im updating quickly! =) i have the rough draft of a few more chapters ready, so after i get the good copy finished they'll be up. So new chapters are gonna be up pretty fast! and btw, i'd like to give a shout to SandnessAngel-Sama. Thanks for the first review on this story!
2-New and Familiar Faces
"Guardians, unite!" Will held the heart of Kandrakar in front of her. Her and each of the girls felt a surge of power rush through them. Before they knew it, they were guardians again.
Will opened a fold to Meridian. The alternate world the hadn't changed physically since the girls had last visited, but there was a different sense in the air. When Elyon took the throne, a peaceful feel overtook the kingdom, and people were smiling for the first time since Phobos had ruled. Now, looking around, nobody was smiling. They all had a sense of fear in their eyes.
"Come on," Caleb immediately took the girls to Elyon's castle.
Taranee looked around and was first to speak after entering, "It doesn't look like anyone was here."
"Whoever took Elyon knew exactly what they were doing. They left absolutely no lead." Caleb grabbed hold of the girls' attention.
"Are you sure?" Taranee asked. "Maybe-"
"What if it wasn't a someone," Will cut off Taranee, "What if it was…something?"
Caleb frowned, "I should have come to get you all sooner."
Cornelia, who was searching around Elyon's throne, spun around instantly, "What?! Sooner? When did this happen?" she feared for her friend.
Caleb hesitated before answering, "Three days ago."
Cornelia's mouth dropped, "Three Days!" She repeated, "Three days?" Her tone got harsher. "You're right, Caleb, you should have come to us sooner. Maybe we could have found her by now!"
Hay Lin laid a hand on Cornelia's shoulder, "Calm down, Cornelia. We'll find her."
Cornelia brushed Hay Lin's hand off, "But how do we know she's okay?"
"Relax Corny!" Irma said.
Caleb sighed, "No, she's right. If I had come to you sooner, Elyon might already be safe in the castle."
The room fell silent for a few seconds. The silence was broken by Will, "What's this?" She pointed towards a yellowish substance that was leaking out from under a cabinet. The other four girls rushed behind Will to take a look. The cringed when they smelt the nasty stench coming from it. Caleb kneeled down next to the liquid.
"Quick! Push the cabinet away!" When the space was cleared, they found that the substance was taking over a small spot on the floor.
Will reached down to poke it with her index finger, "It's sticky," She tried to pull her hand away, but it wouldn't budge. Instead, the substance began to expand, and was soon enveloping Will's hand, "AHH!" she screeched, struggling to pull herself away.
Everyone backed away, out of the substance's range.
"Water!" Irma called on her element. Water seeped between cracks in the walls, and doused Will's arm. The substance retreated, and disappeared into the floor.
"What…was that?" Will asked, holding tightly onto her soaked arm.
Caleb knelt on the floor, examining the place on the floor that the sticky liquid had been, "I don't know, but for now, I think you should all go home for now. There isn't much you can do right now."
Taranee nodded, "Yeah. I have a giant English paper I have to do."
Irma and Hay Lin pulled Will to her feet. Will turned to Caleb, "Let us know if you find anything else." She said before she opened another portal back to earth. She was first to step through., followed by Hay Lin and Taranee, then Irma.
"Cornelia," Caleb called the earth guardian's name before she could step through.
"Yeah?" She turned around.
"…How are you?"
Cornelia grinned, "I'm fine."
"It's just…you seemed so upset when-"
Cornelia rolled her eyes, "Well, I'm fine." She nodded, but then her expression softened, and for the first time, Caleb saw a very serious side of her. "Actually, I just…I was thinking…"
Caleb's face looked hopeful.
"I really think that-"
A very smooth voice interrupted Cornelia, "Caleb honey," the voice called. Cornelia turned her head towards the voice. "Your father's looking for you!" The voice belonged to a petite brunette, who now stood at Caleb's side. Her hair cascaded perfectly over her shoulders and just past her chest. She had piercing blue eyes and a completely flawless facial structure that it even made Cornelia self-conscious. Cornelia's stomach turned when she noticed the striking girl's arm snake around Caleb's back defensively and when she threw Caleb's arm over her shoulder. Her eyes looked Cornelia over, "Who's this?"
Caleb looked back and forth between each girl before responding, "This is um…Cornelia. Cornelia, this is Marianne." He paused, "My girlfriend."
Cornelia raised her eyebrows, and confidently said, "Marianne? Well, that's original," she didn't try to hide her bitchiness.
"Cornelia's a cute name," Marianne smirked, nuzzling into Caleb's neck.
"Cornelia, I-" Caleb began.
Cornelia and Marianne kept their glares locked, "I gotta go," Cornelia said. She broke the glare when she turned to Caleb. He could see the hurt in her eyes, "I'll see you." She swallowed the lump in her throat and concentrated so hard just to smile at him, but as she stepped through the portal, it faded, and all she could concentrate on was holding back tears.
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"Taranee!" Hay Lin shouted at Taranee, who's head was stuffed in a book.
"Leave me alone! I have to finish this book and finish my essay!" Taranee threw a separate glare at each of the girls.
"Taranee, that paper isn't due until next week," Irma laughed.
Taranee didn't pull her head out of the book, "And I've always handed my projects in before the due date."
Irma laughed again and rolled her eyes.
They all sat in the basement of the Silver Dragon, not really doing anything.
Will was first to stand from her seat, "Anyways guys, I gotta go. My mom expects me home for dinner tonight." She hopped up the stairs and waved goodbye to the girls.
Will walked silently down the alley that was a shortcut to her home. Her hands were stuffed in her pockets as she walked.
About a block away from her home, she heard a familiar voice call her name. She stopped and looked around. No one. She sighed and continued on. "Will!" She heard the same voice call. She spun around, more alert this time, and looked around. Still no one.
"Your creeping yourself out Will," she told herself. She kept walking. Now she began to hear footsteps. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! She began to take longer and faster strides. OH GOSH!! She thought when she realized that the footsteps were right behind her. She didn't turn around. Instead she reached into her bag for the Heart of Kandrakar. At that moment, she expected someone to grab her, but instead, she was tapped on the shoulder.
"WHAT!?" She turned around, the Heart tightly being squeezed in her hand. What she didn't expect was to turn around and be face to face with Matt Olsen.
so that's chapter 2.
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