Chapter 2: One Problem Down, More Arise
The next day Asha got enrolled in school and the day after is the day that she starts. Luckily for Asha, she started toward the beginning of the year and so as a result, she hasn't missed much. She arrived at school and looked around to find that nothing had changed since she left as far as the building goes anyway. Some kids have changed but that is to be expected when school starts again. New kids and old kids but one person specifically she wanted to not run into. Remembering what had happened to her, her family, and her friends and their families. The thought of the girl made her mad but she had to quickly calm down since she isn't the target as much as Asha would love for her to be. The bell had not yet rung which gave Megan some time to run into her. She had to keep herself focused though, because if she didn't, things would turn from bad to worse. Asha walked over to the cafeteria and grabbed herself a little something to eat and then sat down on a bench. She couldn't help but look around to make sure that Megan was no where around. After about ten more minutes, the bell had finally rung and when she stood up to get to her first class, someone came up and tripped her. Asha stood up scowling at the person and then got blinded by a light and when the light vanished, the girl that tripped her was to far ahead and she let the incident go. She had to keep focus and getting revenge on a girl that had merely tripped her would be a waste of energy.
She reached her first class and walked in just to be pulled aside by her new teacher. "Hello, please, introduce yourself." Her teacher asked nicely.
Asha sighed and quickly came up with a name for herself so as not to give herself away to those that don't need to know. "Hi, I'm Ashley." Asha said and walked over to the seat that her teacher is pointing at and then scowled in the direction. The girl sitting in the seat next to her seat looked to the front and scowled back. Asha quickly took her seat so as not to draw attention to herself. 'Hello Megan.' Asha whispered to the girl next to her.
'How are you back here Asha?' Then the conversation was interrupted by the girl behind her.
'That's not her name Megan; it's Ashley, not Asha. You know, you should be nicer to the new girl.' The girl said correcting Megan.
'Stuff it Alex.' Then the girl behind them backed off raising her hands up in defense and mumbled something. 'I don't know why you're here but I swear; I'll send you back one way or another.' Megan said angrily but kept it to a whisper.
'Fine but you may want to wait till we finish our job here.' Asha shot back quietly.
'I don't know what job you have but I'm not letting you stay here for very long.' Megan said a little too loudly as she drew attention from the class and the teacher.
"Megan, how dare you talk to a new student like that. If I hear you say something else like that, you will be sent to the principles office." The teacher then turned around and continued teaching.
'I wouldn't suggest that Megan, because if you do, you can say goodbye to earth.' Asha said hoping to end the conversation.
'You mean Nerissa don't you? You have come back to stop her but that I can't allow. She has made a vow on Kandrakhar to give us our freedom once she takes over. I will kill you if I have to Asha. I'm not going to let my freedom slip through the cracks just to let you get your way. Let her do her thing and if you don't disrupt her, I'm sure that she will let you live here as well in freedom.' Megan continued to scowl at Asha and Asha did the same to Megan.
Asha grew outraged by this information. This had to be part of Nerissa's plan, to make an enemy of ours her ally and make things that much harder. Now she has to fight her way through Megan just to get to Nerissa and by doing that releasing anger that she; for reasons not quit known to her, needs to keep in. If that wasn't bad enough, she is now sitting next Megan, the same person to ruin their lives to begin with, who hates her guts for her uncles death even though she I happy to have him dead. This just makes another barrier for her to get through in the process of everything else. Before Asha knew it, the class had ended as well as some others and lunch time had come around. Megan couldn't help but be driven nuts by this whole thing. It seems that Nerissa is one step ahead of her and for the sake of argument, it doesn't really seem but it is a fact. How Nerissa could be one step ahead of her is completely unbelievable at the fact that Nerissa hasn't even, and that's when a thought came to her. 'Since when could the Oracle make a glamour of everyone?' After a little more thought and it hit her like a brick. 'Nerissa, she wanted us to come back to earth but why? What would helping us come back to earth do for her. It just doesn't make sense.' Asha thought as she sat down at a table. Then a girl with long black hair sat down next to her and began eating. She however went completely unnoticed by Asha as well as the other four girls that sat down shortly after.
The girl next to Asha then bumped into her and knocked her off the bench. "Oops, so sorry." The girl said sarcastically covering her mouth mocking Asha.
"Oh no, as long as your ok but then with that much junk in your trunk, you couldn't be hurt to badly." Asha shot back as she stood up. The girl next to her then stood up and smiled which gave her away. "Nerissa, it appears keeping an eye on you will be much easier then I thought." Nerissa smiled and walked off slowly. 'I'll take you down Nerissa, one way or another, I swear, I'll kill you.' Then she left and grabbed some snacks to nibble on for later and then sat down on a bench outside thinking. 'What are we going to do?' Asha asked looking up toward the sky as if to ask her mother and then let a small tear run down her cheek.
In Zamballa, the powered down guardians arrived in hopes of finding Kadma. The four looked around the forest and could remember the time that they first came here, with Will, and found that they were being framed by the same person who just trained, what looked like a plant, the person to kill there best friend. It would be hard to stay here for to long which is why making this quick is a need to do. Zamballa may be beautiful but that is just the other problem. It reminds them of their friend Cornelia who helped to bring the beauty back to this place. The thought of this made them want to leave that much more and they felt that the faster they leave, the better. They could hardly stand to be in this place now and not because it looks like a giant grape. Even with the little time they spent here, so many memories were made and they hadn't even known it till now. They quickly rushed up to Kadma's palace and walked up to the door and knocked and soon, Kadma came up to them and a smile grew only to become a frown shortly after seeing the sad faces of the guardians and seeing two of them missing. "What is wrong guardians?"
"Kadma, we need you to join us; we need another heart to help to counteract Nerissa's power." Taranee burst out only thinking of leaving the place.
"Nerissa, but what about the heart of Kandrakhar." Kadma stopped there seeing the expressions of the guardians harden but not sure if the looks are toward her or someone else.
"Nerissa has two hearts already Kadma, one being the Heart of Kandrakhar. Will's dead and Nerissa took the heart right out from under us." Hay Lin said pained at the memory of what had happened.
"She killed again for power." Kadma flinched from the memory of what happened with Cassidy. "I'm at your service guardians for I feel your pain of the loss of a friend." Kadma said.
"Actually, its two friends Kadma, Cornelia is gone as well." Kadma's eyes grew wide at hearing this and couldn't figure out how or even why Nerissa would be so cruel but then Irma spoke again and answered her question at the same time. "Cornelia was scratched by a rose from Goreth and so she finally became too much for us and we took her power and then she became corrupted completely and that's when Nerissa took over. Nerissa trained her and then she killed Will. Enough talk though, thanks for the help Kadma. If there is any other hearts that you know of to help us, then please get them to join us." Kadma nodded satisfying the guardians and then Kadma sent them to the Oracle through a fold.
"Pray we make it through this alive for I fear that we may not live." Kadma said now fearing for the guardians and the other worlds themselves. Never did Kadma think that Nerissa would become so powerful or even kill, though she didn't physically kill anyone, again after what she did to Cassidy. "I must find as many hearts as possible and quickly." With that, she made a fold to another planet.
Nerissa arrived in Moranox and smiled happily and she walked up to the castle. She threw the guards aside and walked into the castle. She walked around and found pictures of Will on the wall and some pictures of her and Phobos and even pictures of Will with a big belly. 'Guardian, you were truly a troublesome one you were but now I'm in charge.' Nerissa thought as she walked down the hall. She finally reached the throne room and entered to find the current queen on her throne. "Your highness," Nerissa said bowing. "I have come to make a deal with you, agreement, whatever you want to call it. I need your help for I am helping the guardians to defeat a great evil. We need more hearts on our side"
Before Nerissa could finish her sentence, the queen spoke up. "Why would you, an enemy to the guardians, help them for any reason. I have been told of your tricks and I don't believe a word of what you're saying." Marsi said not being slightly convinced of what she is saying. After a few seconds to look at her, she looks exactly as Will described Nerissa.
"Your highness, I do admit that I am an enemy of the guardians but if we are to survive this evil, we need help from all those that we can. In fact the guardians themselves sent me and I made a oath on the heart of Kandrakhar to help them." Nerissa said becoming slightly impatient but keeping that hidden very well.
"You made an oath on the heart did you? Tell me, why should I believe you Nerissa?" Marsi said getting short tempered.
"An oath is an oath and I can't break an oath even if I wanted and besides, the other guardians are off getting help as well." Nerissa explained which is true partly.
Marsi then got a glance of a pink glow around in Nerissa's shirt and then she snapped. "I'll go to the guardians myself and I will be on their side Nerissa. You however are guilty of killing Will and should be hanged for it! Guards, arrest Nerissa at once!" Marsi yelled as guards came into the room.
"You are to smart for your own good. You'll regret this once I kill every single one of you!" Nerissa yelled as she made a fold and went through.
A/N: Sorry for taking so long to update, I went into a small period of time that I lost interest in the story but that's something about me. I only temporarily lose interest and then I'm ready to go again. Thanks for the reviews and please update again. Once again sorry for taking so long to update and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.