It wasn't long before lunch wrapped up. Grace enjoyed the meal. Saying it was one of the best she ever had before skipping off to play with the sidekicks. Once she left, the villains began to chat.
"You really should get that kid on a schedule, Hades." Frollo stated, "You can't just have her run around all day."
Hades leaned back in his chair "I know, but the kid's been a maid her whole life. The least we could do is let her have some fun."
"You can still let her have fun with a routine." Gothel added, "How else do you think I put up with Rapunzel."
"Or Cinderella," Tremain added. "If you want to keep the girl in line you best start making sure she knows who's boss."
"Like give her chores!" Anastasia chimed in.
"Treat her like a servant," Dizella added with a snicker.
Hades glared at the sister as he spoke in a menacing tone "I already told you, that girl is not a servant!" Hades then rubbed back his fiery blue hair, trying to keep his temper in check. "But you are right, the kid does need a routine."
"Then it's settled." Maleficent spoke "We shall come up with a routine for Grace, it will also keep her busy while we plan for our "guest" arrival." so the villains began to come up with Grace's new schedule.
In another part of the manor Grace, Pain, Panic, Iago, and Diablo sat in the playroom Hades had conjured up, full of toys for Grace to play with. Grace had declared that she wanted to play restaurant with her new play kitchen.
After watching Hades and the others cook a few times, she wanted to be a chef once again. It was really the only chore she liked to do when her grandma was still around, even if she burnt most of the dishes. Hades ended up conjuring a play kitchen so she wouldn't burn the house down after trying to make bacon again.
She had made a few play menus, that were just pieces of paper with scribbles, and set the table with play silverware. The sidekicks all sat around, fake menus in their hands as Grace set up her kitchen.
"Remind me why we're in charge of her?" Iago squawked quietly.
"Because the others are talking about how to deal with the men that are coming over next week." Pain whispered.
When Grace was satisfied with her kitchen. She picked up a pad of paper and a blue crayon before walking over to the group of villains. "Hello, welcome to Grace's kitchen, what can I get you?"
"I'll take t..t..the eggs and bacon." Panic ordered.
"Pancakes for me." Pain added.
"I'll take some crackers." Iago squawked.
"We don't have crackers," Grace said, looking up from her notepad of orders.
Iago frowned in frustration as he pretended to look at the menu "What about pizza."
"Sure thing." she nodded, writing down his order.
Diablo then let out a squawk, trying to convey his order. Iago translated for him "He'll have the Pizza as well."
Grace wrote everything down with a smile. She nodded at the order and turned back to the kitchen to cook it. It only took a few moments before she placed the fake food onto plates and served them around the table. The sidekicks thanked her and pretended to eat the meal before them.
"Mmm." Panic said as he pretended to eat the bacon.
"The best pizza I've ever had." Iago squawked as he and Diablo pecked at the plastic.
"Thank you!" Grace said with a smile. It was then that they heard a thud come from the hallway. Everyone turned their head to the door. "Ooo, new friends!" Grace said excitedly as she leaped for the door.
"Grace, wait," Iago said as he took off after her. Opening the door, Grace saw two figures waiting outside, sitting on the ground. A Purple lady, and a muscular man. Grace reconciled them to be Yzma and Kronk from Emperor's New Groove.
"This is what happens when you pull the wrong lever!" Yzma shouted, turning her head to face Kronk.
"Sorry, Yzma. they just look so much alike." He apologizes, getting up before offering her hand. She rolled her eyes as she took it. Once standing they both looked around. "Where are we?" Kronk questioned.
"You're in my house," Grace said from the doorway. They both turned to look at her, Raising a brow. "Hi, I'm Grace." She waved.
"A child?" Yzma questioned with confusion and disgust.
It was then that Iago came over, landing on your shoulder. He looked at the new articles before you and greeted them with relief. "Hey Yzma, Kronk."
"Iago?!" they both asked with confusion.
Yzma's eyebrows furrowed as she looked at the parrot. "Iago, what is going on here?"
"You can blame the girl for that," Iago said, pointing to Grace. "Made a wish on a star."
Yzma rubbed her temples. "Well this is great." she complained "I go from dealing with a bratty emperor to a bratty child."
"Oh come on Yzma," Kronk said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Look at it this way, it's like a mini vacation!"
"This is not a vacation, Kronk!" Yzma shouted at Kronk.
It was then that two more clouds of smoke filled the room. One of white, the other one black. They swirled around till two more figures appeared. A small little chef, along with a cyborg pirate and a pink blob.
"What is the meaning of this?!" the little chef shouted as he glanced around the hall, knife in hand.
The pirate turned to his pink blob "Looks like we lost the ship again morph." the pink blob dropped his arms and frowned. By now the rest of the sidekicks had made their way over to the door to see what was going on.
"Hey, if it isn't my two favorite chefs." Kronk greeted. "Silver, Skinner, good to see you both."
Both chefs turned to the group. "Kronk, what a surprise." Silver greeted back "Don't suppose ya know why we're here?"
Kronk shrugged "Apparently it was Grace who brought us here. According to Iago."
"I child summoned us?!" Skinner questioned as he looked at the girl who was about as tall as him. She smiled at him as he narrowed his gaze. "This is outrageous. I demand to go home!"
"No can do," Iago interjected.
"What?!" they all questioned in outrage and confusion.
"You see…" Pain began
"The k..k..kids wish" Panic added
"Made it so we're all stuck here." a new voice finished. Everyone turned to look down the hall to see Hades making his way over. "Yzma, Kronk, Skinner, Silver, Morph, good to see you all."
"Hades, what is the meaning of all this? Iago said we were brought here by this brat." Yzma questioned, gesturing to Grace.
"First." Hades came over and lifted Grace into his arms. "The kid has a name and it's not Brat, it's grace. Second, yes she did make a wish on a star, and now we are all showing up. Yes, I already tried magic and so have the others, no one can go back."
"Others, you mean there more?" Skinner questioned with fury
Silver looked at Hades with uncertainty "Hades, if this turns out like that surprise vacation-"
"Trust me it won't, we all have found roles to play in this household." he then grinned "and I think you all will fit in just fine."
Silver crossed his robotic arms "And just what did ye have in mind?"
"We could use a few cooks. our cooking has been ok but it's nothing compared to what you guys can cook up." he then looked at Yzma "And you can team up with Grim to make some transfiguration potions."
"And if we refuse?" Skinner questioned in his French accent.
"Then you all can enjoy sleeping out in the wilderness." He grinned once again "So what will it be?"
"This is outrageous!" Skinner shouted. "I never agreed to this. Nor did I ask for that rat to ruin my life so I have to be stuck with the likes of you!" he pointed his knife at Hades.
Silver shrugged, "I don't see how bad it could be."
"I think it would be a wonderful idea." Kronk said as he came between the two chefs "us all cooking together once again. Just like at the reunion."
"That's what got us hating each other in the first place" Skinner shouted, looking up at Kronk.
"Well I for one, am not going back to living on the streets," Yzma said as she looked at Hades. "So where are the others?"
"Come I'll show you." he gestured for them to follow him as he began walking down the hall with Grace still in his arms.
Grace looked up at Hades with a sad face. "But I want to play."
"Sorry kid." Hades apologized as he looked down at Grace. "We need to talk to you about something, then you can play as much as you want till supper." with that, the villains Reluctantly followed Hades back to the living room.