Disney Kid Drabbles
Summary: Well known or underrated, it's time to give the kids of Disney a chance to shine.
One: Haunting memory
Child: Penny from The Rescuers.
It had been some time since that harrowing adventure with the two nice mice, Bernard and Bianca, but now little Penny was safe with her new mommy and daddy, in a brand new apartment in New York City.
She heard them promise they would take care of her and protect her. She believed them; she wanted to. After all, she never thought anyone ever could love her, and even then the only ones who did were the mice and her precious Teddy.
She clutched Teddy close to her chest, cautiously walking to the mirror in her new room. She gazed into her big, soulful eyes, her mind wandering to that awful day, when Madame Medusa kidnapped her and almost took away all hope of having a family.
She gasped sharply, seeing the ghastly image of that horrible woman reflected in the mirror. It was only a hallucination, but to little Penny it felt very real.
She quickly turned away, laying face down on her bed as she burst into tears.
Her new mommy heard her cries and went to see what was wrong.
"Will you believe me if I told you?" Penny whimpered, snuggling into her mommy's chest.
"Oh, darling, of course I will," she assured softly. "I know it was hard for you, and that you're scared." There was a pause before she spoke again. "Do you want to tell me what happened that day? I'll believe you, I promise. Because you're my little girl, and I love you."
Penny rubbed at her nose, looking up at her mommy with glistening eyes. She smiled with some relief, and began to tell her the whole story.