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“ Lad! Get back here!” Scrooge yelled at Gladstone.

It had been a week since Scrooge, and Gladstone had arrived in this dimension, and they hadn’t found any help. Gladstone insisted on relying on his luck,but that wasn’t working.It made Scrooge hope that Lena would find them, and bring them back home so Scrooge could go about his life.

“Uncle Scrooge! I found a small town!”said Gladstone,pointing towards a small town.

“Huh.That’s odd.”said Scrooge.

Gladstone ran towards the town.

“Gladstone!No!We have to be careful!We don’t know what kind of people are here!”Scrooge said to Gladstone.

But Gladstone had already reached the town, and what’s worse,encountered one of the citizens.

“Hi! I was wondering if you could help me, and my uncle.”Gladstone asked the individual,which was a one eyed frog.

The one eyed frog screamed, and ran off.

“Well,they aren’t dangerous.”said Gladstone.

“Perhaps you should let me do the talking.”said Scrooge when he reached Gladstone.

Although admittedly Gladstone was right, the citizens didn’t seem dangerous.At least that one didn’t.Scrooge,and Gladstone went towards the direction that the frog went towards, and found him talking to a crowd of frogs.Apparently this dimension was filled with talking frogs.

“ There!That’s them! The giant talking duck!And his uncle!”the blue frog told the crowd,which Scrooge noticed looked angry.

“Hold on!We mean none of you no harm.We just want some help.”said Scrooge,hoping that they’ll listen.

“With what?”said a toad.Scrooge assumed that he was the mayor of the town.

“My nephew,and I were transported here from a different dimension, and I have other nephews, and a niece who were probably sent here too.”

“You forgot Emilie.”Gladstone told Scrooge.

“Oh, and his girlfriend.”added Scrooge as though it was an afterthought. 

“And help us find a way home.”added Scrooge.

“You want us to leave the valley to help you look for people who may, or may not exist,and then go back to your own dimension?What kind of idiots do you think we are?”the mayor asked.

“ I am telling the truth! ”Scrooge yelled.

“Give us then we’ll let you stay.”

“Here!Here’s a picture of my nephews,Donald,and Fethry,and niece,Della.”said Scrooge,taking his wallet out to show Wartwood pictures of them.

“And here’s pictures of me, and Emilie.”said Gladstone,taking out his own wallet to show multiple pictures of him, and Emilie together.

“Seems legitimate.But what are your names?”asked the mayor.

“I’m Scrooge McDuck.And this is my other nephew,Gladstone Gander.”said Scrooge,saying his name with pride while saying Gladstone’s name flatly.

“Well,Scrooge,Gladstone,welcome to Wartwood! I’m Mayor Toadstool.You can stay here until you find your family, and a way home.Wally, you were the first person to see them.So,you’re in charge of them.”said Mayor Toadstool.

“ What? ”said Wally,clearly not happy with the arrangement.

“What’s done is done.”said Mayor Toadstool as the crowd parted.

“So,you know anyone who’s magical?”Scrooge asked Wally.After all,if Anne,Sasha, and Marcy went back to their own dimension by magic then surely he, and the others could too,right?

“Well,there’s Maddie.”said Wally.

“Great.Take me to Maddie!”

“Um?”said Gladstone.

“Oh. I meant us. Take us to Maddie.”Scrooge said.

Wally simply rolled his eye.He didn’t think that Scrooge unintentionally left Gladstone out.

-

“ Maddie is a child!” Scrooge yelled when he saw Maddie.

“Lena’s a child.”pointed out Gladstone.

“That’s different.”

“How’s it different?Whatever Lena can do I can do.”Maddie said,offended by what Scrooge said.

“Can you make a portal to another dimension?”Scrooge asked Maddie.

“I can try,but I’m still a level one witch.”said Maddie.

“Great, you work on that while I find out where the others are.”

“You can’t leave the valley without assistance.You’ll get lost.”Mr.Flour pointed out.

“I can make it just fine!”said Scrooge,insulted.

“I can help you.I’ve left the valley before.More than once actually.Been all sorts of places.”said Wally.

Scrooge looked at Wally.While it explained his scruffy appearance, it didn’t explain why Wally screamed when he saw Gladstone.Maybe it was just shock from seeing something so different.

“Alright then.Wally,take me to the different locations that you’ve been.Gladstone,you stay here.Maddie,find a way to open a portal to our dimension.I’ll be back as soon as I can!”said Scrooge before he, and Wally left.

“Is he always this bossy?”Mr.Flour asked Gladstone.

“He doesn’t really like me that much.He usually pays attention to Donald, and Della.”admitted Gladstone.

“Wow,do I feel sorry for those two.”said Maddie.

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Night fell on Wartwood, and much to the surprise of Gladstone,Scrooge, and Wally still hadn’t returned from their journey.He had been at the window expecting them to return with Donald,Della, and Fethry before nightfall.But that didn’t happen.

Not that Gladstone spent the whole time since they left at the window.Mr.Flour asked for his assistance in making bread.But after burning three loaves of bread in a row Mr.Flour told Gladstone to do something else.So,Gladstone went back to the window.

“Dinner!”Mr.Flour called out from the dining room.

“Coming!”said Gladstone,finally leaving the window.

When Gladstone got to the table he noticed that Maddie looked tired,no doubt from trying to find a way to open a portal to his dimension while Mr.Flour put some bowls on the table. He also noticed three new tadpoles that he hadn’t seen before.But this was what he got for sitting at the window all day.

“I haven’t seen you three before.”Gladstone said to the tadpoles as he looked at his food.It looked like soup, but it had bugs in it.

“We’re Maddie’s sisters. I’m Rosemary.”said Rosemary.

“I’m Lavender.”said Lavender.

“And I’m Ginger.”said Ginger.

“Nice to meet you.”said Gladstone as he tried to eat his dinner.It was hard not just because of the bugs but because Rosemary,Lavender, and Ginger reminded him of his nephews back home.

“Are you one of those ducks from another dimension?”asked one of the triplets.

“Yup.”said Gladstone,finally getting some soup into his mouth.It wasn’t as bad as he thought it would be.

“Where’s the other one?”

“He left to find my cousins, and Emilie.”said Gladstone.

Mr.Flour, and Maddie looked at each other.Although Rosemary,Lavender, and Ginger probably didn’t notice it they did.Gladstone said ‘my cousins’ in a bitter tone while he said Emilie’s name in a much nicer tone.Although there was still some sadness in the way he said it.

“Why don’t you tell us some stories about your dimension?”suggested Mr.Flour.

“Stories!Stories!Stories!”chanted Rosemary,Lavender, and Ginger all together.

“Okay,okay.”said Gladstone with a smile. “But I don’t know what kind of stories you want.”

“How about something with magic?Scrooge said that there was magic in your dimension.”said Maddie.

“Well,there was this one time I was imprisoned by a vampire who fed off my luck.”said Gladstone.He didn’t want to tell the story, but it was the only magical one he knew of.

“How did you escape?”asked Maddie.

“I contacted Uncle Scrooge for help.He-intentionally-didn’t want to save me.And when he found out that I was imprisoned,he cared more about the adventure it could give him than saving me.”

“But he saved you,didn’t he?”asked Lavender.

“Yeah.But then he,Donald, and Della’s kids left me behind, and didn’t even ask how I was.”

“Wow.Scrooge sounds like a butt.”said Rosemary.

“Scrooge McButt.”said Ginger with a laugh.

“Scrooge McButt!Scrooge McButt! Scrooge McButt!”all three triplets started to chant.

“Girls,don’t say the word butt at the table.”Mr.Flour told his younger daughters.

“Why?They’re right.Scrooge is a butt.”mumbled Maddie as she ate her soup.

“I’m sure that Gladstone has other stories about his dimension.”said Mr.Flour,wanting to stop his daughters calling Scrooge “Scrooge McButt”.Even if there was some truth in it.

“Yea. I do.”admitted Gladstone.

“Happy stories?”asked Lavender.

“Yeah.Most of them involve Emilie.”said Gladstone.

“Who’s Emilie?”asked Maddie.She didn’t seem to be a relative.

“She’s my girlfriend.”

“Gross.”said Ginger while Rosemary,and Lavender looked grossed out.

“Why don’t you tell us about Emilie?”suggested Mr.Flour,ignoring his younger daughters.

Gladstone began to talk about Emilie.How they met.What Emilie did.Emilie’s family.Them moving in together.Their plans for the future.Gladstone practically told the Flour family everything about Emilie.

Mr.Flour noticed that Gladstone seemed happier when he was talking about Emilie than when he was talking about his family. He couldn’t help but wonder if the rest of Gladstone’s family was like Scrooge, and possibly Donald too?Or did Scrooge influence the family to be like himself?Scrooge seemed like the family patriarch.But why wasn’t Gladstone also influenced to be like him?Did Scrooge just not like him? 

Finally,dinner ended.When Mr.Flour was clearing the table he noticed that Gladstone looked nervous.

“What is it Gladstone?”asked Mr.Flour.

“Where am I going to sleep?”asked Gladstone.

“Oh.Well,you can sleep in the attic.Maddie can help you set up your room.”

-

“There you go.Just a bed with a pillow, and blanket.It’s not much,but I’m sure you can make the attic look homey.”said Maddie before leaving.

Gladstone looked around.Being in the attic made him think of the stories that Emilie told him about Jews hiding from the Nazis during World War Two.But considering that he had been sleeping outside the last week it was an improvement.

“I wonder where Uncle Scrooge is.”thought Gladstone as he sat down on the bed.

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It had already been a day, and Scrooge was already fed up with Wally.All Wally had been doing on their journey to Ribbitville,which is where they were heading, was singing, and playing his accordion. It was amazing that they hadn’t attracted any trouble.

“It’s dark.We should set up camp.”said Scrooge,hoping that’ll make Wally stop singing, and playing his accordion.

It didn’t.

As Scrooge set up camp while listening to Wally’s song he began to regret not staying in Wartwood, and having Gladstone go with Wally.

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After a week leaving Wartwood Scrooge,and Wally made it Ribbitville.

“About time!”said Scrooge.

“Hold on.”said Wally,taking some things out from nearby.

“Uh?”said Scrooge,clearly confused about what Wally was doing.

Next thing Scrooge knew Wally was wearing more refined clothing.

“We’re going to get help from my father.”said Wally.

“I thought we were going to get help!”said Scrooge angrily.

“My father lives in Ribbitville. I grew up in Ribbitville.”

“Care to explain?”

“My father is head of the family company,Ribbition’s Ribbons-“began Wally.But Scrooge stopped listening after he heard the words ‘family company’.

Scrooge didn’t think there was anything for him in Amphibia until now.He could just imagine himself talking to Wally’s father about their respective businesses, and helping him find Donald,Della, and Fethry.

‘ Oh,and Emilie too.’ Scrooge reminded himself.

“Are you ready?”Wally asked Scrooge.

“Of course I am!Let’s go!”said Scrooge,running towards Ribbitville.

“ Wait!Scrooge! ”Wally yelled after Scrooge,chasing after him.

Scrooge froze when he saw Ribbitville.Everything was gold. It was the most amazing place he ever saw.If he had his fortune with him he would buy it as he was sure it would bring him a lot of money.

“Scrooge!”said Wally.

“Don’t worry. I’m safe.Now let’s go in!”said Scrooge in an excited voice that worried Wally.

“Okay.Look,there’s me Dad!”said Wally,pointing towards a frog that looked similar to him with his cane.

“Let’s go!”said Scrooge,already fantasizing about talking finances with Wally’s father.

“Stay by my side!”

“Of course.”said Scrooge,realizing how important appearances would be.

“Ah,Walliam!So good to see you again!And what’s this you have here?Some sort of strange exotic creature?Quite elderly.”said Wigbert 

Scrooge balled up his hands in rage.He wasn’t angry at being called a strange exotic creature.Scrooge was sure if Wally’s father appeared in his world he would say the same thing about him.What Scrooge was upset about was him calling him ‘elderly’. He wasn’t elderly!He was experienced!

“Yes.He’s looking for his family.”said Wally.

“Lost them did he?”said Wigbert with a laugh.

“It’s a bit more complicated than that.He was only found with one of his nephews, and neither one of them don’t know where his other nephews, and niece are,or the nephew who was found with him girlfriend also needs to be found.”

“I see.Well,it seems like the creature has lost control of his herd-“began Wigbert.

“ Lost control of my herd?! ” yelled Scrooge,very much offended.

But Wigbert continued on as though Scrooge didn’t say anything.

“I should have my own personal scientist take a look at him to see how healthy it is before you go back on your journey.”

“Personal scientist?”said Scrooge with renewed hope.Surely a scientist would be open to listening to him?

“Yes,yes.Her name is Gina.Quite persnickety she is.Follow me,please.”said Wigbert.

Scrooge, and Wally followed Wigbert to a certain part of the Ribbition mansion.It was far off away from the other rooms as if the Ribbitions wanted to keep the room out of sight.Or maybe the occupant wanted it that way.

“Gina,I have a task for you.”said Wigbert as he knocked on the door.

The door opened to reveal a female newt that remained Scrooge of Gyro.

“I’m busy Mr.Ribbition.”said Gina.

“Gina,this is important. I need you to examine this strange creature that Walliam found.He seems to have lost his family.”Wigbert told Gina.

“Fine.”said Gina with an annoyed sigh.

“Splendid!We’ll be back as soon as we can”said Wigbert before leaving.

“Don’t you worry,Scrooge.You’re in good hands.”Wally told Scrooge before following his father.

“Scrooge?Your name is Scrooge?How did you come upon a name like that?”as Gina took Scrooge into her lab.

“My parents gave me the name!”Scrooge yelled at Gina.

“Enough talking. I must examine you.”said Gina as she attempted to stripe Scrooge onto an examination table.

“Get your hands off me!”Scrooge screamed at her.

“Very well. I guess I’ll have to sedate you.”said Gina,taking out a needle.

“Over my dead body!”

“Oooo….then I can dissect you.”said Gina in an excited voice.

Scrooge looked at Gina in shock, and horror.

-

“I see.Well, I don’t know much about different dimensions but there may be some newts in Newtopia who might.”Wigbert told Wally.

“Thanks,Dad.”said Wally.

“Yes,now let’s go find a suitable map for you, and Scrooge.Preferably one that can get you to Newtopia as fast as possible.Don’t know how healthy Scrooge is.Not until Gina examines him.”

Wigbert,and Wally went to the mansion library to look for a map to Newtopia.There were so many books, and other informative articles in the library that it was hard to find a proper map that Wally, and Scrooge could use. But,eventually a map was found, and according to the map, it would only take two days to get to Newtopia if they followed it.

“Splendid!Now let’s get back to Gina. I’m sure she has more information about Scrooge.”said Wigbert.

-

“ She’s a mad woman! ”Scrooge screamed when Wigbert opened the door.

“Gina?”said Wigbert.

“I did a full health assessment, and the creature seems highly stressed-“began Gina as Scrooge ran out of the room.

“ Because of you!” Scrooge yelled at Gina,clutching onto Wally.

“Has poor vision, and the normal elderly problems.”finished Gina.

“ I’m not elderly!” Scrooge yelled.

“I see.Do you think he’ll feel better when he’s reunited with his family.”asked Wigbert.

“I’ll feel better when I’m out of here!”said Scrooge.He couldn’t believe how much Ribbitville let him down.

“Probably.”said Gina, who like Wigbert, was ignoring Scrooge.

“Oh then he’d be very happy that Walliam, and I found this map that’ll take them to Newtopia in two days.”said Wigbert.

“Newtopia?”asked Scrooge,feeling calm enough to let go of Wally.

“The heart of Amphibia.If anyone can help us find the rest of your family,they’ll be in Newtopia.”explained Wally.

“Well,what are we waiting for?Let’s go!”said Scrooge,taking the map from Wally, and running off once more.

“Scrooge!Wait!”said Wally,chasing after Scrooge like he did when they arrived in Ribbitville.

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It had been a week since Scrooge,and Wally had left Wartwood, and Gladstone couldn’t help but wonder where they were.There were times that Gladstone believed that Scrooge found a way to get rid of Wally so he could find Donald,Della, and Fethry(he clearly had no interest in Emilie), and just leave him behind.But Gladstone reassured himself that Scrooge wouldn’t leave him,or even Emilie, behind.Scrooge cared about him.Right?

But then a familiar face appeared in Wartwood.

“ Donald?! ”said Gladstone in shock when he saw him.

Gladstone couldn’t believe that Donald was in Wartwood.Not to mention what he was wearing.Donald was wearing what looked like armor,complete with a cape, and a sword.And with Donald were three toads.At least Gladstone thought they were toads.They were the same size as Toadstool, but more muscular.

“Gladstone?”said Donald when he heard Gladstone’s voice.He didn’t expect to see Gladstone.

“Donald!”said Gladstone,rushing up to Donald to hug him.

“Okay,okay.That’s enough!”said Donald after a short while.He had a reputation to maintain.

“Where were you?Do you know where Emilie is?Or Della?Or Fethry?”

“Fethry is at Toad Tower. I don’t know where Emilie,or Della are.”said Donald,deciding to keep the fact that Fethry was held captive in the cells.And as for Emilie,and Della?He didn’t care.Donald didn’t know much about Emilie, and Della was the one who got all the positive attention from Scrooge.

Speaking of which….

“Do you know where Uncle Scrooge is?”asked Donald,merely out of curiosity.

“He left to look for the rest of the family.”said Gladstone.

“So,you two were transported here?Togather?”

“Yeah.”

Donald bursted into laughter. Of course the two most egocentric members of his family would be transported to someplace where frogs lived!How fitting for them to live with those on the lowest on the social ladder!

“Well,it was nice catching up,but we have a job to do.”said Donald with a smile.

“Okay,maybe we can catch up some more after you're done…..or not.”said Gladstone,the last part in a sad voice.Why did he think that Donald would want to hang out with him?

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“But I paid my taxes!”insisted Felicia.

“That’s not what it says here!”Donald told her,showing her the scroll that showed that nobody in Wartwood had paid their taxes.

“That has to be a mistake!”

“Toad Tower doesn’t make mistakes.Now what should we take away as collateral,lieutenant?”asked Bog,rubbing his hands together in excitement.

Donald looked around the room.Spending a lot of time with Scrooge had given him a sense of what was expensive, and what wasn’t. 

“That tea set,and grandfather clock will do.”said Donald.

“ A tea set? ” said Bog in shock.He could understand the grandfather clock, but the tea set?

“ Did. I.Shutter? ” Donald asked Bog in a cold voice.

“No,sir.”said Bog as he,Fens, and Mires went to get the tea set, and grandfather clock.

“Not my tea set!”said Felica in horror as Donald,and the toads left.

-

“I paid my taxes, I swear!”said Loggle as Donald walked around his shop looking for something to take for collateral.

But Loggle had nothing worthwhile.Just wood carvings.Donald looked at Loggle’s glasses, and wondered if they were worth anything.They may be worth something, but not enough to make up for the taxes that Loggle didn’t pay.

Which meant only one thing.

“Loggle can work off his debt at Toad Tower.”said Donald,throwing Loggle at the toads.

“ What?No! ”said Loggle in a panic as Bog,Fens, and Mires snickered sinisterly.

-

“But I paid my taxes!”said Mr.Flour as Donald looked around the Flour household.

“Everyone’s been saying that.But the evidence shows otherwise.”said Donald.

Donald kept looking.He wanted to be out of the Flour home as soon as possible. The tadpole triplets reminded him of his own nephews, and how ashamed they would be of his actions.

‘ I’m getting respect.Respect that I’ve been denied for years. I deserve this.’ Donald tried to reassure himself.

“Donald?What are you doing here?”came Gladstone’s voice.

“Gladstone?What are you doing here?”Donald asked Gladstone,hoping that he wasn’t going to ruin his newfound respect.

“I live here.”

“Here?In this house?”

“Yeah.”

Donald suddenly smiled.Why could he just take something from the Flour family when he can ruin their lives for giving Gladstone hospitality?

“You know what?Set the house ablaze!Burn it down to the ground!”ordered Donald. The image of Gladstone being homeless was amusing to him.

Bog,Fens, and Mires snickered as they began to set the Flour house ablaze.

“Donald!You can’t do this!”Gladstone told Donald once they, and the Flours got out of the house.

“Of course I can. The Flours didn’t pay their taxes. I’m just doing what I have.”said Donald.

“ Doing what you have to? You’re taking our stuff,kidnapping us, and now setting our homes on fire! We keep telling you we paid our taxes!Why won’t you believe us?!”asked an orange frog.

“What’s your name?”asked Donald.

“Hopediah Planter.”said Hop Pop.

“It says here that you didn’t pay your taxes. And the scroll is never wrong.”said Donald,hoping that would settle it.

It didn’t.Hop Pop simply grabbed the scroll, and ripped it into shreds.

“Who cares about some stupid scroll?!We paid our taxes!We handed them over to Mayor Toadstool.Why don’t you ask him why you didn’t get the money?”said Hop Pop.

Donald glared at Hop Pop.There was no way he was going to let him get away with this.He had to make an example out of him.

“Done,lieutenant.”said Bog when he,Fens, and Mires returned from burning the Flour house to the ground.

Donald went to look at the rubble.There was barely anything there.It gave Donald an idea.

“Blaze the rest of the town to the ground!Round up the citizens!We’ll make them work off their debts at Toad Tower.”said Donald.

Mayor Toadstool looked on in shock as his constituents were being rounded,tied up, and put onto the wagon from Toad Tower,and Wartwood was being burned to the ground by the toads from Toad Tower.He thought embezzling the tax money to fund his reelection campaign would be harmless. He didn’t think something like this would happen.He had to do something, he had to stop this madness.

“I got your money!I’ll go get it!”said Mayor Toadstool as loudly as he could,hoping that Donald could hear him, and order the attack to stop.

But that didn’t happen.Donald heard him, but Donald’s pride, and ego prevented him from stopping the attack on Wartwood.In fact,by the time Mayor Toadstool got to the statue where he was hiding the money, the statue had already melted from the heat from the fire.

“Good.Now all the other villages will know what will happen if they don’t pay their taxes,or if they fight back.”said Donald with a smile.

“You won’t get away with this!”said Sprig.

“I already did.And things are about to get worse for you. All of you.”said Donald with a smile,imagining Gladstone polishing the toads’ weaponry, and the tax money from the other villages.

As the citizens of Wartwood were being taken to Toad Tower,Mayor Toadstool couldn’t help but feel guilty.This wouldn’t have happened if he had embezzled that tax money.

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As Wigbert had said,it only took Wally, and Scrooge two days to get to Newtopia with the map he gave them. Scrooge refused to allow himself to be impressed by the splendor of the gates of Newtopia.Not what happened to him in Ribbitville.

“Uh,oi up there!Can we come in?”Scrooge called out,not entirely sure that someone would answer.

But yet,someone did.

“What’s your business?”asked the newt who opened the small door in the gate.

“Scrooge here needs help looking for his family, and we think that someone in Newtopia can help.”said Wally, who was back in his vagrant clothes.

“Scrooge?As in Uncle Scrooge?Scrooge McDuck?”asked the newt.

“Yes!That’s me!”said Scrooge. The fact that the newt said that meant at least one of his relatives were here, and were waiting for him to arrive.

“Okay.Come in.”said the newt.

Due to how big the gates were it took a while for the newt to open them.But when they finally opened Scrooge ran into Newtopia,eager for a reunion,and information.

“So,who’s here?Who told you about me?”asked Scrooge,looking around to find the newt.Only to realize that he was alone.

“They open the gates from up there.”said Wally,pointing upward when he got into Newtopia.

“Oh.”said Scrooge,disappointed. “How are we going to find out which of my nephews are here?Or if it’s Della,or Emilie?!”

“We can ask.”

“And how would that help?”

“Well,if that newt knows who you are,then maybe other newts know who you are.”

Scrooge thought for a moment.Wally was right.That newt did know who Scrooge was.And Scrooge knew from his multiple adventures, and explorations to gain his wealth that a place wouldn’t let just anyone open the gates.Which meant-

“Whoever’s here is in a high ranking position!”said Scrooge in excitement.

“But where are we going to find a newt in a high position?”asked Wally.

“We just look around!They’ll be easy to spot!”said Scrooge as he ran once more.

“Scrooge!Wait!You don’t know where you’re going!And I’ve never been here before!We need to stick together!”said Wally.

But as Wally expected,Scrooge didn’t listen.Wally sighed as he went towards the direction that Scrooge went while wishing that it was Gladstone that went with him.Or they both went with him.

Wally finally found Scrooge talking to what looked like some Newtopian guards.Scrooge looked happier than Wally ever saw him. He also looked much prouder than usual,as though he finally got what he wanted.Which could be either finding his family, or getting the respect he longed for ever since coming to Amphibia.Or possibly both.

“Wally!”said Scrooge when he saw Wally coming towards him. “This is the Newtopian Guard!They told me that Della,and Emilie are here!Della is the chief ranger of the Newtopian Guard, and Emilie is King Andrias’s personal advisor!Isn’t that amazing!And Gladstone goes on about how lucky he is.”

“Will they be able to take us to them?”asked Wally.

“We can take you Chief Ranger Della.But getting you to King Andria’s personal advisor will be difficult.”said one of the guards.

“Just take us to Della, and she’ll take care of the rest.”said Scrooge.

“Yes,Scrooge McDuck.”said the guards.

-

“Good job,Master Della.Another successful mission.”Lady Olivia said to Della.

“Thanks,bestie!”said Della,pointing finger guns at Lady Olivia.

“Yes.”said Lady Olivia,still confused by Della’s actions.

“Della!”said a new voice that Della realized.

“ Uncle Scrooge! ”said Della when she saw him standing in the courtyard with a blue frog by his side.

Scrooge, and Della ran towards each other, and hugged each other when they reached each other.

“Uncle Scrooge! I can’t believe you’re here!And with a frog! Did you arrive in Amphibia by yourself?Is this frog your guide?”said Della after the hug.

“I have a name.”said Wally,offended by being called ‘a frog’.

“I arrived in Wartwood with Gladstone.But I decided to leave him there while Wally here helped me find you,Donald,Fethry, and Emilie.”answered Scrooge.

“Well,Emilie might help.She’s King Andrias’s personal advisor!She’s like the,one of the most important people in Newtopia!”

“Can you take us to her?”

“My bestie Lady Olivia might!”said Della,putting her arm around Lady Olivia’s shoulders tightly.

“Yes.”said Lady Olivia,still confused by Della’s ways.

-

“King Andrias, I am pleased to introduce you to Master Della’s Uncle Scrooge, and Walliam Ribbiton.”said Lady Olivia when the group entered the throne room.

“You can call me Wally.”said Wally,causing Lady Olivia to tense up.

But King Andrias simply laughed.

“It’s nice to know that Master Della’s uncle found a friend who’s so comfortable with himself.”said King Andrias.

Wally smirked at Scrooge as the latter walked forward towards King Andrias.

“I’m trying to find the reminder of my family that was transported here. I know where Gladstone is, and I now know where Della, and Emilie are,but I don’t know where my other two nephews are,Donald, and Fethry.”Scrooge said to King Andrias.

“Perhaps Master Emilie could help.”suggested King Andrias.

“Can you get her?”

“Certainly.I’ll have Lady Olivia get her at once.”said King Andrias before turning to Lady Olivia. “Lady Olivia,can you get Master Emilie?”King Andrias asked Lady Olivia.

“Of course, sire.”said Lady Olivia before leaving.

“So,tell me about your adventures before you got here.”said King Andrias once Lady Olivia left the room.

Scrooge began to tell King Andrias about his adventures from arriving in Wartwood to reuniting with Della.Wally couldn’t help but notice that Scrooge opted out the horrible things that he did, and the horrible things that happened to him,making it seem like he was the one who found Wartwood, and that the frogs of the town were welcoming to him, and Gladstone.Like Scrooge merely suggested that he go to find his other relatives, and Emilie, and Wally volunteered to go with him, and the Flour family agreed to help him in anyway possible instead of ordering them all around.And him, and Wally’s father got along so well when they were Ribbitville when in fact Scrooge was subjected to scientific experiments by Gina.In fact,nothing seemed to go right for Scrooge until he reached Newtopia.

‘ What a liar. ’ Wally thought as Scrooge kept talking about his version of what happened.

Thankfully,Lady Olivia returned with Emilie just then.

“May I present Master Emilie.”said Lady Olivia when she entered the room.

“Hi,Mr.McDuck! I heard you were here!Where’s Gladdy?”said Emilie.

“He’s still in Wartwood. I’m looking for Donald, and Fethry.You wouldn’t happen to have any idea where they might be,would you?”Scrooge asked Emilie,feeling uncomfortable about the way Emilie addressed him.

“Well,since you, and Gladstone were sent to Frog Valley,and Della,and I were both sent here,it’s best to assume that they were sent near Toad Tower.”

“ Toad Tower?! Are we really going there?! ” asked Wally in shock, and fear.

“I suppose Della,and I can go with you.”said Emilie.

“But the toads may not listen to us.”Della pointed out.

“Maybe General Yunan can come with us.”

“Who’s General Yunan?”asked Scrooge,feeling left out.He didn’t like being left out.After years of being the richest duck in the world it wasn’t something that he was used to.

“General Yunan is one of the generals in the Newtopian Army.I’m sure she’ll be willing to go with you all to Toad Tower.”said King Andrias.

“I shall go get her.”said Lady Olivia with a smile.

“Don’t worry. The toads will surely listen to General Yunan.”King Andrias reassured the group after Lady Olivia left the room.

“We’ll probably reach Toad Tower quicker too with her by our side too.”added Emilie.

Just then Lady Olivia returned with General Yunan.

“It is I,General Yunan,Scrounge of the Sand Wars,Defeater of Ragnar the Wretched, and the youngest newt to ever achieve the rank of general in the great Newtopian Army!”said General Yunan dramatically when she entered the room.

“And I’m Scrooge McDuck! I’m smarter than the smartest!Tougher than the toughest!And sharper than the sharpest!”responded Scrooge with equal dramatics, and a smile.

“Those titles are weak.”said General Yunan,causing Scrooge to frown.

“Now,General Yunan,be nice.This is Scrooge McDuck.Master Della’s uncle. I want you to go with him,Master Della,Master Emilie, and Wally to Toad Tower to receive the last two of Scrooge McDuck’s nephews.”explained King Andrias.

“Don’t worry,sire,”said General Yunan,releasing her retractable claws. “Those toads won’t know what hit them.”

Scrooge looked at the claws in shock.But then felt reassured that if the toads wouldn’t listen to him, they  definitely would listen to General Yunan.

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Grime was quite surprised when he saw all the citizens of Wartwood in the wagon when Donald,Bog,Fens, and Mires.Surely not all of Wartwood didn’t have anything worth something to make up for their lack of taxes?

“What is going on?”Grime asked Donald when he saw him.

“Punishment.”said Donald.

“Explain.”

“ This one-“began Donald,grabbing Hop Pop by his collar, “decided to talk back to my authority,so I decided to make an example out of Wartwood.If the frogs don’t pay their taxes,and fight back, then we’ll do to their town what we did to Wartwood.”

“What exactly did you do to Wartwood?”asked Grime,afraid of the answer.

“Burn it to the ground, and rounded up all its citizens so they can polish the coins, and our armor, and weapons.”

“ Are you mad?! Do you know how much trouble we can get in?If you wanted to punish a frog for resisting you then you should have just brought him here!Not burn down his entire town!”

“You told me to get the taxes anyway I can!And that we’re supposed to keep the frogs in line!That’s what I’m doing!”

Grime opened his mouth to say something,but then he saw Gladstone among the citizens of Wartwood causing him to remember Donald’s complaints about his family.

Scrooge making him work for pennies by polishing his coins(which was were Donald got the idea got the idea for frogs who couldn’t pay their taxes to work off their debt.).Scrooge favoring Della despite all the trouble she caused.Della taking the Spear of Selene,ripping the family apart,causing the moon to attack the Earth, and FOWL to go after the family.Fethry constantly talking about sea life, and dragging everyone on meaningless adventures to look at sea creatures.

Then there was Gladstone…

Donald complained about Gladstone’s luck, and how it got him everything he ever wanted.Gladstone one-upping him in everything.How Gladstone rubbed his luck in Donald’s face.Donald complained about Gladstone so much that Grime wondered if Donald hated him.

And now he was wondering if Donald had an ulterior motive for his actions.But there was one way to find out.

“You’re right. I did tell you that.So,I’m going to let you punish these frogs.”said Grime.

“Really?”said Donald,shocked.

“Yes.But I want to watch.”

“Okay!”

Grime smiled.He knew that Donald wouldn’t have a problem with him watching him punishing the frogs as long as he didn’t protest against his punishments.Which Grime wasn’t going to do. He just wanted to see if his theory was right.

“Okay,you ladies will be polishing the toads’ armor.You’ll be set free once the armor is sparkling.”Donald told the women of Wartwood when they reached a certain part of Toad Tower.

After a brief walk, they reached another part of Toad Tower.

“Expect for Hopediah Planter, and Gladstone, you men will be polishing, and sharpening the weapons of the toads.You’ll be set free once the weapons are sparkling, and sharp enough to cut a single strand of hair.”Donald told the men of Wartwood.

“What’s going to happen to us?”asked Hop Pop nervously.Surely Donald was saving the worst punishment for them.

“ You will be put in the tower prison.”Donald told Hop Pop.

“Oh.”

“What about me?”asked Gladstone,hoping that Donald would show him some mercy.

“ You will be polishing all the coins that were collected from across the valley until they sparkle.”Donald told Gladstone gleefully.

‘ I knew it. ’ thought Grime as he snapped his fingers for some nearby toads to take Hop Pop to the prison.

“Let go of me!”said Hop Pop as he struggled to get out of the toads’ grasp as they took him away.

“Now,follow me.”Donald said to Gladstone with a smile.

It took Donald,Gladstone, and Grime a while to get to where the coins were being held.When they got there,Donald opened the door to reveal a room full with coins.From bottom of the floor to the top of the ceiling,there were coins everywhere.Except for one spot where someone can sit at.

“I will be polishing all of these coins until they look brand new.”said Donald before kicking Gladstone into the room.

“But what about polish?”asked Gladstone,noticing that,as opposed to the citizens of Wartwood,Donald didn’t give him any polish.

“You can use your spit.”responded Donald as he threw a dirty towel at Gladstone before shutting the door.

“See?Everything’s fine.”said Donald with a smile.

“Yes, you proved me right.”said Grime before walking away.

“ Right?! Right about what?! ”Donald yelled at Grime as he ran to catch up to him.

“You didn’t do all of this because those frogs didn’t pay their taxes,or because that old frog stood up to you! You did what you did because Gladstone was there!You wanted to lord your superiority over him, and decided to flaunt your authority!”

“So what?!He deserves it!”

“We enforce the laws of the valley!Not abuse our authority because of petty grudges!”

“Pahooey!You didn’t have to grow up with him!You’re not the one who had to deal with his luck being shoved in your face practically every day of your life! I deserve some payback!Gladstone deserves to know what it's like to be me!”yelled Donald before storming off,not caring that he was scaring the toads that were in his way.

Grime just stood there,thinking about what Donald did, and hoping that nothing bad would come from it.

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Scrooge called the group of five ‘adventurers’,but General Yunan called them a team.Whatever Della,Emilie, and Wally thought they were, they were all at Toad Tower in two weeks.

“It’s Toad Tower.”said Wally nervously.

“There’s no reason to be nervous.It’s just a tower with toads in it.”Scrooge said.He didn’t understand why Wally was so afraid of the toads at Toad Tower.Toadstool was a toad, and Wally wasn’t afraid of him.

“Don’t worry.If those toads refuse to hand over Donald,and Fethry then they’ll answer to me,General Yunnan.Scourge of the Sand Wars-“began General Yunan.

“Yes,yes,we get it.”interrupted Scrooge as he began to knock on the doors of Toad Tower with his cane.

-

Donald was happy.Not only had he (technically) got away with his actions, but Gladstone still hadn’t made a dent in those coins he was told to polish! Gladstone was still working on the first coin!

But then a knock interrupted Donald’s thoughts.

“What’s going on?!”demanded Donald.After all,nobody knocked on the doors of Toad Tower.

“I don’t know.But we should be prepared.”said Grime,grabbing a sword. The knocking sounded aggressive.

Donald,and Grime walked towards the doors with their weapons in hand.When they got to the doors they kicked them open.Only to find Scrooge being the one who was knocking on the doors of Toad Tower.But much to the shock of Donald,and Grime,he wasn’t alone.

Scrooge was with Della,Emilie,Wally, and General Yunan.It shocked Donald because he remembered that Gladstone told him that Scrooge was looking for the others, and since he left Gladstone in Wartwood Scrooge probably saw the damage that Donald had done.Meaning that Scrooge was here because the blue frog told him to come here.Grime’s reason for being shocked was he realized that General Yunan was from the Newtopian military, and someone from the Newtopian military probably would not be happy with Donald’s actions.

“Donald!”yelled Della,rushing towards her brother in excitement, and hugging him. “I’m so happy to see you!Look at you!Have you been going on adventures too?”

“Uh-yeah.”said Donald,suddenly realizing that he could talk his way out of his problems.

“I can’t wait to hear them!Where’s Fethry?Is he on an adventure?”

“He’s-around.”

“Around?Around where?This tower?Or around the surrounding area of the tower?”asked General Yunan,suspicious of Donald’s behavior.

“Could be anywhere.This is Fethry we’re talking about.”said Donald.

“So,you wouldn’t mind if we looked around?”

“Of course not.”said Donald,much to the shock of Grime.

“Excuse me,Della, but I would like a word with your brother.”Grime said to Della.

“Aw,come on!Whatever you have to say to Donald, you can say in front of all of us!Right,Don?”said Della.

“Absolutely!”said Donald with confidence.After all,Scrooge always complained about how Gladstone never worked, and how odd Fethry was. He would understand why Donald did what he did.

“So,we can look around?”asked Scrooge,suspicious himself.Why would that toad want to talk to Donald alone?

“Of course!”said Donald.

“If Donald believes that everything will be fine,then yes.”said Grime, who felt that Donald didn’t know his uncle as well as he thought he did.

“Great!”said General Yunan.

-

“Okay,let’s split up.Me,and Emilie will go one direction, and you two will go another direction.”said General Yunan once the now group of four were in a secluded area.

“Why should we do what you say?”asked Scrooge,upset that General Yunan automatically took charge of the situation.

“Did you have a better plan?”asked General Yunan.

“Let’s go Wally.”said Scrooge in a bitter voice,unwilling to admit that he had the same plan.

Wally followed Scrooge into a hallway,hoping that they wouldn’t run into any toads.

“Where are we going?”Emilie asked General Yunan.

“To the prisons.”answered General Yunan.

-

Fethry was in the Toad Tower prison for weeks.He had hoped that Donald would convince the toads to release him in the first few weeks.But now he’s given up.The only bright side was now that there was someone for him to talk to.

If Fethry can call that bright side.Hop Pop had heard about Donald, but he had nothing good to say about him.According to Hop Pop,Donald burnt down his town,rounded up the people in his town, and set them to work while sending him to the prison for standing up to Donald.

Suddenly, the door was kicked open.Fethry screamed in shock.

“Fethry?”said a familiar sounding voice.

“Emilie?”said Fethry once he recalled who the voice belonged to.

“What are you doing here?”

“Yes.What are you, and the frog doing in the Toad Tower prison?”asked General Yunan.She believed that Fethry was innocent, but she wasn’t sure about the frog.

“I was put in here by Donald!We both were!”said Hop Pop.

“Why?”asked Emilie.

“I don’t know why he didn’t do anything about the toads putting me in here,but he put Hop Pop in here for standing up to him!”said Fethry.

“I was justified!He was acting like a tyrant!Openly accusing us of not paying our taxes!Stealing our stuff!Burning the town down!Rounding us all up, and forcing us to clean their stuff!And Gladstone got the worst of it!”

“What happened to Gladstone?”asked Emilie,worried about Gladstone.

“He had to polish all the snails.With his spit! ”said Hop Pop.

Emilie gasped in horror.She knew that Donald didn’t have much,if any,love for Gladstone, but to make him do something that he hated doing himself?And make it worse?

General Yunan unleashed her retractable claws, and freed Fethry,and Hop Pop.

“Now,let’s go find the rest of Wartwood, and Gladstone.”said General Yunan.

-

So far,Scrooge, and Wally hadn’t found anything.But then they came across a bolted door.

“Odd.Why would this door be locked?”said Scrooge.

“Can you open it?”asked Wally, who was curious about the door despite his fear of wandering around Toad Tower.

“Of course I can! I’m Scrooge McDuck!Watch this!”said Scrooge in his usual cocky voice as he twisted a certain part of his cane, and then pointed it at the door.

A red laser beam came from the cane, and destroyed the door.On the other side of the door were the women of Wartwood.

“What in the blazes?!”said Scrooge,completely confused.Why were the women of Wartwood locked in a room in Toad Tower?

“Scrooge!”said Maddie as Wally helped her, and the others out.

“Maddie!lass!What happened?”Scrooge asked Maddie.

“Donald.He came to Wartwood saying that we didn’t pay our taxes, but we did.But then he burnt the town down.”Maddie answered.

“What?Why?”said Scrooge in shock.This didn’t seem like the kind of thing Donald would do.

“I don’t know.He was willing to burn our house down when he found out that Gladstone lived there.”

“Wait a minute.Where is Gladstone?”said Scrooge,looking around.He didn’t see Gladstone.Or any of the men of Wartwood for that matter.

“We don’t know.Donald told us to polish the toads’ armor before leaving with him, and the rest of the town.”

Hmmm….”said Scrooge.He didn’t know what had gotten into Donald.But he’d have to deal with that later.He had still had half a town to save, and two nephews to find.

-

Gladstone’s arms ached as he tried to polish the dirt off the coin that was in his hand. It was the same one that he had all week, but it looked the same.Or maybe it was just him.

The door crashed,causing him to jump.When Gladstone looked up he saw the reason was because of a newt with claws.And with them where-

“ Emilie!Fethry!” said Gladstone,struggling to get up.He hadn’t realized how long he had been sitting until he tried to get up.

“ Gladdy! ”said Emilie,rushing towards Gladstone.

“ Gladstone!” said Fethry,running behind Emilie to greet Gladstone.

When the three reached each other, they hugged each other.Although when they let each other go,Gladstone, and Emilie looked at each other softly,then kissed each other.

“Gladstone,do you know why Donald did this to you?”asked Fethry,interrupting the tender moment.

“I don’t know.When he arrived in Wartwood I was happy, but then he started to ignore me in favor of doing whatever he was doing, and when I told him that I lived with the Flour family, he decided to burn down the house.Then later the town.”answered Gladstone,trying not to cry.

Emilie grabbed Gladstone’s hand while Fethry put his hand on Gladstone’s shoulder.

“This isn’t right!It’s one thing to treat us frogs like this!After all, we’re nameless,faceless creatures to Donald!But his own family?! I would hate to see how he treats his elders.”said Hop Pop in contempt.

“I agree.We need to find the others.”agreed General Yunan.

-

It wasn’t easy getting around Toad Tower with half of Wartwood, but Scrooge had a feeling that they were about to bump into something that would help them.

Which they did.

Scrooge, and the others bumped into General Yunan,Emilie,Gladstone,Fethry, and Hop Pop.

“Gladstone!Fethry!”said Scrooge,happy that they were alright.

“I’m so glad that you two are alright!”said Scrooge,hugging them both tightly,much to their confusion.Scrooge didn’t really hug them.It was usually Donald,and Della that he hugged.

“I wouldn’t really say that.”said General Yunan.

“What do you mean?They look fine.”said Scrooge,looking Gladstone,and Fethry over.There didn’t seem anything wrong with them.

“She meant emotionally!” said Hop Pop.

“What do you mean?”asked Scrooge,now confused himself.

General Yunan,Gladstone,Fethry, and Hop Pop explained everything,horrifying Scrooge.What was wrong with Donald?He wasn’t like this in Duckburg.

“We need to find the rest of Wartwood then talk to Donald.”said Scrooge,hoping that he’ll be able to talk some sense into Donald.

-

“I can’t believe that you’re the second lieutenant to Grime!You must have been having all sorts of adventures!”said Della.

“It’s mostly just keeping things in order.”said Donald.

“Are things really that bad in the valley?”

“Sometimes.”

“ Liar!” said a voice.

Donald turned around to look at who called him a liar.It was the pink frog from earlier.And he wasn’t alone.

All of Wartwood was there.Along with Gladstone,and Fethry.While General Yunan looked angry,Scrooge looked concerned.Suddenly Donald felt that Scrooge wouldn’t be as accepting of his actions as he thought he would be.

“Donald,what’s that frog talking about?”asked Della.

“He came into our town,accused us of not paying our taxes,burned down our town, and brought us to polish the toads’ belongings!”said Sprg.

“Not to mention he imprisoned Gladstone, and Fethry!”added Emilie.

“Donald?”Della said.She thought they made progress in the swamps of Duckburg.

“I was just enforcing the law!”defended Donald.

“Then what was the point of keeping Fethry imprisoned, and having Gladstone polish coins with his spit? I never made you polish coins with your spit!”asked Scrooge.

“Are you upset about Gladstone, and Fethry? I thought you’d be happy!You always complained about how annoying Fethry is, and how much Gladstone relies on his luck! I kept Fethry out of the way, and put Gladstone to work!”said Donald.

“Why would I be happy about Fethry being imprisoned for no reason, and Gladstone being forced to work against his will?Just because I find Fethry annoying,and don’t like that Gladstone relies on his luck doesn’t mean I would do what you did!”

“What are you saying?That what I did was wrong? Doing what you could never do is wrong?”

“ I would never force Gladstone to work,or imprison Fethry in a literal prison! ”

“You forced me to polish all of your stupid coins by hand!”

Grime suddenly began to snicker.

“What’s so funny?”Donald snapped at Grime.

“Seems like you’re not as in control as you think you are.”said Grime.

“Yes I am!”

“Then prove it.Let’s finish this family feud the toad fashioned way!”said Grime.

“The what? ”said the Ducks.

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“The toad fashion way!”Grime repeated when everyone was on the top of Toad Tower,with Scrooge, and Donald surrounded by toads. “If Donald wins, he gets whatever he wants.But Scrooge gets whatever he wants.”Grime explained.

Donald smiled.He knew actually what he wanted.Scrooge, the man responsible for all his problems,to be the one to polish the toads’ armor,and weapons.Scrooge to polish the coins that collected from the frogs.And all the polishing to be done with his spit.

Scrooge,however, had a bigger problem.

“I don’t have a sword!”Scrooge told Grime.

“Yes you do!”said General Yunan,grabbing a sword from a toad, and tossing it to Scrooge.

Scrooge smiled when he grabbed it,but he was still worried.Donald never lost a fight, and he wasn’t going to give up the power that Grime had given him.Not without a fight.Scrooge had to fight sharper, and smarter than he ever had before if he wanted to bring Donald back.

“And begin!”said Grime.

Donald charged at Scrooge,ready to slash him in half.Scrooge put his sword up in time to deflect Donald’s attack in time.Donald grabbed a dagger from a waist pocket,to do what Scrooge didn’t want to find out.Scrooge grabbed his cane, and tripped Donald before he could use the dagger.

“Ahhh!”said Donald as he tripped.

Scrooge smiled as he raised his sword to disarm Donald.But Donald used his own sword to disarm Scrooge of his own sword.Scrooge ducked, and rolled onto the ground before Donald could hurt him.Just as Scrooge got to his sword Donald put his foot on it before he could even get his hands on it.

Scrooge knew he had to think fast as Donald raised his sword once more.Suddenly he remembered his cane, and how it freed the women of Wartwood.If could cut through wood,and stone,then maybe-

The laser from the cane cut the sword in half.Scrooge laughed in enjoyment as he realized that he now had the upper hand.But there was still the problem of dealing with Donald’s dagger, and Donald’s fighting poweress itself.Scrooge didn’t want to hurt Donald, so he had to be careful.

Unfortunately,Donald did not share that sentiment, and took advantage of Scrooge being distracted by his own minor victory to knock the cane out of his hands,causing Scrooge to bleed.But Scrooge wasn’t going to give up so easily,even if he was bleeding.

Scrooge grabbed Donald’s sword with his hands as Donald brought it down on him.He had to think of a way to win.But he was bleeding from his hands, and could feel himself getting weaker.If Scrooge didn’t get medical attention soon, he could die.There had to be a way to reach Donald.

Then that’s when it hit Scrooge.

“Donald!Think about what you're doing!”Scrooge said,trying to hold the sword back despite his decreasing strength.

“I am!”said Donald.

“I’m bleeding,Donald! I could die!Do you want me to die?”

Donald didn’t say anything.He didn’t want Scrooge to die, but he also didn’t want to lose.

“I don’t want to lose!”Donald said finally.

“You will if I die!You’ll be left here by yourself!”

“You don’t know that!”

“Do you really think that Fethry,Gladstone,Emilie, and Della will stay here when they have family back home?”

Donald loosened his grip on the sword when Scrooge mentioned the family.He thought of Huey,Dewey, and Louie, and how they would react if they found out that Scrooge died in Amphibia because he let some power go to his head.They would be devastated, and angry.Like he was when Della took the Spear of Selene.

“Uncle Scrooge…”said Donald,finally lowering his sword.

“It’s alright,lad.Let’s go back to Wartwood.”said Scrooge.

“We should fix you up first.”

“Yeah.That might be a good idea.”

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Scrooge sat near the fountain as the citizens of Wartwood,and his nephews, niece, and Emilie rebuilt Wartwood. He would have helped but his hands were bandaged due to the aftermath of his fight against Donald.Besides,Scrooge had some thinking to do.

Donald’s actions made Scrooge realize that he couldn’t be trusted with power, and being put solely in charge of his company would be a lot of power. He knew that Sasha said that Donald was the best candidate to inherit his company, and fortune.But Scrooge was beginning to have second thoughts about that.

But who could he leave his company, and fortune to?

Scrooge looked at Della rebuilding some houses.He could leave the company to her, but she was more into adventuring then business. She would hate it.Scrooge suddenly looked at Emilie.She ran a business,a restaurant to be precise,so she would know what she was doing.But she would want to run her own business.

Scrooge decided to get, and ask for help for his situation. The only person he could think of asking was Mr.Flour.

“What can I do for you,Scrooge?”Mr.Flour asked Scrooge as he was rebuilding his oven.

“I was wondering if you could help me.”Scrooge admitted.

“If it’s Maddie opening a portal,she’s still working on it.”

“No,not that.But thanks for letting me know. I’m wondering who to leave my company, and fortune to.”

“Why not your children?”

“I don’t have children.”

“I’m not surprised.But you don’t split it equally among the next generation?”

Scrooge thought.Why didn’t he?He couldn’t think of a reason.Other than the fact that he was afraid of all of his hard work being ruined.But if he split it evenly then at least one of them would keep the company afloat.

“Great idea!Thanks for the help!”said Scrooge before going to round up his family.

-

“You’re probably wondering why I gathered you all here.”Scrooge said when he got Donald,Della,Gladstone, and Fethry.

“We’re going home?”asked Fethry hopefully.Of all of them, he had the least amount of fun in Amphibia, and wanted to go home.

“Not yet.”said Scrooge,understanding why Fethry would ask that question. “No.We’re here to discuss the future of my company, and fortune.”

“ What? You said you were going to leave everything to me!”said Donald.

“ You were going to leave everything to Donald! ”said Della in an angry voice.

Gladstone,nor Fethry said anything.They weren’t surprised by the fact that Scrooge was going to leave everything to Donald.Scrooge always did like Donald best.Probably even more than Della.

“I was. And I would have if it wasn’t for your actions at Toad Tower.”Scrooge explained.

“Oh.”said Donald.That made sense.

“So,who gets everything now?”asked Della.It had to be her,right?

“Nobody.”said Scrooge,shocking them all.“I’m going to split my fortune, and company between you four, and Abner.”

“ What?! ” all four cousins said.

“You’re splitting it between us, and Abner?”said Donald.

“You’re not just going to split it between me,and Don?”said Della.

“You’re actually including me?”said Gladstone.

“You remembered Abner?”said Fethry.

“Yes.It will be split between the five of you cousins. I’ll be rewriting my will when we get back home.”said Scrooge before leaving to find Maddie.He had a feeling that the cousins were going to talk about the new developments regarding his will.

“Maddie,how close are you to getting a portal open?”Scrooge asked Maddie when he reached her.

“I’m working on it.”said Maddie in an annoyed voice.

“Alright.”said Scrooge,uncertain if her annoyance came from rebuilding the town, or him asking about a portal when she had so little time to work on creating one.

Scrooge decided it was time for him to help rebuild Wartwood.

-

It took a few months to rebuild Wartwood, but it eventually looked the way it was before Donald burned it to the ground.During that time Maddie found a way to make a portal to Duckburg.But considering that Donald was responsible for the destruction of Wartwood,Scrooge felt that the Ducks should stay, and help then return home.

But now,it was time to go home.

“You guys want to say goodbye before heading home?”Maddie asked the Ducks as she opened the portal to Duckburg.

“Nope!”said Fethry. The sooner he returned to Duckburg, the happier he would be.

“Emilie,and I already told General Yunan to say goodbye to King Andrias,Lady Olivia, and our other friends in Newtopia.”said Della.

Donald,Scrooge,Gladstone, and Emilie didn’t say anything.Donald wanted to leave as much as Fethry, but was afraid how his actions would impact how his nephews looked at him.Emilie didn’t think there was anything for her to say. She didn’t form any strong bonds with the citizens of Wartwood like Scrooge, and Gladstone did.

Scrooge looked at Wally,remembering the adventures they went on while traveling to Ribbitville, and then later,Newtopia.Scrooge always looked down on those who were born into wealth,seeing them as lazy people who didn’t know what real work was.If Scrooge never went to Ribbitville,he wouldn’t have known Wally was rich.

Scrooge felt he should tell Wally how he felt.

“Wally.Thanks for coming on the adventure to find my family. I learned a lot from you. I actually learned here. I guess I still have a lot to learn.”Scrooge said to Wally.

“Thanks,Scrooge.”said Wally with a wink.

Scrooge winked back.He had a feeling that the wink was for not revealing that Wally was wealthy.

Meanwhile,Gladstone was remembering the times he spent with the Flour family.It amazed him that they weren’t put off by his luck like his own family, and were interested in what was going on in his life as opposed to his family. The only person who was like that was Emilie, and he couldn’t live without her in his life.

“Thanks for keeping care of me.And being nice to me.”Gladstone said to Mr.Flour,Ginger,Rosemary, and Lavender.He didn’t know what else to say.

“Happy to do it.”said Mr.Flour.

“Yeah,you were fun!”said Ginger.

“Like a fun uncle!”said Rosemary.

“A fun,lovesick uncle with issues.”said Lavender,ruining the moment.

“Okay. I’m going to go now.”said Gladstone,feeling awkward by Lavender’s words.

“You guys ready to go?”asked Maddie, who Scrooge noticed,was beginning to struggle to keep the portal open.

“Yup.”said Scrooge,speaking for himself, and the rest of his family.Including Emilie.

Maddie used every once of her strength to increase the portal so the six ducks could go through together at once.When they left Maddie fell to her knees.

“That-took a lot out of me.”said Maddie when her father,and sisters gathered around her.

-

It had been three months since Scrooge,Emilie, and the Duck cousins disappeared into the music box that Anne brought with her to Duckburg, and the adults had been doing everything they could to keep up appearances so none of Scrooge’s rivals could come, and try to buy his company while he was gone.

Meanwhile the kids decided to try to find them through various sources.Webby,Lena, and Violet used magic.Huey used science.Dewey, and Louie looked up stuff online.But nothing worked.

“Maybe they’re never coming back.”said Huey sadly after another day of failure.

“That’s not true!They’ll come back! I just know it!”said Webby.

Suddenly a bluish-greenish portal opened up in the room.

“We’re back!”said Fethry.

“You’re back! I knew it!”said Webby,running up to hug Scrooge.

“Where were you guys?It’s been three months!”said Louie.

“It’s a long story. I need to revise my will.”said Scrooge,leaving the room.

“What?”said Louie,confused.

“I want to hear the story!”said Dewey,excited that his mother,uncles, and possible future aunt were back.

“It’s wonderful!Well,my,and Emilie’s part is! I don’t know about Donald,Uncle Scrooge and Gladstone’s parts.But I know Fethry’s isn’t.”said Della.

“Sounds exciting.”said Webby,failing to notice that Della was the only adult in the room.

-

Mrs.Beakley was walking to Scrooge’s office.She had no idea how he managed to run a multinational corporation, and go on adventures at the same time. The fact that he was still alive when Della opened that accursed music box was quite an achievement.

“Hello,Mr.McDuck.”said Mrs.Beakley when she entered Scrooge’s office.

“Hello,Beakley.”said Scrooge.

“ Mr.McDuck?! ”Mrs.Beakley repeated when she realized who she was talking to. “When did you get back?!Where are the others?!Where did you go?!”

“The others return with me.They’re probably in the kids’ room.Or maybe they left. I do know that they are in this dimension.As far where we went,we went to a place called Amphibia…”said Scrooge,feeling comfortable with Mrs.Beakley to tell her what happened first.