Irma : Why does it always happen on my date?!

Hay Lin : I agree with Irma, how come there is always bad things happen whenever Irma have a date with Stephen.

Me : It is part of the story, don't worry about it. But since you girls are here, why not tell the reader the disclaimer.

Hay Lin : Fine, storyLover58 does not own W.I.T.C.H., and other stuff of the show. Except the OC which is evil.

Me : Hey, that isn't in the script. Never mind, now on with the story...


Chapter 11 : Hiding The Heart

Irma and Stephen were in the park, hiding from Phobos and Lia-Hin. The other girls were looking for them at the movies, but what they didn't know was that the young couple had left. Stephen spotted a few trees while running. 'Irma, do you know how to climb a tree?' Stephen asked.

'Is that a trick question?' Irma asked back as she looked at him.

'I'm serious, let's hide on the tree,' Stephen suggested.

'And we better hurry, cause I think I hear them closing up,' Irma stated as they approached the tree. Stephen climbed it first before stopping on one of the branches to help Irma up. They both climb up the tree until they were in the leaves of the tree. 'I hope this plan of yours work,' Irma said softly, avoiding being caught.

'Quiet, I think they are here,' Stephen whispered as he placed his hand on Irma's mouth. They noticed two figures below the tree, looking left and right.

Phobos and Lia-Hin were looking for Irma. 'Where did the guardian go?!' Phobos asked loudly.

'Don't worry, we just have to search for them,' Lia-Hin stated.

'Fine, then you head left and I will head right,' Phobos said while pointing at two different directions. They both separated, leaving a clearance for Irma and Stephen under the tree.

'See, I told ya,' Stephen said as he slowly decended the tree.

'Told me what?' Irma asked teasingly.

'C'mon, let's get out of the park,' Stephen said as he landed on the ground after jumping from one of the lowesst branches on the tree. Irma began to climb back down while trying not to slip. But, unfortunately, she slipped on one of the branches as she yelped. She was now dropping towards the ground. She closed her eyes, awaiting the impacted. But she didn't felt the hard impacted as she landed in a pair of arms. When she opened her eyes, she saw it was Stephen who caught her from falling.

'Man, you are clumsy,' Stephen said teasingly.

'Haha, very funny, but thanks for caughting me,' Irma said before Stephen put her back down on the ground.

'I have a feeling they heard you scream a bit,' Stephen said.

'Then let's get out of here,' Irma said as they left. They were now running towards the exited of the park as it was in view of them. But they stopped as they found out Phobos was waiting for them by the gate.

'I see that waiting for the guardian at the doorway is a good idea, isn't it my friend,' Phobos stated as he approached the young couples.

'Yes, Phobos, and this is what we should done a long time ago,' Lia-Hin said from behind the two teenagers. They were now surrounded as Phobos and Lia-Hin had blocked their path and they can't jump over the wall as it was too high.

'What are we going to do,' Stephen asked as their backs were facing each other.

'Well, one thing for sure, get away from Irma's date!' a voice was heard. They all looked up to noticed it was Matt who yelled at them.

'Listen to the kiddo, or you prefer a good old fashion brawl,' Napolean stated as he hit his palm of his hand with his fist.

'You think you can defeat us, Regent!' Phobos stated as he was about to attack Matt when a fireball almost hit his leg as he jumped back.

'I don't think so,' Taranee stated as she prepared to shoot another fireball.

'Nice shot, Taranee,' Will stated as she approached the young couples.

'Now, one thing for sure, we outnumber you Phobos. And you are in our territory,' Will stated as she landed beside Irma, followed by Cornelia and Hay Lin.

'Yes, you outnumbered me, but I'd out powered you guardians,' Phobos stated as he shoot a fireball at the girls, but Cornelia managed to block it in time as she raised a wall.

'Irma, get out of here. And take Stephen with you as he doesn't have any powers to defend himself,' Will said.

'But I don't want to leave you guys,' Irma protested. She wanted to stay and help the girls to fight Phobos and Lia-Hin.

'No, Irma, you can't stay. Phobos doesn't know you have a heart. So you must get out of here when you have the chance,' Will said to her mentally, avoiding letting Phobos knowing about the heart Irma's having.

'Fine, I will take Stephen away form here,' Irma said, finally agreeing with the girls.

'Matt, take Irma and Stephen away from here. And bring along Mr Huggles with you for backup,' Will said.

'Got it,' Matt said as he landed beside the couples.

'Now, to make a way,' Cornelia said before raising a wall under Lia-hin feet. He looses his balance as he felt from the wall.

'Hang on tight,' Matt said as Irma held Matt. He then flew up, while holding Irma's hands as they flew over the wall. Stephen was on Mr Huggles back as he leaped over the wall. Stephen was letting out a few shouts as Mr Huggles was now running away from the others while leaping over walls and fences.

'Well then. I see you aren't going to risk letting your friend fight with me. I wonder what are you guardians hiding from me,' Phobos said as he was about to shoot a fireball when a vein caught his hand.

'Let's see whether your mouth would shut up,' Cornelia remarked as she tied Phobos up with the veins. But he managed to break free of the veins before shooting fireballs at Cornelia. Hay Lin had took the fire out in time as it almost hit Cornelia.

'Thanks Hay Lin,' she said.

'Taranee and I will take Lia-Hin. You guys will take Phobos down,' Will instructed them as she and Taranee went to fight with Lia-Hin at the other side of the wall.

'Time for some fun kiddo,' Napolean stated as he cracked up some sound with his knuckles.

'Since you guardians and Regents are a big pain to me, I might as well take you down as well,' Phobos yelled before shooting them with lightning bolts.

'Wha?! How did Phobos got charge up!' Cornelia cried out as she hid behind the wall she raised earlier.

'I have a feeling he has the heart for that too,' Hay Lin stated.

'Well then, I think it is time to bring the house down,' Napolean said before jumped towards Phobos. But he dodged his attacked as Napolean fell onto the ground.

Meanwhile, Will and Taranee were having a situation with Lia-Hin as they were dodging earth, water and air. 'Whoa! That was a close one!' Will cried out before striking back.

'I think it is a bad idea to tell Irma to retreat,' Taranee stated.

'Thank you Ms Obvious,' Will said sarcastically as she dodged a jet of water.

'Hold still guardians!' Lia-Hin yelled as he kept on shooting out water and earth.

'As if!' Will yelled back before Taranee threw a barrage of fireballs at Lia-Hin, but he made a wall of water. The fire instantly were put out upon contacted with the water. Lia-Hin then threw a big boulder at Will, but she managed to destroy it in time.

'Now can we call for backup?' Taranee asked sarcastically while dodging a boulder.

'Alright, go and call Matt,' Will stated as she was also getting tired.

'I'll be back in a flash,' Taranee stated before flying away, towards the direction that Matt and Mr Huggles went.


As the battle was going on, Matt had landed on the ground after letting Irma down. Mr Huggles had just arrived at their location before letting Stephen down from his back. He was dizzy and felt a little sick from the ride he had. 'Why do I get this awkward feeling,' Stephen said as his face was turning green as Irma could tell he was about to puke out.

'Stephen, why don't we head to the Silver Dragon? Maybe there we could give you some of their soup,' Irma suggested as she held Stephen's hand.

'Sure...' Stephen said, still a little sick.

'Be sure to kick some Phobos and Lia-Hin butt for me,' Irma said as she left them with Stephen.

Matt and Mr Huggles headed back towards the battle, hoping that they would be there in time to help the others. On their way, they noticed that Taranee was looking for them. She landed in front of them before taking a big breathe. 'What's wrong Taranee?' Matt asked.

'Will needs help. We are out powered, and how's Irma and Stephen doing?' Taranee stated before asking.

'They are safe. They are heading to the Silver Dragon right now. And you say that Will's in trouble, then let's go,' Matt stated before flying towards the battle, followed by Mr Huggles and Taranee.

Back at the battle in the park, Cornelia had gone unconscious. Hay Lin and Napolean were now struggling to hold him as they tried their best to take him down. 'Wake that girl,' Napolean said as he pointed at Cornelia, which she laid on the ground motionless.

'Give me a minute to catch my breath,' Hay Lin said as she was breathing heavily.

'Why not giving me a hand!' Will yelled as Hay Lin looked up. She noticed that Will does need helped as she was in trouble.

'We can't! We got our hands tight here,' Hay Lin said. She didn't noticed a fireball was about to hit. When she looked at her side, she was too late to do anything. But the next thing happened was that something had moved her from her spotted. She noticed that it was Mr Huggles who saved her from the shot as he placed her down. 'Thanks Mr Huggles,' Hay Lin said as she patted his head.

'Hay Lin! This is so not the time to pat the animal,' Taranee yelled from above her. Matt had joined Will to fight Lia-Hin.

'Got it. Me and Napolean will take Phobos while Mr Huggles will help you guys out!' Hay Lin stated as she flew up. She then headed towards Phobos before blowing a gust of wind. He held his ground as he tried to prevent himself to get blown away by the wind.

Hay Lin then noticed that Cornelia was regaining her consciouse as she was moarning. 'Okay, culd somebody please give me the plate number of the lorry driver who run over me,' Cornelia stated as she slowly got up.

'How about helping us out,' Hay Lin yelled.

'Oh, right, got it,' Cornelia said before hitting the ground with the palm of her hand. 'Earth!' she called out before long cracks were visible. It then created a large gap under Phobos before he dropped down. 'Now that was easy,' Cornelia said as Hay Lin landed beside her. Napolean took a closer looked down the hole and noticed a small light was emitted. Then he back away as Phobos flew up and out of the hole.

'You think a small hole will hold me?' Phobos asked out of annoyance.

'You were saying,' Hay Lin said as she crossed her arms.

'Don't say a word,' Cornelia said before she threw boulders at Phobos.


As the battle between Cornelia, Hay Lin, Napolean and Phobos were on, Will, Matt and Taranee were dodging fireballs from Lia-Hin. 'Man! Irma is so going to owe us for this,' Will stated as she shot lightning bolts.

'You said it,' Matt agreed with Will before shooting beams out of his eyes.

'If we can survive this first,' Taranee cried out as she just barely dodged a high pressure jet of water.

'Good point,' Will stated before Matt shoot another beam at Lia-Hin, almost hitting him.


As the guardians and Regents were battling it out, Irma and Stephen had arrived at the Silver Dragon. They entered through the back door, as there were a lot of customers in the restaurant tonight. 'Let's head downstairs into the basement,' Irma said as she approached the door to the basement.

'Why do we need to head down into the basement?' Stephen asked.

'That's where our H.Q. is. We always group up together here,' Irma explained as they descended the stairs. Irma heard something in the basement. 'Stephen, wait here,' Irma said. She then slowly walked towards the source of the sound. She noticed it was under the box. She gotten ready to spray a jet of water as she raised the box to see what was it. But she didn't sprayed any water as she realized it was Blunk who was going through his bag. 'Blunk!What are you doing here!' Irma asked.

'Blunk search for treasure. Blunk have found good stuff,' he stated as he took out a broken trophy.

'So, this is the passling. Man, he does reek,' Stephen commented as he held his nose from the smell of the passling.

'Blunk, if you don't get out of here, I will spray you out!' Irma threatened Blunk. He quickly opened a fold back to Meridian. Once he left, Irma sigh before she sat down on the bed. Stephen sat beside her.

'Irma, what's wrong?' Stephen asked as he noticed something was troubling his girlfriend.

'My friends told me to retreat as I have a heart. I want to fight with them, to kick Phobos tail,' Irma said.

'Hey, if you escape now, maybe next time you can kick their tail,' Stephen said, trying to cheer Irma up.

'Yeah, maybe so,' Irma said before giving Stephen a hugged. 'Thanls for understanding me.'

'I know, but what time is it?' Stephen asked. Irma then pulled out of the hugged before checking the time. It was 9.51 pm.

'I think your dad is so going to screw me,' Irma said as she looked back at Stephen.

'What do you mean?' Stephen asked.

'What time your dad told you to be home?' Irma asked.

'10 pm, why?' Stephen asked as he raised an eyebrow.

'Oh, nothing, just the fact that it's 9.52 pm right now,' Irma stated as Stephen was staring at her.

'Then let's go! I don't want to hear my dad lecture me!' Stephen said as they both got off the bed and rushed up the stairs. They exited the restaurant before calling a taxi. Stephen had enough money to send both of them home. They entered the taxi and told the driver where to head. 'Why we need to go to your house first?' Irma asked.

'I don't want to see my dad waiting for me outside the house. He is very strict when he gets angry,' Stephen stated as he shivered the memory of him when he reached home late.

'Oh, well, you're not the only one. Even my dad can get strict, he even treats me as a criminal,' Irma described.

As the taxi approached a house, they said their goodbyes before Irma pecked his cheek. He then got out of the taxi before it drove away. Irma looked back in the reaar window as she noticed that Stephen walked towards his house door. She then looked at the clock on the taxi dashboard and noticed that it was just 9.59 pm, just in time. She smiled as she had the best boyfriend she ever had. She had forgotten about Andrew Hornby and she always hang out with the other girls. But she just realized that her friends were still battling with Phobos and Lia-Hin at the park. She wanted to go there and helped them out, but she can't as Will had told her to retreat as they don't want to risk another heart. She wondered how would they deal with the baddies without her.


Well, there you have it. Sorry for the late update. With school time and extra activity, I don't have time to update the story. But I finally gotten this chapter up, so I'm happy with it. Enough of that, I really need some reviews.