WARNING: THERE ARE SUBTLE SPOILERS FOR THE LOST TALES OF FANTASIA IN THIS CHAPTER

She looked almost like a regular teenage girl. She was a fair deal more attractive than most, and she was wearing gloves, but otherwise perfectly normal. She wore loose blue jeans, and a green sweater that complimented her skin tone over a white shirt with the top buttons undone. Her hair was in a ponytail, and her bangs fell over her shapely glasses.

Then she took off the gloves, and she turned from a fairly attractive girl, into a fairly attractive girl with a pair of mechanical hands.

They lit up with green flame and she gestured for the kids at the other side of the gym to come forward. "Let's go, we don't have all day!"

The timer started, and a dummy girl was lowered from the ceiling down to a pit in the middle of the gym filled with more moving sharp bits than a parisian kitchen. "Save me!" It cried in an electronic voice.

The first girl flew forward, and she was quickly side-stepped. Shego hit her in the back of the neck. "Try not flying directly into your enemy's fists Jetstream. Especially if you can fly around your enemy and save a hostage first. Like Adam." She lit up a hand and a stream of fire deterred a teen who had feathers growing out of his arm, and he ran straight into a pole to avoid it. "Never let your enemy decide where you should go Adam, fight on your own terms!"

The next kid ran up to her. "Prepare to meet my –"

Shego silenced him before he could go any further. "What did I tell you about talking during a fight Stronghold?" She tripped him up, and used his momentum to slam him into another student.

"Not to." Stronghold groaned.

"Mind your surroundings Parr, a new attack could come from anywhere." Shego informed the student underneath Stronghold.

The students were encircling her now, and she set up a ring of green fire around the dummy and the pit. "Nice flanking, but try to be a little less obvious about it. Take turns attacking me and trying to save the citizen, don't all go after her except for a few of you."

"What if a few is all we need?" The next student lunged forward in a kung-fu stance.

She played along with him a little while, before rebuffing him. "Battle, try using more than one of your powers at a time, okay? If you'd hit me with your eye-beams while we were fighting you might have gotten somewhere."

Another girl tried to freeze her with some sort of ray she'd hidden on her, but she melted her ice. "Never attack someone with opposing powers, unless you're sure you're the more powerful one."

Another kid did try to shoot her with eye beams. She didn't even dodge as the beam impacted her in the shoulder. "In the real world, you don't want to aim to wound." She set fire to the guy's pants.

One by one, she dismantled her student's attempts to save the citizen. It went on for a while before Ms. Powers and Principal Stronghold walked through the doors. "Ms. Go!" The Principal called out.

"Just give me a minute!" She called. "Sorry boys, looks like we're going to have to wrap the lesson up a little early." She was facing down two boys, one was a rock monster, and the other had sonic powers. She grabbed the latter by his mullet and twisted it, his scream hitting the rock guy full force and propelling him across the room.

"Teamwork Boomer, and a better hairstyle, would serve you well." She let him go and put her gloves back on. "Class dismissed."

The dummy fell into the pit, and was torn to pieces. A stray leg flew out, and Shego caught it without a glance. "Good morning Principal Stronghold. Am I in trouble?"

"No." The Principal said, shooting daggers at his son with his eyes. Not literally of course.

"It's your family Shego." Her colleague Ms. Powers said. "They're…"

She didn't get to finish. Shego was already out the door. "Those idiots. If anything happens to them, I am going to…"

Hey miss?

Shego opened her eyes.

She was staring straight into the face of the cutest little red-headed girl she'd ever seen, hugging a little bunny rabbit doll. Behind her, were three or four more snot-nosed brats.

"Hey Miss, are you sleeping?" She asked.

Shego pondered this question thoroughly, and decided it was far too early to deal with stuff like this, so she closed her eyes and tried to pretend the little girl wasn't there.

The little girl poked her again. "Miss, if you're not sleeping, could you tell us where the bathroom is? Charley had an accident."

Shego opened her eyes and the children were still there.

"Draaakkeeeeen!"

The children screamed and ran for cover as Shegostormed out of bed. She put on a robe, and put in her contact lenses. "Drakken come out here so I can kill you!" She picked up the gloves Drakken had designed to look seamlessy like her real hands…

And saw the ring on the finger of one of her gloves.

She sighed, and slipped the fake flesh hands over her mechanical hand. Alright, so maybe she wouldn't kill her fiancée.

She strode out of her room, a gaggle of children following her, and began searching the evil lair for Drakken. To her surprise, there were even more children running around like they owned the place. She did a quick check, and made sure to close the shark pit. "Drakken!"

"Over here Shego!"

She moved over to the sound of his voice, and saw Drakken talking to their last two minions and an old lady.

"Drew, why is our evil lair filled with adorable children? And, oh my gosh, you're wearing pants."

Drakken usually wore pants, but he also usually wore a dress over the pants. Now, he was dress-less, wearing a normal suit. It was rather off-putting, seeing him in a suit with his blue skin and giant yellow petals, wearing a suit for the first time in… ever.

"Ah, Shego, yes, well, you remember how when I insisted we become supervillains, you insisted that we put 'your hearts desire in the event that I turn good again' on the payment form for our minions?"

Shego didn't like where this was going.

"Well, Horace and Jasper here wanted to run an orphanage. So, I used that last of the money you stole from the yakuza to turn our evil lair into a bonafide home for parent-less children."

Shego sighed. When she'd first run away with Drakken, she'd gone along with his villainous behavior because she knew one day she'd find the monster who'd messed with his mind and have him changed back. Fortunately, his head was effected somehow by the mutant plant growth formula, otherwise she'd still be searching in between stealing candy from babies.

But, as it turned out, going good was more difficult than going bad. When you go bad, you give yourself a license do to whatever you want, and who cares about the rest of the world? When you go good after being bad, you have a broken image, no source of income, and old habits like making children cry, or beating the minions when they got annoying were hard to break.

Not counting her own problems, which included her autistic fiancée, their former minions bleeding their money reserves dry, and her new teaching position.

"Horace." She hissed. "Charley here had an accident."

"Oh, right away Ms. Shego." Horace hurried out, and Shego strode over to Drakken. "Where are we supposed to live now?"

"Oh, I'm sorry." The lady said. "I'm Mildred, I owned the orphanage down the street before it was shut down. I wouldn't want to impose…"

"Save it." Shego said. "It's not like I'm going to kick you lot out." She turned to Drakken. "Drew, did you think beyond this at all?"

He shrugged. "Maybe we can live here! Neither of us have parents after all!"

Shego clenched her fists and reminded herself that it was no longer acceptable to attack him.

"We are not living with an army of snot-nosed brats."

"Then maybe I could find us a new place." Drakken pondered the situation carefully. "I know! We still have that circus tent from that time with the clown ninjas!"

Shego sighed. At least he was trying. "Don't worry Drew, I'll find us a place."

"I'm truly sorry…" Mildred began, but Shego just held up a hand to silence her.

"After quitting time today I'll see about finding us a new place to live." She sighed. "And Drakken,

"Great!" He turned the Mildred. "And maybe we could take one of these kids with us? I mean, what are orphans for if not to adopt?"

The nearest children yelled with happiness and gathered around him. Shego sighed, and hoisted Jasper up to eye level. "Do. Not. Let him adopt. Anyone!"

"Yes Ms. Shego!"

Shego was okay being an assistant teacher for Drakken, but that was all science. She wanted to teach people something physical. So when the Dean passed around sheets for an assistant coach for the football team, she signed up immediately.

She did not expect to see anybody she knew there. But as she walked into the stadium, she heard the voice she least wanted to hear.

"Let's show some hustle people!" Coach Barkin called out.

"Barkin?" Shego stared in disbelief.

"Shego?" Barkin spun around and dropped his clip-board.

There was an awkward silence for a small while.

"Well… how ya doing Shego?" He asked.

"Good… good… I'm engaged."

"Really!" Barkin managed to hold back a nervous laugh.

"Yeah. Sorry for um… you know, leading you on. I wasn't myself back then."

"How were you not yourself?" Barkin asked.

"Well, there was this thing called the attitudinator, and it flipped people between good and evil, but I was in between those two to begin with, so…"

"You know what, I don't want to know." Barkin said. "Let's just put the past behind us and focus on these try-outs."

"Right. Good idea."

Barkin blew the whistle, and the troops fell in. Guys of all shapes and sizes lined up for try-outs, some huge, some fat, some skinny. Shego saw Ron in the line-up, and tried to remind herself why this was a good idea.

Then she saw a flash of red hair, and on closer inspection of the person behind it, she felt the corners of her mouth smirk.

"Alright everybody!" Coach Barkin said. "Do you know why you are here? You are here because you like to play football, but you aren't good enough for a scholarship! Meet our two scholarship winners!"

He gestured to Ron, and a new kid. "Ron Stoppable, your team vice-captain…"

"Vice what?" Ron asked.

"… He may not look like much, but he's the fastest kid I've ever seen! And this is your Team Captain, Vince LaSalle. He will be the Quarterback, and he is also, coincidentally, the winner of this university's Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, and Tennis scholarships. He has so many scholarships, the university is paying him to be here! As far as you are concerned, LaSalle and I are the top dogs! If we say roll over, you roll over!"

Shego noted, with annoyance, that Barkin didn't include her on the list of top dogs. Although, it was probably smart not to make Ron a top dog.

"Now, let's start with some basic exercises, to weed out the wannabes."

"I want you to split into four teams of twenty-five!" Vince yelled out. "I want one team running, one team passing…"

Shego stopped listening. Vince had obviously coached before; he was letting them choose where their strengths were before he cut them down. He probably didn't know this, but he was also letting them establish leaders.

When Ron took off running, the people who wanted to run ran with him. She kept her eyes on the red-head she'd noticed earlier. Not many would see it, but when the tacklers tackled the dummies, she was pushing more than anybody else.

Coach Barkins jogged over to the runners, while Shego sauntered over to the tacklers.

"Wait a minute…" Vince caught on, and jogged towards her. "You! What's your name?"

The red-head took off her helmet. "My name's Lor." She said. "Lor McQuarrie"

"Well, I'm sorry Lor, but this is a men's football team." Vince said.

"Yeah dude, I know." She grinned. "I checked the rulebook though. Under the Hastings act, any school that doesn't have a woman's team in a sport, a woman can join the men's team. Unless the school passes a rule against it, which this school hasn't."

"It's true." Vince was about to say something, when Shego cut in. "I read the rulebook thoroughly before I took this job."

"What in the name of sweaty gym socks is a girl doing here?" Barkin barked.

"I signed up for assistant coach." Shego said, calm as he marched towards them.

"Not you girl! Her girl!" Barkin pointed at Lor.

"I'm here to try out for the team." Lor said.

"It's all in the rules." Shego said. "We've been over this before you got here. She can try out."

Barkin nodded. "Fine."

"And Vince." Shego turned to him. "A leader has to lead from the front. You go try-out too. Just because you're already Captain, doesn't mean you shouldn't exercise."

She watched them for the rest of the try-outs. Vince surprised her, in that he actually managed to keep pace with Ron. And Lor was definitely in the upper percentile of most of the so-called athletes on the field. Especially in tackling.

During the part of practice where they divided into Offense and Defense and played a mock game, Barkin took a kid the size of a minivan aside, Gus Griswald. "I want you to crush her." He said.

"But sir… I'm a Buddhist…"

"I don't care if you don't eat eggs, just make sure she doesn't get up."

Shego would have intervened, but she wanted to see where Lor's limits were. She saw Gus whisper something to Lor, and Lor smile at him, before they met each other in the middle. They struggled for a moment, but eventually Lor pushed him off and intercepted Vince's throw. Shego noticed Vince get unusually flabbergasted.

"How did she…" He stared.

Then it was Lor's turn to play offense. She went for a wide receive, and when she got the ball she ran. She wasn't faster than Ron or Vince, but even though Vince tackled her at the legs she still kept on running! And then when she was five yards from the finish line, Ron Stoppable stepped in front of her, and she plowed straight through him!

"Why are all the important girls in my life red-heads?" Shego pondered. She'd definitely have to help Lor reach her full potential. This was a girl who could plow through a monkey master.

"She… she…" Vince was stunned.

After try-outs, Shego went over to Barkin to discuss Lor, but Ron Stoppable stepped in front of her. "Shego, what are you and Drakken planning?"

"What…" She glared at him. "I'm planning to educate the minds of hopeless kids like you."

"I'm onto you." Ron said.

"Well good for you. Don't hurt yourself."

"I mean it! I know mystical monkey kung-fu! If you hurt K.P., so help me…"

"Step off sidekick." Shego turned his back on him. "If I do decide to do something evil, you'll be the first to know."

"Aha! I knew it!"

Shego mumbled to herself. Now on top of having to deal with Drakken and Barkin, the sidekick would probably start stalking her.

She went to the coaches office, and after a brief exchange of thoughts and veiled threats with Barkin, she went to try and do something about finding a place to live.

The House Of Mouse was an exclusive Nightclub, attended by people who were fans of the historical documentaries of Walt Disney. Everybody dressed up like their favorite historical figures, and went to have a good time.

"Well Shego… this is certainly an exciting visit." Mickey said, as she sat down in her balcony seat.

"Thanks for meeting me Mickey." Shego said.

"Well, we are old friends Shego." Mickey said, sitting down himself and taking off his mouse mask.

"You can turn back into a mouse if it makes you feel more comfortable." Shego said.

Mickey shrugged. "I'm used to being a human nowadays… it doesn't scare the cutomers."

Shego frowned. "Are you… scared of me?"

"Asked the criminal wanted in more than half the states, to the wielder of mouse magic?" Mickey smiled. "No Shego, I'm not scared of you. But… if it's all the same to you, I don't want to let my guard down after what you did to the Baron."

Shego shrugged. "I guess I deserved that. How are things going for you?"

Mickey sighed. "Well, Guinevere is being more distant lately. She hasn't been the same since you stole from her company you know."

"It's not my fault G has such an influential company." Shego said. "I've stolen from other people too."

"Yes, I've heard." Mickey sighed. "Are you going to come back to the side of justice any time soon?"

"I already have." Shego said. "And Drew's proposed to me." She held out her hand with a ring on it.

"Oh, golly!" Mickey stared at the ring. "When's the big day? Am I invited?"

"We haven't settled on a date yet Mickey." Shego said. "First we have to find a place to live. We've used up all of our money to repay the companies we've stolen from, and to give our minions their lives back. We're out of money, and our lairs are all occupied. We need a place to stay."

"Hmmm…" Mickey thought for a while. "Well, I'm a little pressed for finances too these days."

"You?" Shego asked. "You're Guinevere's true love, and you practically own Walt Disney Studios!"

Mickey shrugged. "I never ask for Guinevere's help unless I can't something on my own. And you know me, I always have a trick up my sleeves. But… I don't want to do something that Guinevere might disapprove of. Talk to her first. If she thinks you're on the straight and narrow, I'll gladly help you."

The C.E.O. of Ideaco. Sat in her chair and glared at Shego. She housed herself in a home-made robotic body, making it big, strong-jawed, and stern-looking, making her look far more intimidating than if she'd faced Shego up front. Shego wasn't one to get scared easily… but She'd seen G take on demons with nothing but a paperclip. And they'd ended on bad terms.

"Now… let me get this straight…"

Shego gulped.

"After the stunt you pulled... after robbing from my company several times in pursuit of world domination… you want me to give you money for a new house, just because we were friends?"

"If that's not too much trouble." In a fight, Shego would win. But G didn't fight. She problem solved.

G's robotic body sat a little straighter. "And why would I think that this isn't some sort of trap? Why shouldn't I just call in my friends, or field test the special 'green ray' I've been developing? Why should I trust you ever again?"

Shego clenched her fists. She knew she couldn't get angry. "I didn't come here to talk about the past."

"It's not the past yet!" G glared angrily. "You were like a sister to me, and you never even said you're sorry! You're still not saying sorry!"

If Shego still had her powers, her eyes would have glowed green. She stood up. "You know why I did what I did! It's because I think every person should be saved, not just most! I didn't come here to be yelled at, I came here to ask you a favor! If you don't want to do me any, then I'll just leave!"

Shego turned to go.

"Stop!" A steel wall slammed down in front of the doors, and without missing a beat, Shego grabbed a chair and ran to the window, throwing it out a split second before jumping out herself, and a split second before another steel wall separated her from an old friend.

The Hundred Acre Project. Shego walked hesitantly across the main foyer, over the symbol of the Galactic Council etched on the floor. The Hundred Acre Project was a Terran shelter for all aliens in search of a place they could call a sanctuary, run by a king among men, and one of the few people Shego, or the Galactic Council trusted.

Shego looked at the map on the wall. "Hoo boy… this place sure has changed…"

"Hi Shego!" Tigger bounced by behind her, leading three baby tiggers along.

"Hi Tigger." Shego said distractedly.

Tigger skidded to a stop and did a double take. "Shego!"

Shego froze. "Oh…"

"Kids, go sound the alarm!" Tigger put himself in front of his children, and his whole body began to coil together like a spring.

"Now hold on Tigger!" Shego yelled. "I'm not here to steal anything this time, I'm here to talk to –"

Tigger bounced towards her like a rocket, and she barely managed to jump over him in time. Of the martial artists she knew, Tigger was one of the five that she knew were better than her.

"Tigger, you cotton-brained abomination of science, I am not the enemy here!" But she knew reasoning with him wouldn't be any good, so she made a mad dash for the exit before one of his kids could sound the alarm.

"Yup, and that's what you said to trick me into helping you last time!" Tigger said. "Lilo said I shouldn't listen to anything you have to say!"

"Lilo would give me two seconds to explain!" She caught Tigger as he launched forward and put him into an arm lock, but he steered his path using his tail, knocking her into a wall.

Thankfully she was carried onto the other side of the foyer. She lit a green flash in her hands, blinding Tigger, then kicking the striped menace away before making a mad dash for the door.

Tigger recovered quickly, but by the time he made it to the doors, Shego'd disappeared into the city, and chasing after her would mean exposing himself. "Oh, Cobra Bubbles won't like this." Tigger muttered. He turned to the doorman. "Alex, why did you let her in? Didn't Cobra warn you not to let her in?"

Alex Foix-Pevensie shrugged. "Hey, Bubbles knew when he took me in that I'm one of the forty thieves. We have a code, and I'm not going to stop one of us from going anywhere. Besides, she teaches at my university! I need my grades up to keep this internship."

The Alarm sounded.

Shego stood in front of Go tower. She could go there… her brothers probably wouldn't be so unforgiving as to let her find her own place… it wouldn't be a very big commute to work at least...

Hego came crashing out of the door, and she heard Mego's voice yelling at him. "Never touch my shampoo you Cro-Magnon!"

Absolutely not!

The room was a few degrees chillier than normal, but she was used to it. When you were friends with the Pumpkin King, being scared took on a whole new meaning.

The Pit was the giant pit of a giant peach, that had fallen on New York a couple of years ago after escaping a giant demonic Rhino. It was home to a boy named James, and his family of insects. And it was a testament to her life with Drakken that she did not find it weird.

She sat across the table from her friend Jack Skellington, as an inexplicably French spider hovered over them. "Hohoho! It's been a while Shego!" He said energetically. "You should visit more often!"

"I know Jack, sorry." She said. "I've been busy… you know… on the other side of the law."

"Oh I understand completely." Jack laughed. This was why Shego liked him. He never judged her, unlike some of her old friends. "Have you come to ask the help of the Pumpkin King in a heist?"

"No." Shego couldn't help but smile. "No, I'm back on the side of right for now. I even have a new teaching job."

"Oh how marvelous!" Jack cheered. "I know how you love to teach. Are you back at Sky High?"

"Ugh." Shego moaned. "No. They offered to take me up again. Apparently, their new batch of students stink, the system for sorting them is flawed, and their being taught by that Boomer kid. Boomer! Of all people!"

"I take it he is an ignoramus?" The spider asked.

"To put it mildly." Shego sighed. "But I'm just not ready to go back there yet. I'm teaching at the university around the corner."

"How wonderful for you!" Jack cheered.

"The only problem is, my fiancée had filled our home with a bunch of snot-nosed brats."

Jack gasped. "Shego, you didn't tell me you had children!"

Shego's eyes widened. "What! I –"

"Oh we must schedule a playdate. I have a few skeleton children of my own you know. Oh this is just wonderful! How could you not invite me to their birthdays? Oh, did you just say you're engaged? Well, I suppose these are progressive times. You must let Sally design a dress for the wedding!"

"Jack!" Shego yelled. "Calm down, I'm not getting married in a while and I don't have children."

Jack cocked his head. "Oh? But you said –"

"Drew's turned our home into an orphanage. And now I'm looking for a place to live."

"Oh." Jack pondered that for a moment. "Well, I'd offer you a place in Halloweentown, but I don't think you could handle the daily commute."

Shego sighed. "Thanks for trying Jack, I knew it'd be a longshot."

"Oh!" Jack snapped his fingers. "I know! I have a property that just fell into my lap today! Apparantly, the Hundred Acre Project bought a new piece of land as refuge for refugee aliens, but it turned out to be unnecessary and Guinevere bought it as a new location for Mickey's nightclub. But Mickey didn't need a new nightclub, so he gave it to me, and I had my spare shipwreck moved there."

"The one you used to scare me and my friends?" The spider asked.

"That's the one!" Jack laughed. "Anyway, I can furnish up to shipwreck to be habitable in a day. It's funny, all of this lands exchanging friends hands, and it's only been since this afternoon that the land was first bought! It must be destiny!"

Shego was shocked. The Hundred Acre Project… Guinevere… Mickey… All of them gave Jack this land?

Whatever they were trying to say, whether she was forgiven, or just given a second chance… She silently thanked her friends.

It was late by the time she got back to their evil lair turned orphanage. After a day of ups and downs, she was excpecting to be able to just fall into bed, despite years of working with Drakken warning her this was far beyond optimism and into the realm of delusion.

"Shego! You're back! Help me with these adoptian papers!"

"Drakken!"

A/N: So, yeah. Originally, this was planned to be a sequel I wrote after I finished Lost Tales of Fantasia, but I decided to write both at the same time, so there will be some overlap of spoilers. Sorry. I did make them as vague as possible, so people can only figure out the twists I have planned if they're cunning.

Anyway, a lot of references in this chapter, but I'm not going to go into detail. Just watch Sky High, Meet the Robinsons, and Kim Possible, you'll get most of them. However, there is one thing I should mention. Alex Foix-Pevensie. The importance of the Pevensie family will be brought up later, as will Alex being the only descendant via Susan. Alex Foix-Pevensie is an OC, thought up by a friend of mine Dr. A. Fox (Disney lovers, I highly recommend his story The Supernovas).

Now, I'm sorry to leave you like this, wondering how Lor will be trained by Shego, how Shego's hands got cut off, who the mysterious Guinevere is, how Shego knows Jack, and what the Hundred Acre Project has to do with anything. But it can't be helped. You're just going to have to keep reading this story, as well as my other one, the Lost Tales Of Fantasia. Until then, the epic Saga of how Shego became a villain will have to wait.