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Will felt like she was going to pass out as she opened a portal, and let Taranee, Cornelia, and Haylin pass through leaving Irma with her to fight Cedric. There was a dance in two hours and they were both grounded while the other girls were going to go.

So why would the others stay around to fight when they could be getting ready for a dance?

Cedric threw Will up against one of the outer castle walls pinning her there as Will threw Irma the heart. Irma caught it and was ready to fly away with it…but Cedric's tail caught her and threw her into the wall. The wall collapsed around Irma and she disappeared under the rubble.

Will flew in front of where she thought that Irma should be and stood between Cedric and Irma, and the heart. Cedric lashed out and threw a sloppy right hook at Will hitting her in the ribs.

Will knowing what she had to do, sent a blinding energy burst at Cedric, and threw him into the mote, then created a force field.

Then she ran over to the rubble and began searching for Irma. She was beginning to think the worst when she saw a hand. A hand that she knew! Her digging became even more vigorous, and frantic. When she reached Irma, she pulled her friend out of the rubble.

She noticed in Irma's hand was wrapped around the Heart. She grabbed it and put it on while taking Irma and flying away just in time for Cedric to break the force field.

Will reached a cave next to the black water and flew into it, and placing Irma on a human sized boulder inside cave. Will then changed them both to their human bodies. Putting a hand on Irma's forehead, she closed her eyes and concentrated.

Four broken ribs.

Twisted ankle.

Sever contusions.

Three-inch gash across back.

Strained muscles.

Slight concussion.

Will nodded taking into account all of Irma's injuries as she put up another force field around Irma and leaving to go find drift wood to start a fire.

She had a fire going and Irma wrapped and stitched up by the time that Irma woke up and looked around.

"Will where are we? And I know what you did. When did you learn to build force fields? Where did you learn to build force fields? And when did you learn to do that freaky thingy where you were able to tell what was wrong with me?"

"When we get back Irma I promise I will tell you everything. For now I think we have to focus on getting out of here, and Mr. Collins math test tomorrow, he's going to call my mom if I get anything less than a B, do you know how hard that is for me?"

"Just do what everyone else dose. Look off Taranee's paper."

"Thanks Irma. Great honest advice."

"Hey no lecturing the hurt one. Ms.Vandom."

"Are you calling me my mother?"

"Well if the shoe fits."

Will laughed, Irma did too but she grabbed her bruised ribs .

Irma realized how late it was and she was struggling to keep her eye's open. Will shivered not knowing how cold it got in Meridian at night. Noticing Irma was shivering harder than she was she took off the cloak that she had taken from one of the guards…then she put it on Irma.

Irma looked up at Will, watched as her leader, walked over to the side of the cave, and just sat there watching.

"Will what are you doing?"

"I'm standing guard. Someone has to and you need to sleep. I know you okay? Your going to wake up tomorrow."

Irma nodded and pulled the cloak tighter around her body shivering. The only comfort that she felt was the fact that it vaguely smelt like her friend. Then she looked at Will crawled over to Will and put her head on Will's shoulder.

"I'm freezing,"

"I know it's from the blood loss."

The rest of the night passed with the two girls lost in a land filled with darkness, with nothing but the other to remind each other of home.

It gets better next chapter i promise. Not as desprate.