Chosen Child
Summary: Cornelia and Caleb are 25 and 26 and have a 6-year-old daughter called Louisa. Nerissa has been defeated for 11 years, but after an emergency phone call from Julian meant that from then on, Louisa's life would be in terrible danger…
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Chapter 1: Bad news on a birthday is never a good sign.
Cornelia and Caleb were lying in bed sleeping soundly when someone jumping up and down on their bed made it very hard. Cornelia rubbed her eyes and sat up to see a young girl with long blonde hair and forest green eyes jumping up and down excitedly.
"Mummy, Daddy, wake up! It's my birthday today, I'm 6!" She shouted in a high pitched voice, holding up six fingers. Cornelia smiled sweetly, but tiredly, while Caleb just groaned and turned over. Cornelia shoved him playfully to wake him up. He gradually opened his eyes and jumped a little when he saw his daughter appear in front of his face. "It's my birthday today!" she shouted.
"Yeah, it is. Happy birthday, Lou. Wow, 6 is a big number. You sure are growing up" Caleb answered and hugged his daughter happily. Cornelia had got out of bed and was putting her green, flowery dressing gown on.
"Don't forget, I'm going to call Will and the others today to come to you-know-what." Cornelia told Caleb in her sweet voice. Louisa got off the bed and ran downstairs ready for her breakfast, and presents. Caleb got out of bed and hugged Cornelia. "6 already, kind of amazing. It doesn't seem like 6 years ago that you gave birth to her… our daughter." He said and kissed Cornelia passionately on the lips.
"I know. And it doesn't seem like we've been together for about 11 years, now. I need to call Will and the guys. Get changed and make Lou's breakfast." Cornelia told Caleb sweetly, giving him a kiss on the cheek. As Caleb went downstairs, Cornelia sat on the bed and stared at a shiny wedding ring that shimmered in the sunlight.
Caleb and Cornelia had got married a couple of months before Louisa was born. Cornelia looked beautiful in a dress that Hay Lin had designed herself. Caleb was in the suit that has always made him look cute, and Lillian was the only bridesmaid.
"Cornelia! Aren't you going to call the others?" Caleb shouted up the stairs, snatching Cornelia away from reliving her wedding. She shook her head and walked downstairs and to the phone. She picked it up and started dialling Will's number. While she was waiting for the phone to be picked up on the other line, she looked over to the kitchen where Caleb and Louisa were. She was in her chair, dangling her feet over it and swinging them. Caleb was cooking something. Cornelia smiled at the sight. 'He's such a great father. I'm so glad I married him. She thought, staring at her beautiful ring yet again. It was made from Meridian, but they told everyone else it came from a different country.
"Hello?" Cornelia heard Matt's voice, so came back to earth.
"Hey, Matt, it's Cornelia. Is Will there? I need to talk to her about the you-know-what today."
(The rest of the conversation will be like this: Will/Matt, Italics and Cornelia normal)
"Oh yeah, it's about the party, isn't it? She's right here. Will! Cornelia's on the phone! Hey, Cornelia, what's up? Hi, when are you and your husband coming to our house today? Will you stop with that?! Umm… I think we'll be there about… what's the time now? It's 9.30. Oh, OK, we'll be there about 1.00. What about the others? I don't know you're the first to call; I need to check with them. Well, we could ask them, we're gonna go see them anyway to get last minute pressies for the birthday girl! Oh, could you? It's just I'm really busy preparing and- don't worry, Cornelia. It'll be fine. We'll probably be there about 1.00 then. See ya! Bye!" Cornelia put the phone down and walked into the kitchen where the smell of pancakes filled the room. Cornelia closed her eyes and inhaled. Lemon, Sugar and pancake mix made her stomach rumble.
"Here you go. It was her birthday, so I wanted to make an effort." Caleb said, wrapping his arms around her body. She rested her head on his chest. "You tried to cook? And it actually smells good? Something is wrong! Maybe something's up in Meridian and your guts are making you act strange." Cornelia cooed sarcastically. Louisa laughed in her cute little six-year-old voice. Louisa knew everything about the guardians, Meridian, Nerissa and Phobos. She thought it was all a story, but it kept her happy to think that, so Cornelia and Caleb left it like that.
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It was 1.30. Everyone was there: Will, Matt, Irma, Martin, Taranee, Nigel, Hay Lin, Eric, and Hay Lin's little boy, Jamie. He was good friends with Louisa. Hay Lin and Eric had got married a little while before Cornelia and Caleb did. Again, she had created the dresses.
Louisa and Jamie were playing in the back garden with Louisa's new toys. She had a giant chocolate cake that she ate most of, and had about 10 presents from Cornelia and Caleb and at least two from everybody else. Will and Irma were dancing with Matt and Martin as it was a slow song playing. Cornelia, Hay Lin, Eric and Caleb were talking about being parents. Taranee and Nigel were standing by food table, eating little snacks, having a good time. Julian couldn't make it because he was looking after the jewel that Nerissa was kept in and Elyon.
It was 3.30, and everything was going well. Jamie and Louisa hadn't spilled anything and nothing was broken…yet. Suddenly, above all the noise, the phone started ringing. Caleb was the most bored, so he offered to get it. When he picked it up, he was surprised to hear who it was.
"Hello...? Oh, hi, dad. How are you…? Oh, that's good… yeah, their fine. The party's still going on so-… What about her…? WHAT? She- she can't be! What happened…? WHAT? She's coming after- we'll be there as soon as possible. Don't worry; she'll come with us… Okay, Bye." Caleb put the phone down and froze. Cornelia walked up behind him and hugged him from behind.
"What's up? It sounded serious." She asked and let go of him so he could turn around. Caleb's eyes started to get tears in them and Cornelia looked at him worriedly.
Nerissa's escaped. And she's coming after Louisa!"
Well, first chappie done. What did you think? If you liked this, review and then go to my other one 'Guardians in Springfield' it's a W.I.T.C.H/Simpsons crossover that I just had to do! But anyways, REVIEW!
