"--to never be a snob, to be courageous, to do a good thing everyday, to smile and to whistle and to keep the sparrow scout law" said Hilda in her initiation into the sparrow scouts

"Yup, never going to recite that" said Hilbert with a frown, cringing from the sight.

"C'mon, it's not that bad." Replied Johanna with a smile without taking her eyes off Hilda "going outside and getting badges can be pretty fun"

"Ouch, here i thought you were still on team stay at home all day" said Hilbert rolling his eyes with a smile "i feel betrayed"

"Oh, don't worry, you'll leave team stay at home too, eventually" said Johanna with a smirk

Soon Johanna and Hilbert heard someone yell out "STINGBALL!" before the sparrow scouts started throwing dodgeballs around the room

"I doubt-" said Hilbert before having to dodge a ball that went his way "that was terrifyingly close"

"Yeah, but it should be over soon." Said Johanna with a happy smile

"I'll never understand the appeal of being a scout" Hilbert voiced out in a bored tone "what's so fun about the running around all day doing chores?"

"Well, what's so appealing about building inventions every day?" Asked Johanna with a sly smile

Hilbert put a hand on his chin and thought about for a few seconds before answering "the sense of accomplishment?" He asked a bit unsure of his answer.

Johanna smiled "Yup, to a scout, those badges are an accomplishment; just like your inventions" she said with as she ruffled Hilbert's hair "except it's a lot less dangerous"

Hilbert rolled his eyes and rested his head on his hand before looking back at Hilda who was know learning about her new sparrow scouts assignment.

Soon, Hilda finished talking with her new friends about the the assignment and went back to Johanna and Hilbert with a big smile on her face.

_-_-_

In the car, the family talked together as Hilda and Hilbert sat together in the back while Johanna drove.

"So, did you earn a lot of badges when you were a sparrow?" Hilda asked her mother with a bright smile

"Well, i had the most badges in my flock by the time i moved on" said Johanna with a smile she drove

"Well, I'm going to get at least one more than that starting tomorrow" said Hilda cheerfully

Hilbert could do nothing but pout as he listened to the conversation, feeling a little left out; something that Johanna picked up on.

"Oh, are you feeling a little left out?" She asked with a smile on her face

"Maybe, you should've joined too then" added Hilda with triumphant smirk

Hilbert blew a raspberry at Hilda with a scowl before Johanna cut into the conversation

"I think it's good that you didn't, Hilbert, you wouldn't have enjoyed badge collecting at all."

"He would've either cheated or given up because he couldn't cheat" added Hilda nonchalantly

Hilbert glared at his sister "Hey! Don't incriminate me; there's no rule against creating something to do the job for you"

Hilda giggled at that reaction "you're supposed to do the job yourself, but i guess that's too much for your weak stick arms"

Hilbert frowned heavily upon hearing that "...muscle brain" he grumbled knowing that Hilda was right; his arms were very weak compared to hers

"Well, if you want, we could make some wooden wind up toys together later." Offered Johanna, trying to console her son a little

Hilbert sighed "sure"

After that, it wasn't long before the family made it back home.

_-_-_

The next day

"Hey, mom, do you know what happened to my old drone?" Hilbert asked in confusion as he entered the kitchen "i can't seem to find it anywhere."

Johanna tilted her head as she prepared some cucumber sandwiches "The one you used to find the great raven?" She asked and Hilbert nodded "i don't know, i haven't seen it since then. Maybe an animal took it"

"*sigh* guess I'll have to make a new one" said Hilbert with a frown "thankfully, the printer wasn't destroyed with the old house."

"Printer?" Asked Johanna curiously

"A 3D printer for my inventions. Do you really think i make everything by hand?" Asked Hilbert raising a brow "magic can be so convenient."

Johanna frowned a little at that response "perhaps Hilda is right, you depend too much on machines. You should do things yourself from time to time."

"Why? I don't need to."

"You'll get lazy and one day it might not work out for you for that same reason" Johanna advised calmly

Hilbert rolled his eyes "I doubt it"

Before Johanna could reply, the sound of knocking on the door was heard.

Hilbert went to the door to see who it was, since Hilda was getting ready in her room and his mother was busy making food.

Hilbert frowned the moment he saw who it was. "What are you doing here?"

"To hang out with my bestest friend in the whole world" replied Vivian cheerfully

"I believe I'm your only friend in the whole world" Replied Hilbert raising a brow

"Same thing" countered Vivi with a smile

"Vivi!" Exclaimed Johanna joyfully, as she approached the small red haired girl "what are you doing here?"

"Oh, hello, Miss Johanna. I'm just here to ask Hilbert if he and Spark want to go hang out with me"

"That's wonderful! Let me prepare some snacks for you." Said Johanna with a big smile as she headed into the kitchen

Before Hilbert could do anything to refuse, Spark came running towards Vivi, letting out Sparks in cheer.

Vivi beamed at the sight of the small robot "hello, little bot. How are you doing today?" She said before the small robot jumped into her arms

"*sigh* and NOW I'm forced to go with you." Whined Hilbert tiredly with a scowl

Vivian nudged her friend playfully "C'mon, it'll be fun. Besides, your mom look very excited about it. Can you really say no to that face?" She spoke about Johanna

Hilbert sighed once more as he looked at his mother. She was really happy for him. In their old house, he didn't befriend anything or anyone, he avoided confrontations as much as possible. The fact that he now had a friend was a big joy to her.

Vivian was right, he couldn't say no; not when she looked so happy about him going out of the house with a friend.

"Just please, don't do anything too crazy." Said Hilbert tiredly

"Like what?" Asked Vivi playfully

"Like something that would get us killed" deadpanned Hilbert

"Sounds easy enough. Anything else?" Vivi asked with a big smile

Hilbert couldn't let out a word before Johanna excitedly entered the conversation to tell them about the snacks.

Hilbert let one final sigh before he packed some stuff in his bag and headed out with Vivi and spark.

_-_-_

"Yeesh, what did you do so Johanna would be this happy that you're leaving the house?" Asked Vivian cheerfully as she and Hilbert walked together

"I just like staying at home and making sci fi stuff all day, okay?" Replied Hilbert with a frown

Spark let out multiple zaps saying 'you haven't even done any of that lately. You've just been using that printer'

Vivian raised a brow "You have a 3D printer for your stuff?" She asked "you should stop using it unless it's an emergency. You'll get rusty and you might regret it in the end"

Hilbert frowned "you sound like my mum"

"Hilda!" Hilbert and Vivian heard someone call

The two looked at the source of the voice and saw David and Frida. Hilbert quickly realized what was going on.

"Uh, Hilda?" Said David in confusion, tilting his head "and Vivian?"

"Hello!" Vivian replied with a smile and a wave

"Hi, Vivi"

"Hello, Vivian." Said Frida with a smile "you know Hil-...you're not Hilda."

"Oh, I'm her brother. Hilda is still in the house waiting for you" said Hilbert calmly

"Thanks, sorry for the mistake" said Frida calmly

"It's okay. It's not that big a deal" Hilbert quickly said before turning around and walking away slowly "good luck with the badge thing" he encouraged

Vivi quickly followed him with Spark in hand, leaving David to ask why that metal Hamster toy looked as if it was staring at him.

As they walked, Hilbert wondered a little about Vivi's relationship with David and Frida. Vivian said he was her first and only friend, yet she seemed to be on very good terms with the two.

Before he can voice any of his thoughts out, Vivi spoke.

"How did you get into this type of science in the first place? It doesn't seem like something a twelve year old would be messing with."

Spark let out a few zaps, agreeing with Vivian an asking the same question.

Hilbert had told them the truth about himself and oddly enough, the robot accepted the answer very quickly. They said it explained some things and the whole 'the world is a cartoon' thing was left as a mere coincidence.

Hilbert took a deep breath "the two i used to live with had a lot of experience in the subject. That's all I'm going to say." He said in an irritated tone

"Your paren-"

"Do not. Call. Them. That."

Vivian immediately realized that Hilbert's old parents were a touchy subject as Spark froze in her palm. "Got it" she said with a nervous smile

"*sigh* what about you then?" He asked as they made it to the wall surrounding Trollberg "what was your life like before?"

"It's nothing glamorous" she replied with a small frown "just a normal orphan. I was able to see the show after the orphanage set up a TV for everyone. We loved the show enough for it to be put on regularly"

Spark let out a loud zap interrupting the conversation. The two looked at the small robot who pointed at the wall they were about to bump into.

"Oh, thanks for that. I guess we should stop being all depressed now; it's all in the past anyway" said Vivi becoming cheerful once more

"So, what are we doing here?" Asked Hilbert raising a brow

"...uhhh"

"I knew it. *sigh* at least i brought the materials for another battery with me" said Hilbert tiredly before Spark started making zaps in a panic "don't worry, I'm not turning it on here."

"What's so special about this battery?" Asked Vivi curiously

"It's a battery that stores magic from sunlight. So far, the only results i got were either nothing, fire or explosions. I can't risk burning plants around here"

"...what?"

-_-_

"What are you doing here?" Asked Hilda raising a brow

It wasn't ling after Hilbert and Vivian arrived near the wall that Hilda and her friends appeared there too.

"We got here a bit ago" replied Hilbert calmly "is this where you're going to do the badge mission thing?"

Hilda crossed her arms upon seeing Hilbert's battery in the distance "Yes, and i see what you're making. Do not turn it on here" she said with a frown

Hilbert rolled his eyes "Wasn't going to, I'm not crazy" he replied as he turned around "now if you'd excuse me, I'll go back to doing my thing."

Hilda, in turn, rolled her eyes as well "Sure" she said as Hilbert left

"Is that toy moving?" Asked David as he saw Spark

Spark, who was running around cheerfully, instantly snapped to David's location and glared at him, making him jump back in fear.

"That's just Spark. Hilbert made them" said Hilda calmly with a smile

"Made them?" David asked, shivering as he imagined Hilbert in a Frankenstein like setting

"You can explain it while we're working." Frida cut in "we have a schedule to keep"

"Right." Replied Hilda with a smile as she began working "just don't call them a toy again. They think it's demeaning"

"Oh" said David, realizing why the small robot was glaring at him. He looked at Spark and said "sorry for calling you a toy."

Spark nodded in affirmation and headed towards Hilbert.

"I swear, you two are so different yet so alike" said Vivi suddenly

Hilbert huffed "I'm nothing like that reckless idiot"

"*snort* you say as you work on something that can very well explode at any moment" Vivian barely held in her laughter

Hilbert continued working on the battery "As long as i don't turn it on, it won't" he said calmly "when i first began using magic in my inventions, there were a lot more explosions than now."

"Give me an number"

Hilbert put a hand on his chin and went silent for a few seconds before speaking "a few small explosions a day."

"How?" Asked Vivian in confusion

Hilbert shrugged "I'm good at math, but I couldn't discover the equations that use magic with just that" he said before a big smile grew on his face "i still get so giddy whenever i remember that I made actual scientific laws. Even if it is for magic."

Hilbert squealed happily as he remembered his achievement, causing Vivi to burst out into laughter.

Hilbert glared at her as she apologize without stopping her laughter.

_-_-_

The next day, Hilbert and Vivi came back to the same spot to see a scene they totally forgot about.

They forgot about the Vitra.

As the two stood in shock, Hilda and the others arrived at the scene.

"Oh no! What happened?!" Frida cried out in distress

"We don't know. We just got here too" said Vivi with a shrug

"All our work" said Hilda dejectedly

"If you want, i could help you fix this." Hilbert offered, feeling genuinely bad as he saw the ruined place

"No, that'd be cheating! You won't even do any of the work!" Cried Hilda angrily

"Okay okay, you could've just said no" Hilbert rolled his eyes with a frown

Before another word could be said, the sound of rustling through the bushes was heard. Everyone looked at the source and saw a bush shake.

Twig took up a battle stance and Spark got ready to electrocute something.

Suddenly, the vitra appeared with a shovel in hand and attacked the group. Hilbert, in this moment, had to admit that being hit with a shovel is not a fun experience.

Thankfully, Twig and Spark quickly subdued the vitra.

And with that, they began talking to him.

_-_-_

It all happened the same way as the show. Hilbert and Vivian dared not to interfere. There was no reason to risk anything, this wasn't a dangerous moment.

The two just watched even as the vitra stole Frida's sash and went underground...but when Hilda joined her, Vivian went in as well.

Hilbert didn't know why she'd risk anything, but there wasn't much on the line anyway.

"Aren't you gonna follow them?" Asked David

"What? No! It's cold! And dark...and really dirty" said Hilbert with a frown and looked at the vitra hole "and scary to look at"

"I get it" said David with a smile and a nod "i get that feeling too"

Hilbert was relieved to know that there was someone who wasn't insane out there.

The two cowards sat down and waited until the rest got back.

And when they got back, an insignificant amount of time earlier than they should, they all were determined to save the other vitras.

_-_-_

How could he be so useless? Hilda could've died because of him!

Everything was nearly the same, except unlike the others, he and Vivian went to try and turn off the mulching machine.

As Hilbert struggled in a panic to find a way to turn the machine off without the person running the thing realizing it, but he didn't bring anything that could help with that.

But the moment he told Vivian that, in fact, Hilda could die here, she grabbed some metal from Hilbert's bag and threw it at the switch, turning it off.

And Spark, messed with the TV signal to divert the attention of the man running the mulching machine.

He did nothing there and his sister could've died because of him.

"What are you looking so glum for?" Asked Vivian with a smile as she and Hilbert walked together to their respective homes. Hilda had already went home by this time.

"I was useless out there! I couldn't do anything! You did all the work!"

"Of course you were useless!" Said Vivi, confusing Hilbert who didn't know what he was expecting "you except to have gadgets for every situation at all times?"

"...no?"

Vivian grabbed Hilbert's wrists "You need to use THESE more" she said as she shook his hands around before she used them to point at his head "and use THAT better"

"I...don't know how" admitted Hilbert feeling a little embarrassed that what his mom and Vivian said was becoming true

"Maybe tomorrow, it's getting late" said Vivi with a smile before looking at the moon "you know, it's a bit of a shame that those three couldn't get that badge. If it weren't for bad luck, it would've been so easy"

"...yeah" said Hilbert with a frown, knowing how much his sister could be desperate for a badge later "...maybe WE could get the badge for them."

Vivian smiled quickly understanding his idea before he says it "but if we do, you're gonna have to put in a lot of work. Not just make something to do the work for you"

Hilbert sighed and looked at his hand. He had to this...but there was no way he and Vivian alone could do everything in one night.

He had do some work, but not all of it.

_-_-_

The next day, Hilda, Frida and David wondered how they got not only the badge, but also praise for adding signs to warn people of disturbing the sleeping vitra.

And most of all, Frida wondered how the picture of the completed project was in the failed one's place.

"Hilbert!" Hilda called for her brother as she entered his room, David and Frida with her

"Yes?" Answered Hilbert who was in bed, his voice full of drowsiness.

Hilda showed him a the picture of the completed beautification project "Was this your doing?"

"*yawn* yeah and before you say anything, i did...work for it, kinda? I made a robot to help, but i still worked. So i guess i half earned it?" Hilbert asked in a sleepy tone "but you half earned it too, so it's all right. You got your first badge now."

"You went out in the middle of the night and worked for my-" Hilda couldn't even finish the sentence before David stopped her. He pointed at Hilbert and she noticed that he already fell asleep.

Hilda and her friends silently left the room, leaving Hilbert to rest.

And that day, Hilda felt proud of her brother.

_-_-_

Sorry if it's all weird at the end. My brain shuts down when chapters get too big.

I tried to squish the whole episode into one chapter. I hope it isn't as bad as i think

Toodles.