A/N: ok so I've been gone for a while but school is like hectic. Well I'm continuing for u now and the people who participated will have had some of their names mentioned. LOL. A showdown this chapter. Ooops. LOL. Oh yea, I think in the show they hold their breaths as mermaids. Well in this they don't. Soooooooo deal! Lol.
Disclaimer: I do not own W.I.T.C.H. Or H2O, aren't you unhappy that I don't? Wait lol I own this Fanfic!
M-A.D.N.E.S.
There are moments in life where time simply stands still. Where nothing around you stirs and all you can hear is the thundering sound of your broken heart.
The mermaids and the guardians sat in Max's living room. Cornelia snug in the couch began to tell the tale of Mary-Ann. She had stated why Will was absent. Due to her being the present wielder of the Heart made her the other Guardian who would fall prey to Mary-Ann and her power.
She was a Guardian, the Guardian of Water to be exact. She had wielded the Heart at one point but not the circumstances Cassidy had followed. They were five girls like all of us; Mary-Ann, Dawn, Natalia, Eris and Serena. Like W.I.T.C.H. and C.H.Y.K.N. they were M.A.D.N.S.
The Oracle had always suspected that she was different, she always seemed separated from the others, except Eris. She was her first friend after moving from here. They lived in Heatherfield as well, about 160 years ago, when they were our ages. Did I mention she was the oldest? She was 16 and unceasingly adept at using her powers. The Oracle had sensed that she was unlike any other Water Guardian. Her powers were more advanced than they should have been. Her mind control ability even affected the others at times. But it got worse when she turned 18.
During a fight with some bad guy back then, his name was Jorguase, he was their version of Nerissa, just as a guy. He was the heart of the Moon and wanted more power. He was the ruler of the Lunarians, they were a race that existed on the moon. They were humanoid but tall, pale and beautiful; with silver hair and opalescent eyes. Jorguase had the people under his power, the death of his queen had driven him mad and that led him to wage war with the other realms.
Eris wielded the Heart and so had Quintessence, she went to speak with Jorguase while the other Guardians fought his forces outside his castle, hopefully preventing their interruption. They were kept in constant telepathic link by Dawn, the fire Guardian. During Eris's attempt to negotiate with him he attacked her, piercing her chest with a rock fragment. The group felt it instantly, especially Mary-Ann; according to the Oracle, the girls were haunted by her sorrow, what she did scared them more so. Everyone that stood against them was desiccated; their bodies were crumpled husks that turned into space dust essentially. The Oracle said the other Guardians were simply afraid of her; she walked into the main hall of the once ornate castle of Jorguase. Walked to the body of her fallen comrade, she wasn't dead but was soon to be. Eris took the heart and gave it Mary-Ann while Jorguase watched and laughed.
This is where she lost it, she walked up to him. The Oracle said he had never seen any Guardian draw so much power without directly tapping into their Auramere. With every step she took the very air froze, the crystals fell to the ground around her, the others had flown in after, surveying the holocaust, stopping at the scene, they lost their powers; staring in a convoluted mix of amazement and so much fear as she took their powers. She no longer walked, instead lightly hovered to him. He stood and fired waves and waves of energy at her choosing to fight instead of fleeing. Finally reaching him, having absorbed every attack he threw at her, she grabbed his hands and they froze and shattered. She touched his face, ever so slightly. The others were immobilized in fear wanting to run but couldn't escape the suspense of their friends' dilemma.
She kissed him, hovering to his full height. Her lips touched his and the Guardians saw what seemed like passion turning to raw hatred as her body evolved into the very element of water. Her body then merged with the other elements as her form shifted between each element. The kiss lasted forever as her power flowed through him. They saw her intentions as his form started to turn black and his eyes were flung wide open as bright while light escaped the once shiny pearls. His beauty turned to morbid darkness as his power flowed into her. She parted from him, turned to her friends and waved her hands. The last they saw was the destruction of the castle.
She had returned them to Metamoor, they were bewildered by what had occurred but even more so by her seemingly innate sense to relinquish the power brought on by the gift of the nymph Xin Jing. She turned to the other Guardians and the Oracle and told them she was leaving, leaving to contemplate her life. Who she would be without the only person that understood her, she returned to the Gold Coast here and lived. Two years had passed and the Heart was a constant reminder that she would no longer see the blonde beauty, her best friend, her first and only. Summoning the de facto leader of the heart, Dawn, she summoned the other Guardians here and told them what she wanted to be done. Putting their powers together they created Mako Island as a shrine and permanent Memorial to Eris. The Moon Pool was touched by the Heart and was empowered.
But that wasn't what gave the pool its full power. It was the creation of another pool somewhere in Ireland. The girls only tried to help her deal so they easily fulfilled her wishes, thinking it would help her deal with Eris passing. The pool in Ireland was only touched by Mary-Ann's power; she had erased the memory of her taking Jorguase's power from the girls' minds. The Oracle hadn't knowledge of it surprisingly. In the coming six years the Guardians began to lead seemingly normal lives. They weren't as needed anymore until Mary-Ann's son was killed. She went ballistic and unleashed the power she had been harnessing for 8 years. The Guardians came at the disturbance, they attempted to appease her but it was impossible. She too was still a Guardian and knew their every weakness. With the power from the Heart of the now destroyed Moon, she was near unbeatable.
"So was it her power on the moon that caused the giant craters?" Hay Lin interrupted.
"No. The craters were the base of the castle and the main city." Cornelia replied.
She used their weaknesses against them. Dawn's claustrophobia, Natalia, the Earth Guardian was afraid of losing her father, her only relative, and Serena the Air Guardian was afraid of losing her friends most of all. With the fusion of her powers, her mind control had evolved into telepathy, stronger than Dawn's by far. Trapping Dawn in her mind dark and alone, made Natalia think her father was dead by killing a clone she had created. Serena gave in easily after seeing her friends in so much pain. She took the spark of the Heart from Dawn once again regained control of the Heart, hoping this time it was permanent. After this occurred she immediately sought out the Heart of Earth, the only being that may have had a chance of stopping her.
The Heart was Eris's little sister, Athena, she had known how distraught Mary-Ann had become and was completely aware of the events unfolding. She was well practiced with the use of her powers and had the assistance of one of Elyon's ancestors who was the Heart of Meridian. Knowing what was to occur and the fate that would soon befall her she went to the one place she was sure Mary-Ann wouldn't willing harm.
Eris's Shrine.
With the help of Elyon's great-great-great-grandmother, Esme, the two teens hid there and laid a trap with the now powerless Guardians. They contemplated Mary-Ann's stance and would she willing reveal them to the world just to get the chance to destroy them and bring about her new world reign by freeing the slaves and ending all men.
Mary-Ann was stronger than they could imagine. She had the gift of the Nymph Xin Jing on her side. Stronger than all of them she was a Quinto Guardian. After a while she figured where they were hiding and did what they didn't expect. She started killing the men and sacrificing their souls to some object that she had supposedly gained from the Lunarians. She used her telepathy. Reaching the world from her centre here on the gold coast, she started to absorb the souls from the men and whilst doing this she went to Mako Island and confronted the girls. Easily she defeated them, deflecting all their powers back at them.
The Oracle was incapable of interfering at this point; her power blocked him from viewing all that transpired in their realm. But from Esme's mind he got the very last moments.
"She hovered above the pool, holding us in place with one of her powers; little did she know what was in store for her. We laid there on the grass surrounding the pool large and seemingly deep, it shimmered in the night sky. The full moon was up and it began. She was attempting to resurrect Eris and her son Maxwell. Athena had figured it out when she had glimpsed into her mind. We laid there unable to move; watching in horror as soul after soul flew into the pool screaming and moaning. Their cries loud and haunting, she just floated chanting to an object that hovered above her. A silver tome shaped like the moon, it had distinct gold runes on the curves of its binding. Her black hair was long and untamed it blew about her as the moon direct reflection hit the pool. A white, bright beam erupted from the pool; two bodies emerged from the depths, long blonde hair that resembled the shag on Athena's head floated about wildly from her sister's lifeless body. The other form had wavy black hair, Maxwell. Athena began crying looked at Mary-Ann who had a look of such sadistic joy."
""QUINTESSENCE" Mary-Ann's voice cried out in the dark as the beam intensified and broke apart to thousands of bolts running from the moon to the pool. She was drawing the energy from two worlds and herself, plus the souls of the men, I could feel myself getting weaker as Athena had predicted. She was going to kill us as well taking our powers in the process. She was beautiful, so beautiful with those lifeless green eyes, looking to her son and back. Athena struck. Her body toppled into the pool. Eris rose with a swiftness throwing Maxwell to where her sister stood moments ago. Mary-Ann's power loosened on us immediately as she saw her son cough and sputter. Eris's hair was so much longer than they remembered; it skimmed the surface of the pool as she flew open armed to hug her friend, her face seemed ageless and carved the way they remembered it."
"Stealing the Heart back, "Guardians Unite!" Eris screamed as her friends knew what to do. Mary-Ann hovered in shock and joy. Attempting to rush to her child's aid she realized she couldn't move. The Guardians were channelling their powers and I assisted as we had practiced years ago on our most powerful foe then. She knew what was coming, the lightning died and she began crying. The beam of light returned brighter than before, their powers took the effects they intended. A wave of energy blasted through us, I was knocked back but didn't falter. The pool crumbled away as the island became enshrouded by rock. I saw the body of Eris reduce itself to ash and fly into the lungs of Maxwell. His hair shifted from the proud black to a strawberry blonde. He started to move and I ran to his side to lift him as we teletransported ourselves back to Metamoor before the full effects took place."
He said the Guardians had their powers again but were weaker; they were stronger mentally and emotionally however. They had witnessed what was almost their death for what would have been the last time in their life. Mary-Ann was gone for good they thought. Esme had lost a lot of her power as a Heart but she was still plenty strong as she managed to raise Maxwell in the likeness of the two women that flowed through his veins.
Her son had gained immense longevity and a glamouring ability. He spent some years in meridian but those were wiped from his memory as he was reduced back to a child 60 years ago. He was raised here on earth some where he fell in love with a mermaid named Gracie.
All eyes were on Max at this point. He chuckled a bit before his olden features melted to that of a young man, handsome with wavy strawberry blonde hair. "I've got some explaining to do..." he laughed beside himself and nodded at Cornelia who proceeded to finish the story.
Instead of ending her as they thought they had, the Oracle realised she was trapped in the pool. The pools in Ireland and Mako have fractions of her souls in them. The Mako pool was touched by the heart hence the powers the girls have, the wind, water, fire, lightning manipulation and the heat control and the freezing thing. They have weakened strains of our powers, which were activated by the full moon, which has a part of her soul in it which explains why you become mermaids. It's what she always wanted to be surprisingly.
The 50 years full moon is her chance to escape and it's about 2 weeks away and her power in Irma will be at her peak, we may or may not be able to stop her if we wait too long, but the Oracle said one thing alone would stop her.
"What?" Taranee asked.
Love.
Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Review: Guys please tell me what you think... where I am going wrong. What should I change? Am I boring and I'm welcome to all suggestions and I didn't put the winners name in this bcuz it was the past soooooo lol it wouldn't fit but like I said review please and thank you for reading and favoriting my story. It's my first public attempt at writing so. I'm open to other story suggestions if you like my work on this so far.
