Lost in Disney Quest
Chapter 1
A Kingdom Keepers Fiction
"Come on Maybeck!" Finn said as he entered the doors of Disney Quest.
"Coming Whitman!" Maybeck sniped back as they ran through the doors of Disney Quest, a maze with floor after floor of virtual activity.
"Whoa!" Finn said as he entered Disney Quest. The last time he had been there was about 1 year ago where they had a close encounter with Cruella de Vill and the Evil Queen from Snow White.
"Watch it, Whitless!" Greg Luoski said as he brushed past Finn.
"Didn't know which restroom door to enter? Remember: The girls one is the door with the person with the skirt, the boys one is the person without the skirt." Finn said proud of his comeback.
"Men can wear skirts!" Luoski said.
"Yeah Luoski, but in Ireland!" Finn said as Maybeck burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing about, Terry?" Lousy Luoski said clearly embarrassed at Finn's 2 quick comebacks.
Luoski grabbed Finn by the shoulders and lifted Finn up.
"You're gonna pay Whitless!" Luoski said as he clenched his hand into a fist and was about to punch Finn when Amanda burst through the doors of Disney Quest.
"STOP!" Amanda shrieked as Luoski's fist was about to make contact with Finn's face. "Greg, what are you doing!" she said.
"Nothing!" Greg said as he dropped Finn and ran off.
"Girlfriend save you again! You got lucky this time Whitless! Can't hide forever Finn!"
Finn lay on the floor clearly shaken. Amanda put her Converse on Finn's chest. Finn stared at Amanda's beauty. Her dark hair, her blue eyes, her slight Polynesian look. She was beautiful.
"Don't you have something to say?" Amanda said.
"I…..um…..Thank you." Finn said blushing.
"Where'd Terry go?"
"He probably ran off to play Dance Dance Revolution. He's obsessed with that game."
"Wanna to do the Pirates of the Caribbean one?
"Sure!"
Just as they were about to get in the cue line, Philby burst through the door holding hands with Willa.
"Guys," Philby hollered just loud enough for Finn and Amanda to hear.
"Come here, Philby!" Finn hollered from the cue line. He was the last one.
Philby and Willa broke into a run and made it just in time. If they had gotten there a second later, a tourist dressed horribly with a floral print shirt, flower print sandals, a pair of shorts way to short for a fat man, and a shiny bald head.
"Check out Mr. Baldy over there," Philby said. That made Willa, Finn, Amanda, and himself laugh.
"Whatcha laughing about, British-head!" the ugly tourist said.
"Nothing," Philby said in his best know-it-all voice.
"I thought so!" the ugly fat guy said.
Maybeck maneuvered around Disney Quest, a few times needing to look on the map.
"Maybeck!" A voice called from the 2nd floor
(He was on the 3d floor.).
He looked down over the railing and saw the familiar face of Charlene.
"Let's go on Cyberspace Mountain!" she called from the 2nd floor.
"Ditto!" Maybeck said.
He and Charlene went to design their own. Maybeck would add one piece of track, Charlene would choose another one. 5 minutes later they were almost done.
"And for the big finish a …..corkscrew!" Maybeck said as Charlene burst into laughter.
The thrill level was 2 out of 5. Not much for a roller coaster buff like Charlene but she knew Maybeck threw up kind of easily.
Philby and Willa took the left side of the boat, Finn and Amanda the right side.
2 boats appeared in the horizon. 1 on the left side, the other on the right. Philby maneuvered the cannons easily and occasionally had to help Willa. They easily shot down the 2 ships. 1 big ship appeared and instead of having the normal skull and crossbones, it was the face of Chernabog! The leader of the Overtakers.
More ships started appearing, 5 at a time, 10 at a time, until they were completely surrounded in an ocean of boats.
One particular green-skinned fairy with no wings stepped out from the boat with the Overtakers flag made it way to Finn, Amanda, Philby, and Willa's boat.
"We've got problems!" Finn said pointing to Maleficent entering the boat.
Charlene and Maybeck got to the front of the line. The attendant swiped their card. Her ID tag read: MIA.
"Are you Charlene Turner?" Mia asked.
"Yes, Mia." Charlene answered.
"You will go upside down 2 times and by the way, its Nia they printed it wrong."
Nia opened the generator and admitted Maybeck and Charlene inside.
"Raise your arms and I will lower your arm restraints. If you are experiencing any problems you must hit the red button. Have a good ride!" she said.
The roller coaster started. At the virtual roller coaster dock, a green face appeared on the screen.
Maleficent
"Enjoy your ride," said Maleficent beaming as she laughed evilly.
"Oh man!" Maybeck breathed.
"Oh! I'm gonna hurl!" Maybeck gagged out as they entered a triple-loop.
"Please don't!" Charlene had a picture in her mind about what the generator would look like if Maybeck puked; more than look, smell like.
"Press the button!" Maybeck said just before they plummeted down.
Charlene let out a scream at a pitch so high that glass would break. "Press the button!" she said emphasizing every single word.
"I am! Gosh! Will you just be quiet?" Maybeck said annoyed but after realizing what he said, he felt bad. He looked over at Charlene's face. She looked hurt; sad; for the first time in his life, Maybeck said the S word: Sorry.
"Sorry!" He said pleading. "Charlie, I didn't mean it that way!"
"Just stop talking at try to stop this thing!" Charlene said. Charlene screamed again even louder.
"I know! We defeat Maleficent the way that she was created!" Maybeck said trying to be like Philby which Charlene clearly admired for his intelligence.
"What in the world are you talking about, Terry?" Charlene said. She was more of the spy for the Kingdom Keepers. Once, she had to stay on stilts to spy on the Overtakers. (Book 2).
"Remember back then, when we thought that crossing over was all a dream?"
"Yeah"
"Finn defeated Maleficent with Walt's pen which Walt drew her with. Now do you get it?"
"Oh! By the way, I may be pretty and athletic but I'm not dumb."
"Duh!" Maybeck said hitting his head. He pulled out his cell phone and called Finn. Luckily he still had bars.
"Hey, Maybeck! Can't talk now. Call you later! Battling Maleficent." Finn said hurriedly. Finn hung up.
Just then, Maybeck remembered that Finn had let him borrow the pen. He was still trying to convince his Aunt Jelly about the 'Stonecutter's quill'.
He pulled it out of the front pocket of his jeans.
What is Nia doing now? Maybeck wondered secretly.
Nia was going crazy pulling every single thing and pressing every single button possible, but the coaster would not stop!
Maybeck got the pen and jammed it into the screen. Green sparks flew out. The arm restraints flew up and Maybeck and Charlene flew out of the generator.
"You saved me!" Charlene told Maybeck as they walked away hand-in-hand.
Things were just dandy on Maybeck's side; on Finn's getting worse by the minute.
Swords appeared in Willa, Philby, Amanda, and Finn's hands.
Just as the swords appeared, some pirates climbed aboard.
"You guys take the pirates, I'll take Maleficent!" Finn hollered to the other Keepers.
Finn ran up to Maleficent. He slashed at her but missed. He tried again and this time got her in the stomach. Green blood gushed out.
"Oh! Disgusting!" Finn said disgusted.
"You can't kill me. I live forever! You and Wayne; You humans come and go. But I, I'm not a day over fifty!" Maleficent said her voice like nails on a chalkboard.
"You look like five-hundred," Finn murmured. He pushed Maleficent over the edge of the boat; she fell into a virtual ocean.
"Finn, a little help over here!" Philby said, cornered by a pirate wearing a gold earring.
"Arr Matey. You be too young to be handlin a sword." The pirate said speaking to Finn. Finn handled the sword like a master swordsman and soon had the pirate cornered. He pushed the pirate over the edge of the boat.
Finn helped Willa and (especially) Amanda.
10 minutes later, all the pirates were over-board and the ride was over.
"Whoa. That was close!" Finn said as he and Amanda left the Pirates of the Caribbean. They made their way to the doors of Disney Quest. They tried to open the door. It wouldn't budge. The Kingdom Keepers were trapped. With Luoski!