Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 191

Lucifer gives him a confused look at the last part before looking over at Sam. "You almost got decapitated?"

"Yeah, the ride's not meant for tall people," Sam says with a shrug. "But I managed to get off with my head intact."

"Hey, Cas," Dean says randomly. "C'mere. I gotta show you something."

"What are you...?" Lucifer asks quietly,

Dean just shakes his head before leading Castiel away. Once they've escaped, he says, "I have literally nothing to show you and I just wanted to get you away from the fangirls."

Castiel chuckles. "I should've guessed. You never were a people person."

"Ain't that the truth," Dean agrees. "So, wanna go explore and get lost and maybe ride some stuff?"

~~~

"Ooh, that looks cool," Castiel says, pointing to a building nearby. It takes him a moment to process that the banner draped across the building reading "Dead men tell no tales" is from Pirates of the Caribbean. That must be the ride theme.

"Yeah, I've heard that one's awesome," Dean agrees. "Wanna ride it? It's only a 15 minute wait, and if it's anything like Space Mountain, that means there's no actual waiting."

"Hell yeah, I do."

Castiel takes his hand as they walk into the cue together. It appears the beginning is prepared for a lot of people to be able to wait, and it's comforting to see that the long cue has been shortened to a straight line. Apparently, there aren't a lot of people here yet.

They do end up stopped a few minutes later, and they take the opportunity to just talk.

"So," Dean says, "How're you liking Disney so far?"

"I still think you're a dick for making me ride Space Mountain," Castiel replies.

"Aw, come on, it was t that bad!" Dean protests. "Wasn't it fun? Other than the almost-being-decapitated aspect of it?"

"No!" Castiel says immediately. "No, it was not fun. It was freaking scary, and I don't know how I survived it. You guys said it wasn't that bad!"

"It's not," Dean repeats. "You're just not cut out for amusement parks, apparently. But don't worry, because I will force you to have fun, one way or another. This is going to be the best week and a half of your life. I promise."

~~~

They sit down in the last row of little boat in the manmade river, sitting next to each other, unlike the cars on Space Mountain. Dean pulls the lap bar down for them, which has Castiel concerned once more.

"I thought this ride was going to be chill," Castiel says quickly. "Why do we need a lap bar if it's supposed to be chill?"

"Relax," Dean laughs. "I think it's just to keep you in the ride. I don't think there are any drops or flips or fast parts."

"You don't think?" Castiel repeats. "Wow, that's so comforting!"

"Hey." Dean puts an arm around his shoulders reassuringly. "Relax. If we were going on another rollercoaster, I would tell you. I promise. But this isn't one. It's just a nice, slow ride, and I think we get to stare at Johnny Depp, so it's automatically awesome. Okay?"

"Mm-hmm."

The ride is actually really cool. They ride through a foggy version of Captain Blackbeard, who Castiel wouldn't have recognized if Dean hadn't said it was him. Clearly, Castiel needs to watch the movies again, because it's been nearly two decades. Next, they pass a skeleton steering a boat, which Castiel almost finds funny, but humor doesn't quite fit with the mood. On the shore, there's a mermaid's corpse, and Castiel finds himself almost hypnotized by the rib-like shape of her tail's bones. There's a sweet singing in the background, which Castiel can only assume is from a mermaid in the water.

They turn the corner, and suddenly, they're enveloped in darkness. Castiel feels himself tense, not sure wha to expect but sure that he won't like it.

"I swear to god, Dean, if there's a drop here," Castiel mutters.

"There's, like, no safety restraints here," Dean reminds him. "There's not going to be a drop."

Castiel nods once, trying to will himself to believe that, which makes it even worse when there really is a drop. Castiel yelps, but fortunately, it only lasts a moment until they're bam on their path, traveling just as slowly as before.

"See, you survived!" Dean says teasingly.

Castiel just elbows him in the rib to shut him up.

The rest of the ride is fairly uneventful. Eventually, it's over, and they find themselves in a gift shop, where Castiel gets to complain without annoying anyone else.

"You said there wasn't going to be a drop," Castiel pouts.

"Apparently, I was wrong," Dean replies with a shrug. "But come on. It was just a little itty bitty baby drop. It's nothing compared to Splash Mountain."

"Compared to what?" Castiel asks quickly. "Mountain" sounds like a rollercoaster, just like Space Mountain, but "Splash" means water, and water can't move as fast as a rollercoaster, so he must be missing something.

"You'll see," Dean replies mysteriously. "Ooh, hey, look!" He grabs a plastic sword and holds it up like a pirate. "Arrrr, matey!"

Castiel laughs. "You're such a dork."

"Yeah, and you love it."

Castiel finds some plastic chains and slips his wrists inside. "Lucifer would have a field day with these," he remarks, thinking about all his brother's weird video ideas.

"I think I could have a little more fun with you in chains than he could," Dean says with a smirk.

Castiel smacks him with the chain. "Tone it down, you kinky son of a bitch," he laughs. "There are children present!"

"There won't be any children present tonight," Dean says with a wink.

Castiel slips the chains off of his wrists and puts them back where they belong. "No, but there will be siblings present."

"Ah, details." Dean waves a hand dismissively. "Wanna go find another ride?"

"Sure." Just then, Castiel's phone rings, and he pulls it out to see that it's Lucifer calling, so he answers it. "Sup?"

"Just making sure you're still alive," Lucifer says. "You and Dean just kinda disappeared, and the group disbanded, and now it's just me, Claire, Alex, Charlie, Gilda, Sam, and Gabriel, which, in hindsight, is a lot of people, but it doesn't feel like it. Anyway, where you at?"

"Uh..." Castiel glances over at the ride. "The Pirates of the Caribbean thing. You?"

"Waiting for people to get off Big Thunder Mountain Railroad," Lucifer replies.

"Why aren't you riding?" Castiel asks.

"'Cause lil Alex is too small to ride, so someone has to keep her company. Are you still with Dean?"

"Obviously." Where else would either of them go?

"Alrighty, folks," Lucifer says in an exaggerated southern accent. "Y'all should c'mon down the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. You down, partner?"

"Only if you keep talking like that," Castiel replies.

"Will do, partner. See ya in a few?"

"If we can find you." Castiel ends the call and pulls out a map.

"Lucifer?" Dean guesses.

"Of course," Castiel replies. "Now come on. We're gonna go Satan hunting."

A/N It occurs to me that starting their trip in Magic Kingdom was a bad idea because I could easily write 20,000 words about that place so idk how long to make these chapters because none of the other parks are as interesting so I'm just gonna average 3k to 4k words per chapter and hope for the best