In an isolated forest a small cottage sat. All that could be heard through the forest of pine trees was crickets and the occasional yell from an angry tree tempered teen.

"You're all garbage at this!"

Maggie thrust her finger pointing and shouting at the offenders, Ava and Odin, sitting at the coffee table surrounded by a tower of toppled blocks. Maggie and Ava on the schooling planet hadn't been allowed to play Jenga. TITAN industries had linked it to mass riots within the school.

"Maggie, please. Just sit down, we can start over."

Ava sorta fidgeted as she said this, it was all going down hill from here. Odin had to stifle his laughter in his hands. He had purposely knocked the tower over, he knew Ava had been tying to play mediator between the two, so what was so wrong with a little organized chaos ?

"You!" Maggie thrust her finger at Odin, noticing his incriminating laugh.

"We have been here for an hour. An hour !" Her voice grew low and venomous. "All I wanted was to play a board game. One. Damn. Board. Game."

Maggie began to spout vibrant and spike ridden vines as she spoke and her hair turned a dark ominous green. It was like a wild jungle was rising from the nightmares of every Vengess in the known universe.

"You- You- You jerk !"

Maggie stamped off. Embarrassed and infuriated, she left a trail of leaves that dissolved as they hit the ground.

"Wow, good job Odin." Ava mumbled sarcastically as she ran after Maggie.

"H-hey ! Common, A-A-Ava ! Come back."

Odin had no inclination why Ava was mad. Maggie was horrible, annoying, and always snide towards everyone except for Gil. Ava had desperately tried to rekindle a dead flame with Maggie, the two of them could never be close again at this rate.

He had just messed around with Maggie today, he thought Ava might think it was funny. Right ? He thought it was funny when Maggie threw pointless tantrums.

"Did the girls all leave ?" Gil spoke softly as he entered the room. Odin wished they hadn't let him tag along. Gil's niceness wasn't real, it was like a program in his head that turned on to trap unknowing potential converts to his cult.

"You know she's really been trying to make this work." Gil began to chastise him. He used the same tone when people didn't sort the plates in the proper cabinets.

"Y-Yeah, I don't get why Ava e-even bothers anymore, Maggie ju-"

"No ! I'm talking about Maggie, not Ava !"

W-what ?"

Gil sighed and rolled his eyes. Gil had the habit of being condescending while dealing with Odin. He took a seat at the table and put his hands together, obviously preparing for a long speech.

"L-Look I don't feel like being lectured."

"I never said I was going to give a lecture !"

Odin just narrowed his eyes unamused.

"Fine ! Maybe I was going to give a lecture. Wether I was or not shouldn't be what's on your mind."

Agitated, Gil then proceeded to rub his temples.

"Odin, did you ever consider that Maggie might be happy that you and Ava are friends ?"

"HA. W-Wow."

"I'm serious ! She's been trying to get along with you, yet you keep brushing her off."

Odin couldn't believe what he was hearing. From day one Maggie had hated him, he had saved her life and then let her come live in his hideout ! She hadn't even thanknd him.

"Maggie loves Ava dearly, those two are the closest they've been in forever."

"O-Oh yeah. Sitting on Ava to see the movie better from the couch is s-soooooo close."

"That was a joke !"

"H-how would you even know about her ? Maggie l-lies all the time."

Gil shot Odin a nasty look.

"What was Maggie doing all day ?"

"U-uh."

"Think about it, she was hanging out with you and Ava all day."

Maggie had been with them for most of the day. She had barely whined about anything, of course she had put in her two cents here and there, but it had been mild for her.

"Maggie just wants to make sure her friend is safe and happy. Lets face it, she strongly dislikes you-"

"S-She hates me."

"She strongly would rather be anywhere else than with you, but Maggie is willing to put that aside for Ava."

It all dawned on Odin at once, every social cue he had missed came right back around.

Gil rose from the table and began to walk out of the room, but before he left he turned and spoke quietly.

"If you want to have any chance with Ava, you're going to have to make peace with Maggie."