World of Disney

Chapter Four: Time Zone - 2010 (Before Temporal Displacement)

            A dark blue 2009 Ford Explorer zoomed down S. Apopka Vineland Rd. at breakneck speed. It headed in the direction of Prestigious Villas, a neighborhood of beautiful vacation homes in the Orlando, Florida area. Sean Thomas, the driver, could have cared less if he was pulled over by any patrol officers keeping track of his speed, which read as "88mph" on the speedometer. On the other hand, the Explorer's passengers – Sean's sisters (Kimberly, Ciciley, and Meagan) and their friends from KMUP station (Pepe the King Prawn, Rizzo the Rat, Bobo the Bear, Clifford, and Bean Bunny) – were very worried. They knew it was an emergency, but he seemed to have been taking it a bit too far.

            Meagan, who sat in the front passenger seat, begged to her brother, "Sean! Dude! Wanna slow it down before we end up dead?!"

            "Don't say that! You don't know for a fact she's dead!"

            The speed of the vehicle seemed to have increased along with his frustration, alarming everyone even further.

            "Meagan, do us all a favor and shut up!" Kimberly snapped, before she calmly put a hand on Sean's shoulder and said, "Hey, brother. Just stay cool, alright? I'm sure Mama's okay."

            "Yeah, man." Clifford affirmed with Kimberly's statement. "She wouldn't have called if she weren't okay."

            Sean chuckled sarcastically (if not a little nervously). "Do you guys know how rare it is when women suffer a heart attack and live?"

            "Do you?" Ciciley inquired.

            "No! That's why I'm asking, so one of you can calm me down!" Sean retorted. "You think that I want to be this panicked on my vacation?!"

            Before anyone in the Explorer could answer the rhetorical question, Sean made a hard left into Bristol Park Drive, turning right into the location of Prestigious Villas. They came upon Wittenwood Cove and found their mother's villa in the community of Windsor Hills Reserve. It was a gorgeous home painted in a vanilla color with a bright red, tiled rooftop and a lusciously green lawn and garden. The sight of it should have given a soothing feel for anyone who stopped before it; but for Sean Thomas, his sisters, and their friends, they were anything but somber. As soon as the Explorer screeched into the driveway, everyone immediately clambered out of the vehicle and up to the front door.

            Knowing the front door would be locked, Sean did not hesitate in kicking it in to allow him and the others to rush right in. However, once they made their way into the living room, they were met with a disquieting sight: their mother, Joan Navarro Thomas, sitting down comfortably on the couch and watching Beauty and the Beast. She was not lying lifelessly on the floor as they all imagined her to be, after being told by the services at the Bay Lake Tower Hotel that she suffered a "severe heart attack." No woman in such a condition would be sitting in her home with a collection of delicious snacks (from M&M's to Doritos chips) and watching a Disney flick. It was confusing enough to cause the elderly redhead's son and daughters, as well as their friends, to stare in total disbelief.