The Magical Quest

The four travellers had been wandering around the Winter wonderland for quite some time, Mickey lowering his head, a look of worry on his face. Minnie saw this and let out a sigh. The peasant was thinking about Pluto again.

The princess placed a hand on his shoulder and said, "Cheer up, Mickey. I'm sure we'll be at Peteland soon. At least we didn't have to fight anyone to get through this area, right?"

Mickey looked up at the princess and smiled. She was right. Things actually looked pretty easy now.

Donald smiled at the mouse and said, "Mickey, we'll make it through. Remember what you told me."

"What was that?" the mouse replied as Donald proceeded to state, "Look at this vast world that lays before us! There could be more that's yet to come!"

With that, the duck leaped atop one of the pink springy plants from earlier and bounced off of it across a small gap adding, "This world is big, it's a well-known fact! Our destination might be far ahead!"

Mickey chuckled and followed suit along with the others, the peasant saying, "We battled a snake and came out on top, he didn't stand a chance. We also faced one of Pete's royal guards and came out on top with a heroic stance."

Minnie nodded and added, "A while back, we faced a spider that had fear running through us all," as all she noticed what looked like a snowboard made out of green emerald stating, "But despite that we faced our fears and that arachnid had a very big fall!"

"We fought a head made out of stone with the power to spit out flames," Goofy added as he stepped atop one of the snowboards, the gem-made object slipping downward as the jester did his best to maintain his footing, the others soon climbing onto boards of their own while the dog continued, "It was un-for-toon-ate that he didn't seem to know our names!"

"We also went up against a giant hawk that made us all feel weary," Donald added, performing a series of poses before his head hit a tree branch, the duck rubbing the back of his head and scowling while adding, "But we still pulled through to the end, even though the experience was very scary."

Soon enough, all four started to perform various tricks with the snowboards, Goofy creating a figure eight while all quipped in unison, "If we look deep down inside, we'll find the strength to win! What we lack in size outside, we make up for within!"

Minnie twirled atop her snowboard while adding, "Nothing will stand in our way if we look inside," Mickey performing a handstand before stating, "As long as we just believe, fate is ours too decide!"

With that said, all four continued to slide down the slope together while ending with, "Just as long as we believe, we'll make it through and through! Nothing will ever bring us down as long as we show them what we can do!"

However, this all came to an end when Donald ending up running face-first into something soft and furry. The duck lowered his eyelids, backing up while holding up his fists, shouting, "Hey, wise guy, what's the big idea!"

Suddenly, the creature he had just run into turned around and glared at the others, who were frozen in place before it let out a loud deafening roar. Mickey gulped and started to tremble, the others also in fear while even Donald seemed to be afraid.

This wasn't any ordinary snow creature, mind you. It was an abominable snowman! With its flesh-coloured ape-like hands, its angry yellow eyes and its round build, this was truly a terrible sight. The strange thing was that a chain was wrapped around its body, a big rock attached to the end of it.

"Hello, Mr. Sasquatch," Mickey said while grinning nervously, "Sorry to interrupt whatever it was you were doing. It won't happen again."

The beast ignored the mouse's words and let out a loud roar before lifting up its chain, swinging the rock on the end around like a flail before swinging it at the group, barely missing its target as they narrowly dodged to the side. However, the impact of the attack had caused the ground to vibrate, snow flying upward into the faces of all four.

"What are we going to do?" Minnie asked with concern as her ring started to glow, the princess smiling and saying, "I'd almost forgotten we had these."

With that, Minnie took on her magician's outfit as she fired a blast of magic at the monster's face. The Sasquatch backed up a bit, holding onto where the attack had hit as Mickey's ring glowed as well, the peasant boy taking on his fire fighter form. He spared no time thinking about his next move as he shot a stream of water in front of the beast, the snow rising up around it as a cage made of ice surrounded it.

Goofy's ring also glowed as he found himself with a new outfit. He was now dressed in a cowboy outfit, a pair of pistols by his side. The dog pulled them out and narrowed his eyelids asking, "Y'all want a piece of me, buckaroo?" before chuckling, "Ahyuck, I've always wanted to say that."

With that, the monster let out a loud roar, shattering his ice prison, but before it could strike, Goofy pulled out his pistols and fired a pair of corks between its eyes. Yes, rather than real guns, Goofy had popguns. Well, they seemed to work as the Sasquatch let out a loud roar of pain.

Donald's ring also glowed as he himself had taken on a new form. He was now wearing a small short-sleeved violet jacket with a pink cloth wrapped around his mid-section. Atop his head was a small purple hat (Think of Aladdin's hat) with a pink feather coming out of it. In his hand was an oil lamp.

Donald looked at it and smiled as he realized what this meant, quickly rubbing his lamp as a big white hand emerged from it, shooting a blast of magic above the beast's head. The others stared, wondering how the duck could have missed such a target, but Donald smiled with pride as he pointed to where he'd shot. The three then noticed what Donald's plan was as a row of icicles had been transformed into metal weights, all five falling atop the abominable snowman's head. Clearly Donald's magic had a different power than Mickey and Minnie's.

However, this didn't seem to be quite enough as the monster grumbled, shaking the pain off of its head and letting out another loud roar. It then proceeded to spin the chain around as it flew into the air, landing in front of the others as a large wave of snow sent them flying into the side of the hill they had just ridden down, their forms leaving them. What were they to do now?

However, just as things looked their absolute worst, all five beings paused when they heard the sound of something sliding quickly down the hill. Mickey slowly turned his head towards the sound, his eyes widening as he saw a familiar walrus riding down the slope on a snowboard of his own.

The others turned to face him as well, smiles on their faces as the Sasquatch gulped, the walrus ramming into it and sending it tumbling across the ground into a mountainside. As the monster lay there, Mickey ran over to the walrus and exclaimed, "Wally! You came all this way to save us!"

"I couldn't let my new friends die," Wally said with a serious look, the abominable snowman slowly rising back to its feet as the walrus exclaimed, "Get out of here! You're no match for this monster!"

"But what about you?" Minnie asked as Wally turned to the four and snapped, "Forget about me! Just go!"

"No need to tell me twice!" Donald replied, scampering to leave the area as Mickey pulled on the back of the duck's collar, Donald now in panic while the mouse stated, "We're not leaving you behind. We already let Ingo die. We can't lose you too."

"So the rumours of his death were true," Wally replied with a sigh, "Look, Mickey, your best friend's freedom is at stake. You've come all this way to save him. Are you really going to throw that away?"

Mickey's look of concern turned to one of uncertainty. Now he wasn't sure what to do. On one hand, he didn't know whether or not Wally could stand up to the Sasquatch. On the other hand, the walrus was right. He and his friends had dealt with all kinds of pain and torment to get this far. They couldn't throw it all away now.

As such, the mouse nodded with a serious look in his eyes as he directed the others to follow him, Minnie and Goofy gulping while Donald embraced Mickey as if to thank him for his decision. Of course, all four didn't feel in the least bit good about letting Wally fight this battle for their sakes, but it was like he said. What could they do to help?

The monster attempted to stop them from going around him, but Wally wouldn't allow this as he pointed his fingers out, shooting icicles at the Sasquatch's feet, the monster now frozen in place. As it soon broke free from its shackles, Wally proceeded to shoot a set of snowballs from his mouth, all slapping themselves hard against the beast's face.

While the Sasquatch was distracted, Wally proceeded to hold his fist back, soon reeling it back and slamming it hard into the monster's face, the beast flying back into the mountainside as Wally charged in to deliver another strike. During this time, Mickey and the others had managed to walk far enough from the area to be safe, but not too far to see the fight taking place.

"Seems we were worried for nothing," Mickey stated as Goofy chuckled, "Ahyuck, Wally's tough!"

But nobody was prepared for what happened next. Just as Wally closed in in the monster, the abominable snowman regained focus, shaking its head before sending its chain forward, the rock on the end slamming hard up against the walrus's face.

Wally's eyes went wide, his mouth wide open and a huge bruise now on his cheek as the man coughed up a red liquid. Mickey couldn't believe what he was seeing. The monster had actually caused Wally to draw blood.

As Wally lay on the ground, his body twitched, Goofy biting his fingernails as the Sasquatch lifted up its foot, planting it hard against the walrus's face. When Wally hacked up a ghost that resembled Pete, it was obvious what had just happened. Wally was dead.

Mickey placed his hands against his mouth, his eyes going wide as Minnie started to break out in tears, Minnie soon removing his hands from his mouth and patting the princess on the back, a tear now running down his face. Donald gulped, his eye twitching a little until, the duck biting his lower bill before breaking out in heavy waterworks, holding onto Goofy and crying into the jester's coat, Goofy patting Donald on the back with tears of his own. The four had only just met the walrus and had already lost him.

"If only we could have done more," Mickey sniffed, Minnie wiping a tear before saying, "We did the best we could. Besides, I think Wally knew he wouldn't win."

Mickey then stopped crying and stared at the sight of the abominable snowman yawning and entering a nearby cave, the mouse giving Wally's lying body an army salute before signalling the others to follow him once more. The three nodded and followed suit, knowing exactly what Mickey was thinking. As tragic as Wally's death was, it would have been in vain had they gone back and tried to avenge him. If anything, they needed Wally's sacrifice to mean something.

Back in Peteland, the king had just received word that his demon had been vanquished. Much like before, he had sent in a patrol bat to write down a report telling of the events that had occurred.

"My last demon is dead..." the king said, fear now taking over as the guard reading the note cleared his throat, ready to read the rest of the report, but Pete simply looked down at the man saying, "I've heard enough," the guard adding, "But this next part's kind of important."

"I don't care!" the king retorted, the guard shrugging and rolling up the scroll while Pete sighed, "I can't believe it. Those four kids killed all five of my beautiful demons. Now they're coming here."

With that in mind, the king stood up tall and proud and shouted, "AGAN! GET IN HERE!"

Agan entered in a puff of smoke while bowing before asking, "What is it, sire?"

"Those kids are coming here," the king said with a grimace, "Now remember, you and your associates had better keep your end of the bargain. I expect you to take good care of them, if you know what I mean!"

"But of course, my liege," the wizard replied with a grin, "Your wish is my command."