Disclaimer: Disney owns W.I.T.C.H. not me.

I must say I'm very happy with the reviews I'm getting on this fic. Not very many people write about Matt so I thought I should try and fill the void. Wouldn't you agree…

I agree I agree I am sorry that I didn't edit this story until just now, but it's done and that is all that matters.

"Dear Heart"

Cornelia had called an impromptu W.I.T.C.H. meeting, in the basement of the Silver Dragon after school that day, to discuss Matt decision to tell Lillian about W.I.T.C.H. or S.W.I.T.C.H. Irma joking called it, adding Shagon's initial into the name. The others weren't amused. Matt arrived with Huggles in toe, hoping to get a chance to explain himself before the blond lynched him. He was surprised and relieved that she had brought Napoleon with her. At least he had someone on his side. Cornelia was about to yell again but Will put up her hand.

"Give him a chance to explain Cornelia, maybe it's not as bad as we're making it out to be."

Matt took a deep breath before he began. "OK, First of all I didn't tell her about W.I.T.C.H. or our secrets. I just read her a bedtime story from Will's book." He said holding up the notebook but instead of being relieved Will was horrified.

"YOU HAD IT! Matt, I was going crazy looking for that thing! I thought I lost it, or someone swiped it! This was just suppose to be a backup plan, you weren't suppose to show it to anyone, especially Lillian!"

Matt sighed, this wasn't going over well. Luckily Napoleon stood up for him. "Don't blame Matt for this, I gave him the OK."

Cornelia, who was holding the cat, tightened her grip. "YOU WHAT! You were the one who wanted to keep her in the dark. What gives?"

"Too tight, too tight!" He exclaimed as the blond let go. "Now as I was saying. As you all know Lillian's power surfaced ahead of schedule. She shouldn't be showing signs until she's almost 13."

"I thought it was 11." Said Hay Lin, thinking of a different book.

"You've been reading too much Harry Potter kid. Anyway, when she does come into her power, I doubt she'd take it very well that she wasn't told the truth a lot sooner."

Matt nodded in agreement. "That's why I suggested the story. This way we keep her informed but she doesn't know any of it is real."

Taranee frowned. "We barely discussed the book to begin with. I still don't think it's a good idea, and getting Lillian involved is just asking for trouble."

"Well I think both ideas are good ones." Irma said while standing up. "It's better that she has some frame of reference than nothing when she finds out. We can't hide this forever."

Will walked over to Matt as he offered the book back. "Look, the book was my idea and maybe I was being a bit hasty. But I'm more upset that you read it to her without asking us. This kind of thing effects all of us. If you're a part of this team you can't fly solo Matt."

Matt lowered his head. "Look you're right, I should have talked this over with you guys first, and I can accept responsibility for that, but I stand by my decision, she should be told something."

Will sighed, she didn't like having to be the bad guy, but she couldn't give Matt slack just because he was her boyfriend. "Let's vote on it for now. All in favor of stopping the story now, and telling Lillian at a later date raise your hand."

Her own hand went up as well as Cornelia's and Taranee. She was a bit surprised both Irma and Hay Lin didn't. "All for telling her the story now and keeping her informed raise you hands."

Sure enough Irma, Hay Lin and Matt raised their hands. Napoleon tried to raise his paw but Cornelia objected. "She said hands not paws."

"What, I don't get a vote because I'm a cat? I'm her familiar for Pete's sake." He said offended.

"She's my sister. Blood overrules magical felines," argued Cornelia.

"Guys!" Will shouted. "This isn't getting us anywhere. We're too divided on this, we need to talk it over some more."

Cornelia raised an eyebrow. "I thought you were on my side."

Will closed her eye and mentally counted to ten. "Cornelia I agree with your side of the argument but there are still three people and a cat-" Huggles squeaked not wanting to be left out. "And a dormouse, who don't agree. I don't want more than half the group at ends with the other."

After another half hour of discussion it was clear neither side was budging. "Matt this is all your fault!" Cornelia exclaimed rounding on the boy. "What were you thinking telling her that story"?

"Honestly, I was thinking about what happened with Elyon." Instantly the group fell silent and Cornelia's face fell. "I remember how you said you decided not to tell her about Phobos, and Meridian at first, but then Cedric got to her. We may not be around Lillian every second, and I doubt Nerissa's going to be the only one who has an interest in the Heart of Earth. If, God forbid, someone does tell her before we can she'll have the story as a way for her to know we were telling her all along and that we were trying to protect her."

The room was still silent for a few more moments when Cornelia slowly raised her had. "I…I'd like to change my vote." The others seemed surprise she changed her mind so quickly. "I'm sorry but…Matt has a point. We nearly lost Elyon for good, I don't want to take that chance with my sister." The air was thick with thought as each person mentally replaced Elyon with Lillian, and didn't like what they saw.

Finally Taranee raised her hand as well. "While I think this is very risky, the alternative is looking a lot worse. I'm changing my vote as well."

Will looked around. It was clear she was outnumbered and while she wanted to agree with Matt and the others, she still had a bad feeling about all of this. "OK since we all seem to agree we'll go ahead and read Lillian the book bit by bit. While I still think this is going to come back to bite us, I'm in."

While Matt was pleased with the decision he still had another challenge to face, the pet shop.

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Matt stood outside the door to the shop not wanting to open the door. He could already hear the buzz from the excited animals even with the door closed. He was tempted to take some aspirin before even going in, but didn't want to get dependent on them. With Huggles on his shoulder for support he walked into the battlefield.

He almost fell over by the amount of noise coming from every direction. "Matt is that you?" his grandfather screamed trying to shout over the barks and squawks. "They all seem to be overly excited today for some reason."

"Lucky me." He said covering his ears, another headache already forming behind his eyes.

"Can you try and calm them down I'm trying to tend to an injured rabbit in the back." Matt cringed, but still wanted to help out his grandfather.

"Yeah, sure Grandpa." After his grandpa left Matt tried to take charge of the room. "Can you guys please keep it down?" But it was clear he couldn't be heard over the chatter. "If you all could just be quiet for a moment…"

Huggles chirped on Matt's shoulder. "I don't think the message is getting through."

At his wits end Matt had had enough. "SHUT UP!" He shouted out. Suddenly it was dead silent. For a moment Matt though he might have gotten his powers under control but then he looked around and saw every single creature in the shop staring at him.

A small black Lab puppy finally broke the silence. "Whoa, a talking human!" But instead of calming them down the store was now a buzz with the discovery of a human who could communicate with them. They were throwing question after question at the poor boy. "Why are we here?" "Where's my family?" "Can I have some real meat not this canned stuff?" "How come the rodent doesn't have to be in a cage?"

On and on, louder and louder it got before Matt just couldn't take it anymore. He fell to his knees and almost blacked out. He didn't remember much after that. His Grandfather found him, thinking he was sick, he sent the boy home. He didn't refuse the aspirin this time.

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Several hours later, after being confined to a dark soundless bedroom, there was a knock on his window. Will casually waved to him, asking to be let in. Huggles was the first to response checking to make sure the person at the window was indeed Will and not some imposter. Satisfied Matt let her in.

"Hey Matt I heard what happened at the pet shop. Your Grandpa called and said you almost passed out. How are you feeling"?

Matt rubbed his eyes fighting off the urge to sleep. "A bit better but I can't go on like this every time I'm near a group of animals."

"I didn't realize it was that bad," she said gently rubbing his head. "My poor baby." Matt smiled at the attention.

"That's actually feeling real good." Will grinned as she continued to help ease her boyfriend's headache away.

"Oh that reminds me." She exclaimed. "I think I found someone who could help you with your new powers."

Matt's eyes lit up at the thought of finally decreasing the volume and getting his powers under control. "Really who?"

"Hay Lin told her Grandma about what you've been going through and Yan Lin agreed to help." Matt sat up quickly, which he regretted a moment later but right now didn't care.

"That's great Will! When can she see me?" Will was glad Matt was finally going to get some help. It was hard for her to see him in so much pain.

"Tonight's a good night. Want to head over to the Silver Dragon?" She didn't need to ask twice.

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Yan Lin welcomed Will, and Matt, and lead them into the basement. The Silver Dragon was closing for the night and Mira, Yan Lin's Altermere, was handling the cleanup.

"From all that you've told me Mathew, I believe I see the problem. As Guardians, Will, and the others use the Heart of Candracar to focus the energy of the Aurameres. This way they have enough power to fight, but not so much that it overwhelms them. I suspect when you acquired the power from the Heart of Earth, your hidden power over animals was released, building up until it surfaced suddenly that morning."

Matt was intrigued. "So, you think the Heart of Earth wasn't the cause, but the trigger?"

"Something like that. I suspect your powers would have surfaced on their own over time, but much more gradually. It's possible you might not have even noticed them at all, thinking you might just be a little more in tune with animals than others." Yan Lin looked at Will, and smiled. "Will and the others experienced similar reactions to their powers at a very early age."

Will blinked in confusion. "We did?"

"Why yes child. You weren't officially a Guardian yet, and may not have come into your full power, but can you not remember any subtle things in your youth that you couldn't explain?"

Will thought back and there was something, several actually, now that she thought about it. "When…when I was seven, in grade school, my parents had just gotten a separation. I hadn't seen my Dad for almost two months, but he was coming home to take me to the Amusement Park that day. I couldn't wait until I got home, but the day just seemed like it would never end. There were like ten minutes left on the clock, and I wished and wished for the big hand to jump to 12...and it actually did." Will sat down on a seat by Matt as she put a hand on his shoulder. "I was so excited to see my Dad I forgot all about it. My Mom reminded me recently about how I bragged that I could make the clock go faster. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now… I don't know… I was never able to do it again."

"As the Guardian of Quintessence it is very likely that you did in fact will the clock to move. Or it could have just been a short circuit, but my point is Mathew, that it is possible that your powers have been growing naturally for many years now."

Matt thought back as well. "Well I've always been good with animals."

"Communicating with something that is of a different species is a subtle, and delicate art that normally takes much concentration, and many years to master." Matt gave her a 'you've got to be kidding me look.' "Normally doesn't seem to apply to your case however, but like the Guardians, your powers became amplified by a mystic heart, unlike the Guardians, you have nothing to channel your power through or to gage its use, like the Heart of Candracar or another talisman. So what would normally be heard as a whisper is coming through as a shout."

Matt seem to be relieved at finally getting the answer Napoleon couldn't provide. "That makes perfect sense, like when the veil came down Cornelia's power went haywire, because she was getting more power than she was used to controlling."

Yan Lin nodded. "And how Will could suddenly talk to appliances and bring things to life."

"But since she had the Heart it was easier to focus her power." Matt finished, happier than ever that he was at last understanding why he was having so much trouble keeping the noise level down from all the animals around him.

"Correct Mathew." Yan Lin seemed pleased he was now understanding what was happening to him.

"So how do we help him? Got any spare enchanted talisman lying around." Will said half joking, you never knew with Yan Lin.

"That may be a bit risky even if I did. While I know more than most women my age, I don't claim to be an expert. Binding your power to an object must be done very carefully or you risk loosing it all together."

"Seems like either way I win." He didn't really see a down side.

"Let's not jump the gun here. You've only seen the down side of your powers, they could be useful in the future." Matt looked doubtful but Yan Lin assured him. "Besides you could risk the Heart of Earth's power as well." That pretty much put an end to that line of thought. As much as he wanted to be rid of his own powers, there was no way he would jeopardize Lillian's as well.

"OK so the talisman idea is out, so than what? How can I turn the volume done, right now it's stuck on 11?"

The former Guardian smiled. "I have an idea. Have you ever tried meditation?"

The boy shook his head. "No, but at this point if you think it will help I'd be willing to try just about anything."

"Right now your mind is overwhelmed with too many thoughts that you don't know how to stop. What I hope to achieve with meditation is to get your mind to relax and direct all of that excess energy to gage itself. See where I'm going with this?"

He nodded. "Pretty much. Since I don't have a physical 'Heart' to control the flow, I have to teach myself to control my own power. Alright where do we start?"

"The first thing you need to do is to fully relax." Matt almost laughed, but stopped himself. This seemed like the only option he had right now, and the last thing he wanted to do was insult his teacher. He tried to relax ,and clear his mind, he really did, but with all that he had learnt the past few days his head was about to explode, and it showed.

Yan Lin sighed. "This is gonna take a while."

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Matt's first meditation session could have gone better. If it took this much effort just to concentrate enough to clear his head for a few moments, how was he possibly going to be able to control his overly sensitive powers? While Yan Lin assured him that this was the hardest part of the training, he couldn't help but think he was a very poor student.

Will came with him a few times for support, but that only seem to make him more nervous, and more upset when he couldn't concentrate.

It was about a week later Cornelia received an unexpected but not unwelcome visitor. She was home enjoying a rare moment of alone time when she was startled by wrapping on her bedroom window.

"AH! Caleb?" Grinning the former rebel leader waved to his girlfriends while hanging from the windowsill. "You scared the hell out of me! What are you doing out there get in quick before someone sees you." She took his hand and quickly helped her boyfriend into her room. Now that the couple was safely away from prying eyes Cornelia seemed to realize just how much she missed him. He had been very busy trying to help Queen Elyon improve the lives of her subjects, by trying to introduce electricity. It was slow going, but it looked promising.

"So what were you doing hanging out my window? I could have buzzed you in."

The Meridian boy looked sheepish. "I tried but I couldn't figure out all those button. I got some old woman who was threatening to call the police."

"Ah, that sounds like Mrs. Jenkins, she has the cops on speed dial if there's ever any hint of a shady figure near the building. I hope she didn't see you climbing the walls." Caleb suddenly became very serious for a moment.

"It's good that I wasn't I have news from Meridian." This was not what Cornelia wanted to hear. "I need to show something to the Guardian it's about Matt." And this was the last thing she wanted to talk about.

"Matt again? Why is it that everything lately has been about Matt?" She was more upset that he came on business, and not to see her, just Cornelia.

Clueless Caleb scratched his head. "Ah, did I miss something? I don't know what you're talking about." Frustrated the blond was torn between ranting, and wanting nothing to do with her sister's Regent.

"Do I really need to even be there when you tell them, can't you just give him the message, and leave." He was confused as to what she was mad about, but he would have to work it out later. He was on an important mission after all.

"I'm afraid this can't wait, the information came from Nerissa."

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Matt had just finished another unsuccessful meditation session with Yan Lin when the Guardian and Caleb invaded the basement of the Silver Dragon.

"Will what's going on?" Will helped her boyfriend up from his lotus position on the floor.

"Caleb said he has some important news…about you." At first Matt was surprised, but the more he thought about it, the more he understood that it couldn't possible be anything good.

"Oh what now?" The Regent wined. "Am I destined to save the world by humbly throwing myself into a volcano?"

"Ah…" the Earthen sarcasm once again lost on the Meridianite. "I don't think so."

Matt sighed; he was starting to think his headaches would become permanent. "Well let's hear it."

Caleb reached into his bag, and carefully removed what looked like an old bond book. "Father was feeling nostalgic, and went to a hidden cave near Makensien falls. He used to go there with my Mo-I mean Nerissa when they first fell in love. It turns out this was where the Mage hid Nerissa while attempting to show her the error of her ways. Father found this while cleaning."

He opened the book to reveal several pages of ancient writing then turned to an engraving of the five Guardians. Will's eyes snapped open. "Is that…us?"

The Rebel leader nodded. "We think this originally belonged to the Mage. It seems to be some type of book of Prophecy." The others were now gathering around as they looked through the ancient tome seeing many of their bigger battles including Phobos and Nerissa herself.

Hay Lin, being an artist, was the first to spot why Caleb wanted to show this to Matt. "Hey look in the background! I thought I saw him in a few other shots but he's in the background of just about every picture." Sure enough there was a male figure with a fisherman-like hat carrying what looked like a guitar gazing up at the guardians in battle.

Matt blinked. The book looked like it was as old as time itself, it couldn't possibly have known of his involvement with the guardians, but there was something wrong. "Hey, where's the rest of it? There's a lot of missing pages."

Caleb shook his head. "Either they're gone with time, or maybe the mage didn't trust Nerissa as much as she thought, but there was one page I thought you should see."

He turned to a very worn page revealing the etched figure of Matt staring at something glowing in his hands. Above him was the unmistakable image of Shagon hovering over the boy. Above them both was a strange but familiar symbol as well as an unknown title. "The language hasn't been spoken in Meridian for thousands of years but father said the Mage taught him a few words." Caleb pointed to the nearly faded title on the top. "The only words he could recognize was "Heart" The room went silent at this bit of news. No one really knew what to make of it, but Taranee was suddenly struck by a wave of euphoria.

"Of course! It all makes sense now." The others, not struck by the same wave, looked at the fire Guardian confused.

"Care to elaborate on that?" Irma asked. "What makes sense now?"

"Remember that conversation we had earlier about why Nerissa chose Matt to become Shagon?" Taranee said as Matt raised an eyebrow. "This explains everything. She had this…book of prophecy since the Mage died, and has been using it to plan out her attacks on us. I always found it strange that she always seemed ten steps ahead of us. It looks like she knew the outcome before it happened."

Cornelia got a better look at the book. "But it doesn't show who won the war though. She must have thought she would either win or that she could fix the outcome, but what does this have to do with the fact that she knew Matt was meant to become Shagon?"

Taranee pushed her glasses back up her nose. "Simple, Caleb said this language has been lost for years. She only knew a few words one of which is "Heart"

With a shocked look on her face, Will shot a quick glance at her boyfriend. "Wait, you're telling me that whole Shagon drama was because she misinterpreted an ancient comic book?"

"Exactly, Miss power hungry was always searching for more power, more Hearts. When she figured out Matt was the boy in this picture she mistakenly thought she had found the Heart of Earth."

"That explains that creepy nickname." Said Matt silently seething over that fact that a simple picture had helped to create Shagon, and sealed his fate. "Dear Heart." He muttered under his breath. As Taranee continued Will put a hand on his shoulder.

"She must have realized Matt wasn't the Heart of Earth, but knew he had some connection to it. I think she hoped by turning Matt to her side, he might lead her to the real Heart."

Matt thought back to when he first revealed to Nerissa he had gained the power of the Heart of Earth. She had that curious look in her eye as if this was a surprise but not unexpected. 'I missed you Dear Heart. What do you say we destroy the guardians together, for old times sake.' He shuttered at the memory, but if this was all prophesized, all meant to be, how much free will did he have in his life. Did he have any? He glanced at Will thinking again that maybe them being together was all part of some bigger plan. He tried not to think about it, but things like this kept popping up putting doubts in his mind, and Yan Lin wondered why he could never seem to clear his head.

Yan Lin, who had remained silent this whole time, gently took the book to inspect. "While this may have provided us much insight as to what Nerissa was thinking during the battle, I don't like the idea of any of you relying on anything that could affect your decisions so dramatically."

Cornelia turned her nose up. "And turn into Nerissa? No thank you." Yan Lin Smiled.

"I think that's a very wise decision. I think you're growing up Cornelia." The blond shrugged.

"Of course, besides, there's really nothing left in that book after the Matt/Shagon picture." Yan Lin rolled her eyes as her granddaughter, and friends laughed. Caleb offered Yan Lin the book to see what she could learn from it. He was hoping to walk Cornelia home, but she seemed to be in a bad mood.

"It's OK I don't need an escort. Why not hang out with your boy, that's why you came here after all." and with that she left the restaurant. Matt, and the girls looked away pretending not to notice that he had been dissed big time. The girls quickly left trying to be as tactful as possible.

Matt was unfortunately the last to leave and predictably Caleb stopped him. "Hey Matt wait up!"

'Damn!' Matt thought knowing what the other boy had on his mind. "Yeah Caleb?"

The brunette rubbed his head nervously. "Can I ask you some advise?"

"About what?" As if he didn't know. "It's about Cornelia. I really like her, but there are time when I just don't understand her."

Dreading the answer yet curious Matt asked, "Well, why was she so mad at you?"

Caleb through his hands up. "I don't know, I went to see her first when I found out about the book."

"Did you tell her you were there to see her or me?"

"You, why?" That's what Matt thought, which explained quite a bit.

"Ah, I think I see the problem, and now she's gonna be mad at both of us."

Caleb still wasn't connecting the dots. "I don't get it, what did I do to make her mad?"

The young musician sighed. "You basically told her you were here on a mission, and not to see her."

"But I was."

Matt rubbed his head again. "And you don't think that might have hurt her feelings after not seeing you for so long?"

"I think I see your point." Caleb said looking away for a moment. "But what do I do about it. I care for her, I really do, but I never know if I'm saying the right thing or not."

"Why come to me though?"

"Isn't it obvious, you and Will are like, the perfect couple, you never seem to have any problems."

Matt's eye twitched, irritated. "Perfect? Well let's see, I put her in danger by jumping into battles barely knowing how to fight, and I nearly killed her after I became Shagon. Phobos impersonates me, and flirts with Mandy right in front of Will, that was a nightmare to patch up by the way, and let's not forget the VMJ fight. Oh yeah, it's as easy as falling off a log. I should write a book."

Caleb had the decency to look ashamed. "I didn't mean…I just meant…"

Taking pity on the poor guy Matt relented. "I know, it's just that Will and me have had our share of problems, but we make it work somehow, and don't forget Cornelia's not Will."

"And I'm not you." The rebel leader sighed. "I really want to make this work."

"Well than you need to do something for her. Got any plans for Valentines Day coming up?"

Caleb stared at him blankly. "Ah, what's Valentines Day?"

'Oh boy.' Matt thought. 'This guy's in trouble.'

"The short version is that Valentines Day is an Earth Holiday where couples celebrate their love for each other. Any guy who forgets can just kiss his sweetheart good-bye."

"Well how was I supposed to know, I'm not from Earth"? The Rebel leader said frustrated at all these weird Earth customs he was expected to know about. "I bet you don't even know about Grishma Feast."

"And you'd be right, but the point is, this is the perfect time for you to do something special for her. So got any ideas?"

The other boy thought about it before looking back up at Matt. "There is one thing I think she might like. She was telling me how you wrote a song for Will and how much she loved it. She got that mushy look in her eyes but it got me thinking." He stood up, and put his hands on Matt's shoulders. "Will you help me write a song for Cornelia?"

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Matt had agreed to help his friend but right now was wishing he was back in the pet shop. While Caleb seemed to be able to play a guitar OK, the poor boy was tone-death. With Matt's help, and a few poetry books, however he was able to come up with some decent lyrics that seemed to fit the song. Now if only the boy could carry a tune.

"Hey boys, thought you might like some coffee." Matt's Mother had come into the room holding two hot mugs offering it to her son, and Caleb.

Matt took his gratefully. "Thanks Mom, I needed that."

Caleb took one as well mostly to be polite. Coffee was one Earth food he never could understand. "Thank you, Mrs. Olsen."

"My pleasure, how's the jamming session coming?" She was used to her son writing music in his room. When the full band was over they typically played in the garage but she didn't mind him playing in his room so long as no one was trying to sleep. Caleb attempted to show her his progress by trying the first verse of his new song. She was very good at hiding the pained expression on her face.

"He's writing a song for his girlfriend Cornelia." Matt explained as Caleb once again went off key.

"That poor girl." she whispered under her breath. "Well good luck boys." she said as she left the room.

"Thanks, we'll need it." At this point Matt had to stop Caleb. Huggles had left the room out of protest.

"Look man, you've got the beat down and the lyrics sound good, but if you can't carry a tune it's not going to matter."

Caleb seemed a bit depressed. His big surprise for Cornelia wasn't working out the way he had planned, and he was starting to doubt himself. "Well then, why don't you sing it, but say it's from me?"

"Oh no no no!" Matt viciously shook his head. "I am not singing a love song to another guy's girlfriend. There is no way that's going to go over well with either Will or Cornelia. I don't fancy being hung by a tree limb while being electrocuted." Caleb laughed at the mental image, but admitted he should probably expect the same treatment if he didn't sing it himself.

"Well why don't you sing something like the song just so I can hear how I'm supposed to sound?"

"That I can do bro." One thing Matt was good at was making up lyrics on the fly. Matt strummed his guitar and sung in the same tone he expected Caleb to try, and sound like.

"I was lost but then you found me,

there must have been something I just didn't see.

But what can I do that I could do for you,

The world on your shoulders, this much is true.

But you're not alone here, just let me in,

Let me carry you, please don't give in.

I'm not a rock, but I think strong enough,

To see you through, when times get rough.

The future is written so let's rewrite,

I can't accept that we won't be alright.

Divided we fall, but can we even stand,

When big, and little things get too much out of hand.

Where do we go when we can't see the way?

But no matter what please know I'm here to stay.

But you're not alone here, just let me in,

Let me carry you, please don't give in.

You were calling, when I was falling

I was hating when you were waiting

You were searching while I was hurting

I was fighting while you were loving

Drawn not by fate but by your heart

Just let them try to tear us apart.

But you're not alone here, just let me in,

Let me carry you, please don't give in.

But you're not alone here, just let me in,

United we'll stand, together we'll win…"

He finished with a final strum of his guitar while Caleb couldn't help but be impressed. "You just wrote that on the spot?"

Matt blushed a little. "Well it's just something I've been working on. I have different music for it but I guess it just came out."

"Sounds a lot like you and Will."

"Yeah I guess it does."

"I'm going to totally blow it with Cornelia. I just know it."

"Calm down dude. You try yours again, and try to remember the tone." Several hours later the rebel leader sounded less like a drowning cat, and more like a drunk pigeon. While he was learning to get the tone better, the simple fact was that Caleb simply didn't have a very good singing voice. That was something neither one of them could fix. Matt was just hoping Cornelia would appreciate the effort more so than Caleb's singing.

It was getting late, so Matt said goodbye to Caleb telling him to keep practicing. Matt still had to finish his biology homework before school the next day. He wasn't looking forward to it. They would be prepping the live frog in class for dissection tomorrow. Instead of bringing in dead frogs the teacher thought the fresher the better when it came to learning from dissection. As much as he hated the noise in class, he wasn't sure he could bring himself to kill something had had been having conversations with.

At the thought of talking animals he suddenly realized, he didn't have a headache anymore. It had been almost constant for almost three days now, but what made it stop? What had he been doing differently that he seemed to fix the problem that the meditation had failed to fix. As he was putting away his guitar the answer came to him.

"The music!" He realized while he had his mind on music, and singing it was easier to put his mind at ease. This was something he could work with. He would need to test it out, but it looked like he was finally getting a grip on his powers. "I wonder what Yan Lin will think when I walk into my meditation section with an Ipod?"

But his excitement was overshadowed by the dreaded dissection he was expected to perform the next day. He had a feeling something bad was about to happen, but he would have never guessed in a million years what was about to occur.

To be continued…

Next time: "Reign of Frogs"

Matt finally has his powers under control…or does he? What begins as a simple protest turns into an uncontrollable event the students and teachers at Sheifeild Institute won't soon forget, especially Professor Sylla.

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Song, "You're Not Alone Here" was written by me.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, toooooooo looooooong sooooooo tiiiiiiiiiired. GeminiAngel drops dead