Authors Note:
Hey guys. Sorry I forgot this in the first chapter but I don't own W.I.T.C.H. Please review Now, on with the story
(One Week Later)
"I do not understand, Cedric," Phobos said as he paced back and forth in the throne room, "Why hasn't she given in by now? I have tried everything from torture to starvation, and that blasted crystal is apparently protecting her from hypnosis. She should have given up days ago," he said with venom in every word.
"I assure you she will give up in time," Cedric hissed.
"That is not soon enough!" Phobos yelled, and Cedric recoiled slightly, "I need the Heart of Candracar in order to become more powerful, Cedric," he spat.
"But, Prince Phobos, what about your plan when we find your sister?" Cedric asked.
"I still plan to stick with the plan regarding my sister, Cedric", Phobos said in his "You are an idiot" tone, "But with the Heart I will have even more power when I drain hers"
"Excellent idea, my prince," Cedric hissed. Phobos let out a frustrated sigh. Suddenly, he had an idea.
"Have a guard bring her in here," he commanded, "I may have an idea that may work." Cedric bowed and left the throne room.
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Will was sleeping a dreamless sleep on the floor of her cell when she was suddenly awaken by a large hand shaking her shoulder.
"Wake up, Guardian," Vathek said, "The Prince demands your presence." Will sat up and, making sure no one was outside watching, stretched briefly before standing up and allowing herself to be pushed out of the cell by Vathek. As soon as she set foot outside of the cell, ropes materialized on her wrists, binding them together tightly. Vathek gently pushed her to make her keep going, but she staggered as if he had shoved her with great strength. This was an act between the two in case of other guards or Cedric being present. Today it was lizard boy.
"Prince Phobos requires your presence, Guardian," he hissed, and he turned and led the way out of the dungeons and to the throne room.
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As Will walked (or was "shoved") down the giant hallways to the throne room, her stomach growled loudly and she could've sworn Cedric smirked. She was very thin by now and her face was covered in bruises from when Phobos struck her out of anger. But she promised herself that she would stick through it, and that was exactly what she was doing.
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When Will arrived in the throne room with Vathek and Cedric, Phobos was sitting in his throne as always.
"Thank you Cedric, you may leave us now." Cedric bowed and he and Vathek left. Once they were alone, Phobos stood up and walked over to Will.
"I have a…proposition for you, Guardian," he said, "I assume you care about your friends." Will did not like where this was going, not one bit.
"Well, if I don't have the Heart, you won't have your friends," he said with an evil smile. Will was so angry she could have sworn everything turned red.
"If you lay…a single…finger on any of them. I will kill you with my bare hands," she snarled with pure anger and hatred. Suddenly, the ropes dissolved again, she assumed, because of her powers. Phobos leaned in so their noses were only an inch apart.
"Well then," he said quietly, but in a mocking tone, "give me the Heart, or your friends are Cedric's snake food."
Will couldn't hold in her anger any longer. Before Phobos could move, she punched him in the stomach with all of her might. He staggered backwards before falling on his back with a stunned look on his face.
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Phobos stood up, ignoring the immense pain in his stomach, and glared at her.
"You will pay for that, Guardian," he hissed as he raised his hand, letting all of his angry energy be concentrated into his palm before it released in a ball if energy that was red as the girl's hair that was aimed directly at Will. But she had jumped out of the way just in time for the spell to hit and explode right where she had been standing. The Guardian then pulled out the Heart of Candracar and uttered two words.
"Guardians unite!" The air suddenly exploded and Phobos was knocked off of his feet as everything in his vision went pink. When he had stood back up, there was a giant ball of pink energy swirling around the Guardian and encasing her like a cocoon as she was wrapped up in a ball. Suddenly, a flash of pink light blinded him and she emerged from the source of the light in her Guardian form.
Phobos had seen Will in her Guardian form before, but never this close-up. He was suddenly speechless. He had never realized how mesmerizing a Guardian's beauty could be. But he had no time to admire, because she had shot a pink energy ball at him and he dodged in the nick of time. The fight went back and forth between the two, and there was falling stone everywhere. Suddenly, Cedric ran in and looked shocked at the damage.
"Don't just stand there, fool! Help me!" Phobos yelled. Cedric snapped back to attention and, with another blinding flash of light (That was starting to get annoying for Phobos) he had morphed into his snake form. He reached a giant green fist out to grab hold of the Guardian, but she dodged and shot energy at him as well. He pulled his fist back in pain and hit her hard with his tail. She slammed into the wall and landed on the floor, unconscious. Another flash and she was back in her human form. Phobos took his chance right there and ran to the Guardian to pull the Heart away from its place around her…slender…neck as she was on the floor. He closed his eyes and told himself to snap out of it, that the Guardian must have used some kind of spell on him, and these thoughts would go away.
But even he knew that the leader of the Guardians had no power such as that.
Then what was happening to him? He was lost in his thoughts when Cedric's voice brought him back to reality.
"Princccce Phobossssss?" he asked, trying to get Phobos' attention.
"Forgive me. I was…distracted", Phobos said, slightly shaking his head. He reached for the Heart again but, once again, it refused to leave her neck and he let a cry of anger out.
"Take the Guardian back to her cell!" he yelled. Cedric transformed back into his human form and called Vathek. The large, blue monster came rushing in the doors and picked up the Guardian, who's hands were bound again from the enchanted ropes that had dissolved earlier. Then they left, and Phobos was alone n the throne room.
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That night, Phobos lay in his bed and looked up at the ceiling. What the hell had happened to him today? The Guardian was his enemy. He should not have been experiencing those thoughts. An image of her, lying unconscious on the floor. She had looked peaceful, even beautiful in sleep. Phobos shook his head.
"Snap out of it you fool," he said to himself, "This is obviously a trick." But more images flashed through his mind, of her in her Guardian form, of her hair becoming, if even possible, a slightly brighter red as her anger flared, of her amber eyes meeting his green and staring him down in her anger. And her body. The girl was nicely filled out for a fifteen year old. His thoughts had wandered to what it would be like, holding her, thin lips meeting the full and pink. He gasped in shock at his thoughts.
"She is a Guardian. Your enemy," he said to himself again. Using all of his will power, he quieted his thoughts and turned on his side, drifting into sleep.
That night, he dreamed of the Guardian leader, on a beach, in a yellow sunflower dress that made her beautiful red hair stand out even more as it shone in the sunlight. She turned to him, smiling, and she drew closer and closer to him…
MysticMajesties: ((Gasp)) Has Phobos fallen in love with Will?
Phobos: Of course not you fool! I know of no such thing as ((shudder)) love.
MysticMajesties: Riiigghhht. Ok Phobos I believe you ((wink)). Find out what Phobos is feeling in the next chapter folks!
Phobos: Not love.
MysticMajesties: You sure?
Phobos: ARRRRRGGH! ((storms off))