A/N: Hey guys. Here's chapter 25! I'm really sorry it took so long! What happened was, I had something else as chapter 25, but it was taking me a really long time to write that one and it was boring to write, so I scratched that one and started writing what would have been chapter 26 s chapter 25. Then, it took me a few days to do this one. Anyway, I'd just like to thank all of you who review my stories with your wonderful kind words. They always lift my spirits. Also, a special thank you to all my loyal readers who started reading from the beginning and reviewed almost every chapter, you know who you are! Once again, thank you and enjoy chapter 25, the trap.

Finn sat in his bedroom, panting hard and angry as he had ever been. With his mom as a green eye, his sister a prisoner and his dad on a summer long business trip, the house was empty and Finn was alone. He was starting to feel guilty about what had happened between him and the keepers, but the guilt was quickly erased by anger again. The thoughts in his head went back and forth, as if he was having a war with himself.

How could I? How could they? It's all my fault. No, it's their fault. I'm such a jerk. No, I did nothing wrong.

Just as Finn was about to go insane, his phone buzzed announcing a text message. He looked at his phone. It was from Sally Ringwald, the Overtakers' spy that his mother had landed the keepers before she became a green eye. He knew that he could trust the message. He opened his texting app. The text read

Your white haired old friend is going to be taken to Typhoon Lagoon in just a few minutes. If you want to find him go there now.

XOXO- Sally

Finn was a little suspicious of the XOXO at the end. Sally was never the girly girl type and she didn't enjoy being a spy. Her messages were never encouraging or friendly in any way. No matter, he had to get to Typhoon Lagoon right away.

Maleficent sat in a room with Queen Grimhelde and Cruella Deville. She watched the Typhoon Lagoon security cameras. She saw Finn Whitman walk into the park, wearing a dark hoodie, trying to hide his face. She was not fooled. She was the all powerful Maleficent, and nothing could trick her. She cackled an evil laugh and looked at her fellow Overtakers.

"Seems the Kingdom Keepers have fallen straight into our trap. Everyone thank our little double agent, for always remaining one hundred percent loyal to us." The three women laughed together. "Time to get out there ladies. Everyone ready?" The three overtakers walked out of the room, and into Typhoon Lagoon.

Willa walked into Typhoon Lagoon. She wasn't very surprised when she saw the others. Sally didn't know the keepers had had a fight, so she probably had sent the text to all of them. Willa desperately wanted to go up to the other keepers and apologize, but she didn't know if they would forgive her.

She wasn't necessarily mad at the keepers anymore; she just wanted to make up like best friends did. Still, the keepers didn't talk to each other. It was obvious that none of them were fuming mad anymore, but there was still an awkward hostility between them. Willa's phone buzzed. She looked at the text. It was another one from Sally Ringwald.

He'll be at Crush 'n' Gusher.

XOXO- Sally

Willa put her phone back in her waterproof case; she had brought one just in case she needed to quickly jump into the water, and walked towards Crush 'n' Gusher. Willa was near the other keepers, even next to them many times during the walk, but they still didn't speak. They just looked at each other awkwardly.

When Willa arrived at Crush 'n' Gusher, she didn't see Wayne, or any other Overtakers. She could see that the other keepers were just as confused as she was. Then, almost out of nowhere, the air grew cold, and Willa froze. Maleficent stepped out and began to talk.

"Looks like you all fell into our little trap."Willa couldn't believe her ears.

Trap? Maleficent continued to talk.

"You see, your little friend isn't here." Then, Maleficent snapped her fingers and a swarm of Overtakers came walking out behind her.

Willa gulped. She was terrified. In front of her stood all of the most dangerous Overtakers, together. There was the terrible threesome, Tia Dalma, Judge Frollo, the green eyes and so many more. There were even some Overtakers that Willa had never seen. There was Randall from Monsters Inc., Gaston and even, oh no, could it be, Dr. Facilier.

The only thing Willa could think to do was turn around and run for her life. The other keepers did the same. The Overtakers followed them.

Willa and Maybeck were running next to each other. Then, Willa tripped over a rock and screamed. Maybeck turned around and his eyes grew wide. He began to walk over to her and reached out his hand. Just as she was about to grab it, She was being dragged away by Judge Frollo and Luowski.

"WILLA!" Maybeck screamed. He ran back to the others to get their help.

At the same time, Willa had been dragged up to the top of Crush 'N' Gusher. She was kicking and thrashing, but she couldn't get away. Luowski put a gag on her mouth, bound her feet and hands, tied her to a raft and tied rocks to the raft. Then, without another word, he and Judge Frollo picked her up and pushed her down the slide. Just as they did is, Maybeck reached Philby. He was panting and out of breath.

"Dude." he said. "Willa's in trouble. We have to get to the top of the slide now!" Philby's eyes grew wide and he turned to run with Maybeck. Just then, Willa's raft came down the slide, and began to sink to the bottom of the pool.

Philby screamed, mortified. He was so far away from the pool. He wouldn't be able to reach Willa in time. Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Amanda.

"AMANDA!" he screamed. She looked at him and jogged over to him.

"You have to help me save Willa! You have to use your push to get me to her."

"What do you mean?" she said.

"No time to explain! Willa's in danger! You need to help me."

Amanda frowned at him and looked away, as if she was thinking of something and making a decision.

"Look I'm sorry I hit you!" Philby said. "I was a jerk and I regretted it as soon as I did it, but right now this isn't about me, or you. If you don't help me do this Willa could die!"

Amanda looked at him one last time, and nodded. Then she put out her hands, and with all her strength, began to get Philby over to Willa. Philby was getting there quickly. Then, just as he was at the end of the pool, he was grabbed by Cruella Deville. He was struggling to get away from her, but he was losing the battle, and Willa was losing more air by the second.

Amanda began to run to the pool, but she soon fell to her knees. Using her powers made her weak, and she could barely walk. Nearby, Jess could see that someone was thrashing and struggling underneath the water. She didn't know who it was.

As she looked around, she saw Philby struggling with Cruella, Finn fighting Captain Hook, Charlene taking on some green eyes, Maybeck helping Finn and Amanda on her knees. Willa was nowhere to be found.

Jess was filled with horror and looked at the pool again.

"Willa!" she screamed. Without thinking, she jumped into the pool.

They say that when someone you care about is in peril, they are all that matters, that survival instinct takes over and all thoughts are erased from your mind. That is what happened to Jess. In all the commotion and worry about Willa, the fact that she couldn't swim had slipped her mind. Also, she knew that the water in the pool was three feet and she could stand in it, but when her feet touched the bottom, the Evil Queen snapped her fingers. Suddenly, Jess felt the bottom of the pool sink from underneath her.

"Amanda!" she called. "The water's getting deeper. It's a spell, the water's getting…" But before she could finish her sentence, she began to drown. Her hands thrashed above the water and she felt like she couldn't breathe.

She had never experienced something so terrifying, or so horribly painful. She thought that she was going to die at any second. Amanda screamed with horror.

At that moment, she forgot all anger, hostility or hatred towards Jess. All she felt was love, fear and concern. She continued to emit high pitched, mortified screams. Finn had just finished fighting Hook, who was lying unconscious on the ground. He turned to Amanda and saw her screaming and crying on her knees.

He was filled with regret of how he had treated her earlier, and he knew that she only screamed like that when there was a tragedy occurring, usually a tragedy occurring with ….no, it couldn't be. Not Jess. Something was going on with Jess, and Amanda looked weakened. Finn knew he had to help. Amanda caught his eye.

"PLEASE FINN SHE CAN'T SWIM! HELP FINN PLEASE! HELP HER!" Amanda burst into tears.

Finn looked to the pool next to him and saw Jess struggling to get up out of the water. Finn dove into the water and reached for Jess. She stopped him.

"Finn" she gargled. "Willa." Jess pointed behind Finn, and he looked to his left.

There was Willa, tied to the raft at the bottom of the pool. Finn swam over as fast as he could, untied her and grabbed her. He held her with one arm, and used the other to swim to the top. Once he had reached the top of the water, he quickly swam her to the edge of the pool. Amanda had gained the strength to walk over there, and was waiting with open arms for Willa.

Willa and Amanda took one look at each other, and began to cry. They hugged each other tightly and Willa shivered in Amanda's arms. The two girls had forgotten all anger, and they were simply, once again, best friends. Finn dove back in for Jess, but was soon grabbed by Captain Hook, who had regained consciousness. He held Finn in a death grip and held a sword to his throat.

"I'm not quite done with you boy." he cackled. Finn struggled, but couldn't get away. Captain Hook was holding him too tightly.

"FINN! NO!" Amanda screamed. Then, Willa saw Jess thrashing in the water. She dove in and grabbed her. She swam Jess to the edge of the pool and Amanda dragged her out. Jess fell into Amanda's arms, coughing and crying. Amanda hugged Jess tightly.

"Thank god you're okay!" she said. "I'm really sorry about what I said before" said Jess. "I guess I overreacted just a bit."

"No." said Amanda. "I was a jerk. You were just trying to help, and, oh never mind. We're both safe now. That's all that really matters."Jess turned around to thank Willa.

"By the way Willa, thanks for…, Willa?"

But Willa was not above the water. She was so weak and out of air, that she had passed out as soon as she had gotten Jess to land. The two girls screamed.

"WILLA!" Philby looked their way.

"What happened?" he said.

"I don't know!" Jess cried, panicking. "I think she's in the water."

Philby elbowed Cruella in the chest and dove into the water like a rocket. He could not loose Willa; he simply would not allow it. Amanda saw a raft lying nearby, and she threw it into the pool.

When Philby saw Willa lying unconscious at the bottom of the pool, he was terrified. He didn't know if she was dead, or just hurt. Either way, he had to get her out of the water.

Philby grabbed her and brought her towards the raft. When he got there though, he found that he couldn't lift her up onto it. With her passed out, she was pure dead weight. She wasn't very heavy, in fact, she was a thin girl, but because the water was deep, he couldn't lift his arms up high enough out of the water to get her on the raft.

The water was ice cold, and Willa was shivering in his arms. Her lips were blue and she was still unconscious.

I have to get her out of the water Philby thought. He continued to try to lift her, but he was getting weaker in the cold water, and was losing strength.

Finn was still battling hook, Amanda was still too weak to swim, Jess, well she would drown, and Maybeck was nowhere to be found. That meant the only person left to help him was Charlene, but he didn't know if she would forgive him.

"Charlene!" he called. She looked at him.

"I need your help. Willa's unconscious and I need to get her onto this raft." Now Philby was crying.

"Please help me. She could die. I need to help her."

Charlene was filled with guilt. How could she have treated Willa the way she had? She was her best friend. She had to help save Willa. That's what best friends did. She couldn't leave things the way they were between her and Willa. If Willa died thinking that Charlene had meant all the things she had said, she didn't even want to think about it. That wasn't going to happen, Charlene wouldn't let it.

Like a cheetah, she ran to the pool and dived in. She swam to Philby as fast as she could.

"You take her feet, and I'll take her hands." Philby said.

Charlene dove under water, held Willa's legs with one hand and swam upward. She took Willa's left leg out of her right hand with her hand, and together, she and Philby hoisted Willa up onto the raft. Charlene and Philby grabbed onto the raft. They were about to swim her to the shore, when Charlene saw Olivia out of the corner of her eye. This meant trouble, and Charlene knew she had to stay behind to stop whatever was coming.

"Take Willa out of the pool" she whispered to Philby. "I'll stay here and hold back Olivia"

"I can't just leave you here alone." said Philby. "What if something happens?"

"I'll be fine. Just get Willa safe. I'll be right back trust me."

Charlene swam closer to Olivia, prepared for a yelling match. Then, to her surprise, Olivia just snapped her fingers. Charlene kicked to try and swim away, but she felt something holding her back. She looked at her feet. They were bound by vines. This was the second time Olivia had trapped her by conjuring plants. Apparently, the overtakers could give the green eyes powers.

Great thought Charlene sarcastically. This ought to make things easier.

Then, the Evil Queen stepped out. Charlene kicked and kicked to get away, but the plants were strong.

"Some friend you turned out to be."she said to Olivia.

"Good job Olivia." The Evil Queen cackled. Charlene knew she had to intimidate them.

"What are you just gonna throw me in another stupid cell?"

"No." the Evil Queen hissed. "We do not care to waste our time capturing you anymore. We need something a little more, permanent."

Charlene's eyes grew wide. She knew what the Evil Queen meant and she had to get away. She did all she could to keep the look of fear off of her face. She dove under the water and tried to free her feet. Once her head was under the water, she found that she couldn't move.

The Evil Queen grinned. Immobility spells were her specialty.

Charlene felt her lungs growing smaller and smaller. She had always feared drowning; she was always terrified by the feeling of dying without a last breath. Now she was experiencing it, and it was not anything like she had imagined. It was much, much worse.

Maleficent and the Evil Queen laughed.

"Now, just to perform phase two and we're gone, and so is that little blonde brat." said the Evil Queen.

Olivia got a horrible feeling in her gut. It all started to come back to her. Charlene was her friend. What had she done?

Back at the edge of the pool, the Overtakers had vanished. Amanda, Jess and Philby leaned over Willa.

Amanda and Jess were crying, hugging each other. Just then, Willa's eyes fluttered open.

Philby grabbed her in a tight hug.

"You're okay!" he cried.

"Yes" Willa stuttered, shocked but happy and mesmerized at what was happening.

"I'm really sorry about what I said before." Philby said.

"No, I'm sorry" Willa said.

"You have nothing to be sorry about. I was a jerk. The truth is, I love you." Willa sat there, speechless. She was shocked by what Philby said. Philby was obviously nervous, because he began to rant.

"Now, if you don't love me back, please don't let it ruin our friendship. I know we all love each other like brothers and sisters, and I don't want that to change, but I think I love you like, love you love you. Do you love me? Oh, what kind of jerk asks someone 'do you love me?' what's wrong with me? I've just, always wanted to tell you that and, oh please don't be wierded out. I just need to know…"

Willa could only think of one thing to do. She grabbed Philby by the shirt, pulled him close to her, and kissed him long and hard on the lips. When they pulled away, Philby looked enchanted.

"Does that answer your question?" Willa said, and smiled.

Then, Finn and Maybeck came over.

"Is everyone okay?" asked Finn.

"Ya" said Willa. "Actually; wait a minute… where's Charlie?" Philby's eyes grew wide.

"She was in the pool with me and she stayed behind to face off with Olivia. Oh no! I told her not to stay there alone. Why didn't I take her with me?" Maybeck went running to the pool and dived in. The other keepers waited anxiously.

Willa was crying. She hadn't left things with Charlene. The two girls were best friends. Willa didn't want their last time together to be fighting. A few minutes later, Maybeck came walking back.

He was crying, carrying Charlene in his arms. Willa screamed and fell to her knees crying.

"NO! CHARLIE! NO!" she screamed. Amanda looked up.

Maybeck was carrying Charlene, and her arm fell limp in front of him.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Again, really sorry this took so long! I don't know when the next chapter will be up because starting Monday I have theatre camp which runs from 9-3, 5 days a week, for two weeks. The point is, I won't have as much time on my hands. Well, I really don't have much more to say. I leave you with the first few lyrics of the goodbye song from my favorite show when I was a toddler.

"So long, farewell, to you my friends. Goodbye for now, until we meet again"

If you know what show it's from. leave it in a review. The first three people to get it right get a sneak peek from Chapter 26! Bye everyone!

-kingdomkeepers365

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