2nd Chapter - Family Guy cross over.
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"What rubbish is this woman?" Stewie cried as he was placed like a prisoner in his high chair and sat in front of the TV.
"Now Stewie, sit quietly and watch The Little Mermaid while Mommy makes some dinner for your father, he's had a hard day at work." Lois kissed his rather oval head and disappeared into the kitchen as her youngest child cursed about the "Useless Fat Man."
"Oh another carton that thinks it's a musical!" he gripped as the stupid young Ariel started to sing about her hard life under the sea and wanting more from it.
"Brian! Brian!" He called and watched his friend come padding over. "Why do I have to watch this drivel? Honestly, the songs are syrupy sweet and need a shot of realism."
"Stewie this is a classic. Disney at its best, entertainment for kids and adults alike." Brian tried to explain.
"Cartoons aren't for adults, what kind of imbecile want to watch animated people run around?" Stewie queried. "I suppose the Fat Man might be amused by the bright colours. And Chris, he'd could get infatuated with the mermaid's insipid sisters. Ok maybe cartoons can be for adults, but not for me, I'm much too sophisticated to be fooled into believing in this underwater world."
Brian just shrugged and made a non-committal noise, he had been witness to the Jolly Farm conversion after all.
The youngster pouted and sat dejectedly in his high chair, watching the world under the sea spin by. Suddenly he perked up as the screen became dark and an air of foreboding was set with the music and shadowy animation. It was then that a fat and unappealing woman slide into frame.
With her low voice, wide grin and eyes that danced with gleeful mischief Stewie immediately recognised a kindred spirit, one who craved power and had a devious streak running right the way through her.
"Now her I like." He said, sitting up straight in his chair. "She has style, look at the entrance to her cavern."
As she sang he stared with wide eyes trying to catalogue everything in her cave that she had collected from the "Poor, Unfortunate Souls" she had "helped" in her lifetime.
By the end of the film Stewie had managed to mention Ursula the Sea-Witch at least 50 times and Brian was getting a little frustrated.
"She is so devious and twisted" Stewie said. "And she has magic, dark and powerful magic" he added. Brian just nodded, as the little man spouted about his latest crush. "I'd love to meet her and do a deal Brian, do you think that is possible?"
"I doubt it Stewie, even if she exists she is in another plane of reality." The dog explained.
"So what? Roger from American Dad! turned up here on Spooner Street. Cartoons can cross over sometimes." He argued.
"Yeah." Brian agreed, "Although I think you turning up in a Disney film might breach all different kinds of copyright."
"I am a genius, I don't care about such trivial things." The young man stated. "I think I can adapt the time machine and the transportation pad to jump universes with a few simple modifications."
Brian looked horrified but knew once the child had set his mind on something nothing would sway him. And he was intrigued to see if this could actually work. So he went back to reading the paper, pining over Lois and rolling his eyes at Peter when he said something stupid.
Stewie came down a few days later and announced he was ready to embark on his journey to meet "The most wonderful fat person." So they packed a few accessories, including diving equipment for the trip under the waves.
"God these are heavy"" Brian moaned as he tried to stand upright with two canisters of air strapped to his back, a rubber wet suit on and flippers on his feet.
"Would you rather drown?" Stewie asked him to which he shook his head and muttered, "Let's get on with it."
They stood in the booth and the time machine beeped a few times, there was a whirring noise and then they were enveloped in bright light and they disappeared from the Griffin House.
They landed in a grassy meadow and immediately knew this wasn't the right place.
"Damn it!" Stewie swore, "I need to refine the quantum toggle. This isn't right."
Brian just rolled his eyes before saying, "Do you know where we are?"
Stewie looked round, seeing a lush plain over flowing with vegetation and some Diplodocus reaching up to eat leaves from the surrounding trees. There was an infant triceratops playing with a long necked Apatosaurus and Stewie quickly realised where they were.
"The land before time." He breathed out, looking in awe at the many different dinosaurs he could see. "This is just before the….oh SHIT!" he screamed as he suddenly realised where in the film they were.
Brian looked at Stewie who was suddenly thrust into shadow and slowly lifted his eyes to see what had blocked the sun. He stopped breathing for just a moment as Stewie's paralysis broke and he started to frantically try and run away screaming "Sharp Tooth, Sharp Tooth!" as he went.
Unfortunately the canisters on his back weighed him down and he fell over the flippers he had on his feet. Soon both he and Brian had fallen over and were rolling down the hill, Stewie struggling desperately to get the time pad out and charged enough to allow them to jump away from the gnashing teeth that were snapping at them. Just as they thought they were done for and the fetid breath of the Tyrannosaurus washed over them they disappeared in a flash of light and huge sighs of relief.
They landed face down in a puddle and quickly scrambled upright.
"Where are we now?" Brian was exasperated.
"I was rushed and over toggled it." Was Stewie's reply.
Just then they both felt swords pressed against their necks.
"Gandalf, what are they? They are too small for dwarves, even too small for hobbits. Are they pixies or some other magical sprite to have just appeared out of thin air?"
The wizard bent at the waist and peered at the two additions that had seemingly breached the defences of the City of Gondor. An old and rough face, capped with a white pointed hat and long beard studied the two petrified newcomers.
"I see no evil in their eyes." He finally said straightening up.
"I am plenty evil!" Stewie muttered as Brian elbowed him in the ribs to be quiet. Now was not the time to push their luck.
The old wizard smiled at them before meeting his companions' eyes and telling them, "Release them."
The swords were removed as Brian stepped forward stating, "Thank you Sir." He extended his hand out in the universal greeting of welcome and was about to shake hands with the wizard when he heard the young man behind him muttering some more about stupid dogs before he was pulled back and they disappeared in another flash of light.
After another failed jump, but at least this time it was into a Disney film Stewie finally admitted, "I know what keeps going wrong. I should be able to get it right next time."
"I hope so!" Brian was tired already, he had been nearly eaten, had been lugging diving equipment around while looking like some rubber clad sex toy and he was close to losing his temper. This should have been a quick trip and was turning into the day from hell.
He looked round the town of Agrabah where they definitely didn't fit in and everyone was pointing and whispering at them.
"Hurry up Stewie, I don't think it will be long before the Royal Guards show up."
"Just one more turn." Stewie twirled the screw driver and grasped Brian's paw. "Ready?" he said as he pressed the button for what Brian hoped was the last jump before going home.
They were suddenly immersed in water, cold and dark and Brian was glad they were holding hands. They fumbled with the mouth pieces and took shuddering breaths of air until their heart rates had calmed and they got used to the environment they had realm jumped into. They squeezed hands before separating enough so they could start to kick their way through the water, heading in tandem to the bottom of the ocean.
As they neared the cavern Ursula's voice rumbled over them, welcoming them to her corner of the ocean she called home.
"A dog and a baby, strangely not my most unusual visitors." The witch quipped.
She allowed them to settle, sitting on a rocky outcropping before she drained the cavern of water so her guests could breathe and talk freely.
"Really?" Stewie took out his mouth piece and asked about her previous comment. He was mesmerised by the woman but also intrigued what other visitors she had had.
"Yes well." Ursula pursed her lips. "How do you think Trump managed to win Florida and Ohio in the election?"
Brian's eyes nearly goggled outside his head, Stewie nodded thoughtfully in acceptance of this woman's clear power. That comment definitely explained a lot.
"No-one comes here unless they want something." The larger woman crooned at her guests, "So what can I do for you?"
"Straight down to business, I like that approach." Stewie knew he had to appear confident, the woman towered over him but he held his head up straight and looked her in the eye. He hoped the compliment he had given her would softer her to them, but he still knew what she was. She was a monster of the deep, like a shark, dangerous with teeth that could be turned on him in an instant if she became disinterested in them.
"For a baby you are quite the charmer." She grinned at them, all full red lips and large teeth and Brian shivered next to him.
"I came to ask the price of assisting me as needed with my plan for world domination." The young man said with a firm voice.
"Well that is a very broad request and could be quite costly. Although as I implied previously, I do have considerable skills at manipulating circumstances and the land dwellers if the price is right."
"I just want to enter into initial negotiations and make sure you are on my side when the time comes." Stewie clarified. "I have come across nothing I can't deal with myself as yet. But that may change in the future."
"Ah, quite the forward thinker then my little friend." The woman winked at him.
"So how much to buy your skills as a consultant in this, the early stages of my plan?"
"One soul." The witch told him. Her eyes were alight with the promise of a deal insight.
"But not my soul." Stewie commented. "Interesting." He mused as he rubbed over his chin.
"The deal would have to be signed, my scrolls are binding." The woman told him.
"I have the signature here." Stewie rustled round under the wet suit inside his diaper and pulled out a neatly folded sheet of paper. As he unfurled it Brian recognised it as a similar document as the one Ariel signs in The Little Mermaid. At the bottom he sucked in a breath as he saw Peter Griffin scrawled across it.
"I hope you don't mind, I had to provide my own stationary, a slight hiccup in inter-animation travel." Stewie said watching the Sea-Witch carefully. He had taken a chance with this and hoped she was so enthralled with a new soul to add to her collection she allowed this slight deviation from the normal practice.
He continued, "But it has the same clauses as your own do, and is signed."
The dog violently shook his head, "Stewie you can't do that, how did you even get that?" He asked.
"The Fat Man will do anything drunk." The baby shrugged. "He'll sign anything I ask him, even this." And he waved the paper until Brian took it from him and studied the terms.
"Oh My God!" The poor animal was still in shock as Ursula leaned over him and plucked the paper from his paw.
"Well everything does seem in order here." She said, as her beady and busy eyes scanned the document. "We have reached a deal young man, well done."
"Thank you." Stewie stood up. "You'll understand we can't stay."
The Sea-Witch nodded at him, placing the scroll in her potion cabinet for safe keeping. She then bent done to shake hands.
Stewie had to pull Brian out of his daze and onto the transportation pad. He tapped the button with his foot and lifted his hand in a wave of farewell to the large woman. The darkness of the cavern filled with bright light momentarily before they both disappeared.
They landed back in the front room of the Griffin residence and both stripped out of their diving gear and collapsed back onto the couch. The TV was playing something but neither of them looked at it.
Brian laid back and closed his eyes, close to exhaustion while Stewie smoothed his hair back and blew out a breath.
"Some trip." The baby eventually commented.
"Stewie how can you have offered Ursula Peter's soul?" Brian opened his eyes and looked at the youngster while he reprimanded the boy.
"Oh come on Brian, do you think I am that stupid?" Stewie rolled his eyes. "Ursula is a few days away from Ariel coming to visit her, I made sure of the timing and calculations when I made the last adjustments to the time pad. She will forget all about our deal as she become absorbed in thwarting the young mermaid's plans. And even if she doesn't forget, she'll soon be dead, killed by Prince Eric in the epic battle that ensues. She won't be around to fulfil her part or collect on our debt."
"So it was a pointless trip?" The dog couldn't believe they had gone through all that for nothing.
"No, I got to meet her. Wasn't she stunning? I mean, compared to Lois and Meg she just oozed power and extravagance. Just being in her presence was worth the effort of re-configuring the time machine. It is just a shame she is fated to die." And he pouted his displeasure.
"I hope you are right." Brian said. "Peter's soul rests on it."
"Of course I am." Stewie reasoned.
At that minute they heard a noise from upstairs, it was Peter in the shower.
"Ba Ba Ba Ba, Bird's the word…Ba Ba, Bird's the word, Everybody's heard about the Bird, Bird, Bird Ba ba ba…bird, bird, bird's the word…."
Brian covered his ears and looked at Stewie who had an equally pain expression on his face.
Cringing the dog muttered, "Ok, even if you are wrong, maybe Peter deserves it."