Legacy of Secrets by Ridley Pearson

Author:Ridley Pearson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2016-03-29T04:00:00+00:00

DISNEYLAND COULD BARELY CONTAIN its euphoric guests. Main Street USA swelled with bodies. Feverish excitement filled the air, its energy heard in the anxious cries of eager children, the joyous laughter, all mixing into the music trumpeted from a brass street band.

Sneaking out of the Opera House, the five Keepers kept their two-dimensional images pressed against walls and moving through shade. They did everything they could to be as inconspicuous as possible. They crossed Town Square and slipped past the fire station and held to the walls all the way down to the restrooms, then timed it just right to walk briskly past Town Hall.

It was all so different from present-day Disneyland that the Keepers found it difficult to orient themselves. Once through the gateway tunnels beneath the Disney Railroad tracks, they faced two ticket booths.

“This is going to be tricky,” Finn said. They were basically Flat Stanleys that could walk and talk; it would be difficult to stand in line without their lack of three dimensions being noticeable.

Charlene came up with a solution. “We’re going to have to wait for the line to be empty. That’s the only way we stand half a chance.”

“Well,” said Maybeck, “Willa and I should be able to help make that happen.”

A minute later, Maybeck and Willa, dressed in their nearly formal attire, had started directing guests to the second ticket booth. The line in front of the booth nearest Finn, Philby, and Charlene dispersed.

“I don’t mean this the way it’s going to sound,” said Finn, “but a girl is going to have a much better shot at this than either of us.”

“You mean I’m taking full advantage of my charm and beauty,” Charlene said half-teasingly.

“Something like that.” Finn smiled.

“I hereby volunteer.” Charlene could add a few years just by the way she walked and carried herself. Sauntering up to the booth’s open window, she began speaking before she arrived. Doing so put the young Cast Member inside on guard and established it was she, Charlene, who was in charge.

“So,” she said brashly, “I have this problem. A friend of mine gave me this coin that she said was worth a whole bunch in the park, and I don’t know where I’m supposed to spend it.”

“Can I see it?”

In her attempt to project confidence, Charlene had neglected to have the coin at the ready. She figured her projection was probably blushing around now. Luckily, when she blushed, she looked like a ripe strawberry. “Oh, yeah! That would help!” She handed over the unusual coin they had found in Lillian Disney’s purse.

The cast member flipped it over repeatedly, studying both sides.

“Nope.” He passed it back to her. “I’ve never seen one of these before. I have no idea what it is.”

“Never?”

“First time.”

“So…what do I do with it?”

“Make a necklace with it, for all I care. It won’t buy you any of my tickets.”

“You have no idea? Seriously? You can’t think of any place I can spend this inside the park?” Charlene asked.

“It doesn’t work that way.

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