Ch. 9: May the Punishment Fit the Crime
The next day, at the Arkeyan Twins' mansion, Drago, Ice, and Cody are working in the garden. Ice is pulling weeds; Drago is putting the fertilizer on; and Cody has to plant fifty ferns altogether. Their punishment is not only being grounded for two weeks, but they have to help the Popular Posse with the work at the mansion. Uncle has put a memory erasing spell so that she would forget about seeing magical creatures. Sara and Shendu are supervising them.
"And after you do the garden, you can help Chelsea clean out the attic, basement, and garage," Shendu ordered.
"OOOOOOH, Daaaaad! We only made that bet to teach Stacey a lesson on how lucky she is to have a home with her mom."
"Plus, she still humiliated Maria during class," Ice said.
"That is no excuse to insult her about her attitude and send her to a dangerous neighborhood," Sara lectured, "By doing so, you became worse than she is, and nearly let her become Kaine's latest Alpha Girl."
"I don't even want to ask what she did with the other girls," Cody said.
Stacey comes out during her break to "supervise" the trio.
"I'll take over from here, Mr. Long," Stacey says as she shoes Shendu away, "Who's the boss now, Boys! You said I'm high maintenance, but I spent the night at the Tenderloin and proved you wrong. I may be grounded for two weeks, but it was worth it. All those things you said about me is a load of manure, Iggy."
Sara couldn't watch, knowing Stacey never learned her lesson and remembering how she treated Maria. She uses her magic to make a bag of manure float above her. Ice sees the bag.
"No, Sissy Sis," he remarks, "That's not a load of manure."
The bag pours over Stacey, mucking her up and making flies circle her.
"That's a load of manure."
Stacey screams as Drago and the boys laugh.
"I may be grounded, but this is so worth it," Drago laughed.
That night, Stacey came into her room after taking a shower. She is fuming about what happened. Then, she sees a familiar face outside the fire escape: Dr. Muir, making her gasp.
"Don't be afraid," he says, "I'm here to talk business with you."
"What business, Muir?" Stacey firmly asks.
"I'm offering you a way to get your rich life back and obtain enough power to overcome your mom's orders and rules."
Stacey become intrigued, setting off a chain of events coming.