The Last Stand: The Deleted Scenes
Nine
(From the Epilogue)
Constance looked at herself in the mirror, fingering the long white stripe in her hair that had never recovered. She had always said that she would never resort to cosmetic alteration, but perhaps the time really had come to do something about her Mallen streak. She looked at the bottle of potion that Fenella and Grizelda had given her to try, saying something along the lines of 'only one application will be needed'. She gingerly picked up the bottle between finger and thumb and carried it through to the bathroom as if it was going to bite her. Constance did not quite know why she was so nervous of the procedure; indeed, the last time that Fenella and Grizelda had played their part in transforming her, the results had been more than admirable.
There had been something in Fenella's face when she had handed over the bottle that Constance had not quite trusted, however… And the muffled conversation that she had overheard between the two witches after she had left them in the staffroom whilst she went to test the potion…
"Fen, you can't give her the Brown! We haven't tested it yet!"
"If it's anything like Green, it'll be fine!"
"Think of all the complaints we had from the make-up girls at the Apollo Victoria when the Green wouldn't come off at the end of the performances? What if something… happens?"
"It'll all be fine, Griz!"
"Fenny, what if…"
At this point they seemed to realise that she might be listening in and had spoken in barely audible tones, but Constance had caught the word 'reversible'. This gave her some degree of comfort, and she began to comb a small amount of the potion through her white hair…
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Fenny and Griz were still waiting in the staffroom when Constance returned, and Griz's worst fears were confirmed.
"I told you the effect of mixing the red and the Green might be reversible," she murmured to Fenny.
"Fenella; Grizelda," Constance began in a dangerous voice, "why is my hair now red and green spotted?"
Personally, I think she would look nice with a green-and-red-polka-dot streak in her hair!