//------------------------------// // Night 1: Strictly Nebulous // Story: 8 Magic Nights // by The Blue EM2 //------------------------------// Jimmy Hook was elsewhere. Elsewhere being the Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom was far apart from Epcot and the Animal Kingdom, and this was where Jimmy was. Suddenly, her phone buzzed. She looked at it, whilst seated in the benches for Joffrey's revive. Sorry, She looked at it, whilst seated on a bench for Joffrey's revive, having gotten her hand on a much needed coffee. "Flying through the cosmos does make you quite tired, I suppose," she said to nobody in particular. She glanced down at her messages, and saw a call from Tom was running on the line. "I wonder what he wants!" she smiled, and swiped back on the message. She moved the device to her ears. "Hello?" she asked. "Are you in need of anything?" "Hi?" asked the voice on the other end. "Is that you Jimmy?" "Call me Rosette, as otherwise it may seem a bit odd," Jim- sorry, Rosette, replied. "I suppose I'd better call you Vapour, hadn't I?" She paused. "Is everything OK?" "No! It isn't!" Vapour cried on the other end. "Katrina's turned into Cozy Glow, I'm Vapour Trail, and you're Rosette! Must we turn into MLP characters everywhere we go?" "Oh, calm down!" Rosette replied. "It wears off after a night or so, so we'll be fine tomorrow." "If you say so," Vapour replied. "Look, I would like to talk more, but I'm watching Illuminations: Reflections of Earth in a few minutes." "Oh?" Rosette asked. "As you lack a Fastpass, make sure to go to-" "The UK Pavilion, I know," Vapour answered. "Sky told me about where to go." "Found some love, have we?" Rosette teased. "Shut up!" There was a pause. "They've just dimmed the lights, so I've gotta go. See you back at the Grand Floridian, OK?" The line then went shut, and a beep indicated that the call had just ended. Rosette sat back, and sighed, as the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover rattled overhead, and There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow played over the speakers outside of the Carousel of Progress; played for the one hundreth time, in fact. As she listened, she thought back on how this particular incident had occured. Several hours earlier... Jimmy stepped off of the monorail at the station for Magic Kingdom. As the monorail pulled away, Tom waved to him. It would be a much easier run for him than Tom, who would have to get off at the Transportation and Ticketing Center in order to transfer to the Epcot Shuttle. He hoped Tom would enjoy himself, and walked into the park, when he saw the Walt Disney World Railroad sitting idle, with the engine and coaches sitting there doing nothing. He turned to a nearby visitor to address him. "Excuse me," he asked, "but do you have any idea why isn't the railroad running?" "There's building work going on in Tomorrowland," the visitor replied. "Something about a Tron themed coaster." "Oh," Jimmy replied flatly, his heart sinking. The railroad was one of his favourite attractions (and a favourite of Walts, no doubt, given he had a massive indoor railroad) and to see it closed and doing nothing was a shame. He scanned his ticket on the entrance gate and walked through, walking under the line and into Main Street, USA. Here he was hit by the sites and smells of the early 20th century, including ice cream (he could just about do with one in these temperatures), cookies, and even fresh bread! As he walked down the street, the marvellous vista of Cinderella's Castle came into view. Seeing that huge structure again never ceased to impress him. Being one of a handful of proper castles in the USA (the other one that came to mind was the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine), it took the breath away as it soared above the guests. It surprised many to hear it only stood at 183 feet, but it looked taller than it really was thanks to forced perspective. In order to reach Tomorrowland, Jimmy needed to go into the garden and take a right to cross the bridge. And this he did, leaving Adventureland and Frontierland for later. No, he needed to go to Tomorrowland, and take a ride into space. Space Mountain stands at the end of the Tomorrowland's main street, with a large red crane behind it that was working on building the aforementioned new roller coaster. Jimmy noted that the queue line was off to the left, and the Fastpass+ line was on the right. So to the queue line he went, and scanned his Magic Band as he walked past. Little did he realise, a strange energy leaked out of the terminal and into him. But notice he did not, as he walked into the darkness. The queue line was very dark, and Jimmy struggled to see where he was going. And it was in the dark that he began to change... As it was so dark, the first awareness he got of it was a spike of pain in his nether regions, as his manhood vanished, followed not long after by her hips widening and her shoulders compressing. Then her chest morphed into a pair of breasts, as her hair turned purple and did itself up in a severe bun. Her eyes turned green, and her skin went entirely blue (a much deeper shade of turquoise than Tom had experienced. "Huh?" she asked. "Well, I didn't see that coming!" Now in a different state to that when she entered, she went on, suddenly aware of things briefly getting taller. This was because her trainers had changed into high heeled shoes, and the heel pushed her upwards. The front of the shoes also shrank back to only cover her toes, revealing her socks, which changed into a pair of tights. Her shorts changed into a red skirt of the sort seen on a suit, and her shirt became a white vest with a turtleneck. A red suit jacket appeared atop it, and her glasses changed colours changed colour to purple. This meant they looked very different to when they had walked in, and Rosette was ready to ride Space Mountain. The scanner cleared her onto the ride, as the Fastpass gates had two sets of scanner gates to ensure people didn't just vault over the fence in order to queue jump. The park was very hot on queue jumping, and you could be ejected from the park if you were caught doing it. SO DON'T! Jimmy took her seat, dropped her safety restraint, and relaxed. She was lucky. Although all seats had a good view, she was riding in the front row! The train took off and climbed through the lift hill, and then dropped into a series of sharp turns, sudden climbs, severe drops, and sudden stops. As they flew along, Rosette suddenly realised the constellations looked familiar. "It's the Rosette Nebula!" she cried, pointing to one. Then another flew past. "And that is the Crab NebulAAAA!" They suddenly dropped down again, before going up. "She's a bit of a nerd, eh?" shouted a passenger at the back. "Yes indeed!" called another. "Fascinating stuff, though. I thoughts those lights were just random!" The ride was quite tiring, and Jimmy felt awkward as she climbed off Space Mountain. She settled upon a coffee as the best solution. And she knew just where to get one. Present day... Rosette got off with Vapour at the station for the Grand Floridian. They walked through to their rooms to suddenly see a rather irate Cozy Glow. "Hello Cozy!" Rosette called. "How are you?" "You've ruined everything!" Cozy exclaimed. "Your curse has infected us!" "It wears off quickly," Rosette countered. "Right, Vapour?" "Yeah," Vapour replied, rubbing her hands together nervously. "But I'm still kinda worried. What about Sky?" "See?" Rosette laughed. "I told you she was in love." "No I'm not!" Vapour exclaimed. "We're just going to be.. different when we get back. Is this what the whole trip's going to be like? Loosing and gaining bits for all eternity in a never ending cycle?" "I suggest we go to bed and come back to it tomorrow," Cozy sighed. "IF this has worn off by then!" They each said their goodnights, and headed off to bed, unsure what lay in store for them tomorrow. It was gonna be a wild ride...