Kingdom Keepers: Next Generation (Unfinished/Unedited) *Republished

Chapter 12- Caught

Finn's POV

As soon as I heard my kids names I stood up. Amanda just looked at me. Jess stared Prince Charming if she'd heard wrong. Charlene and Willa looked at each other. Philby was obviously shocked, but working on a plan or something inside his head. Maybeck looked shocked at first, but he joined me in standing up, he looked mad. Philby spoke first.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Positive, why?" Belle asked in response.

"How long ago was this?" Willa asked.

"Just a few minutes before you guys came." Prince Adam said.

"How could they have?" Maybeck asked. He was trying so hard to keep his composure, and was failing.

"Terry, you need to calm down." Charlene said.

"They aren't programmed." Philby said.

"You do know them?" Prince Charming asked.

"Yes. They are our kids." I said after a short silence.

"How do the OTs even know about them?" Charlene asked.

"Wanda said she found cut-up photos of us in Wayne's apartment, right?" Willa asked. I nodded.

"They took their photos. They cut them out. But how did they crossover?" Philby asked.

"Why don't you ask Alex? If any of them did it it's him or Lucas." Maybeck snapped at him.

"Wait? You said they were cornered by OTs?" Willa asked Prince Charming.

"Oh, no!" Amanda said as he nodded. We all got up and rushed outside.

I split us up into three groups. Charlene, Maybeck, Prince Charming, and Willa went around Tommorrowland towards the Hub while Jess, Amanda, Philby and I went around Adventureland towards the Hub. Belle and Adam waited at their castle, in case they came back around. With that, we left.

Sofia's POV

Maleficent, The Evil Queen and Cruella De Vil were standing in front of us with a lot of pirates. It was too late to back up: we were surrounded. My friends looked terrified. Emma turned a color so white, I thought she could have been dead. Eli looked scared but I could see him slowly gaining confidence. Lucas was, under his breath, informing me of their powers from their movies. I didn't need him to though. Maleficent was my worst fear out of all the Disney villains. I mean, she cast a spell on a baby because she wasn't invited to a birthday party. I knew why Emma was petrified. Her favorite princess movie was Snow White and The Seven Dwarves. But, to this day, she would always turn away from the scene were the Evil Queen would turn into the hag. Alex looked like his brain was going on overdrive. I had to do something.

"What do you want?" I asked the fairy, trying not to sound scared.

She just laughed at me. It was a high-pitched cold laugh that set the hairs on the back of my neck to stand up.

"You must be Sofia: Finn's daughter. You have his guts. As for what I want, well, I want the fairlie." She said.

I was so confused. The first thing I thought was: she knows my name. Then I thought: she knows who my dad is. At the mention of the word fairlie, I looked at my brother who, at my look, spoke up.

"What do you mean by fairlie?" he asked.

"You know, certain abilities that are beyond what a human is capable of. I'm sure you mother can explain it to you." She said.

I tense up at these words. My brother looked at me with the same expression I had. She was looking for us. Our mother was just like us. We were fairlies and Maleficent, the evil fairy from Sleeping Beauty, wanted us. At first, I thought we were dead, we were about to be kidnapped and used for something horrible. But then a thought came to me: she thinks there is only one of us. Just as this thought came to me I heard it.

"Sofia! Lucas!" My dad was yelling our names behind us. Maleficent's face contorted. She held out her palm and a ball of fire erupted into existence. The pirates parted behind us and I saw my dad, mom, Aunt Jess, and Uncle Dell come running around the corner. They stopped about 20ft away from us. They looked stunned.

"Maleficent." My dad said.

"Finn Whitman, it's been so long." Maleficent said to my dad, her fireball being tossed between her two hands.

"I've got to say, I haven't missed you." My dad said.

"Now, Finn, I would have expected that from Terrance, but you?" she shook her head. "You don't want anyone you know to get hurt."

"You don't need them." He said, staring Maleficent down.

"On the contrary, I do need one of them. Now, you could make my life easier and tell me which one is a fairlie or you can get in my way. Your choice."

My heart was racing. My dad had no idea we were fairlies.

"None of them are fairlies. They don't even know who they are."

Alex looked like he was about to go through the history about the fairlies that Peter had told us. So, Emma subsequently stepped on his foot.

"Is that so? Well, let's see how they handle fire." She said, and then threw the fireball towards us. I reacted. I pulled Alex down and he took Emma and Eli with him. Lucas did his thing. He raised his hands and the fireball stopped. His face turned red and he was now visibly sweating from all the energy exiting his body. He through his hands to his left and the fireball flew towards a group of pirates who dove out of the way. Alex, Emma, and Eli stared at Lucas in shock. He swayed and I stood up and helped him stand. Maleficent looked pleased like she expected that that was exactly what would happen. She motions towards the pirates who started to advance towards us.

"Dad!" I said.

He was one step ahead of me. He came through with a sword (I don't know where it came from) and stepped in between the oncoming pirates and us. Lucas was so close to passing out he was practically falling unconscious right on top of me. My mom helped me get Lucas on his feet while Aunt Jess and Uncle Dell went to Eli, Emma, and Alex who were obviously scared to death.

"Amanda, get them out of here!" my dad said.

A group of pirates stepped in our way. My mother raised her arms and did the same motion my brother and I do when we are pushing water or fire away from us. The pirates flew back and I nearly had to catch my mom too. She was fine though after a few seconds. I was slightly in shock. However, it always seems like I'm the opposite of my brother. He has a short fuse and I am always able to keep my emotions in check. I put it aside for another time. Now, I needed to get Lucas out of here. I couldn't carry him. He'd maxed himself out.

"Eli! Help me!" I said.

He seemed to snap out of the trance Lucas had put him in and carried Lucas with us towards the castle and the returning button/fob device.

"What about Dad?" I asked mom still running for our lives.

"He'll be fine. We have to meet the others. Then we can talk about you being a DHI."

We kept running until we reached the castle. There were 5 pirates on our tail. Uncle Maybeck, Aunt Charlene, Aunt Willa, and Prince Charming saw us and started going to the bush that held the button. My mom stopped and turned around on the incoming pirates. She used her power again. Then, I saw my dad coming. My mom grabbed my arm and we ran together towards the others who were all holding hands. Uncle Dell had the button and Eli and Alex were holding up Lucas in between them. My mom took my hand and held her other one out to my dad. I hooked on to Emma's outstretched hand and as my dad took my mother's hand, my uncle pressed the button.