This first part may be more enjoyable if you have actually gone on the haunted mansion ride at Disneyland.
"Where are we?" Rose asked.
The group stood in an octagonal room. They looked around. There was nothing there.
"This is your idea of a good hiding place?" Martin asked Breeze, "The adder could trap us in here!"
"Hey, it looked good to me! Let's just go," the haremaid grumbled, turning around. "Um... where's the door?"
They all spun around. It was true, the door was gone.
"Oh my God we're all gonna die," Chickenhound sobbed. He put on his mask.
"No you idiot, this means that the adder won't get us," Slagar said.
"Ignore him," Sela muttered, "Someone tell me he was switched with my real baby at birth."
Suddenly the voice echoed through the room.
"Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion I am-"
"OH MY GOD IT'S THE VOICES AGAIN!" Slagar clutched his head and fell to the ground, screaming.
"Ahem, as I was saying," the voice went on, "I am-"
"I thought you were just a recorded voice," Matthias said.
"It makes it more interesting," the writer said, not bothering to look up from her DVD.
"As I was SAYING! I am your-"
"-father?" Mattimeo asked, "Please say you are!"
Matthias elbowed his annoying son.
"LET ME FINISH MY SETENCE!" The voice from beyond hollered, "I am your-"
"I WANNA GO HOME!" Badrang cried out.
"Oh forget it," the voice said, "I'll ignore you. I am your host, your 'Ghost Host'."
"That was really lame," Tsarmina said.
"Ignoring that. Our cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis."
"What does that mean?" Nightshade asked.
"I don't know. I was told to say that," the voice replied, "Anyway, is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmm…?"
Everybeast shrieked as the walls began to stretch.
"…And consider this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors... which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" the voice started coughing, then said, "Of course, there's always my way..."
No one noticed the fact that there was a corpse hanging above their heads.
"C'mon people, at least act scared," the voice said, "It's my job. I already have low self-esteem as it is. Just go down the stupid hallway."
They decided it was their only way out. They continued down, until they reached the Doom Buggies. They sighed and sat down in them, unable to choose who their partner was, it was whoever scrambled inside first.
"Not again!" Tsarmina groaned as Badrang got in beside her.
"Um, this is awkward," Matthias said, who was sitting next to Rose, with Martin glaring at him.
The ride began. Everybeast was petrified. They all screamed like little girls. Except for Rollo, who was giggling.
"THIS IS SO SCARY!" Jodd cried.
"AHHHH! IT'S A GHOST!" Basil covered his eyes with his long ears.
"OH REALLY?" Breeze called out, annoyed by the two hares who insisted on squeezing onto the same Doom Buggy with her.
Near the end, Rollo squeezed out of his seat next to Mattimeo. Mattimeo did not notice because he was too busy screaming or complaining. Rollo started to walk across the floor, towards the crystal ball with the ghostly projection of a woman floating above it.
"Rollo! Get back here!" Rose called out.
"I'll get him!" Basil offered.
"No, I'll get him!" Jodd pushed him aside.
"I will!"
"No I will!"
"No I will!"
"No I will!"
"No I will!"
"No I will!"
As they were arguing, Rose scurried over to the baby vole.
"Cornflower!" He said.
"No, baby, it's Rose," the mousemaid said gently.
"Cornflower!" He said again, pointing with his paw.
In the far corner of the room, Rose saw Cornflower, tied up an gagged, staring at her helplessly. Rose ran over to her and untied her. By now the Doom Buggies were well away.
"What happened?" Rose asked.
"Ugh," Cornflower got to her feet, feeling the blood circulating through her paws again, "I'm not too sure. I went with Rollo, then we were surrounded by dark figures. I couldn't see them well. They chased us, so I dropped Rollo and distracted the things so Rollo could get away. Of course, he only sat there and stared at me until I told him that Matthias had a lollypop. Then, well, this happened. Thank you for finding me, but how do we get out of here?"
Rose looked around. "I suppose we just follow the tracks." She picked up Rollo.
"I wanna hold Baby Rollo!" Cornflower grabbed him.
"Too bad," Rose grabbed him back.
"Cornflower!" Rollo said, reaching for her.
"Fine," Rose grumbled, handing her the bankvole.
"Let's go," Cornflower said, starting to walk down the path. Rose followed her.
"Did you hear something?" Rose asked, looking around.
"Besides this stupid ride's ghosts and stuff? Not really."
Just then two of the shadow things came up form behind them.
"What ARE these dark figures?" Rose asked the writer, "This is bugging me!"
"I wanna see how long the readers can hold out without me telling them what the heck they are," the writer explained.
"Ugh."
"Look out!" Cornflower grabbed Rose's paw and they sprinted off. The dark figures were right behind them. They almost made it to the exit. The rest of the group were apparently already off the ride.
"Oh no!" Rose said, pointing, "They blocked the exit!"
"There's gotta be a way," Cornflower said, looking over her shoulder. The dark figures were coming closer.
"Do something!" Rose said, "In books, the heroes always have something!"
"This isn't really a book," Cornflower said, banging on the door of the exit that the dark figures locked.
"I don't care!" Rose said, "Just do it!"
While all that happened, the Sixclaw family was running from both Asmodeus and Baliss. It wasn't the best family outing, but it beats some things. They charged through Fantasyland, with two adders on their tails.
"If they're on our tails, wouldn't they bite us?" Swartt asked.
"DON'T start asking questions again," the writer growled, "And it's called a figure of speech."
"Look!" Bluefen pointed at the castle, "We can hide in there!"
"No," Swartt said, "That's where Cluny disappeared, remember?"
"Fine. Hey look!" She looked over her shoulder, "One of them is gone!"
They only saw Baliss now. They suddenly ducked behind a corner, and watched the hideous blind adder slither past.
"Hideous?" Baliss looked at the writer, "I already have self esteem issues."
"Shut up," the writer said, "I'm trying to add drama and detail."
Swartt was twitching from the terror of the snakes.
"Where are we?" Veil asked. They came out of their hiding spot.
"Fantasyland," Bluefen said, "Let's go before-"
There was a hissing sound.
"Give me a BREAK!" Veil snorted, "I don't wanna run!"
"If you wanna die, that's your call," Swartt said.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group was walking through the park. Martin was violently held back so he wouldn't go charging off in search of Rose.
"It's too dangerous!" Matthias grunted after being kicked in the jaw.
"I already lost her once!" Martin growled, "Lemme go!"
"Calm down!" Jodd struggled to keep his grip on Martin's arm.
"If you want, I can send my doomwytes to find her," Korvus offered.
"Why do we have to?" Fring asked.
"Yeah, why do we have to be the expendable ones?" Tarul grunted.
"I don't wanna!" Murig screeched.
"Just go get me a cotton candy and come back saying you couldn't find her," Korvus whispered.
"This would be easier if there were more then three of us!" Tarul said.
Suddenly, the two doomwytes who had been stuck in traffic appeared. Veeku, who was the leader of Korvus's carrion crows, also showed up.
"There you are!" Korvus said.
"Where are we?" Vugri asked, looking around.
"I don't remember coming here," Purz hid behind Veeku.
"Uh, long story, just go find Rose," Korvus winked.
"Why'd you wink?" Veeku asked.
"He wants us to bring him some cotton candy," Fring answered as they walked off.
"And get me a root beer!" Korvus called after them. He turned to Ironbeak. "I have six birds serving under me now, and all you have is your crow. This shows I'm superior to you."
"At least I didn't think that there was a catfish with magical powers!" the raven general sneered.
"Do NOT start fighting again," Breeze groaned, "We're in a situation!"
The ravens grumbled and stopped.
"Well," said the author, "I'm having writer's block. So I'm gonna introduce some new characters and see where that takes us."
"No, please don't!" Matthias groaned.
"Fine," the writer said, "I won't make them appear all at once."
"We should fight back!" Veil whispered, staring at the large adder.
"It's Baliss," Bluefen whispered, "We can escape now, he can't see us."
The adder turned towards them. "Asssssmodeussssss!"
"You're wrong," Swartt taunted, "Ha ha!"
"C'mon, we needa do something!" Veil said.
"Look out!" A voice called out.
A squirrel shot an arrow towards the menacing adder. Asmodeus shrugged it off, but he was surprised and slithered away, hissing.
"That works," Veil said.
Lady Amber stood next to him.
"See, I added a squirrel character!" The writer said.
"I- uh, thanks?" Bluefen said.
"Why did you save vermin?" The writer asked.
"Hmph!" The ferrets grunted.
"I'm not sure..." Lady Amber admitted, "What am I doing here anyway?"
"Don't ask," Swartt said, "Hey, where's everyone else?"
"Let's go find them," Bluefen said.
Meanwhile, Rose and Cornflower were desperate for a way out. Baby Rollo giggled and pointed up. There was a very large hole in the ceiling.
"We could have thought of that!" Cornflower grunted.
"Let's go," Rose said.
"I'm not tall enough to climb up!" Cornflower tried to reach but failed. She put Baby Rollo up on there.
"I'll give you a boost," Rose said.
"No, don't sacrifice yourself for me," Cornflower said dramatically, "Go on, you must marry Martin, I have already had a happy life. Go on and-"
"Just give me a pull up when you're there," Rose said.
"Oh, okay," the mousemaid stood on Rose's shoulders and then pulled her up.
The shadows had just made it to where they were once standing (Boy, it took them a long time to get there) and were shouting in some weird language. Rose and Cornflower took Rollo and looked around. They were in a square room, with nothing in it. At least it was a place to hide. But for how long?
"Uh, I think they're climbing in," Rose said.
"Patch the opening!" Cornflower shrieked.
"With what?!" Rose looked around the room wildly.
"Um, bubblewrap!"
Suddenly Rose was holding a bunch of bubblewrap.
"Wow this is getting stupid," she said, getting down to work.
Outside, the rest of them were looking for a way out of the park. Mattimeo tried to wander off and Martin kept making getaways to find Rose. Soon, both of them were tied to a leash.
"Now what?" Breeze asked.
"Hey guys!" a new voice called.
Matthias groaned. Dotti bounded up to the crowd.
"Hi, I'm Dotti," she said, "But call me Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy."
Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy-
"NO DON'T START THAT!" Sela cried.
Fine... Dotti ran over to where Jodd, Basil, and Breeze were standing.
"Hello," Basil said, "Basil Stag Hare, at your service."
"Greetings, Ma'am," Jodd said, "I'm Wilthurio Longbarrow Sackfirth Toxophola Fedlric Fritillary Wilfrand Hurdleframe Longarrow Leawelt Pugnacio Cinnabar Hillwether-"
"Shut up!" Breeze said, "Just call him Jodd."
"Jodd, eh? Well I'm glad there's other attractive hares here besides me," Dotti said, pushing Breeze away.
"Are you sayin' I'm not attractive?" Breeze growled.
Dotti giggled, "Well, we can't all be like Dotti, can we?"
"You're beautiful," Jodd said.
"I saw her first!" Basil pushed him.
"I thought you two were fighting over me!" Breeze stared at them.
"Dotti's prettier," Jodd explained.
"Hmmph," Breeze turned towards the Doom Bunny.
"You still love me, right?"
"DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!"
"Yeah..."
"PLEASE concentrate!" Matthias groaned, "We're in a situation here!"
Chapter break! Well, a lot of conflicts. What will become of the doomwytes in their seemingly innocent mission to find cotton candy and maybe a root beer? Will Rose and Cornflower and Rollo make it out alive? Where are Redtooth and Gonff? Oh, and Cluny, but still no one cares. Yeah, I wrote this chapter when I was tired, so excuse any... strange events that happened. Oh no, I'm running out of ideas... NOT SO FAST! I still have some more in me ;) but suggestions are welcome.