It was dark and cold, which was strange, because they lived in Florida- Orlando to be exact. Finn was out of breath freaking out behind Cinderella Castle. He was cold and he was alone. Alone. The absolute WORST thing to happen to you if you were a keeper and were up against Maleficent: the evil, green fairy created by Disney.
"What if she kills them?" He said to himself. "If she lays even ONE long, ugly, green finger on them, I'll-I'll...I don't know." He slid down onto the ground and put his head in his hands.
10 minutes earlier
"Strange, huh?" Finn said.
"What? Just it being us three?" Jess asked.
"Yeah. I'm so used to all seven of us being here, you know?" He replied.
"It is really kind of freaky." Amanda said. Right after she said that, all three of them felt a very unusual cold breeze.
"Did you guys feel that?" Finn asked hoping he was just hallucinating.
"You mean the very cold and unusual breeze? Yes." Jess said.
"You don't think it's...her, do you?" Amanda asked nervously and grabbed Finn's hand.
"I can't be sure. But knowing our luck, it probably is." Finn replied. "Am I right?" He laughed.
"Yeah." Amanda said with a shaky chuckle.
But, there only came a response from Amanda.
"Jess?" They both asked turning their heads to where she USED to be standing.
Amanda gasped, "No! She's got her!"
"You might be right, Amanda, but we need to stay optimistic, okay?
Silence...
"Amanda?"
No! This CAN'T be happening! He thought to himself.
"ALRIGHT MALEFICENT! HERE I AM! TAKE ME TOO!" He yelled hoping she would hear him.
"Silly, silly boy!" He heard over the park speakers. "I don't WANT you this time. I want to find your weakness. And it seems I've hit the jackpot! BWAHAHAHA!"
"LET THEM GO! OR ELSE!"
"Or else what. You have no army. You have no back up it's just-" she gasped "No! It can't be!"
It was Maybeck. He was coming from Tomorrow Land.
"That's right! It's me! Got a problem?"
"No. But you might."
"Huh?" Both of the boys said looking behind them only to see a mob of OT's which included: Small World dolls, pirates, and other Disney villains.
"Run!" Finn yelled.
They split up. Finn ran forward towards Cinderella Castle, while Maybeck ran back to Tomorrow Land.
"GET THEM!" She yelled.
The mob of OTs split into two groups; one heading in Finn's direction, the other in Maybeck's.
This went on for a while until Finn saw that the group of OTs perusing him had left, since they didn't see him. He took off at a run towards Tomorrow Land.
"Maybeck?" He whispered.
"Over here." Came the whisper of Maybeck. Finn followed his voice and finally found him crouching behind a trashcan.
"I found them." He whispered.
"Where?" Finn asked.
Maybeck pointed. "Space Mountain."
"Good. Let's go."
Once they got inside, they saw Maleficent torturing Jess and Amanda; their screams echoing throughout the ride. Maybeck tripped on something, which gave them away.
"Oh, looky what we have here girls."
"Finn! Maybeck!" They screamed.
"It's no use!" Maleficent screamed.
She reached out her arms, saying what sounded like a spell, and started to choke the two heroes.
"Nooooooooooo!"Amanda and Jess screamed.
Finn woke up and saw that he was sitting next to Jess, who was drawing something in her journal, as always. He couldn't figure out where they were though.
"Jess?" he asked. "Where are we?"
"We're behind Mrs. Nash's waiting for Amanda to get here with Charlene and Willa. Philby and Maybeck are on their way too. You fell asleep. You must have forgotten." She said laughing because this was typical Finn. Jess and Amanda couldn't contact the others because they didn't have phones. Finn was there because earlier the three of them went to go see a movie together.
Apparently when Finn woke up, he woke up with a jolt because Jess had asked him if something was wrong.
"I had the strangest dream." He started. "The only ones there were you, me, Amanda, and Maybeck. And the OTs had the upper hand, and almost captured all the magic."
"Really? That must have been scary." Jess said.
Finn continued, "Well yeah but that almost happens every night. But this time, it was different."
"How so?" Jess asked.
"Different as in...as in…everybody was in danger, but mainly you and Amanda."
Jess gasped. "Oh no."
"They had ya'll locked up in Space Mountain. Maybeck and I, we tried to save you guys, but Maleficent said some type of spell and was cho-" He was interrupted when Charlene popped in and sat next to him.
"Hey hot stuff. You free Friday night? Cause I know the perf-" She was cut off by Amanda and Willa both glaring daggers at her.
Completely ignoring them, she continued, "Because I know the perfect place we could go. We could go see a movie."
"No."
"We could go back to my house so you can meet my parents."
"No"
"And we could even-"
"No, Charlie. I've told you this before, I'M. WITH. AMANDA. And besides, I've already met your parents, and they don't like me."
"Yes they do!" She said, even though that wasn't true.
"No. They don't." Willa said.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW?!" Charlene yelled, a bit angry at her.
"Because I was there! Maybe you would remember if you'd stop paying so much attention to him! I know you know that he and Amanda are together!"
She was startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Philby. She hadn't seen him in a month due to his uncle's funeral in England, so she couldn't resist pulling him towards her to give him the longest hug ever.
"Ooooo. Willa likes Philby. Willa likes Philby." Maybeck said from behind Philby in a teasing tone.
At that moment Willa and Philby immediately turned and said, in unison, blushing,"WE DO NOT HAVE FEELINGS FOR EACH OTHER!"
But everyone knew that they did. They just had to show Willa and Philby that they felt the same way about each other.
Later that night
Charlene hated being paired up with Maybeck when they were doing their rounds. Usually Jess was with them, but this time she was put with Amanda and Finn. She felt like she hated being with him more than ever now. Maybe it's because Jess wasn't there, or that they were so close to each other that they could kiss. All that had to happen, was for one of them to lean in. They were in this position because they were waiting for the perfect time to attack the OTs.
"So." Maybeck said trying to break the awkward silence.
"Don't talk to me." She said annoyed.
"You look pretty tonight." He said closing his eyes expecting a slap in the face because just seconds before Charlene had told him not to talk to her.
"Didn't I just tell you not to-really? You think I look pretty?" She said this sort of amazed, because Maybeck never complements anyone but himself.
"Yeah. You really do." He said looking into her eyes.
"Thanks." She said looking back into his eyes. "You look nice too."
"Really? Because I'm just wearing-"
"Maybeck, I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"Everything. I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for the way I've treated you, how I always tell you to shut up, how I'm always-" She was cut off by Maybeck pressing his lips against hers. He kissed her. He actually kissed her. This moment felt like a dream. They never thought about kissing each other. Charlene always imagined having her first kiss with Finn, but she knew that would never happen because of Amanda, and Maybeck always thought he would end up having his first kiss with one of the girls from their school; but here they were, kissing each other. When they finished, Charlene missed his soft lips on hers so she, without thinking, pulled him back towards her and kissed him back. And for the next few minutes it was silent.
"I'm sorry" Maybeck said looking away.
"It's…it's okay. I mean, it wasn't THAT bad." She giggled.
Maybeck couldn't help himself anymore. He wanted to tell her so much how he felt about her. And that's what he intended on doing right now.
"Charlene?"
"Yeah?"
"Ineed to tell you something."
"What?" She asked, a little anxious.
"It's something I've wanted to tell you for a long time now, but I couldn't find the right time. I guess now would be good."
"What is it, Maybeck?"
"Charlene, I like you. A lot. Like, like like you. And, if it's okay with you, I want us to be more friends." Charlene couldn't think of anything to say so she just hugged him.
"So, I take that as a yes?" He chuckled.
She was speechless so she just nodded her head. After this night, Charlene never told Maybeck to shut up ever again
