Chapter 12: The Final Showdown part II

The battle between the heroes and remaining villains continued down on ground in all areas of the park. Everyone stopped fighting for a few minutes when the swoop by the dragon's wings brought their attention to her. A few characters had scattered, screaming in terror as the dragon breathed green fire all around them. Everyone took a better view of the Matterhorn and saw that Mickey was perched on top, waiting for Maleficent's arrival. The heroes who had already defeated their own enemies rushed over to the mountain attraction hoping to give Mickey some back up. Mickey was their leader and not even Maleficent was going to stop them from losing hope on saving their home.

"I'm here Maleficent!" Mickey called out. "Come and get me!" He used this opportunity to climb all the way to the top of the Matterhorn.

Maleficent had geared up for another fiery breath attack which was later countered and dodged by Mickey. But that didn't necessarily mean that he couldn't feel the wash of heat during every dodge. The last time he remembered climbing to a mountaintop was the same from that dream of conjuring ocean waves and bringing down stars from the heavens. That was when he had defied Yen Sid's orders to carry water from the well by using a broom to do the job for him. But this time, he would use that power to save everyone from the powers of darkness.

Finally Mickey found that he was now standing on the top of the Matterhorn. By this time the thorny briars from below were growing and slithering their way up the mountain attraction in a slow movement. When another fiery breath attack sped towards him, Mickey countered it by summoning a star flame power to knock it off course. Soon the wicked dragon landed on the side of the mountain, roaring and climbing her way up by her talons.

Mickey called down the stars from the heavens to rain down upon her. The dragon growled in annoyance, almost losing her grip on the mountain walls. Then she hurled more fire up at Mickey, missing him. The power from the stars had slowed down her climbing progress, but Maleficent wasn't about to quit anytime until she would finished off Mickey once and for all.

Looking down at the dragon, Mickey thought this battle with Maleficent wasn't going as difficult as he would have guessed. Yet he knew wisely that it was best to stay on his feet at all times and never underestimate what other trickery the evil sorceress might be capable of. Suddenly the mountain shook violently, causing the mouse to fall and hold onto the top. He then saw that the dragon was climbing back up from each thunderous step she took. Mickey knew he had to call forth the power of the stars again to slow her down, but before he could summon the stars, a fire attack from below had knocked his sorcerer hat off. Turning around anxiously, Mickey was about to go after it. If it hadn't been for the thunderous shaking by Maleficent, he wouldn't find himself now hanging onto the edge for life. Great, now he lost the hat again! What could be worse?

Then Mickey glanced up, finding Maleficent had now made it to the top, preparing for one more fire attack to fry him. The dragon had opened up her enormous jaws until someone or something had unexpectedly jumped upon her head.

"Gotcha yah slimy scaly fiend!"

The creature who had jumped on her was none other than Lucky Jack who had grabbed the eyelids above, releasing them in a tiny snap. After this the dragon let out a shrill cry, waving her head around in hopes of getting the creature off her head. The peg-legged rabbit hung on by holding onto her left horn, acting as if he was riding on top of an angry bull.

"Yee-haw giddy up scaly!" Lucky Jack shouted. Then he grabbed onto her finlike appendages in both hands to give a hard yank, inflicting pain from the roaring dragon. This move was made to distract Maleficent for as long as possible until the sorcerer hat was claimed.

"Way to go Lucky Jack!" Mickey crowed, still hanging off the edge. While trying to climb his way back up, he watched Maleficent shaking her head violently and pawing at it, still trying to knock the rabbit loose. Mickey wondered how Lucky Jack had the strength to make it all the way up the mountain in time and throw himself on top of the dragon. That was when a teenage boy's voice called out from behind.

"Mickey, catch this!"

Mickey turned around and saw Jim Hawkins flying on his solar surfboard, throwing the hat back to him. Mickey caught hold of the end and placed it back on his head.

"Thanks Jim!"

Feeling the power within him once again, Mickey climbed back to the top to pelt Maleficent in the belly with a huge white beam.

"Oh right in the gutter!" Lucky Jack cheered for Mickey, holding onto the horn. "Yah like that don't you! Now give a good…WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!" At that point, Maleficent sung her head from side to side until the rabbit flung off to the right side, sailing helplessly through the air. Jim Hawkins quickly flew his solar surfboard over to catch him before he hit the ground.

Thinking that there was no other backup for Mickey, Maleficent raised her foot up to squish him like a bug. But she was again interrupted by several blue blasts shooting repeatedly into the side of her large body. She turned her head to the left to witness several more Atlanteans on their stone fishes, coming to Mickey's aid. Although Mickey did mention that this battle was between him and Maleficent, the Forgotten Five realized that Mickey truly cared and loved them as much as each and every Disney character down below, fighting for what is right. That's why he was putting himself at risk to defeat Maleficent. He was fighting this battle for THEM! Whether Mickey needed backup or not, he was the only true leader of this studio who would never, ever turn any character away from his family, no matter what their image is. If he didn't care about them, he wouldn't have bothered to take notice of their absences during every special event or stood up for them during the characters' uprising. That's why the Forgotten Five were willing to return the favor by helping Mickey.

"HEY MICKEY, DON'T LET HER MANIPULATE YOU THE SAME WAY SHE ALMOST DID TO US!" Milo called from the stone fish while the Atlanteans kept firing at the dragon. "I KNOW WE LET YOU DOWN WITH OUR FAILURE BEFORE, BUT WE'RE NOT LETTING ANYTHING LIKE THAT STOP US FROM EVER HELPING OUT A FRIEND WHENEVER THEY NEED YOU AT A TIME LIKE THIS!"

By now, the Atlanteans flew in different directions the moment when the dragon breathed more green fire all around. Then Mickey noticed Jim come flying back on his surfboard with Lucky Jack hanging on. It was then that Mickey might have guessed that it was Jim who flew his way here with the little guy before the dragon could do any more harm.

"BUT EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST MICHAEL, WE SHOULD HAVE JUST GONE TO YOU INSTEAD OF TRYING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION OURSELVES!" Jim maintained with a little emotion in his voice. "NOT ONLY WERE WE JUST HURTING OURSELVES, BUT WE WOULD HAVE HURT THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT US. WE THOUGHT NOBODY CARED ABOUT US UNTIL PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE FOLLOWED UPON OUR RETURN. NOW WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU STOP HER FROM RUINING EVERYTHING!"

"Did yah think that we allow this beast to start harmin' the one who stood up for us when our friends vanished?" Lucky Jack winked. "What kinda friends would we be If we stood back doin' nothin'? This is our fight as it is yours. And whether we live or die in the end afterward, we never give up on the light n' hope that brings us all together like this, even in the darkest o' times!"

Mickey's own eyes grew teary when he listened to these words. Just as he had listened, a deep power from within him was surging though, growing and growing like a sunflower born from a tiny seed, planted within the soiled earth as the sun shone upon it. The characters drew back a few feet the moment Mickey began to glow a golden color of light. It had practically vibrated with energy as Mickey put his hands to his heart. The more he glowed, the further they drew back. Bursts of golden light shot out in every direction seconds later throughout the entire park. Everyone had covered their eyes for protection. It was as if Mickey had become a powerful supernova. More brilliant golden lights went streaking into the crowd down below; weakening the powers of the eerie, ghostly villains enough to send them back to the realm of darkness where they came from. Even Maleficent had cringed back from this mysterious power.

Soon the bright light eased down, but Mickey was still glowing and glanced up at Maleficent. From the determined expression, Mickey was ready for another fight. If it meant a fight to the death to save his family, then let it be. Nothing was more important than friends and family who were willing to put their lives at risk to save someone they loved. The light from within himself, spoken by the words of the Forgotten Five gave Mickey the strength to carry on. Something about their hope, courage, and kindness had helped this power to grow. He was not going to let them down.

Finally Maleficent scoffed at the sight, caring little for what sort of power this was. She had enough time to open her mouth for one final fiery breath attack, hurling it down upon Mickey. But to her surprise, the attack left no scratch on the little sorcerer who stood there protected by a pure, gold shield. He only moved closer fearlessly while Maleficent kept firing. Just before she could breathe a fourth time, Mickey pointed his glowing finger hurling a golden beam at her mouth, before the impact occurred.

"Hey Maleficent, haven't you forgotten something?" He shouted. "You may think you're so powerful, well, this is my dream!"

The golden beam worked its way toward her successfully. The dragon apparently reared its head back in agony as if a powerful sword plunged deep into her chest. Then afterward electricity surged throughout her serpentine body before everything transformed into sound and light.


For the heroes and heroines down below, there was no telling what could have happened at the sight of those two sounds mixing together. The strong beam of gold light made it difficult to see everything going on. But when the glowing explosion had disappeared, so did the dragon. There was no sign of her or Mickey anywhere. By miracle, the thorny briars were beginning to wither, die, and disappear from every ground, building, and street sign they had covered up. While the thorns were withering away, Maleficent's henchmen, fearing what happened to their mistress made a run for it, hoping to get back to their lair. Elliot pursued after, scaring them further with his revived fire attack. All the other characters like the Reluctant Dragon, Dumbo, The Jungle Book characters, the Greek Gods, the entire dog and cat characters, Taran, Stitch, and all the princes helped to drive them all the way out of the park. The goons kept on running like cowards, knowing that with Maleficent defeated, they themselves were possibly outnumbered. Dumbo targeted a few with his water blast. Mushu riding on a black kite by the fuse of a rocket strapped to his back, released himself a second before the rocket impacted the cowering minions in a minor explosion, creating small fire crackers in the sky. Then the rest of the remaining villains were onslaught by spells, arrows, spears, strength, and swords from the three good fairies, Merlin, Genie, King Triton, Robin Hood, Beast, Mulan, Aladdin, Simba, Hercules, Tarzan, and the rest.

In no more than a minute, Hercules had overpowered Hades and Cerberus, sending them flying back to the Underworld. The Huns retreated rather quickly, unable to win without Shan Yu. Tarzan freed his gorilla family from the pirates who had imprisoned them in cages, with the help of Tantor, Terk, and Jane. The Cauldron Born withered and turned into dust after the Horned King was pulled into the Black Cauldron. The Seven Dwarves chased the Wicked Queen over the edge of the cliff, helping Prince Charming in rescuing Snow White from the sleeping death. The animal heroes such as Bambi teamed alongside the mice heroes, the dogs and cats, Simba, Kenai and Koda in driving off the dangerous creatures that plagued Adventure Land and Frontier Land. Pecos Bill rounded the evil critters up with his lasso trick and hurled them miles and miles into into the closing vortex where they first popped out of. Because of the vast growing numbers of thorny briars, the cows and their companions were unable to get through. But once the spell was broken, they finally gave the other animal heroes a helping hand to finish off the battle.

By fighting altogether, the entire family of heroes, heroines, and sidekicks had helped one another to defeat the villains. With no more enemies left to fight, entire cast of characters erupted into cheers of victory. The battle of the villains was finally over. But whatever happened to Mickey?

Their question was answered by the sound of a makeshift solar surfer preparing to make a landing. Jim gripped the crossbar securely as he flew in…with Mickey hanging onto his left leg.

"WHOO-HOO, WE DID IT!" Jim yelled victoriously.

Landing safely, Mickey jumped off to greet the rushing crowd, bursting into wild cheers, congratulating the mouse who started it all.

"You did it Mickey!" Pinocchio shook Mickey's hand.

"No," Mickey insisted. "We all did it." He turned to half of the characters of the Forgotten Five. "But most of all, this victory could have never been possible without these guys. Why, where would we really be if it wasn't for their return?"

The characters then turned to the Forgotten Five, rushing forward to raise them to their shoulders. Mickey smiled at the congratulating and honoring. Then his smile dropped, remembering something else back over at Frontier Land, darting passed the crowd.

AN: Well that's it for the battle of the villains. But this story isn't entirely over just yet. The next chapter might be a little emotional, depending on how much I can think of as Mickey gets this chance to have a talk with the Forgotten Five about the importance of family and what brings them all together. The next chapter after that will be the celebration of the characters' return and triumph. I may even add one epilogue at the very end. But I won't tell what it is just yet. I strongly hope that this battle was epic enough. But sometimes I still feel that I'm not as good as other Disney fanfiction writers. I don't know what else might have made this final confrontation with Maleficent more epic than what is written here. I still hope you enjoyed this chapter. As for Mickey glowing like that from listening to the words of the Forgotten Five, I was thinking about those words from the first Kingdom Hearts game: no matter how deep the darkness, a light shines within. I'd like to credit Yensid365 here for helping me along with the ideas for the last confrontation. I probably would have never been able to upload this story or the first five chapters without her advice.