A/N:Hey everyone. Just so you know, this chapter can get very sad. If you're a very emotional reader, have the Kleenex nearby. Enjoy!

The group arrived behind Snow White's Scary Adventures. In front of them stood a door marked CAST MEMBERS ONLY.

"Well" said Philby. "Let's go in and see Snow White" He pushed open the door and they all walked through. They walked down a long hallway. It was abandoned for the night, so it was dark and difficult to see. They were all on edge, half expecting an army of overtakers to jump out and take them away. What if Snow White was captured and influenced as well? What if this was all a trap?

"Ow!" screamed Willa. "Charlene you stepped on my foot!"

"Sorry!" whispered Charlene. They walked on. Finally, they reached the end of the hallway and arrived in a small control room. There was no one there.

"Well I guess we came here for nothing." said Finn. "She's not here. This is obviously a trap. Come on. Let's get out of here while we still can." They all turned around to start walking away, but then Willa stopped.

"Hey" she said. "Does anyone else hear footsteps?"

"Yes." said Finn. "Which just further proves my point that this is a trap. It's the overtakers coming for us. Let's go!" He turned around again and started to walk away.

"No." said Willa. "They don't sound like overtaker footsteps. They sound dainty and light."

"Footsteps are footsteps" Finn said. Once again he turned around to walk away, but he stopped when he heard Snow White's voice say

"Hello" Snow White smiled at them. "I'm sorry if I frightened you. I couldn't come out right away. I had to make sure it was you and not an overtaker before I showed myself. After my husband went missing, I called the other princesses, and they all had the same news. It was then that I realized that what I had feared was true; that it was the overtakers. A few days later, Cinderella went missing, and that same day, Mulan." Now the Kingdom Keepers knew that the overtakers definitely had all the princes, and they were definitely going after the princesses. They gave each other a concerned look.

"I'm not the only one who wishes to help you. So far, the overtakers have only captured the princes, Mulan, and Cinderella."

"Actually…" said Willa, fighting back tears. "They have Princess Jasmine too." Snow White gasped.

"Oh no." she said. "Anyway, as I was saying, anyone who hasn't yet been captured wants to help you. I can help you find your friend. I saw Mary Poppins earlier today. She told me that she had seen the overtakers carrying a squirming bag towards…" but before she could finish her sentence, they heard a voice that they knew all too well shout

"Check back here!" They all froze with fear.

"Go!" said Snow White. "Get yourselves out! I'll be fine. Meet me in front of the attraction. Go!" The Keepers ran as fast as they could down the hallway. Charlene was running directly behind Amanda. As Charlene was running, her shoelace untied and she tripped over it and fell to the ground.

"Amanda Help!" screamed Charlene. Amanda was torn. She had always disliked Charlene. She believed her to be a prissy little cheerleader, but she did like Charlene a little bit too. They had been friends for a while, well, acquaintances at least. She knew she had to make a decision, and she had to make it quickly. Finally, she realized that if it were her who had tripped, Charlene would have helped her, she hoped. She ran to Charlene and grabbed her hand. Charlene got up and the two ran to catch up with the rest of the group. The six kids arrived in front of Snow White's scary adventures. They didn't see any overtakers, and there didn't seem to be any trace of them, so maybe they had left. Then again, if they had left, then why wasn't Snow White here. They waited there for a few minutes figuring that Snow White was on her way, but ten minutes passed and she didn't show up.

"We have to go back" said Jess. "We have to make sure she's okay." They turned to head to the door from which they had come, but stopped dead in their tracks, Prince Charming was there with the big bad wolf, standing guard.

"Now what?" said Charlene.

"We have to go through the attraction" said Jess. "We can get in from there. When we were in that control room, I saw a door behind Snow White that said TO SNOW WHITE'S SCARY ADVENTURES. The attraction is our only way in." They all knew Jess was right. Nervously, they walked through the entrance to Snow White's Scary Adventures. The ride area was dark and abandoned. All of the keepers were nervous. Attractions at night were never pretty. Willa, Amanda, Jess, Charlene, and Finn climbed into a ride car, while Philby started the ride and jumped in next to Willa. He was about to close the door when Willa shouted

"NO! If we need to make a quick escape we'll need that door to be open. Don't put the safety bar down either." Philby nodded. She was right. The ride car began to move through the ride. They were all sitting in the car, anxiously awaiting the end when suddenly Amanda broke the silence.

"Oh No!" she said. "I just remembered something about this ride. There's this one scene, it used to scare me when I was little. It's the scene where…" but before she could get another word out, the car stopped as the kids saw the evil queen standing in front of a mirror.

"This is it." Amanda said. "She turns around as the old bag lady" The odd thing was, the Queen wasn't turning around. Suddenly, she turned around, but not as the old bag lady. She turned around as the evil queen; the real evil queen.

"EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE CAR!" screamed Finn, but the doors closed and the safety bars came down. The evil queen laughed a maniacal laugh and approached the car. The kids struggled to get out of the safety bars, but that only made them come down lower. The Evil Queen cast a spell, and suddenly an electric fence surrounded the ride car. The keepers were terrified. There was no way out. Suddenly, something came to Amanda's mind. There was a way out. It was not going to be easy, but it was a way out. She had to alert the other keepers, but she had to do it in a way that wouldn't let the evil queen know what they were about to attempt. And then it hit her.

"Guys!" she shouted. "The Apple! Do what we did to find the apple!" All of the keepers understood. They had to work quickly, because once the evil queen saw one of them do it, she would catch on. Finn accomplished it first. Before Amanda knew it, he was standing outside of the car, waiting for them. Next came Philby, and then herself, followed by Jess, Charlene, and finally, Willa. After everyone was out of the ride car, they began to run for their life. They were running so fast that they were outside of the attraction in less than a minute.

"Everyone" shouted Finn. "Meet at the stairway." They all knew what Finn meant. They were going to run to Escher's Keep, but he couldn't flat out say it with the evil queen right behind them. Willa was at the back of the pack, with Jess right in front of her. Suddenly, Jess stopped dead, but Willa was so scared she didn't even notice and passed right by. She was having another one of her visions. She found herself unable to move, due to shock. When she had one of her visions it was like being in a trance. The vision was brief and blurry. It lasted for only a few seconds. She heard a girl calling Amanda's name. She only saw the back of the girl's head, so she had no idea who it was. One thing she did know was that the girl seemed gothic. She was dressed completely in black and she had jet black hair. Suddenly, the vision ended and Jess fell to the ground from shock. Who was that girl, and why was she calling Amanda's name? All she knew right now was that she had to get out of there. She was about to stand up, but then she remembered what had happened to her a few years ago. She remembered what she looked like. She was half way off the ground, but fell down again from shock. The girl was her. She had to get out of there and she had to do it now. But before she could get up and run, someone grabbed her ankles.

"AMANDA!" she called. "HELP!" but there was no hope. Amanda was far away now. There was no way she was going to hear her. And just like that, the evil queen was dragging Jess away.

Amanda stopped dead in front of the entrance to Escher's keep. Jess was in trouble. She knew it. She had heard Jess scream for help. If that wasn't a sign of trouble, nothing was. She turned around to go find Jess, but Finn put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.

"Where are you going?" he said. "Come on we need to get into Walt's secret apartment now!" Then, Finn noticed that Amanda was crying and her face was flushed.

"Whoa what's wrong?" he said hugging her. As she talked she breathed heavily and sobbed.

"I heard Jess call my name and scream for help and she's not here yet and I have to find her!" Amanda broke into tears. "I can't lose her again Finn I just can't!" Amanda began to cry even harder. Willa had heard the conversation and came running over. She hugged Amanda tight.

"It's okay" she said. "We're gonna go get her right now don't you worry." Amanda smiled at her and Willa wiped the tears from her eyes. The three ran off in the opposite direction, back to Snow White's Scary Adventures.

"Jess!" called Amanda. "Jess! Where are you?" Amanda started crying again. Willa sat her down on a bench and let her cry on her shoulder.

"Um Willa?" said Finn. "Come here for a second" Willa walked over while Amanda waited on the park bench. She was filled with worry, and that amount of worry only increased when she heard Willa gasp. She needed to know what was going on no matter how much it hurt. She walked over to where her friends stood. Finn was holding something behind his back and Willa was looking at him worriedly. She took Amanda's hand and Amanda knew that she was about to receive some very bad news. Finn slowly pulled out a small pink wallet with green and yellow stars on it. She immediately recognized it as Jess' wallet. She began to cry again.

"Should I give her the note?" Finn said to Willa. Willa looked at Amanda with compassion, hesitated and then said

"She deserves to know." Finn handed her a crinkled piece of paper. Amanda took it with a shaking hand. Slowly she read it aloud.

"Dear children, looks like you're down another soldier.-THE QUEEN" Amanda fell to the floor and sobbed. Willa hugged her and helped her too her feet. She put her hand around Amanda's shoulder and walked her back to Escher's keep. At the same time, Finn went back to the control room to find Snow White. Amanda and Willa walked through Escher's Keep until they reached Walt's secret apartment. Charlene, and Philby were standing there, obviously worried sick. Charlene saw Amanda sobbing.

"Oh honey" she said, walking over to Amanda and hugging her. "What's wrong?" Amanda cried loudly as she spoke.

"The overtakers have Jess. I just can't believe I lost her again I just can't." Amanda fell to the floor again and Willa and Charlene helped her up onto the couch. Charlene brought over a box of tissues and Willa took one and wiped the tears from Amanda's eyes. Willa, Charlene, and Philby were crying too.

"Where's Finn?" said Philby wiping away his tears.

"He went to go and check on Snow White." Suddenly, Finn burst through the doors. They all could tell from the look on his face that he did not bring good news. He held up a red hair ribbon and everyone in the room gasped.

"She's gone" said Finn.

"No!" said Charlene. "She was our key to finding Maybeck! Now how will we find him?" Charlene was fighting back tears.

"You seem to be forgetting that she got that information from someone else." Philby said. "All we need to do is find Mary Poppins."

"That's easier said than done" said Finn. "Mary Poppins doesn't have an attraction. We have no way to know where she is." They all knew Finn was right. Mary Poppins could be anywhere in Disney World. Charlene was beginning to cry.

"Well let's start looking then!" said Charlene, her cries getting stronger and stronger. "We need to find them before something happens! Before they try to…" but she fell down to the ground sobbing before she could finish her sentence. Willa gestured to Finn and left Amanda's side. Finn came and took her place, hugging Amanda tightly as she cried. Willa helped Charlene to stand up and sat her down on a chair.

"Don't worry." said Philby. "We'll find both of them, but right now we need to go home and get some rest." Charlene stormed over to him and grabbed him by the shirt.

"WE ARE NOT GOING HOME!"she screamed at the top of her lungs. "WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR MAYBECK AND JESS, AND WE ARE GOING TO FIND THEM!" She fell down to the ground again, sobbing loudly. Philby pointed to Charlene.

"And this is why we need to go home. First of all, after everything we've been through tonight none of us have it in us to fight. Just look at Amanda and Charlene! Second of all, it's late, and we need to get out of here before cast members start showing up. We'll start fresh tomorrow, but right now we need some rest."

"Philby's right" said Willa. "I'll call Wanda." They waited there for a few minutes until Wanda arrived to take them home. The entire time, Amanda and Charlene continued to cry. Wanda was waiting outside of the car as the kids approached her. Charlene had her head on Willa's shoulder and Amanda had her's on Finn's.

"Oh no." said Wanda.

"Ya." Said Finn. "Can we talk about it in the morning?"

"Of course" said Wanda. The entire group was silent the entire ride home. Amanda sat with her head in Finn's lap, and Charlene had her head on Willa's shoulder. They arrived at Wanda's house, the kids all changed into their pajamas, brushed their teeth, and rolled out their sleeping bags. Wanda brought each of the kids a mug of hot tea to soothe their nerves, and said goodnight. They all were lying down in their sleeping bags, but no one could get to sleep. They were all too worried about Maybeck and Jess. Tears still fell down Amanda and Jess' cheeks. Charlene was lying down next to Willa. Willa had her eyes wide open. She was still so shocked by everything that had happened. She still couldn't shake the guilt of missing Jasmine's hand. Philby had said that anyone would have missed it, but she knew that if it had been Philby reaching for her hand, Jasmine would be safe. Suddenly, she felt someone nudge her shoulder.

"Hey Willa." she heard Charlene whisper. She turned around in her sleeping bag.

"What?"

"Thanks for being such a good friend today. I've never really cried like that in front of you guys, except of course when we thought Wayne was you know…" she had trouble bringing herself to say the next word. All of the keepers had trouble talking about the time when they thought that Wayne had died. Even though he was alive, they had all been emotionally scarred by thinking that he was dead.

"…you know dead. But everyone was crying then, so it didn't seem out of place. Anyway, my point is, because you guys have never seen me cry like that, I guess I didn't expect you guys to be so understanding. I know my old friends wouldn't have been. I cried in front of them like that once when my grandpa died, but they just told me to brush it off, and asked me why I was acting that way. They didn't hug me or give me a shoulder to cry on like you did. So, thanks" Willa was shocked. She had never seen this side of Charlene before. She knew Charlene was trusting her with a huge secret. She obviously didn't want anyone else to know about her soft side. There was one more thing she wanted to know though.

"Hey" she said. "If you don't mind me asking, why did you cry like that? Like you said you don't act like that often. What happened?"

"Well" said Charlene. "To tell you the truth, I kinda have a crush on Maybeck." Willa was shocked.

"But, I thought you had a crush on Finn."

"Ya, I did, well I still do, but, he likes Amanda. He likes her a lot. He kissed her! Granted, it didn't end too well, but he still kissed her! He wouldn't kiss her unless he really liked her. Once he kissed her, I saw that he liked her and not me, so I kinda gave up. I didn't always like Maybeck, but when we were at that power plant, I don't know just you know, seeing him, so, so brave. He was ready to kill Hugo Montcliff, he was just, I don't know, I've never seen him take charge like that. It was just so, impressive. Since then, I've been liking him more and more every day. I was able to hold back my tears when he first got captured, and I got so happy when Snow White said that Mary Poppins had seen where the overtakers had taken him. I just knew we were going to find him! But then Snow White got captured and we have no idea where Mary Poppins is, and…" Charlene started to cry again. Willa sat up in her sleeping bag and hugged Charlene. Charlene wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Thanks." she said. "I lost control of myself for a second."

"You have every right to cry."

"Well, anyway, like I was saying, without Snow White and Mary Poppins, it might take us all summer to find him. Who knows what the overtakers will have done by then?" Charlene started to cry again. Willa hugged her again.

"You're such a good friend" After a few minutes, Charlene calmed down and both girls lied back down. Willa was still shocked by what had just happened. Charlene had just completely opened up to her, like they had been best friends their whole life. Maybe Charlene had changed, but maybe she had never been any different. Either way, Charlene was not the kind of person that Willa had thought she was. She was down to earth, and sensitive, she just didn't show it.

A/N: I warned you. I felt extremely sad myself when I was writing the part about Amanda finding Jess' wallet and the note. Well I hope I was able to evoke some emotion in you. Bye!- Kingdomkeepers365