Crazy Witchy story

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter.)

"I-I think that Nerissa…is my mother." There was silence for all of a minute while everyone let that thought sink into their brains.

"What makes you say that Will?" Halinor asked raising an eyebrow at the injured teen curiously while the other teens were shocked at what she had said.

"After Nerissa told off and threatened Shagon for hurting me she helped me get back to the pier. When I turned around to see who had told me my head was bleeding I saw my mom, Susan, standing behind me although her eyes were the same color as Nerissas and the Heart of Meriddean was around her neck." Will said causing Halinor to sigh slightly while the others exchanged alarmed looks.

"I was afraid of this. We on Kandrakar knew Nerissa was somehow related to you due to her power flowing through your veins but we thought she was your grandmother or perhaps aunt…not your actual mother." Halinor said sighing heavily while the others turned their looks on her, none of them noticing the door opening silently and Susan/Nerissa standing there with a bowl of noodle soup in her hands for her daughter with Yan-lin and Knickerbocker right behind her.

"And you didn't think to tell me that the woman who's been attacking us is one of my relatives?" Will asked staring at Halinor in shock and disbelief.

"The Oracle forbade me or the other members of the Council to tell you or the other Guardians. We could only confirm or deny it if you asked us." Halinor said shaking her head slightly, shameful of the Oracle's decision in this matter.

"We couldn't tell she was your mother, only that you were related to her. Given her age we thought you were her granddaughter." Halinor said with another shake of her head, she was old enough to be Will's grandmother and Nerissa was a full year older than her but she was Wills mother. That was more than a little screwed up, Halinor thought idly.

"You could have just asked me." Nerissa said dropping her disguise as she stepped further into the room with the bowl of soup still in her hands while Yan-Lin and Knickerbocker were staring at her in shock and disbelief.

"And would you have told the truth without trying to spin it so she joins your side?" Irma asked snidely as she stood in front of Will protectively at the sight of their enemy, along with the other I.T.C.H. girls while Yan-lin and Knickerbocker blocked off the exit and Halinor stayed beside Will. All of them were staring at Nerissa as she put the bowl of soup down on a tray and smiled gingerly at Will for a second.

"Of course I would have. She's my only daughter after all and if she doesn't want to join me that is fine. I just don't want to hurt her on accident or fight against her. It's her choice if she wants to join me in my attempt at bringing peace to the worlds or not." Nerissa said sitting calmly and pushing the soup towards Will while handing her a spoon, Yan-lin shaking her head when Taranee mentally asked her if the soup was poisoned.

"You should eat but don't go too fast. You'll need the nutrients and energy to get better quicker but we can't risk you throwing up. It could cause one of the broken ribs to puncture something or be damaged worse." Nerissa said maternally to Will who blinked and nodded ever so slightly, that was the exact same thing her mom had told her when she had broken a rib during a car accident when she was younger.

"What do you mean bring peace to the worlds?" Cornelia asked narrowing her eyes at the woman who held one of her best friends hostage, the only reason that they even let her close to Will without blasting her to pieces was because Will had mentally told them not too…yet.

"During my years as a Guardian the other girls and I had to participate in more than four different wars and even more minor uprisings to put corrupt rulers in place. What many don't know is that the Oracle has the power to stop the corrupt rulers and the dictators before they get powerful like Phobos had. The fact that we had to participate in so many wars means that he didn't want to stop them himself. He wanted others who are moldable to do it for him. When I was a Guardian he told me about how if we were strong enough we could take over the known worlds and make him their eternal ruler. I didn't want to do it but he planted suggestions in my mind to do it, when Cassidy started getting wary of him and his plans…he took control of my mind." Nerissa said swallowing thickly and blinking back tears at the emotional and mental scars she was reopening by talking about this while the others listened attentively as Will at her soup at a pointed look from both Nerissa and Halinor.

"Me and Cassidy were close, as close as Kat and Hali were if not closer, I would never have harmed her of my own free will." Nerissa said causing the other former guardians in the room and even Mrs. Knickerbocker to nod, that was true Nerissa and Cassidy had been nearly inseparable while in school before and after the Guardian thing began with them.

"When I finally managed to break his mind control I was already imprisoned within the mountain. By making me kill Cass I hated the Oracle with every fiber of my being. I swore I would expose him and make his dream come mostly true. I would unite and bring peace however way I could to all the known worlds…but it wouldn't be under his banner. It would be so that they were ruled by representatives from every kingdom that were elected fairly by their people." Nerissa said her fist clenching as she remembered how horrified she was at having been forced to watch herself blast Cassidy off of the mountain but been unable to stop herself.

"So how close were you two if causing Cassidy's death made you hate the Oracle so much?" Hay-lin asked honestly curious about this while Halinor, Yan-lin, and Knickerbocker hurriedly stifled their snorts at the blush that decorated Nerissa's face at this question. Their stifled snorts caused the newer guardians to raise their eyebrows in confusion as they looked at the older women curiously while Will finished her soup.

"Let's just say if things had been different she would probably have been Will's mother just as much as I am…in the same way too." Nerissa said sheepishly and causing the older women to burst out laughing while the younger's ones looked confused before they blushed brightly as they figured out what she meant by that.

"That explains why you gave Will Cassidy's middle name as her first. They both say the same thing about it too, way too complicated and long." Yan-lin said snickering while Will looked amazed, she got her first name from the former Water Guardian?

"So what do we do now? Are still going to fight against Nerissa?"