Truth Or Fiction

Chapter Twenty Six

"I must say it's been interesting to see how the Isle's been," Fairy Godmother said.

"I...I don't know if 'interesting' is the right word mom," Jane said softly as her mother unfurled her scroll.

Time passed, as time often does.

"I see we're stating the obvious," Milah said as she shook her head in amusement.

Another birthday had come and gone for Mal, this time with a small party where Uma, Jay and Harry spent the day with her, her dad and Virgil. It had been nice, being able to spend the day with her cousin and friends-plus they had finally confirmed that Virgil was in fact Hades' nephew through Vanessa.

"Oh good, I'm glad we finally got that confirmed," Poseidon said with a smile.

"Wait...Panic and Vanessa had a..."

"Don't worry about it mom. No one really understands it," Harry said. After all, he didn't even know that Panic had a child with Vanessa until he met Mal so it'd make sense that his mom wouldn't have known.

Persephone had done a little digging since she was over across the bridge.

"I couldn't resist," Persephone said, shrugging slightly as some of the other readers looked over at her.

Poor kid had almost passed out when Hades told him but Virgil always seemed close to passing out so there was really nothing new there.

"Poor thing," Cinderella said, her voice a near whisper.

Honestly, Panic probably was more nervous than Virgil was though to be fair Virgil wasn't the one married to Lord Hades' niece. Mal didn't truly understand it but she knew Virgil was her cousin. That was easy enough to understand.

Several of the older readers there couldn't help but smile at the innocence of youth. No messy explanations needed, the older boy was her cousin. Simple as that.

It hadn't taken much in the way of persuading the boys to put Virgil under the crew's protection. Sure they were a little iffy at first considering Virgil was a year older than Jay but, as Mal reminded them, Virgil was jumpier than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. That, plus the fact that he was a minion's kid, made him a prime target for gangs like Freddy boy's.

"Plus the fact that his dad was Uncle Hades' minion made Virg an even bigger target for Freddy," Uma stated. "Considering Freddy hates Uncle Hades."

Uma had easily backed Mal up-the daughter of the Sea Witch stood by their motto of Ruthless yet Loyal. If there was anyone Uma was going to be loyal to, it was her crew and her family. Besides, any extra reason to go after Freddy boy was a positive in both their eyes.

"Don't go picking a fight now," Persephone warned.

"Don't worry mom," Mal told her. "Freddy always starts it but Uma and I make sure to finish it."

"Yeah Aunt Steph, the day Freddy bests us in a fair fight...well I can't think of anything because it'll never happen," Uma added.

School continued on but Mal paid it no mind. The only purpose of Dragon Hall was to teach kids how to be evil.

Ben frowned slightly at the thought of Mal not liking school but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a jolt of excitement at the thought that she wasn't paying heed to a school that taught kids to be evil.