Hey! What's up? I'm sorry if chapter 9 was confusing to some of you. I hope this chapter will make up for it. Or maybe not 'cause I think this will be the last chapter. This chapter skips around a lot, like between worlds. Just to warn you guys/girls.
Title: The Princess of Kandrakar
Chapter 10: The Rematch and Retribution
No One's POV-Heatherfield
Hay Lin and Will woke up the next day and went down to W.I.T.C.H. HQ to see if Natalya was awake.
"Natalya, you awake?" Will asked. No answer. They opened the door to find that the young princess wasn't there.
"You called?" Natalya asked who was standing behind Will and Hay Lin. Hay Lin jumped literally ten feet in the air while Will pretended that Natalya didn't scare her.
"Nattie, you scared the crap out us." Hay Lin said.
"I'm just glad that you two are awake. You do realize its 1:14, right?"
"Wow, we're up early." Will said being partially sarcastic. Natalya rolled her eyes playfully.
"1:14 PM, meaning in the afternoon." Nattie said sarcastically.
"We must've been tired. When did you get up, Natalya?" Hay Lin asked.
"Three and a half hours ago, which would be around10:00." Just then, Yan Lin came into the room carrying a small wooden box.
"Hello girls." Yan Lin said.
"Hey!" the three girls answered.
"What's in the box Grandma?" Hay Lin asked.
"What I have in this box is for Will." Natalya, Will and Hay Lin just looked at Yan Lin.
"For me?" Will asked. Yan Lin nodded as she opened the box. There, lye a crystal pendent with Kandrakar's symbol on it. (Kinda like the tattoo the Oracle has on the side of his head.)
"Whoa, what is it Grandma?"
"I honestly don't know. I was summoned to Kandrakar while you girls were asleep. The Oracle gave me this box and told me to give the pendent to Will. He said that Natalya knows what it is." Yan Lin explained. This got the young princess's attention.
"Let me see it."
"Sure thing Nattie." Will said. Natalya looked the necklace over carefully.
"It's the Crest of Kandrakar." Natalya said. "It has the same purpose as the Heart of Kandrakar. It gives the Guardians power and enables the Keeper of the Crest to transform the Guardians if the Keeper of the Heart is unable to. The Crest is connected to the Aurameres, so if something happens to me, W.I.T.C.H. will still have power." She explained.
"And it's mine?" Will asked. Natalya nodded. Will picked up the Crest and put around her neck.
"Just imagine the amount of power we would have with the Heart and the Crest." Hay Lin said. "Nerissa won't stand a chance!" the hyper-active girl exclaimed. Just then, Taranee burst through the door with Irma and Cornelia panting behind her.
"Natalya, we have to get to Kandrakar NOW!" Taranee said, now out of breath.
"Why, what's wrong?" Nattie asked, concerned for her home world.
"T…Got…Her new…Power." Irma said in between breaths. "She's able…To see things…In the future."
"Taranee is able to have Premonitions. Natalya, take Irma with you, that way if Nerissa attacks, we'll be able to stand a chance." Yan Lin said. Natalya nodded.
"Guardians Unite!" Natalya said, transforming Irma and herself. After they transformed, Natalya opened a fold to Kandrakar.
"C'mon!" The two girls went through the fold, expecting to see the beautiful palace, but instead, all they saw was ruins of the castle.
"We're too late." Irma. They flew toward what remained of the palace. "We need to search for the Oracle and the other members of the Council."
"Don't bother, I can't sense their Energy Forces. They're not here." Natalya said.
"But I know who did this. Nerissa without a doubt and she had her Knights of Vengeance. I can literally see the Knights and Nerissa's Energy Force" Irma said.
"That must be your new power, Irma."
"Must be." Irma said smiling. "Come on, we better get back to Heatherfield." Nattie just stood there, too upset to move.
"Nattie…" Irma said, putting her hand on Natalya's shoulder.
"I need to have a rematch with Nerissa." Natalya said darkly. "I need retribution."
"You're not going to face her alone. If she messes with one Guardian, she messes with all the Guardians" Irma said.
"No, I have to fight her alone." Natalya said.
"Natalya, stop trying to be a hero. We have unfinished business with Nerissa." Just then, none other than Nerissa herself appeared behind the two Guardians.
"Yes Natalya, stop trying to be a hero. In fact do us all a favor and stop being a Guardian, that way, W.I.T.C.H. can have their rematch against me." The young Guardians turned around. Natalya lunged toward Nerissa only to have Irma restrain her.
"Let me go!" Natalya yelled.
"Yes let her go so I can put her in her place." Nerissa antagonized, which only made Natalya make another attempted at her. Nerissa disappeared before Natalya got the chance to get her.
"C'mon, lets go back to HQ." Irma said. Natalya opened another fold to the Silver Dragon via the Heart. The girls walked through the fold and into the Silver Dragon basement. After they transformed back into their normal clothes, Yan Lin came down with some snacks.
"How were things on Kandrakar?"
"Not so good, Mrs. Lin." Irma said.
"What happened?" Yan Lin asked Natalya.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Will sat down next to her sister.
"C'mon, you can tell us." Will said. Nattie sighed.
"Nerissa destroyed Kandrakar and not only that, the Oracle and the Council are nowhere to be found." She said. Everyone gasped. Will stood up and started pacing angrily.
"Will, are you ok?"
"No, I'm not ok. Kandrakar's destroyed and not only that the Oracle and the Council are missing. This has gone too far. Nerissa needs to be taken DOWN!" Will stated, pounding her fist down on a table, snapping it into several pieces. Everyone had a shocked expression on their face.
"Did Will just…" Cornelia started to say.
"Uh huh." Irma said, nodding.
"It can't that bad. Tables break, right?" Taranee said, hoping to find a logical explanation. Nattie picked up a piece of the table and handed it to Hay Lin.
"Taranee, this was a three inch thick steel table." Hay Lin said. Taranee stayed silent. Then she looked at Natalya.
"Natalya, is that Will's…" Natalya nodded.
"Strength Enhancement. It's very useful, especially in battle." Nattie said.
"So, I can control how strong I am?" Will asked.
"Yep." Natalya responded.
"This so isn't fair. I'm the only one that doesn't have her new power." Cornelia complained.
"Don't worry, Cornelia. You're gonna get it soon enough."
"In the meantime, let's get our sleepover started!" Hay Lin exclaimed.
"Yeah!" everyone cheered.
THE NEXT DAY
Natalya woke up with a start. She yawned and stretched then looked at Hay Lin's alarm clock.
3:47 AM. Great. She thought. She stood up and successfully snuck out of Hay Lin's room. She quietly closed Hay Lin's door and went down to W.I.T.C.H. HQ.
I've got to do this. The princess thought to herself. Natalya scribbled something on a sheet of paper then opened up a window and jumped out onto the sidewalk and ran into an alley.
"I have to do this. Guardian Unite!" Natalya said. After she transformed, she opened a fold to Meridian and went through. She went invisible and flew towards Nerissa's current hideout. Natalya landed and made it so she was visible. She started sneaking around until she found the area that Nerissa and the Knights of Vengeance were in. Natalya saw Nerissa whisper something to the Knights that she could only hear parts of.
"…And if we do that, she and the rest of them will soon follow." Nerissa said quietly. Natalya just kept watching.
What the hell is she talking about? More importantly, who is she talking about? Wait a minute, where's Frost? Natalya thought. Natalya started to back up so she could get away but was stopped as she ran into something.
"Hello Princess."
I found Frost. Crap, I am screwed. Nattie thought. She tried running around Frost but Frost grabbed her wrists and practically dragged her to where Nerissa was.
"Mistress, I have a gift for you." Frost said, pushing Natalya towards Nerissa.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here." Nerissa said with an evil smile.
"Ok, I see an old hag that destroyed my planet." Natalya sassed, getting into her fighting stance. Nerissa's smile faded.
"You better watch your mouth, Princess. You are in no position to be sassy with me." Nerissa said as the Knights surrounded Natalya. Nerissa laughed. "Quintessence." Nerissa said, knocking Natalya out.
Heatherfield-7:26 AM
Will, Irma, Taranee, and Cornelia were walking to school for their first day back.
"Is everyone excited to go back to school? I thought Spring Break would never end." Taranee said.
"I don't wanna go back to school. I'd rather fight Nerissa." Irma said.
"Well, we do that on just about a daily basis." Will said.
"Hey, has anyone seen Hay Lin?" Cornelia asked. As if on cue, Hay Lin came running down the street like a maniac.
"Guys, guys, guys!" Hay Lin said as she caught up with her friends.
"Whoa Hay, what's up?" Will asked.
"Found…This…When I…Was getting ready…For school." Hay Lin panted.
"A sheet of paper, nice. Now you're ready for Algebra." Irma said.
"Wrong, there's writing on it." Cornelia said.
"That's what I've been trying to show you." Hay Lin paused to catch her breath.
"It's…Natalya's handwriting." Hay Lin and Will said together. Will had a horrified expression.
"What's it say?" Cornelia asked.
"I can't read it. Nattie doesn't have the greatest penmanship." Hay Lin stated.
"Let me see it. If her handwriting is anything like mine, I should be able to read it." Will said. Hay Lin handed Will the paper.
"She wrote this in the dark. I can't read all of it, but the words I can read are: Folded, Meridian, Spy and Nerissa." Will said. Then the metaphorical red flag was raised.
"NERISSA!" W.I.T.C.H. exclaimed.
"She told me last night that she was going to start her going to Sheffield so no one got suspicious about a 15 year old girl not going to school every day and when I went down to HQ to wake her up, she was gone." Hay Lin said.
"I thought she fell asleep upstairs with us." Taranee asked.
"She did, but I heard someone leave the room and when they didn't come back I assumed Natalya just went downstairs to sleep." Hay Lin said.
"We need to find her!" Will said.
"And risk getting caught, I don't think so." Taranee said.
"Will, Taranee's right. It's too risky." Irma said.
"Then you four go. I'm not letting anything happen to Natalya. I'm going to Meridian to find my little sister." Will said as she turned the opposite way her friends were going.
Meridian-Nerissa's Hideout
Natalya woke up in a prison cell deep in Nerissa's hideout. She sat up and looked around.
Oww, my head. Nattie thought, rubbing the back of her head.
Great, I've been captured. I need to get out of here. Nattie tried to use a fire attack to blast the cell bars, but failed miserably. She looked at her outfit and realized that she wasn't in her Guardian form.
"You've got to be kidding me. Guardian Unite!" Nothing happened. "Gosh darnnit. Guardian Unite!" Natalya said, getting frustrated.
"Aww, is the princess trying to transform?" Frost said as he walked towards her cell followed by Raythor. Natalya spotted Frost twirling the Heart around his fingers. She tried to grab the Heart from Frost, but when she touched the cell bars, she was electrocuted. Frost just laughed as Natalya recoiled in pain.
"Ha ha, what's the matter? Can't take a little shock?" Frost said as he walked away. "Raythor, lets go."
"Go on without me, I will be there in a minute." Raythor said. Frost nodded and walked away. When Frost was out of sight, Raythor walked up to Nattie's cell.
"What do you want, Raythor?"
"I want to help you. Are you with Nerissa or against her?" Raythor asked. Natalya gave him a wtf look.
"Are you seriously asking me that? I'm against Nerissa! I'm allied with W.I.T.C.H.!" Raythor took a few steps backwards. "Relax, I can't hurt you…For now." Raythor walked forward cautiously.
"Princess, I am going to break you out and I'm sure you're going to need this." Raythor said, tossing her the Heart itself.
"How'd you get this? Frost has it." Nattie said suspiciously.
"I used one of Nerissa's spells to duplicate the Heart, although the duplicate doesn't have any magic." Raythor said. Natalya smiled a bit.
"Sweet, but why should I trust you Raythor? You're with Nerissa." Nattie said.
"I see you're point, Princess. You see—"
"No. No more story-telling. I've heard enough stories for this week. Guardian Unite!" Natalya said, transforming into her Guardian outfit. "I would stand back if I were you." Raythor backed away from her cell.
"Fire!" Natalya said, heating the bars then kicking them down. Raythor looked scared. Nattie saw his look and smiled. "Any thought of betraying me and W.I.T.C.H. had better disappear right here, right now." Raythor only nodded.
"Follow me, Princess."
"Ok, that's enough with calling me "Princess". I can only take so long of being called that."
"Sorry." Raythor said. Natalya and Raythor escaped Nerissa's lair undetected. Nattie pulled out the Heart so she could open a fold back to Heatherfield, but before she could, she saw a fold open twenty feet away and none other than Will came out of the fold.
"What is Guardian Will doing here?" Raythor asked.
"I don't know. She's supposed to be at school right now, which I'm assuming is where the others are." Natalya responded.
"Natalya, Natalya where are you?" Will yelled. Natalya flew over to Will was standing.
"Would you be quiet. Nerissa is gonna hear you."
"Nattie, you're ok." Will then saw Raythor standing behind Natalya. "What is Raythor doing here?"
"Relax, he's on our side. I think I scared all of the possible betrayal out of him when I kicked down the bars on my prison cell. Wow I get captured a lot." Will looked at Raythor nodding.
"Fine, but no funny business or Natalya isn't gonna be the only one to worry about. Get it?"
"Got it." Raythor gulped.
"Good!" the girls exclaimed. All three of them walked through the open fold back to Heatherfield. Raythor went to the Silver Dragon and the two girls ran to the Sheffield Institute. When they got there, all of the students were leaving.
"Great, we missed school. I was only on Meridian for ten minutes though." Will said.
"Believe it or not, ten minutes on Meridian is four hours on Earth."
"Now you tell me. Hey, here come the others."
"Will, you missed school." Taranee said.
"I know, I know. Don't start lecturing me, please."
"Hey, you found Nattie!" Hay Lin pointed out.
"Since when am I 'Nattie' now. I thought that was a temporary nickname."
"Since it's shorter than just calling you 'Natalya' all of the time and nope. You're stuck with it for life." Irma said.
"Good point."
"C'mon, we better get home." Cornelia said. Everyone nodded and started walking in the direction of their home.
One Week Later-Meridian
So, the Guardians think they will win against me. My plan is working perfectly. After seven days, all six of them have let their guard down. I shall attack tonight when they least expect it. Nerissa thought.
"Mistress, everything is ready for tomorrow." Frost said as he walked in Nerissa's chambers.
"Good, but there has been a change in plans, my dear Frost."
"And what would they be, Mistress?"
"I'm attacking tonight and the Knights of Vengeance will stay here on Meridian. You and the other Knights are to stay here when I'm gone, do I make myself clear?"
"Loud and clear, Mistress." Frost said, bowing.
"Good." Nerissa said, tele-transporting to Earth.
Heatherfield-7:59 PM
Natalya and W.I.T.C.H. were walking to the Boardwalk after a long day on Kandrakar. Luba was found earlier that week and the girls were helping her rebuild the palace.
"Note to Self: Never become a construction worker." Irma said.
"I'm with ya girl." Nattie said, giving Irma a knuckle bump. Then she looked at Will. "Will, why are we at the Boardwalk again?"
"I think Nerissa's here." Will said.
"Great, more work." Irma said, earning a slap in the arm by Cornelia.
"This is serious, Irma. This is no time to crack a joke." Cornelia said.
"Stop fighting you two. This is no time for arguing." Taranee said. Irma and Cornelia looked at each other and shook hands for a truce.
"So what are we gonna do?" Hay Lin asked.
"Split up." Will and Nattie said.
"Should we split into pairs?" Taranee asked.
"That would probably be our best option. Taranee, Hay Lin, check out the West side." Will said.
"Irma, Cornelia, take the South side. Will and I will take the East side. Everyone, meet back here in fifteen minutes max. We'll all check out the North side together."
"What if one of us find her before we meet back here?" Cornelia asked. Will and Natalya stopped to think.
"Send a signal with you respective power. Fifteen minutes, go!" Nattie said. The girls split up in search of Nerissa. Fifteen minutes later, they all returned to center of the Boardwalk.
"Anything?" Will asked. Everyone shook their heads to say no.
"I got something." Nattie said.
"What is it?" Will asked.
"Look up and you'll find out!" When the girls looked up, they saw Nerissa shooting Quintessence Energy at the Boardwalk to scare the people away. Then Nerissa spotted the Guardians and fired at them.
"Look out!" Hay Lin said. Natalya put a Quintessence Shield to block the attack. Nerissa's attack hit the shield, knocking Natalya back into the water.
"Holy crap that's cold!" she said as she climbed back onto the pier.
"Will, Nattie, we need to transform." Irma said.
"No duh." Nattie said, still dripping wet.
"All of the people are gone. It's just us and Nerissa." Taranee said.
"Guardians Unite!" Natalya and Will yelled.
"Water!"
"Fire!"
"Earth!"
"Air!"
"Quintessence!"
"Storm Shock*" Nerissa watched the girls as they finished transforming.
This is going to be fun. Nerissa thought.
"Water!" Irma yelled. As the attack came towards Nerissa, the sorceress extended her hand and absorbed Irma's power.
"Hay Lin, lets combine powers." Taranee said.
"Fire!"
"Air!" Nerissa absorbed the attack and used it against the Fire and Air Guardians.
"Taranee, Hay Lin!" Natalya yelled as the two started to get up off the ground.
"They're fine, Nattie. You need to focus." Will said to her little sister. Taranee and Hay Lin flew back up to the other Guardians.
"Well that hurt." Hay Lin said. Then, Nerissa combined the powers she absorbed with her own and aimed towards Will.
"Will, look out!" Cornelia said as she flew towards her friend and pushed her out of the way.
"Thanks Cornelia. Whoa, I didn't even see you move!" Will said.
"Speed Enhancement." Nattie said.
"Corny got her new power!" Irma said happily.
"You're lucky I'm in too much of a good mood right now Irma."
"Guys, we're in the middle of a world-shattering crisis here." Will said. Nerissa shot another ball of combined energy, but this time, at all of them and succeed in hitting them. The six Guardians fell to the Boardwalk.
"Ok, that didn't feel too good."
"Guys, we need some kind of game plan." Hay Lin said.
"I've got it!"
"Tell us, Taranee."
"Nerissa can stand up to one attack, right. So all we need to do is double the strength of the attack." Taranee explained, looking at Natalya.
"Ok, I gotcha." Nattie said winking.
"Good, 'cause I got nothing." Irma said.
"Whatever attack any of you five will do, I'll make it stronger since I have all of your powers. Just tell me who's doing what." Everyone nodded.
"Can do, Natalya." They all got up and flew back into the air.
"Nattie, Water!" Natalya nodded and did a Water attack, combining her strength with Irma's. Nerissa tried to absorb the attack, but it was too strong for her, getting doused with cold water in the process. Then, Natalya and Hay Lin froze the water on Nerissa, encasing the evil sorceress in ice. Cornelia flew beside Natalya and they nodded at each other.
"Earth!" the two girls shouted as they rolled Nerissa up like a burrito. Then, Will and Taranee combined their powers and hit Nerissa with everything they had. The Earth and ice layers broke off of Nerissa, leaving her in a weak state.
"We end this now, Nerissa. Guardians Unite!" Will shouted, but instead of transforming again, all six girls combined their powers into one attack.
"Water!"
"Fire!"
"Earth!"
"Air!"
"Quintessence!"
"Storm Shock*" the girls shouted together.
"NOOOOOOO!" Nerissa shouted as she disappeared in a puff of glitter and fireworks.
"Wow, who knew someone so evil had so many pretty colors in them." Irma remarked.
"We won! We won!" Hay Lin said, performing somersaults in the air.
"We did it. It's over." Will said to Natalya. Then, the rest of W.I.T.C.H. came over and hugged Will. Natalya just smiled.
"Oh, c'mon, did you think we were gonna leave you out?"
"Yeah, get over here!" Hay Lin said. The Guardians all gave a big group hug.
"It's finally over." Nattie said, her smile never fading.
THE END
*Storm Shock-The sixth element, which is all five elements combined into one. It's Princess Natalya's power. The final chapter is finished. It's very long too. I'm not lying when I say that the chapter, excluding Authoress's Notes, is exactly 3,532 words long, which is the equivalent of 3 ½ regular chapters in this story. I will be doing a sequel at some point. Thank you everyone who has and who is reading this. Thank you for all the reviews. 'Till then! ^_^