A/N: I'm still continuing this because of some lovely reviewers. Kinda gave up on my other story on here though.
Okay so y'all said 'hey where's Amanda? When's she gonna come into this story?' Well, the thing is, Hannah is the main character, and I don't want to rush the pace of things, as if it WERE the game. You have to take your time. But that doesn't mean I'm going to wait for 3 more chapters until she appears.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Mickey Mouse, Epic Mickey, or any parties associated with the Disney franchise. If so, that'd be sweet.
The so-relatable people here belong to me. I guess.
"Aaaaaah—" I shouted as black and white swirled in a never ending vortex around me.
Just what am I getting myself into? I thought-slash-shouted as a light began shining below me, and eventually blinding me.
After I shut my eyes trying to shut out the white, I felt myself tumble onto what felt like the ground – or the floor, I'm not yet sure – and onto my side. "Urrg." I groaned, my head spinning and my stomach flopping around in circles. I really didn't want to puke, that's just plain gross. "Poo poo." I semi cursed as my nausea went away eventually. Blinking several times to shut out the dots in my eyes, my new surroundings came to view.
It was still pretty gloomy and danky, and it felt humid still. But there was a light breeze to cool the sweat on my forehead. Jumping around something potentially toxic fifty times takes a lot of energy, mind you. There were occasional dark green bushes and ivy growing on the walls. "I'm in the castle's courtyard," I thought aloud. I walked cautiously and slowly, the soft grass making slight crunch noises as I walked. I came up upon a rusted gate that had Oswald's face at the center in iron. It looked horribly tarnished. Just how long has what Yen Sid told me been going on? I also felt like I was being watched. It was just so quiet. Nothing other than the wind howling through the gateway's metal and the soft crunch of the grass doubling under my feet. But if it was quiet, there couldn't be anyone here right?
Then a small noise came from behind me that sounded like gurgling.
I spoke too soon. I thought as I spun around and backed up a step taking out the paintbrush the great wizard gave me. I tried keeping a cool Terminator look, but I really just looked like a girl about to pass out from fear. "Stay back, man, I'm not afraid to use this!" I said as I stuck the brush out in front of me. I had no idea how to use it though. I should've grabbed whatever thinner was in the throne looking place before heading out. Oh well, plenty of room for error. The noise came from two small little small Ogres. Splatters, I think.
Okay, these guys are low level monsters, they can't be that bad.
LOL, nope.
I was soon scratched at by one of them while the other looked ready to bite me…. or sneeze. It burnt, and got me through my sweater sleeve. But I can't fend off things that I can't attack. So I decided to book it to the stone stairs. They weren't as stupid as I thought. They started climbing up the stairs. I looked around, completely & hopelessly desperate to kill them. I don't react well to these types of things and I tend to spaz out. I spotted a rock on the floor from crumbling rubble near my reach. I picked it up and it took up a good portion of my hand. So I chucked it at the faster Spatter, which fell back into the other one sluggishly following. They both tumbled down the stairs and hit the wall adjacent to it.
Hm, maybe playing football with my brother's friends did pay off. Even though I kinda suck at going long. Taking my leave, I decided to throw a pot sitting near the railing at them while they were still dazed. They emitted pained gurgling sounds before reducing to a pile of ink. The pot seemed to have things in it too. They looked like a small glass of paint and a red ticket.
I just stuffed it in my pocket because right now I don't think I'm gonna get to watch the Hobbit.
Making my way back down the stairs with my heart throbbing against my ribcage from the experience, I headed straight for one of the levers.
I wrapped my hand around the middle lever and pulled. Instead of moving, it snapped in half. "CRAP!" I cursed before looking at the structure not far to my left. I never took much note of it because of what had previously happened, but now I'm doing a double take.
There looked like there was a gear that if I moved it enough, it could probably substitute for the lever.
I walked to it and looking up at it, it looked impossible for me to reach. I heard muffled tapping on a glass.
"Hello!? GET ME OUT!"
That voice. It was hoarse and dry but I recognized it.
"Amanda?" I shouted. "Hannah?" She called back in return.
"I'm stuck!"
"I'll get you outta there, just gimme some time!"
It would take some climbing but if I went back up the stairs I could manage to reach the top. I did so and there on the top slot of the tower was Amanda trapped in a glass cage. I expected her to be Gus, but she looked like she was dressed like me. Only she had a black shirt and blue shorts. Was she supposed to be that rabbit?
"What're you waiting for!? Get me outta here!" Amanda hurried impatiently. "Alright alright, geesh." I retorted with a smirk before grabbing my brush and making a slashing motion with it, breaking Amanda free.
"Wahoo! I'm finally free!" She cheered, bouncing in the air.
"How'd you end up in there?" I asked.
"Those ink monsters grabbed me soon as they saw me leave the portal thing and put me in here. Something seems to be commanding them. But I haven't figured what." She said.
I saw something move in my peripheral vision while she talked and when I looked, SHE HAD FRIGGIN REAL BLACK RABBIT EARS ON HER HEAD.
"What?!" She panicked seeing my facial expression and she put her hands on her face. "Did I get something on me?"
"N-no but… you have… rabbit ears."
"WHAT!?" *she picked up a scrap of silver metal and shrieked, which resounded through the courtyard. "Why am I dressed up like Oswald?! Isn't he the bad guy?!"
"It's not so bad—" I was cut off by her babble mode.
"LOOK AT YOU!" She held up the scrap at me. I saw two black mouse ears on either side of my head! I touched one and it twitched. Yep, they're real.
"I wish Yen Sid was here to explain this wacky stuff…" I mumbled.
"You got to meet him!? Lucky…"
"Nevermind that! You didn't meet Yen Sid? Then where'd you end up?" I couldn't remember how we got separated in the first place. Too many knocks to the brain I guess.
"You mean, you don't remember? We we sucked into the TV then down two different portals. I ended up in the room in the castle full of thinner. I was surrounded by those spatters before some explosion in the pipes happened and then the room filled up with the stuff. Lucky for me, I was able to hop up to the window and jump off a ledge into some other room. Then I got caught by some guard Slobbers and ended up in that cage. And I guess you came by after a while." Explained Amanda.
"Wait, you didn't have a weapon with you?" I was confused. Didn't Oswald have some weird techy thing like when I saw him mess around with the first level in the game? And those gears with his face modeled onto them…
"Ya mean this?" Amanda reached into her blue shorts and pulled out a remote from her pockets. I took it and looked at it. It was pretty simple looking for Oswald himself. It just had one red button and an antennae looking thing that I guess was for aiming at something and pushing the button to do something to it.
"I don't know what charges this thing. I guess some type of battery that works like the paint and thinner the Spatters drop." She explained as I handed the remote back to her. "It's Oswald's weapon alright from what I've seen him do. Say, have you collected and Paint and Thinner?"
I blinked. "Um, I guess. Why?"
"Check your pockets. I doubt you have a mental "B" and "Z" button." Amanda said cheekily.
I rummaged around before pulling out a small bottle of paint and another full of thinner.
"This is weird. Mickey never actually carries these, right?"
"I don't know, that's what I thought the gauge was for. Maybe you have to dip your brush into one of them and then it must hold a certain amount of whichever for you to, I guess, spray at enemies." Amanda was in 'don't talk to me I'm thinking' mode from the looks of it.
"If we had Gremlin Gus, this wouldn't be so complicated…" She muttered. "C'mon, we've got scouting to do and exits to find." Amanda motioned in her direction and I had no choice but to follow her.
"Will this take long?" I asked. I just wanted to go home, to be honest, not be a potential hero.
"Well, look at it this way. If we come across a stage boss, we're doing it right." She replied looking towards me with a goofy smile.
A/N: I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry for taking so long to update. It took me a whole summer to realize I never updated this story.
But I'm so glad to see people like it.
While this is originally them getting sucked into the first game, I'm thinking of incorporating enemies from the sequel into it.
The Destroyer's gotta have some cool bosses.
Leave your ideas on who the Destroyer might be (like what is it exactly?) in the reviews box. I'd love some ideas.
Thanks for reading!
BTW this has 1200+ words~