Chapter Thirteen: Chaos in McDuck Manor!
"How did you find out!?" Della pinned her uncle to the wall, fury dancing in her eyes.
Scrooge huffed, before gently pushing her away from him. "Djinn... you won't know him. Let's just say he's a friend of the family's... anyway. He found out and told me. Don't worry I'm already planning on getting bodyguards to protect the boys..."
"You do realize that if my kids are the ones in mentioned in the prophesy then that means that they have magic...right?" Della questioned her uncle, sure that he was mistaken.
Scrooge opened and closed his mouth multiple times, before shaking his head. "Della...you worrying about how I'll react if the boys end up with magical powers is like asking me how I reacted when I found out that you could do magic." He placed a hand on her shoulder, the tiniest of smiles on his face.
"You knew!?"
"Never been prouder...truthfully." Scrooge moved to leave the room, before pausing, glancing back at her. "By the way... the reason why I know is because there was no way when you snuck into that Gildeed Man when you were a youth... I know a spell when I see one." With that said, he disappeared through the open door.
Della blinked rapidly, wondering vaguely exactly how much did he know that, apparently, he didn't tell her that he knew. "Della?" Lena appeared in the doorway, worry creasing her brow. Right... Lena knew about that stupid prophesy too...
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Djinn arched one eyebrow upwards, sure that Scrooge was taking the no strangers thing a bit too seriously. "Okay... I know that your family has connections to Gizmoduck and Darkwing Duck... but still. Don't you think this is a smidgen much for three boys?" He gestured to the two heroes, all the while giving Scrooge a worried look.
"I am not about to sit to the side and watch as my entire family gets torn apart! I trust that you three will work together to keep an eye on the boys at all times!" Turning, he made to leave to go work on something, only to pause, glancing back at them. "Oh by the way... I have asked Storkules to help out whenever he can." Whirling around, he strode off, whistling to himself. "Well then! Off to plan another grand adventure for my family to go on! Perhaps there will be a death trap involved! Webby and Dewey love a good death trap."
Djinn and the two superheroes, well one was a wannabe hero at the moment, glanced at each other, suddenly very worried about how they were supposed to protect three boys that were constantly going off on dangerous adventures. This was not going to be a very easy job... at all.
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Gizmoduck couldn't help the sigh of relief that escaped him. It's been three weeks since anything exciting happened. Usually that would mean that the family was getting ready to leave on a potentially dangerous adventure, however a large storm had everyone ordered to stay home and prepare for the worst. Crossing his mechanical arms across his chest robotic chest, he watched as Huey yelled at Dewey and Webby about how a lifetime supply of hot dogs and canned chili was not considered essentials for an emergency.
"Come on! Where are the strips of jerky and fruit leather!?" Huey wailed as he waved his Junior Woodchuck Guidebook around in the air. "For that matter...why don't I see any granola bars?"
"Because your boring. This stuff is totally fine!" Dewey rolled his eyes at his red-clad brother, glancing sideways at Webby as if to see if she agreed with him.
Webby merely yelled junk food at the top of her lungs as she sprang forward, disappearing down the long hall. Gizmoduck shook his head, glad that he was only tasked to watch over his boss's nephews and not their rather energetic friend. Turning his attention back to the arguing boys, Dewey was now making fun of Huey for working on making an article about caveducks to get himself into the Guidebook himself.
"It is important!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Boys!" Mrs. Beakley walked into the room right then, leveling a fierce glare at the brothers.
Della hurried over, annoyance flaring up in her eyes. "Mrs. Beakley... I am they're mother...and I honestly don't see the problem here..."
"Della, I know you are new to this whole mother role you have, but letting your sons argue needlessly is not a good idea." Mrs. Beakley glowered at her, her voice hinting that she strongly recommended that Della take her advice.
It was as Gizmoduck was paying attention to this development, that he realized a small detail. Scrooge McDuck had three nephews... not two. "Blathering Blatherskite! Where's Louie!?" The green clad boy was nowhere in sight... and since Louie was the evil one according to Huey and Dewey, that was not a good thing. "I am going to get fired... again!"
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"Of all the foolish things you could have done! Llewellyn Rebel Va...Duck! You are grounded!" Della snapped, just about ready to strangle her green clad son. The entire McDuck household, including Gryo Gearloose and for some reason Gizmoduck, watched the entire exchange with wide eyes, clearly nervous about what they were seeing. Della was most definitely not the easy going mother that she always portrayed herself as at the moment.
Louie's eyes widened in surprise, bewilderment flashing in them. "But Mom! I said sorry!"
"Sorry doesn't change the fact that you nearly lost your siblings in the time stream! You nearly lost all of us in the time stream! What were you thinking!?" Della crossed her arms, fury dancing in her eyes.
Scrooge felt a slight jolt as he stared round eyed at Della. She had said siblings, not brothers...did that meant that his missing niece was close enough to the McDuck Manor that she was caught in the Timephoon as well? Shoving that thought to the side, he concentrated on the problem at hand. "How are we supposed to keep him from using Technology behind our backs?" He glanced over at Della, already knowing the answer... but also knowing that she had guarded her magical powers pretty fiercely her entire life.
"I've got it handled." Della flicked her wrist so that her palm was facing upwards, eyes closing as she summoned a spell to aid her. "Ab urbe technology Clausus." A light blue glow spread across her palm, before shooting off, enveloping all the technology in the house for a second before disappearing.
"You...but...how?!" The boys and Webby, along with a bewildered Mrs. Beakley, Launchapad, Gizmoduck, and Gryo Gearloose spluttered out incoherently.
"When I say you're grounded... I mean it Llewellyn." Della whirled around, leaving them all behind as if her doing magic should be normal.
"Well that just happened. Sorry laddie, as your mother, Della outranks me. No adventures for you until Della says otherwise." Scrooge shrugged helplessly at Louie, not really acting too surprised about the display of magic that his niece had just shown.
A/N: Done! Okay... I wasn't expecting Della to reveal that she can do magic too... but let's be honest here... that would be way faster than hacking into every single tablet in the house to prevent him from using them unless its to watch a video about how important it is to behave and not do crazy schemes like he likes to do. So yeah... magic is blocking him from the technology, not crazy hacking skills... Can't think of anything else and this is taking longer than expected.
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Guest: Thanks! Um... I probably should work on figuring out how that happens... okay I have an idea on how I want it to happen, but knowing me that most likely won't be how it happens. Just remember, Scrooge is the only one that knows its a girl... the kids still think they're looking for a boy.
Angelwings2002: I know right? Thank you for the compliment! I probably should figure out when the whole prophesy comes true should take place within the uh, show...uh? So far I'm just dragging it out... It's after Moonvasion, that much I can tell you. After Moonvasion... oh I probably should just do it before the third season. Yeah, I'll try to do that. It's not like I'm doing all of the episodes in season two anyways. AS I'm sure you have noticed. Just random ones that I can figure out how to fit into this AU.
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