Chapter 1: Preparation (rewritten)
One special time during every year, the inhabitants of the Magic Kingdom threw a grand festival in Walt's honor. This week long annual celebration is the greatest event of the year, filled with tons of music, food, laughter and all kinds of entertainment.
It was just a few days until the opening ceremony and there were still lots to do, including food to prepare, invitations to send and many places to be decorated.
Not to far out into the country, in a fairly sized yellow house, Mickey Mouse lied fast asleep in his bed.
The alarm clock on the night stand went off with a loud ring, which prompted Mickey to shut off the alarm as he let out a long stretch with a yawn. Mickey looked over at Pluto sleeping on his dog bed.
Mickey smiled, "Hey Pluto! Com'on boy it's time to get ready!" called out Mickey. Pluto yawned and stretched in his bed as the rays of sunlight from outside hit his face.
"The weather looks great today!" Mickey exclaimed as he looked out his window.
"I hope we get more days like these during the celebration!"
Mickey picked up the clock and gasped when he saw what time it was.
"Oh no! I must've hit the snooze button more than I thought!" said Mickey in worried tone.
"Com'on Pluto! We're going to be late, I hope we're not keeping everybody waiting to long."
Mickey got dressed as fast as he could, grabbed an apple off the kitchen counter and rushed out the door with Pluto behind him. They both hopped into his little car and drove off to the castle.
As Mickey drove, he began to wonder how everyone was doing.
Meanwhile at the castle, in the library, Minnie and Daisy were busy getting the invitations ready to send off.
"Oh boy this is a lot of work." said Daisy as she finished putting another letter in an envelope.
"How many more do we have left?" asked Daisy.
"Hmm... About 490" said Minnie.
"And how many have we done?" asked Daisy.
"Hmm…10."
Daisy sighed in exhaustion.
"I wonder where Mickey is. He was supposed to be here an hour ago." Daisy said after looking around.
"I'm sure he'll be here soon. He has a lot on his mind especially around this time of year." Minnie said reassuringly.
Meanwhile, Donald was in the kitchen counting the platters of food coming in while Goofy was taking care of the decorations.
Goofy and his son Max had just finished decorating the garden area and were now working on the main hall.
"Golly! We're almost done with this wall Max hyuck! Hand me some more balloons!" exclaimed Goofy.
"Sure thing dad." replied Max in a deadpan tone.
While they were working Roxanne had walked in and saw what they were doing.
"Hey guys!" she greeted with a bubbly smile.
Max saw Roxanne as he looked down the ladder and started nervously sweating a bit.
"Oh uh heh heh, h-hey Roxanne" stuttered Max as he fiddled around with his hoodie strings.
"Woah, the decorations look great!" Roxanne complemented.
"Gee thanks Roxanne!" replied Goofy.
"I just thought I would stop by and see if anyone needed help, I know that the party means a lot to you guys." said Roxanne.
Goofy was just about to say something but Max interrupted him to try to show off and impress her.
"We appreciate the offer Roxanne but they need to be hung in a specific way and-"
As Max trailed off, he didn't realize that the ladder was losing its grip on the wall, but Goofy took notice.
"Umm.. Max?" Goofy said trying to get his attention.
Max kept rambling on in an effort to look suave until there was a sudden snap. Surprisingly, Max didn't hear it.
"Max?" Goofy tried again.
The ladder began to sway and move away from the wall.
"Max look out!" shouted Goofy.
"In other words we got this coverrrrrahhhhhhh!"
Max wasn't able to finish his sentence when the ladder started falling backwards, sending Max flying with the streamers and balloons he had in his hand into a fountain with a loud splash.
Goofy got down from the ladder and ran with Roxanne towards Max.
"Max are you alright!?" shouted Goofy and Roxanne in unison.
"I think so." groaned Max.
"It looks like the walls aren't the only things covered with decorations!" laughed Roxanne.
Max looked at himself as his cheeks turned bright red.
Goofy chuckled and looked around the room at all the decorations that fell.
"Well Roxanne is that offer of help is still up?" he asked.
"I would love to help! Come on Max!" Roxanne giggled lightly as she held out an arm to help pull up Max.
As Goofy and Roxanne helped Max out of the fountain, Donald was in the kitchen counting food and supplies.
"100 pies? Check! 50 triple layer cakes? Check!" counted Donald.
While Donald was counting, Daisy walked in.
"Hiya Donald!" greeted Daisy.
"Hello Daisy!" Donald greeted back.
"How are the invitations?" asked Donald.
"Just fine! We're making great progress, if you count 10 letters done as "good progress". Scoffed Daisy under her breath.
"Well, uh, I mean, anyways, I just thought I would come by and check on you for a minute!" Daisy quickly improvised.
She came close to Donald and looked at the list.
"Is everything almost ready?" she asked.
"Just about!" replied Donald.
"Good! Now um…what's on the list?" asked Daisy.
As Donald began reading the list, just outside the door Chip and Dale were walking by and took a strong whiff of the aroma of the baked goods.
They both drooled at the luscious sickeningly sweet scent as they sniffed at the aroma of the various confectioneries. Desserts from all over the Magic Kingdom were being made to represent the origins of many of the guests.
The numerous delicious delicacies included: Aqua Blue Crystalline Candy from Atlantis, Popped Nifty Nuts from Nottingham, Honey Glazed Cakes from the Hundred Acre Wood, Djinni Jewel Candied Necklaces from Agrabah, Ice-Tipped Chocolate Bite Pieces from Arendelle, Mushroom-Capped Neon Colored Cupcakes from Wonderland, Frosted Fairy Fruit Cake from Neverland, oh the list went on and on!
With each dish they saw, the twins' mouths watered more than a waterfall! They both looked at each other, their faces telling of the same idea they both had in mind.
"You thinking what I'm thinking?" they asked each other in unison, to where they both nodded in agreement and snuck into the kitchen, ready to snag one of the devilishly delicious desserts.
When they got inside, they both went to the table that had the most tasty looking dessert.
As Donald kept reading down the list, Daisy raised an eyebrow as she peered over his shoulder and saw one of dishes moving away on their own.
"And 50 triple layer cakes." finished Donald.
"Hm, make that 49." added Daisy.
"49?" questioned Donald.
Daisy pointed to the runaway dish.
Donald looked to where Daisy was pointing, and when he caught a glimpse at Chip and Dale carrying one of the desserts away, his face turned fire truck red with fury.
Chip and Dale saw Donald speeding towards them like a mad man and tried to dash as fast as they could to the door. They were almost there when Donald rushed passed them and blocked their escape.
The chase continued around the kitchen with pots and pans rattling against each other, dishes crashing onto the floor, and water spraying everywhere, the place was a chaotic mad house.
As Chip and Dale rounded the corner with their prize, they accidentally bumped into a bucket of soapy water, they both fell and slid across the floor with the dish.
Donald caught eye of them and ran with the speed of light around the corner, not looking where he was going as foot slipped on the soapy liquid. He landed on his stomach and skidded head first right into the dessert.
Daisy couldn't help but laugh at the scene in front of her. Donald stood up from the mess and when he wiped the dessert off his face, Chip and Dale had never seen the duck more furious. His eyes were fueled with inextinguishable rage, his feathers entirely ruffled, and they could swear they saw steam fuming out of him.
Chip and Dale simultaneously gulped. They both looked at each other with panicked look on their faces again with the same idea in mind that said, "You thinking what I'm thinking?".
Both chipmunks bolted out the door with Donald hot on their tails.
Daisy returned to the library where Minnie had just finished a stack of envelopes.
"So how's Donald?" asked Minnie, eyes glancing up for a second as she continued filling out invitations.
"Let's just say, we may have one less dessert for the party." giggled Daisy.
Minnie raised an eyebrow then shrugged her shoulders.
As they continued to work, Daisy looked at the pictures on the wall in the study. Her eyes landed on the big photo in the center with Walt and Mickey sitting on a bench beside each other as the rest of the gang surrounded them.
"Minnie, ya sometimes think about Mr. Walt?" asked Daisy.
Minnie sighed, "I'm sure we all do at some point and we all miss him. I was heartbroken when he left us, but out of everybody, I'd say it hit Mickey the hardest. Mickey and Walt had the closest relationship out of all of us."
Daisy eyed at the picture once more before returning to the invitations.
Mickey and Pluto had finally arrived at the castle and walked through the gate to the main doors.
"We're not too late, I'm sure they have everything under control." Mickey said to reassure himself.
Just as Mickey opened the door however, he got a good look at the chaos that was going on.
People running back and forth, bumping and crashing into each other and at the center stood Clarabelle Cow, looking like she was going to pull her horns out.
"Mickey! Thank goodness you're here! Things are definitely not under control!" Clarabelle shouted as she wildly flailed her arms scurrying over to Mickey.
"Gosh Clarabelle, I'm sorry I'm late. what's going on?" asked Mickey.
"What's going on? This castle has been an absolute madhouse! That's what's going on! By the way, Minnie fixed your tuxedo for you and wants you to try it out." informed Clarabelle.
"Oh thanks Clara, where is it? asked Mickey.
"She put it in your-" Clara was about to finish her sentence when they both heard a loud crash. Clarabelle took a deep sigh, close her eyes and pinched her nose in annoyance.
"In your dressing room." Clarabelle stated as she left to see what happened.
"Thanks Clara!" shouted Mickey.
As Mickey started walking toward his dressing room he faintly heard Clarabelle shout "WHAT HAPPENED NOW!?" in the distance and chuckled to himself.
After a while Minnie and Daisy decided to take a short break. While Daisy went to go make some tea, Minnie went to see if Mickey had arrived.
"Clara, have you seen Mickey!?" fretted Minnie from across the room.
"WHAT!?" yelled Clarabelle from her side.
"HAVE YOU SEEN MICKEY!?" exclaimed Minnie.
"Oh yes! I SENT HIM TO HIS DRESSING ROOM TO TRY ON HIS TUXEDO!"
"THANK YOU!" shouted Minnie one last time before heading in the direction of Mickey's dressing room.
Mickey was in his dressing room trying out his tuxedo. He finished putting on the last part of the suit and looked in the mirror. Mickey smiled to himself and looked to Pluto.
"Hey Pluto, how do I look?" inquired Mickey as he turned around to show off his attire.
Pluto looked at him and tilted his head to the side.
"What's the matter boy?"
Pluto barked then Mickey's eyes widened in realization on what he meant.
"Of course Pluto! I forgot the bow-tie."
Mickey went to the dresser and began looking through the drawers for his bow-tie. When there was no bow-tie in first and second drawer he sat down and opened the bottom one.
"Hmm.. Not in the top two it must be in this one-" Mickey paused mid sentence when he saw what was in the bottom drawer. In it were some pictures of Walt with himself and a few of the characters.
Mickey sighed as he went through the pictures. There was one picture with them taking a walk through a park, another one with them going fishing and the third one depicting them having ice cream together. A short time later there was a knock at the door, then Minnie came in.
"There you are Mickey, Clarabelle told me you would be in her-" Minnie stopped when she saw Mickey sitting on the floor with pictures in his hands.
Mickey looked at Minnie solemnly and went back at looking at the mementos.
Minnie gave Mickey an empathetic look and gently placed her hand on his shoulder.
"I miss him too." she said quietly.
"I know Minnie, it's just that this celebration is very important to me and everyone else. Walt's done so much for us, we owe this to him." Mickey sighed.
"Mickey, I'm sure all Walt has ever wanted is for us to be happy together. We all miss him Mickey, and everybody wants this to go well as much as you, despite some of the small mishaps that happen." said Minnie.
"You're right Minnie, we shouldn't worry too much, everything will go great." Mickey said as he regained his chipper attitude as he stood up.
"That's the spirit Mickey." said Minnie with a smile.
Pluto walked up to them with a bow-tie in his mouth.
"Good boy." Mickey praised, patting Pluto's head.
"Mickey don't forget we're having dinner at my house this evening at 6:00." reminded Minnie as she adjusted the bowtie on his suit.
"Don't worry, I haven't forgotten!" smiled Mickey.
"I will see you tonight then." said Minnie as she walked out the door.
Mickey took the pictures from the drawer and put them on the desk, but as he was taking them out, he saw the a book that Walt gave to him. Walt had in trusted this special book to Mickey a long time ago.
Mickey put his hand over the cover and admired it. Mickey suddenly felt a strange sensation coming from the book, he felt it coming from the last few pages, he opened it and flipped through the pages to the blank ones at the back. When he saw them, he could've sworn he saw them glow.
He shook his head and closed the book then put it back in the drawer. "Maybe it's just nerves. I'll talk to my master about it later." Mickey mumbled to himself.
Mickey shut off the lights and closed the door. After he left however, the book began to ominously glow brighter in the darkness.
A/N
Another chapter fixed, I hope you like this one. Credit goes Nikolai777 again for helping me out with this chapter. Let me know what you think, and if you have any ideas or questions plz PM me. Until next time! (I still don't own anything except my OCs.)