Chapter 8, The Journey Home Part 1

As Rosie sat on the beach, she gazed towards the pathway that led towards the ocean, trying to figure out her route towards the ocean, in hopes to reach that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, as she had a feeling that if she reached that pot of gold, it would give her the key that would lead her home. Unfortunately, before she could make her first move, Spike came up the path, carrying a broom in his mouth, attempting to sweep the pathway clean, but instead, he was doing way too good a job, sweeping the entire beach away completely out of sight.

"Spike no!" Rosie cried, as Spike went past her, continuing to sweep away the beach, but he either didn't hear her, or wasn't paying attention, as he continued to sweep away the sandy beach, leaving only a square of beach, the part in which Rosie was occupying.

She sat down on her little square of sand, as tears started to fall. She cried and cried, hoping somebody would hear her tears, and come to her rescue. All of the sudden, a large white cat appeared.

"Hello, I'm Fluffy. What seems to be the problem?" Fluffy asked.

"I'm trying to get home, but I'm lost. Then Spike came along, and swept away my path to get me back home." Rosie cried.

"Oh that dumb old dog. He means well, attempting to do community service, as he cleans the land of litter and other yucky things, but he does too good a job, cleaning up the land his broom touches right along with it." Said Fluffy.

"So I've seen. Listen, do you know a way out of here?" Rosie asked.

"I don't care much for water, but seems that Spike here has destroyed the beach by accident, and I do need to get a bottle of bleech back to Kronk, then hop on my back, and I'll see what I can do." Said Fluffy, as Rosie hopped on to Fluffy's back, and she plunged into the ocean, swimming towards the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

"We're going to the pot of gold?" Rosie asked.

"Oh no no no no. We're not just going near the pot of gold, we're falling into the pot of gold." Said Fluffy, as she and Rosie reached the pot of gold.

Then, Fluffy leaped into the pot of gold, and she and Rosie fell through endless stretches of darkness, until they landed in a grassy clearing, which appeared to be surrounded by large stone gray walls, and at one end, there was a rather large stone castle.

"Welcome to the make believe Confederacy." Said Kronk, as he stared down at Fluffy and Rosie upon their arrival.

"Hi." Said Rosie.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Kronk. I help run this place, though I could use some help with something." Said Kronk.

"What do you need help with sir?" Rosie asked.

"Well, Undertoe and I accidentally planted black roses, and we need to paint them white. Got any ideas?" Kronk asked.

"I got the bleech you needed." Said Fluffy, as she opened her mouth, and a bottle of bleech fell on to the grass.

"That will be perfect! Come on." Said Kronk, as he led Rosie and Fluffy over towards a flower bed, that was filled with black, ugly flowers.

"I see what you mean! These flowers look horrible! Yes, white flowers would definitely look much, much, more prettyful." Said Rosie, as Kronk handed her a paint brush.

"Wait a second, I thought it was gray flowers that the king liked." Said Undertoe, who came up out of a bird bath behind the garden, the size of a miniature shark.

"I thought it was white." Argued Kronk.

"No no no, it's definitely gray." Said Undertoe.

"Look miss, we need to get started, so, mind giving us a hand here?" Kronk asked.

"But we don't have any gray paint." Said Rosie.

"So we don't. Allow me." Said Fluffy, as she knocked over the bottle of bleech, causing all of the roses to turn from black to white, then thrust the empty bottle into Rosie's hands before scurrying off.

"Wait! Wait!" Cried Rosie, but it was no use. Kronk and Undertoe were now laughing at Rosie, like this was one big joke.

All of the sudden, the laughter stopped when two people walked out of the castle, and marched right up to Rosie, staring her in the face. One of them, looked like Angelica, only she was ten times taller, and was dressed similar to how she looked when she was Pharroe in the Passover episode of Rugrats. The other, looked a lot like Peter, only instead of wearing a gray Confederate uniform, he wore black and dark purple clothing, and had an evil look in his eyes.

"Who's been bleeching my roses white? Who's been bleeching my roses white?" Yelled Dark Peter.

"It's her!" Said the oversized Angelica, as she pointed at Rosie, who was spotted with the empty bottle of bleech in her hand.

"It wasn't me your honor, honest." Cried Rosie.

"Prove it." Snapped Dark Peter.

Rosie looked around, but couldn't see Fluffy anywhere. Frustrated and upset by this, not to mention, scared by these evil faces staring at her, the little toddler slumped down in the grass and started crying.

"Stop your crying." Snapped the oversized Angelica.

But Rosie continued to cry, begging for mercy and forgiveness.

"Well, if this little girl is going to continue to cry, then there's only one thing left to do." Said Dark Peter.

"What?" The oversized Angelica asked.

"It's time she loses her life." Bellowed Dark Peter.

"She's going to lose her life, for bleeching the roses white. She's going to lose her life, for bleeching the roses white." Sang a chorus of Disney villans, as they marched out of the castle up behind Dark Peter and oversized Angelica, carrying soards and potions. The army consisted of such Disney villans as Goob, DOR-15, Dr. Facilier, Mother Gothel, Turbo, Hans, Professor Callaghan, Scar, Frollo, Hades, Captain Hook, Ursula, Morgana, Jafar, Gaston, Yzma, Malefacant, Cruella Deville, and several others, from several of the Disney movies.

Scar led the army up to Dark Peter, with Yzma second in command, as she handed Peter a vile filled with a pink liquid.

"Give this to the little rose bleecher. This potion will make her lose her life for sure." Said Yzma, as she handed the potion over to Dark Peter.

"Very well then, thank you, thank you." Said Dark Peter, as he knelt down on the ground at Rosie's level, swinging the vile of pink potion in front of Rosie's face.

"Drink me! Drink me!" Said Dark Peter, in a dark, hypnotic voice, as he attempted to hipnotise the young toddler, trying to get her to drink the potion.

Rosie just stared at the bottle in panic, unsure of what to do. To drink the potion, or to not drink the potion, that, was the question.

So, what will happen? We'll find out, in the next chapter, so please, do stay tuned!