"Mom please, can we go? It's just like last time, just in a different park," Finn Whitman said, trying to convince his mother to let him and his friends go to Disneyland. About a year ago, him and four other kids had been turned into DHI's (which stands for both Disney Host Interactive and Daylight Hologram Imaging). Now the people at the Disney company who created them wanted to take them to Disneyland.
"Finn, I'm not so sure that's a good idea," his mother said. "Remember those wacky dreams you kept telling me about because of being one?"
"Yes mom, I know. But really, Disneyland! The first actual Disney park! Mom you can't say no to this. Please let me go!" He gave her his sad face, trying to convince her to let him go. His mother frowned at him, and he was about to go up to his room when his mother said, "Alright fine, but I will have to come with you on this trip."
"Yeah, you have to. But thank you mom!" He gave her a hug and ran upstairs to go tell his friends.
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"Ok, no turning back now," Finn told the others. "We've got to do this."
"Wait," Philby said. "Do you think Wayne set this all up? Do you think we're actually just going to go on a mission to stop the Overtakers again?"
"Who knows? We haven't seen or heard from Wayne in months!" said Maybeck, who reluctantly, had decided he would come. After all, he was one of the Kingdom Keepers. He was part of what they all were.
"Exactly, but what if he's there? Waiting for us to come?"
"I don't know what the deal is, but all I know is that if we don't get moving now we're going to miss our flight," Willa said, interrupting their discussion.
"Guys wait up!" a voice called from behind them. They all turned to see their friends Amanda and Jezebel coming their way. They waved when the five spotted them.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Finn asked surprised by their sudden entrance.
"You didn't think we'd stay behind just so you can go take care of business in Los Angeles, now did you?" Jez said.
"Guess not, but let's go," Philby said. "Do you two have tickets for the flight?"
"Yes," they answered in unison.
"Then let's get moving!" Charlene started in. They all headed over to the entrance to their plane, their parents right behind them in a big group, all talking. Once on the plane, they tried as quickly as possible to find their seats. Coincidentally, Amanda sat next to Finn.
"Why do you decide to come Amanda?" he asked.
"I figured you guys might need mine and Jez's help. So we got plane tickets for you flight," she answered as if it was nothing.
"Well, I guess it makes sense. You two can usually help us when we're in a bind."
"Finn, did you remember your DS?" Philby asked from the seat behind them.
Finn nodded, and Philby turned back to Willa, now in deep conversation with her. Finn looked out the window, looking around the airport grounds as he prepared to leave Orlando for a week. He had never been out of his home state, so this would all be so different and new to him.
Suddenly, he felt the plane get ready to take off. He grabbed the side of his chair, only to realize that it wasn't the chair… it was Amanda's hand. He felt his cheeks turn red. He dared a side-glance at Amanda, who was also going red in the face. He looked out the window, watching Orlando falling slowly below him. He would miss his hometown. But now, it was time to get to work.
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"Ok, finally we're here, but now what?" asked Charlene as she stared at the entrance to Disneyland.
"We go in I guess, but I don't know what we're supposed to be doing," Finn answered. They all pulled out their hopper passes to get in and walked to the entrance. Once inside, they noticed something. There were cops chasing someone onto Main Street.
"Think it's anything important that we need to look at?" Willa asked as they walked toward the tunnels leading onto Main Street.
"Well, unless that person just dropped a bunch oh makeup supplies like face powder I think we should," said Philby, examining the face powder that had spilled onto the cement.
"You don't think…?" Charlene asked nervously.
"I do think, and I think it was-"
"Maleficent," Finn finished for Philby. They looked around nervously at each other.
"Let's start following those cops then," Philby said standing up. With that, they took off down Main Street to follow the cops.
