Chapter 10

"Long live havin some fun!
We take what we want!
There's so many ways to be wicked!"

Dizzy swept away the piles of hair that littered the floor of the salon as quickly as she could. It was almost midnight and customers would be coming in any minute.

As she finished up for the night, she heard a crash come from the front of the shop. Dizzy rushed over to see the huge window had been smashed though. She gasped at the sight and ran up to the window and peered out at the kids who had done it.

It was none other than the Rotten 4…

"Mal?" Dizzy said confused. "Guys, what are you doing?"

Mal laughed and looked up at her. "Causing trouble. Haven't you heard of us?" she said with smugness.

"Yeah, go back to your tea parties, kid." Jay said. "Don't want to get hurt, do you?"

Dizzy just stood there, confusion written all over her face.

"Come on, guys. I heard the people on the south side got a new load of apples." Carlos told them.

"Dibs on spray painting all of them!" Mal said.

Dizzy watched as they started off toward the docks, all laughing evil chuckles. Then, she saw her best friend…

"Evie!" She called.

Evie stopped in her tracks for a moment and looked at Dizzy.

"What happened?" Dizzy asked, confusion in her eyes

Evie just shrugged, "Sorry, kid. Don't think I've ever seen you before."

But before she got too much farther, Dizzy called again, tears in her eyes. "What's wrong with you?"

Evie smiled, "Nothing, kid. I'm just rotten to the core!" and with that, she ran off with her friends.

"With us evil lives on,
The right side of wrong.
There's so many ways to be wicked!"

Dizzy woke up with a start.

She looked around her room quick, expecting to be back in her small room back on the isle, but instead found herself in her dorm room.

She quickly threw her covers off and jumped out of bed, heading toward the door.

The sudden stir woke Admiia from her sleep on Dizzy's sofa. "Hey, Dizzy, you ok?"

Dizzy jumped, not expecting someone else in her room. "Yeah, I-I'm just gonna see Evie…" She said.

Admiia could tell something was wrong. "Can I do something?" She asked.

Dizzy stopped with her hand on the door. "I'm sorry, Admiia, but you can't help with this."

Dizzy nocked on Evie's door hard. "Evie?" she called, but not loud enough wake everyone else up. When there was no answer, she opened the door and walked in.

She looked to Evie's bed to see the princess sleeping soundly. She didn't even have a second thought about waking her friend up before placing a hand on her shoulder. "Evie?"

Evie jumped up quickly. "This is my homework!" she yelled, apparently being awoken from her own dream. She quickly realized she was in her bed and that Dizzy was standing in front of her. "Diz? What are you doing here?"

"I-I had a bad dream."

Evie's features softened and patted the bed, telling Dizzy to take a seat. Dizzy did so and Evie wrapped her arms around her.

"What was it about?" Evie asked.

"W-well, I-I- we were back on the Isle. A-and I-I was back in the salon…"

"Yes?" Evie said.

"I heard a crash so I went to go see what it was, and it was you, Mal, Jay, and Carlos. I-I asked you what you were doing and they all said that they were just doing what they always did. T-then, when you started walking away, I called out to you, b-b-but you didn't know me!" She collapsed into Evie's arms, crying her heart out.

Evie felt the poor girl shake in her arms, so she held her closer. "Dizzy, it was just a dream."

"But-y-you just looked at me and told me you didn't know me!"

Evie wasn't sure how to cheer Dizzy up when Mal entered the room. She held a plate of cookies and a glass of milk. Evie looked up to her.

Mal just looked at her, "Can't a girl get a midnight snack?" she questioned. Evie nodded down to the crying girl in her arms. Mal then realized what was going on. "Oh." She said shortly. Evie then motioned for Mal to come over, which she did.

"Diz, Mal brought cookies." Evie said to the girl.

Mal shot Evie a look of 'these were mine!' but Evie grabbed the treats and handed one to Dizzy.

"Fine." Mal said. "I'll go make myself some more." She picked herself off the bed and headed back to the kitchen.

Once Dizzy had taken a bite of a cookie, Evie picked her head up to have her look her in the eyes. "Dizzy, it was just a dream. I know who are and that will never change. You're my little sister and I love you."

Dizzy smiled and hugged Evie again.

Evie hugged her back. "You've just had a bad day. It will be all better tomorrow, just wait."