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Mal and Aubrey walk into Lady Tremaine's Curl Up & Dye even though it doesn't open until midnight. Aubrey smiles as her eyes land on Dizzy, who is sweeping as she dances around.
"Mal!" Dizzy exclaims as she catches sight of her. "Is Evie back, too?"
"As if," Mal says as she pops a piece of gum into her mouth. "I, um, forgot that the place don't open till midnight. Place looks good." Dizzy laughs as she looks around.
"Oh my gosh! Princess Aubrey!" Dizzy says excitedly before bowing.
"Oh please call me Aubrey," Aubrey says with a smirk. "I'm not much for being a princess."
"So what is your deal? Has your grandmother given you any customers yet?" Mal asks.
"Ah, just a witch here and there. Mostly, it's a lot of scrubbing and scouring and sweeping. Lots and lots of sweeping," Dizzy explains.
"Sounds like the old Cinderella treatment," Aubrey says with a frown.
"Yeah, she's gone from Wicked Stepmother to Wicked Grandmother," Dizzy says causing Mal to smirk.
"That's not really much of a switch," Aubrey says causing Dizzy to nod.
"Hey, Dizzy, you used to do Evie, right?" Mal asks her.
"Yeah. I thought of the little braids," Dizzy answers with a smile.
"You have any ideas for me and Aubrey ?" Mal asks her with a smile. Dizzy squeals before looking at their hair.
"The washed-out blonde with purple tips? The best of no worlds. You can't see where your face ends and your hair begins!" Dizzy accesses causing Aubrey to giggle before pulling Mal and Aubrey into a chair and grabbing their hands. "Oh, what is this, 'Bored to Death Pink'? Hmm. How far can I go?"
"The works? I mean, whatever makes me feel like me, but, you know... way worse," Mal answers her with a smirk before looking at Aubrey.
"If it says royal or princess then I'm not for it," Aubrey says with her own smirk.
"Yay!" Dizzy says before grabbing a huge pair of scissors. Dizzy starts by cutting some of Mal's hair off then dying Mal's hair purple. She then rolls it up on cans, before sticking Mal's hair under a dryer. Dizzy then dyes Aubrey's hair a mix of blue and purple before rolling it up in cans and putting it under a dryer. Dizzy paints Mal's and Aubrey's nails black before letting out an excited squeal. Dizzy takes their hair out of the cans before spinning them around to reveal their new looks.
"Hey! There I am," Mal says as she looks in the busted mirror.
"Voila!" Dizzy exclaims causing Aubrey to smile.
"Voila," Aubrey says before handing Dizzy some cash. "I absolutely love it!"
"For me?" Dizzy asks.
"Yeah. You earned it," Mal answers her with a smile, also handing her some money. Dizzy then walks over to the register as Harry Hook enters the room.
"Fork it over, you runt," Harry says not noticing Mal and Aubrey. Harry taps the desk with his hook causing the change to move in the register. "Now the rest of it." Dizzy gives him the money. "Hmm. Thank you. Mm-hmm."
"Still running errands for Uma, or do you actually get to keep what you steal?" Mal asks as Harry turns to leave.
"Well, well, well. What a nice surprise," Harry says as he turns to face Mal and Aubrey.
"Hi, Harry," Mal says uninterested as she looks at her nails bored.
"Just wait until Uma hears you're back," Harry says as he walks over to Mal. "She's never gonna give you back your old territory."
"Oh, well, that's okay. Uh, Harry was it," Aubrey explains to Harry with a smirk. "Because we will be taking it."
"I could hurt you," Harry says as he moves some of Aubrey's hair with his hook as she looks at him unfazed. Mal quickly grabs his arm before sticking her gum on the tip of his hook.
"Not without her permission, I bet," Mal says with a smirk. Harry puts the gum in his mouth before swiping things off of the desk. Harry bows sarcastically to Mal and Aubrey before leaving.
"Great. More sweeping," Dizzy says sarcastically as Aubrey frowns.

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