A.N: The rating is gonna go up a bit for a reason. That reason being of what's about to happen, 'cause in my mind the nightmare you're about to read is a bit graphic yet not too graphic. And to save myself from over thinking of how to explain the nightmare when it's done, Mickey, Manfred, Spade, Clover (soon to be introduced) and surprisingly Minnie had this same nightmare.

A shout out to Squad Unit 19, Don't worry I'll stick your request in somewhere.

Disclaimer: I do Not own the Disney characters nor do I own the rights to Cheez-its, but I do own The Ace of Spades and Clubs/Clover, Manfred Mouse, and Alfonzo.

The Temple of Jewels was glowing at the top where the podiums stood. It was pouring out but that didn't stop the five figures from fighting. There were two cats, two mice and a female rabbit. The female cat fought along side with the rabbit and the two mice who were both male. They fought against the lone male cat in order to protect themselves.

"Why are you doing this Brother? Don't you understand the consequences?!" The Ace of Spades pleaded to the other cat.

"You know why I'm doing this my dear sister. I crave for power, and only one of you is even capable of giving me that power," the belled cat answered sadistically as he slowly turned his head to one of the mice while the thunder and lightning added to the menacing affect. "Am I right Ace of Hearts?"

With that said the male cat lunged for the mouse, otherwise known as the Ace of Hearts, knocked him down forcefully to the ground. The cat stared down at his prey looking at the mouse with a seductive, yet hungry look in his eye. The cat surprisingly leaned his head down to the mouse's neck, elongated his fangs, and took a bite. The Ace of Hearts screamed, but it was not audible, instead the scream of a woman was heard.

Through the mouse's wriggling in pain he could barely make it out that it was not The Ace of Spades or Clubs' scream. The Ace of Hearts recognized the scream at the last minute when everything finally went black.

"No!" Mickey exclaimed immediately woke up in a cold sweat.

Without a doubt in his mind and the Sins in the back of it, that was the scariest dream he's ever had, and it was scary on so many levels. Then the Sins started talking up a storm in Mickey's head apparently they saw the dream too. After all, Mickey didn't want them to interfere, he didn't say anything about looking in on it, plus in a sense they were included in the dream.

"Sweet mother of Cheez-its that was scary, and I don't get scared by your nightmares that easily!" Pride bragged, though by the sound of his voice he was obviously shaking in his boots…if he had any.

The Seven Deadly Sins were only an assortment of different voices for the most part. Though they would take some kind of form if and whenever Mickey meditated deeply, just to escape the stresses of daily life and into the depths of his own mind. Of course he would never be alone, and the forms the Sins took when he spoke to them face to face within his mentality were always similar to him, wearing red shorts, and if they decided to fully manifest themselves, yellow shoes. But they would facially have their own appearance and that also showed whenever one of them took over Mickey's body. The main way for anyone to tell (mainly Manfred) that he was possessed by one of them was his tail. If and when he's possessed, the tip of his tail would turn into an arrow, signifying that some internal demon has taken over and wants to play. Thankfully, the Sins can't take over as much, because of his extremely strong will and the fact that he's a goody two-shoes.

"Shut up Pride! That was too scary to be just a dream right Lust?" Envy chimed in.

"Indeed, I have a feeling the 'power' that cat was referring to had something to do with us. Especially since we're the ones that cursed the Ruby before you came along mouse.

Though I must admit, he's definitely an idiot trying to get us for himself. Even if he were to take the Ruby out, we would still reside in you until your last breath Mickey," Lust mused.

"What?! You mean I'm stuck with you guys forever?" Mickey complained.

"Sorry mouse boy but those are the kicks even if we are manifestations, we have to follow rules too ya know," Greed commented in some assurance.

"Great, now ya tell me. But didn't that dream feel shared? And I don't mean just you guys. In the very end of that nightmare I heard a scream, now I don't know about you guys but I know that screaming anywhere. That was Minnie's scream, I just know it!"

"I do believe you're right… how much do you want to bet that was Minnie's nightmare in the first place? It somewhat fits perfectly to what she said earlier about you getting hurt!" Lust added.

"Huh, hurt is an understatement. I was mauled to death in that nightmare. And literally! Did any of you catch the size of those teeth on tha-! Wait a minute…that was Alfonzo! That son of a gun is a vampire! Oh for the love of Walt why do I always get myself into these weird messes?"

"Well, one of these days you'll have to face the facts and admit that you're extremely attractive not to just Minnie or every single girl on the planet, but most definitely even vampires who have probably been dying to sink their teeth into you since the day you were born!" Lust teased, yet at the same time meant every word sincerely. "Especially after you lost that bet to Manfred and had to work out for six months straight under unruly conditions. I'm surprised you even survived the first beaker filled with a dozen eggs without puking! Oh well, at least now you have finely toned muscles that I'm sure Minnie would Love to see."

"Knock it off Lust, I don't want to hear it from you," Mickey deadpanned.

"At any rate now we just have to cross our fingers that The Ace of Spades isn't a vampire either, since Alfonzo is one. And it would be more accurate, rather than calling it a nightmare it would rightfully be safe to say that it was a vision," Pride added.

"Right, I've got a few questions to ask my stalker. It's just a shame that I have to wait until dawn!" Mickey mentally said mainly to himself.

"Well kid, you're in luck, 'cause here comes sunrise!" Greed chimed in cheerfully.

As Greed had said, the sun broke through the darkness of the night and lightly shone through Mickey's shaded window. It was truly the start of a brand new day, and what a way to start it.

Well since it was dawn, Mickey decided to get up even though it was six 'o clock in the morning. He went to his closet and got dressed. He was determined to get answers from Spade, even if that meant meeting her in his backyard (she would sleep in a tree, yes she's that crazy about him).

He quietly snuck downstairs, being careful that he didn't disturb Oswald. Little did he know, the lucky rabbit was already up. As soon as Mickey turned the corner into the kitchen, Oswald was just about to start up the oven. Oswald heard Mickey's footsteps on the stairs and decided to greet to him, even though they were awake really early this morning.

"Hey Buttons, what woke you up to this odd hour?"

"Nightmare," Mickey answered simply, "So this is when he gets up and makes breakfast."

"Ah, what a coincidence. I had a nightmare too," Oswald said as he turned his head to face Mickey and revealed that he had a black eye.

"Whoa! Where'd you get that?!" Mickey asked in shock and horror.

"My nightmare. I dreamed that The Ace of Clubs slapped me in the face. It felt so real that I woke up finding a black eye instead of a handprint. I guess she hit me harder than I thought. It was definitely the most realistic dream I've ever had," the rabbit answered chuckling a little.

Mickey chuckled with him as he remembered that he had a similar dream, where Minnie punched him in the eye for having a crush on some famous celebrity that was working with Goofy for a movie Mickey himself directed. He too woke up with a black eye.

He then went over to a drawer and pulled out a ball of yarn. Oswald didn't need to ask knowing exactly what Mickey was going to do.

"Don't forget your handcuffs," he said in a singsong voice as he heard Mickey chuckle slightly.

""Don't need 'em," he replied simply.

He stuck the ball of yarn in his pocket went to the backdoor, slipped on some shoes, and headed outside. He knew Spade would probably still be asleep but this was too important to wait for any longer. He was only glad she wasn't the type who would be angered from being woken up from a nap or any kind of sleep in general.

"Spaaaaaade… here kitty, kitty," he called out.

He knew she could easily hear him, even if she was asleep. Suddenly he heard a faint yawn followed by a faint groan, she must have stretched as he also heard what sounded like clawing into bark. The sounds came from a tree nearby and soon there was a rustling of leaves that he heard and saw moving from said tree.

"Come on out, I know you're there cat woman," he teased lightly.

"Hello cutie pie. And what do I owe the honor of this conversation Ace of Hearts? I know for a fact that you don't always pay attention to where I'm hiding wherever you go. You usually prefer to ignore me entirely," she greeted him and finished with another yawn. "Ugh, what time is it anyway?"

"Oh a little after six," he replied, keeping his serious gaze on her.

"My, my, my! Whatever it is you want to talk about must be important. Then again, I was silently hoping to get a word with you anyway," she smiled her usual seductive smile.

Even if she were only talking to him she would toy with him a little, it took a while for him to adjust to her "playful" antics since they were usually added with innuendos. But he figured out how to handle it.

"Oh, it's important alright. And I have a hunch we want to talk about the same thing."

"Really? Well then, you first," she offered curious at what he had to say.

"Alrighty then, but just so ya know, it's gonna be more like an interrogation," he warned.

"Hmph, you don't scare me Ace of Hearts, I know you're the good cop and not the bad one. You promised me that much. Well ask away, what is it you wanna know besides the next location of my jewel heisting?"

"Actually, I know you won't have any plans to steal anything. The Magical Realm is falling apart and soon we're gonna need your help. But that's not one of the things I need to ask, what I do need to ask is… by any chance do have a brother by the name of Alfonzo?"

Her eyes widened upon hearing that name.

"Oh, no. What has that idiot brother of mine done this time?" she asked slapping her hand to her head in disbelief.

"Okay, in a way I'll take that as a yes. Also did you have a nightmare this morning?"

"Yes, but how would you know that? Unless you…"

"Possibly dreamed it too? Yep, but that depends on if your dream ended with me getting bitten by your vampire brother," he finished for her.

She sighed and jumped down from her perch in the tree, and started to circle him. Her skinny yet still in some way poofy tail was the only part of her body that dared to touch him in his very serious mood (lest she gets any closer to play with his big round ears by flicking at them with her finger).

"I was surprised at that part, I didn't think he'd ever lean that way. But of course if that was a vision of the future, you probably set off some of the vamp buttons to activate his vampire aura. Plus, my little brother is quite the tramp at times, so it doesn't surprise me that he got bitten by a vampire himself."

"Whew!" Mickey suddenly let out a sigh of relief a he un-stiffened himself and let his shoulders lose tension automatically.

"What are you relieved about?" she asked suspiciously as she stopped circling him and stood in front of him.

"Well, I've heard vampires were very affectionate and honestly it would make sense if you actually were one," he answered with a tint of pink reaching his muzzle as he scratched the back of his head.

"Very funny darling, but you would have known if I was a vampire because frankly, I would have bitten you the day we first met in Italy," she said with an amused tone.

"That's…uh, good to know," he replied not knowing what else to say.

"Now to the most important part. What would my brother want with you?" She asked with seriousness in her voice.

"I have Seven Deadly Sins trapped in my mind, manifestations of them to be exact. They came with the Ruby of Hearts," he answered drooping his ears, curling his tail around his right ankle, and lowering his gaze to his feet.

"What on earth would he want them?"

"According to the Sins themselves, if all seven of them were to fuse together they would become the eighth manifestation. The manifestation of Chaos. In other words, I'm a living key to the worlds or even the universe's destruction."

"Well, that settles it perfectly. My little brother has lost his mind and wants to rule the world and possibly even the universe," she stated simply as she flailed her arms in the air as if to give up completely on the well-being of her brother and turned to face the other way.

"There is one more thing about that," he muttered, he knew she heard him as she flicked her ears in his direction, "Even if the Ruby was removed the Sins will remain."

She turned her head a little to the left but didn't face him as she spoke.

"That just gives me one more reason to keep him away from you," she replied in a distant voice.

She walked a few more feet away from him and jumped back into the tree. Mickey suddenly remembered something.

"Wait! I've got something for you!" he called after her.

He pulled the ball of yarn out of his pocket and tossed it up to her. Using her fast cat reflexes she caught, it almost spontaneously. Then she quirked at brow at him for the stereotypical gift.

"You are so childish sometimes," she teased.

"That's just my nature," he replied simply.

"I actually have something for you as well."

"Uh-oh! It better not be a kiss," he worried mentally.

To his surprise, she threw something back at him, and it made a jingling noise as it flew toward him.

He caught it and realized that it was…

"A bell?"

"I put a spell on it so if you ever jingle it on purpose I will come to aid you. Now, I've got jewels to hunt down so I'll see you later Ace of Hearts," she answered as she winked at him and vanished into the early morning shadows.

"Are you sure you're not just going easy on her?" A voice said right behind Mickey, causing a chill to go up his spine as he metaphorically jumped out of his skin.

Mickey turned around instantly and sighed in relief that it was only Manfred.

"Please tell me you were only going over the situation at hand," Manfred continued as he gawked.

"Yes I was."

"Good. Now, did you have any weird dreams last night?" Manfred asked using his hand in a spinning motion for emphasis.

"If you mean weird as in the cat we met last night, went totally vamp and tore my throat apart even though all he wanted was the Seven Deadly Sins' powers. Then yes, I did have a really weird dream last night," Mickey answered immediately, though one could easily mistake the way he said it as sarcasm.

"Good golly miss Molly, so I'm not the only one," Manfred contemplated.

"I already asked Spade, apparently Alfonzo is her brother and she also had the nightmare," Mickey continued.

"Do ya think this was the same nightmare Minnie had yesterday?"

"That's my hunch."

"So now all we need to do is wait until a little bit later, bring Oswald with us and search for the Ace of Clubs right?"

"Pretty much," Mickey replied.

"This is not gonna be easy," Manfred complained as his ears drooped slightly.

Well there you have it. I know it's a little short but that's what happens when writer's block hit ya on a rainy day.

Anyway, the part about Mickey being punched in the eye in his dream I got in a comic by Paul Murry. I found it while aimlessly and stupididly looking for free comic scans of any Mickey Mouse comics in the Images part of my Google Browser. The only site with free comic scans is Beru's Disney Comic Fan Page, and so far it only has Floyd Gottfredson's works and I've already read them all. There well worth the read and come up in full view for each page. But going back to re-read them I've only found one mistake so far (since he changed the format for the Mickey Mouse comics from "Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse comics" to two different sections, "Mickey Mouse Daily Strips" and "Mickey Mouse Sunday strips") and it's in "Mr. Slicker and the egg robbers" some of the panels are out of order. But it's easy to figure it out what goes where otherwise.

Happy Anniversary Phantom Blot! Wow, 70 years, whatta lifeline!

Okay enough of my ranting. See ya in the next chapter!