Well this is my first attempt to write a story and since English is my second language I hope you'll forgive the grammer and spelling mistakes. This story is based on the comics and starts after issue 50 "Forever Magic" with a bit of retelling in this chapter. I'm a bit confused about the timeline so I will assume the betrayal of Nerissa and Phobos's ascension coinciding. Also;

Guest Starring: Sean, Maria Medina, Joel McTiennan

Anyway enjoy the fist chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own W.i.t.c.h. comics or TV series along with all the characters related.

Chapter 1: The Voice From Beyond

The fortress of Kandrakar... It is said to reside in the center of infinity and beyond time. From there the Council of Elders and the chosen oracles observed the infinite universes since time unknown. They summoned creatures of nature, the guardians, to preserve order throughout the worlds. This tradition continued until events started to change dramatically.

First the betrayal of a guardian, the keeper of the Heart of Kandrakar, which ended with a tragedy that would plague the fortress for years to come. Almost at the same time ill news came from the world of Metamoore, for a tyrant had risen to the throne denying the laws of his world and the rights of its people with an ambition to conquer the rest of the universes. The guardians were broken apart by the latest events and with it the order of Kandrakar could not reach those in need. Therefore, for the first time, the once unified worlds were seperated by the Veil, created by the Oracle to quarantine Metamoore and the rising evil within it.

The congregation discussed long about the enemy, precautions to be taken against it and most importantly the selection of the new generation of guardians. The Oracle stayed away from the discussion as his previous choices proved to be a fatal mistake. The keeper of the aurameres had suggested her best pupil to be the keeper of the Heart while the other four were being tracked by the celestial search. It was then that the Oracle heard a mysterious voice.

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Fortress of Kandrakar, 15 years ago, June 4

In the meditation chambers, the Oracle was observing the past in absolute silence. He was thinking over and over again about the recent events. Something was not right.

'Even though I can't foretell the future, how could I not sense the coming of such great changes. It happened all of a sudden as though someone or something interfered... no changed fate. This is not right... I'm trying to justify myself by blaming something else. As soon as the elders chose the new guardians I'll resign from my position.'

Then the silence was broken.

"Do not question yourself in vain, the errors of the past are not yours at all."

"Who are you?"

"My identity is unimportant for the time being as more urgent matters are at stake. Elders of the congregation are about to end the celestial search, the new guardians are chosen only to bring doom to all."

"You mean they have made the wrong choice. How come you are so sure and why should I trust you?"

"Even someone of your power and wisdom can't deny my will. Now heed my words, I shall give you the name of the chosen ones and you will appoint them as the guardians of the veil. You as the Oracle will guide them until the time comes .If you accept my conditions willingly I'll give some of the reasons, but not all. I know you will do the right thing for the salvation of the future."

Now the Oracle had to make a decision that would change the infinite universes forever.

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Later in the Hall of Congregation

Whispers about the Oracle chosing the guardians on his own were everywhere. Luba, keeper of the aurameres, was furious. Honourable Yan Lin, the previous air guardian, was both shocked and pleased by the sudden change of events (she feared the Oracle would resign and also she was missing an important moment on Earth), Tibor had just announced that the Oracle had rejected the guardians chosen by the elders. A few moments later he entered the hall ignoring the whispers and glares of the elders. When he arrived at the center facing the council, he spoke.

"Wise elders of Kandrakar I know you are all concerned by my last minute call, but you need to trust me. I have long meditated and thought about our situation to come to my current decision. I now tell you that the new guardians will be five girls from Earth."

"Earthlings again!?" "The last ones failed us! This is an outrage!" "He can't be serious." Many other comments followed. After long discussions the elders were persuaded to listen and accept the Oracle's wishes, thanks to the efforts of Yan Lin, Tibor and Endarno. Soon order was established again. Silently they waited for him to speak.

"As I mentioned before the new generation of guardians will be five girls from Earth who were and being born.

The guardian of water is Irma Lair.

The guardian of fire is Taranee Cook.

The guardian of air will be...

Honourable Yan Lin would you share your granddaughter's name with us?"

This question made the old guardian very happy, she wasn't there while she was born but here she learned her granddaughter's destiny.

"Her name is Hay Lin." she said proudly.

"Then Hay Lin it is.

The Guardian of Earth is Cornelia Hale.

And the rightful owner of the Heart is Wilhelmina Vandom."

The last statement of the Oracle caused a commotion, but he ignored it and left the hall leaving confused elders behind. Finally the new guardians were chosen with their names engraved in stone.

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Fortress of Kandrakar, The Present

Only a few moments have passed since the young guardians have left the fortress. The Oracle looked at the two elders who were leaving the meditation chambers, on the left was Endarno The Wise, once a great hero of Basiliade, and beside him was Honourable Yan Lin, the previous air guardian. All three of them were the head of the newly formed Trinity Empire sharing the greatest power of Kandrakar. Yet, he could not tell them the true reason of the meeting with the guardians, he knew it was not the elements who spoke through the transfiguring cards.

There was silence once more. 'Maybe it is my imagination, after all, I changed a lot during my exile in Basiliade. No, there is no mistake. I had contacted the elements many times before and never felt such a different kind of magic. I'm sure it's the same thing that happened fifteen years ago.' Silence broke with his voice.

"I know it is you. What do you want?"

Silence...

"The changes, your message, what did it mean?"

Silence again...

"Speak to me!"

Nothing...

Oracle tried to figure out the meaning of the changes for a long time. 'At least I now understand how guardians feel when I talk to them in riddles.' He sighed at his own thoughts. He never felt this helpless before; not when Nerissa attacked the Fortress, not when Yua tried to assasinate him, not even when he was exiled to Basiliade with no memories. This time there was no way out.

In all of the previous dangers, the guardians were there to save the day and with each new threat they proved to everyone that they were the chosen ones. 'What would happen if I had ignored the voice and abide with the choice of the council? What if I were no longer the Oracle, just elder Himmerish?' He had already accepted that the voice was right, those girls were special indeed. The clues were hidden not in their achievements or the enemies they defeated, but in smaller details, which had gone unnoticed by all, even the guardians themselves, except the Oracle who was warned by the voice.

He wished he could listened to the advices of his trustful elders.

He wished he could do ask help from Endorno and Yan Lin.

He wished he could tell everything to the guardians.

Yet, he could not, for the voice had demanded complete secrecy.

The meditation chambers of Kandrakar remained silent... until now.

"The time has come, young Oracle. Destiny shall reveal its secret from now on. A great evil is rising from its slumber. You have done your part and have been rewarded for your efforts, its all up to the Guardians now. The warning has been given and you shall hear no more from me, ever again."

Silence came before the Oracle could ask his unanswered questions. He sat down with dissapointment. Then he smiled as realization came to him 'There would be only a few people who would actually consider exile as a reward.' He stood up, there were a lot of preparations to be made.

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Heatherfield, Three weeks later, 5:23 a.m.

She was floating in emptiness; there were no surrounding limits, no dimensions, no senses, nothing at all... Then her senses started to came back, she saw the darkness, heard the silence and felt the ground. She was standing on a platform which stretched to infinity. Many things appeared on the platform, but none of them could be seen for darkness still reign, and then... Light! Lights of all colour! Roads of shining light beams, rivers of colourful ribbons, passages like rainbows with colours that she didn't even knew existed. The scent of the flowers, trees, grass and all of nature itself; the warm, yet cool feeling on her skin was indiscribable, sounds of all kind of music with countless voices singing along with them...It was so beautiful, she was in bliss. She enjoyed all of it until it all became too complex for her mind to comprehand. She looked at the floor and noticed her reflection, the ground was like a mirror. First she examined her flowery wings that gave her an urge to fly and experience absolute freedom, but they were too small for flying which reminded her of her limits, but the dreams of flight remained. Her outfit looked so different, yet so wonderful at the same time, it was coloured in green, which represented the balance of nature, and in purple, which represented the hardship she had to go through to protect this delicate balance. Then she looked at her face, she had red hair and chocolate brown eyes. She recognized the face and slowly all of her memories returned.

"My... my name is Will Vandom."

"Indeed you are, rightful owner of the Heart. Welcome to my realm, my domain. I am most sorry that I can't greet you personally for I fear that you're not ready for our reunion. I can only hope we will have enough time for it. As a matter of fact, I reached out to you to say farewell."

"Wait, who are you? And whats with the farewells, have we met before?"

"Take care of yourself Will..."

"No, wait you can't go!" she tried to reach out to the voice with her hands, but the only thing she grabbed was her alarm clock yelling in agony.

"OK, ok you're choking me, stop it now! I swear I'll never wake you up again so early, please spare me!"

"Oh! Sorry, it was an accident, you see I was having a dream..."

"I'm not your mother, save your excuses for her. I'm only trying do my job and getting smashed is a part of it but you can always treat me better, this is not the first time you know."

"I was just trying to be polite... What am I doing arguing with an alarm clock? Lets see... 5:34 am. Well, I will get up since I'm already awake."

Soon Will was sitting in the kitchen enjoying the newspaper, it was rare that she read it before her Mom. Suddenly her thoughts returned to the dream she saw this morning. She couldn't remember all the details but she could say it was one of those once in a life time moments. And the things the voice told her.

'What was that all about?'

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Later in Sheffield Institude two girls were talking about the usual stuff, at least from the perspective of the average person.

"No, nothing out of the ordinary. I mean I hadn't seen any dreams lately, wish I had. I need some inspiration for my new dress." said Hay Lin as she and Will walked through the corridor.

"Strange, usually all of us see the same dream or dreams related to each other. Well at least it wasn't an evil guardian demanding the Heart or a warning from Kandrakar against some sort of danger. Well, here we are. See you at lunch break, bye!"

"See ya!" Hay Lin then took the left corridor and turned around the corner. As Will was staring at the empty class room she suddenly felt someone behind her.

"Chemistry has been cancelled, Will. Professor Collins is expecting us in the history class. Come on, lets go before we're late."

"What happened?"

"Well it seems that Mr. Collins decided to make use of free hours."

"No, I meant the chemistry lesson."

"Oh that one... Principle Knickerbocker said Mr. Grey joined the teachers exchange program. Therefore, he is overseas and since the new teacher hasn't arrived yet, the class has been cancelled."

Will at that moment was thinking about the meeting in Kandrakar and the dream. Were they related to each other? Although Cornelia didn't know what Will was thinking about, she felt it was about guardian business. She decided to break the silence and bring her down from the clouds.

"Also just like we went to Redstone many new exchange students will be arriving tomorrow. I think..."

Will gave a smile and followed the still talking Cornelia to history. She was glad somethings never changed, like true friendship.

It was now afternoon and five girls were walking slowly towards the school gates, talking about their daily problems.

"And you're telling me that Martin's mood was down the whole day. Have you forgotten what you did to him, and you did kiss and then hit him on the head! I believe the reason is pretty obvious."

Taranee and Hay Lin started laughing after Cornelia reminded them of that comical situation. Will didn't say anything because she wasn't listening to them. She couldn't pay attention to any of the classes, it was as though the dream was haunting her. She had written down every word she could remember from the dream; it became a habit of hers to jot down any kind of information about magic ever since she saw her possible future in Kandrakar.

"It's not that. I later tried to apologize to him during the first break and there I saw him leaning against the wall sulking. I asked Jordan what happened and he told me that Knickerbocker called him to her office. He has been like that ever since then."

Cornelia ended the disturbing silence. "And?"

"Then I went and apologized." Irma stopped again, she looked rather sad.

"AND?" said Taranee, Hay Lin and Cornelia altogether.

"Alright, patience you all. He accepted it, but the way he spoke to me! If I didn't knew better I'd say Knickerbocker sucked up his soul and spit out the shell."

"Anyway Martin's problem has to wait. We need to meet at Orube's house nineteen hundred sharp. We still need to talk about the message of the elements and plan our next course of action."

Hay Lin answered imitating Irma's voice. "Yes General Hale!" Hay Lin then quickly took cover behind Irma, smiling playfully, hoping it would start an argument between Irma and Cornelia. Afterall, Irma needed her spirits up and this was the best therapy. "Irma!" Hay Lin's little scheme was a success.

Taranee was always fascinated by the results of these daily arguments. In a few seconds, Irma regained her usual lively energetic self and making sarcastic remarks at Cornelia. Tara was trying hard not to laugh and keep on her role as the diplomat of the group "Okay, Irma that's enough. Cornelia, try to calm down.". The yelling lasted almost ten minutes.

Will was still distant. That voice was somewhat familiar and she snapped out of her thoughts by a familiar voice "Earth to Heart, Will, are you listening?"

"Oh yes... Meet at the mall at six pm... Why are you all staring at me like that?"

"Will, you have been thinking all day. You can always share your problems with us, don't try to carry weight of the world on your shoulders." said Cornelia holding Will's hand.

"And if you can't speak it out Tara can always read your mind!" added Irma.

Will smiled and they walked down the road. Will wondered if the bond between them was more than it seemed, more than magic.

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At the Olsen residence Matt was walking circles in the living room "She won't open her cell phone and she is not at her home either."

"Why bother this much? Will is probably hanging out with her friends. Give her some time." said Sean lying on the couch zapping through the tv channels.

"Of course , I know she is with her friends, and I'm talking about Mandy, not Will."

"So, what's the difference. I mean the same thing goes for her."

"No, it doesn't. She and her mother has just moved to Midgale today. Mandy never went to Midgale, she doesn't have any friends there, plus they probably arrived there only a few hours ago. I don't think even Irma can make friends that fast."

"Ah yes Irma... ehem... You see, you just answered your own question. What if they haven't arrived yet. Also, there may be many reasons for her cell phone being closed."

"Guess you're right. I'm exaggerating everything these days. Want anything from the fridge?"

"Matt, on second thoughts, you might not be exaggerating at all! Come here, you must see this!"

Matt immediately ran from kitchen to Sean who was sitting straight up and watching the television with full attention.

"What happe-"

"Shhh!"

"...Interpol agent Maria Medina has suggested that the three disappearances are connected. As a reminder, yesterday a French exchange student named Michelle Aurore (I don't know her last name so I made it up) has been reported missing and was last seen at Heatherfield airport. Along with her, her parents who were at Lyon France have gone missing too..."

On the tv, a news reporter was reporting live from 'Heatherfield Highway'. On the screen there was a crashed car in flames. Matt immediately recognized the car.

"...police reports state that the accident took place at 11:12 am. Witnesses are saying the car was driven by a female driver with a passenger. Strangely, no bodies or remains were found or seen anywhere, the car as you can see is beyond repair and is still burning and baggages, suitcases can be seen. This also caused a chain accident along the highway. Now we will listen to one of the witnesses of accident. Sir, can you tell us what exactly happened here?"

"I was on my way to Heatherfield, everything was normal. On the highway I saw this car coming from the opposite direction. There was a driver and a passenger on the front seats, then suddenly, there was a flash of light and they disappeared! I was mesmerized and droved right into the bus in front of me..."

"...We have a last minute breaking news that supports agent Medina's theory. The victims have been identified as (same goes for the Anderson family) Claire and Mandy Anderson who were mother and daughter, the father Johnathan Anderson who was supposedly in Heatherfield at the time of the car crash, is also nowhere to be found. Agent Medina refused further comments, but agent McTiennan has hinted that this disappearences has something to do with the Brown family who also dissappeared in Heatherfield two years ago..."

The reporter continued to question more witnesses but all of them were the same. Matt was completely paralyzed, he couldn't believe Mandy was dead. Then it hit him. He rushed to the door and grab his jacket.

"Where are you going?" Sean was pretty much in shock too. Mandy was also his friend.

"To find Will." Matt slammed the door behind him.

"What does she have to do with it?"

On the television another witness was speaking. "The young girl... I'm sure she was hold'n her wrist and scream'n in pain before they vanished into thin air..."

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Note1: Now that was a bit long. The next chapter is "Two Strangers", I'll try to update in a few days.

Note2: The myterious voice doesn't belong to God, it will be revealed later on.

Note3: Please review.