I am soooo sorry! Here's what happened. I can actually tell you in two words. Writers. Block. Darn you! It was more then that too. Lots of vacations and holiday parties (Happy Chanukah BTW. And for most of you (Christmas is just more popular so yes, I did say most of you) Merry Christmas) Anyway, I'm back! And here is the next chapter!
Oh! And please read the bottom for an additional note!
Now onto the responses!
BUBBLYbuttons2me: Thanks! Yes, as you can see I sure did take my time. Ugh! Sorry! But thanks so much for you're patience.
YinYangSisters: Thanks! Keep posted, there will be more now that my writers block has been SMASHED! BTW, Basil is one of my faves so yes he will be in here!
Nostalgia's My Best Friend: So glad you think so!
Drama sapphire: Fingers crossed. That's all we can ever do when faced with such dastardly people!
AngelOfDarkness1959: YEEES! All villains need a cheerleader! Or else why would they keep on trying! Seriously! Those guys stop at nothing! Give them a medal for persistence or something! Really! Glad you liked the cookies (sorry if one came with a bit in it ;) )
DisneyPrincess: All I gotta say is you are REALLY brave. If my date broke out into song I'd hide my head and pray for the end to come. And basil will come! I swear on it! Like I said, it was one of my favorite movies as a kid and he's still one of my favorite hero's. Not bland or boring. And no princess to sing to!
animeloser101: Glad to see that you like it!
Ranlily216: Yeah, I was in the process of building a slow and painful few weeks of a writers block. So short it had to be This ones longer though! Hope you like it!
Whiteling: Of course! Who wouldn't start a conversation! It'd just get really really acqward, let me tell you that. XD
Raha: Ok, yes I do understand what you are saying. And I did incorperate that she remembered (in the back of her head) who these guys were. Don't worry though. Next chapter she'll really remember. But she did grow up kinda sheltered. So Disney wasn't really part of her childhood (SO SAD!). She does recognize them though! I'll give you the chocoate chip thing too. Yes, it is rather hard to be evil when faced with the challenge of sweetness and rainbows! Also, she was very polite. The last thing she'd need is a bunch of cranky neighbors. Who cares if they're villains! Neighbors are hell when they hate you anyways! And that's in real life too! LOVED all of your input and thanks so much for your opinion! It really helped me out in this chapter!
Mai-Long: YEEEaaaaAAA! Another villains cheerleader! Join the squad! They need support with all of the crap they take on a daily basis!
Pearl Bramble of Willowbottom: Sorry! Yes, I hate cliffhangers too! But sometimes it just has to be done! Kepp watching for updates!
princess of the negaverse: Sorrrryyyyy! But heres an update now! And some cookies for your patience!
Now! Onto the chapter! Sorry, it is a bit rushed. I swear next one with be really long and really really descriptive. I just had to rush so no one would start bringing out the pichforks. Ok! ENJOY!
When Lillie opened the door she had expected to see nothing. Just another empty and abandoned thing her dog had decided to bark at. So she had thrown the door open with a confident and annoyed 'see I told you' kind of attitude. So when she did open it and see a pack of people outside she stood there in a surprised stupor.
"Uuumm… hi?" was all that came out of her mouth.
The nearest person stepped forward and held out his hand. She stared at him for a moment, not quite sure what to think or say. She was so new to the whole Disney thing. So seeing a man with the complexion of a drowning person and hair made of flickering blue flames took her totally by surprise.
"Hades, Lord of the Dead, how ya doin'"
"Uuuumm…"
"Fabulous, babe. Great to meet you too."
She blinked hard a few times, surveying the crowd. She saw a few people whose appearance, like the guy named Hades, whose appearance hit her like a block of bricks to the face. There was an Arabian man whose shoulder bore a very human face, a woman so anorexic she looked like a single gust of wind would snap her in half, but seemed to be very stable underneath the huge fur coat she wore. There was a woman traveling by tentacles, not legs, and wound then around boredly in the air. There was a man with skin paler then paper who had a 'white van around a kids park' kind of smile. There was a darker skinned man with a gap in his front tooth and charms strung around his neck and a top hat. There was a man who put Arnold Schwarzenegger to shame with the amount of muscles he had. A man wearing a cabbies hat towered over even the tallest of the people, and they were all well over six feet. A few normal people stood out, as well as a few more strange ones. All together they made a rather unusual crowd.
Lillie blinked rapidly once more, registering it all. Then, in a stroke of bravery, she put on an unsure smile and stepped forward, lightly clasping the blue mans still outstretched hand in her own and shaking it.
"Hi." She finally croaked out.
The man smiled, and she wanted to shiver. It was a sleazy kind of smile and it scared her. "We're all just here to congratulate you."
"Congratulate, huh?" She kept her tone friends, but he didn't seem to miss it when she stepped back a few inches, withdrawing her hand quickly.
"Yeah. On you're move." His smile intensified and his eyes glowed for a moment. "We" he did a sweeping gesture behind him at the large crowd. "Are your new neighbors.
Hades watched as the young girls face shifted from uneasiness to something very close to dread.
"Oh!" She smiled widely. "Yes. Hi. So… nice… to meet you!" There was a whine from behind her, and then a small bark. She looked down. "Hush!"
"Oh!" The anorexic woman lit up like a match under a kerosene tank. "You have a dog!"
"Y-yeah. Bartleby."
"What a lovely coat he has!"
"Um? Thanks?" She pushed her dog back as he leaned on her legs in some sort of panicked state and looked back up at the blue man. "Now, what were you saying?"
He chuckled in reply. "Yeah, well, we just wanted to be the good neighbors we are and really make you feel right at home, babe."
"Because that is what we do!" Another one of the people, this one wearing a long red coat and a wide brimmed hat. "Show courtesy and good form to our neighbors. How do you do?" He stuck out his hand and she reached for it, but drew back quickly when she saw it was a hook. "Oh. Oopsie me!" He said a little too slowly to be accidental. "Sorry me dear. Happens all the time."
She offered him a shaky smile. "I'm sure it does."
"Oh darling, pleaaaase! Don't be scared of him! He's all hook, no bite!" the skinny woman came forward again. Lillie heard her dog begin to whine bush she shushed him and so he retreated into the room to hide.
The skinny one was quickly backed up by a larger woman, fish, thing. "Yes, angelfish! What you should be scared of are the bills they throw at you here." She laughed at her joke, then held out a fin. "I'm just teasing you. Try not to take anything we say too seriously."
"Oh… okay!" The young woman cleared her throat and smiled once again, blinking, unsettled. "Well. Nice to meet you all. But, I really have to get unpacking now. You know. Lots to do, little time to do it."
"Oh! Well do you need any-"
"No!" Everyone in the small crowd seemed to snicker at her far to fast decline for their help. "I mean- no. Small apartment, you know."
"Yes, I understand, to the fullest of my knowledge!" A man in a turban stepped forward, bowing slightly. "And we shall leave you to your job. We just dropped by to give you some advice for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"Yes! The first day of work. You do know about it don't you?"
Her eyes widened. "Oh yeah! I heard about that earlier!" The truth was, she had. Her boss had told her about the fact that she'd have a cover, as had Mickey. Of course this meant a whole new job in a very small time window. She had to master the job in ten minutes or less and make it seem like she had done it her whole life. That wasn't usually a thing any normal person was good at. And on top of it, she'd have to convince the villains of the world that that was her job.
The problem was, she hadn't yet figured out who the villains were. Her mother, being a very strict one at that, had never allowed her to see Disney movies. And so after she had that restriction on her until she had left, during about her seventh year alive she just lost interest and stopped caring.
She wasn't sure if the villains would look like the stereotypical villains, if they would look like hero's but really be villains and she had no idea about the number of "villains" she was dealing with.
It was all greek to her at the moment.
But it seemed like the people in front of her were more than willing to help her.
So she smiled and went along with it, hoping for some kind of resolution.
"Well, you'll be taken to you're new office. You're here to be the head of the department, correct?"
"Yyyyeah!" She said happily, going along with his idea. "Of course! Loving that department! Wow! What a great… great… place?"
"Indeed. Anyway, it is a bit secluded. Not very easy to find. The last person here, she got lost for quite a while and, well, Mickey sent her back."
"What!" Her jaw dropped in true horror. "But that's… that's just not… wow!"
"Yes, so sad." This time the one to step forward was a woman in a horned headdress with green tinted skin. "We just wanted to give you directions. Here," she pulled out of her robe pocket a faded piece of parchment with numbered directions on it. She delicately handed it Lillie's direction. And the shorter woman accented them gratefully. "And we do hope to see you tomorrow."
"That is just so great! Thank you all so much, I really am so grateful. Truly!"
"Well, that's what we're here for!" The darker skinned man spoke up.
"To help! To help!" The parrot squawked.
Lillie smiled widely. "I am so glad I met you! And yes, bright and early tomorrow!"
Then she smiled and offered a shrt wave, then clicked the door closed.
There was silence among the crowd for a few moments before Iago spoke up. "So… where did we lead her?"
"Not to the office, I'll tell you that." Hades sneered.
"Neighborly advice! Hah!" Anastasia cackled.
The rest joined her in small chuckles then bid each other goodnight and awaiting with anticipation for the following day. It was by far one of their least evil of plots. But to see how far they could push this girl with small things that would build and escalate over time would be sooooo worth it.
Lillie closed the door behind her and looked over the page. The writing was don't in some sort of delicate pen with evan more delicate penmanship. The list gave her directions of where to go, what to look for and things like that. On the bottom were the times of opening and closing and who to see for her first day.
She smiled to herself and looked down at Bartleby. "What were you so worried about? Huh? They were really nice!"
He just whined.
"Oh sure, I was scared at first too. I mean, did you see that hook! And those… tentacles? But this is Disney! I just have to get used to that if I ever want to get along with the neighbors. And you know form New York that bad neighbors are the worst thing to have."
Her dog just whined louder, tilting his head and shifting around.
"Will you stop it already!" She squatted, meeting him at eye level and scratching the top of his head. "They seem like lovely people. A little unsettling at first. But lovely. Nothing like that rat from earlier." She looked down at him and frowned, thinking. "I cant help but say that I've seen them before, though." She sat on the floor and tilted back her head. "And I am trying to remember from where! Because it seems like it's important!"
Then she shrugged. Using her dog as an anchor she lifted herself off the ground. "Oh well, I'll figure it out later. Now c'mon dog. Lets do some more unpacking."
Okay! Quick note! I will be posting a oneshot up here on Sunday (I hope). It was intended to be posted on Christmas but things were kinda crazy. So it is a Christmas themed oneshot. A little late, but whatever. It will contain some spoilers! Nothing major, though. But, if you wanna read it I really encourage that you do!
Peace out!
~Gal
P.S. If you have any idea of where Lillie will end up, please tell me in your comments!
TELL ME! WHERE SHOULD THE DIRECTIONS REALLY LEAD?