While the villains were getting dinner ready, Grace, Pain, Panic, and Iago were busy showing Diablo around. They were currently on the first floor when they came across the living room. Its door was shut, but there were voices coming from the inside.
Grace tilted her head to the side as she approached the door. Wondering who would be the next to arrive. She looked at the sidekicks. "Should we enter?"
Iago put himself up to the door, Raising his wing to hear better. His face dropped as he recognized the voices. "Great, the animal party has arrived."
"Animal party?!" Grace asked with excitement. She loved animals, even though she had only seen the woodland creatures from the various windows or the ones in the movies. She raced over to the door and grabbed the handle. She pulled it open causing a squeak to echo through the house.
This caught the animals, or should we say villains, by surprise. Grace's face lit up in awe as she saw two lions, a tiger, and two snakes. One of the lions was on four paws, Scar. The other was on two legs dressed in royal attire, Prince John. The tiger was on all fours, Shere Khan. There was also a snake with a hat, Sir Hiss, and a regular snake, Kaa. They all looked surprised at first, but their faces quickly changed to scowls.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Scar questioned. "One minute I'm surrounded by hyenas, and now I'm surrounded by" he rolled his eyes and muttered the last part "idiots."
"Idiots, I'll have you know I'm a king!" Prince John said, waving a finger in his face.
"I believe you mean prince, sire." Sir Hiss corrected.
Grace, tuning out the conversation between them, stepped forward. She greeted them with a smile. "Hi!" The villains all looked at her. "I'm Grace, are you here to help me too?"
"Help you, a Man Cub?" Shere Khan asked, a bit irritated.
Grace tilted her head "Yes, I mean, that's what the others said."
"Otherssss, what otherssss?" Kaa asked as he slithered his way in front of the group.
Grace turned to look at the Sidekicks, who hadn't moved from the doorway. The animals all looked in the same direction, the sidekicks gave friendly waves and their faces as the animals' faces immediately dropped. "Great, now we really are surrounded by idiots," Scar repeated as he sat on his hind leg, putting one of his paws over his eyes."
"Who ya callin' an idiot!" Iago squawked as he flew over and landed on her shoulder.
"Would you please stop it with the name-calling?" Sir Hiss said to Scar before looking at Grace and Iago "Would someone please tell us what's going on?"
"You're here because, well," Grace tried to explain, but she didn't even have the answers herself.
"We're here to help her." Pain said as he raced into the room, standing beside her.
"You mean to say this, man-cub brought us here?" Shere Khan asked, spying Grace suspiciously.
"Y..y..yes," Panic said. "S..s..she wished on a s..s..star, and w..w..well"
"It looked like it brought us here one by one." Iago squawked, followed by a crow from Diablo.
"So a wish brought ussss here?" Kaa questioned as Grace nodded.
"I didn't know that was gonna happen," she responded sheepishly. "But I'm glad you're here to help. I like animals."
"As much as we would love to help you, we have our own agendas," Scar said sarcastically, getting back on his paws. "Now how do we get back home?"
"Afraid that's not an option." a new voice said. Everyone turned to the doorway to see Hades standing there. "Hades!" Grace shouted, running over to him. Iago flew off her shoulder as she ran into the god's arms. "Hay Kiddo," he said, picking her up. "I see you found more company."
Grace nodded, "I like them, their animals."
Hades Raised a brow "Do you even know who they are?"
Grace nodded as she pointed to each character as she listed their names and what movie they were from. "That's Scar, he took the throne from brother till Simba Killed him. That's Kaa and Shere Khan, they used to rule the Jungle. And that's Prince John and Sir Hiss, they used to rule Nottingham."
The animals all looked dumbfounded, surprised to know she knew all about them. "Guess you do know them." Hades praised as he sat you on your feet. "Why don't you head to the dinner table whilst I let our new guest know the situation, ok?"
"Yay, food!" Grace cried as she raced for the dinner table.
Once Grace was out of earshot, Shere Khan was the first to speak. "Quite the company you keep, hades."
"Hey, I didn't ask to be taking care of a child." Hades crossed his arms.
"Then why ssstil have her around, why have you disssposed of her yet?" Kaa questioned
That was when Hades stepped forward into the room. His head started to turn red. "Because that kid has been through more than any of us."
"Please Hades, what could that kid have gone through that could be worse than us?" Sir Hiss questioned.
Hades's eyes widened as he explained harshly about what had happened to Grace. His hair started to turn a fury red and he spoke in a low but menacing voice. He finished his explanation with a warning. "If any of you dare lay a paw, tail, or claw on her, I swear I'll send you to the underworld fast then you can say Zuze."
"Mummy!" Prince John shouted before putting his thumb in his mouth. The villains all rolled their eyes at Prince John's outburst, except Sir Hiss who went to comfort his master. Scar looked up at Hades. "You were right, that girl has been through more than us, but just how are we supposed to help her?"
Hades smoothed out his hair, returning it to its normal shade of blue. "We've been putting together a plan, I'm not sure how John will fit into the equation but I think you, Shere Khan, and Kaa will play a good role."
"And jussst what do we get in return?" Kaa questioned.
Hades crossed his arms once again. "Simple, you help out with the plan, you can stay here with the rest of us."
The animals all looked at each other before nodding. "Very well Hades, not like we have another choice." Shere Khan said.
"Excellent." That is when Hades began to explain what they had in mind before heading to the dining room.
In the dining room, Grace was watching as Jafar magically set the table with his staff. She watched with glee as the cups, plates, and silverware magically flew across the table to its correct place.
It was then that Facilier and Grimhilda entered with a pot full of spaghetti and meatballs. They sat it down in the middle of the table before taking their seat. Grimhilda took the seat on the Far left, then Facilier, followed by Jafar. Next to enter was Maleficent and Ursula who was now in her human form. Maleficent took the end, While Ursula took the seat to her left. Then there was Cruella who took the seat in between Grace and Ursula. It was a moment before they started to question Hades and the Sidekick's whereabouts.
"Where Hades?" Maleficent asked impatiently.
"He's talking to the new guys," Grace said.
"New guys?" the villains question in unison. Just then Hades, the sidekicks, and newcomers came in. "Look what the wish pulled in." Hades said sarcastically as the villains all rolled their eyes at each other.
"Grate, this place is turning into a zoo," Jafar mumbled.
"Says the man who could barely hold his throne for five minutes." Scare retorted.
"Says the lion that was defeated by his nephew." Jafar countered. At that scar growled, ready to pounce on him when Hades stepped between the two. "Listen, I know none of us are happy to see each other, but if we're all gonna be under the same roof, then we need to be nice to each other," he said the word nice with distaste. "Now let's have some dinner."
Hades conjured up some dog bowls for the snakes, lions, and tigers. Prince John, however, ended up throwing a hissy fit about how he wasn't a savage animal. Getting fed up, Hades extended the table, allowing him to sit down with the rest of them, which none of the villains were happy about.
They then finally started the dinner service. Hades snapped his finger once again, allowing an equal distribution onto everyone's plate. Except Grace who was given a smaller portion. They all dug in. Grace gobbled her down so fast, that she asked for seconds and finished them before any of the other villains finished their first serving. By the time the meal was over for everyone, Grace let out a yawn, boy was she tired?
"Sleepy kiddo?" Hades questioned to which she nodded. Cruella then stood up and lifted you into her arms. "I'll take care of her tonight." she cooed as she carried Grace upstairs to her bedroom. Once upstairs she changed graces into a brand new nightgown she had made. It was a solid purple with bright pink trim. She then tucked the little one into bed and kissed her on the forehead. "Goodnight, my little fashionista."
"Goodnight," Grace whispered as she closed her eyes and drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
