"What happened Daddy?!" The girl anxiously asked while jumping up and down on the bed.
"Calm down and I'll tell you" Finn laughed.
The characters. Every single one that Finn could think of and more were running in a mob the size of Tampa towards the OT's and Finn. In that moment, Finn couldn't help but laugh, but was equally scared at the same time of what was going to happen next. It was a moment he'd never forget. His eyes were drawn to two individuals imparticular, running towards Finn. One was a young boy in what he saw in green, the other, a beautiful young girl in a blue nightgown. Hid favorite childhood characters, (FLASHBACK! Remember in Prom #1 how Finn mentioned Captain Hook was his favorite villain? BAM! Ok, continue….) Peter Pan and Wendy.
"Come aboard buddy! We're here to get you out of here!" Peter said.
"But what about everyone else?" Finn said.
"Oh I wouldn't be too concerned about them" Wendy smiled sweetly as she pointed to another character, making a B-line towards Maleficent, with a sword.
"That's…wait" Finn stuttered in amazement.
"It's Mickey" Wendy finished for him.
Finn could've cried, for he was looking at the real, Mickey Mouse. Of course he's seen Mickey before, but that was a normal human being filling in for him that day. But this was the real Mickey. Finn can't really describe how he felt in that moment but he knew everything was going to be ok.
It was like the finale of Fantasmic, but 10x more epic and real. But Finn knew that the biggest, and more important difference was that this, wouldn't be playing every night. This was a one-night deal.
"Come on everybody" Peter signaled to everyone "here we go!" And with that, Finn suddenly felt weightless. He had a tingling sensation run throughout his body. He looked down to make sure his feet were still there, but the weren't on the ground.
He was flying. He was flying with Peter Pan. Finn couldn't cried all over again. He wished Amanda was there. Which reminded him…"Hey can you take me to there rest of the Keepers?"
"Of course, where do you think we're going?" Wendy said, taking hold of his hand while Peter had already grabbed onto his other one.
Before Finn could object, not that he wanted to, he was souring up high along the parade route overlooking Mickey defeating the OT's.
"Shouldn't we help him?" Finn asked.
"It'll be ok, as you can tell, he's done with before." Peter bragged about his friend. Finn put some thought into this in the split second he had time to think.
"Wait, does this mean Mickey…."
"He's been watching over you all these years? Yes. Along with Wayne of course" Wendy said, "We all have though. Whether you knew it or not."
Finn was speechless. After all these years, the characters, Wayne, his dearest childhood friends were always keeping them safe.
"I…I don't know how to thank you guys" Finn said sincerely.
"You've kept us and our secrets alive since day one Finn, we don't know how to thank you Keepers."
As Finn took one last look behind him, he saw all the good characters start to fly with them. And with that last glance, seeing the biggest spark of magic burst from Mickey's sword he knew, it was all over.
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"So where exactly are we going, where's Amanda?" Finn asked as they flew over Magic Kingdom.
"California" Peter said.
"But…why?" Finn asked, knowing he sounded really stupid.
"It was the safest place to send everyone" Wendy said.
"I'm still not following" Finn admitted.
"You'll see" Peter insisted.
Finn did in fact see, a few minutes later, he came to realize where they were going. Disneyland, duh, he thought to himself. Just as Tinkerbell was flying down from the castle, they flew directly towards eh opening she'd flown out of just seconds ago. The landed with a small thud, giving Finn little time to gain his sea legs back again, or fly legs or, never mind, he shook his head.
"They're up here" Wendy pointed to the small stairwell that would lead to who knows where.
Finn slowly approached the top of the stairs, only to be engulfed by a tight grip that he knew all too well who it belonged too. He responded with great enthusiasm.
"I love you I love you I love you" Finn squeezed the small figure. Amanda finally let go long enough to kiss him. It was the most relief he'd felt in years.
"Well that could've been awkward, good thing it was Amanda" Maybeck joked from the corner. It was the first time Finn had gotten to look at his surroundings. It was a very fancy decorated room, similar to that of Sleeping Beauty's room in the movie. He saw all his friends, looking safe, healthy, and thoroughly relieved. And on the magnificent bed in the middle of the room, was Willa, with a little baby in her arms.
"Ohh" Finn, not knowing what else to say.
"Did you forget?" Amanda giggled.
"Maybe a little" he blushed.
"Why dearie, you need your rest, everybody out of the way, I need to check on our new mother" a small, yet surprising demanding voice exclaimed suddenly behind Finn, making him jump. Coming around from behind him were three little ladies, one wearing pink, one in green, and the other in blue, all carrying trays with various medical things that Finn did not wish to know about.
"She means well," Fauna smile sweetly, apologizing for Flora's outburst, as Maryweather snorted behind her. "Now sit up dear, and drink all of this. You need your strength" Flora fussed over Willa, who sighed heavily, handing Philby the baby.
"How is she?" Finn asked.
"She's great, relieved that they made it here in time. She was worried about you, we all were." Amanda said.
"I'll tell you more late" Finn smiled, hoping she'd catch on that everything was going to be ok. Finn took a better look around the room and finally noticed Philby, walking back and forth by the window that faced towards Fantasyland.
"What's his name?" Finn asked Amanda, but Charlene came up beside him, slapped his arm. "Ow, Charlie, what the heck?" he chuckled.
"It's a girl moron" she giggled, "the blanket is pink. Took Maryweather awhile to accept the fact that the blanket was suppose to be pink though, kept wanting to make it blue…" (PLEASE tell me someone caught onto that? )
"You know I think I would've missed you calling me that if things had gone badly" Finn smiled, giving Charlene a hug.
"You ok Finn?" She asked.
"Later" he smiled, as she accepted this answer and made her way to Maybeck's welcoming arms.
"Her name is Rose." Amanda whispered as Philby made his way towards Finn.
"Hey buddy, wanna meet my little girl?" Philby said, with the slightest bit of moisture in his eyes.
"Sure" Finn almost stuttered. Not realizing right away that Philby had meant to have Finn hold her. As he took baby Rose in his arms, he felt a sudden wave of emotion came over him. It suddenly occurred to him that he would too, be a father in a matter of months.
"So what do you think? Boy or girl?" Amanda asked.
"It really doesn't make a difference to me" Finn said, meaning it.
"You mean, you would be ok with a girl?" Amanda asked, clearly surprised.
"Definitely" Finn smiled down at Rose, not realizing that Amanda had tears in her eyes.
"Alright, alright, enough of this mushy stuff, what happened Finn?!" Maybeck desperately asked.
He made his way over to Willa to hand her Rose and sat down in a lazy boy with Amanda. "Boy have I got a story for you."
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BTW I'm posting the finale in parts so ya'll don't have to wait hours for me to type it. I'm still typing it haha…it was 40 pages of notebook paper….and there's an epilogue. I PROMISE it will all be posted before I go to bed tonight