The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina
By Mutitoon90
Chapter Twelve: After the Party
In a nexus of mole tunnels, the mole king was trying to convince Thumbelina that she was to stay underground for the rest of her life.
"Not a chance!" Thumbelina announced loudly so her echoes could be heard be Godfrey and Daniel.
"You are going to be my queen." The mole king said as he explained, "My minions are right now closing all the tunnels, so this will be your home…forever."
"I'll get away!" The girl yelled, "I've managed to escape more stubborn pigs than you!"
"More stubborn, perhaps." The giant mole said as dusted his hat, "More clever? More inspired? I don't believe that very much. You see, my dear, I have your little friend, Tom, in one of the hole as my prisoner, but there aren't enough holes for the two of you. If you agree to join me in wedlock, he will be freed and unharmed, but if not, use your imagination…I used mine."
Thumbelina was so shocked about Tom being the mole king's captive that she went to her knees, saying, "All right, I'll marry you."
"You've made me so happy!" The mole king exclaimed joyfully, and then he called for his servants to prepare the wedding.
As the monster mole walked away, humming the 'Wedding March,' Thumbelina was crying.
"Tom, I don't care what happens to me! I can't risk your safety! Oh, Tom, I wish I could see you!"
Back at the mice settlement, two male mice ran to Tom.
"The moles have blocked all the tunnels!" One said, too busy panting to yell.
"There's no way down!" the other confirmed.
"There's one." Penelope announced, "It's a half-day's journey by foot."
Carm, who have been helping her mate convince Jojo that the moles crashing the party was not a joke, heard this and asked the leader of the mice, "How do you know about this hole, and how come that I don't know about it?"
"I just know." Penelope answered blandly.
"Come clean, sister!" One of the mice demanded.
"Yeah, how come you know where the mole king lives?" Manic asked, winking to the other hedgehogs.
"I've never said that's where the mole king lives." Penelope pointed out.
"I know that, and how you know." The green hedgehog said with a grin.
"You can't know what I know." The mouse said, uneasy by the drummer of the hedgehog band's words.
"You say it, or I will." Manic grinned.
"You're bluffing!" Penelope accused Manic.
"Am I?" The long-quilled hedgehog countered.
Seeing that Manic has pinned her into a corner, the she-mouse confessed.
"I use to date the creep!"
Everyone gasped at the mouse's words.
"I was young and lonely, and I got desperate until I realized that he planned to make me his queen, so I dumped him by faking my death."
"That's truly unexpected!" Sly commented while Carm jaw nearly hit the ground and Jojo nodded in agreement.
"Manic," Sonic asked, "how did you know?"
"About Penelope and the mole king?" Manic answered, "I've heard rumors, and I pretty much guessed."
"You guessed?!" Sonia exclaimed.
"Calm down, sis!" The green hedgehog said, "sometimes rumors are true."
"Manic's got a point!" Silver said, defending Manic.
"Silver's right there." Amy Rose agreed.
"Here comes Kazooie." Shadow announced, pointing to the sky. The hedgehogs looked up and saw the Gullbree.
Then, Kazooie came flying down to Tom and landed next to the boy.
"Thumbelina saved me from being a pie! Now, I can help her and get back at that jerk."
Tom climbed onto the bird, while Penelope stayed on the ground.
"I don't like flying."
"After a while underground, I don't care to fly myself, but I have no choice, Mousy." Kazooie responded.
"That makes me feel better." Penelope said sarcastically as she climbed onto the bird.
After the mouse was on her, Kazooie flew off to mole king's lair to rescue Thumbelina.
After an hour, Penelope pointed out the hole's location.
"There! Near the cliff!"
Seeing where Penelope pointed, Kazooie said, "Hold on tight! This might be rough!
"Uh-oh." The mouse said, having a bad feeling what the bird meant about the landing.
Kazooie flew to the ground, but the landing was more like an almost crash site.
"I warned you it might be rough." The Gullbree said.
Penelope huffed in anger, while Tom looked at his surroundings.
"Ladies, I have a plan!"
"As long as there isn't very much of flying!" The she-mouse said, knowing that the flying part was unavoidable.