A/N: Hey there readers. okay, I know its been over a month. Before you kill me, hear me out. I am SO SORRY it's been so long since the last chapter. I briefly had a little bit of writer's block, you know the kind where you know what needs to happen next but you don't know how to make a good transition. Ya that's what was going me. Also, I've been busy with homework and studying and homework and studying and then Thanksgiving and then a sleepover and then more homework and more studying and even more studying and homework to worry about. My teachers have been cramming me with work these past few weeks. I would have worked on it this weekend, definitely, but I got sick, really sick. It was miserable but I'm pretty much better now, so yeah. Enjoy chapter 31!

After running for what seemed like forever, the keepers saw the train. It stopped briefly and they dove behind the bush.

"What are we doing?" said Charlene.

"We can't let them see us!" said Willa. "Or they'll stop us from saving Wayne. He would have no chance."

"But how are we gonna save him?" said Jess.

"I have no idea" said Willa.

"What do you mean?" said Maybeck.

"Well I thought it was obvious! We didn't discuss it at home."

"Well we have to do something now while the train's stopped!" said Amanda.

"I just wish there was some way to break those locks on the doors." said Willa. All of the keepers were thinking, trying to come up with a plan, when Maleficent began to speak again.

"Subjects!" she said.

Subjects? thought Willa. Since when is she a queen? Well I guess she's kinda like an Overtaker Queen. Never mind. Maleficent continued.

"Up until now, you may have been asking yourselves, how will we kill the old man? Well, I'm about to show you." Maleficent walked down as far as Willa could see on the track. She raised her hand and hit it with a spell, cracking it in half and sending the remaining piece plummeting to the ground. Willa's eyes grew wide.

"We've gotta do something now!" she said. The kids began to panic as the wheels began to turn. Wanda was still sobbing and Mrs. Whitman and Philby were trying to comfort her.

"First things first…" said Philby. "We gotta stop that train and then we can worry about getting Wayne out of there."

"But how?" said Willa. Just then, Philby ran out of the bushes and towards the train.

"Wait!" Willa screamed, running after him. The other keepers were wide eyed with shock. Maleficent immediately snarled when she spotted Willa and Philby.

"AFTER THEM!" she screamed. The green army men went running, guns held at the ready.

"NO!" screamed Charlene. "We've gotta stop them!" she screamed. She ran out and the other keepers followed her. At the same time, Willa and Philby had just entered the front car of the train.

"We have to find the emergency break!" said Philby.

"Ya." said Willa. "That's the only way to save Wayne and for that matter, ourselves."

Willa was happy to be doing this with Philby. Sure the other keepers were great, but she and Philby were the brains of the team and she liked it when they worked together. She loved Charlene but honestly, it felt good to be with someone who immediately knew what to do rather than saying "how do we stop this thing?!" No time to focus on that now she thought. We've gotta stop the train.

The two immediately began searching the train car for the emergency break lever that would stop it instantly. Finding it was crucial. If they didn't, they, along with Wayne, would surely be dead.

"HERE!" she heard Philby scream. She followed his voice and found him standing in front a huge red lever labeled 'EMERGENCY'

"Well…" she said. "What are you waiting for Christmas? Pull it!"

"Okay Okay geese! Someone's a bit short tempered." said Philby.

"Forgive me" said Willa. "I tend to get like that when I'm ABOUT TO DIE! PULL THE DAM BREAK!"

"Point taken" said Philby quickly. Philby grabbed the lever with both hands and pulled back, putting all his strength into it. The lever didn't budge. Willa's eyes grew wide. She was officially scared.

"It's stuck." said Philby.

"Here let me try." said Willa, pushing past Philby. She grabbed the lever as hard as she could with both hands and pulled as hard as she could, practically sitting on the floor she was trying so hard. Still the brake wouldn't budge. She was beginning to cry. This couldn't be happening. She couldn't be facing certain death.

Well she thought. Dying tragically in a train crash is sure to be the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae this summer has been.

Philby came in behind Willa, grabbing the lever as well. The two of them pulled together, but still nothing happened. Again they pulled, harder this time, again nothing happened.

Willa let go and Philby did the same. Tears were streaming down her cheeks harder than ever. She and Philby glanced at each other, knowing that they were both thinking the same thing. This was it. This was the end. No matter how they sliced it they were doomed. If they tried to exit the train now, they would either be dragged under the train by its force or captured by the sea of Overtakers waiting for them. If they stayed on the train, they would fall of the track, crash and die. At this point, the last option seemed like the quickest and least painful and at least they could have each other until they hit rock bottom.

They fell into each other's arms not saying a word. The silence said it all. They were going to die and they were going to spend their last few seconds together. Willa was crying. She couldn't help but think of her friends and family watching the train fly over the edge of the track, knowing that she was in it. She didn't want to think about their screams or their sobs or her mother's shrieks. She couldn't bear to hear them the first time and she hadn't even really been dead.

What story would the papers put out? Would they tell of an accidental train crash in the Magic Kingdom where there had been three casualties; her, Philby and Wayne? Would the stories even be released in the papers at all, or would Disney hide them from the public to protect the secret? Would the tale be written into a new "fictional" book about the keepers? She didn't know what would happen. It didn't really matter did it though? She would be dead.

Willa looked out through the train's windshield and saw that in a few seconds they would reach the edge of the broken track. She buried her head deeper into Philby's chest, held him tighter and squeezed her eyes shut, preparing for death.

Charlene was kicking high and flipping, knocking out as many Green Army Men as possible. Everyone was trying to hold off the Overtakers, including the parents. It wasn't easy in the least bit. The keepers were greatly outnumbered, they needed a plan and their leader along with their two smartest members was on a train speeding to their death. Charlene soon found herself fighting near Jess and Amanda.

"Why do you think they haven't stopped the train yet?" said Charlene as she kicked down several green army men. She was growing more and more nervous by the second. Willa and Philby should have been able to stop the train right now. What if they failed? What if they couldn't stop it? What if they…Charlene didn't want to think about it. The death of her best friend and one of her closest friends, she didn't want to know how that would make her feel.

She already felt queasy, nauseous and a variety of other unpleasant things. Her heart was about to beat right out of her chest and her head hurt so badly it was throbbing. She felt like there was a huge lump in her throat and her mouth was dry. She felt flustered, as if she were about to burst into tears. What was happening to her?

"Amanda" she said. "I don't know what's happening. I feel sick. I'm nauseous and dizzy and queasy and my heart's beating so fast and I've got a throbbing headache and I feel as if I'm about to explode and…." She was talking at a mile a minute. Amanda put a hand on her shoulder.

"It's called stress. Extreme stress and worry. I'm feeling it to. We all are."

"Are you sure it's just that?"

"Positive. You're fine." Amanda punched a pirate in the face and Charlene flipped, knocking down more green Army Men. She looked up at the train tracks. The train was about to go over the edge in about half a minute. Then, she was crying and breathing fast and heavy.

"No!" she said. "They're gonna die. I just can't think about…" She broke into sobs. All of the keepers were speechless. In a fit of rage, Charlene knocked out all of the green Army men and pirates surrounding her. She did flips and kicks and threw punches. Soon they were all on the ground. She fell into a group hug with all the other remaining keepers. This couldn't be happening.

This isn't right thought Philby. This should not be happening. We should not die. He stood immobile hugging Willa as tightly as he could. It was so hard to believe that he was about to die, he couldn't accept it.

There were so many things he wanted to do. He wanted to ask Willa out on a date, take her to a movie, bring her flowers, like normal teenagers would do. He dreamed of asking her to prom when they got older. And now it was all being cut short, because of the Overtakers.

Before he became a Kingdom Keeper, he never imagined that his death would be at the hands of Disney Villains. Even after becoming a keeper, the first year or so didn't seem life threatening. Other than getting attacked by animatronic dolls and almost drowning, he never thought the Overtakers would actually kill the keepers. As the years went on though, things became more serious. Eventually, every mission, every cross over, was completed with fear for the lives of himself and his best friends. He had had near death experiences before; getting attacked on Small World, almost drowning on Splash Mountain, almost being crushed by a Splash Mountain log, being captured by pirates and poked at with a sword…, the list just went on and on. None of them though, had been like this.

His whole life flashed before his eyes in seconds. He saw himself saying goodbye to his parents on the first day of school, the first time he started learning about computers, auditioning for the DHI role, finding out that he had gotten the part and then… meeting Willa, meeting the keepers, laughing with his second family, the first time he realized how beautiful Willa was, falling hard, and finally, very recently, kissing Willa, hugging her, loving her. Now he was back in reality, hugging her again, waiting for death with her.

He squeezed his eyes shut and prepared to meet his maker when suddenly he realized he was still alive. He opened his eyes. He was alive alright. He could see Willa's face, feel her arms around him. How were they alive? Willa was obviously just as confused as he was. They broke apart slightly; Philby still had an arm around her shoulder. There in front of them stood Olivia, panting like a dog, out of breath.

"Are you guys nuts?" she said. Suddenly, Willa and Philby were smiling. She looked at him, laughing and crying tears of joy.

"But how did you do it?" Willa asked Olivia. "Philby and I put all of our strength into it and the brake wouldn't budge!" Olivia pulled out a small silver piece from behind her back.

"There was a safety pin" she said. "You couldn't move the break because you didn't pull the pin out."

"You've got to be kidding" said Philby. Willa ran at Olivia and hugged her.

"Thank you" she cried.

"C'mon" said Philby. "We have to get out of here. There's still the matter of saving Wayne."

Charlene was crying on Maybeck's shoulder. Willa and Philby couldn't be dead. Willa was her best friend. She felt like she was losing a part of her. Her heart had shattered into a million tiny pieces and her eyes had transfigured into broken water fountains. The tears wouldn't stop falling. Maybeck squeezed her tighter. She didn't think she would ever want to let go.

This was it. It was over. Two of her best friends, one of them her absolute 'soul sister' BFFL, had died and so had Wayne. There was nothing she could do about it. Now all that there was left to do was cry. Amanda and Jess came walking over, holding onto each other with tear stained faces. Charlene reached out a hand and the two girls joined the group hug. Soon, Finn was there too and they all just stood there with their arms around each other. Five best friends, just hugging, mourning the loss of two others. With Willa and Philby gone right now all that they needed was each other.

Suddenly, Jess thought she heard a voice through the sounds of the keepers' mournful sobs.

"Wait a second" she said. "Guys, is that…"

"GUYS!" the voice shouted, this time with two others joining in with it. Just then, Jess broke away from the group and ran to her three friends.

"YOU'RE ALIVE Y'OURE ALIVE YOU'RE ALIVE!" she screamed. She threw her arms around Willa and Philby, pulling them into a tight embrace, still crying. "I can't believe you're alive!" she cried between sobs.

Suddenly, the rest of the group, confused, looked up and suddenly their faces lit up. Their eyes grew wide and shone like stars and their mouths immediately curved into huge smiles so big that they may have frozen on their faces. Suddenly, the whole group, all seven keepers, plus Olivia, were hugging and crying and laughing at the same time. When they broke away a few seconds later, Charlene said

"How are you alive? We saw the train racing towards the edge."

"Long story" said Willa.

"And why is Olivia here?" Charlene asked.

"She saved our lives." said Philby. "Again long story. Right now we have to figure out how to do what we came here for and save Wayne."

"Right" said Amanda. "And how are we gonna do that exactly?"

"I have no idea" said Philby. All eyes fell on Willa.

"Why are you all looking at me?" said Willa. The keepers were smiling.

"You were all alone this summer and you did it." said Amanda. "You found us all by yourself, under extreme pressure. That's pretty phenomenal if you ask me"

"Ya" said Jess. "When it comes to this summer, you're like our leader."

"You don't give yourself enough credit Willa" Philby said. "You're amazing"

"You're just saying that because you're my boyfriend" Willa said.

"No" said Finn. "We're all saying it. You can do anything Willa, anything you set your mind to. That's a pretty great quality for a keeper to have if you ask me." All of the keepers had huge smiles on their faces. Willa was in shock. Was this really what her friends thought of her? She was touched. Suddenly, she was crying all over again. Philby hugged her and the other keepers began to rush in for another group hug, but Willa stopped them.

"Thanks guys, but we gotta get on with saving Wayne." she said.

"I repeat…" said Amanda. "How are we going to do that?" Willa thought for a second.

"Okay." she said. "We're gonna need something to tie up the Overtakers with, a lion from animal kingdom, and some peanut butter."

"Peanut butter?" said Charlene quizzically.

"Just trust me" said Willa. "It'll work, but we need those things and we need to work quickly."

"And how are we supposed to find those things at all much less quickly?"

"Don't get snippy with me!" said Willa. "Well, to get the things ,we'll need to split up. There are eight of us and four jobs. Charlene and Maybeck, you guys stay here and fight the Overtakers. Stay alert. Right now they're still trying to figure out everything that happened, but my guess is they'll try to start up the train again soon. Your job is to make sure that that doesn't happen. And knocking them unconscious wouldn't hurt either"

"Got it" said Maybeck, grabbing Charlene's hand. Charlene smiled flirting. Maybeck smiled back at her, and suddenly the two teenagers were looking at each other as if they were about to start making out, or at least getting ideas of doing so. Willa shot them a look that immediately said 'not now'

"Anyway" said Willa. "Moving on, Finn and Olivia, you guys will head down to the emporium and find something to tie the Overtakers up with. Maybe some jump ropes or something"

"Got it" said Olivia. The two raced off, heading off of the train platform onto Main Street USA.

"Jess and Amanda" Willa continued "You guys are gonna go to the hub and grab the return. When you get it, cross over and get the peanut butter from Wanda's apartment. Then, get to sleep as fast as possible with the return and the peanut butter. Oh, and don't forget a spoon!"

"Got it!" said the girls simultaneously. Then they grabbed hands and raced off towards the hub.

"As for me and Philby, we'll head over to the Animal Kingdom and get the lion. It's not going to be easy, but we'll figure out a way." Charlene and Maybeck nodded and Willa grabbed Philby's hand.

"Ready?" she said.

"Ready" he replied.

A/N: Did you guys like it? Was it awesome in all of it's awesomeness? Was it worth the months wait? A few things I'd like to discuss. First, I'd like to know if you guys would like me to continue posting fanfiction updates on my twitter account, bookworm1018. Also, don't forget to start submitting questions for the Q and A that Im going to hold after the story is over. Now on to the trivia. Hmmm, there's so many good options now that I'm in the process of rereading KK5. Okay I think I'll go with both.

Question:( for sneak peek of chapter 32): Who said this? "Does that mean we get Eric too? Because Eric is definitely hot and I'd take Eric over some white haired Merman guy any day"

First three people to get it right get a sneak peek!

BONUS!( for second sneak peek): The line above was said by one of the girls.(obviously) Immediately following the line above, another girl replied with another line. Who was the girl that replied and what did she say?

The first person to get it right gets a double sneak peek!

Answer the question in a PM or review as always. Bye Bye! Merry Christmas. I leave you with something I saw on line.

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Merry Christmas everyone! Or Happy Channukah if that's what you celebrate. Or happy Kwanza if that's what you celebrate. Basically, whatever winter holiday you celebrate, I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to remember it's true meaning. Bye!

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