As usual most of the characters belong to Disney but Persephone comes from P.o.P… the two stories are not directly linked but those who've read P.o.P will have a better understanding of Persephone and her character in general.

There is also a character profile and drawing of Persephone in my own profile so check it out if you want…

Thanks for reading… lots of Love Ditzy xXx

House of Twisted Toons

Chapter Thirteen:Breaking out the Mouse,,, (part two)

'I can't believe she'd do this!' Hercules snarled irritably then paused remembering who Persephone was here with. 'Well, actually I can but that's besides the point.'

'Calm down Wonder Boy..' Meg said soothingly. '-we'll figure this out..'

'How?' Aladdin's head jerked around to the Grecian couple. 'We need godly powers to break open those chains, what are we supposed to do without Persephone?'

'Oh please..' Daisy sounded rolling her eyes. 'Persephone isn't the only god in the cosmos, we can just ask one of the others to help us out..'

'Hey yeh..' Jasmine sounded perking up. '-why don't you just ask Zeus? He's your father isn't he..'

'Oh gee..' Hercules suddenly looked uncomfortable. '-I don't know.. I don't wanna bother him.'

'Ah come on..' Meg nudged her boyfriend. '-he won't mind Wonder Boy..'

'I know he won't..' Hercules sighed. '-but I don't really want to go running off to father every time I've got a problem-' The young hero loved his father dearly and the golden-skinned god was very proud that his son had defeated the Titans and rescued Meg, but there were two kinds of pride. There was 'normal' fatherly pride and then there was Zeus pride, the latter of which came with loud drunken boasting which caused your cheeks to burn up with embarrassment faster than Hades' hottest temper. It always made Hercules feel like a dorky sixteen year old again..

'-besides..' Hercules continued trying to blot out those memories. '-there's no guarantee that father knows how to break these chains..' Genie slid up beside Hercules at this point.

'Oh I don't know..' He sounded smiling at the young hero. '-He is Mr Universe, the Cosmic Overlord, his high and mightiness.. If anybody is gonna know how to bust Mickey outta those chains..' Genie paused before some betting slips appeared in his wrist. '-ma money's on that guy!' He cried out and Hercules who sighed heavily.

'Alright…' He sounded reluctantly, silently hoping that his mother Hera had managed to get through to Zeus about embarrassing him. '-I'll call him and ask.' Hercules then turned his head upwards to the ceiling and held his hands together in prayer.

'Father.. are you busy?' The young hero spoke, directing his words upwards.

There was a brief pause of silence before the sound of fluttering wings and a blur of brilliant blue light shot into the room. It quickly formed into the Messenger God Hermes who beamed widely at the young hero.

'Hey there Hercinator..' The tiny blue god sounded jauntily, fluttering slightly above eye-level.

'Hermes where's father?' Hercules blinked confused but the tiny blue god smirked.

'Oh, nutty story Herc, see Hera and Hephaistos had a little tiff earlier this week, not really sure what it was about.. then this morning Heph sent her this ritzy new throne, Hera thought it was his way of apologising, but when she sat down on it these golden chains wrapped her up tight and the chair took off into the stratosphere with your mother. You can imagine how your old man reacted can'tcha?' Hermes sighed shaking his head. 'Anyway, the big guy's trying to retrieve your mother while Bacchus and Ares are trying to convince Heph to set her free..'

'And I thought my family had problems..' Max nudged Roxanne who smirked and shushed him as Goofy was not very far away.

'Oh geez..' Hercules sounded anxiously but Hermes waved him off.

'Ah, don't worry about it babe, they'll get her out.. In the meantime, what can I do for ya?' The tiny blue god continued to beam cheerfully at his favourite hero.

'Oh… well I was gonna ask father if he could break these chains-' Hercules gestured to the smoky chains wrapped tight around Snow White's coffin. '-apparently, only a god can break into them..' Hermes turned to the coffin and his face lit up.

'Herc… babe…' He sounded. '-ya came to the right god my friend.' The tiny blue god floated over the coffin and examined the chains. 'If there's a lock I can't pick, heh, I haven't found it yet..'

'You think you can break into the coffin?' Hercules asked.

'Hey..' Hermes sounded in an amused manner shrugging. 'I'm the God of Thieves..'

'You are?' Aladdin suddenly looked surprised.

'Oh sure..' Hermes sounded vaguely while pulling a small golden instrument out of his white chiton and studying the chains binding the coffin. '-it's like I always say, what's life without a little risk now and again..' Aladdin smirked at these words then lent in to Jasmine.

'Heh, I have definitely been praying to the wrong god..' He whispered to her but the Arabian princess shushed him.

'Don't let Allah hear you say that..' She sounded, scolding him gently.

'Honey that guy stopped listenin' years ago..' Hermes sounded as he fiddled with the chain.

'Oh..' Jasmine responded surprised.

'Well..' Hermes sounded finally dropping the chain. '-Hades has done a good job on these babies lemmie tell ya that..'

'So you can't break them?' Minnie asked gently.

'Sorry hun, looks like only two gods can break these chains, one is Hades and the other is..'

'Persephone..' Hercules snarled balling his fists in annoyance, he'd had a feeling it was going to have to be her.

Persephone sighed heavily unsure what she was going to do. She really wanted to help out the heroes so she could see the look on Maleficent face when her plan fell flat on it's face, but she didn't want Hades to feel like she'd betrayed him. If he wanted this plan to succeed then she'd feel awful if she was the one that stood in it's way.

What was she going to do…

'Always let your conscience be your guide..' A voice sounded causing the young goddess to jump off the wooden crate in shock. She whipped around to see who had spoken and found a small insect in a blue top hat, black jacket, red waist coat and beige trousers.

Oh great, this is all I need.. Persephone rolled her eyes.

'Look..' She spoke softly to it. '-I really don't need advice from some grasshopper-'

'Cricket.' The two inch insect corrected her automatically.

'Whatever..' She sounded in a bored tone folding her arms.

'And I'm not just 'some' cricket either..' The cricket ignored her churlish tone. '-Cricket's the name, Jiminy Cricket-' He swept off his hat and made a brief bow. '-I am a conscience guide..'

This made Persephone snigger.

'Sure you are..' She sounded amused making Jiminy scowl.

'You want me to prove it?' He asked her in a defensive tone before pulling one side of his coat out revelling the golden medal he had gotten for helping Pinocchio. The goddess however looked unimpressed by it.

'Y'know what I do when life gets me down?' Jiminy beamed at her.

'No..' She sighed irritably.

'I give a little whistle..' He did so. '-and I always let my conscience be my guide and so should you.' Persephone groaned softly just wishing that this annoying insect would shut up and leave her alone.

'So..' The cricket sounded. '-what's your conscience telling you to do?'

'You really wanna know?' She asked raising an eyebrow.

'Sure..' He smiled then the young goddess turned to him pulling out her purple cell-phone from a swirl of orbs and flashing him a smirk. 'It's telling me to call the Speedy Bug Exterminators..'

'Humph.' The tiny cricket pouted and folded his arms tightly scowling at her. 'That's not even funny, I'm trying to help you here..'

'Well in case you haven't noticed, I don't want your help.' Persephone frowned.

'Tough.' Jiminy sounded firmly. 'Because until you start listening to it, I'm not going anywhere.' Persephone sighed heavily.

'Alright..' She sounded softly punching the digits on her phone. '-but remember, you brought this on yourself.'

The phone on a desk littered with bug magazines rang, after a couple of rings a brown skinned warthog picked up the receiver.

'Hello this is Speedy Bug Extinguishers-' He sounded before the meerkat next to him put down his magazine and turned to his partner.

'Pumbaa..' He sounded frowning at the warthog. '-for the last time it's Speedy Bug Exterminators.. gimmie that!' The meerkat then wrenched the phone off his partner. 'Now why don't you go lie down over there before ya hurt yourself.' He waved Pumbaa off then turned his attention to the caller on the other end of the phone.

'Oh. Ok Timon.' Pumbaa sounded slumping down on the green couch listening to his partner on the phone.

'So sorry about that miss, now how my we be of service to you?' Timon sounded smoothly. He paused as his brown eyes widened at the words on the other end of the line.

'You've got a cricket..' Another pause. '-and he's trying to tell you what to do!' Timon shook his head sympathetically. 'Uh, those are the worst kind of crickets ma'am.. Uh-huh, uh-huh… well don't you worry Speedy Bug Exterminators is on the way!' He finally declared then placed the phone back down and turned to Pumbaa.

'Aww Timon..' The warthog sounded in a disappointed tone. '-I wanted it to be a really slimy one this time.'

'Yeh, well..' The meerkat shrugged. '-whatcha gonna do Pumbaa..' He hopped onto the warthog's back.

'So where we going?' Pumbaa asked as they left their office.

'Mickey's House of Mouse..'

'Ooh now I like that place Timon, they serve worms in cocktail glasses..'

'Yeh Pumbaa, it's a pretty great place..'

Persephone punched the end call button and turned to Jiminy Cricket who didn't look phased by what she had just down.

'Their on there way..' The cricket rolled his eyes.

'I've still got time..' He sounded. '-so why don't we try a little exercise hmm?' Persephone sighed heavily then slumped back on the wooden crate beside the cricket.

'Fiine..' She drawled in a childish tone, it wasn't like she had anything better to do.

'Ok, now close your eyes..' Jiminy instructed Persephone who obeyed. '-now look deep inside your heart… your looking for a spot… a special place where your sense of right and wrong dwells..' Persephone frowned slightly but kept her eyes closed.

What the hell was she doing… this was ridiculous… she was actually following the advice of some stupid cricket who probably didn't even know what he was on about..

..meanwhile, Timon and Pumbaa, who had found the front entrance was locked had made their way around to the back door and through the kitchen.

'Oh, I don't like this Timon..' Pumbaa sounded warily. '-it's really dark and creepy in here..'

'Pumbaa… relax, everything's gonna be fine.' Timon smiled back before turning his eyes to the gloomy hallway ahead and uneasiness fell over the meerkat. 'Um.. whadda ya say we just nab the cricket and get outta here..'

'Oh I like the sound of that..' The warthog beamed at his partner and the two began tracking the cricket. As they walked down the corridor they couldn't help but wonder where Mickey and the rest of the staff were, it was almost like they had abandoned the place. It wasn't until the sound of laughter drew them to take a peek through the side curtains did the pair of African pals realise what was going on.

'Yeesh…' Timon sounded softly glancing out over the villainous crew who were laughing and talking amongst themselves. '-I hate villains..'

'You think they've taken over the club Timon?' Pumbaa asked suddenly.

'Looks that way Pumbaa old pal..' The meerkat sounded jumping off the warthog's back and sniffing the air for any trace of the cricket, it was close..

'Do you think Mickey needs our help?' Pumbaa asked his friend who blinked then turned back.

'Nahh..' Timon sounded dismissively before getting on all fours and following the scent of the cricket.

'But he might be in real trouble Timon..'

'Pumbaa..' The meerkat sighed irritably slapping his face. '-we're sidekicks.. if Mickey's in trouble let the heroes help him, it's their job..' He then frowned at the warthog. '-now quit beatin' your gums and come help me track this cricket, the little entrée is somewhere close by..'

..in the next corridor, Persephone was still searching for her inner conscience. Jiminy Cricket was watching her, leaning on his little red umbrella like it was a cane. There was no guarantee on how long this would take, it all depended on how detached Persephone was from her sense of right or wrong and that depended on how much Hades had been influencing her..

Jiminy suddenly felt a little uneasy and glanced down the corridor nervously. The bug exterminators would be hunting him. He sure wished that Persephone would wake up with enough time to call off the hit but then again Jiminy supposed that was the problem in dealing with Villain Wags, they were as temperamental as their partners. Still, the corridor looked clear… for now.

A few moments passed and the young goddess remained perfectly still with her eyes closed. All was silent in the corridor until a voice made Jiminy Cricket jump with shock.

'There it is!' A meerkat exclaimed appearing around the corner with a brown skinned warthog. 'I told you it wasn't far..' The meerkat turned back to Jiminy. '-and it's a big fat one too!'

Jiminy glanced down at his belly then glared at them offended.

'Fat? I'm not fat!' He sounded hotly.

'Hey wait a minute Timon..' The warthog sounded. '-isn't that Jiminy Cricket?'

'Meh..' Timon sounded shrugging. 'Call it what you want Pumbaa but I'm callin' it dinner..' Jiminy's eyes widened in horror as the meerkat suddenly dived for him, the cricket dodged him then began running down the corridor with Timon hot on his heels.

'Hey wait for me Timon..' Pumbaa sounded running after them..

..as the exchange of words had been going on Persephone didn't move, she had completely shut out everything around her as she searched for this 'voice' inside of her.

Why am I doing this… I'm not going to find this stupid spot.. it doesn't exist… I shouldn't be moping about on this stupid box I should be freeing Mickey… Hades will understand, after all this isn't his plan it's Maleficent's and I can't wait to smash it into little tiny bits…

Persephone's eyes suddenly snapped open in shock, then a girly smile twisted over her cherry coloured lips, she'd found it. The little voice had been talking to her all this time...

At this point she suddenly became aware of what was happening around her.

'Oh wow..' The young goddess sounded faintly amused as Timon and Pumbaa shot past chasing Jiminy Cricket down the hallway. '-you guys really are speedy aren'tcha?'

'Call them off! Call them off!' Jiminy cried out to her but the goddess merely smiled a twisted leer.

'Nahh…' She drawled waving them off and turned walking in the opposite direction towards Mickey's dressing room. 'Like you said, I gotta let my conscience be my guide..'

Hercules paced backwards and forwards relentlessly.

'That's it!' He snapped irritably. 'I'm going to look for her.'

'Chill out Herc..' Hermes smiled lazily and stretched out, still floating above the coffin. '-she'll come back..'

'How do you know?' Donald shot at the god.

'Donald babe.. just trust me 'kay..' The tiny blue god sounded raising his brows and the moody duck muttered irritably slumping back in his seat.

'Oh please..' Meg sounded rolling her eyes. '-if she's anything like her boyfriend-' The Grecian beauty shuddered at this word. '-she probably won't be back..'

'Well then…' A girly female voice sounded from the doorway. '-it's lucky for you I'm not him then isn't it?'

All the toons in the room except for Hermes gawped in amazement. The Messenger God beamed widely at his friend who smiled back briefly.

'So now that this is sorted, I best be off to see how the big guy is getting' on, catcha later cats..' Then without another pause the tiny blue god vanished in a blue blur out the dressing room window. Hercules marched over to Persephone and jabbed a finger towards her.

'If you think you can just waltz off and come back here like nothing has happened then-'

'Look..' Persephone sighed irritably, cutting Hercules off mid-rant. '-do you want Mickey freed or not?' For a moment he glared at her, clearly burning to continue his rant but the look on her face told him 'if you want the mouse free you better shut up right now'..

'Fine..' The young hero sighed. '-but I'm watching you..'

'Whatever..' Persephone rolled her eyes. Oy… heroes..

The goddess turned to the coffin and extended her arm, at the snap of her fingers the chains dissolved into smoky vapour and it took both Goofy and Donald to lift the lid.

'Oh Mickey, wake up, wake up..' Minnie sounded shaking her boyfriend by the shoulders. Persephone meanwhile stooped and picked up the apple on the ground and smiled amused by the bite out of it.

'Somehow..' She sounded tossing it to Minnie who had looked up at her words. '-I think it's gonna take a little more than words to wake him..'

Minnie stared at the apple for a moment then turned back to her boyfriend and kissed him squarely on the lips. She pulled back and smiled as the mouse began to stir, yawning and reaching up to rub his eyes.

'Gee whiz.. my back is killing me…' Mickey sounded stiffly sitting up, then blinking confused at the group of toons, apart from Persephone, that were all beaming watery-eyed at the sight of him. 'Uhhh… what've I missed?'

Little Notes:

Hey Everybody.. Wow, it's been I while since I updates this. It would have been updated sooner but the file got corrupted so I lost the whole dam chapter and had to re-write most of this… Grrrrr, bloody computer… at least I've got a back-up so I don't lose the whole story too!

Anyway, again… apologies for the lack of villains but they'll be back and a forewarning to anybody who isn't into song-fics… there will be singing coming up soon.. I'm nervous because I've never written a song before so please review and let me know what you think, flames are always accepted…

A few more new characters in this chap, please let me know how you like them, as usual I try to keep them as close to their characters as possible…

Take Care… I'll try not to be so long with the next update…

Lot's of Love… Ditzy xXx