The meeting on Candracar was… interesting to say the least. Will had been hysterical to find Matt injured and unconscious along with Mr. Huggles. During the whole time Will was freaking out, everyone was trying to comfort Cornelia as well. Minutes after arriving at Candracar, Auramere Will rushed into the main hall and announced she had found Caleb unconscious which caused Cornelia to rush at Caleb who was being carried in on a stretcher.
After a half an hour, order was finally restored and explanations of what had just happened were given. The Oracle explained that with the help of the three new Heart holders they could now enlist the help of the other Hearts that the Oracle had in mind. He then explained that he and the former Guardians would personally ask the Heart of Ulzbor to help. When everyone asked why, the Oracle said it was because they were old acquaintances and said nothing more on the matter. The Oracle then told the group that he had explained the situation to Garret's grandfather and now the armies of Jaxel were readying for war. The king had sent a replacement mechanical arm to give to Garret who readily accepted it.
It was then decided that a few of the Heart holders should pair up in case of another attack and put a type of magical alarm on the undefended worlds. Golem went to Zamballa to assist Ironwood since Aridia really didn't have anybody to attack and Crone went to Meridian to help Elyon in case of trouble. By this time Matt and Mr. H. had woken up and were obviously going back to Earth with the Guardians. Cornelia decided to stay on Candracar until Caleb woke up. After all that, everybody folded back to their respective worlds.
The girls of WITCH and Matt were making calls to explain why they were so late and to explain the situation to their parents in the basement of the Silver Dragon. They decided that it was best if they stuck together so they decided to stay the night at Hay Lin's house. It was then that Prince Garret folded into the room.
"Excuse me if I am interrupting," he said," May I speak to you Irma… alone?"
"Ummm…" Irma said looking down at her feet.
"Well, everyone we better go do that thing we have to do upstairs, right?" Will said.
"What are you talking about? We don't have anything to do upstairs," Hay Lin said absentmindedly.
"You know that thing we have to do upstairs," Taranee said giving Hay Lin a look that said they had to go upstairs.
"Oh yeah, that thing," Hay Lin said with a bit of a blush. Everyone walked up the stairs out of the basement and closed the door behind them.
"So, Garret what's up?" Irma asked with a nervous smile.
"This is hard for me to say so excuse me if this sounds awkward, but… when I saw you walk through the gate I thought you looked beautiful and you seemed like a fun person," he spoke while taking a nervous breath," When you saw that I only had one arm you seemed… disturbed by the fact and I don't blame you and…"
"It's not that I'm 'disturbed' by the fact that you have one arm, I mean I was just shocked because I didn't realize…" she trailed off.
"I understand that some people can't like somebody with one arm and well I wouldn't blame you if you couldn't like me that way," he said and looked away.
"Garret," she said and hesitated for a moment and then decided," I would like to get to know you because you seem like a cool guy and I was wondering if you would like to go out on a date or something?"
"Well!" he said smiling," I would love to but I have just one question first."
"Shoot."
"Why is it good to be cold?" he asked.
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After explaining things to Garret, they scheduled a date for the following night which just happened to be Saturday. Garret made a fold to his home feeling much better with an extra spring in his step. Irma skipped up the stairs with a smile on her face and when she opened the door and came out she was immediately bombarded with questions from everyone except for Matt who had gone home with Mr. Huggles.
"What happened?"
"What did he say?"
"What did you say?"
And a million other similar questions.
"Whoa ladies, calm down," Irma said grinning," I will tell all at our little mutual defense slumber party."
With that the girls went to Hay Lin's home and where chatting all the way. They never saw either of the strange creatures on top of the building across the street. One looked like a suit of armor with nothing but a pendulum where his midriff should be. The other looked like a sickly humanoid rat that was built like a tank. When the girls were out of sight, they merely looked at each other and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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When Garret arrived back on Jaxel he immediately noticed all of the people and Clockwork Folk running around. He headed directly to the palace and only stopped to talk to an acquaintance. Everyone was rushing around doing a million different tasks. Upon arriving at the royal palace, he saw the utter chaos all around. He stopped a servant and asked where the King was.
"I believe he should be in the War Chambers my lord," he paused a moment and then continued," The royal family of Parador is there as well."
"Thank you very much," Garret said smile.
"Of course my lord," he said and then continued his task.
Walking through the palace Garret couldn't help but think of the last time that the palace was like this. They were painful memories of the Guild Wars against the Alchemist Guild that had ravaged both Parador and Jaxel and had killed Garret's parents. He was seven when the war ended and his grandfather had become king again until Garret was ready. When he finally arrived at the War Chambers he was a mix of joy, sadness, and worry.
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Elyon was sitting on the balcony to her room just thinking about what had transpired over the day and what was to come. She looked out over the city and thought about what would happen to her home. Elyon watched the guards and servants running around and thought about how many would survive. She thought about Dorian and how handsome he looked.
"Are you all right dearie?" Crone asked with a concerned look on her weathered face.
"Hmm… Oh, yes I'm fine. I was just thinking," Elyon said distractedly.
"About that handsome young prince from Parador?" she said as more of a statement than a question.
"Is it that obvious," Elyon asked.
"A little, but only to us girls," she said with a wink and a big smile.
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On Candracar, Cornelia was still watching over Caleb and talking to Auramere Will as well. Everybody else was either sleeping or someplace else.
"Luckily the others said he just needed some rest Cornelia," A. Will said in a comforting voice," You've had a long day too, maybe you should rest."
"You're probably right, but I just can't sleep because I'm too worried about Caleb," Cornelia pouted.
"You know what I do when I'm worried?" A. Will asked suddenly.
"No, what?"
"I think about what I want my name to be," she said with a far off look.
"Uh, I thought your name was Will?" Cornelia asked a little confused.
"That is Will's name," A. Will said," I'm not Will. I'm a whole new person and while we're similar I am different so I want a new name to reflect that."
"I never knew you felt that way," Cornelia said.
"To be honest, you're the third person I've ever told," A. Will responded.
"Who are the other two?" Cornelia asked.
"Will and the Oracle," A. Will said and then continued with a yawn," I'm going to bed now, good night."
"Night," Cornelia said processing the information and worrying about her unconscious boyfriend.
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Yan Lin couldn't sleep that night because she just couldn't believe that the Oracle wanted help from him. After what that pompous ass did to her and the other former Guardians he should stay looked up on Ulzbor until he rots. She also knew that without him they were likely to lose. Yan Lin couldn't sleep because of all her conflicting emotions about this man.
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"We need about three days to make Shagon anew my minions and we need to work together to make him," Fenrir said to his assorted lieutenants.
"How do we do thisss Masster?" Pyros asked irritably.
"We sit in the circle and concentrate our dark powers on the Orbs you stupid serpent," Fenrir retorted and then turned to Mutten and said," Mutten, go to those miscreant Guild members and tell them to keep an eye on the enemy and no more."
"Yes…Master."
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That was chapter seven and it was a bit slow but I hope you enjoy it anyway and I promise the next chapter will be better.
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