Ella - The World According To A Disney Doll

Chapter 5 - "The Only Way Is Up" - 31st August 2012.

Making some new dolly friends at last ... 

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Chapter 5 - "The Only Way Is Up".

After yesterday's encounter with my twin sister did not turn out to be the happy reunion that I had hoped for, I decided today that it may be better if i steered clear of the display dolls for a while. I found myself at a bit of a lost end as to what I should do whilst Holly was not here ?

I ended up wandering through the dining room when I started hearing a rather odd noise "tap tap, tap tap .. tap tap, tap tap". Not knowing what it was I got a little worried as the sound continued and I hid around the corner as it started to get closer.

My imagination started to run away with itself and in the end I decided that it would be much better to find out what it was, as it could not possibly be as bad as anything that I was imagining. So I gingerly peered around the entrance to the games room, and was quite startled but what was standing in front of me ...

"Howdy theyer liddle lady" was the greeting that I was met with when I was spotted by the almost glowing cowgirl doll who was riding her horse in front of me. She was dressed in a shiny white silky jumpsuit with sparkly silver timmings and matching hat and boots, for some reason it made me feel rather girly and over dressed.

Oh so that was what the "tap tap" noise was, it was the horse hoofs on the wooden floor, I thought to myself as I waved back.

She gestured me over and jumped off her horse straight away so that we could say a proper "hello".

"I'm Calamity, Calamity Jane. And thus heres Dallas, ... say hello Dallas" her plastic horse companion gave a friendly kind of neigh/snort sound and nodded her head in my direction.

"She wount bite, give er a good ole strokin" continued Calamity.

I found the way that she spoke rather strange, as her accent was quite strong and at some points I could not really work out what she was completely saying. But she was friendly, and so was Dallas who seemed to take great pleasure in the fuss I gave her.

As our conversation continued I found out that Calamity was a Western Barbie doll from the early 80's, and that she had been with Holly her entire life, seeing her grow up from a small child.

"We've a seen it awll havent we Dallas" she went on.

Somehow I could not imagine Holly as a small child? but I guess you had to be there ? hehe.

As Dallas had taken to me "Like a howrse to a hay bayle" as Calamity put it, she insisted that I have a ride on her.

Now, I had never ridden a horse before and was not really sure what to do? Especially as this one seemed to be missing her reigns, but Calamity insisted that I would be find and she would hold on to Dallas just to make sure.

It was a funny sensation, and somehow I did not feel very lady like in my big pink dress with my legs astride a horse. I did not really know what to do, and at some points felt like it was Dallas that was the one who was really in charge and not me.

As Clamity led Dallas and I around the games room, we suddenly started hearing voices coming from the sofa.

I looked up to see several other dolls looking down at us and waving. Well it would have been rude not to go over and say "hello", so no sooner than we had stopped by the sofa Calamity with one skilled motion lept up on Dallas's back and hopped straight onto the sofa.

As I was just about to start trying to climb up myself, I heard a funny clicking noise coming from behind me ...

"Woooooo ... I fixed it! ... it was just some dirt caught in the gear and I .... ooooh" shouted this Ken doll as he promptly drove up on a pink scooter.

Now, I had seen Ken dolls before in the Disney Store, as they had Toy Story Barbie and Ken sets in my Store during my time there, and I remember seeing a few clips from the 3rd film on the big screen in the shop. This ken looked a bit different though, his clothes more casual and his painted hair very dark and worn off in places.

For a moment he just looked at me with his eyes wide and his mouth open like he was catching flies or something.

He instantly hopped off the scooter, and casually but intentionally walked straight over to me and asked

"Do you need any help there Miss ?"

A little part of me was a bit insulted, wondering do I really look that helpless ?

Even though I insisted I was fine, he made sure that I made it up to the seat of the sofa ok, and then proceeded to hop up himself, and settle with the rest of the dolls behind me.

Calamity spent the whole time just grinning at me and him, I started to wonder what was the big deal ?

Now that I had finally made it up to them, Calamity introduced me to the other dolls

"Evyone, thus us Ella ... she's us Disney Cunderella dowll"

No sooner than Calamity had finished talking, one of the dolls came charging over to me and gave me the biggest hug ever !

"Ooooh she is sooo shiny and pink" said the rather over enthusiastic doll as she held onto me.

Her voice was kind of high and squeaky and her face had a smiley but vacant look about it. I was kind of taken by suprise by her reaction to me and just stood there feeling all awkward and stiff for a moment.

"That theyers Millie" said Calamity, I could tell she was trying hard not to laugh. "She's us Bawbie doll and us new liyke yous, she's ownly been a with us them few months now, but awlready part of us family".

When Millie finally let me go I was able to meet some of the other dolls. Calamity introduced me to Jem & Rio who were also dolls from Holly's childhood, and were very much a happy couple themselves. They seemed very sparkly and brightly coloured and I felt a little distracted by the very bright purple colour of Rio's hair!

I was glad that their greeting was a much more calm and collected hand shake though.

Next Calmity introduced me to Jackson, again one of Holly's old toys from her youth, he was a Michael Jackson doll that had unfortunatly lost his proper outfit over the years, so had to make do with an old Ken suit that did not really fit him very well.

He was very shy, quiet and reserved, and spoke in a soft voice and just nodded when we were introduced. I didn't want to make him feel any more uncomfortable than he already looked so kept the greeting as brief as possible.

When I turned around I was then faced with the Ken doll who had insisted on helping up onto the sofa

"And, weyll, yous awlready meyt Rocky" said Calamity in a gigglie voice.

"Rocky? ... I thought you were a Ken doll" I said, as he approached me to shake my hand.

"Well, Holly has a few Ken dolls, so we couldn't all be called Ken now could we?" he replied with a little smirk on his face, I could not quite tell if he was just humouring me ?

"It was the 80's, Rocky's a classic" he continued. I must have looked a little confused by the relevance of his statement and I think he could tell as he went on.

"Come on, you've never seen Rocky ? How can that be?" I still looked blank from this comment.

"Its a film, a boxing film ..." he started to go on when Jem interupted him.

"I think she's a bit too new to have seen that quite yet !" she said with a grin on her face. It was then that I was suddenly aware that all eyes were on us.

"Well, anyway, I'm a Crystal Ken and as crystals are Rocks and Rocky was from the 80's .... anyway you get the idea". He seemed to start to feel a bit awkward and went a bit fidgetty not knowing where to look.

"Well .. Rocky ... I'm very pleased to meet you" I replied, hoping to lift the awkward silence that had fallen on the group.

He seemed to be grinning from ear to ear like a Cheshire cat, as the rest of the group also stood there grinning at us. I felt a little like a shiny new toy that they just could not stop smiling at, but there must be something else causing their reaction? I just couldn't really tell what it was ? or what they were expecting next though ?