Chapter 1 - Three Familiar Faces

Mexico, 1918

In the hot Mexican desert, we see three men on horseback. All of them were dressed in sparkling black and white vaquero outfits with red cravats around their necks and matching sashes around their waists; on their heads were fancy black sombreros with silver designs on them. One man had white-colored hair, hazel eyes, and thick, black eyebrows; on his hat was a pattern of lucky horseshoes, so he was aptly named Lucky Day. The second man was named Dusty Bottoms, who had sandy brown hair and brown eyes, and on his hat were eagles with open wings. And the third man, Ned Nederlander, had wavy auburn hair and green eyes; on his hat were patterns of flowers, each of them with four large petals.

These men were none other than the Three Amigos, a trio of Hollywood actors-turned-heroes who wandered freely for two years since they were banished from Hollywood. What happened was they talked back to the hot-tempered Harry Flugleman, the owner of Goldsmith Pictures who didn't tolerate box office failures in his movies; soon after, the amigos were called to the Mexican village of Santa Poco, believing that they were going to do a movie with the "in-famous" El Guapo. But the amigos soon discovered that fighting El Guapo and his men was a real deal, so the three movie stars decided that it was time to become real heroes and face El Guapo. With a little help from the villagers of Santa Poco, the Three Amigos defeated the villainous Mexican bandit and his men, and eventually decided to live like travelling heroes with no home.

On this particular day, Lucky, Dusty and Ned were doing the favorite pastime while riding their horses: singing.

All: One for each other, and all for one!
The Three Brave Amigos are we!
Brother to brother, and everyone!
A brave amigo!
Wherever they need us,
Our destiny leads us!
Amigos, we're always together!
Wherever we go,
We're three brave amigos,
And amigos we'll stay forever!
We are the Three Amigos,
We are the Three Amigos,
We are the Three Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmigos!
And amigos forever we'll be!

The amigos were about to finish their song with another high note, when something caught their eyes. Quickly, they all signaled their horses to stop and saw what struck them. It was a signpost on the side of the trail that read:

Hector's Cantina – Turn Right!
Enjoy handcrafted drinks by Hector and his wife, Margarita!
Showing Tonight: The Three Amigas! The loveliest showgirls to travel the west! Tonight only!

The three men stared long and hard at that signpost. Finally, Lucky asked, "Boys, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Yeah," Dusty answered with a smile, "I think Hector and Margarita might make some killer drinks!"
"No!" said Lucky, "Look at that announcement underneath that part. Three Amigas?"
"You know," Ned stated with a sly grin, "I haven't been with a decent girl since…"
"No!" said Lucky, who was beginning to frown, "Doesn't that group name sound familiar? I mean, Amigas and Amigos? Just who would dare plagiarize us, WHO WOULD DARE?!"
"I don't know," answered Dusty. Ned shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, either.
"Guys, we're going to get to the bottom of this," Lucky continued with a smirk, "And we're going to find those evil sorceresses who plagiarized us and let the Three Amigos bring them to justice!"
Ned became concerned that his friend may have been going a bit far. He asked, "Lucky, are you sure this is the best solution?"
"Of course!" replied Lucky, "It's off to that cantina for us! We've got some plagiarism issues to settle!" With that, he ordered his men to mount their horses and make their way to Hector's Cantina.