"So... once more in English?" Maybeck asked. Finn and Amanda groaned in unison.

Amanda wore Finn's hoodie with the hood up, masking her face. Together, Finn and Amanda had dragged Charlene to the Crazy Glaze to explain what has happened, calling Philby and telling him to meet them there. Philby hasn't arrived yet, but they figured that they could explain everything to Charlene and Maybeck now. However, both of them stared at Finn and Amanda with confusion.

"So there's this...ghost?" Charlene hesitated. Finn and Amanda nodded.

"A little kid ghost?" Maybeck clarified, earning another nod. He set his half-painted pottery bowl down on the counter and wiped his hands on his Crazy Glaze apron, blue streaks of paint left where he had wiped. He stepped out from behind the counter and sat down with Finn, Amanda, and Charlene.

"And zombies," Finn added. "Don't forget zombies."

"No. Of course. Never forget zombies," Maybeck said slowly, obviously convinced these two were insane. Charlene was skeptical, sure, but was more easily convinced than Maybeck.

"And the ghost was also a fairly," Amanda said. Maybeck nodded, resting his chin on his fist.

"Uh huh..."

"And she plans on killing all of humanity," Finn finished. Maybeck and Charlene blinked at the two kids sitting in front of them, staring emotionlessly.

"You don't believe us..."Amanda whispered.

"No, no, we believe you sweetie," Charlene put one hand on Amanda's arm. By calling her sweetie, she obviously didn't believe them.

"Yeah. 'We believe you'," Maybeck snorted, making quotation marks with his fingers.

"Terry!" Charlene scolded in a condescending voice, only calling Maybeck by "Terry" when she's upset with him. Maybeck put his hands up in surrender.

"Alright, I'll admit it. I don't believe them."

Charlene's jaw dropped at his sudden bluntness, so he decided to continue.

"Not one bit. There is not a sliver of belief in me. I think they've both gone insane and need serious help right now. Ghosts do not exist!"

"TERRANCE DONNIE MAYBECK!" Charlene smacked him across the arm. "HOW DARE YOU! THE ABSOLUTE GAL-"

"LOOK AT THEM, CHAR!" Maybeck motioned to Finn and Amanda. "My two friends are coming to me claiming to have seen zombies and crazy fairly ghosts!" Finn and Amanda were obviously hurt by now, but that didn't stop Maybeck. "It took me years to admit to myself that the crossing over wasn't just some crazy dream! You can't expect me to give up all LOGIC just because Finn and Amanda say so."

"You seem like the kind of person who would love zombies and ghosts!" Charlene yelled.

"Don't get me wrong, I love a good horror movie," Maybeck said. "But those are MOVIES, Char! This is the REAL. LIFE!"

"We're not crazy!" Amanda slammed her hands on the table. The door to the Crazy Glaze opened with a ring of a bell. In the doorway stood a surprised and slightly confused redheaded British boy. Philby.

"Amanda?" he whispered.

"Yeah?"

"JESS HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU!"

Amanda stood up, knocking her chair over. "YOU'VE SEEN JESS?!"

Philby slid into a seat next to Maybeck. "She came to my house the day Nash kicked you out. I sent her to Willa, but Willa's not answering her phone."

"Nash called the police! Do you think the police got her?" Amanda asked.

"THE POLICE?!" Charlene and Maybeck gasped in unison. When telling their story, Finn and Amanda had left out that tiny detail. That they also have the police after them, along with zombies and a ghost.

"THE POLICE ARE AFTER YOU?!" Maybeck yelled. The police were much more believable than a ghost.

"But then Willa would still call me back, even if there were police," Philby shook his head.

"Do you think the ghost got her?" Finn directed this question towards Amanda.

"GHOST?!" It was Philby's turn to gasp, having been left out of that information.

"They claim they've seen a ghost," Charlene said.

"And zombies!" Finn added.

"And I think we should get them checked out by a doctor," Maybeck earned another slap on the arm from Charlene.

"After everything we've seen in Disney, I'm not that doubtful," Philby shrugged. Maybeck groaned, but Philby still continued. "We battle Disney villains at night as holograms, Maybeck. We have two half-human sisters running around with us!" Philby motioned to Amanda for emphasis. Maybeck turned to Amanda and studied her.

"Yeah, but...ghosts?"

"We need to keep an open mind," Philby stared determinedly at his best friend. Then, everyone stared at Maybeck. He looked around at all of them before groaning.

"Well, I'm always up for beating up the unnatural. What's the plan?"


Jess and Willa sobbed until there was no tears left in them. Then, after a few minutes of dry crying, Jess pulled herself together and rose to her feet, helping Willa up as well.

"We need to get help," Jess said.

"I left my cell phone at my house, let's go run there and then head to Finn's house," Willa suggested. She felt like going to the leader's house was the best option for now.

"Now that I think about it, who would be the FIRST person Amanda would go to in this situation?" Jess tapped her chin.

"You?"

"Besides me," Jess shot a 'you should know this' kind of look at Willa. It only took her a few seconds before realizing the obvious answer.

"Finn!"

Jess tapped her nose, signaling that Willa had got it right. "Then let's go over there!"


And that's that. Review, and I'll keep writing. Thanks for reading!