A/N: I forgot to mention last chapter that I don't completely own the idea of the Eight Princesses of Heart. The Seven Princesses of Heart belong to Kingdom Hearts and that is where I got the idea from. I also don't own Kingdom Keepers, only my OC. Thank you to PixieGirl13 for reviewing!

"Hey," Amanda appeared beside Finn's locker, alone.

"Hey," Finn replied, closing his locker door. "Where's Jess?"

Amanda never left Jess's side nowadays, evidently afraid of losing her again. But Finn was still wondering about last night to have much more on his mind than his friend's long lost sister, even if that same sister had tried to kill him several times before.

Snapping him back to reality, Amanda replied to his earlier question. "Jess was feeling sick this morning, so she isn't going to be here--"

"Yes, I am!" a voice yelled from across the hallway. Finn and Amanda immediately swung their heads around and located the voice. Running up to them, Jess looked pale, worn out, but seriously desperate for something. Her backpack was haphazardly slung over her shoulder and she doubled over, straining to catch her breath in front of Finn and Amanda. As the two of them leaned over to help Jess back up, she popped up without a hand.

"Finn, I need to talk to you. Alone."

Without consent, Finn was dragged by Jess tugging his arm away to an unoccupied corner. He was helpless otherwise to Jess's astonishing strength. She turned him to face her. They were only inches away from each other.

"Listen, Finn, you can't go tonight." Her tone was dead set and serious. Finn looked at her in confusion, but wasn't going to ask how she knew.

"Why not? I promised. Everyone else has, too," Finn began earnestly, but Jess shook her head.

"They un-promised to me this morning." She waved a small slip of paper in his face. Catching a glimpse at the paper, he saw in Amanda's handwriting the four other DHI usernames for VMK.

"You're the one that opened VMK last night for us, aren't you?" Realization hit Finn hard. There was no response, not even a blink from Jess. She seemed frozen. Her eyes, Finn noticed, seemed suddenly duller and red. Her hair seemed darker and mussed. Knowing Jess wasn't going to give up and one day wasn't going to hurt them, especially if no one else was going to be there, Finn sighed in surrender.

"Fine."

Snapping out of the frozen trance, Jess smiled gratefully.

"Thank you!" she called over her shoulder as she weaved her way to her first class. Finn trudged his way back to his locker, where Amanda was patiently still waiting for him.

"What was that about?" Amanda asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Tonight. I'm not going."

Amanda's jaw hit the ground. She knew immediately what he was talking about. "You went back? When?"

"Last night. We were all there, but I still don't know much and now I promised I wouldn't go tonight either." Finn buried his face in one hand. Why had he promised such a stupid thing? The world could be at stake.

"Why?" Amanda's flurry of questions was never ending. What happened to her knowing everything and him being the one asking all the questions?

Finn paused. Jess hadn't exactly told him why, just forced him into agreeing with her. He shrugged in reply as the bell rang.

"Saved by the bell," Amanda smirked. "I'll talk to you later. I'll get some answers out of you; you and I both know I will." Finn watched Amanda disappear down the hall. An image of Charlene's words popped into his mind.

You sure have a thing for mysterious girls, don't you, Finn?

This was going to be a very long day.

9:51 PM

His alarm clock burned the red numbers into his eyes as he looked for the billionth time to check what time it was. Only four minutes had passed since the last time he had checked. He flopped down on his bed, staring up at the ceiling blankly. He felt very tired on his soft bed. His green eyes were beginning to slowly close…

He heard a scream.

Rapidly opening and blinking his eyes, Finn sat up. Everything was silent. Carefully Finn sat back on his pillows and closed his eyes again.

Shrieks filled his ears. A girl's shrieks.

"No! No, please! Let me go!"

He desperately opened his eyes again and the noise froze. What was going on?

Now he was more worried than ever. Finn squeezed his eyes shut so hard that bursts of light patterns swam before him. The noise…

…was gone. The only thing he heard was the tinny ringing of something on a concrete ground. Finn no longer cared what Jess had said or what he had promised, even though she had seemed so desperate and serious. He buried himself under his covers and closed his eyes. But with the adrenalin pumping through his veins, it was not until near midnight that he actually fell asleep. And what he saw was something he wasn't expecting.

The other four DHIs stood in a small huddle with Charlene in the middle. The small Tinkerbell was on her shoulder, whispering into her ear. Finn ran up to them anxiously, wondering what was going on and what had happened. They all turned to him as they heard his footsteps approaching.

"It took you long enough!" Philby said, laughing and trying to lighten the mood, but Finn could feel the tension in the air. Willa held something silvery in her closed fist.

"Finn, something is wrong," Willa opened her fist to reveal a silver bracelet—not unlike the one the unnamed girl was wearing the night before. But if Tinkerbell was here, wouldn't she be?

"What?" Finn asked, confused at the grave look in everyone's eyes.

Tinkerbell burst out ringing and the way Charlene's face twisted, he was happy he couldn't understand her.

This had something to do with the girl. Suddenly everything clicked: the bracelet, the screams, the solitary Tinkerbell…

"Finn…" Charlene motioned to Tinkerbell, who rang softer as a sign of sorrow. "She's gone."

A/N: Uh-oh! Not good at all! Please review!