hey guys! Hopefully you all heard the news, if not look at last chapters author note! Enjoy chapter 12! R&R!
"Woah..." I say, pretty sure my jaw is hitting the floor. After taking the elevator up, we landed in this crazy room.
"Cool right?" Blake says as he walks past me to stand in front of me with the Keepers.
"Welcome," Finn spreads his hands gesturing to the room, "to the Apartment. This belonged to Walt Disney himself..."
His voice fades out as I look around at all the cool artifacts. A picture catches my eye from across the room. I walk up to it. I look at a black and white picture framed in a gold frame. It's of Walt and his wife. He's in a black suit and tie, sitting in a chair with his wife standing behind him.
I begin to reach up to touch it, "Don't touch that! It'll-" Finn yells as he rushes over to stop me. He was too late. "-fall..."
I touch the picture and suddenly, the wall swings inward, revealing a doorway.
"Well," I hear Amanda say behind me, "Thats new,"
"Actually, it's not," All ten of us turn around in surprise. Wayne is standing in the doorway from Echers Keep and walks over to me, "It's always been here, we've just been waiting for the right person to come along and open it."
I look at him like he's a lunatic, "What?"
He gestures to the secret doorway, "Go on in," everyone starts to walk in, "Alice and George only. You guys probably already know what this is about," he says to the Keepers.
Maybeck look at Wayne, "Is this about...?"
Wayne nods, "Afraid so,"
"So," Willa says, "The whole legend is true?" Wayne nods again and she turns to the Keepers and Blake, "Told you guys I wasn't loosing my mind,"
Wayne turns back to me and George, still standing there, "Well? Aren't you going to go in?"
I turn to my left to see George look at me, nervous. I turn back to Wayne, "What is the legend?"
"I'll tell you when this is all over," his eyes turn distant, "just follow me, Walt planned this in a very certain way."
I turn and shrug at George, "we've come this far, why stop now?" I proceed through the doorway, George and Wayne behind me.
I walk into a very dark room. The room was round with no windows and the only door was the way we came in. The room smelled like dust and it tickled my nose when i breathed in. There were two plastic chairs in front of a old small tv on a cart sitting in the middle of the room.
"What is this place?" George turns to ask Wayne.
"This is Walt's old animating room. He would come in here to watch his animations in motion," I could tell Wayne has been in this room many of times with Walt. "He sealed it off until his most powerful decedent came along to open it,"
"Huh? How could I be his most powerful decedent? I've never met my moms parents and my dads mom died?"
"Well you obviously have the power," he walks to the cart and starts to rummage through a crate full of VCR tapes. I didn't know the Disney Company even owned tapes anymore. He grabs one in his frail hand, "Here it is. This might explain it all," he pops the tape in and gestures to the two plastic chairs sitting next to each other, "Take a seat and enjoy." I walk over to the chairs and sit in the right one, closet to the tv, George on my left.
Wayne points to the play button and starts to head out the door, "Wait! You're just gonna leave us in here?" I ask franticly.
"Yes, I'll be right outside the door if you need me. You have the power to open the doors Alice, it's just your choice to open them." And with that, he walks out, shutting the door behind him.
"That's only strange character," George murmurs to himself.
"You're not kidding," I reply. I'm turn back around to the tv and push the play button on the VCR.
Walt Disney's cheerful face fills the screen. The video is in black and white and the audio is a little splotchy but I could still tell what he is saying, "Is it on? It is okay," he straightens his tie, takes a deep breath and continues, "Good evening Alice and George," I gasp, how does he know our names? He's dead! He died when my dad was really little. This day is getting weirder and weirder by the second.
"If you're wondering how I know your names, I promise, everything will be explained in this clip. I don't have much time but I'll keep it short and to the point." What could possibly be the point!? Could he tell the future or something?
After a long pause, he looks back into the camera and his eyes burn with such intensity, it almost felt like he was in the room with us, but he's dead, "The point is, I'm your grandfather,"
R&R
-Alice
