Chapter 3

It was getting late and Mark wasn't telling us much. He told us we needed to meet someone and that was it. Ian sat next to me on the loveseat we sat in the night before. We were getting ready to go to sleep. Mark had instructed us not to. We stayed awake by shaking each other once and a while. I slapped Ian awake once because he closed his eyes and didn't open them.

Mark finally came through the door with kids following behind him. There were three of them, two girls and one boy. One of the girls had braided black hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. The other girl was much different from the other. She had shiny blonde hair, hazel eyes, and had a tan. The boy had spiky brown hair, dark brown eyes, and was also tan but not as much as the blonde girl.

"Who are they?" The pale girl said. She looked at Mark. "You never told us about them."

"He never told us about you either."

The blonde girl was much friendlier. She seemed to skip right over to us. "Hi!" She shook my hand. "My name is Daisy."

"I'm Violet." I said as I shook her hand back.

"Oh, flower girls." The pale girl said. "How cheery."

"Don't be rude, Jenny." The boy scolded. He extended a hand to me. "I'm Kyle."

I took his hand. I felt a jolt go through my body. The heat left my body and I felt a pleasant shiver flow through me. He shook my hand and let go. He smiled.

"And you are?" Kyle asked Ian.

"Ian." Ian said.

"Nice to see that we're all acquainted." Mark said. "I need to talk to you all about what you are up against."

"What do you mean, up against?" I asked.

"There is a group of Disney characters called the Overtakers. They are determined to take over Disney World and everyone and everything in it. You, the DHIs, were created to keep peace in Disney World and defeat the Overtakers. The DHIs before you had defeated them time and time again, but they kept on coming back. Finally they won. The old DHIs disabled, Disney in peril, I hired you five. You can not tell anyone about this. You are a secret from the Imagineers and everyone else." Mark explained.

"Is that all?" Jenny asked him.

"In a nutshell." Mark said.

"So… How are we supposed to stop the Overtakers?" Daisy asked.

"I'd start at Main Street." Mark suggested. There was a long silence "You can go home now."

Everyone emptied from the room. I walked with Ian out of the apartment Mark lived in. We were headed towards Washington Avenue where both Mark and I lived.

"See you in a little bit." I said.

"Bye." Ian said.

I opened the door to my house and entered the hallway. Dad was probably in his bedroom. Mom would be in the bathroom doing her hair. It was my parents' anniversary. They were going to see a movie.

"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" I called out.

Mom came rushing over to me. She gave me a big squeeze "How much money did you make yesterday?"

I pulled out the wad of cash. My mother hugged me even harder.

"I wish you didn't have to go out in the alley to make money." She sobbed. "Tell you what. I found a job at Wal-Mart. Now you can go make some friends of your own age."

"Thanks Mom." I said.

"Your father and I will be home late tonight." Mom said. "Don't stay up."

"Trust me. I won't." I assured her.

I appeared at a bench on Main Street. Ian was on the opposite side of the street with Kyle. I was with Daisy and Jenny. Daisy had her hair in curlers and was frantically trying to take them out. Jenny was leaning against a building. She was wearing all black. Kyle was wearing the same thing as Jenny but it actually worked on him.

Suddenly everything went cold.

"Does anyone else feel cold?" Daisy asked. "What do you think is causing it?"

"I don't know." I said. I felt a shiver run down my spine. "Hide in the bushes."

We ducked behind some bushes and signaled for the boys to get down. The cold grew stronger. I felt like I was in a freezer, or like all my body heat was gone. Something rolled down the street. I couldn't figure out what it was.

"Smoke Bomb!" Ian called out.

Fog swallowed Main Street. I couldn't see anything beyond three feet. I got up from my hiding place to find Ian. I called out to him. Ian didn't respond. In fact, no one responded. I couldn't even hear the wind anymore. What was going on?

The fog started to fade. I couldn't see anything beyond the street that I stood on. I looked around. Something emerged from the smoke in front of me. The person wore a flowing black cloak with a purple rim. Her cap was pointed and her skin was… Green?

I felt the goosebumps on my arms. The closer the person got to me the colder it got. I could see my breath now. The person didn't speak. I backed away slowly.

"Violet!" It was Ian. "Violet, where are you?"

I didn't answer. I couldn't. My throat was frozen solid. I turned to run but was stopped by the dense fog. I reached my hand out into the fog and it seemed to disappear. My arm lost all feeling as if it wasn't even there. I retracted it back. The feeling returned.

I turned back to the person approaching me slowly. She was muttering something under her breath. With her hands she conjured up a ball of fire.

"I'm really getting sick of you DHIs coming back." She yelled. "You're like a bad rash that even if I get rid of you, you will come back."

"Then I guess I'll see you later." I said.

I ran into the fog but didn't get far before I fell. I couldn't get up. I had no control of my limbs. I could barely think. I got sleepier and sleepier. I saw a fireball zip through the sky above me.

I felt hands grab me. They pulled me away from the foggy street. Once I was on the sidewalk, I coughed up smoke. I looked up at Ian. He smiled.

"You always seem to get in trouble, don't you?"

"Hurry, we need to get out of here." I said.

I found the rest of the group and we all ran off. I took the remote out of my pocket. Mark had given it to me the night before. He said it's the only thing that can send us back to our beds.

"Ian and I will meet at the park." I said. I pointed to Daisy. "Are you good at research?"

"Yes. I'm voted most likely to get Valedictorian in High School."

"Research about the DHIs and their history." I ordered. "Can you handle that?" Daisy nodded.

"I'll help her." Kyle offered.

"Good. Jenny, what do you have to offer?" I asked.

"I found out that the Overtakers are after a really valuable source of power." Jenny said. "Is that alright?"

"It's perfect." I said. "Get some sleep at eight tomorrow."

I pushed the button.

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