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Sing to El Dorado AU (Chapter 1)

OH BOY! And so it begins, folks! Welcome to my au! Now this is just the first chapter, I plan to make many more in the future! Enjoy!

“Show me seven!” a small voice traveled through the alleyway. A mouse in a red shirt, and an even darker red vest with dark brown pants, stood inside a circle of animals. He shook his hands together and let a pair of dice rolls over the street; the dice stopped rolling.

Five and two.

“Yes!” The mouse cheered, putting his arms up in victory. “Jackpot baby! Woohoo!” he turned and jumped to high five the animal next to him, a koala.

The koala wore a fancy blue shirt and green pants, after he high fived his friend, he began strumming out a tune on his, oddly shaped, guitar.

The animals they had just won against were three, very terrifying looking, bears. The bears looked down in defeat at the pile of gold they had just lost.

“Tons of gold for you, ha!” started the mouse.

“Tons of gold for me, ha!” continued the koala.

“Tons of gold for we, ha!” they finished together.

“HEY!”

A shout from the bear made both animals turn around. The bear had stood up with a growl. “One more roll!” it said.

The koala and the mouse looked at each other, the koala simply shrugged.

“Fellas,” said the mouse, smirking, “you’re broke! You’ve got nothing to bet with!”

The bear met eyes with his companions, who both nodded. “I’ve got this.” he stated, and reached into his coat pocket and pulled out an old piece of paper. He unfolded it, and revealed a gleaming map with strange symbols on it. “The treasures of the new world.”

The mouse placed his hands on his hips and sighed, shaking his head, but the koala’s eyes widened and a big smile grew on his face.

“Mike, let’s have a look!” he said, grabbing the map and his friend. He kneeled down and practically buried his head in the parchment.

“We’ll, uh, be just a minute.” Mike said to the bears before returning to the map.

The koala was searching his eyes over the paper, tracing the trial with his finger. “Look Mike, the map to El Dorado.” he said all fancy like. “This could be it! Our destiny! Our fate!”

Mike rolled his eyes and scoffed. “Moon, if I believed in fate in wouldn’t be playing with loaded dice!”

“Please!” said Moon, drawing out his word and pouting. “Please, please, please!”

“Buster, no, not with the face.” Mike protested, but Moon was already making a serious of sad and pleading face. “No!” said Mike again, not being able to help a small smile.

Suddenly, the map was ripped from their grasp, and the bear stood before them. “My map, for your cash.” he said with a slight grin.

Mike slumped and looked at Buster, who nodded his head up and down happily. “Fine,” sighed Mike. “one more roll.” he said, reaching for his dice.

“Hold on, this time, you use my dice.” said the bear, holding up his pair of dice. Mike hesitated, eyes darting from his friend to the bear. “Is that a problem?”

“No, no problem.” Mike said with a forced smile. He took the dice from the bear and tuned back to Moon, giving him a piercing glare.

Moon gave him a ’sorry’ smile and began to play on his guitar once more.

Mike took a deep breath, quickly blowing on the dice for luck. Seven, I need seven. I need that gold. And that stupid map! The mouse took a step back before tossing the dice on the ground.

“Show me seven!”

The dice rolled over and over, all animals stretched their necks to see what it would land on. Miek covered his eyes with his hands and Buster held his breath.

The dice stopped rolling.

Four and three.

The crowd cheered, and Mike uncovered his eyes, once his eye landed on the numbers he burst out in joy. He had won a game without cheating!

“Yes! Alight!” cheered Buster, strutting over and grabbing the map.

Mike dashed over, ready to cram all the money into his pockets and satchel. He leaned down to pick up a coin, but his dice fell from his vest pocket and onto the ground.

The dice stopped rolling. Five and a two.

The crowd stopped cheering as the bear picked up the dice and rolled them. Five and two. Again he rolled them. Five and two. Mike quickly snatched the dice and exchanged a worried glance with his friend before he began slowly backing up.

“These dice are loaded!” growled the bear.

Buster quickly sent Mike a look, and he knew what to do.

“You gave me loaded dice?” Mike accused his friend, pointing his finger up at him and trying to walk away from the ally and into the courtyard. But he was suddenly blocked by a city guard, an ape, who no doubt had heard all the commotion. Think Mike, think. “He gave me loaded dice!” Mike fake sobbed up at the guard. “Arrest him!”

“You dare disgrace my honor!” said Buster dramatically, placing down his guitar. “He’s the one cheating! Arrest him!” he said giving Mike a tiny shove. “He tricked the bears and took their money!”

“Oh really, now I’m the thief? Take a look in the mirror, pal!” Mike shot back.

“How dare you!” Buster gasped, placing his hand on his chest. He looked around quickly and located the guard’s sword, he snatched it and held it out in front of him. “Engird!”

“Very well!" said Mike, trying to locate something he could use to counter his friend. He spotted an old lizard who was knitting and rushed over, quickly grabbing one of her needles. "I shall give you the honor of a quick and painless death!”

The two ran at each other and their blades met in their phony feud.

“Any last words?” ask Mike with a sly smile.

“I shall cut you to ribbons!” laughed Buster, pushing Mike back and quickly advancing. No one could deny that this was Buster’s favorite part of their adventures, when things went wrong, the two always knew how to draw attention away from themselves, by, of course, drawing attention to themselves.

Now the two danced in the courtyard, kicking up dirt, their swords meeting every few seconds as they shouted insults at each other.

“Back heathen!” Buster would scorn.

“Come at me you fiend!” Mike would reply, jumping up to slash at this friend.

Mike had backed Buster to a wall, and the koala began to climb crates that where next to it.

“You fight like my sister!” Buster mocked, backing up onto the roof of the wall.

“I fought your sister!” said Mike with his finger pointed in the air. “That’s a compliment!” And as he said this he jumped up the creates to meet Moon on the roof.

Their swords met once more and Buster was getting a bit carried away, slashing just a bit too aggressively.

“Moon, not the face, not the face!” Mike hissed through his teeth, blocking Buster’s blows with the knitting needle.

Buster twisted his sword in such a way that it caught the needle and tossed it in the air, Buster lifted his hand up and caught the tool as the crowd cheered.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” began Mike, taking a bow. “we’ve decided it’s a draw!”

“Thank you all for coming.” laughed Buster, throwing down the blades that landed at the guard’s feet. “You’ve been a great audience.”

“Arrivederci!”

And the two hopped over the other side and took their leave.

“Sorry about the gold.” sighed Buster as the two made their way down the back streets of Spain. Make sat on Buster’s shoulder, something he did often, Buster said it helped his brain.

“Ah, whatta ya gonna do?” Mike shrugged. “There’ll always be more people to swindle.”

“Oh! Look a new one!” Moon suddenly turned to a poster on the wall. The poster showed their faces under large words that read ‘WANTED’. “Wow! Look how much we’re worth now!” the koala ripped the paper off the wall and slipped it into his satchel, which was also filled with their wanted posters.

Mike couldn’t help but smile and was going to say something when a growl cut him off. The two turned, and the three bears stood before them once more. “That bounty is a lot.” said the leader. “We’d be living like kings if we turned you in."

"Mike.” Buster whispered, backing up against the wall. “Plan please.”

“Okay, okay. Let me think.” Mike said, shaking, but the bear was already reaching down with his giant claws. “RUN!”

Buster slipped under the bear’s legs and dashed down the alleyway. Mike was almost thrown off his friend and had to climb onto Moon’s head, clinging onto his fur.

“Mike, tell me what to do!” Buster said as the bear’s pursued them. “Where do I go?”

“Okay, hold on!” Mike looked up, ahead there was a fork in the road. Mike knew this street, heck he knew every street in Spain. “Go right!” Mike shouted, pointing his finger in the direction.

Buster did so, and sharply tuned the corner.

“Head to the docks!” Mike instructed. “We’ll lose them there!”

The smell of salt water was already beginning and Buster turned towards it. But the koala stopped short, he was standing on a sharp edge with no place to go. He looked down, and saw a barrel filled with water.

“Moon, no.” started Mike.

“I bet we can make that!” stated Buster.

“Two gold pieces says we can’t!”

But Buster already jumped, and as he fell Mike tightly gripped his fur. He landed in the bucket with a big splash, there was a beat before he popped his head out, both his and Mike’s fur completely soaked.

“You lose!” laughed Buster.

“Grab the lid!” hissed Mike, and Buster grabbed a piece of wood and slipped it over the top of the barrel. “Okay, we need to stay here for a bit, then we can get out and get the hell out of here.”

The two waited for a while, Buster didn’t enjoy the fact that he was waist deep in water, but Mike told him it was better than being in a jail cell.

“Alright,” Mike said after a few minutes. “On three, lift the lid up, I’ll check for anyone.”

Mike counted, Moon pushed, but the lid didn’t open. Mike counted again, but still the lid wouldn’t budge.

The mouse insisted on trying over and over again, eventually it became tiresome. “One more try,” said Mike. “You said that three tries ago.” groaned Buster, but placed his hands on the cover. “One, two, three!”

This time the lid ripped off! Moon and Mike’s heads popped out the top of the barrel, but they weren’t in the docks anymore, they were on a ship and all the crew mates turned towards them.

Buster looked at Mike and they both spoke at the same time. “Oh no.”

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