Disclaimer: I don't own anything (well Miranda and a few other OC's are mine). Glee belongs to Ryan Murphy, Dwight (and some of the other Warblers/Windsor/Dalton boys) belong to the epicly amazing CP Coulter … I don't own the theme parks hinted at here either (if I did I would be a lot richer than I am)
A/N: Okay so since I got a fair amount of love for the Dwight chapter in "Get Me to the Church on Time" (which I'm still working on, don't worry, it's not abandoned – my bunnies just wanted to play with Dwight more than I was letting them in that fic), I figured I would write out some of the backstory with Dwight and Miranda. So here goes! Enjoy! 3
Florida was hot and sticky, and Dwight hated it. But his dad had mentioned expanding on his park down here and/or possibly starting a new one. So obviously Dwight had gone down to check it out. While most people might think he was looking for normal business things (location, traffic, land costs, etc), what he was really doing was making sure the park was properly cleansed and protected and that the area for the expansion/new development wasn't cursed or anything. He parked the Impala and decided to just scope the place out alone first, he could trek around with his equipment later when it wasn't so damned hot. He flipped his hair out of his face and headed up to the entrance, bypassing the ticket stand. There was a new kid taking tickets and so Dwight pulled out his wallet and flashed his yearly season pass, not stopping for even a second.
Dwight knew the layout of every park his dad owned by heart from all the hunting he had done over the years, particularly this one as it seemed to be the one with the most monster activity for some unknown reason. A few of the longer term employees nodded at him or greeted him like family, but Dwight merely continued to walk around the park, trying to spot anything suspicious right off hand. There were a few people who sorta starstruck when he walked by. Apparently people weren't used to seeing the owner's son just walking around the park. But they obviously didn't know Dwight Houston.
One of his favorite parts of this park was (surprisingly) the tunnel boat ride, and Dwight never failed to ride it first thing when he got to the park. Of course Dwight didn't actually stand in the line for the ride, he never waited in any lines. Why should he? After ignoring the jeers and hate calls about him skipping the actual line, Dwight flashed his pass at the ride's coordinator before walking around him and expertly pressing a few buttons on the control panel to make the ride a smooth ride for just him, at the speed he wanted to go so that he could actually keep an eye the entire ride. The ride was a bit of a sentimental fluff for him, as it had always been the one ride that his Dad took him on with Alan. But Dwight didn't think about his brother right now. He had to stay sharp. Alert.
Stepping off the ride at the end, Dwight was glad there hadn't been any monsters lined up for him. Now it was time to check out what was probably the most popular area of the park, the meet and greets with all the princesses, and the last time he had visited the park, there was also a greet for all the fairies. And now he skipped ahead of both lines, earning scowls from the kids and some not so choice comments from some of the mothers. He headed first to check out the Pixie Hollow first, given the longer line. Better to save the most people in the first go. The pixies were a new attraction so he hadn't been through ever since the last time he had visited to be sure the land used for the new attraction wasn't haunted or such. Dwight heard a few colorful slurs whispered in his direction as he just walked around the lines, heading straight past the person controlling the crowd flow.
"Hey, Dwight. What are you up to this time around?" Clarence (one of the long-time employees of the park, who had actually been a help on his last cleansing raid here) smiled and clapped Dwight on the shoulder. Dwight returned the smile, glad that his dad had actually followed his advice and gave the opening over the new area to a fellow hunter. At least now he knew that he shouldn't have to worry too much about their being anything wrong with the pixie part of the park. "Hey Clarence. Everything smooth here?" Dwight's eyes scanned the area, looking for any sort of sign that there could be something up. "Nah, it's all quiet down here, Dee. Come on, I'll introduce you to my girls. It's been a while since you've been down to visit us lackeys on the ground levels." Dwight gave Clarence a half-frown. "I've been hunting, Clarence. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back down here. But Florida is just too damn hot." He followed Clarence, who just shook his head with a slight laugh before taking him back to have a walk-through and to meet the actresses playing the pixies.
Dwight's eyes were constantly scanning the pixie set-up. This whole area was perfectly ripe for any kinds of trouble. The previous group of kids and parents were leaving the area just as Dwight and Clarence walked over. Dwight smiled at the actresses who walked over (all except for the one playing Tinkerbell, who was clearly the most popular it seemed by the group of girls still chattering happily). "Okay so, we have Grace, Shandra, Cee, Anmarie, and that over there is Miranda. Ladies, this is Dwight." The one introduced as Cee gave him a once-over before turning back to Clarence. "Okay, boo, what's his deal? Only the bigwigs get this kind of special treatment." Dwight scoffed at the sassy attitude (being instantly reminded of David's girlfriend that he had met when he had passed through Chicago the last time). But rather than letting him answer, Clarence spoke first. "This is Thomas Dwight Houston." Dwight grumbled just slightly as he rolled his eyes at the looks the actresses were now giving him.
There was a subtle creaking noise and Dwight jumped, glancing around to see what had caused the almost imperceptible noise. That was when he saw it, one of the oversized fake leaves that was near the ceiling had apparently gotten loose or weak or something because it was leaning farther over before there was a loud crack. Dwight reacted before thinking and ran, tackling the actress hinted as being named Miranda, knocking her out of the way from the falling leaf that landed right where she had been standing. He landed with a groan before rolling to standing and stepping back from the actress who he had just actually saved. "You haven't upset any spirits lately have you?"
Dwight grabbed his spray bottle and spritzed the fallen actress a few times in the face just to be sure she wasn't a demon or such. Good, no reaction (well aside from her raising an eyebrow in curiosity). "Uhm, not that I know of. Why do you ask?" Dwight watched as she stood and dusted herself off before running a hand over her face. She turned to Clarence with a smile that Dwight instantly liked (before shaking himself to clear his head from any enchantment). "Clarence, do you think you could get someone from maintenance out to check and see what happened to make that accident? And maybe call for Nora to take over for me? I could really use a burger break. Plus I have to thank my knight here for saving me."
Dwight was blushing just slightly when she turned back to him, the smile seeming to even be in her eyes (which he couldn't help but wonder about the actual color, if they were blue or green). He blinked a few times, sure that he was entranced and would need to be de-spelled. "I'm Miranda. And since you just saved me, I must insist on buying you something for lunch. Just let me get my replacement in here and then we can go eat and you can tell me just how you managed to save me like that. Deal?" Dwight frowned as he debated whether it would be better to just stay away from the obviously cursed (or some form of evil monster) actress or if it would be better to talk to her and see if she would let him do a purifying ritual over her to ensure that nothing else bad happened to her. At the very least he would need to try and do something to cleanse the taint from the actress so that it wouldn't spread to the rest of the park and possibly cause any sort of damage. So Dwight shrugged with a sort of noncommittal shrug. "Sure, I guess." At her smile seeming to grow, Dwight raised an eyebrow curiously. Maybe he shouldn't eat with someone he had just met after all, and someone who so obviously had some kind of taint on her from some evil thing ... And that smile must surely be some kind of enchantment.
A/N: Okay so gonna add a little drabble here at the end for my lovelies. This is just the beginning of the cute story with Dwight and Miranda. And sure Dwight's dad may not own Disney World, but I wanted to make her a princess, but then the fairies caught my bunnies … so sue me … or rather, don't, you won't get anything … so leave me reviews my lovelies and you'll help the bunnies! 3