Chapter 4: A Rather Painful Reunion
Quick Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, characters, attractions or otherwise. I only own my 10 OC's and the unfolding plot of this story, so no flames please!
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Third Person P.O.V.
The Magic Kingdom was finally quiet, all the guests having left an hour ago. The temperature was dropping quickly, an occurrence not heard of since that freak snowstorm in Jacksonville back in 1989. While most of the characters were in doors, keeping warm by fireplaces or space heaters, one cartoon in particular was out on the streets, pacing back and forth anxiously, hardly noticing the cold. Mickey Mouse was nervous, there was no doubt about that, as he waited for the girls to arrive. So far, by a special spell placed on the notes, he knew that Ashley, Ivy, Carly, Emily and April had gotten theirs. No word had reached him yet about Julia, Carmen or Zoey, and that had him worried. But when Scuttle the seagull, who had been flying over Clearwater Beach, had flown back in a terrified state, gasping something about Carly, April and Emily were in trouble, he knew he had to get help.
He had sent a distress call to Kim and Chloe, for they had the abilities to save their friends, and he was confident that they could do it. But, he hadn't heard anything since, and was terrified that something had happened to them. So when a bright light lit up the surrounding area, the mouse jumped about a foot in the air in surprise, for in the middle of the harbor sat the Black Pearl. The poor ship looked like it had been through a war, with holes in the wood and sails, and numerous burn marks from where lighting had struck it. He hurried down to the shore, not being able to wait any longer. He could only pray every one was all right.
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Kim' P.O.V.
The shudders and shakes from the ship as it was smacked by relentless waves was a nightmare. The four of us had managed to grab a hold of the sides of the ship, but if this storm didn't stop soon, our strength would most certainly give out , and we would be smashed against the rocks. Suddenly, all the noise stopped, the silence crushing and shocking. I weakly opened my eyes, trying to see where we were. I saw Cinderella Castle in the distance, and I realized we were in the lagoon right beside Liberty Square.
"Thank god," I said quietly, the four of us removing our shaking hands from the side of the ship. Swimming through such calm waters was a blessed relief, yet, as I swam, a sharp pain shot through my tail, making me gasp in surprise and pain.
"Kim, are you ok?" asked Chloe, James looking at me in concern when he heard her speak. Taking a shaky breath, I looked down at my tail, and felt the faint when I saw that it was covered in blood staining the water around me a bright crimson red. I then faintly remembered something smacking into me while we were on that nightmare sea, but being completely focused on holding onto the ship, I had ignored it. Now, I felt my consciousness draining away, much like the blood from my body.
"Guys, I need to get to the castle," I murmured, and I felt strong arms, James I hoped, and then blacked out, darkness finally claiming me.
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Carly's P.O.V.
As we got off the ship, my legs shaking as they finally felt solid ground, I looked towards the shore, gasping as I saw Chloe and the two guys drag Kim to the shore, her mermaid tail a mess of blood.
"Bless my soul, it's a blooming mermaid!" said Gibbs, rubbing his eyes to get a better look.
"There's four of them, mate, two of them lovely beauties at that. So which one of us gets them?" asked Pintel, eyeing the girls wolfishly. Julia whipped out a pistol and jammed it against his neck.
"You so much as get near those girls, and you'll wish you'd have gone to Davy Jones locker, instead of having the business end of my sword stuck straight through eyes! Understand me!" she hissed, Pintel and Ragetti cringing away from her.
"Ok, ok. Don't have to be so violent about it," they said, backing away from her and running to the opposite end of the ship.
"That's what I thought," she said, before racing over to help with Kim. Luckily, being in cartoon environment, I had only had to think that I needed a couple of stretchers, and they appeared, holding the still forms of April and Emily.
Pushing them in front of me, and got off of the damaged ship and over to my friends, with Kim having passed out from the extreme loss of blood.
"We need to get them to the castle. Out here we're totally vulnerable," said Julia, ripping off a piece of her already holey shirt and tying it tightly around the wound.
"But how are we going to do that?" asked Chloe, her now long dirty blond hair dripping with seawater, when the squealing of wheels cut her off. A large yellow and black cartoon taxicab skidded to a stop beside us.
"That's where I can help out," it said, it's headlight eyes pointing at us. We could only stare until I suddenly remembered who he was.
"Benny, Benny the Cab?" I asked, grinning as the cartoon smiled back at me.
"The one and only. Now what can I do to help?" he asked, when I familiar head popped up from the drivers seat.
"He means what we can do to help," said Mickey, smiling as the girls gasped in surprise.
"We need to get them to the castle. April and Em are knocked out cold, but Kim is bleeding badly," said Julia, struggling as she lifted April to her feet.
"Let's get them in the car," said one of the merman, and I did a double take, seeing that he now had one jeans and a t shirt, and legs.
"Wait a second! Didn't you have a tail just a second ago?" I asked, looking at him in shock, noticing the other merman had changed too.
"We'll explain later," said Chloe, her legs having returned as well, in its place a pink sundress.
I nodded, before helping the three girls into Benny's backseat. No sooner had we done this, than bright colored sparks started exploding all around us. Fireworks!
"BENNY DRIVE" I screamed, Benny slamming on the gas, the 5 of us running after them as fast as our feet could carry us. I knew one thing. I was sick and tired of people always out to get my friends! And I was tired of running.
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Ivy's P.O.V.
Falling out of the portal in a huge pile of snow hurt a bit, but I still had to smile when I saw the castle glowing in the distance. But, it was short lived, for the tranquility of the night was broken by loud explosions and screams of terror from up ahead. The girls!
"Let's get to the castle now!" cried Ashley, yanking Jeremy to his feet and sprinting towards the shadowy shapes of our frantic friends.
"Does this normally happen when you guys come here?" asked Sam as he pulled me to my feet.
"Unfortunately yes," I said, before the two of us began sprinting toward the castle, fireworks barely missing us as we frantically dodged them. Getting out of this with our lives was not looking so good, and I had only been here two minutes! They should change the name of this place from the happiest place on earth to the most dangerous place on earth!
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Julia's P.O.V.
It was like a minefield, explosions hitting the ground all around us. The only direction we had to go in was towards the castle, but none of the lights on Main Street were on, so it made it hard to avoid running into things like trees and light poles. I had the experience of running into a tree, my head pounding as my head smacked into the rough bark. Dazed, I stood still, trying to clear my head, when I looked up above me and froze. A huge firework was heading straight for me, and I couldn't move.
It came closer, but at the last second, I was knocked out of the way by something.
"What are you, a deer in the headlights! You have to move!" cried a voice angrily, and I smiled up at the angry face, framed by thick red curls.
"We really need to stop coming here when it's this dangerous," I said, grinning as Ashley rolled her eyes, yanking me to my feet.
"Let's just get out of here," she said, and the two of us ran, her helping me as my pounding head slowed my progress.
Ivy was running next to us, with two extremely cute boys trailing right behind her. Lots of things needed to be solved here,
"I thought as we ran up inside the castle, the huge wooden gate sealing shut behind us once we had entered. I just hoped we could find answers here. If not, well, we were screwed!
Ok, I love fireworks, but I never would have thought of them as weapons. That is, until I wrote this chapter, and now I'm wondering why no one had used them before. They were used in Mulan, but never as bombs, and being me, I love to make my characters work hard and torture them a bit! Hope you liked this chapter and I promise that Carmen and Zoey will come in next chapter. Please review this chapter, and any ideas you have will be most welcome! Thanks!
P.S. The freak snowstorm in 1989 was a real thing. I thought it would be cool to put a bit of fact in this chapter!