Chapter 33: With a Smile and a Song
"PTOOEY!" said the tornado as a giant, pink tongue spit everyone out. Ron, Neville, Ginny, Fred, George, Hermione, and José found themselves in the restaurant again, only this time, something was different. Very different.
"Is everyone all right?" asked Hermione. "Oh my gosh! We're in a-a-"
"Now this is more like it!" said José Carioca. "Welcome to the Toon Universe!"
"Whaddya mean?" asked Ron. He looked at everyone, then himself. His hands seemed rounder and less stiff. In fact, they only looked almost real. All the colors in the room seemed ten times brighter and solid. There weren't many rough edges to anything. Everything looked huggable. A spider on the floor smiled up at him. Ron looked at his hands again and then into the back of a spoon. His hair was a solid orange bowl with a few strands sticking up in the back. He had a cowlick. "Ahhh! I'm a cartoon!" Ron leapt back in surprise and knocked over a table laid out with the remains of someone's dinner, leaving Ron covered in left over Teriyaki Chicken and Rice after a glorious SPLAT. "Euugghh…"
"Are we really cartoons?" asked Hermione in disbelief, looking at her feet. She looked at Neville, whose usual pudgy human body looked plumper. He was smiling a perfectly aligned smile, his chubby cheek fat forming beneath his eyes, making them squint.
"We must be. Watch," Neville said. He wiped all the food off Ron, leaving nothing behind. There were no stains or anything. "We've suffered The Pagemaster effect. This happened before to a boy in a library by a wizard known as the Pagemaster." (Borrowed from WB)
" Look at Fred and George!" Ginny laughed, pointing to the twin frogs. They were dancing on the floor with top hats, gloves, and wooden canes. Suddenly, music filled the air, the lights dimmed, and there was a spotlight on the two dancing and singing frogs.
"Hello my baby!
Hello my honey!
Hello my ragtime gal!
Send me a kiss by wire!
Baby, my hearts' on fire!
If you refuse me,
Honey, you'll lose me
And you'll be left alone.
Baby come on and tell me I'm your own!"
"I thought this was Disney World," said José as they clapped for the Michigan J. Frog copycats.
***
"We're back…" said Sirius as he got up from the ground. The tornado has spit them out unceremoniously onto the street in front of the China pavilion, leaving everyone flat on their backs or on their stomachs. Some of the skeletons even broke apart, requiring some time to fix themselves up again. "Or aren't we?"
"Who cares? The enemies down!" said Mushu. "Charge!" Chien Po, Ling, Yao, Shang, Mulan, Sirius and Lupin all sprung back up, waved their swords and charged all at once at Shan-Yu, stepping on and over the fallen skeletons. It was like the defense blitzing the quarterback. Shan Yu was far too quick and pushed most of them away towards the skeletons.
"I'll just…take a break…down here…" Milo said weakly, lying on his back with his glasses askew. "…somebody call a doctor…please…"
"Notice something different about us, Sirius?" cried Lupin over the fighting, as he beheaded a skeleton.
"Yes…everything looks a little more…round, yet…flat," said Sirius, hacking off a skeleton's arms. "Heh, A Farewell to Arms…"
"I think we're in an animated world!" Lupin said to Sirius, disconnecting a skeleton's torso and hips. "The animated Sirius has a bigger nose."
"Well, the animated Remus looks like Milo's twin," teased Sirius, beheaded two skeletons at once.
"What's that supposed to mean?" said Lupin, ducking as two skeletons leapt at him, crashing into each other instead.
"He thinks you're dashingly handsome and extremely smart," joked Milo, finally picking himself off the ground. Meanwhile, Mulan and Shang had Shan Yu backed into a corner, both of them pointing their swords at him. Somehow, he broke free from them and started sprinting down the street, faster than a racehorse.
"He's getting away!" shouted Shang. "We need horses!"
"More like a miracle!" said Mulan as she and Shang ran after him. Her wish was granted. A Transportal suddenly appeared in the street in front of Shan Yu. On the other side was the battle scene from The Lion King where the hyenas were ganging up on Scar in an area of flaming brush. Shan Yu stopped dead in his tracks and kept himself from going through. To his chagrin, Ling and Yao were right behind him. Shan Yu turned around and was greeted with two angry Chinese men.
"No! Don't! Please!" Shan Yu cried.
"Did you think we were gonna push you in?" asked Yao.
"Of course we won't," said Ling. Yao and Ling then grinned maliciously and stepped aside. Shan Yu looked ahead and had a face of sheer terror. The massive form of Chien Po came charging at the Mongolian brute!
"Nooooo!!!" cried Shan Yu as he fell into the pit of hyenas and Scar. Chien Po, Ling, and Yao did a victory dance.
***
"I guess Tomás couldn't handle keeping the real world out of the way, so he created his own," said Hermione.
"Oh, this is not his creation," explained José. "This is the place where toons live. After an artist creates them, a toon is born in this world where they live happily. As soon as a voice actor is cast, the toon can speak. We can sing, dance, romance, whatever you want. You're in the Tooniverse! Right now, we are in an exact animated replica of Disney World."
"Does that mean an artist created us?" asked Neville.
"I do not believe so…I believe you are the creations of Tomás."
"Why'd he have to give me a hair piece?" asked Ron. "Look, it's not made of strands, it's one solid bowl of hair." Ron grasped the top of his head and pulled off a bowl of red hair, all in one piece.
"Look, watch this!" said Fred. He was standing on a table while George was below. Fred then pushed a plate over onto George, who became squashed underneath.
"Fred!" screamed Ginny angrily. The plate toppled off and George was a flat, green disk with a squashed face. A few seconds later, the frog popped back to normal, making a sound like a suction cup. "Oh, he's all right!"
"We have successfully defeated Shan Yu," said Captain Shang as he walked in, followed by the others. "You are now free to cross the bridge to Germany."
"What about the skeleton warriors?" asked Hermione, peeking over his shoulder to see if they were still there.
"We have them rounded up, thanks to Sirius," said Shang. The group went outside and saw that a large group of the skeletons were tied up with magical cords from Lupin. Padfoot was encircling the lot of them, keeping a watchful eye and barking at the wriggling ones. Donald and Panchito were blowing raspberries at them.
"You better hurry to save your friend," said Mulan. "You still have the rest of the world to visit." She waved her arm across the vast showcase of countries they had left to visit across the lagoon.
"Thank you all very much!" said Hermione. "We couldn't have gotten past them without you. You should come with us."
"We'd love to-" started Ling
"But we must stay here to guard the skeletons and to defend this side of the showcase," said Captain Shang.
"I think I'll stay too," said Milo Thatch, who was massaging a bruised shoulder. "I don't think I'm up for the rest of this rescue mission."
"That's all right, Milo," said Neville. "You were still a great help to us. Thank you."
"Come on! We better go," said Lupin. He severed the cord attached to his wand and handed the rope to Chien Po so he can guard the skeletons.
"Thank you all again!" Ginny cried as the crossed the bridge, waving good bye to the Chinese Warriors.
"Don't you be crossing that bridge now! Wait for me! I want to come with you!" cried Mushu.
***
The first thing the gang noticed when the walked into the Germany pavilion was the charming atmosphere of the village. It had stair-stepped shingled rooflines and wood tiered building facades. It reminded one of the seven dwarfs' cottage, only bigger. Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Neville, Fred, George, Lupin, Sirius, Mushu, Panchito, José, and Donald Duck stood in front of the German village, wondering where the cauldron would be. They started into the village, everyone splitting up, poking in and out of the various shops. There were only dolls, toys and stuffed Steiff brand toys at Der Teddybar. There was only Christmas merchandise at Die Weihnachts Ecke, and Hummel figurines at the Glas Und Porzellan shop.
"The cauldron's probably with the witch from Snow White," said Hermione as she Ginny, Neville, and Ron walked across to another shop.
"It could be Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty," said Neville. "The story the movie was based on was the Brothers Grimm version. They were German."
"But I think it would be the witch from Snow White."
"Maleficent was a witch too. Well in the story she was a bad fairy."
"That's why I think it's the Snow White witch. She was more of the type to conjure potions and actually use a cauldron," said Hermione.
"That's true. She did use one to make the poisoned apple that put Snow White to sleep," said Neville.
"Didn't that Horned King say it was with the witch who tried to kill Snow White?" asked Ron, confused with the debate between Neville and Hermione.
"Oh yes…that's right," said Neville, realizing he had forgotten the clue they had to remember. "Then we are looking for the witch from Snow White."
"What if we find two beautiful maidens instead?" called Sirius from the entrance to the Biergarten restaurant. Everyone gathered at the restaurant to see what Sirius was talking about. Standing in front of him was a young girl with hair black as ebony, lips red as the rose, and skin white as snow. She had on a dress with a yellow skirt, blue bodice, puffy blue and red sleeves, a high white collar, and a dark maroon cloak to complete the ensemble. Next to her was another young woman with hair of sunshine gold and lips that shame the red, red rose. She was in a simple maiden's black and gray dress and had fallen asleep right in the chair she was sitting in.
"It's Snow White and Aurora," said Neville. "Well she's posing as Briar Rose, the peasant girl."
"How are they going to help us?" Ron whispered to Neville so Hermione wouldn't hear. "They're…they're damsels in distress! And that one's sleeping."
"A woman named Zira-" began the high, sweet voice of Snow White.
"Sent you to come help us," said Ron. "We know, we know." He whispered to Neville again, "Are they like that Mulan woman? Are they really warriors?" Suddenly, a thinking cloud appeared over Ron's head. Inside were Snow White and Aurora in suits of armor, slaying an enormous green dragon. "Hey! What're my thoughts doing up there?"
"I hate to burst your bubble," said Snow White, popping the cloud with a pin," but we're not any type of prince. We're princesses."
"Do you know anything about a cauldron? The Black Cauldron to be exact," asked Hermione.
"Well why would you need a musty old cauldron?" asked Snow White sweetly. "If you want to cook something, I can lend you my kettle. It makes a wonderful soup."
"No, we need the Black Cauldron. It's very important!"
"I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about a cauldron," said Snow White.
"Do you think she will?" asked Lupin, pointing to the sleeping beauty.
"Oh, I think its best not to wake her up," replied Snow White.
"Well, it doesn't hurt to ask," said Sirius. He prodded her on the shoulder and Aurora awoke with a great yawn.
"Oh, are they here already?" she asked Snow White, having almost the same sweet, charming voice of a young maiden.
"Yes," said Snow White, with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "But I doubt you can help them."
"What's the matter with her?" George asked Ginny.
"Oh, Snow White is just annoyed that I'm a better singer than her," said Aurora with a smile.
"No, I'm just upset because you will not accept the fact that I am the better singer," said Snow White.
"Oh no," said Donald. "Here it comes." He pushed his fingers in his ears to block all sound.
"You might wanna sit down; this may take a while," said Mushu to the wizards and witches as Aurora and Snow White continued to discuss their views. They weren't exactly arguing since both spoke to each other in calm, sickeningly sweet tones.
"What's going to happen?" Fred the frog asked Mushu, sitting next to him on the table.
"These two are always fighting as to who is the better singer," said Mushu. "Last week at Tarzan's Jungle Birthday Bash, the two tried to have a contest to see who was better."
"What happened?" asked George the Frog, taking a seat on Mushu's other side.
"Well, only two guys dared to be judges and it was a tie!"
"Who were the judges?"
"Prince Philip and Prince (nameless prince from Snow White)! Now how will there be a winner if ya got two biased princes?" asked Mushu. "If you ask me, that Sea witch Ursula is better than the two combined!" Snow White and Aurora started singing scales, ascending and descending the pitch of their voices.
"I think they both sing beautifully," said Hermione. They all took seats in the restaurant and Aurora and Snow White stood on a stage that appeared in front of them. The lights dimmed again and a spotlight was put on the two princesses. Mic, the microphone from the House of Mouse, lowered from the ceiling. The other seats were suddenly filled with other animated characters - Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Dopey, Flora, Fauna, Merryweather, King Hubert, King Stefan, Queen (also nameless from Sleeping Beauty), the huntsman, the Mandolin player, and various members of the royal court of King Stefan. The two princes were also present, with seats up front.
[A/N: Mic was voiced by the late Rod Roddy of The Price is Right.]
"We're here live from The Biergarten in Germany at EPCOT Center of the Tooniverse! Today we have a Battle of the Vocals," said Mic. "So 'whistle while you welcome' Princess Snow White of the Royal Disney Princesses!" Snow White curtsied while the audience applauded with Prince and the dwarfs, except for Grumpy, cheering and whistling the loudest. "And…'you've seen her walk once upon the silver screen,' welcome Princess Aurora in disguise as Briar Rose!" The applause and cheers continued. Prince Philip, the three good fairies, King Stefan and his queen rose to their feet and applauded for Aurora.
"This is ridiculous!" said Ron. "How are we going to find the cauldron this way?"
"Is there a doubting member in our audience tonight?" asked Mic. The spotlight left the stage and swept over the audience. "Did I hear that someone doesn't see the relevance in this contest?"
"Yes! I do! How will two singing princesses help in saving Harry Potter?" asked Ron, the spotlight finally stopping on him.
"Please sit down, sir, and you shall see!" said Mic. The battle began with Snow White singing first. The music of Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty played in the background. Snow White was singing at the audience, but from her lyrics, she was aiming the song at Aurora.
"I have such a beautiful voice, why can't you see?
My voice is superior, it is obvious that the better singer is me.
Yet I know it's true, that your voice is seldom off key,
But if I know you, I know what you'll do,
You'll sing far too high, you won't even try
To sing like me… (Vocalizing)
But if I know you, I know what you'll do,
You'll sing far too high, you won't even try
To sing like me…"
The audience applauded politely for Snow White's wonderfully sung performance and then went silent for Aurora's performance. The music of With a Smile and a Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs played in the background. Aurora was also singing at the audience, but from her lyrics, she was aiming the song at Snow White.
" With a beautiful voice like mine,
Life is just a pleasant melody
You will clearly see
That my singing is fine.
With a beautiful voice like mine,
All the world seems to listen closely
Rejoicing that you
Are not singing, too.
There's no use in grumbling
Since your voice is troubling
Remember, you're the girl
Whose voice is not best in the world.
With a beautiful voice like mine
Everything is in tune and it's spring
And life flows along
When I am singing this song."
The audience applauded again as Aurora took her bows.
"They both have equally wonderful operatic voices," said Ginny. "They should be glad they both can sing so well."
"Sí, sí, sí," said Panchito. "She sings muy muy bonitamente! Very very beautifully!"
"But what was the relevance in that bloody sing-off?!?" Ron asked. The Princess music disappeared and was replaced with the ominous theme of Maleficent as the light from outside ceased from shining into the restaurant.
"What was that racket?" a woman's voice said from a dark corner of the restaurant. A sudden bolt of lightening outside lit up the restaurant and everyone turned around to see a very tall sorceress with poison-like-green skin, piercing yellow eyes, a sinister frown, a black dragon horned mask, and a frightening black and purple cloak.
"Maleficent!" cried the three good fairies. They disappeared in a poof as there was a mad scramble for the exit, the dwarfs running in terror, followed by most of the audience. Panchito, Donald, and José ran to hide under a table.
"Who do I have to curse to refrain from ever hearing that dreadful voice again?" asked Maleficent as she stepped closer to the stage. Maleficent's eerie theme began playing. Everyone was too scared to speak. Prince Philip and Prince leapt on the stage and shielded their princesses.
"I'll just poison the lot of them, so none of them can speak again!" said another voice. "Then I'll be fairest in the land! Hee-hee-hee-hee-heeh!"
"You shouldn't bother to waste your ingredients, Queenie. It is quite obvious who the two culprits were," said Maleficent to the gnarled old hag from Snow White.
"And what is the problem with beautiful singing?" Snow White suddenly asked from behind her prince.
"Beautiful?!? Your pitches are high enough to break the glass of these windows," said Maleficent.
"Sacrifice them to the cauldron! It will solve both of our problems," the hag cackled. "Then I'll be fairest in the land! Hee-hee-hee-hee-heeh!"
"Fat chance," muttered Fred to George and Mushu. The three started snickering.
"The cauldron!" Hermione whispered to Professor Lupin. "They have it, remember! We should follow them. Tell them to sacrifice the princesses so we they can lead us to the cauldron!"
***
"Oh! You're brilliant, Harry!" Helena then unlocked the padlock and unlatched the latch. Harry eagerly pushed through and pranced out into the room. "Tomás, are you back already? What's wrong, you look distraught."
"Are you mad?!?" shouted Tomás as he sprinted through the doorway. "That gazelle is crazy! Don't let him out!"
"No, no, no! Tomás its all right! This gazelle! He's remarkable!" said Helena with great enthusiasm. "He understands English, can read, and perform mathematics! It's a miracle for the animal kingdom! Harry, show him!"
"I don't want to deal with such nonsense," said Tomás. "Put him back in his cage, please!!"
"I will do no such thing. Need I remind you who the medical zoologist is in this facility," said Helena sternly. "If I want him out, then I'll keep him out."
"But…but…I'm worried about my safety," Tomás added hastily. "He could charge at me you know."
"Harry would do no such thing. He's really gentle and sweet. To tell you the truth, I think you brought in the wrong gazelle. This one seems perfectly healthy and stable," said Helena. "And he'd never hurt another living soul."
Oh yes I would! Thought Harry. As much as he wanted to tackle Tomás, he didn't so he can prove that he was not an insane animal.
"I see it fitting to release Harry back into the reserve," said Helena. "So if you don't mind, Tomás, I'd appreciate if you'd bring back this gazelle to the Animal Kingdom."
"No, but…but…" stuttered Tomás. This wasn't supposed to happen. Harry was supposed to stay in the animal hospital until the others got the things he needed and the real prize: Albus Dumbledore.
Will Tomás plan backfire completely or will he quickly contrive a solution? What is to become of Snow White and Aurora? Will the wizards sacrifice them to get to the cauldron? Will Harry be returned to the wildlife reserve? What's going on back at Hogwarts, Montana? What's become of the adults left behind at the Wizards' Convention? Find out next time in Harry Potter Goes to Walt Disney World.
I am very sorry, but by now it is probably quite obvious why this update is very late. Hmm…starts with an "s" and ends with "chool"…I wonder what it could be?? Like my usual pattern, Chapter 33 was started before Chapter 32 was posted, but not finished but now it is. I hope you've enjoyed it and I still have my ending in my mind. In the meantime, I welcome any ideas for conflicts and situations for the gang and the following characters and who should and should not appear and who is missing:
Italy: Heroes: Pinnochio, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto Villain: Strombolli American Adventure: Heroes: Pocahontas, John Smith, etc. Villian: Governor Ratcliffe Japan: Heros/Villains: (both not really Disney, but distributed by Disney) Spirited Away Characters (Yubaba!! AHHHHH!), Kiki's Delivery Service characters (There aren't really any villains in this one) Morocco: Heroes: Aladdin, Jasmine, Genie, Villain: Jafar France: Heroes: Beast, Belle, Enchanted Objects, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother, Mice (Gus, Jacques, Suzy), Aristocats, Ariel, Prince Eric, King Triton, etc. Villains: Gaston, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia, Drizella, Ursula United Kingdom: Heroes: Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy, John, Michael, Alice, Mary Poppins, Bert, etc. Villains: Captain Hook, Queen of Hearts, Wonderland in general. (I don't need much ideas for this chapter, but I've got it planned out.) Canada: Heroes: Koda, Kenai, Rutt, Tuke (never saw Brother Bear yet so DON"T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THEM!) Last Villain: TomásThank you all for your support and feedback and for reading! Have a magical day! ºoº
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