The blonde-haired young man bounded forward, as the metallic blue gates adorned with red and gold highlights swung open with a flourish, instantly exciting the Team Instinct Leader more than ever, as he rushed in, jumping up and down with glee, before he momentarily stood still and turned over to his companions. A silly grin over his face, eyes brimming with incoherent exuberance as he looked at them with a sort of starvation for whatever lies ahead of him.
"We..." He started, as he shook his whole body with uncontrollable excitement. "Are in the Amusement Park!" He shouted, arms shooting upwards, before he started to cry out tears of gratitude. Diving to the ground, he kissed the ground repeatedly, as if finding a long lost lover in the midst of nowhere.
"Ugh." Blanche cringed. "Don't kiss the ground. The germs, remember?"
Candela waved her away as her eyes sparkled brightly. "You know, it's not everyday where you can get to have a whole amusement park for yourself! I mean, I am excited!" She jumped forward, lavishing the grand sunlight shone upon her while she screamed, "Bless my soul, I'm never going home!"
"It's just an amusement park." Blanche commented indifferently.
The other two evidently did not hear her, as both joined together, cheering repeatedly, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, we're at the amusement park! Hallelujah, hallelujah!"
Blanche face-palmed herself, trying to sort out her priorities. To go home, or tame these two wild beasts.
"Where do we go first?" Spark shouted.
"Who cares! Wherever!" Candela replied.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Blanche called out. "We need to take the map-"
Her words laid on deaf ears as the other two Leaders linked arms and dashed forward, all the while chanting, "Hallelujah, hallelujah, the amusement park!"
"This is going to be a long day." groaned Blanche, before she ran after the two balls of excitement.
"No, no, no, no..." Blanche shook her head, her face losing its color as she gazed at the behemoth of a ride. "Not the roller coaster."
"Oh yes! The roller coaster!" Spark cried out as he rushed towards the stairs.
"No, no, no, no... Not the roller coaster."
Blanche turned to her lady-friend, rather surprised at her sudden deflation in excitement. Candela turned to the white-haired lady, and smiled at her sheepishly.
"Well, um, you see... Spark gets... a little overboard... when his adrenaline rises over the limit."
"That's not the reason." Blanche pointed out. "Your face says it all."
"Oh, fine. I'm scared of heights."
"Scared?" Blanche raised a brow.
"Terrified."
"And you control one of the Three Legendary Birds." Blanche said with a profound kind of curiosity.
"Yes, I get that a lot as a kid. Now if you excuse me-"
"Candela, Blanche! Come aboard!" Spark beckoned them from inside the carriage. "It starting!"
"Oh, no, Spark, I don't think-" Blanche began.
"Oh, come on! There's only twenty more seconds!"
"You can go ahead, Spark! It would be better... if I don't ride that thing and get killed by terror." Candela whispered the last bit as she shuddered a little.
"What did you say?"
"Get some alone time, Spark! Blanche shouted. "It's better for all of us!"
"In what waaaaaaaaaaaa-" The tracks squeaked, and soon he was shooting off, climbing up the slope. Blanche and Candela heaved a sigh of relief, both looking up as the train approached the apex.
"So, you didn't want to ride it because?" Candela asked.
"Spark gets a little overboard with his output when he's overly excited," Blanche said blandly. "According to my calculations, if you take gravity's pull, the initial speed of the carriage, excess electricity powering it, and possible detachment of the wheels from the tracks, causing gravity's pull to be exerted-"
"Alright, Blanche, I get it." Candela gasped as she bit her lower lip.
The train paused momentarily at the peak, silence blanketing over the park as the two Leaders gazed at the tiny yellow spot sitting inside the first carriage with bated breath.
The train dropped downwards, Spark's screams resounding everywhere in the park. The train squeaked, electricity leaking out. The vehicle accelerated, feeding onto the electricity generated by the Team Instinct leader. It started heading towards the loopy-loops, almost detaching itself from the tracks, and more sparks emerged, enveloping the roller coaster like a shower of fireworks.
"All according to my calculations." She finished, as the ride skidded to a stop. Spark walked out giddily, a huge grin on his face, before the peak of the attraction exploded, metal parts bursting out, one narrowingly landing next to Candela, who froze in shock.
"I'm alive. Thank goodness I'm alive." Candela muttered, her eyes wide.
"Bless my soul, I am going home." Blanche said as she clasped her hands together.
"And why am I standing in front of a. Haunted. House!" The Team Mystic Leader groaned as she smacked her face.
"Why not? It's haunted. Unless you're scared~?" Candela drawled, her eyes glancing at Blanche teasingly.
"No. Because it's incredibly irrelevant to me. And it insults my intelligence." She answered, trying to hide the slight quivering of her lips. "And where's Spark?"
Candela let out a laugh, pointing towards the entrance, "Our little boy is already long gone."
Blanche pursed her lips, shooting an angry look at Candela, who returned her with a knowing smirk. The Team Valor Leader gestured towards the entrance, inviting Blanche to go for it.
"Your- I mean, our, princess is waiting inside, I'm sure you- I mean, we, can never leave him alone."
Blanche glared at her, irritated, but strangely found herself unable to retort.
"You'll remember this." She growled.
"I've already did, Blanche dear." Candela winked at her playfully. "It's Valor's speciality to provoke Mystics."
"And I'll have to agree with that." Blanche huffed. Following that, she strode off, setting foot into the dreaded haunted house.
Darkness enveloped her, and gulping a lump of saliva down her throat, she took a tentative step forward. Her feet felt enormously heavy, but she willed herself to move forward. Twenty steps in, everything was fine.
Until a strangled cry rang out, sending a chill down Blanche's spine, while Candela waltzed in, whistling.
And the next thing, was a series of screams ringing out of the attraction. Skulls, decaying corpses, bugs, blood jumped at her every second, and there, the Team Mystic Leader shook with fear as she fled for her life.
"No! Get away from me! No! The germs! The GERMS!" She yelled. "GAH! BLOOD! MOLD! NOOOO!"
Candela, on the other hand, was bowling over in laughter, as she tried to control her laughter.
"Gengars! Gengars! AHHHHHH!" Spark's screams burst out all of a sudden. "Eeeeeeeekkkk!"
"And here I was wondering when he will scream." Candela chuckled as she picked herself up from the floor. "Now then- uh oh."
"Noooooooo! What in Moltres are you two doing!?"
The Team Valor Leader immediately ran in the opposite direction, towards the entrance, as the walls were quickly lined with ice, while electricity coursed through th ground. The concrete cracked, the props disintegrating, and by the time Candela managed to escape, an inevitable explosion caused the whole Haunted House to become a mass of ice crackling with traces of electricity. Meanwhile, Blanche and Spark emerged at the other end, where the exit was supposed to be, both shuddering with fear as they exchanged glances with each other, before both of their knees buckled and down they fell to the ground, like ragdolls.
Sighing, Candela muttered, "Well, that's another attraction destroyed. Good job, us."
"Alright, here's some ground rules for the two of you." Candela shouted, crossing her arms, before she let out of gasp in disbelief. "I can't believe I'm actually saying this... am I becoming a Blanche-type?"
"Excuse you." Blanche murmured, looking offended. Candela smirked at her rival, and waved her hand.
"Anyway, no more freezing, electrocuting, or destroying any rides." Candela said.
"And burning." Blanche added.
"And burning." Spark agreed.
"Excuse you." Candela retorted, and she started looking around the park. "Now, which ride should we go-"
Until the other two Leaders suddenly charged at her, each holding her by one arm, dragging her away with a speed like no other.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" She yelled, but before she could speak another word, she found herself strapped to a seat, all buckled up, and she caught a glimpse of Blanche's sly smile while a voice spoke, loud and clear.
"The ride 'Go Drop' will commence in three-"
Candela's eyes widened, her face paling, when realization dawned upon her.
"Two-"
The Valor Team Leader started fumbling with her seatbelts, but all of them were secured, and wouldn't budge one bit.
"No! Goddamn you, Blanche-"
"One-"
"Not a Drop Tower-!"
"Zero."
A ear-splitting shriek resounded as the seats climbed up, and poor Candela continued to scream for her dear life, but to no avail, as the seats reached the apex, and paused.
And then, it dropped.
The screams went even louder, while explosions burst out consecutively from the top down, fire burning the top of the ride. The ride malfunctioned, and suddenly Candela was dropped even faster towards the ground, and she screamed even louder. By then, the seatbelts were burnt into cinders, and the terrified Leader jumped down from her seat, landing perfectly on her feet, before she collapsed into an undignified heap, clearly incapacitated by the fearsome experience.
Blanche was now standing in front of her, looking victorious, an evil smile on her face as she looked at her friend, who glared at her with a mix of hate and dizziness.
"You'll remember this, Blanche."
"I've already did, Candela dear." Blanche winked at her. "It's Mystic's speciality to provoke Valors."
