Sorry guys, taken me a while to finish writing this chapter! It's the longest I've ever written for anything! And I've tried to be funny in this chapter too, but I doubt I did a good job at it.

Chapter 12-

The Great Escape

"Well, I think I'll leave too." Mikayla said and got out of her chair. Lilly and Jackson followed her and the three of them left the room. Mikayla then went upstairs while Lilly and Jackson stayed downstairs.

"I think we better find Miley and Oliver and leave." Lilly said.

"Yeah, follow me." Jackson took Lilly's hand and led her outside and around the castle to the courtyard. Lilly stopped walking and looked up at the sky.

"It's beautiful." She said.

"Yeah." Jackson said, but he wasn't looking at the sky. He was looking at Lilly.

"We better hurry and find those two." Lilly said and walked down the stairs, Jackson following. They then made it to the tiled garden and stopped. There was Miley and Oliver, talking. Miley then smiled and Oliver put a hand on her cheek.

"They're going to kiss!" Lilly said.

"How do you know?" Jackson asked.

"Watch." The two watched as Miley and Oliver leaned in, their eyes slowly closing. Lilly was extremely happy for both of them now, but it was short lived.

"Oliver? Miley?" Miley pulled her head back and looked at the steps where Mikayla stood. Oh great, the kiss is ruined by her.

Oliver dropped his hand and looked at Miley who had her head turned towards the ground. She then looked up at him, her mouth open to say something, but then she closed her mouth and shook her head.

"Yes Mikayla?" Miley called out and walked past Oliver. She then spotted Lilly and Jackson standing there, Lilly looking upset.

"I wanted to know if you wanted to stay the night maybe?" Mikayla asked as she descended the stairs.

"I'm sorry, but we have to start early tomorrow and the crew don't know where I am." Oliver said, joining Miley.

"Aw, that's a shame. But maybe Miley could stay the night then?" Mikayla asked and grinned evilly at Miley.

"No, I'll go back with the crew. It was nice seeing you again Mikayla." Miley said and ran past her. Lilly looked at the three of them left there before she followed Miley. Mikayla sighed and turned around and walked off, leaving Oliver with Jackson.

"Were you just about to kiss my sister?" Jackson asked.

"Yeah, I think so. I thought she was going to kiss me. You aren't mad, are you?"

"No, I'm not. Just upset. It's going to make things harder for her when we do have to go back home." Jackson said sadly. "She can't run from it forever, she's going to have to fulfil her duties for her kingdom."

"Don't worry, it won't happen again." Oliver said and left. Jackson sighed and followed him.

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Elicpto shook her head in frustration. Was there anything she could do to stop them?

"I can't let them leave, yet." She said and looked around the room she was now in. She smirked as the door opened and in walked an upset Mikayla. She walked over to her vanity and sat down on her chair, looking in the mirror.

"Why doesn't anyone want me? Jake wants Miley and now the one guy Miley wants actually likes her back. And Jackson? It's obvious he's going to break things off." Mikayla said to her reflection. Elicpto rolled her eyes and walked towards the girl and leaned down to speak in her ear.

"Don't let them go. Stop them and force him to stay with you." She whispered. Mikayla's brown eyes slowly started to turn gold, which then got brighter. The light then started to dim until they returned back to their original colour. She blinked a couple of times and looked around the room. She could've sworn she heard someone speaking to her.

"Mikayla? Are you alright in there?" Came the voice of her maid from the other side of the door. Mikayla looked back in the mirror, at herself. She felt tears well up in her eyes. How could Jake want Miley and not her? She wiped away the tears and then looked out her window, at the sea. She ran back to the door and opened it as her maid was just about to knock again.

"Treason! Miley, Jackson and them are not allowed to leave Gaia! Alert the guard and catch them before they reach their ship." Mikayla yelled.

"But you're Royal Highness…"

"Now!" Mikayla yelled and slammed her door shut. She walked back towards her window and looked out over the town. "It's going to be a long night for them." She said and smirked. Miley was finally going to get what's coming for her.

"Ma'am?" Came the voice from one of the guards on the other side of her door. Mikayla walked back towards it and opened it to find two guards, each holding Oliver and Jackson. "They were still in the castle."

"Put them in the dungeon."

"What? Mikayla, what is going on? What are you doing?" Jackson asked as the guards started taking them away.

"Something I should've done long ago, take away what matters most to Miley." Mikayla said.

"This is foolish, this rivalry between you two has gone on for far too long! Don't do something you'll regret!" Jackson said.

"Stop." Mikayla said to her guards. She looked over at Oliver. "He stays here with me. If the girls come back, bring Miley to my room."

Oliver gulped as he was pushed into Mikayla's room, Mikayla following and closing the door behind her.

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"Lilly, where are the boys?" Miley asked, standing outside the castle gates. They lost both boys when they went back to change out of their dresses and back into their normal clothes.

"I don't know. Do you think they're still in the castle?" Lilly asked, turning around. Both girls looked at the castle. They then heard the rumbling of thunder and saw clouds filling the night sky.

"This is not good." Miley said and looked at the castle. "I think we should just go and see if they are there." Lilly nodded in agreement and the girls started walking back through the gates and towards the huge doors.

Both of them were slightly scared. It was dark now and they heard the thunder right above them.

"Please, don't let us die. I want to live longer!" Lilly said softly. They saw a streak of lighting across the sky and heard the roar of thunder and broke out into a run. They ran up the stairs and pushed the heavy doors open with all their might. They closed the door and turned around to come face to face with three guards.

"Oh boy." Miley said.

"I'm guessing we aren't welcome here anymore." Lilly said. She then put her hand on her right side where her sword was. "What are our chances?"

Miley looked at Lilly's hand. "I don't know. You want to try?"

"Hey, you're a princess, they can't kill you."

"True." Miley said and both girls took their swords out. The guards looked shocked that they were actually going to fight back and then they started laughing. "Hey, what is so funny?"

"You two actually think you can beat the three of us?" The one guard asked. They continued laughing and Miley looked at Lilly.

"You want to do the honours?"

"My pleasure." Lilly said and held her sword out. The guards didn't notice and she lunged and slashed at the one guy's belt. He lost his sword and pants, at the same time.

"Hey! Why you little…" he said, the other two continuing to laugh at him. He picked up his sword and tried to strike at Lilly's hip, but she managed to block his attack away. He scrunched his face up in rage and tried to hit her shoulder, but Lilly deflected it and hit his knuckles with the end of her sword. He dropped his and Lilly picked it up.

"You still want to fight us?" She asked. The guard who lost his sword turned and ran off while the other two got serious. "Miley, you go find Jackson and Oliver, I can handle these two by myself." Lilly said. Miley nodded and ran around the two guards and towards the stairs.

"Alright, who's first?" Lilly asked, but she felt someone pick her up from behind and put a hand over her mouth.

"Seems like it's you. Take her to the dungeon with the other." The person said and threw her into the other two guards. They took Lilly down to the dungeon, but not before she saw who it was who stopped her fight.

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"Oliver?" Miley asked, opening up a room. Empty. She closed the door and ran to the next one. "Jackson?" Empty, again.

This is useless; how am I supposed to find them? Miley thought. She then looked at the room at the end of the hall. It was Mikayla's. Maybe… you never know…

Miley walked towards the door and put her hand on the doorknob, but she heard voices on the other side.

"No, you don't! You don't!" Someone screeched. It sounded like Mikayla.

"I do! I only met you today, how am I supposed to love you? You're only doing this because you're angry at Miley. You don't really like me." Said a guy, who Miley recognized as Oliver.

"No one wants me. Jackson doesn't want to marry me, Jake loves Miley and then one guy Miley can't have doesn't even want me! Why, why must I suffer?" Mikayla asked. She heard Oliver sigh.

"Because that's just how life is supposed to go. Not everyone can be with the one they love." Oliver said.

"Yeah, you can't be with the girl you want either." Mikayla said, sniffling.

"And I… I also took that away from someone else. My childhood crush. We were supposed to get married, but I never really loved her. I just couldn't go through with it and left her. But the worst part was that the night before, she told me she loved me." Oliver said.

"All of us are guilty of something." Mikayla said. There was then silence and Miley turned the doorknob. She opened the door to see Oliver tied to a chair and Mikayla walking around him. When she heard the door open, she turned to see Miley standing there.

"Mikayla…" Miley started to say but watched as the other girl moved towards Oliver and kissed him. "Oh no you didn't!" Miley ran towards Mikayla and tackled her to the floor. "Why did you do that?"

"Get off me!" Mikayla screamed, trying to fight back Miley as she turned her over and sat on her back. "Get off me Miley Stewart!"

"Oh no, not after that!" Miley was about to rip out her hair when Oliver started to rock back a forth on his chair.

"Miley forget her, get me out of this chair!" He said. Miley got off Mikayla and ran to Oliver and untied him. He stood up and took her arm. "Let's go."

"Get back here Miley!" Mikayla screeched and got off the floor and jumped onto Miley's back. Miley found herself falling forwards and hit her head hard on the floor. Her world started to spin and she felt pain shoot up her arm. There was a weight on her back that she tried to get off, but it was no use.

"Miley, get up!" She heard Oliver say. The weight that was on her back left and found someone wrap their arms around her. She looked around and saw that her world was slowly coming back to normal. "Can you walk?"

Miley tried to take a step, but her knees buckled. Oliver caught her and carried her in his arms.

"We have to go to the dungeons." Oliver said as he ran down the stairs. "Do you know where they are?"

"Yeah." Miley said and then looked around the room. She pointed towards the spiral staircase that led to the south tower. Oliver ran towards them and saw they led underneath the castle as well.

"Jackson? You here?" Oliver called out.

"Oliver? Jackson and I are in the last cell." Lilly said and stuck her hand out. Oliver ran towards it and looked in and smiled at the two.

"What happened to my sister?" Jackson asked. Oliver looked down at Miley who kept on opening and closing her eyes.

"She hit her head on the floor when Mikayla brought her down to the ground." Oliver said and put Miley on the ground. "Are there keys or something to open this?"

"No, the guard has them and we don't know where they are." Lilly said. Oliver looked at the cell door. They used hinges and Oliver knew exactly how to open them. He turned around and found a bench. He picked it up and managed to put the one leg under the bottom of the gate.

"What are you doing?" Jackson asked. Lilly smiled as she saw what Oliver was doing.

"I'm going to break you out of here. Now move out of the way." Oliver said and pulled down on the other side of the bench. Nothing happened.

"Wow, that was anti-climatic." Jackson said. Lilly punched him in the arm and looked Oliver.

"Keep on trying!" Oliver nodded and pushed down, but still the gate wouldn't open.

"I don't think I'm strong enough." Oliver said.

"I'll help." Miley said, getting off the floor.

"You sure?" Oliver asked. Miley nodded and moved towards the other side of the bench. Both then pushed down and they heard the hinges give way and come off. Miley and Oliver let go of the bench and it fell in the cell. Lilly and Jackson walked over it and joined them.

"We have to leave now, Mikayla is still after me." Miley said. No one disagreed with her and followed her as they ran up the stairway into the foyer, but were stopped by more guards at the door.

"Oh boy. Nice knowing you." Jackson said. Miley sighed and took out her sword again. Oliver followed her lead.

"This isn't good, two against five!" Lilly said. Both her and Jackson had lost their swords when they were sent down to the dungeon and couldn't see them when running up the stairs.

"That's ok… we just have to hold them off… right?" Miley asked.

"Miley, give Lilly your sword, you aren't ready yet." Oliver said.

"No!" Miley said.

"Miley, you've only had one fight and Lilly's had more experience." Oliver said. Miley gave Lilly her sword and stood next to Jackson. Both watched as the two of them advanced towards the guards.

"This is so not going to end well." Jackson said again. Miley watched as Lilly and Oliver faced off with a guard each, while the other three stood on the sidelines and watched.

"There has to be something we can do." Miley said. She looked around and saw the chandelier at the top. It was secured there by a wire that ran down the one side to be tied at one wall on the castle. "Jackson, do you have a dagger on you?"

"No." He said. Miley looked around the room for something to use, but saw a discarded sword just a few feet from the watching guards. Miley slowly made her way towards them, making sure not to draw attention towards her. She made it to the sword and watched the guards as she picked it up.

She almost made it with out being spotted, but the tip of the sword hit the marble and made a ringing noise. The guards turned to look at her. Miley turned around and ran towards the cord, the guards following her.

She turned once she got there and saw all the guards standing under the chandelier. "Lilly! Oliver! Look out!" She shouted and cut the cord. Lilly and Oliver saw what she did and jumped out of the way. They skimmed across the marble and hit the wall while the chandelier came down on the guards. They managed to get out of the way, but on the other side of the room.

Miley dropped her sword and ran towards Lilly and Oliver. "We have to go now!" She grabbed Oliver's arm and dragged him outside, Lilly and Jackson right behind him.

"Whoa, what happened?" Miley said once they were outside. Down in the town, there were fires going on individual houses, all of them close to the castle. Down by the docks most of the boats were being washed ashore, except for The Satyr. The forest close by the castle looked as if and earthquake had happened and the weather was terrible.

"What is going on?" Oliver said, looking at the chaos.

"We can think about this once we're on the safety of our ship. Let'sgo!" Lilly said and started running. The rest followed as the castle opened again and out came more guards, all shouting at them to stop running.

As they got further away from the castle, they noticed the weather started clearing up. The storm had passed and people managed to get most of the fires out. Once they reached the docks, the sea was calm once again. They ran aboard their ship, the crew still there.

"Captain, there you are!" Dex said.

"Is the ship ready to set sail right now?" Oliver asked Dex nodded. "Then let's go! Quickly, we are currently running away from royalty."

"Ok…" Dex said and ran off. Oliver ran back up to his captain's wheel while Lilly and Jackson ran off to help the crew. Miley found people pushing and shoving her, so she joined Oliver by the wheel.

They were slowly getting further away from the shore now and Miley could see the guards on the docks, all trying to fire their guns at the ship. She smiled and then looked at the forest. The trees were now standing straight again, like they were never neat over.

"Hey, are you alright?" She heard Oliver ask. Miley turned around to face him.

"Yeah, my head is fine now."

"Good to know." Oliver said and then he grinned. "Why did you tackle Mikayla when she kissed me?"

"Oh, because… because… she doesn't like you. She was just using you to get back at me and make me…"

"Jealous?" Oliver asked. Miley didn't say anything and he knew he was right. "Before, when we were standing in the courtyard, were you going to kiss me?"

"Uh… maybe." Miley said, turning her face down. Oliver walked over to her and put a hand under her chin and turned her face up to look at him.

"Well, then this will defiantly be your kiss then." He said and leaned in. Miley slowly closed her eyes as she felt his lips touch hers. She put her arms around his neck and pulled his face closer to hers.

For that one moment, she forgot all her problems. For that one moment, she was living. And she never wanted it to end.

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Mikayla stood on the docks as the run rose over the horizon. Hewas here. But he wasn't here to visit her. Oh no, he was here to look for Miley.

"Mikayla?" Jake said as he came off the ship. Mikayla forced a smile as Jake came running up to her and gave her a hug. She half-heartedly thought he might kiss her, even if it was on the cheek. But no, Jake wasn't like that, he would never kiss another girl as long as he had Miley.

Miley. She had gotten away from her, again. And she still had Jake chasing after her. What is it that she has that I don't? Mikayla thought.

"It's been too long." Jake said as he smiled down at her.

"Yeah, I know." She said, the smile slowly fading. The smile on Jake's face slowly disappeared aswell.

"What is it? Mikayla, is everything alright?"

"Oh everything is fine. Just that…um… I'm worried about Miley too you know. I was just wondering if I could help you save her from those dreadful pirates."

"But… you're a princess. Your duties lie here, with your kingdom." Jake said. Mikayla then started with her act. She forced herself to cry and Jake took her into his arms to comfort her.

"I'm just so worried! She's my friend and I want to make sure she's safe. Please Jake, take me with you!" Mikayla wailed.

Jake patted her back. "Ok Miki, I'll take you with me. We'll find her together." He said.

Mikayla grinned. As soon as she finds Miley, she will accidentally die. Mikayla buried her face in Jake's chest, but only after her eyes glowed gold again.

So, in times of great distress, their powers can go out of control, as seen when they left the castle. Also, I like Mikayla, she's a great character, but there will be a little bit of Mikayla bashing because she is now under the influence of Elicpto. And I gave you the Moliver kiss that I stole from you last chapter. Everyone happy, besides my Lackson fans? Yeah, not a lot of action going on there. But just wait and see, I got everything planned out that there might be a sequel. Who knows?