Friends and Family Ch. 6

It's Rabbit Season

I own nothing but the story and its plot. Note that this is not present day Magic Kingdom, so some of these attractions no longer exist.

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Oswald and Woody began their day in Fantasyland. Since this would be one of the few times Oswald was going to be in Magic Kingdom, he decided to try any rides he thought looked like fun. He and Woody's first ride would be on the Dumbo ride. As they flew around, Oswald looked to get a better view of the park. As he was looking, Woody was moving the controls to lower the elephant.

“Hey,” Oswald said in an annoyed tone, “I was seeing the sights”.

“But I want to wave to the crowd,” Woody responded as he was waving outward.

Oswald raised the elephant and Woody made it go down. They did this until the ride went to a stop.

After they got off, they went to see Mickey's PhilharMagic. They enjoyed the show, and this would be Oswald's first 4D experience, so it had been more real than he thought.

After they stopped to get cotton candy, they moved to Liberty Square. They visited the Haunted Mansion, and had lots of scares and laughs (though they had to kick out one of the hitchhiker ghosts, trying to stow away on their ride).

They moved onto Frontier Land, where they rode Thunder Mountain and then Splash Mountain. However, their presence in Magic Kingdom wasn't going to remain a secret for very long.

Frontier Land, at the exit of Splash Mountain

Two of Disney's well known characters were in charge of acting as volunteer security for the day. The cartoon duck and talking dog were wondering through the park, looking for any trouble.

(A/N: Because it is a pain for me to mimic accents through text, I won't be using accents for the chapter)

“I can't believe that mouse volunteered us for this job,” Donald said in an annoyed manner. “I had a date with Daisy today, and I had to promise her three extra special dates just so she can speak to me again”.

“Ah, it's not so bad,” Goofy said. “At least it's a nice day out”.

“Yeah, yeah,” he said still annoyed, but a little calmer. “Where is he any way”?

Goofy said, “I think he said he had to stop at Toontown. He said he had to get his home in order after guests left”.(A/N: This is 2006, so Toontown still existed in Magic Kingdom)

Donald grumbled, “Yeah sure. He just wanted to get out of guard duty”. Donald exhaled and continued, “Why do we have to do this anyway”.

“Ah Donald-” Goofy tried to say.

“What are the chances that we will find any intruders”

“Donald-”

“Besides, even if we did see intruders, how can we know they are intruding”

“Donald”

“WHAT”

Goofy pointed at one of the televisions behind Donald. Donald looked at one of the photos and saw a group of people shouting or cheering on the way down Splash Mountain. Donald than saw in the front seats, a cartoon rabbit he never saw before who Donald thought was just trying to look like Mickey. The rabbit in the snapshot was smiling with his arms in the air. And next to him was the cartoon woodpecker he has seen plenty of times on TV years ago. The woodpecker had winked directly at the camera and gave it a thumbs up with a big grin on his face.

“Aw phooey”

In line for Pirate of the Caribbean Ride

“This has been a great day. Thanks for getting me to come along,” Oswald said.

“Any time pal. We better hurry. The park will be closing in a few hours”.

“You two are leaving now,” a raspy voice said behind them.

They turned around and saw the cartoon talking dog, Goofy and cartoon duck, Donald looking at them. Donald had an all too familiar angry/annoyed look on his face, while Goofy tried to look tough to them (though almost anyone could tell he was putting on a tough face for the situation).

Oswald looked at both of them very nervously, though tried to pull off a smile. He had sometimes imagined what it would have been like to meet Mickey's two best friends. He also thought that under different circumstances, this would have been a less tense meeting. Meanwhile Woody held a nervous, and innocent looking grin saying, “Hi guys. How have are things. Having a fun day”?

“Your trespassing,” Donald said, “You know your not suppose to be here”.

“Oh c'mon,” Woody said, “I just wanted to show my friend around the park just once. Can't we just let this one slide, maybe after this one ride”.

“No way. Now I want you out,” Donald said as Goofy pointed to the exit.

“Fine,” Woody said acting tough.

“We had enough fun to last a life time,” Oswald said as they were walking off. Goofy's cell phone rang and he picked it up. After a minute, he hung up. Goofy whispered to Donald. Donald said, “Hey wait a minute”. Woody and Oswald stopped and turned around.

“I just got a call from the boss,” Goofy said. Pointing to Oswald, “He said he wants to see you a.s.a.b”.

“P”, Donald corrected quickly.

Oswald started getting tense. Woody did not like how anxious his friend was getting so Woody whispered to him, “Hey, Oswald. Remember May of 1957. The toon thugs in the ally”.

Oswald realized what incident Woody was talking about and Oswald nodded. Knowing he was in trouble anyway, Oswald thought he might as well have a few more hours of fun with his friend. Oswald and Woody approached Goofy and Donald. Oswald said, “Well as fun as it might be to be detained,-” and in one swift motion, Woody and Oswald grabbed Goofy and Donald's hats and pulled them down to waist level. “-I think I'll see how long it takes for my luck to run out”.

While Donald and Goofy were trying to escape from their headgear, Woody and Oswald made a run for it, with Woody giving his signature laugh. One Donald and Goofy got free, they began to chase Oswald and Woody through the park.

They chased them through all the different sections of the parks and even on different rides. They chased them through Space Mountain, and on Indy Speedway. They chased them though Main Street and into Adventureland. Donald informed regular security to watch the exits so Woody and Oswald would not escape.

Woody and Oswald were able to get out of sight and searched for a place to hide. They decided to get on the nearest ride closest to them and got into the boat. When they got in they started hearing a very familiar song “It's a Small World”. As they were floating pass, Oswald looked back and saw Donald and Goofy two boats behind them. Thinking quickly, Oswald unlatched on of his ears and used it as a whip, and pulled Woody and himself onto one of the displays. As Donald and Goofy's boat passed, Oswald and Woody posed as dolls. Oswald saw Goofy look right at them, but luckily didn't notice them out of place.

After about thirty minutes, of working their way to the exit, they finally got out of the ride.“Oh man, if I hear that song one more time in any language, I'll go postal,” Oswald said as they were exiting the ride. Woody responded, “Well, at least we got away from the dim witted duo”. And just as he said it, Donald and Goofy popped up in front of them. They went to run, but Goofy and Donald were able to grab Woody.

As Woody was struggling he shouted to his friend, “Run Oswald”.

Oswald saw how Woody was able to slip out of their grasp and jump up and around them, keeping them distracted. Before Oswald turned around to run, the last thing he saw was Woody woodpecking a branch hanging over Donald and Goofy. Oswald ran into Toontown Fair. By then the crowd was clearing out. The day was ending and people were leaving the park.

Oswald saw Goofy and Donald approaching in his direction. He did not see Woody with them, but he assumed by the look on their faces, Woody got away. Only his friend can put that annoyed look on people's faces, when they are being taunted by him. They had yet to see Oswald, so thinking fast, he went into the yellow house closest to him.

(A/N:This is one of the parts of Magic Kingdom I never visited on my trip years ago, so I am just going to describe it as the way I saw it in cartoons)

Oswald saw that the place looked very cozy. It was a two story house that had a the usual kitchen living room setup. A couch facing the television with a game station set up. As Oswald went to look for a hiding spot, he heard footsteps running down stairs. Thinking fast he hid behind the couch. Ducking his head, and closing his eyes, hoped to remain unnoticed.

He heard a sniffing noise over his head and he looked up. He saw the adorable face of mickey's pet dog Pluto. Pluto displayed a look of joy, seeming excited to meet Oswald.

Knowing Pluto meant no harm he petted the dog, saying, “Hello boy. My names Oswald”. Pluto responded by giving him a slobbering lick on the face. He laughed, and said to the dog, “Nice to meet you two pal”. Pluto's ear raised up as he heard someone at the front door. Pluto started barking happily and Oswald heard a voice saying, “Hey Pluto”.

Oswald was in total shock, hearing the person's voice. Not knowing what to do he just stood as he was. The person went into the living room and stopped, looking straight at Oswald. And for the first time ever in his life, Oswald, Disney's first animated hero, came face-to-face with the Disney's most famous cartoon, Mickey Mouse.

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This chapter was a real challenge for me. It was the longest chapter I've written so far, and I put a lot of work trying to research what was and wasn't in Magic Kingdom in Disney World during 2006. I hope you liked the chapter. It's not my best but I think it works. Please review and leave some input.