Sister [Descendants 3]

3.7

"And why are you tailing me again like a little dog?" Hedith asked with a little hint of teasing in her tone. Carlos follows her around Arendelle with his hands inside his pockets.

"I'm your bodyguard today," he said, cheekily. Honestly, of all the personality trait he could acquire in the course of her absence, it had to be cheeky.

"I have magic and Mavros. I'm more like your bodyguard," she deadpanned but Carlos shrugged.

"You wouldn't know when you will be needing medical attention."

"You're a vet!"

"I was talking to Mavros," and as if he agrees, the dog barked. Hedith glared at her towering hell hound and sighed in defeat.

"Fine. But don't get in my way."

"Roger that, your royal Highness!"

The group went to the local library and asked for the list of citizens residing in the capital. While Hedith looked through it and into the list of recent souls provided by Thanatos last night, Carlos uses Mavros as a giant beanbag.

"Hell hounds may seem like a normal dog but it still intrigues me how much it differs to a normal one," Carlos said while rubbing Mavros' head.

"From what I know, hell hounds grow a hundred times bigger than a Doberman so Mavros is still practically a puppy. They also live for over a millennia. Cerberus is the oldest one recorded," Hedith said, not taking her eyes off the lists.

"You know plenty. Anything else?"

"Hell hounds eats noisy people so I suggest you to shut up."

Carlos shots up from his position and raises his hands, "Woah! No need for unnecessary threats."

"What if I say it's not?" Hedith smirked, sparing him a side glance. Carlos looked up to Mavros and he both heads eyed the son of Cruella. This made him scoot a little farther than the head and Hedith chuckle.

"I'm not evil, dog boy. He won't eat you unless I say so."

"Great. Cause that gives me real assurance," he said, sarcastically, "How do you even know if a soul will be stolen?"

"Being daughters of Hades, Mal and I have the ability to see souls leave its material body once it...you know, permanently shuts down."

"Wait! So Mal can see dead people all this time? How come we never knew?" Carlos said in utter shock.

"The Isle of the Lost nullifies that ability and outside the Isle, you haven't seen someone actually die, right?" Hedith asked and sighed. She closed the book that records the citizens in Arendelle and saw no recent addition to the citizens of the Underworld.

"Additionally, Mal is more attuned to Maleficent's powers rather than dad's and I am more attuned with his rather than Maleficent's. So I have some abilities that Mal doesn't have and Mal has abilities that I don't," she said as she put the book back into the shelf. She took her phone and puts it into her pocket.

"Like what?"

"I can sense when a nearby person pass away. It's not very settling but it is a useful ability in missions like this," she said and started walking out of the library. Carlos and Mavros followed suit.

"Wow. That's creepy."

Hedith looked at him through the corner of her eyes. Carlos realized his statement and instantly tried to correct it but dailed miserably.

"No! I mean, you're not creepy! I mean, you are, I'm not lying...but not the bad kind of creepy! But the good kind since you're good. The cool kind of creepy, I mean! The cool gothic— no, I mean—"