Truth Or Fiction

Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen

Eugene sighed as he took a scroll. He couldn't help but hope the one he got to read was at least somewhat cheerful and didn't involve any of the kids getting turned into something via magical means.

Unaware of the mischief happening up on Olympus, Mal, Ben, Jay, Uma, Harry, and Estelle sat as they tried to plan possible next steps to go after Audrey and Freddy.

"Find her base of attack is the most obvious, I would think."

Persephone had left to set up the plant barrier around the castle.

"Uh, Persephone? Why aren't you staying with our daughter?" Hades asked.

"Because I likely can't set up the plant barrier from the room I'm in, Hades," Persephone told him.

"You're a Goddess! You can do anything! If Zeus–."

Malinda shook her head. "Dad, I know what you're going to say and it's likely going to involve mentioning Danae and all I'm going to say is 'under fifteens present'."

"I'm not a member of your crew, Mali," Hades said but dropped the subject.

"Where would Audrey set up base?" Uma asked. "I mean I doubt she's hunkered down in her castle."

"Too easy to be found," Shang said, shaking his head.

"Uma's right," Mal nodded. "Aurora would have reached out if Freddy was anywhere near her castle. But Audrey wouldn't just station anywhere. It'd be someplace that would hold some meaning to her."

"And only one place qualifies" Phil Jr said with a sigh.

"The question is where," Jay shook his head.

"Is that really a question though?" Phil Jr. asked.

"...Fairy Cottage," Ben spoke up and everyone looked over at him.

Audie shook her head. "Apparently I'm doomed to make that choice in every timeline," she said with a sigh.

"You think she's there?" Mal asked as she walked over to him and gently rested a hand on his shoulder.

Ben nodded. "Considering she took me there every Fairy Godmother's day, she certainly holds value to that cottage."

"I was taken there every year since birth, of course it holds value to me" Audrey shrugged.

Audie paused before shaking her head. "She's not wrong."

"Not to mention with Audrey's attitude, it'd make sense," Uma nodded. "You know, since she still thinks Mal's Maleficent's kid and Fairy Cottage is where Aurora hid from the Dragon."

"It was a lovely little home..." Aurora said with a sad smile.

"Believe me the irony is not lost on me," Mal shook her head. "But it's the best lead we've got unless you want to check and see if she's on campus?"

"That'd be wasting too much time. I mean, how big is that campus?" Hades asked.

"We spend the time searching and we run the risk of them disappearing," Jay shook his head. "Not to mention we've got Evie and Harriet watching the under fifteens back at Evie's castle."

"And Stalky, they also have Stalky," Uma muttered.

"He's helping watch the under fifteens and you're still calling him Stalky?" Akiho asked.

"I don't trust him!"

"It's not even the him from our timeline who said that comment!"

"...That makes no sense!"