Author's note: Not much to say here. Enjoy this new chapter.
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Chapter three: The Big Quest
No sooner than when Mickey and his friends got comfortable, Fairy Moon began, "Okay. You know all how two months ago Happy Valley suddenly lost it's mysterious magic, right?"
The group nodded, with Aunt Moo saying, "Yes, it's the magic that no one knows for years but it is said to have made everyone in Happy Valley...well, happy." shrugging a bit awkwardly over the logic.
"It's been that way and it's been similar up here too, because the magic connected the harmony of both worlds was always protected by the first castle's occupant." Fairy Moon explained. She then held an expression of sadness as she continued, "Except one day, everything changed."
FlashBack:
The first castle, much smaller than it is in reality, was more like a royal castle and the draw bridge lowered when a newspaper was tossed in front of it. It's occupant, a young sorcerer in his 30's in fine robes(Clow Reed) came out to retrieve it only to rechieve cheers from a crowd of the land's kingdom(That included Sora, Riku, Kairi, Raye, Amy, Lita, Mina, Sakura, Madision, Kero, the Fairytale gang and villagers) with signs that said, 'We love you!'.
"...The time has come, I see." Clow Reed thought to himself. He knew what he had to do.
"The Sorcerer had to go on a quest to protect both lands from the dangers that was starting to appear. He left the land and travelled far from the clouds to another land..."
Many days pass and the Sorcerer still had yet to return despite his promise. But the longer his absence went on, the more everyone realised that he wasn't coming back. Everyone began to grieve for the loss of the Sorcerer they loved the most.
"He never came back. Most say that he died in his quest." Fairy Moon shook her head.
"That's terrible." Mickey thought, feeling sorry for the people up here in this land. He then asked, "But what happened next?"
"Well...that's when the situation got worse." Fairy Moon answered, flinching a little as she continued, "Because the magical connection wasn't protected anymore, and only the Sorcerer knew about it, that and the castle made a great new house and visit place for giants."
"Oh." Mickey muttered, not getting it at first. But when he did, he gasped in shock and no small amount of fear, "What? A giant?"
"A giant?" Goofy repeated, eyes widening in horror.
"A giant?" Aunt Moo repeated, shocked.
"A giant!?" Donald jumped in horror.
Fairy Moon sweatdropped, correcting them, "I said giants, not a giant." and when she saw the four of them quiver in fear, she quickly added, "But the last I checked, there was only two."
A pause.
"Um...You do realise that what you're sayin', right?" Mickey inquired awkwardly.
"Good point." Fairy Moon agreed, before continuing, "Anyway, it was around that time when the giants turned up."
As everyone tried to go on with their lives while wondering who would be the empty castle's new occupant, there heard a loud stomping and the ground began to shake, which got worse.
"What was that?" A ten year old boy(Ash Ketchum) asked in alarm, with his Pikachu, resting on his shoulder, looked behind them and the small Pokemon cried out in alarm.
"Oh no! Look out!" A ten year old maiden girl(May) screamed in horror while pointing behind Ash and some of everyone else who all turned to see what had May and Pikachu terrified and when they saw, their reactions matched theirs. Near by trees came crashing down and followed by something that made them horrified.
A young woman screamed a blood curdling scream, while two guys who were having coffee at a cafe yelled in alarm while moving out of the way, narrowly avoiding in getting crushed by a foot that belonged to Willie the Giant who crushed the two chairs, and table flat. The giant stomped through the village, looking down at the terrified villagers who screamed and run out of the way to avoid him and to make things worse, anoter giant with black hair and beard, named Georgy, made a much bigger destruction by tearings rooves off, smashing a clock tower before he and Willie marched towards the castle.
While Willie entered the castle, in an instant the entire building transformed from it's royal looking into a much, much bigger and giant one that made everyone suddenly feel like ants. It didn't stop there as a cloudy stair-case appeared, connecting to another large cloud-land where another castle of the same size appeared, but much darker looking, and Georgy looked out of the window, laughing evilly.
"Perfect. Now this land and the magic is all ours for taking; but mostly mine! You got that, Willie?" Georgy declared manically.
"Uh, I think so. I only want somebody to sing me to sleep." Willie replied, shrugging cluelessly as he was the dim-witted one of the two.
Georgy rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Sleep, scmleep! You can do that when you find someone who can sing." before he added in sarcasm, "Unless you want to be Snow White."
Just then, they heard the doorbell ringing 'DING DONG' which got both Giants' attention, as the speaker on both the inside and outside of the castle echoed with a voice speaking.
"You two! Giants!" It was the sound of the Captain of the Town's Knight-Hood Police, and he was surrounded by his men, with some of the villagers half way behind them as they stood nervously.
The new doors opened like a villager's door and the two Giants came down the new giant steps, with Georgy demanding, "What do you want?"
"By the order of this land's law. I am authorized to place you both under arrest for trespassing on..." The captain began to waver as the two Giants stood towering over him and instantly his courage faded in a matter of seconds. "...Private...property..."
Georgy snorted, amused. "Ha! You and what army?" He mocked.
"Yeah, they ran away." Willie asked, pointing behind the Captain who looked back to see that his men weren't there, having left behind weapons and shields. The villagers hid within the clouds and behind trees in fright. The Captain gasped before running away, screaming girlishly before he leaped into the clouds and hid with the villagers himself.
Willie and Georgy both retreated into the castle while waving everyone a mocking goodbye and closed the doors behind them, the latter laughing evilly once more.
"Some knights they were." Donald commented dryly when he and the others heard how the knights failed to reason with the two giants.
"Didn't anybody else try and stop 'em?" Goofy asked.
Fairy Moon shook her head, "They tried, but each time they did, the giants kicked them out; they tried climbing up the latter to the window, but one poor guy was blown away. They tried busting in, but were knocked away. They even snuck in to find them, but were chased out. As far as that went, they even hired two clowns and made a giant wooden horse."
Two people, a man(James) and a woman(Jessie) were hiding in the head of the wooden horse they piloted towards the castle and managed to get in. Unfortunately, Georgy, having come for a visit again, saw this and punched the head so hard that it went flying and Jessie and James screamed while being flown away.
Willie opened the window which allowed the two to continue flying out of control.
"No FAIR!" Jessie shrieked.
"This is gonna hurt!" James wailed.
"LOOKS LIKE WE'RE BLASTING OFF!" The duo exclaimed as they disappeared into the sky like a twinkling star(the old fashioned Team Rocket style).
The villagers waiting outside-Sora, Riku, Kairi, Sakura, Madison, Kero, Ash, Pikachu, May, and others-Brock, Lita, Roxas and Axel-saw what happened and they all slumped low, groaning.
"That didn't work either." Kairi sighed, dismayed.
Sora groaned, "I knew those two guys wouldn't cut it."
"Yeah, should've known those dorky inventors would mess things up." Ash muttered dryly.
"Especially with the dumb idea of using a wooden horse." Roxas agreed.
Axel shook his head, pointing out, "With all the mess they made since they got here, I don't think even the Statue of The Sorcerer moving with magic would even help."
"Yeah." Riku, Lita, Sakura, Madison, Kero and May all sighed in agreement.
End Flashback:
"With the giants now inside the castle, they're using the magic for their own purposes and causing everything to dry up both here and in Happy Valley. The only places that are still thriving are within the two giant Castles themselves." Fairy Moon concluded.
"But what is the magic?" Mickey asked.
Fairy Moon looked at him and his friends with a serious expression this time, and she said, "The only way to find out for sure is to go into the Castle that has magic in it. Not the dark one, because no one's even bothered going in there."
"What's that have to do with us?" Donald asked, impatiently. He's had enough of the long-winded story and just wants the Fairy-Lady to get to the point.
"I know that you all want a better life and for Happy Valley to have it's happiness again." Fairy Moon replied. "That's why when I first saw you yesterday, I knew that you all have what it may take to set things right and for all of you to have a future."
"...You want us to go into the castle?" Mickey asked, wanting to make sure if he understood right.
Fairy Moon nodded, "Well, think about it. A castle is a better place to be than what you guys live in now."
Even though the four of them were nervous about facing giants with the real possiblity of getting killed, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Aunt Moo did like the idea of a better life than what they had now.
"Well...I do like the idea my own comfy bed." Mickey admitted, thinking about his own king-sized bed.
"I'd like a beach chair and sun-tan." Donald said, thinking of himself relaxing on the said chair with a solar powered heat beam in a huge room decorated as a beachside, getting a tan.
"I'd like a new, funny-shaped green hat." Goofy said hopefully as the image of the green half-bone-shaped hat came into his mind. He rechieved odd expressions on Mickey and Donald's face. Goofy shrugged cluelessly, "What?"
"I see nothing wrong with that." Aunt Moo said about what Goofy would like.
"What would you like, Aunt Moo?" Mickey asked, curiously.
The female cow thought for a second before saying dreamily, "I wish to be in luxurious bubble tub pool with a nice mocktail that has a little umbrella...and with all of you with me." which made Mickey, Donald and Goofy smile warmly at their friend's wish.
"Welp, this will be dangerous but I think we should give this a try. Whaddya say, fellas?" Mickey finally decided as he stood up, feeling determination that was stronger than before.
Donald, Goofy and Aunt Moo agreed with cheers.
"Thank you. I knew I could count on you." Fairy Moon thanked gratefully. "Now, the task won't be easy, and in order to live in the castle, you'll need the Key which I can make. Under one condition."
When the group looked back at her, Fairy Moon told them, "You have to get three important things, which will help to defeat the giants or at least entertain them. First off, you need to get fifteen golden eggs from a golden goose which is somewhere in the castle. Once you get those, then I'll tell you the second clue."
"You mean steal?" Mickey asked, hesitatedly. "I don't know..."
"Hey, they're the ones who stole the castle and reshaped it without everyone's permission and caused damage. What they won't know can't hurt them." Fairy Moon winked. She then waved her wand and magically created a small cresent-shaped moon object. "And if you get into serious trouble, just hold this Cresent Moon jewel and think of me and I'll come flying in."
She handed the Cresent Moon Jewel to Mickey who held it in both hands as he gazed at it in thought. When he and his friends looked up to ask more questions, they blinked in confusion and surprise that she simply disappeared, leaving behind already disappearing sparkles.
"Gawrsh. She really is a magic fairy to go do a disappearin' act, like at a magic show. Ay-yhuck." Goofy remarked, breaking the fourth wall by looking at the viewers/readers.
Despite not knowing where Fairy Moon went, Mickey and his friends shrugged before he placed the jewel into his pockets and then lead the group towards the more firm and normalish ground, passing the village on an stone pathway. They eventually arrived in front of the giant grass forest that went the rest of the way into the castle and were standing next to a fresh, green grassy hill which, as Aunt Moo looked, she looked like she'd just died and gone to heaven.
"Fresh, green grass!" Aunt Moo cheered happily, walking up to the hill and happily began to munch and eat the delicious fresh greenary.
"I'm really hungry just watching her eat." Donald grumbled, jealously.
Goofy's stomach rumbled loudly and he clutched it gently, "Me too."
"Aren't ya comin' with us?" Mickey asked.
"You go ahead. I'll wait for you right here." Aunt Moo replied, too absorbed into her new happy place for a little while.
Understanding that Aunt Moo was happy at the moment, something that he wished would come to all of them again soon, Mickey nodded and told the others, "Well, I guess it's just the three of us." before taking the lead into the huge grass towards the castle.
"You be very careful, darlings!" Aunt Moo called out.
"Don't worry, we will!" Mickey called back before he, Donald and Goofy vanished into the tensed giant grass, passing giant mushrooms and insects along the way and the trio took in their new surroundings in complete awe. To them, everything around them made them feel like insects themselves.
"As the trio made their way towards the castle, they couldn't help but be amazed on how huge everything was. You see, the giants had to make at least a little bit of the scenary the same size as them. Sorta like a magic wall." Mickey read on.
"Like the Foot prints?" Chuckie asked, as he imagined the three peasents passing the giant footprints.
"Well, who else made them, Finster? The Dumb Dwarf Babies?" Angelica asked sarcastically. Serena shook her head while shrugging apologetically to her friends from Disney Castle, Destiny Islands, Midgar-Edge and Radiant Garden at Angelica's attitude towards the babies, before Mickey continued on reading, unfazed by the sarcastic comment from the four year old.
The trio then found themselves on the edge of a lake which seperated them from the giant castle. Thankfully, Mickey spotted a large leaf which was big enough for them to fit in and capable of floating. He gestured his friends come over and once all three of them boarded with sticks to use as paddles, they began rowing their way to the other side.
"Wow..." Mickey breathed in awe, as did his friends as more insects were seen, this time flying ones. Including a bunch of Dragonflys which flew above them into the opposite direction. Seeing them, Donald couldn't help but playfully pretend he was shooting an bow and arrow at them.
Unfortunately, that offended one Dragonfly who glared down at Donald before zooming towards the trio who saw it coming and their eyes widened when it began to try and attack them. Screaming in alarm, Mickey, Donald and Goofy ducked to avoid in getting attacked, yet as it flew back up it changed course and attempted to attack again. This time it hit their leaf-boat and spun them around in the water which splashed and it managed to make a hole in it, causing them to begin to sink.
"Hurry! Get out the water out before we end up goin' under!" Mickey cried out, using his hat as a bucket to scoop and dump the water out repeatedly as did Goofy and Donald before the trio ended up attempting to row the rest of the way to the other side.
The Dragonfly zoomed down towards them again and as the trio gasped in horror, Donald cowered low while covering his head with his hands and his tail feathers sinking into his butt for safety as well, bracing himself for the finishing attack. The attack never came, as a giant fish jumped out of the water right behind them and gulped down the Dragonfly, eating it up before splashing back into the water, which created a tidal wave that engulfed the trio who screamed as they were washed away...right to the shores of the other side.
Coughing and panting at the close call while pushing himself up, Mickey looked to his friends and asked worriedly, "Is everyone alright?"
Donald and Goofy, thinking they were still in water, digged towards the large stone wall until they bumped into face first. It made them dazed and dizzy, seeing multiple stars circling their heads briefly before shaking away the dizzy spell as Mickey hurried after them, relieved that they were alright.
Then they noticed that they were now right in front of the bottom step of the giant castle and they reacted with awe.
"Wow...!" Mickey, Donald and Goofy mumured, amazed. Sharing a glance, the trio then knew what to do as they were closer towards their destination. Goofy bend down low, and Mickey climbed onto his back and gave Donald a boost to climb up the first step before he pulled Mickey up and the two helped Goofy up. The trio continued to do this on their way up.
"This was the biggest adventure of their lives. Forgotten was their hunger, forgotten was their fear. It took courage to scale these massive steps, to make this journey into the unknown. But these stout-hearted lads never faltered. Three minds but with a single thought: What mystery of the magic lurked behind those cold, stone walls? What strange spell hovered over this gloomy place?" Mickey read on.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the trio finally made it to the top and saw that the entire place was bigger than they thought. Mickey, being the kind peasent and briefly forgetting that he and his friends shouldn't get caught, knocked on the door and waited. But there was no answer, and the hole beneath the door was so big that he and his friends could easily crawl under by crouching a little, and that's what they did.
One by one, the three peasents walked underneath the door and then stood straight to look around their surroundings. Everything was a bit dark and gigantic. The stone walls were dark and cold and rather spooky. There were several other door ways, one leading into what appeared to be a dining area, another leading to up more stairs, two others leading down into the hallways and the other which was closed which lead to the kitchen.
The dining area wasn't too far, and the trio looked at the table which held the one thing they craved the most and longed for in many, many days and weeks. Heaps of food; From mince pies, to roast turkeys, to Potato in whipped cream and butter, vegetables on the side, spagetti and meatballs with garlic bread, ham and lettace and bread, some shampange in a bottle, and a chocolate cake for dessert.
"Food!" Mickey, Donald and Goofy exclaimed, briefly forgetting their quest and without second thoughts, the three friends raced up the ramp-like leg towards the top of the table and before they knew, they were happily chowing on whatever that was close to them.
Mickey happily ate the giant celery, stuffing his face with it hungrily and enjoyed the delicious taste. Donald chomped bite after bite on the giant swiss cheese. Goofy climbed up the giant bowl that had giant peas and gulped down each of them one by one thanks to the help of using a giant spoon to scoop them up and rolled them towards his mouth.
"~Food, glorious Food~" Sid couldn't help but begin to sing the moment King Mickey read that part which had the latter stop again and turned to the sloth in confusion, as did the rest of the group. Though the Sailor Team knew more about Sid needing to sing this and they all sighed in exasperation.
"Sid!" Serena, Sakura, Ash, Raye, Brock, Lita, Misty, Shrek, Manny and Diego scowled to get their friend to stop before he ended up singing the entire song the vultures sang back in the Ice Age.
"What?" The sloth shrugged, confused. "I was making a background song to help the story."
"I don't think anyone needs to hear it just for that part." Cloud pointed out, though he did smirk a little and was unaware of Serena and Ash giving him a skeptical yet sympathic looks while the spiky-haired young man then added, "Then again, I'm not sure if I want to know where you managed to learn that old ridiculous song."
"You ever had any carnivores sing that song in a parody to you while you were passing a vulture territory who makes a habit of scaring everybody like giants?" Shrek whispered to make sure the babies didn't hear, referring that time in the Ice Age during the flood.
Cloud didn't hesitate to answer, "Now I definitely don't want to know. Except for the passing part."
"It's a long story, but that's for another time." Serena muttered while she placed a hand onto her friend's bare shoulder that didn't have the shoulder pad, and then gestured King Mickey to continue with the story he's telling to the children.
Mickey, Donald and Goofy ate until their stomachs ached from the amount of food inside them and the trio all groaned happily while lying on the table, sighing.
After a few minutes of resting to get their bearings, Mickey sat up while saying, "Gosh, that was delicious. Now, where were we?" and then remembered, "Oh, right! The Golden Goose. We were gonna..." but then paused as full memories finally came back and his relaxed expression quickly turned into horror.
Looking at the mostly eaten parts of the giant food that the giants no doubt had for themselves, Mickey's blood ran super cold as realization for what he and his friends had done kicked in. If the giants knew that they were here, they were in serious trouble.
"Uh, guys? I-I think we should find the Golden Goose and the golden eggs...like right now...!" Mickey shuddered, quivering. "Before the giants come and see that we've been the ones eating their food."
At those words and the same realization hitting Donald and Goofy who both quickly recovered, they jerked upright and all three of them stood up, gulping nervously.
"M-Maybe we should get outta here." Goofy scaredly suggested, and Donald nodded in agreement.
"But we still gotta figure out where that goose is or we won't be able to figure out the other clues or get the key to the castle." Mickey pointed out. He had made a promise to Fairy Moon and even though this was a very risky adventure, he wanted to keep to that promise, especially since she was counting on him and his friends to solve this crisis.
Then, it happened. A tremor like vibration occurred, which the trio felt, but it wasn't enough to have them lose their balance, but looked around as they suddenly heard where it was coming from. The trio looked towards the door and their eyes widened as kitchen door began to open.
It was the giants, or one of the giants.
Mickey, Donald and Goofy knew, in that instant, they were in trouble.
A/N: Sorry for the cliff-hanger, but don't worry, hopefully if my current computer doesn't die on me(which very likely will after this chapter, T^T), I'll post the next chapter tomorrow or later in the week.
Until then, see you later!
