The Cine-magic Series: Tom and Jerry: The Movie

The morning sun had risen up by now, display the perfect brightness and temperature. On such a perfect, Aunt Figg was doing what seemed the most appropriate thing to do, sunbathing. She donned a fitting attire for such an occasion; a bright pink shirt with a magenta skirt along with wear a pair of purple shades. While she pretended to act like everything was fine and dandy, she was constantly thinking of Robyn and her whereabouts. She and Lickboot couldn't find at the bridge or anywhere else they thought she could be. They were forced to give up and file another missing persons report and hoped all night the cops would find her. It was the next day and there was still no news of the girl.

While Figg was in the midst of situating herself, Ferdinand was slumbering underneath the sun-bathing chair with an icepack on his head. The entire fiasco of getting thrown down the river and almost drowning had taken a toll on the obese pooch. Now he wanted nothing more than to rest undisturbed under the shade and forget about everything that happened last night.

Just then, the telephone began to ring. Figg grabbed it and answered.

"Hello? What do you want now, Lickboot?"

As her lawyer boyfriend began to explain, the greedy woman's expression grew more and more devastated.

"No more money?" She asked, refusing to believe Lickboot's news.

"Without proof that Robyn is being well cared for, we can't touch another penny of her father's money." The crooked lawyer explained, though he remained stoic and calm.

"Don't talk foolishness, Lickboot. Can't you do something...devious?" Figg sat down on the sun-bathing chair.

Her entire weight pressed down on Ferdinand, startling him wake. He was completely crushed underneath his owner.

"I'm sure if you put your mind to it, you can be really sleazy." Figg said with a seductive tone.

She laid down completely on the sun-bathing chair. Ferdinand tried to push back up to escape the crushing prison, but it proved to be fruitless. He sat there helplessly being flattened.

"Why, thank you, Pristine." Lickboot said arrogantly. "But suppose we get her back and the little brat tells Daddy Starling why she ran away?"

"Who's he gonna believe? An overemotional, whining, distraught little girl or me, her warm, loving, concerned nanny?" Figg asked as she picked up a chocolate eclair off a desert tray. "Now do something. I mean lie, cheat, steal!"

She leapt from the chair, her body wracked with angry and impatience. Her leaving the chair allowed Ferdinand to roll out from under it. Though he was now flattened with indents of the chair's straps lining his back.

"Corrupt a government! Do anything to get that money, you nerdy nitwit!" Figg demanded.

"Well, that's easy." Lickboot replied simply. "A reward."

"A reward?" Pristine asked incredulously.

"Yes. People will do anything for money." Lickboot began to explain.

"Oh, don't I know. So?" Figg said sarcastically.

"So we offer a reward. Someone will turn her in. Big reward! Say, one million dollars." The greedy lawyer said with a devious grin.

"But, we don't have a million dollars." Figg squeezed the eclair in her hand.

"I know. That's why it's so sleazy." Lickboot's said smoothly.

"Oh?" Figg was confused.

For a second, she didn't exactly get what her boyfriend was getting at. Then it clicked in her head what Lickboot was insinuating. The plan all made sense to her, and it was a devious one. Pristine giggled and licked the chocolate icing off her fingers.

"Oh, I love it when you talk like that." She purred.

And so the plan was put into action. All it took was taking the missing persons report product company. The product of choice; milk cartons. And in no time at all, the assembly lines and store shelves were stocked with milk cartons showing Robyn's picture and with "$1,000,000" Printed in bold lettering on the side.

"This will get her back." Figg grabbed a milk carton off a conveyor belt.

Both she and Lickboot clinked the cartons together like wine glasses with twisted grins on their faces.

The morning mist coated the top of the river as it snaked it's way through the middle of nowhere. On a broken piece of wood, Robyn, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie all lay unconscious on it as it drifted down cooling waters. They soon came to a rest against a sandy shore surrounded by trees and cattails. As the three laid there, two figures stumbled upon it, unsure what to make of this.

Meanwhile, in the snowy mountains of Tibet, a large plane navigated it's way through a brutal snowstorm. The pilot was an older man, sporting a nicely-cut mustache. He wore a white shirt with a brown coat and hat and a pair of grey pants. It was none other than Robyn's father.

He wrestled for control of the plane as the monstrous winds pounded against it. That's when he received a transmission through his radio.

"Your daughter has run away, and no one knows where she is." The transmission said.

"What? My daughter's run away?" Robyn's father asked in shock. "If Robyn's in trouble, there's only one place she'll go."

Immediately, he turned the plane around and began flying back to the landing strip.

The first thing Robyn noticed when she woke up was that she was on dry land. Not just that, but she was also lying on a bed. As he vision began to refocus, she also realized that Pinkie And Rarity were also lying with her on the bed.

"Rarity? Pinkie?" She said, a voice a bit raspy.

The two ponies groggily got up.

"Are we back home? Is the mission complete?" Rarity yawned.

"I'm inclined to believe, no." The young girl replied.

"So, the whole "crashing into a boat" wasn't a dream?" The dreary unicorn asked.

"Oh, I remember that, too." Pinkie said, pulling away the covers. "But, where's everypony else?"

To their shock, Rarity and Robyn were quick to realize that their pink friend was right. There was no sign of the others.

"Tom? Jerry?" Robyn called out.

"Twilight? Applejack?" Rarity added on.

"Hello? Are you all playing hide and seek?" Pinkie asked. "Actually, on that topic, where are we? I thought we were travelling by raft?"

That too was a quick and shocking realization. Instead of soaking into the river, the three friends were in some place. Pinkie peeked her head through the nearby window.

"Holy guacamole, girls! There's a carnival out here!" She said with delight.

"Wait, what?" Robyn said in confusion.

She and Rarity looked through the window. Their eyes were met with all sorts of carnival rides, refreshment stands, and more. Pinkie bounced around with excitement.

"Come on, let's go have fun!" Pinkie was about to zoom away when Rarity grabbed her with her magic.

"Now just a minute, Pinkie." The alabaster unicorn said sternly. "We still need to find our friends. we need to make sure they're okay."

Pinkie looked through the window, then back at Rarity.

"Rarity is right. Our friends could be anywhere. For all we know, they could be out looking for us." Robyn added.

The hyper earth pony finally calmed down enough for Rarity to set her back down.

"Oh. You do have a point there." Pinkie pondered. "But, after we find them, then can we go to the carnival."

Rarity let out a sigh.

"Yes, Pinkie, as long as the others are okay with it."

"Yippee!" Pinkie jumped high into the air.

"But, let's go back to what you said earlier." The fashionista rebounded. "Where exactly are we?"

As the girls looked around. Wherever they were, it was small. There was a small kitchen and plenty of shelves and counters housing all sorts of trinkets and tools, even a hand puppet. It was of green parrot wearing a red and white striped shirt and a yellow hat.

"Oooo. I always wanted to try ventriloquism." Pinkie intended to head over to the puppet and use it.

"Uh, I don't think that's a good idea, darling. I probably belongs to somepony." Rarity advised.

But, before Pinkie could even grab the hand puppet, it shifted. large eyes opened and began to lean closer to them.

"AHHHH!" The three girls all screamed.

"AUUUGGHH!" The puppet squawked.

"AHHHH!" The girls screamed again.

"It's alive!" The puppet pointed to them.

Suddenly, a large man with brown, furry mustache, wearing a ship captain's uniform, popped out from behind the counter.

"Great wobbling wattles!" He blew a Bosun's whistle. "Avast and heave to there, mates."

"Oh, you frightened us." Robyn said, clutching the blankets.

"S-Stay away from us!" Rarity demanded fearfully.

"Oh, sorry, my dears. We didn't mean to frighten you. My first mate doesn't mind his manners sometimes." The man explained, walking from behind the counter.

"Squawk! It's me bad upbringing that's to blame." The puppet complained.

Rarity and Robyn just sat dumbfounded, while Pinkie was giggling up a storm.

"Don't mind him. How are you feeling, little ladies? Are you okay?" The man asked.

"We could be better." Rarity sighed.

"I feel a little dizzy." Robyn held her head.

"You gave us quite a fright, too, you know. Been lying here for a few days now." The man explained.

"A few days!?" Rarity asked, aghast.

"Yeah. We thought you'd never leave." The puppet replied.

"Oh, our friends must be worried sick about us." Rarity said with concern.

"Umm, excuse Mr. Pirate, where are we?" Pinkie raised her hoof.

The captain smiled brightly and took a step back.

"You're the lucky guests of Captain Kiddie. King of the county fair." The captain pulled a poster down from the ceiling. "Pirate of pleasure and-"

"SQUAWK!" The puppet yelled.

"Oh, yes. And my first mate, Squawk." Kiddie rolled his eyes.

Squawk gave a bow.

"He's funny." Robyn giggled.

"And loud." Rarity added, though not sharing the amusement.

"Can I give him a try?" Pinkie asked.

"What? I'm not some toy to be played with. Sqauwk!" Squawk reprimanded.

"He's like that with a lot of people. Try not to take it too personally." Captain Kiddie said softly.

"Awww. I like puppets." Pinkie said sadly.

"Well, let's brighten to mood a bit. You ladies hungry by any chance?" The captain said.

"Are we ever." Robyn replied.

"I bet you like milk and cookies." Kiddie headed over to the fridge. "All little girls like milk and cookies. And milk and cookies is just what we got."

"It's all we got." Squawk peeked from behind the captain's shoulder.

"Oh! Oh! I love cookies. You can't go wrong with that!" The overjoyed earth pony said.

While Robyn, Rarity, and Pinkie was getting acquainted to some new friends, the other were stuck in a different predicament. Tom, Jerry, Twilight, Spike, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow all were lying on a fractured piece of the raft, floating down the river. All were either unconscious, except Jerry, who was sitting at the edge of the wood slab with a crestfallen look on his face.

He spotted a bright yellow fish jumping out from the water. That's when he got an idea. Jerry took Tom's tail and smoothed it out so the tip was shaped into a fish hook. Then the mouse dipped it into the water. Tom was initially woken up by the cold and wet sensation, but figured it was nothing and went back to sleep. However, the fish clamped down on his tail. Pain surged through his body and Tom shot high into the air, taking the fish with him.

"YEOWWWW!" The pussycat shouted in pain, which woke the others up.

"Huh!? Did I oversleep?" Spike asked in a panic.

"Gah! We're late for magic school!" Twilight looked around, then realized they were sitting on what's left of the raft. "Oh...right."

"Ugh. What is going on now?" Rainbow rubbed her tired eyes. "I seriously can't understand why it's so hard to get a full night of rest."

While the others were slowly starting to truly wake, Tom was up in the sky with the fish, which still had his tail in it's mouth. Tom angrily yanked his tail away. The fish retaliated with slapping the cat with it's tail fin and spitting water in Tom's face. The fish splashed into the water, and Tom landed on the broken raft feet first. The impact caused both Rainbow and Fluttershy to fall into the water.

"Are you kidding me?" Rainbow yelled in frustration as she broke through the surface.

"Actually, the water isn't bad." Fluttershy said.

"Whut'n tarnation is goin' on, Tom?" Applejack questioned.

"I think a better question is what are you doing?" Tom snatched up Jerry in his hand.

"Catching ya breakfast." Jerry replied with a witty smile.

"Does that explain the fish?" Spike asked, curiously looking down in the water.

"Okay. You want to catch something?" Tom waved his fist at the mouse.

But, before Tom could finish, the wood board smacked into a sandy embankment, throwing off the five other friends on board. Rainbow and Fluttershy clambered onto the shore and began drying themselves off.

"Now, where are we?" Jerry asked.

"You tell us. We've never been to this world before." Twilight shook some sand off herself.

"Hold on." Spike counted the others, then looked around frantically. "Where's Rarity?"

The others, too, began to realize some of their friends were missing.

"And Pinkie." Rainbow added.

"And Robyn." Twilight also added.

"We must've gott'n separated from 'em when that boat crashed into us," Applejack concluded, a dreadful expression on her face. "We have to find 'em."

"Oh, no." Fluttershy quivered.

"And fast. They could be anywhere." Rainbow added. "I'll go search from the air."

"We'll help. Me and Fluttershy can search from the sky. The rest of you can search on the ground." Twilight immediately took charge.

"O-Okay." The timid pegasus said.

The three winged ponies took to the air and flew off to begin the search.

"Oh, I hope those three are okay, especially Rarity." Spike said worriedly.

"Don't worry, Spike. We'll find them." Applejack reassured. "We just need to keep are eyes peeled."

"But, where could they possibly be?" Tom asked.

Jerry then spotted something half-buried in the sand.

"Hey! I see something!" Jerry raced over to it and pulled it out of the sand. "Hey, guys, look!"

"What is it?" The grey pussycat asked with confusion.

"That's Robyn's locket. She must've lost it somehow." Spike said with surprise.

"She must be around here somewhere." Tom said with a gasped.

"And so might Pinkie and Rarity." The orange cowgirl added. "Come on, ya'll. Let's go and find 'em."

With determination, the group began searching for the two lost ponies and girl.

"So, uh...where did you say you were headed, little ladies?" Kiddie poured a glass of milk.

"Davy Jones's locker, I figured." Squawks grunted, before munching on one of the sandwich cookies laid out on a small table.

"Tibet." Robyn replied.

"Her father's is there." Rarity added.

"Tibet? I know it well. Just outside of Cleveland." Kiddie said.

"Isn't that what Tom said back at the house?" Pinkie asked to her unicorn friend.

"I believe so. I guess that checks out." Rarity remarked.

"Have you been to Tibet?" Robyn asked the captain in blue.

"Yessir-y. I've played them all from Broadway to Timbuktu and back again." Captain Kiddie replied in dramatic fashion. "Why, I was big star in my day."

"Oh! Is that so?" Rarity was pleasantly surprised. "I didn't take you as one who would be on the big stage."

"Oh, yes. Back in my heydays, I travelled across the globe performing on some of the biggest stages!" Kiddie exclaimed.

"Oh, boy, here we go. Squawk!" The puppet parrot whined with dread.

While Rarity, Pinkie, and Robyn were beginning to enjoy themselves in the company of Kiddie and Squawks, The others were fervently on the search for them. Spike, Applejack, Tom, and Jerry was combing through the tall grass not far from the shore to find any clues that could lead them to their lost friends.

"Any sign of anythin'?" Applejack asked.

Spike let out a depressed sigh.

"No."

"Gosh. It's like they disappeared without a trace." Tom remarked.

"Now let's not go too nonsensical here." Applejack said firmly. "They're 'round here somewhere. They couldn't have gott'n far."

"But, what if they did? What if we never see them again?" Spike said.

He was quickly beginning to lose faith.

"Now, don't talk like that, Spike." Applejack came to his side. "Clues or not, there ain't nothin' that can keep us from finding Rarity, Pinkie, and Robyn."

"Exactly. Things may seem bleak now, but we're bound to find them eventually." Jerry added.

Spike let out another sigh, except, this one was more of one to help stay calm.

"I...I get that. I just hope nothing bad happens to them." The little dragon lamented.

"You and me both, Spike." Applejack said, comforting the dragon.

Just then, Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy returned from their aerial search.

"Anything?" The farm pony asked.

"No. No sign of them." Twilight said sadly.

"You girls don't think Figg and Lickboot managed to get to Rarity, Pinkie, and Robyn, do you?" Rainbow apprehensively proposed.

The other's widened at the possibility.

"Oh, dear." Fluttershy whispered.

"If that's the case, we'll have to go back to the house and rescue 'em." Applejack said with determination.

"If we can even find it again." Jerry. "We still have no idea where we are."

"Plus, there's the possibility of them not being captured and are still around here somewhere." Spike added.

"That's true." Twilight admitted.

"But, we've combed through this place as thoroughly as possible, and there was nothing that could indicate they were here." Rainbow said.

"'cept for the locket." Applejack pointed out.

"Right, except the locket." Rainbow said sheepishly.

The ponies, dragon, cat, and mouse were at an impasse on what to do. The fate of their friends seemingly indecisive. However, As luck would have it, the group was actually not far from their lost friends, and that would prove to be a serious game-changer in more ways any of them could imagine.

To be continued