here it already is, the second chapter of my own personal version of '102 Dalmatians', the sequel to the live-action version of '101 Dalmatians'. this chapter, 'Another Courtroom Visit', is a mere three-hundred-eighty-one words worth of storyline long, excluding this explanatory headnote, right here, the (mandatory) disclaimer that makes up the paragraph following this one and the comment from yours truly disguised as an author's note near the end of the chapter. OK, enough of my jawing about! time to get on with my (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.
While at the courthouse in which Cruella DeVil was once again being tried for her puppy-napping, the honorable Judge Mimi Hawthorne spoke to Miss DeVil with a voice that could have easily sent shivers down the spine of even the bravest man alive.
Judge Mimi Hawthorne: Cruella DeVil_
But just as the case was already underway, Cruella actually interrupted her honor as she spoke to the newly cured devil woman.
Cruella 'Ella' DeVil/Estella von Hellman: Do call me 'Ella'. Cruella sounds so cruel.
Her honor took Miss DeVil's surprising and rather strange request into consideration as she spoke further to the newly reformed devil woman.
Judge Mimi Hawthorne: Miss DeVil_
Her honor then cleared her throat before speaking to the newly cured devil woman any further than she had after only saying the former devil woman's last name.
Judge Mimi Hawthorne (continued): I'm releasing you into the custody of the probation office. You shall perform five-hundred hours of community service.
Then, her honor spoke to Mr. Tarte, asking him about his client.
Judge Mimi Hawthorne (continued): Mr. Tarte, your client is, I believe, a wealthy woman.
That was when Cruella's lawyer, Mr. Tarte, started to speak to the judge about her seeming assumption that the devil woman was, in fact, wealthy.
Liam Tarte: After my exorbitant fees, milady, my client's assets stand at only a mere £two-billion.
A/N: it was still a ton in England in those days, but it was a giant fee that the devil woman had to pay just for her bail from prison, nevertheless.
Her honor, the judge, continued to speak to Cruella after getting her answer about what was left of her client's money when the devil woman busied herself with getting herself out of prison by going to Doctor Strabane while he treated her crazy-brained 'condition'.
Judge Mimi Hawthorne: Then, you shall be bound over to keep the peace to the sum of £two-billion. If forfeited, the money shall be donated to the dogs' homes of the Westminster Borough. And that means that should you repeat the offense, your entire fortune shall go to the dogs.
Of course, her honor, Judge Mimi, chuckled at her little joke about her case's fortune going to the dogs should she have forfeited what the judge had made into the newly reformed devil woman's last chance. Then out of everyone else's line of vision, Madame Judge Mimi Hawthorne stamped her grant of Miss DeVil's wish for a parole onto a picture of the newly reformed devil woman from before she was put in prison.