On the next day, Mrs. Judson made Basil and his friends oatmeal for breakfast. While they were eating breakfast, Fidget revealed to his friends that he wanted a place to stay forever.
"Who do you want to live with, Fidget?" Basil inquired, "Do you want to live with me and Dawson or Olivia and her father? It's your decision."
Fidget thought very hard about this for fate will eventually find him until he finally said, sincerely, "I would like to live with Olivia and her dad, but we could visit you anytime." With that being said, he gave the great mouse detective a hug.
"Thank you, Basil," Fidget said, sniffling, "I finally made a lot of friends."
Breaking free from Fidget's embrace and lying his hands on his shoulders, he replied, "You're most welcome, my friend. By the way, we have invitations to the queen's party at 6 PM, that involves you and the Flavershams. What do you say we all participate tonight?"
"That would be a blast!" declared Fidget, in a frenzy, "But what if she…"
"I talked to her this morning," Basil said, "It took convincing and I told him you were being good. You were just brainwashed all this time."
Then everybody rounded up to give Basil a hug of appreciation harmoniously.
Pulling free from each other's embrace, the Flavershams and Fidget began to dress themselves with their coats, scarves, and hats and started to head out the door when Dawson said, "I have an idea."
The Flavershams and Fidget came to a halt and asked with a smile in unison, "Yes?"
"How about all three of you go home and do whatever you want until six tonight?"
"That'd be an idea," Mr. Flaversham mused, "Come along Olivia and Fidget."
"We're coming, daddy," Olivia called back.
As the trio walked out the door, Fidget whispered, closing the door behind him slowly, "See you tonight."
...
While Olivia, Fidget, and Mr. Flaversham waited, they played outside and relaxed. Fidget had dozed upside down. Obviously, because he was a bat. During that time, the Flavershams lied down on a couch. Altogether, their nap had lasted two hours and jolted themselves awake to see what time it was. It wasn't six o'clock yet, which gave them the remaining hours to spend their day together.
...
When 6 PM rolled in, everyone in Mousedom was invited. Queen Mousetoria asked the bat, "Oh, by dear, are you Fidget, the bat, the one who nearly overthrew me the night before?" Fidget was nervous by her sudden graciousness.
"Yeah, why?" Fidget asked, shrinking in fright, but not quite touching the floor.
"I received your letter just yesterday," the queen stated, "And I finally came to an understanding concerning you now that your friends had told me."
This made Fidget surface from the floor. "Thank you."
"Three cheers for Fidget!" shouted the thrilled queen, "Hip! Hip!"
"Hooray!" everyone yelled in unison.
"Hip! Hip!"
"Hooray!"
"Hip! Hip!"
"Hooray!"
That very night, everyone was pleased with Fidget as he was satisfied with himself. As anyone can anticipate, he had a full life ahead of him and a future. For one, he in the end moved in with his best friend, Olivia and her father. Fidget being safe from criminals was another point he was contented with. As a final statement, he will visit Basil of Baker Street, Dr. Dawson, and Toby whenever he liked and him solving mysteries with Olivia. Regardless of Fidget's parents' death, they both wanted him to enjoy himself and that was exactly what he was doing. In short, Fidget was overjoyed with the fact that he withdrew his wrongdoings, resisted his death from the Thames, and forgiveness, friendship, and understanding put a positive impact on him. Even more important, he knew who he was: Fidget, the bat and no one, not even Ratigan can do anything to change that because the rat knew it wasn't worth the effort for him to try, though Ratigan brainwashed him and deep inside, Fidget had a generous, kind, caring, and sentimental heart. More than that, being different is good.
Unforeseen by a speechless Fidget, Olivia poked him from his trance to see if he was alright.
Fidget panicked when she did so.
"I'm sorry, Fidget," Olivia apologized, "But are you having fun?"
Fidget nodded, knowingly. "Absolutely. I'm just delighted to be alive, that's all."
"How about we dance?" Olivia suggested.
Fidget smiled with confidence and took her by the hand and the two exhilarated friends nonchalantly started dancing on the ballroom floor.
For good measure, Basil, Dawson, and Mr. Flaversham watched in amazement as the young bat and mouse sway this way and that.
Toby watched, too, from outside the queen's palace.
Altogether, everyone had an excellent night.
The End
Author's note: I am proud to announce that Fidget is my second favorite character in The Great Mouse Detective next to Olivia being the first, which was my reason why I wrote this story.
