A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks so much to my loyal readers, you know who you are. Thank you all for your wonderful comments in the reviews. I'm so glad you're enjoying the story. I hope I made some of you cry with the last chapter.
When the keepers were safely outside of Pirates of the Caribbean, Finn fell to his knees and cried. It was probably the hardest that he ever cried in his life.
"Are you okay?" Willa asked.
"No." he said. "They've got my little sister, and she's sick and now they have the location of the stone cutter's quill. I'm really sorry about that."
"You did the right thing Finn" Charlene said. "You thought that she was going to let your sister go free. If I had a sister, and the overtakers had her, I would've done the same thing."
"Come on." said Willa, helping Finn up. "I called Wanda so she should be here soon. She's picking us up at the park entrance. Let's go." On their way there, Charlene stopped for a moment.
"Oh my gosh." she said. "I just remembered that I have cheerleading practice tomorrow."
"Don't worry about it." said Finn. "We'll get you there." At that moment, Wanda pulled up and the kids got into the car.
"Oh my goodness." said Wanda. "It seems like every time that you get in this car, there's one less of you."
"Well," said Willa. "At least we know that they're all alive." Charlene nodded, crying, but Finn had his face buried in his hands. Finally, he looked up.
"Ya." he said. "But I don't know how much longer my sister will be." Willa again tried to lighten the mood.
"At least we know what happened to Jess. She's not dead." Again, Charlene nodded. The two girls were desperately trying to make Finn feel better.
"True" he said "But what did happen to her is not good in any way shape or form." Everyone was silent for the rest of the car ride home. No one spoke, no one moved.
The next morning, Charlene was at cheerleading practice, cheering her heart out.
"Be aggressive, be, be aggressive. Be, aggressive, pirates will win!" At "win" Charlene perfectly executed a straddle split jump.
"Take five!" called her coach. The entire team breathed a sigh of relief. Charlene walked over to the bench where her stuff was and her friend Olivia was there waiting for her. She fixed her ponytail, wiped the sweat off of her brow with a cloth, and took a big chug of water. She didn't smile. She was still too upset about what had happened the day before. Olivia could see it in her face.
"Hey Charlene, are you sure you're okay?"
"Ya I'm fine." said Charlene trying to hide the sadness in her voice.
"Fall in!" yelled the coach. Charlene walked over and started working on her flips and jumps with the rest of the squad, but suddenly the air grew extremely cold. A freezing cold, northern winter like breeze filled the air. Most of the squad members looked at each other, confused, but Charlene knew what was going on. They all needed to get inside, right away.
"Coach!" she yelled. "We have to get into the gym now! It's not safe out here. I'll explain later, but right now we have to get inside." Mrs. Green, the cheerleading coach, looked at Charlene, confused.
"It's just a breeze" she said. "We're fine. Now girls, let's get working on the half time dance." The girls all walked to their beginning spots for the dance. Charlene had never been this nervous. If they didn't get inside soon, bad things were going to happen, but she couldn't explain to the squad why. They would never believe her. Charlene did her best to keep a straight face, and struck her opening pose, a perfectly executed wide stand. Mrs. Green hit the play button on the CD player, but stopped right away when Brittney Tanner had screamed. A thick fog had appeared throughout the whole field.
"Mrs. Green" she whined. "Can we please go inside? If we cheer out in this fog, our hair is going to get stringy and then frizz out." Leave it to Brittney to over dramatize about the state of her hair. However, Charlene knew that they had to get inside.
"No." said Mrs. Green. "You can use the school showers after practice, now get back into your opening poses." Charlene got into her wide stand again, and once again, Mrs. Green hit play, but immediately hit stop. The air had grown cold again, and most of the girls were shivering. Rain began to fall down in buckets.
"Alright girls" said Mrs. Green, holding her clipboard over her head. "Grab your bags and get into the gym." Charlene ran as fast as she could. She quickly packed up her belongings that were scattered along the bench and picked up her bag. She immediately sprinted for the gym. The air had grown even colder, the winds had picked up, and the pouring rain had changed into a horrible blizzard. Lightning flashed, and thunder boomed. All of the girls on the squad were screaming and running inside. The gym was really far away from the football field. It was a long run. During the run to the gym, the winds continued to pick up and the air continued to grow colder. The snow began to fall harder. The lightning bolts became brighter and bigger, and the thunder claps grew louder. Charlene continued to run. She had to get inside. Suddenly, she looked behind her and saw Olivia, slowly walking.
"Come on!" Charlene yelled. "We have to get inside." Olivia reached her.
"Why?" she said.
"You know those dreams I told you I had, about me and a bunch of other kids saving Disney? Well, they're not dreams. They're real. If we don't get insideā¦" wait a minute, why was Olivia smirking at her? She looked up into Olivia's eyes. They were the brightest shade of green. She felt as if she were about to faint. Olivia had blue eyes.
"Why?" asked Charlene, crying. "Why?"
"They promised me everything. They said that if I joined them, that I could be the best cheerleader. They said that I could be the most popular girl in school. They promised me that I could finally be better than you." Charlene was crying. Olivia was one of her closest friends. She felt betrayed.
"You should just give up. You and your friends don't stand a chance against our army. Especially not when there's only three of you left. Actually, after today, three of you, is going to become two of you." Charlene knew what she meant. She ran as fast as she could. She reached the gym doors and put her hand on the handle. At the same time, Finn, Willa and Wanda were getting out of the car. They had heard about the "freak storm" on the news, and had come as fast as they could. They watched in horror. Just as Charlene was opening the door, Olivia snapped her fingers and tree roots appeared over Charlene's feet, rendering her immobile. The rest of the cheerleading squad stood watching with their jaws on the floor. Just then, Maleficent walked out onto the field. A few of the cheerleaders, along with Mrs. Green, fainted.
"Very good Olivia." said Maleficent. "You have proven yourself worthy."
"Thank you your grace." And just like that, Maleficent snapped her fingers and the three were gone in a flash of smoke. The rest of the cheerleaders fainted. Willa and Finn stood motionless, tears welling up in their eyes.
"Come on kids get in the car." said Wanda. "Before anything else happens." They all got in the car, and Wanda drove away. They sat for the entire ride speechless. All that could be heard, was the soft sound of their mournful tears.
A/N: And then there were two. So, what did you think of this chapter? Remember to review or message me your questions and reactions. Here are this chapters' opinion questions.
1. How do you feel about Olivia?
2. Why do you think Olivia was able to perform a spell?
3. What do you think the keepers should do next?
Well that's it. Until next time, I'm Kingdomkeepers365. See ya!
