Siiiigh.

So it's been what-a year?- since I've updated this. But I've had a few requests so I'm going to try and bring it back. The way I wrote back then is kind of embarrassing me...hopefully I can improve this story because I can see this going in a really good direction!

So anyway, this is Spelled, chapter 20!

Maleficent paced in front of Maybeck in annoyance, tapping her chin. Occasionally she would glance down at the shaking boy, snarl, then go back to her pacing. "If you're wondering what I'm thinking about," she said as she paced. "I'm trying to figure out why only YOU were brought here."

"O-Only m-m-me?"

"QUIT THAT OBNOXIOUS STUTTERING!" Maleficent stopped pacing and yelled.

"I'M SORRY!" Maybeck squeaked in fear before covering his head with his arms. Maleficent sighed.

"I told you to stop with the apologizing too. I need to contact Queenie again. She WAS the one that put the spell on your parents..." Maleficent once again resumed her pacing. "But I have no idea where she is now. I need another person who is good at manipulating people with spells. I mean, I am good at this kind of thing myself, but I only understand MY magic. Queenie's sort of magic is a different kind, you know?"

Maybeck peeked out from under his arms. "M-Maybe..." he trailed off.

Maleficent stopped pacing again and spun around. "YES?!"

Maybeck jumped and squeaked, curling into a ball again. Maleficent sighed. "Patience, Mali..." she whispered to herself. "Alright, Maybeck. What were you going to say?"

"I-I was just thinking that m-maybe the parents are o-only thinking about o-one thing."

"And that would be...?"

"Their own children."

Maleficent's face split into an evil smile, striking fear into poor Maybeck's heart. "You know, you just might come in handy, you snivelling, shaking, stuttering little coward of mine."

Finn POV

"But...who do you need to kiss you?" Willa's body-Philby's brain asked me. I shrugged.

"It can't just be anyone," Savanna said. We all turned to her, except for Charlene, who just tried to turn to the direction of Savanna's voice but just ended up falling to her hands and knees.

"What do you mean, not just anyone?" Philby's body-Willa's brain asked. Savanna shrugged.

"Well, remember Ariel's spell lasted 3 days or she would belong to Ursula forever. Finn would need a kiss of true love, I would assume."

"Oh, you don't think something bad will happen to him in 3 days, do you?!" Charlene gasped, facing the exact opposite direction of them. Philby's body-Willa's brain took her arms and helped her up, turning her to face the group.

I felt my face fall quickly. Willa's body-Philby's brain put one hand on my shoulder.

"Don't worry, we'll make sure nothing bad happens to you," he said in Willa's voice. I nodded and silently sighed.

"The thing is, your spell is different right?" Savanna interjected. "Ursula wasn't the one who casted it?"

"No, it was the Evil Queen," Charlene said, her colorless eyes fixed on something in the distance. Well, actually they weren't fixed on ANYTHING, but it looked like they were.

"It was a collective spell," Willa's body-Philby's brain said. "The spell affected all of us in one way or another. We just have to find out how this spell works. Maybe a true love's kiss would break the spell for all of us?"

"It can't be that simple," Philby's body-Willa's brain said. "You would think the Evil Queen would have learned her mistake by now and tried to find a different route. A true love's kiss just seems too simple."

"Don't forget, we also need to find your friend," Savanna quickly added. Charlene smacked her palm against her forehead.

"MAYBECK!" she groaned. We had all forgotten about that little detail.

"So we have to find Maybeck, figure out how to break the spell, then break it," Philby's body-Willa's brain summed up for us.

"All while being slowed down by this curse," Charlene added. Amanda-dog barked, which caused Jess-dog to turn to look where Amanda-dog was looking. I tried to follow their little doggy eyes, but I couldn't see anything.

But they could be smelling something.

Amanda-dog turned to us and started barking.

"Woah, woah, woah, WOAH!" Willa's body-Philby's brain yelled over her barking. "I'm sorry, we just can't understand you."

Amanda-dog growled in annoyance, and I smiled down at her with understanding. The lack of communication was a curse we both shared. Well, at least I still had my human body.

Maybeck POV

Maleficent lead me down a long hallway. She was debating about putting me in chains, but she figured I was too scared to run away.

Which was true...I was.

Anyway, she lead me into a room with a lot of computers in it and ordered me to sit in a chair. I did what she told me too. Standing in front of the chair was a woman.

"Do you know who this is, Maybeck?" Maleficent asked, presenting the woman. I licked my lips nervously and shook my head.

"She's your aunt," Maleficent said. "Aunt Jelly. You don't remember her?"

"N-No, ma'am."

"She's under a spell, boy! She and all of the other parents. They were all told to stop the Kingdom Keepers at whatever the cost." When all I responded with was a confused expression, she groaned. "THE KINGDOM KEEPERS! THAT'S YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS!"

I jumped and squeaked at her screaming, and she attempted to calm herself down, breathing in and out. In and out. I looked down at my trembling hands and tried the same thing. In and out. In and out. My breath was shaky, but my heart beat started to slow.

"Now, Maybeck, listen closely. You said that the parents would only be after the kids, right?"

I shrugged. "M-Maybe."

"Let's assume for the moment that they are. Now watch this," Maleficent pressed a button, and a huge screen rolled down from the ceiling. I yelped in fear at the sound of the engine rolling the screen down, but then calmed down once I realized the screen was harmless. Maleficent rolled her eyes and continued. "Jelly brought you in right away. I assumed that this was because you would be the easiest to catch, considering you're scared of a fly."

I was almost insulted, but I knew it was true.

"But then why are the rest of them doing this?" Maleficent snapped, and a scene began to play on a screen. A woman looked around before jumping into the lake. It switched to a clip of another woman with two pieces of steak. Then another woman, then another, then another. Until eventually it flashed to a young girl.

I sucked in my breath, which caught Maleficent's attention. "You know this girl?"

I nodded. "A little. She h-helped us."

"Us?"

I nodded again. "M-Me and...a few other p-people."

"THE KEEPERS!" Maleficent turned back to the screen. "That girl? Who is she?!"

I was too terrified to answer. Luckily, the woman named Jelly turned her head to the screen.

"That is Savanna," she said in a robot-like voice.

Maleficent raised her chin. "Oh. Savanna." Her face split into another evil grin that made me squeak and curl back into a ball.