Oh, I had fun writing this chapter! Action, romance... all my favourites wrapped in one chapter! And, I'm sorry, I had to put Jake in! I just wanted a sword fight between him and Oliver and this was the perfect opportunity! Mwahahahahaha! Sorry, I'll stop being Rico now.

Chapter 16-

Inner Battle

"Miley!" Oliver screamed and drew his sword. He started running towards Mikayla, who just grinned and turned to face him.

"Ready to save your little princess?" She asked. "Well, too bad! Jake!" The door to the cottage burst open and out came Jake whose eyes were also glowing gold. "I think maybe it's time you fought for your precious Miley."

"Miley." Jake muttered and took out his sword. Mikayla turned back to Miley and laughed as Miley, who had gotten off the ground, tried to run towards her friends.

"What's wrong princess?" Mikayla said as she moved her hand closer, pulling Miley with invisible strings. "Afraid to fight a witch?"

"Mikayla, this isn't you! You're being controlled, fight back!" Miley screamed as she tried to get out of grasp.

"I don't think so." Mikayla screamed and then lifted her hand in the air. Miley was then picked up and hung above the whole battle. "Watch your pirate friend."

Miley looked down at Oliver and Jake who were circling each other. They were waiting for the other to make the first move before the battle began. Jake stopped walking and Oliver did the same. He grinned at the boy.

"Must we really fight?" Jake asked.

"Uh…" Oliver hesitated for a second and Jake took this as an opportunity to strike. He came running Oliver and brought his sword down and then up to hit him on his left hip. Oliver only had a split second to react, dropping down to his right side, but Jake got his leg. There was now a gash running from his hip to his knee.

"Never underestimate me." Jake said and then brought his sword down when Oliver lifted his. The sword connected and the ring of metal hitting metal rang in Oliver's ears.

"Never think I'll give up easily." Oliver said, pushing Jake backwards and getting up from the ground. Pain shot up his left leg, but he ignored it. He had to win this battle if he wanted to free Miley.

"Then let the battle begin." Jake said as he got up off the ground. He swung his sword towards Oliver and he deflected it. Jake kept this up, trying to tire Oliver out, but it wasn't working. Both of them were matched in strength and managed to keep this up for a while.

When Oliver saw that Jake had changed tactics and was coming for his shoulder blade, Oliver lunged forwards and managed to scratch Jake across his left side. Jake dropped his attack and looked at his cut, blood seeping out of it.

"You'll pay for that." Jake said, glaring at him. Oliver started to walk backwards as Jake advanced forwards.

"Oliver! Stop; don't fight him! Jake really isn't like this, he's being controlled, just like Mikayla!" Miley shouted.

"Shut it princess." Mikayla said, making a scarf appeared around Miley's mouth. The invisible hand then tightened their grasp on her as she struggled to get free.

"We have to help them." Lilly said and then looked up at the ball of flame that hovered above the battlefield. She looked over at Jackson who was also looking at the flame. "Jackson!"

"I have an idea." He said.

"Wow, that's new!" Lilly said.

"This is no time for joking around. And this idea might work. You can control the fire, right?" Jackson asked. Lilly nodded. "Well, here's what we do…"

"Getting tired yet?" Jake said as he sword struck Oliver's. They started pushing on their sword, trying to knock the other over. Oliver gritted his teeth, he was growing tired quickly now.

"Not a chance." He said and then pushed against the sword hard, sending Jake backwards. Oliver then pointed his sword at Jake's neck. "Give up prince."

"Ok, ok, you win." Jake said. Oliver then took his sword away from Jake's neck and then looked up at Miley and then down at Mikayla.

"You know, I lie way too much." Jake said and then picked up his sword and then hit Oliver's on his right leg. There was a cracking noise and Oliver felt pain shoot back up his leg. He fell to the ground as Jake stood up and held his sword to Oliver's throat. "It's over."

"No, it isn't." Oliver said as vines from the forest came out, creeping towards Jake. "It's not over until you're back to normal." Jake frowned and then dropped his sword as the vines wrapped around his ankles and he was hanging upside down.

"You…" Jake started to say, but his eyes closed. Mikayla sighed and shook her head.

"Once you're defeated, you're no use to me." Mikayla said. She looked over at Oliver. "I guess you can't save her and now I can finally have my revenge on her." Mikayla said. "Miley, time to say good bye."

"No!" Lilly yelled and the ball of fire went flying towards Mikayla, creating a wall around her.

"You really think that fire will stop me? My power will still work inside here." Mikayla said.

"Come on Jackson, concentrate!" Lilly said turning towards him.

"Treebeard, try and distract Mikayla!" Oliver shouted. The Ents then marched forwards, the one holding Jake dropped him and he landed on his head, but he didn't wake up.

"You send Ents and fire to save her? Come on Miley, can you bring the water nymphs to fight for you? The sirens? And what about your brother, he doesn't even know what his power is." Mikayla taunted.

"I do!" Jackson shouted. Then all hell broke loose. The storm started to get rough, clouds coming closer and then wind getting violent. Miley found herself being thrown around until the hands let her go and she fell to the ground, landing on one of the Ents.

"No!" Mikayla shouted and then waved her hand so the flames surrounding her moved out of the way. "You won't defeat me!"

"Mikayla, this isn't you! You're being controlled by the gods, fight back!" Miley shouted as she took the scarf off her face.

"This is me! This is who I am. I have the power, I have control over my own life." Mikayla said, seething.

"No it isn't. I've known you my whole life, even though we aren't the best of friends, I know who you are! Fight it Mikayla." Miley said as she joined Lilly and Jackson by Oliver.

"No, you don't." Mikayla said.

"Then I'm sorry." Miley said as she summoned up the water. All around them, spouts of water came up from under the ground. They then reached a centre point where they became one long stream of water, headed from Mikayla. She managed to block it off, but Lilly then had the fire come next behind her. Jackson helped with the wind, pushing the water harder onto her shield and Oliver came next, making the ground shake.

"I… am… a… witch…" Mikayla said. But her powers couldn't hold out, the four of them fighting together were just too strong for her. Mikayla let down her shield and then collapsed on the ground as the water hit her, putting out the fire before it even reached her.

Mikayla lay on the ground, motionless until her mouth opened. She let out an ear-piercing scream.

"Get out of… my… head!" She then screamed. Then her eyes opened and shone gold. They all looked away until the light died down. They looked back at her and her eyes were closed again. Above her stood Elicpto, but the image of the goddess was fading. She turned to the four of them and sighed.

"You are truly stronger then me. You have the protection of the gods, there is no way I can ever defeat you." She said, bowing her head before disappearing completely. The three still standing collapsed onto the ground.

The sky then cleared to show the bright blue sky. The whirlpool then stopped and the rough waves disappeared. The ground stopped shaking and then Ents then made their way back to the forest, followed by the nymphs.

Narcissus, however, came running over to Oliver. "You're hurt." She said as Miley then crawled over to him.

"I'll be fine." He said and then tried to move his leg, but he felt the pain come back to him. "On second thoughts, maybe not…"

"I'll help you." She said and put her hands on his broken leg. She closed her eyes and then Oliver felt his leg become warm. He felt the pain disappear slowly and his bone move back in place. The nymph then opened her eyes and smiled.

"That's all I can do for you now. Your other injuries you'll have to fix yourself." She said and then kissed him on the cheek. Oliver then had a goofy grin on his face and Miley just glared at her. "Hope to see you around!" She said and then ran back into the forest.

"I don't like nymphs." Miley grumbled. Oliver looked over at her, but then looked behind her to see Lilly and Jackson, in each other's arms.

"I'm glad that's over." Lilly said to Jackson.

"Yeah…" He said, holding her tighter. He then looked over at Mikayla who slowly opened her eyes. She then sat up, holding her head. Jackson pulled away from the hug and looked over at Miley.

Miley got up and walked over to Mikayla. "Mikayla, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, just that my head feels like it's been split in two. Is she gone?" She asked, looking up at Miley.

"Yeah, she's gone." Miley said as she helped Mikayla stand up. And then, for the first time in a while, Mikayla smiled.

"That's a relief. Where's Jake?" She asked, but pushed Miley out of the way and spotted him. She ran to him, making sure he was ok. Miley walked back towards Oliver and helped him up.

"Can you walk properly?" She asked.

"Yeah." He said and then took a step, but his left leg wanted him to rest. "No."

"I'll help you." Miley said and then moved to his left side. They then started to walk towards Becca who was slowly waking up. She sat up and then turned to look at them.

"Oh my gosh, Oliver! You're hurt!" she said, running over to them.

"Yeah, can you help us?" He asked. Becca then looked at Lilly, Jackson, Mikayla and Jake.

"Yeah, come inside now." She said and opened then door. Miley and Oliver entered and Miley put Oliver down in a chair as Becca tried to look for her mother's healing herbs.

"I can't remember anything that's happened. I remember seeing you down at the docks and then leading you up here to my house, but other then that, it's all blank." Becca said as she dabbed something on his cut.

"It's a long story and I don't exactly want to go into detail about it." Oliver said as he tried not to scream. That stuff stung!

"Well, whatever was happening to me, it gave me time to think. Oliver, I'm ok with not being with you." Becca said. Miley then moved away from them, she didn't think that was the type of conversation she would want to be in.

She went over to Lilly and Jackson who sat on the floor, leaning against the wall. "Are you two ok?" Miley asked.

"Never been better, but I would like it if we could go back home." Jackson said. Lilly's smile fell as she looked over at him.

"Yeah, I think maybe it's for the best." Miley said as she looked over at Oliver and Becca.

"So, that's it? After everything, you're going to leave me?" Lilly asked Jackson.

"No Lilly, I could never leave you. That's why you're coming with us; we're going back with Jake and Mikayla. Lilly, I… I love you." Jackson said.

"You do?" She asked. Jackson nodded and then Lilly threw her arms around him, hugging him. "I love you too, but what about the law?"

Miley's eyes grew wide. "Jackson, you have to get married before your 19th birthday which is in three days time!"

"Which is why Lilly is going to be my queen and no law will stand in our way." Jackson said.

"I'm happy for you, really." Miley said and then looked back at Oliver. Will she, like Lilly, get her happily ever after?

Never doubt me, there is a way for all of them to be together, even Mikayla and Jake. But there's still sometime before everyone gets their happily ever after. They still have to convince everyone! 4 chapters left and then this is going to be finished. It's so sad.

PS, for the polls, I've made it so you can choose two upcoming stories, so people can vote for the sequel and a different story. But if you've voted already and didn't vote for the sequel, but you want one, then tell me in a review. If there was a story that you wanted me to write but you voted for the sequel, then PM and I'll add your vote to the tallies. But once this story is complete, the results will be shown.