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(Fenton's p.o.v)

Fenton: "Static stealer! It is time your power corrupts!"

The male woodpecker robbing a computer lab only scoffed as his gun raised to blast a huge volt of electricity at me. He had jet black hair and wore a mask that barely covered his face, he had a waddle hoodie ripped black pants, on his back was a backpack full of stolen technology.

I turned to the side and started flying twords him, his backpack then turned into a jet pack and he turned while flying away. Static stealer: "you'll never take me alive gizmo dork!" I growled under my breath and chased after him, all while avoiding blasts of electric volts being shot at me.

We were slowly descending into a town of Duckberg I knew all too well. I had hopped I would never see the Waddle building again. Just as I was about to extend my arms to reach him, the Static stealer suddenly stopped midair and turned to me, a sneer smile across his beak.

Static stealer: "we've got you now"

Before I could even question what that meant, I suddenly felt something get puffed in my face,  everything started turning black and I was falling.

(2 hours later)

Everything finally started coming back to me as I felt this acing pain in my head. I look around to see I was laying on the ground, still in my suit, only my suit was very beat up, like someone had taken a hammer and bat to it.
???: "welcome gizmoduck"

I suddenly turned to see a large screen, and a male crow dressed in a suit with some white paint over his eyes. He was sitting behind a desk but the rest of the picture was pitch black.

???: "welcome to my hidden labyrinth, I suggest you make your self comfortable”

Fenton: "who are you, you villains foe!"

???: "if you must know, you may call me "Black marker"

"Black marker" seriously? It seems that evil doers are running out of names.

I just rolled my eyes and stood up, it appeared my suit wasn't completely damaged, but I don't know how the dents or my head injury could effect the rest of it.

Black marker: "you see gizmoduck, I've been operating my little business in the dark for about 20 years now, unfortunately, you seem so keen on making sure my employees are locked up, and I'm afraid I won't let that happen anymore. As you see, we have already tried to rid you of that suit, we obviously failed so are only other option is to take care of you with it on."

Before I could even respond the screen went black and gas started filling the room. I quickly sank my beak down my suit to stop myself from inhaling it. I knew I needed to find a way out and fast, so I quickly rolled over to a wall and started knocking on it, it sounded thin enough to blast through so I activated my finger gun and gently touched it. Sure enough, it soon exploded and I quickly rolled into a long hall full of guys with paint covering their eyes.

Random man: "get him boys!"

Fenton: "alright, I think it's time I showed you villains what I can do"

I was fully prepared to blast each one of them.....only to have one pie slowly fall out of my suit, not launch, fall.

My head must have been hit in the fall, and if my brain is the core processor, then I don't know if anything even works!

The gang just looked at me with smirks and smiles on their face so I did the next logical thing. I ran for my life. I rolled down the long hallway with the gang chasing me, some were firing guns at my but they just bounced off my suit. I made many sharp turns and was able to loose most of them, but three dogs where still on my tail. I entered a huge open space with piles upon piles of junk, it looked like and underground dump. The piles were so big they could be mistaken for buildings.

I turned a corner only to realize it was a dead end, I turned around to see the three dogs had caught up with me, two where holding bats and one had a gun.

Fenton: "ok, let's try this again"

I turned ready to fight again only to notice something above the thugs head's, and then suddenly I heard a voice, a kid's voice.

??: "hey!"

Suddenly two large paint can started to swing down from the air and hitting the two guys with bats right off their feet. A little girl suddenly jumped down from the top of the junk pile with an old wrench in her hand, she landed on top of the guy with a gun and raised her wrench to hit him, but he pushed her off before she could and she landed roughly on the ground. The dog just laughed and pointed his gun at her head, I had to save her, so I raced over to them and pushed the dog to the ground with my side, he fell back into a pile and passed out. I looked over at the little girl, and she looked at me in shock, she had long dark brown almost black hair on her head and tan feathers similar to my own. She was wearing an old beat up pink dress, but what shocked me most was her eyes, a beautiful shade of blue that I had ever seen. She looked at me for a second before she gasped and looked to the right, sure enough, we heard more voices fast approaching. She looked at me again with fear in her eyes.

Little girl: "they're coming, we gotta go"

She grabbed my hands and tried to pull me along, I just gave her a look but then smiled.

Fenton: "you want a ride"

I pointed to my shoulders and she looked up at me, still holding my hand she started smiling and let go of me to make grabby hands. I just chuckled and picked her up, placing her on my shoulders and moving her hands to the side of my helmet, we rolled off into the junk piles.

Fenton: "alright kiddo, lead the way"

Little girl: "turn left up ahead"

I did, but I started hearing more voices and so did she because I felt her hands tighten on my helmet.

Little girl: "hurry! Turn right and then another right"

I made both turns and found us at a dead end, I heard to voices coming closer and closer. The girl said nothing but jumped down off my shoulders and ran too an old broken looking computer, she clicked on the mouse two times and suddenly a wall opened up.

Little girl: "this way! Come on!"

I had no idea why I was following her, but I was, so we both ran in and the wall closed behind us. I suddenly saw what looked like a little shack and it seemed to be hidden under all this old junk, she lead me over the shack and opened the door.

Little girl: "come inside"

Once inside, I was able to look around and see a very small space, one old bed with a pillow and blanket made up of rags, there was an old rusted sink and a chair off to the corner by a window. And old rug took up most of the floor space but under it I could see rotting wood. The girl said nothing but went over and tried to pull herself on to the bed, I had to stop myself from awing and went to help her. I picked her up and placed her on the bed, she looked up at me with an embarrassed but grateful look and I smiled. She crawled over to the pillow and pulled out a doll, it was a brown duck rag doll with a purple dress, purple bow, and black hair. She hugged the doll close to her and I smiled again, she was just a kid, what was she doing her? Where were her parents?

Fenton: "is this where you live?"

She said nothing and just looked down at her doll for a while, like she was thinking about something, but then she finally nodded

Little girl: "I was born here, I've never lived anywhere else"

She shrugged her shoulders and kept looking down at her doll, I felt a little bad so I tried to lighten the mood.

Fenton: "what's your name kiddo?"

She smiled at little bit at that and finally looked up at me with a small smile on her face

Little girl: "Miranda Waddlemen"

Miranda huh? That name suited her perfectly

Fenton: "how old are you Miranda?"

Miranda: "I'm 6 and 1/2"

She held up six fingers and I had to stop myself from laughing, she put her fingers down and placed both hands on her lap.

Miranda: "you're gizmoduck right?"

I gave her a confused look before nodding

Fenton: "that I am, little gizmo buddy, but how did you know that?"

She shrugged again

Miranda: "I heard people talk about you while I was scavenging and sometimes I see you in old newspapers, I didn't think they would actually get you down here, but I was wrong"

I narrowed my eyes a little at that and she just giggled, she got off the bed and walked over to me. She started circling me like a shark, inspecting my suit I think.

Miranda: "if you're a robot why don't you sound like one?"

Fenton: "I'm not a robot, this is just a suit-hold on!"

I just realized something, if Miranda was able to open this wall with a wireless mouse, then maybe there's enough signal down here to send out a distress call to M'ma and the police.

Fenton: "alright Miranda, I think I have a plan to get us out of here"

Miranda: "us"

Her voice was so quiet I could barely hear it, I turned to look at her a saw her sitting up against the bed holding her doll tightly. She was looking at me with wide eyes, filled with fear. I could see tears starting to form so I rolled over to her and placed my hand on her shoulder.

Fenton: "what's the matter niña? Don't you want to get out of here?"

She wiped her tears away and nodded. She slowly reached down a pocket of her dress and pulled out an old picture, it was a picture of a woman duck, she had the same hair and eyes as the duckling next to me. She was in a room full of robots and she was holding what must have been a toddler Miranda close to her, they were both smiling so much they looked to be at risk of splitting their faces. It didn't take me long to figure out this woman must have been Miranda's mother.

Miranda: "we tried to leave once, me and mama, but they caught us a few days later and brought us back, they....took mama away after that"

She started crying again and I almost did too, that was it, this gang is going down if it's the last thing I ever do. I had to get her out of here. But I would need her help to do it, because let's face it, I have no idea where we are, but she seemed to know this place like the back of her hand. I placed my finger under her chin and gently raised her face up to look at me, I smiled and she smiled back with tears still in her eyes.

Fenton: "don't worry little gizmo buddy, I won't let anything bad happen to you, I promise, if you help me get out of here, I'll make sure you never have to come back"

I meant that too, this little girl was never coming back here again. She thought about it for a minute and looked to the ground, she then looked at her picture again then she finally looked up at me with a smile on her face.

Miranda: "ok, what do you need me to do?"

Fenton: "we need to find a way outside, do you know any walls for the building?"

She looked at me funny look before nodding Miranda: "we might need to go a little higher, but there is a wall that leads outside"

Fenton: "great"

I looked up at the top of my visor and noticed the time, it was pretty late, and by the looks of Miranda rubbing her eyes and yawning, she was extremely tired.

Fenton: "it's 10:00 already? Huh, I guess our plan will have to wait till tomorrow, I think it's time somebody went to bed"

Miranda: "awww what! But I'm not even *yawns* sleepy"

Fenton: "*chuckles* you think so huh?"

I picked her up and placed her under the covers, I handed her her doll, but she put it to her side and sat up, she just looked at me like, I'm not going to sleep that easy. 
Fenton: "sigh, alright Miranda, you wanna hear a story?"

Her eyes brighten a little at the sound of a story

Miranda: "yeah! Can you tell me about an adventure, please!"

Fenton: "how about the story of how a I once stopped an evil scientist from flooding Duckberg with his rain machine"

Miranda: "oh! Yes please!"

(About 10 minutes later)

Fenton: "Then I flew him off to the police, and Duckberg was saved, the end"

I looked over at Miranda, she was almost asleep but her eyes were still open a little.

Miranda: "yay *yawns*I wanna hear another one....pleeease"

I smiled and shook my head, I placed my hand on her head and started combing my fingers through her hair, she sighed at little at that and finally closed her yes, but I could  tell she was still awake. Time for desperate measures, I started humming this lullaby that M'ma used to sing to me, and that is what did the trick, I soon heard tiny snores coming from her beak. I kept smiling, I think I've smiled more today then I have in weeks. But that's not important right now, I need to send the signal out or we could both be trapped here.

(The next day)

I was surveying the area while holding Miranda in my arms, I saw two gang members playing cards on an old table. Miranda saw them to and pointed to a sandbag resting on a junk pile, I retracted one arm and gave it a slight push, sure enough, it fell and hit one guys right over the head, the other guy got freaked out a backed away, only to step on a rake and got knocked out as well. Miranda started laughing and we move on, I put her down so she could walk and soon enough we arrived at an old staircase the two thugs were guarding.

Miranda: "all we have to do is go up"

We started climbing, which was a little hard with just a wheel and no legs, but that's not important now. We were getting closer to the top when suddenly we heard a voice, and Miranda stoped cold. The black marker: "you think you're pretty clever huh"

We turned to look over the side, the Black Marker was standing right their, surrounded by all his lackies. Miranda stood closer to me, practically growling at him.

The black marker: "I'm actually quite impressed on how far you've come, you almost made it to freedom, not only that, but you managed to find our little rat too"

He gave a sinister smile too Miranda and she was now openly growling at them and showing her teeth.

The black marker: "but unfortunately, you underestimate my skills, and now I can be rid of both of you at once" He held up a button and pressed it, I couldn't even blink before I had grab Miranda and pull her to me, as the explosives went off and we were falling.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

I felt gizmoduck grab on to me and we started falling, my eyes were closed, I was screaming and I thought we were going to die. But then I heard him talk.

Fenton: "activating! helmet copter!"
And the we stopped falling...it actually felt like we were flying

Fenton: "you can open your eyes now niña"

I did, and saw gizmoduck holding me over his head that had a weird fan spinning out of it, and we were flying, actually flying! I stuck my arms out and giggled.

Miranda: "this is so cool!"

Fenton: "I know right!"

We keep laughing before we heard screaming voices, I looked down to see black marker and his lackies start firing guns at us. Gizmoduck pulled me close to his chest again and started flying all weird, trying to avoid the bullets. I heard them screaming down there, and it only made me more scared.

Thug 1: "I almost got gizmoduck boss!"

Black marker: "I don't care about him! Get her!”

I gulped nervously before looking ahead and gasping

Miranda: "look out!"

I pointed to a wall that we were about to hit when suddenly, a bunch of rockets came outof Gizmoduck's shoulder.

Fenton: "hang on Miranda!"

One of the rockets went off and hit the ceiling, it started falling apart and I coughed and looked away. Once I looked back up, I saw a huge hole that lead right to the wall we needed, Gizmoduck started flying us up there before I heard something below us. I looked down and screamed, a missile was headed straight for us, it exploded once Gizmoduck and I got through the hole. Gizmoduck dropped me and I landed roughly on the ground. I rubbed my head in pain before looking at Gizmoduck, he wasn't moving!

Miranda: "no"

I tried to crawl over to him but I felt a kick get planted to my side and I fell over again. I looked up to see black marker with a gun pointed at my head. I grabbed my doll and held her close.

Black marker: "you're finished now you little rat, and once you're gone, I will finally run this town"

His gun raised and I closed my eyes, but then I heard a screeching tire and looked up just in time to see black marker just punched clean off his feat, and fall over to the side.

Fenton: "not while I protect the town!"

Gizmoduck turned to me with a smile on his face, and I smiled back. He picked my up and gave me a big hug, I laughed a little at that and hugged him back. He placed me on his shoulders and we rolled over to a wall, he placed the side of his helmet and listened, and suddenly started smiling at the sound of....police sirens?

Thug: "what the! boss!"

We both looked over and saw a bunch of Gang members coming from the hole and running right at us. Gizmoduck did nothing except poke at the wall, next thing I know, the wall blew up, and before the guys could even begin to come at us more, I heard this.

Officer Cabrera: "Police! Put your weapons down and your hands up!"

I saw a lady duck and 10 more police officers pointing guns at the gang members, and because they were outnumbered, the gang had no choice but to surrender.

(Fenton's p.o.v)

With all the gang members being loaded into police cars, I had only one thing left to do. I went over to M'ma who was giving orders to have the entire place searched and Mark Beaks questioned,the whole gang operated under the Waddle building, she looked over at me with a look of relief on her face.

M'ma: "we got your distress call, the leader seems to have disappeared"

Fenton: "he can't have gone far, he was just out of conscious"

M'ma smiled at me before noticing Miranda on my shoulders

M'ma: "and who might this be?"

I smiled and picked Miranda up off my shoulders, I set her on the ground in front of me

Fenton: "this is Miranda Waddlemen, she helped me get out of there, Miranda, this is officer Cabrera, she's going to take you to a safe place, will you go with her please"

Miranda just looked up at me sad then suddenly hugged me tightly, I picked her up and hugged her back, I looked at M'ma, she had a concerned look on her face and I don't blame her. I let go of Miranda, before I heard her say something that almost made me cry.

Miranda: "you're my hero Gizmoduck"

I smiled at her before handing her to M'ma, I cupped her face in my hand

Fenton: " goodbye, little gizmo buddy, stay safe, Be good for officer Cabrera, ok" She nodded at me and I smile, I fly off after that and head twords the lab, I don't know how I'm going to explain this to dr Gearloose, but right now, I was too worried about Miranda to care.

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Disclaimer: I own no one except Miranda 

(Miranda's p.o.v)

I watched Gizmoduck fly away from over officer Cabrera's shoulder as we walked over to her car. She placed me down in the back seat and buckled me up, she got in the driver seat and she started driving. We were silent, I was just staring out the window.

Officer Cabrera: "what's the matter Miranda? You look so sad"

Miranda: "Gizmoduck"

I don't know why I was so upset, I should be thrilled to finally be safe, but I'll miss him. What if I never see him again? What if he forgets about me? He probably saves a bunch of children, I'm nothing special.

Officer Cabrera: "don't worry niña, I'm sure you'll see him again"

I just looked down at the floor again and she sighed. We stopped at a building that said "Duckberg police station" and officer Cabrera got out, she opened my door and helped me out. We walked along and I saw some people sitting down and lots of police officers, officer Cabrera took me to a room with a two little chairs and a table, I sat down in one chair and officer Cabrera sat down across from me.

Officer Cabrera: "I'm going to ask you some questions, and I want you to answer as best you can, ok?"

Miranda: "ok"

She started asking me questions, my age, my birthday, my mom's name, how long had my mom been gone, do I know where she is, did I live bye myself, etc. I tried to answer as best I could and showed her my picture, but some questions I knew I had to lie about, I did know what happened to my mom, and I didn't want to talk about it. I couldn't. Eventually, she stopped asking questions and smiled at me, I smiled back at her, she was really sweet. She left the room and closed to door behind her, I followed after her and put my ear up against it like Gizmoduck did, sure enough, I heard what she was saying.

Officer Cabrera: "she doesn't know what happened to her mother, so we only have one other choice, we have to take her to the orphanage"

(Fenton's p.o.v)

After returning the suit to a livid doctor Gearloose, and getting my injures checked out, I returned home under strict orders to not do any Gizmoduck related activities until my head was better. The second I walked through the door to my house I thought about Miranda, I had no idea if she was even ok, I trusted M'ma took care of her, but I may never see her again. I saved a bunch of children before as Gizmoduck, but this girl, she just stood out. I knew they would take her to the orphanage, and there she would find a loving family because she was still young, but I wanted her to be apart of my life. Which was completed insane! I'm a scientist who lives with his mother and protects Duckberg in a robotic suit! That's no environment for a child! I had a stable income now that I'm hired full-time, but it wasn't fair of me to just put her in this kind of life, she deserves better.

I the mists of all my thoughts I barely even noticed when M'ma got home

M'ma: "Fenton! I'm home"

Fenton: "hola M'ma"

She sat next to me on the couch and flipped through the channels 

Fenton: "how is she doing?"

M'ma: "we had to take her to the orphanage, found no other family, there was a missing person report filled for her mother but she was never found"

She turned to look at me with concern on her face, she knew how much I was worried about her.

M'ma: "no te preocupes , pollito, she will be ok"

Fenton: "si M'ma, if you say so"

I went to my room after that, still filled with doubt.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

The orphanage isn't so bad, they gave me a bath (which I hated) and a new dress that was a little to big for me. My hair was so tangled they had to cut it, so now it reached my shoulders, they gave me a bed that I could reach, the water here is hot and they always have food. 

But I still missed Gizmoduck, I haven't seen him since I got here and that was 4 days ago. What if something bad happened to him? Who would protect Duckberg then?

One day, I was called into Mrs Cavanaugh's office and saw non other then Scrooge Mcduck sitting across her desk. Mama had told me all about the adventures he had, but what was he doing here? I must have made some kind of noise because they both look over at me, and Mr Mcduck smiled.

Mrs Cavanaugh: "ah Miranda, this is Mr Mcduck, he claims to have known your mother"

Scrooge: "aye, she used to work for me as my personal assistant"

My eyes widened at the sound of that, mama used to work for Scrooge Mcduck?

Mrs Cavanaugh: "he wants to take you on a little outing to get to know you"

Miranda: "ok!" 

Mr Mcduck got up and took my hand, we walked outside and got into a limo that was crashed into a mailbox. I got in, buckled up and notice a big duck with red hair looking at me.

Launchpad: "hi I'm Launchpad!"

He sounded so exited and I laughed

Miranda: "hi Launchpad! I'm Miranda!"

He smiled at me before turning around and starting to drive. I turned back to Mr Mcduck and completely ignored how we were driving out of control.

Miranda: "did you really know my mama"

Scrooge: "aye, that I did, she was a hard worker and one of the smartest people I've ever met"

He kept telling me about all the adventures he went on with my mom as we drove. How she helped him escape a jade jaguar in el dorado, tamed wild horses to save a train in New Mexico, and defeat a rock monster on the cliffs of Mt Kilimanjaro. It was all so incredible.

Scrooge: "so lass, I heard about your little adventure with Gizmoduck"

I frowned a little at that and put my hands in my dress pockets

Miranda: "yes Mr Mcduck, he helped me get away from a gang, I haven't seen him in a while though"

Scrooge: "don't you worry lass, you'll see him again soon enough"

I raised my eyebrows at that before we fell over to the side, we crashed into something. We both got out and I saw we were in some kind of parking lot and we had crashed into a pep machine. Mr Mcduck and I walked over to an elevator and he pushed the down button. We kept going down until we were....underwater?

The whole room was completely under water, I rushed over to a window and pressed my face against the glass, from the corner of my eye, I saw Mr Mcduck smiling. I looked away from the window when I heard voices, one sounded angry and the other sounded a little frazzled. We walked over to them and I saw the Gizmoduck armor in pieces on a table, next to the table were two birds, one tall chicken with a  light bulb on his shoulder and one duck with a purple tie and bandages around his head. I was drawn to the duck for some reason, he seemed so.....familiar.

Scrooge: "Gyro!"

The chicken turned his head and looked at Mr Mcduck before he noticed me and raised his eyebrows. Mr Mcduck turned to me before gesturing his arm for me to come next to him.

Scrooge: "Gyro, Fenton, this is Miranda Waddlemen, I'm sure you remember her mother Eliza, Don't you Gyro"

Gyro smiled a little at that and nodded, but Fenton just kept looking at me in shock.

Scrooge: "I think you and Miranda may have already met Fenton"

I looked at him again, and saw the Gizmoduck helmet sitting on the table behind him. I suddenly gasped.

Miranda: "Gizmoduck?"

Fenton started smiling at me and nodded

Fenton: "hey there, little Gizmo-Whoa!"

I launched myself at him and wrapped him up in a hug, he fell to the ground and hugged me back. 

Fenton: "*chuckles* easy niña, I have a head injury"

I ignored him and hugged him tighter

Miranda: "I thought something bad had happened to you"

Fenton: "ha!"

He stood up and raised me over his face 

Fenton: "it will take a lot more then a gang of villains to take down Gizmoduck!"

I giggled at that and he put me down and cupped my face in his hands.

Fenton: "also known as Fenton Crackshell Cabrera"

Miranda: "Cabrera? Like officer Cabrera?"

Fenton: "yup, she's my M'ma"

Miranda: "cool"

I smiled at him then turned my attention to the Gizmoduck suit. I climbed up on the table and tried to touch one of the arms, but before I could I felt something grab the back of my dress and put me back on the ground. It was Gyro, and he did not look happy.

Gyro: "don't even think about it"

I smiled sheepishly and started slowly backing away before I hit something. I turned around and saw a giant headless horse! With a stone head that looks like Mr Mcduck. I screamed and ran behind Fenton, tightly grabbing his shirt in my hand.

Fenton: "what the- oh"

He placed his hand on top of my head and I looked up.

Fenton: "it's ok Miranda, this is Manny, he's one of the interns here, Manny, this is Miranda Waddlemen, her mother used to work here"

I smiled sheepishly again and awkwardly waved. He started hitting his hooves together before walking away. I don't know what that meant, but Fenton just rolled his eyes and turned away. I walked over to the table and looked at my reflection in the helmet.

Miranda: "if you can't go out as Gizmoduck then who's going to protect Duckberg? Do you have someone going out for you? Can I have a turn?!"

Fenton: "nooo, you may not have a turn, I've been letting the police handle things for now"

Miranda: "aww"

Fenton started laughing, He placed a hand on my shoulder and started leading me away from the table.

Fenton: "you want to see what else we're working on"

Miranda: "yes please!"

(Fenton's p.o.v)

Miranda ended up staying for the rest of the day before Mr Mcduck had to return her, I went home a few hours later. The whole journey home I thought about Miranda, how excited she was to see what I was working on and to learn about the ocean. Her face pushed up the glass as she looked at the fish swimming by, and her playing with Lil' Bulb while Dr Gearloose and I talked to Mr Mcduck about the armor. 

But my favorite part of the day by far was when Manny came back, Miranda leaped off my desk and ran towards him. She jumped up and wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug, then apologized for screaming at him.

Manny: "i'm not crying, you're crying"

I wanted to see her everyday, teach her about everything I know, but there was only one way I could do that. 

I returned home to see M'ma watching one of her telanovelas, I was staring at the floor.

M'ma: "Fenton?"

She walked over to stand in front of me and raised my head up, finally, I took a big breath and looked her straight in the eyes.

Fenton: "I need to adopt her, now"

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Disclaimer: I own nothing but Miranda 

(Fenton's p.o.v)

Fenton: "M'ma, are you sure it's ok that Miranda and I still live with you, that doesn't seem fair"

M'ma: " si Pollito, I'm sure, this girl will need a female role model in her life, and besides, I want to see my granddaughter grow up" 

M'ma was driving me to the orphanage to fill out an adoption form for Miranda, I was a nervous wreck. Every possible "what if" scenario kept racing through my head, I've never been more nervous in my life and I'm a superhero! But I was ready. I spent all day yesterday cleaning out the spare room we have, reading countless articles on how to prepare for an adopted child, did a thorough inspection on everything in the house to make sure it was all child safe,I would take her to buy the things she needed to see what she liked, and gathered every piece of information they could possibly need to see, insurance records, work documents, many forms of ID for both me and M'ma, you name it. All I had to do was go there and see if it was possible.

M'ma pulled up in front of the orphanage and I slowly got out, the tall building had a way of making you feel small, but I took a deep breath and went inside, M'ma not to far behind. The lobby was nothing special, just a front desk and countless pamphlets on the adoption process, my appointment wasn't for a few more minutes so M'ma and I sat down in the chairs by the windows, my mind was still racing and I had my knee in a tight grip, if it wasn't for the man that came over too us, I would have flown out the door.

Assistant: "Mr Crackshell-Cabrera, Mrs Cavanaugh is ready to see you now"

I nodded at him and we started walking towards her office. In the long hallway there were countless kids of countless ages doing things, some stopped to look us, some were glaring at M'ma and she glared right back.

M'ma: "I've arrested some of the kids in here"

Fenton: "I'd believe it"

We soon approached the office, I knocked on her door before we entered. I saw a clearly exhausted old woman sitting behind a desk, I took a seat in one of the chairs in front of her desk and M'ma sat in the other one.

Mrs Cavanaugh : "Mr Crackshell-Cabrera, how are you?"

Fenton: "Fine thank you, this is my mother officer Cabrera, she's going to be living with us, will that be a problem?"

Mrs Cavanaugh: "I'll need to search her record, but it shouldn't be a problem"

She smiled and pulled out a large file full of pictures.

Mrs Cavanaugh: "as you can see, we have a large selection of children to pick from, most people want to adopt babies so I'm afraid there's a waiting list for that"

Fenton: "that shouldn't be a problem, I was actually looking for a kid, one very specific kid"

(Miranda's p.o.v)

I was called into Mrs Cavanaugh's office again and was expecting to see Mr Mcduck here to take me to the lab again (he's been doing that a lot lately) but he wasn't here. Confused, I sat down in front of Mrs Cavanaugh's desk.

Miranda: "hi Mrs Cavanaugh, where's Mr Mcduck?"

Mrs Cavanaugh: "he will be here soon, but I have good news for you, a case had been opened up for you, you're going to get adopted"

I felt my heart sink in my chest

Mrs Cavanaugh: "Miranda? Aren't you going to say anything"

Miranda: "no.....I'm good"

Scrooge: "Aye, am..I interrupting something?"

I turned and saw Mr Mcduck standing in the doorway with his hands on his cane. I said nothing but got down and started walking out the door, I heard Mr Mcduck and Mrs Cavanaugh talk, and he followed me soon after. My eyes were firmly planted on the ground and stayed that way until Launchpad started driving.

Scrooge: "what's wrong lass? Yer getting a new family, aren't you exited?"

Miranda: "no, what about you and Launchpad? What about Dr Gearloose, Manny, and Lil' bulb? What about Fenton?!"

I put my gaze back on the floor and Mr Mcduck just sighed. We soon arrived at the bin and the ride down to the lab was filled with silence.

(Fenton's p.o.v)

Everything was going smoothly and I was starting the process of adopting Miranda, it was not easy either, all the paperwork was bad enough as it was, but between work, other work, and being Gizmoduck, it made me want to pull out my feathers. My only saving grace was when Mr Mcduck brought Miranda down every other day, she was a nice break from all the work I had to do, but keeping the adoption a secret from her was a challenge in itself. She was very observant for her age, so I had to hide all the paperwork when she came. It wasn't easy, but she doesn't suspect a thing.

When she came by the lab today...she was quiet, Which was huge red flag. Normally when she came to the lab she could barely contain her excitement, quickly running over to my desk to see what I'm doing. But today she just mumbled a quick hello to Manny and Lil' bulb and walked over to me.

Fenton: "illumination, little gizmo buddy, are you ok?"

Miranda: "not really"

She crossed her arms on top of my desk and put her head on them

Miranda: "I got called into Mrs Cavanaugh's office today, I'm getting adopted"

Blathering Blatherskite

She looked absolutely broken at the thought, I don't think she knows it's me adopting her yet, so I just placed my hand on her shoulder.

Fenton: "what's wrong with that Miranda? Don't you want to get adopted?"

Miranda: "no, I don't know anything about the people adopting me, what if they don't let Mr Mcduck see me anymore? What if they live far away like in New Stork City and make me go with them? I don't wanna leave Fenton, I just got here"

A few tears started streaming down her face and I felt my heart melt, I picked her up and gave her a big hug and she hugged back. I felt her tears soak into my shirt as I brushed my fingers through her hair.

Fenton: "don't worry niña, I won't let that happen, if they try and take you away, then someone will have to answer to Gizmoduck"

She started giggling at that and looked up and me, I took my hand and wiped the tears off her face.

Fenton: "that's better, no more tears-no tears aloud in Gearloose labs, you wanna see something really cool?"

Miranda: "yeah!"

I carried her over to the table to show her some blueprints, she seemed to cheer up after that but I could still tell she was unsure.

Boy was she in for a surprise next weekend

(Miranda's p.o.v)

On Friday night I couldn't sleep, I was so worried about tomorrow that my mind was racing. My new family was coming to get me tomorrow, Miss Cavanaugh had told me they would be here tomorrow at noon, my stuff was all packed but I still don't know if I'm ready. Not even Izzy (my doll) could help me sleep, every possible nightmare was running through my head on loop, they never let me Mr Mcduck again, They make me leave town to move far away, or the worst one, they find out the truth about me and leave me all alone. I loved my new life, I didn't want to loose that, so I made up my mind, I wasn't taking any chances, I grabbed Izzy and threw her into my backpack, I slowly got out of bed and made my way to the window. I tip toed past the other kids but all of them slept like rocks, I finally made to the window and started opening it, Then suddenly froze as I heard some kid slightly stir before turning to his other side. I let out a breath of relief and climbed out onto the fire escape, I kept climbing down the old staircase until I hit the ground. After brushing myself off I made my way twords the city.

The streets were a lot different at night, much more empty and quiet. I was walking for about 15 minutes when I saw a light flash from the corner of my eye, I froze as a police car pulled out in front of me and Officer Cabrera stepped out.

Officer Cabrera: "a bit late for a walk isn't it"

I squared up my shoulders at that, if she caught me, she would take me back, so I did the worst thing someone could do in this situation.

I started booking it 

She climbed back to to her car and started after me, I kept running as fast as I could, I made many sharp turns but she managed to stay on my tail util I turned down and ally that was a dead end. I heard her get out so I quickly hid behind a large pile of trash boxes, I didn't move, no movement meant no sound so there was no way she could find me. Until she picked up the box in front of me and shot me a glare.

I smiled and gave her a small wave, I was in so much trouble 

She said nothing but grabbed my arm and pulled me along, I tried to resist but she hand my arm in a tight grip and placed me in the back of her car. She got in the drivers seat as I tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge, the drive was silent for about 5 minutes before she started asking questions.

Officer Cabrera: "alright Miranda I want answers, what are you doing out here?"

Miranda: "I'm getting adopted tomorrow"

Officer Cabrera: "I know I heard"

Miranda: "but I don't want a new family, I just got a new life and I love it, these people are absolute strangers to me, and I-I'm scarred"

I never liked to admit when I'm scarred, being scared in the gang would mean death, but now, I don't know. I saw officer Cabrera giving me a weird look, like she knew something I didn't.

Officer Cabrera: "Aye niña, I know it's scary, but these people clearly want you, can you imagine how worried they would be if they went to pick you up tomorrow and you weren't there?"

I cringed a little, I didn't really think of that

We pulled up in front of the orphanage and Officer Cabrera got out and opened my door

Officer Cabrera: "I know you don't know these people, but you should at least give them a chance, and who knows, you may actually like living with them"

I thought about that for a moment, it never actually occurred to me that I might like living with them.

Miranda: "ok"

Officer Cabrera: "how did you get out anyway?"

Miranda: "the windows here don't lock"

I started climbing back up the fire escape and waved goodbye to officer Cabrera, she waved back but had her eyebrow raised in confusion. I got back to my room and climbed back into bed, finally able to sleep

(The next day)

I was sitting on the edge of my bed wearing my backpack, it was exactly 11:58 am, which means my new family was almost here to come get me. I keep playing officer Cabrera's and Fenton's words in my head, I had to give these people a chance and nothing bad will happen to me, I cheered up a little at the thought of Gizmoduck telling off some poor stranger that may try and hurt me, then I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Mrs Cavanaugh.

Mrs Cavanaugh: "come along Miranda, let's go meet your new family"

I just nodded and took her hand, she led me down the hallway and my gaze was planted to the ground. I kept thinking about this past month, my life changed in so many ways, I was thinking about Mr Mcduck and Dr Gearloose, about Manny and lil' bulb, but mostly I thought about Fenton. I was thinking about all this as we entered Mrs Cavanaugh's office, thinking about how I many never see any of them again, only to see Fenton and Officer Cabrera sitting in the office.

Miranda: "Fenton? Officer?, what are you doing here?"

Fenton: "well, I'm here to pick up my new daughter"

Daughter? I was confused, I was about to ask more questions when suddenly it hit me.

Oh duh!

He was grinning at me cheekily and I stared at him with my mouth open and my eyes wide.

Miranda: "no"

Fenton: "yup, welcome to the family mija-whoa!"

I pounced on him and wrapped him in a tight hug, I heard Officer Cabrera start laughing while Mrs Cavanaugh looked horrified. Eventually Fenton started laughing to and hugged back, he stood up and walked over to the desk but I just kept holding on, he sat down with me in his lap and I finally looked up, I saw officer Cabrera smiling at us and I smiled back.

Officer Cabrera: "I told you Miranda"

I started giggling and Fenton looked at us confused 

Fenton: "what?"

Miranda: "nothing!"

Fenton: "right, anyway Miranda, you remember Officer Cabrera don't you? She's going to be your Abuela"

I tilted my head a little at that, I climbed down and over to Officer Cabrera's lap

Miranda: "I've never had an Abuela before....but I think I may like having one"

I hugged her and she hugged back

Mrs Cavanaugh: "now that you have met, if you would just sign these last few papers then there would only be one more matter to discuss, Miranda, would you like to change your name?

I suddenly froze, change my name?

(Flashback)

Miranda: "what are we going to do mama?"

Mama: "we're going to run, my love, run as far away as we can go, it will be our own little adventure"

My eyes brighten a little at the sound of that

Miranda: "adventure!" 

Mama: "that's right sweetheart, adventure, we will change our names and live out our own adventure story"

Mama picked me and twirled me around in her arms, we were both laughing and she held me close to her, not daring to let go

Mrs Cavanaugh: "Miranda!"

(End flashback)

Miranda: "huh"

I saw everyone looking at me in concern, I must have spaced out

Miranda: "I'm sorry what"

Mrs Cavanaugh said nothing but showed me what she wrote down on a piece of paper

‘Miranda Nicole Crackshell Cabrera’

I smiled at that and made up my mind

Miranda: "yeah....that sounds perfect"

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(Disclaimer: I own nothing but Miranda, you know that by now)

(Miranda's p.o.v)

After signing the last few papers and grabbing my stuff, officer....Abuela, she was Abuela now, started driving us to our new home, Fenton was sitting in the back with me and Izzy was in my lap.

Miranda: "so you were planning on adopting me the whole time huh?"

Fenton: "yup, sorry Miranda, but I'm afraid no one will have to answer to Gizmoduck"

I giggled at that and kept looking out the window, out of the corner of my eye I saw Fenton was still a little fidgety, like he was still nervous. I scooted over to him and gave him a nudge, he sighed and started stroking my hair.

Miranda: "what's the matter Fenton?

He just sighed again and gave me a small smile

Fenton: "I just can't believe this is actually happening"

I smiled back at him and gave him a hug, a lot of hugs have been given and received lately, I like it.

Abuela: "we're here"

I looked out the window at my new home and gasped, it was beautiful, I got out and stared at it with my mouth dropped, it was a nice little house with yellow walls and a brown roof. There were so many plants around it and I could see the city from here. I couldn't stop staring at it and I could see Fenton was nervous.

Fenton: uh...mija"

Miranda: "it's perfect"

I felt Abuela close my beak and we started walking to the door. My legs were shaking the whole time Fenton opened to door and stepping inside was like walking into a dream. It was all just so wonderful, I was turning while walking to look at it all. They had a green couch with a...blanket (I think) hanging off the back of it, a table with a lamp on it, pretty red curtains hung from the windows and they had a tv sitting across on another table. There were pictures hanging on every wall and while trying to take it all in, I didn't notice the wall with a mirror on it....until I crashed face first into it.

I slid off and fell on the soft ground, my head was still spinning and I heard Fenton gasp and rush to check my head. I just giggled still a little dizzy.

Miranda: "awesome"

Fenton: "*chuckles* well it's not over yet, you still have to see your room"

Miranda: "you mean there's more"

Fenton just chuckled and nodded, he helped me up and grabbed my hand. We started walking down the hallway and I got to see the rest of the house, they had the biggest kitchen I'd ever seen and a bathroom with a tub (great), suddenly we stopped at the last door down the hall and Fenton opened it, he let me go in first and I was in awe all over again.

It wasn't big by any means, but I loved it, there was a little twin bed with a white frame pushed into the back corner with two pillows and a light pink blanket, the window had pink curtains instead of red like the rest of the house, a white closet was pushed up against the other wall that was ready to be filled with my clothes (all three items of them), a desk and chair was across from my bed with a big bookcase next to it that already had some books in it, and a soft carpet was placed along side my bed. It was big enough for me, and it was empty enough to start filling it with memories.

I turned to Fenton with a big smile on my beak and raced over to my bed, I tried to pull myself up but it was too high up of me. I heard Fenton chuckle again before I felt his hands under my armpits and he was lifting me up, I felt the blanket and the pillow, they were both so soft, so much better then my bed back at the shack, I sighed in happiness before noticing something next to the pillows. It was a stuffed grey rabbit, with shiny black eyes and a black nose, I reached over to touch it and almost melted.

Miranda: "this is the softest thing I've ever felt in my life"

Fenton: "I thought you would like it"

Miranda: "yeah, it's about time Izzy has her own friend"

Fenton: "Izzy?"

I held up my doll with my right hand

Miranda: "Izzy"

Fenton: "got it"

I placed Izzy next to the rabbit-to-be-named-later and looked back up at Fenton, he had a weird look on his face, like he was embarrassed about something.

Fenton: "I know it's not much now...but I wanted to wait till you got here it see what you would like and-"

I placed my finger on his beak and he stopped talking.

Miranda: "Fenton, I love it, I can't believe you really did all this for me"

He smiled, he picked me up and held me close to him.

Fenton: "well believe it Miranda, you're apart of this family now, and now that you are, I wanted to take you shopping for some stuff for your room and some new clothes that....you know....fit"

I knew what he meant, the dress the orphanage gave me was way to big it went down to my feet. 

Miranda: "I've never been shopping before, but ok"

He placed me down on the ground and led me back to the living room, I saw Abuela sitting on the couch watching tv with a box of tissues in her hand, she was crying. I gasped and raced over to her while Fenton just rolled his eyes. Not a patos de la passion fan, apparently.

Miranda: "Abuela! What's wrong!"

She looked over at me in shock, her mouth hung open and her eyes were wide, but then she closed her mouth and pulled me into a tight hug. I could hear the smile in her voice.

Abuela: "nothing mija...nothing at all"

I raised my eyebrow at that before shrugging and hugging back. I peeked over to see Fenton looking over at us, and he looked just as happy.

Miranda: "is Abuela coming shopping with us Fenton?"

Abuela: "of course I am, you think I trust Fenton to pick out your clothes?"

Fenton: "M'ma!"

Abuela: "oh what! You know I'm right"

Fenton just rolled his eyes and I laughed, I think I may like it here

(20 minutes later)

Our first stop was at TJ Quacks, Abuela was looking through the sales rack in the kids section with Fenton who had my hand in a tight grip. I was bored, so I looked around the store for anything that might be entertaining in any way when I saw a shirt that was perfect,I pulled my hand out of Fenton's grip and raced over to the other side of the kids section.

Fenton: "hey! Miranda!"

He ran over to where I was standing and gave me a stern look

Fenton: "don't run off like that"

I smiled sheepishly before holding up the shirt I found, it was a white shirt with the Gizmoduck logo on it. I lowered the shirt to see Fenton had a look on his face like he was the happiest duck on earth, He picked me up and started laughing.

Fenton: "that one is definitely a keeper"

(Fenton's p.o.v)

The shopping trip was successful, we got Miranda a few new clothes and a chair for her room, I even let her get a toy, She wanted a toy boat so she could "explore the new world of her bedroom" with it. We got back to the house around 7:30 after eating dinner and after putting Miranda's new clothes in her closet I went to start a bath for her, after a while I heard the sound of little feet walking down the hall and the door opened.

Miranda: "taking a bath Fenton?"

Fenton: "no Miranda you are"

I turned to see her dead silent, her face was hard as stone, I raised my eyebrows at that and made my way over to her and she bolted. I stood in shock for a second before running after her, I was faster then her so I managed to get to her bedroom and blocked her door with my body, she quickly stopped and ran the other direction. The chase continued all around the house, she was really fast and surprisingly nimble, I chased her around the living room as M'ma watched her telanovela, I reached down to grab her but she moved just in time for me to hit the floor and she ran off to her room, M'ma turned to me and started laughing.

M'ma: "having trouble pollito?"

I glared at her and stood back up

Fenton: "I'm working on it"

I started running after Miranda again

Fenton: "come back here young lady and take your bath!"

 Miranda: "never!"

Just as she was about to reach her door I grabbed the back of her dress and pulled her up to my chest, she struggled but I had her arms in a tight grip. I managed to get her in the bathroom and lock the door before she could get out again, she tried to unlock it but she was to short, I turned off the tub just in time to keep it from overflowing and turned to Miranda again to see she was still trying reach the handle. I said nothing but took off her dress and placed her in the tub, she was already trying to get out so I know I had to work fast.

(25 minutes later) 

I finally got Miranda clean, we both walked out of the bathroom into her bedroom, she was wrapped in a fluffy towel with a hood and I was soaked from head to toe. She has some powerful splashing hands for a six year old, no matter, I walked over to her closet and pulled out the new pajamas I got her and turned to see her trying (and failing) to brush her own hair. I just placed the pajamas down on the bed and gently grabbed the brush from her hand.

Fenton: "you need help?"

She just nodded and sat down, I sat behind her and started brushing and drying her hair out and that's when things started to hit me. This is my daughter, I'm a father now, this girl is going to rely on me for the next 12 years of her life to take care of her, this was real. In the mist of all the thoughts I barely even noticed when I felt a tiny hand grab at my leg, I saw Miranda looking at me with her big blue eyes and melted. I sighed and gently started drying her off, once I removed the towel I saw her feathers had puffed out and her hair was a mess again, I knew she hated looking like this so I said in a teasing voice.

Fenton: "awwww, don't you look cute"

Miranda: "I am not cute! I'm tough and scary!"

Fenton: "are you now?"

Miranda just stuck her tongue out at me

Fenton: "Yes yes very scary, now come on, let's get you ready for bed"

Miranda: "already?"

Fenton: "yes Miranda, if you're going to live with us you need to start having an actual bedtime, you are not staying up past ten in this house"

Miranda: "ok"

I handed her her new pajamas and she started getting dressed, I had to help her a little with her shirt but other then that she was fine. Her new pajamas were a purple shirt and white pants with purple polka dots on them, she looked adorable.

Fenton: "alright looks good, now go say goodnight to Abuela and go brush your teeth"

She gave me a thumbs up and walked out, I followed after her and waited in the hall until she came out of the bathroom, she walked out after brushing her teeth and grabbed my hand. I picked her up and placed her on her bed under her covers, she grabbed Izzy and placed her next to her, I kissed her on the head.

Miranda: "can I have a story please, one about Gizmoduck"

Fenton: "how about something a little better for bedtime"

I walked over to her bookcase and pulled out a book called "The dot", it was a big white book with a little girl painting a dot on the cover, the title and the author were both written in black.

Fenton: "I think this book will be a little better for sleep, we'll read this one tonight ok"

Miranda just gave me a look but nodded and snuggled close to me as I sat next to her and started to read.

(11 minutes later)

Fenton: "that's the end Mija, time for bed"

I placed it back on her bookshelf and turned to tuck Miranda in again

Fenton: "goodnight Miranda, remember, my room is right next to yours if you need me for anything"

Miranda: "goodnight Fenton"

I smiled and gave her one last kiss on her head before walking out and turning off the light.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

It was dark where I was standing, I didn't know where I was but I could see the beach, I walked along the sand when I felt something grab at my leg, I looked down and saw a male bird with black paint over his eyes grab at my leg. I screamed and ran away, more and more goons were coming out of the sand and started crawling after me, they all had paint in their hands trying to get me. I kept running and running before I heard a scream.

Miranda: "mama?"

I turned to see mama standing on the beach, I tried to run over to her but just I was about to grab her, I saw a hand shoot out of the ground and start pulling her down, more and more hands started grabbing her and she was screaming and trying to reach me.

Mama: "Miranda!!!"

I screamed again and tried to grab her before I got pushed over to the side, Black Marker was standing over me and he was hold Gizmoduck's broken helmet!

Black marker: "you foolish girl! Do you really think they will love you once they find out what you are! You belong to me!"

I saw he had black paint on his hands and his arms reached out to spread it across my eyes until-

Miranda: "No!!!"

I woke up in my new room, in my bed, not in any danger what so ever. I was breathing heavy and Izzy was clutched tightly in my hands, I looked down at her in terror, they can't know, they can never know. I needed to see Fenton, needed to make sure he was alright, I slowly got out of bed and made my way to the door, I tried to open it was quietly as possible and stepped out into the hallway, I went to the door next to mine and opened it. I saw Fenton sleeping on his bed, his room was about the same size as mine but much more well lived in, I tried to avoid the books on the ground as I slowly walked over to him. I gently pushed on his arm before changing my mind, I didn't want to make him mad by waking him up, I started making my way towards the door when I tripped over a book, the sound of me hitting the floor definitely woke him up.

Fenton: "....huh, what, who's there!"

Maybe if I don't move and stay on the floor he won't see me

Fenton: "Miranda?"

Or not

I got up and walked over to him with my gaze to the floor, he gave me a tired look and I can tell why, the clock in his room said it was 3:00 am, he must have been asleep for hours by now. 

Fenton: "what's the matter mija, why are you awake?"

I just shuffled my feet nervously 

Miranda : "I wanted a glass of water"

Fenton: "try again"

I looked up at him again, he gave me a look that said he wasn't buying it so I sighed and told him the truth.

Miranda: "I had a nightmare"

He face changed into a concerned look and he scooted over and patted the spot next to him.

Fenton: "hop up"

I climbed next to him and he pulled the covers back over both of us, he held me close to him and I smiled a little.

Fenton: "you wanna tell me what you dreamed about?"

I quickly shook my head and buried my face in his shirt

Fenton: "I think it would make you feel better"

I looked up at him again and sighed, I would tell him only a little, not the whole truth, it's the least he deserves.

Miranda: "it was about my mom, and the gang, I tried to reach her but they were pulling her down in the sand and I-!"

I started crying at that point, I think Fenton was a little taken aback or he had no idea what I was talking about, could be both. He started rubbing circles on my back as I cried into his shirt.

Fenton: "shhh shhh, it's ok mija, I've got you, hey look at me"

I looked up at him and he had a smile on his beak

Fenton: "you're safe here, you know that right?"

I looked down at Izzy again for awhile, they would never know, and they would sty safe too.

Miranda: "yeah"

Fenton: "good"

He kept holding me and kissed the side of my head

Fenton: "let's go back to sleep ok, I'll protect you tonight"

Miranda: "ok"

I snuggled closer to him and closed my eyes, I was safe here, and so was my secret.

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(Miranda's p.o.v)

 I woke up the next morning still in Fenton's room, he was sleeping and the clock said it was 7:00 am. I don't really know what to do at this point so I looked around the room, it was clear to me how much he loved science with all the books, gadgets, and models around the room. I quietly got out of his bed and walked out the door, the house was empty and quiet so I went back to my room and grabbed my boat, I would just play until everyone woke up. 

Miranda: "ok...I'm going to call this ship the SS Marina"

I placed the boat down and started moving it around on my carpet, blowing air into the sail to make it move. I did that for about 8 minutes, pretending to be captain Miranda and explore the sea until I heard something in the hallway. I got up and went to investigate, I looked out my door and saw Abuela go into the kitchen, I followed her and peeked my head around the corner to see her making coffee. I must have made some kind of noise because her head perked up a little and she turned, she saw me and smiled, I walked over to her and wrapped my arms around her leg, she put her hand on my head and stroked my hair.

Abuela: "Buenos Diaz Miranda"

Miranda: "what does that mean?"

Abuela: "it means good morning"

Miranda: "oh"

The I looked at the ground at that, Abuela noticed my dejection because she cupped my face in her hand and made me look up at her.

Abuela: "don't worry mija, we'll have you speaking Spanish in no time"

She smiled at me and I smiled back, the coffee machine made a noise and Abuela made her way to get a cup. I'm not really sure what to do at this point so I just stood there awkwardly and looked around the room, bouncing on my feet.

Abuela: "Miranda, what are you doing?"

I shot her a nervous smile and rubbed the back of my head

Miranda: "I've never been able to do something like this before, I'm not really sure what to do"

I saw Abuela smile sadly and place her hand on my shoulder, she suddenly got a mischievous look in her eye and looked down at me.

Abuela: "I've got an idea, why don't you go jump on your P'pa to wake him up so he can help you get ready"

Miranda: "ok!"

I quickly walked over to Fenton's room and heard Abuela start chuckling from the kitchen. I slowly opened the door to see Fenton still fast asleep, I grinned evilly and ran over to him and in one quick jump I landed right on top of him. He woke up with a yelp and turned frantically until he looked to me with a glare, I just giggled and gave him a hug.

Miranda: "Buenos Diaz Fenton"

His eyes widened at little at my sudden use of Spanish before he sighed and hugged me back.

Fenton: "Buenos Diaz mija"

He picked me up as we got out of bed and he walked me into the kitchen, Abuela was sitting down at the table drinking her coffee and smiling at both of us. 

Abuela: "ah, I see the plan worked"

Fenton just groaned and set me down while giving Abuela an unamused face, he moved twords the sink and grabbed a kettle, he started filling it with water as I went to sit next to Abuela at the table.

Abuela: "ay mija, your P'pa used to do that to me all the time, when he was just a little patito like you"

Fenton: "that better not become routine"

I just giggled as Fenton placed the pot on the stove and put bread in the toaster, so this was breakfast? I haven't had an actual breakfast in so long. Fenton poured the boiling water into a cup and grabbed the two pieces of toast from the toaster, he sat down next to me and handed me a piece of toast, I just looked at it before shrugging and taking a bite. Fenton looked at me a little funny so I stopped eating and looked at him confused.

Fenton: "you're not going to put any butter on that?"

Miranda: "that's a thing?"

Fenton just chuckled and gently grabbed the toast from my hand, he look a little butter from the plate and started spreading it on a small section of the bread. He handed it back to me with a smile.

Fenton: "try it now"

I shrugged and took a bite, my eyes lit up, it was so much better like this! I started eating faster and Fenton started chucking. I reached over for the butter to spread some on the rest of my toast, I grabbed the knife and took a big chunk which made Fenton stop laughing.

Fenton: "whoa whoa whoa, that is way to much butter! Allow me"

He took my toast again and spread butter on the rest of it, after he handed it back to me I started eating super fast. I looked over at Fenton who was looking at me a amused, I just talked in between bites.

Miranda: "what *bite* are we *bite* doing today?"

Fenton: "I thought I would show you around Duckberg today, when ever you decide to stop for air"

I laughed and finished my breakfast in about 5 seconds 

After Fenton finished his toast and tea he held his hand out for me to take, I took it and we walked into my bedroom, He opened my closet and I pulled myself up onto the bed.

Fenton: "alright Miranda, what do you want to wear today"

Miranda: "my Gizmoduck shirt"

Fenton: "and"

Miranda: "that's it"

Fenton: "Miranda, you can't just wear a shirt and nothing else, you need pants or a skirt"

Miranda: "why? You don't wear pants"

Fenton: "that's besides the point, how about these?"

He held up a pair of long blue overalls with sliver clasps on them

Miranda: "ok" 

Fenton: "atta girl"

I walked over to him and his phone started ringing, he looked down at the screen and shot me an apologetic look.

Fenton: "sorry Miranda, it's my boss I need to take this, can you get dressed alone?"

Miranda: "yes Fenton, I'm not a baby"

He just gave me a playful smile and kissed the top of my head before walking out, he left the door open a bit so I could hear what he was saying, I got dressed while listening.

Fenton: "hello, Mr Mcduck......what....I can't come in now.....I still need to get her settled......what kind of emergency....ok fine, I'll come but I need to bring her with me..I'll be there as soon as I can"

He stopped talking as I finished clasping the overalls, I had my Gizmoduck shirt on underneath it and I was happy about that. He walked back into my room, sat down at my desk chair, and grabbed the hairbrush off my desk, I walked over to him and sat down on the ground, he started brushing my hair out and talking.

Fenton: "I think I may try pigtails today, is that ok?"

Miranda: "sounds great"

Fenton: "so listen, there has been a slight change in plans, I need to go into work today because apparently, superhero's don't get maternity leave"

I giggled at that as I felt slight tugging on my head

Fenton: "you have to come to the lab with me today"

Miranda: "that sounds like fun"

Fenton: "I want you to put your books and toys in your backpack, we'll be there for a while and I'll need to work, so you'll have to entertain yourself"

Miranda: "ok"

Fenton: "gracias mija......and done!"

I got up and walked over to the bathroom mirror, I had two little pigtails hanging off my shoulders, I saw Fenton standing in the doorframe looking proud of himself.

Fenton: "not bad for my first attempt"

Miranda: "I give you a 10 out of 10"

Fenton chuckled before head to his room to get dressed, I walked back to my room to grab my backpack.

(Fenton's p.o.v)

As we descended down into the lab I saw Miranda bouncing on her feet, her hands were tightly grabbing the straps on her backpack and she had a big smile on her face. I smile a little at the sight, she was so bright, so eager to learn, she remained me a lot of myself at that age. The door to the elevator opened and as soon as we stepped out we immediately saw a swarm of Lil' bulbs running away from something, suddenly we heard a horrible beeping sound from above us and I shoved Miranda back into the elevator and covered her with my body as an explosion came from above. The alarm sounded and the emergency window covers lowered to keep the water from flowing into the lab, the doors opened again and the air was thick with smoke, I got off Miranda and started checking her over for any injuries, she looked up at me with her big blues eyes and I sighed, Miranda just squeezed my hand before gasping, she go up and ran into the lab.

Fenton: "ah! Miranda no wait!"

I started running after her, the smoke in the air was starting to vent out but not enough to where I could see her.

Miranda: "Doctor Gearloose!"

Fenton: "Miranda! Where are you!"

The air was finally starting to clear up and I saw Dr Gearloose on the ground, his eyes were beginning to open and his clothes and body were covered in soot. Miranda saw him too and I heard her gasp again, she rushed over and crouched beside him, I followed after her and helped Doctor Gearloose to his feet, He adjusted his glasses and brushed himself off before looking over at Miranda who still looked worried.

Doctor Gearloose: "yes yes I'm fine, just a little trouble with a new invention that's all"

Miranda just sighed in relief before walking back over to me, I fixed her with a stern look and she smiled sheepishly, I smacked her on the back of her head and she winced.

Fenton: "don't you do that again young lady"

Miranda: "sorry Fenton"

Doctor Gearloose: "what do you think you're doing here anyway? Aren't you supposed to be on "maternity leave" or something?"

Fenton: "yes, but Mr Mcduck called and said that Gizmoduck was needed for an emergency so I'm afraid I need to leave Miranda here"

Doctor Gearloose's gaze shifted down to Miranda and she waved, he looked back up at me a shot me a glare.

Doctor Gearloose: "babysitting is not apart of my job description Cabrera"

Fenton: "I know sir, but Miranda won't be any trouble, will you Miranda?"

She held up a scouts honor sign and Doctor Gearloose just rolled his eyes

Doctor Gearloose: "if she's anything like her father, I doubt it, but fine, as long as she doesn't touch anything"

Fenton: "thank you sir"

I turned back to Miranda and kissed her temple

Fenton: "I'll be back soon mija, be good while I'm gone ok, No trouble for Doctor Gearloose"

Miranda: "ok Fenton, I promise"

I smiled and took a few steps back 

Fenton: "Blathering Blatherskite!"

I felt the suit start to assemble around me and the helmet attach to my head. I turned and saw Miranda look up at me with wonderment in her eyes, I smiled and with one more kiss to her head, I headed off to save Duckberg.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

After Fenton left the lab was silent, I turned back to doctor Gearloose to see him start working again. I awkwardly stood there for a moment before walking over to his desk, I stood at the side on my tip toes in order to see what he was working on, I was so short my head barely peaked over the side.

Dr Gearloose: "can I help you?"

Miranda: "what are you working on Dr Gearloose?"

Dr Gearloose: "you're to young to understand it"

He started gently pushing me away from the desk

Dr Gearloose: "now excuse me young lady, but I need to work on this, so go do something quietly and don't touch anything"

And without another word he went back to his desk

I huffed a little and started walking around the lab, I found a couch on one of the higher levels and sat down to start reading. I was quiet except for Dr Gearloose's loud frustrated sounds, even I could tell this project of his wasn't going anywhere. I sighed and started reading again, at least Fenton was having a little fun today.

(Fenton's p.o.v)

Seeing the city from a bird's eye view (😏) was always an amazing experience, but right now, I needed to focus. According to Mr Mcduck, there was an emergency situation down at the mall, a lunatic was holding everyone hostage and trying to fill the stores with dangerous weapons. I arrived at the mall to see the whole place completely surrounded by cops, a crowd was starting to form and Roxane Feathry was reporting live. 

I rolled up to M'ma and she looked at me in shock, she was obviously not expecting to see me or Gizmoduck.

Fenton: "what's the situation officer?"

M'ma: "a classic hostage situation, we managed to get everyone out safely but the mall is still being looted, they're might be bombs involved but we're not sure"

She quickly looked around to see no one was paying attention to us and shot me a steely look that I knew all to well.

M'ma: "never mind that, what are you doing here? Where's Miranda?"

Her voice was an set in an angry whisper, she was not pleased 

Fenton: "back at the lab, she's safe with Dr Gearloose"

M'ma: "you let that lunatic watch her"

Fenton: "yes, I'm not sure why, but yes"

M'ma just sighed and pinched the bridge of her beak

Fenton: "M'ma, please don't make this harder then it already is, I wouldn't be here unless is was an absolute emergency"

I gazed back at the mall, I knew what I had to do

Fenton: "I'm going in"

I quickly fly up to the roof of the building and blasted myself in, I lowered myself down the ground to see it was pitch black in here, all the power had been shut down and it was quiet.

To quiet

I surveyed the area, all stores were deserted, no sign of anyone. I suddenly heard music coming from above me, a creepy tune that sounded like a possessed jack-in-the-box, before I could even comprehend what was happening I felt my body get blasted off the rail.

Well, now I know that there are bombs involved 

I quickly got back on my feet (er...wheel) and heard a horrible chuckle coming from the rail I just fell off. I looked up to see a male duck in a clown costume swinging from the railing, he flipped down to me and smiled.

Clown: "welcome Gizmoduck, welcome to my new toy store! No more will people tell me my toys are to dangerous! All I want is to make the children happy! And no one will stop me now!"

He held up a remote control and pushed the big red button 

Clown: "a grown up like you wouldn't know! You're no fun anymore! So let's see how you like my new robot toys!"

Suddenly, a bunch of little robot toys started running at me, the all had little blasters with actual working lasers!

Fenton: "ok chuckles! Playtime is over"

I quickly rolled over to them and blasted every little robot to pieces, once I thought I destroyed them all my mouth dropped open at the sight. They started resembling themselves back together, only this time they were a bit bigger.

I quietly gulped, this might be harder then I thought

(Miranda's p.o.v)

This may be harder then I thought

I've already read every book I brought and Izzy and my boat could only entertain me for so long, I was quickly facing what most kids my age fear more then baths and clowns.

Boredom 

I quickly got up and started looking around the lab again, I found Doctor Gearloose sitting at his desk working. I walked over to him and peeked my head over the side again, I saw that he had started working on what looked like a board with a spiny thing on the top of it. There was a bunch of blueprints and paper balls on the desk so I could tell that this has been bothering him for awhile.

Dr Gearloose: "what do you want?"

Miranda: "what are you working on Doctor Gearloose?"

Dr Gearloose: "I already told you, you're to young to understand, now leave"

I just gave him a look, one that said "try me", he just sighed and I heard him mumble something like "stubborn like her father".

Dr Gearloose: "if you must know Miranda, I'm working on a new mode of flying transportation, a "hoverboard" if you will, now leave, I need to figure out what's not working"

I did leave after that, to grab a chair. I pushed it over to the desk and stood on it, I was able to get a good look at the prototype and find to problem.

Miranda: "what don't you just flip that panel over to the other side so that way it doesn't rub up against the wires sending the transmission to the spiny thingy"

I pointed to the panel I was talking about and Dr Gearloose just scoffed at me

Dr Gearloose: "please, the last thing I need to advice from some little kid"

I shot him an annoyed look and crossed my arms like Abuela does.

Miranda: "just try it"

I made my eyes big and smiled 

Miranda: "please"

Doctor Gearloose just gave me a side look before sighing, he took a screwdriver and flipped over the panel. He closed the back up and pressed the start button, sure enough, the board started floating about 3 inches off the desk and his eyes widened.

Miranda: "seeee"

Dr Gearloose: "but.....how?"

Miranda: "Mama taught me how to build things when we were on our own, I know all about robots"

Dr Gearloose: "do you now? Well did you know that the "spiny thingy" is actually called a propeller"

I blushed a little embarrassed at that, he said nothing but turned off the hoverboard and it dropped on to the desk. I suddenly had an idea

Miranda: "hey Dr Gearloose, can I test it out for you"

(Fenton's p.o.v)

This crazy clown was not giving up, every time I blasted one of these toys they would just rebuild themselves. I had to resort to running through the mall to keep them from ganging up on me, meanwhile, this crazy cook was following along and cackling, oh how bad I wanted to put this guy behind bars.

Crazy clown: "oh! Happy days! I will finally be able to sell my toys! And make all the little boys and girls of Duckberg happy!"

I needed a new tactic, I spotted an emergency fire hose not far from here and got an idea. I activated my elbow grease and left a trail of it for the little monsters to slip up on. I broke the glass and pointed the hose at the robots.

Fenton: "alright you mechanical monstrosities! You're about to get some shocking news!"

I sprayed all the robots with as much force as possible and they started sparking almost immediately, they soon stopped working and fell to the ground.

Fenton: "alright crazy clown! Let's see how you like playing from inside a jail cell"

Crazy clown: "oh Gizmoduck, don't you know anything about toys! When they come in small sizes"

He pulled out the remote agin and pressed another button and smiled a creepy smile 

Crazy clown: "they come in big ones too"

Suddenly, the mall started shaking, a giant robot came crashing through some stores. It was so big it almost touched the ceiling, it's eyes were glowing an evil red, I gulped quietly, this was going to be.....a lot harder then I thought.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Doctor Gearloose: "alright Miranda, now remember, in order to turn left just lean left, same for right, they main important thing is to stay balanced"

Miranda: "you got it Doctor Gearloose"

I was standing on top of the hoverboard, I had a helmet on my head, elbow and knee pads, and my feet were clamped on to the board with little feet holders. I did what Doctor Gearloose said and leaned left, I felt myself turn left and I smiled, I was only a few inches off the ground but it was still incredible. I was still moving when I heard something spark, I looked down at the board to see the lines turn from blue to red.

That was not a good sign

The board started moving really fast, I was screaming as I tried to stay balanced, I heard Doctor Gearloose scream at me to stop but I couldn't, I was heading twords the elevator and thought I was going to crash, until I heard a very familiar voice step out of the doors.

Mr Mcduck: "Gyro! I need you too-what the blazes!"

I saw Mr Mcduck fall over to the side in an effort to avoid being hit, I crashed into the elevator and held on the side rail in order not fly out of control. I feet were sill floating in the air and before Mr Mcduck or Dr Gearloose could get to me the door closed and I was going up. I tried to keep a tight grip on the rail but the board wouldn't stop moving, by the time the door reopened in the lobby my grip completely gave out and I almost crashed into poor Manny in my mad dash out the door, I flew out the doors and into the outside, headed for the city. I was still screaming as I started going higher, now flying over most of the buildings I was able to regain my balance and steer the board. Now that I had at least a little control over the board I was able to completely realize how awesome this actually was, I was on a hoverboard! A real hoverboard! I started laughing in excitement as I approached Duckberg mall, I could see all the cop cars down there and through a giant hole in the roof I could see a giant robot and-.

Miranda: "Fenton?"

The board started slowing down a little so I lowered it down through the hole, I could see Gizmoduck fighting off a giant robot while a clown was swinging around and laughing.

Miranda: "Gizmoduck!"

His head shot up in surprise before turning to me

Fenton: "Miranda!?"

Crazy clown: "oh goody! An actual child!"

The clown swung off the ledge and landed right in front of me

Crazy clown: "oh how wonderful! I bet you would love some toys wouldn't you little girl?"

Fenton: "YOU! STAY AWAY FROM HER!"

I felt a hand roughly grab the back of my overalls before quickly pulling me away from the clown. Fenton held me tightly against his chest as he started running away from the giant robot.

Fenton: "what do you think you're doing?! How did you even get here!?"

Miranda: "with Doctor Gearloose's new invention, I was testing it out when things started going......fast"

Fenton just sighed and hid behind a giant plant, he placed me down but I still floated a little. 

Fenton: "stay here! Ok?!"

He rolled off before I could respond, he was blasting the giant robot but they didn't have much of an effect on it. Fenton was going to get his robotic butt kicked unless I did something, I saw the back of the robot and saw a giant panel. I had an idea.

Miranda: "Gizmoduck! I have an idea!"

Fenton: "staying right where you are?! Great plan!"

There was a slight warning in his voice but I ignored it and came out of hiding, I grabbed an old piece of metal lying on the ground and flew up to the back panel. I was able to pry it open and saw just what I expected.

Giant batteries 

I used the metal piece to pry out each battery, the fight was still going and I struggled to stay on and, I felt the robot raise its foot and kick Fenton away like a soccer ball, he fell on his back and I gasped out of terror. 

Miranda: "P'pa!!!"

I quickly pried the last battery out and the robot shut off, falling on its back. I quickly flew over to Fenton to see his helmet had fallen off and his eyes were closed, I was able to shut off the hoverboard and knelled next to him.

His eyes began to open a little before opening in shock, now wide awake.

Fenton: "P'pa?"

I suddenly got very shy, I shouldn't have said that

Miranda: "s-sorry Fenton, I shouldn't have-whoa!"

Fenton quickly pulled me into a tight hug, he kissed my face a bunch of times before facing me, he had the biggest smile on his face I've ever seen.

Fenton: "mija, I would be honored to be you P'pa"

I smiled and hugged him back, just as tight, with just as much love

Crazy clown: "what happened!!!"

We both turned to see the clown standing over his robot with both hands tightly grabbing his hat, he looked over at both of us and he was furious.

Crazy clown: "you'll pay for this Gizmoduck! And you too you bad little girl!"

He started off on a rant for revenge, I just rolled my eyes and picked up my discarded metal piece and chucked it at his face, It hit him with a satisfying smack and he fell to the ground unconscious. 

Fenton: "Miranda Crackshell Cabrera"

I turned to see P'pa with both hands on his hips glaring at me, I just shrugged and gave him a nervous smile. I was able to unclamp my feet from the hoverboard and picked it up as P'pa put his helmet back on, he took the board from me and flew out the hole in the ceiling while I walked outside the door. Outside I could see everyone had their eyes on me, I just gave them all a smile and a wave.

Miranda: "he's all yours guys"

I got to the bottom of the stairs and was swarmed but reporters, they asked me a bunch of questions. I knew I couldn't tell the truth so I just came up with a story off the top of my head, using my best scared voice and tears.

Miranda: "I was shopping with my daddy when the attack started, I got scared and hid until that crazy clown found me, I was so scared but then Gizmoduck came and saved me!" 

I felt a hand grab my shoulder and turned to see Abuela standing there with a small smile on her beak.

Abuela: "come on mija, let's get you back home, you P'pa must be so worried"

P'pa: "Miranda!"

I saw P'pa running over to me with a big duffel bag slung over his shoulder, he raced over to me and picked me up in a tight hug, peppering my face with kisses again as I giggled.

Miranda: "Daddy!"

The reporters were still looking at both of us so he played along with my story

P'pa: "don't you ever run off like that again young lady!"

I gave a fake sniffle and buried my face in the crook of his neck

Miranda: "I'm sorry daddy"

P'pa just gave one last kiss to my head and we started walking away, Abuela had to stay to help with the clown so I just blew her a kiss from over Fenton's shoulder and waved. We walked about a block away from the mall before a black limo crashed in front of us and Mr Mcuduck and Doctor Gearloose got out. 

Mr Mcduck: "curse me kilts! Are you alright lass?"

Miranda: "I'm ok Mr Mcduck, the board started working again and it helped me save the day"

Mr Mcduck: "why don't you tell us all about it on the way back to lab"

We all climbed into the limo and the whole way I retold the day's events, from fixing the hoverboard to nailing that clown in the face with a metal stick.

Miranda: "this has been the best day ever, Doctor Gearloose, this new invention is going to be your best one yet!"

He just scoffed and rolled his eyes at me but I could see a ghost of a smile cross his face. I smiled and looked down in Fenton's bag, I pulled out the Gizmoduck helmet and held it in my hands.

Miranda: "P'pa"

He turned to look at me and I placed the helmet on my head.

Miranda: "can I be a hero too? I could be your sidekick"

P'pa quickly took the helmet off my head and placed it back next to the board, he zipped it closed very fast before looking at me and smiling, he pulled me close to me and had me in a tight grip.

P'pa: "we'll see mija, we'll see"

Chapter Text

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Miranda: "aw come on P'pa, why can't I go to the lab with you today?"

Fenton: "Miranda, we've talked about this already"

I slouch down farther on the bus seat and crossed my arms, P'pa just looked over at me and sighed placing his finger under my chin to lift my face.

Fenton: "look mija, I understand the allure of the lab better then anyone, but you can't spend all your time there, you're a kid, you need to interact with other kids"

Miranda: "but Doctor Gearloose was going to let me test the new hoverboard today!"

Fenton: "which is part of the reason you're not going"

I just keep sulking in my seat until we got off the bus and headed for the front gate of Mcduck Manor, I was nervous, like really nervous. I've never actually....met a real kid before, most of the kids at the orphanage just ignored me, but Mcduck Manor had 4 kids, 4! Maybe there's still enough time to convince P'pa to let me go with him, but before I could ask he pressed the button on the intercom.

Fenton: "hello Mrs Beakly, it's Fenton and Miranda"

The gate opened without another word, P'pa took my hand and we started towards to front door. I tried to pull my hand out of his grasp and dragged my feet to make a run for it but he would not budge.

Miranda: "but P'pa! I don't even know these kids, what if they don't like me and are mean?!"

Fenton: "don't worry mija, you're going to be fine"

Miranda: "but-!"

P'pa rang the doorbell before I could say anything else and a tall woman in purple opened the door, Mrs Beakly I presume, she looked very strong and very intimidating. I felt myself shrink a little under her gaze. She motioned for me and P'pa to come in. The front hall was very big and a little basic, there was a pair of door doors on the far wall that I assume lead to the rest of the house. I turned to look back at P'pa and saw Mrs Beakly smiling at me slightly.

Mrs Beakly: "ah, this must be young Miranda"

I just squeaked and quickly hid behind P'pa, I heard him sigh slightly and felt a hand on my head.

Fenton: "yes, this is Miranda, mija, can you say hi to Mrs Beakly"

Miranda: "h-h-hi"

I just heard P'pa sigh again and walk over to the Mrs Beakly

Fenton: "I really should be going now, thank you for agreeing to watch her, everything she may need is in her backpack already, but if there's any problems at all just call me! I keep my phone on me at all times so if-!"

Mrs Beakly: "Mr Cabrera, I think I can handle her, in case you've forgotten I work for Scrooge McDuck"

P'pa just smiled sheepishly and walked over to me, giving me a hug before letting me go and planting a big kiss on my head.

Fenton: "alright Miranda, I need to go now, I'll be back later to pick you up"

His face and his voice suddenly went stern

Fenton: "and I want you on you best behavior, understood?"

I can't do this! I can't do this! It was time for drastic actions

I wrapped my arms around him and whimpered, I feel him jerk back in shock before I look up a him with my big eyes full of tears, at first I was angry but now I'm just scarred.

Miranda: "please don't go daddy"

His eyes widened at my use of the word "daddy" but he just sighed and gently removed my hands.

Fenton: "your best behavior, entendida?"

I deflated a little bit, both my voice and my stance full of sadness and defeat

Miranda: "clarõ P'pa"

Fenton: "good"

He smiled and gave me one last kiss on the head before walking out the door, The door shut behind him but I just stood there looking at it in sadness.

I was on my own here. 

I jump as I felt a hand grab at my shoulder and turned to see Mrs Beakly looking down at me with slight almost hidden concern in her eyes.

Mrs Beakly: "come along dear, I'll introduce you to the other kids"

I said nothing but grabbed her hand as we walked through the double doors and my eyes widened.

This whole house screamed adventure 

There were mysterious artifacts, priceless treasures and incredible relics all around the room. There was even a painting of Mr Mcduck with his niece and nephew fighting off pirates, it was everything I ever dreamed of. I felt Mrs Beakly let go of my hand and looked around.

Mrs Beakly: "you wait right here, I'll go get the kids"

She walked up the huge double staircase as I just stood there, I turned around to get a good look at everything before I fell to the ground. I glanced over to see rope get wrapped around my leg, I screamed as I felt myself get pulled up into a vent and everything went black.

(About 5 minutes later)

I opened my eyes again to see I was hanging upside down, I was tied up with some rope and the room was dark. I was hanging under the only light that was on. I struggled a little bit, these knots were tied tightly, by a trained professional. I kept trying to wiggle myself free before I heard a voice coming from the shadows.

???: "who are you?! How did you get in here?! Who sent you?!"

I was so scarred I couldn't even form words

Miranda: "I-I-I- what?!"

???: "you heard me, now talk!"

I wanted to start crying but I was smarter then that, first rule in the gang, never show when you're scarred. The door opened before I had a chance to respond, the lights flipped on and I saw a girl duck in pink had been the one talking to me. A boy duck in red had been the one to turn on the lights and he looked at me horrified.

Huey: "Webby! What are you doing?! Get her down!"

The red one made his way over to me and started untying the knots as I fell to the ground with a thud. The girl-Webby just stood off the the side still looking angry and suspicious.

Webby: "Huey! This girl could be a spy!"

I saw the red one-Huey slap his hand against his face

Huey: "Webby this is Fenton's daughter, she was supposed to come today"

Webby: "there is not proof she is who she says, she could still be a spy!"

Huey: "she's six! How could she be a spy?!"

Webby: "so! I started spy training when I was three!"

The two ducks kept arguing as I quietly cowered in the corner, I crawled over my backpack and grabbed Izzy. Moving as quiet as I could, I made my way out the door and started running down the hallway. I just kept running until I ran out of breath, I looked up to see a hallway full of artifacts from Mr Mcduck's adventures. I kept walking around the hallway trying to look at everything, a glowing sword hung on the wall, ancient stones sat on a table, a mask with two spears under it hung on the other wall.

It was incredible, I wonder if my mom had helped Mr Mcduck find any of these treasures. I heard voices coming from behind me and I froze, I had to hide so I went into the closest room and hide behind the door. I saw Huey and Webby running around frantically, looking panicked.

Huey: "Miranda! Were are you?!"

Webby: "I'm not going to hurt you! I promise!"

I didn't believe it, they ran off in the other direction and I let out a sigh of relief. I thought I was safe I heard something really weird....singing.

Dewy: "dew dew dew, Dewey Dewey Dewey it-"

I turned to see another duckling in the bath, he was singing with his eyes closed and as he scrubbed his back he opened his eyes and saw me. We just stared at each other for a second before the guy covered his body with his arms and started screaming.

Dewey: "ahhhhhhhhh!"

Miranda: "ahhhhhhhhh!!"

I ran out of the bathroom covering my eyes and slammed the door behind me. I leaned up against the door and started gasping for air, this visit was really starting to go down hill, three of the kids now probably hate me and P'pa won't be here for another 6 hours! I heard footsteps running my way and saw Huey turning the corner.

Huey: "Miranda!"

I started running as fast as I could in the opposite direction 

Huey: "No! Wait!"

I just kept running until I got back down the stairs, I saw a room with a big tv in it and went in there. I saw a bunch of chairs and a couch, I can just hide in here for now, I heard more footsteps coming so I jump over the couch to hide. What I was expecting was I land on the cushions, what actually happened was I landed on a sleeping figure and jerked back so hard I fell on the floor.

I looked back up at the couch and saw I had landed on the fourth kid, he wore a green hoodie and gave me a look that he wanted to kill me. I know that look pretty well. I crawled backwards fast and bolted out the door, this time, I didn't stop, I just kept running and running. I needed to find a place to hide, these kids were going to hurt me, I needed to hide. I didn't stop running until I found myself in the kitchen, there was a door that lead outside so that's where I went, there was a lot of trees out here and it was quiet. I like it outside. I walked around the outside out the house with my arms tightly hugging me, Izzy held tightly against my chest. I finally reached a pool with a large boat in it, I raised my eyebrows at that, do all rich people have boats in their pools? It doesn't matter, it was a place to hide until P'pa came.

I walked over to the board that connected the boat to dry land and climbed aboard. Now that I was actually on the boat I could see it was more like a house, it was a house boat, I walked around inside before sitting under the table. I brought my knees up to me chest and finally allowed myself to cry, why didn't I just go with P'pa? I should have begged harder to go but now I'm stuck here, in a big empty mansion where all the kids hate me.

I was so busy crying I didn't even hear the footsteps coming over to me until I saw a figure crouch down in front of me.

Donald: "hello there"

I gasped and tried to crawl away, it was an adult duck in a black sailor suit, his voice was so ruff and scratchy I could barely understand him, but I did.

Donald: "hey now, it's ok, I'm not going to hurt you"

There was something different in his voice, something...comforting 

Donald: "My name is Donald Duck, what are you doing in here?"

I just sniffed and hugged myself tighter 

Miranda: "I-I-I want to go home!"

Donald just gave me a sad look and moved his hands in a 'come here' motion. I don't 

know why I did it, but I reluctantly crawled out from under the table and into his embrace. He picked me up and held me close to him as I cried into his shoulder, he rubbed comforting circles into my back.

Donald: "there there, it's ok, what happened"

I started telling him through my crying, how I was abducted by Webby and walked in on the kid in the bathroom and landed on the green kid and how all the kids probably hate me now. I finally stopped crying as Donald started walking with me still in his arms, I said nothing but went limp in his hold and just watched the ground from over his shoulder.

Miranda: "...excuse me....Mr Duck?"

Donald: "no need for that Miranda, call me Uncle Donald"

Miranda: "Uncle Donald...thank you for listening to me"

Donald: "you're welcome, let's go get Mrs Beakly and she'll set things right"

I just nodded and he carried me back into the house.

Mrs Beakly was waiting for us in the kitchen as Donald set me down on the counter, I had stopped crying at that point but I was still sad. Mrs Beakly said nothing but lifted my face up and started cleaning it up with a wet towel, it was silent, but not a tense silence. Once she had finished, Mrs Beakly set the towel down and lifted me up, she set me back down on the ground and held out her hand.

Mrs Beakly: "come along dear, I know four ducks who owe you an apology"

I smiled a little at that and took her hand, Donald followed close behind us as we entered the main room. All of the kids were standing in the middle of the room, I hid behind Beakly a little at the sight of Webby. But I shook my head at the thought and went to stand in front of them all, my head held high and my shoulders squared, remember the first rule.

Never show when you're afraid 

We all just stared at each other for about 2 minutes before I finally said something first.

Miranda: "h-h-hi everyone"

Yep, totally brave

Huey stepped out in front of me and held out his hand, I looked at him confused, what was I supposed to do?

Huey: "hi Miranda, I'm Huey Duck"

Miranda: "hi Huey, I'm Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera, why are you holding your hand out?"

Huey: "this is what you do when you meet someone new, you shake their hand"

I looked at my own hand for a minute before grabbing Huey's hand and shaking it. He smiled and let go and I couldn't help but smile back. Webby came up next, her hands were clasped behind her back and she looked at me guilty.

Webby: "I'm sorry I mistook you for a spy, and went through your stuff, and hung you from the ceiling"

Miranda: "it's ok, Webby right?"

She smiled at me and nodded, she actually didn't seem so bad

The duck in blue came up tome next and I blushed a little in embarrassment, this was the duck taking a bath.

Dewey: "sup Miranda, I'm Dewy Duck"

He held his hand up in the air, I smiled and tried to shake it but he pulled away.

Dewey: "no no, this is a high five, you put your hand up and we slap them together"

I just looked at him confused, that sounded really weird

He said nothing but grabbed my wrist and held my right hand up, then slapped his left hand against it. That was a 'high five', I liked it. I laughed in delight and gave him a big smile. Then last but not least, the green duck came up to me with his hands stuffed into his pockets, the one whom I accidentally landed on. 

Louie: "sup"

Miranda: "hi"

I waited for him to continue but he just went on his phone and ignored me. Huey came up next to me and grabbed my shoulder, he rolled his eyes at his brother's actions.

Huey: "don't mind him, Louie's doesn't like to talk much unless it's about a scheme"

I laughed at that before looking down, all these kids seemed so cool, I feel like such a sore thumb. I just stared at the floor, my arms tightly hugging myself before I felt a different hand grab at my other shoulder. I looked up to see Donald looking at me with concern.

Donald: "you ok?"

I nodded and looked back at everyone, I rubbed the back of my neck sheepishly before sighing. 

Miranda: "it was nice to meet all of you, but....I don't really think you want to hang out with me"

All the kid's faces shifted from interest to concern, so I kept talking

Miranda: "I don't really know much about normal stuff, I don't wanna freak you guys out, so....I'll just find somewhere to go read"

I turned away from everyone and started up the stairs before I felt someone grab me in a tight hug. I saw Webby was the one doing it and I just went stiff in her arms before slowly hugging back, she pulled away after a few seconds and looked at me with a big smile.

Webby: "wanna know a secret?" 

My eyes widened and I nodded 

Webby: "I don't know much about normal stuff either, but that's ok"

Dewey came up next to her and shot me a smirk 

Dewey: "yeah! Normal is overrated anyway!"

Huey took a book out from under his hat and flipped to a page 

Huey: "if you're not normal, then you're in the right place"

Even Louie came over and put his phone away

Louie: "trust me kid, you have nothing to worry about"

I smiled big at all of them and launched myself at Huey and hugged him, then I hugged Dewy, then Louie, and finally I went back to Webby.

Webby: "if you like reading then you should come see my library"

Miranda: "what's a library?"

Webby suddenly gasped, her face turned to pure horror 

Webby: "you've never been to a library!?"

I shook my head no, Webby then grabbed my hand and we raced up the stairs

Webby: "Come on! I'll explain on the way!"

I laughed the boys raced after us, this might actually turn out to be fun

(Fenton's p.o.v)

After a very successful day at the lab, with me both completing two scientific theories and saving the day as Gizmoduck, I clocked out and went to pick up Miranda. I couldn't help but be a little worried about how today went, Miranda seemed so terrified about meeting the kids and I know it was a first for her. But all my worries went away when I entered the mansion and called out her name.

Fenton: "Miranda! I'm here!"

Miranda: "Daddy!"

She came bolting down the stairs, flipped off the top step with a couple mid-air summersaults and did a perfect landing. She stopped for a second to regain her balance before running to me and latching herself to my chest, wrapping her legs around my waist. I laughed and hugged her back just as hard, once I set her down she started bouncing on feet and clenched her fists to her chest, the same excitement she gets at the lab.

Miranda: "P'pa! P'pa! Did you know that there's a huge building downtown where all the books are free?!"

Fenton: "you mean the library?"

She nodded rapidly and I laughed, I probably should have told her about the library a little earlier considering how much she loved reading. I kneeled down and placed my hands on her shoulders to keep her still.

Fenton: "I know mija, we can go tomorrow and get you a library card, but now, how was your day?"

She looked away at that with a bit of guilt in her eyes but she quickly smiled and hid it with a innocent act.

Miranda: "oh it was good, then bad, then really bad, but then ended good"

I shot her a confused look but she just shrugged and hugged me again, we could talk more about it later. Right now, I just wanted my daughter to be in my arms.

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(Miranda's p.o.v)

Another awesome day at Gearloose labs, just me and P'pa doing science things to better mankind. 

Or at least we will when he gets back from the most recent Gizmoduck call that I was forbidden to tag along for.

I just sat at his desk chair looking around at everything, lots of blueprints and papers covered most of the desk space and beakers covered the rest. There was also a large cabinet full of chemicals that I couldn't open because P'pa said if I touch it I will be "grounded for life". 

I looked around at the blueprints before something at the edge of the desk caught my eye, I picked it up and my eyes widened. It was a heart shaped picture frame with white letters that spelled 'I survived the first date’ on it. P'pa was in the picture and I nearly fell out of the chair laughing at his expression, he looked like he was getting shocked by something and it was hilarious.

There was a woman next to him

She was very pretty, a hen with a lab coat and safety goggles on. She was grabbing P'pa's hand as he was getting shocked and I could see a slight smile on her beak. I looked at her a little closer.

She had hair like me, only her's was cut into a awesome bob

She had blue eyes like me too

Fenton: "mija?"

I was so deep in thought I didn't even notice that P'pa had returned. He walked over to me and when he saw what I was looking at, his face turned white. I paid no mind to it and gave him a small smile.

Miranda: "who's that girl P'pa"

He suddenly got very nervous, he was sweating and his smile was just a little to forced. He tried to grab the photo out of my hands but I moved it and raised an eyebrow at him. He sighed in defeat and started talking.

Fenton: "her name is Gandra, Gandra Dee, she was a-an old p-p-pier of mine"

Miranda: "a pier that you dated?"

Fenton: "I wouldn't say that it was only one date, and it was....interesting"

I looked down at the photo again, despite P'pa being weird about it, I couldn't help but...like her. There was something familiar about her, something I couldn't quite put my finger on.

Miranda: "she's very pretty"

P'pa sighed again and went to stand next to me, looking down at the photo too.

Fenton: "she is, she's really smart too, one of the smartest people I've ever met"

I looked at her eyes again and felt my gaze soften. She eyes were just like mine, I haven't seen eyes like mine sense Mama....

Miranda: "her eyes look like mine"

P'pa looked over at me in shock at the softness of my voice. I hugged the picture to my chest and gave P'pa a happy look.

Miranda: "can I meet her?"

P'pa got nervous again, he stood up fast and smiled sheepishly at me, guilt was written all over his face. 

Fenton: "I-I don't know about that mija, the last time I saw her was a bit...complicated"

I narrowed my brow at him, I was confused

Miranda: "but...you do love her? Don't you?"

P'pa said nothing and in a lightning fast move he scooped me up in his arms and placed the picture down on the desk. 

Fenton: "how about we work on the Gizmoduck suit? Sound good my little Gizmo buddy?"

I smiled and nodded, he walked away from the desk and I stared at the picture from over his shoulder.

What were you hiding P'pa?

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(Fenton's p.o.v)

I woke up one morning and something was wrong.

I could feel it as I leapt out of bed and started looking around the house for anything that might be out of place. This wasn't a normal feeling of uneasiness, oh no, this was much worse, a feeling like the entire universe was about to implode. I immediately opened the door to Miranda's room to see she was still asleep, I moved quickly to M'ma's room and knocked at her door. I continued that pattern of checking rooms until every single one was viewed, I still had a bad feeling as I walked by Miranda's open door and stopped. I went to have a closer look at her and saw that she was completely under her covers, the curtains were drawn so the room was dark. I could see slight shaking under the blanket so I very carefully pulled it back.

I stared in shock at the sight before me

It was Miranda (obviously) she was barely awake and was looking at me in misery, curled up in a fetal position. From what I could see her face was slightly pale, there were dark circles under her eyes and snot dripping from her nose (beak?). My heart nearly broke at the sight of my baby girl looking so miserable. I pulled her up into my arms and felt her forehead, it was hot and so was the side of her neck. She glanced up at me a little before closing her eyes and snuggling into my chest.

Miranda: "papi, tengo frío"

I sighed before lifting her into my arms and carrying her off towards the bathroom.

Fenton: "no te ves bien, ven, vamos a tomar tu temperatura"

M'ma was walking out in the hallway and gasped at the sight of Miranda, she quickly walked over to us. 

M'ma: "Pollito, what's wrong?"

Fenton: "I think Miranda may have caught a bug"

M'ma gaze softened as she cupped Miranda's face in her hands and looked at her sadly.

M'ma: "pobrecita"

Miranda opened her eyes a little more and tried to smile but it was cut off by a cough.

Miranda: "I'm *cough* alright Abuela"

Miranda then looked up at me with a tiny smile on her face. 

Miranda: "are we going to the lab today?"

I said nothing but kissed her temple and looked back a M'ma. She was looking at me with concern in her eyes.

M'ma: "Oh Dios mío, I'm going to change her sheets and grab her some fresh clothes, you get her some medicine"

Fenton: "sí, gracias M'ma"

I moved into the bathroom without another word and set Miranda down on the toilet. I looked through the medicine cabinet and found two things, a thermometer and some cough medicine. I placed the thermometer under her tongue and waited, once it beeped my theories were confirmed.

Fenton: "100 degrees, you definitely caught something, we won't know for sure unless you start- 

Miranda cut my off by leaping off the toilet seat and lifting the lid, she kneeled down and the sounds of her progecting her dinner last night made my cringe.

Fenton: -throwing up"

I quickly replaced the cough medicine for some kids flu medicine as Miranda stood back up and flushed. She looked at me with absolute misery on her face and tears in her eyes, I quickly picked up the tired girl and placed her on the edge of the tub. I held the spoon full of flu medicine up to her beak, she sniffed at it a little before scrunching her beak in disgust and turning her head, I sighed and put the spoon closer to her mouth.

Fenton: "come on mija, it will help you feel better"

She just shook her head and turned her face again, I sighed before moving the spoon again, this time narrowing my eyes and giving her a stern face.

Fenton: "Miranda"

She looked at me again briefly, before sighing and opening her beak just slightly. I slid the spoon in and her face changed to one of disgust almost instantly, I quickly placed my hand over her mouth to keep her from spitting it out. She glared at me before reluctantly swallowing, I removed my hand from her beak and she weakly glared at me. Her anger didn't last long as her gaze softened and she lifted her arms and made grabby hands, I couldn't help but chuckle and picked her up. She nuzzled her face into the crook of my neck as we walked into her room, M'ma had cleared off her bed and left a fresh pair of Pajamas sitting on the edge. I placed Miranda down on her chair and moved to grab the clothes, she whined a little as I put her down and tried to climb back onto me but I just kissed her head and grabbed her pajamas.

I smiled a little at the sight of the shirt, the newest article of clothing M'ma had bought and gave to Miranda last night. 

(Flashback)

M'ma: "mija, look what I got for you"

It was after dinner and Miranda was helping me clean up when M'ma walked in the room holding a black shirt in her hands. Miranda gasped at the sight and quickly rushed over with a small smile on her face, M'ma just laughed and smiled back.

M'ma: "I think you're Papi may like this shirt more then you"

I turned away from the dishes at that and my eyes went wide when M'ma held up the shirt to show me. It was a black shirt with long sleeves, there was letters written in white bubble letters on it, but it's what the letters said that really got to me.

'DADDY'S LITTLE GENIUS'

There was some schematics behind the letters and a couple of little atom symbols at the beginning and end of the word 'genius'

It was perfect

(End flashback)

I smiled at the memory before grabbing the shorts that went with it and moving back to Miranda. She curled up into a ball on her chair and hugged her legs, her eyes were closed in discomfort, I gently grabbed her and started changing her clothes. My phone rang as I slipped the shirt over her head. I ignored it, my baby needed me more then the person on the other end of the line, I carried Miranda over to the bed and placed her under her covers, she tossed around a little before looking up at me.

Miranda: "where's Izzy"

I looked around and saw the doll sitting on the far edge of the bed against the wall and grabbed it, M'ma must have missed it when she stripped the bed.

Fenton: "right here, I think Abuela needs to wash her though, get all the sick germs off"

Miranda's eyes went big and she quickly shot up and frantically shook her head.

Miranda: "no no no! Please no!"

She made grabby hands at the doll and I looked at her in shock. She sounded so upset, like washing her would end drastically. I said nothing but handed the doll back to her and she held it close.

Miranda: "can't get wet, it will ruin it"

My phone kept ringing during all this so I let Miranda rest a little while I went to check on it, my phone had 6 missed calls and three voicemails from Dr Gearloose. I got a little nervous and called him back, he answered after the first 2 rings.

Gyro: "where are you!"

I cringed a little at the loudness before answering back

Fenton: "I'm still at home sir, I won't be able to come in today"

Gyro: "what! Why?!"

Fenton: "Miranda caught the flu, I need to stay with her today"

Gyro: "just bring her with you"

Fenton: "did I mention it was a stomach flu"

Gyro: "why can't your mother watch her?"

Fenton: "because Miranda is my daughter and my responsibility"

Gyro: "Gizmoduck is your responsibility to, and I need all hands on deck today to get this project done"

I glanced back at Miranda, she was sound asleep with Izzy clenched tightly in her hands

Fenton: "alright fine, I will come but I'm staying only until the project is done and for one quick patrol, after that, I'm coming home"

Gyro: "I don't care"

He hung up after that and I sighed, I needed to pack some stuff

(20 minutes later)

M'ma was not happy about the idea of me bringing Miranda to work but she did promise to call me if she could get off early to come get her, so after grabbing the Gizmoduck bag, filling Miranda's backpack with everything she'll need, and adjusting Miranda in my arms, we headed off. Mr Mcduck heard about Miranda being sick so he called and offered Launchpad to drive us to the lab, in the back of the limo I held Miranda tightly as the aches came and went, she groaned and held to me as tightly as she could. Launchpad was driving a lot smoother then normal so Miranda only threw up once. Her head was placed over my right shoulder as I carried her into the lab, she just groaned from bouncing so much.

Miranda: "papi I don't feel good"

Fenton: "I know bébé, I'm sorry"

I walked by Doctor Gearloose's desk to see him standing there with Manny, both of them were wearing medical face masks. Dr Gearloose glanced over at us and grimaced in disgust at the sight of Miranda, he quickly backed away.

Gyro: "ah so you did bring the little germ carrier"

I narrowed my eyes at him

Fenton: "well you said you wanted me here, so now I'm here"

Gyro scoffed at my tone before pointing at my desk

Gyro: "just get to work"

I rolled my eyes and walked away, I placed Miranda down on the couch by my desk and adjusted her blanket. I put a pillow behind her head and kissed her temple, she smiled a little at that so I smiled back and walked away. I sat down in my chair and quickly got to work, the faster this project was done, the faster I could go home. Miranda tossed and turned on the couch before finally falling asleep, I sighed in relief before returning my focus to the project.

It stayed this way for about an hour, Miranda slept and I worked, until the Gizmoduck alarm went off and Miranda fell off the couch and started crying. Silently cursing, I rushed to pick her up and look at the monitor to see if it was something the police could handle. I rubbed circles on her back as she sobbed into my shoulder.

Miranda: "mi cabeza papi! ¡duele mucho! ¡hazlo parar!"

Fenton: "está bien niña, shhhhhh, Daddy's here, está bien, shh"

I glanced at the monitor to see what the trouble was and my face dropped, some lunatic was terrorizing downtown Duckberg with mutant bees. Which only meant one thing.

Gizmoduck was needed

I silently swore as I rushed over and placed Miranda back on the couch

Fenton: "Blathering Blatherskite!"

The suit started assembling around me and as it finished I rolled over to Doctor Gearloose who was looking at me with narrowed eyes.

Fenton: "I need to take this one, if I'm not back in a hour please give Miranda some more medicine, it's in her bag next to her rabbit! Take her temperature every hour and let me know if it gets any higher or if she starts throwing up again! Call me if she needs anything!"

Doctor Gearloose just raised a brow at me

Gyro: "I'm a genius Cabrera, I think I can handle a sick little girl, go"

I smiled before rolling over to Miranda and giving her a kiss

Fenton: "I'll be back soon mija, try and get some more sleep ok?"

Her eyes went big and she started shaking her head

Miranda: "no papi no, please stay"

I just sighed and picked her up

Fenton: "I would if I could mija, believe me, but people need me right now, I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise, can you be good for Dr Gearloose until I get back?"

She looked at me a little sad before she nodded, I smiled and kissed her cheek

Fenton: "that's my little gizmo buddy"

I placed her back under the blankets and headed off to save Duckberg 

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Everything aches

My throat feels like broken glass and my head is all foggy, I threw up again almost immediately after P'pa left and I felt miserable. My nose felt a little more clear so I could talk normally but I still couldn't sleep after he left, I just laid on the couch for what felt like hours, stuck between being to hot and to cold. Eventually I gave up and looked around, I saw the monitor that P'pa used to watch the news and got an idea.

Miranda: "Lil Bulb"

The tiny robot came as soon as I called and climbed up on my lap

Miranda: "can you help me with the monitor? I wanna see if P'pa is ok"

Lil Bulb nodded and climbed up to my shoulder, I got up and set him down on the desk, after clicking a few buttons the screen turned on.

I gasped at what I saw

Gizmoduck was fighting off a giant bug, and by the looks of his scratched up armor, he was having trouble, I almost screamed when I saw him get smacked into a building by a bee the size of a house.

Miranda: "oh no! He needs my help!"

I rushed over to P'pa's desk and put on my helmet, the only way to get there fast enough was to use the hoverboard. I ran over to Doctor Gearloose's station and grabbed the board off the desk, I set it down and just as I was about get on I felt something grab the back of my shirt and lift me up. Dr Gearloose just looked at me with a stern face, he wasn't wearing the mask anymore so I couldn't easily see his frown, I just smiled nervously and waved.

Gyro: "and just where do you think you're going?"

Miranda: "Gizmoduck needs my help!"

Gyro: "absolutely not young lady! You're sick, and if you father finds out that I let you out to fight crime in this condition he will never let me her the end of it"

He set me down and started pushing me back towards the couch

Miranda: "but Doctor Gearloose!"

Gyro: "no buts! Now back to bed with you!"

I pouted and looked around, there was only way out, I pointed to the other end of the lab

Miranda: "look a robot invasion!"

Gyro: "what! But my plans state-hey wait a minute!"

I grabbed the board and started booking it to the door, the second I got back outside I strapped my feet on and started flying. As I approached the city I felt my head start to hurt again, I just shook it off and kept moving. P'pa needed my help. I could sleep after.

I almost lost my balance as I saw the bug monsters, I giant honey bee with fangs the size of mini vans, there was a lady loon riding on it, she had a long yellow dress on and her brown hair was brushed into a beehive. She laughed crazily and I saw she was trying to get the bee to crush P'pa in it's grip! Not on my watch.

Bee lady: "you will pay Gizmoduck! And me and my bee army will rule Duckberg!"

Miranda: "not on my watch!"

I quickly took what I learned online and did a kick flip with my board, the board smacked the bee in the eyes and it jerked up in pain just long enough for P'pa to get out of it's grip. I flew down to him and he looked at me in shock.

Fenton: "Miranda?"

Miranda: "hello"

His face quickly turned angry 

Fenton: "what do you think you're doing! You could've been killed!"

I shrunk down a little at his tone but his face changed again as he grabbed me before I got crushed by a giant bee's foot.

Bee lady: "you fools! You will all feel the rath of my bee army!"

She waved her hands in the air and suddenly the giant bee started after us, P'pa wasted no time as he started racing off in the other direction. The whole ride he was shouting at me.

Fenton: "you have got a lot of explaining to do young lady!"

Miranda: "I saw you on tv! You were getting your butt whipped!"

Fenton: "your butt's going to be the one getting whipped when all of this is over!"

I gulped a little and shrank down

I saw the fire station coming up ahead, and the giant fire hose in front of it, and got an idea

Miranda: "hey P'pa, do you think bees can swim?"

He looked at me confused but I just gave him my 'I have a plan face' and he caught on quick and smiled. We stopped and he placed me down next to him, the Bee lady caught up to us quickly, she flew above us and laughed evilly, but stopped and stared confused when I held my hand up.

Miranda: "pop quiz bug brain, what happens when a bee gets wet?"

P'pa quickly sprang into action and broke open the fire hose, blasting the giant bee with so much water pressure the loon fell to the ground and the bee crashed into a building. The bee started twitching before suddenly turning green and shrinking back to normal size and flying off. I crossed my arms and gave the loon a smirk, P'pa came up behind me and crossed his arms too. 

Fenton: "Queen Bee, I think your plan just got bee-witched!"

I gave him a side look

Miranda: "boo"

I suddenly heard police sirens and turned to see a squadron of cars pull up, P'pa walked over to talk to them while I suddenly bent over and clenched my stomach.

I didn't feel to hot

Queen bee: "Nobody move!"

I suddenly felt something grab my feet and hang me upside down, a weird looking blaster was held at my neck.

Queen bee: "one wrong move and the little imp gets buzzed"

I saw P'pa face turn to anger, angrier then I've never seen on him before, but I couldn't focus on that as I groaned in agony, I saw the Queen bee look at me with distain, she raised me up to her face.

Queen bee: "what is wrong with-

I cut her off by puking all over her face and she dropped me in shock

Queen bee: "AAAAHHH"

I saw P'pa grab her gun and me while Abuela tackled her to the ground, she quickly hand cuffed her and dragged her to the back of her car.

I smiled a little at that as P'pa took me into his arms and flew off, never letting me go

(10 minutes later)

Once we got back to the lab, P'pa made me lay back down and take some more medicine, but after about 15 minutes and one apology to Doctor Gearloose later, we could go home. P'pa carried me as I rested my head on his shoulder, already feeling better.

Fenton: "Miranda?"

Miranda: "yeah P'pa"

Fenton: "when you're not sick anymore, we are having a long talk about what happened today"

I gulped a little at that and clutched Izzy tighter. I most recently learned that a "talk" involves Abuela's chancla, so this was going to hurt. A lot.

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(Miranda's p.o.v)

Miranda: "please"

Fenton: "no"

Miranda: "but"

Fenton: "no"

Miranda: "oh come on!"

Fenton: "I said no!"

I clutched P'pa leg tighter as he dragged his foot while walking, trying to shake me off, I readjusted myself and giggled. P'pa just looked down at me exasperated.

Fenton: "Miranda it's too dangerous"

Miranda: "but this is what I've always dreamed of doing! A real adventure with Mr Mcduck, like my mom used to go on!"

Fenton: "I know mija, but you're too young"

His face turned to sorrow as he reached down to squish my cheeks together affectionately 

Fenton: "what would I do if something happened to you?"

I frowned a little at that but quickly returned to my pleading 

Miranda: "I'll be fine! I'll be with Mr Mcduck! What could possibly go wrong!?"

P'pa just shot me a look that said it all

Miranda: "come on daddy please!"

I felt hands go under my arms as P'pa lifted me up to his face, there, he looked me straight in the eye and said.....

Fenton: "no"

He then set me down on his desk and walked away, I dropped my head and walked towards the lab door where Huey was waiting.

Huey: "any luck"

Miranda: "no, he won't budge"

Huey just smiled and placed a comforting hand on my shoulder 

Huey: "don't worry, maybe he'll let you go on the next one"

My frown only got bigger and I felt tears prick the corner of my eyes, never going to fall

Miranda: "you don't understand"

I reached down my overall pocket and pulled out the photo of me and Mama, I pointed her out to Huey and started explaining.

Miranda: "Mr McDuck is looking for the lost treasure of the Jade eyed snake, he told me the story of how that was the only treasure he and my mom couldn't find, and she was...gone, before they could try again."

I placed the photo back in my pocket and gave Huey and desperate look

Miranda: "the temple only comes up every 10 years, if I don't go now, I may never get the chance, you gotta help me"

I could see Huey thinking it over, it was stupid and irresponsible and if my dad found out about it he would flip, but I needed to do this, for Mama and for me.

Huey: "alright, I have a plan"

(The next day)

Huey's plan was foolproof 

I was waiting in my backyard before sunrise, Huey came on his bike to pick me up and we rode off to the manor where the plane was waiting. Dewey and Louie had told me that there was one crate waiting for me by the back of the plane, I climbed inside and waited. In about 2 hours I felt the box get lifted up and placed down, I didn't move as I heard the plane take off and next thing I knew.

I was on my first adventure 

I could barely contain my excitement as I heard Mr McDuck start to monologue the adventure, he barely started before I heard him answer his phone.

Scrooge: "aye, oh, hello Fenton"

My blood went cold and I could barely hold back my gasp....maybe not foolproof, I peaked through one of the cracks in the crate and listened.

Scrooge: "she did what!?...I know....we're too far to turn back now..I may have some idea"

I saw him walking towards my crate so I quickly got under all the life jackets and stood still. I heard the top open and felt something hook around my foot, pulling me up. I saw Mr Mcduck's stern face and I smiled nervously as I dangled upside down, his glare only hardened.

Scrooge: "what are you doing here?"

I just slowly laughed and got out of his hold, landing on my feet and grabbing my hands behind my backpack.

Miranda: "uh...testing the life jackets"

Mr McDuck said nothing but held up his phone, my dad was still on the line. I winced a little and took the phone from his outstretched hand.

Miranda: "hola P'pa"

Fenton: "Miranda Crackshell Crabera! You have some explaining to do!"

I gulped 

(About 10 minutes later)

Fenton: "let me get this straight young lady, you sneak out behind my back, leaving only a note on your pillow that says 'I'm sorry'! Deliberately disobeyed me! Stowed away on Mr Mcduck's plane! All so you could go on the last adventure your mother ever went on?"

Miranda: "yes....I'm sorry P'pa, but I need to do this"

I heard him sigh on the other end before speaking again

Fenton: "I'm not mad at you, I am disappointed though, we'll talk when you get back, in the meantime, listen to Mr McDuck and stay safe"

I smiled at Mr McDuck as he talked into the phone for one second 

Scrooge: "don't worry lad, I'll protect her"

Fenton: "thank you sir, ok mija, be careful ok"

Miranda: "I will P'pa, I promise"

Fenton: "alright, te quiero mija, te veré pronto, mantente a salvo"

Miranda: "yo también quiero papi, lo haré, adiós"

Mr McDuck then hung up, he put his phone back in his pocket

Scrooge: "welcome aboard lass"

I smiled and started bouncing on my feet, then running over and sitting next to Dewey and Webby, who were both just as excited as I was.

Dewey: "ah yeah! Baby's first adventure!"

Webby: "yeah! This is a huge milestone Miranda!"

Miranda: "I know! I'm so excited! I've been dreaming of going on adventures my whole life, the closest thing I've ever gotten is Mama telling me stories!"

I pulled my picture out of my pocket and smiled at it

Miranda: "but now.....I'm going on a real one, like we always wanted"

I felt Webby put her hand on my shoulder and I smiled at her, putting the picture back in my pocket, I looked up at Mr McDuck.

Miranda: "so Mr McDuck, what's the game plan?"

He smirked and slapped a map down on the table in front of us

Scrooge: "alright kids, we're after the lost treasure of the Jade eyed snake. Over a thousand years ago, the desert of Parotonia (that's in South America for anyone who was wondering) was home to some of the worst thieves in the world, the Macawbians, these rag-tag gang of misfits were feared by everyone and everything. To protect the treasure they stole, the Macawbians build a temple in the middle of the desert, surrounded by thousands of death traps-"

Dewey: "yes!"

Scrooge: "-in order to finish the temple, the Macawbians robbed a local healer man, in spit of the local legends of him being a Warlock. When they robbed him, they took a king cobra to add to their army, as they fled, the healer placed a cruse on them that as long as they were in possession of his treasures, doom would come to their temple. Of course the thieves ignored him and ran off into the night. Once they returned however, the snake began to change, it became 10 ft tall, color turning pure gold with eyes of jade, the cobra used its venom to strike the thieves, sucking the life out of them and turning them into statues then slithered off into the temple, the ground began to shake and the temple began sinking into the sand, with every one of those crooks inside."

Mr McDuck rolled up the map and began to pace 

Scrooge: "it's said that the snake continues to search for his master's lost treasure, and protects it from anyone who dares enter"

Mr McDuck then turned to me and smiled

Scrooge: "your mother and I went 10 years ago and we were lucky to escape with our very lives, so what do you say lass? Ready to follow in her footsteps?"

Miranda: "Ah yeah!"

I smiled back at him before he and I walked over to Launchpad, I crawled into the copilot seat and gave him a smile, he smiled back at me before Mr McDuck hit him over the head with his cane and he returned his focus to the sky. I turned away to look at everything, this plane was incredible, I could feel the stars in my eyes as I looked at the clouds above.

Miranda: "wow, it's beautiful up here"

Launchpad: "I know, there are few things as beautiful as the sky"

Miranda: "Launchpad?"

Launchpad: "hm"

Miranda: "if my dad says yes, will you teach me how to fly?"

I heard Mr McDuck start choking on his water but before Launchpad could answer he jumped in, still coughing.

Scrooge: "aye, I don't think that's a very good idea darlin', Launchpad tends to crash more then he lands"

Launchpad: "yeah! If you really want to learn to fly, you should ask Dewey's mom!"

Miranda: "what?"

Scrooge: "aye, Della's been flying for as long as she could walk, we'll ask her when we get back, alright"

Miranda: "sounds good"

I started looking out the window again and froze, I started shaking and my squeals were loud enough to make all the kids rush over to me in panic.

Dewey: "what! What is it?!"

Webby: "are we being attacked?!"

Louie: "Robbed?!"

Huey: "are we-we...man I hate going third!"

I just pointed out the window and smiled 

Miranda: "we're here!"

Launchpad was able to land the plane (somehow) and we all jumped out, we followed the map and headed for the cannons, then after a short 4 hour walk in the desert we approached.....more desert.

Miranda: "I don't understand Mr McDuck, why would the Macawbians build a temple here? The land here is flat and there's no where to hid.

Scrooge: "aye, the Macawbians were masters at building, they surrounded their temple with as many death traps as you can imagine"

Miranda: "then how did they get through?"

Scrooge: "that's the trick lass"

He stopped suddenly, moving his arm up and blocking us all from moving forward. He took many slow steps forward and gently set his cane to the ground. Not even a second later, arrows started flying from the trees, Mr McDuck said nothing but used the hook of his cane to pull down a branch, the arrows immediately stopped flying.

Scrooge: "the Macawbians may have been swindlers but they weren't stupid, they made sure there was always a way to turn off the traps, the trick is figuring out what it is"

We tracked on until we reached the center of the canon, I saw Huey take out his JWG and look at the sun, he pushed Mr Mcduck over to the right about three steps and we waited, I felt the ground start to shake and I struggled to keep my balance. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the temple coming out of the ground, it was bigger then the money bin and completely covered in sand, though it has seen better days the temple was still magnificent.

Once the temple had fully emerged from the ground, Mr McDuck moved to the door. There was a giant metal piece on the door, I recognized it as the Macawbian symbol, a circle with an x in the center of it. Mr McDuck turned the piece like a wheel four times before the door pushed back and opened. We all slowly started to walk inside and I gasped in awe.

This temple looked like it had been taken straight out of my dreams, spiderwebs, torches, crumbling structures, it was all so amazing! Huey grabbed one of the torches from the wall and held it up to light the way as we walked. We stopped in a dead-end room and I saw Louie's foot sink on a step, I could barley blink before I had to doge out of the way of a flying spear, soon everyone started dogging spears, I looked around frantically and spotted a little button looking rock on the far wall. I back flipped over the spears and climbed up the spears imbedded into the wall like a latter before pushing the button, the spears stopped flying and I flipped back down. Everyone just looked at me.

Miranda: "what?"

Webby: "That. Was. Amazing!"

Scrooge: "great sacks of delirium lass! Where on earth did ye learn to do that!?"

I smiled and grabbed my hands behind my back

Miranda: "back at the junk hole, I needed to move very fast"

I walked over to Louie and pulled a spear out from the back of his hood, I launched the spear towards the end wall and it hit a button, and the wall started opening to revel another path. I turned to everyone and smiled.

Miranda: "you just have to know where to look"

I ran off without another word

The secret path stretched on for what felt like miles, each one equipped with another trap. There was pulling Louie out of quicksand, getting Louie back from mutant spiders, getting said spiders off of Louie, it was a blast. We finally reached the end of the path, I was helping Louie get the spiders out of his hood when I caught sight of the room. It was breathtaking. It was a secret oasis, broken columns and a platform rested over beautiful clear water, lots of beautiful desert plants surrounded us and there were mysterious hieroglyphics covered the walls.

Scrooge: "ah ha! According to the map, we have reached the underground oasis of the idiotas molhados (look that up in Portuguese, I dare you 😏) the treasure room should be around here somewhere!"

We all started looking around, under every rock and at every wall. I was busy trying to translate the markings on the wall when I heard a sound, a faint rustling from behind the broken beams. I paid no mind to it until I felt something.

Something slither across my foot

In a jolt of fear I looked up and saw a 10 foot cobra, it's color was of pure gold and it's fangs were the size of swords. The eyes were just the last piece of the puzzle.

Pure jade 

I screamed and backed against the wall, the others turned in my direction and gasped. I ran out from under it as I reached down to strike me, it's fang bit into a plant instead and I watched in horror as the snake sucked the life out of the plant and it slowly started turning to stone. Once the snake was done it turned its attention to us, one look and we were all running. I trailed behind Webby as we ducked out of the way, I ran into a stone pillar and looked up at it. I gasped at what I saw, this was a man of the Macawbian gang, turned to stone. The pure horror on his face was enough to keep me and Webby running. 

The snake continued to attack as Mr McDuck took action, we grabbed the sword out of the statue and charged. Huey and Dewey started throwing rocks and Louie.....cowered. I ran into the mess with Webby and looked the snake straight into the eye.

Miranda: "hey!"

I saw the snake look down upon me and with one whip of his tail it hit the far wall. I barely had time to think before the ground gave out from under me and I was falling, I saw Mr McDuck fall over the hole and reach his hand out.

Scrooge: "Miranda!"

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge!"

....to be continued

Chapter Text

(Last time)

The snake continued to attack as Mr McDuck took action, he grabbed the sword out of the statue and charged. Huey and Dewey started throwing rocks and Louie.....cowered. I ran into the mess after Webby and looked the snake straight into the eye.

Miranda: "hey!"

I saw the snake look down upon me and with one whip of his tail it hit the far wall. I barely had time to think before the ground gave out from under me and I was falling, I saw Mr McDuck fall over the hole and reach his hand out.

Scrooge: "Miranda!"

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge!"

......(Miranda's p.o.v)

I hit the ground with a hard thud and groaned, I looked up to see darkness, absolute darkness. My head was spinning as I looked around trying to find anything to figure out where I am, I reached into my backpack and pulled out the head lamp I "borrowed" from the crate. Turning it on, I was able to get a better look at my surroundings, I was in an old chamber, there didn't seem to be any form of light down here but I could feel a slight breeze coming from the end of the room. Where there's wind there's a way out, so I got up, dusted off my clothes, and tracked on. I needed to find Mr McDuck and the others, I had to save them, my mom would have done he same thing. I tightly clenched my hands around my backpack and kept moving, this isn't the first time darkness had surrounded me but that didn't make it any easier. I shook my head, get a grip, your friends need you right now. I kept chanting that in my head as I walked, first rule of the gang, never show when you're afraid. 

It seemed like I walked for miles when I suddenly bumped into a wall and fell back. Shining my light in its direction I was able to see a door, with a Macawbian symbol on it. Well, a door meant anywhere but here so I looked around for a way to open it, there was a handle on the right side but the hinges were right by it, so the door must open on the left side. I walked over and saw a little crevices that would conveniently fit a hand, in one swift pull the door slowly opened to revile the thing that we've all been looking for.

Miranda: "I found it!"

The treasure room was spectacular, gold and jewelry, priceless antiques, everything in here is worth a fortune. I couldn't stop smiling, I was about the rush over to it when I stepped on something odd, I looked down to see a book. A little brown notebook that had seen better days, I picked it up and flipped through the pages. The pages were filled with herbal remedies, poisons plants and ways to cure contact with them, names of different people and the illnesses they had, this was no ordinary book. 

Miranda: "this book belong to the healer, this is the treasure the cobra is trying to protect"

I kept flipping through the pages until I landed on the last one, about the healer finding and injured cobra in the sand, his body limp and broke, covered in scratches from a poacher's trap, him taking it back home with him and promising to make it better. Then I thought back on it, while we were getting attacked by the cobra, I was able to look at his body, there were countless cuts on his body, old injuries that aged as he did, and probably hurt more and more with every century.

I looked around the room again then back at the book, I know what I had to do.

(Third person)

The McDuck clan was not having much luck, Scrooge and his mad anger what not enough to get a decent hit on the snake and there were no decent weapons around to fight it. After about an hour nobody could fight anymore, the kids all hid behind Scrooge as the snake prepared for the final blow until...a voice was heard.

Miranda: "hey cobra!"

Everyone looked over at the girl, her shoulders were squared as she showed no fear, a large bag was across her back and mud smeared under her eyes like war paint. The cobra stared for a brief moments before letting out a terrible hiss and lunging right at her, Miranda didn't even flinch and reached into her bag. The others watched in fear, thinking she was about to get killed but no one could say a word, they all watched her reach into her bag, thinking she would pull out a weapon but were instead surprised when she held a notebook over her head instead.

The snake stopped cold

The 10 foot cobra lowered itself down to Miranda's level, though it still cowered over her head you could see the eyes of the cobra, staring at Miranda, entranced

There was pain there, and Miranda planned to stop it.

Miranda lowered the book down and flipped through the pages, once she got to the last one she held it up for the cobra to see.

Miranda: "I know this is what you want, a pet trying to avenge his master and take revenge on the foes who kept you in pain. I can help you, I want to help you, but I need you to work with me"

The snake didn't move, Miranda said nothing but pulled out a golden bowl and a plant. She kneeled down on the ground and started mashing the plant with a rock. The snake just watched as she walked over and rubbed the soothing aloe on an infected cut. She looked back up at him with pleading eyes.

Miranda: "please...let me help you"

The cobra stared for a moment but then slowly nodded, and laid himself on the ground. As Scrooge and the kids came out of hiding they could only stare in shock at the sight that befell them.

Scrooge: "I canney believe it..."

Miranda raised her attention up to them and just shot them a coy look, beaconing them to come closer.

Miranda: "come on, I need your help with this, there's more supplies in the bag. Huey, I need some water, Dewey, mash up some more aloe, Louie and Webby, help me with the spreading, and Mr McDuck, I need you to start cutting and applying bandages...please"

The children only looked at each other before looking up at their dear uncle, said uncle was smiling at the little duckling before turning his head to the other kids.

Scrooge: "you heard the lass, let's get to work"

The ducks dispersed to their jobs and Miranda made her way up the the Cobra's face, a huge gash rested along the side of his face. Miranda took more of her aloe and started to rub it in, gaining a huge hiss of pain from the snake causing her to fall back. Miranda stared in sympathy before rubbing her hand over is head in comfort.

Miranda: "I know serpiente, I know it hurts"

Miranda kept rubbing the aloe in only this time with one hand, the other one she used to pet the snake as she hummed under her breath, Louie was making his way over with the water when he heard her humming. It wasn't all clear but he could hear a few words.

Miranda: "don't you cry...baby blue eyes..it's alright...baby blue eyes.."

Louie couldn't hear the rest, so he focused his attention back to the cuts.

Once the last cut was covered in bandages, Miranda stood up and inspected her handy work. The cobra stood back up to his full height and moved around a bit before turning to the ducks, if you looked closely, you could see him smiling.

The cobra them raised his tail and pushed a stone on the wall, it slowly sank in and the platform in the middle of the water came up. The platform was covered in all the treasures from the treasure room. Everyone smiled at the sight of the treasure and started rushing over to it, everyone except Miranda, who instead raced over the snake and wrapped her arms around him.

Miranda: "gracias serpiente!"

(Miranda's p.o.v)

After we loading up the treasure we all headed for the way out. Once we reached the outside to the setting sun, I felt the cobra slither past me. I was able to get a good look at him as everyone headed back to the plane, he slithered off into the trees and I watched in amazement as he shrank back down into a normal size and wrapped around the arm of a strange man. The man stepped out of the shadows so I could get a better look at him. He was a very old duck, with white feathers and long dark hair pulled back, he was wearing a very old robe a carried a walking stick that was as tall as he was and covered in colorful scarfs. He stepped in front of me a smiled, it was then I knew.

This was the healer

I could barely move, I just nervously held out my hands, his medical journal for him to take. He laughed and gently took it from my hands.

Healer: "so, you're the young lady who helped my cobra"

Miranda: "yes sir, my name is Miranda, Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera"

Healer: "my name is Alexander Varela, not many people would have what you did"

Miranda: "really?"

Alexander: "really, you are a rare breed young Miranda"

He reached over to his walking stick and pulled off a scarf, a beautiful white cloth with pink, blue, yellow, and green patterns on it. He held it out for me to take and I slowly did, admiring every little detail on it, it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.

Alexander: "I hope this inspires you to continue being kind to those who need it"

I looked up at him and smiled

Miranda: "I always will sir, I promise"

Scrooge: "Miranda!"

I turned at the sharp voice of Mr McDuck and saw him briskly walking to me.

Scrooge: "what are you doing lass? We need to leave soon"

Miranda: "I was just talking to-"

I turned back to Alexander but he was gone, like he was never there.

Scrooge: "aye, what's this now?"

He gestured to my to the cloth in my hand I looked down for a few seconds before lifting it back up and smiling. 

Miranda: "the healer gave it to me"

Mr McDuck looked at me confused for a minute before holding out his hand out for me to take.

Scrooge: "come along lass, your father is waiting for us back in Duckberg"

We started walking to the Sunchaser hand in hand. I looked around for a minute, awkwardly pulling on Mr McDuck's sleeve. 

Miranda: "uh Mr McDuck?"

Scrooge: "aye"

Miranda: "thank you...for bringing me along today"

Mr McDuck stopped and looked down at me and placing a hand on my shoulder.

Scrooge: "aye Miranda, you're mother would be so proud of you and how you solved our problem in there, you're going to make a great adventurer someday, so call me Uncle Scrooge"

I smiled and felt tears of happiness prick at my eyes as I wrapped him in a giant hug. He hugged back and carried me back to the Sunchaser, holding me the entire way.

(About 2 hours later)

The sun was just starting to set in Duckberg as Launchpad landed the plane back at McDuck manor. I was looking out the window and saw P'pa waiting there with his arms crossed, everyone got out of the plane and I followed behind slowly, I was not looking forward to this conversation.

I felt a hand grab at my shoulder and saw Huey giving me a comforting smile, I smiled back and took a deep breath, now or never.

I walked over to P'pa and gave him a guilty face, grabbing my arms and shuffling my feet. P'pa just frowned at me and pointed to the car, I got the message and climbed in the backseat.

It was a while before P'pa climbed into the driver's seat and drove off. We sat in silence for a while, I didn't dare say a word until he spoke up.

Fenton: "Mr McDuck told me about what you did today"

I looked up, a bit shocked

Miranda: "he did?"

Fenton: "he did, I'm so proud of the way you handled yourself, and while I'm not to thrilled about the way you did it...I get why you went"

My eyes went wide at his words, I was getting more and more confused.

Miranda: "papi?"

Fenton: "mija...you're safer going on adventures with Scrooge McDuck then you are with a million Gizmoducks to protect you"

He shot me a stern look from the rearview mirror. 

Fenton: "no more going behind my back"

His gazed softened a little 

Fenton: "and...you can go with him wherever you like"

My eyes lit up and I would have jumped out of the car if my seat belt wasn't on.

Miranda: "oh gracias papi! You won't regret this I promise!"

He laughed at my excitement as we pulled out in front of the house and he turned to me.

Fenton: "now...I wanna hear all about this adventure"

(Later)

P'pa pulled my shirt over my head as I got ready for bed. I crawled under my covers as P'pa kissed my head and walked to the door, I thought about this for a bit before calling out to him.

Miranda: "P'pa?"

He stopped and turned back to me, I fiddled with edge of my black sleeve before looking at him a bit embarrassed.

Miranda: "Mama used to do this thing with me before..and I was wondering if I could share it with you?"

He smiled before walking over the sitting on the edge of my bed. I held Izzy in my hands as I looked up at him.

Miranda: "Mama used to sing me a song every night before I went to sleep"

Fenton: "can I hear it?"

I nodded 

Miranda: "don't you cry..baby blue eyes...it's alright...baby blue eyes, you may be here but adventure is near-my dear..baby blue eyes"

I stopped singing and P'pa looked at me sweetly

Fenton: "that was very nice, you want me to try?"

I nodded before letting him tuck me back in while adding a new verse

Fenton: "rest your head..baby blue eyes...time for bed..baby blue eyes, reach for the stars and what lies up above, but always remember my love...I'll be here..my dear..baby blue eyes"

I felt P'pa kiss my temple 

Fenton: "goodnight...my baby blue eyes"

He got up and started twoards my door as I felt my eyes get heavy. I asked him one last thing before finally falling asleep.

Miranda: "P'pa, can you sing to me every night?"

I was partly asleep but I could almost hear him smile before answering.

Fenton: "yes mi Pollita, I would love that"

Chapter Text

(Miranda's p.o.v)

It was another awesome day at the lab, only today was a extra awesome because Uncle Scrooge and Huey were here to check out Dr Gearloose's newest invention.

Gyro: "the Gearloose instant coffee creator, a coffee machine that makes it all! Instantly!"

I have a feeling this invention was more for him then anyone else

It was a moderately sized machine, about the size of a normal espresso machine only a bit bigger, there was a small hole at the top to insert a coffee pod and a screen to control what flavors do and don't get added. It was all completely finished except for the front panel, which was removed for this demonstration. We all stood by the table as Dr Gearloose explained the genius of this invention. 

Gyro: "you simply pop in the pod of your choice, a black one for this example, and watch"

Dr Gearloose placed the small pod into the top of machine and it got sucked down, we all watched as the pod got emptied into some hot water, stirred,  and poured into a paper cup like at Starducks, a lid was put on it and it placed out the other side of the machine by a metal hand. Dr Gearloose grabbed the cup and took a sip.

Gyro: "the inner workings will be covered before final development obviously but that's the basics of it"

Miranda: "that's nothing! It makes everything, tea, juice, coffee with flavors, it even makes latte art! Watch"

I grabbed a latte coffee pod off the counter and placed it in, I moved over to the monitor and went to images. I scrolled before selecting a heart a watching the machine do the rest, the latte was made but before it was placed out, the cup moved onto a rotating plate and a tube full of foam came down. I scooted closer to the machine, anxious to watch, this attracted the attention of my father who was sweeping in the corner.

Fenton: "pollita, don't stand so close to the machine, you might get hurt"

The latte art was finished and the cup was spit out, I grabbed the cup with my right hand and used my left hand to lean against the counter. 

Miranda: "isn't it cool"

I attempted to take a drink from the cup but Dr Gearloose quickly swipes it from my hand before any coffee could enter my mouth, I was too busy glaring at him I didn't notice when the machine made a weird noise until boiling water splashed out....onto my left hand.

Miranda: "aaaaahhhhh!"

P'pa heard my screams as he dropped his broom and raced over to me, he scooped me up in his arms and placed me on the desk. I was trying not to cry as he examined my hand but it didn't last long as I felt big fat tears wet my face and I was sobbing. Huey rushes over with his JWG and rapidly flips through the pages.

Huey: "ok don't panic! According to the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, the best way to treat a water burn is to run it under cold water for at least 10 minutes!"

P'pa nodded and we walked over to the lab sink, out of the corner of my eye I could see Dr Gearloose try and find what squirted me while avoiding boiling water. I felt my hand get placed under cold water as P'pa placed his hands on my cheeks to wipe the tears from my eyes.

Fenton: "esta bien pollita, you'll be ok, maybe next time you'll listen to me"

Gyro: "*cough* hypocrite *cough*"

I laughed a little as P'pa rolled his eyes, my hand felt a bit better so I pulled it out from under the water and walked back over the the machine. Dr Gearloose had managed to shut it off so I glance inside trying to find the problem.

Miranda: "what happened"

Gyro: "nothing to serious, just a pipe crack"

I glanced away feeling guilty

Miranda: "I'm sorry Dr Gearloose"

Gyro: "*sigh* it wasn't your fault Miranda, no need to..do...that"

I looked back up him and smiled, he rolled his eyes before turning away

Gyro: "anyway, Crabera, get me a new pipe from the supply closet, I need to fix this right away"

I gave him a little salute

Miranda: "sure thing Dr Gearloose"

I turned and walk away

Fenton: "uhhh, pollita, I think he meant me-"

I ignored him and rummaged around for the pipe, the whole closet was an unorganized mess so finding the pipe took a hot minute. Just as I was pulling the pipe out of the (wrong) bin, I noticed something in the back of the closet, an old picture. It was Dr Gearloose, he held a small baby in his arms wrapped in a blue butterfly onesie, his face looked down at it like he was afraid it might explode, I would have laughed if it wasn't for the woman next to him. A woman whom I would recognize anywhere.

Miranda: "Mama?"

I placed the pipe on the ground and took it off the wall, it was then I realized this baby was me, the small tuff of brown hair on my head gave it away. Mama's face was priceless, her arms were crossed and she shot Dr Gearloose a look that said 'really'. This was the first actual picture I've ever seen of me as a baby, I wasn't completely sure how to feel.

Fenton: "mija?"

I turned quickly and hid the photo behind my back, P'pa wasn't standing there but I could hear his voice was close.

Fenton: "you ok in there?"

Miranda: "yeah P'pa! Just.....looking!"

That sounded convincing right?

Fenton: "okay?"

I placed the photo on a shelf and quickly got out, the pipe in my hand. Once I approached everyone I put on a big grin and tried to avoid looking suspicious, I handed the pipe to Dr Gearloose, trying to avoid eye contact.

Miranda: "here you go"

Dr Gearloose just took it from my hands and raised a brow at me, inevitably causing me to shrink down. I turned and walked away before anyone could see what I was hiding, I looked out the window and tried to look interested in the fish outside, which I was, but thoughts of the picture spread through my mind like the plague. Why would Dr Gearloose have a picture of me and my mom hidden in his supply closet? And why was it hidden in the first place? A gentle hand on my shoulder snapped me out of my thoughts and I jumped at the contact. P'pa looked down at me and I avoided all eye contact, he could read me like and open book and we both knew it.

Fenton: "what's wrong mija?"

Miranda: "n-n-nothing! Nothing at all!"

He just raised a brow at me, looking at me expectantly 

Fenton: "Miranda"

Miranda: "I-

I never got to finish as a crash was heard on the other side of the lab, we all looked over and I froze again. It was lil' bulb, and he managed to find my top secret project and was flying out of control. He sat atop the toy plane as it spun around frantically, crashing into everything on top of the desks, the plane was headed out the door so I jumped up and grabbed my helmet, then grabbed the hoverboard and sprinted after him.

Miranda: "Lil' bulb stop! That's my plane!"

Fenton: "Miranda wait-!"

I flew off before P'pa could finish

I flew after Lil' bulb and followed as close as I could. Without drawing attention to myself; during the last test for this thing Dr Gearloose had told me this project needed to remain top secret until Uncle Scrooge gave it the ok. I had sworn to secrecy. The plane was spiraling out of control and Lil' bulb was hanging on for dear life, chaos was inevitable as the plane crashed into outdoor stands and people diving out of the way to avoid being hit. Once we finally reached a more deserted part of town I was able to lower myself down to Lil' bulb's level and grab the plane; finally turning it off. 

Lil' bulb climbed onto my shoulder as I lowered us to the ground and shut the hoverboard off, I opened the back panel to inspect the inner workings before spotting the problem.

Miranda: "must have been a problem with the coding, tell you what, I'll let you know when it's finished and then you can go for a ride, sound good?"

Lil' bulb gave me the thumbs up and with that out of the way, I needed to find out where we were. I scanned our surroundings before turning around to the building behind us.

My heart froze

I knew this building 

All to well

It was big and all white, save for the big blue W at the top of it

This was the Waddle building, the building the gang operated from, the building that fueled my nightmares, the building I had hoped I would never see again, unless it was on fire.

Miranda: "......"

My mouth was open but no words were coming out, my knees were shaking but I was frozen at the same time.

Miranda: ".....we need to go, now!"

I slowly backed away from the building but just before I could start sprinting I heard the most obnoxious voice I ever heard come from behind me.

Mark: "hey there!"

I turned to see a man standing behind me with a phone in his hand. He was a African grey parrot with a yellow shirt and pants with a (stupid) grey cardigan. Something about him was familiar, I quickly started backing away but he followed me.

Miranda: "uh, my daddy told me never to talk to strangers!"

Mark: "whaaaaa, not talk to me! Who would tell you never to talk to me!"

He gestured his head to the board behind my back

Mark: "whatcha got there?"

Miranda: "uh-oh! This! Well it's uh....a skateboard"

Mark: "a skateboard huh, then where are the wheels?"

Miranda: "they uh..fell off! Which is why I need to leave! Now! And get home!"

Mark: "hey wait!"

I just barely missed his hand as it went to grab my shoulder, I turned around to see him looming over me ominously.

Mark: "you know kid, that little G on the bottom of your "skateboard" is the signature for my rival scientist"

He turned his phone to show me the screen, a picture of Dr Gearloose with a bunch of doodles covering his face. Why would someone put stupid glasses over actual glasses?......

Mark: "that means that it's one of his inventions, and I want to, uh, take a look at it"

I started backing away faster this time, my hands tightly clenched the hoverboard to the point I could feel my hands turning white.

Miranda: "n-n-no! This doesn't belong to you!"

Mark: "oh it's mine now! Give it to me!"

He lunged at me and I started booking it, while running I heard him screaming at me to come back but I just kept running until I was about to collapse. Once I finally looked up I could see I was at a park, practically abandoned so it was the perfect place to hide. I climbed up into the rocket shaped play structure and curled into a fetal position. Lil' bulb climbed off my shoulder and stood in front of my face, I could see the concern on his little face. I squeezed my eyes shut and grabbed my bangs in tight fists, I was trying as hard as I could to hold back tears.

Miranda: "don't be afraid-you can't be afraid! Never show when you're afraid!"

My voice was barely a whisper shout as I listened outside for any particular noise, I remembered his voice now. That was Mark Beaks, and I remembered him clearly.

I remember him sheltering the gang in exchange for stealing tech ideas, remember how he treated my mom, remembered how he wanted me hunted down a few months ago so he could force me into working for him. This man was unpredictable and borderline insane, I had no idea what he would do to me if he found me. I jerked up when I heard a noise coming form outside, I crawled over to the shadows and didn't move. Placing my ear up against the wall I could hear muffled voices that sounded frantic. Suddenly, the trap door in the floor swung open and a frantic looking Huey climbed in. His head turned quickly around the room before his eyes finally landed on me. He sighed in relief before walking over to the window.

Huey: "I found her!"

He walked over to me and wrapped me in a tight embrace. P'pa climbed in not even a full second after Huey hugged me and looked at me in relief.

Fenton: "Miranda!"

He walked over to me and took me out of Huey's arms, wrapping me in his own. He placed me down after a second and gave me what I oh-so affectionately call his "punishment face".

Fenton: "what were you thinking running off like that young lady! We were all worried sick!"

I glanced away before P'pa put his hand under my chin and gently forced me to look at him, his face had changed. He looked at me in concern now, noticing my tense body and strained eyes.

Fenton: "what happened mija?"

My breathing started getting heavy and I sat down again, P'pa and Huey glanced at each other before both coming to sit next to me. Huey on my left, P'pa on my right. I tried to talk through my breathing but it only came out in small chunks. 

Miranda: "...Lil' Bulb!(gasp)-Waddle-Beaks(gasp)-wanted-ran away!"

I started crying at this point I clenched my hair in my hands and clenched my eyes shut again.

Miranda: "Can't be afraid! Can't be afraid! Never show when you're afraid!"

I was sobbing at this point and shaking so hard I fell over, P'pa started rubbing soothing circles around my back as I gasped for air.

Miranda: "-can't go back! Don't let him take me! Can't go back-!"

Fenton: "shhhhh, pollita, no one is making you go back"

I felt myself get lifted into his arms as I sobbed into his shoulder, all of us climbed down from the rocket and I went limp in his arms. I kept crying until Launchpad started driving us back to the lab, Dr Gearloose looked over the hoverboard to make sure it was free of any Beaks related add-ons, P'pa held me in his lap as I finally started to calm down. I sniffled and rested my head against P'pa's chest.

Miranda: "I'm sorry daddy"

Fenton: "it's alright pollita, you have nothing to be sorry for"

Miranda: "but I almost let Beaks get the board"

Fenton: "but you didn't, you wanted to save Lil' bulb"

His face suddenly went stern

Fenton: "but you can't take Dr Gearloose's inventions out without asking"

Gyro: "*cough* hypocrite *cough*"

I giggled a little at that before a thought suddenly hit me and I stopped.

Miranda: "wait, how did you guys find me?"

Gyro: "I attached a tracking chip to your overalls"

Miranda: "what?"

Gyro: "nothing, everything's fine"

I raised my brow at him but decided to drop it...for now.

(15 minutes later)

I was sitting by a window in the lab as Uncle Scrooge and Dr Gearloose talked about the final details of the Coffee Creator and Huey and P'pa talked about the Gizmoduck suit. I leaned my head up against the glass as I watched fish swim by. I slowly got down and snuck my way over to the supply closet, the picture was exactly where I left it. I picked it up and looked over it one last time, Mama was just as beautiful as the last time I saw her and seeing her like this was new to me. I can never let P'pa see this, he can't know the truth. Not about me or Mama. I kept running through my head that it was just to protect him and maybe after awhile....it would start to feel true.

I placed the picture back on the wall and tried to cover it up the best I could before walking out like nothing happened. I smiled and pulled myself up onto P'pa desk, joining in on the possible improvements we could make on the Gizmoduck suit. There was nothing Beaks could do to me here, not with my new family.

(Mark Beaks' office, third person p.o.v)

The Waddle building had been closed for hours. The only light came from the screen on Mark Beaks' phone screen. He scrolled through pictures intently, all pictures of Miranda from the past few weeks. At the mall, her house, the Manor and the money bin. He stopped on the last picture, Miranda in her dad's arms with Gyro in the background holding the hoverboard.

Mark: "you're sure this is her?"

A shadowy figure emerged from the cornered the room. His black paint covered eyes narrowed at the sight of the little duck.

Black Marker: "that's her"

Beak placed his phone down and gave the crow an insane look.

Mark: "you remember our deal, I'll get you the girl if you get me that invention, and once you get what you want, she works for me"

Black Marker scoffed at his tone before nodding and walking out of the office. Mark rolled his eyes before looking back down at his phone.

Mark: "you're mine now kid"

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(Miranda's p.o.v)

Saturday mornings were one of the many gems I had learned about once I got adopted, and this one was no different. The sun was out, the sugary cereal was down, and I got to spend all day in my pajamas because P'pa and I didn't have to go the lab until Monday. It was going to be a wonderful, lazy weekend. I was sitting at the table with Abuela with a bowl of 'Wacky Crunchy Sugar Bombs' in front of me, she was reading the news off her tablet while I was reading a book I got at the library, 'Nancy Duck and the secret of the missing door'. P'pa was still in his room, I heard him get a late night Gizmoduck call so we decided to let him sleep in. 

I was just about to drink the milk out of the bowl when P'pa entered the room, still in his pajamas and bed head he headed straight for the sink to fill the kettle. I smiled and quickly put  my book down, I waddled over to him and wrapped my arms around his legs, he looked down at me with a tired smile on his face and wrapped me up in a hug.

Miranda: "buenos díaz papa"

Fenton: "buenos días mija"

Miranda: "how many bad guys did you beat up last night?"

Fenton: "I'll tell you in a second pollita, right now I need caffeine"

I nodded and headed over to the sink to wash out my bowl, I few seconds later I heard a buzzing coming from P'pa's pocket as he looked at his phone screen all color drained from his face, which means it could only be one person calling.

Miranda: "why is Mrs Monroe calling?"

Mrs Lola Monroe, my social worker, an average sized duck who always dressed like a lawyer and kept her stupid blond hair in a stupid pristine bun. I didn't really like her that much, she had the personality of a rock and always looked at me like I was so kind of freak show attraction. I have never seen P'pa act so nervous around anyone else, which was saying a lot. She almost never called so butterflies started forming in my stomach. I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder as Abuela started leading me out of the room.

Abuela: "come on mija, let's go watch some patos de la passion while Papi takes this call"

I looked back over my shoulder and saw papa take deep breath before answering. I climbed up onto the couch as Abuela flipped through the channels, we both watched but my heart wasn't in it. I was too nervous, the thing I've learned about social workers is that they have a way of uncovering the truth, and that was the last thing I wanted. P'pa walked in about 10 minutes later, I stood on my seat and held the arm of the couch in a death grip. P'pa just gave me a reassuring smile and ruffled my hair.

Fenton: "I got a call from Mrs Monroe, she was searching through Miranda's case and noticed she lacked medical records, she wants me to take her to a doctor right away"

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and sat back down. P'pa walked around and plucked me off the spot so he could sit, he sat me down in his lap and held me close.

Fenton: "I made an appointment with our family doctor for later today, you'll like him mija, dr Vásquez was my doctor too"

Abuela laughed and started shaking her head

Abuela: "aye, you could ask him questions all day and he would never get tired of answering, I used to have to drag him out of there"

I just laughed as P'pa rolled his eyes, he placed both hands on my cheeks so he could look me in the eye.

Fenton: "I know you've never been to a doctor before pollita, but I promise everything is going to be ok"

I just nodded as Papa smiled and kissed my cheek, I groaned and tried to push him away put he just pulled me closer to him and peppered my face with kisses. I was a giggly mess when he finally stopped and look down at me.

Fenton: "awww, my giggly girl, aren't you cute"

Miranda: "I am not cute! I am fearsome and intimidating!"

Papa and Abuela just laughed at that and I just sighed and started watching tv again.

We stayed that way for hours

(Much later)

P'pa held my hand as he lead me through the long hallways in the hospital, once we finally reached the doctors office I held his hand just a little tighter. 

This place was quiet, not quiet like the library but an eerie quiet. And it smelled sterile in here too, like this whole place was doused in hand sanitizer. I squeezed P'pa's hand and he squeezed back tighter, we approached the front desk as I kept looking around. This place was completely deserted, which only added to its creepiness. After checking in we both sat down and I read my book until my name got called. I look up to see a female nurse in pink scrubs standing in the door. She lead us back into a room with a bunch of different jungle animals painted in the walls, there was a long row of cabinets and a counter top with a sink on the far wall. And a tall bed was next to me behind a curtain with some chairs next to it. P'pa picked me up and placed me on the bed while the nurse left to grab the doctor. We waited about 5 minutes before a male duck in his late 50's entered the room, he had dark feathers and wore blue scrubs with a white lab coat over it, a large clipboard in his hands, he looked over at P'pa and smiled.

Dr Vásquez: "ahh, Fenton Crackshell Cabrera, it's been awhile, ¿Cómo has estado?"

Fenton: "He sido bueno gracias, como puedes ver, me he ocupado"

He look over at me and smiled a bit bigger

Dr Vásquez: "ah yes, this must be young Miranda, como estas jovencita?"

I looked away a bit shy before answering quietly.

Miranda: "E-estoy bien, gracias por preguntar"

He gave me a sad smile before pulling a popsicle stick out of his pocket. 

Dr Vásquez: "wonderful, now, let's check your throat, say Aaaahhhhh"

(Third person)

The rest of the appointment went by relatively well, Miranda did everything the doctor asked and Fenton was honestly surprised. He thought she would have been a bit more nervous since this was something she had never done before but she was handling it like a champ. They were just about done when Dr Vásquez walked back over with a syringe full of flu medicine, Miranda looked away from her father and when her eyes landed on the needle she froze. Fenton watched as her face went pale and she started shaking. He was just about to ask what was wrong when she shrieked.

Miranda: "aaaaahhhhhhhhh"

She jerked back and flipped off the table, she made a bee line out of the door and started booking it down the hallway. Fenton just stared in shock before booking it after her, he managed to catch up to her and grab her overall strap before she reached the door. He pulled her to his chest and held her arms down as he walked them back to the room. Miranda fought with all she had until she was down once they reached the room where Dr Vásquez was waiting, not phased at all.

Dr Vásquez: "is this behavior normal for her?"

Fenton just sighed and started rubbing his temple.

Fenton: "no, not unless she needs a bath"

Fenton just stood in front of the door as Miranda crawled away from him. He didn't think to much of it before he saw where she was going and rushed to try and grab her. Miranda had managed to squeeze herself into the gap between the top cabinets and the ceiling. Fenton gave her a steely look from his place on the ground.

Fenton: "get down from there this instant young lady!" 

Miranda: "No!"

Fenton's gaze on narrowed more at that

Fenton: "Miranda, I am counting to three, and so help me, if you are not down here by then, when we get home you will got straight to bed and you'll be sleeping on your stomach!"

Miranda whimper a bit at the threat but remained in her spot.

Fenton: "one!"

Miranda: "no!"

Fenton: "two!"

Miranda: "papa-!"

Fenton: "three-!"

Miranda: "I don't wanna die!"

This made Fenton stop cold

Fenton: "die? What are you talking about?"

Miranda started sobbing at that point and didn't answer. Fenton looked over at Dr Vásquez who looked just as concerned.

Fenton: "do you have a ladder?"

He nodded and left to go grab it as Fenton stayed with Miranda. His expression did a complete 180.

Fenton: "mija, why do you think you're going to die?"

Miranda was still crying and sniffled a bit before answering.

Miranda: "b-b-back at the junk whole, when I would scavenge for food I would see them, S-s-some of the gang members where putting a lot of needles in their arms and feet, t-they started acting weird, u-u-until they fell over and n-never got up!"

Fenton looked up at her horrified, he turned to see Dr Vásquez standing in the door holding the ladder and he looked just as horrified, he had heard the whole story. Fenton took the ladder out of his hand and climbed up and took the sobbing girl into his arms, holding her close.

Fenton: "aye pollita no. No no no, I would never try and kill you, not ever, that was bad stuff in those needles you saw, and I won't ever let that stuff anywhere near you, I promise"

Miranda just sniffled as Fenton sat down on the bed with her.

Fenton: "Dr Vásquez is trying to give you medicine so you won't get sick, he wants to help you, not hurt you"

Miranda: "really?"

Fenton: "really"

Miranda still looked unsure, so Fenton placed his hand until her chin and gently made her look at him.

Fenton: "haven't I always protected you before?"

Miranda nodded 

Fenton: "then will you let Dr Vásquez give you your medicine?"

Miranda thought for a minute before finally nodding again and Fenton kissed her temple.

Fenton: "that's my big brave girl"

Miranda said nothing but tightly closed her eyes. She kept them that way and didn't even notice when the shot was done and Dr Vásquez placed a blue bandage on her arm.

Miranda: "am I dead yet?"

Fenton couldn't help but laugh as he bounced her in his lap.

Fenton: "no silly, Dr Vásquez is already done"

Miranda piped one eye open and the the other.

Miranda: "really?"

Dr Vásquez: "really, alright Miranda, you're all done"

Miranda just looked at him before smiling

Miranda: "alright, gracias, perdón por enloquecer antes"

Dr Vásquez: "no te preocupes nina, créeme, he visto cosas peores"

Miranda laughed as Fenton lead her out of the room. They left the hospital and Miranda felt a tight squeeze on her hand, she looked up to see Fenton smiling down at her.

Fenton: "you did good today mija"

Miranda just raised and eyebrow at him

Miranda: "really? But I thought you were mad at me"

Fenton: "no mija, not anymore, it takes a brave girl to face her fears"

Miranda smiled before Fenton bent down and scooped her into his arms.

Fenton: "and do you know what brave girls get?"

Miranda: "what?"

Fenton: "ice cream at the Milky Way!"

Miranda gasped before squealing in delight, Fenton laughed and carried her back to the car. Miranda wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulders. She smiled and nuzzled him affectionately.

"I'm alway going to be there to protect you"

He had said that to her once, and the funny thing was, Miranda was finally starting to believe him.

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(Third person p.o.v)

Miranda: "Sleepover! Sleepover! Sleepover!"

Miranda bounced around as her and Fenton walked up the long driveway to McDuck manor. Fenton could only roll his eyes and smile at the sight of his daughter so excited, no matter how nervous he was. In the mists of his thoughts Fenton only just noticed that he couldn't see Miranda anymore, he looked around and saw that Miranda was swinging from a huge tree, still chanting. He yelped and raced over, standing on a rock and pulling her down to the ground quickly. Miranda smiles weakly before going back to running around, Fenton only pinched the bridge of his beak and grabbed her shoulder strap, stopping her mid-chant. He lowered himself to her level to look her in the eyes.

Fenton: "mija I know you're excited but you know you don't have to do this right?"

Miranda only smiled at her worried father and kissed his cheek for good measure.

Miranda: "I'll be fine daddy! I have everything I need in my backpack and I have your number and Abuela's number saved into my phone, if there's any problem I'll call you"

Fenton sighed and stood back up, Miranda took his hand and started dragging him along as they continued on.

Miranda: "now lets go! Webby told me that she has new friends for me to meet!"

Fenton only shook his head and followed along

Once they reached the door, Miranda finally calmed down enough to ring the bell. As they waited, Miranda bounced on her feet until the door opened and her face lit up.

Miranda: "Della!"

She leaped into the arms of the duck and wrapped her legs around her, Della only laughed as she returned the tight hug.

Della: "hi little face"

Della placed Miranda down and ruffled her hair, earning a small giggle from the duckling. Della had been teaching Miranda about planes the past few weeks and the two had began to bond, Miranda loved her and she loved Miranda back. Both Fenton and Miranda entered the house as the younger of the pair set her stuff down, still bouncing with excitement.

Della: "so Miranda, you excited for your first sleepover with the big kids?"

Miranda shook her head fast and smiled, Fenton was watching all this with slight anxiety. This was Miranda's first time away from home and-well, there was no telling what could happen at McDuck Manor. Della looked away from Miranda and caught a glimpse of Fenton's face, her face softened and she threw her arm around his shoulder, catching him off balance for a moment.

Della: "oh yeah? And what's daddy going to do tonight?"

Fenton rolled his eyes, removed her arm and gave her a playful nudge 

Fenton: "I will enjoy the thought of being able to sleep tomorrow without somebody jumping on me to wake me up"

Miranda laughed at that and gave Fenton an impish grin, footsteps could be heard coming from the stairs and the door was thrown open with a loud bang a second later.

Webby: "Miranda!"

Webby raced over with the boys in tow, Miranda spread her arms open as Webby lept into her embrace. Once Webby had let her go, Miranda noticed from over her shoulder the two other people standing in the doorframe. Webby noticed them to because her smile got bigger (somehow) and gestured for the two to come over.

Webby: "Miranda, theses are the friends I was telling you about! Meet Violet and Lena!"

I smiled at the pair and stood my hand out, Violet accepted her hand and shook it firmly.

Violet: "Violet Saberwing"

Miranda: "Miranda, Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera"

Violet let go and Lena walked up to the duckling smirking

Lena: "sup short stuff, I'm Lena"

Miranda quirked an eyebrow

Miranda: "you're not exactly a giant"

Lena only stared for a moment before the grin on her face spread

Lena: "I like this kid, she's got spunk"

Miranda smiled again before turning to Webby

Miranda: "so what are we going to do tonight? Summon spirts? Fight demons? Battle horrific monster with nothing but our bare hands-?!"

Fenton: "-Ok! Let's not do any of that!"

Fenton walked up behind Miranda and wrapped his arms around her shoulder. He shot all the kids a look that said 'please don't get killed today' Huey nodded at him.

Huey: "actually, I thought we could start with something a bit more simple. I will introduce you to the greatest video game ever!"

Della caught on to Huey and stood next to him as they both spoke in sync.

Huey/Della: "Legends of Legendquest!!!!"

Everyone raised and eyebrow at that, either in confusion or from not being impressed. Fenton was the first to break the silence.

Fenton: "ooooookay then, I should be going now"

Miranda turned to her father as he leaned down to give her a big kiss on the cheek. Miranda only rolled her eyes and groaned.

Miranda: "P'paaaaa!"

Fenton only smiled at the girl's complaint

Fenton: "have fun mija, I'll be back tomorrow to pick you up and at least try and be careful tonight"

Miranda: "I'll try"

Fenton: "good"

Fenton stood back up and walked out the door waving.

Fenton: "pasa un buen rato mija, recuerda llamarlo necesitas cualquier cosa!"

Miranda: "Lo haré papi! no te preocupes ¡te quiero!"

Fenton: "te quiero también mis ojos azules de bebé!"

Miranda stood by until she heard the front door slam close, she then turned to the kids with a devilish look in her eyes.

Miranda: "Let's do this"

All the kids joined in her cry as they all raced off to the media room, the game was already set up and Huey grabbed the controller eagerly. Miranda sat next to him.

Miranda: "so...what is a "video game" anyway?"

Huey: "it's easier to show you then to explain it"

Huey started the game without another word

Huey: "so, what I like to do is to farm and protect the crops in this game, away from all the terrifying monsters-

Dewey: "BOOOOOO!"

Dewey jumped up from the floor and dramatically laid off the armrest, Huey gave him an annoyed look.

Dewey: "if we're going to introduce Miranda to video games we have to do it RIGHT, fighting off mythical monsters is almost as cool as the real thing!"

Dewey looked up at the video game longingly

Dewey: "I wish we could fight those monsters for real"

Miranda just looked at Dewey before her head perked up at a flash of light. She tuned to face Lena and saw the panic on her face was directed at the cracked amulet around her neck. They all barely had time to think before Lena's magic sucked them all into the tv.

(Some time later)

Scrooge entered the media room holding a tray of tea and a newspaper. The mansion was quiet for once so this was the perfect moment to watch his interest rates rise. He pushed the console away with his foot and set the tea down. He had just barley sat down and opened his paper when a distant scream forced him to look away. There was no movement on the screen, just a distant scream until in a flash of light, the kids fell out of the tv screaming. They all landed on the couch with a thud as a monster tried to follow them out, Miranda stared in shock as Webby wrapped her arms around her for protection. Lena stuck her foot out as she glared daggers at the beast.

Lena: "Back! Back!"

Dewey posed heroically as he waved his fist

Dewey: "you'll never take us alive!"

Scrooge wasn't even phased by all the commotion and narrowed his eyes.

Scrooge: "let me guess, you started playing this video graphical game"

Huey: "legends of legend quest"

Scrooge: "then someone made a wish around Lena"

Dewey quickly raised his hand while Lena looked away

Scrooge: "and the game became real"

A pink glow was coming from the monster as it's pupil shrunk down to blast a pink laser. The  kids all jumped out of the way as Scrooge fell behind the couch, just barely missing the ray that split the couch and disintegrated the tea set. Scrooge quickly took action and raised the tea tray to reflect the laser back at the monster, causing it to vanish and the portal to close. 

Dewey: "game over!"

Miranda: "boo!"

Lena just got up in a huff and walked to the window, Webby not far behind.

Lena: "ugh, this amulet is ruining my life"

Webby: "it's ok Lena"

Webby was quick to pull a long list from her back pocket.

Webby: "we'll just add playing video games to the list of things that trigger your magic"

Lena: "everything triggers my stupid magic"

The cracked gem quickly let out a burst of light as Webby's list was set fire and burned. Violet and Miranda quickly walked over and Violet pulled out a small notepad.

Violet: "making lists"

Only to have that destroyed in flame too

Lena: "bad amulet! Bad!"

Miranda: "back up for one minute!"

Everyone turned to the duckling who had her arms out and her eyes full of wonder. She walked over to Lena and pulled her shirt down so they can see eye to eye.

Miranda: "you can do magic! Not like rabbit out a hat magic! But real magic!" 

Miranda let Lena go in favor of holding her hands close to her chest as she bounces on her feet, her go-to move when she's excited.

Miranda: "that is so cool!"

Scrooge: "no lass, it isn't" 

Everyone turned to look at a very irritated Scrooge

Scrooge: "you kids should know by now that nothing good has ever come from magic!"

The boys all made noises and 'stop talking' gestures as Webby glared and Lena looked down. Scrooge, quickly realized his mistake and smiled sheepishly.

Scrooge: "e-e-expect you Lena, you are one of the good...magical..things I've dealt with"

Lena: "uhh hey! I know I'm great, it's magic that's the problem"

Scrooge: "I'll drink to-

He was cut off by a blast of magic turning his tea tray into a bat, as it flew out the door, Della walked in.

Della: "hey, Uncle Scrooge, real quick, there is a floating goat in you closet that needs your help"

Scrooge: "the mystical kingdom of goat-hool must be under attack again, great, more magic"

He quickly straightened up and held a finger up to Lena

Scrooge: "again! No offense"

Lena just shrugged like she didn't care

Scrooge: "alright kids! Time to head off into another realm!" 

Everyone cheered and started following except Lena, who just picked up her amulet again.

Lena: "I'm pretty sure my stupid magic would just make the situation worse"

Webby: "oh! well, if you don't wanna go..neither do we! Right Violet?"

Violet, who just walked past the door with a big backpack, looked in and reluctantly put her back pack down,

Violet: "I suppose we could have just as much fun exploring the complex realm of inter personal relationships"

Webby: "see! And Miranda will stay to, won't you Mimi?"

Miranda walked past the door wearing her backpack and looked into the room, she looked back and the stair case and then reluctantly put her backpack down next to Violet's.

Miranda: "I did promise my dad I would try and be careful tonight"

Lena: "ugh, as if ruining my life wasn't enough! Now your ruining my friends lives too!?"

Webby quickly walked over and started whispering to the amulet.

Webby: "don't listen to her, she just has to learn how to control you better"

Lena: "or, I could just get rid of you"

Webby and Violet both gasped and looked horrified while Miranda just looked confused, Webby took Lena's face in her hand and squished her cheeks together.

Webby: "Lena! Magic is an important part of who you are! You can't just throw it away!"

Violet: "maybe we should just stop having sleepovers"

Miranda: "what! But I haven't even finished this one!"

Webby turned to Violet, and if looks could kill, she would be dead.

Webby: "maybe, you should rethink that sentence!"

Lena: "o-k, I think we're all tired"

She slipped the amulet back under her shirt and headed towards the door

Lena: "let's just go get some sleep before some crazy magical nonsense wakes us up again and forces us to deal with it"

(Later again)

(Miranda's p.o.v)

I was fast asleep when a far away noise woke me up, banging and what sounded like crying. Izzy was clutched tightly in my hands as I moved forward to see if my bleary eyes could detect anything out of place. I wasn't the only one who was awakened as I saw Lena's eyes start to open, I could barely blink before she moved and Webby leaped out of her sleeping bag holding an axe. 

Lena: "ugh, here we go again"

Webby moved over to wake up Violet and once she did I raised my eyebrows in confusion.

Miranda: "you're expecting vampires?"

Violet: "statistically speaking were-do"

Miranda: "alright then"

I jumped out of my blue blanket and stood in a heroic pose similar to Dewey's

Miranda: "let's go!"

Lena: "uh, kid, the doll?"

I looked and saw that Izzy hung from my held out hand, I quickly held her behind my back and smiled embarrassed. Lena said nothing else and moved to grab a cool looking dagger, Webby grabbed a crossbow out of a nearby box and handed it to me, I placed Izzy down on my pillow as we all started moving towards the noise.

  We all moved down stairs and slowly stepped to the front door, I held the crossbow out in front of me and tried not to trip over my pant legs. The banging got louder as Webby reached to open the door, and once she did, I saw a flash of green suit that belonged to a male goose as he rushed in the door.

Gladstone: "uncle Scrooge I need you!"

He yelled that before he tripped and fell to the ground crying. We all just stared downstairs him as I saw Violet raise her steak, Webby just grabbed her shoulder to stop her.

Webby: "stand down Violet, it's just Donald's lucky loafer of a cousin Gladstone"

Lena: "mmm, if he's so lucky then why is he crying"

I jumped a little as he sat up really fast and started talking

Gladstone: "because the world is broken!"

The he proceeded to tell us a pathetic story about some blast of green light sticking away all his luck, forcing him to go through the stuff that most normal people go through everyday. It was honestly sad.

He started pacing the floor, Webby moved to catch a umbrella holder he knocked over and Gladstone tripped over an opened umbrella that fell out and grabbed on to a table. He kept talking as I grabbed the lamp he almost knocked off the table, then he dramatically fell on the floor and started crying about pillows that should have been there. I placed the lamp back on the table and moved back to stand with the others. We all were not impressed.

Miranda: "is he serious?"

Webby: "always"

I could practically feel the eye roll in her voice

Lena: "wow, I was expecting something more magical and less....pathetic"

She was cut off by a crash that came from upstairs and Webby gasped 

Webby: "that came from Uncle Scrooge's room!"

We all started running and Gladstone quickly got left in out dust, we all looked down the hallway and saw a shadowy figure standing in front of the portal.

Webby: "gasp, the portal to goat-hool!"

We all kept running until we got in the room, there we saw the mysterious figure closing the portal. He looked over at us and started walking, we yelped and started moving backwards. He held out his gloved hand and started daggers at Lena.

Phantom blot: "you"

He voice was creepy and ominous, a blast of green light shot out of his glove and once it hit Lena I saw it start to drain her magic. Webby waisted no time and jump up on his head, she made him (and Gladstone) fall down the stairs, he raised his glove up again but noticed Webby's axe got stuck in it.

Phantom Blot: "it wasn't enough"

He pulled the axe out and ran out the door, we all watched from the top of the stairs. 

Webby: "who was that? He closed the portal the goat-hool!"

Violet: "and, he went after Lena's magic amulet, perhaps he attacked Gladstone because his luck is a type of magic as well"

Gladstone: "who would do this to me?"

Violet thought for a moment before it finally hit her

Violet: "the phantom blot"

Miranda: "the phantom what?"

Violet pulled a book out of her pocket and held up a page for all of us to see

Violet: "any well read student of the supernatural knows the phantom blot, he's a thief, a magic hunter"

Webby: "wow, Violet, from one journaler to another, these drawings are amazing"

Violet: "indeed, phantom blot hates magic, and thinks it's dangerous, where ever the phantom blot goes all magic disappears, and now, he's come for use, end of presentation"

Lena: "wait, is magic goes away, what happens to me?"

Violet looked for a moment before lowering her eyes, we all knew what that meant.

Webby: "he trapped my family, he's coming for my best friend!"

Violet put her book away and started talking again.

Violet: "once he fixes that glove, he'll be back"

Lena: "great, once again! My life is in danger cause magic!"

I held my arms in a protective stance in front of her and Webby did the same on my left.

Miranda: "we have to protect her!"

Webby: "at all costs!"

Gladstone moved to his behind me

Gladstone: "and more importantly! Gladstone!"

I looked up at him annoyed before grabbing his left arm and throwing him over my shoulder, he fell down the stairs with several thuds and fell to ground with a groan of agony.

Gladstone: "whyyyyy"

Everyone looked over at me shocked before Webby smiled at me.

Webby: "you're getting better at that"

I smiled back at her

Miranda: "thanks, I've been practicing"

Violet smiled a little bit before she started talking again.

Violet: "the best magical defense is a good magical offense, we fight back"

She pointed at Lena who pulled the amulet out from under her shirt.

Lena: "but I can't control it"

Webby: "then we'll have to go to someone who can teach you how"

The others looked at each other before Violet and Webby shared a look, Lena made a face and immediately started shaking her head. Violet and Webby grabbed her hands a dragged her along.

Lena: "oh no no n-n-n-no no no"

Miranda: "hey, wait for me!"

I ran after them as the two dragged Lena upstairs, I enter Webby's room to see everyone start grabbing their clothes. 

Miranda: "does someone want to tell me what's going on"

Webby threw my clothes at me as she climbed up the ladder to her loft.

Webby: "I'll fill you in on the way Mimi, but right now get dressed, we're going to see and evil sorceress"

I looked shocked but only nodded as I headed towards the bathroom to get dressed, once we all had our clothes on and Webby helped me put my hair back up, we headed towards the door and I looked back to see Gladstone still lying on the ground, I sighed and turned back to the girls, I used my thumb to point at him over my shoulder.

Miranda: "should we bring him?"

Webby looked back at him before rolling her eyes

Webby: "yeah, we probably should"

(Later again again)

Miranda: "so let me see if I got this"

Webby: "go on"

Miranda: "Magica made Lena out of shadow and magic"

Webby: "right"

Miranda: "to get close to Uncle Scrooge"

Webby: "right"

Miranda: "to steal his number one dime, and unleash a shadow army on all of Duckberg"

Webby: "right"

Miranda: "and now we're walking through a dark swamp, looking for said crazy lady to teach Lena how to use the magic that she would do just about anything to get back?"

Violet: "correct"

Miranda: "I can't be the only one who has a problem with this"

Lena: "you're not"

Lena continues to grumble as she used her amulet to light the way. 

Lena: "ugh, as if asking for help form the person I HATE the most wasn't bad enough, I have to walk through gross bog water to get to her"

Violet: "there is also a high possibility of a swamp gator attack"

Webby: "oooooooooo"

Suddenly, bubbles started forming in the mud, we all gasped as something tall emerged from the mud.....only to reveal Gladestone.

Gladstone: "ugh, this bog is so deep, how did you know where to step?"

He snuck back down into the mud and we walked in as Violet and Webby grabbed his arms to pull him out. I followed Lena to a creepy old tree, her face snuck.

Lena: "ugh, I think this might be the place"

Violet: "how can you tell"

We all approached the door and Violet was the only one brave enough to knock, and once she did, a shadow from behind the door started talking.

Magica: "hang on, hang on! Who's there?"

Violet: "uh, Violet Saberwing"

Magica: "who?"

Webby: "she's with me! Webby Vanderquack"

Miranda: "and Miranda Crackshell Cabrera!"

Magica: "who?"

Lena: "it's Lena! Your niece!"

The door opened not even a second later and a tall, slim, old goth woman stood before us.

Magica: "Lennna, give me the amulet!"

She lunged at her but Violet, Webby and I held her back, I helped Webby pull the back of her cape.

Webby: "she's very strong for a bog woman!"

Magica: "Give me back my amulet!"

Lena: "it's not yours, it's mine, and so are you stupid powers for all the good they do me"

Magica: "then give them back!"

She pushed me and Webby to the ground then picked up Violet by her hair, the confused us all by ripping off Violet's garlic necklace and eating it. 

Magica: "now you're susceptible to vampires"

She laughed evilly and Violet just crossed her arms and gave her a dirty look, I had heard enough, so I got back on my feet and kicked her in the back of her legs. Her surprise caused her to drop Violet but then she turned to me and picked me up by the front of the shirt. She glared at me but her anger quickly turned to confusion. 

Magica: "hmmm, I don't remember this one"

Miranda: "I'm new"

Then I raised my fist to punch her between the eyes, she yelped and let me go but Webby caught me before I hit the ground. She glared at me again before turning to Lena.

Magica: "no, but seriously, what do you want with me?"

Lena: "if it were up to me I'd be as far away from you as possible!"

Magica: "already heard that one, don't you have any new material, how about something like how you're a disgrace to our family legacy, and a complete magical faliure, and how you've decided to just give me my amul-ugh!"

Webby and Violet pushed her back again as I took a handful of bog mud and threw it at her face. 

Lena: "forget it, I don't need her or her dumb legacy, I'll face phantom blot and his stupid glove myself"

Magica suddenly stopped fighting 

Magica: "phantom blot?"

She pick up both Webby and Violet, one in each hand

Magica: "inside quickly"

She turned and slammed the door behind her, I stood by Lena and Gladstone, we looked at each other. The door was thrown open again.

Magica: "what part of quickly don't you get!"

I looked at Lena before shrugging and walking into the tree, Lena reluctantly followed and so did Gladestone. We sat I the middle of a pizza box constructed table as the crazy sorceress started her story.

Magica: "decades ago, before I had to deal with the likes of you I used my magic to lord over a small country village. One day, I grew tired of the gifts the villagers offered me to keep me from destroying their village, so I destroyed their village, one of the survivors claimed he'd put an end to magic and came after me, like dozens before, but this one was different. He used various devices meant to steal my powers, obviously he failed but he got better, stronger. The last time we faced off I barely escaped with my magic and my life. Any questions?!"

Gladestone: "um yes, Gladestone Gander, when do you stop talking about whatever this is and give me my luck back?"

Magica: "I can't"

Gladstone: "ok, Gladstone out"

Violet: "that glove he's using must be some kind of magical draining device"

Lena: "you really outdid yourself this time, Phantom Blot is after me because he thinks I'm you!"

I watched as Lena stood on the edge of the pizza boxes and glare daggers at her aunt

Lena: "your magic isn't a legacy, it's a curse!"

Magica: "sure, blame the witch how original, you are a little shadow creature and have no chance against him-give me the amulet!"

We all jumped up to guard Lena before Magica could get a hand on the amulet, Violet held her hands out and started talking.

Violet: "there is another option"

Webby: "come on Lena just ask her"

Miranda: "yeah"

Magica: "ask me what"

Lena just turned away defiantly 

Lena: "I have nothing to say to her"

I shrugged 

Miranda: "Lena says she has nothing to say-

Magica: "tell Lena, I'm glad because I'm not talking to her, and I'd never teach her how to defeat Phantom Blot anyway"

Lena: "I'm glad she won't help me use my powers to defeat Blot because I never asked her to!"

Magica: "is that right? Well, tell Lena if she doesn't want my help I what to hear it from her own pitiful lips!"

I looked between the two witches, the older one holding Violet by her shirt and the younger walking away. I honestly had no idea what to do. I felt Webby's hand grab my shoulder as she lead me towards the sulking sorceress who sat on the edge as far from Magica as she could get. Webby talked first.

Webby: "look, I don't like this anymore than you do, but my family is missing, you could be gone next"

She still looked unconvinced, so I took a deep breath and took a shot at it. 

Miranda: "and if you learn to control your powers, I know you can use them for good, we both do"

Webby placed a hand on Lena's shoulder and Lena placed her hand on top of it, she sighed and got off the boxes.

Lena: "fine"

Miranda: "yay!"

I jumped down and gave her a side hug, she just stood for a minute before chuckling slightly and hugging me back. I'm tiny so she practically enveloped me. She let me go and started glaring at Magica again.

Lena: "will you train me to use my magic to defeat Blot?"

Magica: "it won't be easy, there will be trial, tribulations"

Lena just shrugged and headed towards the door

Lena: "well if you think it's too hard"

Magica ran to block the door before she could leave

Magica: "no no no no no don't leave, I'll do it"

I smiled before looking over at Gladestone who was crying in the corner 

Gladstone: " I've never had to use a doorknob before"

I sighed, this was going to be a long night

(One training montage later because this is already too long)

I laughed as Lena set us down after using her magic to make us fly, we were a laughing before Magica rudely interrupted us.

Magica: "may I remind you that magic is nor laughter nor good time, while a masked menace is coming to destroy us all, while Scrooge is stuck in a trap, not of my own making!"

We all looked at each other before Webby and Lena looked down ashamed 

Magica: "if you're just going to goof around! Then give me the amu-"

Magica was cut off by Lena holding her hand out a light blue field of magic surround her, stopping her in her path, Lena only narrowed her eyes and lifted Magica off the ground, an act she was clearly unhappy with.

Lena's anger turned to question as she looked at her light blue hands

Lena: "hey, why is the color of my magic blue sometimes?"

Magica: "it's the color of your personal magic signature, all sorcerers have one"

Lena set her down and the blue magic faded away.

Magica: "my is a vastly superior malevolent purple, here I'll prove it, give me the amulet"

Lena didn't even flinch

Lena: "you are exhausting, you know that?"

Magica: "relax it's all part of the training"

We didn't move and Magica stood walked away frustrated

Magica: "fine, if you don't trust me-

Everyone: "we don't"

Magica: -then give the amulet to pinky over here"

Webby: "we've met several times"

Magica: "give her the amulet so she can try to blast you with it, if you learned anything today"

Magica cut herself off by raising her stick to try and hit Lena, who flinched but managed to block it with her hand.

Magica: "you'll block it"

Lena: "but I can't do magic without it"

Magica: "oh Lena, will you ever cease to be wrong, the amulet allows you to harness my magic, but unfortunately, you have some of your own"

Webby: "it's like I told you Lena! You're made of magic"

Magica: "you should be able too use your silly disgusting blue friendship magic to slightly divert my obviously better then yours evil purple magic"

Miranda: "you did not just insult the color blue in front of me!"

Lena reluctantly took off her amulet and looked over at Webby, who put her hands up.

Webby: "no, I could never hurt Lena"

Then the two turned too look at me, and I put my hands up in a similar fashion.

Miranda: "don't look at me, I'm more of a science duckling"

Violet: "I'll do it"

We all turned to look at her a Violet crossed her arms

Violet: "what? It's purely for academic purposes"

Lena handed the amulet to Violet and we all ran off while Magica went to stand behind Lena

Magica: "ready?"

Violet nodded

Magica: "blast her!"

Violet raised the amulet and in a blast of magic....Lena was knocked to the floor

Magica: "oh no, you lost how unpredictable"

Lena: "that wasn't fair! I wasn't ready!"

Magica: "riiight, that's it, it wasn't because you're never focused!"

Lena: "meh you're never focused, I'll show you focused!"

Lena stood up with her face puckered with anger, something in which Magica was only too happy to egg on to.

Magica: "yes that's it, now channel your hate for me and go"

Lena took a step and tried to blast a ball of magic from her hands, but it disappeared before she could even finish it. 

Miranda: "well that was anticlimactic"

Webby shot me a look and I shut up

Magica: "woof, even the girl without magic did better than that"

Violet: "to be fair, I'm a quick study"

Webby and I walked over to Lena who just looked down frustrated 

Webby: "being angry might work for Magica but you're not her, you're good"

Miranda: "she's also old"

Lena and Webby laughed will Magic looked at me with pure hatred 

Magica: "I don't like you"

Miranda: "I'll get over it"

Webby: "so focus on good magical things like a unicorn!"

Webby started running around and listening off a bunch of good magical things for Lena to think about, I laughed at how excited she was but I couldn't shake the feeling like we were being watched. Lena smiled and put a hand on Webby's head to stop her running.

Lena: "ok Webby! I got it thanks"

Lena took a deep breath as we all went to stand by Violet again, Lena tried to summon her magic again but this one disappeared too. Only this time she was almost blasted by a huge volt of green magic.

Lena: "ugh, come on Vi!"

Webby: "boo! Bad form!"

Miranda: "not cool!"

Violet: "that wasn't me! You know I'd never breach duel protocol!"

Miranda: "then who was it?"

We turned our attention to Gladestone who was laying on the ground behind us, and standing over him was phantom blot.

Phantom Blot: "De spell"

He raised his glove up to blast us but we all scattered in different directions. Webby kept me close to her as we watched Magica and Phantom Blot face off.....well, more like watched Magica do a cliche party trick with a never ending scarf while oohing and ahhing. 

Magica: "will it ever end!?"

I rolled my eyes

Miranda: "there's the million dollar question"

Once the scarf ended she tried cards but Phantom Blot knocked her to the ground

Phantom Blot: "you destroyed my village and my family so now I'll destroy you and yours!"

Violet: "Lena! Catch!"

Violet threw the amulet over to Lena and once she caught she blasted a magic beam at him

Lena: "quick! get his glove off!"

Webby jumped on him and tried to pull the glove off while Violet handed to other end of the handkerchief rope to me and we started tying him up. Webby kept fighting to get his glove off while Magica and Lena joined us in pulling the rope.

Magica: "Lena! Make yourself useful"

Lena glared at her before smirking, she used the amulet to turn the scarfs into chains.

We thought we were all clear until Blot sucked all the magic out of them and turned them back into scarfs, which he then successfully got out of.

We all gasped and Magica just smiled and pulled something out of her cape.

Magica: "delicious peanut brittle?"

She opened it and a bunch of rubber snakes came flying out

Magica: "psych! It's a snake"

Lena: "huh no! now it's a snake"

In another blast of magic the rubber snake into a real one that bit him. Blot dropped the snake in pain and it slithered away.

Miranda: "go get reinforcements little guy!"

Violet: "you can talk to snakes?"

Miranda: "I hope so!"

We all stood up again as Blot shook his hand and glared

Phantom Blot: "enough!"

The last thing I saw was Blot putting his glove to the ground and in a green blast we all went flying.

Then everything went black

Once I woke up again I was in Webby's arms, Violet, Lena, and Webby all surrounded me with looks of concern on there faces. I opened my eyes a bit more at the sight of Lena, she had changed, she was more white and blue, I looked at her blue eyes with my blue eyes and she smiled.

Webby: "Miranda!"

The three brought me into a big group hug 

Miranda: "what happened?"

Webby: "Lena did it! She got control of her magic! Her magic!"

Miranda: "really"

I looked up at the blue sorceress and smiled 

Miranda: "love your new eyes"

Lena smiled back

Lena: "thanks kid"

We all laughed and hugged 

Webby: "magic is back!"

Magica: "yes it is"

We all turned to see Magica, only this time she skin was back to its usual shade of green, the kind it was when she had her magic. It didn't take long for me to connect the dots on what had happened.

Magica: "thanks for returning my amulet Lena, I'll treasure it always, oh it's good to be back, now where was I? Oh yes, in acting some sweet revenge, take notes, nerds"

She barely finished her sentence before Lena shot her out of the sky in a blast of blue light

Magica: "excuse you! I brought you into this world you insufferable brat!"

Lena: "and I intended to protect it from people like you! Thanks to your training!"

Magica: "you're welcome! But I didn't teach you this!"

She lunged at Lena but before she could even get close Lena lifted her into the air and let her fall, only to have Gladestone catch her before she hit the water.

Gladstone: "it appears, magic, is in the air"

Magica: "Put. Me. Down"

Gladestone dropped her without another word and I started laughing my butt off. We all walked over to the water as she started frantically searching for her staff.

Lena: "I'm not in your shadow anymore, this magic is my legacy, and I'm going to use it for good"

Webby: "looks like you're not the only sorceress in town anymore"

We all smiled as Lena cast a blue field of magic around us and went flew through the air. I was laughing with glee and Webby took my hand. Lena flew us all the way back to the mansion and we came in through an open window where Uncle Scrooge and the boys were standing, just getting back from Goat-hool.

Louie: "so......what did we miss"

We all looked at each other before Lena shrugged.

Lena: "eh, not much"

We all laughed again before Webby grabbed my arm and started leading me towards the door

Webby: "come on Mimi, I want granny to check your head for a concussion"

(Later +third person p.o.v)

Fenton: "Miranda! I'm here!"

Miranda: "Daddy!"

Miranda raced down the stairs before flipping off the final case and flying towards Fenton, Fenton didn't even flinch and just held out his arms to catch her and hold her in a tight hug. All the kids came down the stairs, Huey held Miranda's backpack over his shoulder.

Fenton set Miranda down after a second and smiled at everyone

Fenton: "so how'd it go?"

Miranda just smiled big enough to risk splitting her face and started talking at rapid pace while running around excited.

Miranda: "aye papi it was so cool! There was a video game monster! And magic! And an evil magic hunter! And fights! And I almost died whenI hit my head on a rock so now it hurts! But I got to see magic! Real magic! And I-it-it IT WAS SO COOL!"

Fenton just stared at her in shock while the girls just whistled innocently, Miranda, not noticing her father's tense body, jumped on to him in another hug.

Miranda: "can I come to their next sleepover! Please please please!"

Fenton just smiled nervously and held her close.

Fenton: "we'll see pollita, but you had fun?"

Miranda nodded before climbing down and hugging his waist instead 

Miranda: "it was so *yawn* awesome"

Miranda's eyes started getting all droopy and her voice was tired, which wasn't much of a surprise considering she hadn't slept more than 3 hours all night. Fenton just smiled and picked her back up.

Fenton: "uh oh, I think someone may need a nap"

Miranda: "what....no...I'm wide awake....I'm ready *yawn* for another adventure"

Everyone just smiled as Heuy went to hand Miranda's backpack to Fenton

Fenton: "oh yeah? Well you can have your next adventure in dream land, let's go home"

Webby: "wait"

Fenton stopped as Webby, Lena, and Violet walked over, Webby held her hands behind her back.

Webby: "we have something for you Mimi"

She held out her hands and in them was a small friendship bracelet with light blue, dark blue, and white string. Miranda lifted her head from her dad's shoulder and smiled. Webby helped her put it on as Lena stood off to the side a smirked.

Lena: "congrats Miranda, you are now officially one of the big kids"

Miranda: "yaaaaaaaaay"

That was about as far as she got before she finally passed out from exhaustion. Fenton just rolled his eyes and after saying goodbye to everyone, they headed home.

Chapter Text

(Miranda's p.o.v)

The sky was clear around us and the sun was beating outside the plane as the six of us headed to the city of Athens, we were after a long lost chest of gold coins that said to have caused the collapse of an ancient community. Everyone wanted this treasure for themselves so their greed destroyed them, and eventually, the city and the treasure was lost to history. Everyone who had dared to look for it before had failed, but those people weren't the McDuck's!

I was running around the plane excited while everyone around me prepared for the upcoming adventure. Even Dewey was helping out, in his own way. I got tired of running after a while so I went up to the controls to see Della and Launchpad, Della was flying while Launchpad was trying (and failing) to read the map. I smiled and sneaked up behind her, and just when she least expected it, I jumped up!

Miranda: "BOO!"

She jumped up yelping and jerked on the yoke, causing the plane to jerk up and everyone screamed. Della re-balanced the plane and shot me a glare , I just shrunk down and smiled sheepishly.

Miranda: "hi auntie"

She rolled her eyes and looked back outside the plane, I frowned and tugged on her arms, she sighed before lifting her arm up so I could crawl into her lap.

Miranda: "can I help you fly?"

Della: "not today sweetie"

I shrunk down at that

Miranda: "are you sure? I know all about how the plane works, well, I still have a few questions about the inner workings of the engine, the chemical makeup of the fuel, and the wingspan-

Della: "Miranda!"

I stopped talking at her irritated tone, she sighed to calm herself down before talking again.

Della: "honey, why...why don't you go help Huey and Uncle Donald count the food and supplies"

I smiled and gave her a thumbs up

Miranda: "can do"

I climbed out of her lap and headed back down to the main floor, Dewey and Uncle Scrooge were looking at maps, Webby and Louie were cataloging old treasure, and then I found Huey and Uncle Donald in the back by the crates. Huey had his clipboard in hand while Donald was holding a pile of parachutes. I climbed up onto the crate in the middle of them.

Miranda: "hey guys"

Huey: "not now Miranda"

They walked away and my head dropped, I perked up again when I saw Louie and Webby close by and walked over to them.

Miranda: "guys-

Louie: "we're a little busy right now Miranda"

He held up a black and white onyx gem and looked at it closely, I just sighed and walked away, over to the last two people on the plane. 

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge-

Scrooge: "sorry lass but not the time, do you think this would work?"

I finally deflated completely and went to sit on the crates. I looked around and noticed that Huey had dropped one of his papers, I stood on the crate and moved to pick it up off the ground.

Miranda: "hey Huey, I think you dropped one of your-

My foot broke through the crate and I yelped, I tried to grab something to stop myself from falling but in that act I accidentally smacked down on a mop that sent a bucket catapulting straight for Della's head. She screamed and moved to get the bucket off her head, which caused the plane to jerk up and down while everyone yelled. I tried to pull my foot out of the crate while everyone moved to grab something to hold on too. I looked up when Louie cried out and saw the onyx falling towards the back door.

Louie: "no!"

Miranda: "I got it!"

In one final pull I got my foot free and fell after the gem, I managed to grab it before it hit the door and grabbed something to stopped my self from falling at the same time. Della steadied the plane and I face planted on the floor with the stone held above my head in one head. I looked up to see what I grabbed onto and my face drained of color.

I pulled on the string of the inflatable life rafts

Della managed to land the plane while the raft buried me, by the time I managed to climb out from under it I saw everyone standing in front of me with their arms crossed.

I smiled nervously and waved at everyone 

Della: "what were you trying to do?"

I just rubbed my arm in guilt and looked away

Miranda: "I-I'm sorry guys, I-I wasn't trying to-

Scrooge: "it doesn't matter"

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his beak

Scrooge: "look Miranda, just-just stay on the plane until we get back alright? Clean up the the mess you made"

My eyes widened at this

Miranda: "but-

Donald: "no buts"

Scrooge: "Launchpad, you stay here, everyone else, let's move out"

Everyone turned and walked out but the kids did have enough sympathy to glance at me before following the adults out. I sighed and sat down against the wall, I was just about to start to clean up when I heard voices outside. And once I heard my name get said, I placed my ear up against the wall.

Louie: "what's up with Miranda today? She's being like extra chaotic"

Dewey: "maybe she's just to little for this"

Scrooge: "sigh, it's moments like these I wonder if bringing her along on our adventures is the best idea"

Their voices soon faded off into the distance and I lifted my ear away from the wall with the teary eyes and a cracking feeling in my heart.

I wiped my eyes and stomped over to the raft.

Miranda: "too little for this am I!?"

I glanced around angrily until my gaze landed on my backpack. I starting going through it looking for Izzy but I pulled out my spare shorts instead. 

Suddenly I felt a lightbulb appear in my brain, I glanced at the cot and all the pillows around it, glanced up at Launchpad to see him busy with the controls, then I pulled out my phone, and then finally looked at the pier outside. 

Miranda: "hymn, well, if they don't want my help anymore, then maybe I won't stay anymore!"

(Third person)

The group returned again after about three hours with a chest full of precious coins and little to no injuries. Everyone celebrated their success but stopped when Launchpad shushed them, he pointed to one of the cots. A large lump of blankets sat in the middle of the bed with breathing sounds coming from it.

Launchpad: "Miranda's napping"

Huey only raised and eyebrow

Huey: "Miranda took a nap willingly?"

Launchpad just shrugged and returned his attention to a muted episode of Darkwing Duck. Everyone just looked at each other before shrugging.

Scrooge: "alright team, everyone get ready to leave, quietly"

Everyone nodded and went their separate ways, but nobody noticed that was no duckling under the blanket.

(With Miranda)

Miranda held I tight grip on her backpack straps as she walked down the busy streets of Athens. She hadn't gone even gone that far from the pier but there was already so much to look at, adventure could be anywhere. Miranda was just about to turn when a shout caught her attention. She heard a sound coming from around the corner in front of her, she placed her backpack on the ground and got into a fighting position. The noise was getting closer, Miranda raised her first, ready to punch however was brave enough to charge her but was caught off guard when a fluffy, furry, creature came flying around the corner and dove into her backpack. She barely had time to register what had happened before two angry voices caught her attention. Miranda grabbed her backpack and the creature and dove behind a gated alleyway, she peeked through the crack in the wood to see two middle aged pigs running around the corner, one big, mussily guy the was dressed like an Amazon hunter with a whip in his belt,  and one shorter, slim guy dressed in a suit. Both looked around hectically, they both look furious and Miranda clutched the bag just a bit closer to her, desperate to try and protect whatever creature was inside.

Guy 2: "where did it go!"

Guy 1: "how should I know?!"

Guy 2: "shut up Jake! It's your fault it's gone!"

Guy 1: "you shut up Blake! I went through plenty of trouble to get that thing for you in the first place!"

Guy 2: "oh! We'll both be in trouble with the law! If we don't find that thing before we get it back to the states!"

Both guys ran off after that and Miranda let out a breath of relief, she picked up her bag and ran in the opposite direction, stopping when she got to the pier. 

 Miranda: "with names like Blake and Jake, they have to be brothers, but what could they possibly be looking for?"

She lifted the flap of her bag and a tiny ball came tumbling out, with golden yellow fur and cream colored feathers, and big round eyes looked up and Miranda. It was a griffin, a baby griffin. Miranda only stared for a moment before her eyes got all big and she squealed.

Miranda: "!ay que lindo!"

She scooped the tiny creature into her arms and hugged it close to her. Her smile threatened to split her face in two.

Miranda: "oh my god! you're so cute! I can't believe it! A real griffin! And you're just a kittling"

Miranda smile dropped when a thought crossed her mind and she pulled away.

Miranda: "you're just a kittling, where's your mother?"

As if the animal had understood her, they lowered there head down in sadness. Miranda quickly caught on. 

Miranda: "oh, you too huh? Well that makes two of us"

Miranda started walking towards the pier with the tiny griffin in her arms, stroking its head.

Miranda: "don't worry little guy, or girl, I'll bring you with me, I'll make sure you get home, wherever that is"

Miranda turned the corner and approached the dock.

Miranda: "you'll like my family, they always know just what to-

Miranda was cut off by looking up, just in time to see the Cloudslayer take off, leaving her there. She could barley move and stared up at the sky in shock.

Miranda: "did they just...leave without me?"

Miranda calmly put down the griffin and just stood there for a minute. Then she started screaming and running around in panic, only stopping when she tripped and face planted onto the floor.

Miranda: "ok, I go that out of my system"

She picked herself up and brushed off any dirt oh her shorts.

Miranda: "I guess I live here now! Just me! And the open road!"

A gentle scratch on her leg caused her to look down to see the kittling staring up at her. Miranda smiled a little before kneeling down and stroking its head, causing them to purr.

Miranda: "and you too, if you want to come"

The griffin gave a happy chirp and wrapped itself around Miranda's foot, causing her to laugh out.

Miranda: "alright, I'll need to give you a name though"

Blake: "there it is!"

Miranda turned in fear to see the two brothers charging at her from far away.

Miranda: "oh no"

Miranda quickly picked up the griffin-to-be-named-later and ran off as fast as her little legs could carry her.

Miranda: "hang on buddy!"

And with that, she took off into the dusk

(Back with the others)

It was nearly 6:00 when the cloudslayer landed at McDuck manor. Everyone was extremely tired and walked out of the plane with none of the energy they had 13 hours ago, only Huey stayed back to wake up Miranda. 

Huey: "Miranda, time to wake up"

The breathing sounds continued so Huey tried to nudge her awake. When he did he felt something wrong, so he pulled back the blanket to not only find no Miranda, but a large pillow wearing her overalls and breathing sounds playing on her phone.

Huey: "......AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

Huey started running after everyone with the pillow tucked under one of his arms, the other flailing around in a panic. 

Huey: "GUYS! Guys! Code blue! I repeat! Code blue! I knew Miranda taking a nap was too good to be true!"

Everyone came running back out

Donald: "what!"

Huey said nothing but frantically pointed to the pillow in his arms

Scrooge: "curse me kilts! She must still be in Athens!"

Della: "we gotta go back, I'll ready the cloudslayer!"

Scrooge nodded and went to go find Launchpad. The kids all just stood around marinating in worry until Louie cleared his throat.

Louie: "soooo, who's going to go tell Fenton that we left his daughter in Greece?"

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

Fenton: "YOU LEFT MY DAUGHTER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY!!!!"

The kids all smiled guilty as Fenton started freaking out, officer Cabrera stood by him with her arms crossed, a look of complete disbelief and anger on her face.

Scrooge entered the house and put his hands up in an attempt to calm the frantic father down.

Scrooge: "calm down lad! We're going soon and we'll get her back!"

Fenton: "oh no!"

Everyone looked at Fenton in shock, he had never been one to talk back, especially not to authority. 

Fenton: "you are not going back to get her! Not without me!"

Officer Cabrera: "or me"

Everyone looked at each other unsure, but Fenton only glared harder at their hesitation.

Fenton: "I'm not arguing with you about this, I trusted you to bring my daughter home to me and you didn't! So now we're coming with you to make sure she comes back safe"

Fenton raised and eyebrow at all of them

Fenton: "any objections?"

Everyone shook their head no, a bit of fear in all of their eyes

Fenton: "good"

He pushed past all of them and headed outside, grabbing the Gizmoduck armor on his way out

Fenton: "then let's go get my baby back"

(Miranda's p.o.v)

I kept running away from those goons until the moon hung high in the sky and my legs finally gave out. I held the baby close to my chest as I squatted in an alley, trying to catch my breath. I looked around to see that I had no idea where we were, lost in a mysterious country with no idea on where to go next. I felt like a poor copy of Isabella Finch, so I did what she would do and observed my surroundings and noticed there was a fire escape ladder behind me.

Miranda: "you know what they say, there's nowhere to go but up"

I tucked the baby into my shirt and started climbing. Once we got to the roof I finally got to see just how beautiful the city really is at night.

Miranda: "whoa"

The baby squirmed around in my shirt and I laughed before taking them out. 

Miranda: "what's the matter baby? Are you hungry?"

I could feel my stomach begging for food too just by saying it.

Miranda: "I'm hungry too"

I set the down and fished around my backpack for anything edible. 

Miranda: "ok, I've got a peanut butter sandwich for me, and a cartoon of milk for you"

I opened up the cartoon of milk and poured it into a plastic baggie. They sniffed the milk for a second for they finally began drinking. I sighed in relief before eating my sandwich, we both finished our food and I looked back out at the city. It looked like we made it to the middle of it all, because I could still see the water, looking at the ocean made me tense up but I tour my eyes away when I saw something rustling in my backpack. It was just the baby looking for more food.

Miranda: "hey! Get out of there, we need to spare as much food as we can"

I pulled them out to see the black onyx stone in their beak. They dropped it to the ground and I picked it back up. 

Miranda: "oh look what you found"

I lowered it down to show it to them

Miranda: "this is called onyx, my family and I found it in a cave while spelunking for treasure in Phoenix"

A thought suddenly crossed my mind

Miranda: "you know what, onyx would make a good name"

The baby perked their head up at the idea

Miranda: "is that your new name? Onyx?"

Onyx began wagging their tail and I laughed

Miranda: "alright then, Onyx it is"

I yawned and laid my head on my backpack, I felt Onyx lay themselves down by my legs and I sighed. 

Miranda: "goodnight Onyx"

I felt myself starting to drift away but before I did, one final thought crossed my mind. 

'I wonder if anyone is worried about me'

I shook my head at the thought, as if, they didn't need me anymore, why else would they want leave me behind.

I sighed and finally fell asleep, I had no idea what I was going to do.

(Third person p.o.v)

Fenton: "oh god, what if she's lost?"

Huey: "Fenton"

Fenton: "what if she's hurt?!"

Donald: "Fenton"

Fenton: "oh god! What if we don't find her before-

Officer Cabrera: "POLLITO!"

Fenton stopped his nervous rant and his pacing as soon as his mother opened her mouth. Said mother walked over to him and placed one hand on each shoulder to keep him grounded.

Officer Cabrera: "I know you're worried, I am too, but I need you to calm down-

Fenton: "calm down! How can you possibly expect me to calm down!"

Officer Cabrera only narrowed her eyes and he shrunk down into a chair. He rubbed his eyes in worry and looked on the verge of tears.

Fenton: "how am I going to find her M'ma? She could be anywhere"

The officer softened her gaze a little at think and placed a comforting hand on his cheek. 

Officer Cabrera: "cálmate Fenton, no te preocupes, we just have to think this through rationally"

Fenton jerked his head back up

Fenton: "I am thinking rationally!"

Officer Cabrera only narrowed her eyes again

Officer Cabrera: "no, you're thinking loudly, you're of no use to anyone if you don't stop yelling"

Fenton looked around to see all the kids looking absolutely miserable. He sighed and looked at them all.

Fenton: "I guess I'm not really being that helpful am I?"

Huey looked up at him, guilt still written all over his face.

Huey: "Fenton, we're so sorry, this is all our fault"

The kids muttered their agreements and Fenton sighed. 

Fenton: "I don't blame you kids, or any of you really, I'm just really worried"

Louie gave he a week smile

Louie: "don't worry, Miranda's a trouper, and besides, how much trouble could she get into in Greece?"

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Once I woke up I felt something hard under my body. I couldn't feel Onyx anymore and when I looked around I saw bars surrounding me at all sides. 

A cage? Really? As if anything that primitive could hold Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera.

Blake: "well look who woke up"

I turned to see the two goons looking down on me and smiling that creepy smile that only crooks seem to have. Both men held out a hand in one hand was my backpack, the the other hand was-

Miranda: "Onyx!"

I tried to grab them though the bars but the big one lifted them out of my reach. I only glared at them as their smiled grew. The skinny one, Blake I think, stepped forward. 

Blake: "you see young lady, my brother and I run a very secretive business, they're are very rich people in the world that want exotic pets. Unfortunately, that means our methods of obtaining them can be...less then legal"

I rolled my eyes

Blake: "we found this peculiar creature in Delphi, hiding in the temple of Apollo"

I snapped my head up at that 

Miranda: "you robbed the temple of a Greek god! Are you crazy?!"

He laughed an evil laugh

Blake: "oh I am crazy, crazy about money, and I've got a buyer that offered a pretty penny for this griffin here, but right now the only thing standing in the way of me and that money is you"

(Later)

I laid down on the back corner on the cage floor as the brothers drove the caravan car, I could see the outside from the folds in the curtains. But there was no point in yelling for help. No one knew me here, no one would help me. So I just laid down in a puddle of my own despair.

Miranda: "ugh, Mimi, why can't you ever do anything right"

The car stopped and I listened to the sounds of the outside, all the voices seemed to melt together until one very loud voice stood out to me.

Fenton: "alright! Everyone scatter, look for any trace of her!"

Papa?

It seemed to good to be true, but I crawled to the front of the cage anyway and looked out 

I almost cried

P'pa was standing there! And Abuela was there too! Not only them, but everyone one! I couldn't believe they came back for me! But now was not the time for marveling, now was my chance.

Miranda: "PAPA!"

He turned in a flash and I waved my hands to get his attention, he looked straight at me horrified.

Miranda: "HELP!"

The car started driving again as soon as I yelled but now was not the time to focus on that. I had to get out of here. 

I had a baby to rescue 

I managed to reach my backpack and pull out a hair pin, in a few easy clicks I managed to unlock the cage and crawl out. The car was driving over rough terrain now so I struggled to keep my balance. I climbed onto the top of the caravan and looked up, one hand to hold me on, one hand over my eyes. I saw a car racing after us and have never been relieved in my whole life. But that was nothing compared to the relief I felt when I saw Gizmoduck fly in the sky. I wanted him to just pick me up and fly away but I had to keep moving. I had to get Onyx. I made hand signals at Launchpad, trying to tell him to cut them off, but he just looked at me weird. I saw Della slap her hand over her face before talking to him, he smiled in understanding and floored it. They car passed me and Gizmoduck flew closer to me, he reached out his hand.

Fenton: "give me your hand honey!"

Miranda: "I can't! Not without Onyx!"

The cars crashed into each other before I could continue and every got out. Once the brothers got out they were surrounded, everyone looked angry enough to do some serious damage to their bodies. The big brother knew how to admit defeat and put his hands up, the skinny one, on the other hand, did not. He picked up Onyx by the scruff of their neck and held a gun to their head. 

Blake: "nobody move, or this little freak gets it!"

Miranda: "no!"

I jumped down from the top of the car and landed right on top of him. The force of my impact caused him to drop Onyx in surprise. I punched him with both hands while my legs wrapped around his neck. 

Miranda: "you think it's nice to pick on animals you punk?! Use them for your own gain?! Treat them like objects! Huh! Well take that you bastardo! You ¡Hijo de puta!"

Everyone just watched as I beat the snot out of this guy. Even the brother looked confused. P'pa on the other hand looked horrified.

Fenton: "Hey! You watch your mouth young lady!"

Eventually though, he got a handful of my shirt and pulled me off of him. He held the gun up to my throat. But before he could even speak and arrow flew out of no where and hit the guy in the shoulder. He dropped me and held his arm in pain, we all looked around to see where the arrow came from until Huey pointed up at the sky. 

Huey: "look"

We all looked to see and dark shadow riding a full grown griffin holding a golden bow and arrow. He rode down closer to us and I looked over at Onyx frantically. 

Miranda: "come here Onyx, tt"

She came to me and I held her in my arms. The griffin landed and a tall white crow, with golden hair and and a white robe stepped off of it. He stood before both brothers and the cowered before him.

Apollo: "Foolish mortals! Blinded by your greed you dare robe my sacred temple! You shall now face the rather of a Greek god!"

That was about as far as he got in his speech before the brothers passed out from fear. Apollo just started at them confused.

Apollo: "well...that was easy"

He placed his bow on his griffin harness and turned his attention to me. He smiled and crouched down to be at me level. He beckoned me closer to me with his hand.

Apollo: "please come closer little one, don't be afraid" 

I slowly walked over to him with Onyx in my arms, he reached out to stroke her head and she purred. I smiled before looking away again.

Miranda: "will you be able to take her back? To her family?"

Apollo looked at me sadly before shaking his head.

Apollo: "I'm afraid that if I take her back, she'll have no family"

My eyes widened at that

Miranda: "then where will she go?"

Apollo gave me a smile before standing up again.

Apollo: "I think it would be best if this young kittling stays with you, she'll make a wonderful companion for you brave Miranda"

I gasped before smiling 

Miranda: "really?! I can keep her?!"

Apollo nodded before looking back up at the adults.

Apollo: "of course, as long as it's ok with your guardians"

I ran over to P'pa who had deactivated his suit after the goons passed out. 

Miranda: "can I Papi? Please? Por favor?"

He looked between me and Apollo before sighing. 

Fenton: "who am I to argue the choice of a god?"

I squealed before running back to Apollo

Apollo: "thank you so much for trusting me! I promise that Onyx will be well cared for"

Apollo just smiled again before summoning a big book.

Apollo: "don't thank me, Griffins are great judges of character, I can tell Onyx will be well loved" he handed my the big red book with gold lettering on the front of it.

Apollo: "a young warrior's guide to raising griffins, everything you need to know will be in that book"

He mounted his griffin again and flew off without another word. I smiled and hugged Onyx close to my body. She was my baby now. I felt Launchpad pick me up while everyone looked at me with and odd combination of exhaustion and relief.

Scrooge: "let's go home"

We all headed back to the plane and once we were in the plane I started running around excited. But just before I could start talking I was cut off. 

Fenton: "Miranda Nicole Crackshell-Crabera!"

I froze and turned to see my furious parental figures and the kids looking at me with sympathy. 

Miranda: "gulp, hey, so....sorry about the car chase thing"

Fenton: "forget the car chase! Don't you ever run away from us again! Understand! We were all worried sick!"

I rubbed my arm in guilt and looked away as he started his lecture on stuff that might have happened to me. A few unshed tears in the corners of my eyes.

Miranda: "I really am just trouble, sniff, you were right Uncle Scrooge, taking me on adventures was a bad idea"

I McDucks all looked shocked before Della stepped forward and pricked me up.

Della: "you heard all that huh?"

Della held me while Donald whipped my eyes. 

Della: "Miranda, we never meant to hurt you feelings like that, we just want you to be more careful"

Donald nodded and Scrooge stepped forward

Scrooge: "you're still a wee one darlin', and sometimes we forget you need a bit more attention" 

I smiled and hugged them close

Miranda: "thanks guys, you think you can ever forgive me?"

Webby: "only if you can forgive us, because trust us, after today, we are never letting you out of our sights again."

I laughed and nodded, it was a done deal

(Later)

Miranda: "welcome home Onyx!"

I opened the door to my room and Onyx ran around excited, trying to get a look at everything. She flew up into my bed and immediately laid down. I rolled my eyes, for a mythical animal, she sure acted like a cat.

Fenton: "Miranda, can you come here please?"

I walked out into the living room and saw P'pa sitting on the couch with his arms crossed.

Fenton: "Miranda, we still need to talk about what you did today, and address some of the words you used"

I shrunk down and tried to slink away but Abulea blocked me at the hallway door. P'pa stood up so I desperately tried to explain myself. 

Miranda: "oh c-come on papa, I-I-I know what I did was wrong but I ended up saving an innocent life out of it so everything turned out alright. Right?"

He just raised an eyebrow at me and pulled out a slipper from behind his back. He tapped it against his hand while I stood frozen in fear.

( 25 minutes later)

I walked into my room rubbing my butt, I hate that stupid slipper with a passion.

I climbed into bed and woke up Onyx in the process. She got up to snuggle closer to me as P'pa walked in to say goodnight. 

Fenton: "goodnight mija"

Miranda: "goodnight papa, you still mad at me?"

Fenton: "no, not anymore, but don't ever do that again"

Miranda: "I won't, I promise"

Fenton: "good"

After he kissed my head and turned out the lights, I felt Onyx snuggle close to my face. I smiled and hugged her close.

Miranda: "goodnight Onyx, and welcome to the family"

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

Huey: "this is it"

Huey: "one night, every house in town"

Huey: "and we'll score enough to last us, All. Year"

Huey: "suit up!"

Huey put his vizier down over his eyes and turned off the flashlight after he was done with his monologue. Halloween had finally come once again. And the kids were preparing as they waited for Fenton to drop off Miranda and Onyx so they could take her on her first trick or treating ever. 

Huey: "Blathering Blatherskite! I love Halloween! The pageantry! The mischievous pranks! And of course, the trick or treating! Yep, this will be the best Halloween ever!"

Huey flopped down on the couch and waved his arms around excited. 

Webby: "so says I, Balor, demon king of the evil eye!"

Huey just lifted his vizier up and he and Dewey look at her confused

Webby: "the evil eye curse that plagued 17th century Europe?"

Both boys just shrugged

Webby: "the roots of Halloween? A day to disguise yourself to trick the demons or appease them with sweet treat offerings. A celebration of fear and concerning that fear!"

Dewey: "I'm a pirate of vacation"

The brothers did a fist bump while Webby looked down exasperated 

Webby: "you're supposed to blend in with the monsters by wearing scary costumes"

Louie: "there's nothing scary about tonight"

Miranda: "but there is something scary about me!"

All the kids turned to see the open door on the other end of the room, Miranda's voice coming from outside it.

Miranda: "I have chosen a costume. Of a beast so scary the mere mention of it's name can make people run for the hills. So brace yourselves.....for this!"

Miranda charges through the door and turns to face the kids, her hands raised by her face to make claws.

Miranda: "rawer!"

The kids just stared at her for a minute before they're eyes went big and they smiled.

All: "awwwwwwwwwwww"

Miranda just looked at them like they had betrayed her, Fenton soon came into the room and stood behind her, smiling at her state. Onyx soon followed, wearing a little red hood over her head. 

Miranda: "What!? Don't 'awwwww', the wolf is one of the most feared predators in all of North America! You should be terrified!"

Louie: "have you seen the stuff we do on a normal bases?"

Miranda: "well, I would have been Gizmoduck but thanks to SOMEONE that costume was off the table"

Huey: "Miranda. I won roshambo, fair and square"

Webby: "roshambo?"

Dewey: "rock paper scissors"

Webby: "ah"

Fenton: "it doesn't matter"

Webby: "besides, you look adorable, you even dressed Onyx up as little red riding hood!"

Miranda just puffed her cheeks out and pouted, which really didn't help her case. She stomped her foot in frustration. 

Miranda: "I am not adorable!"

Huey: "aw!"

Miranda just glared at them all while Onyx rubbed against her legs and Fenton laughed,  kissing her head.

Fenton: "I'm sorry to break this to you mija, but you're about as scary as.......as"

Huey: "a pile of kittens?"

Dewey: "a bag of cotton candy?"

Louie: "a swarm of butterflies?"

Webby: " an army of stuffed animals?"

Fenton snapped his fingers and pointed at all of them

Fenton: "yes, all of those"

Miranda just groaned and picked up Onyx off the ground before looking at Louie and raising a brow.

Miranda: "where's your costume Louie?"

Louie just pulled a red hat out from behind him and put it on his head.

Louie: "blerg, Junior woodchuck rule nine million, bluug, Halloween is about candy and only candy"

Huey just walked over with his hands on his hips

Huey: "you are a lazy costumer, quit stretching my hat!"

Louie just pushed him off

Louie: "we have the same head, forget the legwork, I've got a plan to make us candy billionaires"

Miranda: "I don't care where we go, I'm just excited to finally celebrate Halloween!"

Everyone turned to look at the excited little wolf-duck, if her tail was real it would be wagging. She put down Onyx and moved her fur covered gloves to where they were held close to her chest as she did her signature happy bounce. 

Miranda: "I'm so excited! My first big holiday! Not only do I get to dress up, but I get to try candy for the first time!"

All the kids gasped and looked over at and embarrassed Fenton in shock

Dewey: "she's never had candy before?!? Fenton you're neglecting her!"

Fenton just glared at him and Huey quickly intervened before a fight broke out.

Huey: "nevertheless!"

The red nephew turned to Miranda and placed a hand on her shoulder 

Huey: "don't worry Mimi, I've got a map so detailed that by the end of tonight, you'll have enough candy to try every kind to be created."

The girls eyes grew wide at that thought and she smiled and hugged him. Huey smiled and hugged her back while Fenton look happier then both of them.

Fenton: "alright, looks like you're all set"

Fenton quickly grabbed a hold of Miranda and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, his chin rested on top of her head.

Fenton: "look kids, I know it's Halloween, but Miranda is still pretty little and I don't want her and Onyx running around town all night"

He turned his attention to Huey

Fenton: "Miranda's bedtime is at 8:00 sharp and I'm pulling a late shift at the lab tonight, so I'm trusting you guys to get them both home and in bed by the time I get back"

Huey nodded and pulled out his map while Onyx and Miranda gave squawks of protest. 

Huey: "we should be able to do it if I change a few street crossings"

Fenton: "excellent"

Fenton turned his attention to the little girl in his arms

Fenton: "I gotta get going"

He planted a big kiss on Miranda's head and she groaned, rolling her eyes.

Miranda: "P'paaaaaaa!" 

Fenton smiled before pulling away and handing her a trick or treating bag, he walked out the door. Miranda just smiled and waved goodbye. Onyx stood by her feet and watched, wagging her tail.

Fenton: "have a nice time pollita"

Miranda: "bye papa, Te veo en la mañana, te quiero"

Fenton: "Yo también te quiero mis ojos azules de bebé"

He left after that and Miranda started running around excited again with Onyx following her.

Miranda: "this is going to be awesome! I wonder what creepy stuff we'll run into tonight"

Louie: "who cares? Nothing is going to scare me from-

Louie was cut out by the lights being cut out, Miranda stopped running immediately. Everyone started looking around until a giant skeleton came smashing trough the top of a pumpkin sitting on the table. Everyone screamed, Onyx let out a protective hiss and swiped her claws as the skeleton waved it's fingers around and growled.

Scrooge: "leave this house"

The kids kept screaming as the skeleton lifted its mask to reveal it was Scrooge.

Scrooge: "because there will be no Halloween handouts here"

He clapped the lights on and smiled

(Later)

Scrooge: "this house is closed for Halloween"

Della: "aww, but we were going to do a haunted house!"

Donald: "I wanted to hand out candy to trick or treaters"

Della: "and I wanted to scare those trick or treaters so that they never close their eyes again"

Miranda: "maybe I can help-with my scary wolf costume!"

Miranda jumped in front of the adults and made her claw hands again

Miranda: "grrrrr"

Everyone: "awwwww"

Miranda just stomped away and grumbled in Spanish while Della sighed in nostalgia.

Della: "aw Donnie, remember the fun we used to have? taking Liza out trick or treating"

Donald sighed and nodded 

Donald: "yeah, she loved Halloween so much"

Della: "remember the time we took her to that haunted corn maze?"

Donald: "you mean the time she punched that worker's lights out because he scared her with a fake chainsaw? Yeah, I remember"

Della just laughed while the two men rolled their eyes

Della: "ah those were the days, the two of us together could traumatize any kid that came our way, which is what I had planned to do tonight!"

Scrooge: "then go bother Launchpad, I'm goin' guising, back in Glasgow this was the one night a year I could eat sweets like a rich man's son! Through sheer hard work, I earned more treats than all the kids in town. And every year I aim to reclaim that glory."

Miranda: "you're a true pioneer Uncle Scrooge"

Onyx gave a chirp in agreement 

Scrooge: "thanks Darlin"

Huey: "enough chit chat, move out!"

All the kids marched away in a line while the adults stayed back to argue, but that was the farthest thing from Miranda's mind as Dewey took her hand in his to make sure she stayed close. As she held Onyx in her other arm all she could think about was how ready she was for this night.

(Miranda's p.o.v)

We all stood in the middle of the sidewalk I could barely turn my head far enough to look at all the cool decorations people had put out to celebrate. Dewey tugged on my hand and I turned to see Huey take out his map and place it on the ground.

Huey: "First up, Rockerduck Estates, for the big bars and candy corn relay, then down to Silverbeak for the haunted hayride spooktacular. And I've scheduled bathroom breaks, so just hold it till we get to Mrs Klopeck's, great bathroom, freshly tiled"

Miranda: "sounds like a plan"

Louie: "Or, we could go to one place and get all the candy you could ever want"

Miranda: "We're going to a candy store?"

Louie: "no, it's nighttime. Candy stores are closed."

Dewey suddenly gasped and started shaking me in excitement, which Onyx did not like at all.

Dewey: "we're gonna rob a candy store!?"

I felt the color start to leave my face at the word 'rob' as Onyx let out an annoyed squawk.

Louie just slapped his hand over his eyes in exasperation 

Louie: "groan, no"

I let out a quick breath of relief 

Louie walked a little ways away while the rest of us followed. We stopped in front of and old abandoned house that looked like no one had been in for years. It looked like it was taken straight out of a Nancy Duck mystery novel. 

Louie: "we're going to Hazel House"

Ravens cawed while we all stood in front of said house, everyone except me and Louie looked at the house terrified, I was just confused and Louie had that same smug look on his face whenever he planed a scheme.

Louie: "the most haunted house in town"

I could almost hear the ominous music playing in the background as he said that, I rolled my eyes. Louie ran up to the gate and pulled a book out of his hoodie pocket.

Louie: "legend says, long ago, the house was hastily built on a gateway between the living and the dead. Every treater who dares to enter, disappears, along with their candy candy candy, which means there's years of free candy inside!"

Dewey: "yarrr! A treasure fit for a relaxed buccaneer"

Louie: "one last sweet score, and we will never have to trick or treat again"

Miranda: "what!"

Louie: "candy for life!"

I looked at Huey afraid and he quickly jumped in

Huey: "nice story, but I've never even heard of this place. This is Miranda's first Halloween and we want to trick or treat, not chase some phony myth from a phony Huey"

Louie: "if it is just a myth, then no harm in getting to the truth, Junior Woodchuck rule 60-whatever, go in that house now!"

Huey turned away and I stood still worried, Webby and Dewey on the other hand, looked like kids in a candy store, I was not amused at the internal joke, I've been spending to much time with Gizmo-P'pa.

Webby: "a chance to test my costume and mingle with monsters? I must go!"

She ran off without another word

Dewey: "with my cut, I can finally open that 24 hour candy store I've been dreaming about since ten minutes ago!"

He ran off to join the others and let go of my hand in the process. 

Huey: "guys, wait"

He sighed and lifted his vizier up again, I looked up at him with worry and he placed a comforting hand on my shoulder.

Huey: "don't worry Mimi, I'll make sure you get your candy"

I smiled up at him and sighed, if you can't beat them, join them. Huey took my free hand in his and we climbed through the gate, well, Onyx and I climbed in but Huey's helmet got stuck.

Huey: "activate elbow grease!"

I laughed as he tried to squeeze himself through the bars and fell face first onto the ground, I helped him back up and we joined the others in front of the door. Louie tried the door knob but it fell off.

Huey: "oh no, we'll never get in now. Time to move on, this place is clearly- 

Huey was cut off by the door opening on its own

Huey: "-abandoned?"

Louie just smirked 

Louie: "the bigger the trick, the sweeter the treat, trademark Louie Du-I mean, Junior Woodchuck rule three-

Huey cut him off by pushing him to the ground and walked inside, I was still holding his hand and Onyx so we followed close behind him. We all entered the house, it was quiet, really quiet. No one said anything and just looked at our surroundings, I nearly jumped when Louie started talking.

Louie: "there's candy around here somewhere, keep your eyes peeled"

He then slipped on something and feel to the ground, I had to stifle a laugh as he peeled something off his foot. It was a chocolate bar wrapper and a trail of them lead to a pair of closed off doors. 

Louie: "there! That door"

Louie ran to the doors and turned to us, no one else moved out of fear, well, that, and the Huey held my hand in a death grip.

Louie: "come on guys! We have a ghost butler! We have faced all kinds of monsters, what's going to scare us here!? Nothing, soooooooo, go for it Dewey!"

I gasped in disbelief 

Miranda: "hey! It's your plan Mr candy for life, you open it!"

Dewey stepped forward anyway and swung the two doors open with a bang, nothing happened after that so Dewey walked in and the doors slammed shut behind him. Louie placed his hand around his ear and listened.

Louie: "no scream! Great"

Webby kicked the doors open again and lit a glow stick

Louie: "nothing scary in there at.....all"

The room was full of toys, which normally wouldn't scary we but the green glow of the glow stick made the room look super creepy, even Onyx gave a little chirp of fear so I hugged her closer to me.

Louie: "oh boy"

We all entered the toy room and the doors slammed shut behind us just like before.

Louie: "focus on what's important, let's find candy"

I narrowed my eyes at him

Miranda: "you mean, let's find Dewey"

Louie: "uh, yeah yeah yeah, him too, candy for life"

Ugh, sometimes I want to smack this guy

We all walked down the poorly lit room, Huey squeezed my hand and sighed 

Huey: "we should be at Ms. Swineson's bobbing for apples. You know, fun times, not grim, traumatizing times"

Dewey: "over here guys"

We followed the sound of his far away voice and.....something was wrong, I could feel it in my gut. 

Webby: "Dewey?"

We walked and saw Dewey sitting really close to an old tv, wearing his regular clothes.

I scooted closer to Huey, something was wrong, this can't be Dewey

Dewey: "I found it, the mother load! It's all here"

We walked closer

Louie: "Dewey? What are you doing?"

Dewey: "nothing"

I screamed and so did everyone else when we saw Dewey walk up next to us.

Dewey: "why? What are you doing?"

Huey: "if you're here, who's that?"

The other Dewey slowly turned it's head, all the way around, to revile it was a dummy, it tilted it's head and an eye popped out.

Dummy: "no escape"

We all screamed

We backed up and saw more us dummies behind us, we screamed again and ran. We stopped at the sound of a creak and turned to see a chest opening. A pair of black legs came out and the rest of the body soon emerged to reveal a limp, man sized dummy with a white face and red cheeks. He laughed and headed for us. We all screamed louder and backed away, Onyx let out a warning hiss from my arms but that only made the dummy laugh louder. We all ran and crashed into the door, Huey tried to open it only to have us crash into another door behind it. Huey opened that one too and a smaller, kid sized door was behind that one. I barely had time to think about that before big dummy and Dewey dummy started gaining on us. We all screamed and crawled out the door, Louie closed it behind us with a slam, gasping, Huey held me close as I tried not to cry.

Louie: "candy for life, candy for life, candy for life!"

Dewey dummy suddenly stuck it's head out from around the door

Dummy: "candy for death!"

Louie: "don't you turn my motto back on me!"

He slammed the door shut and them kicked the severed head back into the room

We all stood up as Louie pushed up against the door, loud banging coming from behind it, those things wanted out.

Huey: "we need to find a way out!"

Louie: "no! Not yet! Try all the doors!"

We each moved to open a different door, each one contained a different kind of monster. Once they all cam out we all crowded around together. Huey tried to hold his arms out but Webby stood in front of him.

Webby: "it is I, Balor, the dark lord! To attack me, my fiends, is to attack one of your own!"

The monsters all stood for a second and looked confused, that confusion didn't last long and they started for us again.

Webby: "our costumes didn't trick them"

We all kept backing away, I felt Onyx wiggle in my arms until she got free and ran in front of us. I gasped and tried to grab her but Huey held me back.

Miranda: "Onyx no! Come back!"

Onyx stood her ground, her hood slipped down at some point from her feathers standing up.

She hissed and arched her back, wings unfolded. Onyx kept hissing and swiping her claws but the monsters weren't even phased. We just kept backing away until I heard a crunch sound.

Louie: "candy! Over there! The last door! It can't be any worse then in here!"

They all started to run but I ran the opposite way, I had to get Onyx. I grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and pulled her back into my arms. The monsters were still running after us and I just made it out the door in time. We all leaned against the door and tried to catch our breath. I held Onyx close to me and stroked her feathers, once I looked up I gasped, there was a graveyard behind here.

Huey: "why would you ever say that?"

The banging was still coming from behind the door so Huey held it closed with a chair.

Huey: "Okay, we made it through the house"

He pulled the map out from his pocket

Huey: "and with just enough time to get Miranda home-

Louie: "but the legend! Where was the candy stash! I've gotta go back in!"

He moved towards the door but me and Huey stopped him

Huey: "halt citizen!"

I just gave him side eye

Miranda: "please stop"

Huey: "let's forget about this half baked scheme. If we leave now, we can still pick up the back half of the trick or treating trail and get Miranda home"

Louie: "last time I checked, we were a family of treasure seeking adventurers. We stop now?"

Miranda: "oh I don't know, maybe because this stupid scheme almost got us killed?!"

Louie: "'cause this house isn't on your precious map?! Well I'm putting it on there!"

Louie tried to pull the map out of Huey's hands and did before Huey tackled him to the ground. I placed Onyx in Dewey's arms before joining in the fight, I have had enough of this guy. We dropped the map at some point in the crash and Webby and Dewey had to pull us all apart before things got bloody. Louie picked up the map and lifted up a corner.

Louie: "hey, Hazel house, fabled candy fortune here, stay away"

Everyone turned to look at Huey and Louie threw the map down.

Louie: "you knew about this?!"

Huey: "no"

Everyone just looked at Huey angry and he finally sighed.

Huey: "Okay. Fine. Yes"

Louie: "you told us it was fake! You tried to get us to avoid it! What were you planning on?! Hoarding all the candy for yourself!"

Oh. That was too far

Miranda: "IT IS FAKE YOU BIG DUMMY! There is no candy in that house, just monsters who want to kill us! If you bothered to get your head out off your wallet at some point you'd see that! You're stupid plan to become a candy billionaire has failed, so can we please, try and have a fun Halloween, BEFORE I WASTE ANOTHER ONE HIDING FROM MONSTERS!"

Tears left my eyes after those words left my mouth, everyone looked at me in shock.

They all knew what I meant when I said I was hiding from monsters.

I looked Louie dead in the eyes before running off. I ran to the front of the house and crouched my the door, I kept crying until I felt something warm rub against my leg. I looked up to see Onyx, she cuddled close to me and I just kept crying. 

Miranda: "I thought this year would be the one Onyx, I thought it might actually be the year"

I wanted to continue but a round of screams cut me off. We both ran to see the others being held against a gate while the monsters surrounded them. I gasped and picked up a bunch of rocks.

I knew what I had to do

I started throwing rocks at the monsters while running in front of everyone, Onyx bit at the monsters behind the gate, trying to set them free. 

Miranda: "get away from my family!"

The rocks barely phased the monsters and they kept moving closer. The others were talking behind us but I was so focused I didn't hear, until Huey screamed.

Huey: "none of us have candy!"

They all stopped, a chick with hair covering her face lifted it up to look at us.

Chick: "no candy?"

Clown: "what do you mean no candy?"

Lights started to click on and we finally got a good look at where we were

I wanted to strangle Louie

This was a set

This whole thing was a set up

Chick: "back to one everybody"

Dummy: "on to the next, I'll be in my coffin"

The others were dropped and I stood in shock.

Louie moved and stood in front of a zombie

Louie: "gross"

Webby: "actual monsters, then surely you must recognize Balor, the demon king, lord of blight and smite"

Miranda: "Webby, give it up"

The clown duck sniffed at us

Clown: "pirate on vacation?"

Dewey: "arrr"

Clown: "nice"

Webby: "ughhhh"

Huey: "who are you people?"

Louie: "more importantly, where are you hiding the candy!"

Chick: "you brats are supposed to bring the offerings! Candy is the only good reason to celebrate this holiday that is frankly, pretty offensive to monsters"

Dummy: "so for centuries, we tricked kids into coming here, for scares so terrifying they drop their sweets"

Dewey: "so you're like, candy thieves?"

Dummy: "hey! Can't go out in the daylight! Not like there's a 24 hours candy store somewhere!"

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge?"

Dewey: "later"

Webby: "monster, treats, appeasements, the legends are true! Kinda"

Huey: "but, why the extra costumes, you're already monsters"

Clown: "kids today don't appreciate the classics, you're scared of like, random kid stuff, puppets? Clowns? Little girls in wells? What is wrong with you guys?"

Zombie: "Frankenstein think it stem for latent fear of being perceived as childish and regressing to place where you no longer in control"

Miranda: "dang"

Chick: "who cares! It's midnight! Trick or treating is over and we wasted the night on these candiless flesh bags!"

Miranda: "midnight? I missed Halloween...again"

I felt tears welling up in my eyes again but my sadness soon turned into anger as I brushed them away.

Miranda: "well that just great! Thanks a lot Mr candy for life!"

I stomped away with Onyx close behind me and sat against the wall. Huey sat next to me a brought me into a hug. Louie stood for a minute before running up next to us. He crouched next to us.

Louie: "so we made a mistake. At least we're still alive! We met some real like monsters! That's a, that's a cool thing right?"

Miranda: "you don't understand"

I pushed Huey off and took out my picture of mama. I pointed her out for Louie to see.

Miranda: "Halloween was my mom's favorite holiday, and every year she would tell me all about the Halloween's she had with Uncle Donald and Auntie Della"

I traced my finger along the edge of her face

Miranda: "all she ever wanted was to celebrate one with me, but then...she was gone"

I placed the picture back in my pocket and turned to Louie, taking Onyx into my arms. 

Miranda: "it was never about the candy for me, I was just happy to finally celebrate Halloween...with a family"

Louie stood for a minute before putting a hand on my shoulder.

Louie: "Junior Woodchuck rule 99, who cares about the candy?"

Zombie: "we do!"

The Frankenstein jumped in front of us and we ran over to the others. The monsters we're trying to surround us again.

Dummy: "we monsters need our sweets, our appeasements"

Clown: "no more (howls) tricks"

Chick: "you owe us treats, and we don't scare so easy" 

Dewey: "Uh, Webby, what happened when the Celtics ran out of treats to appease the demons with?"

Webby: "usually they feed on children!.....oh dear"

The monsters were just about to grab at us when a distant sound cut them off.

A...chainsaw?

The background for the set was suddenly cut open and a tall figure wearing a hockey mask broke through. And this figure looked framilier.

Miranda: "Launchpad?"

Dewey: "ah! Another one!"

Dummy: "that's not one of ours!"

Launchpad: "this ends now, demons"

He ran towards all of us and turned on his saw, the monsters screamed and I would have to us he didn't trip on a rock and fall in a well. I sighed.

Miranda: "Launchpad"

He managed to break through the ground and pointed his saw at the monsters. They ran off screaming in the house, I turned to everyone and smirked.

Miranda: "this might be fun to watch"

And watch we did, watch them scream when they saw the twins, watched them scream when Launchpad saw the puppet Dewey, and watched them scream when Uncle Scrooge broke down their door.

Scrooge: "Trick. Or. Treat"

Launchpad raised his saw but stopped and picked up a candy wrapper.

Launchpad: "the sacred text! Monosodium glutamate, Sucralose, polysorbate, blue 52, fructose, corn syrup, artificial flavoring!"

I stood next to Auntie Della, who did not look impressed.

Miranda: "sacred text?"

Della: "I'll explain to you later honey"

Uncle Scrooge took off his mask

Scrooge: "kids? What in Samhain is happening here?"

The monsters just started laughing 

Chick: "that was terrifying! Bravo you black hearted devil!"

Dummy: "haven't felt so undead in centuries"

Frankenstein placed a hand on Launchpad's shoulder 

Zombie: "we learn from you"

Clown: "evil mechanic is the real master of Halloween!"

Launchpad: "Hallo-what? I read the scroll! How are you still here?!"

Della: "yeah he doesn't know what Halloween is" 

I smiled and made grabby hands at Launchpad, he smiled and picked me up, placing me and Onyx on his shoulders.

Miranda: "then I guess we'll just have to show him" 

I turned to the witch 

Miranda: "Same time next year?"

Chick: "you got it kid"

(Later)

Launchpad: "so you're saying tonight's a holiday where you dress up in a fun costume and then go door to door with you friends and get free candy?"

Louie: "yes Launchpad, this is Halloween"

I smiled and walked over to Uncle Scrooge and Webby.

Webby: "wow, Uncle Scrooge, finally opening up your gates for Halloween, feeling the true spirit of the holiday, you're charging them admission, aren't you?"

Scrooge: "and we're open all night, Dewey's idea"

Said duck popped up from behind the stand

Dewey: "An all night candy store, Arrr! It be a Halloween miracle!"

Webby took a big bite of candy.

Webby: "spirit appeased!"

Launchpad: "I love Hallowoon!"

Huey: "close enough pal, close enough"

I laughed at that and Louie walked up next to me.

Louie: "I'm sorry about tonight Mimi, I'll give you a real Halloween next year"

I sighed and smiled at him

Miranda: "it's alright Louie, it's not like tonight could get anymore terrifying"

Fenton: "MIRANDA NICOLE!"

So much for that theory

I jumped and turned to see a furious P'pa walking towards me with a cup of coffee in his hands. I shrunk down as he towered over me.

Fenton: "where have you been!? I've been looking for you all night!"

I gulped 

Miranda: "w-well y-y-you see"

He turned to look at Huey before I could finish

Fenton: "Huey what happened?! I thought you understood, I asked you to do one thing!"

Huey looked away ashamed but Louie jumped in front of him and held his hands up.

Louie: "Fenton wait, this wasn't his fault, I-I kinda messed up everything tonight and I know you've really mad but when would be a good time to pick Miranda up tomorrow, I owe her a trip to a candy store"

I gasped and ran up next to P'pa

Miranda: "really?!"

Louie: "my apology, for not listening to you earlier" 

I squealed a gave him a hug, Huey and P'pa both smiled at us. 

Fenton: "any time tomorrow is fine Louie"

I let Louie go and he pulled a candy bar out of his pocket.

Louie: "but I hope this will work for now" 

I gasped and took it out of his hands, unwrapping it, I saw everyone start to crowd around me with excited faces. I took a bite out of the bar and my eyes went wide.

Milk chocolate 

Carmel filling

Cookie wafer 

It was the most amazing thing I have ever eaten in my life.

The bar was gone in seconds and I couldn't stop laughing. P'pa laughed to.

Fenton: "alright, time to head home, it is way past your bedtime young lady"

I took his hand and gathered Onyx in my arms but Della ran up to us before we could leave. 

Della: "wait, before you go, I wanted to show this to Miranda"

She held out a picture frame, the picture was of two little girls holding up plastic pumpkins.

Della: "this picture was taken on your Mama's first Halloween, she dressed up as a ghost from Costa Rhea called Montezuma"

I looked at the girl next to her, she was a hen but looked so...familiar, brown hair cut into a bob, she was dressed like a zombie but had Mama's same blue eyes. I pointed at her.

Miranda: "who's that auntie?"

Della: "hm, oh! That was Eliza's best friend, her name was Gandra Dee"

Papa spit out his coffee and then started chocking on it.

(Later that night)

I didn't know where I was, I was standing up in something. The room was full of books and maps, little gadgets laying on every surface. There was a mirror on the wall across from me but I couldn't reach it to see. Suddenly mama walked in through the door, she smiled at me and picked me up.

Eliza: "buenos diaz Miranda, are you ready for tonight? Hmm, yes you are"

I looked over her shoulder into the mirror and gasped, I couldn't be older that 2. I saw another woman standing in the door, she looked just like Gandra only her hair was longer and pulled into a ponytail.

Gandra: "come on Liza, it's her first Halloween, let's get pictures"

Eliza: "hang on"

Gandra: "nights not getting any younger"

I could feel her roll her eyes as she held me above her face.

Eliza: "Tia Gandy thinks she's funny"

I just giggled and we both walked out of the room into a flash of bright light-

(End of dream)

I woke up with a start, I was in my bed, in my room. My room, not mama's, it was all just a dream. I moved out of bed gently to not wake up Onyx and grabbed Izzy off my blanket. I headed to Papa's room, it was all just a dream, not really a nightmare but a dream. 

But it felt so real, more like flashback then a dream. I climbed into Papa's bed and snuggle up to him, he had gotten used to my late night visits so he just lifted his blanket and hugged me with so much as opening his eyes.

I stared up at the ceiling and thought about my dream.

Tia Gandy?

Chapter Text

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Lion: "5 hundred years ago, Spanish explorer Ponce de León set out to find the fabled fountain of the foreverglades, said to grant youth to all who drank from it."

Lion: "the fountain may be a legend, but you can experience the rejuvenation of youth, here at the Conquistador inn! Where the years simply melt away!"

Random teen: "Spring break! Whooo!"

I watch the teen spin his towel around like a propeller with a confused look. So much about life up here confuses me.

We all stood at the door to the inn, ready for our next adventure, Onyx was at my side with a little backpack over her wings and I held a tiny duffel bag full of stuff at my other side, we were staying for a few days. I looked up at Uncle Scrooge who had a deep scowl on his face.

Scrooge: "spring break. Boooo! Youth is wasted on the young"

He pushed past the teens and we followed, I got some weird looks from people once Onyx passed them. I walked up next to Webby and took her free hand.

Webby. "Aw, come on Uncle Scrooge. I'm sure these teens have had a very difficult academic year and deserve to blow off steam"

No sooner after she said that Uncle Scrooge got hit in the face with some pool noodles.

Scrooge: "at their age I couldn't afford to blow off steam. I had to use it to run my Uncle Pothole's steamboat because I had a job!"

Louie: "wait, if you hate young people why are we staying in a hotel full of them?"

Scrooge: "because it's near the last known location of the Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades."

Huey: "which is the next missing mystery of Isabella Finch"

Scrooge: "also it was cheap"

I smiled and walked up next to Uncle Scrooge.

Miranda: "besides, Uncle Scrooge can't hate all young people because he likes us, right Uncle Scrooge?"

He sighed and patted my head.

Scrooge: "that I do Darlin', that I do"

I smiled before scrunching my beak and kneeling next to Onyx, rubbing her head.

Miranda: "besides, I don't like these guys either, they keep looking at me wired, it's like they've never seen a griffin before!"

I saw the boys all look at each other concerned but paid no mind to it. I instead paid attention to the lion once he started talking again.

Lion: "along with a great price. We offer a world class spa and a crystal clear pool for the whole family. All surrounded by-

A large crash and scream cut him off

Lion: ".....casual elegance"

Webby: "come on, let's go! That youth fountain ain't getting any younger!"

Miranda: "yeah!"

I was about to run off with Webby but a large cracking sound stopped us in out tracks.

Scrooge: "Ach, my back is killing me. I need to ice it and prep for a morning start. Do not disturb me"

I walked up next to him.

Miranda: "do you want me to carry your suitcase? If your back hurts you shouldn't strain it more"

Scrooge: "I'll be fine lass"

Huey: "a free afternoon, eh? Luckily, I've scheduled it down to the last minute."

Dewey: "how!? You just found out we had a free afternoon!"

Scrooge: "good thinking, lad. Huey's in charge, he's oldest"

Dewey: "we are triplets!"

I smacked me hands against my face in mock surprise.

Miranda: "no! Really!?"

The others laughed at me while Dewey's face just turned angrier.

Dewey: "Huey's always in charge"

Huey: "we better change into out suits if we're going to fit in a swim before lunch"

I felt color begin to drain from my face.

Dewey: "Miranda. You ok baby blue?"

My knees started shaking slightly but I plastered on a smile and nodded.

Miranda: "yup! Totally fine! It's just, uh, I-I can't go swimming with you guys"

Huey: "why?"

My eyes started darting around the room.

Miranda: "b-b-because I, I don't have a bathing suit!"

Huey raised an eyebrow and pulled his schedule out of his hat.

Huey: "okay, I guess you can lounge around while we swim, just stay close so I can keep an eye on you, ok?"

Miranda: "Entendido"

He smiled and the triplets started up the stairs with Dewey grumbling about being second oldest. I let out a breath of relief and picked up Onyx.

Miranda: "eso estuvo muy cerca chica"

I walked along with Webby and Uncle Scrooge to the outside area.

Scrooge: "now, for a little peace and.....

Whatever else he was going to say was cut off by the yelling of teens having fun, his face went to what I call his 'bitter old man look'. He raised his cane and was about to say something but was cut off by a woman with golden hair and green eyes.

Goldie: "knock it off, you pool-floatin' showboaters!" 

We all turned to look at her, once she caught a glance of us she smiled a coy smile.

Goldie: "fancy meeting me here."

Webby: "Goldie O'Gilt"

My eyes went big

Scrooge: "no, no, no, no!"

Goldie: "oh, yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes"

Scrooge: "What are you doing here, you savings-swindling swine?"

Goldie: "definitely no jumping your claim to the fountain before you."

Webby: "but that's not...you..that's cheating!"

Goldie:  "no, I believe that's workin smarter while you work harder. Eh, Scroogey"

Scrooge: "without Finch's journal, you'll never find the....

He was cut off as Goldie pulled said journal from her purse.

Goldie: "your nephew should really hold on to his hat"

Miranda: "back up a minute!"

Everyone turned to look at me, a had a big smile on my face and put Onyx down in fear of squishing her.

Miranda: "this is Goldie, as in AUNT GOLDIE!"

I let out a happy squeal as ever looked at me confused.

Webby: "you've heard of her?"

Miranda: "of course I have! Mama would tell me all kinds of stories about Uncle Scrooge and Aunt Goldie, like that time they fought Rockerduck for a gold nugget the size of a house, or the time they looked for a golden lagoon and got stuck in that iceberg, or that time she had the bail them out of jail for something called "indecent exposure" I'm not sure what that last one is though"

I looked up at the adults and both of them had horrified yet completely red faces, Webby stared choking behind me. Goldie was embarrassed but had a look of understanding on her face before turning to Uncle Scrooge with a coy smirk.

Goldie: "this must be Eliza's little girl, looks like old Mc Moneybag got himself a grandkid"

She kneeled down in front of me to get a better look

Goldie: "Miranda right?"

I smiled and quickly nodded, she stood back up and placed her hand on her hip.

Goldie: "uh, I feel like I haven't seen Eliza in years! Where is she?"

I felt myself deflate at her question and looked away, Onyx walked up next to me a started rubbing her head against my leg. I couldn't see it from behind me but Webby was using one hand to make a 'stop talking' motion while the other one was pointing up towards the sky. She saw Webby and her face turned to disbelief.

Goldie: "no"

She turned to look at Uncle Scrooge, who just nodded sadly.

Goldie: "no"

I finally turned to look up at her

Miranda: "Mama, she's....up with angels now"

Her face turned to disbelief and sadness.

Goldie: "no, not Eliza, she was one of the only kids from the squad I could actually stand"

I giggled a little at that.

Miranda: "really?"

She nodded

Goldie: "really, your mother was the only person who could give your Uncle Scrooge a harder time then me"

She looked back at him before turning to me and winking.

Goldie: "like this"

She stood and used both hands to point at Uncle Scrooge.

Goldie: "the old guy's giving out free T-shirts!" 

She ran off after that as a swarm of teens started surrounding us. We crawled out as they started raiding Uncle Scrooge's suitcase like vultures on a fresh carcass, we ran after her as if our life depended on it.

Webby: "what about the boys?"

Scrooge: "no time! If Goldie beats me to that fountain I'll have to hear about it for the next hundred years!"

I turned and let out a sharp whistle.

Miranda: "come on Onyx!"

She stop sniffing at a random bush and followed us, I picked her up and placed her in my overalls, then ran next to Uncle Scrooge.

Miranda: "so! Are you going to tell me what indecent exposure means?!"

Scrooge: "I'll tell you when you're 350!"

Webby: "ditto!"

We ran in silence after that, I'm not sure how long ago but at some point the adults ended up behind us. Webby was doing sick tricks in front of me and I was trying my hardest to resist going her, she turned to look at me from over her shoulder.

Webby: "why don't you just let her walk?!"

Miranda: "she's just a baby! Her limbs are still weak! She can't even fly yet!"

Webby just rolled her eyes before doing acrobatics over a fallen tree, one that I gently climbed over.

Webby: "Ha! Take that Goldie! We're gonna beat her....Uncle Scrooge?"

They climbed over the tree panting, they both weren't looking so hot.

Scrooge: "bad knees?"

His back let out a sickening crack

Goldie: "back problems?"

Scrooge: "not so bad I can't best you. Ah!"

Goldie: "getting old is a pain in the keister (groans) literally"

Miranda: "ok, this is ridiculous"

I sent my backpack down and pulled out my first aid kit, Onyx crawled out of my shirt and sat next to me. I pulled out a jar of Hemp Extract and a box of IcyHot pads.

Miranda: "we're taking a time out, I'm not letting you cabras viejas obstinadas run yourself ragged on my watch"

I handed the extract to Goldie and took out two pads.

Miranda: "here, this should help with the joint pain, place the pads on your lower backs and sit for about 20 minutes until it starts to work."

I saw Goldie pocket my extract and they both pushed the pads back into my hand. 

Scrooge: "no thanks Darlin', I just need some water"

I saw Goldie drink all the water out of his canteen.

Goldie: "to bad you don't have any"

He growled and I rolled my eyes

Miranda: "I'll go get more, vamos Onyx"

We ran off the find a river and left those too bickering behind me. We ran until we reached the cliff with a tree bridge over it. I shuddered at the sight of the fall.

Miranda: "ok definitely not going that way"

I took the long way to flatter ground and pulled out my spare canteen, I keeled down and gently filled it up with water. And as I was putting it back into my backpack I saw Webby land next to me and the tree bridge floating down the river. I gasped once I saw Uncle Scrooge and Goldie under the water but once they got out I was even more shocked. They looked fine physically but appearance wise they looked...younger.

Scrooge: "bless me bagpipes!"

Goldie: "great gobs of goblin spit!"

Both: "you're young!"

They both laughed, I walked up next to Uncle Scrooge with Onyx at my side.

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge.....are you ok?"

He turned down and looked at me, I haven't seen him this happy in a long time.

Scrooge: "ah, never better lass, never better, the stream must be fed by the fountain of youth! If we follow it we'll find the source! Do you know what this means?!"

Goldie: "yep. Beating you will be so much easier now! Ha!"

She pulled down Uncle Scrooge's hat and ran off laughing, he threw his hat down and ran after  her, just as happy. 

Webby: "hey! Wait up! Wow! You are fast now!"

She ran off after them and I grabbed Uncle Scrooge's hat before following, I picked Onyx back up and she hissed at something from over my shoulder. But that wasn't important right now. We kept following the river, Webby and I trying to keep up with the adults-turned-teenagers. I was weren't his hat and Webby grabbed his cane from the ground. Only once we reached a large crossing in the river did we stop, and it was a relief too, the hat kept falling in my eyes. I walked up next to Uncle Scrooge and tugged on his sleeve.

Miranda: "you forgot your hat Uncle Scrooge"

He smiled down at me and lifted it up out of my eyes.

Scrooge: "thanks Darlin', but I think it looks better on you"

I giggled and they both smiled at me.

Webby: "Careful, you newly young whippersnappers. If you fall into this steam again, you could be young forever!"

Goldie: "oh no! What a terrible fate."

Webby: "just follow me. Easy....

Webby was cut off by Uncle Scrooge jumping across a swinging over on a vine. I almost screamed.

Miranda: "what are you doing? That's dangerous!"

Goldie laughed and ran to join him.

Goldie: "who cares? I'm young and invincible!"

And then her vine snapped.

Miranda: "*screams* not invincible!"

She was just about to fall in the water when Uncle Scrooge swooped in and swung her to the other side. Holding her in a dip. She seemed shocked, and impressed if her red face was anything to go off of.

Goldie: "you....caught me"

Scrooge: "was I supposed to let you fall?"

Goldie: "you did on Oak Island"

Scrooge: "I guess I'm not the man I used to be"

Then almost kissed before Webby cut them off, which is great because watching that made me want to hurl.

Webby: "ooh, you repellent reptilian rouge!"

She was hitting and alligator.

Miranda: "hey! What did that alligator ever do to you?!"

Scrooge: "we-we better be off"

He walked up to the bank

Scrooge: "come along Miranda! Your turn!"

I looked down at the water and winced, holding Onyx just a little tighter. I looked up to see everyone staring at me expectantly. I slowly climbed onto the first rock, then slowly on to the next. I tried my hardest to not look down. Next rock. Don't look down. Next rock. Don't look down. I kept repeating that until I finally got to the last rock and opened my eyes to see the water.

Water this close to me

I screamed and slipped up. Onyx and I were slowly falling into the water.

Scrooge: "Miranda!"

A hand reached out and pulled us into warm arms. I opened my eyes a bit more to see Uncle Scrooge holding me close. Onyx was on the ground at his feet. I started trembling and wrapped my arms around his neck, tears flowed from my eyes and I felt his hand start patting my back.

Scrooge: "Miranda? what's wrong lass?"

I just shook my head from the crook of his neck and kept gasping. He sighed and carried me off towards the fountain with a limping Webby not far behind us. I eventually calmed down but Uncle Scrooge kept on carrying me, I think he just liked being this close to Goldie.

Webby: "all right. Once we find that Fountain, we'll log it into Finch's journal and then find a way to fix the two of you."

Scrooge: "fix us? We're right as rain!"

Webby: "what?! I thought you hated young people!"

Miranda: "except for us!"

Webby: "besides, nobody stays young forever."

She started waddling away like an old person and Goldie made a 'pssst' noise.

Goldie: "let's ditch old lady Vanderquack and stay young forever"

Miranda: "what!"

Scrooge: "we can't leave Webby"

Webby: "ah! A mosquito stung my eye!"

I wiggled out of Uncle Scrooge's arms and ran to her.

Miranda: "don't worry Webs! I have cream in my backpack!"

I helped Webby swat mosquitos away from her face and once we finally stopped I saw the two teenagers running away from us.

Webby: "Wait! Where are you going?"

Goldie: "we're gonna be young forever! See ya, geezer!"

She laughed and I stood there shocked, Uncle Scrooge...was gonna leave us.

Webby: "geezer?! I'm still younger than you! Come back here, you irresponsible reprobates!"

Webby started running after them but I stayed were I was, I felt like crying again, eventually Webby turned around and took my hand.

Webby: "come on Mimi! We gotta catch up to them!"

I pulled my hand out of hers and sat on the ground, I covered my eyes with my hands.

Miranda: "what's the point, you heard him, he would rather have a fresh start then have us"

Onyx crawled into my lap and I used one hand to stroke her wings.

Miranda: "I want to be mad but he looks so happy I don't wanna take that away from him, but I'll miss him!"

I pulled the hat down in front of my eyes and Webby pushed it back up again.

Webby: "he's not gonna leave us, we just need to be there to remind him that we make him happy too"

I looked up at her and smiled, she helped pull me to my feet and I held Onyx with one arm.

Webby: "let's go get out Uncle back"

We ran after them in the direction they were heading but once we got to the fountain they were gone. But some giant foot prints were leading back to the hotel so we followed them there (after a quick self to prove we found the fountain). Now I'm not sure what happened while we were gone but the pool was drained, Goldie was gone, and Uncle Scrooge was back to normal.

Miranda: "Uncle Scrooge!"

He laughed as I threw myself into his arms and held me close. I pulled away enough to look at his face.

Miranda: "but what about Goldie? And you fresh start?"

Scrooge: "aye Miranda, I don't need a fresh start, I have a perfectly fine life right now"

His face turned sad

Scrooge: "I'm sorry I left you girls behind like that lass, it was just Goldie getting in my head"

Miranda: "it's alright, Mama said she used to get into a lot more than your head"

He pulled his hat down in front on my eyes and I laughed. We walked over to Webby and the boys and Webby threw the cane back at Uncle Scrooge. He set me down and took his hat off my head. 

Webby: "where's Goldie?"

Scrooge: "probably off to find her next mark, you know Goldie"

I gave him a small hug

Miranda: "I'm sorry Uncle Scrooge"

He patted my head but didn't say anything and once I let go a hand grabbed his shoulder, a hand that belonged to a Miss O'Gilt back at her proper age.

Goldie: "hey, I wouldn't leave without saying goodbye...this time."

He grabbed her hand and she blushed, she reached down into her pocket and pulled out Finch's journal. She handed it to him and once he put it away she grabbed the front of his shirt and dipped him into a big kiss. I closed and covered my eyes with disgust and Onyx covered her eyes with her wings. I stuck my tongue out.

Miranda: "ewwwwww!"

Once the kiss ended Goldie put a fist in the air

Goldie: "spring break!"

And everyone cheered

(Third person p.o.v)

Back on the plane everyone was just doing there own thing, Webby was recovering from her bad day and Huey and Dewey had made amends. Miranda was feeding Onyx her bottle and once she finished she smacked her lips together, she could feel a bad case of cotton mouth coming on.

Miranda: "I'm thirsty"

She shuffled around in her backpack and pulled out her canteen, the one she filled up at the hotel.

Miranda: "huh, I guess I didn't need to fill up my other one, this one was still full of hotel water"

Webby overheard this and sat up

Webby: "hotel water?!"

She sprung up and ran towards Miranda

Webby: "no Miranda wait!"

But Miranda had already taken a big drink and screwed the cap back on, it was only the did she realize she messed up.

Miranda: "uh oh"

She began shrinking and everyone ran over to her, only to find a tiny baby ducklings wearing a Gizmoduck shirt inside her overalls. Even Onyx was speechless.

Louie: "so....That's not good"

It got even worse when a big yellow puddle formed under Miranda and she started wailing.

Scrooge: "no lad, that's beyond not good"

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

Fenton was sitting in his living room with Gloria (I finally found out her name, so she's Gloria now) watching tv. He had just got back from a tough Gizmoduck call and was waiting for the McDucks to drop off Miranda. He heard his phone go off and saw it was Huey, he smiled and picked up.

Fenton: "illumination Huey! I take it your guys are close?"

Huey: "Fenton! Hi! Um, yes! We are, uh, actually right outside your house"

Fenton: "excellent! You can guys can just come in, the door's unlocked"

Huey: "right, uh, Fenton, it's about Miranda"

Fenton could feel his heart drop into his feet.

Fenton: "what happened?! Is she ok?!"

Huey: "she's fine! Well, for the most part"

Fenton: "Stop talking riddles Huey and tell me what happened!"

Huey: "you, uh, might wanna sit down"

The front door opened and the whole gang walked in, Scrooge holding a now diapered baby Miranda close to his chest. The kids were holding some shopping bags. Onyx ran up to Fenton and pulled on his shirt to get him standing. Fenton bolted up and ran in front of the group.

Fenton: "what happened?! Where's Miranda?!"

Huey just winced a little.

Huey: "Fenton, we went looking for the fountain of youth and...

Scrooge held up Miranda so he could see her

Huey: "....this is Miranda"

That was about all Fenton heard before he caught sight of Miranda and passed out.

(20 minutes later)

Fenton: "how did this happen?"

He was laying on the floor of his living room while Huey fanned him with a towel. Gloria held Miranda in her arms while sitting on the couch. Webby stepped forward.

Webby: "she accidentally drank some youth water that she didn't know was youth water and...turned into a baby"

Fenton almost passed out again but instead push himself up into a seated position. 

Fenton: "how long is this going to last?"

Everyone cringed

Louie: "do you want the bad news or the worse news?"

Fenton just gave them all a look

Huey: "right, ok, the bad news is that all the age water got drained away back at the hotel we were staying at"

Webby: "and the worse news is that the only person who knew how to make it fell into the water and drained away with it"

Scrooge: "so, uh, we have no idea how long she'll be stuck like this"

Fenton: "what"

Huey jumped in before Fenton could loose his cool. 

Huey: "but don't worry! We're sending samples of her leftover water to both Gyro and Lena to see if they can reverse the effects!"

He held up two shopping bags.

Huey: "and we brought supplies!"

He gave a wide nervous smile but before Fenton could retaliate a tiny hand touched his leg. He looked over a saw Miranda looking up at him with her big blue eyes, a tiny smile on her face. He smiled and and picked her up. She grabbed one of his fingers and started playing with it. 

Fenton: "hola pollita"

She giggle a bit before babbling up at him, putting her hands on the sides of his face. He sighed and looked up at the McDucks.

Fenton: "alright, just let me know if there's anything I can do to help"

Everyone nodded, the kids all headed out the door but Scrooge stayed back for a bit. 

Scrooge: "if there's anything you need lad, just let me know"

Fenton nodded

Fenton: "I will, thank you sir"

Scrooge just nodded back before closing the door behind him. Fenton finally stood up and looked down at the baby in his arms. Gloria walked up next to him.

Gloria: "maybe this will be a good thing Pollito, you get to experience the years you missed out on with Miranda"

She used a finger to lightly tickle her stomach, making her squirm and giggle.

Gloria: "besides, how can you resist this face"

Fenton laughed 

Fenton: "I can't, I wanna be mad but she's so cute!"

Miranda stuck her tongue out and blew a raspberry, Fenton just kept laughing and blew one back. Gloria laughed too.

Gloria: "aye, this will be a good thing, we'll make this work"

She walked past him down the hallway

Gloria: "it's a good thing I still have your baby furniture up in the attic"

Fenton rolled his eyes

Fenton: "why am I not surprised"

He sighed and smiled back down at his baby, he moved to sit on the couch and Onyx climbed up next to them. Miranda squealed and made excited baby noises once she saw her. Once Onyx got close enough she wrapped her in a big hug. Fenton couldn't help but aww, he snapped a quick picture and smiled.

Fenton: "yeah, it'll be a big change, but we'll make it work"

He sniffed the air and grimaced

Fenton: "and speaking of changes"

He then grabbed one of the bags off the floor and headed for the bathroom.

(Later)

Fenton: "ok, and think that's everything"

Miranda's room was not transformed into a functional nursery, with a crib in the center of the room and a changing table pushed up next to her book case. Her new clothes were placed next to her old clothes and a baby monitor was set up on her desk. It was cozy, but it would work for now. Fenton carried Miranda around in a baby carrier while setting up her room and once he was done he glanced at the time.

Fenton: "alright Pollita, I think it's dinner time"

Miranda started clapping her hands and Fenton headed for the kitchen. Fenton placed her in a high chair and tied a bib around her next that said 'this is what cute looks like'. Fenton started looking through the fridge and pulled out a bowl of red mush. 

Fenton: "hmm, ok, how about some yummy mashed beets mija?"

Miranda made a face, she looked over at the tamales Gloria had made earlier that were sitting on the table. She pointed at them and then to her open mouth. Fenton shook his head.

Fenton: "sorry bébé, but that's grown up food"

Miranda just narrowed her eyes and kept pointing to the tamales. 

Fenton: "Miranda. No. You won't be able to chew it if I give it to you"

Fenton dipped a spoon into the beet mush and held it up to Miranda's mouth, who made an even more disgusted face when she caught a whiff of the baby food.

Fenton: "open wide Miranda! Here comes the airplane"

Miranda turned her face away every time Fenton got the spoon close to her mouth. He message was clear 'I will not eat this poison and there is nothing you can do that will make me'.

Fenton was getting a bit annoyed, she had to eat something. I lightbulb flashed in his head. Fenton lightly tickled the bottom of her foot, and once she started laughing he stuck the spoon in her mouth and she swallowed. The look of betrayal on her face was priceless and Fenton felt victorious.

Or at least he did before the bowl of beats got thrown at his face. 

(Later again)

Fenton: "alright bébé, time for bed"

Fenton gave her a kiss and placed Miranda down in her crib while handing her Izzy from off her bed. Miranda was dressed in her new blue footie pajamas and was holding a light pink baby blanket. Fenton was just about to turn out the light Miranda started whimpering, he turned to see Onyx standing in front of the crib and Miranda making grabby hands at her through the bars. Fenton walked back over and picked Onyx up, once she was placed down inside the crib she walked up next to Miranda and snuggled close. Fenton smiled and turned the lights out. Once he was was out the door Gloria walked up to him and a coy smile.

Gloria: "I would go to sleep now if I were you mijo"

Fenton: "why?"

(6 hours later)

Fenton was holding a wailing Miranda in his arms, looked like he hadn't slept more than two hours.

Fenton: "oh, that's why"

Fenton moved Miranda over she shoulder and started bouncing her. 

Fenton: "shhhh, it's ok mija, shhh, don't cry, daddy's here, shhh"

Miranda kept crying and Fenton moved to sit in her chair. He was exhausted and out of ideas.

Fenton: "ugh, come on Crackshell, think, how would you get big Miranda to stop crying?"

He thought for a moment before another lightbulb went off. He cradled Miranda close to his chest and started rocking her. This calmed her down a little but then he started humming.

Fenton: "close you eyes...baby blue eyes...it alright..baby blue eyes"

Fenton kept rocking her and singing her lullaby until her eyes were completely shut and little baby snores came out of her mouth. Fenton smiled and placed her back in her crib, smiling at the sight he walked slowly to the door. Then walked back to snap a quick picture.

What? if she was going to be stuck like this for a while then he might as well make the most of it right?

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

The next few days were an adjustment for everyone. The Duck family missed having Miranda around and Fenton missed when Miranda could actually tell him what she wanted. The only person who didn't seem to mind was Gloria, who was more than happy to have a baby around the house again. So when Fenton informed her that he needed to go to St Canard for the day and help one of Launchpad's friends with something (definitely not helping him set up a super hero hideout-what?! That would be crazy!) she happily agreed.

Gloria: "Pollito, just go"

Fenton: "I don't know-maybe I should just bring her with me"

Gloria was pushing Fenton towards the door with one hand while the other hand was cradling Miranda. Miranda was dressed in a white short sleeve shirt and tiny pink shorts, her hair held up in a little ponytail. Tiny white baby sneakers and light blue socks were on her feet. Fenton held a big duffel bag full of supplies to help with the something for Launchpad's friend. 

Gloria: "Fenton, I am perfectly capable of taking care of a baby for a few hours, you turned out fine didn't you?"

Fenton: "wellll"

Gloria narrowed her eyes in a way that only a mother could, a look that made Fenton jump and smile scared.

Gloria: "what is that supposed to mean?"

Fenton: "nothing! Nothing at all! Oh would you look at the time!"

He set the bag down and scooped Miranda into his hands. He blew a raspberry on her stomach making her giggle and squirm around until he stopped and planted a big kiss on her face.

Fenton: "have fun with Abuela bébé! Daddy will be back soon"

She just babbled some happy baby noises at him and he smiled. He hesitated one last time before Gloria took Miranda and pushed him outside closing the door behind him. She looked down at Miranda amused. 

Gloria: "you think after 25 years your papi would trust me a little bit more"

Miranda just kept giggling and Gloria walked over to the couch.

Gloria: "you and I are going to get along just fine, because nothing is dragging us out of this house"

A ringing started coming from her front pocket and once she pulled her phone out she almost groaned.

Gloria: "Cabrera....no..... I can't today, I'm watching my granddaughter.....I said no...we have more than one detective you know....fine, I'll come but only for a second"

She hung up and rolled her eyes.

Gloria: "except for that"

She stood up and went to grab Miranda's baby bag. She put Miranda in her stroller and just as she was about to head out Miranda started crying. Gloria crouched down in front of her to look and see what was wrong.

Gloria: "pobrecita, what's the matter cariña?"

Miranda kept crying and making grabby hands at something behind her. Once Gloria turned around she saw Onyx sitting there, looking up at her expectantly. Gloria rolled her eyes and placed Onyx in the stroller next to Miranda, who immediately stopped crying at the sight of her best friend.

Gloria: "fine, you can come too"

And then off they went.

(At the police station)

The Duckberg police station was a buzz of activity. Cops and detectives running around with piles of papers and theories on cases, people coming in to report crimes, and cops racing off to answer distress calls. So when people saw their most respected detective pushing around a baby stroller and stopped what they were doing, it was a big deal. Gloria was not a fan of the attention as she turned her head to glare at them all.

Gloria: "What is everyone standing around for?! We have crimes to solve!"

The buzz came back but this time people were fleeing the rath of Gloria Cabrera, said cop rolled her eyes and looked down at the baby.

Gloria: "Algunos personas tengo razón?"

Miranda giggled and Gloria smiled as they both walked into her office. She parked the stroller next to her desk and while she had her back turned Miranda grabbed a rectangle shaped box and, like most babies would, stuck it in her mouth. Gloria jumped and gently pulled it out.

Gloria: "Miranda, no ma'am, that's not a toy, Abuela uses that to get criminales confession's for court"

She placed it back on her desk but didn't notice Miranda grab it again and stick in her pants. Gloria set up the play pin and set the two babies in. Miranda stood and held herself up again the wall. She made some mad baby sounds and tried to get Gloria to pick her up again. She did not like being in baby jail. Gloria just smiled and pulled some baby toys out of the bag, she then pulled a pacifier out of her pocket and stuck it in Miranda's mouth. Miranda sucked on it once before smiling and sitting next to Onyx to play with some blocks. Gloria smiled and set to work, they stayed that way for about 10 minutes before a man barged into the room. A tall blood hound with a dark look on his face. This man was officer Scott Brown, not the most pleasant person to be in a room with. Miranda cocked her head at the sight of him and Gloria glared.

Gloria: "didn't your mother ever teach you how to knock?"

He ignored her and held up a case file.

Brown: "got the case I needed you for"

Gloria scoffed and took it from him. She frowned as she flipped through the pages.

Gloria: "missing criminal files huh"

Brown: "yeah, think it's an inside man?"

Gloria: "most definitely"

She was about to continue but shouting from the hallway pulled their attention away. Miranda stood up at the sounds and pulled herself over the wall on her pin, then tottled over to look between Gloria's legs. It was a male woodpecker screaming like a manic being lead to a room full of jail cells by a female cop. Miranda tried to crawl over to them but Gloria pushed the papers into Brown's hands and scooped her up before she could make it out the door. 

Gloria: "ah ah ah, no ma'am"

She walked Miranda back over to her play pin.

Gloria: "there's nothing for you out there, just a loco boy who makes our lives miserable"

She placed her back down the pin and gave Brown an inquisitive look.

Gloria: "he seems to be getting arrested a lot more often lately"

Brown just nodded and handed her the case file. As he was leaving another man walked in. A short white duck, he was the new guy on the squad, Timothy Webster. He was pretty timid and honestly not much to look at. He nearly jumped out his skin when Gloria made eye contact with him.

Webster: "s-sorry to interrupt officer Cabrera, b-but we have a suspect brought in for questioning"

Gloria sighed before looking over at Miranda, then up at the nervous rookie.

Gloria: "fine, watch my granddaughter for me would you?"

He nodded and Gloria left without another word. Miranda spat out her pacifier and looked up at the new stranger as he walked over to the desk and slipped something into his pocket from off the table. Miranda narrowed her eyes and made mad baby noises but Webster just ignored her, Miranda picked up a block and threw it at his head. Webster jumped at the impact and let out a curse. He looked at Miranda with anger in his eyes.

Webster: "why you little!"

Anything else he was about to say or do was cut off by Gloria entering the room. Webster jumped back and plastered on a fake smile.

Gloria: "suspect is too intoxicated to get a straight answer out of, just lock him up until he's sober again"

Webster: "of-of course, it's my turn to guard the cells anyway"

Gloria: "well it should be easy enough, there's only one other person in there"

Gloria nodded her head in Miranda's direction.

Gloria: "she behave?"

Webster: "ah, yes, she did, she might be a little fussy though, she threw a block at my head"

Gloria gasped and picked her up.

Miranda: "Miranda! No ma'am! We don't hit people with things, tell officer Webster you're sorry!"

Miranda just blew a raspberry at him and Gloria narrowed her eyes. Webster held his hands up.

Webster: "it's-it's alright, no harm done"

He headed out the door.

Webster: "I'll-I'll see to that drunk suspect"

Gloria nodded as he left. She turned her attention to Miranda with a frown on her face.

Gloria: "I'll deal with you later"

She set her down back in the pin and Onyx walked over to her.

Gloria: "you can sit here and think about what you've done"

She walked over her desk and stopped, she started moving papers around in search for something.

Gloria: "where did my key for the case files go?"

This question made Miranda gasp. She stood up and waved her arms around, frantically pointing at the door. She tried talking but all that came out was baby babble. Gloria put her papers down and picked her up. 

Gloria: "what is the matter niña? Do you need a change?"

Miranda just made more angry sounds in denial, trying to get her to look at the door, but Gloria just patted at her butt and nodded.

Gloria: "that's a yes"

Miranda just sighed annoyed and slapped her hand over her eyes in a face palm. But before the two could do anything else Brown barged into the room again.

Brown: "my file key is gone!"

Gloria looked at him surprised before setting Miranda back down.

Gloria: "mine too, are anymore cases gone?"

Brown: "yeah, about four"

The two continued to talk and Miranda got fed up trying to get their attention and let out a screech. Gloria quickly turned and glared at Miranda annoyed. 

Gloria: "alright! I'll change you in a minute niña!"

Miranda just slapped her face again and turned to Onyx. She looked around the room and saw the office door open just a little bit. Miranda smiled and pulled herself up. She climbed over the bars of her play pin and Onyx squeezed through the bars in a cat like manor. Miranda made some baby sounds to Onyx and she actually understood her as she kneeled down and let Miranda climb on her back like a horse. Once Onyx stood back up Miranda pointed outside and they headed out the door, with Gloria or Brown none the wiser.

After about seven minutes of talking theories that went nowhere, Gloria sighed and turned to the play pin.

Gloria: "this is going nowhere, alright mija, let's get you changed"

But there was no Miranda in the pin, and that made Gloria look around the room frantically.

Gloria: "Miranda?!"

Then she saw the open door and her eyes widened.

Gloria: "mierda"

Meanwhile, Onyx was carrying Miranda around the station, careful to avoid cops. Miranda looked around until she spotted Webster walking into the jail cell room, both babies managed to slide in before the door closed. They followed Webster to the hall of cells and saw him standing in front of the one with the woodpecker from earlier in it. The only difference is now he was cool calm and collected. Webster held a pile of folders in his hands. Miranda took the tape recorder out of her pants and hit the start button when Webster started talking.

Webster: "alright Chris, I got the files on the men you wanted"

The woodpecker, Chris, looked at them from in between the bars and smiled.

Chris: "ah, perfect, but I expect nothing less"

Webster just narrowed his eyes.

Webster: "you remember our deal, $100,000 for ever case I bring you, how long before your bail shows up?"

Just as he as about to answer the drunk guy from the cell next to him leaned up against the bars and pointed a shaky finger at Miranda.

Guy: "oh look-It's a baby princess, riding a unicorn!"

Webster turned to look and saw Miranda. His face filled with rage at the sight of the tape recorder in her hands. He threw some of the cases into the cell with Chris but held on to one and headed for her. Miranda just gulped, she looked down at Onyx and made baby noises that could only mean one thing.

RUN!

Onyx took off and Webster followed right behind them. When a female cop entered the room she jerked her foot up and yelped when Onyx ran past her, and when Webster got to her he just pushed her out of the way. Onyx ran as fast as her little legs could carry her but she wasn't big enough to hold Miranda's weight for that long and soon enough she had to stop running. They hid behind a potted plant and while Onyx laid down Miranda held onto the tape recorder tightly and looked for anything that could help them. Soon enough he found her and just as Webster was about to grab at them a voice came from behind Miranda.

Gloria: "Miranda Nicole!"

A pair of hands grabbed Miranda off the floor while Webster just stood there in shock. Gloria held Miranda close to her and checked for any injuries.

Gloria: "where have you been? Don't run off like that you scarred me!"

Gloria finally looked at Webster, ready to thank him for finding her but then she noticed the name of the case in his hands.

Gloria: "why do you have one of my case files"

Webster: "well-I-uh"

While he was struggling to come up with an excuse, Miranda held up the tape recorder and hit play.

Webster: "you remember our deal, $100,000 for ever case I bring you, how long before your bail shows up?"

Gloria listened in shock then looked at Webster with anger. Webster stood in shock as Brown walked up next to Gloria with a look of anger also on his face.

Brown: "I think we may have found our inside man"

Webster wasted no time and threw the file at their faces, trying to make a break for it. Gloria pushed Miranda into Brown's arms and went after him. She tackled him to the ground and put his hands behind his back. While she cuffed him Miranda started clapping her hands.

Miranda: "yay!"

Gloria gasped, it was the first real word that Miranda had said since she was transformed. Miranda just kept clapping while Gloria gave Webster to another cop to deal with. She took Miranda out of Brown's arms and held her above her smiling face.

Gloria: "good job mija!"

Miranda kept making happy baby noises and it was so cute even Brown had to smile.

(Later)

Miranda sucked happily on a bottle while Onyx napped and Gloria finished up the report for the days events. Brown actually knocked on the door before entering this time and held Webster's old uniform in his hands. He set the uniform down on the desk and the hat fell into Miranda's play pin, who looked at it with curiosity. Brown walked up next to Gloria and leaned on the wall on his side.

Brown: "so Webster joined the police in three different cities before coming here, stealing certain files for big money huh?"

Gloria: "si, and the reason that kid has been getting arrested so often is because he knew what days Webster was guarding the cells"

Brown nodded before looking at Miranda with a small smile.

Brown: "you know, we may never have solved this one if it wasn't for your granddaughter, I have a feeling she'd make a great cop someday"

Gloria smiled and looked to see Miranda trying to put the hat on her head. Gloria snapped a quick picture before going to pick her up.

Gloria: "tienes razón sobre eso, I think she would too"

She kissed her head and gave Miranda a little wink.

Gloria: "but let's keep this little adventure too ourselves"

Miranda just giggled.

(Later again)

It was dark outside as Gloria watched her show, a baby monitor sitting next to her on the couch. Fenton stumbled in with the bag over his shoulder looking dead on his feet. He plopped down next to Gloria who moved the monitor and sighed.

Fenton: "hola M'ma, how was Miranda?"

Gloria: "fine Pollito, everything was fine, she's sleeping right now"

Fenton let out another sigh and gave Gloria a tired smile.

Fenton: "thank you M'ma, I mean it"

He stood up and walked towards Miranda's door. Gloria smiled as she looked at the picture she took o Miranda earlier that day. She was happy, until she heard Fenton say something that made her jump.

Fenton: "M'ma! Why is Miranda sucking on a tape recorder?!"

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

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First word (kinda):

Fenton: "come on Miranda, can you say daddy?"

Miranda just blinked up at Fenton from her high chair. Fenton sat across from her with a dorky smile on his face. After the police station fiasco Fenton's been trying to get her to say more words. Apple, juice, ni-night, but the words he's been trying to get her to say the most was daddy. Miranda just pointed to the jar of applesauce in his hand then to her open mouth, Fenton sighed and spooned some more into her mouth. Once he finished and put the sauce back in the fridge he grabbed a wet towel and gently started wiping her face. Despite his disappointment he smiled and kissed her cheek. Miranda giggled and Fenton picked her up, he sat down with her on the couch and started preening her feathers. Miranda just kept giggling and giggling and Fenton smiled until something made him freeze.

Miranda: "papi!"

Fenton stopped and stared at her in shock. Miranda kept giggling and crying placed her hands on the sides of his face. Fenton's shock soon turned to absolute joy as tears leaked out of just eyes. He smiled and hugged her as close to him as he could without hurting her. And if you didn't know any better, you'd think Miranda was hugging back. Once Fenton finally got his tears under control he pulled away and kissed her cheek again.

Fenton: "I love you mija"

Miranda: "mmm, papi"

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Peak-a-boo

Huey and Dewey walked up to the Cabrera house with bags of baby supplies in their hands. Because the whole baby transformation was technically their fault, Scrooge offered to pay for all the baby stuff Fenton needed until they got Miranda back to normal. Gloria answered the door for the two boys and showed them the way to the sought after ducks. Fenton was sitting on Miranda's chair watching her play with Onyx on the floor. Huey knocked on the door and Once Fenton saw them he smiled.

Fenton: "illumination Huey and Dewey! How are you two?"

Huey: "Hi Fenton! We brought more supplies for Miranda"

He held up the bags he was holding and Dewey got on the ground next to Miranda. Fenton smiled and took the bags from the boys.

Fenton: "ah, thank you guys! Just what we needed" 

He held up a pack of diapers.

Fenton: "more diapers for our resident stink bug"

Miranda blew a raspberry at him before turning away with a 'humph!' Huey and Dewey just laughed.

Huey: "if I didn't know any better I'd say she actually understood you"

Fenton: "yeah, she's very smart"

Dewey covered his eyes with his hands and once Miranda looked over at him he uncovered them. 

Dewey: "peak a boo!"

Miranda's mouth opened in shock. She just stared for a minute before she started bawling. Dewey jumped back a bit before trying to calm her down. 

Dewey: "ah man! It's ok baby blue, shhh"

Fenton sighed before picking her up.

Dewey: "I'm sorry Fenton! I wasn't trying too-

Fenton: "It's alright Dewey, I know you didn't mean any harm"

Fenton placed Miranda over his shoulder and bounced her up and down. Huey pulled a notebook out of his pocket and started writing.

Huey: "notes for future babysitting, Miranda hates peak-a-boo"

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Mistaken identity:

Fenton pushed the cart around the store with Miranda sitting in her little seat, he scoured the shelves for the ingredients of M'ma's famous enchiladas, the much anticipated course for dinner tonight. As Fenton was scouring the produce section for peppers another person caught Miranda's eye from far away. A female hen, with a brown bob and grey sweatshirt tied around her waist. Miranda tilted her head before gasping, this woman looked just like her-

Miranda: "Mama!"

Fenton jerked up at her sudden yell and Miranda pointed at the woman, kicking her little feet in excitement.

Miranda: "Mama!"

Fenton walked up next to her and tried to look where she was pointing but there was so many people he couldn't make out a single one. Instead he patted her cheek sympathetically.

Fenton: "I'm sorry bebé, but that's not mama"

Fenton started pushing the cart away while Miranda kept looking behind him at the mystery woman. And Fenton didn't notice the woman rubbing her eyes and looking over at him, at his baby, in complete disbelief.

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Gizmo baby: 

Fenton: "oh por el amor de, where is it?!"

Fenton was tearing his room apart looking for the Gizmoduck helmet, one minute he was cleaning up the suit and right as he got back from using the bathroom to find it was gone. 

Fenton: "helmets don't just get up and walk away!"

If he couldn't find this helmet he was doomed, and so was Duckberg, but mostly him once Dr Gearloose found out! Just as he was about to check the bag (for about the 100th time) an odd sound came from the baby monitor. Miranda was supposed to be napping so Fenton hauled tail to her room to check on her. And once he opened the door he almost melted.

Miranda was crawling around her floor with his way to big helmet on her head. She was babbling some baby babble to her stuffed rabbit (that she named conejito) it looked like she was monologuing to a villain. Fenton maybe snapped about 15 pictures before he finally walked into the room.

Fenton: "pollita, what are you doing with daddy's helmet?"

Fenton gently pulled the helmet off her head and took her into his arms.

Fenton: "you're supposed to be asleep"

He placed her back into her crib with a kiss on her head.

Fenton: "my little gizmo baby"

He changed his Lock Screen wallpaper almost as soon as he walked out of the door.

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Sleep is for the weak!:

Fenton let out a sigh, finally, he had a moment of peace, a moment to catch up on some much needed sleep-

A tiny hand slapped at his face

Miranda: "papi!"

Or not

Fenton opened his eyes and saw Miranda sitting on his chest, way to awake for two o'clock in the morning. Miranda sitting in her little blue pajama onesie and curly bed head. Fenton groaned and covered his eyes with his arm.

Fenton: "you are so awake right now"

Miranda just laughed and slapped his arm again.

Fenton: "no Miranda, daddy's sleepy"

She just laughed and Fenton sighed. Sitting up and flicking his light on he saw Miranda looking just as happy as she sounded. Despite his complete exhaustion, he smiled.

Fenton: "ok *yawns* let's go make you a bottle"

Fenton took the baby into his arms and headed for the kitchen. Gently and quietly as too not wake up Gloria. They made it to the kitchen and Fenton microwaved a bottle. Once it was done he tested it on his arm before nodding his approval. He headed back to his room and cradled Miranda close to him. Once the bottle was in her mouth there was silence, the only sound was Miranda sucking. Fenton smiled at her happy face, she couldn't possibly get any cuter.

Fenton: "heh, is that better baby?"

Once Miranda finished her eyes were droopy and she yawned. Fenton stood to go put her back into bed but once she started whining he sat back down.

Fenton: "aww, do you wanna stay with me tonight?"

Miranda gave a little nod and nuzzled against his chest. Fenton just kept smiling and laid down onto the bed. Both of them soon feel asleep, with smiled on their faces.

Chapter Text

(Third person)

Fenton: "Miranda! No ma'am! Get out of the curtains!"

Fenton raced over to the baby and pulled her out from behind the curtains, Miranda just giggled and crawled away to find some other mischief. Fenton groaned and sank to the floor, this whole day had been rough. The house was a disaster and Fenton looked like (and felt like) he had been dragged behind a semi for a quarter mile. Miranda just kept finding more and more ways to make a mess. Fenton was so out of it he didn't even realize Huey had knocked on the door until he was standing right over him. 

Huey: "hi Fenton"

Miranda perked up at the sound of Huey's voice and toddled over to him as fast as she could. Giggling the whole way.

Miranda: "uey!"

Miranda held her arms up and Huey pick her up with a smile. Miranda wrapped her arms around his neck in a sloppy baby hug while Huey looked down at Fenton concerned.

Huey: "why are you on the floor?"

Fenton sighed and pushed himself up into a sitting position.

Fenton: "Miranda, every since she started walking again she's been getting into everything, it's been getting harder to keep up with her."

Huey looked down at the baby in his arms and got an idea.

Huey: "well, if you're tired then why don't I bring her back to the mansion with me"

Fenton and Miranda both perked their heads up.

Fenton: "what?"

Miranda: "wha?"

Huey just nodded.

Huey: "it would be great! You get your break and everyone at the manor gets to see Miranda again, plus, it, uh, gives me a chance to try and earn my Junior Woodchuck babysitting bag"

Fenton gave a nervous smile, not picking up on Huey's voice change and Miranda seemed genuinely excited at the idea of going to McDuck Manor. 

Fenton: "aww Huey, that's sweet of you, but no, Miranda is a very adventurous baby and McDuck Manor isn't exactly...child proof"

Fenton pulled Miranda back into his arms as Huey deflated. Miranda let out a sound of protest and tried to squirm out of her father's hold. Fenton just placed her over his shoulder and started patting her back.

Fenton: "it's ok mija, you'll just stay here with me"

Miranda let out more sounds of protest before she stopped and suddenly tuned her head away. Fenton froze as he felt a large amount of hot spit up run down the back of his shirt. 

Fenton: "on second thought, maybe I could use a break"

Huey perked up at that and Miranda started clapping, but Fenton put his finger up before the two could get too excited. 

Fenton: "BUT! There is going to be a long list of rules you guys need to follow, and you have to promise to not let her out of your sight for even one second"

Huey nodded and Miranda started clapping again. Fenton just sighed.

Fenton: "I'll drop her off in an hour, you might wanna go home and give your family a heads up"

Huey gave a thumbs up and ran out the door. Fenton just sighed as he watched him leave.

Fenton: "why do I have a feeling I'm going to regret this"

(Later)

Huey: "alright people listen up, Fenton is trusting us to keep an eye on his precious baby girl for a few hours and I am not letting him down...again"

The whole McDuck family, minus Scrooge who was at the office, sat in front of Huey as he laid down his plan for the babysitting of a young Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera. He worked on preparing for all possible scenarios, even though he knew it was pointless. Della raised her hand up from her spot on the couch.

Della: "again? What do you mean again"

Huey just raised an eyebrow.

Huey: "how about that time we left her in Greece, or the time we lost her in that spider invested cave in Phoenix, or how about the time we let her fight that army of cursed skeletons by herself! I could go on"

Huey finished his rant with a sigh, dropping his head. 

Huey: "it's just....Fenton is my best friend, and I wanna show him we can be trusted to keep Miranda safe"

Everyone glanced at each other before Della walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

Della: "don't worry honey, nothing is going to happen to her today, not with us around to protect her"

Della turned to look at the rest of the family.

Della: "right guys?!"

Everyone gave there agreements and Huey smiled. 

Huey: "thanks guys"

The doorbell rang and Huey ran to answer the door. Once he opened it he saw Fenton standing there, holding a big bag, a big book, and a tiny Miranda strapped to his chest in a baby carrier. Once Miranda caught sight of Huey she let out a happy baby squeal.

Miranda: "Uey! Uey!"

Huey smiled

Huey: "hey Fenton! Hi Miranda! Come on in"

Fenton walked into the house and set the bag down on the floor. The rest of the family soon came in and Fenton handed Miranda to Huey. The kids all crowded around her to say hi and Miranda let out more happy baby sounds.

Miranda: "Ewey! Ouie! Ebby! Hi!"

Webby let Miranda grab her finger and smiled. 

Webby: "hi Mimi"

Miranda giggled as Dewey ruffled her hair and despite his nerves, Fenton smiled. 

Fenton: "alright guys"

He picked the bag up off the floor and handed it to Dewey, who almost dropped it from its weight.

Fenton: "here's the bag"

He the handed the book the Louie, who dropped on the floor with it.

Fenton: "and here's the book"

Louie struggled to lift the heavy book off the ground, Webby came over to help him.

Louie: "good god Fenton, she's only gonna be here for a few hours!"

Fenton shrugged him off

Fenton: "I know, but I wanted to make sure you guys had everything you may need, and the most important feature!"

He pulled a small button out of his pocket and handed it to Huey.

Fenton: "this is an emergency signal that goes directly to the Gizmoduck helmet, push it if you need anything"

Huey looked at the button before tucking it under his hat.

Huey: "don't worry Fenton, I won't need to push the button, by the time you come back to get Miranda she'll look like a new baby!"

Fenton just raised an eyebrow at the and Miranda blew a raspberry. Huey frowned.

Huey: "yeah, I gotta work on my sell points"

Fenton: "anyway-as for that badge of yours-

Louie: "why is the bag moving?"

Fenton froze at his words and slowly turned to see the bag wiggle from its spot on the floor. He slowly walked to the bag and opened it up. And once he saw what was inside he scowled.

Fenton: "Onyx! Bad girl! I told you to stay home!"

Onyx was curled up inside Miranda's blankets looking up at Fenton with innocence. He rolled is eyes and turned to Della, who stood behind Louie.

Fenton: "you think you can handle double babies today? Just give Onyx a bottle at the same time as Miranda and you should be good to go"

Della gave him a thumbs up

Della: "got it!"

Fenton: "wonderful"

He turned his attention back to the bag

Fenton: "everything you may need is in this bag, from clothes to toys to as many diapers as I could fit in"

Louie let out a silent gag and Huey smacked his head. Fenton rolled his eyes.

Fenton: "in the book you'll find everything you need to know, her feeding schedule, her nap time, bath time, and what to do in case she gets fussy"

He smiled a bit and gently took Miranda out of Huey's arms.

Fenton: "it was sweet of you guys to offer to babysit, but I'm serious, if you need me I will come get her" 

Donald finally stepped forward and gently cupped Miranda's face, like he did oh so long ago.

Donald: "she'll be fine Fenton, we'll make sure of it"

Donald held he arms out expectantly, Fenton sighed before kissing her head and transferring her over to Donald's experienced arms.

Fenton: "I love you mijita, be good"

Miranda smiled up at him and he almost melted. Fenton hesitated for just a little while longer before he sighed and said his goodbyes to everyone. 

Fenton: "good luck with your babysitting badge Huey" 

Della docked and eyebrow at that 

Della: "babysitting badge?"

Fenton turned away before he could see her face. Once the front door closed Miranda perked up.

Miranda: "papi?"

Her bottom lip started trembling and before anyone could react she started crying. Donald started rocking her gently.

Donald: "shhhhhh Miranda, it's alright, he'll be back soon"

He rubbed circles onto her back while walking over to the others, the kids were looking at Donald amazed but Della had her hands on her hips and gave Huey a suspicious look.

Della: "so Fenton thinks you're trying to get a badge that doesn't exist, you wanna explain that Hubert?"

Huey winced and held his hands behind his back.

Huey: "um, they put the badge in the book....last week?"

Donald and Della just arched their eyebrows and that caused Huey to crack

Huey: "ok! I lied ok!"

Everyone looked surprised, even Miranda gasped

Miranda: "Uey!"

Huey: "I know! I know! But it was the heat of the moment and I needed another reason for him to bring her here because I'm not good at convincing people!"

Huey had to stop to breath so Della cut in

Della: "so you irresponsibly lied in order to prove you're responsible?"

Huey: "well when you say it like that......"

Della just pinched the bridge of her beak

Della: "we'll talk later"

She walked next to her brother and looked down at the baby in his arms, she let out a smile of sad joy once she saw Miranda.

Della: "is this what she looked like?"

Donald smiled and nodded

Della just kept smiling and Miranda reached up to her.

Della: "I wish I could have been there"

She suddenly stopped smiling and coughed a bit awkwardly.

Della: "but that doesn't matter right now, what's the first thing we have to do honey?"

Louie dropped the book on the ground and flipped to page one. 

Louie: "according to this ridiculous book, it's Miranda's play time"

Huey nodded and started rummaging through the bag.

Huey: "ok, we'll give her some nice stuffed animals and take her into-and where did everyone go?"

(Tv room)

Louie turned the tv station from Ottoman Empire to some random baby channel. The Giggles were playing on tv so Dewey grabbed her hands and started dancing with her. 

Dewey: "come on baby blue! Let's get those baby feet dancing again!"

Miranda laughed as Dewey danced around with her. They were having so much fun they didn't even notice when Huey came in until he turned off the Tv.

Huey: "come on guys! We need to show we can take care of Miranda which means we have to do everything by the book"

Everyone rolled their eyes, even Miranda in her own baby way. 

Webby: "Huey, haven't you learned by know that not everything can always be by the book"

Huey: "that's different, that's for adventures, this is for a living, breathing baby, the book is like that for a reason"

Dewey: "but there's nothing in the book that says we can't dance with her!"

Huey: "yes, but it also says in the book that Miranda's not allowed to watch tv"

Louie let out a horrified gasp but Huey ignored him. 

Huey: "it doesn't matter because now Miranda has too eat"

He picked her up and despite her protest took her into the kitchen. Della set up the high chair while Huey rummaged for the food Fenton packed. 

Huey: "ah, here it is, zucchini carrots and peas"

Miranda stuck her tongue out in disgust 

Miranda: "yucky"

Huey: "I know, but the book says you have to eat it"

Miranda just whined more while Huey placed her in her high chair and tied a bib around her neck. He poured a bit of the off colored mush into a tiny bowl and held a spoon up in front of her mouth. Miranda turned her head away and held her lips closed. 

Dewey: "zucchini carrots and peas? Ugh, who's going to eat this?"

Huey tried not to groan as he turned to see Dewey rummaging through the fridge.

Dewey: "I know just the thing to get her to eat"

He held up a jar, Miranda beamed and Huey scowled.

Dewey: "cinnamon apple sauce!"

Miranda clapped her hands excited but Huey pushed the jar down.

Huey: "nope, the book says she needs to eat her vegetable mush"

Huey turned back to Miranda and held up the spoon again.

Huey: "you have plenty of food right here"

Miranda just shot him a look, and with a quick swipe of her hand she flung the bowl of mush over to the counter and managed to nock both the bowl and the jar to the ground. Huey just stood there in a mix of shock and rage. Dewey just stood for a minute before gently placing a hand on his shoulder, snapping him out of it.

Dewey: "I'll feed her while you clean up?"

Huey just growled and moved to clean up.

(Later again)

Huey: "ok, we did playtime and lunchtime, now it's nap time"

Huey held two bottles in his hands as he walked into the tv room. One for Miranda and one for Onyx. He almost dropped them in shock. Della was using her arms and legs to lift Miranda up like she was flying, everyone around her watched with big smiles on their faces. Even Beakly smiled a little.

Della: "ahhh, look out! It's super baby coming to save the world!"

Everyone laughed as Miranda squealed in delight. Huey on the other hand look like he was ready to snap.

Huey: "why are you getting her so riled up? When I asked if you could keep her calm?"

His voice surprised everyone, they all looked at him stomp over and grab Miranda off Della's feet and into his arms.

Huey: "you guys couldn't have given me some cooperation?! Just once?"

He pinched the bridge of his beak

Huey: "why did I think you guys would help me?"

Huey turned and before he could see the hurt looks his family was giving him.

Huey: "come on Miranda, nap time"

Miranda just made sounds of protest and reached over his shoulder back at everyone with tears in her eyes. Once they passed the bookcase Miranda grabbed on to stop Huey from walking. Huey did stop and gently tried to pry her hands off.

Huey: "come on Miranda, let go"

Miranda just kept holding on with all her baby strength. Huey just kept gently pulling on her but before anyone could react the bookcase moved and sent a dark purple vase crashing to the ground, shattering it. Donald and Della stood petrified.

Donald: "on no"

In a flash of bright light several different colored spectrums started flying around the room. Cause destruction everywhere the flew and cackling a horrible cackle. The Ducks all covered their ears as they watched in horror the chaos surrounding them.

Huey: "what are those things?!"

Della: "Glowgers! Spectrums that only live to create chaos and misery! Uncle Scrooge and Eliza captured them years ago to stop them from sacrificing babies in a small French village!"

Louie: "did you say they sacrifice babies?"

All eyes turned to Miranda, including the glowgers'. Miranda just stared for a minute before letting out a screech. The glowgers launched towards Miranda but Donald grabbed her in time and bolted. The family tried to fight them off as best they could but...they were fighting ectoplasm. Every attack went straight right through them. 

Huey: "this isn't working, how did Eliza defeat them?!"

Beakly: "a special vacuum that Eliza designed to suck them up, but the vacuum and the containing vases are both in the other bin!"

Della ducked as one glowger tried to slime her with bright pink goo.

Della: "we need a distraction!"

Webby: "we should call Gizmoduck!"

Huey: "no!"

Everyone just shot Huey a look while he desperately waved his hands around.

Huey: "we don't need Gizmoduck! I can handle this on my own!"

Dewey tackled Huey to the ground and tried to pull the button out from under his hat. 

Dewey: "what is your problem?! Why can't you just ask Fenton for help?!"

Huey: "BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LOSE MIRANDA OK!"

That made everyone stop cold

Della: "what are you talking about?"

Huey: "I'm scared ok! What if we mess up again and Fenton stops letting Miranda come on adventures with us?! What if he stops letting her come over?! What if he never lets us see her again?!"

Huey was almost crying at this point, but he wiped the tears away before they fall.

Huey: "I don't want to lose her"

Della wasted no time and brought him into a hug.

Della: "you won't, I promise"

Donald: "does anyone want to come and HELP ME?!"

The rest of the family rushed at his call but Huey stood back for a minute. He pulled the button out of his hat and with a sigh he pushed it.

Once Huey ran into the other room he almost screamed. The glowers hand a hold on Donald and the we're trying to pry Miranda out of his hold. Huey ran over to them as fast as he could and reached them just as they got a hold on Miranda. 

Huey: "No!"

Huey jumped on the glowger holding Miranda and grabbed onto him as he flew away. He tried to get Huey off him but he held on strong while trying to console a crying Miranda. Huey kicked the glowger as they flew higher and higher. Once they got close to the ceiling Huey kicked the glowing orb in the middle of the glowger, causing him to poof away, leaving only the orb and Huey having nothing to hold onto. He held on tightly to Miranda as the both went plummeting to the ground. They screamed and kept falling until something or rather someone caught them. Huey opened his eyes to see Gizmoduck holding him.

Huey: "Fenton!"

Miranda: "Papi!"

Fenton hugged both of them close

Fenton: "are you two alright!? Are either of you hurt?!"

Huey: "we're alright Fenton"

He sighed in relief but that did last long as the other glowgers tried to grab Miranda. Fenton quickly rolled over to the rest of the family.

Fenton: "how do we stop these things?!"

Huey: "it's the orbs! Touch them and they disappear!"

Everyone nodded and set to work. They all fought the glowgers until each and every one of them was destroyed. While the family with Gizmoduck Huey protected Miranda. Once they were all gone Beakly came back from the other bin with a different containment vase, where every orb was put into and sealed up tightly. Beakly went to put them in the other bin leaving Huey with a lot of explaining to do. Fenton stood with his arms crossed while Huey gulped.

Huey: "Fenton...I'm so sorry, I never meant for any of this to happen. I was just so worried you wouldn't let Miranda see us anymore that I went a little crazy"

Huey slowly held out Miranda for Fenton to take.

Huey: "I...understand if you don't want me to babysit anymore"

Fenton just raised an eyebrow 

Fenton: "What? I'm not mad, well, I'm a little mad that you lied to me about the badge"

Huey: "you knew about that"

Fenton: "I was a woodchuck too you know, anyway, but I would never deny you guys the right to see you guys, you guys are just as much her family as I am, and I know you guys do everything in your power to keep her safe"

Fenton they shot a look at Miranda

Fenton: "besides, I know Miranda could be a lot more careful"

If Huey didn't know any better, he would've sworn he heard Miranda gulp.

Huey: "thanks Fenton"

Fenton: "no, thank you Huey, you're the best babysitter/sidekick a superhero could ask for"

Huey smiled before looking at the state of the room in horror, the house was a disaster. He was just about to pass out before a hand touched his shoulder.

Della: "don't worry honey, we'll take care of the mess, you finish what you started and put Miranda to sleep"

Huey started smiling again 

Huey: "thanks guys, I'm sorry about what I said earlier, I do appreciate your help"

Webby: "don't worry about it, we always got your back, right guys?!"

Everyone let out their agreement and Huey just kept smiling.

(Later again again)

Miranda sucked the milk out of the bottle Huey was feeding her slowly, the earlier events having worn her out. Fenton sat next to him on the couch feeding a bottle of griffin formula to Onyx. After they both had finished Huey set the both in the play pin. Onyx cuddled up next to Miranda and they both fell asleep almost instantly.

Huey: "could they get any cuter?"

Fenton: "I don't think so, you know what, despite all the chaos, These past few weeks with Miranda have been wonderful"

Fenton let out a little sigh.

Fenton: "I don't think I would mind if she stayed this way forever"

Scrooge: "what the dismal downs happened in here!"

Both guys listened as Beakly explained the days  events and about 20 minutes later Scrooge entered the tv room with Gyro right behind him.

Scrooge: "ah Fenton! Just the person we were looking for!"

Fenton: "what for?"

Gyro pushed up his glasses, looking all too pleased with him self. 

Gyro: "I have a way to cure Miranda"

Chapter Text

(Third person)

Gyro: "after weeks of studying that youth water, I finally found a way to reverse the process and restore Miranda back to her proper age"

Fenton held Miranda close to his chest as he and the rest of the McDuck family listened to Gyro explained his cure. Onyx was fast asleep on Fenton's feet, much to his annoyance. Gyro held up a beaker full of about six ounces of a clear water like liquid.

Gyro: "each ounce of water is equal to one year, so get her to drink all six ounces and she should return to normal"

Della: "and you're sure it's safe?"

Gyro: "you dare question my brilliance?!"

Huey cut in before a fight could break out

Huey: "let's not go down that road shall we"

Fenton ignored their petty fight and just looked at the beaker in Gyro's hand, then back down at Miranda. 

Fenton: "does she have to take it right away?"

Everyone looked confused at his question but Gyro answered it anyway.

Gyro: "I suppose not, the molecular structure sounds hold for some time, why, what's the delay?"

Fenton: "well you-you see..I had-uh, planned to take Miranda to a-a doctor today! So-uh, he-he could make sure she was still healthy, so!"

Fenton grabbed Onyx off his feet and held her next to Miranda,  then took the beaker out of Gyro's hand and put a cork in it to stop any water from spilling, then he walked backwards to the elevator.

Fenton: "so I'll just give her the water after that appointment! And-uh will let all of you know when she's back to normal, ok bye!"

The elevator door closed before anyone else could get a word in. Fenton walked out of that building faster then he ever had in his life. Completely unaware of the white drone spying on him from the sky.

Fenton walked with Miranda and Onyx until they got to the park. He sat down on a bench and placed her on his lap. Miranda just looked up at him confused and a little annoyed. Onyx just looked confused.

Fenton: "I know, I know, but can I have one more day? One more day with my baby?"

Miranda seemed to think about it for a minute before letting out a little nod. Fenton smiled and kissed her head.

Fenton: "alright then, you wanna swing?"

Miranda: "es! Es pease!"

Fenton picked her up and they both headed to the swings. The more fun they had the more Fenton thought about this. Is this really what was best for Miranda? What if he could start over, re raise her. Erase all the heartbreak and pain that came with her early childhood trauma. He could give her the life she deserves.

He shook his head, that idea was ridiculous. He couldn't undo the past, no matter how much he wanted to. It wouldn't be fair to Miranda, to make her forget about her mother. The thoughts made Fenton's stomach churn. 

Miranda: "papi?"

Fenton looked down at her in her swing. And when she looked up at him with those big blue eyes he wanted to give her the world. But before he could say anything he felt a presence behind him, a bad presence. He turned and saw a group of rough looking boys hanging around the front gate of the park. Fenton pulled Miranda out of her swing and started walking away. Onyx walked along with them from the ground, giving the boys an evil look. The boys followed them at a safe distance but that only made Fenton walk faster. Once he reached a large tree he walked around it waiting for the kids to pass, only to feel a sharp pain on the back of his head. The last thing he heard before he blacked out was Miranda letting out a cry and Onyx hissing.

(At the lab)

Huey: "did Fenton seem off to anyone else?"

The McDuck family was still waiting in the lab to hear back from Fenton (and surprisingly had nothing better to do today). Gyro was becoming increasingly annoyed with their presence and scoffed.

Gyro: "Dr intern is always off, he's a scientist"

Huey rolled his eyes

Huey: "that's not what I meant"

Donald got up from his spot and walked up to Huey. 

Donald: "he's just being a parent Huey, he doesn't want to see Miranda grow up, that's his baby"

Huey was about to say something else before loud static from a nearby computer startled him and everyone else. They crowded around the computer to see Mark Beak's face full up the screen.

Mark: "Hey there old McMoneybags!"

Huey: "Mark Beaks!"

Mark: "You're watching this video it's because I hacked into your computers in order to give you this important message!"

The screen switched over to show Fenton knocked out, trapped behind a large glass wall, Onyx was scratching at the wall and Miranda was nowhere in sight. 

Mark: "if you ever want to see Gizmoduck again, you'll make Screwloose hand over the Gizmoduck armor and his prototype for the hoverboard to Waddle by the end of today"

Gyro narrowed his eyes at the screen 

Gyro: "over my dead body!"

Mark: "oh! And if that wasn't enough"

The screen shifted again to show the black marker, standing in the shadows and holding a very unhappy Miranda in his arms. Everyone gasped.

Webby: "he's got Miranda!"

Mark: "I've also got this little number to help sweeten the deal, both inventions by the end of the day, bYYYYEEEE!"

The screen switched off. After that threat the entire family was furious, but Gyro, he was livid.

Gyro: "if that pompous git thinks for one minute that he can make me hand over my brilliance to him he's got another thing coming!"

He immediately went to the computer and started typing, but before he could complete a code that keyboard started sparking. He just barely avoided getting shocked as the screen switched back on.

Mark: "oh, and don't even bother trying to track my location, I made sure to double my security features, byyyeeee!"

After that Gyro was completely seething.

Gyro: "that subhuman, unoriginal, piece of-!"

Donald: "Gyro!"

He did stop but not before taking out his tablet 

Gyro: "I'll show that hack not to mess with my coworkers! I'll find them both!"

Della: "aww look at you caring about those you work with"

Gyro: "don't start, now, I just need to trace the last transmission, hack into his security, and trace his last known-

Dewey: "they're at Waddle"

Everyone looked to see the kids crowded around Dewey's phone, he showed them all a picture Mark posted of him giving a thumbs up in front of a door that said janitor. The caption read 'holding hostages in a secret location, better Saturday then yours' #beaksisthebest #screwgearloose #pewpewpew.

Everyone rolled their eyes

Scrooge: "doubled security indeed"

Huey: "enough chit chat! Let's go rescue them"

Everyone let out a yeah as they raced out the lab, Gyro grabbing the Gizmoduck bag on his way.

(At waddle)

When Fenton woke up his head was throbbing, from what he could see he was in an empty room with a glass wall, but it's what he couldn't see that made him scared.

Fenton: "Miranda!"

He got up despite his body's protests and went to the wall, he looked around for anything he could use to free himself and Onyx. Until he heard a voice that only made his head hurt worse.

Mark: "hey amigo!"

Fenton was practically growling, Onyx on the other hand, had her back arched straight up and was hissing so loud Mark could hear it through the glass. 

Fenton: "I am not your amigo, let me go"

Mark: "right, see, about that, I'm kind of using you and your baby genius to force Gearloose to hand over his prototype for that hover board and the Gizmoduck suit, both of them will make me the most buzz worth person on the internet again!"

In any other circumstances Fenton would have rolled his eyes, but right now he was too worried about Miranda.

Fenton: "Miranda! Where is Miranda?!"

Mark: "oh chilax, she's in perfectly good hands!"

At the moment Black Marker walked into the room holding Miranda. Miranda was fighting with all her might to get out of the grasp of a man who was certainly not holding her right. Fenton gasped.

Fenton: "no!"

He pounded on the glass

Fenton: "let her go! Please! You're going to hurt her!"

Mark: "relax!"

He took Miranda out of black's hold and held her in an even worse position. Fenton almost screamed.

Mark: "why would I hurt my hostage? Besides, babies love me, who wouldn't?!"

Miranda responded to that by throwing up all over him. Mark yelled out and let go of her but black caught her before she hit the ground. He rolled his eyes at the parrot.

Black marker: "let's just give the brat back to him, save us the trouble"

Mark rolled his eyes dramatically 

Mark: "ugh, fine!"

He pressed some buttons on his phone and a little opening opened on the wall. Black carried her over and Fenton did scream this time as he literally threw her inside. Fenton had to jump and fall flat on his face in order to catch her before she hit the ground.

Mark: "there you got your baby genius back, now, I'll be waiting for my next big thing to be delivered upstairs, byyyyeeee!"

Both men left after that while Fenton seethed. But before he could blow his stack he turned his attention to Miranda. He checked her over for any injures, and once he found none he sank to the ground and sighed.

Fenton: "this is not how I wanted to spend the day"

Miranda just gave him a look

Fenton: "I know I know"

He set her on the ground so she was leaning up against Onyx, then stood up.

Fenton: "gotta find a way out"

He started feeling along the walls for the control panel, there was a key pad lock on the outside which meant the controls must be on this side. Once Fenton found it and used a pocket screwdriver to crack it open he started getting to work.

Fenton: "ok, I should be able to wire the code to open the wall from here, if I only knew the code"

Miranda perked up at that

Miranda: "Papi! Papi!"

Fenton turned and looked at her

Fenton: "what is it mija?"

Miranda held up two fingers, Fenton just raised an eyebrow.

Fenton: "do you...need your diaper changed?"

Miranda shook her head and held up her fingers again.

Fenton: "you...want to say two words?"

Miranda just glared and held up two fingers, this time emphasizing them.

Fenton: "I always hated charades-wait a minute"

He crouched down to meet her eye level.

Fenton: "do you know the code?"

Miranda smiled and nodded so Fenton stood back up.

Fenton: "ok baby, two"

Miranda held up 1 finger

Fenton: "one"

Miranda held up four fingers

Fenton: "four"

Miranda held up all eight fingers

Fenton: "eight"

The glass wall began to slide open, Fenton smiled and picked up Miranda, pressing a kiss to her face.

Fenton: "you are my baby genius"

He picked up Onyx and walked out the door. While the hall was surprisingly unguarded, Mark Beaks wasn't a total idiot. He knew how to keep things that he wanted close to him. Fenton was careful to avoid cameras and trip wires that would be unnoticeable to the untrained eye. But Miranda made a little sound and pointed whenever there was a camera or wire close by.

Fenton: "ok, when we get home, we are definitely having a talk about how you know all this"

Miranda didn't answer, not like she had the chance with the gang of...well, gang members, running after them once they reached the other side. Fenton yelped at the sight and ran the other direction, a bit harder with the two babies in his arms but he managed to get underground through a different door. Miranda tensed up at the sight of her old home but her fear was soon overshadowed by the sight of the McDuck's (and Gyro) fighting off gang members. 

Fenton: "guys!"

Huey: "Fenton! You're alright!"

He then caught sight of Miranda and gave him an unimpressed look.

Huey: "and Miranda's still a baby"

Fenton just smiled and shrugged, but his guilt didn't last long as more gang members came at them. Onyx wigged her way out of his arms and stood defensive in front of them. Her back was arched and her claws were out as Della came up to them with the Gizmoduck bag.

Della: "go change! We'll hold them off!"

Fenton nodded and took the bag. He ran until he reached a dead end. Miranda urgently pointed to a oddly placed bottle and when he pulled it the wall opened up. Fenton ducked inside and the door closed behind them both. Fenton slid the the ground and held Miranda on his lap. He heard a message trying to be sent to the suit so he held his arm out.

Fenton: "Bla!"

The Gizmoduck arm lacked onto him not even a second later and Fenton opened the arm panel to see Huey.

Huey: "where are you?!"

Fenton: "still hiding! I can't go Gizmoducking with Miranda! It's not safe!"

Huey: "then turn her back to normal!"

Fenton: "I can't!"

Huey: "why not?!"

Fenton didn't have an answer for him, so once he looked away Huey kept going.

Huey: "I know you're going to miss her, but she's always going to be your baby, no matter how old she gets"

A large crash was heard in the background and Huey got more desperate.

Huey: "please Fenton, we need her"

He had to hang up after that leaving Fenton only with his baby. His baby, who was looking up at him with her big blue eyes, he sighed and pulled the cure out of his pocket, he pulled out the cork.

Fenton: "alright baby, open up"

(Later)

Multiple gang members were running through the tray piles, looking for any signs of Gizmoduck or the baby. Just as two stopped to walk an invisible wire tripped them up, once they fell to the ground and looked to see what did it, a wire got cut and old paint cans fell from the sky, knocking them both out.

The rest pulled out there weapons, ready to fight off what was attacking them.

Miranda: "a bit late for a stroll don't ya think boys?"

The boys looked up to see Miranda, now six again and wearing her overalls with her hair down, standing on top of a tray pile. They all aimed their guns at her but she climbed away before they could get a shot at her. They chased after her only to get seen by Gizmoduck at the end of a dead end.

Gizmoduck: "I wouldn't come closer if I were you"

They came anyway, and all of them fell victim to Miranda's traps, paint cans, trash bags, and old tire caps flew at them from all directions. The only that managed to reach Gizmoduck fell to the ground as soon as a pie hit his face. Miranda climbed down and perched on his shoulders.

Fenton: "hey, I warned them"

Miranda: "now let's get everyone else!"

They rolled off to see the family was finishing off the last of the gang members. They finished it pretty quickly once they caught sight of Miranda.

Everyone: "Miranda!"

Miranda: "guys!"

She kneeled down and held her arms out for her griffin when she came running.

Miranda: "Onyx!"

She held her close as the family pulled her into a group hug. Miranda just laughed.

Miranda: "I'm so glad you guys are ok!"

She let out a little smile

Miranda: "thanks for bringing my clothes"

Huey rolled his eyes but smiled

Huey: "anytime"

Gyro, who was not part of the group hug, walked up to Miranda as the family let her go, he bent down and squinted at her.

Gyro: "you look fine, but we should head back to the lab just in case"

Miranda just let out another small smile and hugged his legs. Gyro let out a little noise of protest but didn't immediately tell her to let go.

Fenton just stood off the the side and watched this, Donald slide next to him.

Donald: "I know how hard that must have been for you"

Fenton sighed

Fenton: "it was, but you can't keep them little forever"

He deactivated the suit as Miranda came running up to him. Holding her arms out.

Miranda: "can I ride on you back?"

Fenton smiled and nodded, at least until a thought struck him.

Fenton: "wait, how did you guys get down here?"

Dewey: "oh, we used the suit and blasted a big hole in the wall"

He gestured his thumb at the big hole that was in fact there. 

Miranda: "ok, how did we miss that?"

(That night, at an apartment in Duckberg)

The room was completely dark except from the light of a computer screen and a small tv showing the news. Roxanne Feathery filled the screen as she explained the days earlier events. 

Roxanne: "chaos at Waddle today as hundreds of gang members from the elusive marker gang are found being arrested from their secret location underneath the Waddle building, when questioning Mark Beaks a mysterious accident occurred."

The screen switched to Mark Beaks posing for cameras until Miranda walked up behind him looking innocent. Until after she walked away his pants fell down. People laughed as he quickly tried to pull them up but one camera followed Miranda, and once she saw it she smiled an evil smile and held up his belt in her hand.

Roxanne: "The gang was discovered by none other than Scrooge McDuck's long lost granddaughter, Miranda, who, along with her mother, mysteriously disappeared three years ago.

The screen switched over to show the whole family and the camera zoomed in on Miranda, who was riding on Fenton's shoulders. That is where the video is paused. The resident of this dark apartment took the magnifying glasses off her head and rubbed her eyes with her black gloves hands. Blinking her blue eyes in disbelief at the little girl on the screen.

Gandra: "Miranda?"

Chapter Text

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Today was my first adventure after what I'm referring to as the "baby incident". After a week of begging P'pa finally caved and let me come with Uncle Scrooge to Hawaii to search for treasure. A lost pirate fortune hidden inside a rainforest temple. I was excited, I promised P'pa I would be extra super careful but he still went and made my friends promise to keep an eye on me. And so far, they were keeping a very close eye on me.

Huey: "Miranda put your seatbelt on!"

Miranda: "we're at 37,000 feet!"

Huey: "don't care, what if the plane goes down?!"

Miranda: "the plane isn't going to crash"

I stood up from my seat to make a point.

Miranda: "auntie Della can fly anything"

She threw her head over the back of her chair to look  at me and smile.

Della: "awww, thanks sweetie, but you should still sit back down, we'll be making our way down into Hawaii soon anyway"

I just roll my eyes and buckle up again. Onyx was sitting next to me with her adventure bag on her back but even she couldn't cheer me up. Everyone has been acting like I'll implode if so much as a stick touches me. But not today, today I show them that I can be just as much a big kid as the big kids. The only person who didn't really act differently was Louie. But then again, I don't think Louie likes me that much. He doesn't really try and talk to me and when I try and talk to him he's really awkward about it. But I paid no more mind to that as we made our final descent into the big island Hawaii. After Auntie landed the plane next to a dock I noticed a woman waiting on the pier. A tall tan goose with long black hair pulled into a high ponytail in a flower print purple sun dress. Uncle Scrooge came out to meet her and she handed him a small lei, much to his confusion. 

Nene: "Aloha Mr McDuck, I'm Nene 'Akamu, I'll be your guide on your journey to the Hilo region"

We all walked up to her as Uncle Scrooge awkwardly slipped off the lei.

Scrooge: "er ah....thank you Ms 'Akamu"

He placed the lei over my head and I giggled, that made him smile, at least until I saw the kids looking at me and I tensed up"

Miranda: "I, uh, I mean, thanks Uncle Scrooge"

He looked confused at my change in demeanor but I paid it no more mind as a hiss came from between my legs. Onyx was crouching down between my legs, hissing at Ms 'Akamu. That set off some flags but her reaction to her made me mad. She didn't even look confused or scared like most people who see Onyx usually do, no, her face, was pure disgust. 

Nene: "what an ug-er-I mean unusual cat"

I almost scoffed but held it back, I'm a big girl today. But I still talked with my teeth clenched.

Miranda: "she's a baby griffin actually"

Nene didn't seem to care, I almost went into my 'griffins are awesome' rant but an off road Jeep pulled up before I could. I picked Onyx up and tried to place her in the Jeep but it was too tall for me, eventually Donald came up and lifted both of us into the car. I was embarrassed but thanked him anyway. Auntie Della tried to climb into the drivers seat but Nene pushed her away, and once she tried to climb into the passenger seat Uncle Scrooge pushed her away. She crossed her arms and climbed onto the back seat with us. I laughed at her pout and she retaliated by pulling me into her lap and tickling me. I laughed harder and tried to escaped.

Miranda: "stop it auntie!"

Della: "I'll teach you to laugh at me you little imp!"

Scrooge: "alright alright, settle down kids!"

Della stopped tickling me but still held me in her lap as Uncle Scrooge turned to look at all of us.

Scrooge: "We are here looking for the lost temple of Captain Julius Magpie! A notorious pirate from the Victorian era. Legend has it that he even stole treasure from queen Victoria herself! He would bring his treasure back here to Hawaii and used his crew to build his temple. No one has ever found it before"

Miranda: "so how are we going to?"

Scrooge: "with a map Darlin, Magpie had a son when he was building his temple, and according to the legend, his son Henry created a map behind his father's back and disappeared into the night in an enemy pirate ship. Natural once Magpie found out his was infuriated and order his son to be hunted down. The battle that followed sunk both their ships and both pirates lost there treasure and their lives in the process. No one knew what happened to the treasure."

He paused his story to pull out a long water proof travel tube that was water logged beyond all belief. But what caught my eye was the swirling sea shell symbol used to hold the latch shut.

Scrooge: "until my dive team discovered the ship of captain Chris Caroo, and this map on board of it"

He put the map back in his coat as Nene stopped in what looked like the very middle of the rainforest. We all got out and Uncle Scrooge turned to her.

Scrooge: "thank you Ms 'Akamu, we'll be fine from here"

She looked very against that idea but still gave out a tense smile.

Nene: "I don't think that's a very good idea Mr McDuck, I think it would be best if I lead the way for you and your family, this forest can be very dangerous"

Scrooge just waved her off

Scrooge: "Bah! My middle name is danger! I'm sure we'll be just fine!"

Nene: "even your little girl?"

That set me off, I puffed my chest out and used my thumb to point to myself.

Miranda: "I can do it I'm a big girl!"

Scrooge just pated my head and Onyx let out a hiss.

Nene didn't seem happy about being told off but drove off just the same. But what caught my eye was that she drove off in a different direction then the one we came in. That let off a few more flags. 

Scrooge: "alright everyone it's a long walk to the temple so let's move out!"

And move out we did

The jungle was thick and wet, like really wet. The leaves were broad and let very little light in through them. We trekked on through paths and climbed over fallen trees. It felt almost like a hike as opposed to a treasure hunt. I walked right next to Uncle Scrooge and tried to stand as tall as possible to sell my new big girl attitude. Onyx still looked a bit tense, and that made me tense so I stopped and crouched next to her.

Miranda: "what's the matter girl?"

She just kept looking at a large patch of shrubs, she could see something. I narrowed my eyes and looked at the same place. 

Then I saw it

But before I could yell out a spear came flying in our direction. We all fell to the ground as men in large masks came popping out of the plants and kept throwing spears at us.

Della: "it's an attack!"

Scrooge: "Everyone split up!"

I picked up Onyx and bolted off in a random direction. I couldn't see were I was going so when something caught on my foot I started tumbling down. I held Onyx as close to me as I could to stop her from getting hurt and didn't let her go until we finally landed on the ground. I groaned in pain but sat up anyway to see where we were. I looked and saw the huge hill side that we must had fallen down, and now we were stuck in a very dense part of the jungle. I almost screamed when I heard another groan of pain from behind me. I groan I knew very well.

Miranda: "Louie?"

It was in fact Louie. Onyx sat in his lap as he rubbed the back of his head. He must have fallen down here too. 

Louie: "Miranda?"

Miranda: "yeah, it's me"

I helped him up and pointed up at the top of the hill. 

Miranda: "we must have gotten left behind from the attack"

I turned back to the jungle

Miranda: "our best bet is to try and find our way through this into a town"

Louie: "get out of the murder jungle, I'm down"

We headed off in search of civilization. And the only thing more painful than the bruises I had was the total awkward silence. 

Miranda: "so,"

Louie: "so"

Miranda: "are you hurt?"

Louie: "I...guess so?"

And that was the end out that, we heard off music about three seconds later and I have never been more relieved in my life. We pushed leafs aside to get a look at the town and we gasped. This was not a town.

Miranda: "we found the temple of Captain Magpie"

And apparently, some other people did too. There were maybe a dozen islanders standing in front of the temple. Some holding baskets of fruit and others hold expensive looking fabrics and jewels. I could practically see Louie's eyes sparkling at the sight of the treasure. I was more focused on the why.

Miranda: "what are they doing?"

A tall man came out of the temple, he was a tan goose with the same jet black hair as all people native to this island. He was buff and dressed in a stereotypical surfer dude shirt and shorts. I don't know why, but he rubbed me the wrong way. And he definitely rubbed Onyx the wrong way because she looked ready to KILL him.

Man: "welcome fellow islanders! My name is Kaimana Māhoe, and we are all here today to honor our past and appease the man who made our nation come together. Captain Julius Magpie!"

The crowd went wild but we were just as confused as ever. The islanders started bringing their valuables into the temple. We slowly crawled out of the brush and followed them inside.

The temple looked like the inside of a typical temple, the main difference was that there was wet plants everywhere it was probably the grossest thing I've ever felt in my life. I picked Onyx up and we tried to avoid stepping on the wet-moss-stuff until we reached a big room held up by six columns. On the far side wall was a huge portrait of who I can only assume is Julius Magpie. All of the islanders' treasures were placed in front of it like some kind of offerings. That made me raise a brow. Louie didn't seem to be confused though, as per usual, his head was in the treasure.

Louie: "why on earth would those people leave all this valuable stuff here?"

Miranda: "yeah it's weird, I've never heard of a Hawaiian tradition of leaving offerings to ghosts"

Kaimana: "ahhh, new followers!"

I almost screamed as the guy from before came out of nowhere. Before we could even react he put his big hands on mine and Louie's shoulders. Onyx did not being this close to this guy and let out a huge hiss, the made him back off a bit. He looked at Onyx the same way as Nene did, which immediately made me hate him.

Kaimana: "what and ug-er, unusual cat"

The universe had a lousy sense of humor 

Miranda: "what are you doing?"

Kaimana: "ahhh, that young one is a very interesting story, you see, a long time ago, captain Julius Magpie built this temple to protect his treasure and made his crew suffer building it. But once his son ran off with the map and killed them both his crew was left deserted here. They mated with the local women and used the stolen treasure in order to build a community, our community."

He held his hands out in front of the painting like he was asking for a hug. 

Kaimana: "so now we thank him by offering our valuables to his spirit, so that we may remember where we came from"

He turned and a snake like look entered his eyes, that was almost blocked by his blinding smile. 

Kaimana: "do you young ones have something to gift to captain Magpie?"

He reached a hand out towards Onyx and I clenched her tighter. 

Kaimana: "I'm sure he would appreciate an animal sacrifice"

That was all he had to say and in one quick move I held in hand in a death grip. Twisting his wrist until I heard it crack, not break, but it still hurt like the dickens. He cried out in pain and looked ready to attack me but Louie ran up to me and started dragging me away.

Louie: "okay! I think we got all the info we needed thanks bye!"

We ran out of the temple and back into the woods. I looked down at Onyx a scoffed.

Miranda: "animal sacrifice mis pompis, there's something else going on here, we should come back tonight"

Louie: "yeah how about we not"

He grabbed my hand and tried to lead me away.

Louie: "we found the temple! Mission over! Now we can go home and we'll still be in one piece! It's a win win!"

Miranda: "Louie! We can't leave yet! What about the story! It doesn't make any sense!"

He let out a groan and turned to me

Louie: "Miranda we need to find everyone else before something happens! I'm sure everything is fine" 

I wanted to puff my cheeks out but that wasn't a very big girl thing to do, so I took a more subtle approach. 

Miranda: "aren't you curious about what happens to all that treasure?"

That made him stop

Miranda: "just think, over 116 years worth of treasure, being taken by a ghost? It doesn't make sense"

He stopped and though before sighing

Louie: "alright Miranda, how about we spend the rest of the day looking for the others, and if we don't find them then we go back and figure out what's happening"

I smiled and nodded

Miranda: "deal" 

(That night)

We did find anyone that day, what we did find was the town. The people there were so kind and gave me and Louie some poi, we asked them about the temple and sacrifices but they stayed persistent that this was the way it was supposed to be. But the people were so poor they barley had enough to eat, they refuse to go anywhere close to the city to try and find work, saying that it upsets the ghost by making them appear ungrateful. Needless to say, this made me all the more suspicious about what was going on. And despite Louie's protests, we headed back to the temple. We sat watching he temple for what felt like hours before a off-road jeep pulled up and Kaimana walked out. And who got out almost made me gasp. 

Kaimana: "aloha beloved"

Nene: "aloha my love"

They kissed and I wanted to scream and barf all at the same time. This was beyond bizarre.

Nene: "did you get everything ready for transport?"

Kaimana: "you know I did, we got a nice load out of those suckers today, all I had to do was preach about our beloved captain Magpie"

Nene: "nothing can stop us, soon we'll be as rich as we could ever be, even richer than McDuck"

Kaimana: "how is our famous adventure family?"

Nene: "don't worry, that ambush got them running with their tails between their legs, they're in the middle of the jungle, they'll never make it by tomorrow"

I did gasp this time and Louie and crouched into the brush. 

Miranda: "that's what's going on! Kaimana and Nene are in it together! They're scamming these poor people out of there treasures with that phooey story! We have to do something!"

Louie: "do something! Are you crazy?! We can't beat those two by ourselves! We need to get out of here before they find us!"

Miranda: "and let these bad guys get away with robbing these people blind?! You're crazy!"

Louie: "no I'm sane! What is it with everyone in family and trying to fight in every fight we come across?!"

Miranda: "we'll maybe some of us see more than dollar signs whenever we do anything or go anywhere! For the love of pearl Louie! Would it kill you to think about someone other than yourself for once?!"

Ok, that may have been a bit to far, if the hurt look on his face was anything to go off his of. But we didn't have any time to react on it because I saw Nene pull a machete out of her Jeep and ran towards us.

Nene: "who's there! Come out before I chop you up and turn you into fertilizer!"

I took one last look at Louie before glaring and grabbing a big thick stick off the ground. 

Miranda: "I'm doing something, with or without you"

Then I charged out of the bush at her with Onyx at my heels. 

Miranda: "Blathering Blatherskite!"

She screamed and dropped her machete, I caught it and in one swoop side kick I knocked her to the ground. Kaimana ran at me with another machete in his hands and we fought each other like pirates with swords, Onyx circled around his feet and tripped him up, making him fall on Nene. I grabbed his machete and ran into the temple, but the funny thing about temples built in 1898 was that they don't have a lot of hiding places for ducklings or griffins. Eventually Onyx and I got stuck in the portrait room and the only was out was being blocked by our friendly neighborhood scam artists.

Nene: "nowhere to run little hero, our families have been running this scam for 160 years! And no little brat and her freak of a pet is going to stop us now!"

Kaimana pulled a gun out of his back pocket. He looked at Nene.

Kaimana: "no worries beloved, I'll keep the griffin alive, it's gotta be worth a good number of zeros"

I picked up the machetes and readied myself o fight for my life but before I could a rock came flying out of nowhere and hit him straight in the head, making him drop the gun.

Kaimana: "ow! What the-!?"

It was Louie! He had a bunch of rocks in his hands and was throwing them at the two while running towards us. 

Louie: "get away from my cousin!"

He ran in front of me and Onyx and held up another rock threateningly, we back up and my hand brushed against the wall, I felt something start to sink in and the wall opened up; causing all three of us to fall back into it. I could tell we were falling down stairs, and after what felt like five minutes of sharp aching pain we landed in one big pain pile on the floor. I groan and so did Onyx in her own way, we slowly sat up together and looked around the room, we could see almost nothing but judging by the smell, this room was a few centuries old. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a my phone, switching on the flashlight I saw Louie laying on the ground, not moving.

Miranda: "Louie?"

He groaned once my flashlight hit his eyes so I stepped back a bit. He slowly sat up and I could see how banged up his arms were.

Miranda: "you're hurt!"

I set to work immediately after that, pulling my head lamp and med kit out of my other pockets and pulled some extra bandages out of Onyx's little adventure bag. I gently took his arm and started whipping the cuts off with wet wipes, that made him hiss a bit but after that it was silence.

And I wasn't going to have it anymore.

Miranda: "Louie....listen, about what I said in the bushes earlier"

I let out a sigh

Miranda: "I'm sorry, what said was totally out of line"

He let out a sigh of his own 

Louie: "Miranda you gotta understand, seeing all the angles is the only thing I'm good at, I'm not good at all this adventure stuff like everyone else is"

He handed me his other arm

Louie: "all the schemes and get rich quick plans, they're the only real thing I know how to do"

Miranda: "and what about the people you hurt along the way by being greedy?!"

I just let out a quivering breath. I wasn't going to do us any good by making him feel worse, so I took a few breaths before I continued.

Miranda: "I'm sorry Louie, but I lost my mom because of greedy people"

I looked up at him with tears in my eyes.

Miranda: "I don't wanna loose my cousin the same way"

I tried to hold back my tears but them flowed down anyway. I tried to wipe them away before the salt reached Louie's arms but before I could I felt a shaky hand reach out and wipe them away.

Louie: "please don't cry, it's...going to be alright..it's-gah! I'm not good at this either!"

That made me confused.

Miranda: "good at what?"

Louie: "being responsible, being in charge, being the oldest! Before you came I was the youngest in the group"

Suddenly everything clicked

Miranda: "is that why you've been acting so weird around me lately?"

He just let out another sigh

Louie: "I guess after Halloween I realized something, that I'm not the youngest anymore and I need to look after someone other than myself now, and I don't know how to do that"

I finished wrapping up his arms and immediately gave him a hug. 

Miranda: "You don't have to do that Louie, I'm a big girl I can look after myself"

He laughed and hugged me back

Louie: "I'm sure you are, but you're still a little kid, you still need a support squad, and I...need to try a bit harder to be a better influence"

I looked up at him and gave him a little smile

Miranda: "how about this, we look out for each other. You look out to make sure I don't get hurt and I look out to make sure your schemes don't hurt anymore people"

He paused before letting out a matching smile

Louie: "deal"

And with that deal done, we observed our surroundings. It was a dark and damp from the water dripping down from above. From the light of my headlamp I could see deep indents into the stone wall to make shelves a bunch of moldy book sitting on them. I flashed my light on the far wall and saw a deep mahogany desk with nearly dissolved pieces of paper with a feather pen sitting top of it. 

Miranda: "this place looks like a study"

Louie: "come look at this Miranda"

I turned and saw Louie pointing his phone at a painting on the wall, I walked over to look and was amazed at what I saw. It was a young man with black feathers slicked back, he was standing tall in proud in a beautiful gypsy blue and black suit with a gold tipped cane. Sitting next to him in a fancy chair was a beautiful female duck with light brown hair and green eyes. She dressed in a white magenta dress and holding a baby in a matching magenta blanket, but two things caught our attention. 

Miranda: "look at her shoulder"

Louie: "look at their hands"

Resting on her shoulder was a swirling sea shell, just like the one holding the map tube shut. And the wedding rings on their fingers. 

Miranda: "I think this woman may be be captain Chris Caroo"

Louie: "and this is Captain Magpie's son Henry"

Miranda: "they were in love"

Louie: "so Henry made the map"

Miranda: "so they could run away together"

Louie: "so this isn't the temple of Julius Magpie"

Miranda: "this is the temple of Henry and Chris Magpie"

Louie: "and the baby must be their daughter"

Miranda: "they built this temple for her"

Everything made sense now, Henry didn't make the map to steal his father's treasure, he did it to protect his wife and daughter from his father. It was HER crew that got left here to mate with the natives, not Magpie's. 

Miranda: "so we know the truth, but how are we going to stop Nene and Kaimana?"

Louie: "I don't know, it's not like we can get them to confess"

Ding

Miranda: "or can we, how are your impressions?"

(Later+third person p.o.v)

Kaimana: "my fellow islanders! I regret to inform you that my journey to guide you in the right direction must pause for the foreseeable future! I must journey far in order to bring more people in to the light of their heritage!"

I people watched as Kaimana gave his phone speech about finding others to spread his teachings too. Nene stood by the Jeep with a burlap tarp covering the treasure in the back.

Kaimana: "And now I leave you with good grac-what the?!"

He got cut off by grey smoke coming for know where, before anyone could could figure out what we going on an angry roar cried out and a purple spectrum emerged from the smoke, he looked like he had been under water for quite some time. Which means he could only be one person.

Islander: "it's captain Julius Magpie!"

All the islanders got on their knees immediately and Kaimana reluctantly joined them, a look of pure terror across his face. Same with Nene.

Magpie: "You foolish mortals! How dare you use my name to fulfill your selfish desires! You turn to your people and tell them the truth!"

The islanders had no idea what was going on, but Nene ran next to Kaimana and grabbed his arm, they both looked terrified.

Nene: "truth-?"

Magpie: "You know what I'm saying you twisted souls! Tell these people how you've lied to them for years or damn yourself to an eternal in Kehena!"

That made all the color exit their faces

Kaimana: "we...lied to all of you"

Magpie: "say it louder you fools!"

Nene: "We lied to all of you!"

Magpie: "again!"

Kaimana: "WE LIED TO ALL OF YOU TO STEAL YOUR TREASURES!!! THERE IS NO CAPTAIN JULIUS MAGPIE!"

Nene: "PLEASE SPARE US!"

The islanders were shocked, but not as shocked as the lovers were when they heard this.

Miranda: "oh we will, can't say the police will though"

Everyone turned to see to see Louie, Onyx, and Miranda holding a 3D graphic projector. She pushed a button and Magpie disappeared.

Miranda: "nice work on the voice over Louie"

Louie: "why thank you"

The lovers, on the other hand, we're not happy. One look at Nene's face and you would turn to stone.

Nene: "you...you INSOLENT LITTLE BRATS!"

She pulled her gun out of her Jeep

Nene: "I'LL TEACH YOU RUIN OUR PLANS YOU LITTLE DEMONS!"

Islander: "you will do no such thing!"

Nene and Kaimana finally turned to look at the people they've been scamming for years. They were furious. Some of them had picked up large sticks the size of bats and held them up ready to swing. Nene turned and pointed her gun at them.

Nene: "nobody move! One step forward and I fill your stomach full of bullets!"

Miranda: "you mean these bullets?"

Nene turned to see a smug Miranda holding up her fully loaded gun magazine.

Miranda: "you should really get a stronger alarm on your Jeep"

Islander: "now drop your weapons"

What else could you do? The lovers complied and held their hands up in surrender.

Louie: "just out of pure curiosity, do you always carry a 3D projector with you?"

Miranda: "only if I'm going overseas"

(Later again)

Louie and Miranda helped hand each treasure back to their respective owners as they waited for a rescue team to find them. Miranda shot a flare off twenty minutes after she went looking through her backpack for food.

Louie: "you had a way to tell the others where we were this whole time and you didn't tell me?!"

Miranda: "whoops"

Nene and Kaimana were tied up together with gags over their mouths to stop them from trying to charm their way free. Louie handed a piece of fine silk to a young girl and she looked absolutely ecstatic to have it back. That made Louie smile and Miranda nudge his shoulder.

Miranda: "it feels good to help others doesn't it?"

Louie: "yeah...it kinda does"

Suddenly another off road vehicle came driving up to them with search and rescue printed on the side. Before the car even stopped Della came running out with Donald and Huey close behind her. She swept them up into her arms and into a bone breaking hug.

Della: "oh my babies! Thank Selene you two are ok!"

Louie: "we're fine mom"

Miranda: "auntie you're hurting me"

Della released them and Scrooge came walking up next to her, Miranda stood up tall and proud, ready to tell him about all the good things she did today and prove herself as a big kid. 

But, something changed after one look at his concerned face

She...she started crying and ran into his arms instead. She almost died multiple times in the short course of two days. She had no idea if she would ever see them again. Scrooge held her close as she cried and bounced her a little bit to calm her down.

Scrooge: "there there darlin, it's ok, you're ok, Uncle's got you"

Miranda smiled at that, and thought back to what Louie said earlier. And she decided to let them be her support squad for a little bit longer.

Scrooge set her down after a bit and Huey grabbed her and started looking her over for injuries. 

Huey: "are you SURE you two are ok?!"

Miranda: "we're fine Huey, just a few scratches, Louie saved me!"

Everyone seemed surprised by that, Louie just turned away sheepishly 

Miranda: "he helped me save all these people too, you should hear his impressions they're amazing!"

That last part seemed to just confuse everyone more, but after some time Della turned to Louie with a smile on her face.

Della: "did he now?"

She pulled him into another hug and leaned in close to his ear.

Della: "I'm proud of you buddy"

Louie just stood shocked for a moment before smiling and hugging her back.

The sound of clicking cuffs drew their attention away. Everyone saw Nene and Kaimana being led into the patrol car from the cop that tailed the search and rescue crew.

Officer: "thanks kids, these two are some of Hawaii's most wanted for scams and extortion"

Miranda just gave them a thumbs up as they drove away. One of the villagers walked up to them sad. 

Villager: "now they're gone, we don't know what we're going to do, none of us have left the village for years"

Rescue member: "this place is incredible!"

Everyone turned to see the search and rescue crew looking a then temple in awe.

Rescue member: "many locals had no idea this place even existed! Can you imagine the stuff we can learn from this place!"

A lightbulb popped into Louie and Miranda's head

Miranda/Louie: "ding!"

(Later again again)

A bus came driving up along the road full of tourists. They got off to see the head of the village standing in front of them dressed in traditional Hawaiian garments. 

Head villager: "Aloha everyone, I am chief Keola, welcome to my village. Come join me to learn about our nations history."

Keola lead them all into the temple with the door to the study opened. After they left they would go into the village where the rest of the villagers would teach them things like mashing poi or weaving nets for fishing. All of the final products were for sale of course. The McDucks stood from the side, watching all of them with happiness. 

Donald: "that was a good idea you two had to help these people"

Miranda just sighed 

Miranda: "yeah"

Louie: "hey, what's the matter Mimi?"

Miranda: "Henry and Chris had a baby, I just wondered what happened to her"

Keola: "I may be able to help you with that young one"

Keola walked up to them holding a very beat up boom into his hands. 

Keola: "this journal belonged to the first chief of the village, my great great great grandmother Cordelia Caroo"

He opened it and turned to a random page.

Keola: "Cordelia was left here in the care of her mother's crew before their final battle took place. And after they passed she was raised here on the island by her mother's second in command until she married my great great great grandfather and became the chief"

Miranda smiled 

Miranda: "thank you for telling me all of this"

Keola: "no, thank you young one, without you and your family my people and I would still be placed under the hands of those two demons"

He walked away to greet the next group of tourists and Della put a hand on her shoulder.

Della: "come on sweetie, let's head home"

Miranda: "yes please, I want to go home and sleep for a week"

But she didn't make it home before she fell asleep, and nobody dared to wake her up until they landed. Louie didn't even seem bothered when she fell asleep on him. Soon enough they just slept together for the whole plane ride.

Nobody would tell them how many pictures they'd taken of the two napping together. 

Chapter Text

(Third person)

Miranda: "Daddy why are we at the loony bin?"

Fenton: "this isn't the loony bin Miranda"

Fenton held her hand as they walked up the path to Duckberg elementary. It looks like most elementary schools do. A tall square front with long rectangular sides for the classroom, the playground was in the back of the school and a big flag pole in the front. Fenton was dreading what was coming next as they stepped through the front doors. He did not think Miranda was ready for school, but he needed to get her enrolled if the visit from Mrs Monroe was anything to get off of. 

He shuddered at the memory

(Earlier)

Fenton: "come on Miranda! We gotta go!"

Miranda came running with her backpack in her hands, only one overall strap buttoned and hair down. A sleepy Onyx padded behind her. It had been a late start morning and they were rushing to get out the door. Fenton yanked the door open and almost fell back from the jump once he saw someone standing behind the door.

It was Mrs Lola Monroe. Her left hand on her hip and a brief case in her right had. She was wearing her usual pencil skirt and white blouse, her blonde hair tied back in a perfect bun. An unimpressed look on her face.

Lola: "hello Mr. Crackshell-Cabrera"

Fenton: "M-Mrs Monroe! I-I-I wasn't expecting you today"

Lola: "that's why it's called a surprise inspection"

She walked in without an invitation and set her case down. Miranda just looked up at her with a glare, and once Lola saw her she kept her face straight.

Lola: "hello Miranda"

Miranda: "Mrs Monroe"

It was no secret that Miranda hated her social worker. She hated everything about her stupid procedures and her cold personality. Lola was the kind of person that made everyone around her wait on her and work around her. Like she was some big important corporate lawyer instead of a social worker. 

Once Lola took out her clip board she caught sight of Onyx and let out a scream, lifting her leg up like they were bugs.

Lola: "ah! What in the world is that thing?!"

Miranda almost attacked her but she took a deeper breath and answered.

Miranda: "This is Onyx. SHE'S not a thing. She's my griffin"

Onyx narrowed her eyes at Mrs Monroe as she gently lowered her leg back on the ground.

Lola: "Griffins are not authorized pets"

Miranda: "they're not unauthorized either, I checked"

Lola glared and Miranda held her own glare. Fenton walked up behind Miranda and grabbed her shoulders. Fixing her overall strap at the same time.

Fenton: "uh..t-thank you for d-dropping by Mrs Monroe. B-but I'm afraid now's not a good time. W-w-we we're just about to leave"

Lola let go of her glare to look down at Miranda's blue backpack.

Lola: "ah, you finally got her enrolled in school"

Miranda: "You mean that big building filled with loons? No, I go to work with him"

Lola shot Fenton a look that would make the average man melt from the fire in her eyes. And after what felt like years under her agonizing stare she turned and picked her case off the floor.

Lola: "fine, I'll reschedule my visit, but they next time I come. I expect her to be in school"

And she walked out without another word.

(End)

Miranda: "why do I have to go to school just because Mrs Monroe says I have too"

Fenton: "it's not just because Mrs Monroe said so"

He let out a small sigh before continuing 

Fenton: "school is a chance for you to continue your education"

Miranda: "but I'm already smart"

Fenton: "it's not just book smart, you learn how to communicate with people"

Miranda: "I communicate with tons of people! I had a full conversation in Spanish with that guy at the Deli counter"

Fenton: "and as proud as I am with your progress on speaking Spanish, talking to Señor Diaz about how the holes ended up in the Swish cheese isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about communication with kids your age"

Miranda: "why?"

Fenton: "so you don't become a hermit"

Miranda: "I hardly believe failing to create a social connection with kids my age is going to define me as a hermit, I have plenty of interaction with kids, and they don't have to go to school either"

Fenton just sighed, he has never been so terrified and relieved to see the principle's office.

(Next week)

Fenton: "stop dragging your feet Miranda or I'm carrying you to class"

Fenton let out a huff as he all but dragged Miranda out of her room. She had her little blue backpack on only it was full of school supplies instead of her usual adventure gear or toys. After a few hours the enrollment process was done and this day was Miranda's first official day of 1st grade. The day she's been dreading. Her arms were crossed, a deep scowl on her face. Onyx trotted along after them into the living room where Gloria was waiting with her camera. 

Gloria: "come here mija, let Abulea get a picture of you on your first day of school"

Miranda groaned but stood up against the door with a 'I'm smiling but really want to commit murder' smile, Onyx at her feet. Gloria snapped a picture and sighed.

Gloria: "good enough"

Fenton: "alright, we gotta go soon, do you have your lunch?"

Miranda: "yes Papi"

Fenton: "and your books?"

Miranda: "si P'pa"

Fenton: "hey, loose the attitude"

Miranda just rolled her eyes and put her hands in her pockets. 

Miranda: "whatever, come on Onyx let's get this over with"

Fenton and Gloria just exchanged a look.

Fenton: "um, Pollita, Onyx can't come to school with you"

Miranda just froze, looking horrified of the idea of being anywhere without Onyx. Eventually the silence broke and she let out a terrified scream.

Miranda: "you can't be serious!"

She kneeled on the floor and scooped Onyx into her protective embrace. 

Miranda: "I can't go to school without Onyx! She's too little to be away from me that long! I have to stay here with her Papi!"

Fenton took a deep breath, counted to five, and crouched down to put a hand on her shoulder.

Fenton: "she won't be home alone mija, Abuela is staying home to take care of her"

Miranda: "but-but"

Fenton: "come on mija, we gotta go soon"

She looked down at Onyx before giving her a big hug. She gave Fenton one last pleading look but he just shook his head. Miranda sighed before reluctantly letting her go and standing up. She opened her bag and pulled out her 'a young warrior's guide to raising griffins' book and handed it to Gloria. 

Miranda: "here you go Abuela, promise me you'll take care of her?"

Gloria: "of course mija"

She scooped Miranda up into a hug and planted a kiss on her head. 

Gloria: "don't worry mija, I think you're going to like school"

Miranda smiled but didn't seem convinced. She kneeled down and started stroking Onyx's feathers.

Miranda: "bye bye Onyx, I'll be back soon...how soon?"

Fenton: "your school gets out at two, I'll pick you up then"

Miranda looked horrified again, that was a long time for her, but Fenton took her hand and lead her out the door. 

The ride to school was silent as Miranda stewed in her own nerves. Fenton tried to cheer her up by playing some music but she stayed silent. Once they got to the school Fenton walked Miranda to her classroom were most of the kids were already inside. A tall thin chicken with brown hair stood at the front of the class. She turned and smiled when she saw Miranda. 

Mrs Henderson: "hello there, you must be Miranda, my name is Mrs Henderson and I'll be your teacher"

She gestured a hand towards a table made up of four desks and kids at each desk, one open seat with a red sticker on it. 

Mrs Henderson: "you're seat is right over there, just sit right down and we can start learning"

Miranda looked around the room full of kids and then back up at her dad. He looked so sad but none the less gave her a hug and whispered in her ear. 

Fenton: "No te preocupes, mi pequeño gizmo amiga, todo estará bien"

Miranda hugged him back until he pulled away in fear of not being able to let go.

Fenton: "I have to go to work now pollita, I'll be back to pick you up at two"

Miranda: "ok Papi"

Fenton smiled sadly and gave her a kiss before finally walked out of the school. Miranda still looked uneasy but Mrs Henderson gave her a warm smile.

Mrs Henderson: "why don't you go sit down so we can start today" 

Miranda sighed but complied 

Outside Fenton was nervously tapping his fingers against the steering wheel of his car. 

Fenton: "she's going to be fine, she's going to be fine, she's going to be fine"

That last bit finally made him sigh and pulled the car out of park and drove to the lab.

Fenton: "she can't possibly get in trouble on her first day"

(12:00 noon)

Fenton: "I can not believe she got in trouble on her first day"

Gyro: "count your blessings Dr Intern, on my first day of school I got sent home after the first hour for blowing up a water fountain"

Fenton sighed as Gyro hung up on him, he had to call and explain why his lunch break was running a bit later. Because the school called and told him Miranda had caused some kind of accident. As he walked to the principal's office he surveyed the hallway but saw no real damage...until he walked past the cafeteria and saw purple foam all over the tables and walls. Fenton almost groaned, great, an elephant toothpaste explosion, that would be easy to apologize for.

He continued his walk to the office and once he entered he saw Miranda sitting in a chair next to the nurse's office, covered in the same purple foam. Once she saw him she waved her hand and smiled scared.

Miranda: "hi papa"

Fenton: "don't you 'hi papa' me young lady, you want to explain to me what happened or do we need to do this at home?"

Miranda gulped and shrank down into her seat. The principal walked out and gestured both of them inside.

(Later)

Fenton: "you are so lucky he just let you off with a slap on the wrist you know that? What were you thinking?!"

Fenton was dragging her back to the car by her arm, still steaming after the short and utterly humiliating visit with the principal.

Miranda: "I wanted to test to see if the natural yeast I extracted from my apple slices had the same effect as regular yeast when added to water and hydrogen peroxide"

Fenton: "and why did you think it was a good idea to do it at school?!"

Miranda: "one of the older girls was painting her nails and I saw she had a huge bottle of nail polish remover so I asked her for a cup full and added it in...I may have added too much yeast"

Fenton just rolled his eyes and put her in the car.

Fenton: "I am not happy with you young lady, I don't want to get anymore calls from the principal about you causing problems, understand?"

Miranda: "sí papi, entiendo"

Fenton: "good"

'It was just first day jitters' Fenton tried to reassure himself as he drove them both home 'she'll be better tomorrow'. 

(Tuesday)

Fenton opened the door to the principal's office and saw Miranda sitting there with a different kid that looked completely traumatized. Fenton could hear other kids screaming from the hallway.

Miranda: "all I did was summon a ghost in the girls bathroom to show her they were real, give me a second and I'll get it out"

(Wednesday)

Fenton opened the door to see Miranda sitting there next to a kid that looked like he got the snot kicked out of him. She still looked furious.

Miranda: "he dog eared the page of my book, what was I supposed to do?!"

Kid: "I regret my life"

(Thursday)

Fenton opened the door to see Miranda sitting there and a teacher curled up on the ground, being consoled by the nurse. Miranda just looked confused.

Miranda: "not going to lie, I'm not 100% sure what I did"

She looked up at the principal 

Miranda: "why am I here again?"

Principal: "Ms McGill is having a mental breakdown because you tried solving the math problem she devoted her life to and got farther than she ever did"

Fenton just gave her a look and Miranda shrugged

Miranda: "whoops"

(Friday)

Fenton: "Ok Miranda Nicole I have had it! You've gotten sent home by the principal every day this week with your misbehaving!"

Miranda: "yesterday wasn't technically my fault"

Fenton: "Not the point!"

Fenton was driving Miranda to school and praying for strength as she argued with him.

Fenton: "this has gone on long enough, so here's what's going to happen, if I get another call from your principal today saying you caused some kind of problem, you're under house arrest for a month, that means no friends, no adventures, and no lab!"

Miranda: "What! But P'pa!"

Fenton: "you want to make it two?!"

They pulled up n front of the school and Miranda let out a angry sound and got out, closing the door with a slam.

Fenton sighed and dropped his head on the steering wheel, not caring that his horn was going off. This was a disaster.

Miranda was still steaming as she sat down at her desk and pulled out her book, trying to ignore the looks people were giving her, either looks of confusion, judgment, or fear. She was so deep into her book that she didn't notice when Ms Henderson walked up to her until she heard her clear her throat. She looked up and saw her teacher's surprised face so she quickly put her book away.

Ms Henderson: "what is that you're reading?"

Miranda slowly pulled the book back out and handed it to her. She took it and looked at it in shock.

Ms Henderson: "you're reading Agatha Grizzly? When did you learn to read this?"

Miranda: "I-I just started, I really like her books so far though, I think she's becoming one of my favorite authors"

Ms Henderson still looked surprised but before she could say anything the principal's voice rang out over the intercom speaker. 

Principal: "Miranda Crackshell Cabrera, please report to the principal's office"

Miranda: "Oh come on! I didn't even do anything!"

She grabbed her backpack and Ms Henderson handed her book back to her before she left the room and stalked down the halls to the office she had gotten well acquainted with over the past few days. Only this time once she got there there were two big men sitting in the office, waiting for her. 

Principal: "Miranda, these nice men were asked to come get you by your social worker, she found out about all that's been happening and she wants to meet with you"

Miranda immediately got a bad feeling about this.

Miranda: "does my father know about this?"

Man 1: "he's meetin' us there"

Miranda: "where's there?"

Man 2: "none of your concern"

They both stood up and Miranda backed up more.

Miranda: "I'm not going with you, I don't even know you"

Men 1: "well, you're coming with us anyway"

They grabbed her arms and started dragging her out the door, and once they were outside Miranda took that as her que to kick them where it hurts until they let go of her arm. She then proceeded to kick them both in the stomach until they were crouched on the ground. It was then that she started booking it, she ran as fast as she could away from the school until she felt something prick her in the back of the arm. She felt her vision go black as she started falling.

(With Fenton)

Fenton: "I have no idea what to do"

Fenton laid his head on his desk as Donald and Della walked in holding coffee. He called them to ask for some advice and once they heard his problem they immediately agreed to come to the lab.

Fenton: "I don't understand! Why is she acting out?! She'd love school if she gave it a chance!"

Della: "Are you sure she's acting out? Because the instances you told us about over the phone sound like accidents"

Fenton: "Three accidents over the course of three days?"

Della: "fair point"

Fenton sighed 

Fenton: "Why is she being so difficult about this, she's been against going to school from the start and I have no idea why!"

Donald and Della shared a look

Donald: "Fenton...have we ever told you the story of when Eliza first started school?"

Fenton picked his head up in intrigue.

Fenton: "Eliza? Her mother?"

Della: "yup, when Uncle Scrooge first adopted Eliza and enrolled her in school it took her a long time to adapt. She wasn't used to being around so many people at all times without any ways of escape. We had to go pick her on her first day because she crawled into an air vent and wouldn't come out until everyone left the hallway."

Fenton: "oh god"

Donald: "Fenton, do you want my complete honest opinion?"

He shit his eyebrows up in surprise.

Fenton: "of course"

Donald: "I think you're forcing a bit to much on her at once"

Fenton looked shocked so Donald continued

Donald: "she spent so long with only her Mother as trustworthy company, then she lost her mother, when she finally did get out she was immersed in our family and now it's all she knows. You can't shove her into a place where everything is normal and expect her to adapt right away."

Della: "he's right, trying to jump right into a role without any idea of how to do it is a terrible idea"

She let out a shudder 

Della: "I speak from experience"

Fenton let out another sigh

Fenton: "you two are right, I was so afraid of losing her that I forced her into something she wasn't ready for"

He was about to say something else when his phone rang. He let out a huge groan and answered it. 

Fenton: "hello"

Mark: "heeey amigo!"

Fenton gaped and saw Mark Beaks flash across his screen. He grit his teeth in anger.

Fenton: "what do you want Beaks?!"

Mark: "oh come now, that's no way to talk to the man who has your daughter!"

Fenton: "wait what?!"

The phone camera turned to show Miranda asleep and her cell being guarded by the two men sent to get her from school. Fenton almost screamed when he saw her.

Mark: "I think we both already know what I want so you might as well just bring it too me to get your baby genius back, later!"

He hung up and Fenton all but threw his phone  aside in a rush to get out the building.

Fenton: "blathering blatherskite!"

The suit assembled around him and he took to the sky. Sending the coordinates to the local police station with a brief synapses of what happened. After that his full attention was set on the big white tower of ego in front of him.

He felt the anger bubble up to the surface as he thought of his baby stuck in there again. As he thought of the self absorbed hack who kept using her as the pawn in their game of take the suit. This whole week flashed before Fenton's eyes and all he could see was red.

He was done

He was done sitting around while other people used his daughter as a way to get to him. He was done letting other people tell him what she needed and what she was ready for. And he was DONE letting the world around her try and force her to be normal because they weren't ready for someone like her.

Damn the Gizmoduck reputation 

Fenton didn't think twice and fired one of the suit missiles at the Waddle building (in an area he knew no one occupied, he was enraged not insane) and flew down into it. From there he raced down the hallways to where he knew Beaks would keep her because he wasn't smart enough to find a different place to hold her. And sure enough, he got to the hidden cells under the building and he was standing there. Mark jumped in surprise when he saw Gizmoduck crash through the door, almost dropping him phone.

Mark: "Hey watch it! You almost made me drop my phone!"

Fenton ignored him and engaged his claw arms from the suit. Pinning Mark to the wall with a painful thud and a crack as the phone fell to the ground. 

Mark: "Wha?-Hey! What is wrong with you?!"

Fenton: "Free her NOW!"

Mark: "Hey I'M the kidnapper here pal! You don't tell me what to do!"

The grip on Mark tightened a little and he let out a dramatic cry of pain.

Fenton: "free her, now"

Mark: "or what?! Did you forget I have her locked-oh come on!"

Fenton turned his attention away from Beaks and saw Miranda standing on top of the two security guards. They were both on the ground beat up while Miranda was tying them both together. Once she saw them look at her she tightened her knot and waved.

Miranda: "hi Papi"

Fenton let go of Beaks immediately and scooped her up in a hug. He let out a shaky breath of relief.

Fenton: "hi baby"

Mark: "No!"

Both Cabreras looked at Mark who was screaming at the top of his lungs.

Mark: "I'm not letting the suit get away again!"

He grabbed his phone off the floor and pushed a couple buttons. The walls opened up and some security robots with menacing red eyes and big Ws on their chests came out. 

Mark: "get them!"

Fenton and Miranda barely had time to glance at each other before they split.

Miranda: "Ok! When did he steal those?!"

Fenton: "No idea!"

He looked over his shoulder to see the robots hot on their tails.

Fenton: "but they're fast!"

They made a sharp turn down a hallway and stopped for a minute as the boys raced past them. Miranda wiggle out of his arms and paced the ground, she hung her head and fiddled with the adjuster on her backpack.

Miranda: "Papi I'm sorry, this is all my fault"

Fenton looked at her surprised 

Fenton: "Your fault? How is this your fault?"

Miranda: "If I just behaved in school or if I was just frickin' NORMAL none of this would have happened"

Fenton put his hands on her shoulders to stop her pacing. Then turned her face so she could see his masked face. 

Fenton: "No Sweetie, this wasn't your fault, it was mine. I knew you weren't ready for school but I was so afraid of Mrs Monroe taking you away that I put you in it anyway."

He brushed some hair from her eyes and she smiled.

Fenton: "I don't want you to be normal, I want you to be you. My big brave brilliant baby girl. And if school isn't ready for the real you yet, then it's their lose"

Miranda gave him the biggest sad smile he's ever seen and jumped back into him arms.

Miranda: "I love you Daddy"

He never got tired of hearing that

Fenton: "I love you too my little Gizmobuddy"

Mark: "I'm picking up their signal!"

The moment was ruined when they heard Mark's voice coming from far away. They both rushed into the first door they saw and Miranda almost puked. It was an Olympic sized swimming pool. Fenton rolled his eyes.

Fenton: "why am I not surprised"

Miranda, on the other hand, was less than impressed.

Miranda: "a temperature controlled pool? Of all the stupid ways..Beaks...could"

Ding

Miranda: "I know how to get out!"

Miranda set her backpack on the ground a pulled out a huge jug of fruit yeast and nail polish remover. Then she looked up at her father with a smirk. 

Miranda: "we just wait for him to find us"

And ten minutes later when Mark came crashing through the doors with his robots he saw both of them stand in front of the pool. Mark started laughed hysterically.

Mark: "Yes! The suit is mine!"

He pointed a finger at both of them and kept laughing.

Mark: "There's nothing you can do! You lost to me Gizmoduck!!"

While he laughed, Fenton and Miranda just shared a look. Miranda pulled out the jug of yeast out from behind her, that made Mark shut up.

Miranda: "Yeah, I don't think so"

She tossed the jug into the nail polish remover filled pool water.

It was said you could hear the elephant toothpaste explosion from space as it spread through the Waddle building. Breaking every window in the building and covering everything in a thick layer of pink foam. Miranda laughed as she rode a foam wave through a broken window outside. Mark rode a wave through a different window screaming his head off,  once he was on the ground he caught sights of Miranda and his eyes went all crazy.

Beaks: "You!!!"

He stood up and tried to walk over to her but the police sirens stopped him in his tracks. Three cop cars stopped in front of them and Beaks screamed in rage again. While the cops got out and cuffed a screaming Beaks and went to get the social workers tied up in the basement Miranda looked around for Gizmoduck.

Miranda: "Papa? Where are you?!"

She then heard a familiar sound from under the foam, and out popped not Gizmoduck, but her father.

Fenton: "I'm right here baby"

Lola: "oh for heavens sake!"

They turned and saw Mrs Monroe get out of her shiny black car and walk towards them with her phone in hand.

Lola: "those two idiots can't do anything right, I asked them to do one simple thing and look what happened!"

Fenton: "Asked? You HIRED the men that did this?"

Lola: "Of course I did, I have far more important things to do then pick up every foster kid I work with. I hired those two because I figured even an idiot can do that."

Something inside Fenton snapped as he stood up and took Miranda's hand.

Fenton: "So you mean to tell me that the men responsible for this were able to kidnap my daughter because you didn't give enough of a damn about her to pick her up yourself?"

Miranda looked up at him surprised at his use of the word damn, usually he discouraged swearing. Lola also looked surprised as she pulled the phone away from her ear.

Lola: "excuse me?"

But Fenton wasn't having it.

Fenton: "I want my daughter assigned to a different social worker"

Lola looked shocked but her shock soon turned to anger.

Lola: "how dare you-!"

Fenton: "I don't want to hear it! Do not for one minute think that I am above informing Mrs Cavanaugh whom I have no doubt will inform your superiors that your carless actions placed my daughter in danger! But if you want to keep your job, I suggest you apologize to my daughter and do as I say!"

Lola looked shocked but Fenton did not back down. Eventually she put her phone down and grabbed her case.

Lola: "I'll-I'll get the paperwork started up right away"

Fenton: "and?"

Lola: "R-right"

She turned too Miranda 

Lola: "I-I'm so sorry Miranda"

Then she scurried away like a mouse and Fenton let out a breath of relief.

Fenton: "that worked out better than expected"

Miranda said nothing and just hugged him around the waist.

(Saturday)

Fenton and Miranda sat in the principal's office again for the fifth time that week. The only difference was that Mrs Henderson was sitting there too, and she and the principal both seemed happy.

Mrs Henderson: "Mr. Crackshell Cabrera, I understand that Miranda's experience with school thus far has not been the most pleasant, but if you don't mind the school would like to make a few adjustments to her education plan"

Principal: "Mrs Henderson has brought to my attention that Miranda is an incredibly bright young girl, always finished with her classwork early and way above her reading level. So with your permission we'd like to move her into the accelerated program"

Mrs Henderson turned to Miranda and gave her a friendly smile.

Mrs Henderson: "the class is taught by my wife dear, I think you'd really like her, she likes Agatha Grizzly books too"

Fenton turned and looked at Miranda 

Fenton: "What do you think baby? What to give this class a try?"

Miranda looked at everyone, thought a bit before letting one thing slip out.

Miranda: "Can I bring my pet with me for emotional support?"

Mrs Henderson: "it'll require a few more papers signed, but after that then yes"

Miranda perked up at that answer

Miranda: "In that case, then I'd love too"

(Monday) 

Miranda stood in front of her new classroom with both hands holding her backpack straps, one hand holding on to Onyx's harness leash. Her clothes were still stained from the elephant toothpaste explosion so she was dressed in a short sleeve purple shirt with a matching white and purple plaid skirt. After Miranda got Onyx ready and Gloria got a replacement picture of Miranda (this time when she was actually smiling) they headed out and Fenton walked them to the new classroom. This one was different then her first one, it was bright with round tables and chairs and it smelled faintly of lemon. There were books and computers by the walls and all the kids seemed engrossed in whatever research they were doing at that moment. When the teacher noticed them, a tall duck with black hair and round glasses, she came over with a smile on her face.

Professor H: "Ah, you must me Miranda, I'm delighted to meet you dear. My wife has told me much about you. I'm also Mrs Henderson but the kids here call me professor H so there's no confusion."

Miranda smiled a bit at that, and at the fact that Onyx seemed to like everyone in here so far. She didn't feel like she was in danger. 

Professor H: "do you want to come meet some of your classmates?"

One boy looked up from his organic chemistry book and gave her a shy smile and wave. Miranda smiled back.

Miranda: "I'd love too, but first"

She turned to Fenton and gave him a big hug goodbye, Fenton hugged her back and tried not to cry.

Miranda: "Bye Papi, I'll see you after school"

Fenton: "Bye mija, have a good day"

Miranda: "thanks you too"

And with that she let go and she walked into her new class with Onyx at her heels. Fenton let out a shaky breath as he tried not to cry. They grow up so fast. As he walked back too his car he told himself that it would be ok.

And when he heard her laughing from inside the room, for the first time in a week, he actually believed himself.

Chapter Text

(Fenton p.o.v)

Working in the lab on days like today always brought a calm air into the atmosphere. I was sitting at a desk working on chemical equations, Dr Gearloose was working on the hoverboard prototype and Manny was restocking on pies for the Gizmoduck suit. All was calm and all was well. 

That's when it entered the air.

A stench wafted into the lab through the air vents, unpleasant but not bothersome enough for us to get up and do something about it. But then it grew. It hung over the lab like a thick cloud that only grew thicker as the seconds passed. The smell could only be described as a horrible combination of rotted food, decomposing flesh, and sweaty gym socks. Once Gyro caught a whiff of it he started choking.

Gyro: "what on earth is the insufferable smell!"

Manny caught a whiff of it too and immediately dropped the pie boxes he was holding.

Manny: "ahh! It's burning my eyes!"

The smell only grew stronger, all of us were trying to hold it together while also trying to locate the deathly smell. We were so focused on that I didn't even hear the elevator door open until the smell reached the strongest stage, that's when I heard it, the source of the most terrible, awful, inhuman smell known to mankind.

Miranda: "Daddy I'm here!"

....My daughter and her griffin.

I turned to the elevator door and saw Miranda standing there with Onyx holding her backpack. She just walked here after school by herself for the first time today and I don't even want to know what it is she's covered in. I pinched my nose closed as I walked up to her.

Fenton: "Ugh! Miranda Nicole! What on earth happened to you?!"

Miranda looked up at the ceiling in thought.

(School)

9:00 am:

Miranda was sitting with her friends from class during snack time when a yell caught her attention. One girl was crouched down in pain and holding her stomach. Miranda and Onyx immediately rushed over. 

Miranda: "What's wrong Lily?"

Lily: "my stomach hurts!"

Her face went pale.

Lily: "I think I'm gonna..gonna-

Her words were cut off by her puking all over the floor and the pant leg of Miranda's overalls. She didn't turn away though, just placed her hand on Lily's back until she was done and then helped her stand. 

Miranda: "come on Lil, I'll help you to the nurse"

11:20 am: 

Recess let out and all the kids ran outside in excitement. Miranda went through the doors and immediately saw what she was hoping for. 

Miranda: "Mud!"

She jumped into the mud with Onyx and pulled out a sample jar from her pocket. 

Miranda: "this'll be fun to analyze later"

After she got her samples she went to go climb the big tree in the yard.

12:00 pm: 

A group of kids was standing around a dumpster in anticipation. They all tensed when a loud bang came from inside that was followed by two more before the lid swung open. Miranda popped out and held a toy ring in her hand in victory.

Miranda: "I found it!"

Everyone cheered and the owner of that ring rushed over to take it from her. A big smile on their face. 

2:15 pm: 

Miranda walked along the street with Onyx in front of her. They were minding their own business when they passed an alley and a rat ran out in front of them. 

Miranda immediately tensed and Onyx's eyes went wide.

Miranda: "Onyx..no..don't-

But resistance was futile as Onyx chased after the rat and pulled Miranda along with her. They chased that rat for about half a mile before it tried to escape down a storm drain, but Onyx was right behind it and Miranda lost hold of her leash. 

Miranda: "Onyx!"

Miranda didn't have to think twice before pulling open the manhole cover and going after her. It took her two miles of running sewer to catch Onyx and stop her from claiming her "prize". 

(Lab)

Miranda: "....a lot, a lot happened to me today"

I groaned and took a few steps away from her. Gyro was coughing from behind us and glaring a little. 

Gyro: "I can't work like this! I want you both out of my lab! And don't come back until Miranda has had a bath and that stench is gone!"

Oh if Gyro only knew just how much of a nightmare he just made my life.

I felt the blood drain from my face as the dreaded B word was mentioned. I could see Miranda tense up and stop cold, her backpack falling to the ground with a thud. It was dead silent for a few moments before I took a single step forward. 

Fenton: "Come on Miranda, let's make this quick and easy, yes?"

But Miranda was anything but quick and easy.

She took that as her cue to snap out of her trance and book it. I couldn't hold back my groan and ran after her. One of the many things I love about the lab is that it's circular, so it makes it harder for Miranda to hide. She ran as much as she could but eventually I caught her at a dead end. She turned and looked at me with panic. 

Fenton: "alright pollita, come on, let's just go home and get this over with"

She looked around my torso at something behind me. And I knew whatever it was wasn't good because she got a devious smile on her face. She pulled a yo-yo out of her pocket.

Miranda: "yeah, I don't think so"

She flung the yo-yo and the wall behind me and hit one of the elevator buttons. Then as the yo-yo came back she flung it towards the sides of my face, not enough to actually hit me but enough to startle me so she could make her escape. She ran past me, grabbed Onyx and her backpack in one swoop, got the hoverboard off Dr Gearloose's desk, got on it, and put her helmet on all before the elevator door closed behind her. 

If I wasn't so shocked about the actions that just took place I would have acted a lot faster but once I snapped out of it I ran to the elevator and pushed the button. By the time it got here it was too late. Miranda was gone. 

Fenton: "she must have gotten off on another floor"

I grabbed the Gizmoduck bag off the floor and raced up the stairs. The entrance to McDuck enterprise was the only way out of the building. I ran up as fast as I could but by the time I got out the front door I saw Miranda flying off in the distance.

And that's when I got mad.

Fenton: "must she always make this difficult?!"

I threw the bag up into the air without a second thought.

Fenton: "Blathering Blatherskite!"

(Miranda's p.o.v)

Miranda: "sorry about that Onyx, I had to move fast to get away"

She just gave off a chirp of annoyance and tried to wiggle out of my arms. I moved with her before she got out of my grip and fell. 

Miranda: "hey stop it, I don't wanna drop you"

I got my grip on her and looked back ahead at the sky. 

Miranda: "we have to be careful up here, a lot can hit you if you don't pay attention"

As soon as I finished that sentence a pie came flying inches away from my face. I yelped and jerked the board away, almost making us flip over. I steadied us before we fell and turned to see Gizmoduck flying behind us. His pie shooter locked and loaded. 

Fenton: "Get back here young lady! And take your bath!"

He launched another pie at us and I screamed. Dipping down to dodge the Boston cream headed towards us. I moved back up and looked at him.

Miranda: "You're seriously going to shoot pies at me?! Are you trying to make me crash!?"

Fenton: "It's for your own good!"

He launched another pie at us and I dived that one too. 

Miranda: "What kind of a hero shoots at a kid?!"

Fenton: "Oh just hold still so I can get you home!"

Three more pies flew at us and I knew more would follow if I didn't get out of here quickly. I needed a place to land. And I spotted the perfect place right under us. I smirked and looked down at Onyx. 

Miranda: "Hold on Chicka!"

And with that I pushed my left foot forward and sent us into a dive. The fact that my feet were strapped on was the only thing keeping us from flying off the board as we hurtled towards the ground. P'pa was not expecting me to do that as he stopped and watched before diving down after us. Onyx was clawing at my arms as the ground grew closer. I could see McDuck manor's backyard getting closer and closer and just as we were about to crash I tucked Onyx into my overalls and released the foot straps. I went flying off the board and into the sky, and with a few flips and a somersault I landed safely on the grass in the backyard of my Uncle Scrooge's house. The perfect place to go to hide out. 

I pulled Onyx out of my shirt and set her down on the ground. She looked incredibly dizzy as she wobbled a bit before finally shaking it off and she glared at me in a very cat like fashion. I just gave an awkward smile and stroked her head. 

Miranda: "sorry about that"

She just glared harder before jerking back and lightly biting my hand.

Miranda: "Ow!"

I pulled my hand away and rubbed it on my chest. 

Miranda: "I guess I deserve that"

Louie: "uhh"

I turned to see the triplets and Webby sitting by the pool next to Uncle Donald's boat. They all looked incredibly shocked to see me, and considering I just fell from the sky, I can't say I blame them. I readjusted my backpack and waved at them. 

Miranda: "Hi guys"

Fenton: "Miranda!"

I let out a scared squeak that I will deny until my dying breath and gave them all a forced smile. 

Miranda: "Sorry guys, but I gotta run"

And with that, Onyx and I raced past them and locked ourselves in the house.

(Third person p.o.v)

Miranda ran past the kids just as Fenton landed on the grass. And once they all got a whiff of her they started choking. Fenton rolled up to them just as Huey started catching his breath. 

Huey: "Let me guess, trying to get Miranda in the tub?"

Fenton: "yup"

Webby: "say no more"

Huey pulled his guidebook out and flipped to a random page. Fenton just sighed.

Fenton: "don't waste your time Huey, I've tried everything under the sun to get Miranda to like baths and none of them work"

Huey: "I know, that's not what I'm looking for" 

He holds the book out for everyone to see.

Huey: "I was thinking more along the lines of traps"

Fenton just stared at him.

Fenton: "You want me to track and trap my daughter like she's some kind of wild animal?"

The kids just all raised a brow at him.

Louie: "You have a better plan?"

Fenton thought for a moment, until a crash from inside the house brought him back to reality and he sighed.

Fenton: "ok, what do you got?"

(Later)

Miranda was crawling through the hallways with as much stealth as her 6 year old body could master, which was much more than your average six year old. Onyx crept by her feet as they moved across the mansion from one spot to the next. They had to stay stealthy or it would all come to an end. 

Miranda: "stay sharp Onyx, keep an eye out"

Miranda felt her bite at her pant leg and she stopped. There was something wrong, a feeling of unease surrounded her as she took an extra hair tie out of her pocket and shot it out in front of her. The band hit a hidden tripwire 2 feet in front of her and triggered a net falling on the spot she was about to pass. Miranda narrowed her eyes at the sight. 

Miranda: "So that's the way they want to play it huh? Well then, game on"

Try as they might, the Fenton and the kids just could not trap Miranda. Falling cages, dropping nets, she all managed to avoid the traps with a surprising amount of ninja skills for a six year old. They were all starting to get frustrated, until Miranda reached the final and most brilliant trap set.

Miranda just put her hands on her hips. 

Miranda: "The box and stick trap? Come on guys, this is just insulting"

Miranda kicked the stick away from the box and hopped over it. 

Miranda: "sorry guys, but you're going to have to try a little harder than thAAAAT!!"

Just as Miranda was talking something caught on her foot and sent her flying out the nearby open window and into the pool while her backpack fell with a thud. The kids and Fenton all came out from hiding ecstatic. 

Fenton: "It worked!"

They all rushed outside to see Miranda but what they saw made them stop and watch in horror. Miranda landed in the water next to the houseboat, but she was flopping and waving her arms, trying desperately to stay above the water. 

Miranda: "gasp!..help!..cough-cough...HELP!!"

Fenton wasted no time and dived into the water to get her out. He grabbed her and swam her over to the surface, laying her down on the ground. She moved herself up into a plank and started hacking up all the water that entered her lungs while Fenton patted her back. After she got it out of her system she looked up at everyone. They were expecting her to look angry, sad, even a bit disappointed, but what they saw was much worse. 

The feeling they saw on her face was pure fear.

Miranda crawled back away from them as fast as she could and took off into the woods. 

Fenton: "Miranda! Honey, wait!"

He took off after her as the kids just stood in shock.

Fenton chased Miranda through the woods for what felt like hours until he finally stopped at a big tree. He sighed and lowered himself to the ground, leaning up against the trunk. It was silent for a few minutes before Fenton sighed and finally spoke. 

Fenton: "Miranda...can you tell me what just happened?"

There was a rustle of leaves above him as Miranda wiggle from her spot on the branch, she was hesitant to answer him but she did anyway.

Miranda: "I.....I..can't swim"

Fenton: "Is there...a reason you didn't tell me?"

Miranda shifted a bit on the branch, she looked extremely uncomfortable. She really didn't want to tell him, but she had no more excuses, all she had left was the truth. 

Miranda: "Back when Mama and I were trapped there was a lot she couldn't teach me how to do, she did her best but there was only so much you could do in a small lab, smaller bedroom and a bathroom. Mama made me promise to never tell anyone that I didn't know how to swim, she said that it was something that could be used against me."

Fenton let out a sad sigh and stood up. He grabbed the lowest branch and started climbing until he reached the branch Miranda was sitting on. He sat next to her and used one of his arms to wrap around her tiny frame.

Fenton: "I understand why you didn't say anything, but you still should have told me mija. Learning how to swim is an important skill that could save your life someday."

He placed a kiss on her forehead and continued.

Fenton: "It's my job as your father to make sure you stay safe and to help you when you need it, but I can't help you if I don't know if something's wrong, Pollita. That's why you need to tell me when you don't know how to do something so I can help you."

Miranda paused for a minute, pressing the tips of her index fingers together in thought, before she finally spoke again. 

Miranda: "There's a little bit more"

Fenton: "Oh yeah?"

Fenton waited for her to continue but Miranda just squirmed as much as she could without falling off the branch. She looked around nervous. 

Miranda: "I-I'm..I-.."

She stammered more and more, looking more and more nervous with each word that came out of her mouth. Fenton took in her nerves and wide eyes, then something finally clicked in him.

Fenton: "Are you...afraid of the water?"

That didn't make any sense to him, Miranda adored learning about the ocean and watching the sea life from behind the big windows in the lab. Miranda immediately tensed up, she looked up at him with wide eyes. 

Miranda: "I'm not afraid of anything! I just..have a very deep hatred of...being..submerged in water."

Suddenly, everything made sense to Fenton.

Fenton: "That's why you hate baths so much. Because you're afraid of being submerged in water."

Miranda: "I'm not afraid of anything!!"

Fenton: "Right, of course"

Fenton just let out a tiny smile and pulled Miranda onto his lap. 

Fenton: "I'm so sorry bébé, I promise, I'll help you overcome your, uh, deep hatred, of water"

Fenton gave one last kiss to the side of Miranda's temple.

Fenton: "I love you so much mijita, never forget that, ok?"

Miranda let out a small giggle and gave him a hug. 

Miranda: "Ok Papi, and I love you too"

They both smiled before the sound of a cracking branch brought their attention back to the tree. They looked down just in time for the branch they were sitting on to snap and both of them went down with it. Miranda landed on top of Fenton with a thump and he let out a groan.

Fenton: "Why don't we-wheeze-try that bath one more time?"

(Later)

Fenton held Miranda while one of the many tubs in McDuck manor filled up with steaming water and bubbles. Miranda was wrapped up in a towel and hanging onto Fenton as though her life depended on it. Once the tub filled up Fenton turned off the water and gave Miranda a look of confidence. 

Fenton: "You ready for this, my big brave girl?"

Miranda gave a little nod

Miranda: "Yeah, I'm ready"

Fenton: "Alright, here we go"

He lowered her into the water gently, letting her dip her toe into the water first before setting her down completely. Miranda tensed up so Fenton set to work rubbing shampoo into her hair. He could see that Miranda was getting more and more anxious when an idea popped into his head.

Fenton: "Hey mija, wanna hear a story?"

She immediately brightened up and nodded.

Fenton: "Alright, how about the dot? I think we've read that one enough to have it memorized."

(A bit later) 

The kids waited anxiously in front of the bathroom door with Onyx waiting out with them, they all wanted to see if Miranda was ok. They all felt a bit guilty for setting the trap without asking Fenton if Miranda knew how to swim. Suddenly, the bathroom door opened and a clean, no longer stinking Miranda walked out, wrapped up in a big fluffy towel. She gave them all a wave. 

Miranda: "Hi guys"

Fenton walked out behind her, looking more relaxed than he has in hours. Onyx jumped into Miranda's arms and started purring.

Miranda: "Awww, Onyx, I'm ok now chica, I'll give you your bath when we get home, promise"

Onyx let out a happy chirp and the kids all let out an internal sigh of relief before taking her upstairs to find something for her to wear until Officer Cabrera came by to pick them both up. 

Miranda was going to be fine, they would make sure of that from now on.

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

Miranda: "Come on Papa please!"

Fenton: "The answer is no! How many times do I have to say it?!"

Fenton dragged his left leg along as he tried to get the Gizmoduck armor out the door and into the car. Why was he dragging his leg you ask? Because of the stubborn six year wrapped around it. Miranda clutched his leg like a hungry python, determined not to let go until he agreed to her demands, but Fenton was determined not to give in.

Fenton: "You're not going to the convention with me!"

He set the bag down and with one hard pull he yanked Miranda off his leg by the back of her shirt. He set her down on the ground with a hard smack on her butt. 

Fenton: "And that's final!"

Miranda: "Ow!"

Miranda rubbed at her butt with a glare on her face. Fenton glared back before his eyes softened and he sighed. 

Fenton: "Come on mija, tonight's not going to be so bad, you get to hang out with Abuela, doesn't that sound like fun?"

Miranda stopped rubbing her butt to give Fenton the most pointed look he has ever seen on a six year old.

Miranda: "Yeah P'pa, a night of watching Patos de la passion sounds WAY more fun then going to one of the biggest science conventions in the world."

Fenton just rolled his eyes at her statement.

Fenton: "Of all the things Lena had to teach you it had to be sarcasm"

Miranda dropped her look to let out a few tiny giggles and a smile. And even though he was still a bit annoyed, Fenton let out a tiny smile too. He scooped her up into his arms and she let out a happy shriek. 

Fenton: "And you're going to have so much fun here tonight! At home with Abuela and your toys instead of stuck at a boring convention with me. What could be better?"

Just as Fenton finished that sentence Gloria came walking out of her room talking on her phone.

Gloria: "Sí....any witnesses?..alright, I'll be right there"

Gloria hung up her phone and turned to a terrified looking Fenton.

Fenton: "No M'ma, don't say it. Please!"

Gloria: "They need me to come into work, I can't watch Miranda tonight"

Fenton's entire face dropped while Miranda lit up. Gloria just walked up to both of them and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek. 

Gloria: "Lo siento Pollito, but I have to go"

She walked out the door while Miranda waved from her spot in Fenton's arms.

Miranda: "Bye Abuela! Have fun catching bad guys!"

Gloria gave her a smile before shutting the front door.

Miranda: "This is great! Now I can go with you!"

Fenton groans and sets her back down on the ground.

Fenton: "You are NOT coming with me"

He pulls his phone out of his back pocket.

Fenton: "I need to make some calls, in the meantime go play, ok? Daddy will let you know when he finds someone."

(30 minutes later) 

Miranda hummed happily as she zipped up her backpack with everything she would need. The convention would start in 15 minutes and Fenton had not said one word to her about finding someone to watch her. So in her eyes that meant he hadn't found anyone and she was going. Miranda hooked a light purple leash around the metal loop in Onyx's matching purple harness. She lead Onyx down the hallway just as Fenton finished putting the last box in the car. Miranda smiled big and ran up to him. 

Miranda: "Alright Daddy let's go! I can't wait to see everything!"

Fenton just rolled his eyes and lead them back into the house. 

Fenton: "You're not coming with me, I found someone to babysit you"

Miranda felt her stomach drop. 

Miranda: "What?! How?! Who could you possibly find on such short notice?!"

Just them a loud crash was heard from outside. Fenton let out a smile. 

Fenton: "That would be him now"

Miranda looked geared up for an argument but before she could get a world in a tall, muscular pilot walked in through the door and let out a wave.

Launchpad: "Hey Fenton! Hey Miranda!"

Miranda let out a happy gasp.

Miranda: "Launchpad!"

She took off into a sprit and launched herself into Launchpad's open arms. Miranda opened her eyes from over Launchpad's shoulder and let out a confused sound. 

There were two people standing behind him. A tall, white male duck with a big beak and pink flannel shirt. And a female duckling with curly red hair pulled up into a ponytail. Hands hidden in the pocket of her green jacket, her uninterested face showed just how much she didn't want to be there. Launchpad set Miranda down and beckoned the two strangers inside. 

Launchpad: "Oh yeah! I forgot to mention the I was bringing some friends"

Fenton: "Not a problem"

The tall white duck took a step forward and held his hand out for Miranda to shake.

Drake: "It's nice to meet you Miranda, Launchpad has told me a lot about you. My name is Drake Mallard. I'm Launchpad's...um...partner."

Miranda perked up at the word partner.

Miranda: "Oh! That's cool! I didn't realize that Launchpad was dating anyone!"

Drake choked a bit, his whole face turning red as he let go of her hand. Launchpad wasn't paying any attention, to preoccupied with petting a very happy Onyx on the floor. 

Drake: "What?! Oh!-no..we're not-I mean-we don't-!"

The young duck behind him let out a snort and a couple of poor hidden giggles at her mentors flushed face. He stopped talking just long enough to shoot a glare at the young girl who just smirked in response. Fenton cut in before an argument could break out.

Fenton: "I have to go soon, thank you guys some much for agreeing to do this."

Miranda huffed. 

Miranda: "Yeah, thanks guys"

Fenton shot Miranda a warning look but Drake just ignored her sarcasm and gave a heroic smile. 

Drake: "Fear not Fenton! We shall look after your beloved daughter while you share your brilliant scientific creation with the people of Duckberg."

Drake's face turned bitter. 

Drake: "If if one of those creations is the suit for that hack Gizmoduck."

Fenton nodded while looking uncomfortable while Miranda's face turned red with anger, her mouth open and left eye twitching. 

Miranda: "Who are you calling a hack?! You son of a-!"

Fenton: "Miranda Nicole!"

Miranda wisley shut her mouth before she could finish her protest and opted to simply level Drake with a steely glare. Her gaze shifted back to the preteen who had yet to introduce herself. Drake noticed the shift in gaze and rolled his eyes. 

Drake: "And this plasent young lady is my ward, Gosalyn, Gosalyn, this is Fenton's daughter Miranda, play nice."

Gosalyn scoffed and Drak's attempted warnig and just nodded at Miranda. Fenton took this as his que to leave. 

Fenton: "Ok, time to go"

Fenton put his bag down and gave Miranda a big kiss on the forehead. 

Fenton: "I love you mijita, be good for Drake and Launchpad, ok?"

Miranda crossed her arms and looked away. 

Fenton sighed and stood up, grabbing his bag and headed for the door. 

Fenton: "Ok, emergency numbers are on the counter, help yourself to whatever's in the fridge, her bedtime's at 8 sharp but I should be back before that, yada yada yada what did I forget? On yeah! She might a bit cranky today so if she gets out of hand just put her to bed early."

Miranda let out a sound of protest but Fenton just hurried out the door

Fenton: "That's-everything-Thank-you-so-much-for-doing-this-I'll-be-back-later-byeeeee!"

He closed the door behind him.

Everyone juststood for a moment, looked at the door that had been closed and Miranda could feel her hopes of seeing the convention sink with the faded sounds of the car engine. Launchpad took the tension in the room with a smile and scooped Miranda up off the ground, making her let out a few tiny giggles. 

Launchpad: "Alright! Now what do we do?"

Drake sat down on the couch and started fipping through channels until he stopped at one and let out a huge smile. 

Drake: "What better way to spend the day then watching the Darkwing Duck marathon?!" 

Launchpad let out a happy shout while Gosalyn let out a groan.

Gosalyn: "Don't you nerds have any other interests?"

Launchpad ignored her in favor of carrying Miranda over to the couch and plopping her down. Miranda looked at the new show with a mixture of interest and confusion. 

Miranda: "Darkwaing Duck?"

Something clicked in her brain. A snister smile spread cross her face. 

Miranda: "Oh yeah! He's that clumsy nutcase in St. Canard who likes to play superhero. I helped Papa make some stuff for him."

Drake gave Mirana a look of shock and outrage that was followed by Gosalyn's roaring laughter in the background. 

Drake: "Wha-you!-he's not a nutcase! Darkwing Duck is a very real and very sane hero!"

Miranda just scoffed and crosse her arms.

Miranda: "Whatever, Gizmoduck's better anyway"

Now, Drake's eye started to twitch. 

Drake: "Bite your tounge child"

Miranda just him a murderous glare.

Miranda: "I'll bite your arm off if you ever call him a hack again"

Onyx hissed next to her.

The tension was getting thicker. The two just continued to glare at one and other while Lanchpad sat in the middle, extremly uncomfortable. Gosalyn started inching closer and closer to the door. 

Gosalyn: "Riiiight..I'm going outside to skateboard. I'll come back when you two are done, with, all, this"

She bolted out the door. 

Miranda glared one last time at Drake before letting out a huff and climbing off the couch and heading to her room, Onyx right next to her. She slammed her door shut and threw herself onto her bed. 

Miranda: "I don't believe this"

Onyx jumped up onto the bed and Miranda reached out to stroke her head. 

Miranda: "Papa gets to go show of our inventions at one of the best science connvenions in the world and I'm stuck here with that clown."

Onyx let out a few chirps and Miranda sighed. She was about to say something else when an odd sound outside her window caught her attention. She crawled off her bed and peeked outside to see Gosalyn doing tricks on an odd looking board. Miranda pulled her window up and climbed outside, holding her arms ut to catch Onyx as she followed her. Miranda walked over to where Goslayn was and just stood there until she noticed her. 

Gosalyn: "Oh, hey"

Miranda: "Hi"

She pointed at the board beneth her feet.

Miranda: "What are you doing"

Gosalyn: "Skateboarding"

Miranda just tilted her head to the side like a confused cat. She crouched down to get a closer look at the board. 

Miranda: "I've only ever seen seen skateboarding on Fewtube videos"

She tilted her head just a bit more to catch a look at the art underneath it. 

Miranda: "La obra de arte es tan hermosa"

Gosalyn perked up at those words. 

Gosalyn: "¿Tu hablas español?"

Miranda: "Si, pero no muy bien"

Gosalyn just smiled a little and kicked out the board to move it in front of her. 

Gosalyn: "Nice. Skateboarding is super cool, wanna try it?"

Miranda smiled big at that idea and nodded rapidly, but before Gosalyn could answer Drake's yells from inside caught their attention. The girls rushed to the front door and Miranda kicked it open with enough force to slam it into the wall. Drake was standing close to the tv with the volume turned up to the max. From what Miranda and Gosalyn could hear, Roxanne Feathery was giving an urgant report. 

Roxanne: "Chaos today outside the Nation Duckbery science convention as billonare Mark Beaks swarms the convention hall with an army of robots. Pedestrians stated that Beaks was attempting to infoltrate the building, but was denied accesess due to a ban given to him after attempting to openly steal technology the pervious year."

The camera cuts to an image of Beaks sitting on the shoulders of a large white robot with wheels for feet and the Waddle W glowing on it's chest. Behind them stood what must have been hundreds of those same robots, just waiting to attack. The biggest robot was banging on the closed doors of the convention hall hard enough to leave small cracks in the glass. The people outside were rushing to get away as fast as possible. 

Miranda let out a scared gasp. 

Miranda: "Oh no! Papa! Mark must be trying to get the Gizmoduck armor again. We have to help him!"

Drake clapped his hands together. 

Drake: "Right you are Miranda! This is definantly a job for Darkwing Duck!" 

Drake took his phone out from his pocket but one look pointed from Miranda stopped him from pushing the button that summoned his motercycle. Instead, he made a fake ringtone sound with his mouth and pretended to answer a call. 

Drake: "Hello....I see...well I can't really...alright, but just for a bit, goodbye"

He pretended to hang up and gave Miranda a big (and fake) smile. 

Drake: "Sorry Miranda...but I have to go, into....work! Yes, work! I'm-a-a security gaurd! And they-uh-want my help down at the convention center"

He grabbed the arm of a confused Launchpad and raced out the door. 

Drake: "Gosalyn's in charge while we're gone!"

Gosalyn: "WHAT!?!"

Drake: "We-should-be-back-before-dark-don't-tell-Fenton-ok-byeeeee!"

Gosalyn tried to race after the two men but the door slammed shut before she could follow them out. Miranda just calmly walked into her room as Gosalyn waved her fist in shock and outrage at the closed door. 

Gosalyn: "YOUUUUU!"

Gosalyn continued to rant some pretty ugly things about the man who took her in at the closed door until Miranda walked back in and interupted her. 

Miranda: "Sooooo, are we gonna follow them or what?" 

Gosalyn turned around to look at Miranda, who had Onyx wrapped up in a makeshift harness on her chest and a dark blue helmet on her head. Gosalyn just stared for a moment before a smirk crept on to her face. She grabbed her green helmet off the floor and pulled a homemade crossbow out of her backpack. 

Gosalyn: "Oh I like you, Chica"

Miranda let out an evil smile as they headed out the door and onto Gosalyn's skateboard.

(Later) 

There was so much chaos outside the convention hall, with peope running for their lives in flocks like startled birds that the two girls were able to slip close to the entrance of the hall pracically unnoticed. They crouched in the bushes as they watched Beaks take selfies of himself while his robots continued to pound on the door. It would break at any moment so they had to think of a way to get in and fast. 

Miranda: "Ok, that idiot is blocking the front door and the rest of the building has gone into lockdown. We need to find another way in."

Gosalyn peeked around for a minute before an old memory struck her. 

Gosalyn: "I got it. follow me"

Gosalyn lead Miranda around the building to the very back and pulled out her crossbow. She put in a customised arrow she developed and aimed high at the windows closest to the roof. In one click a rope launched outof the hold and the plundger end stuck to the top window pane. Gosalyn gave it a quick tug to test it's hold then started to climb. 

Gosalyn: "This way, I know a way we can get in from the roof."

Miranda followed her example and climbed up the rope all the way to the roof. 

Once safely on the floor of the rooftop, Gosalyn raced over too the vent, Miranda close at her heels. The two lifted th top off the vent and jumped inside to the airduct. Once inside, they could hear all the chaos the was taking place as Beaks' robot finally managed to break down the door and his army flooded into the convention center. They tried their best to block out the noise of panic as the crawled but kept their ears only open enough to hear Fenton or Drake. 

Gosalyn: "My grandpa was asked to speak about his work in advance theoreical physics here a couple of years ago, they said I wasn't aloud to watch him because I was to young. So, naturally, I climbed into the vents and watched him speak from above. We can get anywhere in the convention hall from up here."

Miranda looked at her in surprise. 

Miranda: "That's cool. I didn't know Drake's dad was a well known physistist, any name I might know?"

Gosalyn imediatly tensed up. 

Gosalyn: "Why would I be talking about Drake's dad?"

Miranda raised an unseen eyebrow from behind her. 

Miranda: "Because you're talking about your grandpa? Drake is your father isn't he?"

That six word question made Gosalyn stop cold in the middle of the vent. Miranda crashed into her, making her and Onyx yelp a bit before backing away. Miranda couldn't see the look on Gosalyn's face but could practically smell the sorrow in the air. 

Gosalyn: "Drake isn't my father"

The words were laced with ice, so cold Miranda felt a shiver go up her back. But she could also pick out the tiniest bit of unease from them. Gosalyn just sat there for a minute before shaking it off and trekking forward. Miranda knew that move.

It meant conversation over. 

They both kept climbing through the vents until they both heard a loud voice. 

Drake: "I am the terror, that flaps in the night!"

Gosalyn: "Found him"

Drake: "I am the gum, that sticks to the shoe of crime!"

The girls kicked out the vent and dropped down into the room filled with purple smoke.

Drake: "I. Am. Darkwing Duck!"

Beaks only paused his rampage for about two seconds before continuing on.

Beaks: "Whatever! Never heard of you before!"

Drake seethed for a minute before Launchpad walled up next to him and gave him a nudge. 

Launchpad: "You ok DW?"

That remedy to snap Drake out of whatever trace he was in and he posed heroically. 

Drake: "Never better Launchpad! For today is the day Darkwing Duck becomes known as the hero he is!"

Launchpad matched his pose. 

Launchpad: "That's right! We'll show these robots who's boss! Just you, me-

He turned his head to the side and saw the girls standing there.

Launchpad: "And Gosalyn and Miranda helping out"

Drake: "What?!"

He quickly spun around to see for himself. His rage spread across his face as the two just waved. 

Drake: "Gosalyn-I mean, little girls whom I have never met before. What do you think you're doing here?!"

Miranda rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips.

Miranda: "Oh, come off it Drake, I already know, I helped my dad make all your super junk"

Drake: "Oh"

He shook his head and pointed an accusing finger at them.

Drake: "That still doesn't explain what you think you're doing here young ladies?!"

Miranda scrunched her beak up and looked at Gosalyn. 

Miranda: "Young lady?"

Gosalyn: "Sí, lo sé, creo que lo hace sentir que está a cargo"

Miranda and Gosalyn started laughing while Drake looked at them annoyed. 

Drake: "I told you two to stay at the house!"

Miranda: "Technically, you only said that Gos was in charge"

Drake's look of rage got stronger. But, before he could say anything, the sound of screaming scientists filled the room. Beaks' army had begun to grab up every piece of technology out on display. From new phone designs to solar powered car scematics. Beaks took everything that was in sight except for one thing. 

Beaks: "Oh Gizmoduck! Come out and play!"

Drake clenched his teeth together. All that anger and bitter resentment that has been building up inside of him all day came out in one soild kick to the leg on the closest robot to him. It effected the robot in no way, but Drake certainlly felt it as he grabbed his foot and started hopping.

Drake: "Owwwwww!"

Miranda rolled her eyes and facepalmed. She moved her hands to her beak to amplify her voice. 

Miranda: "Hey Darkwing dork! That 150 pounds of solid machinery! Kicking it will do absolutely nothing!"

Drake let out an angry growl after hearing that. Unfourtnantly, Drake wasn't the only one who heard her. 

Beaks stopped cold and turned around at the sound of her voice. His stupif face let out a sinister grin. 

Beaks: "Welllll, hello there mini amigo! You're just what I need right now!

He pulled out his phone, typed some stuff in, and in an instant all of the robots that were stealing inventions turned their attention to her. 

Beaks: "Grab that girl!"

Miranda: "Uh oh"

Launchpad wasted no time grabbing her and booking it. Gosalyn close at his heels with Onyx following. The robots rolled after them faster then their weight should have allowed them too. Drake tried to hold them off as best he could but they were a bit to powerful for his karate moves. Miranda looked over Launchpad's shoulder at the robots behind her and gasped when she saw a certain booth. 

Miranda: "Launchpad stop!"

He stopped and Miranda jumped out of his arms and grabbed a laptop off the Pear tech booth. 

Miranda: "I have an idea to stop them!"

But before she could speak her plan Drake came running up to them. He grabbed Gosalyn and Miranda by the backs of their shirts and started dragging them away. Onyx at his feet. 

Drake: "We have to get you girls to a safe place!"

Gosalyn: "What?! No way! I'm your crime fighting partner, remember?!"

Drake: "These robots are going to pulverize you!"

He stopped in front of a closet and practically threw them both in.

Drake: "You two will be safe in here!"

Gosalyn got up off the ground and raced over to the door. 

Gosalyn: "I'm not going to let you sideline me again!"

Drake: "And I'm not going to let anything hurt you!"

Gosalyn: "Drak-!"

The door slammed shut in her face. Gosalyn tried to open it but all the knob did was jiggle. She slammed her fists on the door in rage. 

Gosalyn: "UGHHH!!!!!"

she moved away from the door and started off on a angery rant. 

Gosalyn: "This is so unfair! Why is he always like this?! He asks me to help him fight crime and he never lets me! What other reason could he possibly have for keeping me around?! Nobody wants to keep me around! He's not my family!"

Miranda: "But isn't he?"

Gos stopped her rant to look at Miranda, she was sitting criss-cross on the floor with Onyx sitting to the right of her and looked up at the red head. Gosalyn huffed at her and went to sit down. 

Gosalyn: "I already told you, Drake isn't my family, I already have a family. My grandpa is just...lost, for right now."

Miranda: "I lost my mom"

Gos turned to look at her in shock, Miranda's gaze focused on the floor. 

Miranda: "She was my ony family for a long time."

She picked her head up and gave Gosalyn a sad smile. 

Miranda: "Mama's always going to be my family, even though she's gone. But now, I have a Dad, and Abuela, A griffin, two uncles, an aunt, a bunch of cousins, and a Gyro."

Miranda scooted closer to Gosalyn. 

Miranda: "And now I have you, Launchpad, and Drake. All of you are my family."

Miranda lifted her left arm and wrapped it around Gosalyn's shoulder. 

Miranda: "Just because your family was small for a long time, doesn't mean it can't get bigger."

Miranda looked at her before standing up, letting her words sink in. She picked up Oynx, put her back in her harness, grabbed the laptop off the floor, and pused a big trashcan away to revil an air vent in the wall. 

Miranda: "C'mon, let's get out of here. I need better service to stop this crackpot. You know any place around here that's up high?"

Gosalyn just stared at her for a minute before letting a smile spread across her face. 

(In the convention hall)

Drake: "Argh"

Drake let out a groan of pain as he got tossed into a wall for the fifth time in 20 minutes. The Waddle bots have been tossing him around like a ball, and while he was doing a great job of getting back up, Darkwing was starting to sway a little bit, he fell to the floor. Launchpad wasn't fairing much better against the 150 pound hunks of hack. Just as Drake was starting to envision the embarrassing things the local news outlets would say about him when they found his unconsciousness body, a voice yelled out his name. 

Gosalyn: "Darkwing!"

Drake shot his head up at his young partner's yell. He stared in shock at the two girls flying above his head on a large piece of cardboard stuck on top of four big drones. Gosalyn controlled them while Miranda was sitting with Onyx, the laptop open in front of her. The drone hover board was very wobbly and the girls struggled to stay on. Launchpad pulled Drake up off the floor, just as in shock as the capped duck was. 

Drake: "What do you two think you're doing?"

Gosalyn: "Saving the day!"

Miranda: "With the power of science!"

Drake and Launchpad didn't look any less confused, so Miranda finally explained her plan. 

Miranda: "Beaks uses the same code for all of his cockamamie "inventions". If so can hack into it, I should be able to shut them all down at once!"

Gosalyn: "Here! Catch!"

She threw the controller to Drake. He just looked at them, then down at the remote, then smiled. A look if determination filled his face. 

Drake: "Alright girls"

All: "Let's. Get. Dangerous!"

Drake sent the girls back into the air and they raced off. Gosalyn pulled out her crossbow and loaded up her sharpest arrows. She aimed them at the big glowing W's on the overgrown trash can's chests and shut them down with ease. Miranda typed away as Drake flew them all around the convention center, yelling directions as she did. 

Miranda: "Alright! Now left! More to the right! Left again! Alright!"

As the robots started to fall Beaks was nowhere to be found. No one could hear his obnoxious voice as they flew across the convention center until they got to the biggest booth. The McDuck enterprise booth. Beaks was still on his robot's shoulders as he looked at the entire Gizmoduck armor display with a crazed look in his eyes. 

Beaks: "Yes. Yes! It's finally mine! Waddle bot! Break open this case!"

Miranda felt her heart rate go up at the banging sounds as she typed the code faster. 

Miranda: "C'mon, c'mon, got it!"

With one final button click the robots stopped cold. You could hear their circuits start to overload as they shorted out. They all fell to the floor one by one, including the one Beaks was one. After it fell, it sent the whinny parrot toppling down, straight on his butt. 

Beaks: "Ow!"

Drake paused no mind to him as he made the girls land. Launchpad ran up to them as they celebrated. 

Miranda: "I did it! Hooray for white hat hacking!"

Gosalyn: "Yeah that was totally awesome!"

The older girl was pumping her fists up and down as she told her spoke to the man in the mask. 

Gosalyn: "That was the best butt kicking I've ever done! There was thrills! And action lines! And-And! Ah! It was so cool!"

Drake: "Alright Gos, slow down, you girls could have gotten hurt."

At his words Drake suddenly looked panicked. He pulled the girls close to him and started look them over. 

Drake: "Oh gosh, are either of you hurt? What was I thinking?! Letting you two ride that death contraption!"

Drake started pulled apart their feathers to look for blood on their flesh. He was gentle but the fussing still made Gosalyn roll her eyes.

Gosalyn: "Ugh, we're fine Dad"

Drake stopped checking her hair for blood as they both stilled. 

Drake: "D-dad?"

Gosalyn looked away embarrassed but didn't immediately deny it. 

Gosalyn: "Y-yeah. I've, uh, kinda been wanting to call you that for a while."

She forced a half laugh half cough out before continuing. 

Gosalyn: "I mean, you're more of a mother hen really, so I guess that name fits better. Ha."

Drake was still looking at her funny so Gos just sighed and got to the point. 

Gosalyn: "Look, Miranda gave me something to think about while we were in the closet. I never want to stop looking for grandpa, but there's nothing stopping me from, uh, expanding my family a little."

Gosalyn lifted her embarrassed gaze to the ceiling and chocked out her last words. 

Gosalyn: "If, uh, that's cool with you, of cours-."

Drake cut her off by pulling her into a spine crushing hug. Gos felt something wet make her hair grow damp. 

Drake: "Oh Gos, of course it is."

Gos stood there for a minute before slowly returning the hug. Miranda stood off the side holding Onyx with a smile on her face while Launchpad was openly sobbing. They were all feeling happy and accomplished until the idiot in the room shattered the moment. 

Beaks: "C'mon! Stupid case! Open!"

The all turned to look at Beaks trying to open the case to get to the suit. Miranda let out an annoyed sigh. 

Miranda: "What are we going to do with him?"

Gosalyn: "I say we just knock him out until the police get here."

Miranda: "Good plan, just one addition."

They did in fact knock him out, and after they did they hung him from the convention center sign by his underwear. Both the girls were cackling mechanically while Drake tried to coral them onto his bike.

Drake: "Alright you little gremlins. Let's get you home. Let's try to get back before Fenton does."

(Later that same night)

Gosalyn: "Alright Miranda, now try moving a little."

Miranda moved one of her wobbly legs down to the ground and pushed off a little. The board moved under her and she rolled all the way to her mailbox. Her face was ecstatic. 

They all managed to get back before Fenton, just as the sun was starting to set. Drake dressed all his injuries and sat outside with Launchpad watching Gosalyn teach Miranda how to skateboard. Onyx slept in a little purring puddle on Launchpad's lap. Miranda got off the board to sit next to Drake. 

Miranda: "Ok, I will admit it. Darkwing Duck IS a real hero."

Drake: "Better than Gizmoduck?"

Miranda: "Nope"

Drake stiffened at her words. 

Drake: "Oh come on! What does that hack have that I don't?"

Miranda: "It's not about that."

Miranda gestured her arms out like she wanted a hug. 

Miranda: "He saved me. Saved me from my old life. Without him, I would have all this. I wouldn't have any of you."

Miranda put her arms down. 

Miranda: "He's always going to be my hero. But that doesn't mean I can't like Darkwing too."

She shot him a pointed look. 

Miranda: "You should try being nicer to him."

Drake didn't say anything because a familiar car pulled into the driveway and Miranda lit up. 

Miranda: "Daddy!"

An exhausted looking Fenton climbed out of the car and walked up to the door. 

Fenton: "Ugh, what a day, that was the most chaotic convention I've ever been too."

Miranda gave him a hug while Drake patted his shoulder. 

Drake: "Yeah, heard all about it bud. Good things it all managed to work itself out."

Fenton: "Uh huh. Thanks again for watching her. Did she give you any trouble?"

Launchpad: "Nah, she was an angel"

Drake: "We'll get out of here. Looks like you could use a nap. Come on Gos!"

Gosalyn kicked up her skateboard and walked up to say goodbye. 

Gosalyn: "Later Miranda, come over to Saint Canard some time. Oh, and also....thank you"

Miranda smiled and fist bumped her. 

Miranda: "No problem girl. los hispanohablantes tenemos que estar unidos."

The super family all drove off while Miranda and Fenton waved goodbye to them out front. 

Fenton: "Soooo, you want to tell me what really happened?"

Miranda startled. 

Fenton: "I know what happened, I was at the convention the whole time trying to get ahold of the bin. Non of the weapons were in the Gizmoduck armor."

Miranda gulped and shrunk down a little. 

Fenton: "But luck for you, I'm too tired to discipline you right now. I need to go in and lie down, we'll talk tomorrow."

He went inside and Miranda let out a breath of relief. She took one more look over her shoulder before following him inside the house with Onyx. 

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

It was a peaceful day at Duckburg elementary. The sun was shining, the kindergartners were singing, and everyone was looking forward to the upcoming weekend of fun and relaxation. 

Annabelle: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!"

Well, almost everyone. 

Across the hallway in Professor H's gifted kids class Miranda jumped, startled from the scream, scaring a sleeping Onyx on the floor in the process. She got up off the floor and they headed towards the door, ready to fight off whatever was making that girl scream, but Professor H stopped them and started corralling them back to her seat. 

Professor H: "No need to worry Miranda, I can assure you that nothing is wrong."

Her face scrunched up in distaste before rolling her eyes. 

Professor H: "It's just our school diva throwing a fit about something."

She walked off and Miranda sat back down at her table, petting Onyx's head and looking at her friends confused. 

Miranda: "What is she talking about?"

Miranda's friends, Clark, Sophie, and Rocky, all suddenly looked very afraid.

Clark: "Annabelle Powers"

Miranda just raised her eyebrow even higher. 

Miranda: "That's a real name?"

Sophie: "She's a real nightmare, her dad owns a chain of jewelry stores so he's very rich, and it's turned her into an entitled hellion!"

Rocky: "She will not rest until she gets her way! Rumor has it that she even got the old principal fired because he tried to expel her for tearing a girl's hair out!" 

Miranda: "Oh my."

Sophie: "She got the school star student picnic canceled last year because she didn't have the grades to be invited."

Clark: "She destroyed all of the projects that won ribbons from the science fair because she thought that her's should have won."

Rocky: "She even got the art club shut down because she tried to join and they wouldn't let her in because it was full."

Miranda winced and looked at the door, she could still hear the screaming. 

Miranda: "Sheesh, this girl sounds like my worst nightmare."

Clark picked up the book he had set down and opened it once again. 

Clark: "Oh she is Mimi, trust us, consider yourself lucky if you never come into contact with her."

(After school)

The last bell of the day rang and all of the students still inside the school flew out the doors like a stampede of bulls. All the kids either ran for the bus or towards their parental figures. And Miranda was no exception as she and Onyx ran towards Fenton with a huge smile on her face. 

Miranda: "Daddy!"

Miranda and Onyx lept into his arms and Fenton managed to hold both of them, albeit with a little struggle. 

Fenton: "Hola my little Gizmobuddy and Onyx, did you have a good day at school?"

Miranda: "Uh huh, we got to study the anatomy of the common cockroach, and learn how their endurance and adaptability may help us better the future."

Fenton: "Interesting"

Annabelle: "O.M.G!"

Both Crackshell-Cabreras looked over at the loud exclamation and saw a little hen girl with blonde hair and pink designer clothes running towards them. 

Well, not to them, but to Onyx. 

She scooped up Onyx into her arms and held her way to tight against her chest. Onyx fought to get out but her hold was to strong. She hissed and clawed but it had no effect.

Annabelle: "She's the most exquisite thing I have ever seen! I've never seen anything like her, I want it! I've got to have it! DADDY!"

A tall rooster in a black business suit walked up behind them. Fenton could recognize him as Jackson Powers but Miranda was to focused on Onyx to pay him any mind. 

Jackson: "Yes, princess?"

Annabelle held up Onyx like a doll and gave her best baby doll eyes. 

Annabelle: "I want this! Buy it for me!"

Miranda: "You can't have her!"

Onyx finally managed to jerk out of Annabelle's hold and jumped into Miranda's arms, she hissed at Annabelle and her father from the safety of Miranda's hold. Jackson but on his best business man smile and approached Fenton. 

Jackson: "I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot, Jackson Powers from Powers jewelry and diamonds."

He handed Fenton a little slip of paper. 

Jackson: "My card."

Fenton pocketed his card and crossed his arms.

Fenton: "How can I help you Mr Powers?"

Jackson: "Let's cut to the chase then, how much for the cat?"

Miranda: "She's not a cat! She's a griffin! And she's not for sale!"

Jackson: "Come now young lady, there must be a price."

Jackson took a checkbook out of his pocket and wrote a check for 100,000 dollars. He tore it out and handed it to Fenton. 

Jackson: "$100,000 is my final offer."

Fenton looked at the check, then at Jackson, then finally at Miranda, who was giving him a 'don't you dare' look. He finally looked Jackson straight in the eyes and handed the check back to him. 

Fenton: "I'm sorry Mr Powers, but she's not for sale."

Jackson looked genuinely surprised at having his check handed back to him while Annabelle looked furious. 

Jackson: "Wha-but but surely there must be something-

Miranda: "There is nothing you could offer me that would make my give her up, my On-Bon is priceless, I wouldn't trade her for all the money in the world!"

Annabelle: "But I want her!"

Miranda just gave Annabelle a pointed look.

Miranda: "Well you can't have her, she was given to me by a Greek god to take care of and that's what I'm going to do. So the answer is NO!"

Annabelle's left eye started to twitch. 

Annabelle: "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I'll make you sorry you ever crossed me! Nobody says no to Annabelle Powers! Nobody!"

She started screaming again and stormed into her Italian sports car. Jackson just looked at his daughter before giving the ducks a steely glare. 

Jackson: "You're going to regret this."

He climbed into the driver's side of the sports car and started the engine. 

Jackson: "A Power's never takes no for an answer."

And with that they drove away, leaving behind an exasperated Fenton and Miranda. 

Miranda: "Sheesh, how entitled can you get?"

Fenton: "Oh you have no idea, ever since I started working for Scrooge I've made a nasty habit of getting on the bad side of entitled billionaires."

Miranda just shrugged and took his hand.

Miranda: "Whatever, let's go to the lab, do you think Abuela would be ok with us getting Chinese food for dinner?"

(At the Power's mansion)

It was well past the sun going down and Annabelle was still throwing a tantrum about Onyx. Breaking every breakable thing unfortunate enough to come into contact with her. 

Annabelle: "How DARE that peasant say no to me! I will have that griffin if it's the last thing I do! I want her! I need her!!!!!!"

Jackson listened to his daughter's screaming from his office. He pulled out his phone and dialed up the best man he knew for carrying out dirty work, Harrison Black, a tall black crow famous for his ability to do anything asked of him, legal or not, with an unwanted dramatic flare. 

Black: "State your name and business?"

Jackson: "It's me"

Black: "Ah, hello again Mr Gem, how can I be of service?"

Jackson: "I want you to acquire a rare animal for me, there's a girl at my daughter's school that has a griffin as her pet. Get it for me."

Black: "Another whim of the princess, I take it?"

Jackson: "Hey, what I do for my princess is none of your concern, just get me the griffin, and I give you your check." 

Black: "You got it boss."

Both men hang up. 

(Friday night)

Black crept towards the front door of the Crabera house with all the stealth he could muster. It was well past 2 in the morning so everybody that lived in the house was dead to the world, Black figured it would be easy to sneak in and grab the griffin before anybody released he was there. He made quick work of the lock before slowly creeping inside the house, he was careful of where he stepped, only putting his foot down on the softest of the carpet. He made his way towards the room he could only assume was Miranda's (on his initial stake out of the house he saw that it was the only room with visible pink curtains) and gently grabbed the door nob. He slowly opened the door to peek inside, he saw the sleeping little girl on her bed with his target sleeping next to her head, all he had to do was creep inside. 

Until he felt the familiar feeling of a barrel being held up against his neck. 

Gloria: "Put your hands in the air, Now." 

He did as he was told. He put his hands in the air next to his head and slowly turned around to see Gloria Cabrera, clad in her bathrobe and hair full of curlers, pointing her gun at him. 

Gloria: "On your knees"

Black slowly began to crouch down, but at the last second he kicked his leg out and knocked Gloria to the ground. He started to make a run for the door but not before Gloria could get back up and take a few shots at him. Black yelped as he felt the bullets whisk past him, but he managed not to get hit. Gloria just glared from the door frame as he disappeared. She quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket and dialed up her friends from the station. 

Gloria: "I've got a suspect caught breaking and entering in my house, suspect is about 5 foot 7, black crow, early 20s by the looks of it, he took a right off my driveway and looks to be headed towards Silverbeak, keep me updated."

She hung up her phone and put it back in her pocket. The sounds of footsteps behind her made her turn quickly but she relaxed slightly when she saw that it was just a sleepy Miranda and Onyx walking towards her. 

Miranda: "*Yawwwn* Abuela? What's going on?"

Gloria was quick to holster her gun before Miranda could see it and gave her a caring smile. 

Gloria: "Nothing, Bebita, Abuela's got everything under control."

Miranda just rubbed at her eyes to get the grit out and picked up Onyx. 

Miranda: "I thought I heard gunshots?"

Gloria quickly picked up Miranda and Onyx, kicking the door closed with her foot and walked towards the kitchen. 

Gloria: "I'm sure it was just a bad dream, Pollita, vamos, I'll make us some hot chocolate, that will put us right back to sleep."

(Saturday)

'Ok, this might be a bit harder than I thought,' Black thought as he casually but slowly looked around the library. He couldn't risk going back to the house to steal the griffin but he lucked out the next day. Dressed in casual clothes, punk band tee shirt and black pants, he followed Miranda to the library where she met up with Webby, Violet, and Lena, and she brought Onyx with her. 

Black slowly crept closer to the group, the girls were all looking through books on magic, researching for their next adventure. Well, almost all of them, Lena was too busy being invested in her phone. As Black got closer, he could see his target sitting on the ground close to Miranda's feet, his plan was just to grab it and then take off, there was no way those little girls would be able to keep up with an experienced thief like himself. 

That was his first mistake. 

As Black got closer and closer to them, the girls paid him no mind. Webby, Violet, and Miranda didn't even notice him at first, they were too busy laughing at something Lena said. Black slowly pulled a knife out of his pocket, ready to slice the leash off Onyx and make a run for it, and once he finally got close enough, he pounced! 

Only to be stopped mid air by a bubble of pink magic.

Black: "What the!"

Lena didn't even peak up from her phone as she lifted the crow high into the air. She twirled her finger around and made him spin super fast in the bubble, and after she spun him fast enough, she got rid of the bubble and sent him flying across the library until he went splat against the door. 

Black slowly fell off the door in a puddle of pain. After laying there for a few minutes he got up, and in a fit of rage he charged at the girls.

That was his second mistake, because he was barely 3 feet close to the girls before Lena snapped her fingers and Black went falling down a portal in the floor. 

Miranda finally looked up from her book and looked at the hole in the floor with confusion.

Miranda: "What a strange man? Where'd you send him Leenie?"

Lena just smirked in response. 

If you went down the street a bit to Hamburger Hippo, you would see Black landed face first into their open dumpsters. 

(Sunday)

Black glared at the gate to McDuck manor in complete rage. This job was shaping up to be one of the hardest and most painful jobs he's had since the Duckburg jewelry exchange robbery of 1992. 

Black still isn't 100% sure that they got all the glass out of his butt. 

But now was not the time for cringing, he had a griffin to steal. Black was perfectly aware that McDuck manor was one of the hardest places in all of Duckburg to infiltrate, but he needed to get inside if he wanted to grab that griffin before Powers got impatient, and fortunately, he had a simple yet flawless plan to get inside.

He pushed the buzzer.

Beakley: "State your name and business"

Black: "This is George Carmichael with Carson Carpet cleaners, I have some deals that will sweep the family of the house off their feet! May I come in and show you?"

Beakley: "No solicitors"

And just like that the line went dead. 

Black: "GRRRRRRRR!!!!!"

Black threw his fake briefcase down in rage and just decided to throw caution to the wind and started climbing the gate. After he hit the ground he started BOOKING it up the long driveway to the house. Black had heard the rumors of the failed attempted robberies of McDuck manor, so he was shocked when he made it up the the house and nothing had happened to him. Black slowly crept around the house to the backyard, and saw his target play in the grass with its owner. Black ran at them, but Miranda saw him and pulled Onyx close to her. 

Miranda: "DUCKWORTH!"

Black suddenly stopped cold with a sense of dread running down his spine. He slowly turned to see a ghost butler standing behind him, looking at him coldly. I'm the blink of an eye he transformed into a terrifying shadow creature. 

Black: ".......Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeam!!!!"

Black felt himself get picked up by the ghost and hurled off the property, and through his screams of terror he heard two words.

Duckworth: "NO SOLICITORS!"

As Black flew through the air, Duckworth changed back into his normal butler form and floated down towards Miranda. 

Miranda: "Thank you Duckworth, wanna play with us?"

Duckworth: "No thank you Miss, I'm afraid I have things to do inside the house."

On the outside of the manor, Black finally landed flat on his face onto the hard ground. He just laid there for a moment before pulling his phone out of his pocket and dialing a number. 

Jackson: "Powers"

Black: "Hey Boss, It's me."

Jackson: "Ah, did you acquire what I asked of you?"

Black: "That's why I'm calling, I quit."

Jackson: "What!? What do you mean you quit?!"

Black: "Exactly what I said, there isn't enough money on this planet worth dealing with this family."

And with that Black hung up the phone and passed out onto the pavement. 

Back at the Powers' mansion, Jackson is sitting at his desk with his phone still in his hand, a look of shock and outrage was on his face, but as for his daughter, who was sitting on the desk across from him, well, her face was pure rage. 

Annabelle: "ARRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!"

(Monday)

Miranda: "Bye Daddy! See you after school!"

Miranda waved at Fenton as he drove away from the front of the school. And just as Miranda was about to head into the school she stopped at the sound of a banshee cry. 

Annabelle: "YOU!"

Miranda turned around startled and saw an enraged Annabelle marching towards her. She stopped right in front of Miranda and put her hands on her hips. Onyx crouched between Miranda's legs and hissed as a warning. 

Annabelle: "Alright you, here's what's going to happen, you're going to give me that griffin RIGHT NOW!"

Miranda just arched an eyebrow, not even the least bit intimidated. Onyx's hair started to stand up on her back and she began swiping her claws at Annabelle. 

Miranda: "I already told you, she's not for sale."

Miranda tried to walk around her to get inside the school but Annabelle grabbed her shoulder and spun her back around. Miranda let out a glare. 

Miranda: "Don't touch me girl, you do not want to see what happens when I feel threatened."

Annabelle just held out her hand. 

Annabelle: "Give her to me now, because YOU do not want to know what lengths I will go to get what I want!"

Miranda: "I think I already do know, I had several instances with a very strange man over the weekend, don't think Daddy's crooked resources worked out the way you wanted it to, Princess. Now, excuse me." 

Miranda stepped around her, and Annabelle let out an ear splitting cry of rage. She lunged at Onyx, ready to grab her, but Miranda quickly turned and grabbed Onyx off the ground. Annabelle didn't grab Onyx, but instead grabbed a handful of her feathers from the right side of her face and yanking them out. Annabelle fell to the ground and Onyx let out a scream of pain.

Miranda: "Onyx!"

She quickly turned Onyx over to look at the patch of pulled out feathers. There were little specks of blood starting to form from where the calamus' were broken off. She quickly took some spare napkins out of her bag and applied light pressure on the wound. After a few minutes, she lifted the napkins and saw the bleeding had stopped, she sighed in relief. Now, a large group of kids were starting to gather around them to see what was going on. Annabelle got off the ground and started screaming. 

Annabelle: "You no good barbarian! Look at my designer dress! It's covered in grass! Just wait, my Daddy will sue your family for everything they're worth!"

Miranda said nothing as she cradled Onyx close to her. She slowly stood up and placed Onyx on the ground, running a loving stroke through the left side of her head. She slowly turned around and marched towards Annabelle. 

Miranda: "I once beat up a 200 pound man, just for calling my father scrawny."

She slowly uncurled her fists and held them out like claws. 

Miranda: "So imagine, what I'm about to do, to YOUUUUUUUUUUU!!!"

Miranda let out a scream of rage and tackled Annabelle to the ground, the two little girls wrestled each other on the ground in a cloud of violence and screaming. Most of the kids crowded around them cheered Miranda on in the fight. 

Principal: "WHAT is going on out here?!"

(Later)

Fenton had a tight grip on Miranda's hand as they left the school grounds. Miranda was still seething a little as she cradled Onyx against her chest. She looked extremely beat up but not even the least bit remorseful, the nurse had checked her out and determined that nothing was hurt so bad that it couldn't be healed at home in a couple of days. 

Annabelle got off a lot worse. 

After the principal broke up the fight both girls had been sent to his office, but after a brief explanation from Miranda, a tantrum from Annabelle, and a raging half-lecture-half-rant about Onyx getting hurt, parents were called and disciplinary actions were put in place. The principal had suspended Miranda for the week, but only as a precaution, several students had told him that Miranda had not started the fight and that she was only defending her pet so that week off was more for healing than for discipline. Annabelle, on the other hand, was sentenced to one and a half months of suspension, and was informed that one more instance on her record would lead to an automatic expulsion. And no amount of money or sweet talking her father tried to offer could change his mind. 

As Fenton and Miranda walked out the door, they saw Jackson walk to his car, while Annabelle was being carried out by her arms by two maids because she would not stop screaming. Miranda looked away for a moment and looked up at her father.

Miranda: "Papa...are you mad at me?"

Fenton: "No Pollita, I'm angry at the situation, and I'm mad that you and Onyx got hurt, but I'm not angry at you."

Both ducks looked back over at the Powers' and watched as the maids struggled to get Annabelle into the car because of her tantrum. Miranda just shook her head. 

Miranda: "That girl was not chanclaed enough as a kid."

That startled a few chuckles out of Fenton as he shook his head. 

Fenton: "Yeah, unfortunately some parents don't realize the damage they can do to a kid if they raise them in a world without consequences. That can be very dangerous to a child."

Miranda: "And the world around them."

Fenton let out a few actual laughs at that. 

Fenton: "You said it mija, come on, let's get you two home."

They both got into the car and Fenton drove away. Miranda cradled Onyx to her chest and stroked her body. 

Miranda: "Don't worry, Chica, I have medicated shampoo that should help the pain go away, you'll feel better in no time."

She pulled Onyx even closer to her in a secure hug.

Miranda: "I love you so much On-Bon, and I promise, as long as I can still fight, I'll never let anyone hurt you."

Onyx let out a few happy chirps and started rubbing her head against Miranda's face. Fenton and Miranda couldn't understand her, but Onyx knew what she said and that's all that mattered.

Onyx: "I love you too Mimi, and I won't let anyone hurt you either, that I can promise."

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Hi guys! It's been awhile since I've done one of these things, so there's no time like the present! 

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(Third person p.o.v) 

Fenton: "Absolutely not" 

Miranda: "But why?!"

Fenton and Miranda were in the stand off of the century. Fenton was standing in front of Miranda's bed, tense and frustrated. Miranda was standing ON her bed in order to be closer to her dad's eye level, hair down and already in her pajamas. Both were standing ready for battle, not backing down. Onyx laid asleep on one of Miranda's more fluffy pillows, completely ignoring the war that was occurring between her human and her father. 

Fenton: "There is no way on earth that you are coming on patrol with me!"

Miranda: "But why?! I am more than capable of handling whatever bad guys you come across tonight! I'm six and a half years old! That's practically an adult almost!"

Fenton just sighed and pinched the bridge of his beak. 

Fenton: "It's way too dangerous."

Miranda: "I love danger! I eat danger for breakfast!"

Fenton: "I know mija, but not this kind of danger. Besides, you've been sleeping with me all week because of nightmares, aren't you tired?"

Miranda was in fact EXTREMELY tired. The bags were just barely starting to form under her eyes but you could tell the lack of sleep was starting to catch up with her, she's been moody and irritable all week. All Miranda wanted was a peaceful night's sleep, and she knew just the way to make that happen. 

Miranda: "No, I'm wide awake. I'm in perfect shape for fighting bad guys."

Miranda started jumping on her bed making an assortment of karate moves when she jumped. All her bouncing woke Onyx up who hissed and jumped off the bed. Fenton held his arms out and caught Miranda before she could jump again and held her close to his chest. 

Fenton: "Miranda I said no. *Sigh* Look, Honey, I know you want to fight crime with me but right now you're just too young." 

He moved her back a little so he could look at her face. He smiled and booped her nose with his fingertip, making her let out a smile.

Fenton: "I'm your dad, it's my job to take care of you and make sure you're safe."

Miranda scoffed at his response and rolled her eyes. 

Miranda: "I can take care of myself. I did it for months back at the junk hole."

Fenton's eyes tensed a little bit from sadness. But he didn't say anything as he lifted her covers up and placed Miranda on the bed. He tucked the covers tight around her and placed Onyx next to her. 

Fenton: "But you're not at the junk hole anymore. You're a part of a family now, this family, and as a part of this family, you do what I tell you. Now sleep tight mi amor."

He placed a big kiss on her head before walking out of the room, turning off the light. 

Miranda let out a huff and flopped down on the bed. She crossed her arms and scowled. What did P'pa know anyway? She could take care of herself. She knew what she could and couldn't do. She just had to show him. 

She glanced over at her window, covered by her light pink curtains. She could just sneak out, but she had a feeling that wouldn't end well for her. What could she do?

It wasn't long before she felt her eyes get heavy and the next thing she knew it all went dark. 

(Morning)

Miranda could barely think the next day because of how foggy her brain was. Last night had been the worst nightmare all week, it took Fenton two hours to get her back to sleep. That plus the exhaustion he felt from his patrol last night, he wasn't looking much better than she was. Father and daughter sat at the table for breakfast, both just staring off into space with tired eyes. Gloria walked in with her phone in hand, stopping when she caught sight of her family. 

Gloria: "Aye, you two look terrible. Are you still having nightmares mija?"

Miranda: "Mhm"

Miranda dropped her head on the table while Fenton sighed.

Fenton: "Yeah, neither one of us have gotten much sleep this week."

Miranda looked up at him with sad, guilty eyes.  Gloria walked over to her and cupped her face with her hands. 

Gloria: "It's not your fault amor. Vamos, go grab your hair brush. I'll do your hair today."

Miranda just nodded and trudged off to grab her brush. Gloria sat down for a moment and gave Fenton a curious look. 

Gloria: "Pollito, ¿Qué está pasando en su cabeza?"

Fenton: "I have no idea. But they're getting worse, and she won't tell me what they're about."

At that moment Miranda walked back in with her brush and Gloria grabbed it from her hand and gently moved her away from the wall she was about to hit. As she started working through the knots in Miranda's hair, she kept talking. 

Gloria: "I have a good idea. Why don't you come to work with me today mija? There's a big chair in my office you can snuggle up in with Onyx."

Fenton yawned and let out a tired smile.

Fenton: "That sounds like a good idea. She can rest and I can focus on work."

Gloria started twisting Miranda's hair into pigtails and shot Fenton her signature mom look. 

Gloria: "Or, you could stay here and get some much needed rest yourself."

Fenton startled before shaking his head. 

Fenton: "No, I can't, I have too much work to do. I-I need to go in, make upgrades to the suit-

Gloria held up her left hand to silence him. 

Gloria: "Fenton Mateo Crackshell Cabrera. I am your mother, that means that I am perfectly aware that you have gotten about five hours of sleep all week. So what you need to do is call that cranky boss of yours and explain to him that you are taking today off. Then what you need to do is march your butt back into your room and get some sleep, young man."

Fenton stuttered a bit, but Gloria wouldn't budge. Eventually he just sighed and hung his head. 

Fenton: "Yes Ma'am."

Fenton walked away defeated while Miranda started giggling. Gloria finished up with her hair before giving her a one sided hug. 

Gloria: "Alright, Bebita, go grab your stuff and get Onyx into her harness. Then we'll go."

Miranda yawned before slowly pumping her fists up. 

Miranda: "Yayyyyyyyyy"

She hopped down and headed for her room. Gloria crossed her arms and looked at her with concern. 

Gloria: "Maybe I should bring a blanket too."

(Later)

Miranda held onto Abuela's hand as they walked through the police station to her office. One reason was because she didn't know her way around, but the main reason was because Gloria didn't trust her not to crash into walls if she let her walk on her own. Onyx followed behind them both, her claws making little tip tap sounds against the tile. Miranda tried to look at everything through her blurry eyes, she caught sight of everyone working and not paying them any mind until a thought struck her just as they entered Gloria's office. 

Miranda: "Hey, Abuela?"

Gloria: "Yes mija?"

Miranda: "The last time I was here I was a baby. Aren't people going to notice I aged so fast?"

Gloria: "Honestly, I doubt it. People here are very busy, mi amor, lots of things for us to focus on. If they don't notice you walked in with a griffin, they won't notice your age."

Gloria laid the blanket across a big chair to the right of her desk but Miranda didn't climb up. 

Miranda: "Oh. Ok. Hey, now that I'm big enough I can probably look at a lot more stuff. Maybe even solve a cold case."

Gloria let out a forced chuckle and shook her head. 

Gloria: "No va a pasar, querida. You are here to nap. Plus, most of the areas around here are off limits to anyone without a badge."

Gloria picked her up and set her down on the blanket. Before Miranda could protest Gloria swaddled her up like a baby with the speed and accuracy that only a mother could have. After she was done Miranda made a noise of protest and started wiggling around like a worm because her arms were trapped. Her struggles only made Gloria laugh and speak in a teasing voice. 

Gloria: "Aye, yes, you may not look like a baby anymore but you certainly still sleep like one."

Gloria pinched Miranda's left cheek. 

Gloria: "At least this time I don't have any diapers to change."

Miranda: "*Grumble* It's not like it's my fault I could hold it."

Gloria: "I know, Sweetheart, I know"

Gloria fixed a pillow under her head as Onyx jumped up next to her and started to curl up. Gloria walked away and sat down at her desk, turning on her computer. 

Gloria: "Try to get some sleep, mija, you'll feel better if you do, I promise."

Miranda continued to grumble and whine but it wasn't long before the exhaustion started to catch up with her and she could feel her eyes closing.

(Later)

Miranda has no idea how much time has passed since she drifted off. But when she opened her eyes she barely noticed a difference between how she felt this morning and how she felt now. She was still just as exhausted. Miranda tried to wiggle her way out of her blanket but it was wrapped around her tight. She moved her neck back to ask her Abuela for help but she was gone, desk empty. Groaning, she kept moving and wiggling until she fell off the chair with a painful thud. Onyx startled awake at the crash and looked down at Miranda confused. 

Miranda: "I'm fine Onyx. *Yawn* I just need to find Abuela and have her untie me."

Miranda saw that the door was left open so she rolled on her stomach and started inching her way to the door like a worm until she made it outside. She kept on slinking down the hallway, making random turns when she felt like she had too, until she came to a hallway of police officers dressed in the traditional blue uniforms. After a while she fell to the ground in a puddle of sweat. She could feel it soaking through her shirt and the blanket, the feeling made her shudder. Onyx walked up to Miranda's face and grabbed a bite of the blanket. She tugged hard on it, trying to free her friend while said friend let out a tired laugh. 

Miranda: "Thanks for trying, Niña, but I think I need something with thumbs to get me out of this."

Miranda kept on struggling to get out until a strange shape entered her field of vision. They looked like pants legs to jeans, with green and white sneakers on the feet. That made Miranda confused, this looked like something a kid would wear-

Just then, the person bent down all the way till they were staring at each other eye to eye. It was a boy, a little boy that couldn't have been much older than Miranda. He was a beagle puppy, with big brown eyes and a mop of messy brown hair. Wearing a white T-shirt with a green T-rex graphic on it. He had a big smile on his face as he looked at Miranda. 

Boy: "Hi!"

Miranda looked up at him confused. 

Miranda: "Hi"

She wiggled around a bit and gave him a hopeful smile.

Miranda: "Can you help me please?"

The boy stood back up and tapped his chin in consideration. 

Boy: "I don't know, how do I know you're not a loon? They get tied up when they're arrested."

Miranda scoffed and rolled her eyes.

Miranda: "I'm not tied up 'cause I'm a loon, they have special jackets for that, not blankets."

The boy thought about it for a little longer before smiling again. 

Boy: "Ok! I'll take you to my mom, she'll get you out."

The boy stepped closer to Miranda and wrapped his arms around her middle. He pulled her up and with a great amount of difficulty pulled her into one of the mini cubeicals occupied by a young officer very similar in looks to the boy related to her. Her brown hair was pulled into a professional low bun. She was listening to her phone while typing on her computer. Danny slowly put Miranda down and smiled at the woman.

Boy: "Mommy!"

The woman spun her chair around to give her son a glare. 

Officer: "Keep your voice down, Danny, people are trying to work."

The boy, 'Danny' held his hands behind his back and this time let out a whisper.

Danny: "Sorry."

The woman sighed before hanging up her phone. 

Officer: "What is it, Honey, Mommy is very busy."

Danny stepped aside and gestured his thumb to Miranda on the ground. 

Danny: "Can you let her out of the blanket please?"

She took one look at Miranda and let out a startled gasp, trying to smother a laugh.

Officer: "Oh dear."

She got up out of her chair and crouched down in front of Miranda. She flipped her over onto her back and started undoing the swaddle.

Officer: "Don't you worry, Dear, I'll have you out in a jiffy."

She gently unfolded the blanket around her until Miranda could feel her arms again and could wiggle her feet. As soon as she could Miranda jumped up and stood in a victory pose.

Miranda: "I'm free!"

She then turned to the mother and son and gave them both a huge smile.

Miranda: "Thank you!"

The officer grabbed her son by the shoulders and pulled him closer to her chest. 

Officer: "No problem, Dear, I'm Officer Sarah Houndman and this is my son, Danny."

He gave her an enthusiastic wave and smile and Miranda giggled.

Miranda: "It's nice to meet you both, I'm Miranda, Miranda Crackshell Cabrera."

She reached down and scooped Onyx up into her arms.

Miranda: "And this little darling is Onyx, she's my kittling, that's what you call a baby griffin."

Danny looked at Onyx with wide-eyed excitement, but Sarah looked more impressed when she heard Miranda's second last name.

Sarah: "Cabrera huh? Any relation to detective Gloria Cabrera?"

Miranda nodded 

Miranda: "Uh huh. She's my Abuela."

Now, Sarah was really impressed. 

Sarah: "Is that right? She's one of my training officers. Helping me learn the ropes of this...interesting city."

Just then the police radio attached to Sarah's hip started making noise. She picked it up and held the button to listen. 

Cop: "Calling all units, calling all units, we have reports of a large protest taking place outside of the Waddle building. Suspects are extremely aggravated and could resort to violence. Proceed with extreme caution."

Sarah wasted no time in preparing to leave for the scene. 

Sarah: "Darn it! Ok, Honey, I might be gone for a while, so I need you to stay here and stay out of trouble." 

Danny looked up at his mom in disappointment.

Danny: "Aw, but Mom."

Sarah turned to him and put her hands on her hips. 

Sarah: "Don't you 'but mom' me young man. I told you to stay here. You know perfectly well you can't go with me." 

Danny huffed and crossed his arms. Sarah walked up to him and ruffled his hair. 

Sarah: "Don't worry, baby, you'll get there one day. But after I get back, we'll go get dinner, ok?"

Danny still wouldn't look up at her but nodded. Sarah took the win and planted a kiss on his head before walking out. 

Danny uncrossed his arms and kicked at the ground in anger. 

Danny: "Ugh, she never lets me do anything! She drags me to work with her everyday, and while I sit here bored out of my mind with nothing to do! She gets to go out and make an actual difference in the world!"

Danny turned to look at Miranda and was completely stunned by her face. She looked completely frozen. Onyx was in her arms and her face looked like she was trying really hard to hold back panic. Danny walked up to her and waved his hand in front of her face. 

Danny: "Uh, Miranda? You ok?"

Miranda shook her head before plastering on a big fake smile. 

Miranda: "Yup, I'm great! I was just thinking about how much I agree with you. My dad never lets me help him either."

Miranda could feel the lightbulb go off above her head and turned to Danny with an evil smirk. 

Miranda: "You know, I bet if we went down to Waddle and were able to get the riots to calm down before Gizmoduck got there. Our parents might see how good we are at helping and let us help more."

Danny thought about it for a moment, and gave her a big smile. 

Danny: "That sounds cool, I'm in! But how will we get there?" 

Miranda just gave him another smile while Onyx chirped in fear from her arms. 

(Later)

Danny: "Um, Miranda? Are you sure you know how to drive this thing?!"

Danny clutched Miranda in fear as they raced down the streets of Duckburg, careful not to hurt Onyx who was nestled in Miranda's shirt for the ride. Miranda put her foot down into the ground and pushed off to make the homemade skateboard she crafted out of spare parts from her backpack and a traffic sign she "borrowed" from the evidence room at the station before they left to go even faster. 

Miranda: "Yeah! Why do you ask?!"

Just after she said that she had to make a quick swerve to the right to avoid a lady walking her dog. Danny and Onyx let out yelps of fear as Miranda regained the board's balance.

Danny: "No reason! Just curious, that's all!"

It was another 20 minutes of blood pressure rising terror before they managed to get to the scene of the crime. Miranda kicked the board to the side as they both ran over to the big crowd of people to get an idea of just what exactly was going on. The three fought their way to the front and were amazed by what they saw. 

It seemed like all of Waddle's employees were gathered around the front of the building, all of them were shouting and several of them were holding up protest signs. The group seemed to be split up into two different sides, and they were yelling at each other. Just then, Roxanne Feathery made her way up to the front of the whole audience with her camera crew to do a live broadcast. 

Roxanne: "Live from outside the Waddle build, a massive protest seems to be taking place between the Waddle employees. Both groups claim to be teams set up by Mr Beaks himself for a top secret competition."

Danny's eyes widened at the name.

Danny: "Beaks? That Mark Beaks?"

Miranda rolled her eyes.

Miranda: "Yeah, but don't get your hopes up, the guy's a certified hack."

Roxanne: "However, on the day of the initial showing, both teams had their projects mysteriously sabotaged before they could be seen. Now a massive protest is taking place in an effort to find out who is responsible. Back to you Dan."

Roxanne walked away after they cut the feed. 

Miranda let out a huff and walked towards the angry mobs, with Danny and Onyx at her tail. Miranda made her way to them and started signing with her hands. 

Miranda: "Alright! Alright! That's enough! Can someone PLEASE explain to me what is going on?!"

The mobs stopped shouting long enough to tune the kids' way. Two adult ducks walked forward. One female with white feathers and long blond hair did up in a braid, purple blazer and black pants rumpled from all the moving. And one male duck with dark brown feathers and black hair. White button up soaked in sweat. Miranda held out a hand to both of them. 

Miranda: "Miranda, Miranda Crackshell-Cabrera. This is my consultant Danny Houndman and kitling Onyx. And who might you two be?"

Woman: "Corrine, Corrine Pondson. Head R&D specialist at Waddle."

Man: "Leon Broadbill, Chief code and software engineer."

Miranda: "Pleased to meet you two, now can you please tell us why you and your coworkers are disturbing the peace?"

Corrine raised an eyebrow at her. 

Corrine: "Aren't you two a little young to be getting involved in this?"

Leon rolled his eyes. 

Leon: "Oh just tell the girl what's going on, Corey, at least someone is willing to listen to us."

Corrine turned to him with a glare. 

Corrine: "This isn't their fight, Leon! They shouldn't be getting involved!"

Leon: "Why not?! Afraid she'll think we're right?!"

Miranda started waving her hands around before they could start fighting again. 

Miranda: "Enough! Can you two PLEASE just talk?"

Leon crossed his arms and spoke first. 

Leon: "These past few months Waddle inc had been split into two separate teams for a secret competition. I can't give you kids all the details though."

Miranda: "Not a problem, please, continue."

Corrine huffed but still spoke. 

Corrine: "We each had to design a secret project to help get Waddle sales up. We were just about to show our projects to Mr, Beaks when they both started malfunctioning. We each cross examine our codes and discovered they were tampered with."

She turned to shoot a burning glare at Leon. 

Corrine: "The only logical explanation is that this man stole my work and bugged our project!"

Leon turned and gave her the same fiery glare. 

Leon: "I think you mean YOU stole MY work and bugged OUR project."

Danny: "How can you both be so sure it was the other side?"

Corrine huffed. 

Corrine: "The prize for winning the competition was a high promotion and pay increase. Obviously the only other person who would benefit is my competitors!"

Miranda looked confused. 

Miranda: "But why would the guilty team destroy their own project if the motive was winning?"

Leon: "To avoid suspicion obviously! Don't you kids watch cop shows?!"

Miranda was about to confirm that she did, in fact, not watch cop shows, but got cut off from the sounds of police sirens coming closer and the stamping feet of police officers creating a wall, guns ready. The kids looked at each other scarred. 

Danny: "Hide!"

The three jumped into the mobs before they could be seen by their cop relatives. Leon looked at them confused. 

Leon: "What are you three doing?"

They all peaked their heads out from behind some random protesters. 

Miranda: "Hiding! We gotta be sneaky if we wanna fix this quickly!"

Corrine crossed her arms at them. 

Corrine: "This isn't something you can fix! The only way for this to be made right is for this thief to admit what he had done!"

Leon: "Oh really?! And the only way this can be made right is for THIS thief to be fired from her useless job this instant!"

Both adults kept yelling at each other so loud that the police demands could hardly be heard over the commotion. Miranda's head was starting to spin from everything happening and she put her hands over her ears. 

Miranda: "Stop it!"

The adults ignored her and kept on yelling, getting louder and louder with each second. And that made Miranda angry. 

Miranda: "I SAID STOP IT!"

Miranda took a step forward with her fists raised but Danny dragged her away before she could start throwing hands. Miranda fought as hard as she could, but there wasn't much left in her system. Danny pulled her behind a nearby van parked on the street and gently pushed her down into a sitting position. He sat down beside her and Onyx set herself down in Miranda's lap. 

Danny: "Ok, Mimi, I think we need to take a breather."

Miranda shook her head so dash Danny was surprised she didn't get whiplash. 

Miranda: "N-no! I know Mark is up to something! And *yawn* and we have to stop him before Gizmoduck has to get involved!"

Danny: "But why? Isn't protecting people his job?"

Miranda threw her hands up. 

Miranda: "Well, Yeah! But I know Beaks! All he wants is the suit so he can take credit for it! Again! This happens to us every month! And-and!"

Miranda couldn't hold back her tears anymore and started crying into her hands. Onyx chipped at her and started trying to calm her down. Danny, honestly a bit scared by Miranda's sudden outburst, gently put his arms around her in a hug. 

Danny: "Miranda, what's wrong?"

Miranda's tears slowed down a bit and she let out a small sniff before talking. 

Miranda: "I-I'm just so tired, I haven't slept well all week because my brain hates me."

Miranda moved her hands to grab chunks of her hair close to her forehead. 

Miranda: "My head hurts and my eyes hurt and I can't think straight! I wanna help! But-but I can't think of a plan because my brain's so fuzzy."

Danny pulled away from her to look at her face. 

Danny: "I know how you feel."

Miranda looked away from Onyx to stare at him in shock.

Miranda: "You do?"

He nodded. 

Danny: "Yeah, when me and my mom first moved here, I couldn't sleep for days because I was so nervous about starting at a new school. I was so sleepy that I poured orange juice on my cereal."

Miranda giggled at that. 

Miranda: "Yeah, I walked into a door earlier today."

The two kids laughed at each other's stories before sighing. Miranda looked away shy for a minute before speaking up. 

Miranda: "How-how did you get to sleep?"

Danny: "I talked to my mom about it. At first I didn't want to bother her because she was already super sad, but after the orange juice incident I told her everything. She really helped me not be scared anymore about starting school next Monday."

Miranda: "Yeah.....mommy's are really good at that."

Miranda looked away sad but Danny just gave her a small smile. 

Danny: "Parents are just good at it. You should try talking to your Daddy or Grandma about what's bugging you. If it helps me I'm sure it'll help you."

Miranda thought about it for a moment before smiling at him. 

Miranda: "I'll try."

Danny: "Great! But first we have to stop Beaks. And to do that you need to come up with a plan. Do you have a phone?"

Miranda nodded and handed him her phone from her front overall pocket. Danny opened up the timer and set it for two hours. 

Danny: "Alright. A two hour nap should make you feel a bit better. I'm sure the world will survive until then."

Miranda looked like she wanted to fight it but eventually nodded and put her head on Danny's shoulder. But just before she fell asleep, she said a one last thing. 

Miranda: "Hey, Danny?"

Danny: "Yeah?"

Miranda: "You don't have to be worried about starting school on Monday, I'll make sure you have a good time. We're friends now."

Danny gave her a big smile the she couldn't see but she could feel deep in her heart. 

Danny: "Thanks Mi."

Miranda: "You're welcome."

A few moments of silence passed. 

Danny: "Can I play games on your phone until you wake up?"

Miranda: "Sure, just don't buy anything."

(Later, again) 

The protesters were getting more and more angry at the other side while Beaks watched in glee from his office window. He held his phone up to the window to capture every minute of his employees fighting to post online later. He knew that in just a few more minutes things would turn violent enough that Gizmoduck would have no choice but to come.

But he was startled when he saw Miranda, Danny, and Onyx walk towards the protest, in a manner that just screamed trouble. 

Meanwhile, Miranda walked with her head held high through the crowd to the angry mobs with her computer under her arms. Danny and Onyx walking by her side, bags under her eyes almost gone. She wasn't exhausted anymore, now, she has a plan. 

Miranda: "Ladies! Gentlemen! And possible others!"

Both mobs stopped screaming at each other long enough to turn towards the two kids and a griffin. 

Danny: "We know what you both want! Recognition in your field, appreciation for your work, but this fighting is not the way to get that!"

Miranda opened up her laptop and beckoned the leaders to come see what was on the screen. 

Miranda: "I know you both are convinced that the other side is responsible for stealing your work and sabotaging your projects, but I am not so sure."

Miranda pulled up the evidence she gathered, the codes from both teams' projects were put on display, and both grownups gasped at the sight.

Miranda: "I got to doing a little digging through the coding on your main server, and with a little digging I managed to find out who was responsible for your fighting."

Miranda typed in a command and the rest of the code disappeared from the screen, leaving behind only one IP address on both sides of the screen.

Miranda: "As I'm sure you are both aware, that IP address belongs to your beloved boss, Mr Mark Beaks, everyone!"

Corrine and Leon both looked at the screen several times before they turned to their teams. 

Corrine: "She's right! Both projects were ruined by Beaks!"

Leon: "We've been set up!"

One woman in the crowd looked confused. 

Woman: "But..why would Mr Beaks do this? To his own company?"

Miranda closed her laptop with a loud bang. 

Miranda: "Because he doesn't care about his company! Or any of you! All he wants is attention to himself. And by putting you two up against each other, he was hoping to cause enough chaos to get the only thing he really cares about. Getting the Gizmoduck armor, the armor that my Daddy and his boss worked so hard on to help keep our city safe! He wants it for himself, to take credit for it!"

Mark: "What do you think you're doing?!"

The mobs turned to see Mark stomping outside towards the kids. But before he could get to them, Corrine and Leon stepped in front of them. Making Mark more mad. 

Mark: "Get out of the way!"

Corrine crossed her arms and gave him a steely look. 

Corrine: "This whole thing was a lie. You never wanted to see what we could create."

Mark let out a laugh. 

Mark: "Uh, duh! You really think I cared about what my employees thought would sell?! I'm a billionaire! I can replace each and every one of you at any time!"

Miranda: "So this was a ploy to get the armor."

Mark: "Of course it was! I always get what I want, and not you, or your little friends, are going to stop me!"

Mark kept walking towards them but Leon blocked his way.

Leon: "Oh, I don't think so friend, you're not touching those kids."

Mark laughed again. 

Mark: "I suggest you step aside if you ever want to work in tech again!"

Mark pushed past him but Corrine grabbed his arms and threw him over her whole body until he face planted into the ground. Leon looked at her in awe.

Leon: "Wow"

Corrine flipped her braid over and smiled at him. 

Corrine: "Taekwondo, ten years."

Leon: "Nice!"

The two grown ups looked down at the kids and them back at their teams. 

Corrine: "I can't believe we almost started an office war over this."

Leon: "Me either."

Leon looked over at her with sorrow and regret in his eyes. 

Leon: "Look, Corey, I'm sorry I was so quick to accuse you. I took this whole promotion competition way too far."

Corrine looked up at him.

Corrine: "We BOTH took it way too far. I'm just as guilty in this as you are. So I'm sorry too."

Both adults smiled at each other. It was a sweet moment, until Danny raised his hand."

Danny: "So, what now?"

The two sighed. 

Corrine: "I don't know, we obviously don't have jobs anymore. I'm not sure any of us do."

Miranda looked away for a moment to think before a brilliant idea struck her.

Miranda: "Why not start your own tech company?"

Both adults looked at her in shock. 

Leon: "What?"

Miranda: "I'm serious! You're both obviously extremely brilliant and deserve better. You ALL deserve better!"

Miranda smirked and gestured her thumb over to all the new cameras that were streaming the event live. 

Miranda: "Besides, I think there will be a bit of a gap in the tech word after this comes out."

The two adults looked at each other. 

Leon: "Well, Cor? You wanna give it a chance?"

Corrine looked around everyone for a bit before letting out a stained chuckle and smiling. 

Corrine: "How could I refuse?"

The friends shook hands on it and the kids and mob cheered. 

Beaks: "NO!"

Everyone turned to see a furious Beaks getting up off the ground. His sights set on Miranda. 

Beaks: "You, you will pay for this you Gizmo brat!"

Miranda didn't move, but after a few minutes let out a small smile. 

Miranda: "You'll have to catch me first."

She took off running with Beaks coming after her. Danny and Onyx took off after them. Miranda kept on running until she got close enough to the crowd of pedestrians and stopped. Beaks stopped and let out an evil smirk. 

Beaks: "Ready to give up?"

Miranda just raised an eyebrow. 

Miranda: "Not even close."

She then put her hands over her beak to amplify her voice. 

Miranda: "Help! Police! He's going to kill me!"

Mark barely got a chance to react to that before a male police officer tackled him to the ground and cuffed him. Mark let out several screams of protest while the officer dragged him away and read him his rights. 

The two friends watched with glee as they dragged a screaming Beaks into the back of a cop car all while the media broadcasted his meltdown to every news station in the city. The two looked at each other smug. 

Danny: "Four reporters with cameras, two journalists with tapes, and seven influencers with phones."

Miranda: "Yep, that oughta do it."

They continued to give each other evil smiles until they couldn't take it anymore and started giggling. Miranda started doing a little swaying and snapping victory dance and Danny soon joined her. Even Onyx started dancing in an odd cat way. 

Miranda/Danny: "We did it, oh yeah, our plan worked, oh yeah!"

Both of them suddenly stopped chanting when they felt an ominous presence behind each of them. The kind of presence that could only be two people. Miranda looked over at Danny scared. 

Miranda: "Hey, Danny? I think I remember why we were being sneaky earlier."

They slowly turned around in fear to see the livid faces of Officer Gloria Cabrera and Officer Sarah Houndmen. 

They two kids barely get a chance to flash their terrified smiles before the women pounced. Gloria grabbed Miranda by her right ear and dragged her over to her side. Sarah grabbed Danny's upper arm and dragged him over to her side. A look of pure embarrassment crossed over her face when she looked at Gloria. 

Sarah: "I am so sorry, Officer Cabrera, my son-

Gloria held a hand up to silence her apologies.

Gloria: "You have nothing to be sorry for Sarah, because if I know my Granddaughter at all, this was just as much her idea as his, if not more."

 Sarah smiled a little bit before she went back to her stern face and looked down at her son. 

Sarah: "Nevertheless, I can assure you that this will NEVER happen again. I will make sure of that."

Gloria fixed her own stern look on Miranda. 

Gloria: "So will I."

They both went their separate ways, taking their children and griffin with them. 

What Miranda couldn't see while she was being dragged away against her will was a very special face amongst the crowd, not taking her eyes off the little girl for a second. 

Danny looked away from his furious mother and back at Miranda, he waved with his free arm in goodbye. 

Danny: "Bye Miranda! I'll see you at school on Monday!"

Miranda waved back, even though her smile was strained from the painful pulling on her ear. 

Miranda: "Bye Danny!"

Gloria dragged Miranda all the way back to her cop car by her ear. Only letting her go long enough to open the back seat door. Onyx jumped in the back before Gloria grabbed Miranda's upper arm and pulled her towards the door.

Gloria: "Miranda Nicole! You get your culata in the car this moment!"

She pulled Miranda in front of her and landed about five swats on her butt before picking her up and setting her down on the seat. 

Gloria walked to the front seat and got in. Anger radiated off her body like an aura. It wasn't until she was driving that she started yelling. 

Gloria: "This has to be one of the dumbest things you have ever done! ¡Que estabas pensando! All those reckless! Dangerous! Idiotic things you did! And half exhausted none the less! I thought I made it explicitly clear to you young lady that you were to stay at the station and sleep! I am incredibly disappointed in you!"

Gloria paused for a breath and looked back at Miranda. She was looking down at the floor, her body tense with guilt. Her sad face made Gloria want to melt, but she took a deep breath and forced herself to stay mad. 

Gloria: "Just you wait until your father hears about this. It was hard enough to convince him to stay home after he saw you on the news. Lo asustaste hasta la muerte."

Miranda just gulped and stared harder at the floor.

(Home)

Miranda sat on the edge of her bed with Onyx by her side. She could hear her dad and Abuela talking about everything that happened today while she rubbed her head. But despite the ease to her anxiety that petting her beloved pet usually brought, today the anxiety rained supreme. She could feel her stomach squeezing with every minute that passed. After what felt like hours, she heard a knock on her door and her dad walked in. Before he sat down he grabbed Onyx off the bed and placed her outside the door before closing it. He sat next to her, on her right side. She refused to look him in the eye. 

Fenton: "Miranda. Look at me."

Miranda forced herself to slowly look into his eyes, and once she did she wanted to sink into the bed. All the disappointment and anger was painted across his face like a Picasso. It didn't take him long to start off on his lecture.

Fenton: "Just what exactly were you thinking? I saw all those crazy things you did on the news today. Which apparently only scratched the surface of what you did today. Lying, sneaking out, stealing! Picking fights with those people who could have really hurt you! Do you have any idea how much you scared me today!? What it felt like?! Knowing that you were in trouble and that I couldn't get to you! Huh?! Seriously, young lady, why would you do something so-so reckless?!"

Miranda began to shrink down a little bit at the heat in his voice, but her silence only made him more angry. 

Fenton: "Answer Me!"

Miranda: "*Gulp* Be-because of my....nightmares."

Fenton's posture immediately changed. What once was rigid with anger was now slack with concern. Miranda brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. Fenton scooted closer to her. 

Fenton: "You're nightmares?"

Miranda: "Mmhm"

Fenton slowly picked her up and placed her on his lap. She did uncurl herself but she did lean into his touch when he combed his fingers through her curls.

Fenton: "Pollita, you have to tell me what they're about."

Miranda didn't answer right away. She took a deep breath before opening her mouth. 

Miranda: "It's-It's always the same. Little differences but always the same. You go out on patrol, I wait for you to come back, but you never do. Then I'm there, with you. You're covered in blood, either hurt....or...dea-

Miranda cuts herself off before that horrible word can come out with a strangled sob. Fenton starts rocking her back and forth while big fat tears rolled down her face. Fenton uncurls her arms from her legs and wraps them around his neck in a hug. He begins shushing her while patting her back and bouncing her. 

Fenton: "Shhhhh, it's ok Miranda, Daddy's got you. Daddy's here. Shhh. Oh mi pobre bebe."

Miranda huffs a little over his shoulder.

Miranda: "Mmmm, No soy una bebe."

Fenton just smiled and moved her back to his lap. He started brushing away her tears with his left hand. 

Fenton: "Is that what this is about? All those tantrums about coming out on patrol with me? Because you wanted to protect me?"

Miranda huffed again at her debates being called 'tantrums' but didn't immediately deny it. 

Miranda: "I just...wanted to be there for you. To help keep you safe. I-I wanted to stop Beaks before you had to come in today...so he wouldn't hurt you like in my nightmares. I-I don't wanna lose you."

Fenton: "Oh Miranda~"

Fenton sighed before resting his chin on top of her head. 

Fenton: "You have no idea how much I appreciate that fact you want to protect me. But I don't need protection. I have a whole suit to do that. And I know you are more than skilled enough to help protect me. But there's one big difference between you protecting me and the suit protecting me."

Miranda: "I can look cooler while doing it?"

Fenton laughed a little bit before continuing. 

Fenton: "No, the difference is that if something happens to the suit, it can be fixed. It may take a while but it can easily be replaced. But if something happens to you, then there's no point in having the suit be replaced. I might as well fight naked."

Miranda looked up at him confused. 

Miranda: "I'm not following"

Fenton: "I can't let anything happen to you, mija, you-you are my reason for everything. Every patrol, every invention, every public service, I do that all for you. And if something were to happen to you because you were trying to protect me, I-I don't think I could bear it."

Fenton held her just a little bit closer. 

Fenton: "I don't care about the suit. I care about you, and I don't want to lose you either. Huh, guess we have something in common, huh mija?"

Miranda giggled a little bit as Fenton kissed her head. 

Fenton: "Miranda, please, no more wild stunts like this. And no more hero acts. Let me be the one who protects you for a little while longer. Please?"

Miranda thought for a moment before looking up at Fenton.

Miranda: "I-I don't think I can, Papa."

Fenton: "What do you mean?"

Miranda: "I-I can't just NOT wanna protect you, I-I can't not be afraid of losing you. And I can't just sit here while you go up against bad guys. I just can't!"

Fenton shushed her before she could get all worked up again. 

Fenton: "Then how about a compromise? I let you help me add stuff to the suit and you don't keep trying to play super hero. That way you stay safe and feel like you're doing something at the same time."

Miranda thought about that for a moment before nodding. 

Miranda: "Ok, that will work. For now."

Fenton laughed again and placed another kiss on her head. 

Fenton: "Good, but there's one more condition I'm adding. You gotta stop hiding stuff like this from me, Miranda. All these bad feelings and fears, they're only going to get worse if you don't come to me about it. Haven't we had this conversation before?"

Miranda looked away, embarrassed, before answering. 

Miranda: "Well, yeah, It's-it's just....weird."

Fenton: "What's weird."

Miranda shrugged.

Miranda: "Having people care about me again, I guess."

Fenton looked sad again before pulling her into a taught hug. 

Fenton: "I know, mija, I can't even begin to imagine what all of this must be like for you after being alone for so long. But I will help you get through it. And any time you need a reminder of just how much you're loved, I'll be here."

Miranda smiled before hugging him back. 

Miranda: "Thanks Daddy."

The two just kept hugging each other until Miranda spoke up. 

Miranda: "Sooooo, I'm not in trouble right?"

Fenton started laughing. He pulled her away from the hug and gently placed her stomach down over his lap, butt in the air. Miranda, realizing what's about to happen, tries to make a break for it, but can't move after her dad locks her in. 

Fenton: "Don't even think for a moment that I'm about to let you get away with this."

Miranda let out a groan as she felt the smacks being raining down on her butt. 

(Waddle)

Mark paced around his office in a mad rage. It took all afternoon for his lawyer to get him out of jail. And once he got back to the office he found that over half his staff had quit! 

Beaks: "Oh that little parasite! I'll show her, she will rule the day she crossed the great mark Beaks!"

Black: "Calm yourself, Mr Beaks, we need to think this plan through."

Mark stopped his rant to turn to Black Marker, who was sitting in his desk chair, facing his computer. 

Mark: "This is getting completely uncool! How much longer do we have to wait!"

Black: "Not long."

Mark walked up behind him to look at the several spy pictures of Miranda they had gotten over the past couple of months.

Marker: "We can't afford to hold off much longer, she's getting acclimated to the outside world."

He stopped and pulled up a specific picture of her looking over her shoulder while walking Onyx. 

Black: "Don't you worry, Marcus, our little genius will soon be returning home to us."

He let out an evil chuckle that echoed through the dark and empty Waddle building. 

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

There's one question across the world that humanity has struggled to find the answer to for millions of years. How does innovation happen? 

Gyro: "NOOOOOOOOOO!!"

If you asked Gyro Gearloose, it was a good all-nighter and about ten cups of coffee. Of which he had just run out. 

Miranda jerked her head up from her father's laptop at the sudden scream. Fenton, quite used to his boss's overreaction of caffeine withdrawal, simply rolled his eyes. Not much else could be done as he was currently stuck in the Gizmoduck armor and hooked up to about four different machines running their biweekly bug and diagnostics tests. Miranda placed the computer down and calmly walked over to Gyro. 

Miranda: "What's the matter Dr Gearloose?"

Gyro, who was currently holding an empty bag of coffee grounds upside down and shaking it vigorously as if it would somehow produce more coffee, quickly turned his head to the Duckling and dramatically threw the bag over his shoulder. 

Gyro: "We're out of coffee!"

Miranda just stared confused at the crazy look in the scientist's eyes. 

Miranda: "So? Just drink water."

Gyro: "You don't understand! You have youth to keep you going, but a serious inventor like myself needs coffee to get through all the tedious and frustrating tasks that come with creating something great!"

Gyro held his head exasperated. 

Gyro: "I don't have time for this! I need to finish the preliminary equations for the Gyro Gearloose plastic reactor. A device that can not only recycle regular plastic but also the infernal micro plastics that are polluting our ocean into a reusable energy source."

He pointed a finger at Fenton. 

Gyro: "Dr intern, this is a science emergency. How long before you can get out of there?"

Some stats and bars popped up on Fenton's visor. 

Fenton: " We're only at 30% completion, it will be hours before the program's finish their run through. 

Gyro looked like he was on the verge of having a panic attack. Miranda looked at him in sympathy before an idea struck her.

Miranda: "I'll go!"

Both adults looked at the ecstatic little girl. 

Miranda: "There's a Bullseye a few blocks away from the lab. I can go, get the coffee, and come back while you guys are working! And Onyx will come with me! Won't you girl?"

Onyx, who was fast asleep on the nearby couch, just let out a yawn and turned herself around before going back to sleep. Miranda looked at her with a flat look. 

Miranda: "My partner in crime."

Gyro looked thrilled at the idea of not having to leave the lab for his liquid lifeline. Fenton, on the other hand, looked terrified.

Fenton: "Whoa whoa whoa, young lady. I don't think so."

Miranda looked at him in a shocked outrage. 

Miranda: "What! Why not?!"

Fenton couldn't cross his arms but still could shoot her a pointed look. 

Fenton: "Miranda, I love you. But when it comes to doing pretty much anything, let's face it, you're a bit of a scatterbrain."

Miranda scoffed at that and crossed her arms. 

Miranda: "Oh please, name one time."

Fenton just raised a brow. 

(Past)

Fenton: "You got the ladder okay, mija?"

The father and daughter were attempting to fix a problem on the roof. Fenton was up the ladder while Miranda kept a grip on the bottom."

Miranda: "Yeah, P'pa, I got it."

It was at that moment when a monarch butterfly flew past her face and her eyes got big. 

Miranda: “Ooh a butterfly!"

Miranda let go of the latter and kicked it a little bit as she ran to chase after the butterfly. The kick caused the latter to wobble with Fenton still on it. 

Fenton: “Whoa! Easy! Miranda!"

......

Fenton: "You got that juice okay, mija?"

Miranda: "Yeah, Papa, I got it."

Fenton and Miranda were at the local farmers market. Fenton had a tote bag full of fresh fruit and vegetables on his arm while Miranda was carrying a huge jug of fresh apple juice. Miranda looked around at all the stalls before a yellow butterfly flew past her and her eyes went wide. 

Miranda: "Ooh a butterfly!"

Miranda threw the jug down, making it open and spill out of the asphalt and chased after it. Fenton looked over in alarm. 

Fenton: "Hey hey hey!"

It was at that moment that he slipped on the spilled juice and some vegetables went flying.

Fenton: "AAH! Miranda!"

......

Fenton: "Okay, mija, one drop will do the trick, just wait till I say so."

The two science geeks were sitting outside in their backyard working on an outdoor science project. Fenton was carefully stirring a beaker full of hot liquid while Miranda held a pipette waiting for the okay to drop in.

Oh course, at that moment, another butterfly flew past them. 

Miranda's eyes shined with excitement. 

Miranda: "Ooh a butterfly!!!"

She threw the pipette down and ran after it. Fenton yelped and braced himself but after a few seconds opened his eyes. He looked around for any signs of a reaction but after a few seconds put his arms down and sighed in relief. At least until Miranda ran back. 

Miranda: "I almost forgot."

She picked up the pipette and released a drop into the beaker before running off again. It took all of three seconds for it to explode and for Fenton to become covered in non-toxic chemical goop.

Fenton: "Miranda~"

(Present) 

Miranda: "Okay...give me a moment to respond to that."

Fenton sighed.

Fenton: "It's not your fault, Pollita, it's just part of having ADHD. I get that way too. But I'm not comfortable with you going so far away by yourself without me being able to come get you."

Miranda: "But I can do it! I promise I won't get distracted! Look, I'll show you."

Miranda ran over to a nearby table and got some masking tape out of the drawer. She tore off a strip and started wrapping it around her left index finger. Once she was done she held it up proudly. 

Miranda: "See! Every time I almost get distracted, I'll look down at my finger and remember that I'm on a mission. I got this, no problem."

Fenton still looked unsure but Gyro ran to grab his wallet and handed her a company credit card. 

Gyro: "I'm convinced! Once you get the coffee, just hand this to the nice lady behind the register and she'll swipe it for you."

Gyro handed her the empty bag. 

Gyro: "Take a picture of this bag and make sure you get on JUST like it, okay? The future of innovation depends on you."

Miranda gave him a salute. 

Miranda: "You can count on me!"

Miranda ran over to the elevator and got in. After the doors closed the two scientists glanced at each other before the doors opened again and Miranda looked embarrassed. She awkwardly walked over to Onyx and grabbed her before heading back to the elevator. 

Miranda: "Heh heh, I meant to do that."

The doors closed again and Fenton let out a sound of concern. 

(Bullseye) 

Miranda and Onyx walked through the sliding glass door into the air conditioned superstore  that was Bullseye. There was a large but not crowded amount of people there doing their Sunday afternoon shopping. Miranda held up her phone with her free hand and smiled at the picture.

Miranda: "Okay, Chica, we're on a mission! We gotta find the coffee for Doctor Gearloose."

It missed her attention, but there were people far enough away from the duckling in black hoodies keeping a VERY close eye on her. 

Miranda turned to the right to walk past the registers but something caught her eye in the five below section. 

Miranda: "Ooh, what's that?"

She dragged Onyx over to look and held up a sparkly rubber ball with a similar sparkle in her eyes. 

Miranda: "Look at this! It's so pretty!"

Onyx just looked at her unimpressed, all too familiar with her person's scatterbrained behavior. 

Miranda held up the ball and just as she was about to bounce it she saw the tap wrapped around her finger and stopped. 

Miranda: "Right! Can't get distracted!"

She put the ball back and kept walking past the registers and into the cards and stationary section. 

Miranda: "Gotta get coffee. Gotta get some coffee."

She looked over to the left and stopped in her tracks. 

Miranda: "What's that?"

She dragged Onyx over to look at it, despite the griffin's obvious protest. She stopped in front of the wall of notebooks and smiled giddy. 

Miranda: "Look at them, Onyx, all the potential for new drawings and creations."

She took a deep breath in. 

Miranda: "Ah, smell the fresh paper, smells like creativity. Ooh, this one matches my eyes."

Onyx chirped in an almost whiny protest as Miranda reached over to pick up the notebook. But before her hands got close her tape wrapped finger once again came into her sight. 

Miranda: "Coffee! We need to get coffee."

They walked out the notebook aisle and started walking significantly faster to the grocery section. Before she got distracted again. 

Miranda: "Gotta focus, gotta focus."

She finally made it to the grocery section, walking along the aisles and reading the signs to help her find what she was looking for. 

Miranda: "Candy,no. Spices, no. Pasta,no-

She was interrupted by the shrill yelling from a woman in the aisle she was standing next too, the one filled with crackers and cookie snacks. The woman was a...well, the best way you describe her was a stereotypical Karen. Her chosen victim? A poor parrot with bright green feathers and green hair pulled back into a high ponytail. She couldn't have been any older than 19 and was very clearly trying to hold herself back from snapping at the rude woman in front of her. Miranda and Onyx stopped to watch, wanting to make sure nothing violent happened. 

Karen: "This is an absolute outrage! I have 15 kids to feed this Saturday for my daughter's soccer game and the ONE snack that I wanted that YOUR website told me you HAD is nowhere to be found!"

Worker: "Ma'am, I apologize for the  inconvenience, but the website is not always accurate. I'm sure if you ordered it-

Karen: "How dare you! How did you even get this job?! I oughta call your manager and get you fired for this act of complete stupidity!"

The girl was just about to respond before she caught sight of Miranda. 

Worker: "Hi there, did you need something?"

Miranda smirked a bit before giving her the sweetest smile she could muster. 

Miranda: "Yes please, if you're not too busy, I was wondering if you could please show me where the coffee is?"

KarenThe Karen scoffed and crossed her arms. 

Karen: "I'm afraid that she is quite busy at the-where do you think you're going?!"

The employee just walked right past her and stood next to Miranda and Onyx. She smiled sarcastically at the furious woman. 

Worker: "I'm afraid I have other customers to see too, Ma'am. But I'm sure one of my associates would be willing to help you."

Miranda: "I'm sure they can help you find everything you desperately need. Like a new personality."

They quickly walked away before the woman could retaliate. Once they were far enough away the parrot let out a sigh of relief. 

Worker: "Thanks, Little bit, you really saved me back there."

Miranda smiled and shrugged. 

Miranda: "No problem....um?"

Worker: "Lila."

Miranda: "Nice to meet you, Lila, my name is Miranda. And this is Onyx, she's my griffin."

Lila: "Way cool! I always wanted a griffin."

Miranda: "They ARE the best creatures there is."

The two kept walking and talking until they reached the coffee aisle and made a sharp left.

Lila: "Alright, here it is. Do you know what kind you need?"

Miranda: "Yup! Got a picture right here."

Miranda grabbed the bag she needed and pumped up her fist in celebration. 

Miranda: "Yes! I did it! The future of innovation is saved!"

Lila laughed at that before her face became much more serious.

Lila: "Hey, where are your parents?"

Miranda avoided her eye contact. 

Miranda: "My Dad's still at work. He's a scientist, he specializes in robotics!"

Lila looked even more worried. 

Lila: "And...he sent you here, all by yourself?"

Miranda: "Well, he's pretty tied up right now, that's literally not figuratively. And his boss gets REALLY cranky without his coffee, so I volunteered to go get more."

Lila still looked worried but didn't press anymore. 

Lila: "Okay, but if you need help with anything else you come find me alright?"

Miranda smiled. 

Miranda: "Okay."

She held out a fist and Lila bumped hers against it and they both made a 'phew' gesture. 

Miranda: "You better go hide from that scary lady now. I gotta go pay for this."

Lila laughed and Miranda waved goodbye as she and Onyx went to checkout. 

Miranda did as Dr Gearloose said and handed the card to someone behind the register and before she knew it the coffee was in a bag and the bag was in her hand. The two were just about to head out when Miranda felt a presence behind her. 

A dark presence, one she knew anywhere. 

She slowly unhooked Onyx's leash and dropped the bag. 

Miranda: "Onyx, run."

Onyx just looked up at her person confused before she saw three adults in black hoodies trailing up behind them. Miranda snapped.

Miranda: "ONYX RUN!"

That was all the encouragement it took for the kittling to bolt away and for Miranda to take off in a sprint. The members of the Marker Gang, complete with the black paint over their eyes, were not far behind her.

Miranda tried to lose them but one was fast enough to grab her and get her in a tight grip. Obviously, Miranda didn't back down without a fight. 

Miranda: "Off of me you acrylic eyed creep!"

The didn't answer. It wasn't in the nature of the Marker Gang to speak out. But they did drag her behind the Bullseye building where all the delivery trucks parked. A van was hidden between the parking semi trucks and Miranda could feel the fear growing in her gut. She fought even harder. Eventually the guy holding her had enough and threw her to the ground. 

Guy: "Shut up you little brat!"

Miranda fell to the ground with a thud. She tried to get up but the guy landed a punch too her eye and she fell back down. He then yanked her up by her overalls and held her close to his face. 

Guy: "Struggling will only make it worse! Enough! It's time for you to come back and do what you were fucking raised to do!"

Miranda continued to struggle. The guy scoffed.

Guy: "Honestly, probably doing your family a god damn favor by taking you back. Before they found out what you really are."

Miranda stopped struggling at those words. The guy, seeing that he's gotten to her, smirked and continued.

Guy: "What? Did you think they wouldn't care? I've got news for you kid, no one could ever love a-

The guy was cut off as a glass bottle smashed over his head and he was rendered unconscious. Miranda was so shaken she didn't even realize Lila had come to save her until the guy was falling and Lila grabbed her out of his hold. The two other gang members were already waiting in the van but before they could come out and attack Lila held up her phone.

Lila: "The police are on their way. So if you pond scum ever want to see the light of day again I suggest you GET LOST!"

It didn't take long for them to make up their minds. And the van sped away. 

Lila put a still very shaken Miranda down and the ground and looked her over. 

Lila: "Are you alright?"

Miranda wrapped her arms around her torso. 

Miranda: "Y-yeah, I think so?"

Miranda looked up at her in shock.

Miranda: "How did you?"

Lila smiled and gestured her thumb over her shoulder. Behind her was a sitting Onyx, the coffee bag hanging out of her mouth. 

Lila: You were right, they really are the best creature there is."

Miranda giggled at that before looking away. 

Miranda: "I think...I'm ready to go home now."

Lila: "Don't you want to wait for the police?"

Miranda shook her head

Lila: "Okay, is there someone you can call? To come pick you up?"

Miranda thought for a moment before she slowly nodded. 

Miranda: "Yeah, my Dad's friend, Launchpad. But it might take him a second to get here."

Lila looked back for a minute before sitting next to her. 

Lila: "That's okay. I'll sit with you until he gets here. I'm far overdue for my break anyway."

Miranda smiled and slowly leaned her head against her shoulder. And Lila smiled back down atand her and returned the hug. 

Miranda: "Thank you."

(Lab)

Miranda hopped out the limo with Onyx held securely in her arms, the Bullseye bag handing off her left elbow. She looked up a very concerned Launchpad with a forced smile. 

Miranda: "Thanks for the ride, LP."

Launchpad: "No problem, Mimi. You gonna be alright?"

Miranda smiled just a little bigger. 

Miranda: "Yeah! Totally! That's me, always bouncing back."

She quickly turned and enteredenter the elevator before she could look at Launchpad's even more worried face. 

The ride was silent, and by the time they reached the lab they found Gyro working diligently on his tablet and Fenton, finally free from his armor prison, stretching out his tired limbs. 

Fenton: "Hi, Pollita! Good news! The diagnostics ran far quicker thanthat we thought so we can head home-BLATHERING BLATHERSKITE, what happened to you!?"

He raced over to her as Gyro looked up in alarm and quickly followed after her after he saw her swollen eye. They both got their knees in front of her, Fenton running his hands through her feathers checking for any serious injuries. Miranda put Onyx down and fumbled with her hands a bit. 

Miranda: "I, um, g-got mugged...on the way back here."

Fenton took a deep breath and checked her over with a tad more urgency than before.

Fenton: "What?! Where?! When?! What was I thinking?! I knew something like this would happen if I wasn't there! That is the last time you are walking anywhere by yourself until you are at least 30! Are you okay?! Are you hurt?! Bébé, what did they do to you?!"

Miranda grabbed his hands and held them against her face.

Miranda: "Papa, I'm fine. The eye is the worst of it, I promise. The dirtbags didn't take anything and got the worst of it."

She held out the bag and Gyro took it from her hand. 

Miranda: "The important thing is that I got the coffee, right Dr Gearloose?"

Gyro looked down in the bag, then back up at her, before shocking everyone by tossing the bag to the side like it was nothing and pulling Miranda into a hug. 

Gyro: "No, young lady, the coffee can go to Hell."

Miranda looked at him in surprise and a shocked Fenton quietly scolded him for his language. Gyro stood up, still holding Miranda and started walking towards a nearby table. Fenton and Onyx tailing behind. 

Gyro: "Come on, let's get those cuts taken care of."

Miranda still looked at him shocked, before finally letting herself smile and wrapped her arms around his neck.

(That night)

Miranda was restless. The pain in her eye numbed by pain killers but her mind was still up and racing. Onyx slept next to her, as peaceful as a baby should be. Miranda tossed and turned, until finally she grabbed Izzy and held her above her head. She slipped her hand underneath the cotton dress to feel the metal zipper hidden thehidden the the doll's back. Only one thought on her mind at that point. 

Miranda: 'How long?'

It took hours, but she finally drifted off into a tense and anxious sleep. 

Chapter Text

(Third person p.o.v)

Sunday morning, a time that the many people spend many different ways, in the Crackshell-Cabrera family, it was reserved for relaxing mornings and errands in the afternoon. Fenton and Gloria were both sitting on the couch, a coffee in her hand and an herbal tea in his hand, watching the morning news. Miranda was talking a long time to wake up this morning, so both adults thought it better to let the growing girl sleep, besides, she'd take no interest in this news program anyway. 

Roxanne: "Good morning Duckburg, I'm Roxanne Featherly and this is your morning news. It's a day of mourning for the tech industry as the one year anniversary of the mysterious Blue Butterfly robberies takes place. The robbery of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and secrets, mysteriously stolen and never recovered. The only clue left behind at the crime scene was a single butterfly clip found the next morning. According to our sources the police and FBI are no closer to solving this crime, than they were a year ago."

She continued to go on but Gloria's scoff cut her off. 

Gloria: "As if she knows how hard it is to solve a crime? All they had was a stupid clip!"

Fenton nodded in agreement. 

Fenton: "Isn't that strange though? Of all the things to leave behind, the thief left a blue butterfly hair clip."

Gloria nodded along. 

Gloria: "Si, they tried to trace it but it was more than likely a dead end. DNA is worthless without anything to compare it to. And the clip was available at any local Clara's (it's like Claire's but not trademarked)."

Now THAT surprised Fenton.

Fenton: "Clara's? Isn't that a children's store?"

Gloria: "Yes, but that doesn't mean adults don't shop there. They have a large variety of items."

They could have contributed more to this conversation, if not for the shrill scream that came from Miranda's bedroom. They both leapt up, abandoning their drinks and raced down the hall to the girl's bedroom. Fenton threw the door open and looked around for what could possibly have made his daughter scream like that. 

Fenton: "Miranda! What's wrong?!"

Miranda was sitting on her bed, open book in her lap. Onyx was sitting in front of her, surrounded by mysterious bits of fluff. Miranda was absolutely beaming.

Miranda: "Onyx is molting!"

Both adults immediately relaxed as Miranda jumped off her bed and headed for them to show them the chapter of her book. Fenton gave her a stern look.

Fenton: "For the love of science, Miranda Nicole, that scream nearly gave us a heart attack!"

Miranda just held the book up with more urgency.

Miranda: "But this is a big deal, Papa! My baby Chica is growing up! I need to help her make the transition! Molting comes with a lot of BIG changes for griffins."

Gloria raised her eyebrow. 

Gloria: "Like what?"

Miranda turned the book back to her face so she could read it. 

Miranda: "Well, molting is a very itchy and uncomfortable process, so I'll have to get some special soap and a brush to help her shed the feathers so her big girl ones can grow in. Next, griffins can change their size after molting, she can grow between any size from a cocker spaniel to a Clydesdale horse. I have to help her learn to control it, unless we have room for a horse stable?"

She gave Fenton a pleading look while he just scoffed in a joking way.

Fenton: "Yeah, keep dreaming, kiddo."

Miranda: "Worth a shot, anyway, I'll need treats so I can train her. And finally, after molting and shifting griffins are finally at the point where they're ready to learn how to fly. I want to get her some enrichment toys to help her learn as well as some more nutritional food, she's going to be using mussels she didn't even know she had."

Miranda close the book and gave Fenton her best puppy eyes. 

Miranda: "Can we go to the pet store, Daddy? Pleasssse?"

Fenton: "I don't know, mija, all of that sounds...expensive. Are you SURE she needs all that stuff?"

Miranda nodded and Fenton sighed. 

Fenton: "Fine, we'll go."

Miranda cheered and ran off to get ready, Fenton turned to his mother and smiled. 

Fenton: "Any chance you wanna pitch in on this?"

Gloria just smiled. 

Fenton: "Yeah, no, the Abuela is supposed to spoil the grandchildren, not their pets."

She walked off and Fenton sighed again. 

(In the city) 

Miranda: "Can you believe they didn't have any fir safe molting soap? What kind of a pet store is this?"

Fenton: "Well, mija, believe it or not, not a lot of animals have both fur and feathers. I'm actually quite sure that Onyx is the only species."

The two walked out of the pet store of the mall hand in hand, a bag in Fenton's free hand and Onyx in Miranda's free hand. They managed to find a majority of what they needed for a somewhat reasonable price. Honestly a miracle considering how particular Miranda was with her pet supplies. 

Miranda: "Nothing but the best for my On-Bon"

Onyx chirped happily as Fenton sighed. 

Dewey: "Miranda!"

Both ducks turned to see the entire Duck clan minus on Scrooge McDuck standing in front of the entrance to the parking structure, the blue one waving enthusiastically. They walked over and joined the group. 

Miranda: "Hi guys, what's up?"

Huey: "Picking up supplies for my junior woodchuck potluck next Saturday."

The groups joined together for the walk back their cars. Fenton walking with Donald and Della while Miranda joined the kids, Launchpad trailing behind with his hands full of bags. They all entered the parking structure, Miranda taking the lead.

Miranda: "Sweet, what are you going...too-

Something made her stop cold. 

Fenton: "Mija?"

Miranda looked around in alarm, at first glance nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, cars of every make and model took up every other space. But Miranda knew this feeling, she had felt it too many times throughout her short life.

Donald: "Miranda?"

It was then Miranda noticed the abundance of cars with tinted out windows. She took a cautious step back towards her family. 

Miranda: "When I say run, we need to run."

Fenton: "What? Why-

A slight movement from the cars made Miranda pick up Onyx and yell.

Miranda: "Run!"

Suddenly the car door slammed open and what seemed like hundreds of members from the eraser gang came charging at them. The family wasted no time and took off. 

Everything blurred by her eyes. 

Miranda: "Head towards the limo!"

Only picking up on a few sentences at a time. 

Della: "Get away from my niece! You black eyed burglars!"

She could barely hear her own voice over the ringing in her ears. 

Miranda: "Launchpad! Head towards the bin! We'll be safe there!"

Launchpad: "Aye aye, Mimi!"

Everything felt like a cloud around her brain 

Fenton: "Miranda! What on earth is going on?!"

She couldn't answer. She didn't even come back to her senses until they got down to the lab. Scrooge and Gyro down there going over some marketing issues. 

Scrooge: "Kids?! What the devil are you doing here?"

Miranda didn't answer, just ran to the far war and pushed the button that sent the lab into lockdown. 

Once the lab was in complete lockdown it was silent. The cool air on the lab only adding tension to the atmosphere. It wasn't more than three seconds before someone spoke up. 

Fenton: "Miranda Nicole Crackshell Cabrera."

Miranda turned to look at the furious adults in the lab. She gulped and shrank down a bit. 

Fenton: "No more lies, young lady, what is going on? Who are those people? And what do they want with you?"

Miranda looked around at everyone, pleading for someone to understand, but when nobody came to her rescue, she sighed. She walked over to a nearby desk and pulled herself up. 

Miranda: "I think it's time I told you the truth about me."

(Flashback) 

The room was all I knew for the longest time, it was just me and Mama, inventing and coding all day long. It was great at first, Mana was all I needed, but as I got bigger, I got more restless. I started playing a bit more crazy, jumping and swinging on everything. It was fun, unfortunately, Mama's not the only one who noticed. 

Marker would come in to check on us, make sure Mama was working. One day, he took me with him as he left, told me to be quiet and that I would see my Mama later. He taught me how to do all sorts of tricks, flips and summersaults. But then he started teaching me some other stuff, like how to grab things out of people's pockets and purses. He didn't want me to have fun, he wanted me to steal for him. I loved it, I got so much praise and attention from it that I worked hard, trying to be the best thief I could be. Mama didn't know, Marker said it was a secret. One day, he snuck me out of bed and took me to a car, we drove for hours until we stopped at this big building. It was me and three other guys, they were supposed to grab some tech from the lower levels, but I had a bigger target."

Miranda hiccuped a little before continuing. 

I-I stole their design schematics, all their plans and secrets just gone. I was just about to leave when my barrette came loose and tripped an alarm. We had to leave in a hurry. Marker was not happy with me, I was so upset that when we got back I ran to my Mama and finally told her everything. She was shocked, and furious, she told me that what I was doing was wrong and that she was never going to let Marker ever use me like that again. She took and empty flash drive and loaded it with enough gang secrets to finally lock them all up for good. All we had to do was escape. 

I don't remember how we got outside, all I remember was the beach. Mama had me in her arms and we were running along the shore, she needed a place to hid, we came across these weird rocks and climbed into them, it was full of water, I could feel it up to my waist, it was so cold. I could here the gang coming after us, I could here their footsteps, Mama knew they were close, she climbed back onto the banks and hid me behind a bunch of rocks and tried to run. I couldn't see her, but I could hear her screams come from outside. I wanted to go after her but I hit my head and blacked out before I could. 

When I woke up, I was in the junk hole. I looked around for my Mom for hours. I never founds her, but later that night, I-I heard a gun go off, and Mama never came back. 

(End of flashback)

Miranda finished her story and whipped the tears from her eyes while her family stood in shock. Louie spoke first. 

Louie: "You- you're the blue butterfly bandit."

Miranda nodded. 

Della: "And, your Mama tried to take down the gang."

Miranda nodded again. 

Miranda: "Yeah, Mama would help design and build all of the gadgets the gang would use to commit their robberies. Code crackers, stun guns, etc. She was forced too, we were prisoners."

Fenton: "But why would they want you?"

Miranda: "Because I have the only thing that can stop them."

Miranda reached into her backpack and pulled out Izzy. She slowly pulled up her dress and exposed a zipper, she zipped it open and pulled out a dark blue hard drive. She held it up for everyone.

Miranda: "This is why they want me."