Chapter 30: We Will Fight
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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Zoey's P.O.V.
I stumbled as a crash of thunder shook the hallway. The storm was definitely not our ally at the moment.
"Keep moving!" said Edmund, helping to steady me as we kept running. I was about to fly into Ariel's room, where I had a feeling Chloe might be, when I paused at the open door. I saw Ariel and Eric, trying to make a clearly cursed Chloe comfortable. And of all things she had a tail. I was really confused, and I think Ed was too, because we were both frozen as we stared at my friends long pink tail. Suddenly, Ariel and Eric looked up, tense and very jumpy looking, for Eric already had his hand on his sword.
"Oh Zoey, thank goodness it's you," said Ariel, the tense look softening slightly in her eyes. I finally found my voice.
"I'm not even gonna ask how or why she's like that, but just keep her safe!" I said, before running back down the hallway.
"Um, yeah, what she said," agreed Edmund, before running after me.
"And here I thought I'd seen everything," said Edmund, smiling nervously at me.
"Honey if you're able to say that, you obviously haven't been at Disney long enough," I said, before I smacked into something hard.
"Why is it that whenever were running to go fight something, we always end up crashing into someone?" asked a disgruntled voice. For the first time since I had gotten Emily's desperate cry for help and everything went all serious, I laughed.
"That just seems to be our lot in life, Ivy" I said, helped her to her feet.
"I guess so," she laughed, but was cut off by a frustrated, as usual, redhead.
"You guys can catch up later, but right, now we gotta go!" said Ashley, literally shoving the two of us down the hall.
I had to smile. Sure, Ashley and Julia were kinda ridged and bossy, but they were good friends.
"Your friends sure have great personality, Zoey," mused Edmund as we finally reached the stairs leading to our group's bedchamber.
"Well that's just Ashley Most of us are mild, but it's the fiery ones that get the job done."
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Carly's P.O.V.
I was relieved as I raced up the stairs, for it sounded like Zoey, Ashley and Ivy were behind me. Good, I had back up. When I reached the top of the stairs however, all confidence was blown away. The room was filled with glowing green light, Julia was passed out on the bed, and Emily was in what looked like a wrestling match.
"Carly!" cried out Emily, shrieking as April pulled her hair.
"Not going to ask, but here I come Em!" I leaped at April, taking Emily's place. She collapsed to the floor, her breathing ragged from the fight. "April, what is wrong with you!" I said, pulling my arm away before she could bite me. She then stopped fighting me and locked her eyes with mine. They were glowing green! With lightning fast reflexes, her hands had grabbed my throat, her grip painfully tight.
"Insolent Child! You and your friends are fool to challenge me!" said April, but it was not April's voice. This voice was high, powerful and cold.
"Something tells me you're not yourself, Ap," I said, gulping as she tightened her grip.
"Bravery. A trait easily destroyed!" she hissed, and then, with strength that did not belong to her, she hoisted me off the ground and threw me hard.
I flew for maybe two seconds, then smacked against the one of the walls. The breath was expelled from my lungs, and I could only lay on the ground in a state of shock and pain.
"Carly!" Emily cried, coming over to me. " Your bones still in one piece? Can you move your arms and legs?" she asked frantically.
Gasping, I did as she said. Nothing broken, but I did feel something warm and wet pooling out from my forehead.
"God, Carly, your head," Emily winced.
"I'm fine! We need to get to April," I said, ripping off a piece of my Pajama top and tying it around my head.
"She's heading up the stairs!" I cried, just as the other three girls and Edmund burst into the room.
"Oh seems like we're late. Did we miss the party?" asked Ivy, before she had seen April.
"What happened to you?" asked Ashley, helping us to our feet and wincing at my head wound.
"Don't worry about us! We need to stop April!" I said, and looked over to my psychotic acting friend. She was moving up the stairs, looking like she was sleep walking again. Better than throwing me into walls I guess.
"Ok, everyone who's able to, grab your swords and get on your battle armor," ordered Ashley, the rest of us nodding. Zoey rolled her eyes, for she still hadn't found her sword yet, but Edmund smiled at her, pulling out an extra one from his belt. She smiled at him and squeezed his hand, a look of pure happiness in her eyes.
"Ok, lets go!" said Emily, racing to the hidden hallway.
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Ashley's P.O.V.
We all moved inside, and I felt such a crushing feeling of darkness and despair, that my knees felt weak.
"Ashley, I don't like it in here!" said Ivy, her face having gone pale.
"Neither do I Ivy," said Carly, her hands shaking as she gripped her sword. I couldn't answer them, my mind feeling cloudy and tired as we moved up the stairs. Suddenly, Zoey grabbed Edmund hand and pulled him close.
"You guys! You need to think of something happy! Whoever's doing this is trying to disable us by using our emotions! Do whatever you can to feel happy inside," she said, and I could see Edmund was happy that Zoey was so close to him. The rest of the girls concentrated, and one by one they started smiling. Suddenly, Emily started singing.
"Oh oobee do, I wanna be like you. I wanna walk like you, talk you, I wanna walk like you, talk like you too. You see it's true, an ape like me, can learn to be, human too!" she sang, and the rest of us, including me, burst out laughing, extinguishing the cold feeling.
"Hey come one! It's one of my favorite Disney songs!" she said, blushing a bit, but very happy now.
Everyone was. We continued up the stairs, and I kept glancing at Edmund and Zoey. They made a cute couple believe it or not. Still, as we moved further up the stairs, the air got colder and colder and it got a bit difficult for me to draw a breath. When we reached the door, the wood was literally coated in frost.
"Talk about a finicky temperature change," said Ivy, her breath fogging up in clouds.
"You guys ready to face whatever's in there?" I asked, my hand tightening around my sword hilt. The girls nodded, all of their eyes having the same look of determination and courage. It really made me miss Julia, Kim, Chloe, and April. In her non-psychotic state of course. I took a deep breath, and opened the door. I had a brief look around the room. It had 6 walls, wooden walls and a bound and gagged Aurora and Prince Philip on its floor! And right in the center of the room, a possessed April standing quietly by her side, was the one of the most evil, the most terrifying Disney villain Walt had ever created.
"Maleficent!" we cried, as purple lightning lit up the entire room.
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Kim's P.O.V.
"This is so strange," I thought as I sat up. One minute I had been in Snow Whites room, chatting it up with the princess, when I had closed my eyes for what felt like just a moment, and then I had woken up, or at least come to some form of t, for I knew that where I was now was not real. I was sitting in a sort of fog, a sort of cloud room of sorts. I stood up, and luckily, I was still wearing my pajamas and had my necklace that Sebastian gave me. I moved around, but it felt like I wasn't going anywhere, except in circles. I then heard footsteps.
"Good, it's nice to know we're not the only one who's going crazy," came a voice and I turned around, surprised to see Julia and Carmen, both in their pajama's, walking towards me.
"You guys! You don't happen to know where we are do you?" I asked, as Carmen helped me to my feet and Julia crossed her arms over her orange pj's.
"I couldn't really tell you, Kim. All I know, is that I'm sure I'm dreaming," she said, sounding very sure of herself.
"But this is Disney, after all. We could just have walked into some sort of virtual reality room," I laughed nervously, not liking the way this fog was so close.
"It's not a dream Kim! I feel asleep, and before I did, I had a cut up face, curtsy of Lucifer, that devil cat from Cinderella," she said, touching her face.
"And I was in the medical ward, in searing pain" said Carmen, and I did see the logic in her words
"But even if this a dream, how come we're both here?" I said, my voice betraying the cold fear rising in my stomach.
"That I don't know, but we need to get out of here," said Julia. By now we had been walking around for a bit, and so far everything looked the same. Then, like a lighthouse in a storm, a girl in pink lay on the floor, her body stretched out in a knocked out position. Chloe!
"Chloe!" we cried, racing over to our friend.
We shook her, pleading with her to wake up. She groaned, and slowly opened her eyes.
"Where am I, and where's my tail?" she said groggily, looking down at her legs in disbelief.
"Tail? Man you must have hit your head," said Julia, frowning as she helped her sit up.
"No I did not! I was with Ariel, and was a mermaid when I fell asleep!" she said, pointing to the necklace we both wore.
"Ok, we'll talk about you guys as "mermaids," later. Right now we need to figure out where we are and how we can get out of here! I'm afraid the others are in trouble," said Julia, before spinning around.
"Wait a minute, you just talked!" she said, her eyes wide with amazement. Chloe grinned, a few tears in her eyes as she realized it too.
"Huh, I guess I did. That just proves that we're not someplace normal," she said. We then all jumped as a new voice came from behind us.
"I can answer the first part of that," said a man, with a kind face and a dark grey suit. I think if we had been cartoons, our jaws literally would have hit the floor.
"Slap me silly, it's Walt Disney himself!" breathed Chloe, her face filled with a childlike awe. I myself was shocked, but I think my eyes had the same look of excitement and awe as Julia and Chloe did. The original man behind the magic.
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Back up in the tower.
Emily's P.O.V.
I felt my heart slow down, the blood running cold in my veins as I looked at the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty. The witch was the first to break eye contact, turning her gaze on April.
"Good girl. You led your pathetic friends right to me. Your work is now done," she said and she placed a green hand on April's shoulder, a green volt of electricity' shooting into her neck. April cried out in pain and collapsed to the floor, her body twitching and convulsing as green electricity twisted around her body.
"How dare you! You may be powerful, but anyone who messes with my friends do not come out in one piece!," snarled Ashley, her voice strong and brave. Maleficent didn't bat an eye, and simply waved her staff. Suddenly, Ashley was crying out a string of curse words as she floated maybe 8 feet above us. It was then that she spoke, and I probably will never get that chilling voice out of my head. She had scared me since I was six, and hearing these famous words in person made chills run down my spine.
"You poor, simple fools! Thinking you can defeat me, me! The Mistress of all Evil!" she cried, her voice sending chills down my spine. Ivy looked like she was about to faint, Zoey clung tightly to Edmund, who's own hand was shaking as he held out his sword, and Ashley, lay suspended in the air, too terrified to move now. What were we going to do now?
(Meanwhile, in the…let's call it the fog chamber)
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Carmen's P.O.V.
I was in shock. I was actually talking to Walt Disney, the man who had dreamt up this place and all it's wonders.
"Are you really Walt Disney?" asked Kim, her eyes wide in happiness as she shook his hand.
"The last time I checked, my dear, " he said, smiling at her obvious questions with an amused twinkle in his eyes. Julia, before shaking her hand, looked at him in confusion.
"I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude, but didn't you die back in December of 1966?" asked Julia, her eyes searching his face for answers.
"Julia!" I hissed, elbowing her in the ribs. He may have been dead, but it wasn't nice to talk about someone's death to their face! The man smiled, and took her hands in his.
"My dear, I may have died in the real world, but I occasionally visit the parks every now and then, to check up on things. Because I just love it here so much. Being around the characters helps me stay younger." That left Julia speechless, but she shook his hand, smiling softly as she did so.
"But what are you doing here, Mr. Disney? I'm not sure that this is exactly the most ideal place just to visit?" I said, finally getting up the courage to speak.
"That is true. This is not a world of yours or of mine, but it is nonetheless real. This is happening in your minds, and in mine."
"But who's doing this?" asked Julia, her hands on her hips in frustration. "
"Unfortunately, one of my own creations. Maleficent herself. I'm afraid that she's the one who's trapped us, and right now I fear, your friends are in danger."
I couldn't breath, I felt so guilty!
"How can we help them!" begged Chloe, her eyes wide.
"Since I don't know how exactly to get out of here, you need to somehow send your courage and strength to them. They need it," he said.
Julia looked at him like he was crazy, but Kim, Chloe and I nodded.
"Care to help our friends, Julia?' I asked, holding out my hand to her, my other hand held by Kim, and her other hand held by Chloe.
"All right fine, I just don't know how it's going to work," she said, and grasped my hand. Now that we were all connected, we all closed our eyes.
"We send our courage and our love to our friends in need," I said, the words feeling like a magic spell.
"Let them be safe and protect each other," said Kim, her voice filled with emotion.
"Let them have the ability to fight the darkness threatening Disney" said Chloe, a small smile playing across her face.
"And most importantly, let them kick some ass!" said Julia, and we all had to smile at that. Suddenly, I felt a warmth spread through me, starting from my heart and radiating. My eyes shot open as a jolt went through all of us. Julia's body was shining a bright orange light, Kim's shining a light green. Chloe literally had a pink glow radiating out of her skin and my own light, which felt like I was controlling a small sun, was a deep warm gold.
They met over us, and melded into a bright white light, creating a beacon above us, literally cutting through what I guess was the ceiling. It shattered and suddenly, we were rising up through the air, the light surrounding us.
"Mr. Disney, grab my hand! Come with us!" I yelled, reaching out towards him. He smiled but shook his head.
"Your power will only allow you to escape, Carmen. You need the rest of the girls to achieve your full power," he said, like it was the most normal thing to say.
"But we can't just leave you here!" cried Kim, tears filling her eyes.
"You must find Mickey girls! The park will fall to ruin without him!" he said, as the fog obscured him from view.
"No!" we all screamed as we continued to fly, and after a few moments, I lost sight of my two friends, as I literally smacked back to reality.
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Back in the tower
Zoey's P.O.V.
Suddenly, from who knows where, I felt a surge of power fill my heart. I knew that my cursed friends were all right, and that made me feel powerful inside. The rest of the girls felt it too, for I could see a spark of determination re-ignite in their eyes. I stepped forward.
"You know something, Maleficent. You may be the mistress of all evil, but I seem to recall that you were defeated by the powers of good!" I said, holding up my sword in case the witch might try something.
She growled and pointed her staff at me. "Brave words, girl, but I hope you know I can cause you unimaginable pain if or your little friends interfere with my plans," she said, her eyes glinting like fiery coals. I stood my ground, for I would not back down.
"No you listen to me, little fairy. You're going to release my friends form that curse you put on them, you're going to release Mickey, and you're going to back down!" I said, the fire in my eyes even more intense then hers. She sneered, and I knew she was amazed that I had talked down to her.
"And if I say no, what will you do?" she mocked me, her voice like ice. Ivy stood next to me now, her hand on my shoulder.
"We well fight you, Maleficent, and you will be destroyed," she said, and I saw Edmund crack a smile at her bravery.
"Then prepare, you foolish girls, to burn where you stand!" she cried, firing a blast of magic at Ivy and me.
"DUCK!" I cried, yanking the both of us to the ground.
"Let's move!" yelled Ivy, holding up her sword as and deflecting a blast of magic aimed at her heart.
"Get to the center! Don't let her escape!" cried Edmund, as he raced over to untie the Prince and Princess.
"Carly, on your left!" I yelled, as she leapt behind a wooden pillar, a blast of magic nearly slicing off her ear. We were all ducking and dodging, not even close to slicing distance of Maleficent.
"HEY! COULD SOMEONE AT LEAST TRY AND GET ME DOWN!" yelled Ashley as she twisted around in the air.
"Oh you want down do you little girl? I'll let you down, to your death!" shrieked the fairy, slamming her staff to the ground. Ashley screamed as she flew through the air, crying out in pain as she smashed through the room's only window.
"GUYS!" she yelled, her fingers desperately gripping the ledge, her body hanging out of the window, where she could easily get struck by lighting!
"Come on, we need to get to Ashley!" I cried, hitting the floor as another blast of magic nearly took off my head.
"Kinda busy here, Zoey!" yelled Emily, crying out as a bit of magic set her a bit of her clothes on fire.
"Not as easy as you thought it would be, is it you imbeciles!" she cackled, and that's when I lost it. Sure, she cold call me weak, and she could brag about she would win in the end, but to call me names was taking it too far! I ran at her, catching her off guard and knocking her to the ground. She was on her feet in an instant, but my sword managed to find a place on her shoulder, slicing into it and causing her bright green blood to flow.
"How do you like me now witch!" I managed to taunt, before she sent a spell at me, flinging me across the room. I smacked into the wall, crying out as I collapsed to the floor.
"Zoey!" my friends gasped, but being held back by a shield of dark energy produced by Maleficent. She stood over me, her staff pressing into my chest. She looked down on me, triumph in her black eyes.
"Pity. I so wished to end you so the other villains could watch, but I'm afraid you're far too cheeky for me to let you live," she said. My heart speed up, my head pounding as I could feel my last moments ticking by. I couldn't believe it. This was how I was going to die.
I looked over at Edmund, my heart surging painfully. I hadn't been able to tell him how much I liked him. I felt an overwhelming sense of sadness, and a single tear escaped my eye. Maleficent cackled, and looked at Edmund, who was being held back by the shield, fighting tooth and nail to get close to me.
"Love, a bond so easily severed," she said, her staff raised to crush the deathblow.
She then was suddenly flattened to the stone ground, and I heard the loud cursing of a voice that I thought I'd never hear again.
"God Damnit that smarts!" cried Julia, groaning as Chloe landed on her from a small portal that had appeared on the ceiling, landing on the groaning Carmen and Kim
"Wait a minute, how are you guys here?" asked Ivy, tying to get near them, but still being stopped by the force field.
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Quick flashback
Chloe's P.O.V.
We had flown through the air, all of us screaming as we did so, and I distinctively remember reentering my body, slamming into my very skin and sucking in a breath of air. I had heard Ariel's voice briefly, praying with me to wake up, when she shrieked, " I don't believe it, her body's disappeared!" she had cried, and I didn't know what to make of it, but a second later I was back in my body, falling through the air and landing on something. Maleficent!
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Kim's P.O.V.
"Get off of me, you idiots!" screamed the witch, but we leaped to our feet, our swords at the ready.
"Leave this place Maleficent! You have no power here!" said Ivy, her sword up and ready, pointed at the evil fairy. Edmund had managed to get the royals behind us, having tossed Philip an extra sword, while Carmen and Emily had hauled Ashley to safety dripping wet and covered in pieces of glass. Maleficent glared at us.
"You fools may have won this battle, but I will win the war! Enjoy the fire!" she cackled, before disappearing in a plume of black smoke, and a huge blast of lighting hit the tower room, lighting it on fire!
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Zoey's P.O.V.
When the witch disappeared Edmund raced to my side, being careful of my injuries.
"Zoey! I'm so sorry!" he said, pulling me into a soft hug.
"Why should you be sorry? You're not the one who blasted me into a wall," I said, my heart beating in rhythm with his.
"I should have protected you," he said, and would have said more, but I put my finger to his lips.
"Did someone ever tell you talk too much?" I asked, a smile that reached his eyes on his face.
"Yes, by both Peter, and Susan," he said.
"Shut up and just kiss me already," I said, and our lips were inches were apart when a blast of lightning hit the tower, setting it on fire. If we didn't get out of here, we'd be burned alive!
"Let's get the hell out of here!" yelled Julia, she and Carmen supporting April, who was still knocked out from Maleficent's spell. Edmund scooped me up, sword and all, and ran with me. We screamed as all 13 of us ran out of the room, pursued by the angry flames. We stumbled down the stairs, wincing at our new injuries, the flames so close that they were nearly touching us.
"We need to close the wall!" yelled Kim, as we all tumbled down into bedchamber. " Press the spindle symbol," cried Emily, getting to her feet.
Carmen looked around, then slammed her fist on the button, the wall sliding back into place. Just in time too, for the fire would have followed us had the wall been open. We all just sat there for a few moments, catching our breath for the first time after what seemed like hours.
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Emily's P.O.V.
"Another plan, perfectly executed, I said, breaking the tension and causing everyone to laugh.
"What's so funny," came a voice filled with pain.
"April! You're ok!" I cried out happily, hugging my friend. She looked around in confusion, like a child waking up from a dream.
"What happened, and why do you all smell like smoke?" she asked, taking in our injuries.
"Do you remember anything?" asked Kim, leaning against the wall close to her.
"Not really. Emily and I had been sitting up here talking, when we discovered the secret tower. I must have blanked out then, and all I remember after that was a voice, telling me to lead you guys to her!" she said, her shoulders starting to shake as she began crying. " I'm sorry guys! I know now that I'm responsible for your pain, and I'm so sorry," she said, tears running down her sooty cheeks. It was then that Julia sat down next to her.
"April, I'm not really one for the mushy stuff, but if it wasn't for you being controlled by Maleficent, we never would have meet Walt Disney," she said, getting gasps from everyone in the room.
"Wait a minute, rewind! You actually meet Walt Disney?" asked April, her eyes wide and excited." Yes, and he's trapped. We need to tell the characters about this now, before it's too late to stop the darkness!
I finally did it. I wrote the battle scene. I'm sorry if it isn't what you expected, but in battles, it's hard to stay on track the whole time. It was violent and explosive and everything a battle should be, but being Disney, I'm not killing anyone, at least not in this battle. I did have a lot of fun writing this chapter, and I hope you had fun reading it. And now for my chapter highlights!
When Emily starts singing to make herself feel happy, I knew when I was writing it that it needed to be Disney, and I Wanna Be Like You from the Jungle Book is one of my fav's! The song doesn't belong to me, but I really wish it did because it's a good song. Also the line that she says at the end, about their plan being perfectly executed, is said by Tip the penguin from the Little Mermaid 2, which also does not belong to me!
Also, that part before the battle where the girls confront Maleficent is a tribute to that great scene in Sleeping Beauty where Maleficent thinks she wins in the tower. Her lines are just so powerful, and that's why she one of Disney's most evil villains of all time, but that's just my opinion. Also, the whole powers thing between Carmen, Chloe, Julia and Kim, I'll go into that later, but I just needed something that would a, bring assistance to her friends and b, escape from the foggy prison. And yes, that place belongs to me! And finally, what is a Disney story without a good love scene? Edmund and Zoey's relationship will get stronger as the story goes on, so yeah!
I will try to update before I leave for spring break on Monday, but if I don't have a great spring break if you're on yours and as always, please review!