The Magical Quest

This wasn't good at all. How were a princess and a jester supposed to defeat King Pete's second-in-command? Such a thought was ridiculous. However, Minnie needed to be confident now.

However, that confidence soon left her as the demon laughed, reaching into the front of his dress and pulling out a number of spherical objects with spikes surrounding them, hurling them at the group. Neither was prepared as one lodged itself into Minnie's shoulder, another into her knee while three others hit Goofy's arms. Both yelped in pain as Ingo took full advantage of this, shooting a vine out of his head as he latched to a tree branch, the imp swinging himself into Minnie, the girl rolling into Goofy, taking him with her as both slammed hard up against a tree.

"You know..." Ingo stated, holding his right hand up against his chin, "When King Pete gave me this new form, I thought that this was a downgrade of sorts. But seeing what this form is capable of, I can't help feeling this may have very well been a blessing in disguise," and with a sigh, the imp added, "Though I do miss my minions. I hope they're doing well."

Meanwhile, a group of small flying demons were on a cruise ship mopping floors as a bulldog wearing red pirate captain garments watched them, one demon turning to face another and groaning. The other let out a low grumbling noise as another tried to fly off the ship only to be shot down by the captain's pop gun.

But of course, this is a completely different story, so let's go back to our main one, shall we?

Ingo grinned wickedly as he said, "Now I have you right where I want you," as he detached a strap keeping his hula dress on and hurled it at the two victims before him, the dress's leaves sticking out like spikes while the clothing itself spun around like a buzz saw.

Minnie finally pried the two spiked balls out of her when she noticed the projectile coming straight for her. Sadly, Goofy hadn't yet recovered as he lay against the tree, his eyes spinning while he weakly let out the words, "May I please have some French Toast, Mama?"

Minnie gasped, not sure what to do now. She could dodge, but even if she did, Goofy would still probably be cut in half, and she had to think fast as the dress was closing in on the two. With that, Minnie did the only logical thing she could do right now: She whacked Goofy hard on the top of his head causing the jester to sink below the dress as the princess ducked under it, the article of clothing slicing right through the tree they were up against and causing it to topple over while a group of white worm-like creatures bounced out of the now fallen tree growling angrily at Ingo before bouncing away from the area.

After a few more seconds, the dress changed its course and headed back towards Ingo as it strapped itself around his waist, the demon laughing hysterically at the sight of this exclaiming, "WOW! WHAT POWER! IMAGINE IF THAT HAD ACTUALLY HIT YOU!"

The demon continued to laugh as Minnie scowled. She didn't see what was so funny. She could have been killed back there.

Nevertheless, the princess couldn't allow herself to fall for a trap like that again. How did she know she could avoid death a second time? With that in mind, she quickly charged towards Ingo as the demon let out a sigh, shooting another vine from his head and latching it to yet another branch, going in to strike. But rather than hitting the princess again, he ended up missing when Minnie leaped to the side, spinning her body around and planting a kick to the back of the imp's head.

Ingo growled and turned to the mouse, grabbing onto the front of her collar and gritting his teeth while saying, "You're a real pain in the neck, you know that? You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea."

Minnie was confused by that last statement until the demon proceeded to shift his hand, now holding onto the girl's neck and holding tightly, Minnie letting out a gasp of pain. If this kept up, she could very well die.

But luck was on the girl's side as Goofy finally awoke, letting out a loud yawn and blinking before noticing Minnie's predicament. The jester's eyes went wide as he placed a flower onto the front of his outfit, squeezing it and sending a small bit of water into Ingo's left eye, the demon crying out in pain and releasing the princess, Minnie gasping for air. Now Goofy had saved her life.

Ingo rubbed his eye with fury in his expression, glaring at the jester and shouting, "THAT WASN'T FUNNY!"

"Well, nor is hurting my friends!" Goofy remarked with a serious look in his eyes, "Now, I may be a goof, and I may be clumsy, and quite frankly, I might not even be hero material, but I'm not stupid! I know when it's time to get serious!"

Ingo blinked and stared at Minnie who shrugged at him. Even she didn't understand the jester most of the time. However, Ingo didn't take the dog's challenge all that seriously as he laughed moments later, Goofy scowling and pulling out an assortment of rubber balls, juggling them.

As soon as Ingo stopped laughing, his eyes went wide as one ball slipped out of the jester's hand, hitting the demon hard between the eyes. This juggling act may have looked harmless, but Goofy had never quite mastered the art. It was still quite difficult for him to hold onto the balls, but hey, he wasn't the royal fool for nothing.

With that, Ingo growled and shot another vine from his head, swinging in for another strike as Goofy let fly another ball, hitting the imp hard in the gut, a second ball soaring into the demon's forehead and knocking him backwards. As if this hadn't been humiliating enough, Goofy proceeded to let loose the last two rubber balls, both flying into the tree above Ingo.

"Hah, you missed!" the imp taunted as a plant in the tree opened up, dropping three chestnuts onto the demon's head, Ingo grumbling mild curses under his breath.

But it didn't end there as Goofy charged towards Ingo. The demon simply grinned wickedly knowing that Goofy had now left himself defenceless. With that in mind, the demon readied his hula dress, Minnie covering her eyes in fear knowing this could very well end the jester's life, but much to her and Ingo's shock, Goofy ended up running too fast and rammed hard into Ingo's belly, the demon flying hard into another tree, more chestnuts falling on him.

The jester simply looked at his handiwork and chuckled, "Ahyuck, rocket shoes," while Ingo fumed, filling up with incredible anger. How could he be losing to a fool? It was one thing to lose to a princess, it was another to lose to a man whose job it was to make people laugh at his own buffoonery.

With that in mind, the demon slowly rose to his feet and tilted his head forward, releasing the vine from his head once more and latching it to a tree behind Minnie and Goofy. The two were confused by this action as the demon proceeded to reel himself toward the tree, holding his arms out and hooking the duo in the neck, holding them each in front of him while ramming their backs hard into said tree.

The imp let out a sigh of relief before readying his dress saying, "You're both more trouble than you're worth, but I'm afraid it's time to end this."

However, just as he released the blade, Minnie and Goofy's rings both started to glow, Minnie now sporting the wizard's outfit she'd had on when facing the fish. Goofy, however, was wearing what looked like underwear made from cloth and a turban.

Just as the projectile was about to strike, Minnie subconsciously fired a blast of energy, deflecting it back at its owner, the dress reattaching itself to Ingo, the demon's eyes going wide. The princess then blinked and looked down at the gown she was now wearing, a look of confusion in her eyes.

"Hey, where'd you get the new clothes?" Goofy asked as Minnie looked up at the man asking, "Where did your clothes go?"

Goofy blinked and looked down to notice he was wearing next to nothing, letting out a chuckle as Ingo grimaced. Then Minnie smiled and said, "Hey, Goofy, maybe this is the great power Marlon was talking about."

With that, Minnie pointed her finger at Ingo who started to panic when a blast of light came from the princess's finger, the demon narrowly dodging it as another magic blast hit him hard in the chest and sending him back a ways. Goofy then proceeded to reach into the front of his bottoms and pulled out a flaming baton, sticking the flaming end into his mouth before pulling it out, blowing a blast of fire into the imp as his hula dress caught flame, burning to the ground. It was as if the two instinctively knew how to use their new abilities.

Ingo's eyes were wide with fear as he looked down, noticing his strongest weapon now gone as he shouted, "You haven't heard the last of me!" taking off from the area, Minnie sighing with relief. Finally, it was all over.

At that very moment, Minnie and Goofy's new clothes vanished as did their new abilities. Minnie could no longer shoot magic from her fingertips nor did Goofy have his flaming batons. But right now, none of that mattered. The point was they had beaten Ingo and could now advance forward.

All the while, Mickey and Donald had travelled quite a ways from the jester and princess when Donald noticed a tree full of fruit. He tapped on Mickey's shoulder and pointed at the tree as the mouse turned his gaze towards where the duck was pointing and laughed.

"Good thinking, Donald!" the peasant exclaimed, "We could use some extra provisions for later."

The duck nodded and attempted to climb up the tree but ended up sliding down, Mickey laughing against and saying, "Here, buddy, I'll give you a boost."

With that, the mouse lifted up Donald by his feet. However, the duck still couldn't reach high enough. With that in mind, Mickey stood on the tips of his toes for support. Realizing this still wasn't enough, Donald did the same, almost grabbing a piece of fruit when Mickey lost his balance and the two fell to the ground.

Donald folded his arms, glaring at the mouse as Mickey grinned nervously and said, "Uh... oops?"

Despite it seeming hopeless, the two refused to give up as they tried again, Donald actually grabbing the fruit this time around as Mickey once again lost his balance, the two falling yet again. However, at least they had food now.

Unfortunately, this wasn't exactly the best of news as Mickey sniffed it and stuck out his tongue in disgust. He then tossed it to the side as a group of leaf bugs surrounded it. Unfortunately for them, the fruit was rotten.

"Well, look on the bright side," Mickey said to a discouraged Donald, "At least the other fruit should be ripe."

The duck simply folded his arms and cursed, "AW, PHOOEY!" realizing he'd have to endanger himself again to get another fruit. As if that wasn't bad enough, every other fruit was higher up than the one they had just gotten.

However, luck soon struck the two as a wide array of rubber balls flew at branches, knocking the fruit from each of them as Mickey smiled, refusing to question this while he and Donald caught a whole bunch. Mickey placed a few in his pockets and back pockets while Donald pulled a bag out from behind his back, dropping the fruit into that.

While the two celebrated, they suddenly noticed two familiar faces right before them, their eyes going wide. Mickey's face turned red as he gulped and asked, "P-P-Princess Minnie, why are you all the way out here?"

"Goofy!" Donald quipped, the dog chuckling, "Gorsh, you guys don't look happy to see us."

Mickey and Donald ran over to Goofy and embraced him, the jester falling to the ground as he stated, "Ahyuck! That's more like it."

Minnie chuckled at the sight of this as Mickey and Donald got up, bowing to her as the princess sighed and said, "You don't need to treat me so formally. We came all this way to help you, after all."

At the sound of that, Mickey and Donald were silent. Were they hearing this right? The two turned to Goofy who nodded.

"No!" Mickey shouted, "You shouldn't have come all this way out here!"

"Yeah!" Donald added, folding his arms while Minnie fumed and retorted, "And why not!"

"Well..." Mickey replied, looking for the right words then stating, "It's too dangerous for a princess! You could get killed! And besides, Goofy's not a fighter."

Goofy had a clueless expression on his face as Minnie folded her arms and put on a smile replying in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, you're right. I totally shouldn't have come all the way here with these rings of power to help you out in your quest," holding out the remaining two rings, Mickey and Donald's eyes going wide while the princess added, "And it really is dangerous out here, what with that demon we just defeated a little while ago."

The two couldn't believe their ears. A princess and a jester defeated a demon? And what was this about rings?

Mickey then shook his head and remarked, "Look, I don't want you to get hurt! You should just go back! Pluto's my dog! This isn't your problem!"

Minnie's jaw dropped as Mickey and Donald turned their backs to her, advancing forward, the princess glaring at Goofy for not saying anything. However, things took a turn for worse when a bit of the ground beneath the mouse and the duck opened up to reveal a big pit, the two hanging onto a ledge for dear life.

Minnie walked over and held her hands against her side asking, "Would you brave, strong men like some help?"

Mickey let out a sigh and said, "Okay, sorry about all the things I said. I just don't want to see you get hurt."

Minnie sighed, her face turning red briefly. As judgemental as Mickey had been a while ago, he was only thinking about the princess's safety ahead of his. It was sweet... though uncalled for all the same.

With that, Goofy snapped out of his clueless state and gasped, shouting, "DON'T WORRY, I'LL SAVE YOU!" only to trip over his right foot, rolling into Minnie as all four fell into the pit, the dog letting out a loud, "YAAAAAAAAAHOOHOOHOOHOY!"

However, things were looking up as their fall came to a halt. However, this wasn't such a good thing as the group had landed on a large spider web.

Goofy grinned nervously, shrugging and saying, "Sorry," the others scowling at him before their looks of anger turned to fear, a large tarantula making its way towards them from a small opening next to the web. To make matters worse, this wasn't just any spider either. Not only was it six times Goofy's size, it had a head that resembled Pete's. Clearly this was another one of the king's demons.