Chapter 7

"Alright, explain please." Minnie called over as the two snowmobiles rode back through the woods, she held tight to Mickey as he drove.

"Harry was a co-actor of mine back at Universal." Oswald explained. "He was more of Pete's friend and I really didn't want to get to know him."

"He got into show business because of Pete." Ortensia explained. Oswald glanced over his shoulder to show his annoyance. "What? I still remember a lot from back then. Anyway, I think Harry mentioned that he had family in Disney and that's probably why he's here."

"But if he's Pete's friend, why does he care about your safety so much?" Mickey asked, looking at Ortensia only for her to turn away from looking at the mice. Mickey looked towards his brother for an answer only to see the rabbit facing forward to avoid eye contact.

"I guess I should explain." Ortensia said, barely loud enough to be heard over the engines. "In 1931 I had been sneaking over to the Disney studio in my free time and one time I ended up running into Harry while he was meeting his family. Well, after Walt told me to leave, Harry and I got friendly and before I knew it…" She held herself closer to Oswald as if the pain of what she had done still hurt her.

Minnie gasped as she realized what Ortensia meant had happened, surprised her newest best friend had had an affair. "So he still loves you." Minnie realized.

Ortensia nodded her head still buried in Oswald's back.

"You know I've forgiven you, Kitty." Oswald said almost too quietly for the mice to hear.

"Wait, you said in '31?" Mickey asked, something clicking in his memory. His eyes shot wide in surprise as he realized, "You were that cat that came out of nowhere while I was supposed to build the elephant's cage!"

"Ya, that was me." Ortensia nodded her head. She looked back at the mouse as she explained, "Universal had me learning how to do stunts on bare back and that horse wasn't in use so I had thought maybe I should practice. It was so much nicer with humans who thought of me as more than just an ink stain. I must've stepped on his back wrong 'cause next thing I knew you were trying to help me."

"But you said your name was Fanny?" Mickey remembered.

"Ya, cause Sadie was what Walt had called me, and I really didn't want him finding out I was there, and I was going by Kitty then at Universal so I used the name Mintz had given me." Ortensia said. "Then you went and told Walt anyway."

"I told him everything back then." Mickey shrugged. "I did notice how surprised he was about hearing of you. I remember thinking that maybe he'd forgotten he'd sent you or something."

"He didn't forget." Ortensia smirked as she held herself tighter to her husband. Her smile faded as the four drove on, her words leaving in the wind behind them.

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"I'm sorry Mr. Mouse, but everyone's been dispatched at the moment." A female voice said over the phone as Mickey leaned his head against the wall in defeat. "Even Colonel Russell's had to go out to help catch these poachers."

"Alright, then could you at least send him a message that Pete's in the Frozen Swan and that Oswald and I are going to try and capture him." Mickey sighed, hoping they could have some back up for his plan.

"Will do, and good luck." The voice said before hanging up.

Mickey ended the call and shoved the phone in his pocket before turning to walk back into the living room only for Oswald to stop him in the hallway.

"Hey, check this out." Oswald said, showing Mickey his phone.

Mickey took the device only to notice Oswald had it opened to ToonPrint, the cartoon version of the human's FaceBook. "Pete has a ToonPrint account?" Mickey asked, noticing the bear's mug.

"Everybody does." Oswald rolled his eyes. "But read what he put up today."

"'Met the prettiest dame yesterday, wondering if anyone in the Klondike area has seen her.' Showing off where he's been, isn't he?" Mickey put in. The mouse skimmed down only for no description or picture of the girl in question. "Ok, I bite, who are we looking for?"

"Really?" Oswald asked, surprised Mickey wasn't piecing it together as he took the phone back. "He's looking for me, er, well, Sadie."

"I thought he was drunk but that bear's got a weird taste in women if he liked you enough to post that." Mickey laughed as the two started to walk back into the living room. The mouse eyed his brother as more ideas filled his head. "Though, if we want to catch Pete off guard, this might be our way of doing it."

"Oh no, you're not getting me dressed up again." Oswald demanded, crossing his arms as he stopped in the doorway of the living room only to gain everyone's attention.

"You're the only rabbit here and he obviously likes rabbits." Mickey pointed out as Oswald's ears dropped in defeat.

"What on earth are you two talking about?" Minnie asked, confused.

"Pete's fallen in love and we're going to use her to catch him." Mickey informed with a smile.

"That's good, with whom?" Ortensia asked.

Mickey pointed towards Oswald, his smile growing. "With Sadie over here."

The four stared at Oswald in surprise, leaving Homer the one to break the silence laughing.

"I thought you hated Yanky Clippers." Ortensia asked as she pushed her laughing brother off the seat next to her and to the floor gaining her a glair.

"I do." Oswald grumbled crossing his arms over his chest as he looked away.

"Ok, what is Yanky Clippers?" Mickey asked, eyeing Oswald. "You mentioned something about it yesterday but I still don't get it."

"It's a movie I did back in 1929 with Mintz." Oswald explained, looking down. "Basically I had a barber shop and dressed up as a girl to fix Pete's claws but Mintz found enough humor in just the part where Pete kissed me that he forced us to reshoot that part more than needed."

"Ouch?" Mickey offered.

"More of an ew." Oswald put in, shuttering at the memory. "Come on, we better get this over with. Harry can't keep Pete there but so long if Pete's planning on leaving."