(Oh, my goodness, I had no idea it's been this long since I posted chapter three. Bad, bad Ztarlight! [whacks herself over head with frying pan] Okay,
now that my disiplining is taken care of, we can return to dun-dun-dun Escaflowne at Disney World! For those of you who are returning, we left off with
our group [specifically, Allen, Van, Merle, Millerna, Folken, Dilly, and Hitomi] going to bed, trying to gain some energy for their inevitably tiresome day
that they are going to have at the Magic Kingdom. But what willl happen to our group, huh? [rubs bump on head] Uh....lemme get some asprin first, and
THEN we'll find out, okay? ^-^)



Escaflowne at Disney World
Chapter Four: Esca Magic!

HOOOOOOONNNNNNKKKKKKK!!!!!

"Oh, no. Not again!" Sleepily, Merle opened one eye. "Alright, already..." she mumbled. "SHeesh. We're coming, we're...huh?" catching a glance at the
clock, Merle opened her bloodshot eyes wide at the t.v. set of the women's hotel room. She glared at the set. "WHADDYA MEAN IT'S ONLY A QUARTER
TO SEVEN?!?!?!?" [A/N: the buses really do start running that early.]

An angry and sleepy Millerna responded by throwing a pillow at her. "It means that it's only a quarter to seven, a time at which CERTAIN people are trying
to get their beauty sleep."

Merle studied Milerna's face curiously. Her blonde hair was frizzed like you wouldn't believe [which is worse than MY morning hair, and believe me, mine
is pretty bad] Her eyes were half-closed, terribly bloodshot, and she had dark circles under her them. After a few minutes of a staring contest, the very
annoyed princess asked, "What?!"

"It's just that...if you're trying to get your beauty sleep, you're gonna need more than a few more hours."

Merle got whapped with another pillow. "You're one to talk, fur-face." Millerna quipped.

This got Merle REALLY angry. "Why, you...You're going to regret that. Just wait'll you get a load of THIS!!" She hissed and unsheathed a claw.

Millerna growled and tackled Merle ot the floor, completely oblivious to the fact that HItomi was still sleeping.

She was having a really nice dream, too.

I suggest we leave her to it....won't let me, huh? Okay, fine. Scene switches to show me, once again in my directors chair...well, falling out of my chair,
watching the fight between Merle and Millerna unfold.

I sit up. "Now to see what Hitomi's up to..."

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Hitomi is sitting in a field of flowers, admiring the beautiful scenery, yet she seems sad. She stands up and begins to walk through the field, but she can't
seem to find what she is searching for. She reaches the end, and with much hesitation, enters the forest in front of her.

The forest is as breathtaking a sight as the field. Still lonely, yet determined, Hitomi continues to walk. She stopps abruptly when a voice calls out her name.

"Hitomi..."

Hitomi whirled around, startled, but happy. "Dilandau..." she whispered. "How come you weren't in the fields? I was waiting for you..."

Dilly's response was short, and to the point. "I'm allergic."

"Oh." Hitomi wasn't sure what to say. "Should we go for our walk now?"

Dilandau stepped forward and took her hand. "Yes."

They began to walk now, pointing out what they admired best in the lush woods surrounding them. But then Hitomi trips over her own feet, and sprains
her ankle. "OW!" she cried.

Dilandau gently lifted her and proped her up against a tree. "Ohh...don't worry. I know what will make it feel all better." He let his eyelids droop until they
were half closed. He put his hand on hers and leaned forward...

Hitomi blushed madly. (Finally,) she thought, (the moment I've longed for...) She closed her eyes and waited.

He leaned closer...

(Is here...)

Closer...

(At last...)

Their lips nearly touched...then suddenly the tree behind Hitomi disappeared and she fell backwards, only to stare up at the ceiling of the hotel room.

As it turns out, Merle had run out of ammunition and needed to borrow Hitomi's pillows to fight against Millerna. Her efforts paid off in the end.

Hitomi groaned and looked at the clock.

It was 6:53 A.M.

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BANG BANG BANG BANG!!

Van opened one eye and mumbled. "Ohhh, who could THAT be at this time of morning?"

Allen opened the door---only to get tackled by Millerna. Dilly stood over Van's bed and smiled. " 'This time of morning'? Van, it's 10:30."

"HUH?!" Van bolted upright. "Why didn't you guys wake me up sooner?!"

Dilly fell over laughing. Folken said, "Well..." then he burst into a fit of laughter. Allen explained, "Well, you were snoring so incredably loud for one..."

Van gave Allen a weird look. "And for two...?"

Allen snickered. "For two, you were drooling like you wouldn't believe, so the guys and I made bets as to how long it would take you could flood the room."

The girls had been standing in the doorway and were now doubled over in laughter. Grumbling, Van stepped over all six twitching bodies to get dressed
in the bathroom.

Momnets later, he emerged, ready for a day in Disney...and slipped in a puddle of his own drool.

The other six fell to the floor again. Having no other choice, Van tied them up and draged them to the bus stop just as the bus arrived.

They got some very weird looks as they continued to laugh all the way to the kingdom.

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By the time they had arrived, they had all calmed down, and entered the park with big smiles on their faces.

"Okay," Folken said as they entered, "What should we d---"

"OOOO!! OOOOOO!! Train, TRAIN!!! Folkie, Folkie!! Let's do the train, okay? Huh? Huh? Pleasepleaseplease?!?!?!" Dilly cried.

Hitomi clapped her hands with glee. "Yay! I love the trains!!"

They skipped off, little hearts over thier heads. The rest of them sweatdropped.

"Well," Folked said," We may as well follow them."

On the train, Dilly and Hitomi were already in a seat, blabbing about the wonders of an fire-engine.Allen sat down with Millerna...not that he had a choice,
seeing as how she had litterely clawed inyo his arm. Folken took a seat behind them, and Merle shyly sat down next to him. Van took a seat all by himself,
enjoying the lush, green scenery around him.

Merle tapped her fingers together, wondering what she could say to start a conversation. "Hey, Folken?"

Folken looked over at her. "Yes...Merle?"

Merle felt her cheeks grow warm. (He remembered my name!) "Uh...thanks for saving me back there....you know, at the bakery...from the freezer."

Folken waved a hand to dismiss the thought. "Oh, don't mention it. No sense in having a cute kid freeze to death."

Merle nearly fell over in happiness. (He...he thinks I'm cute...ohh...)

The train made it's first stop in Frontier Land, much to Allen's happiness. "Why don't we get off here?"

"YEAH!" Everyone scrambled to the exit.

The first stop was the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, a roller-coaster ride with sharp turns and sudden drops. No loop-de-loops, but very fast, like
55 m.p.h. fast. [A/N It's really that fast!]

Lotsa screaming, crying, and the usual roller-coaster stuff. Moving a little slowly, then faster, then...a sudden drop! Twisting and turning along the track,
there's a tree just up ahead! You think you're gonna get hit in the head when you drop unexpectedly, a few more turns, and then...

The car screeched to a halt.

Dilly slowly released the bar of the car, then started to cry. "NO!!! I don't want it to be over. I wanna go again!!!"

Folken dragged him off. "Later. We have more rides to go on."

This cheered Dilly up. "Yay! More rides. Which one?" The group exited the Railroad to the tall, ominous fall of... "SPLASH MOUNTIAN?!?!?!?!"

"Yep!" Hitomi cheered happily. "Oh! Oh yeah, I forgot. You turn to mush if you get wet."

Millerna quivered her bottom lip. "But...I wanna go on the ride with Allen..." she whined.

"We ALL want to go..." Merle gave Dilly her sad eyes.

"Please, Dilandau?" Hitomi pleaded with him. "I'm sure it will be good. I really want to go on with you."

Dilandau gazed into Hitomi's eyes. He wanted to go on the ride to, but... "Oh, alright. Just give me a minute, okay?"

He dashed off into a souviner shop, only to return a moment later clad in a rain poncho, tall rubber boots, and rubber gloves. Van looked him up and down.
"Nice. How much did it cost you?"

Dilly pulled out his reciept. "Oh, about $75."

Van whistled. "That's pretty cheap." [A/N You wouldn't BELIEVE how much things can cost down there. X_X]

Dilly followed the group into the line, squeaking triumphantly all the way. (This is such a great plan,) he thought. (I can have my rolly-coaster, and my
Hitomi, too!)

Millerna sat next to Allen [of course], Merle decided to pester Folken, and Van sat by himself in front. Allen didn't like this arrangement, so he threw
Millerna in the front to bother Van. Allen started to laugh silently at his genius, but the problem was, since he was sitting alone, he could get paired
with another single rider - and he did. A really fat woman in her late fourties started to jump up-and-down excitedly. "Yay!" she yelled. "A cute one!"

Allen looked up in shock and started to curse silently. The car shook as she got in. Allen started to gag. (Oh, my GOD, she stinks worse than Millerna
does.)

Dilly and Hitomi had chosen the back of the car. "You won't get as wet back here," Hitomi informed.

"Great," Dilly responded. The ride rumbled, and then began to move.

They slowly made their way through the tunnels and learned the story of a rabbit who liked to sing "Zip-a-de-do-da". There was a fox who was trying
to eat the poor bunny. Millerna squealed as the car started climbing and there was a robot bunny tied up.

"Oh, no...poor bunny..." She turned to Van. "He'll be okay, won't he?"

But Van didn't have time to answer, as the car plummeted down the 45-degree angle, 5-story fall, and the snapshots were taken. A few minutes later,
our group was at the phote station, decideing if they should purchase one.

Van and Millerna had thrown their hands up in a thrill. Allen had passed out, while the woman next to him flapped in the breeze with all her blubbery
goodness. Merle and Folken were hidden behind the fat lady, and Hitomi was cliinging on to Dilly who looked shocked but happy at the same time.

Merle hissed at the photo. "I don't know why I should get one. I'm not even in it!"

Folken pulled her aside. "Whaddya say we plan some Jenny Craig revenge on this woman?"

Merle looked as if she had been handed a million bucks. "R...really? Sounds wonderful. I can't wait!"

After deciding...NOT to purchase any snapshots at the moment, our group headed to the train to head for the next section of the park.

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"YAY! Liberty Square, Liberty Square..."

At this moment, for some unexplained reason, Merle and Dilly were really hyper and started to sing like they were drunk.

"Maybe they ARE drunk," Folken pointed out.

In the Liberty Square, their first stop was the Haunted House. They walked through the line and got into their approppiate cars.

Folken looked over at Van, who was gonna be alone---again. "Hey, bro!" he called. "Why don't you sit with us?"

There was enough room for three, and Van was more than happy for a ittle company. He sat between Merle and Folken, much to Merle's dissapointment.
(Oh, well.) Merle thought with a smile. (At least it's someone I like.)

Our group was treated to a spectacular show of holigraphic dancing ghouls, flying ghosts, and talking mummies. But the end was probably the best.,,

Right before the ride ends, there are mirrors that projact an image that a ghost is in the middle of the car. This normally is an amusing feat, but Van
found this more abusive than anything. When his car reached the end, it looked like HE had turned into a ghost!

Merle dropped her jaw at the sight. "Oh, no.Van!" She swiped a paw towards the middle of the car, thinking she was attacking the ghost. Instead, she
knocked him unconcious.

Merle looked down when she heard a whump! of something heavy hitting the floor. "................................................oops. Sorry, Van."

No answer. "Oh, well. I gues we'll just have to drag him to the boat."

The Liberty Square Riverboat was their next destination. Dilly clung to Hitomi the whole time. "Please, Firebuddy," he moaned, "Don't let it make me
fall in..."

Hitomi promised that she wouldn't, and spent the rest of the ride enjoying the fact that she could hug Dilly.

Milerna walked over to the edge of the railing. Allen stuck out his foot and waited. Seconds later, he felt his foot vibrate and listened for a satisfactory
splash from teh water below. "Oops," he chuckled.

The boat finished its round and everybody got off. Everybody except...

"Hey..." Van noticed, "Where's Millerna?"

"Who cares?" Allen said quickly and started to walk away.

"Well, I would think that YOU would care, Allen sweetie."

Allen turned around slowly to see Millerna stand there, soaking wet but still smiling. Allen stood there, dumbfounded. "But I...and you...a duh...doy...uh..."

Millerna pulled some seaweed from her hair. "My dress doubles as a flotation device."

Everyone stared at Millerna with admiration and respect. "So THAT'S why it's so dang puffy..." Merle said sodtly.

Allen kicked a pebble in frustration. "Damn..." he muttered under his breath.

Van looked at his Magic Kingdom map. "What do you guys say to lunch, and then Fantasy Land?"

Everyone nodded in agreement and looked for a restuarant.

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"Oooo! OOOO!! Guys, over here! I found it!"

Our gang had been searching for a place to have lunch, and had wandered into Fantasy Land while looking. It was here that DIlly found the perfect
place - Mrs. Potts' Bakery.

Folken sweatdropped. "What is it with you and bakeries, anyway?"

"Besides that," Van pointed out, "This is a place to buy desserts! What about Lumiere's place next door?"

Dilly put his hands on his hips. "There is nothing wrong with ice cream for lunch!"

Hitomi agreed. "Yeah, Dilandau's right. Besides, this IS an all-expense-paid trip, is it not?"

Van folded his arms and thought for what seemed like a million years. Then he threw up his hands and declared, "Oh, hell, we're on vacation!"

Everybody cheered and headed for the line, ordering the following:

Merle - A hot-fudge sundae, simple and sweet.
Van - A banana split.
Folken - A triple-scoop sundae [which he had trouble eating cuz' the bowl was magnetically attracted to his arm...]
Millerna - A yogurt cone.
Allen - A jumbo soft-serve twist cone.
Dilly - A hot fudge sundae flambe. [how he managed to light the ice cream and not melt it is beyond me...]
Hitomi - A chocolate peanut-butter brownie sundae [my personal fav!]

Unfortunately, having ice cream for lunch meant having stomachaches afterward...except for Dilly, who was strangely even more full of energy than he
was before lunch.

"WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE-HEEEEEEEE-HEEEEEEEE-HEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Oh, you guys just GOTTA try what I had!!" He licked his lips with delight.
"Man, oh, man, I--- GASP!" Dilly stopped dead in his tracks at the sight in front of him.

"groan What is it, Dil...andau...?" Folken managed to say.

Dilly's eyes just began to shine brighter and brighter. "It's the most beautiful thing I ever sawed..."

Millerna began to turn green. "What is, Dilly?"

"DUUUUMMMMMMMMMBOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

Van sweatdropped. "The Dumbo ride?"

Dilly ran into the line, screaming hysterically. Most of the people in line ran away scared, so Dilly was able to get on even sooner. Everybody puked
their brains out while Dilly rode the Dumbo ride about twenty times.

By this time, our gang had started to feel a little better. They all went on Cinderella's Golden Carousel....and puked again afterwards.

After walking a bit more, Merle was hypnotized by the biggest balls of yarn she had ever seen. She ran forward and bit down as hard as she could...
"BANZAAAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!

"Merle, no!!"

CLANG!!!!!!!!

Except that they weren't balls of yarn. It was the Fantasy Skyway, leading to Tomorrow Land.

Merle stumbled back, feeling a little dizzy. Things didn't help for her when Allen wanted to go on the Spining Teacups. Round and round, faster and faster,
until she saw about three of everything.

She was REALLY dizzy then.

Somehow, Merle managed to stumble her way to Mickey's Toontown Fair.

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There wan't too much that interested them in Toontown. They got to take a tour of Mickey's and Minnie's houses, and then it was on the the Meet the
Character Tent, where you could meet men and women dress in costumes portraying various Disney characters. [A real waste of time, if you ask me.]

Inside the tent you could meet Pluto, Aladdin, and Hades [the bad, but funny, guy from Hercules.] Hitomi was shaking hands [paws?] with Pluto, Millerna
was flirting with Aladdin, and Dilly stared at Hades' headpiece.

(That guy...is wearing...a wig of fire. Gee, Dilly, what do we do now?) "Duh," he told himself. "We pounce."

Which is exactly what he did.

Dilly pounced on Hades, hugging his head and screaming in delight, when he finally figured out..."It's only plastic!"

"Duh," said a muffled voice. "This is a kids park. If we used real fire, we would endanger them."

To Dilly, though, that was no excuse. "Oh, yeah? Well then, endanger THIS!!!" He pulled out his flamethrower and set the tent on fire.

People ran screaming. Dilly ran screaming and laughing...laughing all the way into Tomorrow Land.

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They had decided to begin by taking the Tomorrow Land Transit Authority, or TTA for short, a monorail ride which ran through the entire section of the
park. From that ride, Dilly decided his new destination - Space Mountain.

"Space Mountain?!" Folken cried. "Dilly, are you crazy?!"

"Yes...and I'm also bored. Who's with me?"

Silence. Dilly twitched an eye. "Oh, come ON, you big babies. It doesn't even go upside-down."

The gang relaxed, but still no volunteers. Dilly examined the group. His gaze landed on Hitomi. "Firebuddy'll go with me, right?"

"Wha---?" Hitomi sighed. "Yeah, I'll go..." she said with confidence.

"Good." He grabbed her wrist and ran into the entrance. Van groaned. "Maybe we should go on it."

Merle grabbed his arm. "What for?!"

"Let's face it, Merle," Van confessed. "Dilly's the life of the trip. And I'm bored already."

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"Wow...it's kinda dark in here..." Hitomi commented of the blacklighting.

"Yeah," Dilly replied, "It's so you can see the pictures better." He pointed to various photographs of distant constellations and shooting stars. The lighting
did add a certain flair to the pictures. [A/N This part is really awesome! I didn't even mind the wait in line!]

Moments later pounding footsteps could be heard, and Merle, Millerna, Allen, Van, and Folken emerged from around the corner.

Hitomi smiled. "What are you guys doing here?"

Van cleared his throat. "We, uh...decided to give you guys some company."

Dilly started cheering. "YAY! You missed me! You really missed me! Oh, I'm so happy now!!"

Dilly had little hearts around his head as the line progressed. At last they reached the front.

The cars themselves were connected in groups of four, and only one person could ride in them at a time. Van, Allen, Dilly, and Hitomi went on the first
round, Merle, Folken, and Millerna took the second.

The course itself was in a building lit up by blacklighting. "Stars" could be seen glowing from above, while glow-in-the-dark comet decals decorated the
cars as the flew past.

The entire journey itself was nothing short of magical. You felt as if you were flying, and sometimes you couldn't be sure if you were still on the track!

The first group exited and waited for the other three. They were delayed by a certain..."large" woman in her late fourties as she tried to exit her car.

Folken recognized her immediately. "Oh, no! You're the one who blocked my head!!"

The lady gave Folken a very strange look. "I beg your pardon?" Then she saw Allen. "Oh! It's you!!"

Allen backed away while Folken decided to seize the moment. "Dilly, the flamethrower!!"

Dilly had no idea what Folken wanted to do with his flamethrower, but pulled it out of mid-air and gave it to him anyway. Folken unleashed a very Dilly-like
rage on the lady, frying her beyond oblivion. "FEEL THE FIRE!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Dilly watched the act unfold, then whistled in admiration. "I'm very proud of you, Folkie."

Folken regained his composure and thrust the flamethrower back at Dilly. "Uh, yes, well..." he cleared his throat. "I, uh...don't know what came over
me there..."

Millerna uneasily stood up, and hurried to the exit. "Come on, guys! It's getting late!!"

Van cocked his head. "I wonder why she's in such a hurry to leave."

Dilly snicked and pointed to her car. "That's why." he noted, pointing to a wet seat.

Allen doubled over. "Millerna wet her pants!!!!"

"I did not!"

"Did so!"

Millerna grew red. "First of all, I'm wearing a dress. Second, I'm just a little damp from my...*fall* from the boat."

Dilly gasped for air. "No you're not! You got scared on the rolly-coaster!!"

Everyone was on the floor from laughing so hard. Millerna tied them up and dragged them to the Skyway. Everyone excapt Van said, "I'm getting deja vu."

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By the time they had arrived at the Fantasy Land exiting dock, it was dark. Tired, but happy, our group walked through Cinderella's Castle, around the
statue of Walt Disney standing with Mickey [a really cool statue], through the gate, onto the bus and were gone. Arriving at the hotel, they all said their
good nights and went into their rooms, eager to get some rest for their advernture at EPCOT the next day.





(That was a long chapter, no? Seriously, I had no idea it had been almost two weeks since I uploaded chapter three. I hope you all enjoyed Chapter
four. Okay, so if theor going to EPCOT, perhape I should call the next chapter....EPcaflowne! Okay, dumb name. If you have a better one, send it in!
Suggestions are appreciated, even if they're not used. Now, my hands are very sore, as I typed the majority of this in one day! @_@ I wish you all
good tidings until I get chapter five up...whenever that will be. I'll try my hardest to have it up by next Monday, but I can't guarantee it. ANYway, thank
you all for reading and reviewing this. It means alot to me knowing that people care so much ^-^ Happy happy!! - Ztarlight)