Chapter 8: The Mentors
The sun shone again in Jollywood the next morning. The four villains awoken early and then start a new day. The flowers are kept fresh and beautiful in a vase, waiting for the time when the dwarfs would use the spell.
Bashful used the time that they had while waiting for whatever the princess ordered them to do that day, and began to read his book of spells to memorize a few. Who knows when he need to use a little magic in his favor.
Grumpy decided to do some exercise. On the floor, he began to do some push-ups, then with one arm, and then continue to do crunches.
Sleepy hated waking up early, and considering the little time that they had, he decided to take a nap until the princess's call. Simply, he's not a morning person.
Sneezy coudn't stop looking at himself in the mirror wall of the room. He combed his hair, he settled his clothes, he smiled to himself to appreciate his figure too much. He just thought he was perfect.
The four villains were so focused doing other things, that suddenly...
"Boys...", called the royal advisor when he entered the room of the villains, "...The princess is waiting in the main hall"
Three of the four dwarves looked at each other before smile and wake up Sleepy. Now was the moment that they had been waiting. Before leaving the room, Bashful pulled flowers from the vase, and carried with him hidden behind his back. Starchbottom noticed that the flowers that Bashful carried were the same as last night had given them the villains take them to the royal florist. However, he said nothing about it. He was expected that these dastardly villains didn't do a good deed without wanting something in return. But why do these dwarfs would want some beautiful flowers?
Starchbottom thoughts were interrupted by the voice of one of them dwarfs in which he was thinking.
"What has planned the princess for us today, Starchy?", asked Grumpy, as the five men walked through the halls to go to the main hall.
"I hope it's not another public humiliation...", snarled the blonde with flowers hidden in the back.
"I would like to tell you...", began the redhead counselor, "...but that will the princess has to tell"
Once they reached the main hall, the four villains saw the princess waiting impatiently. Always very good dressed, with her long pink dress, her sparkling golden hair and her light blue amulet around her neck.
"Good morning!", greeted cheerful joyful the princess when she saw the four dwarfs, and behind them, Starchbottom approaching "I hope you slept well"
"Good morning, Delightful", greeted Sleepy, "We had a good night's sleep, actually"
Lord Starchbottom just rolled his eyes at the declaration of the dwarf black and white hair, considering that he saw them almost at midnight the day before in the royal kitchen.
Why he felt that these dwarfs plotting something bad?
"Bashful", the princess interrupted the thoughts of her best friend as she approached to the blonde dwarf, "I don't wanna be pushy, but...", she said kneeling to get at the height of the villain, "...I would really like to hear your forgiveness for what happened yesterday"
"Don't apologize, princess", smiled Bashful seeing the perfect opportunity to launch the plan, "I was the stupid that exaggerated and then I blamed you for everything"
The princess smiled slightly as she realized that Bashful actually meant it. She considered strange that behavior coming from someone so sinister and unfeeling. But he seemed so sincere...
"It's more!", exclaimed Bashful with a gentle smile, "I have a gift for you in compensation for the way I treated you"
At that moment, Bashful showed the beautiful flowers during all this time remained hidden behind his back. Starchbottom carefully observed the actions of the villain, if something bad hatched. An evil gleam shone in the eyes of the blond, and a strange green light shone in the flowers, but it seems that only Starchbottom noticed it.
"Oh, so beautiful!", exclaimed the princess holding the bouquet of flowers, rising from her heels, fascinated with the gift of the villain.
"Delightful flowers for a Delightful princess", recited Bashful, smiling.
"Well, I don't know what to say, Bashful", Delightful sighed, admiring the beautiful flowers in her hands, smiling pleasantly at the dwarf.
"Don't say anything", replied the blonde smiling, "It's a pleasure"
The princess was so amazed with flowers that gave the villain, without thinking twice, she approached the bouquet to her face and breathed deeply to inhale the scent of flowers. The strange green glow of the flowers began to fade, and when the smell came through the nostrils of the princess, the magic began its work.
"Umm... it smell... a bit strange...", said the princess, some dizzy for that scent.
"Don't you like it?", asked Bashful, without losing his smile.
"No, no! I really like it... Umm... It's just that... that...", suddenly Delightful head began to spin, and she felt as if everything around disappeared... except the dwarf in front of her. Something inside the princess began to feel very strange. Suddenly, all her attention stopped on the blond villain. Her heart began to race and her cheeks turned red.
"Wow, Bashful...", Delightful sighed, staring at the dwarf almost hypnotic gaze, "...You always had those eyes so pretty?"
Bashful's smile grew wider when he realized the attitude of the princess. It was perfect. She was enchanted...
"Thank you, Delightful", thanked the smiling dwarf to the princess, "Your eyes are pretty too"
"You have a beautiful smile...", sighed Delightful, completely hypnotized. Bashful couldn't help blushing a little with the princess compliments, but he had to hold back... anyway, it was just a spell.
"W-Well t-thank you, princess", stammered blushed the blonde dwarf.
"You're very attractive...", smiled blushing the princess, still see the eyes of Bashful.
"O-Oh... Umm... W-Well..."
"Really... very handsome..."
"T-Thanks, again", stammered in response the flushed dwarf.
Starchbottom didn't understand what happened to the princess, but he knew that whatever happened should wait for later. They had work to do.
"Delightful... Delightful!", shouted the exasperated royal advisor, awakening from trance to the princess, who kept sighing for the blonde dwarf.
"What? What happened?", reacted Delightful, finally diverting his view of the villain.
"The project... the mentors... remember?", recalled the redheaded counselor to the blonde maid confused.
"Oh, right!", recalled the princess before heading to the four villains beside her, "Boys, the day 2 of our project will consist of..."
"Something associated with mentors?", interrupted Grumpy, finishing the sentence of the blonde girl.
"Exactly, Grumpy!", grinned the princess to the burly dwarf before heading to her best friend, "Starchbottom, make them pass please"
The redhead counselor nodded smiling and obeyed the orders of his best friend. He ran to the hallway door and opened it, letting in who were waiting impatiently to help the Jollywood future queen.
Three people came, two dwarfs and a girl. The four villains looked confused at the three visitors who came with Starchbottom to them. The three subjects came off the princess and villains, and nicest and kindest smiles, politely greeted the future Queen.
Delightful also saluted before heading excited to the dwarfs beside her.
"Guys, they're going to be your mentors!"
"What!?", exclaimed the four villains in unison, shocked. Longer they have to endure the princess, and now would be the apprentices of these subjects?
"Isn't it amazing?", asked the princess, giving small jumps with excitement. She had extreme confidence that her idea of the mentors it works.
The villains looked at each other angry, unable to believe that they would now have to deal with mentors. After they got the Royal Ruby and they own Jollywood, Doc had better give them a great reward for all this hard work.
Delightful noticed the irritation of the dwarves upon learning the situation of the mentors, so she quickly decided to take the initiative before the villains were against to the project.
Quickly, the princess walked to mentors and smiled.
"Grumpy...", called the blond girl to the long brown beard dwarf, "Your mentor will be Cobby"
A cheerful dwarf stepped forward to approach the grumpy villain. He had red hair with a small beard of the same color on his chin. He wore a green shirt with a tie, gray trousers and brown shoes, to finish with a typical artisan apron.
"Hi, how are you!", greeted the dwarf, "I'm Cobby, nice to meet you"
Grumpy only carefully watched the redheaded dwarf before complaining loudly and frown at his new mentor.
"Umm... Okay", began the princess somewhat annoyed by the unexpected reaction of the villain, before heading to the next dwarf, "Sleepy, Old Women will be your mentor"
An elderly dwarf took a step toward the villains to presented. With lifeless hair and face full of wrinkles, Old Women wore a faded pink dress and dirty apron tied around his waist.
"Hello, boys", Old Women spoke quietly, "It's a pleasure"
"She!?", exclaimed incredulously the villain with white and black beard, "She's gonna be my mentor!?"
"Umm, yeah", the princess spoke again, still disappointed in the attitude of the two villains. I hope Sneezy react better, she thought.
"Sneezy, she is Little Red Riding Hood"
A young girl, high for the villains, stepped closer the dwarf of brown and blue hair. A cheerful smile and a long red hood was the first thing that stood out from the young girl. She had brown hair tied in two braids on each side. She wore a blue dress with a small apron, and carried a small wicker basket with her.
"Hi everyone!", greeted cheerful young, "I'm Little Red Riding Hood, but you can call me Little Red"
Sneezy silent watching the girl in front of her, then he smiled slightly and after a few seconds, burst into laughs. Delightful smiled hopefully that would be a sign of approval from the villain. Nevertheless:
"It must be a joke!", laughed the villain of hairs brown and blue, "She? Really?"
"Yes, Sneezy... I'm serious", Delightful spoke with some disappointment to see the reactions of the villains. Maybe she was wrong, but it seemed that the four didn't want to even try to be good... But if so, why they have agreed to be part of the project?
"And me!? What about me!?", cried the blonde, somewhat annoyed at having been forgotten.
"Oh, well...", Delightful smiled sweetly as she approached to the blond dwarf, "You're cute, and very attentive..."
"Delightful, he's referring to the mentors", Starchbottom corrected.
"Oh, of course!", said the princess, without even paying attention to the correctness of his counselor, only hypnotizing with the eyes of the blond villain.
"The princess decided she would be your mentor, Bashful" said Starchbottom, realizing that his friend was not paying attention.
"What!?", exclaimed astonished the blond. In truth he didn't expect that... If he had known he would have to spend every day with her, he wouldn't have given her a love spell.
Delightful fully flushed to remember that she was to be the mentor of Bashful. She really felt butterflies in her stomach to think that would be a long time with him.
The other three villains chuckled, seeing the situation that had been Bashful. Perhaps all this will be fun, thought the three dwarfs.
"Oh, no...", whispered to himself the blond dwarf. Nothing could be worse for him.
"Hey, buddy", Grumpy called him in a whisper so no one else would listen, "You better treat her well... Remember that you must be her date for the coronation"
"Don't remind me, Grumpy", growled Bashful, stressed about what he had to do.
Starchbottom watched the two villains whispering and he meant something bad. He could feel it, the villains plotting something, and he was going to find it was.
"Well!", exclaimed Delightful excited, "Mentors, it's time to teach these guys the good!"
I'm sooooooooo sorry for the delay, guys! But I'm so stressed... I'll try to upload ofen... But, I'm gonna try. You know, school and exams everyday it's a problem for me. Sorry again, and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Natta's out!