The Kingdom Keepers walked along the path through the rest of the forest.
Soon enough they came out to the wonderful view.
The kingdom of Holly Kingdom.
"We fucking made it finally," said Maybeck.
"I hate cursing," said Willa. "But I agree. It's about time we got here."
"And we know who's fault it was," said Finn.
"I thought you said you said that to get rid of him for safety," said Philby.
"Oh…right," said Finn. "We let's go then."
"Go where again?" asked Charlene.
"To find that bitch Jess," said Finn. "She has the map. We must get it back or follow her to get to the sword."
"Well let's go," said Philby.
Everyone nodded and walked into the town.
They went through the opened gates and into the town.
They stood in the center for a few minutes after getting inside.
"Alright guys," said Finn. "Where should we start looking?"
"I don't know," said Maybeck. "But we should be careful."
"Why?" asked Willa.
Maybeck pointed ahead and glared.
Everyone looked and saw soldiers wearing black armor and red capes with helmets that covered their eyes walking around.
"I know that armor anywhere," said Maybeck in an angry, stern voice. "Those men belong to General Claude Frollo."
"Who's General Claude Frollo?" asked Philby.
"One of the most rogue and evil generals in this land," said Maybeck. "He murdered so many innocents in the past he has deemed unfit or abominations."
He sighed heavily.
"And now he is loyal to Maleficent," he said.
"Uh oh," said Finn. "That's not good."
Suddenly everyone noticed Maybeck looking much sadder.
"What's wrong?" asked Charlene.
"He…he killed my Aunt Bessie and my cousins," he said. "Innocent farmers living in the middle of nowhere. And his army ran through it destroying everything, burning it to the ground, and slaughtering them all!"
Maybeck was almost crying.
"That's horrible," sighed Willa.
"Someone wants revenge," said Philby.
"Badly," growled Maybeck.
"And I hope you get it," said Charlene putting her hand on Maybeck's shoulder, which made him smile. "But right now we can maybe use those goons to our advantage."
"How so?" asked Finn.
"They're obviously heading to meet with Frollo and Jess," said Charlene. "We can follow them to them!"
"Excellent," said Willa. "Let's go."
Everyone nodded and began to creep up to listen in on the conversation the men were having.
"So where's the big shindig happening?" one asked the other.
"Have no idea yet," said other soldier. "That girl, you know the apprentice of Maleficent, is still in the tavern trying to get the map to work."
"Work?" asked the first soldier.
"Yeah," said the other. "Apparently its not working for some reason."
"How so?" asked the first.
"It's blank!" yelled the other. "It's fucking blank for some reason!"
"Blank?" asked the first.
"There is nothing on it," said the other. "Yet when those Keepers used it, it wasn't. So she's trying every magic spell to make it work."
"Well how long do we have to wait?" asked the first.
"Beats me," said the other. "Let's go find some women while we're waiting."
The first nodded and smiled and they both walked off.
The Keepers didn't know whether to feel shocked or happy.
"Jess wouldn't have been able to use the map in the first place!" said Charlene.
"We still have a chance," said Philby. "How many taverns are there."
"And there lies the problem here boys," said Willa. "My kingdom is famous for its Holly Ale."
"Meaning?" asked Finn.
"There are numerous taverns!" yelled Willa.
"Then we just have to search all of them," said Finn. "We split up!"
Everyone nodded and set off to search, putting on hoods from their cloaks to hide themselves.
Finn felt rage in his heart as he searched around the town.
Jess betrayed them all, and he wanted to make her pay.
But how?
Out of everything he didn't want to kill her.
It was the other villains he wanted to kill.
But right now he had to focus on finding Jess.
He got to his seventh tavern and peered inside.
And as looked around, he finally saw her.
Jess was sitting at a table drinking.
Even with her hood up, he could see her dark, black hair drooping down.
And on the table in front of her he saw the map.
She was reading it.
Finn looked around to see if there were any Frollo soldiers, which there weren't.
He then made his move and walked up.
He went to the other side of the table and sat down in front of Jess.
He then saw before sitting down that the soldiers were right.
The map was completely blank.
He ignored it at the moment and spoke.
"Hello you traitorous bitch," he said.
Jess looked up and gasped at Finn.
"You!" she gasped.
"Didn't expect to see me?" asked Finn.
"I expected you not to be alone," said Jess.
"We split up in order to find you," said Finn.
"Well you found me," said Jess.
"Yeah and it's a good thing I'm still alone," said Finn. "I was debating if I should kill you."
"Why kill me?" asked Jess. "All I did was drug you and your friends and steal a map."
She looked down at it.
"Oh by the way its completely useless," she said. "Its fucking blank!"
"Well I was thinking of killing you because above all, you work for Maleficent!" Finn yelled silently, not wanting to start an uproar by saying her name.
"So?" asked Jess.
"She's an evil bitch!" Finn yelled silently. "Like you!"
"Ouch," said Jess. "That's cold."
"And second," said Finn. "I have no idea why the map is blank. It wasn't when we had it and read it."
Jess stared at Finn, and then at his hand on the table, and had an idea.
She quickly grabbed Finn's arm.
"Hey!" yelled Finn.
Jess then pressed Finn's hand on the map, and if by magic, the drawings on the map appeared once again.
"Holy shit I knew it!" said Jess. "It only recognizes the chosen heroes for the quest, and then it reveals the map."
She then stared wickedly at Finn while holding his arm.
He then swore for a second that he saw her eyes glow red.
"You're going to be coming with us," said Jess. "We need a hero apparently to get to the sword."
"Yeah I have one thing to say about that," said Finn.
"What?" asked Jess.
He used his other hand and pulled out a knife and pointed it at her.
"Fuck you," he said.
"Oh you think you have the advantage," said Jess. "I bet you looked around the tavern for Frollo's men before you came to me."
"Yeah," said Finn.
"Did you think to look up?" asked Jess.
Finn's smile changed to shook as he looked up.
Two men came crashing down right on top of Finn.
They all came crashing down disturbing everyone.
They all stared as Jess grabbed the map and the two men picked up Finn.
He saw that they weren't soldiers.
They wore hoods and less armor.
They were more like assassins.
"This is none of your concern people," said Jess to everyone.
She waved her hand and cast a spell on everyone.
"Forget all of this," she said.
Everyone was frozen for a second and the four of them walked out.
As soon as they were out, everyone forgot them and went back to drinking.
Finn glared at Jess as she handed Finn the map.
"Come with us or die," said Jess.
Finn groaned and grabbed the map as he was escorted through the alleyway obviously to meet with Frollo.
But luckily for Finn, Charlene just saw him get escorted away.
She ran off to then tell the others.
Oh no! Finn has been captured! Oh no! It's been so long since I updated! I'm sorry I've become somewhat resilient to writing. But I will do more! Stay tuned!
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