Hope you all like this, just had to write it one day. This is not a CalebXOC, But Caleb is important to my OC. Don't hate, Please!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own any W.I.T.C.H characters, plots, and/or settings, I'm just using them for my creative outlet.
Standing in a ceramic stall in the central market, in the capital city of Meridian, Lexi took a closer look at the ceramic pot she held. After a moment she quietly put the pot down and began to move on. "Oh, Miss," The vendor called. "Won't you be buying that pot today? It's such a lovely shade of red, to complement you"
"No," She looked back at him.
"But….well…. why not?" The vender asked, "I'll make you a very good price."
Lexi sighed "You're pot and in fact all these pots in your stall have cracks in them. They will break the minute you try to put them to any use. I'm not going to buy something that'll leave me out a pot and a twenty piece as well." The vendor was now getting suspicious looks from all the other market goers, Lexi decided to be mean, and put the final verbal nail in his coffin, "Besides you're a spy for the prince, looking for people with enough money to buy flower pots. Every person that's bought from you in the past week has ended up broke or in jail."
She stepped away again and ignored the man's protests as the other market goers mobbed him. "Wow," A tall bald boy said as he hurried to catch up with her, "How did you know that man was a spy? We've been looking for him for a month."
Another boy came on her other side, this one was older and had long shaggy blond hair, chin hair, and a scar across his left cheek bone, "Yeah, we've been watching all the vendors for weeks we knew one of them was the spy."
Lexi shrugged, "You must not have been looking very closely. That man was wearing silk underclothes and brand new, clean boots. A ceramic wears seller couldn't afford silk and his shoes would be covered in clay dust." She threw her braid back over her shoulder, "Why does it matter?"
"Well, because we could use the sharp eyes of someone like you in our gang," Said the blond boy as he put his arm around her shoulder.
"Sorry, I didn't come here to join a gang," She shrugged him off.
"Well why are you here? I'm Aldarn by the way, this is Drake." The bald boy asked. "People don't come to the capital on holiday."
"I'm looking for something, or rather someone," She said, her eyes becoming hard, and fixed on something neither of the boys could see.
"Well aren't you lucky," Aldarn said.
"Yep, Cause we know everyone in this town," Said the blond boy, Drake. "Who you looking for?"
Lexi opened her mouth to reply but there was a loud bang on the other side of the city that made the ground shake. Both boys and girl paused and looked up to see a large column of smoke coming from a few blocks away. "The guardians," Aldarn said. "Come on," He grabbed Lexi's arm, "It's not safe to be in the middle of the street when they're in Meridian."
[Lexi pulled from his grasp and dodging between buildings to the source of the billowing smoke. A house blazed on fire, black smoke billowing into the sky, suddenly another loud bang grabbed her attention and sent her running toward another cloud of smoke. As she ran she could barely keep up with the explosions that moved down the streets. Soon she caught sight of a vanishing piece of cloth or a set of fairy wings.
She turned a final corner to see a giant wolf, with a large ogre on his back that had a brown haired man pinned to the ground. The young man was barely keeping the wolf from killing him as the ogre fought off five women with fairy wings on their backs. Lexi stood in awe of the guardians fighting the Wolf hunter. But they were losing.
The hunter tried to send his wolf after one of the girls, instead the girl kept him suspended in the air, but only for a moment. She threw the two across the street and into a mountain of crates. Another girl threw fire at the wolf, but the rider was ready he spun his spear, sending the flames away and protecting his mount. The wolf finally got on his feet and snapped it's jaws at the guardians when they swooped down to attack him. His hunter used his spear to ward away most attacks and the wolf was too quick for the blond guardian's attacks to properly connect.
Lexi started climbing the boxes in attempt to get above the wolf hunter. He thought he had all his enemies in front of him, but if she could dismount the ogre from the wolf the guardians might have a better chance at defeating the creature, or at least distracting him. Reaching the top of the crate mountain, Lexi took a calming breath and ran to leap off the edge. She tackled the ogre sending them both to the ground. The wolf was free of its hunter now, confused he tried to get away from the painful attacks while still attacking at the tasty looking humans.
"Herd the wolf away!" Lexi called to the girl who could throw fire, before the ogre rolled her to climb on top. He raised a fist to punch Lexi, but she pulled a practiced move and rolled them over again, only to dodge a sword. She jumped away from the ogre and glared at the brunette boy, "Watch it! You trying to kill me?" She shouted as the both had to jump further back.
"Stay out of our way!" The boy shouted at her.
"Duck!" She grabbed his head and pulled them both down as the sharp point of a spear swiped where their heads had been.
"Get off!!!" The boy pushed her away. They both had to fall backwards as the ogre attacked again.
The ogre leaped forward to thrust his spear into Lexi. She was ready for him. Without even thinking about it, she pulled her knees to her chest and caught the man's chest with her feet. She used his momentum to send him flying over her head. With that motion she flipped onto her feet. The Hunter scrambled to his feet, by that time Lexi was spinning. She raised one of her feet up and landed it on the side of the hunter's head. The man went flying again, this time into the stone wall of a house.
She turned and ran towards the boy, "Come on!" She grabbed his wrist and led him towards the edge of the city. After two blocks and no sounds of following except by the guardians, the boy pulled her to a stop.
"We have to go back the other way!" He insisted.
Lexi looked from him to the guardians, "You'll be seen. The lot of you stick out too much.
The guardian's hovered nearby, exchanging looks. Finally the red head sighed, "The portals back the other way. In an alleyway, not far from where we were attacked."
Lexi sighed, "Here I've got some stuff that should help." She dug through her bag pulling out her cloak, coat and spare blankets. "I've only got four," She said worried, then looked at the boy, he was wearing a coat.
The boy groaned but started pulling off his coat. "So now that we have their wings covered how are we supposed to get them back through the city? They don't exactly blend in."
She looked from girl to girl, "You, you, and you." She pointed at the red head, the dark girl and the girl with black hair, "You three stick out the most. Use my cloak and the blankets to cover your heads." The red head took the cloak and the other two traded for the blankets. "Now we'll pretend that you two," She pointed at the two with the blankets, "Are sick and we're taking you to a doctor. You'll have to lean on us and act very weak. You," She pointed at the red head in the hooded cloak, "You'll lead us to the portal and then we're there." She took the arm of the dark girl, "Ready?"
The guardians and the boy exchanged looks. The red head spoke first, "It's better than anything I could think of."
The blond shrugged, "The least we can do is try."
The boy merely glared at Lexi, "How do we know we can trust you?"
Lexi blinked at her then shrugged, "You don't, but how are you going to get passed the guards if you don't at least try?"
The brown haired girl joined Lexi in pretending to help the dark girl, "Come on, we don't have any more time to talk about it. We have to get back to the portal before Phobos, or that lizard guy finds it."
The other's nodded and the boy knelt so the dark haired girl could piggy back. The blond girl walked next to the two of them hovering like a concerned sister. Together the seven of them made slow progress down the streets. By the time they were getting close to the portal the palace guards were out in full force.
Finally the red head turned down an alley way, "Down here," She called. Lexi sighed in relief as they went around the corner and the boy was pushing a fence out of the portal. It was huge, a big glowing, swirling circle of light, unlike anything Lexi could have imagined.
"Wow…" Was all she could think to say.
"Yeah it's always really impressive the first time you see one," The dark girl smiled at her. Lexi could do nothing but nodded.
"Come on," The boy insisted, "Let's get on the other side and close the portal before someone finds it!"
The dark haired girl paused next to Lexi looking at her. The others noticed before they passed into the portal, "Hay Lin, what is it?"
The dark haired girl looked from Lexi to her friends, "Well, what about her? That Hunter saw her face. Won't she be in big trouble?" Hay Lin gestured to Lexi.
The others seemed to suddenly realize that fact too. The blond chewed on her thumb, "Hay Lin's right, we can't just leave her here
The boy crossed his arms, "Well, she can't come with us. We don't know whose side she's on! Come on! We don't even know her name!"
The five guardians exchanged looks.
"You're both right," The red head stepped in, keeping them from fighting any more, "But we don't have time to pick and choose." She turned to Lexi, "Listen you really helped us out back there, twice in fact. Way I see it we owe you." She took a deep breath before she continued, "If we leave you here you'll probably be in a lot of trouble, may be even get you killed. If you come with us you might be safe for a while longer. So the question is, do you want to come with us to the other side of the veil or do you want to stay here?"
Lexi's jaw dropped. She fiddled with her hands for a moment unsure of what to say. Then her ears picked up the sounds of guards coming their way. "I… We don't…" Her eyes kept looking back towards the sounds, "They're coming!" Together she helped the boy quickly cover the portal again, and then the seven of them huddled in groups and pretended to be sick.
The palace guards paused in front of the alley way, "I hear Mataron got knocked out by a little girl." One said.
The other laughed, "Yeah while he was chasing the guardians. Prince Phobos is going to have his head and that girl's when he finds her."
The first one laughed, "That might be kind of funny to watch. I hope we'll be in the palace."
Lexi felt her blood run cold. After a moment the two guards walked off. Lexi turned to the red head, "You know I'd rather not die, so I think I'll take up your offer, if it's still open." She tried to joke but ended up sounding stupid.
The red head nodded and they pushed the fence clear of the portal and went through.
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