Here we are folks, the end of Season 1. I figured I get this out of the way in the beginning. Season 2 is going to happen and it will be in three weeks with a trailer up in two. This'll give you some time to think, theorize, and for me to recharge. I just have a few questions that I'd like to know in a review (if you want) when you've finished this. 1. Favorite character? 2. Favorite episode this season? 3. What you want to see most in Season 2? I have enjoyed this story so much and can't wait to be back for Round 2. Thank you for all the support and enjoy!

And now the world premiere of the season finale of Lori Disney? (Not Likely!)

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Stevens is walking off the plane at the airport. He pulls out his phone and dials as he walks through the terminal until. Someone picks up and he gives a huge smile. "Hey, I'm back."

"Someone's following me," his mom's voice comes through terrified. He instantly stops and his face falls.

"Mom? What's going on?"

"I have seen people lurking around after you left and I swear they've been watching me. So when I left to pick you up I swear this truck just started following me," she whispers. He runs his hand through his hair, cogs turning.

"Shit. Alright, where are you?"

"I'm just about at the airport." Steven ducks into the bathroom and splashes water on his face.

"Alright, listen, just keep driving. Don't stop. Stay calm," he says, trying to be calm and supportive.

"What's this about? Is this about that box?"

"Mom, they want me. I'll figure something out. Just-" He sees in the mirror Marshall enter with the gun and point it at his head. Everyone freezes what they're doing and goes silent.

"So I'm the fall guy?!" Stevens puts his free hand up and turns to face him. "It was all for nothing!" The people are starting to panic.

"Marshall-" Stevens appeals.

"What's going on?" his mom's voice comes through the phone.

"They're going to bring you in, you know,' Marshall rants, clearly having lost it. "They'll find out where you hid it. And then they'll use it how it should be used. They're going to win. And if I bring you in, I get part of it."

Stevens pulls the phone closer. "Mom, listen to me. I love you. I always will. I'm in trouble but I'm going to fix it."

"I love you too." He waits a beat before suddenly charging and tackling Marshall to the ground. The gun goes off and everyone gasps. Stevens crumples to the ground the phone lands next to him. He hears his mother's panicked cries and sobs before turning it off. He looks down to see he has been shot in the chest.

Marshall towers over him for a moment before he is tackled by Security. Stevens smiles at him. "Now they'll never find it," he whispers. Marshall's eyes widen as Stevens closes his eyes, dying.

"He was so brave, tackling that maniac," one man says to another as they are filed out in the aftermath.

The other nods. "I just feel bad for his family. He looked so young. He had so much to do."

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Lori Fitzgerald flicks on the light to her dorm and sees the place is exactly as she has left is, down to the tape dividing the room in half. She is different though- her hair is shorter, her clothes new- well except her sneakers. She looks at the boxes, eyes drifting to the desk to see this time it's clear.

She starts opening the boxes and putting things away, kneeling as Hannah Frost arrives. Her hair is now a golden-blond and that welcoming smile from the first day is gone. The two just look at each other for a long moment in awkward silence.

Lori clears her throat and speaks up. "Did you have a good break?" Hannah stands there for a long moment.

"Yeah… yeah I did," she says in a flat tone, stepping past Lori to her side of the room. Lori smiles secretly in relief as she hears Hannah rip the tape from off the wall and carpet. She turns to face her as Hannah starts unpacking.

"You dyed your hair," Lori comments.

"It was dyed before. This is my natural hair color."

"It's nice." They both just unpack in silence for an awkwardly long stretch, Lori trying to figure out what to say.

"So… I've done a lot of thinking," Hannah finally says, folding a pair of jeans.

"Yeah?"

"I'm going to be civil- speak in short sentences. But I am still so unbelievably angry with you for what you did, betraying my trust like that and just generally treating me like garbage. So I'm done."

"With the book?" Lori clarifies.

"With you. We live out the rest of the year. I find a new roommate. We never talk again except for a simple hi in the hallway. Until then- short, simple sentences."

Lori's face falls. "If that's what you want," she says.

"It is," Hannah answers without hesitation. The two just go back to unpacking silently.

"Have you heard from-"

"No."

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Hannah and Charlie are sitting by each other in US History with one desk between them. They just get ready as class starts, not really acknowledging one another. As the Professor begins, the door is thrown open and Lori comes in. She takes a seat in the row behind them as the Professor glares at her.

"Not off to a good start are we?" he says in a gruff tone as the rest of the class giggles.

"I had some trouble with a book. I'll try to not let it happen again," Lori says apologetically. The Professor begins going over the syllabus as she pulls her things out, realizing she forgot a pencil. She looks at the two in front of her and goes to tap Charlie's shoulder, but stops herself scared. She just sits and watches in silence.

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Lori arrives that night at the preserve bundled up for winter even though there's currently no snow on the ground. She finds Charlie waiting against a tree which causes her to come to a halt, surprised. She opens her mouth but he beats her to it.

"Let me just say I'm still mad and sad and angry and frustrated and disappointed… but I'm not abandoning you. I won't abandon you," he says confidently. "Yes, you need to figure things out. Yes, we're not anywhere close to friends anymore. But we've been through too much for me to let you go at it alone." Lori merely gives a nod and pulls a flashlight from her backpack. They start into the preserve, Charlie examining his map.

"I already checked the usual spots," she reports.

"So it went off this morning," he assumes. She shakes her head.

"That's the thing. I left it here over break and I think it activated then." He turns to her in shock. "I know. But the lock was broken already when I checked on it this morning. I think it wanted me to notice so it was extra forceful."

"So this character could have been here for a month already?" Lori nods. "Any clue who it is?"

"I know just as much as usual." They walk and scan the ladder tree before moving towards the clearing. "How was your break-"

"No personal stuff. I'm not ready for personal stuff. In fact, let's not talk like old times." Lori just nods, a little disheartened.

Suddenly, they hear a branch snap and automatically fall in so they're standing back-to-back. "Hello? Who's there?" Lori asks calmly.

"We're here to help you," Charlie adds. A darkened figure emerges that they can't make out as he stands too far back.

"Did the Virginia Company send you?" they ask.

Lori leans down to whisper to Charlie. "Pocahontas." She turns back to the figure, smiling a large fake smile. "Yes, we've been sent to aid you in your exploration of the new world." She elbows Charlie and gives a similar smile.

"Yeah… anything you need."

"Good, because I have located just what we're looking for." He steps closer and the two are able to make out who it is. Lori's jaw physically drops in shock. "Let's get a move on." They start to follow him.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Charlie asks as he notes her worried expression.

"Charlie, that's Governor Radcliffe," she says, gesturing to the man with pigtails, purple, and a rifle walking ahead of them. "He's the villain!"

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So follow me down

(Lori stands with the book)
Where to?
Outta this town

(Charlie examines his map)
With you
Girl, you're movin way

(Hannah is typing away at her computer)
Too slow

So follow me down
Which way?
Down, down, down
I'll show you around
Okay
There's a place we gotta go

(The Disney Encyclopedia begins to glow. Lori sighs)

Follow me, follow me

(Lori, Hannah, and Charlie are running through the preserve, freezing once on each of their faces)
Fa la la la la

Follow me, follow me

Fa la la la la

(Lori comes to a halt and both crash into her, sending them all to the ground)

Lori Disney? (Not Likely!)

Episode 13: Gold

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Charlie's eyes are wide as the two continue to follow Radcliffe through the preserve. "What do we do?" he asks, his voice cracking.

"I don't know!" she shouts in a hushed voice, failing to keep calm either.

"I've been gathering intelligence on the savages and where they are stock-piling their riches," Radcliffe informs them. "You wouldn't believe the gold they have. We'll be rich." They arrive at the back of the gym and start walking around it. Charlie looks at Lori and she shrugs.

"It is well guarded though. They're always coming in and out when the sun is up and use black magic to lock the doors when the sun goes down."

"Black magic?" Charlie inquires.

"Yes! How else do you explain those contraptions and the construction of the fortress?" he says, gesturing to a parked car. They hike up the stairs and come to a stop at the front doors of the athletic center. "There it is," he booms pointing his rifle towards the display case inside full of trophies and placques. "Look at all that gold," he says admiringly. "Look at how they've shaped it and guarded it."

Charlie looks confused for a split second before ctaching on. "Are you talking about the trophies?" Lori looks at him, getting it too.

"Okay, I think we've learned the lesson. The campus has gold." She opens the book and Radcliffe points the rifle at her the second he recognizes it. "Whoa!" she shouts, putting her hands up and dropping it to the ground.

"How do you have that book?!" he shouts, cocking the rifle.

"How do you know about that book?!" Charlie shouts from off to the side, terrified.

"Do I seriously have a rifle pointed at me right now?!" Lori shouts in disbelief.

"I know of that book," Radcliffe spits. "We all do. It brings us only misery, takes us back to where we lose. I won't go back to that prison cell."

"But, wait, if you were a prison why did you think we'd come to help you explore?" Charlie questions. Lori gives him a glare.

"I sought to see if you were to be trusted. No one has stumbled upon me in a week."

"I'm not letting you steal that stuff, Radcliffe," Lori says, stumbling and far from confident.

"And I will not hesitate in killing you, Ms. Fitzgerald," Radcliffe responds full of confidence. Lori and Charlie both realize what he's just said and she physically takes a step back, scared.

"How-how do you know my name?"

Charlie quickly recovers and seizes the moment to grab Radcliffe's leg."Please, don't hurt her. As he turns his attention to deal with him, Lori dives to the floor and frantically flips through pages only to find no poems glowing.

"Well, that isn't good," she grumbles as Radcliffe shakes Charlie free. She rises and he ducks behind her as Radcliffe towers over them, chuckling.

"So you can't get it to work." He smiles and walks towards them, forcing them down the steps as they backpedal. "Now listen here, if I see either of you two again I will not hesitate. I am giving you this one chance. Now, what shall it be?" Lori immediately takes off at a run across campus and Charlie follows. "I thought so."

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Lori and Charlie finally stop running as they arrive on her dorm floor, both panting and in shock. "What are we going to do?!" Charlie shouts, hysteric. "You were almost shot!"

"Shh!" Lori tells him, gesturing around. "I know. Actually, I-I don't know," she rants, freaking out as well. "Why didn't the book work? Wouldn't it want us to send him back? What lesson could a villain possibly teach us?!"

They both take a moment to calm down. "This is new territory Lori. We have to tread carefully. We have no idea what the rules are for this one. He knows you name!"

"I'll come up with a plan. Just… give me a day," Lori says, pacing as she thinks.

"I don't know how long we have. He's not just going to stare through the gym doors forever!"

"I know that!" Lori shouts back, but immediately pulls back. "Just… I need to think. I have an essay and homework… and I can't deal with this this soon! I can't!"

"Calm down. You'll figure this out and I'll help. I'll see you tomorrow." After she nods, he heads off. She enters her room to find Hannah watching Doctor Who.

"Hi," she offers her, monotone.

"You won't believe it. It's-"

"I don't care."

"But-" Lori starts frantic.

" I'm out. I don't want to know. Stop," Hannah says, never putting any inflection in her voice.

"Hannah, I really could use you on this one. I need your help," she begs. Hannah gathers some books and pauses the episode.

"I have a study date. Good-bye."

"Hannah, someone could get hurt!" Lori shouts in desperation. All she hears is the door, leading to her letting out a cry of frustration.

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Lori is getting breakfast the next morning when she sees Ben walk up to her. She gives him a big smile. "Hey, how was-"

"Why didn't you text him?" he asks in a darker tone than he's had in a long time.

"Excuse me?" she asks, taken aback at his attitude.

"He spent the entire break just staring all pathetic at his phone. He said it was some stupid fight and you would call him."

Lori stumbles. "I thought he didn't want me too," she finally admits. Ben rolls his eyes.

"My extended family thought he hated college and was depressive. He had a couple of nightmares, even though he clutched his 'lucky stuffed animal' every night."

"I'm fixing it," she says finally, attempting to leave. He cuts her off and she starts to get angry.

"No. You're back on my list in spectacular fashion. Who says you won't do this to him again? You're incapable of acting like a human being," he nearly spits.

"Hey, as I recall we were on pretty good footing when you drove off!" Lori argues, her temper rising.

"That was before you hurt my step-brother. Now we're back to Square 1. Oh, I almost forgot how refreshing Step 1 was," he thinks nostalgically.

Lori tries to calm down."Listen-"

"No. I'm afraid if I keep looking at you I'll lose my appetite. Oh, an oldy but a goody." He starts to walk away. "I thought you were better. I sincerely believed it. I'm never going to figure you out. You never let yourself be vulnerable," he says, almost sad.

"I'm sorry," she appeals sincerely.

"I don't know if I believe it," he admits. "You hurt him and a while back we had a deal. You'll never put him before yourself like a friend would, so stop pretending for his sake." He leaves her standing there, upset with herself again.

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Hannah and Charlie are walking around the path on campus that runs along the preserve. "Thanks for meeting with me," he says. She gives him a sincere smile.

"Any time. I know break must have been difficult," she consoles him.

He just shrugs."That's water on the bridge. What I need is help with this one. I need information on-"

"Wait," Hannah pulls them to a stop. "You aren't still helping her, are you?" she asks in disbelief.

"Of course I am."

This leaves Hannah in shock. "I… just… have fun with that. I have no interest whatsoever."

"But-"

"Charlie, she's greedy when it comes to that book. We both saw her true colors. We both didn't like them. You went back, but I refuse too. Personally, I don't see how you can stand to be near her and still play pretend you're a team. I'm moving on. You honestly should too." She storms off and leaves him there.

He walks off a moment later, neither noticing Radcliffe stick his head out from behind a tree smiling. "Greed. Now that I can understand."

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That evening, Charlie walks into the lounge to just find Lori sitting there with her head in her hands. "I tried to talk to Hannah. She really hates you."

Lori gives a dark chuckle."So does your step-brother." She sighs and looks up. "Two days in and everything's already a mess." Charlie takes a seat next to her.

"What're we going to do about Radcliffe? I mean I watched Pocahontas last night."

"What'd you think?"

"It was boring just like you warned me." This makes her smile. "Hannah in the room?"

"No, she went to the big basketball opener tonight."

"Oh yeah. I think Ben mentioned that too. Either that or back to the fitness center to impress another girl. In fact, I think the whole campus is going to be there." He realizes something and shoots to his feet. "It would be the perfect opportunity!"

Lori shakes her head."Are you crazy? He wouldn't risk it."

"Think about it, that door is going to be wide open tonight. Everyone is going to be gathered in the gym and have their attention on the game. All he has to do is sneak in and take the things from the case. He wins," Charlie explains.

Lori still doesn't buy it. "He'll set off some sort of alarm. Our school isn't that cheap."

"He doesn't know that! It's going to happen. You've made him have to act. He's scared of what that book can do. We need to get down there!" he shouts, backing up for the door and waiting for her to come along.

"We can't just run in and try to stop him."

"Lori, there's people in there. What if one of them walks out and sees him? People could get hurt. We need to go!"

"We could get hurt," she continues.

He comes back and looks down at her."I didn't think you were a coward."

"Of course I'm a coward. He has a gun! And he knows my name! And to top it all off we don't even know if the book will work once we get to him! So yes, I'm terrified!"

Charlie sits next to her and begins calmly. "Lori, he's your responsibility. We have to do something. I'm not saying run in blindly. I'm saying we can't let anyone else see what he's going to do. No casualties. Not now, not ever." She thinks on this before rising. He follows her.

"Alright, I'll go. You're staying her though. I've screwed up enough. I will not let anything happen to you."

He shakes his head. "Lori, I know that. That's why I'm going with you. We're both going to be fine. The book wouldn't let that happen."

She thinks for a minute before sighing at him. "Let me get supplies. Start thinking of a plan." She runs past him towards her room.

"Now that's my Lori," he says with a smile.

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Hannah takes her seat in the gym by herself as the game begins. Quickly, the seats around her fill in to the point that the gym is completely full of screaming fans. She however can't seem to get that into it, noticing the two people who aren't there.

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Lori and Charlie are sprinting towards the gym as fast as they can. They see Radcliffe heading for the front door up ahead. They arrive at the steps and Lori heads up the steps. "Lori, we can't just run in! We're still working on the plan!"

"We ran out of time for that! If I wasn't a coward before, maybe. But we have to do this now." She walks back to him and point at him, completely serious. "Do whatever I say." He nods, still worried. "You're going to be fine," she assures him, patting him on the back.

He sighs. "I know," he agrees with a smile.

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Ben is punching a bag in the fitness center. He looks over his shoulder to see a blonde girl isn't even looking at him. He frowns and then cheers erupt for the gym causing him to further roll his eyes.

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Radcliffe walks right into the lobby of the gym and heads for the trophy case, smiling. The crowd is on its feet and all eyes are locked on the game. As he goes to break the glass with his rifle her hears footsteps and turns to see Charlie and Lori run in the door, book in her hand.

"You stay right here," she orders Charlie, completely serious. "I mean it." He nods and she steps confidently out to the center of the atrium towards Radcliffe, Charlie hanging back at the entrance.

"So we meet again. I'm afraid you're too late. I'm about to get my happy ending."

"I can't let you take that," she says matter-of-factly, staring him down. "I'm sending you back to prison."

"I doubt you will, Ms. Fitzgerald. I can see it in your eyes when it looks at that book. You understand the greed I feel. It consumes you."

"I'm not like you," Lori argues in disbelief.

"But you are. I've heard what they say about you, Ms. Fitzgerald. You pushed aside the people who cared about you for your own gain. You thought only of yourself and your profit." This takes her off guard for a moment but then smiles and holds up the book.

"Well, I've learned my lesson. I'm not going to be you. I refuse!" At that moment Ben comes down the hallway to the athletic center, sweating and exhausted from his workout. No one notices him as he comes to a halt at the scene playing out in the gym atrium as Lori and Radcliffe stare each other down.

"I can spot greed, savage! And it will haunt you for the rest of your days," Radcliffe argues, for the first time a little afraid.

Lori shrugs. "I'll live with it. I will deal with it. What I'm not going to do is let you take those." She throws open the book and finds a glowing poem, giving him a triumphant smile. In that moment, a blonde boy in red shirt and khakis comes up the stairs from the basement, also halting unnoticed at the scene. "You're finished Radcliffe!" She opens her mouth to start singing.

"Oh, I don't believe so!" he shouts quickly, raising his rifle.

The next series of events seem to all happen in slow motion. A shot goes off just as the buzzer sounds for the game and the crowd erupts, drowning out the noise. Charlie screams from his spot and the other two just stand shell-shocked as Lori is knocked off her feet, book landing a few yard from her. Radcliffe lowers his smoking gun with a satisfied smile and turns back to the case.

"Lori-!" Charlie shouts, starting for her. She holds her hand up to halt him silently. "But you've been-" She just shakes her head, giving him a thumbs-up. He nods, relieved.

She starts to silently drag herself across the floor towards the book as Radcliffe examines the case before shattering it.

"I win," he giggles.

"No. You don't!" He turns in shock to see Lori on her knees, one hand holding the book. She gives a large smile."Don't underestimate a woman in this century." She looks at the poem, singing at the top of her lungs. "It's loyalty, trust, and bravery And that's enough for me"

Wind whips around them, coming from nowhere."No. But the Gold!" There is a flash of darkness and he has vanished.

Lori lets out sigh and clutches her side, hissing in pain. Charlie runs up to her only for his look to turn to horror as he sees blood soaking through her jacket on her left side.

"You're not okay. You've been shot."

"I know," she grimaces. "Go- go get Hannah. She's in the stands."

"I am. Just… hold on," he begs, grabbing the book and taking off into the gym. "And my break was awful without you!" he shouts back to her. She looks at the clock for the game and sees there's about two minutes left. She forces herself to her feet and starts down the hallway.

She moves slowly, one hand clutching her side. Her breathing grows faster and faster as she slides to her knees- face screwed in agony. She lifts her hand to see it is completely red. She eventually lies down on the linoleum, unable to move anymore, and her eyes slowly shut as her breathing slows.

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It is back to when Stevens is whispering in his mom's ear at the construction site. "I'm going to Iowa… to see her. I need to find her."

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Charlie races into the gym and searches the stands, finally spotting Hannah. He forces his way over to her. "Hannah! Hannah! You have to come with me now!"

She immediately notes how frantic and worried he is."What? What's wrong?"

"Lori-" her face falls and she crosses her arms, defiant.

"Tell her she can-"

Charlie's not having any of it."She got shot Hannah. It was a villain- Radcliffe from Pocahontas. She stood up to him and he shot her! She needs us!"

"Hannah loses all the semblance of anger and attitude, immediately concerned."Take me to her," she says urgently. They both rush up the bleachers and into the gym atrium only to see red on the floor. There is no one in sight.

"Charlie, where is she?" Hannah asks, both absolutely frantic.

"I don't- I left her right here." They both start searching like mad, Hannah following the blood trail down the hallway.

"She couldn't have just got up and walked away! Lori! Lori!" The blood comes to a sudden halt in a puddle where Lori was lying before and then all trace has vanished.

"Lori! Where are you?!" Charlie shouts down the stairs as Hannah rejoins him. The buzzer sounds for the end of the game. "The game just finished. They're all coming out. If someone finds her or us with all this-"

Hannah screams, voice echoing through the empty atrium, hallways, and basement, "LORI!"

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