Last Part! :D
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With great effort, the parents managed to round up three pairs of children, sitting them down to a hearty amusement park dinner of corndogs (save Alice, who'd decided that week to be a vegetarian, and so ate popcorn) and root beer floats. As the kids imbibed this "nourishment," they watched a play put on by Fun Forest employees dressed as various woodland critters.
"Wow!" Alice piped up once the sun had set, "It looks like a faerieland!"
The park, now illuminated by an impossible number of tiny multicolor lights, did inspire a certain amount of awe in the waning light.
"Pretty," Bella agreed.
From that point on, the children ate in silence, watching the park come alive with light.
When they'd finished their meals, Mrs. Mason informed the six that they could go on two more rides, but they had to choose together.
"I wanna go on the carousel!" Alice blurted immediately.
"Ooh," I love that ride," Bella nodded.
"Yeah, me too," Rosalie admitted, even though she hated having something in common with Bella.
Right away, the boys started groaning.
"That ride's fore sissies!" Emmett declared, and the other boys voiced their agreement.
A heavy silence fell as Bella, Alice, and Rosalie turned to glare at their male counterparts.
"I don't know about you," Jasper's voice broke the quiet, "but I love the carousel."
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The merry-go-round looked especially magical in the semi-darkness with its vivid colors lit up by hundreds of glowing white bulbs.
"I thought you didn't like rides that spin," Edward remarked to Bella, who said nothing but guided him toward a stationary seat shaped like a swan. It could fit both children between its wings.
"Maybe this ride isn't so bad after all," Emmett muttered. He'd selected not a horse, but a saddle-clad grizzly bear, while Rosalie stroked the voluminous white-painted mane of her horse.
"Giddy-up, Sparkles!" Alice cheered to the wooden unicorn she'd hopped up on. Jasper couldn't help but grin from his mount on the black stallion beside her.
None of the children were without excitement when the carousel started moving and the "race" began.
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After they'd exited the carousel and wrapped up their squabbles over whose animal had really won the race, it was time for the boys to pick the next ride.
"Something fast," Edward said, "like the go-carts."
"Oh, or bumper cars," Jasper suggested.
"Nuh-uh," Emmett cut in decisively, dark brown eyes sparkling with mischief, "we're gonna ride the Super Soaker Log Flume."
Bella frowned, while Rosalie and Alice moaned about their clothes and hair. Jasper and Edward, however, cheered their agreement. It was settled. The last ride of the night would be the Log Flume.
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Six sopping wet children boarded the Mason SUV as the last stars appeared in the sky. They were utterly sodden, but they were pumped with adrenaline and the joy of a day well spent. Much to Mr. and Mrs. Masons' dismay, not one of them slept the whole way home.