Hello again.

Today's chapter - the team decide to have a Disney movie marathon to disastrous ends. (Also wrote this several years ago so no Moana or more modern Disney movies).

Warning for a panic attack (and don't do what Wally does).

Also what is your favourite Disney movie?

Anyway, thanks for everything, you guys are AWESOME.

Hope you enjoy.

Robyn

It was yet another weekend at the Mountain when the team decided to have a movie marathon. They spent awhile debating what movies to watch as they set up the lounge (collecting blankets and pillows) and making snacks. They eventually decided on a Disney movie marathon when they found out that Conner, Kaldur and M'gann had only seen a few. Even Robin had only seen one or two to the teams shock (apparently he was too busy and before he became Robin he didn't have much access to a TV). Wally and Artemis had declared this a crime and had cooperated to make a list of must see Disney movies to spend the day watching, with Robin adding in suggestions of the few he had seen or heard about.

They all settled down in front of the TV. Wally and Artemis sharing a sofa, Connor and M'gann on the other sofa and Robin and Kaldur each had an armchair. While M'gann made and collected the remainder of snacks, Artemis and Wally finished their list. In the end the list looked like this:

Must see Disney Movies

-Robin Hood (For Artemis)

-Mary Poppins (Wally said it was needed especially as it had awesome music)

-Cinderella (They needed at least one princess movie)

-Little Mermaid (Come on they needed to see that for Kaldur's sake)

-Mulan (again, awesome movie, and Girl Power!)

-Tangled (mostly for M'gann and the music)

-Aristocats (A cool movie about singing cats!)

-Aladdin (For Connor)

-Hercules (another hero's journey)

-Jungle Book (For the fun of it)

-Peter Pan (another classic)

-Lion King (the ultimate classic)

They had picked movies that they believed were very important to see for varying reasons. Wally had purposely steered clear of Dumbo - not knowing how Robin would react to that. They had purposely not included other movies for similar reasons, the potential to bring up bad memories for people on the team.

First up was Robin Hood.

M'gann loved Maid Marian and thought Robin Hood was very romantic. Connor seemed to like the Fat friar best while Kaldur looked to be analysing all the fight scenes for tips. Wally kept running to get snacks, Robin kept laughing at Wally and imitating all the romance scenes. Artemis spent the whole time complaining about the horrible archery technique, but trying to hide a smile, it was still her sport/expertise being show cased in a movie.

After the movie ended they decided it was a part failure as everyone had talked through of it. Though to be fair the team were very talkative normally and not good at staying still and silent for long periods of tie, they should have expected that.

Next up was Mary Poppins which went better. Robin, M'gann, Wally and Artemis sang along with all the songs (even when they didn't know the words). Wally entertained everyone by imitating the animated penguins, his attempts were hilarious (he wasn't the best at dancing). The whole group enjoyed the ending, happy that for once it was a happy ever after.

The third movie was Cinderella. They had chosen this one as it was a classic more than anything else. It was still entertaining but it wasn't as good as the others, it was a bit too girly/fairy-tale for everyone but M'gann. Everything was just a tad too cheesy for most of them.

Fourth was The Little Mermaid, which was highly amusing for everyone but Kaldur. M'gann loved the love story, Artemis and Wally liked the songs, Connor smiled at Flounder and Robin liked Sebastian. But Kaldur kept moaning about all the inaccurate information and lousy interpretations of Atlantis, his expression was slightly constipated through most of the movie. The movie ended happily to everyone's joy, well apart from Robin who pursed his lips.

"What? Something wrong Rob?" Wally asked his best friend at seeing his expression.

"Kinda, in the actual fairy tail by Hans Christian Anderson, Ariel dies."

"Well that's cheery Boy Wonder." The green archer added sarcastically.

"Yeah, the only people who actually survived the classic fairy-tales were Jack (from Jack in the Bean Stalk) and The Ugly Duckling I think. Most didn't have nice fates." Robin replied shrugging.

"Wow, lovely fact. How about we get back to the movies. Mulan is next and that movie is brilliant. It has brilliant songs, lots of fighting and most importantly it also has lots of Girl Power." Artemis grinned as she went and put the movie in.

"Wait, I need to get more snacks!" Wally shouted as he sprinted off towards the kitchen and returned yet again with a now full bowl of popcorn and cup of coke (which they were not letting Robin near after his whole sugar high accident).

"Again, Baywatch!" Artemis shouted.

"Hey, high metabolism!" Wally complained.

"Yeah right, Kid Mouth!" Robin cackled as he stole a handful of popcorn.

The team settled down once again to watch Mulan. This time the whole team enjoyed it; it had enough action, plenty of romance, brilliant songs and lots of girl power. The team really enjoyed it. When the song 'I'll make a man out of you' came on Wally and Robin got off the sofa and danced along, even Artemis was grinning at the pair, singing along with Wally and Robin.

After that was Tangled. This was M'gann's favourite as she felt similar to Rapunzel, a young kind girl growing up separate to everyone else (M'gann because she was a white Martian) and then finding love and a family and following her dreams. Even Connor had started to really get into it and started to sing along. It was another successful movie, everyone enjoying it and another happy ending.

Aristocats quickly followed. The team liked that one as well, surprisingly. Connor especially liked that one and felt sympathetic for the little kittens. The whole team sang along to the song "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" and Artemis joined the pair of trouble makers in their dancing. They enjoyed the happy ending (they liked happy endings as they seemed so rare in real life - although non-happy endings were also oddly satisfying in some ways on occasions).

Next up was Aladdin. It was another classic that Robin, Artemis and Wally had all agreed the whole team needed to see. Connor enjoyed the story of a street rat who fell in love with a princess and managed to still save the day in the end. Kaldur had a smile on his face throughout the movie, M'gann loved Jasmine, Artemis laughed alongside Wally at the genie and Robin looked longingly at the tiger and monkey, Abu. They decided some of the classics were good.

Hercules followed on the list. They had added that to the list as they were interested in seeing another hero's life (even if it was a Disney adaptation) plus apparently the songs were very good. The team did really enjoy the songs and found Hercules' journey very relatable to a lot of them, as he wanted to prove himself just as they did. They found a few bits slightly cheesy though and spent half the time discussing the inaccuracies compared to the myths. Still they enjoyed the movie despite this and they sang along with 'Zero To Hero', 'Gospel Truth' and 'I Can Go The Distance'. They all cheered as Hercules saved Olympus and Meg.

Jungle Book was yet another classic and they seemed to enjoy the story behind it. There were some parts that scared them of course and others that made them laugh. They all ultimately liked it though and agreed it was a good movie to watch (though maybe not their favourite).

Next was Peter Pan. Artemis and Wally had both agreed it was a must watch. Connor and Kaldur liked Peter and the lost boys. Wally looked interested in the mermaids (Kaldur had complained about them again). Artemis and M'gann liked Tinker Bell. Robin loved the crocodile and sang along whenever it appeared. "Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock!".

Overall Peter Pan, Hercules, Aladdin, Mulan and Aristocats seemed to go down the best with the team.

"What's next on the list Arty?" Wally shouted to Artemis with a mouthful of popcorn. It was getting very late in the day (they had started early) and they were taking a quick break before finishing the last few movies and finishing up for the night (that were planning a sleepover in the lounge room and had prepared appropriately with sleeping bags, blankets and pillows earlier).

"Close your mouth, Kid Idiot, that's disgusting. Lion King is next and last." Artemis shot back at the so called Kid Idiot.

After hearing that , Wally looked nervously at Robin. He'd forgotten about the Lion King as he'd been focussing too much on avoiding Dumbo without having to explain to Artemis why. This couldn't go well.

"What's it about? I've only really seen the Disney movies we've watched today but I've heard people mention it." Robin asked the two Disney experts as Kaldur, Connor and M'gann nodded in the background.

"It's about a pride of talking/singing lions, it focuses on a lion cub called Simba and his journey to becoming king and fighting against his evil uncle Scar. It's basically Hamlet with lions." Artemis summarized.

"Em, maybe we can skip this one. I mean it's an okay film, but -" Wally started to protest, trying to dig himself out of the hole he had unknowingly jumped down into.

"Why do you want to skip it Baywatch, it's a must see?" Artemis asked curious.

"Is something wrong, my friend?" Kaldur questioned.

"No, it's just." He glanced at Robin. "Never mind, it's nothing." Wally waved it off, there was no way out of this without explaining too much.

They quickly slipped the movie into the TV with curious and concerned glances at the worried-looking Wally (who in turn kept glancing at Robin when no one was looking).

The movie opened up with the 'Circle of Life', which everyone enjoyed humming along to. Soon it got into the actual movie and the team really enjoyed the classic adventure. Artemis and Robin sang along to 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King' but everyone went silent when it got to them travelling to the Elephant Graveyard. The whole team was slightly creeper out by the 'Be Prepared' song.

Then it finally came to the scene that Wally had been dreading.

The stampede.

As soon as the King fell to his death, you could just see Robin's smile turn into an expression of horror. M'gann looked teary eyed and even Connor and Kaldur looked shocked. Artemis smiled sadly as she had seen the movie before. Wally just jumped up from his seat and ran to his best friend who appeared to be about to break down.

Robin started shaking with silent tears, the team looked around when Wally sprinted over.

"What's wrong with Robin?" Artemis asked concerned. The rest of the team ran over to join Wally next to their youngest member.

Robin soon stopped shaking and fell into a deep sleep after Wally injected him with a syringe filled with a weird golden liquid.

"What did you do to him?" M'gann asked worried.

"It's okay, he was about to have a panic attack, the injection calmed him down."

"I'm pretty sure that's not how you deal with panic attacks!" Artemis complained, worried.

"What happened in the first place." Kaldur questioned, trying to remain calm as everyone else started worrying and panicking.

"It was designed for him, Artemis don't worry. As for what happened; Robin witnessed something really traumatizing when he was little which led him to becoming Robin, that just reminded him of that. Can we continue to watch the movie, it gets better I promise. He'll be asleep for a while." The team settled back down and continued watching the movie, glancing worriedly at Robin every so often. Wally had stayed with Robin, both boys huddled on the floor, Wally's back was against the armchair with Robin huddled against his side, a blanket covering him.

The movie, they agreed, did get better and had a nice ending but they all decided that they would maybe leave the Disney marathon for a little while. At least until they better knew what to avoid with each other. Still it had been an enjoyable day and the ensuing sleepover (Robin had woken up near the end of the movie and Wally had taken him aside for a discussion) was fun.