Ariel was inflamed. She grabbed and yanked at her twin pigtails with her eyes bulging like she desired to pull them out of her head.

"Admit it," Mina said, thrusting her finger at the crazy blonde. "I have you cornered. You are a smart blonde. And you've used the ditzy stereotype to cover for your murder and subsequent framing!"

Ariel pulled so hard she ripped long blonde strands out of her pigtails and followed with a howl of anguish. Everyone stared, jaws hanging agape at what she had just done. She panted hard, before sighing softly. "Okay," she said, dropping the pigtails and the facade. "You got me. I can't hide from my merits anymore. I was just pretending to be an airhead and...I have an A in calculus!"

Everyone gasped but Victoria who looked baffled. "What...?" her friend asked. "I don't even know what a calculus is. Is that something you get on your fingers?"

"That's a calus," Ariel grimaced at her friend. "You tofu brained toothpick."

The judge narrowed her eagle sharp eyes at Ariel. "Miss Headly...Those are some serious charges, Miss Hawkins has leveled at you. What do you plead?"

"I can't fight this anymore," Ariel said, with tears causing her eyes to twinkle. "Yes, I did this for my nerdy little sis. For her, I killed that swine Brad Gart."

Brad Sr. practically foamed at the mouth. He balled up his fist. "You killed my son?! W-why?!"

Ariel's eyes, clear and wide, glistened with crystalline tears as she seared at Gart. "Because your son threatened to expose their relationship to the whole school. Abby was bullied enough as it was and she couldn't take it anymore. That dirty, shifty scumbag would ruin the next three years of her life. Now your awful son is in the depths of hell where he belongs!"

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Gart Sr.'s mouth dropped open and a pile of white froth formed on the corners. He dropped down quickly causing the bailiff to rush to his aid.

Ariel turned to Victoria who trembled over her friend's new sinister veneer. "And I decided to use my blondness to frame you Vicki. I got close to you just so I could do that. I'm sorry, Vicki...but I'm really not. You were just as rude...and almost as cruel as your ex."

Unlike Gart Sr. Victoria's head dropped with a look of remorse. Mina had a feeling she knew that the loyal air-headed second in command, never existed in the first place.

"And really..." Ariel said, raising her arms submissively towards the cops approaching her. "Seeing those two bullies face their final comeuppance is worth all the prison time in the world. Vicki, you may have been a mean girl...but I am the meanest of them all!"

Victoria broke into a sob, followed by authentic tears. Her former friend was lead away to prison and Ariel didn't even cast a glance at her.

After a moment of silence, the judge said, "Well then. Looks like we don't need the jury to deliberate today. Hope they don't mind the pay cut."

Ignoring the angry rumbles from the jury, the judge cast a robed hand in Vicki's direction. "Victoria Electra. You are free to go."

Victoria, who was now consumed in ugly tears, didn't worry how pretty she looked. "T-t-thank y-y-o-u, your honor!"

The judge turned her head. "Perhaps you will now think twice before you treat others so cruelly...as it will cause the world to suspect you of far worse than petty hatred. If I were you, I would work on being a Nice Girl from now on."

Victoria was silent. It seemed like there was an entire world of thoughts revolving in her head. Mina stifled a reach towards Victoria. "Vicki..."

But before she could answer...there was a loud "Hold it!" that echoed around the acoustics of the room.

Blind Justice stood at the entrance of the courtroom, looking dashing but incredibly pissed off. Mina clasped her hands to her chest and smiled. Now she'd know where he was this whole time, but judging by his grave demeanor, she knew it wasn't good.