Chapter 36: New Years Ball Baby!
Surprise! I wrote a New Years Chapter! The only reason it's so late is because my power went out last night and I couldn't post it, so I apologize for this late update. I feel like I haven't written anything since last year! Huh? Huh? I'm gonna use that use until people are begging me to stop!
Ashley: We are begging you to stop!
Julia: My ears are bleeding!
Ok, anyway, this chapter took a bit to write, and I was up late shooting off fireworks, so yeah. Anyway, here are some answers to your lovely comments, which are so last year!
Ashley: Oh my god I can't take it any longer!
Julia: Somebody cut my ears off and put me out of my misery!
Everybody's a critic
Solaria daughter of Apollo: Thank you ,thank you very much! It was one of my favorites to write, because I love incorporating songs, and Monsters Inc is one of my favorite movies, so it worked out great! I'm glad Syrena liked her gift. She gonna like this chapter and what she gets this time even better! Hmm, your question is one I've had to think on. I'm gonna write a third installment of this series, so let me see how that goes and I'll get back to you, though I'm pretty sure you can. (Just let me ask the girls first ) I'm also sure the girls would love to be Bridesmaids, as they're going to have experience after Carmen's! So, I'll let you know, and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Ptroxsora: Thank you! Merry late Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you too!
LadyOfSlytherin101: I'm back, and still kicking after all that time! I told Solaria that I'll get back to her, just to let me get my a summery of what's going to happen in the third installment of my story and make sure it matches hers so the whole time line stays cannon, you know? I'm so glad you loved the song, as I added it with you in mind! Ani and Quasi was cute huh? That's awesome, as socks are always a wonderful gift! And a kindle's pretty nice too, don't get me wrong. Yes, Dez's aura is white because while she had so many bad things happen to her, she never lost herself and stayed strong, so that's why I made it white. The tiaras are just a random thing I came up with, just to show the Protectors standing and their colors (of their own aura's you might say). You got a snow miracle just like the girls in Disney, which is awesome! Maybe it was the O.C.'s Christmas present to you for always reviewing with your lovely feedback. I am looking forward to your next update with great excitement, so don't keep me waiting to long into the New Year!
Julia: Yeah not too long (grins evilly)
Me: Julia! I said you could only use that dynamite Jack gave you on the villains
Julia: I don't remember hearing that (lights the fuse and runs)
Me: HIT THE DECK!
BOOOOOM!
Me: (coughs) is there a doctor in the house?
TheDisnerd: So good to hear from you again! I'm so glad you liked it! This is not the end, for there will be on more short chapter after this one, so never fear! I totally understand, as it took me two months to update that chapter, so go slow and don't rush it, cause rushed writing makes for an uninteresting story, (not that yours in uninteresting, but I do speak from experience.)
cbdllama: I quite agree, and I hope I did ok with it, cause I don't watch too many romance movies. Good writing takes time, so don't apologize, and I'll look forward to reading it when the time is right! Linus doing the cakes? I LOVE IT!
Now, finally, I present to you a Ball of Epic proportions! It's New Years Eve at Disney Baby!
Ashley; Just shut up and start the chapter!
Me: Oh Bite Me!
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Ivy's P.O.V.
"I can't believe we're doing this! It's going to be so much fun!" I cried, grinning ear to ear as the monorail stopped and opened its doors. Today was December 31st, and Mickey had sent out invitations to a New Years Ball, to be held at the beginning of dusk to the dawn of the new year! It had been a total surprise, but everyone had been free so we had driven to the nearest monorail station and hopped on. The park was still open, but Mickey said that the venue of the party only had its doorway in the park, and to make our way to the Castle as soon as possible.
Our small group of nine included 5 girls an four boys, Ashley, Carly, April, Emily and myself, and Jeremy, Danny, Sam and Zac, as Jim was waiting to meet Emily at the ball. Walking up main street was cold, as it still was the middle of winter, but with the ball to look forward to and Sam's arm around my shoulders, I couldn't have cared less!
"Have a Happy New Year!" was the constant shout as we passed people on the sidewalk, smiling as they waited to get on lines and get hot food, grinning bigger when we shouted back our well wishes. We finally made it to the castle, a happy smile appearing when I saw they had finally replaced the statue of Mickey and Walt, their stone smiles making me feel safe and happy.
"So what do you think surprise venue will be?" asked Emily, standing up on her tiptoes as we walked inside the castle, almost as if she was trying to see it.
"Don't know, but knowing Mickey, it will be something fantastic," said Ashley matter- o-factly, all of us nodding in agreement.
"Ok, Mickey said that to get in we need to go in through an employees only door first," said Carly, all of us looking for said door until April found it, half hidden by a heavy silk tapestry. Once we were inside, Carly looked at the invitation again, squinting in the dim light.
"Now it says to go through a big dark wooden door," she said, all of us squinting to find it. " It's right here!" said Emily, running forward and tugging on the handle, all of us surprised when she found it locked.
"Huh? How could it be locked?" asked April, shaking the handle hard.
"Maybe it's opened by a secret password or something," I said, knowing that this was a Disney universe after all.]
"Yeah, something like, OPEN!" cried Ashley, her words getting stuck in her throat when torches lit up the whole room around us.
"Sesame?" she said in a small voice, eyes wide at the sudden change of light.
"Look at the door, there's writing on it!" said Emily, all of us crowding closer to read the words. It said:
What surrounds us everyday, guides us in a special way? What is there, be it far or near, that you must listen with your heart to hear? A deep and wondrous thing in life, that helps us fight off fear or fright. A object that can ebb and flow, but inside yourself you truly show. What is it?
"What? A riddle? What ever happened to a doorbell?" asked Ashley, staring at the words in confusion.
"Hey it's Disney, remember? They love to be unique in the littlest ways. Now lets see, what could the answer be?" I mused, looking at the words a second time. That's when everyone started yelling out guesses
"Friendship!"
"Your conscience?"
"The dichotomy of good and evil?"
That last one that Ashley said got everyone to stare at her. "What? I spent some time with Julia on the Pearl and Ragetti is always talking about it," she protested, all of us playfully booing her guess.
"It seems like the answer is right there! What I wouldn't give to be Houdini right now, and use his magic to help us out," said Carly. That last bit caught my attention.
"Car, say that last bit again," I said, looking at her as she looked confused.
"I wish I was Houdini?" she asked.
"No no the other bit," I said back, prompting her to answer.
"I wish we had his magic to help us?" she asked, jumping back when I gave a cry of excitement.
"That's it! Magic! It's always around us, whether we feel it or not, and we have to listen hard to find it! It's inside us all, and we show it when we're strong and happy! That's the answer!" I said, spinning around to touch the riddle.
"Magic," I whispered, yanking my hand back when the letters glowed brightly, shaking the door until it opened with a small creak, a shimmering pool of swirling light inside the doorframe being revealed.
"Ivy you did it!" cried Ashley as Sam kissed me on my forehead.
"April was the one who said it first," I replied, flashing the younger girl a smile.
"Maybe you could be Houdini," I said, getting her to laugh.
"Maybe, then I'll learn the box trick and cut my History teacher in two," she said, making a face as she thought about it.
"Suuure," said Ashley sarcastically, then turned her attention back to the door.
"All right, let's do this!" she said, grabbing Jeremy's hand and pulling him into the door, the two disappearing in a spectrum of color. Carly and Danny then followed them, with April and Zac on their heels. Then Emily followed, leaving Sam and me alone.
"Ready?" I asked, linking my hand with his.
"After all that's happened, I'll follow you anywhere woman," he said, kissing me as we stepped through, the color's swirling around us.
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Carmen's P.O.V.
"Shouldn't they be here by now?" asked Zoey, watching the swirling portal with
impatience.
"Maybe the riddle was too hard for them," laughed Julia, first in amusement then in pain as I elbowed her in the ribs.
"They'll be fine, they're smart. Just hope it didn't piss off Ashley though," I said, smiling when a familiar head of red hair appeared.
"Not too much, but you might want to invest in a doorbell," said Ashley, raising an eyebrow as I laughed.
"Still, you got it, and we're so glad you're here!" I said, hugging each of the girls and their guys as they came through, Ivy and Sam in a heated lip lock, which was soon replaced by looks of embarrassment.
"But where is here?" April asked, looking around the room with a puzzled expression.
"Oh come on Ap, don't you recognize it? It's Prince Adam and Princess Belle's castle! From Beauty and the Beast!" said Carly excitedly, looking around the room in wonder.
We all looked around the ballroom and gasped in wonderment, taking in the polished floor, the huge windows, and beautiful ceiling mosaic.
"This is where we get spend New Years?" asked Ashley, completely spellbound.
"Yep. We needed a large dance floor, and Belle and Adam have been dying to throw a party!" said Syrena, spinning around in a circle with her head thrown back.
"This is so awesome! And Belle told me that we could get ready in the master guest room!" said Zoey, she, Emily and Chloe squealing in excitement.
"What about us?" asked Danny with a mock pout.
"Same thing, different room," said Kim, James heaving a large sigh.
"Aw, we wanted to put on our makeup an get our hair done too," he said, hugging Kim from behind.
"Well, you'll just have to be content with us doing it ok?" she said, the two smiling before kissing each other quickly.
"On that note, we need to get ready!" I said, herding the group up the marble staircase, the twelve of us girls heading to the left and the guys to right. I was so excited, twisting my engagement ring on my finger as we all raced down the hall's our laughter echoing all the way.
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Still Carmen's P.O.V.
"I'd almost forgotten these dresses,," said Julia as she buttoned up her tangerine ball gown.
"About how good they look?" asked Ivy, spinning around to try out the skirt of her purple ball gown.
"No, how bad I look in it!" said Julia, her arms crossed tightly over her chest.
"Oh come on, you look great! Jack will not be able to breath when he sees you," said Carly, adjusting the neck of her wine colored Ball Gown.
"Right, that's because he'll be laughing too hard to," said Julia, smirking when Ashley gave her a light punch in the shoulder, her dark green gown swirling around her legs.
"No he won't. He likes you too much to laugh," he said, before going to steal the curling iron from Zoey, who was also putting in her dark blue diamond earring to match her deep blue dress.
"You really think he likes me?" asked Julia, sitting down as Emily grabbed a brush and began brushing her orange locks.
"Of course he does. He told you he cared about you. I hope Jim is the same way for me," she said, her hand that wasn't on the brush moving down to play with the hem of her sky blue gown.
"I'm sure he is, but this is Jim Hawkins's we're talking about. He might have trouble admitting his feelings," said Chloe, as she put on some light pink lipstick that matched her hot pink gown.
"Nice pep talk, Barbie," said Kim, Chloe sticking her tongue out at her playfully.
"As long as he doesn't step on your feet, I think you'll be fine tonight," said April, looking like a Sunflower in her lemon yellow gown. I rolled my eyes, looking at her with a knowing expression.
"Did that happen to you?" I asked, sitting down on one of the large sofa's my golden skirts spilling out over the sides of it.
"Yes! No? Maybe so?" she said, all of us laughing as she went red.
"But he's gotten a lot better!" she defended, an image of Zac dancing around with jerky legs entering my mind.
"Ok, we believe you," said Zoey, her strawberry blond hair piled around her hair in tight curls. That's when Desmoira, Syrena and Anika came in.
"Wow, you guys look great!" said Chloe, and they did.
Syrena was wearing a light grey Ball Gown with small pink sparkles covering the bodice, and dark grey heels. She wore earrings with three small three strands of sparkly black beads handing off each hook, completing the lock with her crown resting on top of her pinned up pink and blond hair. Little Anika looked like a little princess, in a bright Cinderella blue dress, with glittery blue slippers and her fluffy blue tiara. Desmoira's was truly stunning in a Ball gown of pure white cloth, a very phantom of the opera esq. dress with a deep v neck and off the shoulder straps, exposing her pale skin and making her look very angelic, her choker and Protector necklace catching the light, as were here elongated pearl earrings. Her hair was curled and tied in a high ponytail, with small white flowers fixed in her hair every few inches. She also wore her diamond crown, looking every inch a queen.
"You don't think it's too much?" she asked, fiddling with the waistline of her dress.
"Anymore closer and you wouldn't be human anymore," I said, grinning as she smiled.
"This is my first ball, so I'm not sure what to do," she said, looking at us for advice, Syrena as well.
"Well, it's a party, so have fun. If you want alcohol, get some before Julia and Jack come and steal it all," I said, looking at Julia and making a face. Julia rolled her eyes.
"I have a dagger strapped to my thigh Kendall. Don't make me use it on you," she said, all of us rolling our eyes.
"Also, if John asks for a dance, say yes. You don't want to be sitting against the wall tonight," I said, smiling as she smiled.
"Ok. I think I'm ready," she said, just as there was a knock at the door.
"Ladies, I don't mean to interrupt, but the time is now 10:00, and the ball is starting. You all look amazing, if I do say so myself, and I do!," said Minnie Mouse, decked out in a red and white polka doted ball gown, her bow a deep shade of red.
"So do you Minnie! We'll be out in just a minute," I said, setting my gold crown on my head, my brown curls holding their shape as I did. That's when three colorful orbs of color came inside the room.
"Oh good we're not too late!' said a voice, as the three colors changed into the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather.
"Too late for what?" asked Ivy, looking up at them expectantly.
"For that last bit of sparkle of course!" said Fauna, all three pulling out our wands and flicking them, sending a showing of diamond like sparkles over us, our dresses catching the light beautifully.
"Now Desmoira dear, are you sure you don't want a pink dress?" asked Flora, waving her wand so Mori's once white dress was the same color as Chloe's.
"No! She wants it blue!" said Merryweather, flicking her wand to make the dress blue, like Zoey's and Em's.
"Green is always nice," said Fauna, flicking her wand and changing Mori's dress to green, like Kim's.
"Pink!"
"No Blue!"
"Green!"
Poor Desmoira's dress was changing color faster then a traffic light! It would have been funny if the sight didn't make me so dizzy.
"Ladies, though those colors are beautiful, I really think white suits her best," said a new voice, this one belonging to Cinderella's Fairy godmother. She too waved her
wand, changing Mori's dress to its original color.
"Thank you," she mouthed, as the three fairies argued.
"It looks wonderful on you dear, doesn't it ladies?" she said a little louder, getting the other fairies attention.
"Yes Fairy Godmother, you're quite right. Sorry about that Desmoira. Have fun girls!" said Fauna, leading her two sisters, who were still arguing quietly, out of the room.
"Thank goodness that's over. I love them, but I wish they'd branch out into a bigger color scheme," said Desmoira in relief, looking in the mirror just to make sure her dress was all right.
"Or just agree on one color, like purple," she said, all of us laughing at Ivy's color obsession.
"All right then, with that out of the way, last dress check. Ball Gowns?" I looked around.
"Check. Shoes, Jewelry and makeup?" I asked, smiling as the girls waved them at me.
"Hair?" I asked, taking in the different hairstyles. We had all gone for a curled look, with some tighter, like Ashley's and Zoey's, and some looser, like mine and Desmoira's.
"Check!" said Zoey, fluffing her hair dramatically.
"Crowns?"
"Check!" I smiled.
"Necklaces?" I asked, reaching up to touch mine, the golden crystal lightly brushing my fingers.
"Check!" I smiled, softer now.
"Friends for life?" I asked, laughing in mock terror as everyone launched themselves at me, all 13 of us including Anika in a big group hug.
"Friends for life," said Emily as we all broke apart.
"All right. Let's go have a ball girls!" I said happily, leading everyone out of the room. This year was going to end with a bang, there was no doubt about that!
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Third Person P.O.V.
"Good evening everybody! Tonight is a very special night! For one thing, it's New Years Eve, which means that we made it through another year in one piece, which is a feat in and of itself with the situations we've dealt with lately. But it's also a special night because of our guests of honor, our beautiful and courageous protectors, who have proven again and again their ability to look in the face of danger and send it running. Which is why it is my extreme pleasure to introduce, for the final time this year, our protectors, Carmen, Ashley, Julia, Carly, Kim, Ivy, Chloe, April, Zoey, Emily, Desmoira and Syrena!" said Mickey Mouse, who had been standing under a bright spotlight, looking very snazzy in a black suit and red bow tie.
The spotlight then dimmed, leaving Mickey in darkness as it trained itself at the top of the stairs. That's when the first notes of music filled the hall. The characters on the dance floor began swaying to the beat, waiting for the girls to appear out of the darkness. The first to appear was Carmen, looking very mysterious in the spotlight and shadows sharp contrast. As each note fell, each girl appeared, starting with Ashley and ending with Syrena. The girls then came strutting down the stairs, mixing with the crowd and their dates as the music began, getting the party started at long last!
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It was now 11:30, just half an hour to go before the New Year. Julia and Jack had broken into the alcohol, but hadn't gotten too drunk yet. Emily and Jim had been together the whole night, Jim's hand never leaving hers, and Emily nearly swooning when he had kissed her for the first time. Everyone, Emily and Julia to name a few, was having a great time, with lots of dancing, kissing, and laughing as old jokes were told like they never had been before. Lots of people were chatting, talking about some of their favorite memories from 2012.
"I think my favorite was seeing the Princesses for the first time, and realizing this was all real," said Emily, leaning back into Jim's arm. They had been dancing together all night, Jim looking very debonair in his white suit from Treasure Planet.
"I think my favorite was going to our first ball," said Ivy, laughing as Sam spun her around slowly.
"I think the best was meeting you guys. My life would sure be boring without you guys in it," said April, all of us nodding in agreement.
"That's for sure. Without you guys I'd just be another angry teenager with nothing to do," said Julia, all of us looking at her kind of strange.
"You mean you're not already?" asked Zoey, laughing as Julia mad a face.
"I mean less so then normal!" she said, and we all laughed as se yelled out for Jack to bring her more rum.
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Third Person P.O.V.
"It's less then a minute to midnight! Everybody ready for the countdown!" cried Mickey, as the last song of the night finished up. As we looked out the huge windows, waiting for the fire works, we all stood ready, for the New Year, new experiences, and new adventures.
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"Peter, I want to thank you, for saving me. For making me feel like a new person," I said, leaning back against him.
"I can honestly say I've never met anyone as amazing as you, and you've made my life that much more exciting," said Peter, spinning me around to kiss me.
"Peter, lets get married in the spring, when all the flower are out!" I said as we broke apart, smiling as he laughed.
"Anything for you Car."
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"We made it through another year yet again. Either we're just amazing fighters, or we're just lucky," said Ivy, standing close to Sam, Ashley and Jeremy.
"I think it has to be a combination of the two," said Ashley, smiling softly as Jeremy played with her curls.
"You girls sure live an interesting life," said Sam, looking around the room with a look of awe.
"You sure you don't mind always fighting villains, going through life and death situations daily, and hanging around a bunch of cartoon characters?" asked Ashley playfully.
"As long as you're with me, I'll do all that and more," said Jeremy, the two girls looking at each other smugly.
"Do we have the best guys in the world or what?" asked Ivy, as Sam kissed her just as Jeremy kissed Ashley.
"That's a definite yes!"
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"As soon as it gets warm, it's the beach for me baby!" said April, pretending to lie down on a beach and tan.
"You guys should totally come and hang out with us at Atlantica! The waters nice and cool around then and the summers gonna be a scorcher," said Chloe, already looking forward to when she could trade in her legs for a tail and swim again.
"Let's see. Adventures under the sea, warm water, and plenty of sun? We're in!" said Carly, Kim jumping up and down in excitement.
"This is gonna be the best summer ever!"
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"Zoey, guess what! Jim's gonna take me solar surfing!" cried Emily, her smile threatening to split her face.
"That's great Em. Ed told me he's going to take me horseback riding once the weather gets better," said the elder girl, both of them hugging each other tightly.
"Who knew that the place we'd find our ideal guys would be in Disney World?" asked Emily, sighing in contentment as she looked at the two guys, who had gone to get them drinks.
"Well it is the place that dreams come true!"
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"Des, can you believe how much has happened this year? I feel like I've been reborn!" said Syrena, flinging her arms out as she spoke. Desmoira shook her head and smiled. Syrena was right, it had been a big year. After so much pain and sadness, her life had seemed to finally become happy and normal once again. At least as normal as it could be for someone who now lived in Disney World.
"You're right. I can honestly say I've never been happier. Those girls are truly something," she said, as she looked over at the girls who were now her closest friends. All was right with the world, and Desmoira knew that as long as she was with her sister and her friends, both human and cartoon, she'd never lose sight of how important and magical life could be.
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"God I hope this New Year comes soon. I want to get back on the pearl and have some more rum," said Jack, slinging his arm around Julia's bare shoulders.
"Yeah, me too. It'll get me out of this dress and something more comfortable," replied Julia, truly looking forward to when she could ditch the heels.
"You do look right beautiful, love," said Jack, smirking as Julia raised an eyebrow at him.
"You don't that bad yourself, Captain," Julia replied, smirking as Jack lifted off her crown and put in on top of his bandana.
"This year will be a great one, love. We'll go all over the world, see all it's sights, you, me and the Pearl!" said Jack, laughing as he took another pull from his flask of rum.
"I'll hold you to that," grinned Julia as she reached into one of the huge pockets of her dress to reveal two big bottles of rum.
"I knew you'd be a great pirate love," said Jack as he took one from her.
"Learned it from the best after all," she said, before looking him straight in the eye.
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"To freedom, then?" she asked, grabbing her tiara back and letting it hang around her wrist.
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"To the black pearl" he said, his dark eyes burned into hers.
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"La la la la la la la la la la." Julia hummed, as Jack smiled at her. " And really bad eggs" he replied, the two smashing the glasses together in a toast. "Drink up me hearties yo ho!
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"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" yelled the guests, beautiful fireworks exploding in front of the huge windows! This year, this beautiful, terrifying, wonderful emotional year had been one of the best in living memory. And though it was a new year, the friends made and experiences gained would live in the minds and hearts of these girls for as long as they lived.
Happy New Year, 2013 everyone! This chapter was really fun to write, for me personally, and I really hope you liked it. The usual O.C.'s belong to me, except Anika and Desmoira who belong to LadySly, and Syrena who belongs to Solaria daughter of Apollo. I do, however, own the riddle in the first part of the chapter, which took me a while to create, so I hope you liked it! (Everything else belongs to Disney!)
Desmoira's dress changing idea was given to me by the wonderful LadyOfSlytherin101, so if you like it, please tell me so I can tell her! Oh, and that last bit with Jack and Julia? Let's just say their relationship will be touched on a lot in the next installment, so hope you look forward to that! (Jack and Julia's last lines are from POTC, also not mine!) There will be one more chapter, the wedding of Carmen and Peter, so keep an eye out for it! Also, as music usually is playing while I write, I was switching between Everybody by the Backstreet Boys, and the New Year's Eve episode from the TV show Animaniacs. Neither belong to me in anyway, but they're so catching and really fit the overall theme for this chapter, that I thought I might reference them here, so no flames please!
So I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and hope your New Years was amazing. (On a final note, I'm running a contest of what the characters will talk about doing on New Years night, and picking the best ones. If you did anything awesome or outrageous, leave it in the reviews, and a few might make it into the final chapter, so best of luck, and once again Happy New Year!)