Well Disney fans, it's now time for the official first chapter. So if you read up plenty of topics about being summon to another world or those related in manga stories you be set. Even other related types like Disney Manga Kilala Princess to even Kingdom Hearts series, you'll be set. But then again, the theme of RPG can build up a character…it's just a question of how. So without further delay, let's begin the tale…
Chapter 01: Once Upon A Beginning
The scene opens to show what looks like a little contraption of a toy train on a table. And then as the train was moving, it carried some things in the open carts that was breakfast servings of syrup, a pancake flipper for pancakes, and a butter stick with a knife to slice, plus an orange juice container. Arriving on the scene were two adults dress like the casual outdoor construction man and a waitress housewife. And they saw a little boy with glasses wearing a school uniform. The boy had red short cut hair and blue eyes.
"Mom, Dad, wanna have breakfast!? I just finished making it." The boy asked his parents to join him.
"Oh honey, you didn't have to do all this?" The mother replied from being overjoy by this thoughtful act.
"Hehe, champ, if you keep this up, you'll put us out of the job of preparing food for the family. But what a creative idea you made." The father laughed off while complimenting the boy.
"Thanks! The toaster should be ready soon." The boy smiled while going towards the counter.
Then a noise was heard as toast popped out while the boy caught it with some spare plates. Then the boy gave the toast out as the parents sat around the table while the mechanical train's serving butter contraption helped out.
"Leon Lionheart, how did we ever get so lucky to have a thoughtful son like you?" The mother asked with a smile on her unseen face.
"And a genius at that, most elementary boys enjoy playing baseball. But you invent some amazing stuff." The father's backhead looked to his son while praising the boy's uniqueness.
"I read books that explain how such things can work, and so I took it and made it my own. I wanna know enough to do great things!" The boy named Leon replied on the inspiration he discovered to create something like this train meal preparing contraption.
"You're like our own little Einstein sweetie…" The mother happily address her son's talent.
"Why I remember when you were between 1 and 2, you spelt you last name LIONHEART with letter blocks. That's talent blooming right there!" The father declared on remembering the early signs of the boy's well developed mind.
"Ahahah, stop dad you're embarrassing me?" Leon sheepishly laughed off happily from hearing that. "Oh, say when I get back from school and finish my homework, can we have another Family Movie Night!?" The boy then asked this question with excitement.
"Well if your father isn't too tied up with work…" The mother turn to her husband on answering that question.
"You kidding, I'll make it for our special film night even if it kills me!" The father eagerly replied with an excited determination.
The family laughs off like they were having a wonderful time chit-chatting. They all appeared to be happy with just being together and being so supportive. Everything was like how a normal family could be in such a scene.
My name is Leon Lionheart, I'm a boy with big dreams within a normal family. My father worked as a construction worker so he always went around seeing amazing sites with stories to tell. My mother served as a waitress in a restaurant so popular that movie stars enjoyed dining and chat about new projects, etc. As for me, I'm what people call 'a gifted child' because of my impressive mind and I can have a bright future. It's been something for a normal family to have a child with a creative mind to craft works of art and mechanical talents no more then under 10 years old: a rare genius born within a simple family. But despite our differences, we share a special love we have in common.
The scene opens to a family gathered on a couch while watching a TV medium size box. The father was to the right, mother in the middle, and son on the left. They watch and listen to everything while reacting to every scene that occurred. There was even some playful chats among them while watching how the film plays out.
"Oh there it is, the princess gets saved by a handsome prince." The father noticed what occurred next.
"Oh darling, don't you think maybe we see something where a princess doesn't need saving?" The mother playfully pushed her love on the side of the couch.
"Hey don't blame me, this is how they started the movie magic we grew up in since my grandfather and me watch it." The father issued on his defense on how such films were made.
"Is it true that grandpa meant grandma in Disney Land?" Leon asked a big question.
"Yep, they even had the chance to meet Walt Disney himself." The father boasted on what his dad did in the day.
"Wow…did you and mom ever get to meet him?" Leon asked with an excited expression.
"Oh honey, we weren't even born then." The mother lightly laughed off such a silly question.
"Right, we're old, but not THAT old you little joker!" The father reach across to give a little noggie to the boy's hair.
"Hahahah…" Leon laughed from loving the playful tease. "Do you think someday, we can go to the magical kingdom too?" The boy asked a very important question to his parents.
"Well going on a trip to a popular amusement park takes a lot of money. And we need to save enough for your future." The mother replied with a little tap on the boy's nose.
"Oh, I see…" Leon replied looking a bit down.
"Got'cha Champ! You're mother's pulling your leg, we saved enough to go Disney World by this Summer!" The father grinned to reveal the surprise twist to the news.
"Really!? Awesome! I have the best parents ever!" Leon replied before leaping to hug his parents. "We'll have the BEST time! This will be a day to remember!"
We grew up watching Disney films that brought us close, as if feeling the magical wonder was so real you could touch it. I felt so attach to such fantasy and wonder, I may be a young genius in the making, but I'm still a kid at heart. With loving parents, a well behaved son with good grades and talents to shine forth in the world, one could say I had it all even with a simple lifestyle. We were happy, we believe to have our own magical adventure was real, and our perfect moment could never end…
Or so I foolishly believed?
"Mom…Dad…?" Leon weakly spoke as his tired eyes tried to open but everything was blurry.
To Leon's awareness, he was unable to see that he was in a bed while doctors were checking him in a secure location. There was a man who entered to join a female nurse along with other male doctors in the area.
"Doctor Kreed, you've arrived. We isolated the problem." The female nurse replied on who arrived.
"Good job Nurse Karen. The cause?" Doctor Kreed replied while asking for an update.
"An unknown sickness swooped in without warning when the boy's father was with workers on a new site. The medical team discovered some unknown bacteria from the dig site. The man showed signs of fever and drowsiness." Nurse Karen looked through the charts on the recent report on the patient.
"Hmmm, I see…did it spread?" Doctor Kreed asked the next question.
"The boy's mother and he were out shopping when they saw the dig site and rushed when the other workers kept a distance. Sadly they were all infected." Nurse Karen sadly shook her head to be the bearer of more bad news.
"Very well, we'll add this to the report. Do we already have treatments ready?" Doctor Kreed issued on wanting to know the next answer.
"Sir, there's a problem. This disease infected half a dozen work men, not all of them made it before we found the right treatment to cure 3 out of four survivors. The boy's father has yet to be treated." Nurse Karen stated on more unsettling news that just kept adding more problems to the case.
"What's the hold up?" Doctor Kreed asked with a raised eyebrow.
"The man, woman, and child, according to their health insurance, they won't be able to cover the expensive treatment. We talk to the parents, and they…made a decision while signing the papers." Nurse Karen looked away with a grim expression to give the clipboard to the doctor.
Then Doctor Kreed looked at the clipboard, only to have widen eyes. It was a sign signature of the parents transferring all the saved money, for their son Leon Lionheart. While the treatment will save the boy, the parents won't be as fortunate: but they made a sacrifice to help the youngest have a full life.
"Huuuuh, prepare the boy…we'll save him so he can live." Doctor Kreed signs deeply while giving the clipboard back. "But I don't know if his life will ever be the same again." He shook his head from realizing what awaits the poor soul will be much more brutal then any physical injury.
I didn't know back then, but my parents savings were used to help cover the hospital bill to treat the disease…but it was only enough for me. My mother and father slaved away to give me enough food, attention, education, and love so that I could handle myself well in the world. My innocence did not realize all they did, and that we were gonna go on a trip to have a wonderful time in a magical kingdom. Only for a tragic moment of a harsh reality crashing down when I survived, but my parents did not. They were all I had in the world, and when officials learn I had no living relatives, I was sent to an orphanage…
Yet I barely knew despair, that the light of my home was gone, and now I fell into a darken despair of what awaited me…
The scene shows Leon but in his uniform which was now completely filthy and in worn down, it was no better then rags. The boy's body and hair looked like he was digging in the dirt, and it turns out he was. Leon was working on fixing some pipe works in the ground and loose water spread out from time to time, and the poor boy slip and fell into the mud. Then arriving on site was a large fat man with a mustache and dressed like some businessman.
"Mister Zim?" Leon yelped from seeing the scary man.
"What am I paying you for!? You were suppose to have that fixed an hour ago!?" Mr. Zim lashed out at the lack of effort.
"I can't fix with what I'm lacking? Can't you just buy some new pipes?" Leon asked with a pleading expression.
"You're smart! You figure it out! All the other brats are busy working with the jobs I gave them and they're not complaining." Mr. Zim remarks the answer with his own counter. "So either fix it, or you can forget having scrapes leftover from my dinner!" The man was being extremely strict and cold hearted.
"Yes sir…" Leon bows his head in defeat; as he struggles to fix the pipe.
The scene changes around nighttime were everyone should be asleep from being so tired from working like dogs. But in the attic, we discover Leon had some little light from what was apparently an old TV. The television apparently was repaired to get signals and was displaying what appears to be some shows and films on the Disney station.
"You're the only thing keeping me together…It feels like endless days of cruelty under Mr. Zim's roof." Leon muttered under his breath of recalling his awful experience. "Mom, dad, I hope you're watching too. Our favor Disney stories are here…I hope their magic can help me…" The boy spoke, wishing and hoping that there is a brighter tomorrow.
"What's going on up there?" Then a loud voice was heard that alerted the boy.
Then Leon yelped as the roof floor popped up, revealing Mr. Zim. And when he spotted the television playing some colorful movie, he saw who was watching it was Leon.
"Mister Zim?" Leon muttered with worry.
"So I give you a place to live, eat and sleep, and what are you doing? Wasting time!?" Mr. Zim snapped as he approach the boy who was disobedient.
"It's just for a little while, and I'll get to bed and wake up to do my choirs." Leon stated on just wanting to enjoy a little movie; that's all he wants.
"Really? And what happens if I let this go, the others will think I'm treating you differently. And then they'll join in, and then there won't be enough time for you kids to finish your jobs!" Mr. Zim lectures on what he thinks was nothing but time wasting activity.
"But, this is all I have left after my parents passed away. We always watch Disney Films, and believe…" Leon was back into a corner by the upset man as he tried to explain himself…
"Believe what?" Mr. Zim waited to here the excuse.
"Believe in magic…" Leon sheepishly smile on saying something so…silly now.
"Magic!? Hah, you think magic is real? You think magic can change the world and live happily ever after?" Mr. Zim taunts to laugh at the silly boy with such foolish dreams.
"Um…" Leon was unable to answer, too afraid…
"You think the world is a place of wonder? Time you learn to WAKE UP and Smell the Coffee!" Mr. Zim faces the television to pick it up.
"No! Don't…" Leon tried to stop this but…
"CRASH!" Too late, Mr. Zim throws the TV as it broke upon impact on the wall.
"Now the TV reflects your dream – BUSTED!" Mr. Zim remarked on how reality matches the boy's vision on left; a broken sight.
"Why…?" Leon drop to his knees, ready to cry by this horrible act: just cause he wanted to enjoy something in this miserable place.
"Get to bed! I'll give you more work tomorrow. I already had clients take some older boys to work in the mines off state." Mr. Zim sternly orders Leon while revealing what's waiting for the boy tomorrow. "If you think a new family will take you away, think again. Once you turn 16, that's when I conduct my real business of giving you brats away and making some money. Hahahahh…." He reveals a dark secret while laughing off without a care.
Soon as Mister Zim left from sounding so sure of himself, Leon approached the busted television. The shatter glass on the screen reflect the messy state as well as the broken heart expression. If mirrors reflect the soul, Leon was witnessing his spirit was in tatters. And then the sorrow expression began to be replace…he untapped anger: as if the good little boy was done being quiet.
My only escape from the harsh, cruel, real world of reality was crushed to pieces. The tiniest hope a child long wishes to hold tight in the heart felt broken. Without the world of magic my parents always encouraged me to believe in, I felt as if darkness clung to me. When I also witness how evil and dark the world of greed rules this orphanage, I knew right then what horrible fate awaited me. However, what I learn from Disney films were that some characters put in the same situation, but that sometimes it's not just a miracle hope that saves them…it's how to use your head to think of a solution.
And as 6 years nearly passed, I lived through the terrible ordeal of an orphanage ran by a wicked man. But patient was key, and knowing that by the time I turn 16, if I didn't plan for every step then my life would suffer a worse faith ahead. But showing it's not the strongest that wins, it's one who's the most cleverest that prevails…
The scene opens to where a now 16 year old Leon was currently working to repair a boiler under the building. But while he was working, there was loud noises heard from above that sounded like banging doors. Then the loud grouchy tone of Mr. Zim was heard followed by the door being busted down. Leon heard the commotion to stop what he was doing and quickly exit out the back exit rather then the inside door into the building. And the teen boy watch as there were police vehicles followed by officers placing cuffs on a restrain Mr. Zim.
"Zackery Zim! You're under arrest!" An authority male voice was heard from a black cop.
"Hey-hey!? You can't arrest me?" Mr. Zim protest of this outrageous act.
"Wanna bet!" The black officer remarked that protest.
"But-but, what did I do? I'm just a guy that runs this rundown orphanage and helping to get these kids into homes?" Mr. Zim asked trying to pretend he's innocent.
"Wow, that's rich! I shed a tear if it wasn't a cover-up for your REAL operation!" Then a white police officer came over to make a statement.
"We received reports and evidence of your side-dealings. We are taking the kids off your hands." The black officer strictly informs what will happen next.
"Yeah, that mysterious package that had documents of illegal activity and business trade with a list of names helped us solve a case that hasn't been crack in 10 years." The white officer issued on having received a clue by a mystery person that help solve this tough case.
"Nosy Coppers! When I find the punk that RATTED me out!?" Mr. Zim remarked on wanting to dish some payback on who ruined his business.
"Good luck, in about 10, 15 25 to 50 years time in JAIL!" The white officer remarked of when that day will ever come.
"Partner, bring some men to gather up all the kids and we'll at least make sure they have professional homes to treat them right." The black officer instructs his partner on what to do next.
As Mr. Zim struggled as the cops holding him brought the guy to get shoved in their vehicle, other policemen went into the building. But while rounding up the other kids, no one saw Leon slip away towards the woods. The teen had a backpack along with a few tied sacks along with outdoor camping tools. Leon was leaving to make it…on his own.
Even though the long torture was finally over, concerns for my life question if I was gonna be better off now. The authorities may have ended Mr. Zim's operation, but I couldn't trust the system since no one knew the truth of such a shady crime occurring under a rundown orphanage. So I left when it was darkest, and be on the run without a place to call home. I had to think of where to go and survive without exposing myself as a runaway orphanage. Over time I got by fine with what I pack, but in the end had to resort to steal food off farms but tried to not let greed control me and end up caught, so I took what I needed.
Soon the scene changes to of where Leon was rushing through the woods as if struggling. The guy appeared to have not much of his old uniform left because of the teen's growth and from rips of either shrinking or cuts from work. Right now Leon carried a backpack that had practically nothing inside.
"I been on the run for months, all I could do was sell off some leftovers and carve a few trinkets to earn enough money to buy a compass and get a free map at a rest area." Leon exclaimed from the only things he has besides the shirt on his back, and pants to boot. "I tried to not look suspicious, but it's only a matter of time. I need to find a perfectly safe spot….a home…"
Vivid images of Leon's childhood began to appear as if illusions of the past torturing one that is tired, hungry, and near the end of his rope. Then Leon saw what might be images of his innocent child self and parents laughing and having fun at an amusement park. It was the cruelest thing, seeing an image that wasn't even a REAL memory, but a delusion of something that would never come true. The teen shed tears as he slowly went through as the image vanished in the wind, feeling like he won't survive no matter how smart he is. But just then, sounds of music and happy voices were heard…
"Wha…where's that coming from? It's not my imagination? It sounds near….VERY NEAR!?" Leon was fascinated by the sound, it sounds so pleasant to the ears.
Soon Leon rushed through the woods with reenergized spirit. After breaking through some bushes, twigs and finally exiting out of the woods did Leon spot a road. But it was something across said road that he saw a performances at a place that had a gate. And on that gate read words that brought happy tears to Leon's eyes, as if he's found his way home. He hasn't felt like this since the happy days with his parents in a long time…
"This is…Disney World!? Ha, I'm here….AT DISNEY WORLD!" Leon exclaimed from realizing where he has found himself at.
Yes, the gate's over hanger said 'WALT DISNEY WORLD' and under it 'THE MOST MAGICAL PLACE ON EARTH' hang as a banner. Leon immediately looked for another way in with less security so he can venture in. It was not easy, as one had to take a really LONG way to slip in through the forest, the trees and even some rivers after having carved breathing stick when swimming in the water. But Leon managed to finally get in, and he saw the many wonder things.
"Okay, so I have my story. The reason I'm wet is cause of a water ride or I fell into the lagoon. Hopefully no one ask for an ID until I can figure something else out? Like say I lost it, will that work?" Leon was busy trying to come up with a perfect excuse if anyone approaches to ask such questions.
"Attention All Visitors and Park Attendants…An urgent news alerts requires attention." Then a loud speaker was heard with a sudden announcement.
"Hugh? An urgent gathering, it must be serious. I hope it doesn't involve me?" Leon yelps a bit taken from that surprise announcement he heard. "Perhaps I can lay low at one of the attractions, maybe the Wilderness Resorts. It's more perfect with nature with less tourist. I'm sure I can get some items, find a TV to tune in, plus, a change of clothes…dry ones I hope." With a plan and location decided; Leon followed a wall map to lead him towards the Wilderness Resort.
I had reach the world's most famous amusement park, the place where dreams come true. But I found the Wilderness Resort, I slipped pass security cameras to get spare room keys plus a spare employee uniform. The weird thing though, was the security cams looked as if they were turn off. But after changing and tune in to an emergency broadcast, I learn something terrible: the place of dreams was closing it's doors and sending everyone home. The reason was from an unknown outbreak that shook the entire world. So now the final image on television was the last civilians and employees vacating Disney World and to immediately follow instructions to stay indoors, have enough supplies and not to venture out unless it's to restock.
"I don't believe this, it's like a bad memory from what I experienced? Except this one is world wide?" Leon muttered from watching the large television screen with the latest news report: including a closing of the amusement park.
Leon sat on the bed to process everything, from what he went through, being on the run, making it to a dream amusement, and to arrive when this happened. But then a thought came over him, if the amusement park of Disney World was empty and no one was gonna be around, that meant Leon was the only resident.
"I'm all alone? But maybe….I can make this my forever home." Leon slowly started to have time to think things over. "Yes, perhaps I can turn this situation into my advantage!" He was starting to sound more positive then before. "It may take time before they can reopen the amusement park, but by then…I can turn a number of places into my own secret hideaway." Leon pulls a map of Disney World, and studies areas and routes. "I can be…the Hidden 'Wando' character of Disney World, heh…I think I can make it work." Leon was truly getting into things, as he began to head off with determination.
So there's my story, Leon Lionheart, young runaway orphanage genius now the hidden resident of Disney World. I used my gifts to work my ways around the empty park attractions, get on free rides, and even was cleaver enough to obtain copy access keycards to anything and go anywhere in the park. Even make my own secret hidden hideaways in rides, large character homes, even in places nobody ventures into too much like the castle attractions. So even when the pandemic ended, I secured a perfect future for me and blend into the crowd. Be it as a tourist with lots of cash or an active staff. With un-tap credits on hand, I live my life free…
3 YEARS LATER
YEAR 2023
Now the scene shows events occurring of crowds flooding the streets of Disney World once more. The events of where places and theme park rides were empty were things of the past. And now people were flocking in even busier then ever, and having fun. Well, almost everyone when one spots a little lost girl with a balloon and a stuff lion toy.
"Mommy, where are you? Mommy!?" The girl called out for her mother, but nothing happened and folks were distracted.
"Hey there little one, you seem distress. Are you lost?" Then a shadow overlapped the child, having the little girl look behind her.
"Hmmm-hmmm, I lost my mommy." The little girl nods her head while stating why she's so sad.
"Well, I'll help you find her. Where were you last?" The person asked to help start from somewhere.
"Um, by the homes of Mickey and friends." The little girl thought hard to remember where she was last time.
"Then I'm sure we can backtrack and find her. Come on." The person held out a hand to help the little girl who felt a bit more at ease.
Soon the scene changes to a different location attraction. It had the home structures of the Magnificent Six: Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Pluto. There was a woman looking all over with a panicky expression; as if she search desperately to find something she lost. And then her eyes widen at what she saw near the entrance, a familiar little girl.
"Honey! There you are!" The woman called out to the lost child.
"MOMMY!" The little girl cried out as they embrace another.
"Oh thank god you're okay!? I thought I lost you." The worried mother felt so afraid for a second.
"I was scared, but this nice man helped me." The little girl pointed to somebody nearby: it looked like someone dressed up as someone from a race track wearing sunglasses.
"Thank you, I don't know what I do if I lost my baby." The mother thanked the person for finding her precious child.
"It's alright, families are important. And luckily in this magical place. Anything can happen…" The staff member issued while giving a happy encouraging speech. "Even finding those you lost. Have a good time." He waved off to wish those a pleasant time.
As the mother and daughter happily smiled and wave goodbye, they continue to enjoy their day. Then the staff dress as a race track member removes his sunglasses; revealing blue eyes underneath them. It turns out this person was Leon Lionheart, but much older to reach between his late teen and being a young man.
"Hugh…course, I lost something of mine long-long ago. But that don't mean everyone should feel that way." Leon signs to admit this, wanting to make certain every visitor doesn't get lost or separated: so he helps make sure no smiles vanish from such sorrow.
"Attention! Disney World is about to Celebrate it's 100th Year!" A female announcer spoke on all the loud speakers in the amusement park.
"Hugh, 100th year. Has it really been that long? Guess I'll make this one somewhat one to remember." Leon was amazed by the news before trying to decide what to do on a special occasion.
Wasn't long before the sun was slowly setting as the day has just about end. There were already folks preparing to head off for a big celebration followed by another night parade. And on the scene was Leon casually on the move among the crowd without a care or worry.
"Well, it's almost closing time around the theme attractions and everyone wants to partake in the big event. So let's count what I've done." Leon was reviewing things when seeing folks leave. "Gone on the wildest, scariest, and thrilling rides while reading some online comics and manga. Eat the most excellent meals, even gone for some crazy deserts." The guy really has been busy on this anniversary event. "Hmmm, maybe I'll end my day with a Disney Movie Marathon? And I know just the place…" The guy had thought up a plan to bring everything to a close.
At this moment the scene changes to a place known as Disney's Art Of Animation. The camera changes to show a double bedroom hotel setting where a race track suit outfit lay on a bed. And there was a comfy setting with a big TV screen playing a new Disney film. And on the said extra bed was Leon but in some casual outfit of his own style. Black strap shoes, dark gray pants, a tan silver short sleeve shirt with a yellow style covering the left upper chest area. Leon still has red hair but it's styled more natural grown with some portion curling backwards above the top, and has clear blue eyes but no longer wears glasses. He seems very well built for the athletic physical department with well train muscles, and seem like an attractive young man between the ages of 19 and 20 years old. But even with a more grown up body, Leon still had his best quality of the mind he's sharpen to help him survive these years on his own. But right now, he was busy watching a movie as the end credits rolled in…
"Haha! Now those were some excellent new Disney films. When you can hack and secretly watch films that haven't been release in theaters or by next year, it really makes your day." Leon laughs a bit from having caught sneak peaks of new films not release to the public. "Hmmm? What was that, a light reflection…from what?" Then something shiny reflected through the curtains.
Leon got off from the bed and took a peak through the window. But nearly yelped when something flew pass the top floor of his room. And saw a red shiny race car but it had a face, and the old rusty tow truck with a face that was a statue came alive too. In fact many of the portraits and statues all over were coming to life, once more they were all Disney animated characters!
"Wha-Wha-Wha, WHAT!? Is that…are those…can they be…I mean…?" Leon yelped backwards away from the window completely taken aback. "Ugh, either one of the meals I ate was extremely pass it's due day, or I'm seeing….EVERY ANIMATED DISNEY CHARACTER…IN THE REAL WORLD!?" The guy couldn't deny that this was something beyond normal, it seem too bizarre.
After seeing that, Leon instantly left his room in a rush to find out what's going on. In over the three years living secretly in Disney World, he knew everything that went on, even learning about special events and shows the staff pull off to entertain the crowd. But this felt like it was way above animatronics and holographic 3D tech, is as if every character became alive like….magic? But soon Leon stops when he spots many animated characters join up to take a tour down a hallway.
"They're all coming from the Photo Tour? That's the area in the lobby that has vast collection of all the animated films and shows characters over the years. But you only see them alive using an app on the phone?" The more Leon saw, the more puzzling things became. "How is this scientifically possible, no one's ever heard of this in the last…" Just then Leon saw a flyer on the floor that said '100th Anniversary' which finally answer a question. "One-hundredth…the 100th Anniversary, is there something magical occurring? I need to find out!" The answer was out there, and Leon had to discover it by any means.
Leon waste no time following the large crowd of Disney Animated Characters, he spotted many from different studios: Pixar, Disneytoon, 20th Century Animation, etc. When leaving the area, Leon saw almost 400 crowds stop by Hourglass Lake. At first Leon was puzzled but then a bright flash occurred and then…they were all gone.
"Wait-Wait!" Leon screamed out as he ran but arrived to find all the magical characters from films gone. "Ugh, they're gone! But where did they go? There were hundreds of them, they just stood by the lake?" Leon ran to find any clues of where the characters are, even ran on the bridge in the middle of Hourglass Lake.
"My one chance to meet those that gave happiness to me and my…Family…Now, I'm alone again…it's always like this. All the excitement but never with anyone to share it with." Leon began to lose hope of ever seeing what he saw, a once in a lifetime and it's out of his reach…possibly forever.
Just as Leon was turning to walk back to the resort, he yelped of what he stumbled across. Leaning by the bridge was a large photo frame, and on it was many Disney Animated Characters imagine in a crowd size shot of the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California.
"Wait a second, I never seen a frame like this before?" Leon approaches to pick up the frame. "It has all of the characters…wow, there's been 400 or so. I can't believe this was possible?" This was a rare find, but it also brought up questions: why would someone forget this treasure on the bridge over Hourglass Lake. "Hugh, I suppose this is all I'll have close of an encounter? I may have it all, living the dream, but the one thing I always wished for…" Leon puts the frame down and leans over the bridge to gaze at the night sky with the stars. "Was to have the greatest Disney Adventure of all times…" Leon spoke his wish while looking at any star to grant his request.
Suddenly while Leon stared at the stars, within the lake a whirlpool began to form with bright lights. And then from the depths came a powerful suction of wind, as if pulling anything towards it. Leon suddenly felt wind, then turns around to spot a whirlpool in Hourglass Lake.
"Wait, what's happening? Why is there a whirlpool here!?" Leon was spellbound, unable to figure out what's happen all night.
Leon was seen running away until he stopped to look back; the photo frame he found was left behind. And strangely still, the wind was blowing in strange directions to lift the frame up and over the edge of the bridge.
"NOOOO!" Leon screamed in horror at the sight.
Without thinking, Leon rushed back to grab the photo frame but that would be his undoing. For half his body was over the rails, the whirlpool's suction pulled him more. It forced the boy to yelp when his lower half went over the rails. But Leon used his free hand to grab a column to hold on tight while gripping the photo he risked to save.
"It's….sucking me in? I can't…getaway…" Leon groans as he doesn't have enough strength to make it back up. "Wooahh!?" Just then his grip was slipping and gravity work against him.
That's when everything went in slow motion, as Leon lost hold on the bridge, and fell directly into the center of the whirlpool.
"WAaaaaaaaahhhhh!?" Leon screamed as he fell backwards with widen eyes.
Unaware that in the center was a magical light, Leon never saw it as his eyes could only last recall the stars in the sky. And soon everything went dark as only the rapid waves of the water were heard, and then everything…became silent.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
"UUgh…feels like I been flushed?" Leon's voice groans while regaining conscious. "Hmmm…" He moans more as the darkness began to fad…
That's when Leon opened his eyes only to discover he was in a strange place. The area was stone grey building with lit torches and above were windows of stain glass. When Leon began to stand upwards, he was nearly taken away by the surprise of this place as if he was inside a castle.
"Where am I?" Leon looked around before checking his condition. "Woah, why do I look so…CGI?" True enough, Leon's entire body seem like some CGI character from a movie or game series.
"Come…" A voice was heard in the air.
"Hugh!? Who's there!?" Leon yelped to see who spoke to him.
"Come weary traveler…" The voice sounded male and echoed in the area.
"A voice is calling me to come to it? That doesn't sound strange at all?" Leon raise an eyebrow from feeling weirded out.
"Come…and I shall give answers you seek…" The voice declared to have the answers Leon craves.
"Sign…last thing I remember was falling into a weird whirlpool, and now I wake up in a strange castle?" Leon signs to rest a hand to his head; uncertain how to make sense of everything. "Oh I get it, the Disney World staff must have found out about me and are playing a prank. Well I'll play along since they didn't let me drown or else I could take it to court." The guy issued on coming up with a theory of what's going on and won't be fooled.
Leon soon walks down to follow the direction of the voice calling down a hallway. But Leon couldn't help but feel he must be in the basement of a castle, but which Disney Castle? Whatever the case, Leon soon found himself entering a strange chamber filled with blue curtains with stars, the place was darken with only lit blue flame torch stands by one area. And that spot had a large body size mirror surrounded by chiseled tiles representing the 12 signs of the western Zodiac.
"This place, I feel like I know it?" Leon looked around at a somewhat familiar scene. "Hey, if any of you guys are done playing around. Jokes over, you caught me! So come out!" He called out for those behind this to show themselves.
"There is no other living soul within this room, save for thy self." The male voice was heard answering Leon's question.
"What!? Then who am I speaking too?" Leon raised an eyebrow; if this was no prank or any of the staff at the park, who's he been talking to this whole time.
That's when something occurred as the mirror was lit with flames but only behind the reflection frame. Leon was taken aback, but as the flames die down, the reflection became dark. And instead of one's own reflection, came something else. It resembles the shape of a white theater mask, though the light often falls on it in such a way to give it a two-toned appearance. Has high-set eyebrows and the 'eyes' are empty holes, similar to the mouth.
"You-you…are you…the Magic Mirror!?" Leon muttered completely stump at recognizing a character from the Disney cast.
"Indeed I am, I speak true of things one wishes to know." Magic Mirror replied forth with a few rhymes to speak.
"No way, I must be dreaming…" Leon felt like this was not possible to be real; so he pinch himself. "OW! Okay, not a dream? And I don't see any wires, maybe I'm still woozy from that fall?" Leon held his head from trying to understand what's going on.
"What you speak is the gateway connecting your world and ours. On the 100th year, the two link and bring forth…the one." Magic Mirror spoke to reveal a tale foretold of this day.
"Really, okay…I suppose 100 years would mean something big happens like in any story? Just never imagine it happen to me?" Leon held his chin to think about the signs that seem to strongly backup that claim.
"If thou wish to know more, one must speak thy question." Magic Mirror issued forth in awaiting to play his part.
"Okay, then why am I here?" Leon raised an eyebrow to ask the big question that he needs answer here and now.
"You are an Overworlder, a being that exist outside the worlds of Disney. And you possess abilities to help you through challenges ahead." Magic Mirror answered to reveal things that left Leon taken aback.
"Hah, next thing you're going to say, is that this is like some Isekai RGP experience and a pop up window is gonna appear any minute?" Leon laughed off from thinking there's no way any of that could be real.
"DING!" Then without warning, a blue window screen appeared label 'Welcome Leon Lionheart' on it.
"WAaaaah!? IT APPEARED!?" Leon yelped from seeing this magic message.
"Calm thy self, and heed my words…there is more to things then the eyes can see…" Magic Mirror exclaimed from wishing the youthful being to have patience. "For stories you know, their tales come to an end. But down the line, mysterious are still unsaid. And if one does not solve thy matter within them, the stories of old…may be rewritten." He explained with more rhymes on a matter that sounds very dire.
"What!? You make it sound as if the story could change? What happens then…?" Leon raised an eyebrow, not liking the sounds of this.
"Pray thy never find out, for unknown evil looms about. But listen carefully and heed my words, and together…you may survive this adventure…" Magic Mirror declared on having a method which will help Leon get through this.
"Hugh…looks like I really have to accept it, I'm no longer at Disney World…" Leon sulks his shoulders down from being unable to deny everything that was too real to be false. "I'm now in the World of Disney it's self!? And it's more real then anything I once believed…" The guy issued on understanding he's now apart of the Disney Universe.
The scene slowly zooms away as Leon and the Magic Mirror simply stare at one another. Everything was fading out, unknown events will soon unfold in a world of Leon's dreams… Or will they instead become his nightmares? Who's to say, that is a tale best left at a later time…
NOTES: Lion Lionheart's general appearance is base on Cross, the Avatar character from Xenoblade Chronicles X series.
*As an Avatar character from an RPG Game, developing what skills and abilities, to obtaining gear and weapons best suited will play a major part in the story's development.
The photo frame of all Disney Animated Characters is a reference from 'Once Upon A Studio' short film.
Spoil Alert: In every Disney world, there will be special rewards somewhat close to theme of where the main protagonist is in. Most will be somewhat normal, but others might be unique depending on what can relate to such a Disney film world.
And now the first chapter is done, and what an opening start it is. It took some major thinking on how to make it dramatical, but it works. In the next chapter, Leon must perform some Quest to help prepare himself but also solve unsaid mysterious in a world like 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' tale. From freeing a prisoner to arming one's self to fight soldiers magically brainwashed. Along the way discover a secret chamber filled with magical wisdom which might help awaken one's other unknown talent. However nothing is so easily obtain without risk, so what might be lying in wait? And when all is said and done, what will be one's greatest reward? Stay tune to find out more…