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"Mr. Danny Goes to Washington"

By TwilightSparkle3562 with special thanks to ManuelMusical14 for his assistance in creating this sequel

Chapter 1

"A Death in the Extended Family"

Danny and Sawyer could not have been more happier for one another. They were engaged to be married and were eager to spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife. Following everything that had happened to them surrounding the Disney animators strike those several months ago, it seemed that nothing could keep them apart in terms of both their professional and personal lives for that matter. In fact, Danny had a starring role in the Charlie Chaplin film, The Great Dictator, which poked fun at the Nazi and Communist movement that was going on in Europe. The movie was a success at the box office and the newly engaged cats were out celebrating Danny's recent success.

But then on the night of December 7, 1941, as Danny and Sawyer returned home from a night on the town, the telephone rang in their apartment and Danny ran to pick it up as Sawyer removed her blue cover skirt and blue hat.

"Hello?" he asked and was surprised to what he was hearing on the other line. "Pudge, what's wrong?"

Sawyer wanted to see what was going on, but Danny placed his finger to her and silenced her before she could say anything. However, Danny's tone in his voice gave her an idea of what was wrong.

"Hang on, buddy," he said, sensing that something was very wrong.. "We'll be right there."

"Danny, what's happening with Pudge?" asked Sawyer worriedly. But, Danny quickly grabbed his green suit coat and handed Sawyer her purse, hat and cover skirt.

"Get your hat and cover skirt back on," ordered Danny. "It's Pudge's mother. She's unconscious."

Racing as fast as they could to the Pudgemeyer residence, Danny and Sawyer arrived as fast as they could only to find the sight of police cars and ambulances right outside the Pudgemeyer residence. Danny and Sawyer got out of the car and ran to the front door, only to be stopped by a pair of policemen.

"Hold it right there," one of the policeman barked, pushing them back. "This is a police matter. Leave the premises at once!"

"You don't understand!" protested Danny, trying to get through. "Our friend is in there and he needs us!"

"That doesn't matter to us!" replied the Policeman, pushing them back. "Someone is dead and…"

But just then, a small voice came out from a room inside the house.

"It's all right, officer," said the voice, quivering. "They're my friends."

The policemen dropped their guard and allowed Danny and Sawyer to pass into the house. They came into the room to see a small penguin sitting on the sofa with a blanket around his body. In the penguin's hands was a note that had been watered by teardrops that had come from the baby penguin.

"Pudge," gasped Danny, shocked to see his friend in such a sad state. "What happened here?"

"Danny," cried Pudge, hugging his friend tightly as Sawyer joined them. "My mommy, she's dead."

"It's all right, Pudge," cooed Sawyer, wrapping her tail around Pudge's neck. "We're here for you. But, what happened here?"

Pudge's voice trembled slightly over what was happening to him. His mother was dead and his father, a sailor in the United States Navy, was reported missing at Pearl Harbor. Only the day before, Peter, a former animal actor and union member who was now a sailor, was among those who were missing when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.

"I don't know, Sawyer," said Pudge, trying to hold back tears. "I was asleep in bed when I heard mommy screaming and I came down to see what was wrong with her and she told me to go back to bed and that she would be fine soon. Afterwards, I thought she had already gone to bed because it got quiet soon afterwards. Then, I woke up again when I heard a loud popping and then…"

Pudge soon collapsed in Danny's arms when he got to the part of the loud popping sound. As Pudge cried into his friend's shirt, Sawyer picked up the note that Pudge held in his hands and read it to herself:

Dear Danny and Sawyer,

You know I've not been feeling well for the past few hours since my Peter died in Pearl Harbor. I don't think I can raise our little Peabo anymore as a widowed mother. I want you to please take good care of him like the big brother and big sister you've both become to him the past two years. By the time you read this, you know I can't be with my baby anymore and I wish to see Peter in heaven where I know he can be happy with me. I want you to know how proud I am of Pudge and how well of a role model you are to him and part of our family.

Love and always

Mrs. Pudgemyer

Sawyer dropped the letter in shock and disbelief as the coroners came in and removed the body of Pudge's mother from the kitchen of the Pudgemeyer residence. A pool of blood was seen on the hard tiled floor as Sawyer did a sign of the cross as the body was taken from the house. She then saw a police officer walk by and ran over to him. It was one of the same two officers who had prevented them from entering a few moments earlier.

"Officer?" asked Sawyer, stopping him. "Danny and I are close friends of Pudge and we can take him with us for the night. It will give him some space."

"I understand," replied the officer. "We were going to call Child Protective Services to come pick up Master Pudgemeyer, but you are welcome to take him. Although, we will need to talk to Pudge at some point, when we found his mother, she had a handgun at her side. "

Sawyer was shocked by what had just happened and even before the officer could say anything, she had a good sense into what was happening.

"You don't mean…?" gasped Sawyer, a shock of disbelief going through her mind.

"Yes," replied the officer. "The coroner believed that she had committed suicide for reasons unknown.

"He's very traumatized," suggested Sawyer, trying to defend Pudge a little bit. "We will let you know when he is ready. But, you need to give him some time. His father was at Pearl Harbor and we do not know if he is alive or not."

Just then, a Navy Chaplin walked into the house and approached Sawyer and the officer. Sawyer could see that this could only mean one thing.

"May I speak to Mrs. Pudgemeyer?" asked the Chaplin, not knowing that she was dead.

"I'm sorry, Chaplin," replied Sawyer, herself trying to hold back tears. "But she is dead, although you can speak to us."

The Chaplin removed his glasses and looked at Sawyer and the officer with a look of sadness on his face. Sawyer was expecting at that moment to reveal what he had to say to them.

"The United States Navy has to regretfully inform you," he said grimly. "That Sailor Peter Pudgemeyer's body was found in the waters of Pearl Harbor. I am sorry."

Sawyer then looked back towards her fiancé and their best friend who was still sobbing into his chest. It was at that moment that the lives of her and Danny were already changed forever and it would continue to change forever for what was about to happen in Hollywood the very next day…