Chapter 24: Ice, Frogs And Swords Oh My!

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Zoey's P.O.V.

It was almost too easy. Edmund and I snuck into Winnie the Pooh, in hopes of finding the sword. We passed by Pooh's house, and I sat down on the log outside of it, when I felt a hinge. I jumped up, and felt for an opening. The top lifted free, and inside lay the sword!

It had a nice caramel colored blade, and a dark forest green handle, with what looked like a compass design inlaid into the handle. Yet, when I picked it up, it felt a bit strange, like I could hold it, but could not use it. Suddenly, as though it was speaking to me, I heard one clear name. Carmen.

"That actually makes sense," I said, gently putting the sword in my belt.

"What does?" asked Edmund, looking at me curiously.

"This sword. It can only be used by someone close to Princess Pocahontas, and since Carmen was with her last, it only makes sense that she should be the one to use it," I said, letting him help me back to my feet.

"Why do you think this sword was so easy to find? From your friend's stories, the swords were really hard to find, and some nearly lost their lives retrieving them. How come nothing has happened to us?" asked the young king, as we left the attraction.

"Well maybe it's because Winnie the Pooh doesn't have a villain, and Pocahontas's villain is kinda a flop in my opinion, so maybe we just lucked out," I said, before losing my voice in fear.

"That's a bit of an understatement my dear, " said a cruel voice.

"Miraz," growled Edmund, quickly drawing his sword and pulling me behind him. I felt cold terror fill my bones. I had seen the second Narnia movie, and knew how powerful the ex Telmarine king was in brute strength. I tried to reach for the sword, but it felt like magnets with opposite charges, not letting my hand touch it. How was I going to help Edmund?

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Carly's P.O.V.

I'm not gonna lie, I was suspicious. Why was Splash Mountain running if there were no people to ride it? True, it wasn't the weirdest thing that had happened in the past couple of days, but for some reason I felt very uneasy.

"So what kind of ride is this?" asked Peter, looking up to the top of the ride with a mixture of hesitance and curiosity.

"Basically you ride around down a river of sorts, and then you go down a four story drop and get soaking wet," I said, having ridden the ride many times, for it was my favorite.

"But what does this have to do with finding the sword?" asked Peter, not really understanding Princess Ariel's motives for sending the two of them there.

"Well, we are trying to find the sword that is similar to the Princess and the Frog theme. To my knowledge, this ride is one of the few with a lot of frogs," I said, as we moved through the queue. We boarded a boat, though I still felt a bit uneasy. The only villains this particular ride had to offer was the dimwitted duo of Briar Fox and Briar Bear, but they weren't my biggest concern. So I honestly hoped we'd run into them as opposed to any other villains.

We went thorough most of the ride with no problems, but when we went through the bayou that changed. Even though the sun was still shinning brightly, the temperature dropped horribly, ice forming around the wet sides of the boat. Soon, everything was iced over, the boat becoming completely stuck.

"Does this normally happen on this ride?" asked Peter, as he helped me out of the boat.

"No, and I don't like it," I said, as we walked along the sides of the river. "Over here," I said, leading us over to one of the frogs, who was shivering horribly.

"Excuse me, can you help us?" I asked, feeling sorry for the poor shivering creature.

"Sure, but can you tell me why it suddenly got so cold in here?" asked the frog, jumping up and down now in an effort to try and stay warm.

"We don't know, but the sooner we get what we need, hopefully it'll warm up," said Peter, his voice dropping into the tone he used when addressing his Narnian subjects, like he would do everything in his power to help.

"Anything, anything!" begged the frog, and I felt so sorry for it, that she took it in her arms and hugged it, trying hard to warm him up.

"We're trying to locate one of the legendary swords, and we were lead to believe that it's here," I said, getting a little antsy. My bad feeling was getting worse, and I wanted to get out of her as soon as possible.

"Oh you mean Princess Tiana's sword? Yeah, why don't you go look over by those reeds over there? I think that's where it is," said the frog, getting cut off as I put him down, and ran over to where he was pointing. Pulling aside the reeds, I saw a long log, with hinges on the sides. I opened it, and low and behold, there lay the sword, with a bright green handle and a dark green blade. On the handle there lay engraved a green frog, that kinda looked like Tiana when she had been one.

"Look Peter, I found…."I started to say, before tripping over a big root, flying face first onto the surface of the frozen river.

"Ugh, I groaned, shaking slushy snow off my now throbbing face. I was a bit surprised that I had still held onto the sword, although it felt just a bit weird, like holding a repelling magnet. That's when a voice that was even colder than the ice I was lying on spoke.

"Already groveling at my feet where she belongs. Smart girl." I looked up and inwardly gulped.

"The White Witch? What are you doing here?" I demanded as I leaped to my feet.

"Making sure you don't live to see the next sunrise." She snapped her fingers, and the ice I had been standing on cracked, plunging my body down into the icy water. The current was strong, and I was quickly pulled downstream.

"Peter!" I yelled, unable to move my arms because of the chill.

"Carly!" he yelled, racing over and grabbing my hand, as I was clutching the sword in the other. We had reached the climax of the ride, with the huge waterfall right ahead of us.

"Don't let me go Peter!" I cried, screaming now as I was nearly pulled over the edge. He grabbed me, and the all I could hear now was my chattering teeth, the racing of my heart, the icy rushing water, and the horrible laughter of the white witch. God I hope someone helped us soon!

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Carmen's P.O.V.

The hours we spent in the Haunted Mansion attic were some of the most nerve-racking hours of my life. For one thing, the walls shook with the moans and evil laughter from the still ongoing ghostly ball, Constance kept stroking the blade of her axe, and the finally, Hades had been sent in to watch us. Ashley and I had both gotten back a little of our strength, and all we could do was keep tense and ready, in case the two villains decided to try anything. As it got to be about 12:00, when we thought we were going to be prisoners forever, the window and part of the wall smashed open.

"God's, what now?" yelled Hades, before he was bowled over by an angry Pegasus, with an equally angry Meg riding him. We were saved!

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Meg's P.O.V.

"Why is it always you that steals the girls Hades?" I seethed, helping the red haired girl, Ashley I think her name was, up onto Pegasus, as she could barely move.

"Maybe it's my hot personality. What makes you think you're going anywhere, nut –Meg?" he sneered, using his pet name for me, while Constance cackled along with him. I was about to explode, when Constance fell to the floor face first, out cold. Carmen smiled, wiping some pieces of broken pottery of her clothes from the vase she had smashed on Constance's head.

"Wow, I'm impressed," said Meg, giving the girl a light punch in the shoulder. Carmen smiled, but was then yanked off her feet, gasping for breath, as Hades held her by her throat, glaring at the girls.

"Did you honestly think you could escape me? THE LORD OF THE DEAD!" he yelled. He then dropped Carmen as he was showered on with a full crate of aged wine.

"Mmh, that's a good year," he slurred, before dropping to the floor himself.

Unknown to all of them, Ashley had ridden Pegasus up, picked up a crate of wine, and dumped it all over Hades head.

"You go girl!" said Meg, as she and Carmen jumped on the horse.

"NO!" yelled Hades, who had just gotten to his feet. He shot fireballs at the retreating group, that they just barely dodged. As they swerved, they passed Constance, who had just woken up herself, who got hit with one of fire blasts meant for them. It caught her hair and part of her dress on fire, and that's when she started screaming.

"You creep! Look what you did to my dress!" she yelled, swimming her axe toward the fiery god.

"Hey Babe, I think it suites your psychotic personality! Hey watch where you swing that!" he yelled, dodging her blows. The villains attention diverted, Pegasus got the girls out of there.

"Meg, if you don't mind me asking, why did you come save us?" asked Carmen, looking at the Greek beauty with curiosity.

"Well, I heard you were in trouble, and since those princesses weren't sending any help, I thought I would," she said, as they flew over Mickey's Toontown fair.

"Not to sound rude or anything, but where's Hercules?" asked Ashley groggily, trying to open her eyes but failing. Meg looked sad.

"I don't know. I haven't seen Wonder Boy or the goat man in days, and I'm starting to get worried. Do you think you guys could help me find him?"

I nodded, intending to answer, but as we went over The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, I heard screaming. I looked down, and saw that the scream came from Zoey, watching helplessly as Edmund was sword fighting an older man, who I quickly recognized as King Miraz.

"Uh Meg, I think Edmund needs our help. Mind knocking that guy to the pavement?" I asked, Meg grinning as she guided Peruses down. The crash shook us a bit, but the smile from Zoey was worth it, as was the grown from the villain.

"Hey good timing," she grinned at Meg, then saw Ashley and I. "You guys! Thank god you're all right!" she said, crying a bit as she hugged her friends.

"Aw come on, I nearly had him!" protested Edmund, reluctantly sheathing his sword.

"Oh Edmund, you did a great job, you saved me!" said Zoey, giving the King a quick hug, which he returned, his face pink with pleasure. Zoey then remembered why he had to do it in the first place, i.e. the sword.

"Carmen, I think this sword will work better for you then it did for me," she said, holding it out to me. I grasped it, looking over it in wonder.

"It's beautiful, and feels like it was made for me," I gushed, excitement filling my body. It was then shattered with yet another scream, this one coming from the direction of Splash Mountain.

"Hey, is that somebody dangling from the falls?" asked Meg, squinting at the rides waterfall.

"I can't see anything?" said Zoey, squinting harder then Meg. Edmund produced a small telescope and handed it to me. I looked through it and wanted to scream myself.

"It's Peter and Carly!" I cried out, already pulling myself on Pegasus.

"Meg, you come with me. Zoey, you stay with Ashley and Edmund," I ordered, the others nodding.

"Be careful, Carmen. Don't get hurt!" Ashley weakly begged. I nodded.

"Let's go Pegasus!" I yelled, the horse quickly flying up to the ride. I got closer, hoping to grab them in time. But as we got closer, I got confused. Why were icebergs flowing down the waterfall in the middle of summer?

Ok, I seem to be getting into a bit of a rut here, ending the last couple chapters on cliff-hangers, but it just makes you want to know what's going to happen next, and give me lots of encouraging reviews! Do you ever watch Disney cartoons and think, wow, these villains are so sure that their going to win, that they never see the most obvious things, like Ashley and the crate of wine, and end up losing? Very funny! Anyway, lot's of different P.O.V.'s, new characters, and finding the swords, 2 to be exact. And I finally got around to saving Carmen and Ashley, with the assistance of Meg and Pegasus. Thanks guys!

Meg: Yeah, you're welcome. How about next chapter you get around to saving Wonder Boy!

Me: Just calm down. He will be saved! All I was trying to do was give you a part in this fanfiction.

Carmen: Aww, don't be mad at Meg! She the one who saved us from Constance, Hades, and his horrible sarcasm!

Anyway, hope this chapter was long enough, and exciting enough to tide you over to the next one, which I will try to get written as soon as possible. Until then, support Disney fanfiction and writers like myself by reviewing, for it's really great to read your reviews! TTFN!

~Rainlily216 Out! ~