AN: Hey, guys! Wow. It's really been a long time, huh? Well, I've gotten back into OUAT and all my favorite ships and characters and I thought I'd finally continue this! Updates will be more regular, so no more waiting five million years for a new chapter!
Anywho, the Magic Kingdom part of this story will be separated into a few parts. Not sure how many, but as many as I need to get through the entire park. The same will go for future parks and such. But I was going on 3000 words for this chapter and had to stop. Pfft-
Also, I'm changing Henry's age to 15. For shipping reasons. Ye.
But welcome back to this story and happy reading!
The good stuff is coming next chapter. ;)
The next day; 6:00AM.
Beep. Beep. BeEP. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!-
"If someone doesn't shut that bloody thing off, I'm going to commit mass murder!" Peter grumbled in his tired state, hugging a stirring Henry closer to his chest. Neal groaned, throwing a pillow over the top of his head and burying his face further into the sheets in order to try and block out the annoying alarm.
Emma slept right through it, completely exhausted from yesterday's events.
"Mom...!" Henry hissed into Peter's shirt, also getting irritated with the obnoxious noises. "Mom, turn it off!"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"Emma, the alarm's on your side," Neal muttered, lazily throwing an arm over to her side and nudging her. "Emma, please turn it off..."
Emma still didn't budge.
"Screw it," Peter muttered bitterly, reluctantly letting go of Henry and climbing out of bed. He stormed over to the still-screaming alarm clock and slammed his fist down, effectively turning it off by breaking it into large pieces.
Neal blinked. "You know we're gonna have to pay for that, right?" he asked, speech still slurred from sleep deprivation. Peter rolled his eyes and climbed back under the covers of his and Henry's bed, pulling the younger boy to him. He closed his eyes once more to try and sleep again.
Neal closed his eyes too, and soon, everyone fell back asleep. Until Emma suddenly woke up.
"WAIT NO- EVERYBODY UP-"
"GOD DAMMIT, EMMA."
'...Please stay clear of the doors. Por favor, manténgase alejado de las puertas...'
The group trudged into the Monorail, half of them plopping in conveniently open seats and the rest of them standing while clinging to the poles.
"I'm so damn tired…" Regina moaned, resting her forehead against the cold pole and mourning the loss of what could've been a few more hours of sleep.
"Don't worry," Snow chimed brightly as she leaned into David. "The thousands of screaming kids will wake you up!"
Regina started crying.
Henry tugged on Emma's sleeve. "Is she okay...?" Emma glanced at Regina.
"No," Emma said bluntly. "But don't worry. She'll suck it up eventually." Regina overheard this and grew angry.
"You try functioning on only 4 hours of sleep after finally getting your loudmouth mother to bed!" she hissed, venom lacing her tone as she glared darkly at the blond.
Emma wasn't fazed. "Sucks to be you," she muttered, jumping a bit when Regina tried to lunge at her. The Evil Queen failed, though, due to David holding her back.
He then nudged Regina back to her spot next to Cora, who proceeded to start lecturing her about name-calling ('Loudmouth mother?! How dare you!').
A little to the left of them, Belle nervously looked out the nearest window. "And once again, we're in the air and I feel like I'm going to pass out." Gold looked at his love, a bit exasperated.
"You're not going to pass out, Belle-"
"How would you know?!"
And that started yet another wonderful argument between them.
While those two continued their small bickering, Henry turned to Peter. "You're going to love this place." The older boy looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"I take it you've been here before?"
"Nope."
Peter paused, confusion evident on his face. "Then how do you know?"
"I just know." Henry grinned and leaned into him. "You didn't call me 'The Truest Believer' for nothing, you know." Peter smiled at that.
"That's a very good point," the other boy hummed, moving to take Henry's hand. He stopped at the sound of Emma's icy voice.
"Hands to yourselves," she snapped, shooting Peter a warning look.
Peter glared and then proceeded to take Henry's hand anyways once she turned back around.
Neal looked at his fiancée. "So, what's the plan for this place?" he asked curiously once he noticed that the monorail was nearing the park. "Are we just gonna wing it? Are we all traveling together? Are we going on every ride...?"
Emma looked at him. "I'll... Figure it out once we get there."
"You mean you don't have a plan?"
"I didn't say that."
"But you implied it."
"Shut up."
Eventually, the monorail came to a stop and the group of magical misfits was ushered quickly off of the train.
Snow clapped her hands, practically buzzing with excitement as she took in the happy kids and amazing architecture that waited beyond the ticket stands. "Wow, this place is huge!"
"I can't wait to go on the rides!" exclaimed Henry.
"I heard the food here was pretty good," Neal said, grinning at his son.
"I'd like to see the fireworks," Belle chirped.
"No one better touch me," Cora grumbled, earning an eyeroll from Regina.
Murmuring amongst themselves, the group went to proceed when a loud voice stopped them in their tracks.
"Ah, ah, ah! Not so fast!"
Emma stood in front of everyone and once again directed her family to the side, earning a few groans here and there once everyone realized she was about to give another speech. The Savior frowned, a bit hurt. "Oh, come on! I just need to say a few things and then we'll go!"
"We might as well find seats. This could take a while," Gold muttered, leaning on his cane. Belle hummed in agreement.
"Come on, mom," Henry sighed. "We already went through this back at the hotel..."
"Which nearly caused us to be late for the monorail, may I remind you," Regina said with a pointed look at the blonde woman.
Emma crossed her arms and jutted out a hip. "I will talk if I want to," she hissed. "Now, listen up."
More groans filled the air.
"We'll be having fun and spending today together as a family. That means no separating, no wandering off, and certainly no fighting."
"No promises," Peter muttered, smirking once the Dark One met his eye. Gold glared back.
"Mary Margaret and David," Emma said, grabbing her mother's attention. "During our vacation, I will be your sister and sister-in-law, and Henry will be your guys' nephew." She looked at Regina. "You will be a very close family friend-"
"Excuse me," Regina snapped. "Why do I get shoved to the side and you get to be his mother?!"
"Please stop," Henry muttered, not wanting to watch his mothers' bickering again.
"Because people don't usually smile at the thought of an adoptive mother and a birth mother sharing a child. It's just awkward," came Emma's oddly quick reply.
"Well, since I raised him for ten years before you came in, how about I be his mother, then?"
"I don't think that's gonna happen-"
"Or you could just stop fighting, since NO ONE is going to ask about everyone's relationships!" Henry interjected fiercely, clearly irritated.
His mothers froze and looked at him with almost identical shocked expressions.
Everyone else just quietly looked away, not wanting to be a part of the fight.
"...last part of business," Emma murmured, eyeing Henry before turning back to the group. "I'm planning to have us go on all of the rides. We never come here, so we're going to make the most of this trip."
"That's inhumane," Hook protested.
One glare from Henry, however, had the pirate ducking his head and shutting up.
"Even the baby ones?" Neal quietly asked his fiancée, a bit unsure.
"Maybe," Emma muttered quickly before turning back to the others and speaking before Neal had time to respond. "Okay!" She clapped her hands. "We all ready to have fun?!" she shouted with a grin.
"Yeah!"
That came from Henry.
The rest of the group just looked at her.
Regina coughed.
Emma glanced at Neal, who shrugged, before turning and sighing. "Alright, fine. The park awaits…" and with that, Emma led her family down to the entrance to the park and to the beginning of what was sure to be one of many memorable and crazy days.
"This place is sure lively…" Snow murmured as she watched various kids run around Main Street U.S.A and drive their parents crazy in the process. David smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as he nodded in agreement.
"Ew," Cora muttered, flinching as a child ran screaming by her. "Disgusting!"
Regina rolled her eyes at her mother's dramatics.
"I think the place is adorable," Peter hummed as they walked down the street.
Henry looked at him, shocked. "You do?"
"Oh, yeah, definitely," the former ruler hummed, grinning and winking at Henry to show that he was kidding. "I'd live here if I could."
"You're insane," Gold bit at him.
"You're annoying," Peter snapped.
"Five minutes, guys," Emma moaned, burying her face in the map she had in her hands. "I just need five. MINUTES."
"Heeeey, Peter!" Henry took Peter's hand, knowing that if his mother didn't catch a break soon, she'd lose her mind. "How about we go peek in that gift shop over there so we can let my mom breathe, okay? Okay."
Peter grumbled to himself as he was dragged away.
"So, Ms. Swan," Regina piped. "I'm hoping you have some sort of plan for today?"
Neal coughed.
Emma pursed her lips, eyeing her fiancé with a warning look before finally acknowledging Regina. "Actually… I don't-"
"Oh my god-"
"But I'm sure we can navigate a theme park without messing anything up!"
"That's similar to what you said about the egg incident a month ago…" the Evil Queen huffed, crossing her arms and eyeing the Savior icily.
"Hey, those chickens were not put in Storybrooke by me-!"
"What the hell…?" Hook muttered, highly confused by the conversation topic.
Belle just shook her head solemnly as war flashbacks played in her mind. "So…many…eggs…"
Gold didn't even know what to say to that.
"Anywho," Emma chimed, her eyes raking over the park map. "I say we head to Tomorrowland first. They have really cool space rides and stuff! At least, to my knowledge, they do…"
"So we might be disappointed?" Cora bluntly asked.
"Aren't you always disappointed?" Snow asked her.
Cora nodded thoughtfully.
"Well, Emma, you're the vacation planner," Neal hummed. "Lead the way."
David frowned. "Wait- Where'd the boys go?"
"We're here and queer," Peter piped as he and Henry walked straight past everyone and towards Tomorrowland.
The group stared dumbfounded at them before snapping out of it and hurrying after the two boys.
Ten minutes later, the group found themselves in the center of the park section known as Tomorrowland.
Henry was in full geek mode, marveling at the futuristic designs that decorated the park. "This is so cool…!" he chimed, taking out his phone and snapping pictures with the excitement of an 8-year-old.
"You know," Hook drawled as he walked up beside Emma. "We could shape our own future-"
"If it ends with me punching you in the face, then count me in," Emma said, clearly agitated as she smiled sweetly at the pirate.
Killian pursed his lips and took a big step back.
Neal smiled.
So did Gold.
"So, Emma," Snow hummed, walking up beside her daughter and peering at the map over her shoulder. "What ride is up first?"
"Um…" the Savior looked at the paper in her hands. "'Stitch's Great Escape!'."
"Who the hell is Stitch?" Regina asked.
"Sounds like a disease…" Cora muttered. "'I'm sorry, young peasant, but your son has the 'Stitch Disease'."
"Stitch is not a disease," Henry said, shooting his grandmother a look. "He's an adorable blue alien."
"'Alien'…?" Peter questioned.
"You'll see."
Emma grinned at her son. "To the ride!"
"Attention smaller recruits!" A high-pitched male voice was saying overhead as Emma and Co. were ushered into a small room with other park guests.
Cora growled as a kid got too close to her.
"Please position yourselves for the best view of the chamber and the sergeant!"
"The sergeant?" David questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"He's the one up there with a hat!"
"Gee, I wouldn't have guessed," Regina muttered.
"That is all!" and with that, the high-pitched voice went away.
Emma would never get over the lack of humor in her family.
"TEN-HUT!"
Everyone froze, except Peter, who slouched like the rebel he was, and looked at the robot up in front.
"Let me introduce myself! I am the Prisoner Teleportation Officer! Sergeant C4703…" The robot man continued to list off a series of numbers and letters.
"That is too much," Regina complained.
Belle nodded in agreement
The 'Sergeant' proceeded to explain the process of capturing prisoners and teleporting them to where they needed to be.
Hook and David were struggling to keep up with the information.
"Oh! Looks like we got another one!" The 'Sergeant' hummed before turning to the screen behind him and conversing with the officer on screen. Emma and Co. watched with fascination as the creature was seemingly transported into a tube in front of them.
"Aww, it's so cute!" Snow chimed.
"Are we looking at the same creature?" Cora asked her with a look that said, 'Are you stupid or blind or both?'
Then alarms began blaring everywhere.
"Sergeant!" A new face on the screen shouted. "We have an incoming Level 3!"
"Oh my," Henry muttered.
"I'm guessing this is the 'Stitch' character…?" Peter whispered to him.
Henry nodded, biting his lip to keep himself from grinning.
"I think I just oiled myself…" The 'Sergeant' muttered.
"You and me both," Belle whispered. Gold pretended to not hear that.
The group watched as the man on-screen continued to give out orders to the 'Sergeant', who was very reluctant to accept this task. But eventually, the 'Sergeant' relented and the large group of people were led into the next room.
The next room had everyone a bit anxious. It was a big area with what looked like a giant tube in the middle. Seats for the park guests were placed in circles around said tube and wires, both thick and thin, were connected to the top of the cylinder in the center of the room.
Emma led everyone down to the front row of seats, sitting down in the very last seat of her section. She was then followed by Neal, Snow, Charming, Hook, Cora, Regina, Gold, Belle, Peter, and lastly, Henry.
Peter jumped as a bar lowered over his head. "What the hell-?!"
"Relax," Henry giggled, taking his hand. "It's for safety reasons~"
"This is anything but safe," Hook muttered, nervously shifting in his seat.
Suddenly, the room went dark, and before anyone knew it, a countdown began on the large screen as smoke filled the tube in front of them.
"Can't wait," Regina sighed.
Cora was staring, wide-eyed, at the tube in front of her. "Magic," she whispered, terrified.
Belle had no idea what to expect from this experience. But she hoped with all her being that it didn't give her nightmares.
Henry was bouncing in his seat, he was so excited.
"Get ready, recruits… Brace yourselves!" A voice overhead shouted.
Suddenly, a blue dog-like creature was standing behind the glass.
"Stitch!" Henry squealed.
Peter couldn't believe he was getting jealous over a blue animal.
"Teleportation sequence, completed."
"He's cute too!" Snow squealed.
The voices overhead began to snicker and question how Stitch could be a Level 3. Canons came down from the ceiling and aimed at Stitch as the glass lifted. The alien in charge on screen then left the park guests in charge as he went to 'straighten things out'.
"Not a good idea…" Neal muttered.
Emma nodded in agreement, her eyes trained on the blue alien in the middle.
They watched as Stitch eyed the cannons curiously before giggling and laughing, spitting on the front row guests, which happened to be Hook and Gold.
Peter burst out laughing at the disgusted looks on their faces.
His laughter was short lived, however, as more 'spit' got on to him.
"Gross…"
All of a sudden, the cannons were shut down and Stitch laughed maniacally before the room darkened further and he disappeared from sight.
"Told you," Neal hummed.
"Attention recruits! The prisoner has escaped! S-Stay where you are! A-and don't let the prisoner out of your sight!"
"We can't see anything!" David protested.
"They don't care," Emma reassured him.
The voices overhead vanished and the park guests were left alone in the dark room with the occasional spark of broken electricity.
Henry yelped as his safety bars pressed down on his shoulders, as if Stitch has pounced on them. "What the-?!"
The same thing happened with people around the room.
Snow jumped as air blew at her neck, as if Stitch was breathing right next to her. "Ohmygod-"
Core smirked. "Not so cute now, huh?"
Belle was terrified.
A loud belch then filled the air and a gross smell filled the room.
Emma wrinkled her nose. "Oh, god-"
"This is too gross to handle," Regina whined.
"It smells like Emma's cooking," Henry moaned.
"Hey!"
These antics continued to happen for a while until finally, Stitch was caught once more and everyone was directed out of the room and back to the outside.
"That was so cool!" Henry cheered.
"That was despicable," Cora huffed.
"Never again," Belle murmured, staying close to Gold's side.
Henry snapped a picture of the ride's sign before hurrying after his family.
"Well, now that that's over…" Emma murmured, secretly amused by everyone's reactions. "The next ride up is the Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. So, relax guys. This shouldn't be anywhere near as violating as the last ride."
"Can't freaking wait…" Gold muttered, leaning on his cane.
And on that note, Emma led her family to the ride, excited for the rest of the rides to come.