Part 2

It was running late. All that fuss at the police station had really taken its time. Taranee walked through the streets of Heatherfield, still fuming about the arranged stick up. Everywhere she came people walked a big circle around her, trying to evade the stench. She finally made it to the Silver Dragon and walked quickly to the basement, not wanting to get more stares or to ruin Hay-Lin's parents' business. She descended the stairs, hoping that none of the girls would notice her stench. After all, they were used to Blunk's smell and she was smelling just as bad. That hope was crushed when she saw Cornelia waving her hand in front of her nose.

'God! Taranee! What's that smell? Eau de Mackerel?' she said disgusted.

'I sure hope you didn't wear it to your date. Cause that would ruin even my appetite.' Irma joked.

Taranee shot a nasty glare at her friends. To add hurt to the injury, Blunk walked to her and sniffed her ankle. He then looked up at her, drooling like a dog.

'Mmm! Brainy girl smell good!' he said, making Taranee want to burn the little monster.

'There was a robbery, okay.' Taranee said through clenched teeth, refraining her from killing the ugly little beast.

'Who would rob a sushi bar? A penguin?' Irma asked, joking with it.

She shrunk back when she saw Taranee's glare.

'I don't know why, but Nerissa and her goons manipulated two idiots.' she muttered angrily.

'Wow… Interfering in our personal life.' Hay-Lin said surprised. 'That's kinda harsh.'

'Well live with it, Hay-Lin.' Cornelia said as she flipped her hair. 'They're villains. That's what villains do.'

'Talking about villains, let us warn the former Guardian of Earth.' "Will" said as she raised the Heart. 'Guardians Unite!'

At Zamballa, just before the arrival of the Guardians:

Taranee was having fun. She had been shooting fire at hundredths of innocent trees, burning them. Orange, black and red were a nice change with all that purple. Caleb came through a fold and said something to Will. No one could hear it because Taranee shot again through the jungle. Now trying to burn a little walking tree.

'Bowbreaker!' Ironwood yelled in concern.

'Mamma!' Bowbreaker whined as he tried to get away from the fire.

Taranee was smiling at the little tree's attempts to evade the fire. She didn't notice that the tree, known as Ironwood, lashed out at her, knocking her to the ground.

'Attack!' she said. 'They are NOT invincible!'

The other trees tried to attack the Guardians but the Guardians were too strong. Irma shot hundredths of icicles at a large tree, making it recoil. Hay-Lin shot green eyebeams, grumbling the ground beneath their roots. Caleb charged with his sword. He lunged it in a tree and on impact the tree got pushed back by an enormous force while lightning coursed through its xylem.

'Could have fooled me.' the big tree muttered scared.

'Mamma!'

The attention returned to Bowbreaker, who was now getting very scared for the life of his mother and of himself.

'Retreat, my acorn! Deep into the jungle! I will find you!' Ironwood yelled with pain in her heart.

Will smiled maliciously and shot a bolt of lightning at Ironwood.

'IF anything's left to find.' she said.

Cornelia pulled a big ball of earth out of the ground and threw it at the trees, knocking them down as bowling pins.

Bowbreaker tried to get away from the flames but the fire spread too quickly. He was soon completely surrounded by fire. He was quivering and some leaves were getting scorched.

'Ironwood! He has no choice but hibernation!' the big tree pleaded.

Ironwood was currently busy knocking Irma and Hay-Lin out of the air.

'He might never awaken.' she said scared.

'It's that or burn!' the big tree said.

Ironwood looked down. She then nodded to herself and looked at her young sapling.

'Bowbreaker! Summon your armor of sleep!'

'Yes mamma.'

Bowbreaker retreated his legs close to his body. He closed his eyes and white stones started to surround him, making it look like a giant pine cone.

Will looked annoyed at the white sculpture. That tree had to die, not go sleep in a stone sleeping bag! She shot some lightning at it but it didn't seem to work.

'Nothing can harm him now.' Ironwood said sadly to her. 'Can you say the same, defilers?'

A figure appeared in the distance. The trees sighed in relief when they saw their Queen appear.

'Queen Kadma!' the big tree said relieved.

Will scowled at the old woman that was nearing them on a leaf. They couldn't handle a powerhouse like that. At least, not yet.

'Guardians! Into the jungle! Flee!' she commanded.

She then, together with Cornelia and Caleb, ran into the forest. Irma and Hay-Lin quickly followed. Taranee stayed behind, heating things a little more before following her fellow Guardians.

Somewhere in the forest Will was laughing maniacally. She looked from Cornelia to Taranee to Irma and lastly to Hay-Lin and Caleb, who were now standing together with a smile on their faces.

'Now to the next phase.' Will said as she turned to a robed figure.

Back at the former battlefield:

'These defilers will pay!' Kadma said angered.

How could Guardians, Guardians from Kandrakar, Guardians who were to protect dimensions. How could they destroy this beautiful and peaceful planet?

'Indeed.'

A familiar voice shock Kadma from her thoughts. She looked down and saw Halinor coming from the jungle.

'But first you must now of the evil you'll face.' Halinor continued.

'Halinor?' Kadma asked, surprised to see her old friend.

At the foot of the temple on Zamballa:

A fold opened. Yan-Lin, Caleb, Blunk and W.I.T.C.H. walked through, looking around in amazement. Cornelia was the first one to comment.

'So...Zamballa. Who knew there were so many different kinds of purple?' she said as even she had to squint her eyes, finding it a terrible color mixture.

'Wasn't it night back home?' Hay-Lin asked confused.

'Twelve hour time difference.' Yan-Lin said, smiling as memories returned. 'You can get a real case of "fold lag".'

Taranee had her arms crossed, still seething about her mother's attitude and Nerissa's scheme. She glared at the bugs that were flying at and around her. She tried to wave them away but they kept returning. Oh God, how she hated bugs.

'What's with all the bugs?' she asked as she now engulfed one into flames.

'Bugs smell what Blunk smells! Yumm!' Blunk said as he again sniffed Taranee.

Taranee's face dropped. That was not exactly the thing she wanted to hear.

'Not flattering.' she told Blunk.

'There they are!'

The girls turned around, searching for the one who yelled at them. The ground started to shake as a couple of giant trees started to near them.

'Attack!' the biggest yelled.

The girls got into their defensive stances, Caleb pulling his sword and Blunk hiding scared behind Yan-Lin. Taranee walked forward and pointed her fist at the trees.

'I know how to fight an angry mob.' she joked. 'But an angry orchard?'

'Too bad they don't have noses, or else you could scare them away with your smell.' Irma joked, earning a glare from Taranee.

'We don't fight. Flee! Now!' Yan-Lin said, ignoring Irma's joke.

The girls flew up, all carrying someone. "Will" shared Yan-Lin's weight with Hay-Lin, Irma and Cornelia grabbed Caleb and Taranee grabbed Blunk. She wrinkled her nose and looking even more depressed than first.

'Oh, I must really stink.' she said. 'Cause I can't even smell you!'

'It's okay.' Blunk replied soothingly. 'Brainy girl smells bad for both of us!'

Again, not what Taranee wanted to hear.

Somewhere deep in the jungle of Zamballa:

Caleb and Hay-Lin were walking next to each other, Hay-Lin having her arm protectively wrapped around Caleb.

'Say, Caleb.' Hay-Lin said. 'Do you think that Nerissa uses us?'

'Well, that's why we're here, not?' Caleb replied. 'She made us.'

'And what happened back on Mt. Thanos?' Hay-Lin asked. 'What did you and Nerissa talk about?'

'Some stupid things my host said.' Caleb said as he shook his head. 'I know better now.'

'I see.' Hay-Lin said, her eyes looking slightly away. 'Then…why were you and your host standing together? Like…family?'

Caleb looked surprised at Hay-Lin. His expression soon turned into a scowl.

'That was a trick. She is maybe even eviler than Nerissa.' he replied.

'Don't you ever think…that they may be….right?'

Caleb looked surprised at Hay-Lin. Before, she'd never shown any concern for her host or his ideas. Now suddenly she asks question and his opinion.

'Let me guess. You're host is talking to you too? Trying to get you to the "good" side?' Caleb asked with a hint of a laughter in his voice.

Hay-Lin reddened a bit but didn't answer. Caleb sighed.

'Listen. The right path is the path of the mistress. At least she won't destroy us.' he said.

Hay-Lin smiled.

'You're right. Hosts are not to be trusted.'

With that she kissed him on his mouth, a smile gracing both their faces.

'Now let's go on a rampage.' Hay-Lin said with a smile.

'I'm right on your tail.' Caleb replied.

Somewhere else in the jungle of Zamballa:

Several trees, who had tried to attack the Guardians, were running away from the fire that had erupted behind them. Where ever they went the defilers seemed to be waiting.

'They will not stop! They are everywhere!' a tree with antler like branches said scared as he looked back at the fire.

He then noticed that his two other brethren had stopped running. He looked in front of him and saw three of the defilers flying in front of them. The one with the two pig tails, the dark one and the brunette.

'We have no choice!' he said.

He and his brethren engaged their hibernation pose, leaving them in their frozen state.

Irma, Taranee and Hay-Lin had been looking with curiosity at the three trees. The other Guardians, Caleb, Blunk and Yan-Lin quickly neared them. Irma was at a loss.

'First they attack us! Now they… Okay I don't know what they just did but those are some freaky trees!' she said terribly confused.

'The Zamballans I remember were peaceful and welcoming.' Yan-Lin pondered. 'Something is very wrong.'

'Wait! These walking, talking trees are the Zamballans?' Hay-Lin asked surprised.

'I just want to know why it was hate at first sight.' Cornelia said annoyed.

'What part of us being the good guys don't they get?' Taranee asked.

'The part where we're thrashing their jungle!' "Will" said shocked.

The other Guardians followed her gaze and they looked at an exact replica of themselves. Taranee's replica was flying at high speed through the trees, burning everything in her path. Hay-Lin shot green eyebeams at trees, destroying them. There was a Caleb replica who ran around, cutting several trees with his sword, who seemed to explode with electricity on impact. The real Caleb had to raise his eyebrows, feeling a bit of jealousy maybe. Irma's replica shot ice at some trees. The real Irma looked almost too stunned to speak. Keyword: almost.

'So THAT'S it! Someone's been using glamour spells to impersonate us!' she said annoyed.

'We've been framed.' Taranee added angrily, flames reflecting in her glasses. 'And worst of all, they're taunting us with impersonating Will!'

Will, Cornelia and Caleb came walking to "W".I.T.C.H. from between the now pine coned Zamballans. Irma, Taranee and Hay-Lin landed right behind them as they kept walking, all looking serious. Yan-Lin, Blunk, Caleb and "W".I.T.C.H. looked annoyed at their impersonators. Their impersonators just smiled and Cornelia wrinkled her nose when she saw how 'bad' her impression looked.

'Anyone else picking up a strong Nerissa vibe?' she said, looking at "Will".

'I'll tell you.' the Heart said as she stepped forward and raised her hand.

A light emitted from it and when it washed over the imposters they could see who they were without the glamour. Will turned into Nerissa, Irma turned into Tridart, Taranee turned into Ember, Cornelia into Khor, Hay-Lin into Shagon and Caleb into Zafyra. Cornelia looked a bit annoyed at her own imposter.

'Why do I have to have the beast?' she mumbled annoyed.

Nerissa smiled at the Guardians.

'Dear me. We've been found out.' she said in a rather bored way.

The light faded away, returning the glamour to Nerissa and her Knights.

'Tridart!' Nerissa/Will ordered.

Tridart/Irma flew up and grabbed Nerissa/Will, flying her away. Khor/Cornelia ran off to the jungle on her hands and feet while Hay-Lin/Shagon grabbed Caleb/Zafyra and flew towards the jungle while Ember/Taranee shot up in the air, a wicked smile on her face.

'They're splitting up!' Taranee said angered.

She started to fly after Ember when "Will" called out.

"Fire Guardian. Wait!' she said.

'No! One frame job per day is all I can take!' Taranee replied angered before shooting after anger, who was laughing wickedly. 'And that Will thing is going too far!'

"Will" sighed and looked at the others. Splitting up was now the only possible thing to do. She silently cursed Taranee for her hotheadedness, though she had to admit that it was angering to see her Keeper like that. She knew it was fake but it still hurt. She sighed again before turning to the others.

'We're splitting up too!' she said. 'But pair on!'

With that she took off, closely followed by Irma. Hay-Lin took her grandmother with her while Cornelia grabbed Caleb. All flew in different directions and all were falling in Nerissa's trap. Blunk was smiling and rubbing his hands.

'Good plan! Blunk hate being left…' Blunk said before he noticed everyone was gone.

'Alone…' he finished sadly.

[A/N] Aaw, poor Blunk. No one wants him :P Also I FIND this episode not fair. There are two sets of Guardians, though one of them is fake. It's just confusing to write.

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