Chapter 15:
"Dudley, dear," Petunia Dursley called. "Hurry up and get ready if you want to go to the parks!"
Dudley stirred and wished to stay in bed. He pulled his bed cover closer. Mrs. Dursley came into the room and tried to wake him.
"Dudley, get up dearie! Don't make me sprinkle you with water!" She said sweetly. She shook him again and Dudley kept his eyes shut. She left to get a glass of water. Suddenly, the door shut by itself behind her.
"What?" Dudley said. "Oh no!" He remembered his new wizard qualities and began to hit himself. "You're not a wizard! You're not a freak! You're-a-normal-boy!" He got up to look out his window. The animals were all eating their breakfasts, which made Dudley hungry. He was just about to leave when he saw the strangest thing. A young gazelle seemed to be dictating orders to a line of other animal in front of him, paying close attention. "Dudley, you need some breakfast fast…"
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"Morning Dudders," Mr. Dursley said when Dudley showed up at the table. They had ordered room service and Vernon had already inhaled his breakfast. "Feeling better today?"
"I guess so…" Dudley said. "Maybe it was just my imagination…Where's Harry?"
"We made him stay with those wretched red haired weasels so he'd be far from our normal boy."
"Good," Dudley said, helping himself to oatmeal.
"Goodness Dudley, that school certainly did teach you about health!" Petunia said in awe of her son's choice of breakfast. She still had been hoping Miss Piggywink would consider her husband's enrollment. Meanwhile, Vernon had started on another stack of fluffy pancakes drenched in syrup and butter.
"Yeah, they kind of hypnotized us and gave us all these weird diet drinks," Dudley said, remembering his past year at the School for the Obese. "Miss Piggywink said they worked like mag- like a charm… I mean…they just worked!"
"Well we best be off. EPCOT awaits us!" Vernon said getting up. Well he tried to get up, being that his bottom was stuck to the chair.
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"The Sunshine Food Fair…" Harry said. "Here we are." They found themselves in a large food court area where a dozen or more colorful food kiosks lined the walls. The round tables were topped with umbrellas and miniature hot air balloons remained stationery and floated above the umbrellas inside the glass dome-tube like roof the guests had seen before entering the Land pavillion.
With the help of a friendly young American wizard, Mr. Weasley ordered ice-cream for everyone.
"Thank you sir," Mr. Weasley said to the wizard.
"You're quite welcome," the wizard replied. "Are you Arthur Weasley who won the galleon drawing contest a few years ago?"
"Why yes, that's me."
"I'm pleased to meet you sir! I've heard so much about your work with Muggle artifacts. You're work has inspired me to work for a career in Muggle Studies…blah, blah, blah…" The two chatted away on the subject of Muggles. Mrs. Weasley and Grammy Longbottom also joined the conversation. Meanwhile, the young ones were discussing their trip so far.
"I wish we could live here," Ginny said as she licked her strawberry ice-cream cone. "It's so beautiful and the people are ever so nice."
"I want to go back to the convention," Ron said. "Do you reckon they have it everyday at the Magic Kingdom?"
"Of course they do," Percy said. "There is one in every park here. It's been a bit of a problem to keep Muggles out of our business but Mr. Bagman has managed to pull a few strings for us. Yet, that was all he was good for since was the only with connections to Disney World. On the other hand, my new supervisor Mr. Cornwallis, no relation to General Cornwallis of the American revolution, has helped us less than I expected-"
"Oh Percy, put a cork in it," Penelope said.
"Why Penny, I'm shocked."
"Anyway," Hermione interrupted. "I think they're holding the convention somewhere in the world showcase."
"We should go there next," Harry said.
"I want to see the rest of Future World," Neville said. "There is still so much to see here, too."
"I agree. Muggles have the most interesting ways of getting along without magic and you all should see them. There's also something with dinosaurs," Hermione said, reading Harry's guidebook. Ron looked over Hermione's shoulder and read along.
"Bill Nye, the science guy?" he said, reading the text. "This should be interesting." The others all studied they're maps to see what else there was to do in future world.
"Test Track sounds awesome!" Oliver said. "We definitely have to do that!"
"Imagination! Sounds like fun!" Ginny added.
"Mission Space…we have to go to that!" Neville said, imagining an attraction all about space. Hermione pointed out one little detail. "Oh…it's not open yet…"
After finishing their ice cream, the group went to a show about food called Food Rocks, a hilarious concert revue using food substitutes for famous singers (e.g. the Peach Boys, Chubby Cheddar, Get-the-Point Sisters…) and a boat ride explaining man's way of Living with the Land. It included a ride through EPCOT's greenhouses, where many of WDW's vegetables are grown. Neville and Hermione enjoyed it very much, for it was like another Herbology lesson.
They left the Land and headed to Imagination! Which researched they're minds and studied your imagination. They're was an interesting ride about going into your imagination where a giant butterfly had disappeared from a cage. They even went into a house that seemed to be upside down, for the furniture was stuck to the ceiling…erm., floor…or ceiling?
They exited the Imagination! Pavillion and found themselves among a water fountain that seemed to leap.
"Oh wow! The water's jumping!" Neville said. He and Ron and Harry ran to the fountain area where jets of water leaped over their heads. They chased the cool jets of water and dodged them as they came close by.
"Don't get yourself wet Neville dear!" Grammy Longbottom called. Oliver, Ginny and Hermione went to join them. Oliver purposely stood in the way of one of the leaping jets of water and was soaked as it leapt into his chest.
"Honestly Oliver," Percy said. "How can you be a Hogwart's teacher when you're as bad as they are."
"Oh come now Percy! This is fun!"
"Come on Percy!" Penelope pleaded. "You're only young once!" She grabbed his arm and pulled him into the jumping fountains area. She was just in time too, for a jet of water had just smacked into Percy's head.
"…If the guys at the office see me now…" Percy groaned, as he wiped his face with his hankercheif. The kids all had a jolly good time, laughing and playing in the fountains. They ran free and had no worries. They're only trouble was not to get hit by the flying water. Mrs. Weasley sighed as she watched the children playing.
"Ahhh, they're so happy," Mrs. Weasley said.
"Yes," Mr. Weasley said. "If only Dumbledore could see them now…so full of joy with no worries from our crazy world. No one to stop them or hassle them with work. No one to bully them or make them worry about themselves. Here, they're just what children should be. Innocent and care-free…"
"…It's a shame to know what's in store for they're future," Grammy Longbottom said.
"What do you mean Aggie?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Don't you know what happened? With Arthur as part of the ministry, you should know what happened."
"You mean Dumbledore?"
"Yes of course, who do you think I was speaking of?"
"Well what happened?" Arthur asked. "There hasn't been much talk about it at the ministry and Professor McGonagal said he was ill…"
"Well according to my neighbor's brother-in-law's girlfriend's sister's boss who happens to know a man who makes shoes for the husband of a woman that knows a man who works at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was attacked!"
"By who?" Molly said, gasping, and taken aback by such news.
"Only the teachers know. They won't tell a soul, but all I know is that the poor headmaster was attacked and for the first time had fallen from to the knees of his opponent."
What happened to Dumbledore? Will we be seeing more of Dudley? Will anything happen at the Convention in EPCOT? Will Percy give in and have fun with the rest of them? Find out next time in ºoº Harry Goes to Walt Disney World ºoº !
SO sorry for the late update! O finally had a free weekend! Last week was mid terms and chemistry and history and geometry and all that had left no room or time for my story. Also the final draft of my research paper is due in a week or so, I think two, I don't remember and Orchestra has been starting to take up time in my busy life. Anyway…I hope you enjoyed the 15th installment of HGTWDW! I'm trying hard to reveal more information about Dumbledore and get this p0lot moving. Anyway, it's only the second day and Harry and Co. has much to do!
