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Standing Together

(Unknown World)

"I see so the keeper of the heart has slipped up at last." Said a sinister man with long paleish blond hair in a almost pitch black robe sitting on a dark and spunky throne. "Is that so my Lord?" Said a man kneeling before the man was a blond haired man wearing a rather dark robe of green and other earthly colors. "Yes. The heart of Kandrakar power is now seeping out freely and I am able to identify its location. It is on a world called Earth. Go there Cedric and bring me the heart." Said the upon the throne as vines wrapped around his arms and legs and began to feed him power. Cedric. The man before the throne stood as a dark green aura surrounded him and his eyes turned slit. His body grow dramatically in size and from the waist down turn into a serpent as the waist up changed into a reptilian themed torso.

Cedric exhaled a large breath of air as a portal appeared behind. "As you wish Lord Phobos." He said as he swiftly slithered through the portal to his prey.


(Back on Earth at Cornelia's house 10pm at night)

Cornelia was sitting on the couch looking at the bracelet her little sister gave her. Irma was trying to get the TV to work, Taranee was reading a book, Will and Elyon were talking about what happened in their lives after Elyon moved, and Hay-Lin was looking around the house. "Wow Cornelia your home is a mess. What happened?" She said looking to the pampered blond on the couch. "A earthquake hit my house. Strangely enough my home was the only damaged. From what my parents said the neighbors didn't even notice it." Cornelia responded before going back to the bracelet. "Hey your TV is busted." Irma said as she stopped messing with the broken TV. "Yes. Thank you for that. Did you not notice it before?" Cornelia snapped at her friend for pointing out the obvious.

"Yeah well you could have said something's might be messed up." Irma replied loving the irritated look her friend had. Before Cornelia could snap back at her Will took action. "Hey let me have a look at it." Everyone looked at Will as she now stood beside Irma inspecting the television. "You know how to fix a TV?" Taranee asked interested in their crush. "No but for some reason I have always had a way with mechanics." Will said as she raised her hands up to get to work when she noticed a spark of electricity go from her fingers to the TV turning it on. "Wow Will you really are go with this stuff." Irma said grabbing the remote and flipping through the channels while the red head stared at her hands.

"But I hardly touched it." She said as she looked back at the TV. Lillian poked her head out from the hallway looking at everyone in the house. Cornelia noticed, got up and walked over to her sister. "Hey it's passed your bedtime. Shouldn't you be asleep?" She said glaring wondering why she sister is still awake. Lillian saw Cornelia wearing her bracelet and blushed as she placed off to the side. "I thought with mommy and daddy away maybe we could you know. Spend time together." Her face lit a bring it red at her final words and Cornelia blushed as well. She scratched the her neck and looked off to whatever she could find and shrugged. "Yeah we could do that but you have to go to bed afterwards. Alright?" Lillian nodded her head and followed her big sister into the living where everyone was. Lillian recognized everyone but the red head who had noticed her walking in. "Oh hello you must be Lillian. My name is Will." She said as bent over and smiled at the young blond.

Lillian was nervous seeing her at first but lightened up seeing the genuine smile on her face. "Its nice to meet you." Lillian said returning the smile. "Wow. Cornelia was right. You really cute when you smile." Will said surprising everyone in the room. Lillian's eyes were wide at this. Her sister actually said she was cute behind her back. "Really?" She asked wanting to confirm this. "Yes. She said that would grow to be really beautiful. Even more so than her. Between you and me I think she didn't notice she was thinking out loud." Will said whispering the last part in Lillian's ear. Lillian stood dumbfounded at the information she was told. She looked up to Cornelia who was still staring at Will in shock. Lillian smiled and hugged her on the spot. After a little time passed of Will playing and talking with Lillian, Cornelia grabbed the red head and and walked off into another room.

"Why did you lie to Lillian like that?" Cornelia said infuriated. "Did I really lie or did I just say what you always had on your mind. I can already tell that the problem with you and your sister is that your both stubborn. Once you get angry at each other you have a hell of a time trying to let go of that anger. All I did was spare you the trouble of swallowing your pride to say what you wanted to say. You will be great sisters if you just reach out to each other." Will said before heading back into the living room. Cornelia stood there thinking about what her crush had said. It was true, she and her sister had been at each others throats ever since a minor argument. If it wasn't for what that earthquake they would have stayed that way. A loud crashing sound snapped her from her thoughts and she ran into the living room.

What she found nearly scared her to death. A large half human half serpent monster had busted through the wall where the door used to be and was glaring down at the young girls. His eyes went from aide to side searching for something and stopped on Will 's necklace. "There." He said lunging for the red head who jumped back out of his reach. He hissed as he reached for the girl again. His hand grabbed her by the foot when she tried to move again and he held her upside down. She kicked at his hand doing no damage at all and when he reached for her necklace with his other hand it glow a bright pink before firing a beam into his face. He hissed at the pain dropping Will who landed painfully on her back. His forked snake tongue lashed out and caught the scent of something familiar.

His eyes widened and darted back and forth searching for the owner. Will looked to her necklace staring at it as it glow ever so steadily a soft pink. Her eyes softened and the life in her eyes faded as she continued to hear and feel a heart beat radiate from the jewel. As Cedric looked around he saw Will covering the necklace with her hands and saw the look in her eyes. "Guardians..." She began and Cedric's eyes widen and reached out to crush her. "...unit." A flash of light exploded from the necklace pushing Cedric away and Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay-Lin eyes all dulled like Will 's did. Elyon held Lillian close as they watched as the five float up and be surrounded by orbs of light of different colors. "What's happening?" Lillian asked holding onto the blond next to her. "I don't know."

The sky blue orb vanished and Hay-Lin appeared with a body of compressed swirling air. The ocean blue orb rippled away and Irma was seen with a body of clear blue water. The blazing red orb shrunk down and Taranee's form reached through and reappeared with a body of intense fire. The forest green orb scattered into vanishing leaves and Cornelia seemed to have a body of earthly vegetation and soil. The rosy pink orb gently shifted to a electrifying blue color before bursting and Will 's lightning comprised body with a pink orb in her chest was now visible. Cedric slithered back not knowing what to do while Elyon and Lillian stood to the side only able to watch in confusion and disbelief. The five girls held out their hands and generated orbs of light with their respective elements surrounding them. Cedric eyes widen and he turned to slither away but the girls released the orbs that flow out and explode on contact with the snake-hybrid.

Cedric was blown out of the house along with the rest of the door way that wasn't destroyed. He crashed into the street and struggled to get back up. The five girls floated out of the house and toward over the snake-hybrid. He looked up to see the five holding their hands out to him with orbs once again created. Lillian and Elyon went to the opening in the house and watched as the girls fired beams at Cedric who roared out in pain. A blue portal opened in front of them and Cedric dug his sharp fingers into the road and crawled to the portal fighting through the pain.

Once he was close enough he gathered as much strength as he could and leaped through the portal. The girls watched as he fled and did nothing more. Lillian held Elyon's hand as they stepped out of the house and towards their friends. "Sis?" Lillian she said stepping next to the earthly being who did not respond to her own sister. Elyon walked around gazing at all of them and their pure white narrowed eyes unable to comprehend what just happened. She was looking at Will when she moved and startled her. She stepped back as Will floated over and stopped in front of the portal. The pink ball in her chest glow more and fire a thin beam at the portal. The portal had a pink waves rippling through it as it shrank more and more until it vanished. The pink ball glow again and the five girls were encased in orbs of light again. When the orbs vanished the girls had reverted to their original state and fell to the he ground unconscious. The pink ball hovered down into Will 's hand and turned back into her necklace.

Lillian and Elyon looked at each other then to the girls wondering what to do. Elyon told Lillian to stay and watch the girls as she went back inside and called Will 's mom, Hay-Lin's grandmother, Taranee's dad and Irma's dad to come and power co them up then she went and carried Cornelia to her room where Lillian stayed and watched over her. Once the parents arrived she said that house was still unstable after a small earthquake that hit it and the entrance collapsed. Later Cornelia and Lillian's mom and dad came home and saw the damage. Elyon offered that they could stay at her house until they found a new home.


(Unknown World)

"You were defeated by children?" Phobos said glaring down in disappointment. "No. The children did not defeat me, the heart of Kandrakar did. It transformed them into their elemental forms which was what defeated me." Cedric explained as parts of his human body was covered UN bandages. "I see. So the torch has been passed to a new generation of guardians. Not only that but they know how to change into their elemental bodies as well." Phobos said with his hand to his chin thinking of what to do. "No. It seems like they had no idea what was happening also while I was retrieving the heart something got my attention. It was the scent of your lost sister." Cedric said earning a look of evil joy from Phobos. "I take it that was the reason for them getting the upper hand." Phobos said looking down at his loyal servant.

The ruler stood up from his throne and walked towards the shape-shifter. Phobos pressed a finger to Cedric's forehead that then glowed and when he removed it he made illusions of the girls his servant saw. He looked at each of them and studied them closely. "This one clearly isn't her." He said as he snapped his fingers and Taranee's image vanished. "Neither are they." Next Irma, Will, and Hay-Lin's images disappeared. The only ones left was Cornelia, Elyon, and Lillian and and he stared at the youngest blond. "This one is far to young to be my sister over these years." He said and with a quick wave of his hand Lillian faded from sight. He smiled looking at the two remaining and he turned to Cedric. "My sister is one of these two girls, determine which one has her scent and bring her to me. The heart of Kandrakar can wait." He said walking back to his throne. "And the others?" Cedric stood and gazed upon his ruler as black vines wrapped around his arms and legs. "I have no use for them. Kill them if they get in the way." Phobos said as energy entered his body from the vines and he opened a portal behind Cedric. "Yes my Lord." Cedric hissed and transformed into his hybrid form and slithered through the portal.


(On Earth)

The sun rose and Will opened her eyes and looking around. She realized she was in her room and when she sat up her mom came in. "Oh Will your up thank goodness." She said hugging Will who's mins was somewhat foggy. "Elyon said that the a part of your new friends house collapsed. I'm glade you sent hurt." She said and Will finally remembered. 'Collapsed? That's not what happened, we were attacked by a monster.' Will thought before going over it in her head again. 'Well who would be live something like that. I hope everyone else is okay.' At that moment her cellphone rang and she answered to the very one she was thinking about. [Will is that you?] Elyon said with a worried voice. "Yeah it's me. Are you alright?" Will said and noticed her mother had left her room.

[Yeah I'm fine but what about you? Do you remember anything? Like how you and the others got rid of that snake guy.] This made Will eyes widen in confusion. "What are you talking about? I blacked out, I'm surprised I'm still alive." Will said minding her voice so her mother wouldn't hear her. [So you don't remember either. Come to Hay-Lin's grandmother's store I'll meet you there.] Elyon said before hanging up her end. Will thought hard trying to remember what happened but it always brought up her blacking out. She got out of bed and ran out the door before her mom knew she left. She ran around and found the store with ease. When she went inside saw that everyone was there even Lillian who stood next to her sister.

"Hey are you doing?" She said seeing the others as stressed as she is. "Just a little tired us all." Taranee said speaking for everyone. "Hey Will can I see the necklace my grandma gave you?" Hay-Lin said holding out her hand. "Sure." Will took off the necklace and handed it to Hay-Lin. Hay-Lin inspected the jewel while Elyon and Lillian told everyone what happened last night. "That really happened?" Cornelia said as got a simple nod from her sister. "My even for a Saturday isn't this a bit early for so many visiting." They turned around to see Yan-Lin sitting at a table drinking some tea without a care in the world. Hay-Lin marched over and slammed the jewel down on the table uncharacteristically glaring at her grandmother. "Just what in the world did you give Will?" She said and the other girls stood around her.

"Just what do you mean? It just a old jewel. Did something happen?" Yan-Lin said with a very interested look in her eyes at the part of her sentence. "Yeah. A monster attacked us then it shoot the thing in the face." Hay-Lin said baring down on the table even more. "Yeah then they turned into five element bodies and forced the monster away." Elyon added. Yan-Lin simply sipped her tea hearing out all the things that had happened to the girls. "Alright then I'll tell you. That there is the heart of Kandrakar. It is the very same jewel in the painting you saw and the story I told you was very much real." Yan-Lin said getting the surprised and confused looks she expected to get from five of the girls present. "As you saw it has great power and so do the five of you."

"What do you mean grandma?" Hay-Lin said stepping back not sure where this was going. "I'm sure by now you must have noticed strange things happening to you in specific. Correct?" Hay-Lin thought back to when she sneezed and destroyed her room, Taranee thought of he strange fire around her bed and how it vanished without a trace, Irma remembered the incident with the family pool, Cornelia remembered the freak earthquake that only hit her house. Will also noticed how the plants and tv's she walked passed on the way to school suddenly sprang back to life.

"The forms that Elyon and Lillian saw take are the elements that you control. Cornelia has the power over all earthly matter that includes plants." Cornelia remembered how she felt before the earthquake hit. She was angry and stomping out the door. The quake stopped when she could think about was her sisters safety. "Hay-Lin can control the air itself which explains how you trashed your room by simply sneezing." With that being reviled to her friends Hay-Lin blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Taranee can produce fire." Taranee remembered how the flames around her grow stronger and spread the more she freaked out. "Irma can manipulate water." Irma thought of how she was launched into the air from the pool. "And Will yours could be the most destructive of all if your not careful. It is the power to bend you mighty power of lightning to your will." Will remembered how the spark from her finger turned on Cornelia's broken TV.

"That's cool and all but why do we have these powers?" Irma asked with a serious face for once in front of her friends. "That is because you are the new generation of guardians. The guardians of the veil who's source of their power lies within the world of Kandrakar. The power the guardians move on from generation to generation when the heart of Kandrakar chooses a new master which is Will." Yan-Lin explained. "Just how do you know this?" Hay-Lin asked her grandmother who only smiled in return. "I was the previous guardian with the power of wind. That is how I know. But now back to what I was saying. You as guardians are able to use your powers in the state you are in now but it will considerably weaker compared to you guardian forms." Yan-Lin said. "You means the forms Elyon said we took?" Cornelia said feeling strangely uneasy at the mention of it.

"No, those are forms that are far more powerful then the once I'm talking about. Besides those forms come with the price of possibly never turning back and losing your humanity. It is a last resort or considering what happened to you a defense mechanism that the heart of Kandrakar used to protect the soon to be guardians who currently couldn't protect themselves." Before this explanation could continue the heart of Kandrakar glow and Yan-Lin's eyes widened. "A breach in the veil has opened. If it is not closed there is no telling we could come through. The heart is the only thing can force it closed. You must insure that the breach is closed before something comes through. The heart will guide you to the portal." Yan-Lin said pushing the five out the door. "Wait why should we? What does it have to do with us? Just because you say we're guardians doesn't mean we have to do the job." Cornelia said shrugging Yan-Lin away. "Whatever might come through could hurt someone you care about and if you don't want that to happen then go. Will to change into guardian just say guardians unit and the process will happen. Using your powers will come as second nature then." Yan-Lin said finally pushing them out the door. "Just say guardians unit. That's stupid and I can see so many ways that can go wrong." Taranee said. "I know it's stupid now go." Yan-Lin said slamming the door in their faces.

"I don't know about you but I'm not going to possibly get killed." Cornelia said walking down the side walk. "Well I'm going. I'm not sure if I really want to do this but I'm not going to let whatever it is come and hurt people." Will said seeing the heart of Kandrakar float and point in one direction and began to walk that way. "Hold on your not going alone we're coming to." Taranee and Hay-Lin said following her. "Your coming too." Irma said grabbing Cornelia by the arm and pulled her along with them kicking and screaming.

The five found themselves walking into a abandoned tunnel. Walking through they saw a blue glow and came to the portal that the heart lead them too. "So this is the breach that you grandma told us about?" Irma said walking around it. "I guess. This is all new to me." Hay-Lin said looking at it questionably. "Its new to all of us." Taranee said putting a hand on Hay-Lin's shoulder. "Great now close it and let a get out of this creepy place." Cornelia said pushing Will towards the portal. When the blond stopped pushing Will took a step towards the breach and sank into the ground for a moment. She looked down and saw a trail leading out and away from the portal. "Um I think something came through." She said they heard a hissing sound and Cornelia was hit and flow across the tunnel crashing into the ground.

Getting up with painful feeling in her back Cornelia and the others turned and saw the same snake monster that attacked them before. "Guardians." He hissed. "Does everyone but us know we're these so called guardians." Taranee said helping Cornelia to her feet. Will said the words and they changed into their guardian forms which surprised them but they didn't have time to have a good look as they were attacked the next second. Hay-Lin was smashed into the tunnel wall by Cedric's tail while Will was grabbed by her head and driven into the ground. It was just as Yan-Lin said, using their powers was like second nature as Cornelia and Irma drove a pillar of stone and a stream of water into the shape shifters face.

The impact freed Will and Hay-Lin from his grasp and Taranee hit h with a flamethrower from her hands pushing him back. They didn't know what was telling them to do this since non of them have ever been in a fight before but right now they didn't question it. Will and Hay-Lin sent a burst of lightning and a tornado of wind into Taranee's flames making it grow bigger and stronger with the add air and more devastating from the lightning. To their surprise Cedric slithered up to them with the attack hitting his chest and not fazing him at all. "You have power but with no experience your power is useless." He said swing his arm through the attack blowing it away. Cornelia had two pillars rise from the ground that shattered against Cedric's body and Taranee and Will fired their elements that he blocked with his hands.

Before Irma and Hay-Lin could do any thing Cedric used his tail slamming them both it the wall with bone crushing strength. He used one arm to swat Will and Taranee away and the other to drive a unprepared Cornelia into ground. He grabbed hold of the blond and lifted her up from the ruble to his face. Cornelia tried to fight through the pain but couldn't as Cedric's forked tongue flicked out and caught a whiff of her scent. His narrowed at realization. "Your not her so it must be the other one then." He said before slamming her into the ground again. Cornelia saw him turned and slithered towards the exit of the tunnel. She grit her teeth as she moved her pained body and drove finger into the dirt. A stone wall rose from the floor and sealed off the exit in front of Cedric. He hissed in annoyance turning around to deal with her.

Four pillars shot up struck Cedric in the back sending him hurtling over and in front of the portal. Irma and Will got up and ran to the each others side. Irma shoot a stream of water pushing Cedric closer to the portal but he was easily pushing it back. Will added her lightning shocking Cedric who was unprepared and wound up paralyzed. Hay-Lin and Taranee got up and stood beside each other firing flames and a gust of wind at the shape shifter. The enhanced flames forced the no longer Cedric through the portal. Everyone fell to their knees panting and gasping when Cedric began to come through. The floor suddenly sunk underneath everyone forming a crater as the stone wall that was blocking the exit broke apart and the pieces all flow into Cedric forcing him in again with a pile of rock on top of him. The heart of Kandrakar glow and shot a beam of pink light at the portal closing it soon after.

The girls all turned back falling to the ground with a flash of light signifying their specific element and just laid there on the fronts and backs in agonizing pain. "That. Really. Hurt." Cornelia said with arms sprawled across the ground. "Yeah my body is killing me." Irma said leaning against the edge of the crater she is in. "I don't think I can move right now." Taranee said with her head laying on Hay-Lin's stomach. "Me too." Hay-Lin agreed with one of her arms covering her pained face. "I thought we were going to die." Will said leaning her back against the crater Cornelia made. The red head turned to face the blond with a curious look. "Hey princess." Cornelia turned to her at the sound of the words. "What did he say to you? I saw him mention something to you." Cornelia looked to the ceiling recalling what he said.

"I wouldn't say he told me anything. It was more like he was thinking out loud. He said that I'm not her so it must be the other one." Will 's eyes widened at what she heard. "Are you sure that's what he said?" Everyone struggled turning to Will noticing her tone of voice. "Yeah. Why?" Will climbed out the crater pain coursing through her at every movement. "Think about. We only meet him one other time before. He deliberately inspected you and didn't even bother with the rest of us. He's searching for someone and there were only two other people with us before hand. Elyon and Lillian." Will said watching the others get up with whimpers and groans. "But we beat him." Irma said walking next to the red head. "We caught him off guard because he underestimated us. We didn't really win. We wound have died here." Will said looking at the floor in disappointment.

"I don't know about the rest of you but if things like could come through and hurt someone I'll whatever I can to make sure that doesn't happen." Will said clenching her fist. "Well your doing it alone. Asides from the pain right now having powers is kinda fun." Irma said putting a hand on the red heads shoulder. "I'm in to. I'm going to protect people just like my grandma did." Hay-Lin said coming over to them with a smile. "It's better if we stay together." Taranee said stepping closer. "I am not going to let that thing anywhere near my sister or Elyon if he is looking for them. Let's make him regret coming here." Cornelia said holding her hand out. Everyone placed their hands on Cornelia's with Will 's on the very top. "From this day forward this makes us a team." Will said smiling at the other girls. "Five as one."

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