A Total Drama Story, Hazbin Hotel Crossover Story

Demon's Daughter: Love Across the Divide

Chapter 5

Don't Bury Your Uniqueness

~Gwen's POV~

I had just arrived at the hotel and was greeted by my sister, Charlie and her girlfriend Vaggie. Upon seeing my suitcase, Charlie's emotions went from glee to confusion to surprise. It's obvious she wasn't expecting me to show up with luggage in hand. I hadn't called ahead to let her know I was stay over for the night. Only this time, I'm not staying for one night. To explain what was going on, I asked if we could go inside to talk to which Charlie agreed. I followed behind her and Vaggie inside.

The hotel looked as grand and spacious as usual; although, I wish Charlie had added in a more Gothic style to the interior. I get that the hotel is her idea. Meaning she gets to decide on how to decorate it. What color scheme to pick. What kind of furniture would best fit the room. Everything is Charlie's decision, and she's got good taste. The only problem is there's nothing here (other than my room) that has Goth vibes to it. Maybe I'm being a little selfish, but that's what I think. Not that I would ever tell her that. My only job is to support her as she tries to make her dream of redeeming demons a reality.

Stepping into the foyer, I walked over to the nearest couch with Charlie and Vaggie. Sitting down in the center, Charlie and Vaggie stayed standing in front of me. My luggage was placed besides my feet. I took a breather, leaning back against the couch. Looking around I could see the bar where Husker was cleaning a glass mug with a rag. He looked up at me, gave a small nod to which I nodded back, and then he returned his attention on the mug. A man of few words, but a good friend none-the-less. Charlie was the first to ask me what was going on. Jumping right into the subject for a better understanding of what was going on.

"So, Gwen, I don't mind you coming over to visit me and hangout at the hotel. It's just I would really appreciate it if you would call me ahead of time. Not to mention you know what dad would do if he caught you sneaking over here." I get what Charlie was saying, but I couldn't care less what dad thought. Then she spoke again, "Did something happen that you came here with your luggage?"

"You could say that." I said looking away, "You could say I'm taking a permanent sneak away from home." Okay, that sounded better in my head, but Charlie should catch on to what I'm saying. If not, I'm hoping Vaggie will.

"Gwen, did something happen at home between you and dad?" Charlie questioned.

"Yeah, something happened." I crossed my arms, looking to the side to avoid eye contact. "Dad went too far this time."

"What do you mean?" Charlie asked, trying to understand what was going on.

I sigh before I speak. Turning my face to look at her and Vaggie, "Dad and I got into an argument about what you're trying to do Charlie. He doesn't understand your idea to rehabilitate sinners. He thinks it's a waste of time."

Charlie's facial expression dropped changed from concerned to sorrow. I shouldn't have said anything, but I did and look what happened. I wasn't trying to upset her, but she asked me a question. I gave her an answer. Vaggie moved close, patting Charlie on the shoulder for comfort.

"I'm sorry Charlie, I wasn't trying to upset you." I say in defense, but Charlie shook her head.

"No, you didn't do anything wrong Gwen. Dads never accepted my dream to change sinners for the better." Charlie spoke, "I know he thinks what I'm doing is a joke, but if I can make a change so there's less likely an extermination day once a year that would be enough."

"And you will hon, you will." Vaggie said as she rubbed Charlie's shoulders.

The pair locked eyes, sharing a soft loving smile. Looking at them, they did make a great couple. Much better than Charlie's ex-boyfriend. I never liked that guy. He was too much of a creep, and he occasionally flirted with me. Thinking about it still gives me the shivers. I'm so glad she dumped his sorry ass two years ago.

"Sorry about that Gwen, what were you saying?" Charlie asked me.

"First, let me just say I'm sorry." I began. "Didn't mean to upset you. Secondly, dad was being a huge asshole. I defended you the best I could, and then he slapped me."

"He what?!" This took her by surprise. "Dad hit you?!"

"Slapped me, but I guess it's the same thing." I just shrugged; my head still turned to the side. I wasn't comfortable remembering or talking about what happened.

I was embraced in a tight hug seconds later. Charlie was attempting to comfort me. I wasn't crying, not anymore. Charlies always had this need to comfort people whenever they were upset. Even when we were kids, she was always trying to cheer me up whenever I was sad. I know she means well; I just wish she'd ease up on her grip. I have no idea how she's so strong when it comes to giving hugs.

"Charlie, Charlie, ease up on the hugging hon. You're going to squeeze Gwen till she snaps in half." Vaggie came to my rescue, pulling Charlie's arm to get her to loosen her grip. "I know you're trying to help but you have to let go."

It took Charlie a little while to ease her grip on me. She didn't want to let go. Honestly, this is becoming unbearable. I know she's trying to help, but she could at least ask if I want a hug first. Charlie apologized before asking if that was the reason I left home. I told her it was one of the reasons. The other was I was sick of listening to dad talk shit about her. He doesn't care about either of us. Charlie tried to defend dad by saying he was probably dealing with a lot of stress with work. I told her that was a load of bullshit, and she knew it wasn't true.

"Charlie there's no use trying to defend dad when we both know he's a giant asshole!" I say in anger. "He doesn't care about you or me or this hotel!"

"Hey, hey, what's with all the yelling?!" Came a familiar deep voice, it was Husk. He came walking in with a bottle of liquor in his hand. "Hey kid."

"Hey Husk, sorry about the yelling. I was just blowing off some steam." I said in defense of my actions.

"I don't care, just quit yelling so much." Husk goes about drinking again.

Angel came into the room next. Texting away on his phone, he didn't notice me until he banged his knee against the coffee table. He bounced around in pain, cursing at the top of his lungs. Vaggie told him he should have been paying more attention to where he was going instead of his phone. Can't say I disagree with her, Angel had it coming.

"Son of a mother fucking whore!" Angel was rubbing his knee while cursing. "Fucking fucker fuck!"

"Ugh... again with the yelling, seriously?" Husk covered his ears to tune out some of the noise.

"Are you alright Angel?" I asked, watching him hop up and down.

"Yow! Ouch! Hey Gwen! Ouch! Oooh... *rubbing the pain away* I'll live." Angel stopped hopping, looking in my direction. "When did you get here?"

"Not long ago. Glad to see you're as energetic as ever." I replied smirking.

Angel just stuck his tongue out in reply. Still tending to his sore knee. Charlie walked over to check on him while from the corner of my eye I spotted a familiar little one-eyed demon attempting to stab some roaches. Nifty, always trying to stab at the intruders' called bugs whenever she wasn't cleaning the hotel. Can't believe I just said that in my own head. Either I'm losing it, or I've spent too much time here.

I give my head a good shake to wake myself up. Nifty appears in front of my face by the time I open my eyes again. I almost wanted to scream when I saw her eye but didn't. This isn't the first time Nifty has got up in my face, and it won't be the last. I gave Nifty a gentle head pat and smile.

"Hi Nifty, how's it going?"

"Hi Gwen... nice to see you again." She gave my face a hug then jumped off my lap and ran away.

Sometimes I don't understand that girl. There's no telling what goes on in her head. Then again, it's probably better if I didn't know. I was snapped back to reality when I heard Charlie say my name.

"Gwen, could we talk?" She sounded concerned, and who could blame her. I had just told her what happened between me and dad.

"Yeah, we can talk Charlie. I assume you want to know more about what happened between me and dad?" I asked her.

"Well actually, I'd like to know how long you plan on staying here." She says to me. "I mean, I have no problem with you staying here, but what about mom and dad? Have you thought about how they might be worried about you?"

"Charlie, I'm going to level with you here. I love mom and dad. I love how mom has always been supportive of us, but dad... dad is another story." I tried to explain. "He doesn't support your decisions. He thinks what you're doing is a joke, and I'm sick of his attitude Charlie. I can't stay there. Not if dad is going to keep being an asshole."

"Okay... okay... you're angry at dad, but he's not such a bad guy." Charlie was trying to defend dad for reasons I can't understand. "I just think running away wasn't the best way to teach dad a lesson."

"Teach him a lesson?" I rolled my eyes. "Charlie, as much as I want to punish dad, I just want to get away from him for a while."

"So, you're not trying to get back at dad?" Asked Charlie.

"No, I mean, I guess this kind of counts as payback, but I just need to be as far away from him as possible. Until he apologizes, I'm not going back." That was my honest answer. "He's probably going to call you soon asking if you've seen me."

"What do I tell him?"

"Tell him what I told you."

The sound of a familiar ringtone played in the air. My phone was going off. When I picked it up, I saw dad's contact on the screen. Guess he decided to call me first after discovering my disappearance.

"Speak of the devil." I let the phone play the ringtone until it stopped.

"Why didn't you answer? Dads got to be worried sick." Charlie says to me.

"Charlie, I love dad, but I am not talking to him." I replied as my phone went off again, but I left it alone.

"I don't blame you for not answering Gwen. I do the same thing Val calls me." Angel told me as he scrolled through his phone.

I'm glad there's somebody who understands.

Charlie ignored Angel and spoke to me again, "Gwen, ignoring dad's calls isn't such a good idea."

"He's going to call you soon. Why should I bother answering him?"

As if on cue, Charlie's phone started going off. Her ringtone began to play through the air. Unlike my ringtone, Charlie's ringtone for dad was similar to a Musicbox. My ringtone had more of an organ sound when dad called. Not going to get into why I choose that. Charlie immediately answered the phone.

"Hello?"

Charlie pulled the phone away from her ear when dad started frantically yelling over the phone. She wasn't kidding when she said dad would freak out. Not sure he had to yell over my disappearance. He probably would have done the same thing if I answered. Followed by a long, long lecture. As soon as Charlie heard dad calming down, she brought the phone back over to her ear.

I couldn't make out what they were saying. Charlie didn't put the phone on speaker, but I had a pretty good idea what they were talking about, or should I say who. I could tell from Charlie's body language how the conversation was going. I knew dad was going to get upset when he found me gone, but he could at least hold his composure. It's not like I killed myself and left my body where he could fine it. Okay, that got dark all of a sudden.

Oh, Charlie's coming over. Guess she wants me to talk to dad. *sigh* Figures this would happen. Might as well get this over with. I take the phone from Charlie. Preparing myself for whatever dad has to say. The moment I say hello, he starts yelling in a frantic panic. I have to pull the phone from my ear like Charlie did. Should have seen that coming. As soon as the yelling died down, I brought the phone back to my ear.

"Dad... Could you calm down for two seconds and let me explain?"

"Explain to me why you took off without leaving a note or telling me. You had me worried sick!"

"Dad, calm down. I'll tell you everything you want to know."

"You can start with why you disappeared!"

I let out a heavy sigh before speaking, "Dad, you don't exactly make living at home easy. I'm sick of listening to you criticizes Charlie's dreams."

"Gwendalyn, you know as well as I do that her dreams are hopeless."

"No, that's what you think. I have faith in Charlie unlike you. I trust her to follow through with her dreams of redeeming demons and putting an end to the extermination. Why is it so hard for you to understand?"

"It can't be done."

"You don't know that."

"I know that even if Charlie can convince demons to come to her hotel, redemption is out of the question."

"Says you! You're not giving Charlie a chance to try. The least you could do is be supportive. This is your daughters dream we're talking about."

"I'm sorry Gwen, but it can't be done. Now return home, you're not staying there."

"And why should I come back? (I was getting angry) You don't understand me or Charlie. You treat us like objects instead of daughters. I'm not going back home until you apologize."

"Gwendalyn Eve Morningstar, you are coming home, or I am coming over and dragging you back myself."

Oh, so now he's trying to threaten me.

"You can try, but I'm not going back without a fight." I said in a serious tone. "Get it through your head dad. I'm not coming home until you apologize and give Charlie's idea a chance and give me more freedom."

"You're in no command to give me orders young lady."

"Well tough shit dad! Then I'm not coming home!" I hung up immediately after that.

I was angry, furious even. Dad was being a total asshole, and not his normal, usual asshole self. This was massive asshole. He had no respect for Charlie or me. He was never going to open up to the idea of redeeming demons or putting an end to the extermination.

"Gwen...?" Charlie's voice was soft when she spoke. I could tell she was concerned about what had happened. "Is there anything I can do?"

I sighed deeply. Looking up at Charlie, I could feel tears building up in my eyes. Threatening to fall out at any moment. I didn't think the conversation got to me, but I guess it did. It got me right through the heart. Taking a deep breath, I wiped the tears from my eyes and stood up.

"I need to be alone for a while. Excuse me." I walked upstairs to my bedroom.

I could feel everyone's eyes staring at me as I walked upstairs. I didn't care, they can stare all they want. All I cared about was being left alone with my thoughts. I might have been a little hard on dad, but why should I feel guilty? He had it coming. He only cares about what he wants. I know I'm repeating myself, but I have to remind myself that my father isn't going to change. No matter how much I'd want him to, he'll never do it.

And that's the end of that chapter.

I think I got some good feelings down this time around.

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