A/N: Hey guys! ITS FINALLY FINISHED! This chapter gave me a lot of trouble but I finally did it and Im really proud! I'd like to dedicate this chapter to my best friend spaztastic417. Without you girl, I never would have been able to decide what to do with this chapter. So now I present, chapter 33
Willa and Philby pulled away from each-other, and turned around to see Nala. Embarrassed that they had been caught kissing by a lioness, they took a step away from each other and looked at the floor.
"Hey." Willa said. The moment was awkward.
"You're the kingdom keepers, correct?" asked Nala.
"Guilty" said Philby.
"What do you need." the lioness continued. "And how can we be of service?"
"Well" said Willa. "To be honest, we came here to get an animal to help us…you know what, it's complicated. You mentioned Simba? Can we just go to him and explain it there?"
"Of course" Nala said. "Climb on my back. I'll take you to him"
Willa and Philby were surprised at such an invitation. It was visible on their faces. Philby was the first to walk forward. Nala knelt down and Philby sat on her back. Willa was looking at him, still surprised. Nala, not knowing that Willa had not yet climbed on, stood up. Philby reached his hand down to Willa.
"My lady" he said, mocking a medieval knight. Willa chuckled and grabbed his hand. He pulled her up and Nala began to walk. Willa smiled. She had never experienced anything like this as a keeper before. She wrapped her hands around Philby's neck and laid her head in between his shoulders, as if she was a princess and he was her prince riding with her on his noble steed. Then, she smiled even more.
Finn and Olivia stood in shock. They were trapped. With every second, the pile of dolls around them was growing, creeping farther and farther up their bodies. They were now up to their waists in dolls.
"What do we do?!" Olivia screamed, beginning to cry.
"I don't know" Finn said. "I can't even climb out of them. They're dolls but they're clinging on. They're packing themselves tightly"
"This is it then isn't it?" said Olivia, now up to her ribs in dolls. "We're gonna die in the middle of the emporium. We're going to die of suffocation under a pile of dolls!"
"I think so" said Finn. He pushed and shoved and pulled, but the dolls would not get off of him.
"I can't believe it." said Olivia. She started to cry. "What are they going to tell my parents?"
"That's basically what I think every day of my life" said Finn. "My mom knows. She knows about keeper stuff. Still it'll be hard on her. I just wish…" Finn looked down.
"Wish what?" said Olivia.
"Never mind" said Finn. "It doesn't matter now anyway."
"Come on. You might as well tell someone."
"I just wish I had resolved things with Amanda. I mean, she doesn't hate me, I just want things back to the way they were." Finn was starting to cry. "I screwed up, big time and I'm never going to get the chance to fix it. Man I was such a jerk!"
"You two used to be in a relationship?" Finn nodded. "What happened?" Finn looked down. There were tears coming out of his eyes now.
"I'm sorry." Olivia said. "I shouldn't have asked."
"No, no its fine." said Finn. "It's just that every time I think about it, it reminds me of how horrible I was."
"You can talk to me if you need to get it off of your chest. It's not like I'm going to tell anyone else. We'll be buried in a minute."
"I guess you're right" said Finn. He gathered up his strength. "Before we went on the cruise at the end of the school year, Amanda and I got into a fight. I was angry because my mom had just been turned into a green eye and I accused Amanda of helping the Overtakers do it, of leading them there."
Olivia gasped. "Sorry I didn't mean to, that was wrong …" she said.
"No its okay, you're right. It was horrible. But it got worse. On board the cruise, there was this girl, Storey Ming. She was a college freshman. Amanda wasn't there and she flirted with me and I accepted it. I guess I didn't even notice what was going on because she was helping us, the keepers I mean.
"And then one night, she kissed me. I didn't stop her. And then another day, we were on Castaway Kay and Charlene was there and she had this brilliant idea and…"
"And…?" Olivia asked.
"And I kissed her" Finn continued.
"YOU KISSED CHARLENE?!"
"Ya" Finn said, in a tone that displayed how ashamed he was of himself.
"Sorry" said Olivia. "Insensitive again."
"No, I deserve it."
There was a moment of silence, and then they heard footsteps.
Nala knelt down to let Willa and Philby off. They had arrived near Simba.
"Simba" Nala said. "The Kingdom Keepers are here. They wish to speak to you. They need our help"
"Welcome" said Simba. "How can we be of assistance?"
"Well" said Willa. "Our leader, our friend Wayne is trapped by the Overtakers. They have him locked in a train and they're gonna run it off the tracks if we don't get him out soon."
"So you need someone who can break through the locks and the door?"
"Yes" said Philby. Simba turned behind him.
"Hey Herbert!" he called. "The Kingdom Keepers need you!"
Amanda and Jess arrived at the hub having just crossed back over.
"Let's go" said Amanda. The girls were just about to run off when Amanda's cell phone rang. "Hello?" she said.
"Hey it's Willa! Looks like we're not going to need the peanut-butter after all!"
"You've gotta be kidding! We literally just got back from crossing over."
"Well whatever just get to the train station now. Tell Maybeck and Charlie we'll be there soon"
"Got it. See you in a few"
"Yep. Good Luck"
"You too." Amanda hung up the phone. "Come on" she said to Jess. "Let's go" Just then they heard a scream come from the emporium.
"Oh my god" said Amanda. "Finn!" the two girls took off at a run. When they reached the emporium, they entered as quietly as they possibly could. Amanda heard Finn's voice.
"It's just, I just care about her so much and I really wish I had done a better job of showing that. She was the first girl I ever liked and when I kissed her…" Finn smiled and looked up in awe before continuing. "When I kissed her it was the most wonderful feeling I've ever felt. Her lips, they just felt so right against mine. You know, to most guys, she wouldn't be considered the perfect girl, but that's what makes her perfect to me. She's independent and confident and you know what, as much as it hurts, I'm happy that she dumped me. It shows that she's strong. Man, she is just so amazing." Finn started to cry. "And now I'm never going to get to tell her again."
"FINN!" Amanda screamed, now running into the room. Finn looked at her in shock first. Just as a huge smile was creeping onto his face, the dolls piled on over his head.
"Quick!" Amanda said to Jess. "You help Olivia I'll help Finn. Start trying to pull the dolls off!" Jess nodded and ran over to help Olivia. The girls tugged and tugged but the dolls did in fact have a very tight grip. They were clinging on tightly and weren't budging.
Amanda pulled and pulled harder but to no avail. Out of worry, she was getting stressed which only made matters worse.
"What do we do?!" screamed Jess.
"I don't know" Amanda said. "There's gotta be someway…" The girls thought for a quick moment.
"Wait a minute!" Jess said, reaching into her pocket. "My Swiss Army knife! We can try to slit their throats!
"Great!" said Amanda. "But we only have one knife." Jess thought.
"The peanut butter!" she said.
"What?"
"We can glop it over their eyes so that they can't see. It'll disorient them and maybe make them let go or at least loosen their grip."
"Jess that's brilliant! I could kiss you!"
"Don't"
"Toss me the knife!" Jess tossed the Army knife and Amanda quickly caught it. As quickly as she possibly could, she began slitting dolls throats left and right. Jess began scooping out globs of peanut butter and smashing it over the dolls eyes. So far, both plans were working.
"Come on!" said Amanda. "We don't have much time before they suffocate."
Maybeck stood there in shock and fear. Had he really just been asked to choose between the lives of Charlene and Wayne? Maybeck was at a loss. He knew that each one of the two would want him to save the other. He knew his heart couldn't let either one of them die. What was he supposed to do? He felt helpless, like the time Luowski and his goons tazed his Aunt. Still never on his lifetime had he been forced to make a decision like this.
Maybeck knew what he had to do. He had to erase fear. He had to be brave. He closed his eyes and pictured the light at the end of the tunnel. In his head he counted to three.
One "Well?" said Maleficent
Two "We're waiting"
Three Maybeck easily slipped out of the clutches of his captors and charged for Charlene. The Overtakers were too quick for him. Before he knew it he was back in their clutches. Maleficent laughed. It was a sickening sound.
"Did you actually think you could get away with that?" she said. "That's not the way to play the game sweetheart. That's cheating." she came so close to him that he could smell her breath. It smelt like every foul stench he had ever experienced.
"I don't take kindly to cheaters" she said. At last, she walked away again, giving him a chance to breathe fresh air.
"Cheaters need to be punished" Maleficent said. "And I know just how to do it." Still holding Charlene, she flew back over to the edge of the railroad. Without another word she let go. Charlene screeched.
"NO!" Maybeck screamed. Maleficent turned back into her human form.
"Cruella" she said. "Start the train" Just as Cruella was about to pull the start lever, Maybeck heard Willa shouting from not too far away.
"GERONIMO!" she screamed. She was with Philby on the back of…wait what? Was that a rhino?
"Kill Wayne? I don't think so?" she continued . "CHARGE!" The rhino began charging toward the train car where Wayne was being held at full speed.
"Wayne if you can hear me stand back!" Philby shouted. Soon, the rhino made contact with the door. There was a gaping hole in it now, big enough for a person to walk through.
"I'm going to go untie Wayne" Willa said to Philby. "You stay with Herbert and have him break the chains.
"You got it!" said Philby. Maybeck smiled. Wayne was safe. Wayne was finally safe. But then he remembered. Charlene she was dead. He was about to start crying, when he heard something.
"WOOOHOOO!" It sounded like…no, it couldn't be, but then he saw her: Charlene. She was alive and flying on a magic Carpet with Aladdin and Jasmine. Wicked.
"NO!" screamed Maleficent. "How is this possible?!"
Charlene smiled sarcastically at the fairy.
"Hey there." she said. "Miss me?"
Maybeck smiled at her. She was alive! Now there as just the matter of getting free himself. Before he could think anything else, the Overtakers holding him collapsed to the ground. He ran forward and hugged Charlene tightly.
"But how..." he began. Charlene turned him around. There standing before him, were Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, sorry, Eugene FitzHerbert.
"HOW?!" The Evil Queen Screamed. "HOW!" Eugene walked up to her and looked her straight in the eye. In the calmest voice possible he said
"Frying Pans. Who knew right?" Then, he smacked her unconscious.
A/N: Alright! How as it? SORRY to those who were supposed to get a sneak peek and never got it. I was overwhelmed with trouble trying to write this chapter and today I kinda just went into charge mode with finishing it. Okay so this week instead of sneak peek trivia we're doing something a little bit different, a little bit special.
So recently I came up with the idea for my next keeper multichap! It might even be a series! I made a trailer for this new fic and its currently an unlisted video on youtube. When WGA is over, I will release it to everyone. But, those of you who can complete this chapter's special sneak peek trivia will recieve a link to view this trailer early.(so please answer the trivia in a PM as there is no limit as to how many can get it right)
So what's so special about this week's trivia? Well, for those of you who don't know, my profile is filled with useless info about me. So I'm going to send you on a little scavengar hunt around my blog. There are 7 questions in honor of the seventh month, the seven keepers and the seven books of the KK series! Answer all 7 correctly, and I'll give you the link
Here are the questions
1. What is my favorite quote?
2. Name 3 of my favorite early childhood TV shows
3. What is my vocal part?
4. What age did I meet my best friend?
5. What is my favorite weather?
6. What do I want to be when I grow up?
7. Who is my fifth favorite keeper?
Good luck everyone and happy hunting! Ta Ta for now!
-KingdomKeepers365
