A/N: I should really be asleep right now. But then I said, "Sleep is for the weak!" and decided to post this. Also, did I mention that I found out about the Reverse Pines AU today? I'm going to have way too much fun with this.


"You have to brush my hair 246 times. Exactly!" Mabel instructed. "Not 245 times, not 247 times. 246!"

Mabel chattered on about how she killed a family of squirrels in under 10 minutes. She didn't expect Mermando to respond, though. To her, he was just a slave, albeit a fairly attractive one.

Mermando brushed. And brushed. And brushed. At one point he forgot what number he was going to, and figured Mabel wouldn't notice. So he continued brushing her long chocolate curls.

"STOP!" she screeched out of nowhere. Mermando froze. She turned her chair around so that she was facing Mermando and the large fish tank he was in. She narrowed her eyes. "What number did I say to go to?"

"I… uh…" Mermando frantically tried to remember but the number kept slipping away from him.

"I thought so." she said. Mabel's lips suddenly curled into a malicious smile. She walked over to her nightstand and reached into the bottom drawer and pulled out a small knife.

"You know," she started, running her finger down the blade. "I've heard that a mermaid's heart is very delicious."

Mabel walked towards Mermando. "You have 17, correct? I'm sure you won't be missing one."