sorry, no insert from yours truly guised as an author's note this time. feel free to make your own comments about this technically tenth chapter of my version of '102 Dalmatians'. just make sure you keep it from being anything hateful. any hateful comments will result in blacklisting for the author of said comments. anyway, this tenth chapter that's listed as chapter thirteen in my story is a full nine-hundred-thirty-five words of storyline long. the storyline of which, of course, doesn't include this explanatory headnote or the (mandatory) headnote which makes up the following paragraph, either. speaking of which, would you look at that? it's already time for said obligatory disclaimer.

disclamation: I don't own '102 Dalmatians' in any way, shape, or form. I mean, I own it on DVD, but I was only seven when it first appeared in theaters, at all. so, it wouldn't even be natural for me to have owned '102 Dalmatians', at all. I also don't own either of the '101 Dalmatians' movies. I was but two or three years old when the live action remake came out, and when the original animated classic of '101 Dalmatians' came to theaters, I didn't even exist, yet. all these films are owned by the Walt Disney Movie Productions Company and by Dodie Smith.

The following day in the probation office building, Kim begrudgingly awaited her newest probational caseload, 'Ella' De Vil. Just as she looked at the photo of Patch and his family, she suddenly felt a presence come into her office. She gasped right away and was gasped at just before she realized which presence approached her right as she looked at her photograph of her dog family along with the newest parole order after she had been hand-picked by Fan to look. It was none other than her own probational caseload, Cruella De Vil, herself.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: Miss De Vil.

'Ella' only said one word to Kim in response to her acknowledgement of the former devil woman's presence in her office.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: Yes?

Of course, 'Ella' only had a sickly-sweet smile on her face as she responded to Kim's acknowledgement of her to avoid seeming uncomfortable to be in the probation office for the first time since she had been cured. Kim only looked at her wristwatch just before she gave her response back to Miss De Vil in return.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: You're five minutes late. It's a good start.

It certainly was a good start to her third chance at her trust-worth with the new probation office. But 'Ella' strove for perfection in that performance anyway. Of course, it meant she wanted no blemishes on her last chance at model citizenry.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: Oh well, perhaps your clock's a smidge fast.

Kim then held out her hand to 'Ella' as the young woman in question tried to introduce herself to her new probational caseload.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: I'm your probation officer, Kimberly Sefton.

'Ella', however, only walked over to the caseload's chair in Kim's office.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: Yes, of course, you are.

Then, 'Ella' just had to change the subject about what Kim was trying to do with her newest caseload and completely blow the session out of proportion with her next words.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman (continued): And we're going to be such friends.

Naturally, Kim remembered that her male dog, Patch, said that she should not have had to become friends with Miss De Vil. 'Ella' had tried to force fate to renege on Patch's promise to his new owner. Kim just was not even a little interested at all in becoming friends with Miss De Vil, and she had wanted nothing more than to keep her relationship with 'Ella' on a strictly business professional basis.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: Hmm. Friends.

As 'Ella' took her seat, she continued to speak to Kim about what she wanted to do for her probation rather than what Kim had in mind for her.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: You are going to help me be a useful member of society, aren't you? Find me a little niche somewhere? Could you manage something with puppy dogs?

Of course, Kim knew perfectly well what could happen if she let a person such as Miss De Vil anywhere near dogs or fur fashion or anything else that may trigger whatever savagery she still had left in her. She did not care if 'Ella' had been cured recently, especially not when she had one of the dalmatian puppies out of whom Miss De Vil had almost made into a fur coat as one of her own dogs. She could just not afford to put hers or any dogs at risk ever again. Kim had to do something to prevent 'Ella' from achieving the privilege to pay off her debt to society anywhere near any kind of animal.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: I see you more as a coal miner, or something in the sewers, perhaps.

Of course, it was only all too natural that 'Ella' was upset that she suddenly seemed destined to never work with dogs again as she had really wanted and needed to. It was, after all, what she had wanted to do with herself for the sake of paying off her debt to society. It was such a shame that Kim had decided from where she claimed to see her that the brown-haired young woman had decided that 'Ella' was not in need of the temptation.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: Ah, I see.

That was when Miss De Vil suddenly noticed the photo on Kim's desk.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman (continued): Oh! You have doggies?

Of course, Kim suddenly realized that the photograph of her dog family, alone, was already temptation enough for 'Ella' to return to having been Cruella at the time. She had to reclaim her photo, at which she succeeded.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton: Yes, and I don't want you looking at them.

Then, Kim suddenly realized that she had been a little rough shot with her own probational caseload. It had even been the woman's first probational session with her, no less. She had to apologize to Miss De Vil.

Kimberly 'Kim/Kimmy' Sefton (continued): I'm sorry. I_ Listen, can we just be sensible about this?

As she apologized to her, however, 'Ella' just looked at another photograph on Kim's desk that also held dogs in it. Then, Miss De Vil just gave Kim yet another sickly-sweet smile as though she had already found her niche for which to become a useful member of society.

Cruella 'Ella' De Vil/Estella von Hellman: Yes! Let's. Well, must dash. Bye.

With her last words in the rather short first session with her new probation officer, Miss De Vil suddenly walked out the door as she bid Kim farewell. Of course, Kim, herself, had every right to have been thoroughly confused about 'Ella's sudden leave from her office when the session only just began at the time.