My Two Worlds - 1
Summary: After Cornelia becomes a Guardian of the Veil she is desperate to still hold onto a part of her old life. One where she doesn't have to worry about saving other worlds. When she goes into a bookstore she starts to fall in love with the owner and tries to balance both of her lives.
Hello all! Hope you like this! I couldn't find any stories for them and thought they deserved one. That couple that no one talks about, Cornelia x Cedric.
Disclaimer: I do not own W.I.T.C.H. just the plot for this story.
Cornelia laid on her bed very much awake. Who wouldn't be after the last few days? Finding out you were a 'Guardian of the Veil' and had to protect another world, Meridian. Prince Phobos who ruled the land was trying to gain power over the land and just be... downright evil. Plus now, Yan Lin had told them that he was looking for his long lost sister, the real heir to the throne. Apparently his plan was to steal her powers so he could become more powerful. Phobos had already tried to steal Will's powers when she got trapped. Thankfully, she had dropped the Heart of Kandrakar so he hadn't gotten her powers. In fact, she was fine now. The rest of them had saved her sorry ass. Plus the rebel leader, Caleb and his smelly not-friend Blunk.
She sighed, turning onto her side and opted to stare at the wall instead.
Her whole life seemed to be crumbling around her. The one before a week ago. When they were all just normal teenagers with normal teenage problems, but now they were responsible for Meridian and it's people. It was a sudden weight on her shoulders and quite unbearable. How was she even suppose to have a normal life while doing this?
What about her outfit for tomorrow? Those two girls doing the school newspaper were always looking for fashion to write about. She still needed to figure that out! See, normal problems, and they were being pushed down whenever she had to assist those in Meridian.
Not that she didn't want to help, but why did those portals always have to open at the most inconvient of times? At least work around her schedule one time! That's all she asked for, and being able to continue with her everyday life without interference from Meridian all the time.
Finally, her eyes were drooping down and she fell asleep fretting about the issue of Meridian and her clothes.
"Oh hey, here comes the strobe." Irma commented as Cornelia walked into the school, wearing a flashy dark blue tanktop with sparkles. Her jeans were white, doing a perfect contrast with the darker color. Wood sandals with gold colored straps wrapping up around her ankles decorated her feet.
"You're just jealous, peasant." Cornelia replied, clearly teasing as she made sure to walk infront of the two girls that did the 'fashion' part of the newspaper. They both got out a pad of paper and kept writing even when she was gone.
"Of course." Irma replied with a grin from her position against the wall.
"Hey guys, we need to focus." Will said pointedly to get the two to stop clowning around.
Cornelia rolled her eyes, hands on her hips. "We're still in school Will." She reminded her.
Hay Lin jumped up, her pony tails bouncing with her. "My Grandma needs to talk with you all after school, something about, uh... a seal I think."
Irma glanced at Hay Lin, a brow raised. "Is there a live performance at the restraunt before it becomes a meal?" Hay Lin grumbeled at the response while Irma laughed.
"Okay, so we'll all be there after school." Cornelia replied walking away as Taranee came rushing around the corner towards the now dispersing group.
The day passed quickly enough and after a flash of light Cornelia knew that the newspaper girls had talked someone into taking a picture of her. Most likely it was the guy that was always following Irma around like a complete stalker. He had crashed their parties before to catch a glimpse of her friend before they threw him out.
She twirled her finger around a strand of hair as she walked down the sidewalk to The Silver Dragon restraunt. It was a bit of a walk though and she stopped to glance at her reflection in a store window. She paused when she saw someone walking around within carrying boxes. Cornelia leaned closer, raising a hand to cut off light so she could see easier. Someone had just rounded a corner and she remembered the brief glimpse of him she had gotten. What a cutie. But she was going to be late if she continued to look inside. Cornelia turned away from the window glancing around for a sign so she could come back sometime.
Bookstore.
Well, hell. Who knew a hunk like that could be found in such a nerdy place. She smiled as she walked away, glancing once more over her shoulder at the store before running the rest of the way to Hay Lin's Grandma's place.
"You're late." Will said frowning at her. Cornelia scowled back but before she could say anything Yan Lin walked into the room.
"Ah, you're all here. Good." The woman waved for them to sit and they did, Cornelia with a small huff. "I was informed by Caleb," He wasn't here to explain this himself? She glanced around the room to make sure as Yan Lin continued to speak, "that Phobos had found the Seal of Phobos, a long lost pointed star with a family crest in the middle." Nope he wasn't here.
"Shouldn't he be telling us this then?" Cornelia asked, wondering where the supposed rebel leader was.
"Oh. He would." Yan Lin responded, finger raised. "but, he has already gone after the seal. Which is clearly a trap because Phobos would not wait to go and get it." Of course, he needed to be saved again. The 'leader of the rebels'. Well, he wasn't a very good leader.
Will had stood up. "We need to find the nearest portal." Hay Lin got out the map of their world and after finding a portal they were off.
The team stood in a village awhile later in Meridian on top of a mountain staring down into a sandpit. "In there? Really?" Cornelia muttered. The children had said this is where a boy had disappeared, in other words Caleb. Fat chance it would be anyone else.
Will was also staring down into the pit. "Here we go." she muttered raising the Heart of Kandrakar. A light flashed around all of them, enveloping them as their clothes changed and they grew wings. The light died back down. Will was glancing around now. "We need something to pull us back up when we're done."
"Right." Cornelia muttered rising into the air she extended her hands making vines grow up from the dirt beside the sandpit. Each guardian grabbed one before diving into the pit. "Yuck." She said waving her hand so the sand sticking to it flew off.
"Stay away from the ground and walls!" Caleb of course. They turned to see him stuck on a pillar, globs of sand holding him in place.
"Darn we were totally planning on going near them and the bones." Irma said just as a glob of sand went flying from a wall at her. She screamed in surprise while being flung to a wall and therefore getting stuck. More sand flew at them, everyone dodging except Cornelia who simply used her power over earth to shoo them off.
"Grab them and get out!" Ordered Will flying frantically inbetween the moving pillars toward Caleb. Taranee was with her blowing fire down at the sand so it could harden. Will punched into the wall breaking it and grabbing one of his arms, Taranee grabbing the other until they began flying up in a zig zag line.
Cornelia flew toward were Irma was being held by the monster. Hay Lin appeared next to her a second later giving her a thumbs up before they flew around a glob of flying sand. She smiled back coming to a halt in the air she extended her arms, holding the sand pit back from attacking. Hay Lin flew down to Irma using her wind to carry the sand off.
"Thanks." Irma said flying up toward the opening.
"No problem." Hay Lin replied before following her.
Cornelia waited for the two to get out before releasing her hold on the beast and flew up after them. She came bursting from the sandpit to see the others flying in the air around her. Taranee extended her hands down at the pit once Cornelia was clear throwing fire down and baking the pit. Hay Lin cooled it off with air and once the steam went away they could see glass in it's place. Irma grinned. "Strike out."
One of the kids jumped into the pit sliding around laughing. The towns' people cheered as the group left. Taranee high fived one of the kids before flying after the rest of them. Will and Hay Lin were now carrying Caleb back.
"Good job guys." Will said when they were back through the portal and she had closed it.
"Yeah. Now we can go home." Cornelia said stretching her arms above her head.
Will shook her head, turning to face Caleb. "There's one more thing we need to take care of." She jerked her finger at him. "Why didn't you wait for us to come back to the restraunt?"
Caleb frowned. "It was important. If it had been really the seal the whole war could have been turned around."
Will sighed, apparently not in an argumentative mood. "Fine. Let's go."
Hay Lin skipped over to Caleb. "At least ask my Grandma before you go off by yourself again."
"Okay." Caleb said before walking off toward wherever he went after a fight.
The girls split up, walking back to their homes.
It was night now and Cornelia raised her arms to wrap around herself as she walked. Maybe she should have grabbed a jacket this morning too. If only she had known they would be out this late to take care of Meridian again. She sighed softly, stopping when she recognized the bookstore sign a few stores down. She picked up the pace to glance inside.
A light was still on even at this hour. She walked to the front wrapping her frozen fingers around the handle she pulled the door open and stepped inside. "Hello?" She glanced around to see the shelves filled with books and even more in boxes. Still, she wasn't seeing anyone in the store and the door had been unlocked. "Is anyone in here?" she asked walking further in.
"Oh, hello there. I was just closing up." A form had materilazed out of the darkness from between the shelves. Cornelia glanced up at the guy, the same one she had spotted through the window earlier today. His blond hair was pulled up into a small pony tail, white shirt tucked into his pants. She tore her gaze from his fit looking body to his face, spotting the glasses resting there. It actually made him look even cuter with those on, though she couldn't help wondering what he looked like with them off.
The glasses that is.
"Hi," she repeated holding out her hand for him to shake. "my name's Cornelia." She said trying to keep the dazed tone out of her voice. He really was smoking up close, or maybe it was just the store. It was colder outside and she was freezing.
He took her hand and she had to stop the gasp from escaping past her lips. He was warm, she smiled at him keeping her fingers around his for an extra second before letting go. She didn't want to seem weird or anything like that. "I am Cedric." He introduced himself with a smile at her. There was a pause as she tried to figure out what to say. She didn't necessarily know all the great books of the ages. "You look cold, let me go get you something."
He had turned and walked off in the next second. Cornelia stood there for a couple moments like an idiot. She would have said something if he hadn't already disappeared between the stacks.
He came back soon enough with a coat in his hands, handing it to her. "You didn't have too." she said quickly not wanting to take his coat. She had only come in to see him afterall, and you know, check him out.
"I insist." He replied dropping it into her hands.
Cornelia put it on, the black sleeves easily passing her wrists. she folded them back once. "Thank you." she said smiling sweetly at him. What a gentleman.
"You're going to have to excuse me, I'm closing up shop."
"Right." Cornelia said quickly before he could fully turn and leave. "Nice meeting you." She turned around heading for the door pausing in opening it only when his voice floated back to her.
"You as well, Cornelia."
With him in the back of the store facing the opposite way she didn't hold back the blush rising to her cheeks. With a smile she opened up the door, stepping back out into the night she walked home slowly wrapping her arms around the jacket, feeling the leather. Once home she opened the jacket carefully, fitting it over a chair as to not get any wrinkles in it before she fell asleep.
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