The trip to Lu Lu World hadn't taken as long as anyone had expected, but Charlie assumed that was mainly because they were all chatting while Andre drove. She honestly couldn't help her excitement at the prospect of returning. She could still remember when her dad had it built, and with everything going on with the Hotel, she hadn't really had time to return since that date with Vaggie.

Apparently, Vaggie'd had similar thoughts to her own, because she'd worn the same outfit she'd had when they'd first gone to Lu Lu Land.

Charlie still remembered her embarrassment at forgetting her shoes on that date, but that was the only reason she'd opted not to wear them now.

Considering she always wore shoes, she'd honestly been a little surprised no one had commented on the fact she had hooves at all rather than normal feet, but she wouldn't question it. In fact, she appreciated it, honestly.

However, Charlie was made aware of when they arrived at Lu Lu World quite quickly, thanks to Vanessa.

"That's Lu Lu World?!" The succubus gasped from up in the front passenger seat, causing Charlie to spin around herself.

And she couldn't have stopped the smile on her face if somebody slapped her.

There it was, just as she remembered it. Massive roller coasters, drop towers, and more booths and building than she could count.

"Yeah, it's something, ain't it?" John commented with a smile as he too looked out the window, bracing himself against the ceiling as he stood rather than sat.

"Jesus Christ, I wish I'd have come here sooner." Angel remarked, eyes wide and jaw hanging low as he stared out the window from his spot on the small couch.

"It is amazing, ain't it?" Andre joked as he turned into the parking lot.

"Oh!" Charlie gasped as she remembered something, before rushing leaving her spot at the table booth and rushing up to the front of the RV, bracing herself against the driver seat as she leaned down next to Andre. "When you go to check in for parking, let me talk to them."

"Sure." Andre nodded his head as they pulled in up behind another car waiting on to go through the gate. It really wasn't a surprise that there was a small line of cars at each checkpoint. Heavy footsteps and the RV noticeably jostling indicated that John was now moving up towards the front of the RV.

"Think Nea still works here?" He asked as he leaned down over Charlie, bracing himself against the ceiling as he looked at Andre. "She did say she was thinking about getting a better job."

"If she's not, I'll be disappointed." Andre admitted with a small grin as he glanced over at John. "Why do you think I chose the checkpoint she's usually working at?"

"Fair enough." John replied with a grin and a small shrug.

It took some time. Slowly but surely, the line moved forward, and eventually, they made it to the checkpoint.

And Charlie's eyes flew wide open at the unexpected site that awaited her.

Working this particular checkpoint booth was a large, and Charlie meant large, shark sinner. It wasn't that she was fat, but Charlie was pretty sure that the woman sitting standing, or rather hunched, inside the booth was the same size John was.

She was wearing a security cap and a badge… and that was it.

Outside of those two articles of clothing, the woman was stark naked from what she could see, her bright blue skin on full display as her breasts were exposed to the world. It honestly surprised Charlie that her father would even allow someone like that to work at his amusement park.

"Regular or-" The woman seemed to be starting what sounded from a rehearsed line, but when her eyes landed on Andre's smiling face, the woman's own lit up with a large smile as well as her eyes widened in delight. "Andre! How are you doing?" The woman rose up a little, before the door to the booth opened and the woman stepped off the elevated floor and outside…

Yep. Completely naked. Charlie was pretty sure her eyes bulged in disbelief.

"I'm doing good, Nea." Andre replied, one arm falling out of the window as the woman approached, easily able to reach the window's elevated height as she leaned over and gave Andre a one armed hug.

"You guys haven't been here in two years!" The sinner, Nea, noted as they separated, leaning against the RV and causing the vehicle to lean a bit, shark teeth not dissimilar to John's own on full display in a happy smile. "Why, I half thought I'd never see anyone but John again. Not till Madro and Tex pulled up back to back."

"They're already here?" Andre asked, before shaking his head with an amused chuckle. "Of course they are."

"Don't worry, they didn't wait too long." Nea assured with a wave, before leaning down and looking into the RV. "Is that Big John Gallagher I see in there? How are you, big man?" She asked as she went to stick a fist into the window, before pausing and glancing at Andre. "Are you okay if I-"

"Yeah, no problem." Andre assured with a smile as he leaned back further into the seat, earning an even bigger smile from the shark as she stuck her fist into the vehicle.

"It's good to see you, Nea." John said as he leaned over and fist bumped the woman. "I started working as security for the Princess' new hotel. I was honestly afraid you'd quit. You were telling me you were fixing to leave for another job." He commented as Nea pulled her hand back out the window.

Nea let a small sigh escape her, shaking her head slightly as she did. "Yeah, that fell through. Finally got them to tell me what the job was." She said with a small grin.

"You didn't know?" Charlie couldn't help but to ask, because getting ready for another job when you didn't even know what it was seemed like a very bad idea.

"Honey, I was being offered two grand a week, and now I got a family to feed." Nea replied without even looking, before glancing back into the RV. Her eyes widened in surprise when she noticed who it was that had spoken. "Well, Princess Charlie Morningstar. Living in luxury now, ain't you boys?" She joked as she glanced at Andre and John, before looking back at Charlie. "Well then, your usual spot is ready for you."

"Usual spot?" John asked when he heard that, glancing down at Charlie with a raised eyebrow.

"My dad did have the park built."

"Touche."

"So what was the job then?" Andre asked, turning to look at Nea once more.

"Porn." Nea answered with a small grin.

Well, the job offer suddenly made a lot more sense now. Honestly, Charlie was surprised the woman wasn't badgered with offers if this was her work uniform.

"How's Ray and Leo?" John asked as he leaned down to meet the woman's gaze.

At that, Nea gave a fond smile as she turned to look back into the RV, meeting John's own eyes. "Ray finally went and got his back looked at. Turned out he had a slipped disk. He's doing better." She revealed, and Charlie was glad to see that even Andre was confused at this particular exchange. "And we just started homeschooling Leo."

"Not to bug, but who's Ray and Leo?" Andre asked, looking between the two in confusion. "I don't think I've ever met them."

"That's my husband and son." Nea replied with a fond smile on her face as she met Andre's gaze. "Met them last year. Ended up saving them from that snake idiot in the blimp." At that, all of them busted out laughing as Pentious was still sitting safely back at the Hotel.

"I don't think you gotta worry about him." John commented as with a shake of his head. "He just checked into the Hazbin Hotel yesterday."

"No shit?" Nea asked with a tilt of her head and a surprised smile on her face. "I never thought he'd get any sense."

"How do you think I felt?" John asked with a chuckle. "All the beatings I gave him, and it took tying him up with his own tail and then getting bit by Beartrap for him to stay away."

"I wish I had that luxury." Nea replied with a shake of her own head. "The idiot's always picking fights he can't win."

"To be fair, the only reason he doesn't stand a chance is because he's an idiot." Andre noted with a small smile. "Gotta have some kind of intelligence to build the things he does."

"It's why we wish he was a complete idiot." Nea responded, earning a snort of agreement from John.

The sound of the cars beginning to honk their horns behind them caught their attention, before they promptly went quiet when Nea turned back and quite literally growled. Once she was satisfied with their silence, she turned back towards the RV.

"Um…" Vanessa's voice piped up, causing all eyes to shoot towards her. The succubus shrunk under everyone's gazes, looking as if she'd lost what little confidence she might've had to speak. "I was curious… um, why are you naked?"

Yeah, that's a question Charlie wanted the answer to as well.

"Honey, I'm a nudist." Nea replied with a small smile as she met the succubus' gaze. "And in Hell, no one's gonna stop me. When I got this job, Lucifer himself told me that the only reason he'd allowed it was because I'm one of the few people who do this for comfort, not lust. And I fit most of the qualifications."

"You're comfortable like that?" Charlie couldn't help but to ask in surprise. Even being the Princess of Hell, the thought of walking around naked was more than a little uncomfortable.

But Nea just waved it off. "I know, it's not everyone's cup of tea. But almost all of us look the same underneath, and I'm not about to change my lifestyle." Her smile turned into a teasing grin as she pointed a finger at John. "Though, that doesn't mean it doesn't feel good when your man stares."

John let a restrained snort of amusement escape him at that, before shaking his head. "I regret nothing." He replied with a chuckle, before meeting Nea's gaze once more. "Besides, that arrangement was your idea."

"You accepted, didn't you?" Nea shot back with a raised eyebrow and an amused grin. John opened his mouth to respond, hanging open for a few seconds, before closing it with a nod.

"Touche."

"Anyway, I figure I've held you all up long enough." Nea finally responded as she pushed off of the RV and gave it a light tap. "Go on and get in there. I'll probably see you in a few hours anyway if you're still here."

"Good seeing you, Nea." Andre replied as he gave a small wave to the shark as she made her way back into the booth, pressing a button and raising the gate to allow the RV to pass. Charlie shot the woman a wave of her own with a smile as they drove into the parking lot.

She had to admit, the woman was a lot different from what her first impression had suggested.

Charlie turned back to Andre as she raised her finger. "Drive up to the front entrance. There's a spot marked with pink paint that's just for me." She instructed as she point towards the entrance of the park.

Andre nodded and did as instructed, driving his way through the parking lot. The parking spot was easy enough to spot, and he wasted no time in pulling right in.

"Finally." Angel could be heard groaning in the background, though there was no real bite to his tone. "I thought we'd never get in with all of you bullshitting."

"Ah, fuck you." Was John's simple response, flipping the bird at the spider as he made his way towards the door to the RV. Charlie followed after him, more than eager to get out of the RV, but unfortunately for her, John paused just as his hand touched the door.

A few seconds later, Andre shut the vehicle off.

"There we go." John muttered to himself as he opened the door and stepped out, allowing Charlie to step out as well as everyone gathered their things and made their way out of the RV.

"Who was that, anyway?" Vaggie asked as she stepped out of the RV after Charlie, offering the Princess her purse as the moth glanced at John.

"A friend who's worked here for a long time." John replied with a small smile. "Me and her had a fling for a couple of months, but we put a stop to it when she got together with her husband."

Charlie… she wasn't sure how to feel about that. It wasn't anything to do with the fling itself, or that they'd split when Nea had actually committed to someone else. No… what seemed to eat at her was the idea of John with Nea.

An unpleasant sensation slowly rose up within her, a sensation Charlie wasn't familiar with, couldn't really name. It seemed to grow stronger every time she thought about the idea of John and Nea dating, and she didn't really know why. It wasn't like Nea was a bad person from what she had been able to gather. A nudist, sure, but that isn't really bad in and of itself. Especially not in Hell.

And yet, the idea really seemed to gnaw away at her.

In order to bring her mind away from those disconcerting thoughts, Charlie opted to instead ask another question on her mind.

"How exactly does she have a kid?" Charlie couldn't help but to ask as she glanced up at John herself, adjusting her purse strap across her shoulder. "Sinners aren't able to reproduce."

"Ray's a hellhound." John answered as he moved over next to the RV, holding the door open for everyone else to exit. "Leo was an unexpected result of a one night stand. Mom didn't want him, Ray did. Nea came into the picture, and despite what some may think, she's a good mom."

Okay, that made much more sense… and at the same time, only raised more questions.

However, Charlie realized those questions wouldn't be answered any time soon as an unfamiliar voice called out in their direction.

"Johnny!" A young male voice rang out through the area, and Charlie peeked out past the RV to see whom had shouted. Her eyes widened when she spotted the rest of the family standing by the entrance to the park.

"Razor!" John called back with a wave as he closed the door behind Andre, the last person to leave the RV, allowing the hellhound to turn around and lock it as John moved away from the RV and made his way towards the family.

Obviously, among the family, there were plenty of new faces she didn't recognize.

However, there was one in particular that she did recognize. One that she was more than delighted to see.

Among the family was a particular yellow furred demon that heavily resembled a hellhound at first glance. However, an extra set of arms and a pair of wings mixed with hair reminiscent of a lava lamp would immediately shut that assumption down.

Charlie was over two-hundred years old. But she had absolutely no problem admitting that she screamed with glee and took off running like a child the moment she saw the woman.

"AUNT BEE!" Charlie cried out as she sprinted at the Sin of Gluttony, who had a large smile of her own when she spotted the Princess.

"Charlie!" Bee happily opened her arms for the Princess to run into as she stepped away from her spot next to a large black hellhound who had his arm around her shoulders. Charlie slammed into Bee eagerly, giggling in delight as the woman picked her lifted her right off of the ground and into the hug. "It's been so long since I've seen you!"

When she felt her hooves touching solid ground, only then did she separate from the hug as she looked up into her aunt's eyes with a grin. "What are you doing here?" Charlie asked gleefully as the others approached as well.

Bee smiled as she stood back to her feet, a few hands on her hips as she spoke. "My boyfriend invited me." She answered, jerking her thumb over to the black hellhound she'd been standing with. "I'd like you to meet-"

"Vortex!" John's familiar voice interrupted Bee's introduction as the two women turned towards the behemoth, who walked right past them with a grin on his face as he moved towards the hellhound. Charlie was only now paying enough attention to notice a familiar looking scar over the man's eye.

Was this Andre's son?

The hellhound, Vortex, smiled as John approached, catching the behemoth's hand in his own as the two bumped their shoulders together.

"How've you been, man?" Vortex asked as the two separated, grinning at the behemoth. "Dad said you started working at the Princess' Hotel." He added.

John merely chuckled at that, shaking his head in slight amusement. "Yeah. I got brought on for security."

"Then that Hotel is as safe as it can get." Vortex joked, giving John's shoulder a friendly slap as he did so. "Good to hear you're getting out some, John."

"Good to see you again too." Another hellhound piped in as he stepped forward. This one was smaller than Vortex, but with a biker outfit and his hair cut into a mohawk.

What really caught Charlie's attention, however, was the same thing that told her just who this was.

Resting comfortably between the hellhound's ears on the top of his head was a pair of moderately sized horns. That was all she needed to see to realize that this must've been Razor. Beartrap's older brother.

John's grin grew even wider at the site of the hellhound, and Charlie watched as he brought an arm around the man's shoulder and pulled him into a side hug.

"Good to see you again, Razor." John said as he let his arm fall away from the hellhound. "It's been way too long. Glad to see you ain't got yourself killed on your bike."

"Fuck you, asshole." Razor retorted with an eye roll, flipping a middle finger at the behemoth with a lighthearted grin.

As the three devolved into conversation, Charlie found her attention pulled away as Bee placed a hand upon her shoulder.

"So, what's this I hear about a Hotel for sinners?" Bee asked with a smile as she looked down at her niece, causing the Princess to grin in excitement.

"Well, I'm wanting to put an end to the Exterminations." Charlie explained as she faced her aunt, beaming as she told her about the Hotel. "The goal of the Hotel is to rehabilitate sinners, hopefully get them into Heaven."

"That definitely sounds better than a yearly mass murder." Bee admitted with a slight nod, before grinning. "Though, I also feel a different vibe from you than usual. You got a partner now?"

Charlie couldn't help but to blush as she was reminded of her aunt's abilities to sense emotions, before nodding as she turned to face Vaggie, who was still staring at the mixture of hellhounds and imps with wide eyes.

She reached over and wrapped a hand around Vaggie's arm, gently pulling the moth over and earning her attention as Charlie turned back to Bee.

"This is my girlfriend, Vaggie." Charlie introduced the moth, who's eyes widened as her face morphed into an expression of recognition at the site of the Sin of Gluttony. "Vaggie, this is my Aunt Beelzebub."

"Call me Bee." Bee introduced as she offered a hand to the moth.

Vaggie shook her head to collect her thoughts as she raised her own hand, shaking the Sin's hand as she spoke. "Nice to meet you." It sometimes still surprised the moth how big Charlie's family actually was.

Which was fair, Charlie could admit. Despite their differences, each of the Seven Sins acted as an uncle or aunt to her, regardless of what their sin may be. The only ones whom she didn't really know, nor care to, was Mammon.

And obviously, her Dad was the Sin of Pride, so there's that.

"You too." Bee said as her hand fell back to her side, before glancing at Charlie. "So, you went and got John, huh?"

That surprised both Charlie and Vaggie, the two of them gaining shell-shocked faces at that particular revelation, earning a laugh from the woman.

"You actually know him?" Charlie couldn't help but to be genuinely shocked. First her dad, and now her aunt? Is there anyone in her family John didn't know?

Bee gave the two a smirk as she nodded. "Yep. I met him when Tex introduced me to his family."

So… Aunt Bee was dating Andre's son? That… actually made sense. Bee wasn't the kind of person to judge based on species, but she'd always had a particular connection with hellhounds.

Maybe it was because she was so similar to them.

Either way… she was happy to see her aunt again, and more than eager to spend a day with her again.

If Uncle Oz had been here, Charlie honestly thought the day would be absolutely perfect.

"Hey, where's Arya and Madro?" John asked as he noticed the people missing, his question pulling all attention to him as he looked at Vortex in confusion.

"They had to take Benny to the bathroom." Another voice, this one familiar to Charlie's ears, piped up as the familiar gray form of Viv stepped into view with a smile. "You know he's excited to see you, right?"

"No shit." John replied with a smile of his own. "Could barely talk to anyone else whenever ya'll put him on the phone." He commented with a slight chuckle.

Charlie couldn't help but to smile. "Well, he wasn't exactly happy you were leaving to begin with." She did remember that part of the day very vividly. Mainly because of how surprised she was that the little hellhound pup liked John that much.

"No he was not." Andre remarked with a small smile as he looked up at John. "Poor guy was so broken up after you left that we couldn't get him to stop crying till Arya got him."

"Damn…" John's smile faded at those words, visible guilt creeping into his expression as he rubbed the back of his head. "I wasn't trying hurt his feelings."

"He's a kid and you may as well be our oldest brother." Razor remarked as he gave the behemoth a friendly punch to the arm. "Maybe you oughta let him stay at that hotel with you for a bit?"

"I wouldn't recommend that one." Angel spoke up, stepping forward as all eyes turned to him. "God only knows how that would go down with Alastor."

"Yeah." John nodded his head in agreement, letting a sigh escape him. "Beartrap would either bite him or piss him off, either of which opened an entirely new can of worms."

"Well, we can talk about all of that stuff later." Andre decided, effectively ending that particular conversation as he flicked a finger towards the entrance of the park. "They're coming back."

At that, Charlie's gaze wandered towards the entrance along with everyone else's. She spotted a couple walking in their direction, looking to be in the middle of a conversation and paying no attention to the new faces among the ones they'd left.

The first thing Charlie noticed was the hellhound. A tall woman, nearly as tall as Andre, but with strikingly white fur that seemed to run head to toe without any change in color. She had long matching hair that was currently tied into a pony tail, wearing a simple black t-shirt and a pair of shorts much like Andre's own. In her arms was the familiar form of Beartrap.

Walking next to her was an imp, and a tall one at that. Though he wasn't really tall compared to… well, literally anyone else, he looked to be standing at about five foot three, and that wasn't counting the large pair of horns that sat upon his head. If she had counted that, the imp would be just a few inches taller than Charlie herself.

"I told you to go to the bathroom before we left the store, Ben." The helllhound, whom Charlie assumed was Arya, lightly admonished the pup as she looked down at him with a soft smile nonetheless.

"But I didn't have to go then!" Beartrap replied, as if he were in genuine trouble with his parents.

"Course ya didn't." The imp, whom Charlie assumed was Madrox, replied with a small chuckle as he glanced up at his son. "Just cause you don't feel like it don't mean you don't have to. Always best to try, Beartrap."

"Ah, give the kid a break." John's voice spoke up, causing everyone to look at him as he moved past the small crowd so that the three could see him clearly.

All three faces lit up with smiles, Beartrap's more an excited grin as the couple picked up their pace.

"It's so good to see you, again!" Arya said, sounding absolutely elated as she lifted an arm and wrapped it around the behemoth as they came to a stop in front of him.

"Good to see you too, Arya." John replied, returning the hug with a chuckle before the two separated as he turned his attention to Beartrap. "Beartrap! How are you doing, little guy?"

"Johnny!" Beartrap didn't seem to even hear the question, far too happy to see John to focus on anything else other than his desire to hug the behemoth himself, if the way his arms were reaching for him were any indication.

A soft giggle escaped Arya, mixed with a series of chuckles from both Madrox and John as the hellhound offered her son for John to hold. Charlie couldn't stop the smile on her face, nor could anyone else from what she could see, as they all watched John easily take the pup who was a fraction of his own size into his arms and hold him up to his own eye level.

"Hey, little buddy." John greeted once more with a grin as he brought a large hand up to pup's face, making a slight fist as he carefully touched Beartrap's nose before pulling his hand away, his thumb now sticking out between his middle and index fingers. "Oops, got your nose."

"Give it back!" The pup giggled with glee as he desperately reached for John's other hand, and no one could hold the smile off their face at the sight of this nine foot behemoth entertaining a child with the brightest grin on his face.

"Oh my gosh, he's so adorable!" Vanessa's voice abruptly piped up, a look of admiration and joy on the succubus' face as she watched the scene play out. Well, until all eyes turned to her at the loud volume of her voice, causing her entire demeanor to suddenly shift at all of the attention. "Sorry…"

It still astounded Charlie, how quickly Vanessa could change from a giggling school girl to, as John called it, a kicked puppy whenever she had unfamiliar attention drawn to her.

John let a chuckle escape him at Vanessa's demeanor, before waving the succubus over with a grin. "Well don't just stand there, come meet him." He offered as Beartrap bounced in his arms with a giggle. "What, scared of a little kid?"

Vanessa shot a small glare at John, but nonetheless did as asked as she walked closer to the behemoth, her features fading into a nervous smile as everyone watched.

"Beartrap, this is Vanessa. She's a guest at the Hotel." He explained to the pup as he turned his gaze back to Vanessa. "Ness, this is Benny. But everyone calls him Beartrap."

"I like your horns!" Beartrap told the succubus with a gleeful grin as he stared at the horns, causing her smile to become less nervous and more happy. "Can I touch them?"

"Nope!" Madrox suddenly spoke up, shaking his head rapidly as he stepped forward and held out his hands, indicating for John to hand the pup to him. "I know how you get with horns, and you are not tugging on anyone else's."

"But Dad-"

"You heard him, Benny." Andre spoke up, smile still on his face, but a firm tone in his voice as he shook his head. "He said no, you better listen."

Beartrap pouted at having his apparent fun ruined, gaining chuckles and giggles from everyone at the amusing sight as Madrox turned and offered a hand to Vanessa while holding Beartrap in his other.

"I'm Madrox." He introduced himself properly to the succubus as she slowly shook his hand. "You okay? You look like the wind's about to blow you over." He commented with a small smile, earning a blush and a nervous stutter from the succubus in response.

"W-Well, I-I-"

"Calm down, Ness." Angel spoke up, coming up behind the succubus and placing his hands upon her shoulders, offering a gentle squeeze. "There's nothing scared of here, alright? You ain't gotta be so nervous." He assured, gaining a small smile in response.

"Knowing this family, I feel pity for the sorry sumbitch that's dumb enough to try something." John joked, earning himself a few sounds of amusement and agreement.

"Granted, me and you would probably end up doing the hard work." Bee joked as she shared an amused glance with John, eliciting a chuckle from the behemoth.

"Hard for them maybe, easy for us." John retorted as he crossed his arms out of habit and glanced down at Vanessa. "Look, I know you ain't been outside of the Hotel since you showed up, but I'm telling you, no one's gonna judge you, no one's gonna hurt you, and you ain't got nothing to be scared of, alright?"

Vanessa held his gaze with her own for a few seconds, silent, before slowly nodding.

"O-okay…" Vanessa sounded much calmer, and Charlie was glad to hear that. This was a day of family and fun, and she didn't want anyone to be uncomfortable.

"So uh, how about we get introductions out of the way properly, and then figure out who's going with who?" Vortex suggested as all eyes turned to him. "We'll have plenty of time to catch up later, but we're all here to have fun, right?"

Charlie could agree with that logic. And they could all get to know each other better depending on how they were grouped up, because chances are that everyone would want to ride different rides, and with this many people, it'd be absolute chaos trying to do it all together.

And one thing Charlie knew… she wanted this to be as good of a day as possible.