I have to say that this was the chapter I had the most troubles with, but it was also the most fun to write. I hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter 7

Jenny's knees buckled. The whole world seemed muted around her. Violet wasn't there anymore. She was dead, no, not dead. It was more like destroyed or murdered. Jenny felt an uncommon tear roll down her cheek. Jenny could see Maleficent cackling her lungs out. Her cold, cruel soul sent chills down Jenny's spine.

Jenny felt a hand on her shoulder, Kyle. He patted her back. Jenny turned to Kyle. But he wasn't looking at her. He was looking ahead, at the trees.

"She's alive…" Kyle whispered.

Jenny stared at the trees. Nothing moved. Maleficent raised her gem high in the air for the world to see.

"Where is she?" Jenny whispered softly to Kyle.

"Look closer at the bush." Kyle whispered.

Jenny looked closely at the brush. She squinted so hard that her eyes hurt. Then she saw it. It had been staring her right in the face the whole time.

It was a violet.

I peered through the bushes. Jenny and Kyle had seen my signal. I quickly hid it from view of Maleficent as she turned around and started monologuing about how triumphant she was and how pathetic the 2nd generation has turned out to be. I rolled my eyes at her.

I had run through the light beam when it was fired from the stone. I had escaped to the bushes and was now waiting for the perfect time to take back what was rightfully not Maleficent's.

Maleficent turned back to Jenny and Kyle. This was my chance. I tiptoed out of the brush and was quietly sneaking up behind Maleficent. Then I saw Ian sprawled on the ground. My first instinct was to kneel beside him while he bleed to death, but that was overruled by my need to get the stone.

Maleficent was still raising the gem high in the air for us to behold. Right then and there I snatched it from her hand and pointed it at her. Maleficent spun around and looked at me in shock. I was freezing cold standing next to her.

"Impossible!" Maleficent shrieked. "I just killed you!"

I shook my head. "Let's just say I was passing through."

"The first Kingdom Keepers never taught you that!" Maleficent said.

"Nope." I said. "Jen helped me figure it out."-I turned to Jenny who was smiling at me-"Now, you have the right to remain silent."

Maleficent cackled. I felt confused. "Silly, kids." She said. "You can't catch me."

In a blink of an eye she snapped her fingers and smoke filled the air. When it cleared she was gone. All of this was done for nothing. I felt stupid. How could I have let her…

Ian!

I ran over to Ian. He was coughing up blood. He was in a daze. The ground was a puddle of blood. He had trouble keeping himself awake.

"Don't sleep!" I ordered him. "It's ok! It's ok!"

"Violet?" Ian whispered.

"We just need to stop the bleeding. Where were you stabbed?"

"Violet!" Ian said.

He tilted my chin his way so I could focus on what he was about to say.

"What?" I whispered.

"Stop worrying." Ian said.

"But you're dying."

"And there's nothing you can do to stop it." Ian said.

I stayed beside him on my knees. I looked into his cocoa brown eyes. Ian wiped a lone strand of hair away from my face. Jenny and Kyle stood silently behind us.

I felt a lump inside my throat. "This is all my fault…"

"No it isn't." Ian insisted.

"If I hadn't been so careless then you wouldn't have been in this situation." I said. "If I had known that Dai-Narcissa was an Overtaker then we would never have been spotted. If we hadn't been spotted you wouldn't be dying."

"Stop!" Ian told me. "Don't beat yourself up for this!"

I sighed. "I'm sorry."

Jen spoke up for the first time in a while. "I'll call an ambulance."

"I don't think they can do anything for me."

"We have to try." Jenny said. "But we have to send you back as well."

"I want to stay with Violet." Ian said.

"I'll meet you back at home." I told Ian.

We all linked arms. I reached into my pocket and pulled the fob out. Jen nodded at me and I pushed the button.

I met up with Jenny and Kyle outside the hospital. They had also wanted to see Ian. My dad was in the waiting area, well, waiting for us. Ian was in room D89. I knocked on the white door. No one answered. I cracked the door open a bit.

"Ian needs his sleep!" The nurse barked. "Don't come in!"

"Nancy, they're my friends." Ian said. He sounded weaker than earlier today. "And I can't sleep anyway. Let them in."

Nancy brushed past us as she walked out of the room. Then she turned to tell us something. "Five minutes."

"She's a little upset that she has to work this early in the morning." Ian explained weakly.

"How'd you figure that?" I asked.

"She's a mumbler." Ian said.

I sat beside him on the adjustable bed. "I'm sure Disney is going to be pretty freaked when they see all the blood you left behind last night."

Ian wheezed as he laughed which turned into a cough. I felt heartbroken hearing him like this.

"Can I talk to Kyle alone?" Ian asked. "Just for a second."

I nodded and walked out of the room with Jenny. Jenny leaned the wall with her arms crossed. She looked down to her feet. I stood in front of her.

"You've been acting weird." I said.

Jenny didn't look at me. She took in a deep breath. "I thought I couldn't trust you. I was just pretending to be mean and stuff, and this experience has changed me."

"Change how?" I asked.

Jenny remained silent for a minute. Then she met eyes with me. Her eyes were soft and gentle. She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out at first.

"I-I," Jenny stammered. "I fell in love."

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