Pyromaniac-Girl: You know me, Maxine. Someone turns evil eventually. It makes the story a lot weirder (and kinda romantic if it's CxC, lol) Thanks for the review!!
Xakinera: I'm only writing this now for you I'll try and make Will a bit nicer in this one, I know Caleb's gonna tell her what happened, but I dunno how she's gonna react. Caleb should die … but he's WAY to cute for us to kill him. If you wanna kill someone properly, kill them with a lump of beef or something, and then eat it. I heard a story once where something like that happened … it was cool! Thanks a lot for the review!!
TCTK: Aww, glad you didn't see it coming, it makes me feel a lot happier when people are surprised at how far I'll go to make a good story, lol. Since I'm updating this, think of stuff for The Shadow of Evil!! It was so good, and then you stopped. It's not fair. Appreciate the review!!
CDR: You really need to read the next 3 chapters or you won't have a clue what's going on. Thanks for the reviews!! I might send you an E-mail at some point, seeing how we haven't talked for a while, if I'm not to busy.
Bla8: Don't worry, you still have a lot of hope for CxC!! But I can tell you that Cornelia will stay evil for more than one chapter! Woo! Go me … well, I think she is, anyway … thanks for the review!!
Hi!! I'm back! I know – it's weird isn't it. I'VE REACHED OVER 50 REVIEWS!! PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE ME!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! Anyway, I am so sorry for keeping you waiting for so long! I've been so busy and when I get free time, it's filled up with thinking for chapters for stories! Well, on with chapter 10!!
Chapter 10: When you're gone (Avril Lavigne) (The song will kinda be like Caleb's view of the situation)
"Well, we'll do shifts. Each of us will take turn to look after it. Make sure Nerissa doesn't get her hands on Cornelia's body. Simple" Will said, and the others agreed.
"You think she's dumb enough to come and get it? No, it'll most likely disappear into thin air." Caleb argued, looking anywhere but Will. He sighed and looked back down at the lifeless form of Cornelia. He knew the others were going to ask questions about how and why she was taken, but he would rather not divulge into that right now.
"I love you." He whispered and kissed her on the forehead, just as Cornelia's body started to disappear.
It had been a couple of hours since Cornelia's departure, and everyone was, well, downright moody. At the moment, the gang were walking toward Cornelia's house to try and tell her parents something. They were all anxious about what to say, and they decided they were going to tell her parents something that came into their heads at the time; too many worries were going through their heads right now.
"What about: 'She got a call from some modelling person telling her that she had a chance to be a model'?" Hay Lin's voice spoilt the silence, and everyone looked at her with one eyebrow raised.
"What? I was just trying to help."
"We know, Hay Lin. We know, but I really doubt it'll work. I doubt anything will work." Will said, putting a hand on Hay Lin's shoulder.
"How do you know? Cornelia could be suffering pain with that evil bitch and we're just walking to her parents' house to pretend everything's ok!" Everyone stared with wide eyes at Caleb, the one person they didn't expect to have a tantrum like this about the situation. Caleb sighed and walked further away form the rest of the group.
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie
is made up on your side
When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
Before they realised it, they were at Cornelia's house. W.I.T.H and Caleb gulped in unison before stepping up to the buzzer of Cornelia's apartment.
Bzzzt.
"Hello? Who is it?" Lillian's high pitched voice was heard on the other side of the buzzer, and it was obvious she was standing on something to make herself higher, as she kept grumbling to herself every now and then. Will bent down a bit more to answer clearly.
"Hi, Lillian, it's us. Can we come in?" Will asked, not really wanting to have to face Cornelia's family but knowing she was gonna have to. All was silent downstairs as they waited for Lillian's reply.
"Oh hey! Sure, come on in!!" The excited blonde pushed the button to let them in. The gang walked silently through the corridors, thinking of what to say. Again, before they realised it, they had reached their destination.
Will hesitated before she knocked on the door. It took three, very slow knocks before the door opened to reveal tiny little Lillian staring up at them with a huge smile on her face.
'Hasn't she realised Cornelia isn't with us?' Taranee asked the others, still watching the blonde's expression.
'Umm, I guess. Why isn't she upset, or asking where her sister is? She can't hate her that much, surely' Hay Lin responded.
It took a while for anyone to speak, until they heard a loud BANG from … Cornelia's room?
"Umm, what's going on in Cornelia's room, Lil? Your parents decorating?" Irma asked, as if nothing was wrong.
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
All the words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
Lillian looked at her as if she were mad. "No. Mom's gone shopping and Dad's at work. They left me alone with Cornelia! Can they be any more evil!? Although, it's not that bad. She's been staying in her room for most of it. She came down about an hour ago to watch 'In the Night Garden' (Kids show on CBeebies) with me … that was really weird. Other than that, she's been in her room, by the sounds of it, tidying up. That's even weirder. I thought you knew, that's why I thought you came round." She answered, taking a few deep breaths after she'd finished. The group were flabbergasted (I just love that word) and had their mouths hanging open.
Irma was the first one to speak, "Wait, wait, wait. You mean to say … that … you still watch CBeebies!? WOW! How old are you again? Chris didn't watch it at all! … … … What episode was it? OW!" She shouted after being nudged in the ribs by Hay Lin.
"Lil, can we go and see her?" Caleb asked rather eagerly, wanting to be able to sort this mess out. Lillian just nodded and allowed them in.
Silently, the group walked up the stairs to Cornelia's room, hearing more movement now that they were closer. Again, Will hesitated at the door, and it was only when Irma cleared her throat that Will actually knocked.
"Come in!"
W.I.T.H and Caleb gulped and took a deep breath. She sounded fine, but cleaning her room and hanging out with Lillian definitely didn't match the voice (If that makes sense …). Taranee opened the door and they found Cornelia just finishing cleaning her dressing table – which had been completely covered in stuff just yesterday. Cornelia was … humming to a song and when she saw who was at the door she just smiled, invited them in and carried on cleaning.
"Hey guys. What's up?"
"You're here. Umm, why? What happened with Nerissa?" Irma blurted out too quickly. Hay Lin covered Irma's mouth as Cornelia looked up with a confused look on her face.
"What are you talking about, Irma. I've been here the whole time." Cornelia stated, showing nothing but confidence. Too much confidence.
Caleb got up and walked over to her, knowing something was up. He cradled her head in his hands and kissed her. While he was doing that, his travelled up to her ear and he whispered, "Astral Drop.". When nothing happened, he turned around to face the other girls. Cornelia hung her head, seemingly ashamed.
"This isn't Cornelia; don't get your hopes up. It's an altermere, Nerissa must have created her." Caleb explained. The girls stared at the altermere, upset because it wasn't their true friend. Will got up and walked over to the fake Cornelia. She grabbed her shoulders and shook her slightly.
"Why did Nerissa create you? Where's the real Cornelia? Is she safe?" Will could've carried on with the questions, but 'Cornelia' looked ashamed enough as it is and, even though it wasn't her friend, Will kinda sympathised for her. She let go of the fake Cornelia's shoulders and looked down. She slowly walked back to the bed and let herself fall, her face buried in the covers (No, she is not trying to suffocate herself)
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
All the words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you
"Nerissa created me as a trick. I can safely say she didn't expect you to realise so quickly." 'Cornelia' said, smiling sheepishly. Will looked up from the covers with a gleam of hope in her eyes.
"That means we have an advantage. If Nerissa weren't to find out, that is." Will glared at the unreal blonde, who was staring at her feet.
Caleb grabbed her shoulders just like Will and shook her again. "What about the real Cornelia?! Is. She. Safe?" He said, both threateningly and worriedly. Then, the altermere looked up into Caleb's green eyes, smirking.
"Yes, Cornelia's safe. Don't forget, Cornelia chose to go with Nerissa. Would Nerissa really do anything to her? If it weren't for the little scene that you caused, she would still with you … or dead, whatever way you look at it. All this – it's all down to you." She explained directly at Caleb, but deep down, Will felt she had something to with it. 'It can't be. I'm just being paranoid.' She thought, and stood up, followed by Irma.
"What does she mean by 'that little scene that you caused'?" Irma asked Caleb, walking closer to him, eyebrows raised and hands on hips.
"They don't know, do they?" the altermere cocked her head to one side, staring at Caleb inquisitively, yet still smirking. By now, all eyes were on Caleb. He hung his head and closed his eyes. 'Damn. Just what I need, everyone questioning and now hating me for what happened to … Cornelia. Just thinking about her hurts.'
As Lillian told the group to leave because the sounds were disrupting her T.V time, they all sat outside the apartment in silence.
Without warning, Caleb stood up and walked away from the group and leaned on the corner of the building, leaning his head back on the glass and closing his eyes once again. Will watched him and got up too, going over to talk.
"Caleb?"
Caleb opened one eye and, when he saw who it was, closed it again. Will went to put a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off and turned away from her. The aggravated red head crossed her arms and frowned.
"Look, we all get that we're upset and that you don't wanna talk about something that you did to make Cor–" Will was interrupted by Caleb grabbing her shoulders and staring her right in the eyes. If looks could kill this would've been her last moment.
"What we did, Will. This is all thanks to us!" He said in a hushed whisper. Will looked at him for a moment before realising what he might be talking about. 'So, I was right …'
"What do you mean? We didn't do any-"
Interrupted again by Caleb, Will was getting nervous about the fact that this could be partly her fault (Yeah, I know this sounds kinda OOC, but we aren't really supposed to like her in this …)
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. When I was Cornelia in that … place, Nerissa showed her a memory of mine that I was trying to hide … Cornelia knows we kissed, Will. That's the only reason she left us to get power." Caleb replied, sighing and returning to his place on the wall, thinking about Cornelia and the torture she must be going through.
We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were, yeah
All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah
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"Congratulations, dear. Now, you can have as much revenge as you want! Because there is nothing holding you back from your true potential now!" Nerissa told Cornelia calmly. Cornelia smirked and looked down at her leather black guardian outfit, with black strands of hair falling in front of her face. She looked back up to Nerissa and smirked.
"Well, I think this leather outfit is holding me back a little." She remarked as she slightly struggled to breathe. Nerissa chuckled, which turned into a menacing laugh. Cornelia joined in with Nerissa, and tilted her head to side, so that she was looking past Nerissa into a dark, rusty old cage.
When they stopped laughing, Cornelia slowly walked over to the cage and bent down, her black high heeled boots creaking as they bent.
"Aww, you poor little thing, locked away from the rest of the world. I bet you'd like to see your old friends, the guardians and that idiotic good-for-nothing boy, Caleb, wouldn't you? Well, it's safe to say you're going to see them very soon." Cornelia wore a sickly sweet smile on her face, as her penetrating blue eyes pierced themselves into the eyes of a poor young man with short scruffy black hair, brown, terrified eyes and as skinny as a stick after not eating proper food for about a week hiding in the corner, shaking and looking as pale as the dead. "Aww, what's the matter? Don't you want them to know you lied about being dead? You're lucky I forced them not to bury you; otherwise you would've been dead a looooong time ago." She finished, poking a finger through the rusty bars and beckoning the man to come closer. He did so, but warily, as if this black haired beauty was going to bite his head off – literally.
When she was finally able to touch him, she put a hand on his cheek and smirked at his flinching.
"Haha. Don't worry, sweet thing, you'll be ok. Nerissa just wants you to come back to her … I want you to come back … So please? Just say that little three letter word and everything will be okay …" Cornelia spoke in such an impossibly heavenly voice that it really didn't suit her attire.
"Y- yes! Please, I'll do anything! Just don't let her hurt me!" A little, panicked voice came from the teenager, as he held his hands out in front of him and begged for help. Cornelia smiled and stood up.
"Good. It's great to have you back … Trogola …"
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
Well, I hope you liked that chapter!! I also hope that was A) a good song to do and B) a good cliff hanger. I know, I'm evil coz I turned Cornelia evil … yet again … but she's going to be evil for MORE THAN ONE CHAPTER THIS TIME!! I think … so anyway, please review, or PM, or SOMETHING to let me know your opinion! Criticism is allowed, trust me, I've had bad criticism in the past … I know I seem to be uploading chapters and stuff quite quickly, but I figured I've been on here for I think just over a year, I don't know (also, please tell me if there are any ways to find out!!) so I thought I'd finish this chapter at least.
IMPORTANT
I'm thinking about changing Cornelia's name when she's evil. Since Nerissa likes giving people different names, and since I think Cornelia will get tired of having that name, I was wondering if any of my loyal and trustworthy readers could give me any names. I can only think of Jynx, but with the stories I've read, most of you can come up with pretty great names that could suit an evil Cornelia. So please, give me a name when you review. Even if it's just a name, I don't care, just please!! If you can't, don't worry, I can never help people out, but if you can, let me know … ok that's it I think …
Oh, and tell me what you thought about Trogola? I looked back at some of the past chapters and I didn't see anywhere about him getting buried or whatnot, and if you remember anything or re-read something like that, let me know and I'll edit the chapter!! OK that is definitely it now!!
TOODLES!!
-x-Emma-x-