Chapter 1: Disneyland and A New Adventure Natalie's POV
It was a nice Friday morning and since my mom had a few days off from work, we decided that it would be cool to go to Disneyland for the whole weekend. After we finished an early morning run, we decided to head out. I made sure to let Quasimodo know before we left however. He was okay with it and he told me to have fun and to say hi to Mickey Mouse for him. I told him that I would and that I would be back in a few days. After I left his world, my mom and I left the house and we drove all the way to Disneyland.
After about two hours, we finally made it. We checked into one of the nearby Disneyland hotels, left our luggage there, and we started walking into Downtown Disney. After we got our tickets, we decided to take the monorail so we could get into the park quicker, and it took us all the way between the "Alice In Wonderland" rides and Tomorrowland. We decided to go on the "It's A Small World" ride and we went on one of the "Alice In Wonderland" rides. We then went to the Frontierland and we rode on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, the Indiana Jones ride, and Thunder Mountain.
After a while, the afternoon started to roll in and we decided to go into Tomorrowland and have a little lunch at the pizza place near the star wars attraction.
After we were done eating, my mom asked, "Where do you want to go now?"
I said unsure of what to do, "I don't know."
As we continued walking through Tomorrowland, all of a sudden, I saw an attraction that I've never seen there before, it was called "Captain EO".
I have seen the video before on YouTube, but I've never been in nor have I ever seen the attraction at Disneyland before. I then said to my mom as we continued walking and I pointed towards the attraction,
"Hey mom, look! There's the Captain EO attraction!"
My mom looked at the attraction and said,
"Huh, that's odd! I haven't seen that attraction since six or seven years ago."
I then said, "Well I don't know, I guess they must've reopened it sometime this year."
Seeing how excited I was, my mom asked, "Well, do you want to go in?"
I said nodding my head excitedly like a little kid, "Yeah! Yeah, I do!"
Mom laughed in response and said, "Alright, let's go see if it's airing now."
I said, "Okay."
And with that, we walked over to the attraction to see if it was showing yet. We looked at the showtimes and we saw that it was about to air in about four minutes, the perfect timing. We then walked up to the cast members and they scanned our tickets and they let us in. We walked inside and there was a tray that held 3D glasses for the short film. Mom and I grabbed a pair of 3D glasses and we took our seats that were near the screen. I was so excited to see this, not only because it was my first time seeing this as an attraction, but because one of my most favorite singers in the whole world was in it. I love Michael Jackson so much, and he is such an inspiration to me, that to have a chance to see this and to hear the messages in his music meant so much to me. And I was also excited because it was a fun video!
After waiting for about four minutes, the lights in the theater started to dim down. The short movie was about to start! One of the cast members then said as we all put our 3D glasses on,
"Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, we would all like for you to now please silence your phones, please put on your 3D glasses now, it is Captain EO at Disneyland and we take you back to 1986 and a return of Captain EO!"
We all cheered in response. I then started to get excited as the introductory music started to play and the narrator began to say,
"The cosmos, a universe of good and evil, where a small group struggles to bring freedom to the countless worlds of despair, a ragtag band led by the infamous, Captain EO."
Then all of a sudden, the film stopped playing and it froze. One of the cast members then said,
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid that we're having a few minor difficulties, so hang tight and we'll try to get this adventure rolling again."
Everyone started to complain in response. I couldn't blame them, I was upset too. How could it just stop working at the beginning like that? I didn't understand why, but I knew there had to be some sort of reason. My mom then said as the theater lights came back on,
"I'm sorry precious, I'm guessing that something must've malfunctioned with the film."
I said as I shrugged my shoulders in disappointment, "Yeah, I guess so."
We started to get up to leave, but then all of a sudden, the screen started to flash a bright light at all of us. The light then started to get warmer too and everybody started freak out as they screamed and ran out of the theater.
My mom then shouted to me as she tried to lead me out of the theater,
"Natalie, come on! Lets go!"
I tried to get out of theater, but it was hard for me because the light was literally flashing in my face and I couldn't see.
I then tried to cover my eyes to see if that would help, but it barely did. I then saw a blue glow on my chest and I looked down to see my magic crystal necklace glowing. I then realized what was happening but I didn't want it to happen now, especially when my mom was here and we were at Disneyland.
I then tried to run away from the screen as I shouted, "Mom, wait!"
But that proved to be futile as the light consumed me before I could get to her and I blacked out.