((Author's Note: Hello. This is my first fanfiction. I do not own any of Disney's characters. This was inspired by Chaccko of DeviantArt's Three Caballero drawings.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you enjoy the story thus far to the fullest.))

Good day. I am Yen Sid. Before we begin this story, there are certain facts that one must be aware of. There are many worlds other than Earth filled with life, but they can only exist in different dimensions as a different Earth. One of these worlds is what you may call the "Cartoon World", born from the hearts and imaginations of people of your world. I am not surprised that you doubt my words and believe that I jest, but what I say is no less true. In fact, that reaction is to be expected. There are powerful barriers between these worlds that make travelling to these worlds far more difficult, for human and cartoon alike. But, that does not mean that passing these barriers is impossible. This task requires a powerful magic, such as a force that grants wishes, and strong wills, or hearts, of those involved.

However, once someone passes those barriers from one world to another, they will have no choice but to follow the Laws of Physics and Nature of the world they have entered. I am sure you have noticed that the Laws of Physics and Nature of the Cartoon World differ immensely from those of your world, so I will not go into too much detail about the matter. If one were to pass through the barriers between worlds and enter a world not their own, their physical form will in order to obey these laws, the amount of change varies from person to person.

I have given you the facts that needed to be known, but now there is one more thing I must give before we can begin: a warning. If someone were to stay in a world not their own for too long, then they risk unraveling the fabric of time, space, and reality, and all of the worlds will face utter destruction.

If you have any more questions that you wish to have answered on the matter, kindly leave the questions with your reviews. I will answer them before the beginning of the next chapter.

Let us begin…

Chapter One

*~*~*Jay's Nightmare*~*~*

Jay looked up to her older sister with tears in her eyes as she apologized profusely, "I'm sorry, Robin! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to-". She was cut off as her sister said angrily "AUGH! You ALWAYS ruin everything! I don't even know why you're my sister to begin with!"

Jay was about to speak up again when Robin held up her hand and said "No, don't even start! You know what?! We're NOT sisters, ANYMORE! Capische?!"

Robin faded into the darkness as Jay felt tears prick her eyes. She turned around to run, only to confront the classmates she met in elementary school, and knew throughout middle and high school. They laughed and jeered at Jay, while pointing fingers at her,

"You thought we'd be friends with you?"

"Ha! Get real! You're just the stupid new girl!"

"And a freak! And nobody wants to be friends with a freak like you!"

The chorus of children's voices escalated in volume and the words all blended into unrecognizable speech except for "Yeah!" and "Get lost, weirdo!" As she turned around and started running, she could actually feel the pebbles hit her as the kids threw them at her.

She kept running until the pebbles disappeared, and now there was another group of people she thought had accepted her as their friend, only for them to stab her in the back. The leader was a friend Jay made in middle school, the one she had been 'friends' with the longest. She smirked wickedly at Jay and said nonchalantly, "Hey Jay! Thanks for introducing us! Oh, and for the record, we're not friends anymore. See ya!"

Jay watched as the group talked amongst themselves, and they laughed at whatever secret Jay entrusted them with. Soon, they too, faded into darkness.

The laughter echoed around her in the never ending and cold darkness. She clamped her hands over her ears and tears came pouring down, as she tried to shun the laughter. She even screamed in an attempt to drown out that laughter.

*~*~*Earth, Jay's Apartment*~*~*

The morning sunlight seeped into the small bedroom through the window as Jay gasped and sat up quickly while the alarm clock blared. She groaned as she ran through her hands through her hair before hitting the alarm clock, in order to silence it. She mumbled to herself, "That nightmare again…"

Jay blinked her eyes multiple times, as she fumbled for her glasses, and placed them on her face. She groaned in slight irritation as she stood up from bed and walked up to the full body length mirror that stood in her room. She walked to the cursed oval thing and looked at herself. She had a bed head of sandy blonde hair, and she was wearing her pajamas that consisted of sweats and a simple tee shirt. She once again noticed the feature that she thought made her an official 'freak': her eyes. Her two eyes differed from each other by the color of the irises. Her left eye had a chocolate brown iris, while her right eye had a light blue iris that would remind anyone of the sky on a sunny day. Her black plastic rimmed glasses framed perfectly around her eyes, neither looking too big, nor too small, for her entire face.

She didn't dwell on her appearance for a very long time. She quickly got away from the mirror after greeting her reflection with a sarcastic voice and a clear disdain towards herself, "Morning, sunshine,". She quickly got ready for another normal day of college classes that she was sure would bore her to sleep, and an evening at her part-time job in a book store that hardly anyone goes to anymore. After she got her quick cold shower, she dressed in her usual attire of jeans, a simple white shirt, and a black sweatshirt, and tied her shoulder length hair into a ponytail. She headed out with her backpack filled with books and notebooks, and drove to college in her old run down car, for her very first semester out of high school. After she closed the door of to her bedroom, the mirror's surface shimmered and shined a little light for only a brief moment.

Her name is Jay Windsor, and she had no idea that her life was going to take a strange turn, because of two Caballeros from another world.

*~*~*The Cartoon World, Toontown*~*~*

A lone red rooster wearing a large sombrero, walked down the sidewalk forlornly past the people who seemed to ignore him for now. He was silent as he contemplated to himself. He was going to go back to Mexico, and he could easily just call for his magic serape, or call for Senor Martinez, or even taunt the bull Diablo into getting him back to Mexico quickly, but he didn't. Instead he opted for walking, in order to think, for his mind to process what he had just seen and experienced.

Why was he here in Toontown? It's simple. He came here yesterday to visit his friends and love here. He had stopped by Clara Cluck's place first, only to find that his love was unrequited.

His mind replayed the event from last night over and over again. Clara Cluck having a romantic dinner with Gus Goose, his own questions of what was happening and why it was happening, and Clara's response.

"I'm sorry, Panchito, but I love Gus Goose with all of my heart,"

"But what of the love we had?"

"You never call or write. You're always busy with your duties…"

"I can change that! I can-"

"I also already know that you chase girls every chance you get. Especially when you're with those other Caballeros!"

"…"

"I'm sorry, Panchito. But it's over between us. Please leave,"

Panchito sighed "Very well, Senora Clara. Good-bye then,"

Panchito kept on walking. He knew that in normal cases, he would've gotten angry and end up shooting someone. But he really couldn't find it in his heart to hurt anyone he cared for, despite all of the pain he felt. The more he thought, the more he ended up thinking that Clara was right. He was always busy in Mexico after all, protecting his home from brigands and other evil doers, and the only time he ever sent letters to Clara was so many years ago, he lost count of how many years passed since then exactly. So, his mind continued, he deserved this, and he should be glad that Clara Cluck is now happy and had found her special someone…even if that special someone wasn't Panchito himself.

He snapped out of his thoughts when a familiar voice called "Panchito? Panchito, is that you?" He turned to look at the source and saw that it was none other than Jose Carioca. All at once the pain seemed to disappear, and his glee came back as he smiled and replied to his friend and fellow Caballero, laughing happily, "Jose! Ah ha haa! Son of a gun! It's good to see you again!" Panchito and Jose hugged each other as Jose answered, "It's great to see you too, Panchito!" They backed away from each other and Jose asked, "I heard you went to visit Clara Cluck. How is she?"

Panchito didn't answer Jose for a few seconds, and after Jose asked hesitantly "Panchito?" he seemed to snap out of his stupor, shaking his head rapidly for a brief moment, and he suddenly suggested out of the blue, "Say, Jose! Why don't we go see the tourist attractions here? Come on, let's go!" Jose was puzzled by Panchito's sudden suggestion, but he went with him anyways. Something must've happened between him and Clara, but Jose didn't want to bring it up. So he kept his beak shut and went to enjoy the sights with Panchito.

*~*~*Hours Later*~*~*

After touring around Toontown, Jose and Panchito ended up going to the House of Mouse, not as performers, but simply as guests. They spent a total of 2 hours at the nightclub, and before they left, they headed backstage to visit Donald. However, it didn't go as well as Panchito and Jose had hoped. The experience was awkward for the two Caballeros.

"Ahola Donald!"

"Un Pato Donal'! It's great to see you again!"

"Hi guys,"

There was a thick silence between them, as Donald looked over future schedules. It was part of his job as assistant manager at the cartoon nightclub. Panchito and Jose looked at each other. They both noticed the slight dismissive tone in Donald's voice, along with the distracted tone that was much more apparent. When they asked questions, Donald merely answered briefly, usually with only one-word answers. Soon Panchito asked, "Say, Donald, amigo! We were wondering if you could hang with us sometime?"

Donald shook his head and said "Sorry, I can't Fellas. I'm quite busy these days," Donald didn't turn around to see Jose and Panchito look crestfallen. He apologized again and Panchito brought his smile back onto his face as he said to him "Ah! It's all right, Donald! We get it!" Donald sighed, and answered "Thanks," He then asked as he wrote down notes of what events conflicted with each other that Mickey may have overlooked, "Not to sound rude or anything, but could you guys go? I need to keep working," Jose answered "Ah, sim! Sim, of course! We're going right now. See you later Donal'!" Panchito nodded and said "Adios, amigo," as he followed Jose out of the House of Mouse.

Some years ago after their treasure hunting adventure in Mexico, again Panchito couldn't remember how long exactly, Donald had stopped contacting him and Jose. When they called him and asked if he wanted to come to Mexico and/or Brazil again, Donald declined. He had moved on with his life. They already knew that he was taking care of his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and they had heard from Donald that he had settled down with Daisy. Also, as time passed, Donald developed different interests and lost zeal for some of his old interests. So he and the other two Caballeros had nothing in common anymore. Donald had moved on with his life, and the Caballeros weren't a part of that life.

Panchito walked the streets of Toontown at night, with Jose by his side, until they were away from the town and the city lights. Jose asked Panchito as they reached the top of a grassy hill, "Panchito, my friend, you seem dour. Please, tell me what's wrong,"

Panchito looked to the green parrot in surprise. Of course, he shouldn't be surprised that Jose saw through his smiling face. He knew that Jose could be very perceptive when it comes to people faking emotions. Panchito sighed and answered Jose, as the parrot tapped ash off of his cigar, "Lo siento, Jose. But I'd rather not talk about it,"

Jose crossed his arms and gave Panchito a silent look that told him that Jose wasn't going to let this topic go easily, like he did this afternoon. Panchito continued, while sitting down, and looking up at the sky filled with bright stars and the full moon, "I guess I just miss the good old days, you know?" Jose could tell that wasn't the real reason, but it was the best he was going to get from his friend. Jose nodded and answered, moving to sit down next to the rooster, "Sim, I know. I miss that time as well,"

Panchito smiled and laughed as he reminisced "Those days were so much fun! The time when the three Caballeros were together! All of us chasing after girls,"

Jose added, starting a friendly banter of sorts, "Playing pranks on Donal',"

"Exploring the land and going on treasure hunts,"

"Watching you, and occasionally help you, bull fight,"

Then they finished together, "And singing and dancing!" After they said the same thing, they laughed together as they recalled the memories. Soon their laughter dulled down and both sighed as they finished laughing. Panchito and Jose looked up to one particular star that was shining brighter than the other stars nearby, and Panchito said to Jose, not even realizing what he was doing, "I really wish we could be the Three Caballeros again. Don't you, amigo?" Jose nodded and agreed, looking towards the same star, "Sim, I do too,"

Panchito and Jose soon heard the bells of a clock tower chime from a distance. Judging from the number of chimes, it was clear that the time was midnight. Panchito stood up and he said, "I guess we should go. It's already late," Panchito was about to leave when Jose suddenly grabbed the sleeve of Panchito's bolero jacket. He looked to his friend and saw that he was still staring up at the sky, his beak open in a gape. Jose said in a gasp "Panchito! Look!"

He looked up to where Jose was looking and he saw what had Jose's attention. From the star that they were looking at earlier, a small gold light came from the star, flew down to the pair, and circled around them. Panchito asked in awe, "What…? What is this?". The light was beautiful, but it was so small, like a firefly. The light soon moved away from them, and it suddenly dropped to the ground. But it didn't go out, instead the light seemed to expand to the size of a gateway and suddenly change colors from gold, to wide variety of many different colors. The inside of the gateway looked like it was a furious tornado of paint.

Panchito and Jose looked to each other and Jose asked, "Is this…some kind of gateway?". Panchito had his Berretta M6's out in caution, and he said "Why is this here?" Jose thought about with a hand on his chin, under his beak, and he said pensively, "This thing came from the star…" Panchito's eyes widened as he finally realized what he and Jose did: They both wished on a star, and now it was granting their wish! He said to Jose "Our wish!". He stowed his guns back into his belt, and then laughed slapping his knees, "Aye Caramba! Our wish!" Jose realized what they did as well, and he breathed "Oh, that's right! So if we go through this gateway…", Panchito finished happily, with his voice louder than it had been all day today "We get our wish! We get to be the Three Caballeros again!"

Jose looked to the gateway and he said hesitantly "I don't know…" Panchito looked to Jose with a reassuring smile and he said to him "Oh come on, amigo! What's the worst that can happen? Let's give this a try! Besides it's not like we won't be able to defend ourselves if something does go wrong," The green parrot sighed and said "All right, if you say so,".

Panchito and Jose moved closer to the gateway and Panchito started "On tres, amigo!"

"Um!"

"Dos!"

They then both shouted as they jumped into the strange gateway.

"TRES!"

After they jumped in, their screams and laughter through the gateway could be heard, before the gateway closed on itself.

*~*~*Earth, Jay's Apartment*~*~*

The mirror once again shimmered like water and shined light from within, but this time, it didn't stop. This time seemingly crazed laughter and screams echoed from within, until two bodies were spat out of the mirror. Panchito was spat out of the mirror first, and soon Jose landed on top of him. Panchito laughed "AH HA HA HAA! That was fun! We should do that again!" Jose merely groaned, "Ugghh…meu amigo, I think I'm going to be sick…"

Their trip through the gateway was like being on a dizzying and disorienting roller coaster, to put it mildly. Panchito looked at his surroundings from under Jose and he asked "Say, amigo, where are we anyways?" Jose answered as he looked around as well "I don't know. It looks like we're in somebody's home. But…everything looks different," They didn't know how to describe this difference except that everything seemed…bulgy? Yes, bulgy seemed to be the right word. Dull seems to work as well! Whoever lived here, forgot to turn off the overhead light before they left. They could both see out of the window that it was dark, so it must be night.

Jose and Panchito both stood up from the ground, and looked around, both noticing that everything seemed shorter than them. Panchito looked at his hands, and he noticed something else peculiar. He now had five fingers. Five! How did he get another finger? He knew that he was supposed to have four fingers on each hand, or wing. His attention turned towards the mirror, as did Jose just as the gateway closed. When they saw their own reflections, they shouted in shock,

"AYE CARAMBA!"

"O QUE NO MUNDO!"

Staring back at them from the mirror wasn't a red rooster and green parrot. No, staring back at them were two handsome young human men, who appear to be around 19 or 20 years old, with the same expression of shock, and the same attire that the both of them were wearing. Panchito was still wearing his red pants, dark maroon shirt and bandana, his red short bolero jacket, his belt with his Berretta M6's, and his sombrero. Now, he had bushy red hair, with his bangs being the bushiest, and the gray feathers on his arms were now simply long gloves, the ends hidden in the sleeves of the bolero jacket. He was also wearing cowboy boots much to his surprise.

Jose was also wearing his normal attire: his cream colored suit, gloves, black bow tie, and his boater hat. But now he had green slacks on, the same shade as his wavy green hair that went down to mid-neck, and classy tan shoes. Jose was somewhat relieved to see that he still had his cigar and black umbrella.

Both Caballeros pinched themselves and each other, to make sure that they weren't dreaming this. After they were done confirming that they were awake and that they really weren't birds anymore, Jose asked out loud to no one in particular "Why…Why are we human?" A woman's voice answered, echoing off of the walls

"Because, if I had you two keep your original forms, you would've just become normal animals, and lose your sense of self. Never to return to your home world,"

Jose and Panchito jumped and tured to see a silver orb of light, much like the gold one they saw earlier and Panchito asked while putting up his fists like he was ready for a fight, "Who, or what, are you?" The light seemed to giggle before answering,
"I'm the star that you two wished upon. Well, what you're talking to right now, is just a fragment for communication,"

Panchito blinked and said smiling "Oh, really? Son of a gun! It's good to meet you!" Jose asked as Panchito lowered his fists, "Wait…you said 'home world' earlier. What did you mean by that?" The silver light bobbed as the woman's voice answered,

"What I mean is that you are not in your world anymore. You're both in a different world now,"

Panchito and Jose looked at each other and Panchito asked "Why are we here in a different world?! You know what we wished for don't you?" The star answered them

"Of course. But you are here because another party in this world, made a wish at the same time you both did, and well, this is the best way to grant both wishes at once!"

Before either Caballero could ask, the star continued

"Please be patient with Jay. She may seem harsh at first, but once you get to know to each other very well, she'll be a good and loyal friend. And she will help you adapt to this world,"

Panchito asked confusedly, mispronouncing the name, "Hay?" Jose asked, also mispronouncing the name, "Wait, who's Yai?" The star didn't answer, instead it answered as it floated upwards,

"I must go. Good luck to you,"

Panchito and Jose both called "Wait!" as the star fragment disappeared. They then turned towards the door as they heard it unlock and they watched as a girl walked into the apartment, her sandy blonde eyebrows rising above the black-rimmed glasses.

*~*~*Jay's POV, Starting a little earlier*~*~*

Jay sighed as she left yet another store. Today was just plain out miserable for Jay today. As expected, the professors at the community college were boring when they were giving their lectures, and some of them were also pretty mean and pretentious while they answered students' questions. She also hated that she couldn't bring up the nerve to go and talk to anyone, even though nobody seemed to want to talk to her to begin with. To her, that was to be expected. But school wasn't the worst part. No, it was the part time job that she had since high school. Today was her last day at that job, all because of her boss!

*~*~*Flashback*~*~*

"Sir! I'm trying to work here. I'd appreciate it if you would stop harassing me!" Jay said to him irritably, desperately trying to not lose her temper and stay civil, as she turned to face him and looked at her boss angrily after he had patted her lower back. He didn't listen and he said in a sickly sweet voice, "Now, that's no way to speak to your boss, Jay-Jay. You work here, and so you have to do what I want, otherwise, I will fire you, and make sure you can't get another job in this town," He then pinned her to the empty bookshelf, and he started to lean in and invade her personal space. However, what he didn't expect was that Jay kneed him in the area where the lights didn't shine. He shouted in pain, and covered his tender area, leaving himself vulnerable to Jay's right hook to the face. The blow sent him into the bookshelf opposite to the one she had been pinned to earlier.

She screamed at him angrily, letting all of the other workers of the bookstore hear her, "JUST BECAUSE I WORK HERE, DOESN'T MEAN I'M YOUR TOY AND YOU COULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ME! DON'T BOTHER FIRING ME, BECAUSE I QUIT!" She then gathered her things and stormed out of the store, while the ex-boss tried to recover from the blows he received. People stared at Jay as she left the store and drove away.

*~*~*End Flashback*~*~*

That had happened in the afternoon. After she had stormed out of the bookstore she previously worked at, she went to go find another job. She went from store to store, only for them to say that they'll think about hiring her. To Jay, those answers were clear indicators that she didn't get a job. She looked for hours, and here she was, getting denied once again and heading to her car. As she walked there, she grumbled to herself, "I can't believe this. This really sucks…I don't know how things can get any worse!"

After she hopped into her car, she stuck her key into the ignition, and she looked up to notice a star shining brightly in the night with the full moon. The star was the only she could see because of the town's light pollution. She sighed through her nose as she felt hurt well in her heart again and she mumbled to herself, never noticing that as she spoke, the hands of her wristwatch slowly ticked towards midnight, "I wish I had real friends. Friends who won't use me and stab me in the back…"

She then shook her head as she started the car and she said to herself once again, this time scoffing at herself, "What am I doing? Wishing upon a star? I must be really stupid. I should've learned by now," After turning the car key a couple of times, the car finally came to life and she drove back to her apartment. After a quiet few minutes of nothing but the music on the radio, she finally reached her apartment, and she headed upstairs and unlocked the door. She entered the small apartment and saw that the room was not unoccupied anymore. There were two strange men wearing goofy clothes. Her eyebrows rose to her hairline when she noticed that the man wearing Mexican attire had two guns on his person. Things seemed to have just gotten worse.

The two men stared at her as Jay groaned to herself, as she raised her hands into the air in order to make sure that one of them didn't decide to shoot her, "Oh for Pete's sake!" The men blinked at her groan and the man with green hair asked hesitantly "Senhorita?" Jay said to them, keeping her hands in the air, "Take whatever you want. Just don't shoot!"

Panchito' and Jose's mouths formed o's in realization as to what this girl in front of them was talking about. Panchito shook his hands, as he said quickly, "No no no! Senorita, we're not here to rob you or hurt you!"

Jay raised a skeptical eyebrow and she asked with a suspicious tone, as she discreetly looked for what may be missing, and for any sign that the two men in front of her were lying, "Then what the hell are you two doing in my apartment?!" She did notice that the two men's voices sounded very familiar, but she didn't point it out yet.

Jose chuckled with a hesitant smile "We sort of accidentally landed here. Honestly, we didn't think we would land in your home, Senhorita. Our apologies,". Panchito then said with a cheerfully loud voice, which made the girl in front of them jump from the sudden volume, "Aha! Before we forget, we should introduce ourselves! I am Panchito Romero Miguel Junipero Francisco Quintero González III!" Jose then said as he walked up to the girl and kissed her hand "And I'm Jose Carioca. It is a pleasure to meet you, Senhorita…" He stopped when he saw that her face had morphed to show even more skepticism.

Jay showed more skepticism when they said their names. She knew those names; those were the names of the famous old cartoon characters Disney came up with! She scoffed and snarked after being silent for a few minutes "Yeah, and I'm Daisy Duck," The men in front of her laughed, "That's quite funny! You're not Daisy-". They then realized that she was being sarcastic and Panchito said, "Senorita, we're telling the truth!" Jay responded sarcastically and skeptically, "Really. You're telling me that you two really are a cartoon parrot and rooster? I seriously doubt that,"

Panchito and Jose were about to say something, but they fell silent. How did she know about how they used to be a parrot and rooster? More importantly, how do they prove that they were telling the truth? Panchito and Jose turned to face each other and they whispered to each other

"What do we do? We gave her our real names!"

"I don't know! Maybe come up with different names?"

"No way! I'm proud of my name!"

"Your name's really long, Panchito,"

"Exactly!"

As the two men bantered with each other, Jay listened to their voices. She had to admit, they sounded exactly like the characters they were claiming to be. But there was something else that caught her attention while the men were faced sideways from her. Her eyes widened as she spotted the fact that the two men, had tail feathers. She shook her head and silently thought to herself,

"They're obviously fake! But…I think I need to test that claim…just in case,"

She snuck up behind Jose and yanked his blue and red feathers, making yelp and jump into the air in pain. Jose asked "Senhorita! That hurt! What was that for?" Jay swallowed a lump in her throat as the two men looked at her paling face with confusion, "Y-You felt that? Yo-Your tail feathers are re-real?!" Jose and Panchito blinked and they asked at the same time "Tail feathers?!" They looked at themselves and saw that they still had their own tail feathers. However, they didn't last long. Soon the tail feathers disappeared right before the three's very eyes. They looked at each other in silence, and Panchito asked hesitantly, "So, uh…does that count as proof, senorita?"

Jay didn't answer, she was wide eyed and her mind was reeling, trying to come up with an explanation for what just happened and who those people were. But she couldn't and instead, she ended up doing something she never did before in her entire life: she fainted. The last word she heard the two voices shout echoed in her head as she fell,

"Senorita!"

"Senhorita!"