A/N: Sorry for the long wait!(but I'm sure you're used to it now LOL) This chapter gave me a lot of toruble but I got through it. I'm really emotional guys because...this is the last chapter of Willa's Great Adventure. It's been amazing writing for all of you. I'll talk more later. Now I present the epic conclusion to Willa's Great Adventure.
Back in the emporium, Finn was closing his eyes, waiting for death. He could hardly breathe now. He was surviving only on the little oxygen that still remained in his bloodstream. He thought about his mom and dad, his sister, the keepers and Amanda. How would they all react? What if his mom and sister became green eyes again? There would be no way to save them. He couldn't bear to think of it.
Just then, he saw a small crack of light through all of the dark. Was that the light of heaven? The crack grew bigger and oxygen flooded into his lungs. Finn squinted and he could make out a hand. It was holding a pocket knife. Someone was slicing through the dolls, saving him. But who could it be? Who could know that he and Olivia were in trouble?
"Finn!" Finn's eyes suddenly widened. Amanda; she had saved him. He still couldn't see her face, but he'd recognize her voice anywhere. Finn coughed.
"Amanda?" he replied.
"Finn!" Amanda said again, with a tone of relief this time. "Thank god you're okay!"
"Only thanks to you."
"Can you breathe?" she asked.
"Ya I'm fine." Finn replied.
"Good. I've just got to cut away some more of these dolls and then I'll be able to get you out. Hang on!" Within a few minutes, Amanda had removed enough dolls that she could clearly see Finn. She reached out to him.
"Take my hand " she said. Finn gripped tightly onto her hand and with the two of them working together, they were able to get him free. Amanda immediately locked him into a tight hug. Finn squeezed her as hard as he could. He loved this girl, and he was never letting her get away from him again.
"Amanda" he said. "I'm so sorry…for everything. I was such a jerk…"
"It's okay Finn" Amanda said. "I heard everything you said. You know, to Olivia? I was wrong Finn. The last time you apologized, I acted harshly. I was just still hurt. But now…" Amanda squeezed him again.
"I just can't believe I almost lost you" she said. Finn stroked her hair gently. The two of them were crying.
"Ummm Amanda" Jess said. "I hate to break up this reunion, seriously I do…but could I use the pocket knife now. I've cleared away enough of the dolls for Olivia to breathe but this peanut butter method is starting to become less effective"
Amanda tossed the knife over to Jess, who began to slice away at the dolls covering Olivia. In a few minutes, Olivia was free. The four rushed out of the emporium and headed back to the train station. They had no idea what had begun to go down there.
Willa walked into the train car.
"Wayne?" she called. "Wayne?!" From the corner she heard a muffled voice. She walked over and there, tied up and gagged, was Wayne.
"Oh my god Wayne!" she said. Willa quickly began to attempt to untie the knots.
"Don't worry" she said. "I'm gonna get you out of here." Willa tugged and pulled, but the rope was knotted tightly.
"Hold on." she said. Willa stopped and thought. What could she do? She walked over to the train car's gaping hole and looked out. Outside were Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. Rapunzel's hair was short, brown and shaggy, just like at the end of the movie. Then it hit Willa.
Around her feet were pieces of glass from the window of the broken door. She picked up a large piece and rushed over Wayne again. He was tied to a pole. First, Willa cut away the rope from his hands. Then, she got down on her knees and worked at the binding around his ankles. Willa smiled. He was free. She removed the gag from his mouth and he took a deep breath. Wayne groaned. He was stumbling.
"Philby!" Willa shouted. "Come help me!" Philby rushed inside the car. The chains on the door were now broken. Willa slung Wayne's right arm over her shoulder and Philby did the same with his left arm. Wayne was able to walk, just not strongly. Working together, they got him out of the train, where Wanda was already waiting.
"Daddy!" she cried. Willa and Philby let go of Wayne and he immediately squeezed Wanda tightly. Wanda was crying.
"It's okay." Wayne said, holding his daughter as strongly as he was able to. "I'm here now"
Willa grabbed Philby's hand and smiled. Wayne was safe. However, there was still the matter of all these Overtakers. Jasmine and Aladdin came floating over on their magic carpet.
"We'll get them safely to the ground" Jasmine said, motioning to Wayne and Wanda.
"Thank you" Willa said. "I'm glad to see you're okay." Jasmine smiled at her, then began to help Wayne and Wanda onto the carpet.
"Be safe!" Willa called. The four floated off of the platform. At least now Wayne was out of harm's way.
While Willa and Philby had been helping Wayne, so much more had begun outside.
Maybeck and Charlene watched in awe as Flynn Rider knocked out Maleficent with a frying pan. He and Rapunzel came jogging over to them.
"Dude!" said Maybeck. "That was incredible!"
"Thank you" Flynn began. "I do pride myself on…" but he was cut off by Rapunzel.
"Eugene" she said urgently.
"Right" he said. Hi face grew serious as if he had just gone back into some sort of zone. "I'm afraid my wife's right. We'd love to stay and chat, but we all have to get back to fighting."
"What do you mean?" Charlene said. "All of the Overtakers are collapsed. Our friends are freeing Wayne right now. We've just got to get out of here."
"I wish we could" Rapunzel said. "But the Overtakers could regain consciousness any moment and I would guess that there are more coming"
As if they could read Rapunzel's mind, Overtakes began to flood in from every corner. More were waking up and getting off of the floor. Things were getting very bad, very fast.
"So the four of us are just supposed to wield all of these guys off?"
"No!" Flynn said. "Of course not."
"But who else is there to fight?" Maybeck said.
"Well do you think we came on this rescue mission alone?" Rapunzel said. Charlene and Maybeck looked at her quizzically. Then, she put her fingers into her mouth and whistled.
Suddenly, there were Disney characters coming from every angle. Warriors, Heroes, even the gentler characters, all here to wage war and protect their land. Talk about hometown pride.
"But how?" Maybeck said. "Half of these people were under OT spells" Then, out of nowhere, Merida came up to them.
"Ai!" she said. "I told ye I'd rescue my fam'ly. I found a wee trigger that broke all o' thee spells."
"Merida that's incredible!" Charlene said.
"Thank you" said Merida. "But there be no time to dilly-dally. We need each of yee fighting with another one of us."
Charlene looked around. The sight was astonishing. Characters were everywhere. Peter Pan stood with Captain Hook, the two of them immersed in one of their epic duels. Mulan and Shang fought off some of the huns with their swords. Belle was chucking her heaviest books at Gaston and some green army men. The Fairy Godmother was casting spells, turning Overtakers into all kinds of small creatures.
Charlene looked to her left and saw Willa and Philby helping Wayne and Wanda onto the magic carpet. She smiled. Everyone was finally safe. Now they just had to keep it that way. Tinkerbelle and the other Disney fairies swooped in from overhead, attacking unsuspecting soldiers from the sky. Tink flew up to her.
"Hey" she said. "We could use you over here with us. We can make you fly and with your gymnastics skills, you could be a real asset to our team up there.
"Of course!" Charlene replied. She glanced at Maybeck, smiled, then took Tink's hand and ran off.
Maybeck decided where he wanted to fight. He approached Eugene and Rapunzel.
"Got an extra frying pan?" he asked.
"We were hoping one of you would ask." Eugene said. He pulled out a frying pan and handed it to Maybeck, who began to fight.
Willa knew how she wanted to fight. Her odd little skill was finally about to get put to use in a keeper mission. She approached Merida.
"Hey" she said confidently. "Got an extra bow?" Merida smiled and handed a bow and a sheath of arrows to Willa. Soon the two were shooting down OTs with perfect aim.
Philby looked at Willa and smiled. It made him so happy to look at her completely in her element. Then he ran up to Prince Phillip, who handed him a sword. Now Philby too was fully engaged in the battle.
Amanda, Jess, Olivia and Finn came running into the train station and their jaws dropped. Disney characters were everywhere, fighting Overtakers. Amanda held Finn's hand as she glanced around. She saw Willa shooting arrows, Charlene doing backflips in midair, Philby sword fighting (he could do that?) and Maybeck knocking out green army men with a frying pan.
Olivia looked at the others.
"I don't know about you guys." she said. "But Belle is knocking people out with books over there and there is no way I'm missing out on that." And then Olivia was gone, run off into the fight.
"Check out Mulan!" Jess said. She smiled widely at Amanda. Amanda grinned hugely back. Both girls understood. When they were little, they used to watch Mulan and then pretend to be warriors in the Chinese army. There was no way they were dropping this opportunity.
Amanda smiled at Finn, kissed him on the cheek and then let go of his hand, running off with her sister. And then there was one. Finn looked around, trying to find someone that he could fight with. Eventually he decided to join Peter Pan in sword-fighting with pirates.
They were fighting for a while until all of the Overtakers were collapsed on the floor once again: all of them except for one: Maleficent.
The seven keepers stood in front of her.
"Kingdom Keepers" she boomed. "This is your final hour." Disney characters approached but the keepers shooed them back. All this time, everything had led to this. This was their battle.
Maleficent hurled a fire ball and Amanda immediately diverted it with her push. The witch snarled. Amanda smirked.
Willa shot at her with an arrow. It flew towards her heart. Just before it made contact with her skin, Maleficent caught the weapon. Her face grew angry. In less than a second, she had formed a giant fireball and hurled it straight at Willa.
Willa didn't have time to think. The inferno was heading straight for her. But then Philby was screaming and he hit the ball with his sword. It hurtled back at Maleficent and fizzed out before it could hit her. Philby charged and cut Maleficent's face with his blade. He backed up with a stern face and stood strong next to Willa.
Maleficent threw a lightning spell at Philby, but he dodged it. Willa shot another arrow and this time it hit Maleficent right in the shoulder…of her throwing arm.
She hurled another fireball with her other arm, but Maybeck blocked it with the bottom of his frying pan. Finn leaped in front of her and cut the hand of her previously uninjured arm. Green blood oozed from her various scrapes and cuts.
Charlene had flown behind the witch and kicked her in the head. This made Maleficent stumble allowing Jess to come in and knock her off of her feet. Maleficent lay on the floor weakened. Had she tried to get up, she never would have made it. Willa had an arrow drawn in her bow, ready to shoot. Finn, Amanda, Jess and Philby pointed their swords. Maybeck stood close, his frying pan at the ready and Charlene hovered over the witch ready to kick her back down.
"You may have thought you were making us weaker this summer with your little plan" Willa said, "but all that you did was strengthen our bonds."
"You are weak" Maleficent croaked. "You are no match for me"
"Really?" Charlene said. "Because as far as I can see, you're on the ground surrounded by us. We can get you no matter where you go. We're in control"
"Check….mate" Philby said.
Maleficent got up on to her knees.
"You may have won this round Kingdom Keepers" she said. "But be warned. You'll never see the last of me" Then in a puff of smoke, she was gone.
The keepers let out a series of cheers. There was hugging all around. Willa hugged Philby. Finn hugged Amanda. Amanda hugged Jess. Charlene hugged Maybeck. Willa hugged Charlene. Then, the keepers joined for one large group hug. For now, at least, they had won.
Finn's mother approached him.
"Thank goodness you're alright" she said. She hugged him . Finn tried not to cry. When they separated, he saw his little sister standing there. She smiled at him, her snarky, but loving smile. Finn and his sister fought a lot. Normally, an interaction like this would be awkward, but right now, neither of them could think of anything else to do. They hugged, and Finn smiled, again trying to force back tears.
He looked to his side and saw Willa hugging her mom and cousin. He smiled. Everyone was back together and happy.
"Wait a minute!" Charlene said, proclaiming what everyone was feeling . "Wayne!" The keepers looked at each other and smiled. Then they ran, rushing down the stairs of the Walt Disney World railroad station.
When they got down there, Wayne was sitting with Wanda on a bench. Having heard the noise of their stampeding feet, he looked up. Each of the keepers smiled widely; there was a tear in every eye. And Wayne smiled back.
After much commotion, the keepers and all of their allies sat relaxing in the Magic Kingdom. All of the past catastrophe was finally over and everyone was together.
Well, almost everyone. Finn couldn't help but think. He looked around at his friends. Charlene and Olivia were talking, back to the way that they used to be. Willa and her cousin were looking at online pictures. Amanda and Jess were listening to music and dancing a little bit. Everyone was smiling and laughing and Finn felt horrible to say it, but he was jealous.
Here all these people were, enjoying time with their best friends after having being reunited, but he didn't have that luxury anymore. Times like this had been robbed from him in an instant, ripped from his grasp by the very people that the keepers had just defeated.
Amanda looked over at Finn and immediately noticed something was wrong. Signaling to Jess what was going on with her eyes, she rushed over to her boyfriend.
"Finn" she said. Silence. "Finn what's wrong?" She walked around to face him and saw tears falling down his cheeks.
"He's gone" Finn said. "He's gone away from me forever and nothing we can do will change that. Jumping in front of a train, breaking some spell with love, true love's kiss, none of that is gonna bring Dillard back. He's dead and that's it. There's no going back. I'm never going to hug him again or laugh with him again or even simply, smile at him. I'm not going to do anything. He's dead Amanda and I was the one holding the knife. "
Amanda grabbed Finn's hand and squeezed tightly, trying not to cry herself. Finn cried harder and Amanda could think of nothing else to do, but hug him. They stayed like that for a while and then Amanda put her hands on his shoulders.
"Hey" she said. Finn looked up, his eyes beet red and his face flushed.
"Yes you lost Dillard" Amanda continued. "And it sucks and I can't imagine what you're feeling, but you've gotta know, you still have us, the keepers. We are all here for you."
The other keepers, having seen what was happening had now gathered around Finn.
"We're a family Finn" Charlene said.
"Ya" Philby continued. "So maybe we don't always get along, but we've still got each other's backs." He had his arm wrapped around Willa. She smiled, and then spoke next.
"We all have our hard times Finn, but we've got each other to get through them."
"You were all there for Amanda when I got captured by the OTs the first time. We all stood by Wanda's side when they got Wayne. We were there for Maybeck when the green eyes tazered his aunt, and now we're here for you."
"Ya dude." Maybeck said. "We got ya." Finn smiled.
The keepers began to walk in a cluster. They all stayed close to Finn.
"That's not exactly how I envisioned my summer starting" said Finn.
"Well it's over now." Philby said. "And we still have a good amount of time left."
"Ya, but let's stick to the traditional pool parties and barbecues this time" Charlene said. The keepers laughed.
"I don't know much, but I know how I plan to spend the rest of my summer." Amanda said.
"Together" all of the keepers said simultaneously.
"You know when we go back to school" said Maybeck . "And they ask us what we did over the summer? What are we supposed to say?"
"Becoming evil?" Jess said.
"Near death experiences?" Charlene added. The keepers laughed again.
Willa looked up at her friends. Finn and Amanda were holding hands. Philby had his arm around her and Maybeck had his around Charlene.
"I don't know what I'll say." Willa said. "But I know one thing."
"What's that?" Finn said.
"I sure had one great adventure."
A/N: Well that's it. TADA. I'm about to start crying here wow okay. Firstly, I'd like to thank all of you that ever read my who favorited and followed me or the story thank you so much. It always brought a smile to my face when I got one of those email notifications. And a special thanks to all of you who left kind all made me so happy. I always felt so flattered. You were all so kind to me. I never thought my story would be this popular and this whole experience made me feel really confident and please know, anybody who said or did anything, it was truly appreciated. Thanks to all of my readers who were reading since day 1, you know who you are. I am lucky to have made great friendships with some of you. Thanks to all of you for sticking with this story, even through all of my enormous hiatuses. I know I'm terrible at updating, but even after six whole months with nothing, you guys stuck with me and were right there supporting me when I returned. Wow. I really don't know what to say. I've been writing this story for about 2 years now, it's so hard to let it go. I'll always keep in my heart all the writers block, the tears shed when writing the sad parts, and all the feels I gave myself, good and bad. I'm truly glad to have been a hopefully unforgettable part of your fanfiction experience. I'll now release the trailer to my next muti-chap to everyone. Eventually, I'll be releasing the video to the general public so you don't need the link. But for now here's the link:
watch?v=RP9yXBnkwSE
if you don't see anything before the mish-mosh, its on youtube, so you need that web address. I truly hoped you've enjoyed reading the adventures of Willa and the keepers. It's been a great adventure guys. So glad to have you along for the ride. With much love
-Kingdomkeepers365