Chapter 26: I Will Crush You All!
Quick Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, characters, attractions or otherwise. I only own my 10 OC's and the unfolding plot of this story, so no flames please!
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"The girls are mere minutes away, so be ready, Grimhilde!" said a cold voice that echoed through the dark attraction.
"Yes, but don't call me that name! I go by the Wicked Queen now!" she hissed, before turning to grin at a gagged Snow White, feeling that she was in her rightful place once again; down on her knees like the scullery maid she should have been. She was ready, and she was waiting.
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Third Person P.O.V.
Chloe and Kim had just finished drying off, and Chloe was looking at her sword, wondering when she'd get to use it. That opportunity, however, would present itself in mere moments. With the loud pounding of feet, a huge group of people rounded the corner, with Carmen and Ashley in the lead, both carrying swords.
"Yo guys! What's happening?' asked Kim, the two of them hurrying after them.
"Snow White's in trouble, and we need to get to her!" said Carmen, an air of purpose and determination in her voice.
"The swords sent us a message!" said Ashley, her sword ready and willing to do anything to save the princess.
"Cool, so I'm not going crazy after all," thought Chloe, for she had felt the sword speak too. The huge group finally reached the ride. They heard a crash, and some cursing as Julia herself slid around the corner, falling flat on her butt in her haste.
"Ouch!" she said, before picking herself up.
"Julia? How are you here?" asked Ivy, happy to see her friend, but wondering why she wasn't in pain.
"Emily had a premonition of sorts, that Snow White was in danger. Since I'm more healed then she is, I thought I'd come check it out. Glad you guys all received my sword text message," she grinned, proudly holding up her own sword.
"That was you?" asked Ashley, bewildered as to how her friend could have done something like that.
"It was. It really makes me love Disney magic all the more now," she laughed, her eyes bright with excitement. The good mood of everyone was dashed then, as loud crashes and painful cries came from within the building.
"We need to get in there now. We have to save Snow White and her prince. It's my fault that she was captured in the first place," said Kim, her eyes alight with hatred for the queen and any one who hurt her friends.
"Kim, you know that's not true," said Ivy, who remembered what Kim looked like after her first encounter with the Queen, and how sad she had been when she hadn't saved Snow White. "But maybe you should stay out here. I mean, you don't even have a sword," she said, not trying to be mean about it, but also not wanting to see her friends get killed.
"Oh I'm going in, and I have a feeling that my sword is waiting for me just past those doors. " The rest of the girls nodded, for that did make sense.
"But what about me? I'm going in with you guys, but I don't have a sword," said Zoey, still feeling a bit left out, when Edmund came up to her.
"Then you can use mine," he said handing it over to the shocked girl.
"But what about you? If I take it, then you'll be vulnerable," she said, amazed that this man, this king, was risking his safety for her.
"I wouldn't be able to defend myself, knowing that you could be in trouble," he said, taking her hand and kissing it.
"Wow. Thank you," she said, before moving closer to him and hugging him tightly. He was surprised, but quickly returned the gesture. Zoey then just as quickly let go, her cheeks tinged a light pink no doubt from her forwardness
"Now go. You girls save Princess Snow White, and Peter and I will stay out here and cover you," he said.
Peter nodded, looking over at Carmen, who met his gaze sadly.
"Keep yourself safe, Carmen," he said, putting his hand on her shoulder gently.
"Thanks Peter. You too," she said, a pained look in her eyes, before leading the other eight girls into the ride queue.
"Oooh, Carmen and Zoey falling hard for some Narnian Kings!" sang April, laughing as Zoey turned bright red and Carmen muttered something that sounded like shut up. They then had reached the courtyard, about to enter the castle doors, where the ride fully started.
"You guys ready?" asked Carmen, her hands tight on her sword. The girls nodded, a bit afraid but determined nonetheless. Carmen took a deep breath and opened the doors, the hinges groaning horribly, like in a horror movie. Great.
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Kim's P.O.V.
We all crept in, the darkness closing in around us as the doors swung shut. We knew better then to talk, but the pounding of our hearts seemed to echo as we passed the animatronics version of the Wicked Queen transforming into the old hag. We passed then entered the forest, surrounded by those creepy trees that apparently chased after Snow White in the film. Though they were silent, I kept looking over my shoulder, not trusting enough to ignore them completely. We had been moving toward the scene with the dwarves and Snow White were dancing in cottage, when the ride suddenly turned on, the music blaring and the sudden lighting nearly blinding us. I then heard loud banging behind us and turned around, gasping as branches from the haunted trees were trying to force their way through the doors!
April screamed as one grabbed at her arms, pining them behind her back. Julia, with surprisingly deadly accuracy, managed to cut away the branches without touching April.
"Guys help me block the door!" I cried out, using my weight to try to keep the doors closed.
"With what?" asked April, as she tried to help me keep it shut. I looked around, and then saw the scene we were in.
"Ivy, Julia, grab those chairs and that table and bring them here," I said, crying out as the trees pushed harder. The girls grabbed the furniture and hustled over with it, pushing it against the doors and temporarily blocking them.
"Move!" cried out Carmen, all the girls running through the next scene. We had now made it to the diamond mines, where brightly lit fake gems were glowing on all the walls. Some grinding noises caught my attention. Some of them gems had started sliding, bouncing down the hills and thudding heavily all around us.
"Hurry, into the last scene, before we get crushed!" cried Ashley, pushing April and Ivy to get them moving. The girls ran through the doorway, wincing as smaller gems hit them on the head and shoulders. Carmen and I were the last ones through, a gigantic gem barely missing us.
"Phew, that was a close one," said Ivy shakily, her hands shaking as she attempted to fix her hair.
"Well, we're all alive," I said, before a cruel laugh filled the air.
"Not for long my dear, "came the wicked laugh of the Queen, causing us all to spin around.
"Queen Grimhilde, I might have known," said Carmen, holding out her sword. I got a good look around the room, when I saw Snow White. Now at the end of the ride, the prince wakes her up with a kiss. However, this time Snow White was tied down to the coffin, and gagged to boot. Next to her coffin, lay her prince, Florian, bound and gagged as well.
"Ah, we meet again, impudent brats. Trying so hard to get Snow White free, and in the process you've foolishly set your own lives on the line!" she cackled, her black eyes flashing in triumph. I just had to roll my eyes. What was it with villains and overconfidence?
"Um, not to sound as overconfident as you are, Grim, but we're not the ones in danger of losing here. You are," she said, smirking up at the wicked woman.
"You speak bravely child, but your chivalry will be for naught. For when I have finished you, your friends, and that wretched girl Snow White off, the rest of the villains and I will take over this park today, and tomorrow, the rest of the world!" she cackled again. My god, what was it with Disney villains and monologuing? It had gotten really old, and it totally showed how much Disney type-cast its villains.
"Ok, not to sound rushed, but we kinda want to get this over with, so can we just start fighting now?" asked Julia, leaning on her sword in a bored fashion.
"Pitiful fools! You should be trembling in fear in my very presence!" she yelled, looking bit put out when we didn't.
"Is she for real?" I heard April ask Chloe, who could only shrug her shoulders.
"Oh well, I have been looking forward to burning you to a crisp anyhow, so stand still so I don't make a mess," she said, before conjuring huge amounts of magic out of her hands and throwing them at us.
We screamed and dodged them, crying out as parts of our clothes and hair caught fire. Carmen started to bark out orders.
"Ashley and Julia, the three of us will distract her. Chloe, April and Zoey, you untie the prince and princess, and Ivy, Kim and Carly, you guys get up behind her and knock her out!' she said in a low voice, she, Ashley and Julia using their swords to deflect the magic.
"Come on! Lets get to it!" I yelled, the three of us racing up a small hill, trying to be as stealthily as possible.
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Zoey's P.O.V.
April Chloe and I ran as fast as we could over to the bound royals, ducking now and than to avoid blasts of magic.
"Don't worry, your highnesses, we'll get you free in no time!" I said, pulling out my sword as Chloe untied their gags.
"Oh thank you, girls! I knew you'd come save me," she said, sitting up stiffly after I untied her, as April untied the Prince.
"Chloe, keep them covered, while I try to figure out how to get us out of here," I said, looking toward the doors.
"Um, can't we just leave through the exit?" asked April, not able to see the doors from her current position.
"They're bolted shut! Unless we have a battering ram of some sort, " I said, trying to think of a way out. Chloe then started waving her hands, trying to get their attention.
"Chloe, what is it?" asked April, not understanding her. Chloe face-palmed herself, desperately wishing for her voice. She then got an idea. She started signing as fast as she could, hoping that at least one of her friends knew sign language.
"Oh, she is trying to say that since the ride is on, the mine carts should arrive at any moment, and they can break through the doors, giving us a way out!" said Snow White, clapping her hands in pleasure as we gapped at her in amazement.
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Chloe's P.O.V.
I wanted to hug Snow White! Not only had she gotten what I was trying to say, but supplied the rest of it by herself. I came over to her. "You know sign language?" I signed, grinning as she started to laugh.
"Oh yes. It's an interesting way of speaking, and since I can speak to animals, learning sign language was easy!"
I felt so relieved, that I hugged her. I then remembered that we were in a kind of scary situation, and saw the mine carts come crashing through the doors.
"Come on, let's get you on the cart! It might be are only opportunity to get you to safety," said Zoey, helping Prince Ferdinand help her onto the cart. Seconds after they boarded, the mine carts hit the doors, causing the planks of wood keeping them shut to splinter and break.
"Good they're free!" Zoey cried out, before getting knocked off our feet as the Queen sent a blast of green magic at the doors, causing a wall of green to separate us from the exit.
"You pitiful idiots! I will crush you all!" she yelled, cackling as we picked ourselves up. I was scared now, thinking we might actually die on this ride, when I saw Ivy, Kim and Carly sneak up behind the witch. This might actually be fun to watch!
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Kim's P.O.V.
I came up behind the witch, not wanting to hurt her severely, but at least disable her enough so she would stop firing at my friends and give us the opportunity to escape. Using my foot, I kicked her in the back, getting her onto the ground. Yet, even with her heavy robes and stuff, she kicked my feet out from under me, sending me falling to the ground. She got to her feet, pining my down with one of her black boots. Carly and Ivy tried to help me, but she sent them flying back into a fall, and pinning them against it, temporarily incapacitating them.
"And now my dear, you shall meet your doom!" she said triumphantly, pulling out a dagger from her robes. I was terrified, but the fear coursing through my body suddenly gave me one last idea.
"Well, I may be dying, but thank goodness it by you and not by the evil hag! She scares me to death!" I said, hoping that reverse psychology would work in this situation. I think Walt Disney himself may have been listening to me, because she sheathed her knife.
"Well, my dear, thank you for that juicy piece of information. I will make myself as scary as possible in your last moments of life!" With a cruel laugh, she pulled a vile from her pocket and drank it, transforming into the old woman. "Not so brave now, girly!" she cackled, before giving a cry of pain and falling, on top of me in a dead faint. I pushed her body off mine and grinned up at Carly and Ivy, who looked pretty pleased with themselves.
When the Queen had turned herself older, her power holding up the swords had diminished, slightly, allowing the girls to get to their feet and sneak up behind her to knock her senseless.
"Just to make sure she doesn't escape, does anyone see any of her apples nearby?" I asked, smiling as Ivy held one out.
"She kept her basket with her, like she thought she could get us to eat one," Ivy laughed, kneeling down by the knocked out witch.
"Make her eat just a little bit, and she won't be a problem." Making a face, Ivy held open the witch's mouth and Carly tossed in a bit of apple, making her swallow it. In no time, the witch was out cold, snoring loudly.
"Think there's any chance of her telling the villains what happened?" asked Carly, wiping off her hands and picking up her sword.
"Nah. Unless the villains decide to actually use true loves kiss, she'll be out of a long time," I said, feeling pretty good about myself as I walked down the hill.
"Finally, one of our missions went right, and we saved the princess!" said April happily, stroking her sword.
"Wait, there's one thing I have to do first, before we leave," I said, startling everyone as I ran over to Snow White's glass coffin.
With trembling hands, I found a small button, that when I pushed it, opened the coffin. Inside, lay a sword sparkling with a shine from the day it had been laid at this attraction. With a gold handle and blood red blade, it was a work of art, with a bright red apple with green leaves etched into the handle. I held it gently, the metal warm and smooth in my hands.
" As cheesy as it may sound, I finally feel complete," I said, my friends laughing as my dramatic attitude. We were on a roll, and I felt like I could defeat anything that came my way! And that's when the lightning started.
Finally, a chapter that ends on a good note. I guess. I do have something epic planned for the next chapter so stay tuned!
One of the main reasons that I decided to put this chapters setting here is that right now, this ride is getting torn down, in both Disney parks, to make way for a new princess court and the seven dwarves mine cart attraction. Very sad, but progress is progress, I guess. This is my way of paying tribute to the great ride, which I loved when I went to Florida. So here's to you, Snow White's Scary Adventures! Oh and another thing, yes the princes name is Florian, or at least it says that in a lot of Fanfictions and the Disney Wikipedia, so yeah.
It's also really cute, the way that Edmund the one getting the girl, and Peter, the more confident one of the two, is falling head over heels for another, who keeps spurring his advances. Poor Peter, but even in Disney things don't always work out!
Three words. Overconfidence, Monolouging and Reverse Psychology! These three things are the things make the villains lose. Three movie examples, Ursula, Hades and Jafar. Just knowing this stuff makes me wonder if I would be a good villain, and if I would win. I'm just saying!
Ok, one more sword found, with one left to go! Will they find it, or will all there efforts fall through? All this and more in the next couple of chapters, so please review!
(And one last thing. I got a review asking what all the girls ages are! I'm so sorry about not saying anything about that, and here they are.)
Carmen: 18
Ashley: 17 going on 18
Julia: 17 ½
Carly: 17
Kim: 17
Ivy: 16 ½
Chloe: 16
April: 16
Zoey: 16
Emily: 16
2015 Author Note: When I first posted this chapter Snow White's Scary Adventures was about to be torn down. This has long since come to fruition, being 4 years later, and is now home to the Princess Fairytale Hall. Being as nostalgic as I am, I'll give kudos that it's a good place to go if you want to meet face character, but I prefer the ride to a meet and greet any day. RIP Snow White's Scary Adventures!