Irma : I can really make a speech like that? Wow...
Me : Erm... no you can't. Only I can, in your script of course.
Irma : *Grunt* You know you are just like Will, a party pooper.
Me : That is why I like it so much. Now for the disclaimer.
Irma : Fine, storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., or anything else from the show.
Me : Nice, now on with the story...
Chapter 10 : The Maid's Name Reveal
The four guardians, the Regents and the guard were in a cave, hiding from the king's guards. 'Will, we need to talk to Saldern,' Taranee stated.
'But we can't bring the guard with us, or he will tell his king where are they hiding,' Will objected.
'Then bring him back to the prison in Meridian,' Cornelia suggested.
Will thought about it for a while, before she nodded to Cornelia's suggestion. 'Matt, you will take the guard back to the prison, while we look for Saldern,' Will said as Matt nodded. Will then opened a fold back to Meridian.
When Matt has just cross the fold, the others heard something by the bushes. This has caught all of their attention as they wondered what was that. As they turned their back at the fold, three spies from the kingdom cross the fold secretly. Will just shrugged it off before facing back at the fold. She then closed the fold before looking back at the others. What she doesn't know was that three spies has cross the fold to Meridian without letting them notice. As the guardians and the two Regents head into a secret tunnel, Will was having a bad feeling in that she has done something wrong.
In Meridian, Elyon and Irma was helping the rebels from Medimn to find homes for them. So far, they managed to find three quarters of the rebels a home, but there were still too many of them. 'What about the Infinite City?' Irma suggested.
'We could try,' Elyon replied.
Elyon then opened a door by a upside down wrecked boat. Behind the door, was a flight of stairs that lead to the Infinite City. Elyon and Irma were the first to head in before the rest of the rebels followed close by.
As thy reached the last step of the stairs, Irma notice a few guards were talking to each other a few metres away from them. She wondered what were they doing here. 'Don't worry Irma, is Caleb's idea of putting two guards in the Infinite City in case of a break-out,' Elyon explained. The rebels were later group together behind the two girls.
'Okay people, you will be living down here for a while, but don't worry, all of this will be sorted out,' Elyon stated as the rebels were now talking to each other.
Just then, they noticed the door on the floor was suddenly opened. Elyon and Irma got into battle stance, along with the two guards, as they prepared for any fight. But they stand down as they caught sight of Matt walking out of the door. 'Erm... what's up guys,' Matt said. He then spotted Irma was with Elyon.
'Irma? What are you doing here?' Matt asked out of surprised.
'It's a long story,' Irma stated before she began to explain everything to Matt about the rebels.
Back in Medimn, the guardians and Regents were now in a tunnel of the rebels secret lair. They were in a hurry to tell Saldern about the king's plan. Upon reaching the end of the tunnel, they were looking around for Saldern, the rebel leader. They then noticed that Irma wasn't around either. 'Where do you think they could be?' Cornelia asked, but Will just shrugged as she doesn't know either.
Then Saldern and his rebels army were notice by the tunnel opposite of the girls and Regents. The girls quickly flew towards him, wondering where Irma could be. 'Saldern!' Will called out, which caught the rebel leader attention.
'Will,' Saldern said as she landed. 'How it go with the king?' Saldern asked.
'You were right about him, he is insane,' Will exclaimed as Saldern smirk which he knew he was right.
'Anyway, did you see our friend?' Taranee asked.
'Yeah, she even took some of our rebels that couldn't fight to some world with a white palace,' Saldern explained as the girls looked at each other.
'Meridian,' they all said together. 'We need a way to tell what he will be planing soon,' Will said.
'We will try, but with the increase of guards everywhere, and the king being more caustious, I doubt we can get a clear plan of his,' the rebel leader explained, which Will was thinking of a way to know what was the king planning.
'We need some insider to tell us what he will be planning, but who can do it?' Will asked, as she thought for a moment.
'Will, why don't we think about it back at Meridian? Irma is there,' Taranee suggested.
'That's it!' Will shot up.
'What's it?' Cornelia asked.
'We will ask Irma to be our insider of this king,' Will explained. 'It will be perfect! And the king won't suspect a thing,' the others looked at her, dazed before looking at each other.
'Will, you know she will deny it, there is no way she will replace this maid,' Hay Lin stated.
'It's our only option. She has to become the maid as we needed to know what this king is planning,' Will said before she opened a fold back to Meridian.
Meanwhile, in the Silver Dragon basement, the maid was coming back to her senses. As she opened her eyes, she noticed that she was in some kind of room. She then saw an old woman beside her, smiling. 'I see you are finally awake. Would you like some water?' she asked as she handed the maid a cup of water.
The maid just accepted the water before drinking it. 'What is your name?' Yan Lin asked.
The maid didn't answer, fearing of what would come next. 'Don't be scared, I won't hurt you,' Yan Lin reassured her as she placed her hand on the maid's hand.
'My... my... my name... is Aliria...' the maid struggle to pronounce her name as she was still scared.
'Hi Aliria, my name is Yan Lin,' she introduced. 'How did you get here, Aliria?' Yan Lin asked as she took back the cup from her.
'I found this weird looking blue portal,' Aliria explained, which Yan Lin figured it that it was a fold.
'Where did you ran from?' Yan Lin asked.
'From Medimn, I wanted to escape my king for so long because he is so cruel to me,' Aliria explained as she shivered at the memories of the pass.
'It's alright, I will make sure that you won't get hurt by that pshyco king again,' Yan Lin said with a little touch of joke, which made Aliria cheered up a bit.
'Thank you so much for helping me, but why?' Aliria said and asked at the same time.
'Because I know that you are the one who will lead your kingdom to peace and harmony,' Yan Lin explained.
'Me? Being ruler of the kingdom? I don't think that is possible,' Aliria said as she was uncertain that she could be a ruler one day.
'You will be once the Guardians of the Infinite Dimension has defeated the king,' Yan Lin explained again.
'The Guardians of the Infinite Dimension? Who are they?' Aliria asked as she scratch her head.
'They are magical beings who keeps harmony and peace in every world. You will meet them very soon,' Yan Lin said before getting up.
'Thanks again for all of this,' Aliria said as she move a stroke of hair from her face. Yan Lin just gave her a smile as she went up the stairs.
In Meridian, Zarla and Irma were closing on the village. 'Where is she?' Zarla asked as they were in overgrown field.
'I can feel her presence, it is very strong, but I am not certain of her location,' Irma said as she scanned the area.
'She couldn't turn invisible, so she must be either hiding or your senses are wrong,' Zarla said as she crossed her arms. Irma just glare at her before they began to head towards the village.
The guardians were finally together at the palace. Irma have finished explaining about everything to Matt before the rest of the girls and Regents came out of a fold that was opened. They were in the thrown hall, discussing about what needed to be done, like Irma being the maid for the king. 'No! I am not going to be the king's maid! I won't do it!' Irma rejected.
'But Irma, is the only plan we got,' Will reassured her.
'You can tie me up in chains and dragged me there for all you want, but I AM NOT GOING TO BE THE MAID FOR THE KING!' Irma yelled out of protest as she was furious about the idea.
'But Irma...' Hay Lin trying to back up for Will.
'No buts! I won't do it!' Irma yelled again.
'Please,' Taranee pleaded.
'NO!' Irma objected.
'Come on Irma, it will be worth it,' Cornelia joining in.
'Will you guys give it a rest, I told you guys already, I won't do it!' Irma continued to reject the idea.
'Think about it, Irma, if the king doesn't know that you are the guardian, then maybe it will be earsier for you to sneak around his palace,' Elyon joined in.
'Oh for the love of... Will you guys just drop it! I will not, I repeat, WILL NOT DO IT!' Irma yelled. It was so loud that the whole village could hear her shouting.
'I think we better head home, I got homework to do,' Matt said before transforming back to his normal form.
'Yeah, but still...' Will said before looking back at Irma.
'Sigh...' Irma could only stated while doing a facepalm, as she knew her friends won't stop until she does it.
'Lets go, kiddos,' Napolean said, changing the subject. He was now back to its cat form.
'Right,' Will then opened a fold back to Heatherfield. Irma was the first to cross the fold, followed by Cornelia, Hay Lin, Taranee, Matt, Mr Huggles and Napolean. Will then gave one looked at Elyon before spotted something unfamiliar in the shadows.
'Will, what's wrong?' Elyon asked.
'Nothing, I thought I saw something, but it was just my imagination,' Will said before looking at Elyon, then back at the shadows she spotted something earlier. But there wasn't anything in the shadows as Will just shrugged it off. She then head into the fold before it closes.
Will was in the basement with the rest of the group. 'Well now, lets get back to the topic. Irma, can you...' Will didn't finished her sentence when she notice that her friends were looking at girl, who looks almost exactly like Irma, was sitting on the bed.
'Are you kidding me?' Irma asked as she was surprised at how she looked like her.
'Hey Irma, how about the maid thing?' Cornelia teased her. Irma just glare at her as she was getting annoyed by that question.
'Hi there,' Will said as she approached the maid. 'My name is Will, what's yours?' Will asked as she kneel down in front of her.
'Her name is Aliria, the maid to the king of Medimn,' a voice said from behind the group. They turned around to see that it was just Yan Lin informing them.
'Man, when they say that the maid looks like Irma, they weren't kidding,' Hay Lin commented as Irma glared at her.
'It is a good thing that you came here,' Yan Lin started as she took a seat on a chair. 'But first, Will,' Yan Lin reminded Will that they were still in their guardian form.
'Oops, got it,' Will sad before taking out the heart. Then they transform back to their normal form. 'Now, what were you saying Yan Lin?' Will asked, hearing the rest of the news.
'Irma, you must exchange places with the maid to get some information of the king,' Yan Lin said, which Irma just stared at her with her mouth wide opened.
'You kidding, right?' Irma asked, hoping so.
'No Irma, I am not kidding, you must replace the maid in order to find out what does the king plan to do,' Yan Lin explained as Irma sighed.
'Come on, first my friends, now you Yan Lin? What's next? Guards trying to kidnap me?' Irma asked sarcastically as she was getting annoyed.
'Irma, please, think about it,' Will reassured her again.
'I thought about it already, and I will not be the maid!' Irma yelled. She then stomped out of the basement, which the others sighed.
'Well, that went well,' Cornelia said sarcastically.
Irma sense that her original has crossed a fold, and this time, she knew where she went. 'She went to her home world, or should I say, my home world,' Irma said.
'Then open a fold,' Zarla said. Irma then use the Heart, that was a copy of the real heart, to open a fold to Heatherfield. She was the first to cross it, followed by Zarla. But the fold didn't close instantly, which the three spies sent by the king of Medimn cross it. Afterwards, the fold closed as the spies has crossed it.
In the Heatherfield streets, Irma was walking home while feeling upset about the whole maid thing. 'They think I will be the maid, no way,' Irma said to herself as she entered an alley as a shortcut. As she was halfway, her phone began to chirp. She took out her phone before reading from who it was calling her. It was her boyfriend, Stephen. She pressed the answer button before saying, 'Hi Stephen, what's wrong?'
'Irma, I was wondering, would you like to have dinner with me?' Stephen asked nervously.
'Are you asking me out? Like a date?' Irma asked as she cheered up.
'Yeah, sort of,' Stephen said. In Irma's mind, she was doing a happy dance as she replied instantly.
'Yes! What time are you picking me up?' Irma asked, not noticing somebody was creeping up on her from behind.
'How bout 8?' Stephen asked.
'Sure, I'll... Argh!' Irma said before she cried out as she was hit on the head from behind. She was now on the ground, unconscious, as Stephen was calling her from the phone.
'Irma? Are you there? What's going on? Irma!' Stephen yelled, but he received no answer. Irma was later being carried by one of the spies before nodding that they have finally capture the maid. They then hurried down the alley with the girl they'd believe was the king's maid. What they didn't know was that they captured the wrong girl, and Irma's wish of not becoming one will soon come true.
On the other side of the phone, Stephen was starting to get worried about Irma as she didn't respond to his call. 'I better call the others,' Stephen thought before cutting the call to Irma and punching in the others. He dialled in Will's phone number, knowing she is the leader of the group.
Will answered her phone, which Stephen breath in a sight of relief. 'Will, thank goodness,' Stephen said, which Will raised an eyebrow.
(This is where the screen is split into two like whenever the girls were talking with the phones)
'Stephen, what's wrong?' Will asked.
'Something bad happened to Irma while I was talking to her,' Stephen said, which Will mouth was widely opened along with her eyes.
'How did you know?' Will asked.
'Look, I can't really explain it, cause it is kinda personal to me and her, but you have got to find out what happen to her,' Stephen said in a worried voice.
'Alright, we will search the last place she went,' Will said before cutting the call.
Will the looked at the others, as they were talking to Aliria. She hoped that they didn't kidnap Irma, as she looked like the maid they were with. She took in a big breath before she spoke up. 'Guys, we have a nine one one from a friend,' Will started.
'What happened?' Taranee asked as she looked away from Aliria.
'Stephen told me that something happen to Irma,' Will said.
'I think they are just playing a prank, just relax Will,' Cornelia said.
'No Cornelia, I don't think is a prank, I can hear that Stephen was worried about Irma. I hope I'm wrong, but I think that the king's guards has finally kidnap Irma,' Will explained, which caught the attention of the rest of the group.
'No way! How did they get here?!' Hay Lin asked.
'Don't know, but at least she will be the maid, and a spy for us when she reached the palace in Medimn,' Will said.
'But we need to make sure she's safe first,' Taranee said, worriedly.
'We will find her, don't worry, but first,' Will said before taking out the heart of Kandrakar. She then called out 'Spord Lartsa!', the a copy of Irma was later emerged from the heart, with her past memories too.
'We will need to cover up for her too,' Will said as she stood beside the astral drop Irma.
The guardians hoped that Irma would be alright as she would be the maid for the king. Will didn't think that it would end well for the girls as Irma would be furious, but not at them but the king. Zarla and Irma were now in Heatherfield, somewhere, as they thought that the real Irma was in the city.
Okay, seriously, I'm getting lazy to type. But still, it is kinda interesting to create it. But without any table for me, I will need to lie down on my bed to continue my story. LOL. Is it just me or am I updating the story lesser and lesser time. LOL again.