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BenJJedi's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Ch 3

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Hey, guys. Been awhile since I last updated this story, huh?

So, without much further ado, here’s the next chapter of my story. ;D

Chapter 3
The Candy Proposal

The next day, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Xem, Fievel, Tanya and Pluto found themselves traveling to the Koopa Sweets Factory, all dressed either casually or in their best. Surely, Mickey's confectionary creation could be a success and help them to get the car. That afternoon, the group waited in the lobby to meet up with the head honcho himself. Sadly, Pluto could not come into the factory, since dogs were not allowed inside. However, that did not discourage any of them as Mickey and the others had extremely high hopes.

Their thoughts were interrupted when a greasy-haired man dressed in black, Severus Snape, came into the room and approached a small podium. All of them could assume that he was probably the boss's majordomo.

"The employment office is in the rear," Snape told Mickey as the latter shot up from his seat.

"Thanks, but that's not why we're here," said the mouse inventor, following Snape as the former carried a small candy-filled paper bag, "Ya see, I invented these sweets."    

"Is that so?" Snape asked uninterested as he picked up a paper to sign, "Name?"

Donald came up to the two, "Whistling sweets."

"Mr. Whistling Sweets..." The black-clad man repeated, his attention focused on his papers.

Realizing this, Mickey gave a nervous laugh. "Mister Whistling...." He then spoke up, "No, actually, I'm Michael Wayne Mouse. But everyone calls me Mickey."

"Donald Duck," Donald greeted, gesturing to himself as Goofy and Xem came up next to them.

"Name's Goofy Goof." Goofy greeted politely with a chuckle.

"I'm Syrad Kaliida Jezebeth Tzxbor, but my friends call me Xem," Xem spoke up with a smug smile.

Snape looked to all four of them, "Hmm. Indeed."

The mouse looked to his three friends, as they nodded and gestured for him to go on. It was certain that through and through, no matter what Mickey did, his friends would be with him every step of the way. With a nod, Mickey cleared his throat as he tugged a little on his own tie as he spoke up.

"Hey, is it all right is we see the manager here?" Mickey asked Snape, the latter finishing up with signing his paper.    

"Mr. Koopa sees no one without an appointment." The black-haired man informed the mouse.

Mickey and his friends looked a little surprised at the sound of that. No one had made mention to them about having to schedule an appointment at all.

"Any idea how we can make one of these ointments?" Goofy asked, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Appointment!" Donald snapped, annoyed by the dog's confusion.

"A-hyuk. Right. Appointment." Goofy said sheepishly while Donald rolled his eyes.

At the same time, Minnie, along with Daisy, Giselle and a green-skinned raven-haired woman dressed in black and red entered the room. Just as they entered, the female mouse noticed Fievel and Tanya with a smile. She hadn't expected to see them here today.

"Why, hello, children!" Minnie greeted happily.

"Fievel! It's Minnie, Daisy and Giselle!" Tanya exclaimed happily, gaining Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Xem and Snape's attention.

"Hello, Minnie!" Fievel greeted with a smile.

Snape gave a small smile as he approached the women, "Ah, Miss Thropp. It's good to see you, along with your daughter and her friends this morning."

"Good morning, Severus," replied the green-skinned woman with a smile, "Could you please tell my husband that Minnie and I are here?"

Snape smirked as he nodded and walked through a set of doors. At the same time, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem came up to the women and children. The male duck approached Daisy, looking nervous about something. Of course, the former recalled insulting the latter and making faces at her the other day.

"Umm.... Daisy?" Donald began nervously, "I'm sorry about how I acted yesterday. It was childish and immature of me."

"Oh, it's okay, Donald." Daisy said with a smile, "I accept your apology. In fact, I'm kinda sorry for knocking you down for your attitude. Let's call a truce. Friends?"

At 'Friends', the female duck held out her hand for Donald to shake it. Nodding, the latter smiled as he shook the former's hand.

"Sure, why not." Donald spoke up with a smile, shaking hands with her.    

"Are you and your friends here for business, Xem?" Giselle asked Xem.

"As a matter of fact, yes." The tiger answered with a smile.

As Mickey came up to her, Minnie spoke politely, "Oh, hello, Mr. Mouse."

"Hi, Minnie. Nice to see ya here." greeted the male mouse with a smile before looking to the green-skinned woman, "Who might she be?

The latter came up to them, "I'm Minnie's mother and Mr. Bowser Koopa's wife, Elphaba Thropp." The woman, now known as Elphaba, looked down at Mickey with a smile, "So you're this Mickey Mouse that Minnie and the others told me about. It is nice to meet you."    

"Nice to meet you, too, Mrs. Thropp." The male mouse said with a smile.

All of a sudden, a thought crossed Mickey's mind as his smile started to fade. If the guy in charge of this factory was Bowser Koopa and the husband to Elphaba and daughter to Minnie, that meant...

"Umm.... did you say Bowser Koopa?" Mickey asked, starting to seem nervous.

Minnie nodded in reply with a smile on her face.

"And that makes you...." He asked, looking at her.

"His daughter. Why?" Minnie finished, looking a little confused.

Of course, that didn't make Mickey feel any less worried. You see, the mouse knew Bowser Koopa best as the archrival of the Super Mario Brothers, Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. Smiling nervously, Mickey slinked slowly towards the door.

"You fellas will need to excuse me for a minute...." spoke the mouse with a nervous chuckle, "I'm gonna need a minute... under my bed."

With that, the small inventor made a mad dash for the door. However, before he could even get to it, Xem, Donald and Goofy grabbed Mickey's tail, causing the already scared mouse to run in place.    

"Mickey! What about your opportunity?" Donald reminded his scared friend.

"Yeah! You haven't even shown them your invention!" Fievel added, confused by his father's behavior.

Mickey just continued running in place, "Somehow, I don't think it'll do me any good!"

"Think it'll be a failure, or just scared to meet the head honcho?" Xem asked with a sly smirk.

All of a sudden, Mickey stopped running, "Okay, maybe both. Maybe one or the other. But I guess mainly Bowser, knowing what he's done."

"Hey, don't worry, Mickey," Elphaba spoke up, kneeling down to the mouse's level, "Bowser's mended his ways after he and I got married."

Of course, that made Mickey start to feel a little better. Somehow, he knew that the raven-haired woman was telling him the truth. If what she said was in fact true, Bowser must now be a completely changed koopa. As Mickey was reassured, Minnie couldn't help but speak up.

"So what is it that you...?" began the female mouse with her question.

Mickey gestured to the bag he was holding, "You’ve seen them. And so have Daisy and Giselle."

"Oh, the candies with holes," Daisy replied, nodding in understandment.

"But they whistle." Tanya added in.    

"Whistle?" Minnie asked in curiosity.

"That's why they have holes in them," Donald spoke with a nod.

"And you just blow through them. Try it." Fievel said as he gave a whistle to Minnie.

Minnie nodded as she took a sweet before looking at it in confusion. She really was puzzled about how this could be played like a flute. Shrugging, the female mouse put one end of the candy to her mouth, placed a finger over one of the holes and blew. Much to her surprise, Minnie played a note with the confection.

Surprised yet happy with the result, Giselle giggled, "Oh, that really is amazing! Can I try one?"    

"Sure! Here you go." Xem said as he gave her a candy flute.

Once the princess of Andalasia held the candy flute, she blew into it, playing a note. Upon doing so, Giselle realized it and giggled with joy as she clapped.

"How ingenious!" Daisy exclaimed with a smile.    

"Isn't it, though?" Donald asked rhetorically with a proud smirk, before he gave another candy flute to the female duck as he said, "Here's one for you, too, Daisy."

Mickey couldn't help but chuckle a little, "It is a bit of a novelty and..."

Before the inventor mouse could finish his sentence, Minnie, Daisy, Giselle, Fievel and Tanya each played a note on the candy flutes they held. Of course, Mickey quickly gestured for them to shush, just as Snape re-entered the room.    

"Please go in, Miss Mouse, Miss Duck, and Giselle." The black-man said with a small smile before he said to Mickey and his family with a stern glare, "You can come back in three weeks time."

Elphaba looked at Snape, "Actually, Severus, would you be kind enough to show Mickey and his friends in?"

"Excuse me?" asked Snape, looking at the green-skinned woman with a puzzled look.

"Now." Minnie urged the greasy-haired man politely, wanting Mickey to present his idea to her father and hopefully not get turned down.

"But surely, I can't-."

"Now." Elphaba repeated with a stern yet calm tone.

"Very well," said Snape with a nod, turning to look at Mickey, "Follow me, Mr. Mouse."    

"Uh... maybe we should come back in three weeks." Mickey said a little nervously.

"Oh, Daddy!" Tanya chided her father, looking up at him.

"Go on, Daddy!" Fievel urged with a smile.    

Looking at his children, the mouse shrugged as he said, "Okay, then. Since Elphaba said Bowser's a changed Koopa."

Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem looked back and forth to each other and nodded. With that, the four went to follow Snape to an office. At one instant, they paused and looked back at the others, who nodded in encouragement.

"And don't let him bully you," Minnie told them.    

"Got it." Xem said with a nod.

With that, the four went through the doors as they were escorted by Snape. Once they entered the doors, they found themselves in a pretty big office. Across the room from Mickey and his friends was a desk, and sitting at that desk was a dragon-like creature in a blood red business suit. Of course, it was safe for them to assume that this was the guy in charge of the whole factory, a King Koopa simply known as Bowser Koopa.

"Mister Mouse, my lord." Snape announced, gaining the king koopa's attention.

Bowser just glared in his direction, "Mouse? Who's he? I thought you said my wife and kid were here!"

"They requested that Snape here let us see you instead, Scale Face!" Donald spoke up.

"Yeah, yeah. Don't get your feathers in a ruffle, Daffy." Joked the dragon-like boss with a smirk.

The white-feathered duck just frowned at that, "Donald."

Honestly, Donald really hated it whenever people referred to him as his black-feathered mallard counterpart, Daffy Duck. At first, people sometimes used it as a joke and Donald didn't mind. However, it started to get on his nerves whenever people tended to forget his name and mix it up with Daffy's and vice versa.    

"All right, don't just stand there. What's it all about?" Bowser asked in a snappy tone.

Mickey was just staring at Bowser from across the room. He had heard all types of things about the king koopa and the mouse had never been in the same room as him, let alone this close to him before. However, it was Bowser's question that snapped him out of his thoughts, along with a little tap on the head from Xem.

"Oh, right!" Mickey exclaimed, realizing what Bowser meant, "These are sweets, Your Majesty. Er- I mean, Sir! Your Koopa-ness!"

"And for a second there, I thought you brought me spare parts for my Koopa Klown Kopter," said the scaly head honcho as a joke as Snape left the room, closing the door behind him, "Well, let's see it."    

"All righty." Mickey said as he and his three friends walked up to the koopa.
   
“Hurry up!" Bowser shouted impatiently.

Startled by the yell, the four hastened their walking speed until they reached the large guy's desk. Once they had made it to the desk, Bowser set a timer on a clock on his desk.

"You got twenty seconds to explain, starting now." Bowser told them, pressing a button that started the timer.
   
"Okay." Mickey said. He cleared his throat as he started explaining as quick as he could, "The fundamental novelty of the sweets is their musical quality. Not only are they very tasty but due to the unique positioning of these holes, when blown through, they render a tuneful whistle."

As the mouse explained, neither of them noticed Minnie, Fievel, Tanya and the others looking through the windows on the door as they listened in on the proposal. Once Mickey finished explaining, Goofy took his turn to speak up.

"A-hyuk. Yeah, Mr. Scoopa." Goofy agreed, "All ya gotta do is place your fingers on either of the holes on these, and blow like this."

To prove his point, the anthro dog held one of the flute-like candies, took a deep breath and played a solid note on it. However, at the same time, a loud whistle blow echoed throughout the entire factory. Once the whistle stopped, Goofy looked at the candy in confusion.

"Gawrsh. Did I do that?" asked the dog with a puzzled look.    

"I don't think so." Xem replied.

Just then, a chef by the name of Chef Louie came into the room. "Tasting time, Monsieur Koopa!" He announced in a funny French accent.

Bowser looked back at Mickey and his friends, "Sorry, Mr. Mouse. Better luck next time."

With that being said, the dragon-like creature left the room, following the French chef out of the room through another set of doors. Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem just stood there in utter disbelief as their jaws hanged open. Their proposal got cut short, and for what? A stupid tasting reminder! At the same time, Minnie, Daisy, Giselle, Fievel, Tanya and Elphaba peeked in as Mickey and his friends looked at them.

"Don't just stand there," Elphaba urged them, "Go follow him."

"Right." Donald nodded.

With that, the four followed after Bowser, Mickey even calling out, "Mr. Koopa! Wait up!"



Later, the group managed to follow Bowser into the factory. It was a big white room with large gears and conveyor belts. At one end of the room were four brewing pots that some of the factory workers made mixes for candy flavors in, such as lemon, cherry, peppermint and whatnot. As some employees worked at the brewing pots and others worked at conveyor belts, others pushed around carts that carried candy-filled trays. And to top it all off, the room had a black catwalk that ran along the upper wall. Once he and Bowser entered the room, Chef Louie blew a whistle, causing everyone to flood to their stations urgently. At the same time, Mickey and his companions managed to catch up with the king koopa.

Xem looked around the factory in awe, "Kind of reminds me of a beehive."

"What was it like?" Donald asked the bipedal tiger bum.

"I dunno. The bees attacked me before I could take a good look inside," answered Xem with a shrug, "Of course, I did accidentally get my head stuck inside of it."

"'Scuse me," Mickey apologized to Louie, managing to squeeze past him to get to Bowser as he held one of the candies in one hand, "Mister Koopa, Sir. If I may explain, by blowing air through this hole at the end of the sweet, you'll get the wonderful sound of a-."
   
"Raspberry?" Bowser asked a worker as he put his finger in a bubbling red liquid.

Donald spoke up to correct him, "Actually, no. It's more of a musical toot."

"You said 'toot'." Goofy chuckled, earning an eye roll from the duck.

"Not enough fruit, too much sugar." Bowser spoke to the employee stirring the concoction; a ninja named Naruto.

The spiky-haired boy nodded with a smile, "You got it, Mister Koopa! Believe it!"

"Prepare ze peppermint!" Chef Louie announced as Bowser approached another brewing pot while Mickey demonstrated the candy flute again.

Xem picked one of the candies from the bag, "Wanna try it, Mister Koopa?"

Bowser looked up at them for a moment, but spoke in uninterest as he put his finger into the bubbling green liquid, "Under no circumstances."

"Ya sure, man?" Xem beckoned, "It's really good."

"Yeah, I'm sure," replied the king koopa, clearly getting annoyed at this point, "Now make like Michael Jackson and beat it."

Meanwhile, Minnie and the others managed to follow the five into the factory. All while Mickey and his friends were desperately trying to convince Bowser to give the confectionary a try. However, they were getting nowhere with it.

"Prepare ze lemon!" Chef Louie announced.

"They're not doing well, are they?" Tanya asked.

Back with Mickey and the others, the mouse and his friends were doing their best to explain to the king koopa. Bowser, however, was more interested at the moment with tasting the liquid concoction from the next brewing pot; a lemon mix. Upon tasting it, Bowser cringed at the taste; it was too sour for him.

"Blech! Too sour! Make it again!" He ordered with a frown.

"... What's more, they can-in a way- be used like straws if you hold them right." Donald cared to explain with a grin.

"Hey, could you get rid of these four?" Bowser ordered, getting fed up with listening to them.

As they continued to follow, Goofy spoke up, "They even come in a variety of flavors! There's strawberry, lemon, cherry, watermelon-!"

"What, are you still here?" Bowser asked in annoyance, storming off from them, "I told ya to scram."

"... And pineapple." Goofy finished, looking confused.    

"Will he never listen?" Xem groaned. He and his buddies just gotta get Bowser to listen somehow.
   
The four looked to Minnie, Daisy and Giselle, who came near them. Minnie and her friends wanted to win this opportunity really badly for Mickey's family's sake. So the three women gave them urging looks as they mouthed 'Go on!' Suddenly, determination took hold of Mickey as he glared in Bowser's direction, tossing his hat to the ground. And with that, as a song begun playing, the mouse stormed in Bowser's direction in rhythm with the others following.
       
"Hey, Firebreath!" Mickey bellowed, getting Bowser's attention, "Listen up and listen good!"

Bowser just scowled, "Good gravy. As if pestering me wasn't enough. He had to namecall me, too."

Of course, Mickey stood next to a cart across from Bowser as he started to explain once more.

"Don't waste your pucker on some all day sucker." Mickey explained with a smirk.

Bowser just scoffed as he leaned down next to the cart, not wanting to look at the mouse. Of course, much to his annoyance, Donald leaned down to look at him with a smirk.

"And don't try a toffee or cream!" Donald added in.    

"If you seek perfection in sugar confection, well, there's something new on the scene!" Xem said with a smirk as he held up a candy flute to Bowser.

At that same moment, an alligator named Louis picked up one of the candy-filled trays and held it out for Bowser to try one of them. But while Mickey and his friends tried to urge the king koopa to try the candy, it got harder for him to concentrate on the tastings. Frowning, Bowser just looked at them as they began to speak in rhythm.

"A mouth full o' cheer! A-hyuk!" Goofy exclaimed with a chuckle.

"A sweet without peer!" Donald added in before Mickey grinned as he began to sing.    

Mickey: A musical morsel supreme!

Bowser grunted in annoyance, tossing down back onto the tray a lollipop he was going to taste. With that, he stormed away from the group to get away from them. Before they followed the king koopa, Donald popped one of the candy flutes into Louis's lips, causing the gator to yelp a little. Of course, he managed to taste it, then blew into it, playing a note that caused Louis to grin.

"Hey, I like this candy already." smiled the alligator.

Upon reaching the king koopa, Mickey continued to sing.

Mickey: Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!

The candies you whistle,

The whistles you eat.


Mickey then blew his flute as if on cue for a part of the song. He then looked to see if he got attention to others as he sang, but to his confusion, no one seemed interested. Not yet, anyway.
   
Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!
       
The eatable, tweetable treats!


Minnie giggled as Mickey blew his flute again, "Yes, Daddy." Soon, she began to sing along herself.

Minnie: Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!

The toot of a flute

With the flavor of fruit!

Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!

No longer need candy be mute!


The two mice blew their flutes together at this. In the midst of this, Bowser continued to taste other candies, getting further annoyed by this. Seeing that they were not getting the koopa's interest, Mickey and his companions hastily followed after him as Donald started to join in.

Donald:  Don't waste your pucker

On some all day sucker


Daisy: And don't try a toffee or cream!

Soon, Giselle joined in as Xem turned around towards a cart and picked some candies from his bag before laying them on the tray.

Giselle: If you seek perfection

In sugar confection,


Smirking, Xem spun the cart around for Bowser to look at it. Much to the koopa's annoyance, there were a few of the flute-like candies laying on a part of it.

Xem: Well, there's something new on the scene!

Bowser just picked up one of the now-proclaimed "toot sweets". With just one look at it, he frowned in disgust and threw it back onto the tray in front of him in annoyance as he stormed off. All while Mickey and Minnie continued the song.    

Minnie: That mouth full of cheer;
       
Mickey: That sweet without peer;
       

Both: That musical morsel supreme!

Once they stopped singing briefly, the two mice looked around, confused as to where Bowser went. Donald and Daisy pointed over in the koopa's direction, where he walked by conveyor belts to try the other candies. The seven then went over to the king koopa and started singing again, some of them playing a note on the toot sweets.

Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Xem and Giselle: Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!

A bon-bon to blow on at last has been found

Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets,

with tweetable, eatable sound!


To finish that part off, Donald played a note on his toot sweet. However, clearly, Bowser was getting even more annoyed with their persistence. Thus, he stormed off away from them, waving his arms.

"What part of 'No' isn't reaching you pinheads?" Bowser snapped in annoyance, "Get that stuff away from me!"

Elphaba came up to the others with a wink, "Let me see what I can do."

Meanwhile, Bowser continued over to a line of female employees as they each held a box of candies. Just then, Elphaba came up to her husband, tapping on the shoulder and getting his attention.

"Honey, please?" beckoned the witch, holding a toot sweet.

"Do I haveta?" Bowser groaned, sounding a bit whiny.

"For mine and momsie's sake, Daddy." Minnie urged, as she and the others came up to them.

Then, everyone leaned in with anticipation, hoping that Bowser would give this new candy a try. The king koopa looked around at everyone in confusion before he gave off a shrug. With that, he played a note on the toot sweet before chuckling a bit. Another note, and he laughed heartily. After that, he took a bite of the candy and savored the taste. To confirm he liked it, he brought up a thumb with a smile as if he approved it. That could only mean one thing, much to Mickey and the others' joy...    

"He likes it!" Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem shouted excitedly in unison.

Everyone cheered at the sound of that, overjoyed that the koopa tried a new candy and loved it. Elphaba even hugged Bowser and gave him a big kiss on the cheek, making him blush a bit. And just as everyone began to celebrate in dance and song, Mickey began to sing again!

Mickey: Their value is intrinsic,

Minnie: Surpass any mint stick!

As they handed each of the employees a toot sweet to try it, Fievel and Tanya joined in on the song.

Fievel and Tanya: Or marshmallow mouthful you munch!

Soon, Donald came over to a circle of female employees named Amy Rose, Kairi, Rose, Tigress and Juniper Lee. The duck then proceeded to toss some of the toot sweets into the air, allowing some male employees named Sonic the Hedgehog, Sora, Jake Long, Panda Po and Danny Fenton to catch them as Donald continued the song.    

Donald: Though licorice is chewy,
       
Daisy: And gumdrops are gooey!

Fievel and Tanya: And chocolate is charming to crunch!

After another few notes from the toot sweets, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem joined Minnie, Daisy and Giselle on a platform as they sang the next part of the song.

All seven: That savory fife!

Female employees: The sweet of your life!

All: It's clearly the best of the bunch!

With that, everyone began playing their toot sweets again as they sang along.

All: Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!


Smirking, Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem ran up the stairs to the catwalk. It was a matter of seconds until they were joined by a few more employees, including Sora and some named Terra, Roy Mustang, Peter Griffin and Jim Hawkins, all grinning as they joined the four. As they all walked along the catwalk, they continued tooting the toot sweets as they sang along.

All: Toot Sweets!

Toot Sweets!


Back down below, the female employees danced around, including Kairi and a few named Aqua, Riza Hawkeye, Lois Griffin and Ariel Triton. As they played their toot sweets, they pointed up towards the men on the catwalk. Taking that as their cue, the men kicked with smiles on their faces as they jumped.

"I feel like I'm in a Broadway musical!" Xem exclaimed with a grin.

Smiling, the guys came down the steps from the catwalk just as the female employees formed an aisle in the middle of the factory. And waiting at one end of the aisle was a candy cart that Mickey and Minnie each got on one end of before they spun the cart, riding it down the aisle as they laughed joyfully. Tanya, Fievel, Bowser and Elphaba were watching as the former clapped while the boy mouse gave Bowser and Elphaba each a candy flute.

Soon, all the factory workers were spinning on candy carts, four people each on one cart as they did two big kicks. All of them were having the time of their lives. Just then, Xem saw Mickey, Donald and Goofy spinning on a cart of their own that they went to before kicking backwards as they held the railing on the cart.

Of course, the tiger smirked, "If they can do that, who says I can't?"

With that, Xem hopped the cart and spun with the mouse, duck and dog, kicking backwards with them as if on cue. However, the moment he did so, the bipedal surfer bum felt as if he ripped something in the back of his leg and fell off with a yelp. Upon landing roughly, Xem struggled to get up, but he was having trouble doing so. He was soon joined by Sora, who looked puzzled.

"Hey, what the heck happened to you?" asked the spiky-haired.

Xem groaned as he struggled to stand, "Oww... I think I ripped... the muscle in the back of my thigh."

"Umm.... your what?"

"The muscle... in the back of my thigh!"

All of a sudden, Sora smirked as he brought out a key-shaped sword called the Keyblade. With one wave of the weapon, it gave off a green aura before Xem glowed the same color. Miraculously, the tiger's pain was gone and he was able to stand again.

"Whoa..." Xem spoke with a chuckle, "Thanks, kid."    

"No problem." Sora said with a wink.

With that, the song continued as Mickey stood on the top rack of his, Donald and Goofy's cart.

Mickey: That savory fife!

Then, the male mouse came over to a cart that Minnie stood on, as the latter sang her part.

Minnie: The sweet of your life!

With that, Minnie allowed Mickey to help her down from the cart. And soon, everyone started to sing the epic finale of the song.

All: It's clearly the best of the bunch!

Toot Sweets!
   
Toot Sweets!
   
A bonbon to blow on at last has been found


Soon, Mickey, Donald and Xem danced with Minnie, Daisy and Giselle respectively as the employees danced about the factory as the song came to a climax.

Toot sweets!
   
Toot sweets!
   
The treat that's so eatable,
   
Lusciously eatable,
   
With that unbeatable...


Soon, the music came to a stop as soon as Mickey reached a platform, waving his arms, as if gesturing for everyone to stop singing. He then clapped three times, as if gesturing for everyone to line up, as if in a chorus. Immediately, he picked up a wooden spoon, held still and soon started waving it like a baton, making everyone in the factory play their toot sweets as they happily obliged. This was so much fun for all of them. After everyone each played their notes on their toot sweets, Mickey gestured to Bowser and Elphaba, who happily obliged as they both played the last note, allowing everyone to sing the last word of the song.

All: SONG!

Everyone seemed to have so much fun with the song. Mickey, Donald, Goofy and Xem smiled to each other as soon as the song ended. It seemed as though victory was evident. Nothing could ruin this perfect moment for them! However, like all good things, this happy moment had to come to an end just as Snape entered on the catwalk through the doors. Much to his confusion, he spotted a familiar canine of Mickey's as the latter turned to face him.

"How did you get in here?" The greasy-haired wizard inquired loudly.    

"Pluto!" Mickey exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the direction of the catwalk.

It wasn't long before the sound of barking reached everyone's ears, and they all looked around to see dogs of all shapes and sizes charging in from every door and window. Soon, the whole factory was in chaos as dogs were all over the place, eating out the inventory. Some dogs even caused employees to run all over the place in panic and press up against the walls. Even one dog named Wally smiled giddily as he walked on a conveyor belt, as if on a treadmill. 

"Pluto, no!" Tanya scolded as she spotted Pluto eating from one of the boxes of candy, "Bad dog!"

"Kids!" Mickey cried, chasing after her and Fievel.

Donald placed a leash on Pluto as the former scowled, "Well, I don't think this could get any worse!"    

"This is all your fault, Mouse!!" Bowser yelled angrily.

Mickey just looked at Bowser in complete disbelief. From what he could make out, the mouse could assume the king koopa accused him of the dog invasion. Knowing Donald said that it couldn't get much worse, Mickey glared at the duck in annoyance for obvious reasons.

"I guess this is our cue to get out of here!" Xem spoke with a sheepish smile, heading for the exit with the others following.

Bowser just glared as they left, "Yeah, you'd better run! You're lucky I don't call the police on ya, rodent!"

Just then, out of nowhere, a Rottweiler named Buster ran up to Bowser, biting down really hard on his tail. Of course, this caused the king koopa to scream in pain yet in a silly fashion. All while the whole factory was turned upside down by the chaos caused by the dogs, which were brought there by Mickey's confectionary invention.

"Well, it was fun while it lasted," Elphaba moaned as she brought a hand to her forehead.



Later that evening, back at the Mouse windmill home, Fievel and Tanya had went to bed early, knowing the stressful events that day. Meanwhile, Mickey was sitting in his workshop at his desk, glumly spinning a toot sweet with his finger. This just had to be the worst day of his life ever. He was sure that the deal would have been sealed, but then it all went up in smoke when chaos ensued at the factory.

"Mickey?"

At the sound of that familiar voice, the mouse looked up from his desk and turned to see Donald, Goofy, Xem and Pluto enter the room. Mickey only sighed as he turned back to his failure of an invention. The others looked to each other, wondering what they could do to cheer their friend up. Of course, Pluto came up to his master, looking every bit sorry for the incident.

"No, it's not your fault, Pluto," Mickey said glumly, not looking to his dog, "It was probably something with the candy that caused you and the others to come in."    

"Ya know, you're right." Goofy said, "Those whistles might be just like dog whistles."

Mickey turned to the others, "Yeah, but that's besides the point. I'm upset because my hopes to please Mr. Bowser went up in complete smoke. And to add in something else, Fievel and Tanya are really counting on me to get that car."

"Well, we still think the Toot Sweets were a great idea," Xem responded to the mouse with a smile.

Mickey just looked back at the toot sweet he was holding in his hands. Sure, it was musical and fun, but it caused the chaos at the factory. With a sad sigh, the mouse tossed it into a garbage can, feeling really down in the dumps.

"Maybe you should go talk to Fievel and Tanya," Donald suggested to his friends.

Mickey thought about it. He knew his kids were counting him to get the car, but he was pretty sure they understood that for a down-on-his-luck inventor, fifty dollars was not very easy to get in just a few days. Then, he nodded as he left the workshop to go talk with his kids, as the others followed. Eventually, the mouse reached Fievel and Tanya's room and went in alone, closing the door behind himself. To listen in, Donald, Goofy and Xem each pressed their ears to the door to listen in on the conversation. Inside the room, Mickey looked puzzled to see his kids already supposedly asleep. He shrugged as he turned to the door; maybe he could explain later. However, he stopped short just as Fievel and Tanya shot up awake in their beds, the girl mouse speaking up.

"Daddy?" asked Tanya as Mickey turned around to face his kids.

"Now, why aren't you two asleep?" Mickey asked as he looked at the two sternly.    

"Don't be sad, Daddy. It wasn't your fault." Tanya said as her and Fievel's father walked up to the kids' beds.

Fievel nodded in agreement, "It was all those mean old dogs."

Mickey thought immediately about how Donald suggested that he could break the truth to the two kids. Sadly, the mouse had no idea how to be straightfoward about it, let alone how he could tell them without leaving them heartbroken. Finally, with a hefty sigh, Mickey sat at the foot of Tanya's bed as she and Fievel crawled up next to him.

"Kids... about the car..." Mickey spoke, looking between the two, "Fifty dollars is pretty hard to come by. And ya see, whenever I do get any money, I... well, I need it for my inventions."

Mickey looked back and forth between his two kids sadly, "And, well.... sadly, there isn't any left."    
Instead of being heartbroken like Mickey expected, the two kids seemed to be handling it maturely, for Tanya reached over for something as she said, "Fievel and I've been thinking."
Mickey looked puzzled as Tanya brought out what looked like a big jewelry box. Now, the mouse was curious as to how the box and its contents could help him get the money he needed. His thoughts were interrupted as Fievel spoke up.

"It's our treasure chest," said the small mouse boy as his sister opened the box.

"These things are of amazing value," said Tanya as she looked through the small box, soon pulling out what looked like the horn of a cow, "Look, an ivory tusk."

"That must be worth a fortune," Fievel added with a proud smile.    

Mickey looked at the ‘tusk’ with an intrigued look on his face. Fievel might be right about it.

"And diamonds, and a golden crown," Tanya continued, bringing out the next few items mentioned; actually fake jewelry and a rusty gear that looked somewhat like a crown.

Fievel placed the 'crown' on his head, "It's probably King Hubert's."

"Of course, it may need some cleaning up," Tanya admitted sheepishly, "Take them, Daddy. You can sell them."

"And never mind about the car; you can spend the money on your inventions." Fievel told their father with a smile.

Mickey looked to his two kids with a sad smile. If there was one of the many things the mouse admired about Fievel and Tanya, it was their amazing imaginations. Sadly, he knew that no one in their right mind would be interested in buying the kids' precious treasures.    

"Gosh. Thank you, children." Mickey said. "It's real swell of ya, but... I'm not sure other people would appreciate them."

"Why not, Daddy?" Tanya asked in confusion.

Not wanting to break his kids' spirits, Mickey simply smiled, "Simple. They don't see things the way you do." He then brought Fievel to his bed as he continued, "Now, c'mon. Get to bed. And don'tcha worry. Things will turn around for the better sooner than ya think."    

Then, Mickey walked over to what looked like a really exotic-looking lamp/music box combination invention. With one turn of a knob, he activated the contraption as a sweet and melancholy tune began to play. Soon, as the mouse proceeded to tuck Fievel in, Mickey brushed the boy mouse's head fur back with a reassuring smile. And then, Mickey began to sing a little lullaby, one that he knew his kids remembered very well.

Mickey: A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain

Softly blows o'er lullaby bay.

It fills the sails of boats that are waiting...

Waiting to sail your worries away.


Soon, Fievel managed to fall asleep with a smile on his face, due to the soothing lullaby and his father's singing. With one child asleep, Mickey came over to Tanya's bedside, tucking her in next as he brushed her hair. As he did so, the mouse inventor continued to sing.    

It isn't far to Hushabye Mountain
   
And your boat waits down by the key.
   
The winds of night so softly are sighing…
   
Soon they will fly your troubles to sea.

It wasn't long until Mickey's daughter felt her eyelids feeling heavy until she finally closed them before falling asleep. With a smile, Mickey gave her a good night kiss on the cheek. As he proceeded to sing, the older mouse picked up his children's prized possessions and placed them back in the box.

So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain.

Wave good-bye to cares of the day.

And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain

Sail far away...


"From lullaby... bay." Mickey finished with a whisper as he placed the small box back under the bed.

With his two children now asleep, the mouse smiled as he quietly left the room, silently closing the door behind him. As their father left the room, Fievel and Tanya slept peacefully, dreaming that their father would manage to be successful soon.



A little later, Mickey walked outside and leaned against the fence and looked up to the sky, getting lost in thought as the sun set beyond the horizon. He had to get fifty dollars somehow, making his kids' dreams come true.

"Gawrsh. Good to know they took it well,"

Snapping out of his thoughts, Mickey turned with a sad smile to see Donald, Goofy and Xem- the silly anthro dog being the one who spoke- come up to him as they leaned against the fence with him. They knew how badly Mickey wanted to go through on his promise to the children.

"Ya know, Mick, if it means anything to ya," said Xem as he watched the sunset, "I can letcha sell ol' Clementine."

Mickey knew exactly what the surfer bum tiger meant; his prized possession, his lucky surfboard Ol' Clementine. While the mouse found it kindhearted of him to suggest that, he couldn't let him do that. True, that meant he could get the money for the car and his friends were always there for him, but in a way, that'd leave his friends empty inside.

"That's real swell of ya, Xem," spoke Mickey with a sad smile, "But I couldn't do that to ya. That's your lucky surfboard you'd be giving away."

Before anyone of them could say another word, a voice sang, gaining their attention.

Voice: Come to the funfair!

Chorus: So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain

Wave goodbye to cares of the day


Mickey double-blinked at the sound of that song, and the words. It almost sounded like someone was singing the lullaby he made up for his children.

And watch your boat, from Hushabye Mountain

(Come to the funfair!)

Sail far away...

In the distance, the four noticed a traveling caravan made up of wagons, carnies and circus animals traveling silhouetted against the setting sun. Of course, that could only mean one thing...

"Huh, looks like the funfair's back in town." Donald mused with a smile.    

"You're right, Donald." Xem said with a grin.

"A-hyuk, I wonder if the knife-thrower's comin; back with 'em." Goofy pondered aloud with a smile.

All of a sudden, Mickey thought it all over. If the Fun Fair was coming to town, that could mean he and his friends could have an opportunity. And like a ton of brick, it hit the mouse as he smiled widely.

"C'mon, fellas!" exclaimed Mickey as he headed for his workshop with a cute laugh, "We're going to the Fun Fair! I got a feeling this is the answer to our problems!"

"Hey, wait up!" Donald exclaimed as he, Goofy and Xem followed after Mickey. Surely, whatever idea their friend had in mind, it would help them get the money for the car. And surely, this time, things wouldn't go up in smoke.

And thus, that’s the end of this chapter. :)

Now, lemme point a few things out.

Elphaba Thropp comes from the musical Wicked, and the book it’s based on, which I presume is an alternate timeline story of the Witches of Oz.

That part where Xem kicks backwards and rips a muscle in the back of his thigh is actually based on a true story behind the scenes. See, when they were shooting the scene in the original
 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dick Van Dyke- who played Caractacus in the movie- actually managed to rip the muscle in the back of his thigh.

Plus, the scene with Mickey in his workshop was something I thought I could add in for effect. I wanted to show how Mickey must have been feeling after the whole factory fiasco.

Next chapter, Mickey and his friends will go to the Fun Fair to try out their last resort to get the money for the car, but they will also meet a good friend of his family’s, who will be the last extra to go with them. 

Goofy: (excited) Who is he?

Me: That’s for me to know, and everyone else to find out. Till then, review away! ;)

PS, my dog, Wally (aka this sweet little guy: Wally by BenJJedi), makes a cameo here! :D

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