I've read two American Tail What-If's, and they take place during the first movie. So, I decided to do one with the second (chronologically, fourth) movie.

What would've happened if Tanya was with Fievel when he found out about Waul? And what if Tony had a slightly bigger role this time?

Hope you enjoy!

J. Tom presents

An American Tail Fanfic

An American Tail: Fievel and Tanya Go West

With the main voice talents of:

August Marturo as Fievel Mousekewitz

Cathy Cavadini as Tanya and Yasha Mousekewitz

Jim Cummings as Tiger

Pat Musick as Tony Toponi

Lloyd Battista as Papa Mousekewitz

Jane Singer as Mama Mousekewitz

Jon Lovitz as T.R. Chula

with
Amy Irving as Miss Kitty

with
John Cleese as Cat R. Waul

and
Brian Hull as Wylie Burp

It had been an eventful couple of days. First, another attack from the cats. And then, many mice of New York were given an opportunity to move out west to start a new life and have all their dreams come true.

This was what the Mousekewitz's did, and they were excited to get there. Fievel wanted to be a famous gunslinger. His older sister Tanya wanted to be a famous singer.

One night on the train ride, the mice were sound asleep. But Fievel couldn't sleep. He wanted to explore some more.

Quietly, Fievel got up and snuck out the window of the box that was the carriage for mice on the train. He crawled along the connecting chains and moved towards one of the vans.

Tanya slowly stirred awake. She looked around drowsily as she tried to spot anyone she may now. She saw her Mama and Papa, her baby sister Yasha, and her friends Tony Toponi and Bridgett. But there was no sign of Fievel.

Tanya was now fully awake as she looked around the train.

"Huh? Where's Fievel?" she whispered in confusion. She then looked out the window and she immediately knew where her brother had gone.

"Oh Fievel…" Tanya groaned. She loved her brother so much, but he could be a handful at times.

Being careful not to wake anyone up, especially her parents and sister, Tanya quietly snuck out of the box and crawled onto the chains.

Inside the next van, Fievel was walking on one of the rafters. He was in awe at his surroundings.

"Wow! A real train car!" Fievel said in awe.

"Fievel!" came a voice.

Fievel squeaked in surprise and turned to see an annoyed Tanya walking up to him.

"Tanya? W-What are you doing here?" Fievel asked in surprise.

"I could say the same to you." the mousette replied, raiding an eyebrow.

Fievel sighed. "I just wanted to explore."

Tanya sighed. "Fievel, I know you're excited about going out West, but you shouldn't wander off like that." she told him. "We don't want what happened on the boat to happen again."

Fievel knew Tanya was right. He sighed, ears drooping. "Ok."

"Come one, let's head back before Mama and Papa wake up." said Tanya.

Fievel nodded.

But as the two oldest Mousekewitz children are their way back, Fievel saw something that caught his eye. He turned and saw that it was the cowboy mouse that sold the mice the tickets.

"I know you! You sold us the tickets!" Fievel said happily as he read over.

Tanya saw this. "Fievel, come back!" she called, running over to fetch her brother.

"But Tanya, it"s the guy who wold us the tickets." said Fievel. "The least we're can do is thank him." He ran over to the mouse. "Hi, my name is Fievel Mousekewitz."

But as Fievel tried to shake his hand, the mouse suddenly fell forward flat on it's face.

Fievel and Tanya squeaked in surprise.

"Sir, are you alright?!" Tanya asked in worry.

Fievel tried to lift the mouse up, only for him and Tanya to gasp seeing the mice was made of wood, attached to string, and was lifeless.

"What the?!" Tanya exclaimed in confusion. "He's… a puppet?"

"A puppet?" Fievel asked in confusion. "But is he's a puppet, then who-"

Fievel was cut off as he and Tanya heard laughing. They looked down from the rafters to see four cats and a spider near a table. One with a red top had was reading while the rest played poker.

"Aren't those ones around the table the ones that attacked us?" asked Fievel.

"They are." said Tanya. "What are they doing here?"

"Heh-heh-heh-heh! I win again, fathead." jeered Chula, using a web to haul away his winnings.

One-Eye stabbed a knife into one of the cards. "I say you cheatin'. You plays your last hand, Chula." he said menacingly.

Chula smirked. "I don't think so." he said enforce showing seven more groups of four aces. "I got seven more, dog chow!" he cheered, taking all the money.

"Why, you dirty, rotten, low-down, double dealing…" sneered one cat.

"I don't get it, boss. How come we're not munching those mice?" One-Eye asked the red dressed cat,

"Oui. 'Zees' fraternity 'wiz' mice does run counter to nature." said the French cat.

The red dressed cat, who was none other than Cat R. Waul put, down his paper. "Which would you rather have: The crouton or the entire caesar salad? Of course, we will eat the mice, but only after we have exploited their labors." he replied.

Fievel and Tanya gasped.

"We are nice to the mice... because it is intelligent to be so. If we talk sweetly, they will come in droves. If we hiss, they will run and we will have to chase them, an unnecessary expenditure of calories." continued Waul.

"So when do we take the big bite, boss?" asked One-Eye.

"When do we get to eat them? When, when, when?!" Chula asked frantically.

"When my empire at Green River is complete... and when we have a better mousetrap." said Wal.

"Mouseburgers!" Chula and the cats cheered.

Fievel and Tanya stared in horror.

"This was all a trap!" gasped Tanya.

"Everyone mice on that train and in Green River already are in danger!" Fievel said worriedly.

"Yes, mouseburgers indeed." said Waul, unlocking a lunchbox, revealing the mouse conductor, and a sandwich with let use inside. "Music... to aid the digestion."

"Help!" squeezed the conductor.

Chula brought over a record player and began playing it. Horrible music sounded out, much to the annoyance of the three cats.

Waul hummed among as he placed the conductor in his sandwich.

"Next stop: Mouth, throat, stomach, intestine and, you guessed it, Green River." the conductor said nonchalantly.

"We gotta save him!" said Fievel.

"Yeah, but how?" asked Tanya.

The two then looked at the puppet. They looked back at each other and nodded as they moved the puppet over the edge.

It fell over and landed in the sandwich, knocking the mouse conductor out.

"Whoa, oh! Whoa, whoa, oh!" he exclaimed fire running into the mouse hole.

Waul bit into the sandwich, only to chew on something crunchy. He immediately spat it out. He then saw the string. He looked up and spotted Fievel and Tanya.

"Uh oh..." they said in unison.

Waul yanked on the string, bringing Fievel down screaming since he was still on the puppet.

"Fievel!" Tanya screamed in horror.

Fievel landed in Waul's paw. "What do we have here? It appears to be a young pioneer." he mused (and unintentionally rhymed).

Tanya was worried. She had to figure out a way to reduce her brother. She then saw a nail on one of the beams. She quickly grabbed it and carefully made her way across the rafters without being seen.

Waul grabbed a knife and began buttering Fievel. "Now, the feline in me would like to devour this tender morsel, but the shrewd businessman in me knows if I do, the other mice will miss him and come looking." he said as he cleaned Fievel in a cup of water. "But the gourmet in me quivers at the thought... of mouse tartar." he said as he buttered Fievel again and wrapped him in a piece of lettuce and was about to eat him… but shut his jaw.

"But, the entrepreneur prefers not to be inundated... by suspicious mice that could jeopardize my plan." said Waul.

Just as Tanya came to the ground with the nail, she sneakily made her way over to Waul with the nail, ready to stab him in the foot.

"So I must exercise... both willpower and finesse." said Waul before suddenly letting Fievel go on the ground. "Scamper back to your parents, little mouse. Do be careful. It's frightfully hazardous out there." he told the mouse.

"Bye." said Fievel as he scampered off.

Tanya sighed in relief, threw the nail aside, and snuck bedding the crates to reach her brother.

But Waul had spotted her too. "Two mice, eh?" he mused. he turned to Chula. "Give them the Flying 'Ahh', and make it good." he instructed.

Chula beamed. "The Flying 'Ahh'! I love the flying 'ahh'!" he chortled as he scampered after the mice.

Out on the connecting rod, Fievel ran back to the passenger box.

"Fievel!" came Tanya's voice.

Fievel stopped as he saw Tanya up to him.

"Are you ok?" she asked, concerned.

"I'm fine." Fievel replied, smiling.

Tanya sighed in relief. "That's good. I was about to stab that cat in the foot with a nail so he's let you go."

Fievel smiled happily as he hugged his sister. "Aw Tanya, you're the best older sister ever."

"Aww, thanks Fievel." Tanya cooed with a smile as she hugged back. "Now come on, let's go warn everyone."

But before either of them could move, Chula made his way underneath them and screamed, "MOUSE OVERBOARD!

Fieveland Tanya froze in horror. "Where?!" they cried in unison.

Suddenly, Chula grabbed on of their legs each. "I just love the flying 'ahh!'" he laughed before suddenly throwing them onto the rod that held one of the wheels to the car.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Fievel and Tanya screamed as they fell.

The screaming woke all the mice up. They all looked out the window and to their, horror, they saw a Fievel and Tanya holding on for dear life.

"Fievel! Tanya! My kids!" cried Papa, trying to climb out of the box.

"Hold on you two!" shouted Tony.

But it was too late. Fievel and Tanya suddenly lost their grips and fell onto the rails. They got off just in time as the train passed through, but they rolled down the hill and into the dirt.

Fievel and Tanya watched helplessly as the train continued down the line.

To be continued…

And the story has begun. Rate and review and I'll see you soon!