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claimer: story and OCs are mine

Cosmo couldn't sleep at all no matter how many times he tossed and turned and tried to get comfortable for something was eating away at him. Cosmo sat up on his bed and stared out at his window and looked at the swirling Galaxias outside, he always looked outside his window whenever he had a hard time sleeping and it always worked but this time it didn't and that's what bothered him. He still remembered that night a couple of days after his birthday when he heard, in the distance, the voices of Yen Sid and Merlin talking and what he heard and how he quietly got out of bed and crept through the halls of Yen Sid's castle. He remembered how dead quiet the castle was, save for the two voices of the grown ups. He still remembered the conversation fresh in his mind.

"Thank you for visiting me, Merlin, there is much me must discuss." you heard Yen Sid say.

"Of course, Yen Sid, but what is the matter of discussion if you don't mind me asking?" Merlin asked.

"About Cosmo." Yen Sid said, which got the young boy confused. Why would Yen Sid want to discuss about him?

"Well, according to Wizard studies, Cosmo is officially a young man and as such -" Merlin began.

"Must let go of childish things and be more serious in his learnings, yes, and that is why I rather he come to live and study under your care." Yen Sid said. Cosmo stopped by what he just said and let his mouth drop. Live with Merlin?!

"Cosmo is doing fine here, is he not?" Merlin asked. "He's skilled heavily in his magic, he surpassed all his teachings, and he also -"

"Yes, but I need him to study more things along side magic. You taught your own student that."

"Yes, and now he's a responsible king." Merlin said proudly. "Yet I feel there is something else that's bothering you."

Cosmo came across the corner above the stairs and saw them in a large room as he kept lower and looked through the stair railing and observed and listened closely.

"Yes. Ever since Cosmo asked to visit Wasteland, I fear he's become too attached to that world."

"There are times that you like to observe them in your spare time and enjoy their antics and aid them in case of danger." Merlin said with a chuckle.

"True, but don't forget that I had several apprentices in the past and they either succeeded or failed. Yet, two of those apprentices were the first and only ones allowed to visit Wasteland, where one failed miserably while the other chose a different path in life, forever changed by the experience. Since then I forbade anyone else to enter Wasteland." Yen Sid confessed.

"I understand your concerned for the boy's well being." Merlin stated. "When do you want me to come for him?"

"At the beginning of next month." Yen side said firmly. Getting both you and Merlin quite surprised.

"It's already the first week of this month, don't you think that -" Merlin started to stammer, but silenced himself when Yen Sid looked his way.

"The beginning of the next month, and that is final."

"It will be done."

Cosmo sat I his bed thinking what could've been different if he'd never asked to go visit Wasteland? He didn't know what he did wrong, it was just a simple and innocent request. He got out of bed and decided to walk to the large balcony on the east side of the building and as he walked there, the discussion between Merlin and Yen Sid replayed in his mind until he arrived at his destination. Cosmo leaned against the stone railing of the balcony and stared at the colorful galaxies that surrounded the castle and then another distant memory came to him:

A then 4 year old Cosmo ran toward the balcony and stopped at its center as he looked up at the endless sky and tried to reach for the stars as he giggled happily while jumping when he was then picked up by a middle aged Yen Sid who smiled warmly at the small boy and pointed at each of the star constellations and began telling Cosmo stories of each one from the graceful Cygnus to the horrible Hydra and the majestic pegasus. Cosmo studied each constellation as his smile grew bigger and his eyes glittered with wonder and curiosity.

"There are worlds beyond this castle and worlds beyond those worlds." Yen Sid once told Cosmo. "Some stars are not stars at all but are, infact, distant planets. All are seperated from another and each is different from the last."

Cosmo was amazed at that as he looked back at the galactic void and wonders of such worlds filled his imagination. "I want to see them all!" Cosmo said as Yen Sid chuckled.

"In time you will, Cosmo. In time."

A thought buzzed in Cosmo's young mind.

"Yen Sid, if there are so many worlds then do they know that the other exists and if so, can't they all come and live together?" Cosmo asked.

"The universe must be in perfect balance, always, young Cosmo.These worlds are seperated for good reason and must not negatively impact the other for it would cause disharmony. Do you understand?" Yen Sid said to Cosmo in a strict but benevolent tone

"I guess so." Cosmo answered as he laid his small head in his master's long brown beard while both continued to stare at at the sky together.

Cosmo smiled at that memory for it was the fondest and most memorable memory he had with Yen Sid. Cosmo smile soon faded again as he continued to watch the sky a bit longer as a couple comets flew past the castle and one disintegrated upon impact from the invisible forcefield that was around and protected the floating castle. As Cosmo went back inside, he decided to see Wasteland one more time before he went to bed, maybe that would help him sleep as it often did, hopefully Yen Sid didn't put it all away again. Cosmo proceeded to walk through the empty halls as he looked down at his bare feet as the thought of living with Merlin made him upset. A part of him didn't mind it, though, Merlin was also a great teacher and it'll just be to improve his education, he mentally told himself, but he knew that he will have to one day grow out of certain things and and act more grown-ish. would that mean he must stop observing the forgotten toons like a child? He continued walking as he finally came to the room where the map was as his smile reappeared once again as he took the magical Magnifying glass that was across the table, he sat on the chair and looked through the glass to see how Oswald and the other inhabitants of the Wasteland were doing today. Time in Wasteland was different and it was already mid afternoon as everyone was up and about for the day.

"Good afternoon, Wasteland." Cosmo said to them, even though they couldn't hear or see him but he continued to talk to them all the same. "I turned thirteen recently and I really wanted to visit you guys for my birthday, but Yen Sid said I couldn't but I made a birthday wish that one day I would, however, Yen Sid and Merlin were talking about me living with Merlin to improve my education so I won't talk to you guys as much. "

Then he felt something in his chest. A painful feeling. He made a wish that he could visit Wasteland, but now it seems he would never get the chance. He felt troubled and looked at the toons through the lens. suddenly, he noticed four strange stars appear on different corners of the map. He checked each one as the stars vanished, leaving behind four strange beings that didn't look like toons at all but looked realistic, Cosmo noticed, and as he examined them closer a startling realization came to him: they were humans. Humans in Wasteland!? Humans never entered Wasteland before, Cosmo thought to himself as he continued to observe and saw that they were all female and of young ages and were all unconscious. In that moment curiosity turned to worry and confusion to panic for he didn't know what to do now! should he get Yen Sid or continue observing?! He started to panic until strands of lightning danced all around him.

"No!" He commanded as he slowly breathed in through his nose and then out through his mouth as the lightning sparks slowly ceased. Cosmo had to mentally remind himself that magic is linked to the emotions of the wielder and such strong emotions such as fear and anger or even excitement can unleash a flurry of powerful, yet unintentional, mishaps to happen anywhere, or upon anyone. After the Breathing session was over, Cosmo chose to continue to observe to see what events would unfold to these four strangers in this strange land, but also decided to aid with his magic should anything bad happen, he knew it was going against Yen Sid's wishes not to intervene unless absolutely nessecary but this was one of those times.

Sage: location? Mean street

You wake up and find yourself in a strange alley way and as you immediately struggle to get up, you stumble and fall backwards a couple of times, but you are finally able to regain balance at the third attempt. You look around, too confused to speak for not too long ago, you were in the middle of an earthquake, got sucked through a magical mirror and into a strange dimension before you became unconscious, but now you were in an alleyway behind some strange vibrant colored houses? You slowly walk out of there and as you turn the corner, you bump into... a robotic version of Goofy?!

You both scream as you quickly push him aside and run for it only to stop as you look around and see a town full of cartoons of various kinds. Actual cartoon characters?!

'This cant be happening' you think to yourself.

"Gawsh, I didn't mean to scare ya" said the robotic Goofy as another scream ripped out of your throat and you run away past the other toons who gasped, screamed, and got out of your way as you continued to run anywhere just to get away from this madness. You continue running as fast as your legs can carry you as you see more toons that stare at you with the same confusion and terror that you show back at them, it's until you stop to catch your breath and realize you have come to find the statue of Walt Disney but beside him wasn't Mickey Mouse, but a rabbit character you didn't recognize. What was going on?! more importantly, where the hell were you and your sisters?! Oh no... WHERE WERE YOUR SISTERS??!!!

"What's going on here?" said a grouchy voice and you turn to see what looked like Big bad Pete coming towards you, and as you are about to run again, another Big Bad Pete who looked like he stepped out of the original Tron grabs you in his strong and big hands as you find yourself struggling to break free as you punch and kick with all your might but it doesn't phase the giant anthropomorphic cat creature (at least you think he's a cat)!

"what is it?"asked the futuristic looking Pete. "It doesn't look like a toon?"

The other Pete looks at you closely as terror sweeps over you and you begin to cry, and you don't cry that easily.

"Lock it up." Big Bad Pete simply said.

"Pete, wait right there!" said another voice and you see a black and white cartoon rabbit in blue shorts running over to your direction but he stops abruptly upon sight of you and stares while you make glances at the statue and back at the rabbit.

"who are you?" The rabbit asked you after regaining his composure, but you continue struggling.

"who are you?!" You scream making the rabbit flinch.

"Oswald and I'm the ruler here." the rabbit answered. "Now who are you?'

"Tell them to let me go!" you cried, still punching Tron Pete who proceeded to grab your other hand.

"Petetronic, let her go!" Oswald ordered the Tron Pete who obeyed him, and as he did so, you fall to your knees only to immediately spring up and attempt to run again only for petetronic to grab your shoulders and Oswald to sprint in front of you.

"Wait, don't run away!" he called. " Who are you and how did you wind up here in Wasteland?"

"Where-land?" you asked, still shocked that you were talking to a anthropomorphic cartoon rabbit.

"Wasteland." Oswald repeated himself. "It's a home for forgotten toons, like me."

You look around and see the other toons looking at you with wide eyes all scared, astonished and confused at the same time. You look back into the toon rabbit's big black pie-eyes and finally give in and you let out a deep breath and wipe your tears away.

"My name is Sage. Sage Evelyn Artiste, and I'm a human from the real world." you introduce yourself. As soon as you do, all the nearby toons looked at each other and began murmuring but Big Bad Pete gave them all an ugly stare that shuts them all up. Oswald made a surprised but curious expression.

"If your from the real world, than how did you end up here?" Oswald asked you suspiciously. You stare at him, being equally as confused, but you take in a deep inhale to exhale and continue.

"This might sound crazy but my sisters and I were pulled through magic mirrors when we got lost in a maze full of mirrors."

"Sisters?!" Oswald exclaimed. "You're not the only one here?"

"I don't even know where they are if they're even here at all." you say sadly and turn to the observing toons before turning back to Oswald. "Look, I'm sorry I caused such a ruckus and all but I need to find my three younger sisters."

Oswald looked concerned for you and your situation until a smaller character appeared. he was wearing an orange suit with a matching helmet with goggles, horns on his head, a mustache, green skin, a large orange nose, and was levitating.

"Perhaps we can help. What do they look like?" the creature asked in an older British accent, but you flinch upon sight of him.

"It's okay, this is Gus." Oswald reassured you as you calmed down. Suddenly, you realize that you had your phone on you as you frantically search your denim skirt pockets to find it and relief washed over you as you open it and go to the gallery icon and scroll through the photos and find, to your luck, a photo of you and your sisters together as the memory of that moment washes over you and you become emotional and begin to cry again as the thought of how terrified your sisters must be now flooded your mind and the dangers that they might eventually find themselves in and the thought that you wouldn't be able to get to either of them in time...

"Sage?" Oswald asked you as you look up at him and wipe your eyes.

"I'm sorry," you say as you show Oswald and Gus the digitized photo as both look deep at the other three sisters and what they look like.

"Gus and I will go look for them." Oswald began. "You should stay here and -"

"I'm going with you!" you announce to him. "They're my sisters and I'm not gonna stand by and do nothing."

"It might get dangerous." he warned you.

"I don't care." you tell him, unwavering in your words as he nodded his head. suddenly, your phone starts to ring and you check the caller ID and see it's Quinn calling you!

"Oh my God, it's my sister, Quinn!" you cry out as you immediately answer it and put the phone on speaker as Oswald, Gus, Big Bad Pete, and Petetronic hunker close to the small hand held device.

"Quinn,are you there?" you answer frantically while holding back more tears. "It's me Sage!"

"Sage? where are you? where is here?" Quinn answered. it was good to hear her voice, but she sounded scared.

"Where are you located at and I will get you." you say holding the phone close to your face.

"I'm in some kind of swamp-like place I-I don't know!" Quinn started to panic as Sage started to show panic in her eyes. Oswald tilted his and gasped.

"Your sister must be in Bog Easy!" Oswald said to you as he came towards the phone. "Quinn, listen to me, are you anywhere near the New Orleans Square?" Oswald spoke into the phone. you smiled at the cartoon rabbit.

"who was that? Sage?" Quinn asked surprised.

"A new friend I just made." you say still smiling and looking at Oswald who looked at you and smiled back.

"Sage, I'm scared."Quinn said.

"Don't be, just keep talking to us, are you at this place Oswald just asked you?"

"Oswald? uh.. yeah, I ran from there after seeing actual cartoon characters and a robotic Donald Duck!"

"Head back there and we'll get to you!" Oswald said. " The toons there are good toons, you'll be safe with them, just be careful with the Spatters, though."

"I don't know!" Quinn said more scared.

"Just do it because believe it or not, I'm also surrounded by toons, too, and my new friend is one of them." Sage said into the phone. "Go back there and stay there. I'm hanging up now to save battery life, I think you should, too."

you heard Quinn cry alittle and it broke your heart.

"Wait, what about Kayla and Emily? are they with you?" Quinn asked. You freeze for a minute as your heart races.

"No," you answer.

"They're not with me, either." Quinn said still terrified and through her hard sobs " Were are they?! We have to find them!"

"Just head back to where you were and we'll come get you then we'll focus on finding Kayla and Emily." You tell her trying to sound calm but firm. Strong and rational. you could hear Quinn breathe calmly and loudly.

"Okay."

You both hang up, but you stare deep into the phone as it takes you back to the photo of you, Quinn, Kayla, and Emily that was taken on the day of your graduation, all smiling and happy. You continued to lay there on your knees, you didn't know what to think or do anymore at that moment. Your sisters were seperated in a strange world that was supposed to be fictional, yet as you lay there, Oswald puts his cartoonish hands in your realistic hands and you slowly move your eyes to look into his big, black, reflective ones.

"We'll find them." Oswald said to you calmly. "If we hurry now, we can catch a projector in Mean Street North and find Quinn, then we'll go and find the other two. Okay?"

"This wasn't supposed to happen," You tell him honestly. "We were just meant to go to Disneyland with our uncle and have a great time and then return home and go back to real life, not end up in a cartoon universe this kinda stuff isn't suppose to happen in the real world!"

"We'll do all that we can to help you and your sisters get back home, that's a guarantee." Gus said to you as you turn to him and nod slowly as you slowly get back up.

"let's go." you say simply as you follow Oswald and Gus who sprinted ahead but not before looking back at the toons who immediately resumed to their daily business as the two Petes ushered them to move along. You look ahead and see Oswald and Gus a few inches ahead and waiting for you as you sprint towards them determined to find your sisters.

Cosmo stood there watching Sage and Oswald and Gus continue onward, but he turned his focus on the other sister in Bog Easy to see how she was doing and saw her standing in the middle of the bayou and slowly turning back around toward the New Orleans Square.

Quinn: location? Bog Easy

You bravely walk back through the woods and to that strange town in this swamp-like place and with every step you take, you think of what you experienced not too long ago, how you woke up in the center of that town with actual, living cartoon characters looking down at you and it freaked you do bad you took off running and screaming until you bumped into that robotic version of Donald Duck! This can't be happening, you think to yourself, 'you can't really be in a strange universe where cartoon characters live, for this stuff only exists in kid shows and the kind of fanfictions Kayla reads on the computer'

The very thought of Kayla makes you stop for a minute as you switch on your phone and see you are on 67% battery life, which is good, as it allowed you to go to gallery and find your videos and photos of you, Kayla, Emily and Sage together at Disneyland with uncle John, smiling, laughing, and being happy. You haven't wiped away your tears after calling Sage, and you let new tears form as you watched the happy videos and squat down only to begin sobbing heavily as minutes pass. You stop watching the videos upon seeing that you are now on 49% and stand up shaking away the pins and needles and continue walking until you find the New Orleans Square. You stare at the town and groan, what was gonna happen when you go back there?

You breathe and head back and see a robotic Daisy Duck with a small looking creature dressed like a pirate and carrying a news videocamera interviewing all the toons that are present who all stop what they're doing and look at you with shock and curiosity. Daisy gasped upon sight of you and her cameraman also turns to face you.

"Hello." I said weakly, making an awkward wave. "I'm sorry for running away and all but that's what you get when a human from the real world enters the cartoon world for the first time."

"A human in Wasteland?!" Daisy exclaimed as she rushed towards you with her little cameraman behind. You take a few steps back upon a closer look at her, she was missing her eyes, her bow had a spring in it, her torso had an exposed metal spine underneath her pink shirt, and her left leg and right arm were exposing a metal skeleton. She turned to her cameraman and spoke to it.

"Daisy Duck for the Duck News Network, and we are in Bog Easy where we have our very first human in Wasteland which has never happened before!"

you smiled a bit as the cameraman focused on you now, but your main focus was on Daisy, she was always your favorite Disney character growing up, and you were relieved that this Daisy Duck had the same personality and nearly the same looks and features.

"So let's start with introducing yourself and explain how you got here." Daisy said to you as she turned the microphone to you. You are hesitant, for you've never been in a news interview before, but then you remember how you and your friends love to record yourselves, so this shouldn't be too hard. You wipe away your tears, take a deep breath and step forward.

"My name is Quinn. Quinn Regina Artiste. I'm from the real world and I'm not the only human for... my three other sisters are here, too." You explain.

"three sisters?!" Daisy asked, really astonished to hear this just as the other nearby toons observing the interview. "Your not the only one?!"

"No. We got sucked through magic mirrors and got seperated. I don't know where they are, I'm sorry I can't give you more information, but that's all that I have for you."

You then remember your phone and take it out as you pick a photo of you and your sisters together and shove it to the cameraman's camera lens.

"These are my sisters and their names are Sage, Emily, and Kayla," I said pointing to each one upon name. "If you see the other two, tell them to stay where they are and wait for my big sister Sage is coming to find us with this Oswald character."

"Just one more question before we wrap up." said Daisy. "what is the real world like, as so many toons like myself know very little about it and probably will never see it."

You cringe upon such a question. How do you explain reality to an entire cartoon world, but you compose yourself and breathe again.

"It's... ok. Alittle bittersweet in some places while a tad bit messy in others." you answer as honestly as you can.

"Okay then that's a wrap" said Daisy as the cameraman put away his camera in a little suitcase. Daisy came close to you with a concerned look on her face.

"Are you sure you don't want to come with us, we were on our way to the headquarters, maybe we'll meet your sister and Oswald on the way there." Daisy suggested.

"Thank you but I'll be okay. My sister will find me." you tell her kindly as she nodded

"Just so you know, Oswald is a good leader here and your older sister is in good hands if she's with him looking for you guys." Daisy said to you, and as she turned to leave, she looked back at you with a friendly smile. "Welcome to Wasteland, Quinn Artiste."

"Thank you Daisy" You say, honestly grateful. The most honest that you've felt in a long, long time.

"I like you, let's keep in touch." Daisy said with a wink and left.

You stand there while some of the toons Look back at the toons you then look around and wonder what to do now. As you formed a big smile and felt alittle light in your chest. You were in a cartoon world!

"Anyone wanna give me the grand tour?" You asked the toons.

Cosmo smiled alittle. That was interesting to witness but he immediately found himself alittle jealous as he wanted to be the first to be interviewed by Daisy upon his arrival, but he decided to not let negative emotions get the best of him as he then turned to the other sister who was already up and unlike the other two, was not afraid but fascinated and surrounded by Oswald's bunny children.

Emily: location? Ostown

you wake up in a strange meadowy place surrounded by an army of small cartoon blue bunnies.

"It's awake!" one of the bunnies says as they all got closer to inspect their discovery. You stare more in curiosity than horror. Where were you? in some strange cartoon world? You look again and as you notice a Disney-looking castle in the distance you've decided that that is where you are.

"Can you understand me?" You ask. "Are you figments of my imagination?"

"Of course we can understand you, silly." said one bunny. "And no, we are very much real!"

you reach forward and pet one of the bunnies on the head and feel that it's soft and fluffy for a cartoon. You squeal and pull your hand back only to giggle as the other bunnies giggled, too. You didn't know where you were but you started to like it!

"My full name is Emily Diana Artiste, but you can just call me Emily " you introduce yourself.

"Hi, Emily!" said all the bunny children in unison.

"who are you all?" you asked.

"We are all called Oswald Junior and there are 420 of us all together." one bunny said hopping over to you. "We are the royal children of Wasteland, which is where you are, and our daddy and mommy are the king and queen of it all!"

Another blue bunny hopped into your lap. "We were on our way to the Gag factory in Ostown to play with the gags, wanna come?"

You immediately nodded as the bunnies cheered. You slowly got up and followed the bunnies as they guided you toward a huge building that said Gag Factory and to the back room.

"It's so Prescott won't stop us" said one bunny mischievously. " He always tries to keep us out and never lets us play with the gags here."

"Well, that sounds rather rude of him." you remarked, not knowing who this Prescott person was but seemingly didn't care. As you all go inside, you find it is a big building full of wonder gags galore as you and the bunny children rush to the crates full of gags and started playing with them from sitting on Whoopi cushions to zapping each other with handshake buzzers and winding up the chomping teeth toys. You were having so much fun that you forgot all about the terrible memory of the earthquake, falling through that mirror, and into that strange void. As you search for new gags to play with and share, you bump into a small individual nearly to your height, had horns on his head, wearing an indigo suit with goggles and a strange glove on his left hand. you shriek upon sight of him and he jumps back in shock.

"who are you? what are you? and how did get in here?" he asked in a British accent. The bunnies followed your shriek and stopped upon sight of the strange humanoid.

"Oh no, it's Prescott." one of the bunnies said disappointed.

"Does that mean the fun is over?" another bunny asked

"You?!" he stated through his gritted teeth. "OUT, ALL OF YOU!!"

"You can't talk to them like that, they're the royal children!" you told Prescott putting your hands to your hips.

"And I'm the Gag fairy!" Prescott said in a sarcastic tone. "Now out!"

You and the bunny children hightail it out of the building and towards a nice neighborhood called Ostown, where the cartoons there stared at you funny, but you greeted them and introduced yourself putting them at ease.

"We never had that much fun!" one of the bunny children replied while laughing.

"me and my sisters had fun like that when they were fun!" you tell the bunny but stop abruptly as the thought of your sisters came to your mind. where were they? All the bunny children stop and stared at you.

"Hey, this is really fun being with you but I gotta find my sisters. will you help me?" you ask them.

"Yay, an adventure!" they all hopped up and down excitedly. Suddenly, a cartoon cat with a pink hat with a flower sticking out of it with a skirt and matching bloomers underneath came by.

"There you all are!" she said to the bunny children. She then noticed you and gasped.

"Who are you, your not from here are you?" the cat said to you as you shook your head.

"My name is Emily, I'm seven years old, and I'm human." You say simply.

"A human in Wasteland!?" she exclaimed. "Are you all alone?"

"My sisters and I got seperated and I don't know where they are so we were going to go look for them." you say as the bunnies nodded. The cartoon cat looked at you concerned.

"Um, how about you just stick with me until Oswald comes by, he'll know what to do." the cat suggested. "I just don't want you to wander all by yourself."

"okay." you said defeated as all the bunny children sighed sadly and began to whine.

"So, no adventure?" one if them asked.

"C'mon children, it's time for lunch anyway." the cat said as all the bunnies hopped down the street as you and the cat followed.

"Yes momma!" all the bunnies said.

"Mamma?" you asked the cat who giggled.

"Yup, they are all mine. Say, while we wait for my husband to get back, would you mind helping me with making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for them? It's such a hassle."

"Sure!"

"I don't think I told you my name, but I'm Ortensia."

Cosmo sighed with relief. Even at her age, even he didn't like the idea of her wandering about, despite being with the bunny children. At least she's safe, Cosmo thought to himself as he can finally focus on the last sister but he stopoed short upon seeing her and he felt a movement in your chest upon gazing at her. She was so pretty, sure, the one called Quinn was also astonishingly beautiful, but this sister was so... natural! He continued to stare at her and the movement in Cosmo's chest grew harder to where he felt like he couldn't breathe. Was he feeling love at first sight? He then shook his head and snapped back at the situation at hand and observed this girl.

Kayla: location? Ventureland

You look around this strange jungle and wonder where you and where your sisters are. Then again, where were your sisters?

"SAGE! EMILY! QUINN!" you call out, but to no answer, only your echo, which doesn't give you comfort. You wish you had a phone like Sage and Quinn do to call them, to know where they are, and to hear their voices right about now as you stumble aimlessly through this strange place, you try to think of your favorite things so as to not get too scared, but it briefly helps, at least you hear the singing of birds in the trees and see sunlight shining through the dense leaves, but a snapping of a twig makes you jump!

"Hello!?" you call out.

"Who's there?" said a small voice. Finally, someone was here, now you can know where you are.

"My name is Kayla Rebecca Artiste, but you can simply call me 'Kay' for short." you call out. "Im lost, I don't know where I am, I'm seperated from my sisters, and I need help. Will you help me?"

"I can try." said the voice. it sounded young.

"Who are you?" you asked as you walked a bit closer.

"Kopa." said the small voice as out of the bushes came out a small lion cub that looked like Simba from The Lion King, except he had a small tuff of brown fur on his head and reddish brown eyes. You both scream at sight of one another and you hide and both of you stare for the longest time from your respective hiding spots.

"You talk?!" you exclaimed at the cub while hiding behind a tree.

"Yeah, and you are... I don't know what you are but your not a toon!" Kopa said still staring at you from behind some bushes.

"I'm human" you say simply. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you, but you scared me as well."

"It's okay." Kopa said. You both come out your hiding spots and came closer and examined one another. Slowly, you pick up the cartoon lion cub and it feels soft like a toy plush would as he stared at you curiously.

"I've never picked up a talking lion cub before it's actually very exciting and scary at the same time." you say to Kopa with a nervous chuckle.

"I've never been picked up by a human so this is very new to me, too." Kopa replied.

"So do you know where to go?" You asked as Kopa nodded and gave directions as you obeyed and went off, and as you walk you talk to your new friend about how yourself and that you're disabled with Autism and then explaining that it's a mental disorder before explaining how you and your three sisters were with your uncle at Disneyland (and explained what Disneyland was) and how an earthquake struck in a house of mirrors where a mirror fell on you as you went through the reflective surface and into a strange colorful void only to wake up here.

"Wow, that's sounds intense. I'm sorry you and your sisters had to go through that, I hope they're okay." Kopa said with a worrisome look and matching tone.

"I don't know where they are and I hope they're okay, too" Kayla said.

You then came up a hill and up you find a small town as relief filled you up inside and you smile.

"Welcome to Tortooga!" Kopa said. "Home to the pirates of the Wasteland."

"Thank you." you say to the cub, who struggled out of your arms and landed on the jungle floor.

"Your welcome!" Kopa said as he turned to leave.

"Can you come with me, I'll need a guide and a companion, please?" you asked. Kopa looked back and forth from the jungle and then back at you as he turned to you and rose on his hind legs as his front paws stretched on your legs.

"Sure, it'll be nice to have a companion, too, plus it was honestly nice to be carried." Kopa said with a smile as you immediately scoop him up and as you both go down the hill, you and Kopa are grabbed by pirates from behind who inspect you.

"I've seen you on the Duck New Network." said one of the pirates. He looked half robotic and with a smile on his face. The other pirates were no different andcame closer.

"what do we do with them? Take them to Hook?" asked the other pirate. Kopa then struggled and bit him on his arm as the pirates welped in pain, releasing you.

"Kayla, run!" Kopa cried as you both run down the hill towards the town with the half robotic pirates behind you, giving chase. you trip and roll down the hill all the way to the bottom and as you get up you start running again with Kopa right at your side until you come to a small shack and hide in there while holding Kopa and holding back sobs as you hear the pirates run in a different direction from where you were.

"We should stay in here until the coast is clear and then we can go." said Kopa, steadying his breathing as you nodded silently.

Suddenly, the door slammed open making you and Kopa scream as the robotic pirates grabbed you as the other grabbed Kopa on the scruff of his neck as he struggled and try to attack as the pirate only laughed.

"Let's take them to Hook, he'll know what to do with them!" said one pirate as they dragged you. you suddenly began to struggle until he put a long sword close to your neck.

"I'd probably stop squirming if I were you." said the pirate sinisterly as you began to cry, you couldn't help it. " You and your sisters could be worth a great value to us."

Suddenly, vines grew around the pirates as they struggles and swiped their swords madly at the growing vibes only for the vines to grab the swords and pull them out of their hands. You and Kopa finally struggled free and both watched as the vibes covered the pirates' limbs and bodies.

"What's happening?!" Kopa exclaimed.

"I don't know" you answered. " Let's just get out of here!"

You and Kopa run down the street and down the street and as you run toward the docks, you run into a small creature in a green suit and levitating.

"I say, you must be the one called Kayla!" said the strange creature as you pick up and hold Kopa tightly to your chest and step back in horror and confusion.

"please don't hurt us, we were almost kidnapped by half robotic pirates!" you tell him as he looked shocked to hear that.

"I'm a gremlin and I'm Gremlin Marc." the gremlin introduced himself. "Come with me, I'll take you somewhere safe!"

You didn't know what to do, as you and Kopa looked at each other and nodded as you followed the strange creature down through the town.

"Where am I?" you asked the gremlin who looked back at you.

"You're in Wasteland." he said with a smile. "A home for forgotten toons."

Cosmo finally breathed but knew the vines wouldn't hold those dastardly pirates for much longer. He had to do something to help these sisters and also knew that Oswald was gonna need extra help. He thought and thought and it came to his head: Mickey Mouse!

Immediately, he teleported his hat, robe, and shoes and as he hastily put them all on, he towards the shelves and took out all three of Yen Sid's spell books and rummaged through them to find the spell Cosmo needed to get to him as he then rushed to a glass jar and took out a stick of chalk and then ran to a wall and started drawing a door with a doorknob then Cosmo stepped back and said the words: "viverra mundi!"

Cosmo watched as a bright light illuminated the drawing as the door became real and opened up showing the inside of a house on the other side, Cosmo froze in place, as he knew he was doing something against Yen Sid's wishes.

"What Yen Sid won't know can't hurt him!" Cosmo said to himself. "I'll be able to do this before Yen Sid wakes up "

With a determined Inhale, Cosmo stepped through the door as it closed behind him as he had a goal: get Mickey mouse. help him enter Wasteland. save the sisters and send them back to their homeworld.

As he went through, he was unaware of a fifth star that appeared suddenly on the map, but even more unaware of the threat that would soon loom over Wasteland.