"In League with the De Vil"
Cruella, Ursula, and the baby materialized in the middle of a forest. It was a cold January evening in New Jersey of our world. The year was 1983. The baby was crying.
"Ughh, can't that little brat be quiet?!" Cruella snapped, "Ursula, darling, be a dear and get rid of it!"
"No!" Ursula protested, "Mal would never forgive us! And you don't want to be on the bad side of a dragon!"
"Trust me, darling, I can handle her!" Cruella said, "Besides, she's not here, is she? What she doesn't know won't hurt her."
"Alright fine," Ursula sighed, "I'll toss her over that tree." She tried to summon her tentacles but wasn't able to.
"Darling, what's the matter?" Cruella asked.
"My tentacles!" Ursula exclaimed, "They're gone! I'm fully human!"
"Perhaps we should see where we are," Cruella said, "Leave the little urchin there!"
The 2 villainesses trekked up the dirt path, carefully trying not to get dirt on their dresses. Suddenly, as they left the forest, they saw blinding lights and heard honking.
"At last!" Cruella exclaimed with a devilish grin, "Finally! Luxuries I have been denied for far too long!"
"Where are we?" Ursula asked, "I never did like the surface world, but this place seems even stranger."
"Don't worry, darling," Cruella said, "I'm more familiar with it. I'll show you around."
"What about the baby?" Ursula asked.
"Oh, just leave it!" Cruella said, "Whoever heard of 2 villains trying to raise a child? Now c'mon! We have got to get some new clothes, darling!"
They started to hitchhike. They made their way to a small fashion boutique.
"Ugh, it's closed!" Ursula whined.
"Since when has that ever stopped us?" Cruella asked, "Smash it open!"
"With what?" Ursula asked, "My tentacles are gone!"
"This'll do!" Cruella said, handing her a nearby pickaxe. As the Sea Witch started to break down the door, alarms started ringing.
"Ugh!" Cruella yelled, "Blast that infernal noise! Quickly, we don't have much time!"
Cruella grabbed a black-and-white fur coat and took a small pistol out of her purse that she shot the surveillance camera with.
She turned off the alarm and found a purple scaly shirt for Ursula.
"Here you go, darling!" Cruella exclaimed, "Purple is definitely your color! Let's go!"
As they proceeded to quickly run out the door, they were stopped by a little kid.
"Hey! I know you!" he shouted, pointing at Cruella, "You're Cruella De Vil!"
"You little brat!" Cruella snapped, "How did you know who I am?!"
"Everyone knows you!" he said.
"How can this be?" Cruella asked in bewilderment.
"I'll show you!" They ran across the street to a nearby video store, where the Disney version of 101 Dalmatians featuring Cruella wasplaying.
"She does look a lot like you!" Ursula admitted.
"How is this possible?" Cruella snapped, "What is this rubbish? Why am I a cartoon character?"
"It's a Disney movie!" the boy said, "It's based on a book, see?" He handed her a copy of Dodie Smith's 101 Dalmatians novel.
"Owen!" a man yelled, running up to him, "What have we told you about talking to strangers?"
"She's not a stranger daddy, she's Cruella De Vil!" Owen said.
"I'm sorry," the man said, "My son has a rather…active imagination. Hope he didn't cause you too much trouble. "
"Not at all, darling." Cruella said.
"Good. I'm Kurt Flynn, by the way. We have to get going now. Now c'mon son," Kurt said, "Mom has dinner waiting. She must be worried sick!"
Cruella and Ursula continued to hitchhike down the road as Kurt and Owen left. Within the hour, Cruella saw a very familiar car pull up. It stopped next to them and the driver got out. It was the Apprentice.
"My car!" Cruella said, "What are you doing here, darling? Come to mock us for our banishment?"
"No," he said, "I've come for another reason. My superior doesn't usually like dealing with people of your kind, but in some cases, it becomes necessary."
"Cut to the chase, old timer!" Ursula said.
"I've come to offer you a deal. You can have your car back in exchange for truthfully telling me the child's whereabouts." the Apprentice said.
"You mean that little brat who just told me I'm a cartoon character in this world?" Cruella asked.
"No," Ursula said, "he mean's Mal's child. We left it in the forest; happy now?"
"Thank you for your cooperation." the Apprentice said.
"Wait!" Cruella said, "You can have the little mongrel on one condition."
"And what's that?" the Apprentice asked. "If you're thinking about returning to the Enchanted Forest, I'm afraid you're stuck here. There's nothing I can do."
"Oh, it's not that," Cruella said. "The terms are that you can take the child if Ursula and I can keep the egg it was hatched in."
"Very well," the Apprentice said, after a long pause, "You have a deal. This is the last we'll see of each other. Hope you like it here."
"Oh don't worry, we already do!" Cruella said. She and Ursula got in the car.
"So, where to?" Ursula asked.
"I was thinking we're a little strapped for cash, darling," Cruella said, "What say we make a little withdrawal from the bank?"
"Sounds like a plan!" Ursula said, as they drove off.
