Life DEFINATELY not Normal.
Disclaimer: Life DEFINATELY not Normal is a story set in an alternate universe of Kingdom Hearts, set after the Epilogue of my previous story, "The Betrayal of Light", and immediately after the first season of the previous story, Life FAR from Normal, also featuring many characters from Disney and Final Fantasy that haven't made it to Kingdom Hearts games or Manga yet.
Author's Note: HAPPY NEW YEAR! To start off the year, I've decided to grant you all the first episode of season 2 of the alternate AU story of KH.
We bid farewell to 2015 and welcome 2016 and hope this year will be better than last year. Let's begin with season 2.
I don't own anything here.
EP 1: Incredible Shrinking Mickey.
It was a nice day in Radiant City and at the Radiant Academy. But it was not an ordinary day. Today it was the first day of the new year; AKA-New Year's Day. Okay, so it was New Year's Eve, but hey, everyone was waiting for this moment. Each year, the Academy would invite the students' parents and families to join them for the party and fireworks. This year, there was going to be a baffet, a party and fireworks. Everyone was looking forward to it...except old people who would rather go to bed and sleep, except that the fireworks would keep them awake until after midnight.
This year was different, though. President ShinRa from Midgar, his son Rufus, and the board of the company was joining them, much to the displeasure of the students, but they held in their annoyances. At least, Reno and Lea tried to. What's worse, a snobby gentlemen named Yazoo, his two brothers, Loz who, while impressive in strength, was such a crybaby, and the youngest, Kadaj, who acted more like a leader and was childish, were with them from the Galbadian Academy. They were Sephiroth's relatives.
In the gardens outside, Mickey was on the ladder, hanging up the last of the "Happy New Year" signs on the wall, while careful not to fall off.
"If you were taller, that would've been easier for you." Kadaj pointed out as he approached, watching his rival student struggle a bit.
While holding back a remark, Mickey concentrated while saying, "I've been through worse, and unless I suddenly shrink down to size, I'm perfectly all right, thanks."
"Fair enough." Kadaj muttered, before looking behind him, and rolled his eyes. "I think my brother is flirting with Terra's girlfriend again."
"Huh?" Mickey asked, then looked back himself while careful not to fall. He then groaned as Yazoo was spotted trying to flirt with an rather annoyed Aqua who kept her distance away from him.
"Why not join me to Galbadian Academy, my beautiful ocean star? It's better than Radiant Academy." Yazoo inquired, attempting to kiss Aqua's hand, but she flinched away from him.
"Look!" Aqua snapped, more than a little annoyed, crossing her arms, "I told you five times already. I'm with Terra and Radiant Academy is my second home. Besides, I'm not interested in going to Galbadian Academy."
Yazoo rolled his eyes, "Terra? Oh please. He is not for someone as beautiful as you."
"Hey, cool it!"
Turning to the voice behind him, Yazoo saw that Lea and Isa approached. It was Lea who spoke as he continued, "Why don't you go and get yourself a girlfriend that isn't someone else's girlfriend?" as Reno, Rude, Cloud, Tifa, Zack and Aerith joined them.
"Hmph." Yazoo snorted. "I am working on it." just as a mouse in a detective's clothing(huh?) suddenly fell out from the hole in the wall and landed on top of his head. Feeling something move, the silver-haired teen looked up, before the mouse fell onto his shoulder and he panicked, just as Loz also arrived and seeing his brother in trouble, rushed over. Everyone gasped at this. Mickey quickly climbed down to head to his friends, as Kadaj also went to his brothers.
"Unhand me, you foul thing!" Yazoo cried out!
"I'll handle it, Yazoo!" Loz attempted to grab and crush the mouse, when a hand clamped onto his wrist.
"Hold it, Loz!" Terra told him, as he, Ven, Donald, Goofy, Minnie and Daisy also arrived, just as Mickey joined them.
Ven then placed the mouse into a blue and red vase, saying to it, "In you go, little guy. Sometimes it's safer outside the Academy." letting it scamper out and climb up the wall and back through the hole.
Yazoo cringed and repeatedly wiped himself off, groaning, "Ugh! I hate mice! Now I have to bathe." walking away with Loz and Kadaj following, adding, "There's nothing I hate more than mice and rats." which made Mickey and Minnie furious. In fact, their friends were super annoyed and furious as well, just as the vase turned back into Genie, out of the silver-haired trio's sights.
Reno sticked his tongue out, giving the trio a raspberry behind their backs, then said, "Yeah, well, why don't you go and live in the sewer, you arrogant ass."
"Reno!" Genie scolded, "Show a little respect!" saying as he was starting to get angrier, "Yazoo and his two brothers, and not to mention Scarlet and Heidegger can't help it that they're snooty and cowardly and OBNOXIOUS AND CRUEL AND..." before shrugging it off and encouraged the redhead, "Ahh go ahead and razz them."
The redhead tried not to laugh, but failed and said, "That's what I like about you, Gen'."
"Who do those guys think they are?" Cloud muttered, fairly annoyed. "They think their Academy is better than ours."
"Must be some serious competition in there somewhere." Zack thought, shrugging.
"There's serious competition, and then there's annoying people that drives all of us completely crazy." Terra muttered.
"I second that." Isa agreed.
Lea shrugged, "Oh, they're be gone after tomorrow. It's too bad that we're stuck with them for New Year's Day. The ones I really hate at the moment, are those three losers, that creepy Scarlet lady, and that loudmouthed Heidegger."
"Yeah, and even makes the President's kid Rufus a decent kind of guy." Reno agreed, only to have Rude smack him upward on the back of the head. "Ow! What?"
"Uh, fellas, I know it's not easy, but we can't say anything bad about them while they're here." Mickey cautioned. "Or we'll be in big trouble."
"Mickey, what would you do if you were that little mouse earlier?" Ven asked.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mickey asked.
The blonde-haired teen shrugged. "Ah, nevermind. It's not like things will change."
As most of the others began to leave, Mickey was left alone with Genie, rather annoyed. "You think my height is trouble too, huh? Oh yeah! We'll, I'm just as tall in the inside." before asking the magical being, "Aren't I, Genie?"
Genie responds as turning himself into a street back thug, muttering, "Sure, you know about being tall in this dark, sleazy underbelly of this seamy city of sin." thinking that Mickey was joking. He laughed until he noticed Mickey's very angry look and turned back, flinching, "You're serious."
The humanriod mouse didn't answer, only glared harder, which actually frightened Genie, causing him to flinch and cry out, "Whoa! If looks could kill! And I thought Jas's anger was scary."
Finally having enough, Mickey just stormed away. Genie, now alone, just saluted, his eyes turning into dead 'X's, and fell down, playing dead.
A bit later in Radiant City, everyone was being festive as they all prepared to celebrate New Year's Day. But not everyone's having a festive time. On the ground below everything tall and normal size, some mice were stealing some fruit and even some other things and hid back into the drains of the sewers. A large rat was leading them, while a bat with a peg-leg rushed away.
But the town wasn't noticing the unusual events. Neither was Mickey who, wanting to find something special, went out for some little shopping. Mushu and Iago were with him.
"Okay, we've been here half an hour already. Can we go back to the Academy?" Mushu asked.
Mickey shook his head, "No. Do you know what everybody was talking about today? My height!" still annoyed.
"Offend not my delicate ears with such language!" Iago mocked sarcastically, as he rested on a perch stand.
"Look, I gotta do this. I wanna make this year's New Year's Day special, and prove that you don't always have to be tall to do everything." Mickey explained to two of his friends. "I'm spending the rest of the way to find something very special, even if it kills me."
Mushu and Iago glanced at each other, skeptically, before they turned back to him and the small dragon pointed out, "Uh, Mickey? Birdbrain here and I are smaller than you. Do you hear us complaining about our heights?"
Iago was now offended on being called "birdbrain" and said sarcasically to his companion, "Would you care to rephrase that?"
"But you fellas can do more." Mickey stated. "Besides, this year, we need something more than just Fireworks and a party. No doubt nobody's gonna be happy with the Academy's, well, you know..." he trailed off, knowing that there were other people around them and he couldn't say what he wanted to say outloud.
There was an awkward pause, until he said to his friends, "A-anyway. Come on, let's go this way."
Mickey led Mushu and Iago to a rather mythical looking store, where there were lots of things stars and cresent shaped moon patterns on blankets and curtains, and other shiny things. Mickey climbs up the stand.
"Uh, wouldn't be easier to get from a lower stand, Mickey?" Mushu asked, skeptically.
"Don't worry, fellas." Mickey said, making it to the top. He then spotted a box full of sparkly stuff and hanging lights that were shaped like fireworks and he smiled. He could easily hang these up around the garden to give it a more prettier effect along with the fireworks. There was a small hand mirror in there as well. He could give it to Minnie. "Perfect." he said, taking the box, and payed the money which the owner wasn't there.
As Mickey climbed back down, Iago protested, "But - You can't just - Hey, you know there's an art to this!"
"I'm not stealing it." Mickey pointed out, skeptically. "I just payed for it. There's more to life than stealing, ya' know."
"He said it." Mushu said to Iago.
The parrot shook his head, "The kid has no idea."
But just as they were about to leave, Mickey suddenly felt someone grab hold of his arm and he cried out in fright. He looked behind to see a tall man in a blue robe and a pointy hat, having a gray beard and hair. The grip was very tight, Mickey mentally panicked.
"A word of warning to the young and overly curious." said the man. "Those who do not know of the dangers of certain things, will find themselves casted upon by mysterious forces."
Mickey by now was shaking, and he fleed as the man lets him go, carrying the box full of the items. As Mickey, Mushu and Iago fleed, they heard something behind them and turned, only to face a wall. The man was gone!
"I think we just saw a spirit." Mushu muttered, scaredly.
The others didn't say anything, but kept running until all three of them were in a safer part of town. Standing near a building, the group looked into the box, and Mickey smiled. "Oh boy! These will be perfect for New Year's Day!" he said, before pulling out a mirror, smiling. It was carved in blue and yellow which made it actually pretty.
"You sure have climbing skills, Mick'." Mushu thought, impressed.
"I'll say. You'd even bet Al' in that kind of skill." Iago admitted.
Mickey smiled, proud of himself. "See? I may be a small mouse, but I can do anything." looking himself at the mirror.
"I suppose that makes me a rather proud dung beetle, huh?" Mushu joked, also looking into the mirror.
Iago smirked, "Don't make me laugh, guys!" adding with a joke of his own, "If Mickey's a small mouse and you're a dung beetle, I'm a frilled lizard."
But just as the words escaped Iago's beak, all of the sudden, the mirror in Mickey's hand glowed in a strange light of blue. Mickey gasped, Mushu's eyes widened, and Iago held a scared and worried expression.
"Uh oh." Iago muttered.
"Oh man." Mushu muttered.
Then suddenly the blue glow covered the trio who grunted in pain. Iago and Mushu fell onto the ground, while Mickey held himself, eyes shut tightly, until he disappeared into the light which also disappeared. Suddenly reappearing, Mickey opened his eyes, shaking his head and feeling rather nausous and tingly.
"What in the haystack happened?" Mickey asked himself. He looked around, and noticed something was different...well, in size at least. He looked up, nervously. "Um, why does everything look bigger than usual?"
He looked at himself, finding that he's still the same, body the same, red shorts, yellow shoes, white gloves and everything. Mickey then noticed the box, and gasped, "Even the box is bigger!" before he came to a sudden and horrified realization.
"T-that means..." Mickey then lets out a terrified cry, "I've somehow shrank!"
"Uh, Mickey?" Mushu's voice called out. Mickey looked to find the voice, only to find a bright red Beetle about his current size walk up to him, having...Mushu's face? "Why do I feel out of sorts?"
"Uh, fellas?" Iago's voice came next, and came a green frilled lizard with his head approach. "Do I look different to you?"
The three of them, seeing each other, all exclaimed in shock at each other's current apprences; Mickey having shrunk, Mushu having turned into a Beetle, and Iago having turned into a lizard. Mickey then realised the man's earlier waring and he said, "Oh my gosh! That man! He said, 'mysterious forces casts onto those who don't know the dangers and overly curious'!" mentally smacking himself at his own stupidty.
"So why did we get zapped!?" Iago complained in an exclaim, pointing at himself and Mushu who nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, you're the one who was holding the-" Mushu cuts himself off, as he, Iago and Mickey all realised what he was about to say, and they quickly remembered the strange light from the mirror.
The mirror! It was a magic mirror that turns those appearences change at their desire...or in this case, by just saying their imaginations in the wrong way.
Mickey suddenly realised in horror, "Oh no! I said I was a small mouse!"
"I said I was a dung beetle!" Mushu added in horror.
"And I said I was a frilled lizard!" Iago concluded in shock.
"We have to tell it to change us back!" Mickey concluded.
It took them only seconds to find it...or at least, the shards of it. Mickey and his friends rushed over to it to say their wishes to return to normal.
"I'm a human sized mouse! A human sized mouse!" Mickey told the mirror.
"I'm a dragon!" Mushu said, adding, "A travel-sized Dragon."
"I'm a parrot!" Iago said, adding while acting stylishly, "A devilishly good-looking parrot." making the other two look at him skeptically.
But the mirror only sparked and fizzed before stopping. The three of the stood there, shocked and dismayed. Not only the mirror was broken, they were stuck in their current appearences...or in Mickey's case...his current size.
"That's just great, now what!?" Mushu exclaimed in horror and dismay.
"We just got seven years bad luck!" Iago exclaimed.
Mickey looked helpless, as he muttered, "A bad way to start a new year."
Meanwhile, back at the Academy, the bat, named Fidget, just arrived in the gardens, when he noticed a shadow looming over him. The bat looked up and freaked out, as Pluto, not liking the bat, barked threateningly. Fidget screamed and then made a run for it, with the dog close behind.
Genie then appeared, as an animal expert, "A dog, some of them can run and outrun a cat and many other things, can catch anything smaller than itself. To bats and mice and rats, dogs are so powerful, they can crush an ocean liner." unaware that he was standing on Pluto's tail and causing Pluto to run in the same spot but not moving. The dog then stopped after realising what happened and growled at Genie who continued, not noticing.
"It may seem that the fore rodent has nary a chance. Oh, how can this weak and puny fellow survive? Will he not be spared? IS THERE NO HOPE?! SHALL..." Genie exclaimed, until he looked and sheepishly stepped off Pluto's tail. "Oh. How do you supposed that got there?"
Pluto then noticed Figdet escape and whimpered in disappointment. Ven and the others walked up to him as the blonde-haired teen chuckled, "I guess that rat's a little too fast for you, huh, Pluto?" mistaking the bat for a rat, as he, Lea and Isa patted Pluto who enjoyed it.
"Ah, don't worry, buddy. There's always next time." Lea added. His comment did make Pluto feel better.
Too bad the annoying guests-uh, ahem, excuse me, I mean, President ShinRa, his son Rufus, Scarlet, Heidegger, Yazoo, Loz and Kadaj approached, with Headmaster Ansem, Xehanort and Eraqus approach. The rest of Ven's friends arrived as well, but were not happy. Thankfully, Tseng and Director Veld were there as well. Veld was an aging but serious man. Reno, Rude, Lea and Isa learned fairly quickly to respect him.
"You need a cat, Ansem." Scarlet muttered, "That puppy doesn't know a rat when it can smell one." causing Pluto to growl at the annoying woman in the red dress.
Donald was close in losing his temper, as his head was turning bright red in anger.
"Ventus, we were wondering if you, Terra, Reno, Lea and Goofy would give the three students and young ShinRa a tour of Radiant City." said Eraqus. "I'd take them myself, but unfortunately, I am busy with a meeting today."
While Ven replied, "Sure, no problem." Reno and Lea both groaned, before the two redheads quickly rightened themselves up, before Veld could catch them.
"In the meantime, Tseng, you accompiny Scarlet and Heidegger to give them a tour as well. Rude and Cissney will join you." Veld told his Second in Command.
"Yes sir." Tseng nodded.
"Oh, I don't think is nesscery." Scarlet grinned, adding as she looked at Donald before turning away, "It's better to teach that little boy how to speak in proper english."
That did it. Donald exploded in anger like a volcano and quickly reached out for Scarlet who wasn't looking, but he was pulled back by Aqua, Elena, Zack, Aerith, Minnie and Daisy and tried to get him to calm down.
"Your friend certainly has a very short temper." Rufus muttered to Terra about Donald. "He should work on that." before admitting in a whisper, "On the other hand, I can't really blame him for Scarlet's very annoying behavior."
"Welcome to the club, sir." Terra whispered back.
Lea, very annoyed with Yazoo, then gestured Pluto towards him and whispered something in the dog's ear. Pluto smirked and saluted to the youngerish redhead.
"In the meantime, I must find something for Aqua." Yazoo muttered, "Something fabulously decadent and sapphire perhaps."
"Maybe you should consider getting new pants too." Isa smirked, trying not to laugh at what is about to happen.
"Why would I want to consider-" Yazoo was cut off when something bit onto his, uh, lower bottom, and felt a cold draft. He turned to look behind him, and saw that Pluto a piece of his leather clothing, and parts of his ShinRa underwear in his mouth. The silver-haired teen muttered in annoyance, "I could seriously hate you." which Pluto grinned, pleased with himself.
Kadaj tried not to laugh at the sight of his brother's situation. Reno, Lea, Ven, Terra, Donald and Aqua tried hard not to burst into hysterical laughter either, while everyone else sighed in annoyance. But the Headmasters and even the President didn't do anything. Even Rufus smirked.
"I like that dog. He is well trained. Just like my Dark Nation." Rufus admitted.
Back in town, Mickey, Mushu and Iago were hiding near another stand outside of another store, making sure no one else would notice them. "Okay, okay. Let's not panic and try and think calmly." Mickey told the other two.
"Calmly!?" Iago asked, before exclaiming, "I'm a lizard! Look at this dry, scaly skin!" gesturing at himself, before adding with his frills around his neck, "What about this!? Did I swallow an umbrella or what!?"
"Hey, guys look!" Mushu then piped up, and Mickey and Iago looked as well. On other other end of the street, were Ven, Lea, Reno, Terra and Goofy, along with Yazoo, Kadaj, Loz and Rufus ShinRa. The latter four looked like they were ready to die in boredom, which was really annoying the five friends. Even Goofy looked very annoyed.
"Oh please. Too common." Yazoo muttered, throwing back an item to a store clerk who glared at the young student.
"Nah, this is boring." Kadaj added.
"I don't like this either." Loz added.
"Well, I never...!" said the clerk.
"Oh please, too common." Lea mocked behind the silver-haired trio's backs.
"Nah, this is boring." Reno added.
"I don't like this either." Even Goofy mocked.
Terra nodded in agreement, "You said it, guys."
Thankfully, Rufus was the only one who wasn't rude. He placed back the item and said to the clerk, "Thank you for your time." and walked off a bit.
"Now I know that the Turk superiors are better than the board and the President and his bratty son." Reno whispered.
"No kidding." Lea agreed.
Ven nodded in agreement, but felt the lamp fall out and he caught it just in time, while Genie popped his head out of the lamp, saying while turning his head into that of a toad, "I know what you're thinkin', Ven. Those four look a lot better as toads, right?"
"Sorry, Genie." Ven apologuised as he pushed Genie's head back into the lamp while making sure Rufus and the silver-haired trio don't notice. "I promised I wouldn't let them see you today."
"C'mon guys. They wanna head back." Terra sighed, "And we promised headmaster Eraqus we'd make them happy."
"I'm not sure if we're doin' a good job at that." Goofy thought. "I wonder where Mickey is, though." he added, joining the others as they all made preparations to return to the Academy.
Witnessing this, Mickey and his group looked at each other and he said, "There's still hope, fellas. Genie will be able to turn us back to normal as the others will recongise us."
"Not too sure on that one, Mickey." Mushu thought.
"Yeah. That's worth zero point nothing on the Hope-ometer." Iago added.
Mickey rolled his eyes, "Oh, quit being a bunch of sourpusses. It'll be over as soon as Genie turns us back to normal. Besides, Ven'll recongise me. I'm the only one who hasn't changed." before adding sheepishly at his current height, "Well, except that I ended up in having the mirror make me shrink. C'mon!" and with that, he raced off, easily dodging the incoming traffic of people.
Mushu and Iago both gulped nervously at the traffic, both knowing they were in serious trouble. "Oh boy." they both muttered and both scurried as fast as they could. Mushu tried very hard to avoid in getting squashed. He then realised his mistake and opened his new wings and flew, then cried out, "Phew! Well, at least being a Beetle has some advantages."
"Hey, no fair!" Iago snapped from the ground, while trying to avoid the traffic. Unfortunately, he was either stepped on the tail, or kicked into places, or thrown into the walls, or repeatedly run over, and while Mickey swiftly dodged everything without getting hurt and Mushu simply flew, Iago ended up getting caught one of the wheels of a wooden cart and was repeatedly rolled over painfully and squashed, while he exclaimed, "Oh! Let me off - oof! Hang on - oof! Somebody's - oof!"
Finally, Mickey found Ven and the others about to leave in the limosine. But when he was about to hop into the car himself, a tall rat jumped out of nowhere and stood in front of him, causing Mickey to skid to a stop.
The rat, named Rattigan, sneered at the shrunked-mouse and asked, "And where do you think you are going?"
While surprised that this rat can talk, Mickey shook that off and replied, nervously, "Uh, to that car." pointing at the car, before attempting to run around Rattigan, but he was blocked off when the rat stepped in front of him again.
"I don't think so." Rattigan smirked cruely, which made Mickey become scared.
"W-why not? It's really important and, well, I-I'm not a normal kind of mouse." Mickey tried to talk his way though, but then he was grabbed by the arm and held up to meet the rat's eye level, which made his fear grow even worse.
"This is my turf, pipsqueak! You're not going around this area again!" Rattigan yelled, before throwing Mickey away.
Mickey landed on top of a small stone stand, as Mushu and a slightly battered Iago joined him, and the three of them could only watch as the car carrying their friends drive away back to the Academy, and Rattigan and his lackies stand guarding the road.
"I-I can't believe it." Mickey gasped, "That rat just tossed me, saying that this area is his...is his territory."
The trio were unable to believe it. They were definately stuck.
Once again hiding underneath a stand, Mickey, Mushu and Iago tried to figure out a way to get the Academy.
"Oh man, we're doomed." Mushu groaned.
But Mickey was stubborn, and said, "No! We can handle this. We'll just have to find another way around to get to the Academy and summon Genie ourselves."
"Sure, go to the Academy. We'll just use the mice, beetles and lizards entrance." Iago said sarcastically.
"Let's get goin'." Mickey told his friends, once again taking the lead. Mushu followed by flight.
Iago on the other hand, sighed, before looking at the traffic again, and once again, knew that this was going to be extremely painful. He was gonna hate this. He then rushed and attempted to follow Mickey and Mushu, but was once again tramped and stepped and run over on and he complained through out the way, "Oo! Ah! Oo! Watch! Oh! Wait! Wait! Stop! Oww! Oo!"
Meanwhile, the party in the garden was prepared for students, while two separate parties were being held for the heads of the Academy, the President and the board inside the school. Pluto was sleeping outside until he noticed the same bat from before push his way through a brick in the wall and attempted to go towards the dinner table. But a mouse, Basil, stopped him, and chased the bat back outside and followed him. Pluto tried to catch the two, but was too late.
Whining again, Pluto replaced the brick and walked away, annoyed. He stopped when Genie appeared with a head of a bat, saying, "That bat again, eh?"
Pluto only grumbled, but then he gasped when Genie turned into a hunter and dashed away. Lea and Isa also noticed and followed the dog, screaming.
"Well I'll show you how a real hunter," Genie began, preparing the weapon, "Deals with a bat!" and shot fires all over the place, laughing laughs maniacally until he realizes he just went overboard. He quirked to the viewers in slight realization and sheepishness.
Pluto, Lea and Isa, along with Donald and Goofy, peaked over the bush they were hiding behind which had holes, nervously. There are holes all over the ground too. "That was an overkill and dangerous." Lea muttered.
"Well? There I go! I've gotten carried away and alienated everyone again." Genie sighed as he turned back to normal.
Once they were certain that they were safe, the others joined the rest of their friends. "Has anyone seen Mickey? I can't find him anywhere." Minnie asked, worriedly.
"Well, Aqua's in her room." Terra shrugged.
"Can you blame her?" Zack asked, gesturing at Yazoo, "She definately wants to hide from that stylish Snootnose."
"But if Mickey doesn't come soon, he'll miss out on the New Years Day party." Goofy said, worriedly.
"I'm sure he'll turn up." Ven said. "Why else wouldn't he be here?"
If only the group knew about Mickey's current situation.
It was afternoon, and Mickey and his friends were still lost. Not only that, they were starving. They haven't had anything to eat since breakfest this morning. "Alright! Dinner break!" Iago announced.
Mickey and the others make track again, before Mushu asked, "What do beetles eat anyway?"
Mickey paused, before he shifted uncomfortably, "Well...dung patches. They eat poop."
Mushu gulped at this, turning a bit green in the face. "Well that's just great. Me being a dung beetle, and I eat dung!" he exclaimed in dismay.
"Too bad for you, pal." Iago smirked.
"Yeah, well, same goes for you, because lizards eath smaller bugs." Mushu pointed out, annoyed.
Gulping at this in dismayed realization, Iago grumbed in anger, "Terrific. I'm a lizard, I'm starving, and I EAT BUGS!" while accidently swallowing a fly while catching with his lizard tongue and flinched in disgust.
"Oh no!" Mickey cried out in dismay, realising where they were. "All that running and we're right back fruit stand!" as his friends joined them. He hated being this small. "Things are so...different from this height."
He then sighed in defeat and muttered, "Well, it's better than nothing." before he makes his way up. Being a half-skilled climber, Mickey climbs up the rug mat on the stand and makes it to the top(while mentally taking advice from Iago and Mushu on not wanting any dung or insects). He knew he had to hide and sneak at the same time, and he didn't like the idea of stealing, but at this point, there was no other choice. He avoided the knife while the clerk was calling out to costumers.
"Fresh fruit here! One bite brings undreamt-of ecstasy! Get them before the bugs do! Finest fruit in all Radiant City! Figs! Figs! The musical fruit! A watermelon a day keeps the doctor away! Fresh fruit! Buy the fruit!" said the clerk.
Mickey opted the closest thing he found and picked up an orange. He found it was heavy due to his current size, and as quickly as he could made his way back to Iago and Mushu who, seeing the orange, both readily position themselves to catch the orange hungrily.
But Mickey didn't even see a costumer of a woman named Madusa and her partner, Snoops, standing there, and while Madusa yelled at the clerk, "Alright, you loudmouth! I'll take an orange to shut you up!" she inadvertly grabbed Mickey who gasped before he found himself slightly squashed by both the 'giant' palm of the woman's hand and the orange. However, as Mickey tried to wiggle himself free, Madusa felt something wiggling in her hand and saw Mickey who stopped and he smiled sheepishly, and waves.
Madusa, one of these woman who shrieks in pure horror at the sight of mice, screamed and drops Mickey and the Orange back on to the counter, and leaped into her partner's arms, squealling, "Snoops! Snoops, a mouse! Oh, kill it, kill it! Just kill it!"
Snoops, being a stupidy stubby man, accidently dropped Madusa and grabbed a knife from the clerk who, also seeing Mickey, faints. Mickey, rightening himself up, quickly rolls the orange while making a run for it, but had to back away as he narrowly dodged from being stabbed, but he accidently tumbled into the pile of oranges, which, now out of balance, all rolled and bounched and fell...right on top of Mushu and Iago who both screamed and while Mushu flew out of the way, Iago was pilled underneath the oranges, painfully.
Mickey jumped off the stand and back onto the ground, and he and Mushu helped Iago out of the pile, before they made a run for it from Madusa and Snoops who tried to chase after them. But he slipped onto an orange and fell onto the ground.
"Mice!" Madusa growled, "Ooooh! I HATE Mice!"
Once in a safe distance, Mickey, Mushu and Iago panted at the close call and not to mention still hungry. Mickey, more than anything, was tramutized at such a horrible experience. He really wanted to return to his true size and go home.
"I...I didn't think it was this hard just to get a little food." Mickey panted, before groaning and slumped to the ground. "Oh, here we are, starving and missing out on the party food at the academy." and Mushu and Iago licked their lips in sad agreement.
Then they heard a car horn and looked to their right. It was a truck carrying crates full of watermelons, which was heading straight towards the Academy.
"Isn't that heading heading to the Academy?" Mushu thought.
Iago, realising what the former dragon was thinking, grumbled, "Forget it. We'll never catch it. There's no hope! Might as well throw in the towel! Cash in our chips!"
Mickey thought, then he looked to his left, and saw a large bow and arrow, with Rattigan and his mice-men there. The arrow was aimed at the sky, and it was attacted to some rope. Mickey then had an idea, and told his friends, "We're not defeated yet!" and dragged them with him as he zipped towards it and while the rats were not looking, they silently climbed onto the arrow.
As Mickey pushed the arrow into another direction towards the truck, he began cutting the rope, and while Mushu asked, "What are you doing?"
Iago then realised what Mickey had in mind, "Oh, I seee! You're gonna use this bow and arrow to..."
But then he and Mushu realised with dread and muttered in unison, "Uh ohhh."
'3...2...1...' Mickey counted in his head, and not a moment too soon, he and his friends are shot and flown into the air and they then fell...right into a watermelon on top of the crates. It was painful, but at least they were finally on their way back to the Academy.
"Just when I think there are no new kinds of pain, I find one." Iago grunted.
Later that night, at the Garden of the Academy, Ven, Terra, Aqua, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, Minnie, Lea, Isa, Cloud, Tifa, Zack, Aerith, Reno, Rude, Elena, Cissnei, Squall, Rinoa, Zell, Quistis, Myde, female-Terra, Zidane, Garnet, Yazoo, Loz, Kadaj, and little Sora, little Riku, little Kairi, and little Yuffie, along with other students, were all waiting for Mickey, but he hadn't shown up yet. They were all bored, and Myde had fallen asleep, with his head resting on the table.
In the other two parties, everyone was bored there as well, especially Rufus and Tseng who hid it pretty well.
At the student's party, Genie, dressed up as a in pink as a housewife with big white hair, and he spoke in a female southern accent, walking around the students.
"Oh, I declare it's such a delight to cook for the wonderful students of the Academy. And, ohhh, Are you going to be pleased!" He said, before showing everyone the food served up on the table, "Goat au gratin, hummus on the half shell, and deep fried camel fritters like MOMMA used to make!"
Lea attempted to open one of the dishes as he was starving, but Isa smacked him on the hand, stopping him. The redhead glared at his friend who looked away innocently. Genie clicked his tongue and waved a finger at Lea, saying, "We're all red-haired and impatience, aren't we now?"
"Now, if a certain Mickey Mouse would show up." Genie thought, before he realised he forgot something and muttered to himself, "Oh, my spoons and spices. I've forgotten my little weenie o'dourves! Must dash!"
Genie then disappeared back into the lamp without the silver-haired trio noticing, thankfully. "Where's Mickey? I haven't seen him all day." Sora asked, looking around.
"I'm sure he'll show up when we least expect him." Terra thought.
As Ven made sure the lamp was out of sight, underneath the table, Mickey, Mushu and Iago, who had all made it and had eventually made their way into the garden, rushed up to Ven. Mickey tapped the boy's leg, causing him to blink in confusion. When Ven looked, and saw a familiar small mouse, his eyes widened as he recongised him.
Before Ven could say anything, however, Mickey pressed a finger on his lips, gesturing his friend to be quiet and jerked his thumb to back inside. Seeing the message, Ven picked up the trio and hid them inside his pockets, before sitting back up and hesitatedly told the others, "Uh, guys? I uh...could you excuse me for a couple of minutes?"
Before anyone else could say anything, Ven stood up and dashed back inside, much to everyone else's confusion.
"What was that about?" Reno asked, puzzled.
The others shrugged.
Making it to Mickey's room without being seen, Ven closed the door behind him and digged out his now tiny friends and placed them onto Mickey's bed. "Mickey? Iago? Mushu? What happened? How did this happen?" Ven asked in a whisper.
"Well, it's a long story, but uh, we need Genie to turn us back to normal." Mickey told his friend. "Besides, I really don't like being small."
"I can see that." Ven nodded in agreement, before he digged out the lamp and rubbed it, "Genie, a little help?"
Genie came out, still in his disguise, muttering, "Keep it steady, Ven! I'm flippin' pancakes!" before he noticed Mickey and changed back, greeting, "Ooh! Hi, Mickey! Sorry about..." before realising something is different. "Say there's something different about you, isn't there? New clothes?"
"I've shrunk!" Mickey cried out.
"That's it! Ohh that's a good look for you!" Genie thought.
Mickey facepalmed himself, before pleading, "Genie, you gotta help me, please? I don't wanna be this small anymore! You gotta change me back to my real size!"
Genie was nervous, muttering, "I'll try, but my powers aren't what they used to be. Nothing up my sleeve!" before he removes his arms as if pushing up his sleeves and zapped magic onto Mickey, "Presto!"
Mickey is zapped by the magic. His body returned to normal, but his head was still too small. "Mmm, that's not it." Genie said. He tries again, and this time, Mickey is met with the opposite result. Zapped again, and Mickey this time was back to normal, but in different clothes(A/N: Psst! This is his KH2 outfit).
"Where did that come from?" Genie asked, breaking the fourth wall. He then tries again, and this time, succeeds.
Mickey, seeing himself finally back to his real human size, red shorts and all, he sighed in relief. "Finally!"
"Uh, excuse me?" Mushu spoke up. "I appreciate you turning me back into a dragon here!"
Genie, seeing the beetle Mushu, zapped him as well and Mushu was now back into his normal form and he cheered. "Yeah! Woo hooo hooo! I'm back!" Mushu cheered happily.
"Hey, what about me?" Iago asked, tugging Genie's tail. "You think I like being cold-blooded?"
Seeing Iago, Genie zapped him back to normal as well. At first, Iago smiled that he was now a parrot again, all of the sudden, his feathers then poofed like to look like he had frills around his neck. Now irritated again, Iago grumbled, "Oh, this is great. I'll NEVER get this down. I LOOK LIKE A PETUNIA OVER HERE!"
Ven, relieved to see Mickey back to his real normal size, then asked, "Mickey, what happened? How did you get so small?"
Now nervous on how to explain this, Mickey stumbled, "Uh, uh, um..." then lied while stuttering, "Iago!"
"What?!" Iago exclaimed, but he was ignored.
"Yeah, Iago was looking for money and found some at a gyspy stand." Mickey continued, "But it really wasn't money, it was a pile of magic dust-no, it was cursed gold-I mean, jewelry! Magical ones-upon touched can curse you-they do that, you know-and uh, shrunk me, turned Iago into a lizard and Mushu into a beetle!" before turning to Iago and Mushu, asking, "Didn't they, fellas?"
Iago and Mushu looked at him skeptically, then played along and nodded in agreement. But Ven looked a bit skeptical and muttered, "Okay...?" not really buying it.
Seeing the expression, Mickey slumped in defeat, and admitted, "Okay, you caught me. I was just trying to find somethin' to make this year's New Year's Day extra special while provin' that I can do things while being my current height, and somethin' went kinda screwy."
"Oh, right." Ven realised, then sighed. "I'm sorry, Mickey. We didn't mean to upset you about your height. I guess those silver-haired guys, Scarlet and Heidegger really got to us today that we weren't really cheerful." before hugging Mickey. "But you're okay of who you are."
"Gosh, really?" Mickey asked, surprised.
"Absolutely." Ven replied, and Genie nodded in agreement.
Mickey smiled, emotional. This was the nicest thing his friends had ever said to him. "Aw, you guys are just swell." and he hugged Ven back. "Welp, better not keep the others waitin'. Let's head over to the party."
It was definately a party to remember, alright. As soon as Mickey joined up with the rest of his friends and the other students, Yazoo, Loz and Kadaj ended up fighting which ended up in a food fight, while Scarlet and Heidegger had a heated argument to the point of storming out, and the President and Rufus, along with Xehanort, Ansem and Eraqus laughed up a storm that they didn't even borther or minded in the students having a food fight for once.
Eventually, Kadaj, Loz and Yazoo were the ones, along with Scarlet and Heidegger were told to clean up the mess while the rest of the group and the Turks, the President and Rufus and Veld were enjoying the rest of the evening. Eventually, the three Galbadian students, Scarlet and Heidegger stormed out and took taxies to hotels. After that and filled with food, everyone else waited for the moment to come.
Then it came. At the strike of twelve, midnight, fireworks were lit and exploded into the sky, creating spetaculer lights in the sky. Everyone smiled happily.
Minnie, who didn't know about Mickey's adventure, snuggled up against him and Mickey smiled at her. It's been very eventful, but Mickey was certain for one thing.
He never complained about his height ever again.
To be Continued.
A/N: An adventurous start of the new year, huh? To those who are familiar with the series, welcome back and sorry for the wait. I've been struggling on how to start season 2 for ages while struggling with my other current stories, but when New Year's Day came, it struck me and thus, I was able to combine it with the idea of the episode I've wanted to write for ages.
Please review, fellow readers, and see you in the next episode.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016! Fixed a few things up.