Chapter 4: Disneyworld

A/N: The group consists of Tanu, Trask, Kendra, Elise, Vanessa, Warren, Seth and the Trainees.

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Kendra sat at small round table in Disneyworld, eating waffles shaped like Mickey Mouse's head.

Everyone had identical meals, although the drinks varied between coffee, apple and orange juice.

Vanessa cleared her throat. "Why don't we go start enjoying our day?"

The group nodded, paid, and set off for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

It was a winding, slightly spine-jarring roller-coaster that left Kendra half-shaken, half-exhilarated.

Since there wasn't really any other things in Magic Kingdom, the group took the Disney Railroad to Animal kingdom, and boarded Expidition Everest.

A slightly mechanical voice reminded everyone to keep arms, legs, hands and feet inside the vehicle, and to keep an eye on children, then repeated the message in Spanish.

The vehicle lurched into motion. The ride was thrilling, and included going backwards.

Next, the group high-tailed it to the Hollywood Studios portion of the park and boarded the Tower of Terror.

The 'elavator' lifted up, dropped one floor at a time, then repeated a few times. Seth loosened his seatbelt so as to get 'air'.

A/N: AAAAARGH! IT"S SO HARD TO WRITE AT A THEME PARK! I'm going to be lazy now.

Several hours later, The park had closed, but the group had hidden ins stalls in the washroom, then headed to the Walt Disney statue in the front of the park.

Kendra sighed, then, a male voice cleared his throat behind her. She whirled, to see...

"BRACKEN!" She squealed, hugging him.

Bracken hugged back, then waved his hand before the statue and saying something unintelligible, causing it to move over a foot or two, revealing a dark hole. Warren shrugged, and sat on the edge, pushing himself down. He shouted aloud for a while (but not in a bad way; it sounded similar to the noise he had made on the rollercoasters the group had went on) before a loud splash muffled his shouts.

"It's a chute!" he called up. "But be ready for the bottom, it just drops away into deep water! Kendra, you go next!"

Kendra gulped before sitting on the edge of the chute, like Warren had, then turned to Bracken and the others. "See you." She said before pushing herself down the chute and screaming.

The chute plummeted sharply before rounding two sharp turns, then beginning to level out, it plummeted nearly vertically, sending Kendra flying out from the hole in the ceiling, straight into the cold, but not freezing, water. She swam out of the way, over to a 'shore' made of stone, where Warren was shirtless and wringing out his T-shirt.

"Okay! I'm out of the way! The next person can go!" She called up.

About 10 seconds later, a very high-pitched, feminine shriek came down to them, then shortly afterwards, Rhea came plunging out of the chute, hitting the water cleanly, resurfacing quickly, and swimming over and scrambling onto the shore.

Christine plunged in next, then Emmy, Ryan, Tanu, Trask, Elise, Vanessa, Warren, Seth and finally Bracken.

Bracken sang a few phrases that even Kendra couldn't understand, waved his hand over the group, and everyone gasped as their clothes dried themselves. Bracken then gestured towards a passageway. "Shall we?"

The group trekked down the passage, the glossy black walls bringing back painful memories of the Dreamstone at Obsidian Waste.

A bubbling noise filled the passage. Christine turned, then screamed. Everyone turned to see a wall of water hurtling towards them.

Trask instantly grabbed an extremely long coil of rope, tied it around his waist, and told everyone to do like wise. Kendra wrapped the cord and tied it, then grabbed onto the rope for good measure. Bracken wrapped his arms around her torso, making her feel utterly safe.

The water slammed into them from behind, sending the chain tumbling blindly down the dark tunnels.

With a whoosh, The flash flood dumped everyone into a small, half-flooded cavern, whereupon resurfacing Kendra called out that it was dominated by an enormous, circular raft, not unlike the one on one of the rides Kendra had gone on, Kali River Rapids.

Ryan vaulted into the raft first, then helped Emmy, Christine, Rhea, Kendra, Vanessa and Elise into the seats.

As Tanu, Warren, Seth and Bracken climbed in, Kendra noticed that there were no seatbelts.

Trask gave the raft a good, hard push, then lunged towards the group. Elise grabbed his wrists and hauled him aboard.

The raft lazily drifted towards a small opening, where Kendra could only hear rushing water. That wasn't exactly a good sign.

As the raft reached the opening and banked down a gentle, but extremely long slope, Kendra sighed with relief. She thought it would be a crazy, near-vertical plunge. Then, she groaned. She had spoken too soon.

Whitewater rapids trashed before them, pounding the walls.

"Brace yourselves!" Trask warned, then grabbed onto his seat as the raft surged into the rapids.

Water pummeled the group from all directions, soaking them to the bone.

Finally, the water evened out, until the wet, miserable and shivering group began to drift lazily once more.

"Is it over?" Vanessa asked, her expression similar to that of a wet cat's.

"Not yet." Warren warned, wincing as the raft neared a sheer drop-off.

The raft went sailing over the edge, slamming through a waterfall, hitting the water below hard, and finally capsizing.

Everyone resurfaced but Ryan and Emmy.

Kendra looked underwater, to see Ryan dragging up a unconscious Emmy. She resurfaced to alert Trask, who dived and helped Ryan drag up Emmy's body. They flipped the raft right-side up and heaved Emmy inside. Bracken pulled a long, pearly unicorn horn from his bag and touching it to Emmy's forehead. She propped herself up by her elbows, coughed up a large amount of water, then immediately winced in pain and grabbed her ankle. "My ankle!" She cried, tears leaking from the corners of her eyes.

Bracken touched the tip of the horn to Emmeline's ankle, causing her to gasp, then, with a burst of light, to relax, settling back. She twisted the ankle without reporting any pain, then hugged Bracken, thanking him.

A surge of anger and jealousy unexpectedly filled Kendra. She made a mental note to be less friendlier to Emmy. Maybe just more than civil.

"Well, now that Emmy's alright, why don't we get going?" Vanessa asked, sighing with relief as Bracken used another drying spell and the water soaking her clothing evaporated.

"I agree." Trask seconded.

Vanessa opened her bag, a slightly modified version of Bubda's knapsack. Instead of a room inside, it was able to store anything, and still feel feather light.

She withdrew a long, finely carved walking stick, and used it as an oar to push the raft to the edge of the pool of water. They clambered out and headed towards a small opening.

"Patton said in his journal to always turn left." Kendra instructed.

Bracken nodded, then squirmed through the opening. "Woah!" He shouted up. "It's a chute!"

The others slid down the chute as the previous person called up, and soon Kendra was left standing alone. "Kay!" Rhea called up.

Kendra pushed herself down the chute, and slid down the gentle slope, around 3 left turns, then out the end. She landed badly, stumbled, and fell into Bracken's arms.

She blushed, stood, and thanked him. Emmy gushed about how gentlemanly Bracken was, and another surge of anger and jealously roared inside Kendra. Her conscious seemed to be warring with itself, and she was deciding whether to side with her shoulder devil or her shoulder angel.

She's just being nice, the good side of her conscious reasoned.

Or, Her more devilish side countered, She could be plotting to steal him.

But, reasoned Angel, You're not really dating. It's not really stealing.

Kendra decided to side with Angel, and quieted her green monster of jealously.

"Oh, Lord, help us." Trask muttered as they reached a large room.

Sixteen large rocks floated in the air, slowly revolving at the same level as the entrance. A deep chasm spanned out below them. At the bottom, red hot lava bubbled.

Trask fixed a sturdy rope to his belt, then gave it to Warren. "Get ready to pull me in." Trask ordered, baking up, then, with a running leap, sprang to the first stone.

The rocks hummed to life, revolving faster and jutting up, then down, causing Trask to drop to his stomach and hug the rock. A couple bounces later, he rose to a crouch, then launched himself onto the next rock. Instantly, the rock jutted up, then down, so that Trask appeared to float in the air for a moment.

Kendra realized that this was a death-trap version of the Dumbo ride.

With a few more leaps, Trask crossed the 'ride' and called across to the others to wait a moment.

Suddenly, the rocks formed a straight line.

Vanessa leaped to the first rock, when she landed badly, teetered backwards, and fell.


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