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Chapter 11: Holograms Gone Wild
The kids from Florida came to do the filming of them for the DHIs I watched from the shadows as they looked around. One of them saw me, his eyes observed me while the others chatted about what it would be like to go to Disneyland. He seemed to know more about what was in store for them, it was like he knew that they were not being promoted, it was like he knew he was going into a war in a new place, defending something that mattered but not enough for him to worry. I was told that his name was Finn, he was the so called leader of the bunch. What really intrigued me though was what did Wayne want them at Disney for? I knew that they would soon become part of the park just like I have, but why would he want them there now, when the Overtakers are here? They were going to be at the ceremony that welcomed them into the park, but after that they were going home, back to Orlando, Florida, a place where I had never been. I thought about him as he turned his head back to the conversation and I walked to the hologram room. I was helping design the DHIs and how they were to act at Disney. They had recorded there voices and all I had to do was program the knowledge into them. I had previously designed the less embarrassing outfits that the art department had made look stunning. We worked all week on these new additions and by the time we imagineers were finished they looked stunning and were ready to be welcomed into Disneyland.
The ceremony started in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castel, it was sunny until it began. The crowd that surrounded me made me happy to think that all this hard work that went into these new host might actually be worth it. Most of the people who had worked on the project were sitting up on the stage, I was in the watching crowd. I didn't want attention drawn to me. I want to be the person who admires their work but not get the credit, and it would be odd to have the 14 year old girl who now owns Disney up there for the first time in front of all these people and the press. Ths was the reason I really remained hidden, I didn't want to go public like Wayne and many others wanted, I didn't want to become the new object of the press, stalked every waking moment by reporters. I turned my attention to Mike Jones, he was one of the lead imagineers for this project besides me so I was letting him do the talking. He told the excited crowd about the new additions to the park and how they worked but he could not explain it well enough. "Well I wish I could explain these better than I have, but I can't do that and none of us on this stage can, but someone out in the crowd can. Now Katherine, if your out there why don't you give the people the full story on the Disney Hosts Interactive," he waited a few minutes as I stood there looking at him with an expression of hate on my face. "Come on Katherine, take the credit you deserve and come up on stage," I stood there hands crossed my chest giving him the evil eye. "Now people, I can't make her come up here apparently so I'm just going to ask you to help me cheer her up here, Kid, Kid," he and the crowd chanted my nickname.
"Fine, I'll get up there!" I yelled as the people around me turned to look at me and moved so I could get up on the stage. As I got up on the stage, the awe struck faces were everywhere. I walked up to Mike and said, "Why are you making me do this?"
"First no one can explain the DHIs like you and second Wayne said it was for your own benefit. You knew that we were going to tell the public sometime about you well that time is now and your fans are waiting." I turned and headed for the microphone readying myself for the crowd.
"Umm, I didn't really plan on coming up here today so I don't have a speech or anything planed so this might be a little rough. My name is Katherine Isabella Disney, I'm the new head of Disney, I'm known as kid or Kat and now that you know something about me let's move on to the reason we are all here today the DHIs. Our Disney Interactive Hosts program started at Walt Disney World and has now come to Disneyland. We are using the same people that are at Florida except they are programed with info for Disneyland. Now let me introduce our DHIs, and DHIs please raise your hand when called. Finn, Willa, Maybeck, Charlene, and Philby," they all raised their holographic hands and waved as they were called. "These hosts will be able to guide you around the park and tell you lots of fun facts about the park in general. These DHIs will be able to guide you almost everyday the park is open. Well that's about it on the DHIs," right as I finished those words hands of what looked to be reporters flew up in the air. I answered the relentless questions that they had for me, some wanting to know the secrets behind them but I stood my ground and only gave the necessary information.
After the nightmare of the opening of the DHIs I was able to walk around the park as a nobody. I must really blend in well or nobody really thinks I was who I really am. I let my feet carry me to one of the many lands of Disney. I ended up in front of the Rivers of America and I sat down next to the large piece of petrified wood. I let my mind drift into a dream state only to be awoken by a familiar questioning voice, "So how does it work Kat?"
"By that do you mean the DHI or something else, Jacky?"
"I mean the crown, well necklace, how does it work?"
"It's triggered by thoughts and dangers."
"I'm only ten Kat, what do you mean by that?"
"Your ten?" I said giving her a look of disbelief.
"Ok nine, but still you haven't answered the question."
"I mean that if I think of Peter Pan really hard he'll come here."
"Really, could I see him please?"
"I don't think so, I think only I can see them. Do you remember when you went on the Pirates and the boat rocked for no reason?"
"Yes."
"Well that was because Jack jumped into it."
"Really! And I didn't see him!"
"Yeah, it's one of those Disney things, hey where's your mom?"
"She's buying popcorn she'll be over here in a sec, so what's the latest in the adventures of Kid Disney?"
"How about we wait until your mom gets over here so I don't have to tell the story twice."
"Fine," she said stubbornly. We waited a few minutes for her mom to get over to us, she apparently wanted a snack for the story. I turned to Jacky and said, "Have I told you the story about when Kid had to be Tinker Bell for the firework show?"
"Nope, haven't heard that one yet."
"Ok, it was the day that Kid was taken into the Office Building and into the bore of a meeting. Now you see Kid didn't want anyone to know that she was only fourteen so she stayed in her office while the others had there meeting while she talked through a phone to them," I said only to be interrupted by Jacky.
"Ok Kat, I get it, very boring meeting. Can we skip to the part where she actually is in Disneyland cause that meeting was starting to bore me."
"Fine, fast forwarding through meeting and now we are in the park. Kid headed toward Indiana Jones only to remember what happened last time she was on it."
"What happened last time she went on Indy?"
"Didn't I already tell you that story?"
"Oh yeah."
"Now can I tell you the rest of the story or are you going to interrupt every other minute?"
"I'll stay quiet."
"Ok, she turned and walked towards, Fantasyland right as she was about to get into a line she got a phone call telling her that she needed to come be Tinker Bell for that nights firework show. She went to hair and makeup and got ready to be Tinker Bell. Now as she went on the line for the finale she saw the zip line ahead of her start to break, she thought long and hard about Peter and Tinker Bell and soon the appeared to help her. Right as the line snapped Peter caught her and Tink gave her some pixie dust to enable her to fly. She made the greatest finale for the fire works and then well she changed, blended back into the crowds and went on Space Mountain. The end."
"The end?! What kind of ending is that? And who tried to kill her again?" Jacky almost yelled outraged by my bad ending.
"That's a good question, and I'll give you one guess to answer it."
"Overtakers?"
"Yep, well I've got to go Jacks it's getting late. Will you guys be here next weekend?"
"Only if Jacky finishes her project on Disneyland," her mom said.
"Well, if you need any help you got my phone number."
"Ok, by Kat!" she said as I waved and walked away. I went to the dream sweet and layed on my bed and soon fell asleep.
I was standing at the far end of Main Street. The place was empty except for the figures that surrounded the statue at the far end of the street. I got closer to the glowing figures and saw my team sitting on the ground tied up in chains while the glowing figures stood over them. I stormed to the statue and I thought of them free of there chains and they were as I thought. My friends grabbed their weapons and I motioned them to lower their guard. I walked up to who looked to be the leader of these idiots. I grabbed his shoulder and spun him around to face me, "What do you think you're doing?" I asked out raged by these newbies.
"Well, these characters were looking for the Overtakers and a 'kid',"Finn said.
"They are out to destroy the Overtakers Finn, and I bet you don't even know who kid is," I said still outraged by this idiot's mistake.
"In my opinion they are trying to deliver this kid to the Overtakers," he said and turned to see my team free of there chains standing behind me now. The DHIs were astonished all in awe as they saw us.
"I knew it you are in cahoots with Maleficent and you are out to destroy us!"
"Umm, Finn if she wanted to destroy us she wouldn't have helped created us," Willa said in the back.
"Sorry to disappoint, but Willa's right," I stuck my hand out to shake, "The name's Kid, and this," I motioned to my team, "is my team to help me stop the Overtakers."
"Well no need. You see we've done this kind of thing before and we don't need help from a bunch of characters."
"Woah, hold on cowboy, this ain't my first rodeo either. I live in So Cal and know the park while you come from Florida and know nothing about Disneyland. And walking around here for one day isn't knowing the park by heart. Also having people who are around the Overtakers everyday can help you a lot, besides they start to grow on you after a while," I said while wrapping my arms around my team.
"We don't need your help Kid, we need to find the Overtakers," he said sourly.
"Fine then, but if you want to find the Overtakers then go look without our help!" I said turning and running towards Fantasyland. Mulan was the first one to catch up to me and asked, "Why are we going through Fantasyland?"
"Because I'm leading the DHIs in the wrong direction, so they wont get hurt," I said while jumping over a fence and pulling a branch out of my way. "Well come on we don't have all night guys," they followed my lead and went into the thick trees. I looked to make sure the coast was clear and dropped the branches behind me. We past story book land and the round up center and hiked through the leaves.
"Where are we going?" Jack asked as we trampled through the brush as silently as we could.
"To an old ride," I said looking for the lake and the tunnel.
"What does it look like?" asked Peter.
"It's an old mine cart, it was here before the Big Thunder Railway," I said while hacking through more of the wildlife.
"Hold on I'll go look above a bit to see if I can see it," he flew above us for a minute and came back down to report that we needed to head a bit to the right.
"Where does this lead to anyways?" Jack asked.
"To the leader of the Overtaker Club that's not made for you and me," I said in a sing son voice as we headed through the tunnel and followed it around the island to the Indian encampment. I asked to borrow one of the canoes and told everyone to get in. I put on the sorcerer's hat and moved the water propelling us towards the dark foggy shores of the island.
"Even I don't like the looks of this lass and this is one of my attractions," Jack said.
"Well like it or not I can feel that the Overtakers are here," I said as I got off the boat and walked into the darkness. They slowly followed my lead. We wondered around the island finding nothing while the green gem on my necklace was glowing like a flashlight. Right as I was about to call off the search we heard the sound of screaming coming from the center of the island. We came to a clearing to see a group of glowing figures doing a familiar lightning dance. "So Maleficent it was you who taught the evil queen the lightning trick," I said to the sorceress. She turned around as everyone looked at me, my dress blowing in the breeze, the crown on my head and the hat on my side, and my sword raised.
"You foolish little girl, don't you know who you are dealing with the most powerful Overtaker?" she said as a blast of freezing air hit me
"No, Charanobog is the most powerful, your just his second in command!" Finn yelled while dodging a bolt.
"Well now I want know two things, one how does DHI boy knows something and who the heck turned on the AC?!" A blot came right toward me and I put my hand out absorbing the bolt in an orb of golden light and I thrust it back at Maleficent. She toppled back from the attack flying back into the bushes. Everyone looked at me in awe wondering what I just did.
"What? I practice and I might be getting the hang of this thing," I said. Then I saw Maleficent on the edge of the trees, "Till we meet again child," she said as she vanished into a green orb and was gone.
"That went well," Indy said.
"She got away," I said.
"So, at least we didn't get hurt and we got some info out of this," Mulan stated.
"She is so dead."
"Why?" Jack asked.
"She burnt my favorite pair of jeans the other night! Hey are the DHIs still here?"
"No, they left a few minutes after the evil left," Mushu said.
"Well, the park's opening in a few hours, see you real soon," and I was gone.
I woke up as the rays of light came through my window making minnie rainbows come into my room. I sat up and stared at the sight and then I remembered them. Those dang DHIs, I could have totally whipped Maleficent's butt but they had to get themselves caught up in the battle. She is so going to pay for ruining those jeans! I heard a voice coming from the other room and remembered Wayne was back for the rest of the week. He wanted those DHIs and now he is going to tell me the real truth behind that. And how could I have missed that they would come alive in the park. I got out of my bed dressed in my Mickey Mouse flannel pjs and walked into the other room to see Wayne and five other faces that I so didn't want to see.
"Finn, you need to protect her she is the one who can destroy the Overtakers," Wayne said calmly to Finn.
"Why do I need protection? I've got the best of the best at Disneyland already on my team and I could have handled Maleficent last night if these guys weren't in the way! And why are they even in here, in my appartment?" I said now being noticed.
"How do you know Wayne?" Finn asked.
"He's my guardian, and may I ask how you know him."
"Kids! Just calm down and I'll explain everything to you," said Wayne
"I want everything Wayne, not bits and pieces of the truth the whole thing," I said.
"Ok. The reason I wanted the DHIs here was to help you, you need more help then just a few ride characters and an eight year old girl. They have dealt with the Overtakers before and they have experience you don't. You need them Katherine."
"I need their knowledge, but me and my team can handle just about anything, and Jacky is nine. Also I have the crown which saved their sorry buts last night!"
"We could have gotten out of that on our own!" Finn said.
"Yeah right. I've been in that same position and I still have the lightning scar to prove it."
"Finn, Katherine, give it a rest and let me talk," Wayne said and me and Finn gave each other a death glare.
"Finn, you remember the stone cutter's quill right? Well, with it in her hand she can stop the Overtakers. She has three objects that can stop them two of them already in her possession and I have the pen so she can stop them you two just need to work together to stop them," Wayne said.
"I already offered that to him, after he chained my friends to the sidewalk, and he rejected my help. I don't think it will work so let me do this my way."
"Hold on we chained them together and not to the ground,"
"So, you still chained them thinking they were working for the Overtakers? Seriously, you don't have to be a genius to figure out that Peter, Indy, Simba, and Mulan are good guys; Jack is the one you should worry about."
"Do you want to get the information that each of you has to give so you can get the Overtakers stopped?" Wayne added.
"Yes," Finn and I said in unison. I thought of my team and sat down on the ground motioning for the others to have the couch. My team was soon next to me and looked at me as I motioned Finn and the others to tell their info.
"We were created to stop the Overtakers human but able to come alive in the park at night like everything else. The Overtakers are only in existence by belief so just like the good the evil is believed in by thousands and feared by it giving the Overtakers their power. The Overtakers want to take over the parks and then the world and are willing to trap everyone in their grasps to do that. They want the pen and have been to many other parks but we were able to stop them there. They take advantage of us when we go into SBS, or Sleeping Beauty syndrom. Charanobog is the head of operations while Maleficent does all the dirty work. They have others like Hook and stuff but they will take any opportunity. They also have the animatronic pirates working for them so I definitely wouldn't trust Jack he's probably a double agent. " Jack was starting to move right towards Finn trying to punch him while Indy and Peter held him back.
"Indy, Peter, if Jack wants to punch Finn then let him he just said he wasn't trustworthy. Now if he said that about you two would you want to punch him? And I want to see what will happen when he socks him one if it will actually hurt, he's just a normal guy right now and cant see you so lets experiment," I said with a devious tone in my voice, while Finn was red with anger and embarrassment.
"Who said they could come here?" Finn said.
"If your team can be here, then my can too. They need to know this just as much as I do. And if I were you I would apologize to him he doesn't take to kindly to be insulted and also to you it's Captain Jack Sparrow, only friends who insult him jokingly can call him Jack, comprende?"
"Fine, sorry Captain Sparrow, now they also use the rides as weapons like the astroblasters, those things burn. They also might be using Amanda or Jez again but I don't know," Finn said.
"And they are.."
"They are friends that can help us against the dark power but can also be used by them."
"So is Amanda your girlfriend or Jez and are they still in Florida because we need to get them somewhere safe. If they have power maybe they can help me with mine, even though I can make orbs to collect the negative energy I'm not good at just plowing them down with the crown."
"Amanda is the one I like but she is just a good friend Maybeck might have a thing with Jez but that's his thing. I just want them out of the Overtakers hands so they don't get hurt on account of me."
"Kat, you can make them vanish and you can find us isn't that kinda useful?" Peter said.
"That's right Peter. I can locate you guys and anything in the park. I can also make characters come and go to their rightful place which is where you guys will be in a little over an hour."
"And that is useful how?"
"Hold on," I said. I closed my eyes and cleared my mind, "What do they look like?" I said taking in a deep breath and sitting with my legs crossed focusing my mind on the park.
"Amanda has brown hair and brown eyes I think, while Jez has black hair and green eyes, Jez has been used before so she might be the one they took." I focused on the park and all inside looking for the two girls. I looked and searched for them not finding anything in the normal places and then everything got dark and there was stones, then there was about fifteen faces staring at me.
"What happened?" I asked.
"You started floating and you were turning towards different parts of the park saying no, you started glowing and then you said where am I and then dropped like you had no happy thoughts and were out for a good three minutes or so," I heard Peter ramble while Finn was saying something along the same lines.
"Were was I facing before I dropped?" I said suddenly.
"You were facing that way," Philby said. I ran towards the window and stared at Tom Sawyers Island. They were in there. The Overtakers had them both, this was not going to be an easy rescue mission. I had no clue where they were and the Overtakers are guarding that spot so I cant find them or it. I guess that I might be able to get something on where they are but I doubt it I needed Walt. I ran to my room and threw on my clothes while I ran a brush through my hair and got some shoes on. I sent the guys back to their ride and as I came out of my room with a notebook and a pen.
"What are you doing?" Finn said, while Wayne stared at me with a uncanny glance of pleasure; like I had finally figured out something.
"I'm going to see Walt, he knows more about Disneyland then all of us and he is the only one who knows more about the Overtakers then us," I said while stuffing my notebook in my backpack and grabbing a jacket.
"But he's been dead for like forty years!" Charlene said.
"The day I got the crown I meet Walt, if the crown can do it once it can do it again," I said while making a dash for the door. I ran to the statue with twenty minutes till opening. I got there and stood in front of Walt and Mickey. Take me to Walt Disney. I need to talk to him, this is a matter of life or death. Take me to Walter E. Disney when he is still alive and has made the crown for me please. This is information for the fate of Disney. I need his guidance, take me to Walt Disney. I thought. Right as I felt my body being pulled away from this time I heard Finn say, "Katherine they are farilies tell him that it will help your case!" I felt my feet being pulled of the ground as I spun through the colors of the past and future carrying me with the power that Walt had given me.
A.N.~ How's that for a cliff hanger? If you have no idea who the DHIs or Amanda and Jez are pick up Kingdom Keepers 1. Also if you have read that book and I spelt one of the names wrong tell me. As always review and tell me what you want to see.
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