A/N:Aaand we're back! Hope you enjoy today's chapter

Sneaking out of the house was a much less jarring task now that Finn had his memories-he'd done it plenty of times before-but he still didn't like it. In fact, now that he knew who he really was, he might have liked it even less. At least back in his world, his parents knew of the Kingdom Keepers, even if they pretended not to believe it. When he was missing there, they had at least some idea of what he was doing. Here though, if they woke up to find that their son had not come home the night before, especially when they'd seen him right before bed, they'd have nothing to go on. The thought of what his mother's face would look like made him want to vomit.

Of course, he knew, he had no choice. Much like in his old Keeper adventures, what he was doing tonight had to be done, and only he and his friends could do it. With nothing certain in this alternate reality, that concept seemed to be more true than ever.

All of this thoughts ran wild through his head as he descended the fire-escape ladder towards his backyard. The dizzying effect they caused didn't make his task any easier, and he begged all the forces of the universe not to let him fall off of the house. Finally, his feet touched grass, and he turned around to see Amanda smiling at him. He breathed a sigh of relief. Remembering he had her with him made all of this easier.

She enveloped him in an embrace.

"Ready to go?" she said.

"As I'll ever be!" He teased, hoping some humor might lighten the mood. He was wrong.

She stared at him for a few moments, her mouth a straight line, before reaching down and grabbing his hand. He returned the gesture by squeezing tight, the best way he knew to tell her that they were in this together, win or lose.

With one more look at each other, and a nod, they ran off to the front of Finn's house, where Wanda was waiting in her car with Jess to pick them up.

The text from Finn came in at 11:00.

Solid hit in MK. Be outside your house at 11:30 for pick-up. Urgent!

At precisely 11:28, Casey stood by her bedroom door, took a deep breath, and marched out into the hallway. As she made her way down the hallway, she focused only on her steps and what was directly in front of her. It was the only way she could keep from panicking.

"Where on Earth do you think you're going?!" her father yelled, sitting up sharply from the couch and walking towards her. Her mother followed close behind.

"Out," Casey said, continuing towards the door without even looking back.

Beads of sweat trickled down her forehead, and her heart pounded.

There was no way she was doing this. Did she actually hear herself right now? She was going to be punished until she was 65.

"Out?" her mother hissed. She was seething, steam practically visibly coming from her ears.

"Yes," Her voice was shaking.

What are you thinking? she thought. Turn around! Save yourself now!

"And where, pray tell, are you going?"

Casey planted her feet on the ground and took a deep breath. There was no going back now, she told herself; there was no point in backing down.

"To Magic Kingdom," she said. "To help my friends."

"Oh no you're not."

Her mother reached and grabbed her by the arm. Not turning to face her yet, Casey felt tears fighting to fall again. She was about to give up, walk inside and tell Finn that she couldn't come, but then she remembered why she'd idolized him, and all the Keepers, in the first place: they always put saving Disney above all else, even when they were terrified. She thought of all the times Liam had lied to his Mom in the books, the times Darren had cried about concealing things from his parents, the time Sophia had snuck out while grounded just to help save Olivia when she was in SBS. They were all afraid, they all faced consequences, but they found every ounce of their courage and did it anyway. She thought about their real faces that had looked her in the eyes, and, taking a deep breath, turned around to face her mother.

"Yes I am," she said firmly. "They, the Kingdom Keepers, the real Kingdom Keepers, need my help. This is bigger than me, bigger than you, and bigger than all of us. If I don't do this now, if I don't help them, then you're going to have much worse problems than your daughter believing in things that you don't."

Not staying to watch the shocked and angry looks on her parents' faces, she yanked her arm from her mother's grip and ran out the door.

Finn slammed the door of Wanda's car hard behind him as he and Amanda climbed into the back seat. Wanda and Jess leaned over from the front to greet them and, after making sure they were all strapped in, Wanda drove away from the house.

"I spoke to Charlie while you were outside," Jess said, not wasting a single moment.

"And?" Amanda said.

"They're coming,"

Amanda breathed a sigh of relief.

"How's it going on that front?" Finn asked.

When they'd decided they needed to go out tonight, they'd agreed that Finn would prepare the plan of attack, while Amanda and Jess would convince everyone to meet them at the Ticket and Transportation Center.

"Philby was the easiest to convince," Amanda said. "He didn't need to hear anything except where to go and when."

"I figured. Everyone else?"

She winced, and met eyes with Jess. They looked like they knew something that they didn't want to say.

"What is it?" Finn insisted.

Amanda sighed.

"Things aren't good Finn," she said. "I don't know when or how it got this way. Everything seemed so perfect yesterday. "

"What do you mean?"

"Willa agreed pretty quickly," Jess offered. "But something definitely sounded off. Terry and Charlene…"

She stopped again and looked scared.

"What?" he exclaimed. Amanda looked at Jess one more time before turning back to him.

"Finn," she said gently. "Jelly's in the hospital."

"What?!"

"I know," She started to cry as she spoke. He reached for her hand which she immediately squeezed.

"I just wanna go home," Amanda said, sniffing and wiping away tears with her free hand. "Ever since we remembered, everything about this world is just so…"

"I know."

Neither of them needed to say it to understand. Remembering a world that didn't remember you was nothing short of unbearable.

"Well," Wanda said. Her voice trembled slightly, like she was afraid. "I guess that's why we're doing this. To send you all home."

Casey's face was soaked with tears as she turned the corner, sprinting away from her house. She'd told Finn to pick her up a few blocks away. Taking many twists and turns to get there, she only hoped that they hadn't been able to follow her.

She finally reached the designated pick-up location and stopped to catch her breath. As she leaned over, panting and crying, her phone rang from her pocket. Thinking it must be Finn, she didn't look at the caller ID before answering.

"Hi," she wheezed.

"We need to talk." An angry voice replied from the other line. It took her a second to process who it was.

"Erin?" she asked.

"Um…yeah!" Erin scoffed. "What did you delete my number too?"

"What…what are you talking about?"

"You've been completely and totally distant lately. You brush me off after school, give me lame excuses when I ask if you wanna hang out…the only time I see you is lunch and even then I can barely get you to pay attention to me for five seconds!"

Guilt twisted in Casey's stomach. In all of her excitement about working with the Keepers, she'd completely ignored her best friend. Erin sounded hurt, and she wanted to make things right, but her heart was already pounding with the anxiety of waiting for Finn. She didn't have time for this.

"Listen Erin, I'll explain everything to you tomorrow but I really can't talk now."

"That's not good enough," Erin snapped. "Not anymore."

Erin winced and looked behind her, then looked at her watch.

11:30. If Finn didn't get here soon, her parents were going to find her.

"Erin, I promise it's not you okay?" Casey insisted. "It has nothing to do with you. You just have to trust me that it's really important!"

"Well, then you can tell me what it is!"

Casey sighed.

11:31 Where was he?!

"I have been there for you through everything Casey," Erin said. Casey was barely paying attention anymore, just staring down the street.

"It's not just this past week. Lately…it's like I don't even matter to you at all!"

Just then, a car finally showed up, and Casey waved her arm in the air for it to pull up at the sidewalk.

"I can talk to you tomorrow," Casey told Erin. "Finn's here. We gotta get to Magic Kingdom."

She hung up before Erin could argue. The door of the car swung open, and Finn leaned out.

"Come on!" he called. Just as she was about to climb in, another call sounded from her left.

"Casey!"

Casey looked over and wanted to shout. Her parents were staring at her. They looked angry, but there was something else in their eyes too…maybe even worry.

She was frozen still, suddenly realizing that she didn't want to walk away from them. She looked at Finn again. His face was clear: there was no time to waste.

"I'm sorry!" she called to her parents. "I promise I'll be home by morning."

With that, she climbed into the car and slammed the door shut.

"Drive," she said to Wanda, thinking that her parents might run after her.

The car kicked into gear, and she watched the various blocks go by as she waited for her breathing to slow. Squished into the backseat with Finn and Amanda, tears fell from her eyes as her heartrate calmed.

"You okay?" Finn asked.

She looked over and saw him watching her and wiped away her tears with an embarrassed chuckle.

"Does this part ever get easier?" she asked.

"Not exactly," Finn said. "But you get more used to it."

Casey smiled at him, and they both laughed slightly. With his calming tone, he could've been her older brother. After a moment, his face grew more serious.

"Do we have to worry about them calling the cops?" he asked, speaking about their parents.

"Maybe?"

He looked at Wanda.

"Step on it," he said.

A/N: See you on Thursday when the adventure continues! Thanks for reading, and stay magical!