I've decided that screw it, I'll be updating whatever the heck i want.
Also, it seems that i made a mistook with the reason Johanna couldn't find a job as a graphic designer in the city for an inspiration issue. There is a line or two that hint towards Hilbert doing some more stuff to get Johanna the job she wanted to fix this.
Enjoy.
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"So you're back to your old job?" Asked Hilda with an excited look on her face.
"Yes, I've been hired by the Trollberg bell maker corporation. Apparently one of their executives saw one of my doodles, which i don't even know how it got to him, and he gave me this job! Can you believe it?"
"So, no more hardware store?" Asked Hilda in a hopeful tone.
"Nope." Said Johanna happily. "Ahh, and to top it off i can look at some beautiful scenery whenever i want thanks to your brother." She continued as she held Hilbert's tablet.
"Oh." Hilda's expression fell upon hearing her twin's name.
Johanna noticed this and crouched to Hilda's level with a soft smile.
"Still sad that he won't talk to you?" She asked as she put a hand on Hilda's shoulder.
Hilda nodded dejectedly. "He hates me now, doesn't he?"
"No, he just...needs some space." Said Johanna softly. "He wouldn't have been that upset if he hated you."
"But he wouldn't even let me apologize!" Exclaimed Hilda.
"You just need to give it time."
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"Give it time? That's never going to work, Twig." Said Hilda dejectedly as she slumped onto a chair in the library. "And there's David and him going on stage in three days. *sigh* i just wish there was a way to fix it all."
Twig whimpered sadly at Hilda expression. Hilda pet him before looking at the bookshelves around her.
"Maybe there's something here that can help." She said as she began looking around.
Hilda began looking around the library, but ultimately found nothing...until Twig discovered a gap between the bookshelves.
Hilda pushed the bookshelf to the side, revealing a whole new room to explore.
"Perhaps this is where they keep the good stuff." Said Hilda with a smile as she enttered the room. She quickly found a book that could help her. "How to help and keep thy friend forever."
Hilda's expression brightened. This book could have an answer for both David's and her brother's problems.
Hilda took the book to a nearby table and opened it. The book let out a large amount of dust upon being opened, causing both Hilda and Twig to cough.
"Looks like this one hasn't been opened in a while huh, boy?" Said Hilda with an awkward smile as she took to book and sat with it on a nearby chair. She looked through the book and saw its spells ranging from weird to crazy, but soon she found one that interested her. "How to help thy friend with a chosen endeavor. Now, that's helpful."
Twig jumped onto the arm of the chair and sat next to Hilda, staring at the book with her.
"This can help David with the audition and i know Hilbert's been trying to make a proper magic battery for years. This is perfect!" Said Hilda happily.
It was so perfect that, after a small run in with the librarian, she copied the page and headed out to perform the spell on both David and Hilbert.
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Later.
"Okay, why did you call me here so urgently for?" Asked Vivian tilting her head curiously.
"I have just finished making something i have been working on for years, something so revolutionary it would change everything." Hilbert beamed before showing off what he made. "A perfect magic battery!"
Vivian let out a confused noise as she stared at the tiny battery and Hilbert elaborated.
"It's a battery that holds magic without it seeping out. Sure it needs to be super small and it can't it hold much or it might explode, but it's still revolutionary."
Vivi was still confused and really didn't see how this would make much of a difference since the usage of magic wouldn't change, but she decided to be supportive nonetheless.
"Awesome! What are you gonna do with it?" Asked Vivian with an excited smile.
"Anything we want! I'm just so excited! Let me get some things first." Said Hilbert cheerfully. "Maybe after this, i could even try to talk to Hilda."
Vivian hummed in affirmation with a nod, happy for her friend...but that didn't last for long.
She suddenly realized how odd the timing of Hilbert's new invention was. So close to the episode all about a spell of success.
'C'mon, it can't be. Hilbert said he'd worked on it for years. There's no way Hilda did this...right?' She thought to herself as she watched Hilbert happily pack a backpack full of his inventions.
Her worry grew and her gaze switched to Hilbert's hair. Her heart sank as she saw a small gray mouse making a nest out of Hilbert's hair.
"Vivi? What's wrong?" Asked Hilbert innocently, noticing Vivian's horrified look.
"Nothing!" She replied with a nervous smile. "I'm just, uhh, really excited."
Hilbert shrugged and got ready. Meanwhile, Vivian was having a giant internal panic.
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"I can't tell him the truth, i can't! He just looks too happy with this extra luck." Said Vivian as she sat with Spark on the sidewalk. "I can't hurt him like that! Can you?"
Spark nodded in a deadpan and Vivian ignored their reaction.
"Exactly! He's been a mess for while, i can't send him back to that! But how am i supposed to do this?" Said Vivian with a determined look.
Spark went silent as Vivian picked them up and continued speaking.
"I need him to keep him happy while fixing everything. That seals it; i have to talk to Hilda." Said Vivian with a determined look. "She'll undo the spell like normal and hopefully Hilbert will forgive me."
Spark let out a virtual sigh before Vivian started running all of a sudden.
"We need to go talk to her, now." Said Vivian as she quickly made her way towards Hilda and Hilbert's house.
There, with Hilda, she found Frida asking about the same things as her.
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"Hilda! Did you by any chance cast a spell on Hilbert?" Asked Vivian with an awkward smile as she entered Hilda's room. "Oh and hi, Frida."
Frida glanced at Hilda, who smiled sheepishly at it, before turning to Vivian again.
"Do his eyes go creepy sometimes while he made weird noises?" Asked Frida tilting her head.
Vivian nodded vigorously and turned to Hilda.
"That's happening to David too. What's going on?" Asked Frida worriedly.
"Well, these do sound like symptoms of enchantment." Alfur entered the scene from his tiny house on a high shelf.
"But who would want to enchant them?" Asked Frida.
Answering this question, Hilda laughed nervously. "Well i may have used a tiny enchantment on them."
"What?!" Exclaimed Frida in shock.
"Not a dangerous one, just one that helps with a chosen endeavor." Said Hilda with a shrug.
"Does...this enchantment have any side effects?" Asked Frida worriedly.
"I only copied the page i needed so..." said Hilda as he pulled out the paper she copied from under her bed and handed it to Frida.
"Never ever ignore the footnote." Alfur berated.
"Yeah, you've seen Hilbert work with magic before. It can be...volatile." Asked Vivian nervously smiling.
Everyone's eyes widened in horror upon hearing that.
"We need to head to the library immediately." Said Frida urgently before speeding out of the room
But before Hilda could follow Frida, Vivian stopped her.
"Hilda, before we go, i know why you used the spell on Hilbert...he doesn't hate you, he just needs time. You shouldn't rush forgiveness."
Hilda frowned and nodded before she, Vivi and Alfur followed Frida.
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Hilbert knew about the tide mouse in his hair. It wasn't hard to put it together. Especially when he could just check for the mouse in his hair.
And if he had to be honest, it made him quite happy. Because, despite the obvious danger of his soul being taken away, it assured him that Hilda truly didn't hate him.
So, in some odd twist, Hilda actually helped him.
"I still can't believe you agreed to coming here with me." Said Johanna with a smile. "Hilda was so thrilled to hear about this.
"I thought it'd be a nice change. Plus, again, I could try to talk to her again." Said Hilbert with a smile. 'i also have to be here so neither i or David die.' He thought to himself
Hilbert was now with Johanna at the sparrow scout song thing, that he still did not know a lot about save for it being a fund raiser, and he entered entered building with a smile on his face.
"This is going to be horrifying." He whispered under his breath.
He and Johanna quickly got seated and soon raven leader, the head of the sparrow scouts, stood on stage. After welcoming everyone, she announced the finale.
"And now, for our grand finale, sparrow scouts forever." She said with a smile before the curtains parted to reveal Hilda and the other sparrow scouts.
Johanna and Hilbert waved to her causing her to smile and wave nervously.
As the song played, Hilbert had the misfortune of the tide mice spell's side effects popping up.
"Ugh, i hate this mouse." He forcibly stopped himself from trying to grab the little thing in fear of something even worse happening.
In hopes of distracting himself from the problem, he focused on Hilda and David's performance.
"Wow, David's really good at singing." Hilbert as he watched David sing. "...if i only i brought a camera to record thi-"
Interrupting him was Hilda chanting the tide mice spell with vigor. The tide mice appearing clear as day in his hair scared those around him.
"What's going on?" Asked Johanna in confusion.
Hilbert looked at her and shrugged. "I think Hilda started another adventure."
"I caught one!" Exclaimed Frida as she caught David's mouse.
"Hilda-" Johanna couldn't finish before she plucked the other mouse from Hilbert's hair.
"I'll explain on the way, HURRY!" Said Hilda in urgency as she pulled Hilbert away and ran
Johanna nodded and followed her kids and Frida to the car outside, started the engine and drove as fast as she could.
Hilda quickly explained the situation. Hilbert stayed silent as David took everything in.
"So you cast an enchantment on us and now our souls are in danger?" He asked, pale from shock.
"Yeah and if we don't do the disenchantment within the hour, your souls will be gone." Said Hilda in a panic.
Hilbert, as the car sped forwards, felt as if something was missing...but what was it?
"Take that shortcut!" Hilda said as she pointed at a futuristic-looking metal bridge that would skip a lot of distance.
Johanna obeyed and confusion was clear as day on Hilbert's face. Frida saw it and explained.
"Vivian and Spark took some of your stuff to make us a few shortcuts." She said with a awkward smile. "Hope you're not angry."
A few shortcuts later, they made it ashore where Vivian was waiting for them.
She waved to them as they arrived and they soon began the disenchantment.
It didn't take much to undo spell, but there was more to fix.
Hilda approached Hilbert and spoke.
"I'm sorry...for what i said and for putting you through all this." Said Hilda dejectedly. "I understand if you don't want to talk to me aga-"
Hilda couldn't help but stare at the ground dejectedly, waiting for her brother's response. But the answer came a bit too quickly.
"I forgive you." Said Hilbert with a smile, surprising Hilda. "I already knew about the enchantment. You never noticed how calm i was?"
"But i-i...hurt you."
Hilbert shrugged. "I can't stay mad at you forever."
"You don't...hate me?"
Hilbert replied with a hug. "Maybe just the regular amount." he joked.
Johanna smiled from the sidelines as she watched her children make up.
"So, they're okay now?" Asked David in confusion.
"Don't ruin the moment." Vivian whispered.
David shrugged and soon everyone was ready to go home. But as they were leaving, Hilbert whispered something to Vivian.
"Thanks for everything." He said with a wink.
She smiled happily at his words.
And with this happiness Hilbert and Vivian felt...
They both forgot about the tide mice.
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