Hey guys! Quick note on this chapter, Hades is disguised as Heidi, and I'm still referring him as he, mostly because I kept getting confused and figured that I'd just give up and stick with he/him. I'm not sure if I have completely beaten my writer's block, but for the moment I've been having fun writing for this story and that is what matters. If you are new to my story, thank you for supporting it I really appreciate it!
Emmettluver2010 : Wish I could say he wasn't doing something stupid...But he definitely is. Hades is going to be doing a lot of rather crazy things while he is out and about. He doesn't think things through all the way.
Arbiter8991 : Gotta love that shapeshifting. Funny how Hades is the one who is stopping possible worldwide destruction. Role reversal much?
Thanks for reviewing!
I don't own Descendants, only Heidi and any mentioned OCs.
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The two gods landed outside the cottage, and Hades checked himself over. "I still look like her, right?"
Hermes nodded but pointed at his neck. "The voice wore off."
Hades raised an eyebrow before tapping the side of his neck. "Testing, one, two-I think I got it!" His voice was now unmistakably Heidi's and Hades chuckled. "Okay, I have to admit I am loving this kind of super-spy mission we got going on here." He clapped his hands together. "Really gets your blood pumping."
Hermes smirked before he went invisible. "Just don't blow it, Hades, you do and it's over. Not only the possible worldwide destruction but also your daughter's relationship."
Hades rolled his eyes and knocked on the door. "Yeah, yeah, I get it-Wait, what relationship?"
His question went unanswered as the door was opened by a girl with pink and blue hair. The girl's pink eyes widened disproportionately as the Scepter in her hand slipped out and fell onto the floor behind her. "H-Heidi...You're…"
...That's the girlfriend who's also a princess, isn't it? Hades thought in exasperation, now realizing why his daughter was trying to tell him not to do it. He has to deal with the girlfriend! He forced a smirk on his face and nodded. "Yeah...I just woke up. Oh-" He tilted his head and tried to mimic Heidi to the best of his ability. "I couldn't find my ember, have you seen it lately?"
The girl snapped out of her trance and looked over her shoulder at the Scepter. "I-Yes, I have." She turned around and picked up the Scepter before holding it up. "I'm sorry...I kind of took it and, well…" She gestured to the Scepter with a guilty look.
Hades was well aware of the effect Maleficent's Scepter had on people, quite impressive really, so it wasn't that much of a surprise that it convinced a princess to go ahead and steal, freeze, and magic up most of Auradon. Man, this girl would give Ares a run for his money with the amount of turmoil she's caused in the past twenty-four hours. He thought, looking at the object in a bit of envy before shaking his head. "Did you combine it with the Scepter?" He asked, feigning curiosity while holding out a hand.
The girl nodded, almost as if she was ashamed of the very fact and passed him the Scepter. "I don't know what came over me...It's like one moment I was debating leaving it with you and the next I had already done it. How can you resist such power?"
The god hadn't been listening to her until he had looked up at the last part. How does Heidi resist such power? He thought, digging through his memory for an answer that would suffice. Oh, I got it. "Ah, well, I guess I don't have a desire to use it." Nailed it!
The girl looked down at that, obviously going over the answer before looking up with a frown. "I should have known that from the beginning." She said softly before looking at the Scepter. "Can you get it out?" She asked before blinking. "The ember, I mean."
Hades nodded and waved his hand over the gem at the top. "Yep. Should separate as soon as I…" His hand glowed blue and suddenly, the ember flew out of the gem and into his hand. "...Do that. Huh, that went better than I thought." He handed the Scepter back to the girl and tossed the ember up and down.
She blinked at the fact that 'Heidi' had returned the Scepter to her. "You're letting me keep this?" She asked in surprise, her eyebrows flying up.
"I'm not exactly, uh, caught up with events, but…" He trailed off as he tried to think of a response. "...I doubt you would have taken it without reason." Ugh, that felt weird to say.
The girl paused before a gentle smile appeared on her face. "I'll explain it all later, are you staying?" She asked expectedly, looking up at 'Heidi' with a questioning look.
Hell no to the no, no, NO! Come on, what's a good excuse?! "Um…" He blinked before chuckling. "Actually, I have to get back to bed. I woke up too early and Apollo is looking for me. Ah, you gotta love that guy and his persistent pestering to stay in bed!" Oh my god, that was horrible.
The girl blinked before giggling, leaning on the doorway with a smile. "Okay. I'll come by later to talk."
He nodded quickly, silently grateful that the princess had believed the lie, before giving her a finger wave and teleporting away.
The girl raised an eyebrow at how fast 'Heidi' had fled the scene before shrugging. "I guess that Apollo guy must have been around here." She said thoughtfully before closing the door and resuming what she was doing.
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Hades landed around a mile away and let out a groan in annoyance. "Next time warn me about the girlfriend."
Hermes turned visible and landed next to him. "I thought you knew. Didn't Heidi tell you?"
Hades rolled his eyes and stretched a bit. "Of course she told me, I'm her dad. She tells me everything."
Hermes looked away and chuckled mysteriously. "I wouldn't say everything." He said to himself, tilting his head up to look at the sky.
The disguised god didn't appear to hear him as he finished stretching. He raised his hand and snapped his fingers. "Back to the ruggedly handsome-" He stopped, pausing in confusion as he waited for the disguise to fall.
Hermes snickered a bit when he saw the god snap his fingers again."I guess you are rusty." He said in amusement, floating a bit higher so Hades wouldn't be able to grab him.
"...Why isn't this working?" He asked, panic growing on the god's disguised face. "Hermes! Why isn't this working?!" Hades yelled, running towards the floating god. "A little help would be nice!"
Hermes shrugged and floated out of his range. "Sorry, I can't dispel a disguise you put on yourself. This is what happens when you don't shapeshift often." He said nonchalantly, dodging the hand swipes from the god on the ground.
Hades scoffed. "Oh, it's not like I get a lot of practice time when I am stuck on a damn trash heap!" He said in a huff, folding his arms and shooting Hermes a glare. " Go be useful and find someone who can get this thing off me."
Hermes tilted his head. "But wouldn't that give it away that I let you off the Isle?"
The disguised god waved his hand in the air. "I don't give a damn what they do; I need to get this off before I have to exercise my incredible acting skills again!"
"That was some good improv," Hermes said with a smirk before rubbing his chin. "I'll see what I can do; in the meantime, you should keep up the Heidi act."
"What if that princess spots me? Or anyone for that matter?" Hades asked, his stance unknowingly identical to one that Heidi often used.
Hermes looked thoughtful before shrugging. "Lie. Just blatantly lie and make something up. You were pretty good back there and I mean what are the odds of you running into her friends?"
"They are very high since you just said that." The blue-haired god deadpanned before rolling his eyes. "Go on, shoo, I need to practice my Heidi impression."
Hermes laughed before zipping off into the clouds, a loud 'boom' sounding in the distance at his speed.
Hades shook his head and looked at the ember in his hand before smirking. "At least I've got an ember." He tossed it in the air and caught it as the ember flamed up. "I can work with that."
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Heidi flew over a forest as she searched for Mal. While her father was handling Audrey, she decided that she would help Mal out as much as she could. Skidding to a stop midair, the goddess caught four individuals walking down the road to her house. "Hm, I wonder why they are heading to my house? Either way, I should probably call off Apollo."
The goddess quickly descended and flew into the house at such a speed that even Hermes would be impressed. She looked around the room before approaching the bored Apollo. "You get an hour break."
Apollo looked up before a bright, literally, smile appeared on his face. "You don't have to tell me twice!" He threw her a peace sign before disappearing in a blinding light.
Heidi shook her head and blinked away the dots. "I feel like he did that on purpose." She murmured before flying through the walls and landing outside.
Her eyes flickered around before finally landing on the group in the distance. Looks like...Mal, Evie, Celia, and Uma. They must be looking for Audrey.
She quickly darted out of the way, mostly for Mal's sanity, and watched as they stopped in front of the house.
"Huh, so a princess lives in a cottage? I was expecting a castle." Uma commented, placing her hands on her hips.
Mal folded her arms and looked over the cottage. "Heidi offered her a castle; she took the cottage." She stated as she walked up to the door. Placing her hand on the center of the door, she channeled her magic before pushing it into the door.
Uma raised an eyebrow and was about to question why the purplette had done that when the door suddenly began glowing and it sent out a wave of dense magic. "Woah…" She breathed, the display of magic catching her off guard.
Celia's eyes widened. "Is that magic?" She asked, running up to the door as several locks clinked open.
Mal smiled and placed her hand on the doorknob. "Yep. This house has the most magic I've seen in all of Auradon." She answered and opened the door, walking in like she had done this several times in the past. Then again, Heidi is the only one who can get away with using magic.
Even Evie let out a gasp at the sight of the luxurious interior, having never seen it before now. "I knew Heidi's business was doing well...But not this well." She walked over to where a pure gold shield was placed on the wall and ran her fingers over the ancient greek that was engraved in it.
Mal chuckled as she saw the others explore the house. "Last time I heard she had a seven figure paycheck every month. She has more money to her name than some royals."
Celia had already found one of the countless jewelry boxes that were filled to the brim with expensive and priceless jewelry. Grabbing a pearl necklace, several bracelets, a few rings, and a diamond hair piece, the girl did a twirl and smiled.
Mal smiled a bit before looking at the staircase. "I'm going to go check out their bedroom in case she left a note for Heidi." She told them before turning away and walking up the stairs.
Evie nodded and went over to where Celia was while Uma raised an eyebrow. The sea witch looked at the other two VKs before walking over the staircase and following Mal up. When she walked into the room, she felt a powerful force wrap around her before it went elsewhere. The magic in this room alone was practically suffocating her and the girl hesitated to go over to the window to get some fresh air.
Mal wasn't affected by this, however, as she walked over to the massive bed in the center of the room. The purplette glanced up and acknowledged Uma before looking back down at the slumbering woman on the bed. "Hades did this to her when he tried to escape. They say she's in a coma from an overwhelming amount of magic that was expelled all at the same time."
Uma's eyebrows flew up as she masked her surprise. "Hades did that? And here I thought she was immune to magic." She mumbled the last part and began looking around the room.
Mal's enhanced hearing picked up the other girl's words and she let out a sigh. "Hades knew something we didn't and he...used it. I suppose he wanted he wanted her out of the way." She stated, looking at her sister's peaceful expression. She shook her head and quickly turned around. When she did, she saw Uma already thumbing through a journal.
Uma caught her looking and smirked. "Man, you ruined this chick's life. No friends, disappointed family-" She flipped a page and her eyebrow flew up. "-Dumped publicly."
Mal already knew about all that and frowned. "Not like I asked for her life to be ruined." She muttered before taking the journal, prompting Uma to shoot her a glare. The purplette flipped through the various illustrated pages before stopping when she found something...strange. "This is a map of the Museum."
Uma got up out of the chair she was sitting in and squinted as she tried to get a better look. "Looks like the princess had a plan in mind."
Mal's eyes flickered to the circled room titled "Gallery of Villains" and her eyes narrowed. "It's almost like she intended to steal the Scepter." She said as she noticed the difference in the color of the circle that was around the "Crowns of Auradon" room and the one around the "Gallery of Villains".
Uma chuckled and backed up while folding her arms. "I'd say she had plenty of reasons to go and grab that Scepter. Between everything you've done to her and all the times her girlfriend disappeared, I find it surprising she took this long to snap."
Mal looked back at Heidi and shook her head. "That's because Heidi is the girlfriend and she was the one delaying...this."
Uma blinked in surprise and quickly looked at Heidi. "She's the girlfriend?" She asked incredulously and pointed at Heidi. "The Player of the Isle has a girlfriend?"
Mal rolled her eyes at the nickname Heidi had earned over the years. "You and I both know she was only a player by coincidence. She's like a reverse player of some sort." She chuckled and flipped to another page, stopping as she saw something interesting. "Hold on...Audrey left a note for Heidi." She took a seat in a nearby chair and held her hand over the paper while summoning a bit of her magic.
"Since when can that princess use magic?" Uma asked as she walked over to the other VK.
As soon as Mal took her hand away, a message in pink ink appeared on the paper. "As soon as she grabbed my mom's Scepter." She said before looking down at the message. "Heidi, I have taken the Scepter and your ember. I know you wouldn't approve of me doing this, but I need to. I can no longer sit back and watch as Auradon bow down for the wrong queen. When I am done no one will abandon us, no one will forget about us, and we will rule side by side. She can't stop me, the gods won't stop me and nobody in all of Auradon would dare to face me. Not when I am done. Those royals who have adored her over me shall no longer be able to adore no one anymore. Come and meet me at the Fairy Cottage when you awaken...Audrey."
Uma whistled at the impressive goals of the angered princess. "Wow, when princesses get angry, they sure go above and beyond."
Mal closed the journal and set it aside, standing up and heading for the door. "We need to get to that Cottage before Audrey puts all of Auradon to sleep."
As the purplette went down the stairs, Uma looked back at the slumbering goddess with a suspicious look entering her eyes. "You know something, don't you?" She asked, referring to the unconscious woman on the bed. "Too bad you're knocked out, otherwise I'd be asking a few things."
The sea witch looked around the room one last time before pursing her lips and going down the stairs as well.
As soon as the two were gone, Heidi floated down and landed on the floor with a thoughtful look. "Huh, even Lil' Uma knows something is up. Then again, that's what happens when Poseidon is her great-something grandfather and the gods are running around more." She tapped her chin in thought before shrugging. "I'll tell her someday, not today though. That's a bit much."
The ghost-like goddess glanced at the journal the two VKs had been going through and sighed. I never thought the god's treatment of me would play a part in this madness.
