Disclaimer: Still not mine.
Possibility 3: "My parents grounded me for the fifth time today."
"Look at the mess you made," wailed Elyon as the girls landed on the ground. "Look at all the fields!"
Irma glanced in the direction that the battle had taken place, shrugging at the sight of crushed crops and unconscious monsters strewn about. "Well, if you want my opinion I would just turn this place into a theme park. That'll get you some easy money. It's way better than farming any day."
Cornelia made a face. "That's not how you run a kingdom, genius."
"This is why Elyon's the queen and I'm a Guardian of the stupid Veil."
"Well you suck as Guardian of the Veil."
"Says who?"
"Says me."
"Pshh, you're just jealous."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me, blondie. You're just jealous that I came up with the amusement park idea first."
"Ha! You wish!"
Will shook her head, glancing over at Elyon with an apologetic shrug. "You'd think after so many years they would be getting along by now."
Elyon snorted. "Fat chance. I keep thinking of getting a new Guardian of Earth and Water."
"I second that motion," exclaimed Taranee, her hand shooting into the air, earning glares from both Irma and Cornelia. "What, do you have any idea how hard it is to save the world with you guys constantly bickering?"
"I would so sleep with one eye open if I were you," muttered Cornelia crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"No kidding," agreed Irma, her own eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Then again," sighed Elyon, "maybe I should just replace the whole lot of you."
"Oh boy," groaned Hay-Lin shaking her head as Irma and Cornelia turned to glare at the Queen.
"You can't get rid of us," pointed out Cornelia. "You need us too much to do that. We've risked our lives for you over and over again!"
"Just watch me," snapped Elyon crossing her own arms in front of her chest. "I'm the Queen and what I say goes."
"Wanna bet? You owe us big, little miss 'I'm the Queen'," growled Irma darkly.
"Do not!"
"Oh you do too! My parents grounded me for the fifth time today! And what for? Because I keep missing curfew to fight off ugly monsters on your behalf!"
Hay-Lin nodded. "She has a point. I mean look at Will—Matt dumped her for being a Guardian."
"I could've done without remembering that," replied Will with a sigh.
"Matt dumped you?" questioned Elyon, her eyes widening. "That's horrible!"
"Yeah, yeah, I know—can we move on now? What happened to us complaining about risking life and limb for Elyon?" demanded Will.
"It's okay, Will, you can let it all out. Go ahead and cry." Cornelia reached over to pat Will on the arm in comfort, making the red head roll her eyes.
"There's nothing to cry about, Corny. I haven't exactly had the greatest track record as a girlfriend anyway. If anything I should be pissed that Matt dumped me before I could dump him."
Taranee blinked in surprise. "Angry much?"
"You would be too if your boyfriend suddenly decided it was time to see other people!" exclaimed Will.
Irma frowned. "Who's there to see? Heatherfield isn't exactly crawling with a high selection of the female sex."
Will shrugged. "How would I know? I'm the dumpee, remember? God only knows who Matt wants to see."
"Maybe he's gay," suggested Cornelia. "What? It could happen," she protested as five sets of dubious glances were sent her way.
"Ye-ah," murmured Taranee with a raised eyebrow, "why don't we return to the monster bit? Like why all of a sudden there have been more attacks in the last few days than the last few years combined?"
"That's easy," snorted Irma. "They're trying to make our lives miserable."
"That's a lame reason," grumbled Will. "And I highly doubt that's why there have been so many monsters lately. I bet there's a new evil warlord running around."
"Evil warlord?" repeated Elyon. "Been watching a bunch of martial arts movies lately?"
"Shush."
Taranee cleared her throat. "Alright, so are we gonna agree on the evil warlord theory for now? 'Cause I have to get back for the journalism club meeting that starts in a half hour at the pizza parlor."
"Eh." Hay-Lin shrugged. "I guess so. It's not like the monsters are working on their own—though it would be cool if they were."
"That's it?" demanded Elyon stomping a single foot on the ground. "You guys are just gonna agree that there's some bad guy running amok in my kingdom and now you're gonna go home without doing anything about it?"
"Well considering we don't know who this bad guy is there really isn't anything we can do, now is there?" retorted Irma. "So yeah, I think we'll go ahead and call it a day."
"But—"
"Here's a plan: you call us when you need us again," suggested Will. "Twenty bucks says we'll actually show up to save the day again and then go on our merry way."
"Lovely." Elyon glowered at the girls standing before her. "Don't be surprised if you return next week and find new Guardians in your place."
Irma chuckled. "So long as it means no more groundings from my parents, do whatever you want."
"You guys suck."
A/N—Sorry this took so long people. School sorta killed off my muse (I don't recommend taking 16 credit hours at one time). Finals are in two weeks, so hopefully I'll get back into the writing thing again.
