A.N.~ Thanks to all how have read my story so far. If you guys have any suggestions I'll be happy to take them, if you wish to see certain characters, rides, etc. so please read on.
Chapter 2:
What?!
It was late as I walked into the orphanage's doors. The floor boards squeaked as I walked down the hallway and up the stairs. I could hear the quiet snores coming from behind the closed doors. My room was a the end of the hallway, and I liked it that way. As I entered my room I smelled the sweet sent of apple coming from my air freshener. I looked around my messy room seeing everything in its rightful place, I do know where everything is I swear.
I threw my backpack on the floor and stepped over the mounds of junk towards my window. The view was stunning, or at least it was to me. The cars speed down the streets at incredible speeds and the lights flowed into my window creating a collage of colors on my wall. It was just a regular street but to me it was amazing. I changed into my pj's and got an outfit out for tomorrow, it was my favorite Disney shirt and my old blue jeans with a pair of old converse tennis shoes. I put them on my chair and dove on to my bed and turned out my light in one action. My lids grew heavy and soon I was drifting into the realm of dreams.
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I was in Disneyland, or at least I should be but my question was were was everyone. The fireworks were showing their fabulous display in the sky, but there were no people on Main Street U.S.A. it was empty until I saw him. I walked closer and sitting on a bench was a man, but not just any man it was the white haired man, the same one that had been watching me the whole day. I walked closer to him sizing him up. What did he want with me, I've got no money no fame, I'm just one really smart kid that's it though. He waved me over t where he was sitting and I sat down next to him wondering what I was doing here and why the park was this empty.
"Well hello there, you must be Katherine," the white haired man said."
"Um yeah my name is Katherine, but the real question is who are you?" I asked skeptically. Then suddenly a en fell out of his pocket and the point landed on me, making a mark on my hand.
"Opps sorry, well my name is Wayne. I'm senior imaginer at Walt Disney World I even meet Walt himself at one time and helped him build the whole dang park."
"Well it's nice to meet you Wayne," I said still wondering how he knew me.
"Katherine you're a smart girl so I'm just going to cut to the chase, I need you to find something for me," he said looking at me trying to evaluate my expression.
"I'm sorry but if you lost something maybe you should go check with the lost and found they are the ones who handle this sort of thing," I said still wondering what it is what he was looking for.
"Katherine, have you ever heard of the crown of balance?" he said looking into the sky as a firework exploded in the sky.
"No, I haven't."
"Well the crown of balance is something of a Disney legend. It was told that Walt had made a crown that tells the true holder of how to protect one of his accomplishments. There were three jewels set into this crown, one of green; warning the holder of evil, one of yellow; showing the holder that good had come, a a blue stone; showing the balance that both were not coming over one another." he said still looking into the sky.
"But what does this have to do with me?" I asked.
"Only one person can find the crown, it will only show it's true nature to one and only one. The one that Walt meant to find."
"O.K., let me get this strait. Walt Disney made a crown that shows when Disneyland is in trouble and I'm meant to find it," I asked with skepticism.
"You're pretty quick."
"I know but seriously I'm suppose to find a crown and protect Disneyland from all the horrors of evil?"
"Yes, and you saw the starting of the evil tonight. That dragon was working on it's own trying to hurt Mickey. Or at least it was working for her until you started cheering for Mickey."
"You mean I stopped Maleficent?"
"Well your belief started, by saying one chant you had the whole crowd cheering for Mickey."
"So I am kinda like a chosen one?"
"Well I think you're the one to find the crown because it states in the legend that one only true of heart but true of punishment can hold the crown because she must be balanced to hold the crown of such."
"So it has to be a girl and you think that I'm the one of balance?"
"Yes now tomorrow I think you should look for the crown, there's a riddle on how to find it, let e get it real quick," he said as he rummaged though the pockets on his jacket. "Here it is now this is what it says, 'To hold the power of balance you must look in the original kingdom, you may not find it in fantasy, you may not find it in the frontier, balance can remain only in the heart of who loves but will sacrifice all if you have to, she must be balanced to hold balance itself.'"
"Great? That's real specific," I said sarcastically.
"Well my times though here and it's almost morning, good luck Katherine and please hurry the overtakers wont wait for you to find the crown since you're the only one who can stop them."
"What who are the overtakers?" I almost yelled as Wayne walked away.
"Oh they are just every single villain in the park who are trying to take over all things Disney and rule all who enter here," he said nonchalantly over his shoulder.
"WHAT!!" I yelled at him. Now he puts the pressure on.
"Good bye and good luck, we'll be keeping in touch," he says as he vanishes into thin air.
I sat up in bed almost in shock and stared at my alarm clock. It was six in the morning and I should start to be getting ready for work. But I just sat there in bed. Did it really happen, or was it all just a dream? I looked down at my hand and saw the ink that marked my hand. It really did happen. I really was going to find this crown Disney depended on it.
A.N. cliff hanger! Will Kat find the crown? Will all of disney parish? Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter of The KID in Me. Oh and if you can find out where the crown is hidden I'll give you an imaginary cookie.
~Barbie =D