This author's note is a little long, but I just want to thank everyone who reads my stories, and ask you all to do an act of kindness in the holiday spirit. I was going to leave my Rise of MAGIC as a one-shot but I got the idea for this so I am making this a collection of stories about WITCH and MAGIC. This story has WITCH introduce MAGIC to the magical children's' parents and telling their parents and the government. Future stories will have them doing things like making a system to track all magical people and creatures on Earth, traveling to other worlds, and discovering new powers. Talking about powers, though, we see all the girls have multiple powers that aren't explained, in the comic and cartoon. And when I have them discover new ones, I don't want them to be out of the blue but to have happened at least once in canon. Cartoon Will is shown several times to have super strength. For example, she pushes a bookcase onto Phobos and lifts a catapult when it's thrown at some rebels during a battle though it's not explained how she can do those things. As of season two there's her folding and lightning, and when she's frustrated there's electricity running through her hair, which Comic Will doesn't have. Nerissa is shown making glamours and bringing objects without an electric current to life, which means Will can also. Irma is shown in the cartoon as being able to conjure water out of thin air which Comic Irma can't. She can turn her clothes pink in the cartoon but we don't know if she can turn them other colors. There's also her mind control. Cornelia can make her hair grow longer and have her Guardian body without the costume and powers. She summons vines a lot, sometimes from solid rock or snow, and it seems she doesn't need seeds to summon them or flowers. Taranee breathes fire a couple of times and when she's mad, flames are reflected in her glasses. Hay Lin also uses her breath as a weapon sometimes and can see the future in dreams.
"Thank you for coming", Will said to all their students' parents. They were all sitting in the WITCH bus for Will had used her powers to add a conference room. She was a little nervous, for today they were finally going to tell their parents about their powers and it was a little scary. How were they going to react? That was mostly why they decided to have this meeting; if some of the parents were angry that their daughters kept such a secret from them and/or were constantly putting themselves in danger, they weren't going to show it in front of a bunch of strangers. The hard part was getting them to the bus in the first place. Irma had suggested hypnosis, which Will had considered but rejected since she didn't know if she could do that. Then Taranee reminded them of Irma's ability to rig oral quizzes and that she believed it involved some sort of mind control. Naturally Irma was delighted at this and gleefully tested it out on Cornelia with some humorous results. Before the two could start a fight, Will asked them all to think of how they can use Irma's power on their parents without her having to go to all their houses. In the end, this was what happened; after arranging the meeting, Will wrote on five pieces of paper the name of a couple and the date, time, and place of the meeting. Irma then enchanted each one and each girl took the piece with their parents' names on it. They then showed the paper to their parents which hypnotized them into going and the rest was history. Unfortunately, Irma and Cornelia had to babysit(Will didn't have to because Dean's parents came and were more than happy to) but a little teletransportation would take care of it. Now Will, Taranee, and Hay Lin were now standing in the front of the room in their Guardian forms."We have a lot to discuss", Will began."First of all, thank you for allowing your children to attend our school and for not thinking we were crazy when we told you your children were magical."
There were some titters at that, and Will waited until they died down before continuing. "Second of
all, we have five new Guardians to introduce to all of you". She said with a smile as she briefly explained about the Guardians of Earth and their roles. "But before we introduce them, we have a favor to ask you. We haven't told our parents yet about being Guardians, and we think this is a good opportunity. All of you will be able to be a sort of support group for them. That's also why we are transformed, so we can show them everything."
After all the parents had readily agreed, Taranee gave the mental signal to Matt and Stephen, who were waiting outside the doors. They opened the doors and five very confused sets of parents walked in.
"Hello?", Susan Collins said hesitantly as she looked at the room full of strangers. In front of the room were three young women with colorful costumes and… wings?
"Hi, Mom", the redhead said with a sheepish grin.
"W-Will?" Susan said said in disbelief.
"Yup", her daughter replied. "But we're not all here." Taranee did her thing, and several seconds later Irma and Cornelia appeared.
"What's going on?" Elizabeth Hale demanded.
"Don't worry", Cornelia replied, "We'll go back in a minute. Should we get into costume?"
At Will's nod, they did and all five of them rose into the air. When they landed and turned back, into their regular selves Will said, "I promise we'll explain everything, but first some more demonstrations."
"Just call me Irma the Magnificent", Irma aid with a flourish as she stepped forward. "Now I need a volunteer. Dad?" she asked with a grin. Mr. Lair shrugged and stepped forward. Irma grinned and turned him into a toad.
"Behold", she announced as the parents gasped in shock. She then turned her father back. "Now for my next trick, I will make Cornelia disappear", she declared.
"No you won't", Cornelia growled as she held up her hands and summoned some vines which wrapped around Irma.
Will quickly jumped in between them and ordered Cornelia to untie Irma, which she did with a scowl. Then Will said, "no doubt you're all very confused but please listen before you say anything. What we're going to say is surprising but would you like to sit down and join in the discussion or have an explanation?"
"Explanation, now", Theresa Cook demanded.
"I think I'd like to listen to the discussion first", Mr. Lair said. After the rest of the parents agreed, they sat down. Irma and Cornelia said goodbye before teletransporting back to their homes.
"As I was saying", Will continued, "we have five new Guardians. Come out, girls", she said as MAGIC walked out. Will introduced them and their powers. "Now I have something serious to discuss", she said, then briefly went through the government debacle. The parents were naturally furious, especially the Lairs.
"How could Medina and McTiennan think of doing that?" Mr. Lair roared. "Especially after we were partners!"
"It's pretty unbelievable", Will said, "but you see..." and she began to explain that even though their memories were wiped, since there were many magical children now they might do something that would catch the attention of the detectives. "We think that we might as tell them now so we don't have to constantly worry about them discovering our secret again. They can also help us discover more magical children, and if something magical happens in Heatherfield they can help us cover it up."
She paused then continued, "of course this will be MAGIC's responsibility as the Guardians of Earth, but we will be helping them. And of course, we'll still be teaching our students."
"I don't know how I feel about this yet", Susan said as she folded her arms, "but I do expect your room to always be clean now."
"And I expect our water bill to be much lower from now on", Tom said.
"And I expect much more more help in the restaurant", Joan said.
"Dad!" Irma groaned while the others groaned "Mom!"
"Anyway", Will said, "this is a very big decision and that's why we invited you all here. And like I said before, having allies in the government can be useful."
One father stood up. "While I'm not sure about this, like you said, it's better to tell them now than to fear they'll hear about our children and try to kidnap them." The other parents made agreed.
"And don't worry", Will said, "Meg will use the Heart to swear any agents we tell to secrecy."
As soon as everyone else left the girls explained how they got their powers. Then Will said, "before you say anything, try to understand. We were chosen for a reason, and it can be dangerous but we are a team and we look out for each other. We'll understand if you feel we should quit but it was either tell you and have you worried or keep on lying for who knows how long. And Mom, I believe that all the secrecy was a big reason for all the fighting between us when we first moved. After all, not only was I new but I had to keep on going to another world, not to mention Elyon." As Mr. Lair opened his mouth, Will continued, "yes, we know why Elyon disappeared, and it had to do with us. Well, not exactly, but the short story is she's an alien princess who was taken to Earth so her older brother couldn't kill her. She thought we were evil and tried to kill us but in the end she realized who the real bad guys were, defeated her brother and is now Queen."
Mr. Lair's mouth snapped shut. "Would you like to hear the long version?" Irma grinned.
"Perhaps we should", Susan suggested, "I definitely do, but lets save it for another time. I imagine it's quite a long story anyway, and it's best we hear it over some tea and cookies." Everyone then left, and the girls thanked their lucky stars it went so well.
A few days later , Agents Medina and McTiennan got an invitation to eat with the Lairs at the Silver Dragon. To their surprise, at the restaurant were MAGIC and the families of Will, Taranee, and Cornelia. The Lins had closed the restaurant early and had joined them. As everyone sat down and began eating, Yan Lin undid the memory spell from Kandrakar. She also telepathically told Will who got up and called for silence. "Agents", she announced, "by now you should be remembering somethings. Those things are true, and we have magic." As the agents gaped at her, she took her cellphone out of her pocket and said, "Ed, please call my mother." As the agents watched in shock, the phone dialed by itself and Susan took out her ringing phone .
"More water?" Hay Lin chirped as she levitated the pitcher.
"Why not lemonade?" Irma chimed in as she pointed her finger at the pitcher and turned the water into lemonade." As the agents rubbed their eyes in disbelief, Susan said, "they have also told us about the attempted kidnapping. And while we're very upset about it, we decided it's for the best to have some people in the government know about us. We decided to tell you since you know Mr. Lair. Of course, we need your total assurance that you'll keep this to yourselves for now."
The agents looked at each other and shrugged.
"I do need to add", Will said, "that you need to swear on the Heart of Earth."
Meg then approached with the Heart held out. The agents repeated after her, "I swear on the Heart of Earth to protect all of Earth's magical creatures and people." They then resumed eating and Will breathed a sigh of relief. That was over but there was still so much to do and so much more meetings to organize. She really, really, really hoped they wouldn't have any more enemies to fight for a while!