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Gothel growled and grabbed her wand. She pointed it towards the mortal.
"You couldn’t just go back to your woods and leave well enough alone."
"Now!" Toby yelled.
A tomato pelted Gothel right in the face; Doby smiled wickedly as he held his baseball bat in his hands.
Gothel wiped the acidic fruit from her face.
"Pup, get the wand!"
Puppeteer tried to grab the wand from Gothel's grip, but she quickly cast a spell onto the spirit.
His grey skin turned tan, and his eyes became brown.
"I'm a real boy…"
"Catch!" Cody managed to wrangle the wand from Gothel. He threw it to Smile.
"I'm a real boy!" Grinned Puppeteer.
"That's mine! That's mine!" Gothel scrambled.
Smile nearly grabbed the wand in his mouth, but only just missed. Luckily, Jeff managed to grasp it tightly.
"Pray for mercy from Jeff…"
"And Smile!" Jeff grinned.
Gothel looked at the clock and then turned to Isaac.
"He's taken the potion!" She screamed. "Kiss him now!"
Isaac wasted no time in planting a kiss on Nico's lips. Toby fell to his knees and screamed.
"No!"
Jeff dropped the wand.
Nico's eyes slowly fell shut.
Isaac pulled away slowly and looked at the Prince's face. Nico gently put a hand on his cheek. Then another.
Then, he headbutted the blond, who fell to the floor with a thud.
"Nico!" Toby smiled.
"Toby…" Nico ran over to his husband.
"Hades!" Gothel cried. "You were supposed to give him the potion!"
"Well, I guess I gave him the wrong tea," the god smiled.
"Mama!" Isaac grabbed the wand and tossed it over to Gothel.
""Mama"?" Nico asked.
"I told you, crazy people like you don't live happily ever after!"
Hades barged in front of the newlyweds and caught the brunt of the blast; his stygian iron armour sent back what he couldn't take.
"Woo…" Gothel muttered. She growled.
Then, she became little more than bubbles in the air.
As soon as she disappeared, the spell fell from Puppeteer, who groaned in disappointment.
Nico looked over the god.
"Father, are you alright?" Nico asked.
Hades removed his leather glove. His hand looked dark and viney, as if something was taking hold of it.
"And here he was giving you a hard time…"
"Smile!" Snapped Toby.
"No, no, he's right…" Hades said softly. "I’m sorry. To both of you. I only wanted what was best for Nico. But I can see now… he already has it."
Hades smiled gently.
"Toby, Nico… Will you accept an old god’s apologies… and my blessing?"
"Darling," Persephone placed a hand on her husband's shoulder.
"I’m sorry, 'Seph. I just wish I could be the man you deserve."
She sat herself down in front of her husband. Her forehead rested against his.
"You were more that man today than you ever were," she smiled. "Veins and all."
The clock chimed.
"Toby! The potion!" Jeff yelled.
"Midnight!" Toby slapped his forehead. He turned to Nico. "Nico. Is this what you want? To be this way forever?"
"What?" Nico asked.
"Because if you kiss me now…" Toby held Nico's hand in his. "...we can stay like this."
"You'd do that?" Nico asked. "For me?"
All Toby could do was nod.
"Yes."
"Toby, I want what any prince wants: to live happily ever after," Nico said gently.
Toby leaned forward to kiss the demigod. However, Nico's hand stopped their lips from meeting
"...with the twitchy man that I fell in love with."
The two held hands. Jeff formed a fist and pressed it to his mouth.
"Whatever happens, I must not cry! You cannot make me cry!" The man held back tears.
Then, the clock chimed midnight.
Toby and Nico began to glow with blue light; that same coloured aura enveloped Smile. Smile yelped as he was lifted into the air.
"Whoa…" he felt every change hit his body. "No. No, no. Aaah! Ow. Oh, no!"
As soon as the three of them hit the ground, the newly-huskified dog sighed.
Toby looked to Smile.
"Hey, you still look like a loyal hound to me."
Smile wagged his tail happily.
Nico wrapped his arms around Toby's neck. He chuckled slightly.
"Now, where were we?" He asked.
"...I think I remember," Toby teased.
The two leaned in for a kiss, and the entire party burst into applause.
Then, as they pulled apart, Jeff leapt up and spread his arms out.
"Hey, aren't we supposed to be having a party?"
"Uno, dos, quatro! Hit it!" Barked Smile. "She's into superstitions! Black cats and voodoo dolls! Take it, Jeff!"
"I feel a premonition!" Jeff sang. "That girl's gonna make me fall."
He pointed to a girl in the audience, who waved at him excitedly.
"Here we go!" Smile yapped.
"She's into new sensations-!" Jeff sang, only to be interrupted by the excitable dog.
"New kicks in the candlelight," Both sang. "She's got a new addiction For every day and night."
"She'll make you take your clothes off, and go dancing in the rain!"
Jeff sat down onto a chair and poured water onto himself.
"She'll make you live her crazy life, but she'll take away your pain!"
"Like a bullet to your brain!" Both sang at once.
Upside, inside out
Living la vida loca!
"Hey there, pretty boy," Natasha - the woman from the bar - pulled a knife out on Isaac.
Living la vida loca!
Her lips are devil red
And her skin's the color of mocha!
She will wear you out
Living la vida loca
"She livin' it loca!" Smile barked.
"Living la vida loca!" Jeff sang.
"Say it one more time now!" Commanded the dog.
"Living the vida loca!" Jeff vocalised. He puffed his collar and smiled. "That's Spanish!"
She'll push and pull you down
Living la vida loca
She will wear you out Living la vida loca
Living la vida loca
She'll push and pull you down
Living la vida loca
Her lips are devil red
And her skin's the color of mocha
She will wear you out
Living la vida loca
Living la vida loca
Living la vida loca
Living la vida loca!
With the last line for the song, all of the protagonists leapt into the air - even the deities.
Several fun-filled hours later, the party had wound itself down, and Toby and Nico swayed gently from side to side. Jeff had a pair of girls on each arm.
Smile was sat by himself.
The dog sang sadly.
"All by myself…" he crooned sadly. "Don't wanna be all by myself anymore…"
Jeff let go of the girls and went over to the dog.
"Hey, Smile, we were gonna head over to the Rusty Knife club."
"Thanks, Jeff," Smile wagged his tail slowly. "But I'm not in the mood."
"Come on, join us!" Jeff implored. "We will cheer you up! Find you a nice… bitch!"
Suddenly, Smile heard an all too familiar bark, and his ears perked up.
"Hey, baby!" He gestured with his snout to the hell hound. "Hey, that's my girl! Yeah! All right!"
Mrs. O'Learey licked at him and boofed softly.
"Baby, where have you been?"
Mrs. O'Learey barked out a reply to him.
"I'm sorry, too. I should've stayed. But Toby had this thing he had to do, and-!"
Mrs. O'Learey barked.
"What?"
She barked again.
"Say it one more time. What are you talking about?"
The hellhound let out another low noise.
"Are you serious?"
Nico and Toby looked at each other in confusion.
Then they shrugged.
The pair of dogs barked away happily.
A small bundle of black fur padded itself in front of Smile, and the newlyweds realised what was going on.
The dog cooed in delight and smiled at his pup.
Then another came over…
…and another…
…and then two more…
…and one more bumped into them all for good measure…
They all leapt up at their father, and licked his red fur.
"Papa!" One seemed to yap wildly.
Smile grinned a wide, toothy grin.
"Look at our little mutant babies!"
Then, the shock settled in on the hound.
"...I need to get a job…"