Grace and the villains

Chefs and Chemist

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.

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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.