skirt of her dress, sweeping it underneath as she took her seat next to one of her best friends. Ashaki glanced back with a smirk. The daughter of Aladdin had long ago switched to pants.
"Do you have any clue as to what my sisters were gossiping about at lunch this time?" Alexandria questioned Ashaki as they both set out their notebooks. "They were supposed to sit with me but instead were off table hopping again."
"Again? I'm sorry Alexandria, that might be my fault," Ashaki gave a look of apology. "I'd overheard my brother talking with Akiho and Ben. The new VK's are coming today!"
Alexandria perked up.
"That is interesting news. I thought they would wait till the weekend," Alexandria reached down to her bag, pulling out her pencil case, flipping it open to prepare her supplies. "Was there an announcement I missed that said whose children were coming?"
"Daughter of Ursula, son of Captain Hook, son of Gaston," Ashaki rattled off. "…and Mal's little brother, son of Hades."
"Little brother?" The youngest daughter of Cinderella thought back to where she might've heard of another child of Hades. "Oh right, Mal mentioned him when fighting Maleficent."
"Emir told me he's going to be in our year actually."
"Oooh, do you think he'll have his dad's hair?"
"Hair or fire you mean," Ashaki giggled, "I just hope he's nice like Lady Persephone."
"That would be more important I suppose."
The pair quieted down as the teacher, Ms. Popov, arrived to begin the class.
Hadie discreetly wiped his tears away, playing them off as those of laughter from seeing his cousin faceplant as the Cerberus dragged her from the limo. Quickly, he rushed after Estelle, the canine happily preening under Mal's many pets.
Long awaited greetings were exchanged. Mal hugging her brother tightly before moving on to Uma and Harry. Even Gil received one as she was so happy to see other VK's after so long.
They had barely been on the campus when they were informally introduced to a girl named Ally. Mal had a quick word with her before sending her back on her way. Some other meeting for Mal and Ben to attend.
"I've got to go meet them in a few, so I'll just show you the dorms," Mal said to the group distractedly as she helped unload the luggage from the trunk. A beat passed, Ben and the four new VK's staring at Mal expectantly. It wasn't until Uma called her name and waved a hand in front of the purple-haired girls face that she snapped out of whatever thoughts she was tangled in.
"I'm going to head to the office," Ben chuckled, placing a light kiss on Mal's cheek. "I'll see you all at dinner."
The young king headed towards the main entrance of the school as Mal beckoned the group towards one of the wings. Harry forced Gil to lug all their bags.
"Dorms are held this way. It's split by gender, and normally years," Mal explained. "But we made an exception for Hadie; you'll be rooming with Harry and Jay for this year."
Hadie nodded happily as he walked next to Estelle. He wouldn't lie if asked, the godling was admittedly nervous. A new place, with new rules? As curious as he was, he was a tad scared. At least he'd have the Rotten Four to watch out for him.
Soon, he and Harry were left at their new room. Mal walked away with Uma, Gil and Estelle still in tow.
"Wow, this wood is so much nicer than stone walls!" Hadie jumped up and down, clapping his hands as he and Harry looked around.
The room was painted a neat dark blue, with dark wood furniture and sidings to accent the color. Harry walked over to the double windows and pulled the curtain aside. A field of green swept before them, a forest in the distance.
"We certainly aren't on the Isle anymore," Harry whistled in awe.
"Ooh, ooh, can I have this one?" Hadie clamored up the lone lofted bed excitedly. Below was an alcove fitted with a shelf, desk and closet; another bed extended lengthwise on the ground, its own desk standing neatly against the near wall.
"I don't see why not," Harry chuckled. It would save him the trouble of climbing up and down every day. "I'll take this lower one next to you then. Jay's stuff seems to be in the closet next to the other set. Hopefully I'm assuming right, and he won't mind we picked spots."
Hadie scrambled back down and grabbed his suitcase.
"True, true," he said as he opened the luggage. "Well, I'm going to set up."
"Aye, you do that little Lord."
Rolling his eyes, Hadie placed his books on the desk and pulled out his blanket. A knock came from the door.
"I'll get it," Harry stood warily. A lanky boy with glasses and a number of backpacks hung from his shoulder.
With a huff, Hadie threw his red and blue blanket onto the tall bed.
"H-hi, I'm Doug, Dopey's son. I was tasked with dropping of the new students' school supplies and class schedules," he nervously greeted. "I believe this is where Jay was moved to? I have a pair of bags for one Harry Hook and one…Hadie?"
"Aye, I be Harry Hook," the pirate loomed in the doorway, his shadowed eyes carefully examining Doug for any threats. "Lord Hades' son is busy unpacking."
"Great. Mal picked this red bag out for you and this black and blue one for, um, Lord Hadie," Doug handed over the aforementioned items. "Your names are marked on who's schedule belongs to who. Your primary subjects are marked with blue, electives such as Basic Chivalry are in red along with room number and time."
Harry neatly plucked everything from Doug's hands, the bags dangling heavily on his hook.
"Primaries are split three a day as long periods, alternating Tuesday and Thursdays or Wednesdays and Fridays, your home room is every Monday, with all primaries that day" Doug continued, seemingly unaware of the uncaring look Harry was setting upon him. "Electives are always short periods, but never Mondays—"
"I think we've got it." Harry interrupted, poking Doug in the shoulder in hopes he'd finally leave.
"Oh! Yeah, I'll just, uh, go over to find LeGume then. Mal should already have Lady Uma's things."
Doug smartly sped away as Harry began to growl somewhat reminiscent of Lord Hades. Mentioning Gil had riled the boy up, but referring to Uma so reverently by her godly title than Captain seemed to put him on edge. As soon as the dwarf's son was out of sight, Harry swung the door shut.
Lowering his own bag onto his bed, Harry extended Hadie's over. "Here ye be, little Lord."
"I swear, Harry, you better not call me that every damn time, just use my name!" Hadie exclaimed as he opened the new belongings next to his suitcase. He placed the envelopes of papers, extra books and pencil case on his desk with the rest. A wrap consisting of toiletries was tucked away in a smaller compartment.
'Hmm…No map? Do they plan to show us around and hope we get it the first time?' Hadie thought as he idly sniffed at the cypress and orange scented shampoo.
Harry chuckled as he opened his worn rucksack, placing his few clothes into the chest of drawers built into his new bed.
"I'll consider it, little Lord."
"I'm going to go explore and see if I can't find the library," Hadie wedged his suitcase in the closet's nook. He'd hang up his clothes and photos as well as look through the new stuff later. "Maybe by dinner you'll learn to not be a pest."
More laughter was all Hadie heard before he slammed the door behind him, marching down the long hallway.
'Great, I'm in a strange new world, and I've decided to wander alone,' Hadie grimaced as he trailed along whatever random path his legs decided to set upon. 'Ben should've provided a map or something since evidently no time for a tour yet. Besides, with how big this place seems, I firmly believe it'd take more than just one showing for us to have this place memorized.'
Hadie glanced around. Everything looked foreign and familiar at once.
'Everything looks the same here!' He was on a similar case of stairs that had led to the dorms, but the windows had a completely different view of the grounds. 'I still haven't run into anyone, but you'd think there would be hundreds of other kids here.'
Turning around, Hadie dashed blindly down the rest of the stairs and around a corner. Only to immediately crash into someone.
"Ow!"
'Whoops, speaking of running into anyone…'
"Honestly, shouldn't you know better than to run inside?" An indignant voice pouted.
"I'm so sorry, let me help—" Hadie stood up and offered a hand to the fallen girl. 'Mom taught me some manners at least, just never used them on the Isle, best to use them here I imagine."
His sapphire eyes met brilliant sky blue.
"Oh! You're one of the new students," the girl gently grasped his hand to stand up, fluffing her blue dress neatly. "I suppose I could forgive you this time."
"Much obliged," Hadie laughed, resisting the urge to blush. "I feel like I've been lost for ages, so I started to run around in hope to find someone."
"Well," the blonde giggled. "You've found someone. Were you lost on your way to somewhere in particular? I could point you in the right direction."
"Ah, yeah, we weren't shown around anywhere yet or given maps. I was hoping to find the library."
"Really," the blonde tilted her head, reminiscent of Hadie and Mal's own habit when it came to thinking. "I heard you VK's were more into physical action than studying. You know, hit the field than hitting books."
"I'm an odd one, even by Isle standards," he wasn't going to say expand on anything. Admitting he'd been babied on the Isle still stung. He didn't even know this new person's name yet, there was no way he'd share more information than necessary.
'Oh right, isn't that one of the rules that mom spoke about? I think I'm supposed to introduce myself first as rank demands.'
"I'm Hadie, by the way. Son of Lord Hades and Lady Persephone, God Prince of the Hellenistic Underworld." He didn't bow. Unless this girl was one of his many cousins, he likely outranked her. Godhood and all that. Though he was pretty sure he outranked any of the ones attending school. They were only part God, even if they were older.
The girl curtsied in response, a blush forming on her cheeks. "I wasn't sure if you knew protocol, but didn't want to assume and introduce myself unprompted, sorry."
"It's not really used on the Isle, but mom wanted me to learn," Hadie shrugged, raising a brow at the girl expectantly.
"Yes, it's not really required outside of classes, though some take it more seriously than others. Better safe than sorry, hence…Ah, here I am trying to be proper and I didn't even follow up appropriately! I'm Alexandria, daughter of King Kit and Queen Ella, fourth heiress of Charmington."
"Like I said, we don't really use it, and I haven't been invited to any official functions yet, since I've only just gotten to Auradon. Mom is making sure I don't have to yet," Hadie shrugged again. "So, it's not used a lot in the school?"
"Not really, but it's good practice, you know?"
"Well, drop the formality with me, point me the way to the library and we can consider each other even, yeah?"
Alexandria laughed.
"Sure," she pointed to her right. "Library is three intersections down that hall, to the right, head down two more and go left, out the double doors that go to the inner courtyard, the exact opposite entrance of that is a large foyer. The giant bronze doors that are almost always open is the library. There's computers as well as the lab next door there if you don't have one yet."
"Thanks!" Hadie began to head down the hall. "I'll see you around?"
"At some point, I'm sure," Alexandria beamed.
As the two parted, Alexandria whipped out her phone.
Ashaki, Melody, you'll never guess who I just ran into…literally.
Hadie jogged down the twisting hallways as per Alexandria's directions.
'Okay, I should be coming up on the courtyard,' Hadie paused at a pair of windowed doors, a landscape of trees and benches on the other side. 'I hope I don't forget that list of directions and get lost again.'
As he cut across the pathway, Hadie heard voices. 'By dad, great. More people. I hope they're as nice as Alexandria was.'
Approaching the far side of the court, he found the source of conversation. Two tall boys were arguing, though there was no malice in their tones. One was clearly messing around, trying to pull himself up one of the lower branches one tree while the dark haired one reclined against the trunk of another.
"Just admit it Emir, reindeer are clearly superior to tigers!" The blond struggling up the tree shouted.
"So far it looks like monkeys might be, considering Abu nor Rajah would have issue climbing that tree already."
Hadie couldn't help himself.
"You're both wrong," he puffed up, his height measly compared to the other two who looked down at him in shock.
"Cerberi are clearly the superior animal."
"Like…the three headed hound who guards the Underworld?" questioned the blond.
"Yup! There's a few variations, most descended from Echidna herself, as most are reluctant to attempt to breed the beast themselves," Hadie began to recite, recalling his dad's information sent by Echidna herself after his stint in the Underworld. "The mortal bred versions are too new to see if they have a maximum size yet, and most are put down in fear. But they have uses! Not just as guard dogs, but they make good hunters and detectives and are surprisingly easy to train. Except the original Cerberus apparently, three heads and no brain between them according to dad, at least when he was a puppy—"
Hadie continued to ramble, preening under the rapt and amused attention of the older boys. Until Emir's phone began to ring.
Quieting, the godling brightened upon hearing that the boy was speaking with Mal. He also learned the blonde's name was Akiho.
'Whoops, forgot to introduce myself again. At least now I know I don't have to really follow protocol outside of classes.'
He further warmed up to the pair as Emir advised Mal over the phone she was 'gonna have to cut the training wheels at some point.'
"I'm going to swing by Ben's office and remind him to meet with us for dinner, I'm Emir by the way," Emir introduced himself as he closed his phone, offering a hand to shake towards Hadie. "Your sister is requesting you to be brought back to your dorm now that Jay is back, so she can show you all the way to the dining hall."
"Thanks, I'm Hadie," he said, taking the offered hand. "I guess I'll see the library another time."
"It's not like it can get up and walk away," Akiho grinned, dropping from where he managed to climb into the tree. "It's just through these doors, but I'll take you down the most direct path to your dorm so you can easily find it next time."
"Much appreciated," Hadie skipped towards Akiho, the new pair waving to Emir as he headed down a different path towards Ben's office.
Akiho led them back through the doors Hadie had come through but then led them down a different hall.
"Cerberus definitely sounds cool, but I think it's an unfair comparison," Akiho exclaimed.
"How do you figure?"
Akiho looked down at the excitable younger boy.
'Didn't Mal say her brother was about Herkie's age? He's so much smaller than I'd expect for someone meant to be a full God,' he couldn't help but think. Shaking his head, he elaborated.
"They're a mythical class. A godly or magical creature. I feel like that naturally would outclass a normal animal."
"I guess that's true," Hadie hummed to himself. "I guess that means you're admitting it though! Cerberi are superior!"
Hadie laughed and raced away towards where he saw Mal standing in front of what must be his dorm room.
"One Godling," Akiho said. "Also, he knows more about Cerberi than Ben knows about dragons. Just one friend who knows things about non-mythological creatures would be nice."
"Akiho, you know about spirits and rock trolls," Jay chuckled.
"Those are not mythological creatures now, are they Jay?" Akiho asked, rolling his eyes.
"But they're not mythological if they're real, then," Hadie interrupted. "Mythological implies just that, that they wouldn't be real."
Mal quickly jumped in to derail the conversation, introducing Akiho to Uma and Harry before she took him with her to grab Gil and Carlos.
"Hadie, stay."
"Woof," Hadie shook his head.
"Good to see you, kiddo!" Jay picked up Hadie and wrapped him up in a hug.
"H-hi, Jay!" Hadie grunted, struggling against the tight squeeze.
Mal and Akiho shortly returned with Carlos and Gil in tow. Hadie happily followed their growing group, listening as they bickered with each other.
Uma, complaining about having to room with Blueberry. Mal, impressing everyone with a swift round of magic.
'Right, I can do magic here at some point…hopefully,' Hadie mused. He'd heard that Auradon was pretty strict, but exceptions were at least for those of the Gods.
The group ranted about someone dubbed Sleeping Banshee that Hadie immediately noted to keep an eye out for. If Mal didn't like someone, it was for good reason.
That, and everyone in Auradon seemed nice so far. If even they didn't like one of their own, this person could be a problem.
Hadie edged closer to Mal as they began to run into increasingly more people. He tried to keep track as names were paired with faces until the topic of what dinner would actually consist of came up. Carlos had mentioned enjoying pasta over steak.
"But Mal just said that it was steak night," Hadie said, tilting his head in confusion. "How can you have pasta if they're offering steak? I mean sure, places like Ursula's Chip Shoppe and dad's restaurant had options but that's a restaurant. After all, Dragon Hall didn't even provide lunch according to Mal."
Hadie stopped in shock as they reached the cafeteria.
'There's so many other people! I don't think there's this many even on the Isle…'
He stared nervously into the giant room, the other three new VK's swiveling their heads back and forth in alarm. Rows of tables and chairs occupied the majority of the space. Along one wall was more food than Hadie had ever seen at once.
"And…we can just pick whatever we want?" Hadie asked, his small voice breaking Akiho's heart.
"Yeah Hadie, you just go up and take what you want," Mal said.
"What are you in the mood for?" Akiho asked, Jay and Carlos having already scooped Harry and Gil from the group. "We've got pasta, steak, and it looks like we've got some fish—"
"Fish?" Hadie asked, perking up.
Mal chuckled. "Yep stormcloud, they've got fish here. Between you and me, it's even better than dad's."
"No way!"
"Try it then if you don't believe me!"
Hadie nodded and went over to the fish station.
If it weren't for his mom he'd be overwhelmed, unable to recognize the majority of the choices before him. The fish station was smaller than the others, but it didn't seem he was limited to a single plate. People around him seemed to grab one big choice and then head off to a station filled with vegetables and other sides.
The smell of lemon pulled him in. Luckily, the Isle was privy to a fair few different species of fish and he was able to pick out his favorites. Selecting a rather large looking piece of halibut resting on a bed of potatoes, squash and lemon, Hadie carefully weaved through the crowd towards the additional stations.
A pile of fruit and a drink quickly found its way onto his tray.
Then he saw the dessert station.
He was sorely tempted to pocket extra food. But his mom had made him promise to be on his best behavior. She'd also promised that he would never have to worry about food in Auradon. Hadie would wait, and put his trust with his mom.
Nabbing a bowl of flan, Hadie wandered to the table that Mal's group had sat at. Taking one of the open seats, he prepared to dig in.
"You get enough?" Mal asked Hadie.
"Uh huh," Hadie nodded. "Gods, I can't believe they've got all this food. The delivery barge must have been a good haul this month."
Akiho, Ben and Emir froze while Mal gave her brother a small smile. "Hadie, they don't get delivery barges here."
"They don't?"
"Nope. This is all food from Auradon," Mal said gently.
Hadie bit his lip and tilted his head. "But…none of the food is rotten or moldy like the delivery barges we get from Auradon. I've heard the crew talk about the barges after all Mali."
"I know, Hadie," Mal nodded and sighed softly.
Hadie poked at his food with some concern, but took a small bite of potatoes anyway. He needed to mentally prepare himself if the fish really was better than his dad's.
"So…they eat like this every day?" Harry asked, breaking the silence.
"Pretty much," Jay nodded, digging into his steak.
"Sometimes the food differs but the quality's the same," Carlos added, quickly digging into his own food.
"…do they hate us that much? They've got food like this while the food on the barges is like night and day," Hadie asked Mal, his voice once again breaking the hearts of the three Auradon kids.
He stabbed his fish, mashing it into his potatoes. The news that Auradon had had access to this kind of food all along put him off his appetite. But he knew Uma or Mal would tell his mom if he didn't eat. That, and the Isle way was still ingrained in him. He finally had access to food, Celia and Dizzy would balk if he turned it down.
Hadie tried to focus on his food. Using it as an excuse to avoid talking, he began to shovel it down.
Fortunately, more people appeared to talk to Mal, distracting the other Auradon kids from the awkward silence.
The conversation soon turned to the cousins Persephone had mentioned. Elle, was apparently dating Akiho.
"Harry, if you paid attention, Melody is Elle's little sister, ergo, another cousin," Hadie mumbled to the pirate as Mal continued to think aloud. Evidently, Mal still felt the need to keep watchers on her little brother.
Hadie rolled his eyes. "I'm a god Mali. I do have magic you know."
"Yeah, magic you barely know how to use," Mal said, shaking her head.
"I can work with Fairy Godmother, set up some time for both of you to practice your magic," Ben said.
Hadie was pleased that Ben had remembered that he would need to practice. Snickering into his food as Uma pretended to be offended that she wasn't included, he went over his dad's expectations.
His parents had sent an email to Ben detailing how they wanted Hadie to practice his magic until Persephone returned. The King had promised to forward it to Fairy Godmother who should in turn set up a safe environment for the godlings to practice.
The only time he looked up again was when Mal snapped at the now identified 'Sleeping Banshee'. She was a rather plain looking girl in Hadie's opinion. Her dark blonde hair was overly groomed and her dress, at least in his opinion, was obnoxiously pink with elaborate frills. Maybe that was just his inner Dizzy speaking, it's not like he knew anything about fashion.
'Avoid that one, and probably the rest at her table,' Hadie continued to chew as he carefully looked over each of the Banshee's cronies.
Eventually, Ben departed, Mal following shortly after. Apparently, she had been neglecting her own assignments, much to Hadie's amusement.
'Shame mom and dad would understand with how busy she is. Makes for inadequate blackmail.'
Soon, his plates were cleared. It was honestly more food than he got outside of Saturnalia!
'Ugh, I already feel so full. There looks like there's other kids going for seconds though,' Hadie wondered as he tried not to nod off. He didn't want to head back to the dorm alone, so he stayed as Jay, Harry and Uma continued to catch up.
…
"Hadie?"
…
"Come on Hads," Hadie felt someone shake him. "Harry, help me lift him up."
"Mnn, no I can…" clumsily, the godling stood from where he had ultimately rested his head on the table.
"Nah, it's alright, come here."
Hadie felt himself be hoisted onto Jay's back.
"Sorry about that, didn't realize we'd been talking for so long. Let's get you back to our dorm."
The next thing Hadie knew, Jay was lowering him onto Harry's bed.
"N-no, it's alright!" Hadie bolted up. He still had to contact his parents before he gave in to sleep. "I should brush my teeth and finish unpacking."
"Ah, probably a good idea," Jay shrugged. "We have our own bathroom, through here."
Jay led his new roommates over to the door by his bed.
"There's three shelves, one for each of us to keep our toiletries on. Sink, toilet, bath and shower. I don't really use the bath, showering is faster. You guys will love it."
Jay quickly showed them how to use everything.
"Mal's determined to get food and medicine set up first, but Ben promised to look into getting plumbing for the isle. Basic hygiene you know? This stuff is so nice!" Jay walked back out, Harry in tow. "I'll leave you to it Hadie. Curfew isn't for another couple hours, so I'm going to show Harry around to where his classes are. Mal plans to introduce you to someone in your year tomorrow who can take you to yours."
"Okay, thanks Jay," Hadie nodded, one hand on the door handle. "And thanks for carrying me back. I guess I'm not used to all the food, stomach kind of hurts."
"It is pretty rich here, took us about a week to adjust."
With that, the older boys left the dorm, leaving Hadie standing alone.
Grabbing his pajamas from his suitcase, and the toiletry basket from his desk, he settled them on the lowest shelf next to the shower.
'I guess I should try that shower if I have to take classes tomorrow. It's a good thing Pain and Panic followed mom and dad's schedule to wake us up on time. I don't think I'd be used to be waking up so early otherwise.'
The shower was initially cold to the touch. Turning it towards the heat marker that Jay had showed them, Hadie let it run as he set about to brushing his teeth.
'Jay isn't kidding, that food is so rich,' Hadie thought with a groan. 'Maybe less next time or ask what could be considered lighter. My stomach is starting to seriously hurt.'
Teeth done he turned his attention back to the shower.
He poked at the water.
'Woah.'
Peeling off his clothes, Hadie hopped into the shower.
'This. Is. AMAZING.'
He reached out for the shampoo and body wash, the scents permeating his nose as he scrubbed clean.
Although reluctant to leave, he wasn't sure if there were water limits and decided to call it. Besides, his fingertips were starting to prune.
Mom? Dad? Hadie reached out with his telepathy as he pulled on his pajama bottoms.
Hadie! How has everything been going? You were able to get food, weren't you? Did you eat enough? No one's given you any problems already, have they? Because I swear—
Persephone, let the kid give his piece. I'm sure he's just as eager to tell us as you are to know.
Hadie smiled as his parents bickered over the link. Pulling everything out from his bags, he got to work organizing everything as he told his parents about the rest of his day.
I think I ate too much actually. Stomach really hurts.
Aw sweetie, I'm sorry. What did you eat for dinner?
Mal said the fish was better than dad's! And, to be honest…it kinda was…
Hey, that's a good thing, Hadie! I've only got so much to work with, I encourage you try whatever food they have to offer at that school.
Is fish all you had to eat? His mom questioned.
No, it came with mashed potatoes, and I added some veggies and fruit. I only had one thing for dessert!
And how big was that dessert? Hades sounded amused, suspecting his son may have gotten the biggest thing he could find.
It was just a small cup of flan, dad. Hadie rolled his eyes. It was the plate of fish that was ginormous.
Ah, well it does sound like quite a bit. But that's a good thing! Just eat a bit less until your stomach can handle so much, okay, son?
Jay was telling me the same thing; I get it dad. He yawned as the last of his photos were pinned against the board hanging above his desk.
Alright, just don't be afraid to tell the others if you're having trouble, stomach or otherwise, okay, honey?
Will do, mom.
I'm sensing you're exhausted. Go ahead and get some good sleep. Hades thought with amusement.
You're going to be plenty busy with school I imagine, just don't forget to try to call us every night. Once in a while is okay if you fall asleep early, but do try.
I promise mom. Love you both.
We love you too.