Annabeth
"Come on... Come on!" I yell at myself under the castle. I feel people's eyes laying on me, but I continue to concentrate. Think happy thoughts, so you don't get destroyed by Eris... Meeting Luke, winning capture the flag, Dipper and Mabel, even Travis, everyone at Camp Half Blood...
A glowing light shines above my head. Before I can act casual and tell tourists that this happens everyday at Disneyland, I drop through the floor.
"It's about time," Harmonia comments as she walks towards me. The large room looks dark, like the Underworld, but also cheerful, like a celebration.
"Lady Harmonia, how do I help my friends? Luke and Dipper disappeared. I don't know if Travis and Mabel are still alive!" I try to calm down.
Harmonia still looks like how she did in the limo. She gracefully picks up a wilting flower by her feet. "Well, I can confirm that they are all alive. Unfortunatley, Dipper and Luke are having some... difficulties right now. Here, take this," Harmonia hands me a slip of paper.
The top says, "Indiana Jones Fastpass." I glance up at the goddess.
"Be grateful I gave you this. If not, you would've been stuck in a line for at least an hour! Now hurry up before Mara kills your friends," Harmonia snaps her fingers and I feel myself float back up.
I startle a few tourists when I pop out of the ground. I pull out the park map from my pocket (always be prepared) and dash towards Adventureland.
I trip of a mob of strollers and swerve through the crowds, but I eventually end up in front of the ride. I see an extremely long line, but I hand the cast member my Fastpass. I just saved an hour of my life!
As I enter the entrance of the Temple of Doom, I see fake snakes, old looking rocks, and spikes in the ceiling. Hopefully those are just for presentation. After a few more minutes, I'm nearly in the front of the line.
"One person," I tell the guy assigning the seats. He nods, "Row two." I get behind the bamboo gates and look at the people boarding in front of us. Another jeep comes, and I step all the way to the left side. A family of parents and their eight year old daughter are in the same row as me.
As a child, I always wanted to go to Disneyland. I never got to see any princesses when I was little. My stepmom took her sons and my father. But not me, since I was always causing trouble for her precious boys. I had to stay at home with my evil nanny, Tia Callida. My spoiled classmates in kindergarten would brag about the toys and treats they always got at Disneyland. Naturally, I would be excited to go on the ride. But right now, my friends are in trouble.
A voice comes through the speaker, "My friends, the brakes may be needing a little adjustment – easy on the curves," after the employees check the seat belts.
The jeep swerves to the right and we're facing the three doors at the Camber of Destiny. The face in the middle glows, "You seek the treasure of Mara. Glittering gold. It is yours."
The vehicle rushes foward to a hall filled with "treasure." Wait, did I just see a golden drachma? Being the cautious girl I am, I don't take any chances by staring at the forbidden eye. I shield my eyes and look to thr side. I know, that's just a superstition... It's not to me. I'm a freaky demigod, so I know something's going to go wrong.
"Mommy, that girl is too scared to look up," the eight year old girl glances at me. Her mother just laughs silently and looks up.
"Foolish mortals! You looked into my eyes. Your path now leads to the Gates of Doom! Bwahahahahahahahaha!" Mara's voice booms. The mom shrieks, and suddenly, there's a skeleton next to me. Two people in the front were also vaporized. I'm too scared to look behind me. The girl screams and shows her father his skeleton wife. The dad faints in his seat. I can't help feeling bad for her. A skeletal mom and an unconscious dad.
The jeep turns to the left. Indiana Jones is trying to keep the gates closed. Instead of telling us to hurry up, he calls, "Annabeth! They're in the Snake Temple!"
The other remaining guests are panicking so much that they don't really listen to his warning. But I understand. I toss him a drachma, which he catches with ease. He winks, and then the vehicle passes to the left.
Music begins to play as we enter the main part of the ride. A rock version of Mara's face is in the center. I try to tell myself that the room of skeletons was fake. It wasn't that convincing.
Then came the bugs. Creepy, crawly SPIDERS! I screamed and gripped the mother's skeleton's hand. I felt some crawl up my leg. What the heck! This isn't supposed to be real. I tried to kill them all. Thankfully, we were only with the bugs for a few seconds.
There was an unstable bridge in front of us. With my luck, it would break. Don't the crew members notice when their guests are killed by a ride? The jeep stops in the middle, but we make it over safely. Then we enter... the Snake Temple. The remaining tourists are still screaming, so they don't really care that there are two boys tied together in front of a giant snake. I slice my seatbelt in half with my knife and dive out of the vehicle.
I safely roll over and watch the jeep dive down to the right. I cross the track and me each my friends. I remove their gags and untie them.
"Annabeth! We have to go fast!" Dipper and Luke dash in the same direction that the car was going. I don't question them as we attempt to get away from whatever is trying to catch us.
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! I quickly glance back and stare at the giant cobra. I thought these were automatons! Hepheastus probably created them. How else could Disneyland be so real? Dipper is panting, and Luke stays behind us to make sure we're safe. We run through the hall of spearing skeletons. One spear nearly stabs me in the shoulder, but we make it through in five seconds. The snake is still gaining on us, dissolving parts of the track with venom.
The three of us stop and see Indiana Jones hanging on a rope above us. Oh gods, this is the boulder. And I'm pretty sure that the boulder will crush us. "Hurry up!" Jones yells. The "boulder" begins to roll forward.
I turn to my friends and they shrug. We run down the steep slope as fast as we can. I hear the snake hiss and the boulder fall. Could it be...
Dipper crawls around the corner. "You guys, check this out," he pants. I trudge with Luke and stare. Indiana Jones is standing there along with the boulder and a... bunch of snake guts and skin underneath it. Ew.
"Not bad, children of the Olympians. Thanks for taking care of Nagini Sr. Did you know that Voldemort was going to make a comeback?" Indiana Jones casually speaks. When did Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and Greek gods become involved with one another? "And Dipper, your mom is very proud of you for following the path. Hades is calling me," he states. Before I can ask him anything, his head drops and I see a white figure disappear into the ground.
"Not bad, for tourists!" the robot speaks, just like the ride is supposed to do.
I look at Dipper. "Explanations?" I ask him. Dipper wipes some sweat off of his forehead and stutters, "I have no idea what just happened."
Luke speaks up, "Well I do. That was Indiana Jones. Hades knew we'd have trouble, so he sent Jones' soul to guide us. But I doubt that. Maybe Persephone or a nicer god. Dipper, was he talking about Aphrodite?"
Dipper
Don't say anything about me... Artemis warns. I gulp, "I guess."
Annabeth raises an eyebrow, "And what about the path thing?"
"Well... someone spoke in my mind, telling me to come here. The cast member let Luke and me cut through the exit. I swear it sounded just like Indiana Jones. I feel bad now because we didn't get anything from this traumatizing experience," I admit.
Annabeth looks like she's about to strangle me but Luke stops her, "Wait a second, I remember what happened when we were tied up. There was a secret engraving on the wall. It said, Harmony is found where futures await. Go beyond the sky and find the hidden rodent."
I pause for a second, "Luke's right! It was by the snake! But what does it mean?" Harmonia is waiting... Future... Tomorrowland!
"You guys, Tomorrowland! Go beyond the sky... a space ride. Hidden Mickey!" I shout.
"Hidden Mickey?" Annabeth asks.
"At Disneyland, a lot of rides have a Mickey Mouse head or shape on the ride. I bet that's what we have to do to save Mabel and Travis!" I regain all of my energy.
Luke brushes dust of his pants. "Okay, better get going before they shut down the park because of the malfunctioning ride. I hope the mortals made it off safely."
