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Past and Present
"PLEASE" The desperate word of a desperate girl, a sorrowful expression that Will had seen so many time,
in her mirror,and worn more times then that. "Well when they put it that way" Irma said jumping to the aid
of the girl, feeling sorry for her and her friends. "It means will have to work things out some other way." Hay Lin
said her voice also tinged with sorriness. "Yeah We'll figure it out when the time comes." Cornelia spoke
trying to hide the fear in her words.
"Then we all agree" Will stated not asked but received a "Yes we do" Hay Lin as Irma muttered about regretting
the decision. "On everyone's behalf I'd like to say sorry, we acted without thinking." Will pause unsure what to
say "But it was never our intention to hurt you guys in anyway." again another pause as Will got ready to say
something that could make things so much hard for her and her friends. "We release you from all bonds." She said
finally, achieving cheers and laugher from the girls she was speaking to.
Out of nowhere The Oracle spoke. "And to remind you of this." He said raising his hand as magic went forth and
touched each of the shoulders of the girls released from their slavery. Magic symbols formed where the magic touch
and two of the girls made sound of amazement. Then The Oracle entered a sort of speech.
"when the time has come to return those symbols will light up Only then will you make a final decision.
Now go you will have a new life and new appearances to help you while your out their.
You will no longer hear any talk of guardians and no one will come looking for you.
This is the vow of Kandrakar."
As he spoke he raised his arms again and magic sent the 5 girls to a place unknown to anyone but him. No one
heard the next words of The Oracle as Will spoke over him. "Their Gone" she said sadly. After some more speaking
the Guardians went on their way. "Find me the Herald Skyshade of Lasen, I have a job for him." The Oracle said,
and one of the order of Kandrakar went to do as he said.
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"Where are we" The astral drop known formally as Cornelia asked. Before any of her friend could answer a voice
spoke out from the darkness that surrounded them. "Girls choose a name for your new life and say the out, once
you have your new lives will begin." The 5 girls were still slightly shaken and didn't know what to say but after
some thinking they all spoke together. 5 Names entered the darkness and then the darkness was no more. The
names continued to echo.
Kate, Sarah, Tara, Angelina, Pao Chai.
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A few year later
"Hurry up Hay-hay, we have to get to Ms. Rudolph's house the others are waiting." Irma shouted her friend who was
upstairs in the bathroom. A minute later Hay Lin burst from the bathroom and darted out of the house. What could the
Oracle want now both of them wondered, as quickly as they could they ran for Ms. Rudolph and the friend who would
be waiting for them. Kandrakar had the worst timing ever
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In Midgale
4 girls currently stood among many other watching a band in one of a small club. The music was OK but not the greatest
and the real reason for their attendance was he fact the band was made up of friends and they wished to show their
support. The night continued on and soon enough the 4 girls found themselves backstage speaking with their friends.
None of them had notice how one member of the band had up and left in quite a hurry, none of them noticed the ring on
his finger the turned from silver to purple for part of a second, none of them notice the tears that had threaten to be shed
from his eyes.
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In Kandrakar, the guardians appeared a bit annoyed at the lateness of the call made by the Oracle and the just they had
to make to get to Ms. Rudolph's house. "I wonder what The Oracle want with us." Hay Lin asked to herself, "I guess he
wants some company, Kandrakar must be lonely for someone as not understood as him" Irma said with a grin. "Irma try
and be serious please I'm tired and can't put up with your bad taste." Corny snapped at her. Nothing more was said as
they walked up to The Oracle
"I'm sorry to have called you, so late but do you mind waiting their we are still waiting for someone." The Oracle said looking
down at the girls smiling. Irma was just about to make a reply, when the doors to the room slammed open and a very mad
looking man dressed in human clothes entered making his way straight towards The Oracle
"I WON'T LET YOU DO IT, THEIR NOT READY THEY HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED TO FORGET THIS PLACE." The man screamed at
The Oracle. The order members around said displeased things about the man who had just dared to shout at The Oracle
The Oracle ignored the words of the man and turned to look at the guardians. "Girls I would like to introduce Herald Skyshade
for the world of Lasen, he has been on earth for some time protecting something for me." Skyshade tired to interrupt but found
he couldn't speak. "His is upset because he had to live as a human to protect what I asked and is upset that his job is over as
he enjoyed company of that he was protecting." The girls stood silent willing Skyshade did not and continued to try and shout
at The Oracle "Herald Skyshade in a moment I will return the power to speak to you, I want you to explain to the guardians
what you have been protecting and why you will no longer need to do so" The Oracle said, waited to Skyshade had stopped
trying to shout and then
nodded at him to tell him he could now speak.
Skyshade turned to the guardians and walked up to them to do as the Oracle ask much as it pained him to do so.
"My name is Skyshade Darker, but I would prefer to be called Jonathan as I have grown fond of the name. A few years ago
The Oracle ask me to guard a group of people from evil and make sure that over time they could forget magic, so that when
it was reviled to them, the malice they had felt in the past would not come forth. But the time that magic must be reviled to
them has come and they have not fully forgotten the wrongs that have been done to them. They Guardians are your Astral
Drops, targeted by certain forces of evil because of their relation to you. Now that magic is going to be shown to them, they
will be receiving powers like you did, and I will no longer be allowed to remain on earth to watch them no matter how much
I have grown to become their friend."
The Guardians had realised where Jonathan word were heading before he had finished and Hay Lin found herself slightly
teary at the memory of the pain she had cause another. Taranee was shocked that their Astral drops were as important as
Jonathan had made them sound. Will wish to demand more explanation but she knew she would not get it. Cornelia just
didn't know how to react. And Irma well, "Well at least it's good news for once no big bad evil guy coming to kill us" She said..
Was just Irma.
"Oracle, I don't understand you promised the astral drops a magic free life" Will said "That is true but I also said to them that
they would be called, and then they would decide. The Oracle said in return" You told me, that they would be allowed to fully
forget their pain, this will just remind them" Jonathan added "Of the memories yes the pain I do not know." The Oracle said
waving his hand before no one could talk "It has started, Skyshade, Guardian get the girls they are in trouble."
The 5 Guardian spoke to each other in confusion they had no idea where they were going or who they were looking for. After
a few second the 5 all turned to Jonathan expectantly. Jonathan lifted his right hand and a surge of white light cover him and
the girls.
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Back in Midgale
"Kate...Kate..KATE" a slender blonde girl said, to her friend who was absent mindedly tapping her foot on the floor. "Wah" the
redhead said back to the blonde. "Would you please stop tapping your foot, the night is over already, Tom, Jon and Nick have
all gone and the girls are waiting outside so we can walk home together." The blonde said dropping the last can of coke that
had been drunk in the bin so the back stage room was tidy. "Sorry Angel I was lost in my dreams again." Kate said getting up
and picking up a pair of drumsticks off the table in front of her. "Lets go"
Kate and Angelina the blonde walked outside and joined their friends so they could start to walk home. "What took you two so
long?" a small girl with dark purple black colour hair asked. "I bet they were talking bout Nick and Jon again, Watch out world
Kate and Angel have found boys what will happen next" a quite stocky brunette said smiling, only to be slapped lightly in the
back of the head by Angelina. Tara, the level headed one of the group was just about say to both of them to behave when she
felt a large tickling sensation in her left shoulder. Suddenly stopping she turned to look at her friend who all seem to have felt
similar thing as each one of them held their arm in the same spot.
"Do you fe-----" She was about to ask in confirmation when a large explosion came from the sky above drowning out her words
as a large piece of rock came falling from the burning building beside them. Each one of them scattered and screamed totally
unaware that no harm would befall them. For today at least.
A few minutes prior, a glow of white light appeared onto of one of the flat roof building near by, and the guardians and herald
enter the normal world. Will disoriented by the different form of magic clutched her head, to stop the dizziness that was about
to over come her. Both Taranee and Hay Lin quickly grabbed their friend and held her up just in case it became worse.
"So where are we" Taranee asked from where she was, trying to glance down at the streets below. "On a roof" Irma said plainly,
trying to lighten her own mood, because she was confused by what was going on. "Nearby your astral drops, they should be
heading down here soon enough" Jon said walking right to the edge of the roof. Looking around for the girls he had protected.
"Here they come, but their doesn't seem to be anything dangerous around." he added glancing back at the other on the roof.
Will groaned as the dizziness she felt became a all to familiar feeling like those she had when they found themselves near the portals
when they existed. "Will are you OK." Hay Lin asked holding Will tighter as she felt Will was about to fall over. "Something going to
happen." Will replied just as the astral drops below past the building on the opposite side of the road. Then the explosion came, and
all 6 of the people on the roof could she walls being blasted of the building across the road and concrete fall towards the girls the
oracle had just sent them to protect.
"Hay Lin" Cornelia shouted as she lifted her hand to try and slow the rate the rocks fell with her earth powers. Trapping most of the
rocks mid fall. The screams of the panicking girls below could be heard over the crackling of fire ahead of them. Hay Lin quickly let go
of Will and rust forward to help Cornelia stop the rubble fall, causing to fall over into Taranee and knocking them both over. Jon ignored
the guardians at this point and darted for the fire escape on the side of the building to try and get down to ground level. The 5 guardians
now all moved into action, Will on jelly legs got off of Taranee. Taranee rush forward to absorb the flames on the other building, and
Irma assisted her by sending jets of water over the road like a fire hose.
As Hay Lin and Cornelia lowered the rock safely to the ground, and the fire died away for the combined powers of Irma and Taranee.
Will sent energy forward to deal with another part of rock that had just broken off the damage building blowing it to dust. Pretty quickly
all the treat to the astral drops had been removed, and the sound of sirens could be heard in the distance. "Hay Lin get Will down the
fire escape and go after that Skyshade guy I don't want him running off" Cornelia said taken a leading roll as Will seemed unable to form
any orders. Once Irma would have cracked a joke about Cornelia trying to take over but, the year had taught her to not make jokes
when they were doing guardian stuff. It was not worth being shouted at for being a idiot, while something bad could happen still.
Down below Jonathan had just reached the floor, and was running out into the street toward the first of the girls he could see. Kate
and Angelina were embrace in each others arms crying from fear, not even realising the threat was gone. Tara and Pao Chai were no
where in site and Sarah was sitting on the floor by herself arms cuddled to her chest. Glancing around no of the three girls he could see
seemed hurt, only shaken. "Are you guys OK" He asked as he reached the girls. Kate and Angelina jumped him wrapping their arms
around him crying, as if their friend was the only thing that could calm them. "I thought I was going to die." Kate said tears covering
Jon's t-shirt. Quickly as he could he got the three girls to move away for the building that had just blown up just in case and sat them
down together, just as Will and Hay Lin reached them. Sitting Will down with the other 3 girls as she was still shaky she looked around.
"Where are the other two" She asked. "I don't know" Jon said, "You five are going to have to find them I'm taking these guys to
Kandrakar" He said raising his hand white light pulling them away. "Wait" Hay Lin said as the disappeared.
A few minutes past and Hay Lin stood next the sitting Will waiting for the other guardians to come down to them. The other ran over
to them once they had reached the ground. "Where the guy?" Taranee asked staying level headed. "He took three of the girls to
Kandrakar, he told us to find the other two" Will said standing annoyed at herself that she had done less then the others to help,
hating the fact that she always felt dizzy when she sometimes she needed to be at her best. "How are we meant to find them, we
don't even know what they look like" Irma said with a pissed off expression. "That can wait we need to get out of here before the fire
people show up, from the sound of the sirens they not that far off." Cornelia said moving towards one of the nearby allays. The others followed.
Once the five had regained all of the composure they came up with a plan. Hay Lin would fly above and try and see if she could she
anyone who might have been one of the other two astral drops. Cornelia would take Irma and search by foot in their normal forms.
Finally Will and Taranee would stay nearby in case Hay Lin spotted one of the girls and they were nearby still so Will could met up with
them and send them to Kandrakar. It was going to be a long night from the looks of it, and a very confusing one as well.