Gaston: Hey there, Galimatias. Had a nice break?
Galimatias: What break? I was just lazy.
Gaston: (fiddling with gun) Yeah… I know.
Galimatias: Oh… OH! Hahahahahha! Gaston! Buddy! H-how you doin'?
Gaston: You haven't updated in a looooong time, Gal. Your fans are displeased.
Galimatias: Wow! Gasty! Displeased! That- that is a big word! You must be getting smarter and… and did you change your hair? You just look so- so sexy! Yeah! Sexy! And-
Gaston: (Turns to villagers) Everyone got their pichforks?
Angry Mob: YEEEEAAAAA!
Galimatias: HEEEELP MEEEEEEE! THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE ME IS TO REVIEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW! AAAAAAAH!
Ok ok, I've been gone a while! I know! I feel bad! The good news is, I plan on updating again really soon! Okay, so this chapter is just a kind of review and scan of what's going to happen next. Lillie at work. Villains deciding what to do. And I finally get some more villain dialogue in there. Including guys I haven't really gotten to in a while; Kaa, Facilier, Maleficent, etc. This chapter… I liked it. But I have a feeling I'm going to like the next one better, as will you. Why? Next chapter is nothing but Lillie getting her ass kicked by the Disney world. I mean, really people. We all want to go to Disney. But, realistically, if we did it maaaay be too much for the average human to handle. Love sick princes, evil villains, stunts that would kill you. The list goes on and on.
Anyway, before I review comments I want to know what you guys want to see in the next chapter. Any thing you can think of. The reason being, I have the next chapter half written and if anyone wants to throw in some prank the villains play on her (paint out of windows, the classic pie in face…) and I might put it in. Next chapters going to be a long one!
Okay, review and then onto story!
Sssweetie: So glad! I hope you like this one! Thanks for reviewing!
BUBBLYbuttons2me: Aww! Thanks!
animeloser101: THANK YOU! I loved that prince, and he was fun to write! Thanks for your reviews!
Elemental Queen: Thanks so much! I look forward to writing them!
Rainlily216: YAAAAAAY! Glad I could help! I hope you have the same reaction now! No prob! I want her to either steal his shoe and throw it at him or totally just throw them into a lake. Why? Because she can!
AngelofDarkness1959: And lets not forget princESSES! How's she gonna deal with them? Thanks for the review!
Drama sapphire: lol love your OC! If you want him to make an appearance (kind of like an extra in a movie) just tell me! I'll let him have a few lines!
Whiteling: Yeah, there's gonna be more pounding coming your way! No! Mr. Right is sometimes someone you just don't expect! And beside, some of them are just too… stereotypical! LOL, Lillie is in no way a boring name.
DisneyPrincess: Yeah… lots of fun! LOL, I'm fine though. Nothing major at all. I was worried that all the switching around wouldn't work, but I'm glad it did! Thanks!
Phantom of the Common Room: I'm so glad that you liked that! Johnathan was soooo much fun to write! Thanks for the OC and for your review!
Daydreamer747: Yeah. She's screwed. No doubt. Villains… they're going to beat her into a messy pulp. *sigh * and so young too… LOL, thanks!
pres1111:No prob! I loved the OC and he was so much fun to write! Yeah, black leather is awesome. I love it. And that just adds to his flip flop personality! Thanks so much!
Knight of Renaissance Light: Thanks so much! Glad you liked your character, and I'll work on developing him more later. There wasn't much time for any of the OC's in that chapter. They'll get their own appearances though with more time to see what they're really like.
ShearViscosity: Aaaaw! So glad that you're happy! You don't understand. When I saw the OC all I could think was… brilliant… holy mother of all things holy, brilliant. It was awesome! I loved the fact that the Prince (who happens to have no name!) has a brother even more nameless then he is… and all because of a little cold! It's just so perfect because it's just so true! I love how driven he is because of how bent for "revenge" he is. And the revenge isn't because of magic or anything. It's just bad luck! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Cannot wait to have Lillie hate him! Lillie, like most of us, likes her boundaries. And when a man with HEAOD (happily ever after obsession disorder) comes in with NO BOUNDARIES… well… bad things happen.
Unquestionably Unhinged: AAAAAW! THANKS! Glad that you like it!
MysteryGirl: Well, before sequels come in I'ma finish this one. However, this one she's going to be doing a lot of "world-hopping". I love the idea of her going everywhere in the Disney world. Though she wont be going as deep into it as she would in a sequel, she'll be going pretty darn deep. So no worries! Yes, I do agree completely. Lillie needs a guy that will let her be herself. That is, if she even wants a guy. Maybe she's just the type who wants to do her work, no distractions. And these guys are gonna be a distraction.
Sliver: I know! But he's mostly nameless. LOL, poor guy. And yeah, Mel just isn't my favorite because of how she acts. She starts off as such a rebel and an adventurer and in the end acts more like a shy little princess. And HoND2… I shudder. LOL, like I said, I don't watch sequels. It's against my religion XD But I could do a Mozenrath. You just keep ideas coming. However, I don't know if I will be showing Lilo and Stitch in here as a major movie. I don't know… maybe because there was no real bad guy in that movie. Anyway, thanks so much and like I said, keep the ideas coming. I don't know nothing about the sequels, but you seem to know your stuff!
PirateWizardThief: First of all… your name rocks. Now, for the review response. Thanks so much! Yeah, the villains may not like to work with others, but hey, in the real world you just gotta do stuff to get by! I'm so glad that you liked it!
TheVengefulMermaid: Aw! Thanks! Yeah, I'm fine. It was nothing major. But all the painkillers left me unable to make a chapter. So… yeah. I feel sorry for Lillie too! I freaking love Jafar. And that is the best cat name ever. Phases… love those!
anon: yes, well, when there are little fish there must be big fish! And your Gaston moment will come… it will come… (smiles evil smile) it will appear soon…. Heeeee heee heee
cherry-888: You just read my mind. I actually plan on having her go down to a shooting range sometime soon. You know, to vent anger! Thanks for your review!
I'mNotAPrincess: You're not a princess? Respect! Aaaaaaw! I'm so glad that you think so! I actially do like the princesses, some more than others. And yes, some are too girly. But I've always loved the villains just a bit more. I'll put Esmeralda in here! Thanks for your review!
Strawbaby Chick: No! It isn't a boring name! Aw! Thanks!
FancyToad: Yes! So glad you like it! I like to show the extremes of two sides! So glad you see that all! That way she is the voice of reason. I want to make them all evolve though. Thanks for your review!
MysteryGirl7Freak: I like your OC! But I unfortunately cannot use him as a main character. However, I can use him as a side character. Kind of like an extra in a movie. Just review back to me!
NOW ONTO THE CHAPTER!
Lillie rubbed her sore temples and wished on whatever stupid stars there were that she could leave. Or get some Advil. Unfortunately there was no way she could leave because that stupid happy mouse had deemed her to be the boss. There was no Advil because she didn't know where any of the pharmacies were yet. No one had even thought to show her around. Though it was obvious none of her new coworkers had done so, she would have at least expected the mouse to do something.
And the other downside was it was still early in the day. So wishing on stars was a fruitless labor.
"HEY GIRLIE!" Lillie cringed. That stupid parrot had taken a liking to annoying her ever since she walked through the door. And he still refused to call her by her name. Not that she minded that, but being called girlie, or the more popular one, princess, had it's downsides as well. Like the fact that it really pissed her off.
She slammed down the top of her lap top and stomped to the door of her office which she had been keeping closed constantly. There was no way it was going to be opened after she saw Hades do his flame thing.
"What?" She growled through clenched teeth.
"Oooh! Tou-chy!" The parrot squawked from Jafar's shoulder.
She sighed. "You called?"
"Yes, we did call." Jafar stood, leering at her. "We just needed to find out a few… key… things about you, princess."
She sighed again, and resisted the urge to do a face palm. For the last three days they had fallen into a strange routine. She would come to work, on time, and watch the rest of the people flow in late either on purpose or accidentally. And then they would question her nonstop about the worst things, drawing her away from all of her work, whatever the hell it was she was doing, and then they'd mock her endlessly.
She gritted her teeth. After three days it still made her want to shoot someone.
"What." She seethed.
Jafar's eyebrow quirked, but he made no other comment on her mood. "We wanted to find out where your homeland is. What kingdom."
"My kingdom?"
"Yes."
Now it was her time to pop up an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, I don't get it." They'd asked these kind of questions before.
"Look, we just need to know where your from. Whose your father."
"Um… Alan Ayman."
"And what was your mothers name?"
"Was?" She looked at him incredulously. "Don't you mean is?"
"Oh don't be ridiculous!" Hook laughed from his desk. "All people that the mouse hires are usually from royalty. And all people from royalty lose their mother. It's Disney logic."
"Oh, I wasn't aware." She cleared her throat. "Well, sorry to disappoint you, but my mother is alive and well… unfortunately."
"Oh… well…" All the people in the room looked confused and slightly lost for a moment. "Evil step mother? Sisters?"
"Biological sister, biological mother. Mother isn't evil per say, sister is… kind of dumb. But not evil." She paused. "I'm sorry, what is the point of this?"
"We're just trying to figure out how to fit you in."
"Into what?"
"The universe!" Jafar said, opening his long arms wide, as if this totally made his point.
She stared at him again. "Oh… right… universe. Well, that's all very interesting and everything. But I actually do have work. So… bye."
This same sort of questioning had been going on now for the past three days. She had avoided it as best she could, but it was getting to be mind numbingly repetitive. Occasionally thought she had taken a little more time to think about the questions she had been asked. And they had been strange ones. Things like, "have you ever lost your shoe?" or "do your mice make your clothing?" or "do you randomly pass out when you eat fruit?" Her favorite one so far had been from the large Rat, who had asked her, peering over half moon spectacles, "do you like riding carpets in the sky?"
Her response had been simply, "no, I've never taken drugs." If that was even what the question was asking.
Today had been the hardest, and by that observation the next day was bound to be even harder. That was all she could think to herself has she trudged the grueling half a mile home. Not too far a walk. But when she was weighed down by a box filled with papers that she had to look over from Mickey, all of them about the government of Disney along with a few strangely (or rather, strategically) placed pictures of royal men, then that half a mile turned into a marathon.
She barely nodded to Edgar, who didn't even bother getting up to help her, and she stumbled up the stairs. There was never a need to check her mailbox. Who would send her things anyway? For the most part her location was a secret. The only thing that people knew was that she was away on work. No questions asked. And who here would even bother looking up her name?
As she rounded the third flight of stairs she began to hate the place more and more for its broken elevator and people who hated her.
God damn it! Her mind filled with curse after curse. God damn it, mother fu-
It almost seemed, to anyone who may have been watching, that steam followed her, flowing out of her ears, until she had gone into her apartment, slamming the door behind her.
"We need information!" Hades told the group, now all in the local bar room sitting around a card free poker table. "That's what we need."
"Well of course." Ratigan sipped delicately at his wine, dabbing off his mouth with a silk handkerchief. "That is what any villain requires."
"Yeah, we know that," Hades looked around the table, "the question is how are we going to get it?"
The table fell silent again.
They had been sitting their for the majority of the evening, having left much after their new boss had and hadn't even stopped off at their apartments. Hades had been the one to organize the group, towing them towards the shady bar just three blocks south. They went their seldom, and usually only met in the smoke filled room for matters of business, as the house of mouse- their regular 'hot spot'- was too risky to be talking about such things.
The so called "business" that was being discussed was in fact one very short woman that had arrived a mere five days prior.
"Well, we first need a reason for the information to be taken." Jafar shifted in his chair. "After all, her responses to the last questions have been, how shall I put it, inadequate."
Hades chuckled and Jafar glared at him. "I don't see anything funny about the situation."
"Sorry Jaffy. It's just… I know her answers have been bad, but the only time they were really bad was when she talked to you!" He laughed again. "You had asked her-"
"-I had simply asked her if she had any thoughts of being a seductress." Jafar glared daggers at the fiery god. "The last princess I dealt with had a habit of doing so."
"Yeah, right. And how did she respond to that, babe?" Hades' smile widened. "Oh yeah, I remember. Something along the lines of go to hell you perv."
Jafar sulked. "It was an honest question."
"Sure. Sure. Now, back to business. Obviously, our questions from before have done us no good. Jaffy being one of the main witnesses to that. So, we need a new tactic."
Maleficent spun one long finger around the edge of her glass. "We need someone from the inside."
"Like a spy?" Anastasia piped up.
Maleficent smiled. "In a way. You see, every person has a weakness. Different ones, of course. But one of the very similar weaknesses, often times shared by princesses, is loneliness. We need to take advantage of that."
"You mean, befriend her?" Kaa, from where he hung on one of the ceiling beams, made a face. "Becaussssssse that jusssssssst isssssssn't what we do!"
Maleficent shook her head. "Not necessarily. We can simply talk to her. Coax answers out of her with an idea of security."
"She doesn't seem very open to anything to me." Hook leaned back. "In fact, she seems rather hostile when it comes down to it."
"Exactly. So lets try our best to not be that way. As they say, treat others the way you want them to think you are… until you swoop down for the kill."
The others chuckled.
"There's just one issue," Hades leaned forward, "what are we getting out of her?"
Maleficent mimicked him, leaning forward. "Placement, Hades, placement. We need where she's from, economic situation, family stature, talents, hobbies, weaknesses, strengths, magical affinities, magical connections and so on. And once we gain all of that we can place her in the correct spot."
Hades nodded slowly. "That way we can find her a correct advisary."
"Exactly. Either one person alone, who fits this girl much like the previous princess assignment, or we simply use her weaknesses. Work together as one." She shook her head again. "This girl… we just can't sit around and allow someone into our environment. Thiers too much we could lose."
Facilier, from his spot, nodded. He tipped up his hat. "Secrets, weaknesses…. Plans." He shook his head, fiddling with his cane. "If she found out any of our plans… she's got direct connections to the mouse. It wouldn't end well for any of y'all."
"YEA!" Iago squawked from Jafars shoulders. "We need to find out hers before she finds out ours! Then we'll all end up in bad shape!"
"He's right!" Ursula chorused. "Jail isn't something to be afraid of but in the end… some of us can't do anything for a while. What was it the mouse said to you, Jasper?"
Everyone turned to look at the tall thief, silent until then. He cleared his throat. "'E said tha' one more time in the slamma' and we'd 'ave to pay up the fine…" he hesitated for a moment before adding, "…an' he knows that we ain't got the money for it."
Cruella nodded. "It's true. And with the mouse it isn't the same as just avoiding regular jail. He'll find you. He always does."
"Kinda comes with the whole ruler thing, babe." Hades interjected. "Here's what I suggest. I think we need a way to hit her from two directions. And we need to hit her hard when we do." He held up his hand, ticking off fingers. "One, we need an informant. Two we need person to catalogue it all, find out where we stand and where she belongs and three," the third finger went up, "we need a way to find out the little details, the stuff she wont tell us, without asking her anything."
"Really!" Hook spurted. "And how is that going to be accomplished, may I ask?"
Hades smiled a shark tooth smile. "Hey, Facilier? Those cards of yours still working."
With a devilish grin the voodoo man flipped out a deck from seemingly nowhere. "As good as a well oiled machine, mon ami." The cards flicked back to where they had come. "I'll get it all for you. Past. Present. And future." Facilier flipped through his cards. "She's going to be scamperin' out'a here so fast!"
Hades held up a glass, "To the future." He smiled. "Let this be our battle. And let us finally win."
They all drank to that.
Lillie shuffled through more of her papers, bored just by the sight of them. She wasn't here to find out things about government. She was there to study villains. To find out about their past and present and future. So far, though, their current relationship, if she could even call it that, was strained. And slightly murderous.
Bartleby, from his spot on the carpet, whined. "Hey there, Bart." She leaned down to ruffle his mass of hair. "What do you think I should do?"
Bartleby drooled on the small carpet and then licked something green off the wood floor.
Lillie continued talking to him. "I need a way to get information. Some way that I don't have to talk to them, at least not yet. But some way I can at least start on this stupid project." She looked down at her dog. "Where would you go to get information?"
Bartleby got up and walked in a circle. Then he licked a book in a pile by her bag.
A light went off above Lillie's head. "Bartleby! You stupid excuse for a dog! You may just have done the smartest thing ever! Look at you, being useful!" She ran to the phone, but not before presenting her genius dog with a healthy size piece of ham from her fridge.
"Mickey?" Bartleby looked up at his master talking on the phone. "Yeah, it's me. No… no they weren't much trouble today. Just… a lot of questions. No. Don't worry about it. Just… yes. Yes. Okay. Yes. Listen, all I want to know is if you guys have a library." There was a long pause. "You do!" Bartleby watched his masters eyes light up. "Great! Yes! Perfect!" She grabbed a notebook and a pen from near the door on the floor. "Where is it?" She scribbled something down. "Yes. Perfect. Great. Okay, yeah I will call you. Thank you, Mr. Mouse, thank y-" she furrowed her brow. "NO! No I do not need an escort! Good bye!" She clicked off the phone. "Escort my ass." Bartleby heard her mutter.
She sighed. "Okay, Bart. Tomorrow is library day. Morning to afternoon. Are you okay being alone?" He drooled again, trying to beg for more ham. "I'll take that as a yes."
Lillie smiled, affectionately patting her dog on the head and then stretching, deciding that maybe a hot shower would do the trick. She threw down the notebook and headed for the shower.
WOOOF!
Lillie paused.
Bartleby had barked.
It may have seen like nothing to anyone else, but Bartleby was a dog of very few words. He always had been. He only barked when he knew something was wrong, like the time when she had just moved to New York and someone had attempted a break in, or the time one of her office buddies had tried to steal her tasty cakes.
Very slowly, Lillie began to inch towards the room again. Her dog was facing the window in the living room, his mouth quivering in what looked to be another bark he was considering. She shuffled to the window, putting both hands on the bottom.
With electric speed she slipped the window open and peeked out, ready to face an attacker. She was met with a plastic bag that had caught itself on the gutter on the wall to the left. Lillie sighed. She grabbed the bag, closing the window and heading to the kitchen to throw it out. "Stupid dog." She went to take her shower. "Getting me all worked up."
Bartleby, though, didn't move. He just stared at the window. Even when the shower water had begun to run he still refused to move. He didn't sit or lie down or do anything. He just stared.
His ears perked up when the sound of fluttering came from outside. A brightly colored parrot entered into his field of vision in the window, fluttering in place and smiling deviously at the dog. The dog barked again.
"SHUT UP, DOG!" Lillie shouted from the shower.
The bird smiled even wider, looking down once more at the address on the pad, remembering that their target would be at the library tomorrow. Iago stuck out his tongue at Bartleby, flapping harder and heading for his own window and back to Jafar to tell him, and the rest of the villains, the news.
Okay! That's it! End of chapter! Tomorrow I'm going to write more of the next chapter and even try to get a chapter in for my Never Land story (god, I am going to the hell I don't believe in for that (lol, atheist)) and hopefully updates will go smoothly again! Yay!
Okay, read and review PLEASE! My readers are all that keep me going!