when you wish upon a star (scrooge and della)

[sos_pilot]

 It was half past midnight when the crash came. Perhaps the gods of fortune decided to give Donald one last break in that it didn't destroy his houseboat - no, this landing was in the gardens.

The mangled heap of what used to be the Spear of Selene and moon-men-based-technology left a sizable crater in the ground, smoke billowing up for ages. A few minutes after the landing, one of the windows was pushed open, and the pilot made an ungraceful landing on the ground. She had expected a more dignified leap, but had also forgotten about gravity.

Compared to all the other things that had happened on the moon, this pain was nothing. She wobbled to her feet, and then stopped in place once she got an eyeful of... everything.

The mansion.

She was at the mansion.

She was in Duckberg. Earth. Home.

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[richestduck]

"Probably try and figure out something other than a dime for them," Scrooge noted. "I don't get why but kids these days just don't understand the value of earning something as small as a dime."

[sos_pilot]

Della snorted. "Should I be grateful you won't be giving them pennies?"

[richestduck]

"Oi, I gave you each a dime, remember?" Scrooge protested.

Of course, those dimes hadn't lasted long...

[sos_pilot]

She leaned back, recalling. "That soda was worth every penny."

[richestduck]

"That wasn't the point of it," Scrooge groused, huffing.

He wasn't sure what was worse: That Della had turned around to spend it on soda or that Donald had spent it on ice cream.

[sos_pilot]

"Listen, Uncle Scrooge, I know you meant well... but I don't think it's ever going to land again, unless they're in the same exact position you were." She smirked at him. "So unless you plan on throwing my babies out into the cold to fend for themselves..."

[richestduck]

Scrooge's face turned genuinely horrified. "You know I'd never do something like that!"

Yes, he put the twins through a lot, but he'd always been right there with them...!

[sos_pilot]

"I didn't think so." She chuckled, lightly jabbing him with her elbow. "Relax, I'm only teasing!"

[richestduck]

He grumbled and crossed his arms. "So cruel to a poor old man. You ought to be ashamed of yourself."

[sos_pilot]

"Fine, you can hold all three when they're out." She said with a grin.

[richestduck]

His smile was a mile wide. "All is forgiven then!"

Holding all three! Exactly what he'd wanted!

[sos_pilot]

Another laugh, before she tried to get up.

"C'mon, let's go a little further before you start demanding pictures of my belly from all sides."

[richestduck]

Scrooge easily got to his feet before reaching out to take her hands.

"I wouldn't subject you to the potential sunburn taking the time to do that would cause," he told her with a smile. "I'm a greedy old man but even I've got limits."

[sos_pilot]

She took them, taking her time to steady herself upward and forward.

"But that means you've definitely thought about it."

[richestduck]

"'Course I have. And had Hortense beat me near-senseless with a shoe for that," Scrooge joked.

Though, really, it wasn't too far off the mark. She had smacked him quite a bit with her shoes in the past.

"Besides, you're already uncomfortable enough. I can't imagine spreading aloe on your belly would be that much fun. Bad enough there's that goop for the ultrasound."

[sos_pilot]

Della winced, remembering how uncomfortable that was.

"Man, I would have preferred to be back with those acid-spitting-spiders than do that again. It's so cold!"

[richestduck]

"Well unluckily for you, having three means you get to have more ultrasounds than the average woman just to make sure nothing's going wrong with them or you," Scrooge pointed out as he put a hand on her back to start leading her back towards the house. (He had a feeling she'd want to sit somewhere cool and comfortable right about now.) "So get ready for more of that torture."

[sos_pilot]

Della groaned even louder, her arms drooping at her sides.

"Would it kill you to lie to me for once? Must you know everything and anything?"

[richestduck]

Scrooge was quiet for a moment.

"Della, did you hear anything the doctor said during your last few visits?"

[sos_pilot]

"Of course I did."

She then paused.

"... I just don't remember it."

[richestduck]

Scrooge sighed. "Well, maybe me telling you all this will help jog your memory. After all, I'm not telling you anything new."

[sos_pilot]

"Understood, Doctor McDuck." A small snort with a smile.

[richestduck]

Scrooge did the most mature thing a man staring at his upcoming 140th birthday could do:

He stuck his tongue out at his niece.

[sos_pilot]

Oh, he was going to go that, was he?

Have a raspberry right back, geezer.

[richestduck]

Such maturity.

Scrooge retracted his tongue, chuckling. "At this rate, the most mature adult figure these kids will have is Donald."