A dumb little one-shot based around Louie and the youngest of the other Disney Duck triplets. First of a series.

"June!"

Daisy sighed as she made her way up to her niece's room.

"April and May are waiting downstairs and we're going to be late!" She opened the door to find June shoving a few items in her backpack. "June Bug, what are you doing?"

"Preparing for the fair. It's my biggest adventure of the year!" June's face was lit up, the excitement evident on her face. "Other than Halloween, of course, but that's already over!"

"Well, we're going to miss it if you don't hurry up. It's very important that we be fashionably late, not late, late."

"You say that everywhere we go."

"This is especially important. Today I'm meeting someone and I want to make a good impression."

"Your boyfriend?" She raised an eyebrow and Daisy crossed her arms. "Okay, I'm packed. Let's go!"

June leapt into the backseat of her aunt's car, taking her spot in the middle with April and May on either side. May rolled her eyes as Daisy started the engine.

"What's your boyfriend's name, Aunt Daisy?" inquired April, ever the 'girly girl' of the three.

"His name is Donald and he's very sweet. A little bit of a short fuse, but what duck doesn't have that?" She smiled at the trio in the rearview mirror. "You three can explore the fair for a little while, but we'll meet up later so you can meet Donald in person. We're all going out to dinner tonight."

Upon their arrival at the fairgrounds, they could see everything was in full swing. Daisy gave them each money to spend once she'd paid for admission and warned them to stick together before heading off to find Donald.

June, of course, ditched her sisters as soon as possible. It was an annual tradition since neither of the other two had any interest in adventuring like June did. She scurried around, people-watching and making her way up to the roof of one of the few permanent buildings.

"This is gonna be so fun…" she whispered.

Pulling out her binoculars, she swiveled around to keep an eye out for any kind of trouble. She could already see Daisy with a male duck in a sailor suit, and it appeared even Scrooge McDuck himself had come out for the fair this year. However, what really caught her attention was a group of shifty-looking individuals creeping around the edges of the fair. Not clowns (great googly moogly, how she hated clowns) but lowlifes who were going from attraction to attraction.

"Bingo. It's go time."

Louie was bored, pure and simple.

He and his brothers had never really gone to the fair before. They'd never seen a point when they already had Halloween as their annual adventure and now all their fun times with Scrooge and their mom. But this year Donald had insisted the family go so here he was. As he expected, all the games were rigged, all the rides were boring, and the food? He could take it or leave it.

That was before he caught sight of the girl in a purple jacket sneaking along. He made sure nobody was watching when he went to investigate. It turned out he went just in time as someone fired a net at the girl and he tackled her out of the way.

"Hey!" she protested. "What's the big idea?"

"Oh, how about saving you from some bad guy?"

"I don't need help. I do this alone."

"Okay, listen, I know it's fun to do it alone but it's better to have backup. What's going on?"

"Carnies rigging games, stuff like that. This happens every year and I take them down. It's actually kind of a game for us at this point. I don't know why they're launching nets. That's new."

"Maybe they want to win this year?"

"Pfft. It's not about winning. It's about having fun."

Louie rolled his eyes at this mysterious duck.

"So, what's your name, Purple?"

"My name is June. And you are?"

"Louie." He stuck out his hand. "Mind if I help you out? I'm bored."

"You've never been to the Duckburg Fair, have you?"

"Never saw a point, to be honest."

"Well… stick with me, Lou. We'll do well together."

She stuck to the side of the wall and Louie followed her lead as she snuck under the back flap of one of the tents. It was a milk-bottle game, and there was invisible tape behind the bottles. June reached into her bag and pulled out a pair of scissors that she handed to Louie. A second pair was produced for herself. At the same time they cut the tape and one of the attendees of the fair knocked over the bottles.

"I WON!" he yelled joyfully. The carnie gave June a mocking smirk as she and Louie slipped out the back.

"Wait, so they don't mind you doing this?"

"The bosses of the fair make them do it. They'd rather have the games go how they're meant to because it's more fun. So basically I get to have an adventure, they get to have fair play. It's a win-win."

"How is it an adventure?"

"It's the only one I get to have besides Halloween every year."

"Tell you what—we keep in contact and I'll take you on a real adventure sometime."

"You mean it?"

"Of course."

They shook on it.

Having a partner-in-crime wasn't so bad.

Louie was pretty good at sneaking around and following nonverbal cues. Together they undid all the rigging for the games until every game was as fair as it was meant to be. With that done, she still had a while until she met up with Daisy and suggested they walk around for a bit.

"…and then April smacked him with her purse. He ran off crying about how mean she was while I helped May back up."

"Sounds like you and your sisters are pretty close."

"I… don't have much of a family. Just my aunt and my sisters." Her smile turned into a frown. "I've never met my mom. My aunt says that Mom left us with her when we were eggs."

"I get that." He sat down on a bench and she sat next to him. "I'm the youngest of three brothers in a house with way too many people in it. It's why I'm looking to make it big one day."

"My aunt never pays attention to my hobbies. She just pays me an allowance so I can finance them. Like these." She reached down to one of her platform sneakers (Louie had been wondering) and pressed the logo. They turned into a pair of rollerblades.

"Cool!"

"Like those sneakers that just have wheels in the heels. I don't use these much, though. Only in testing them out."

"That's still pretty awesome."

"Thanks." She checked her phone. "Oh, I've got to meet up with my aunt. We're meeting her boyfriend today and she's been stressed about us making a good impression all week."

"Ha. I should go find my family. See ya, June."

They both hopped off the bench and were immediately caught in a net. A masked man rushed by and picked them up, running towards the largest tent at the fair. June struggled against the ropes while Louie sighed. Just another day in the life of his family. Their kidnapper set them down inside the tent, a dog man wearing a ringmaster's costume approaching.

"So, you're the brats who've been messing with my operation."

"The games shouldn't be rigged!" June spat.

"They're rigged to bring in more money, dear girl. Your little arrangement with my employees is over!"

"Let us go!"

"Wait, boss," the masked man who'd taken them spoke up. "The boy is related to McDuck."

Uh-oh.

"Oh, wonderful! We can hold him and the girl for ransom to make up for all the money we lost!"

Not good. Not good. Not good…

"Take them to the cages!"

The two were dragged away and Louie could see guilt on June's face. His gut twisted in sympathy. They'd get out of this.

Meanwhile, the rest of the McDuck family was finishing up their rounds on everything. Donald's phone went off and he answered it immediately upon seeing Daisy's name on the caller ID.

"Hiya, Daisy!"

"Donald, where are you?"

"Not far from the meeting place."

"Okay. One other question. How good is your family at tracking down a missing person?"

"Who's missing?!"

"My youngest niece, June. She went off on her own earlier and her sisters can't find her and—"

"We'll find her, don't worry!"

"Good. She's about the same age as your boys wearing a purple jacket with long hair in a ponytail."

"I'll call you back if I find her."

"Thank you, Donald!"

Click.

Donald swallowed nervously as he turned to Della, who was looking around in confusion.

"Della, what's wrong?"

"Where's Louie?"

Okay, that made this whole situation ten times better.

"One of my girlfriend's nieces is missing, too. She just called me to ask us to help look."

"You got it, Uncle Donald!" yelled Dewey, grabbing Huey and Webby and running off.

"Be careful!" yelled Della after them.

"They're not gonna—"

"I know. It just seemed like a mom thing to say."

Beakley and Scrooge spread out as well. Donald focused on getting to Daisy. She needed him as much as June and Louie did.

"This is so dumb."

Louie looked at June, who was nervously pacing.

"Will you stop? That's not going to help us get out of here!"

"It's my fault. I got us into this mess."

"First time being kidnapped?"

"How are you so calm about this?"

"Because I know my family. They'll start looking for me and trip face-first into this place, freeing us in the process and we'll live happily ever after until next time."

"You've… been kidnapped a lot, haven't you?"

"Not especially."

June sat down and sighed, leaning against the back wall.

"This is the worst fair ever."

"I didn't even want to come here today. But Uncle Donald insisted." June blinked and stared at him. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just… that's the name of my aunt's boyfriend."

"Donald? Wait, is your aunt named Daisy?"

"Yes! Oh my gosh!" She stood up with wide eyes. "You're one of the kids from the IT party that Aunt Daisy mentioned!"

"Well, now we know your aunt won't stop until you're back with her, too."

"I already knew that, but I thought freeing us would be the better—"

June fell back as the cage gave a lurch. They were being lifted into the air by some kind of crane. Below was the master of the fair, narrowing his eyes as he glared up at them with an evil smirk. Beside him were a few of the Beagle Boys. Louie rolled his eyes. Of course they were here, too. That just made this whole thing that much more complicated.

"Keep an eye on the green one," Ma Beagle told the Fair-Master. "He's wily."

"What about the girl?"

"She ain't one of Scrooge's brats. Ain't worth lettin' go because she'll lead them right to us."

Louie looked to June, who still had her backpack somehow.

"You got anything in there to help me pick a lock?"

"Oh, yeah. Give me a second." She dug into it and pulled out a dime and a hairpin. "Here you go."

The cage was set down high above everything on a platform that only partially held the cage in the middle. If they tried to get out, they'd fall far down below. Louie was very uncertain. Without Webby's grappling hook, their chances of survival were lessened significantly. June's experience with adventure was so much less than his and his family's and she wasn't good at seeing angles like he was.

Still, he had her sit on one side of the cage while he worked at the lock. Her backpack sat in the middle to balance everything out. The lock came undone pretty easily (shoddy construction or cheap option) and he began to scan his surroundings to try and find an angle out. It was then that he took notice of the slopes below them. They were small tents, their tops forming steep ramps where they could slide down to the bottom…

Or… maybe skate down…?

"Miss Duck!"

Daisy whirled around as one of the carnies ran up to her, panting hard. She recognized him from the ring-toss game. Now wasn't the time to deal with him, though; June was missing.

"What is it?"

"Your niece—I know where she is! Master Fairway had her taken to the center ring!"

"Who?"

"The new owner of our fair. He's a nightmare. Please, take care of him!"

"Oh, I will." She started to leave, her temper starting to bubble under the surface but then he tapped her again. "What else?"

"There's another child with her—a boy wearing a green hoodie." Donald froze beside her and she could feel the anger boiling off him. "I overheard Master Fairway mention a ransom."

"I've got his ransom right here!" Donald spat.

"What?" The carnie tilted his head.

Before either of them could do anything else, they spotted Della and her remaining two sons brawling with a couple of the Beagle Boys. The whole fair was beginning to descend into chaos as more Beagle Boys rushed out onto the grounds and attacked the fairgoers.

"AUNT DAISY!"

April and May slid out of a tent and behind their aunt. Both appeared terrified of the Beagle Boys, as she'd expected, but her eyes were on the largest tent. Donald followed her gaze and his face turned red as his anger took over and he began screaming, running towards the center of the fair.

June swallowed as Louie held onto her.

"This seems like a bad plan," she commented.

"You got anything better?" He strapped her backpack onto his own back. "Hit the button and let's go!"

The cage began creaking as June hit the button on her skates. She was suddenly very grateful that the floor of the cage was solid. As their trapping pitched forwards, she and Louie started down the tent roofs, screaming. June and Louie each had a helmet strapped on (Louie's usually belonged to May) as they made their way closer to the bottom. As they did, June could feel her confidence returning. She turned her feet carefully, her instincts as a skater taking over. Louie was still screaming but she narrowed her eyes in determination as she did a jump and landed, using her skates to brake their landing.

"You can stop now," she told him. He opened his eyes, then they heard creaking up above. The cage was falling, taking the tents and poles with it… including the main tent pole. He clung to her harder as she leapt over the edge of the center ring and headed for the exit. It was blocked by a massive beagle who was glaring down at them with fury in his eyes.

"Ya ain't goin' nowheres," he growled.

Not far away they could see the Fair-Master throwing a switch. The tent rumbled as it began to rise off the ground. Louie fell off June's back and hit the button on her skates before she could roll away, causing her to fall beside him. The Fair-Master made his way over with the tent flaps sealing themselves shut.

"This is about more than undoing game riggings, isn't it," Louie stated flatly.

"Of course it is. I have one of the nephews of Scrooge McDuck himself, the richest duck in the world. With my ironclad defenses and my army behind me, I'll keep you here and Scrooge will pay handsomely to have you returned to him."

"What about me?" June yelped, trying to stand up.

"You? Well, I'll have a meddlesome saboteur kept locked away so she won't keep me from making money anymore!"

The Beagle who'd been blocking the exit picked up both of the kids—one in each hand—and brought them back over to another cage. This one was smaller with a lock on its top that looked much more heavy-duty than the one Louie had picked on the platform. Somehow it was even more complicated than the one on the cell doors back in St. Canard. June was grumbling to herself as they sat there and the Fair-Master cackled over the fair.

Daisy stared in horror as the tent continued rising.

"We need to get up there somehow!" she yelled. "June and Louie are up there!"

Della looked around and spotted a dinky little plane that was used for a 'thrill' attraction. She ran over and found that the keys were still there. The ride's operator had abandoned them in favor of fleeing. She managed to catch her brother's eye and he silently nodded.

"Della's going up in that plane," he told Daisy. "She'll get a look at what's going on and—"

"We need to crash it!" Launchpad called, running by and getting in the plane behind Della.

"Normally I'd disagree, but my son's up there and that guy needs to go down!"

They started the plane and Daisy watched as they headed upwards. She felt completely useless; she wasn't a fighter or an adventurer like Donald's family. The closest she'd ever come was that party where she'd met Donald in the first place…

Her eyes drifted to ropes that drifted from the top of the tent.

No. No no no. Daisy, you can't…

But it's for June. Your niece.

"Girls, stay here. I'm going for June!"

Up in the air, Della tried to get a look inside the tent. Thankfully there were spots where she could see inside. Louie was in a cage with a female duckling she assumed to be Daisy's niece June. Her son was working at the lock without much success and June was kicking at the walls of the cage.

"That's where we need to crash. Are you ready?"

"Always ready to crash, Miss Dewey's Mom!" She let him take the controls and he headed straight for the big top.

Louie smirked as he saw his mother climbing from the wreckage of the plane.

"Let's go!" he told June. The crash had broken open the cage and they could actually get out now. Della and Launchpad were attacking the Fair-Master and the Beagle Boy.

"Where?"

"Through the hole!"

"Uh, I don't think there's a way out through there!"

"Trust me, there's always a way out!"

They ran to the edge, where Louie could once again see the ground. June hit the switch to bring it back down and she and Louie clutched each other's hands. He noticed she was scanning the ground. Below they could see his brothers with two other girls. Huey was yelling orders that Louie couldn't make out as the four grabbed a stray tarp and held it out. They leapt from the hole and down towards the tarp. The place was starting to crumble around Della and Launchpad, who followed not far behind.

THWUMP

Louie and June rolled off the tarp and went to hold it for Della and Launchpad as the two adults came down to join them. Everyone then ran from the big top, which finally fell to the ground with the Fair-Master and Beagle Boy rolling out after it. The cops had shown up and Detective Cabrera already had Ma Beagle in cuffs as more officers rounded up the carnies and Beagle Boys for questioning.

At the end of it all, once June and Louie had been interviewed by the police and the dust had settled, their families sat together at the entrance to the fairgrounds. Even Scrooge had shown up. To the relief of everyone involved, they were getting along and that was all that mattered.

They were almost to the limo when Louie realized he still had June's backpack. He rushed over to give it back just before she got into her aunt's car. She accepted it and smiled at him. Butterflies fluttered in his stomach, a funny feeling that he both didn't welcome and didn't hate.

He just knew it wasn't the last time he'd see June.

Okay, so a bit of explanation is required for this piece. I'll start with my headcanon.

Firstly, I had this idea that out of the triplets, Louie would be the first to have a head-over-heels crush. I was going to create an original character for this but then I did some digging and found out that Daisy has triplet nieces who, in the comics, are the girlfriends of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Their names are April, May, and June. They have only appeared in animated form twice—once on "House of Mouse" where they took the boys' place on Ladies' Night and the other in "Legend of the Three Caballeros".

Tying into June's character, I'm trying to differentiate the girls from their male counterparts as much as possible. So in this, June is a girl who enjoys tinkering with mechanics and looking for adventure in her everyday life. April and May will get more development a little later but this was a June-focus for a first outing.

I know it sucked. But please bear with me as I have not written for this fandom before.

So long and thanks for all the fish!