I do not own W.I.T.C.H. anything. It's probably a good thing that I don't…

I'm hoping that this story will have better grammar then my previous Avatar story, and that it will be easy to understand. I might increase the rating for the chapters down the line for violence, but currently, it's fine. Ok so here are some things to keep in mind while reading this-

-It's based mostly off the animated cartoon series; some elements of the comics might be added, but the fact that I don't know how to get them could present a problem. (If you know where to get them please tell me.)

-The whole story will have 26 chapters; each chapter represents an episode, like on TV.

-The story starts right where the end of the episode, Z is for Zenith, left off.

- (--- ---) means I'm changing scenes/time periods, while (---) means I'm changing character perspectives, like from Will to Irma.

-Italics represent thoughts and dreams, and accented words.

-I appreciate any reviews and helpful suggestions. I hope to post new chapters every few days; I hope to keep this pace as school starts too.


Episode 1 (The Jealous Type)

A week had passed since winter break had ended; snow still piled high from the multiple blizzards had yet to be shoveled away. The school bell buzzed ending 5th period, releasing the students of Sheffield Institute from their classes for a few minutes of freedom in the hallways. A third of the student body rejoiced, and headed towards the cafeteria to mingle with classmates and misbehave where no teachers were present. Most students ate their lunches during their lunch hour, but Taranee Cook was not one of those people. The dark, skinned girl had her brown, bespectacled eyes hidden behind a large, history book.

"It's a Monday and she's already studying," sighed Irma, eating the cafeteria food off her plate, "I mean we haven't even learned anything to study!"

"I don't want to miss anything on my next test in history," responded Taranee, flipping to the next page, "you should study too, you didn't too well on your last test, Irma."

"Minor setback," Irma responded. Her sarcastic smile was overlooked as her teal eyes rolled slightly with Taranee's comment.

"Last history test, Taranee only got one wrong. She wants to go for a hundred percent," smiled Hay Lin, filling in Will and Cornelia. Hay Lin smiled again, her braces flashing in the florescent light of the cafeteria.

"Cornelia, you've been really quiet for the past few days," Will said, her brown eyes flicked over Cornelia's face. The blond turned away, her blue eyes shut in defiance.

"Corny," smiled Irma, teasing her with her most hated nickname.

"Don't call me that Irma!" Cornelia shouted, "I'm still mad at all of you."

"What for?" asked Irma, pulling her brown hair into a ponytail and biting into her double, chocolate cookie, "oh…. Cornelia you can't still be mad about that."

"Why not?!" exclaimed Cornelia.

"Kadma's not terribly awful to be around-" Hay Lin started to say.

"But why did she have to move into the house under me?" Cornelia asked.

"Because, we couldn't find any other houses in the city, other than in you're building. You helped us look, you know as well as I do that there were no other choices," Taranee responded as she put her textbook back into her backpack.

"But last night my mom made me go downstairs to be polite and give her a cake, as a welcome to the building type of thing," Cornelia complained.

"And what went wrong?" sighed Will. She knew Cornelia would tell them eventually, so why not get it over with.

"Well, I held the cake and followed my mom into the elevator with Lillian," Cornelia explained. The other girls put down their forks and leaned back in their chairs, bracing for a long story.

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The door opened a few seconds after Lillian rang the bell. Cornelia watched as the ex-guardian of earth smiled a warm welcome. Holding the cake out to her, Cornelia muttered a welcome as well. Kadma ushered them inside for just a moment and showed Cornelia where to put the cake.

"Mom, I want my room painted this color purple!" begged Lillian, pointing at the walls of Kadma's living room.

"Wow, you really do love purple, don't you think yellow or green would be more your thing," frowned Cornelia, hoping to get away from the purpleness.

"After being surrounded by purple for half my life I found I couldn't live without it," whispered Kadma to Cornelia, she looked over to Mrs. Hale, "thank you for dropping off the cake."

"You're welcome," smiled Cornelia's mother taking Lillian's hand, "if you need anything, we'll be upstairs, I'll send Cornelia down with it."

"Mom," hissed Cornelia.

"Thank you," smiled Kadma, "you'll probably hear from me simply for someone to talk to, I have nothing better to now-a-days."

"Cornelia would love to come and keep you company," laughed Lillian, dragging her mother out the door, and begging for mint ice-cream.

"Then she said she'd love to see me," said Cornelia.

"I think you're making a big deal out of nothing," frowned Irma.

"Yeah Cornelia, come on, just because you don't want to talk to her isn't an excuse to give us the silent treatment," Will said. Cornelia sat silent as if realizing her friends were right. The tension mounted for the silence to be broken until Irma spoke up.

"What do you think of your new elective, Hay Lin?" asked Irma, pushing her tray towards the end of the table.

"My painting class is the best, and my teacher is so funny," smiled Hay Lin. She pulled out her class sketch-book. "Here look". Flipping through the pages, the girls gazed at the small paintings Hay Lin had created, pausing, and admiring her still-lives the most.

"Well at least you're good at your class. Irma and I got stuck in this crazy, computer class with the new teacher," Will sighed, pushing her empty plate away.

"Computers are fun, why don't you like the class Will?" asked Taranee.

"Why aren't you taking it?" asked Will.

"I'm taking Latin instead, now why don't you like your class?" asked Taranee, she lowered her voice "You should be the best with your whole talking to electronics power."

"That's just her problem, Will and her computer aren't getting along too well," laughed Irma. The girls burst out laughing while Will crossed her arms across her chest and leaned back in her chair, letting them laugh. The bell interrupted their laughter and excused them from lunch.

"Will, wait up!" called Irma, gathering her things. Will waited for her friend at the door, and together they made their way to room 110, the computer lab. They sat down on their swivel chairs at computer numbers twenty one and twenty two, and powered them up.

"How far are you on that project that's due today?" whispered Irma as the bell rang again, ending passing period and beginning classes.

"That's due today!" cried Will. She began madly clicking the mouse and pounding the keyboard.

"If you want me to load faster, we won't get what you want that way," snorted the computer. He had a nasally voice and a bad French accent.

"Shut up, you're a stupid computer," Will commanded, pointing her finger in the monitor's face, or where his face would be.

"Um, Will," Irma whispered. Will ignored her.

"I will have you know, I am the latest in computer technology!" quipped the computer.

"I don't care if you're the smartest computer in the world, load faster!" hissed Will. The computer was silent.

"Everything Ok Miss Vandom?" asked a voice from behind Will. Mr. Rafael Sila, the new computer teacher raised an eyebrow in question, "talking to your computer again?"

"Um, well you see," stuttered Will. Irma shoved her aside, forgetting the fact that she was sitting on a rolling chair, and sent Will accidently rolling across the room.

"Mr. Sila, Will is just really stressed, so she, um, takes it out on her computer," smiled Irma, cringing as Will hit the wall on the other side of the class room.

"Ok, I better see you two working hard on your stress management power-points then, I've extended the due date another week. Tell Will, maybe she should take notes to reduce her own stress levels," added Mr. Sila.

"I will, thank you," smiled Irma. Mr. Sila walked away to help another student, and Will rolled back to her snooty computer.

"I'm stressed?" asked Will, her lips turned up in a slight smile. Irma shrugged, turned back to her computer, and began researching her topic, aroma therapy.

After two more periods of torture, the bell rang signaling the end of the school day. Four of the five girls met outside the school under one of the new, maple trees.

"Let's go to the Silver Dragon, my grandma will probably have tea and sugar cookies," smiled Hay Lin leading the way out of the school yard.

"Sounds good, let's go!" agreed Irma.

"Wait, where's Cornelia?" asked Taranee. The four girls stopped and looked around the front of the school for their missing friend.

"There she is!" pointed Will. Four sets of eyes turned and watched their blond friend walk out the front, double doors and down the steps of the school.

"Come on Cornelia, we're going to Hay Lin's," called Irma. Cornelia glanced up at them with a smile.

"Ok, sorry I'm late, but I have great news!" said Cornelia as they walked through the school gates.

"What is it?" asked Taranee.

"Tell us!" begged Hay Lin.

"Did the math tests we took last week spontaneously combust?" joked Irma, the girls turned to Irma with confusion. "What? I did really badly on that test!"

"No Irma. It's about Elyon," Cornelia replied, "She wants to see us!"

"How do you know?" asked Will as she sidestepped around a snow-covered mailbox. The girls stopped and waited for the red light to change.

"You know Elyon and I were friends way before I met you guys, I just have this really strong feeling she wants to see us," explained Cornelia.

"Cool, so when are we going?" asked Irma.

"I have a feeling she'll give us a call," Cornelia replied. They crossed the street and walked into the Silver Dragon.

"Hello?!" Hay Lin called, pushing open the back door to the restaurant, "my parents must be up front. Grandma!"

"She's probably helping your parents, let's go downstairs," suggested Irma. She pulled off her hat and mittens and led the others into the basement. Cornelia dumped her stuff on the ground, unzipped her jacket and sat down on the small cot by the wall. Taranee sat down next to Cornelia, still undoing her long, gold scarf from her neck. Will leaned back on the chair, letting her thoughts wash over her like a gentle ocean wave.

"Ew," said Taranee, wrinkling her nose, "I think we have a visitor."

"Blunk," sighed the five guardians after a moment's thought. A beam of light shot down the stairs as the door to basement opened, allowing passage to Yan Lin, Hay Lin's grandmother. The old stairs creaked and groaned as she walked down them, carrying a plate of sugar cookies, and leading down the other visitors.

"Caleb!" smiled Cornelia, standing to greet him with a hug.

"Blond girl forget about Blunk, Blunk here too!" said the smelly, green passling.

"Oh, we wouldn't forget about you Blunk," smiled Hay Lin, pinching the bridge of her nose shut, and taking the plate of cookies from her grandmother.

"Who could?" laughed Irma.

"Girls, I believe Caleb has brought news with him," interrupted Yan Lin. Cornelia let Caleb free of the embrace and returned to her seat.

"Elyon eagerly awaits your visit, she wants to see you all tomorrow soon," said Caleb. Cornelia smiled the, I-told-you-so smile, but said nothing out loud.

"Did you have any plans for tomorrow?" asked Caleb.

"You mean after school, right?" asked Taranee. Caleb nodded.

"We don't have any plans for then," Cornelia said, eager to see Elyon again. The earth guardian didn't show it, but she really missed Elyon since she decided to permanently stay in Meridian to rule as their queen. Now she couldn't wait to see her friend again.

"It doesn't seem like everyone is ok with the plan," sighed Hay Lin's grandmother, she turned to Will. The girls all followed her eyes and saw Will starring into space, her head resting in her hands like a baby in a cradle.

"Will?" called Irma, waving her hand madly just inches from her friend's face. The sudden movement broke the redhead's concentration and her head shot up.

"Earth to Will! We're going to see Elyon tomorrow after school," explained Cornelia.

"I think there are other things on her mind right now, am I right?" asked Yan Lin, taking a seat on the small table near Will.

"Sorry guys, but I was just thinking, and it worries me, what if we go back and-" Will said.

"You were fine at school today," Taranee interrupted, "are you ok?"

"Yeah, I guess I just jumped into guardian mode," laughed Will.

"What were you thinking about Will?" asked Hay Lin, setting the plate of cookies down near Irma. She happily grabbed a few, and started munching.

"I was just thinking, I know we defeated her, but for how long? What if we go to Meridian and-" Will started to say.

"Are you talking about Nerissa?" Irma asked between bites of her third cookie.

"Will, she's gone, she's stuck in the jewel," sighed Cornelia.

"But that's just it! How do we know she'll stay in there!" exclaimed Will.

"My father's not letting her get out anytime soon," said Caleb, leaning against the basement wall.

"Will," said Yan Lin. She took the young guardian's hand, attempting to calm her.

"Nerissa is happy in her dreams, she won't leave them," explained Yan Lin.

"But won't she realize that they're just that, just dreams?! What if she wakes up from her picture, perfect dreams and finds out that they aren't real?" frowned Will, sitting back in her chair facing the old, air guardian.

"You worry too much, she gone forever!" Blunk said. Will smiled.

"Besides if she ever did find out, she'd have to choose harmony and balance to escape the jewel's prison, right grandma?" asked Hay Lin.

"Exactly," smiled Yan Lin. She gave Will back her hand and patted her granddaughter on her shoulder, smoothing out her long, black hair as she did. Standing up, Yan Lin walked back up the stairs, shutting the door behind her. Silence threatened to take hold of the room, but Caleb stopped it from getting too far.

"So, what should I tell Elyon?" he asked.

"You can tell her, we'll be there right after school," smiled Will.

"Speaking of school, we have that big test in chemistry tomorrow, Hay Lin. I have to go home and study," Taranee said, picking up her bag and scarf. She grabbed the last cookie from the tray before Irma and waved good bye to the others.

"Yeah my mom wants me to study for my algebra test tonight, I'd better get going," Will replied. She gathered her things, slid on her coat, and walked up the stairs.

"Don't forget about tomorrow!" called Hay Lin.

"I won't!" Will promised as she closed the door behind her. She left the restaurant and made her way down the four blocks that separated the Silver Dragon from her house. Pulling out her key and unlocking the door, Will peered into the kitchen.

"Mom?" called Will, flipping on the lights, "Anyone?"

"Good evening Will, your mother is out shopping, hopefully for more food. I'm running on empty here!" complained Will's refrigerator.

"Sorry about that James, how long has she been gone?" asked Will, prying open the door to find the truth of James' statement.

"She has been out for the better part of the hour, Miss Will. May I suggest-"

"Toast!" cried Will in excitement, interrupting James and slamming the door closed. She popped the bread into the toaster and pulled out a butter knife from the drawer.

"Toast for dinner?" asked James, disgust in his voice, "you just had toast for breakfast!"

"So? Seeing that bread and butter are all we have left, toast sounds good to me," shrugged Will. She grabbed the toast as it shot out of the toaster and buttered it. Grabbing her school bag and fresh toast, Will ambled down the short hallway and into her room. She shut the door and popped the food into her mouth, then sat down, pencil in hand, to study for her algebra test.

"Using the graph, write the equation in slope intercept form," Will read out-loud to herself. She studied the graph and scribbled down x0 y-2.

"That's wrong," said Will's calculator, his screen flashing with new, correct calculations.

"Will you be quiet Sammy!" shushed Will, "Algebra's hard enough without you telling me what I did wrong.

"But if you just put-"

"I said be quiet," instructed Will, rubbing her temples. Down the hall the front door opened and Will's mother walked in, putting down bags of groceries on the counter.

"But just-"

"No," snapped Will.

"But that's how you-"

"I don't care Sammy, shut up!" screamed Will, her face as red as her hair as she jumped to her feet. A small spark of electricity jumped across her hair. Suddenly the door to Will's room opened, Mrs. Vandom stood in the doorway.

"Are you ok Will? Who were you talking to?" she asked, "I didn't hear anyone else-"

"I'm fine mom, I wasn't talking to anyone. I'm just doing my homework," smiled Will as she sat back down in her chair.

"Are you sure you weren't talking to anyone? Did you need help?" Susan asked her daughter, peering over her shoulder to check her math.

"Um Will, this last one here is wrong," Susan offered.

"I know!" snapped Will, her tone softened, "sorry, good night Mom."

"Good night Will," smiled Mrs. Vandom. She stepped out and closed Will's door.

"Nice job Sammy," snarled Will, picking up her pencil and continuing to do her homework.

"Just trying to help," laughed Sammy nervously.

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"Where's Will?" asked Cornelia.

"She came late to school today," said Irma, "something about math."

"Maybe she got in trouble for being late," added Taranee.

"I don't care if she has detention for life, Elyon's waiting for us and we can't be late!" exclaimed Cornelia.

"I don't think we'll be late," smiled Hay Lin as she watched the school doors part, and Will appear from behind them.

"Sorry guys, that algebra test-"

"We'll hear about it later Will, now fold us to Elyon," commanded Cornelia. Glancing around the school yard, the girls walked to a nearby alley, free of any wandering eyes. Will pulled out the Heart of Candracar and swiped it across the air, opening a fold straight to the palace. Cornelia leaped through the fold and hurried towards the castle. Hay Lin, Taranee, Irma, and lastly Will also made their way through the fold and up towards the palace.

"There's Elyon!" pointed Hay Lin. The five girls turned their heads in the direction Hay Lin had pointed, smiles filling their faces.

"Elyon!" called Cornelia, "I'm so-"

"Hay Elyon!" called Irma. Irma, Hay Lin, Taranee, and Will all ran over to the queen and caught her in a big, group hug. Cornelia frowned at being left out, but embraced her best friend when the others had freed her.

"So did you miss us?" smiled Irma.

"Of course," replied Elyon, "let's go inside for a bit."

"Led the way," said Hay Lin. The guardians followed the queen of Meridian into a comfy, sitting room, overlooking the gardens.

"So, how's the new year of school coming?" asked Elyon.

"You'd love it; there are so many new electives," Hay Lin explained, "lots of art classes too."

"Don't forget about the new real classes," Taranee added.

"Elyon, you didn't call us all the way from Earth to talk about our grades did you?" joked Irma. Everyone laughed.

"No," smiled Elyon, "but I miss you guys a lot, so just talking to you is great. It gets pretty lonely here in the castle."

"Then let's go outside, it's such a nice day. It's still snowing back at home," Will said.

"Is it always nice here? By the castle I mean," asked Taranee. Elyon shook her head.

"Why would it have to-" Cornelia started to say.

"Yeah, doesn't it get cold and snowy ever?" Hay Lin wondered, cutting Cornelia off.

"Hay Lin," Cornelia growled, but she was already out of earshot. Sighing Cornelia wondered if she would ever have time to talk to her old friend.

Elyon led them through a garden of fountains, where Irma felt it was necessary to have the water leap from fountain to fountain and "accidently" drench everyone. Their laughing subsided as Hay Lin gave everyone a gentle blow-dry and Taranee evaporated all the water on the ground and on the outside furniture. After a full tour of the gardens, Will noticed a group of people gathered around a rock.

"Elyon, what are those people doing to that giant rock over there?" Will questioned.

"Oh, I'm planning on adding more plants to the garden, maybe an orchard. That area over there is really unstable, so the workers have to be really careful when they move things over there," Elyon explained.

"Did you need help, I'll fix it for you," offered Cornelia, eager to show off for her Elyon like the other girls had.

"No Cornelia, it's ok-" Elyon said.

"No really, it'll be done in a second," smiled Cornelia. She put out her hands, slowly lifting them upwards.

"Cornelia, please it's under control!" Elyon said. Hay Lin noticed the change in the tone of her voice. Is she afraid? Hay Lin thought, What's to be-. Just as the large, crystalline rock lifted out of its snug bed in the earth, Cornelia lost her balance and fell as the ground shifted under her. With her concentration broken, the rock flew from her grasp and plummeted back into the ground. The guardians felt the earth start to move under them, and understood why Elyon had been worried.

"It's an earthquake!" shouted Taranee. The girls all fell to the ground and held onto the ground, trying not to be shaken away. Soon the violent shaking had subsided, and a large, jagged split in the earth had been created from where the grandiose rock was now wedged almost all the way inside the earth, to past the castle walls.

"Is everyone all right?" called a voice from the castle, "I'll be down in a moment!"

"Are you ok?" asked another voice. Cornelia smiled and turned to see Caleb running towards them from the castle.

"What happened?" asked Will, holding her hand to her forehead to quell the dizziness.

"There's a fault line near the palace, it must have shifted," explained the voice from before in the palace. The girls turned around to see Caleb's father, Julian walking over to them. "I fear there is more damage then what we can see."

"How do you know?" asked Hay Lin. Julian pointed to the sky where dark plumes of smoke were just beginning to rise over the nearby trees.

"There's a town to the north of the castle which sits on this same fault," Elyon explained, "They must have gotten hit too!" Will pulled out the heart, held it up, and shouted, "Guardians Unite!"

"Water,"

"Fire,"

"Earth,"

"Air,"

"Quintessence! Let's go!" called Will. The five guardians took to the sky, leaving Caleb and his father on the ground with Elyon.

"Go to the village!" called Cornelia down to them. She saw Caleb nod and start running with his father towards it. Taranee watched as Elyon lifted effortlessly into the air and guided them to the town.

"Taranee, try to push the flames together and extinguish them. Irma, put as much water as you can on the fire. Hay Lin, keep the flames from spreading. Cornelia," instructed Will, "Cornelia?" Will hovered above the flames, looking around for the earth guardian.

"Down here!" Cornelia answered, "Elyon help me!" Swooping down and landing, Cornelia and Elyon surveyed the situation. With a wave on her hand Cornelia sent a group of trees scurrying away from the town, and Elyon worked to contain the blaze.

"How do fires even start when earthquakes hit?" shouted Irma over the roar of the flames. She sprayed another blast of water on the burning buildings.

"Earthquakes break gas and electric lines in our world, lighting the things around them on fire. But here I guess they just knock the houses and flammable objects onto the cooking fires," Taranee responded. Cornelia saw a flash of blue out of the corner of her eye; she turned and saw Caleb standing with his father open mouthed with shock, as she walked over to them

"What's wrong?" asked Cornelia over the commotion. She walked over to him to hear his answer. Caleb took Cornelia's hands and continued to watch the guardians trying to put out the flames.

"This is where my father and I lived before we started staying in the castle." Cornelia stared at her boyfriend in shock.

"Oh Caleb, I'm sooo sorry," Cornelia sobbed, embracing him; he returned her hug and watched as the last of the fire was smothered. His father walked to a crushed house and stood looking over it. The guardians and Elyon walked over to it and watched as Julian climbed over the rubble and started to throw the broken pieces off the pile.

"What are you looking for?" asked Hay Lin, sending a small gust of air to blow the gathering dust away.

"The jewel," said Julian. The guardians exchanged a worried glance.

"Why was it in your old house?" asked Elyon.

"I had left it here for safe keeping, because everyone is gone for the week, up in the mountains gathering snowberries, I knew no one would be here to take it," explained Julian, throwing a pile of burnt cloth to the side. Cornelia released Caleb from her arms and removed a large portion of wood from the pile. A glitter caught Will's eye.

"There!" Will shouted. She fluttered over to the exposed, wooden beam where the sparkles had come from. Carefully gathering the tiny pieces and string, Will brought the crushed amulet to the group. The guardians stared at the crushed, teardrop jewel, questions buzzing around in their heads.

"What does it mean?" asked Hay Lin.

"It mean's Nerissa's escaped," frowned Will.

"Or she could be dead," said Irma.

"Irma get serious!" yelled Cornelia.

"I am serious Corny, the necklace is smooshed, so logic says she should be too," explained Irma.

"Let's look around the area, maybe there'll be some hints as to her whereabouts," Taranee suggested.

"Ok everyone, look around," said Irma, "um what are we looking for again?"

"Any clue as to where she might have gone," explained Will. Irma shrugged and joined Hay Lin in the air above the forest. The girls searched the woods from above, nit-picking every trail they found and combing all the spaces in-between. They searched for a few hours until Elyon called off the hunt.

"The sun is setting, you'd better get home. I'll have the people continue the search when they get home from the festival in the mountains," Elyon said.

"We're so sorry Elyon, this was supposed a fun peaceful get together," Cornelia sighed.

"It's ok, for all we know Nerissa could be as crushed as that pendant, anyway I'll see you soon," smiled Elyon. She waved her hand and created a fold back to Heatherfield, in front of the Silver Dragon.

"Thanks Elyon, bye!" called Taranee and the others as they stepped through the fold and it disappeared. Caleb and his father escorted Elyon back to the palace.

As they left a pair of golden eyes blinked from the bushes at the edge of town. Smiling, the figure crept off, remembering the guardians' words. "She's as smooshed as that pendent." A light laughter filled the woods as the golden eyes faded into the shadows.


Episode 1 done! Up next is Episode 2 (The road to success) I'll put up short summaries for each episode on my home page thing the day before they come out, so you'll know what to expect and if you want to read it, but of course you do want to read them all. I love reviews! Thanks!