[A/N] Okay, hello people! This is the sequel to 'Never hate your enemies', which is a sequel to 'I make you an offer you cannot refuse'. As you've noticed the last two stories were one-shots but I just couldn't make a one-shot out of this one. There is just too much happening for a one-shot! But thanks for tuning in and I hope you're going to like it.

A new begin

Taranee and Caleb looked in shock at what was happening in front of them. There was a group of roughly 10 people standing in front of them and one of them was standing face to face with them. And to make things weirder, that person was none other than Will Vandom, former Leader of the Guardians, known and infamous head of the assassination squads of Hay-Lin and the rebels greatest loss.

Taranee looked again at Will. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Will was standing in front of her with the Heart of Kandrakar hanging around her neck and the Oracle symbol on her head.

Taranee lowered her hands and dispatched the fire that surrounded them. Caleb, however, raised his sword again and pointed it at Will's chin.

'No traitors allowed.' he growled.

His action made the people who were standing behind Will to start acting restless. Will held up her hand, signaling them to stay put. Nobody moved but the people behind Will were making intimidating signs. Will looked at Caleb. Normally Taranee would have known what Will was thinking, just by looking at her, but now she couldn't sense anything. She tried to read Will's mind but she was clearly stopped by some barrier. Suddenly Will's gaze shifted to Taranee.

'That won't work anymore, T.' she said calmly.

Taranee looked confused at Will. Will never noticed it when Taranee was reading her mind and she never talked in this way. It sounded calm and full of wisdom she wasn't supposed to have at this age.

Caleb was growing annoyed and now touched Will's throat with his sword.

'Don't ignore me!' he demanded. 'Go away and take your dogs with you, you are not welcome.'

'Caleb, do you know who I am?' Will asked, her voice returning to the one Taranee and Caleb remembered.

'A redhead with an attitude?' Caleb replied, his tone full of mockery.

'And you're a rebel leader?' she retorted. 'What are you rebelling against? Diaper rash?'

Caleb had it with Will's sudden appearance and annoying replies. He swung his sword at Will but before it would have made any contact it bounced off, pushing Caleb far away from Will. As the rebels and the people Will had taken with her were watching Caleb in confusion, Taranee was looking between Caleb and Will. Caleb was dazed and confused at what happened and Will just looked surprised.

'So THAT would happen… Kinda funny.' she heard Will mutter.

Will then turned to Taranee.

'Seeing that you're the one who can manage to talk instead of resorting to weapons.' she started. 'Can I talk to you? I need to explain a lot.'

Taranee looked at Will. Her propose was valid and sounded peaceful, but could she be trusted? Will has been working for Hay-Lin for a full year now. Okay she had promised to save Will from Hay-Lin's clutches and that never happened. But still… This could be a trap.

'Okay, but if you don't mind we'll talk here until I know you and those behind you are honest in joining us.' she replied.

Will smiled at Taranee. Caleb finally managed to get back on his feet and glared at Will.

'How did you do that?' he demanded.

Will ignored him and he got angry again. He went up to her and tried to get a hold of her. But before he had a hold of Will, she had a hold of him. She looked him in the eyes.

'Caleb, if I were you I would keep my emotions in check, before someone gets hurt.' she said softly, with a clear warning hidden in the sentence.

Caleb just glared at her and didn't respond. She let him go and then sat on the ground. She motioned the people behind her to sit down as well. The cloaked people sat down while looking awkwardly around. The rebels who were present kept standing, eyeing the newcomers.

Taranee sighed and then sat down as well. Caleb on the other hand, was still looking for a fight.

'Now you can put that overgrown toothpick away and sit down or fly a couple of more times towards a wall.' Will said as she glared at him. 'Your call, rebel boy.'

Caleb glared at her but after seeing Taranee's demanding look he complied. He put his sword away and sat down with his arms crossed. Taranee sighed while Will silently laughed.

'So…Will, what's going on?' Taranee said after the little 'confrontation'.

Will looked at Taranee with sadness.

'T, I'm so sorry I didn't fight earlier.' she said, sounding very sorry. 'I should have turned my back on Hay-Lin the moment she asked me, but I couldn't. I couldn't risk her.'

'Her?' Taranee asked confused.

'My mom.' Will replied, grief evident in her voice. 'Hay-Lin gave me the choice between serving her or my mom's life.'

Taranee's eyes widened. She could understand why Will had worked for Hay-Lin. Hay-Lin gave her pretty much the same option with the only difference that her brother, mother and father already worked for Hay-Lin. Taranee still hated Hay-Lin for making her kill her own family.

'You should have chosen for your people's freedom.' Caleb said coldly. He didn't mean what he said. He knew how hard such a choice is and that Will's mother was one of the few that showed love towards Will, something Will needed.

Taranee gave Caleb a scolding look but Will sighed.

'You're right.' she said, making Taranee and Caleb look at her in surprise. 'I know that what I did was selfish and I hope you can forgive me for it.'

Caleb and Taranee were looking speechless at each other. Will normally would have started to argue with Caleb that would resemble Cornelia's and Irma's back in the day. But now she just accepted what he said.

'Uhm…We'll think about it.' Taranee said awkwardly.

'Yeah…But now back to topic.' Caleb said, snapping out of his surprise. 'You told us why you joined her but why should we believe that you, or those who are with you, betrayed Hay-Lin? You could very well be some spies, here to take us down!'

'They are here because they followed me.' Will said simply. 'I can promise you, on the Heart of Kandrakar, that they are no longer following Hay-Lin's orders. As for me… My reason will be explained with this.'

She handed a letter over to Taranee.

'I swear on the Heart of Kandrakar that I didn't write this letter or that I magically or manually altered it.'

Caleb eyed Will suspiciously before reading the letter with Taranee. Their eyes widened as they finished the letter.

'Will…' Taranee said, sounding sorry. 'I didn't know. I'm sorry.'

'Don't be.' Will said. 'I handled my stress and can live with it. Though I want to bring Hay-Lin down, with or without your help.'

'Okay, let's say I trust you.' Caleb said, making Will roll her eyes. 'But I still don't trust them. Who are they anyway?'

Will glanced over to her 'followers'.

'They are former members of the London assassination squad.' she said calmly.

'They are WHAT?' Caleb and Taranee exclaimed at the same time.

The rebels present all grabbed their weapons. Guns and swords were pointed at the assassination members. The assassination members were about to make a move when Will spoke up.

'If you keep pointing weapons at each other I'll personally see to it that you won't have any fingers left to hold one!' Will growled at the rebels and assassination members.

The way she said it made the rebels look at each other in fear, unsure what to do. The assassination members, however, stopped grabbing their weapons and went back to their former sitting positions.

'Will, why did you bring them here?' Taranee asked, clearly shocked.

'And how did you know we hide here?' Caleb added suspicious.

'Well… Those of the London squad joined me after I asked them. Then I kinda killed the rest…' Will said, sounding like she regretted that.

Taranee and Caleb looked at Will as if she had grown a second head.

'You killed a whole squad?' Caleb said unbelieving.

'I was angry with Hay-Lin and instead of walking bluntly to her and trying to kill her I struck an important branch of her organization.' Will said. 'Though now I wish my anger hadn't taken control of me.'

'Still…it is kinda scary…' Taranee admitted.

'But you still didn't answer our second question.' Caleb said. 'How did you get here? How did you know?'

'That was pretty easy.' Will said.

But before she could continue there was some noise.

'Stop calling me that!' a female voice said.

'Stop calling you what, Eddy?' another female voice said.

'That's it! I'm going to Taranee!' the first voice said.

'Boohoohoo! Eddy can't handle her nickname?' the second said.

'Taranee!' the first voice whined. 'Taranee, she's doing it again!'

Will looked curiously at Taranee, who was sighing. She caught Will's glance and gave her a weak smile. Two girls rounded the corner and were now standing in front of a sitting Will, Taranee and Caleb, a group of rebels and another, unknown, group. They both stopped when they noticed what was going on.

'Uhm… Maybe not the best time to interrupt…' One of the girls said.

Will took a good look at them. The one who talked was a girl of approximately 15 years old. She had red hair, not as red as Will more orange like, tied in a ponytail while some bangs hang freely next to her face. She had blue eyes. She wore marine blue shorts and a white T-shirt with a Pikachu on it. She wore a cap and had a necklace in the shape of a moon. All in all she looked like a tomboy from the upper class.

The other looked also around the 15 years old. She had shorter brown hair, shoulder length which curled at the end. She had one green colored eye and one brown colored. She wore a sleeveless shirt with flowers on it and a short sleeved vest on top of it, a green skirt and a silver bracelet with several flower shaped charms.

'Ehren, Edeline.' Taranee said with a sigh. 'Could you come back later? I'm kinda busy now…'

'No.' Will interrupted as she got up. 'Let them stay.'

She got up and started to circle around the two girls who were both eyeing Will with suspicion. When Will came closer they backed off.

'Listen lady, I don't know who you are but have you ever heard of a personal bubble?' the brown haired one said.

Will smiled at them. 'Of course, where are my manners?' she said friendly.

Taranee recognized the tone as the same tone the former Oracle used when he talked to them.

'I'm Will Vandom.' Will said with a small bow. 'An old friend of Taranee's.'

The two girls looked a little awkward at each other.

'What should we do?' the orange haired girl asked nervously. 'I don't know her…'

'I don't know…' the brown haired girl answered. 'I think I've heard that name before…'

Both of them looked at Taranee. She silently nodded and both nodded back. They looked at Will.

'My name is Ehren Masters.' the girl with orange hair said.

'And I'm Edeline Anderson.' the girl with brown hair said.

Will nodded and then turned around.

'Natasha! Can you come here?' she said.

Taranee looked confused. Why would Will want someone to come to her. Taranee looked around and saw a small figure stumble over her cloak as she tried to get up. She quickly got up and hurried to Will. Will smiled at her.

'You don't need to hurry, there is no emergency.' she said reassuringly.

'Yes, ma'am.' the girl said.

'And what did I say about that?' Will said slightly annoyed.

'Oops… sorry Will.' the girl replied.

'Remove your cloak so that everyone else knows how you look like.' Will ordered.

The girl slowly removed her cloak. Taranee estimated her age around 15 years old. The girl had long black hair that reached her back. She had a slightly tinted skin color and brown eyes. She wore a T-shirt with a cat's paw print on it and some jeans. She wore a locket around her neck. The girl looked at Ehren and Edeline.

'My name is Natasha Lewis.' she said shyly.

She then turned to Will.

'Why did I have to come?'

'I think you can use some friends your age.' Will replied. 'Especially when those friends have had the same rough life as you.'

Ehren, Edeline, Natasha and Taranee looked curious at Will.

'What do you mean?' Natasha asked confused.

'Ehren and Edeline lost their parents as well and Edeline was since short also a member of an assassination squad.' Will explained.

Ehren, Taranee, Edeline and Caleb looked at Will in surprise and shock.

'How did you know?' Ehren demanded. 'How did you know that Eddy was a member of an assassination squad and that our parents were killed?'

Will laughed.

'There are things you can't hide from me.' she said mysteriously. 'That and that I was the head of all the assassination squads so I kinda know all about Edeline.'

'That doesn't explain how you knew that Ehren was parentless.' Caleb countered.

Will pointed at the mark on her head.

'Do you really think I have this as a decoration?' she asked.

'N-No… but I…' Caleb stammered.

'Thought that I was trying to fool you.' Will finished for him.

Caleb nodded dumbly.

'Taranee, what are they talking about?' Ehren asked confused.

'Nothing, Ehren.' Will replied instead of Taranee. 'Something about the past. But what I want to know is how old were you when you joined the assassination team, Edeline?'

'14. Why?' Edeline asked confused.

'And you're 15 now, right?' Will continued.

Edeline nodded. She didn't know why Will was asking her these things.

'But you never had a real mission in which you had to kill someone, right?' Will continued.

Edeline again nodded.

'No, okay. Thank you.' Will said with a smile. 'Now hurry off and go play somewhere, I need to talk with Taranee and Caleb.'

Edeline and Ehren nodded. They started to walk away when Ehren turned around.

'Natasha, are you coming?' she asked.

Natasha looked surprised from Ehren to Edeline to Will. Will gave her a small nod and Natasha ran after Edeline and Ehren.

'Will… why did you want to know Edeline's age?' Caleb asked confused.

'Hay-Lin has been adding young kids to the assassination squads and it all started a year ago.' Will explained. 'She asked her grandmother to find all the magical kids around the age of 12 to 14, she then went and killed those kids parents. Those kids would be lonely and would want revenge and she could act as if she pitied them and add them to her assassination squadrons. Once she thinks those kids are loyal enough to her she sends them on dangerous jobs. One of these jobs will push them in using their unknown powers and then Hay-Lin would teach them how to use them. That way they'll keep obeying her and she gets a stronger army.'

Caleb and Taranee were taken aback by this information. They knew Hay-Lin was doing something but this was ridiculous.

'But that's not all is it?' Taranee asked.

Will shook her head.

'No, you're right. She wants to find the next generation of Guardians and either brainwash them or destroy them.'

'That's great!' Caleb growled angry. 'She just has to ask her grandmother and she'll pinpoint the new Guardians! For all we know she may already have them!'

This made Will smile. The evil kind.

'What's so funny?' Caleb asked her annoyed.

'It seems that you still don't know why I'm having this mark on my head, now do you?' Will asked him while pointing at the mark.

Caleb looked dumbly at her. He didn't realize what she meant until he heard Taranee gasp.

'So, you really are the Oracle?' Taranee said unbelievingly.

'No, I'm the taco delivery girl. Of course I am!' Will said slightly annoyed.

'But if you're the Oracle, does that mean that Yan-Lin is no more at Kandrakar?' Taranee asked, ignoring Will's sarcastic remark.

'That's the thing… As long as Yan-Lin is sitting on my place in Kandrakar, I don't have my full Oracle powers. But on the other side, she is limited as well. I can escape her view, block some of her predicting powers and I can sense who the new Guardians are and she can't.' Will explained.

'How did this happen?' Caleb asked interested.

'Apparently it was my destiny to become Oracle.' Will said with a shrug. 'That prick we had as an Oracle showed up in one of my dreams and explained the lot to me.'

'It sounds you're angry with him.' Taranee remarked.

'You would be if you knew that he could have stopped all this if he just decided to do something.' Will replied with a frown.

Taranee widened her eyes in disbelieve. Caleb, who never had more than one conversation with the man, didn't get her annoyance and changed the subject.

'You said that you can sense the new Guardians.' he said, getting Will's and Taranee's attention. 'Does that mean that you know where and who they are?'

Will nodded with a sad smile.

'Yeah, sadly enough all of them but one joined Hay-Lin.' she replied, making Caleb and Taranee look at each other in fear.

'On the bright side.' Will continued. 'Two of them are back in the light and a third is coming.'

'What do you mean?' Taranee asked confused. 'You've already met two of the new Guardians?'

'Three to be exact.' Will replied. 'One came with me. One joined you after her parents were killed and one joined you after meeting with the one that already joined you.'

'You mean…?' Caleb said shocked.

'Yes, Edeline, Ehren and Natasha are three Guardians.' Will said with a smile.

'That's fantastic news!' Caleb said as he jumped up. 'That means that we'll have a bigger chance in defeating Hay-Lin!'

Taranee, however, didn't share his happiness. She looked at Will with pleading eyes.

'You can't mean that, Will.' she said. 'They're too young.'

'They are older than when we first started.' Will pointed out.

'But this is different.' Taranee said. 'You can't let them go into battle now.'

'They are more experienced than we were.' Will pointed out again. 'But I sense that you've got another reason. You got attached to them, didn't you? You see them as your daughters, don't you?'

Taranee looked at Will. She sighed as she nodded. Ehren and her had grown pretty close over the years that they've been hiding and when Edeline joined she grew close to her as well. The idea of them fighting and maybe dying was not one of Taranee's favorite options.

'Relax Taranee.' Will said as she saw her thinking. 'I wouldn't sent them in battle without their full powers and unfortunately those powers are still in us. I can't take the Aurameres back until I've gained all of my Oracle powers. They have now their own limited magic and we need to teach them how to control it before going after Hay-Lin.' Will explained.

'What powers do they have?' Caleb asked.

'Natasha is the new leader of the Guardians.' Will replied. 'So she has Quintessence. Ehren is our new Water Guardian and Edeline is the new Guardian of Earth.'

'Ehren and Edeline are Water and Earth?' Taranee asked. 'They don't act like Cornelia and Irma... They're best friends!'

'It is never said that Water and Earth couldn't live without fighting each other.' Will said with a smile.

'Wait, you said one was coming.' Caleb said, remembering what Will had said. 'Who is coming?'

'Georgiana Kazemaru.' Will replied. 'Our new Air Guardian and junior member of the feared Japanese assassination squad.'

'Japanese assassination squad?' Taranee and Caleb yelled.

The other rebels and ex-assassination squad members started to look around scared. Everyone knew that once the Japanese assassination squad was after you, you would die.

'Yeah, Hay-Lin dispatched them a couple of hours ago.' Will replied nonchalantly. 'I guess she send them over here since this would be the best place for me to go.'

'That's horrible! We can't fight them! They're way to strong!' Caleb said shocked. 'Do you realize that you're putting us all in danger?'

'Relax Caleb.' Taranee said, trying to calm the rebel leader. 'Hay-Lin doesn't know we're here or else she would have disposed of us already.'

'No, she knows you're here.' Will said simply, making Taranee and Caleb look at her in horror. 'She just thought that you weren't that much of a threat. Yan-Lin sniffed you out years ago.'

'Great! Just great!' Caleb muttered. 'Now you just had to go rouge on Hay-Lin, hadn't you?'

'Relax, I was actually planning on moving you all and then hiding you from Yan-Lin's sight.' Will answered relaxed.

'What are you planning?' Taranee asked.

'A lot.' Will replied with a sly grin. 'But it would help if you guys agreed on helping me, just like old times.'

Taranee saw the glimmer in Will's eyes. The glimmer that always came when Will had a crazy idea that might just work. She grinned herself. She was positive that this Will was someone she could thrust. She pulled Will in a hug.

'Thank the Lord!' she said. 'You have no idea how long I've been praying and dreaming about this moment.'

She released Will and looked at her. Will grinned at her best friend.

'So that's a yes?' she asked with a smile.

'Hell yeah.' Taranee replied with a smile of her own.

Both of the women glanced at Caleb. Caleb still looked not convinced.

'Tell me again why I should listen to a traitor.' he said coldly.

Will grinned at him and stood up. She walked up to him and pulled him up as well. He looked confused at her while she kept smiling. He was a foot taller than her but he couldn't help but feel submissive. He looked down and remembered how much he loved it to see Will's hazel brown eyes. She took his chin softly and pulled him slowly down so that his eyes met hers.

Taranee was looking at them in great shock. Will just came back to them and was already planning on claiming Caleb? She kept looking with wide eyes as Will continued to smile at Caleb while he just looked awkward.

She placed her hands on his temples and Caleb's eyes fluttered close. Will concentrated and Caleb's face contorted. It showed shock, anger and grief. Will released his head and Caleb took a step back, panting. Taranee and the rebels looked confused at Will and Caleb. Will panted a little but then shook her head. Caleb kept staring at her, not knowing what to say.

Sensing the unspoken question Will turned to Taranee.

'I showed him what happened to me. His skull is way too thick to get through with only talking.' she said calmly.

'And you do that by seducing him to get close enough to you?' Taranee asked in amazement.

Will shrugged. 'Hey, Oracle or not I'm still a woman with hormones.'

She then turned to Caleb. 'So rebel boy, what's it gonna be?'

Caleb seemed to snap out of his stupor. He looked at Will and saw the same stubborn look that he had admired for so long. He sighed.

'I'm glad to see that you're back on the team.' he said. 'But one thing has to be clear. I'm the leader, understood?'

Will rolled her eyes and Taranee cleared her throat. Caleb glanced over to Taranee and quickly restored his error.

'With Taranee, that is.' he added.

Will giggled softly as Taranee now rolled her eyes.

'Of course.' Will replied with a mischievous glint in her eyes. 'I'll just keep to my role as future Oracle and give you 'advice'.'

She said the last word with so much sarcasm that Caleb knew that he had lost that battle but decided not to show his defeat. Taranee shook her head again before standing up as well and turning to Will.

'So you had a plan?' she said.

'O yeah,' Will said sheepishly. 'Well it involves all of us to go to the Infinite City and to kidnap one maybe two people. That depends on our luck.'

This made Caleb laugh. Will glared at him while he stopped laughing.

'Well that was one of the best jokes or worst plan I ever heard!' he said, ticking Will off.

'What do you mean?' she said calmly, though her eyes were saying something else.

'For starters, the Infinite City is on Meridian, which is ruled by a corrupt Elyon.' Caleb said. 'And second…'

He didn't manage to tell Will what he second error was cause she interrupted him.

'EEEEUUUUHHHH! Wrong!' she said with a giant smile. 'Elyon isn't corrupt, just enthralled.'

Caleb rolled his eyes and sighed.

'Okay, Miss Know-It-All.' Caleb said.

'That's why I'm here.' Will replied with a grin.

Caleb decided to ignore that comment.

'But anyway, we cannot open a fold without Yan-Lin knowing it. She tells Hay-Lin and Hay-Lin will have Elyon gunning for our asses!'

Will swatted Caleb on the head.

'And that's why you need me.' she said. 'I open the fold without drawing attention from Yan-Lin.'

'And you're planning to do that how?' he sneered.

Will acted as if she was thinking really hard.

'Hmmm… Didn't think about that.' she said sarcastically. 'Maybe… Just maybe I could use my Oracle powers to block Yan-Lin's powers from feeling that a fold opened and maybe I can block your presence as well?'

She looked at Caleb with a confident smile. Caleb looked as if he could face palm himself but kept his cool. Taranee shook her head.

'But Will, you said something about kidnapping?' Taranee questioned.

'We need the new generation.' Will explained. 'The last two are going to be troublesome and since you don't want to wait for the Japanese squad there is no other option.'

'But kidnapping?' Taranee questioned, feeling uncomfortable. 'Doesn't that go against…I don't know…the Oracle code or something like that?'

Will shrugged. 'Code schmode woman! I'm not a full-powered Oracle and that means that I don't have to be scared of any universal rules. So make sure everyone packs his or her stuff. I'll be back in about 15 minutes.'

With that she disappeared. Taranee and Caleb looked at the spot where she disappeared. They then turned to the rebels and ex-assassination members.

'Welcome to the rebellion.' Taranee said. 'Well you've heard Will, get a move on! Alert the whole base that they go pack their stuff and that they're here in 15 minutes!'

Immediately people started to move as Caleb and Taranee went through the base to alert the rest and to get their stuff. Nigel came running to Taranee.

'Taranee, what's going on?' he asked confused.

Taranee looked at him with a big smile. A smile that Nigel hadn't seen in years.

'Will's back!' she said.