Chapter 10: Steamboat Willie

The familiar scent of the salty sea air filled his nostrils, and the sound of the waves did the same with his two round ears. He also recognised the rocking of the ship.

He opened one eye, and then the other. When he sat up, he noticed something.

Everything was black and white.

From the ship to the sky to the ocean itself, everything was without a colour, except for him. He was the only thing that wasn't black and white.

The hat was gone.

He panicked, looking around everywhere for it, until a dark shadow loomed over him. When he looked up, he saw an angry Pete.

But this Pete was different. He was black and white, and dressed like an old sailor. He also had a peg leg replacing his right leg. Here, he was known as Peg Leg Pete.

He looked very angry, so Mickey stood up.

"Pete," he said. "Are you feeling"—

Peg Leg Pete bashed him on the head and through the floor, falling below decks and landing in a barrel full of fish. He broke through the lid and got a mouthful. Peg Leg Pete laughed from above, and Mickey could hear him walking away.

That was when Peg Leg Pete heard whistling coming from the wheel to the tune of "Steamboat Bill." When he turned around, Steamboat Willie was standing there, and he looked incredibly confused.

He looked down the hole, and Mickey had already left. He shook it off and turned around, where Mickey was coming up the stairs. He jumped in shock. He turned around to look at Steamboat Willie again, then back at Mickey. He did this a few more times.

Mickey still couldn't believe that he had gone back in time to when people called him Steamboat Willie, although he didn't remember it being black and white.

He remembered that Yen Sid had only finished creating this world a few days ago. He thought back to when he fell off of Bald Mountain. Did he somehow enter his memories?

If that cliffside led here, then that would mean that Donald, Goofy, and the hat were all around here somewhere.

He noticed Peg Leg Pete looking at him and Steamboat Willie.

"Uh-oh," he said.

Peg Leg Pete charged at him. Mickey started running away, making him crash into the wall. He grew angry at this new and colourful Mickey and continued chasing him.

While running around, Mickey was looking for either of his friends or the hat, but couldn't spot any. He hurried up the stairs, not realizing it led to the wheel, and bumped into his past self.

Steamboat Willie turned around, and his jaw hit the floor. He and Mickey examined each other, beginning to make the same actions in sync. They laughed and both turned around, where Peg Leg Pete was approaching the stairs. The two mice looked at each other and winked.

When Peg Leg Pete reached the top of the stairs, Mickey was gone, and Steamboat Willie was driving the ship. He turned around, trying to keep the big grin off of his face. The captain looked around everywhere, frowned at his mate, and started back down the stairs.

When he reached the bottom, Mickey walked by holding a crate. Peg Leg Pete immediately turned around to stare at the wheel, and Steamboat Willie was gone. He started following the mouse.

When he peeked around the corner, Mickey was gone. He heard Steamboat Willie cough from behind him, and when he turned around, there he was.

Peg Leg Pete was furious, insisting that he wasn't going crazy. He ran over to Steamboat Willie, who simply stared back at him. Something tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, Mickey was there.

Something tapped him on the shoulder again. When he turned around, there was Steamboat Willie.

This happened over and over again. He was going insane. But then he came up with an idea. When Steamboat Willie tapped him, he grabbed him and turned around to face Mickey. With both of them in sight, they were busted.

He was relived that he had caught them, but then immediately jumped in surprise and dropped the mouse. Mickey and Steamboat Willie did a high-five, annoying him.

That was when spirits leapt out of the water and onto the ship. Chernabog was sending his minions here, too.

They charged at them. Steamboat Willie hid in terror, something Mickey was sad to admit. But Peg Leg Pete wasn't allowing anybody on his steamboat without permission. Well, anybody except Mickey.

He charged at them and punched three in one blow, knocking them into the water.

Then they heard coughing coming from below.

"Gorsh, shoulda been holding our breaths there, Donald!"

"Whatever, let's just climb up there! They need help."

Mickey ran over and saw his two friends.

"Donald! Goofy!" he cheered.

"Mickey!" they both cried.

"Hang on, I'll get you out of there!" he shouted.

While the captain was fighting the monsters, Mickey ran up the stairs and started to control the ship's crane. He used it to grab his two friends and drop them on deck.

He ran down to them. "Thanks there, Mickey!" Goofy thanked him.

"We found this," Donald said, pulling out the Fantasia hat. Mickey grabbed it and placed it on his head.

"Thank you!" he cheered. "Where?"

"In the water with us," he replied.

Some goblins started charging at them. Mickey blasted them away, but they got up and came back again. Donald started fighting them, and Goofy shot the spirits flying around in the sky.

A demon got Mickey from behind and pushed him to the ground. He walked over, looking down at his foe. Releasing his claws, he went to stab him, but the crane grabbed him and threw him overboard.

Mickey looked up at the wheel to see Steamboat Willie. He smiled and waved at his future self, and Mickey did the same back.

He jumped up to fight more of the monsters. Peg Leg Pete was fighting most of them of quickly, knocking them into the water with one punch.

As soon as they came, they were gone. The three met up in the middle of the deck.

"Where are we?" Donald asked. "And why does that other mouse look like you?"

"That's because it is me," he replied. "I remember this place. I used to work onboard here, and people called me Steamboat Willie."

"Well then, how do we get out of here?" the duck asked.

Peg Leg Pete was watching them hard. He walked over to them. His ear grew bigger than his head, and he listened to their conversation. Mickey looked at him and zapped him in the nose, knocking him backwards and into a crate. He got stuck in it.

"We have to find a way to get out of here," Goofy stated. "Not saying it's a bad place or anything, but the entire universe is counting on us."

"Yeah," Donald agreed. "What do we do, Mickey?"

"Can't you take us back?" he asked.

"I don't know," Mickey told them. "I mean, maybe, but I'm not sure. I couldn't teleport in our universe, but maybe I could create a portal to take us back."

He concentrated really hard, closed his eyes, waved his hands around, and pointed at them ground. When he opened his eyes, nothing was there.

"I have an idea," he said to them. "Each of you put a hand on my shoulder."

"Why?" Donald asked slowly as the two obeyed him.

"Maybe everyone from our universe here has to be touching one another," he suggested. "But it's just an idea."

"Try it," Goofy said, having faith in his friend.

Mickey closed his eyes and began concentrating again. He waved his hands around, pointed at the deck, and opened them.

There was a portal.

"Hooray!" Goofy cheered.

Unable to do anything, Peg Leg Pete simply watched. Although, judging by his expression, he most likely wouldn't have done anything.

As they went to jump in, Steamboat Willie came up to them. He hugged Mickey, who hugged him back.

"Awwwww," said Donald and Goofy from behind them.

Mickey let got and jumped into the portal, with his two friends behind him.

They reappeared back atop Bald Mountain, where Pete, Chernabog, and Minnie stood in their same spots.

"Mickey!?" Chernabog cried. "But how?"

"Mickey?" Pete whispered.

"Mickey!" Minnie celebrated.

"That's right," he said to them all. "I'm back."

"Uh, so are we," Donald added, referring to him and Goofy. "Thanks for asking."

"You just don't know when to give up, do you?" Chernabog asked.

"Nope," he answered. "That's why I never became a master. But maybe this will stop you!"

He fired a massive laser at him, perhaps even as big as one from Chernabog. He reluctantly took the blow, but when Mickey was done, he looked fine.

"How?" he asked.

"My power is beyond all things!" he cried. "Minions! Destroy these four!"

Skeletons, demons, and all other monsters started running up the mountain towards them. It seemed as though the remainder of his entire army was coming after them.

"Mickey!" Goofy panicked. "Do something!"

"What is there to do?" Pete asked.

Mickey, said a voice in Mickey's head. Mickey, listen to me. This is Yen Sid. His weakness is light; sunlight.

"Sunlight?" Mickey asked quietly so no one would hear.

No response.

Mickey thought back to when the Chernabog came to their world for the first time.

"Impossible," thought Yen Sid. "The sun is out."

Sunlight was what would bring him down. He looked up into the sky and saw it filled with odd-looking clouds.

That's it. Chernabog must have used all of his power to make this place eternally night time. Mickey would have to repel the spell.

He conjured up a magnificently huge ball of light and flung it up into the sky. Some of the clouds disappeared.

Mickey smiled and did it again. Chernabog went to grab it as it flew by, but it burned his hand. He revolted back, holding onto his wrist.

He magic flew up through the clouds, fighting back some more. Chernabog growled. When Mickey went to do it a third time, Chernabog blew it back at them, causing the four to get knocked back.

"Here they come!" shouted Pete, preparing for battle.

Him, Donald, and Goofy charged towards the army and began fighting them off, covering for Mickey. Pete punched his way through, just as Peg Leg Pete did. Some things never change.

Mickey fired a blast of light at Chernabog, knocking his towering body backwards. Mickey fired another one into the night sky.

Chernabog clawed at the mouse, who simply dodged it and flung another up. Soon, a thin ray of light shined down onto Chernabog. Smoke began rising from where it was shining on him.

"YAAAAAHHHH!" he screamed.

Mickey didn't stop. He kept on trying to remove the cloud barrier Chernabog had placed for himself. The light grew bigger, forcing Chernabog to move himself away.

Donald, Goofy, and Pete didn't stop fighting for Mickey and this universe. Minnie smiled, knowing which side would win this fight.

Mickey kept shooting more up, until Chernabog grabbed him and began squeezing him tightly.

"Time for you to die," he said.

"Mickey!" Minnie shrieked.

Goofy turned around and fired an arrow at Chernabog's eye. He swatted it away without even looking away from Mickey. Goofy turned around and kept fighting, hoping he wouldn't notice.

"Everything I deserve is given to you," he said. "That evil wizard doesn't know what he's doing or what he's creating."

"But I know what I'm doing!" Mickey shouted at him. "Destroying you!"

He created another ball of light, forcing him to be dropped. He threw it into the sky and hit the ground hard. Slowly getting up, he watched as it broke all of the clouds. They began disappearing, one by one, until the whole mountain lit up by the sun.

"NOOOOOO!" Chernabog shrieked, shielding his eyes. He began fading away quickly.

"You don't know what you're doing! I willllllll rreeeetttuuuuurrrrrnnn!"

He then faded away entirely.

His monsters soon followed. With their master and creator gone, there was no one to rule them, and thus they had no purpose. Even the monsters in Disney Town were disappearing. Everyone there and here cheered.

Mickey broke the cage for Minnie with magic, and she grabbed Mickey's hand as she stepped out.

"Oh, Mickey!" she sighed, hugging him. He did the same to her.

"Awwwww," said Donald, Goofy, and Pete.

The two let go, embarrassed.

Suddenly, the mountain started shaking rapidly and falling apart.

"What's going on!?" Goofy panicked.

"I guess now that he's gone," Mickey replied. "This mountain doesn't have a purpose either! Let's go!"

Minnie followed Mickey down the mountainside to the portal, with Donald, Goofy, and Pete close behind. The five were running as fast as they could to the portal, which was now closing.

They were dodging falling rocks and boulders everywhere. They tripped a handful of times, due to the shaking.

Eventually, they made it to the portal in one piece. Donald jumped in, with Goofy close behind. Pete was falling behind, until a rock rolled onto his foot.

"YEOCH!" he cried. "Mickey! Help me!"

"Go," he said to Minnie.

"Mickey?" she questioned.

"Go!" he repeated.

Minnie jumped into the portal, turning around to watch the other mouse chase after his friend.

Mickey reached the rock and began pushing it, but it was too big and heavy for him alone.

"It really hurts," he complained. "So anytime now would be great, mouse!"

"Cover you head," he said to him.

"What?"

"Just do it!"

Pete wrapped his arms around his head, and Mickey blasted it with his magic. The rock crumbled into many tiny pieces, and Pete stood up. Mickey helped him due to his leg.

The two charged after the portal, which was practically gone. They ran and ran and leapt inside, sliding across the warm grass.

The portal closed behind him, and the sound of the falling mountain was cut.

When they stood up, everybody was with them. Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, Yen Sid, and the seven gathered heroes.

Mickey and Pete helped each other up and everybody cheered.

That was when Yen Sid started to disappear.

"Yen Sid!" Mickey cried, running over to him.

"It's okay," he said. "Chernabog defeated me, and my punishment was to be sent here, be able to do nothing to this world. However, now that he is gone, I may return."

"But," said Mickey.

The old wizard smiled down at him. "Do not worry for me," he went on. "I will help out as best I can, as will you. Farewell, everyone!"

And with that, he disappeared, as well as Mickey's hat.

"I guess I don't get to be a magician anymore," he said with a sigh. Minnie walked over and patted him on the back.

That was when magic sparkles the shape and size of raindrops began pouring down from the sky and onto the destroyed city. Suddenly, everything began building itself together again, and all of the citizens applauded.

"It's Yen Sid!" Mickey cheered. "He must be fixing it this very second!"

Mickey's hands began glowing.

"Mickey!" Goofy shouted. "Your hands! Look!"

Mickey looked down, and they were glowing golden. Soon, the gold disappeared.

"What did that mean?" Donald asked.

Mickey felt something inside of him. Something magical.

He raised his hands into the air, and a rainbow was fired out of them, over the kingdom, and out into the horizon.

"My magic!" he cheered. "I guess I get to be a magician after all!"

Everyone celebrated in all of the worlds, mainly Disney Town. Mickey thanked and said good-bye to all of the gathered heroes, sending them back to their worlds. When they returned, they told everyone of what happened and began celebrating there as well.

Mickey sat on his balcony, thinking to himself. Minnie stepped out.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine," he answered. "I just, I hadn't seen him in years. Or at least, I thought I didn't. I barely got to see him while he was here. I'm just going to miss him is all."

Minnie nodded in agreement, resting her head on his shoulder.

The two stood in silence, letting the breeze go by and watching the sun set. Down below, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and Pluto were in Disney Town celebrating with the citizens.

Suddenly, a bright light came down from the sky, as if it were a meteor. The two mice looked at it in concern.

Before Mickey could stop it, it crashed in the courtyard below them. When the smoke cleared, Yen Sid looked up at him.

The End