Your reviews for the last chapter MADE my day! Y'all's reactions are hilarious-especially since I know how the story's going to end. I love how everyone was concerned with certain characters and not others. I see how you picked favorites! Don't lie! I see how it is! :P

Alright, I won't hold you any longer. Here's chapter 41...aka part two of the wonderful finale to this magnificent story! Enjoy! :)

Chapter 41: I Think I Just Saw Heaven

"Isabel," Philby's weak voice called out from behind them. Within a heart beat, Willa was over by his side, holding his hand, preparing himself for his last few seconds.

"Dell, please don't leave me." Willa whispered.

"Maleficent…got what…she wanted, my…death."

A loud THUD! rang through the room, followed by Amanda screaming: "FINN!" Maleficent's wicked laugh echoed throughout the room. But Willa didn't pay attention to any of that. Philby was her focus right now.

"No, no, no, no, no. I'm not letting you die because of me."

"If I have to die," Philby winced in pain, "to break the curse…to…s-s-save you…it was worth it." He looked up at her and gave her a weak smile.

"No, it's not worth it. I would have gladly kept the curse if it means you would live."

"Don't…don't say that." He reached up and placed his hand on her cheek, wiping off the tears with his thumb. "I will always love you Isabel."

"I love you too, Dell."

Willa leaned down and kissed him. Deep down, she knew this would be their last. She just didn't want to admit it.

"WILLA! I NEED YOU NOW!"

Willa took one last look at Philby and saw that he had closed his eyes. He was gone.

She let a few tears fall down her cheek before heading over to Amanda. She had to stay strong for Amanda and Finn. The time for crying would be later.

As soon as Willa left to be with Philby, Maleficent walked up close to the remaining couple: Finn and Amanda.

"Now, my dear, dear Amanda. You're the only one not fated to die in the spirit's presence. Lady Luck is on your side, indeed."

"You stay away from her!" Finn shouted. Maleficent gave one look in his direction, rolled her eyes and waved her hand, causing Finn to fly across the room and roll across the stone floor.

"FINN!" Amanda screamed. Maleficent's wicked laugh echoed throughout the room.

"You can't stop me, my dear. You might as well just give up now."

"Never," Amanda stated as Maleficent pulled a sword out of thin air.

"Someone obviously doesn't understand what I just said. Let me show you what I mean."

Maleficent barely gave Amanda two seconds to think before thrusting the sword in her direction.

Amanda's world slowed down. Maleficent's sword was moving in slow motion—but so were Amanda's reflexes. A large blur moved in front of her and right when the sword hit it, time sped up.

It took a few seconds for the two of them to process what had happened. Amanda looked down at the ground in between them and saw Finn lying there with Maleficent's sword sticking out of his stomach.

"Finn," Amanda fell to the floor and put his head in her hands. "Please, sweetheart, look at me."

Finn's eyes were having trouble focusing in on her—or anything, now that she thought about it.

"Finn…Finn, sweetie, look at me. Don't close your eyes."

"Amanda…" His eyes finally focused in on her.

"Sshh, don't speak."

"But…but…the baby…"

"Don't worry about anything right now, Finn. I'm going to try and take the sword out, okay?"

Amanda reached down and put her hands on the sword's handle. Finn reached up and grabbed one of her hands, stopping her.

"No, Amanda…"

"Finn. Let me, please."

Amanda turned to face Willa, who was leaning over the dying—now probably dead—Philby.

"WILLA! I NEED YOU NOW!"

Willa scurried over to her with Philby's glowing sword in hand, wiping tears off of her cheek. "What?" Willa took one look at Finn and burst into tears again. "No, not him too."

"Willa…" Finn's voice cried out. She leaned down beside him and took his free hand. "Take…take care of her, okay?"

"Don't you worry about us, Finn. We need to get this sword out of your stomach, though, okay?"

Finn hesitated before nodding his head. Willa took off her jacket.

"Amanda, I need you to take out of the sword slowly. When it's all the way out, I'm going to apply some pressure with my jacket."

Amanda nodded and stood up, getting into a position so that she could pull out the sword.

"Now Finn, when I wrap this jacket around you, I'm going to need you to hold on to the jacket as tight as you can."

Finn slowly nodded, the color was draining from his face.

"Okay, Amanda, now."

Amanda slowly started pulling the sword out and Finn's cries of pain were killing her. This has to be done, Amanda. You have to save his life.

Once the sword was out, Willa wrapped his wound with her jacket. Finn weakly put his hands on top of her jacket and pushed with all of the energy he had left.

"I've got it, Willa," Finn said weakly. "Finish her off." He turned to Amanda. "You too."

"Finish me off?" Maleficent's dry, raspy voice called out from the throne where she was sitting. The sound her fingers made while tapping the armrest echoed across the room. It reminded Amanda of chickens pecking at their food. "Well isn't that endearing."

Finn watched as Maleficent stood up from his throne and walked toward Amanda and Willa. Willa picked up Philby's glowing sword and stood in front of Amanda and Finn.

"Amanda doesn't have the same curse as us! Fight me! I'm the one you want anyway."

"A willing sacrifice? You fools never learn your lessons." Maleficent smirked before reaching out to grab Willa. Luckily, Finn saw that Willa was faster.

Finn knew he was close to dying because his vision became blurred at the edges. The glowing sword that Willa was yielding was moving so fast that Finn could barely see it.

Finn wasn't sure how long Willa had fought Maleficent, because everything was moving in slow motion. But when he heard a blood-curdling scream and saw Willa fall to the ground in slow motion, he knew she had lost. Finn felt a few tears fall down his cheek, but didn't have the strength to wipe them away.

Amanda, obviously in a rage, extended her arms and closed her eyes. He knew she was about to push Maleficent into the next kingdom—or as close as humanly possible.

But even Finn's fading hearing, the sound of the throne room door being busted down was tremendous and eardrum-busting.

Finn attempted to sit up and turn around to see what was going on, but the pain forced him back down. He laid back down on the ground for a few seconds to catch his breath.

He heard arrows flying and feet stomping across the stone floor, but Finn didn't dare more to see any of it.

He closed his eyes for a brief second, only to be shook awake by Amanda.

"Finn, please," Amanda pleaded as tears streamed down her face. "Stay awake, please…for me."

Finn reached up and grabbed her hand, squeezing it gently-for that was all his strength would allow him to do.

"Is Willa—"

"Dead?" Amanda took in a deep breath, probably to avoid more tears. "Yes. They all are Finn. It's just you and me."

"You've…you've got to go, Amanda. You're not…supposed to die here." Finn's vision was starting to blur tremendously. He could feel himself being pulled into another dimension. His time in this world was almost up.

For a second Finn closed his eyes, opening them to a new scene. There was a large gray castle looming in the distance. The moon reflected off of it, giving the cobblestone street in front of him an eerie look. There were weird lights at the tops of poles, illuminating the street. There were buildings lining each side of the street, each painted brightly.

Everything about the scene was foreign and odd, but at the same time Finn felt at home. Maybe this is what heaven looks like.

"There he is!" He heard the shuffling of feet coming towards him.

"Finn! You've got to wake up!" A female voice said. Finn focused his attention in the direction of the voice and saw his sister Willa kneeling by him. This time she wasn't wearing her typical dress. She was wearing a pair of dry-fit shorts and a hoodie. How do I know what those things are? Finn asked himself. He noticed two rings on her left hand: one silver with a small diamond and the other a simple gold band. Based on the look on her face, she hadn't slept well in weeks.

She was shivering, but still had a smile plastered on her face. An arm appeared over her shoulder. Finn turned to see who it belonged to and found Philby. He was wearing a maroon shirt that read "FSU" in gold letters and black shorts. He saw Finn and smiled. Despite the smile, Finn could tell he was having trouble sleeping too.

What's going on?

"We're going to cross you back over, Finn." Philby said in his British accent. "You've got to use the jolt from that to wake yourself up. Do you understand? We did the same thing to Maybeck back on the cruise in 9th grade. Remember?"

Philby and Willa stared down at him, as if he knew exactly what they were talking about. Crossing over? What?

"FINN! Wake up! Please…" Amanda's voice started as whisper, but was getting louder the more she talked.

Finn heard Amanda's voice, but did not see her. Finn put his hand on his head, for now it felt like it weighed a million pounds.

"Finn? Can you hear us?" Willa asked, but this time her voice was muffled.

"I'm going to cross you over, Finn. Please wake up." Philby said in a muffled voice before pulling out a small black contraption and pressing the button on it.

Finn opened his eyes to see Amanda still over him.

"FINN! Wake up! Please…" Amanda said in between sobs while shaking him.

"Amanda…I think I just saw heaven…"

"What?" Her expression turned sour.

"I saw Willa and Philby." He wanted more than anything to close his eyes and join them in heaven. But he didn't want to leave Amanda alone—but that seemed like her best option now. She had to survive, for Dillard's sake.

"Just l-l-leave me…" Finn started having a coughing fit. "Get out of h-h-h-here while y-y-y-you can."

"No Finn, I'm not leaving here without you!"

"B-b-but you'll die." Finn coughed up blood. "I can't p-p-protect you if you're dead."

"Let me protect you, Finn. Please, just this once."

"B-b-b-but—"

Amanda leaned down without warning and kissed Finn passionately.

She moved back a few inches and whispered, "You took that sword for me. Let me get you to safety."

"I…I…l-l-l-love you Amanda," Finn managed to spit out.

Amanda had a sad look in her eyes. She knew this was the end for him. For them. She was taking in her last few moments with him. Finn wished more than anything to be able to go back to the beginning and never take back his throne. He wished he could go back to the first day they met and ride off into the woods with her. They would have been perfectly fine in his little hideout all by themselves.

But more importantly, they would be out of the reach of the evil witch Maleficent.

"I love you too Finn."

Without warning, Amanda was pulled up by a random soldier and stabbed in the stomach from behind. He let go of her and she fell to the ground at Finn's feet, dead.

Finn tried to scream, but found his voice was gone.

The soldier laughed and turned to look for more things to destroy and people to kill. The fact that he was enjoying this sickened Finn.

His vision was almost gone. His hearing was failing. He had lost all of his friends and family. He was going to die in his own throne room.

In the midst of all of the chaos in the room, Maleficent had found her way over to Finn. She grabbed him by the shirt collar and pulled him close. Finn let out a strangled cry of pain.

Her face was inches away from his.

"This is what happens to those who cross me, Lawrence Finnegan Whitman. You should have never ever become a 'keeper.' Let this serve as a lesson to you. I will be coming back to exact my revenge on you and your friends. And next time, you'll be the first to die.

She dropped him, but before he hit the floor, Finn closed his eyes and the world went black.

Hmm..how will the story end? I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can! Please review or message me y'all's comments/concerns/critiques. I love reading them! Have a great week! :)