This update is a little late but that's because there's so much I'm putting in. On W.I.T.C.H. Wiki it says that CHYKN were Guardians from 1959 to 1966 even though the comics don't mention specific dates. I'm planning to add CHYKN's history, especially Nerissa's story, in later chapters. Just keep in mind that we have very little information from canon, and the TV series expands on their story a little but the show and the comics are different universes, so I'll also be using things from the TV universe and twisting them to fit into the comics universe. I'll also be obviously adding my own fanon ideas. Since we have so little info on their backgrounds, I'll be keeping some things, like ages and family members, a little vague(I know this is fanfiction after all but it feels weird to me to add things like siblings when there's no mention of them in canon). Christopher Lair's and Lillian Hale's ages aren't mentioned, but on WITCH wiki it says they're both seven or eight, so I'm going with that, which means that five years later they're both twelve to thirteen(it doesn't say how much time passes in the comics or even what year it is, though the girls were all born in 1990/1991 which means that the first issue was in 2004 and 5 years later it's 2009.) I'm also planning on bringing back minor characters like the Runics(I'm also mentioning their origins which I'm basing on Egyptian mythology since the tale of the four dragons is based on Chinese mythology and Nihila from the ninth arc looks Egyptian, though I'll be tweaking the mythology a little), Kadma, Thomas Vandom,(we don't know much about him except that he abandoned his family because of his greed and that he doesn't seem to care about Will and her mother. I'm also obviously adding my own ideas about him), Caleb(thanks to online discussions and a theory I read I'm actually making him act and think a little like Phobos. He's still a good guy and loves Elyon but there's that bit of Phobos's magic left that affects him),and Taranee's birth parents(and of course, I'll have to make up their names and such). Also I wrote this chapter to establish what all the aforementioned minor characters are up to and how they're going to fit in later chapters. Thank you MetroNeko for reviewing my first chapter and I really want to know what you think of all my other ones.
Irma and Hay Lin were hanging out in Hay Lin's room after school doing Guardian related things. Irma was writing in her Guardian notebook and Hay Lin was designing their Power Girl uniforms(after Will had gotten her new transformation, Hay Lin had decided to design outfits for the rest of them in the hope that they could choose their outfits, but decided to only tell Irma for now). Irma jumped as her friend let out a frustrated scream and a gust of air blew violently through the room.
"So..many...choices!" Hay Lin gasped as she slumped over her desk. "I really wanted to design our Power Girl outfits, but there's so many ways to style them, and I can't decide if I should stick to skirts or add pants or dresses! I want to incorporate something from our previous costumes but make them unique, and I also want to incorporate our elements in the design, and there's the accessories, shoes, and hair..." her voice trailed off as she tugged her pigtails in frustration.
"I suppose we'll just have to leave it up to the magic", Irma said as she looked at her friend sympathetically. "Which reminds me, how did the Heart choose our outfits? In any case, don't drive yourself crazy Hay-Hey, judging from Will's outfit the Heart of Earth will do an excellent job on the rest of us. The tattoos and wings were really cool, and I can't wait to see mine. However", she added as she looked at the sketches Hay Lin had done, "these are really pretty. Why don't you sketch more and make a Guardian fashion line? Especially since we made MAGIC the Musical, you can market them as costumes from previous generations and/or new transformations." Hay Lin perked up at this thought, and started sketching with a manic gleam in her eyes. Irma went back to writing in her notebook, pleased that she had helped her friend, and eager to see what Hay Lin would come up with. She did wonder if they had to ask Mr. Jensen for permission since the musical was for his dance studio, but she figured they'll work it out once Hay Lin finished her designs.
At the Hales, Cornelia was watching Winx Club with Lillian and Christopher Lair and wondering how to break the news that she had powers. Her parents were eating out with the Lairs, and both sets of parents decided that this will be a great opportunity for the two teens to be told about their sisters' powers. "So guys," Cornelia said brightly, "wouldn't it be cool if magic was real?"
"I suppose so," Lillian said with a shrug. "But magic isn't real." Seeing that she had no other choice, Cornelia transformed. "You're a fairy, just like them!" Lillian exclaimed as she pointed to the TV. "Not exactly," Cornelia said as she turned back to her human form. "Story time," she said as she sat down on the couch. The teens eagerly sat down beside her and listened in fascination as she told the story of how they became Guardians and restored Elyon to her throne. When Cornelia finished she looked at them very seriously and said, "listen up, you two, there's actually a lot more that we did besides helping Elyon, but you have to understand that all this must be kept a secret. I'm only telling you this now because we told our parents recently, and they decided that you're old enough to know as well. But they did establish some ground rules; no telling anyone at all, period. No pestering us to bring you to our headquarters or meetings, and no bugging us to use our magic to help you with chores or homework."
"You have a headquarters?" Christopher asked as he bounced on the couch with excitement.
"Yes," Cornelia answered as she used her powers to levitate him, "and if you want to visit it you have to obey the rules."
"Forget that, I'm flying!" Christopher whooped.
"I want to fly too!" Lillian exclaimed, and was immediately lifted into the air with a flick of her sister's hand. Cornelia smiled as the two kids spun around in the air; maybe telling them wouldn't be so bad after all.
In Meridian, Elyon was in her room with Caleb. "I wonder what the future will be," she said as she snuggled next to him. "I've been Queen for years now, but there's still so much that I don't know."
"You're a great Queen," Caleb replied as he stroked her hand. "And," he added as he took out a small box from his pocket and opened it to reveal a ring, "I'd be honored to be your Prince Consort, if you'd have me."
"Of course!" Elyon exclaimed as she flung her arms around him, "of course! I'd love to marry you! However," she continued with a sheepish smile, "I'm just not sure if I'm ready to take such a big step yet. Can you give me some time to think about it? Besides," she added as she kissed his cheek, "you should think about it as well because when you're my husband you will have certain duties to perform and you should take some time to learn how to do those duties so you're prepared when the time comes."
"I suppose you're right," Caleb said as he returned the box to his pocket and returned her kiss, "let's just not wait too long. A year, two years maximum?" He then got up to leave, somewhat disappointed that he'd have to wait for his wedding day but relieved that Elyon still planned to marry him. Being the husband of the Light of Meridian was nothing to sneeze at.
At the Collins house, Will was deciding how to tell her parents about William and Nerissa. She decided to tell them about William first as that was more important, and so that was what she went to do. She went into the living room with William and smiled at her parents. "I have something to tell you," she began, "and it's about William. He's magical too." She waited somewhat nervously, but her parents just smiled at her.
"Well, we're not so surprised, we should've guessed," Susan said. Turning to William she added, "even though Mommy and Daddy know about your magic doesn't mean you can do it whenever you want. We'll talk about the rules later but we need to to talk to Will first, okay?" William nodded, conjured up his Guardian-style wings, and flew off to his room giggling.
"Now," Susan continued, "Matt came by last night to talk to us." Will nodded slowly, not sure where this was going. "And," Susan continued, "he came because he wanted to ask you to marry him, Will, but he didn't want to pressure you since you have so much going on, and he thought if he gave us a heads up so we can talk about it together it will help you."
"And we want you to know," Dean added, "that we'll support you whatever your decision is, whether you want to get married now or in a couple of years. But we know it's a big decision and we want to give you enough time to think about it."
"I don't know," Will replied thoughtfully as she scratched her head. "We love each other and we've dated for years but..."
"That's why we're going to talk about it together," Susan replied as she walked to a cabinet and got out three glasses. "And while you're not twenty one," she continued as she went to another cabinet and took out a bottle of wine, "a small glass of wine can't hurt." The three of them then spent some time sipping wine and talking about the future. As they talked, Will found herself warming up to the idea of being Mrs. Olsen. She wasn't sure if she was quite ready to be married yet, but if Matt proposed she would definitely say yes. Besides, they could simply have a long engagement and not get married until a year or so later. With that thought, she turned to her parents and asked, "did Matt say when and where he planned to propose? Because I think if he made plans already it would be a shame to ruin them. Besides, if we get engaged we can just have a long engagement and not get married right away."
"I don't think he made specific plans," Susan replied, "but I was thinking I'd invite him and his mother and grandfather to dinner, he'd propose, and we'll all celebrate! The only problem is how to arrange it while keeping the proposal a secret from his mother and grandfather."
"I guess I'll call Matt and arrange it," Will said as she got up. "Is tomorrow night too soon?"
"I don't think so," Susan said thoughtfully, "I haven't planned on making anything too fancy, but I suppose I should start preparing now." As her mother went to look at some cookbooks, Will dialed Matt's number, feeling somewhat apprehensive.
"Hello," her boyfriend answered, "did your parents talk to you yet?"
"They did," Will said and proceeded to tell him the plan. When she finished, Matt said, "that sounds good, but are you sure you want to do this? Marriage is a big step and I don't want to pressure you."
"We've already been dating for at least five years and we've been through a lot together," Will replied. "Besides, just because we're getting engaged doesn't mean we have to get married right away, and we can always wait a year or even two before actually getting married."
"That's fine by me," Matt replied. They then talked a little while more before hanging up, leaving Will feeling somewhat dazed. She was getting engaged tomorrow night! She decided to go into the kitchen and help her mother prepare so she wouldn't freak out too much.
At the Cooks, Taranee was also writing in her notebook when her cellphone rang. When she answered it, the voice of Martin Tubbs said, "Taranee? It's Martin. I realized I haven't thanked you yet for going with me to the restaurant on Valentine's Day. I think I'm going to take the courses to be a food critic now."
"That's great," Taranee replied. "You know, when I was with you I was actually thinking of becoming a food critic myself. It's actually very intellectual and I love ethnic food. Maybe we can take classes together?"
"I'll send you the details," Martin chirped. "Thanks again!" After he hung up, Taranee found herself smiling at her phone. Martin was a pretty great guy and they actually had things in common. He wasn't as cute as Nigel, or as cute as Luke and the other boys she briefly had a crush on, but she knew from watching that possible future that he'd grow up to be pretty handsome. He wasn't a musician but he liked photography, and he was smart and liked ethnic food. Ever since she and Nigel broke up she hadn't met another boy she really connected with, except for Martin(there was Hamza, but he was from another country and they only met once at summer camp). Maybe Martin was the one for her?
In Kandrakar, Yan Lin was drinking tea with Kadma. "I'm so glad you decided to join me," the Oracle told her friend(or was it former friend? Frenemy? It was somewhat complicated, but she hoped their friendship could be restored to what it was before).
"Well, I didn't really have a choice," Kadma replied, "being as you insisted on stalking me." For the Oracle, determined to renew her friendship with the last living member of C.H.Y.K.N., had stalked the former Earth Guardian relentlessly. Well actually, the stalking only started when Kadma, still determined to forget about Kandrakar, refused to renew the friendship. The Oracle refused to take no for an answer and started popping up randomly in Kadma's house asking her to at least come for tea. When Kadma still refused, Yan Lin laid on the guilt by reminding her of the good times they had before and how upset Cassidy would be if she knew how her last living friend was acting. Kadma finally had enough and agreed to come for tea but she wasn't making any promises.
"Well," Yan Lin continued, "I was hoping you can be kind of a mentor to the girls. They have done so much without any help or advice and I want to fix that. Being Guardians is already stressful, and now they have all the magical children to find and train, and I'm busy running Kandrakar."
"You're also busy interfering, which an Oracle isn't supposed to be doing," Kadma pointed out(for Yan Lin had told her about Interpol and the Wizarding World).
"True," her friend conceded, "but there's interfering and then there's interfering. I may be interfering, but I know there's limits. That's where you come in. Besides mentoring both sets of Guardians, you can also help find the magical children all over the world and tell them about their powers."
"I do have my organization to run," Kadma replied, "but I will think about it. Now can I please leave?"
"Of course," her friend answered as she whipped up a portal. "Meanwhile, are you available on Saturday?"
"Don't push your luck," Kadma snapped as she went through. Yan Lin sighed as she closed the portal; her friend hadn't changed much. She sat back down in her chair and sighed as she thought of the past, when she and her friends were Guardians. And speaking of, she supposed it was time for her to talk to Will and her mother about Nerissa and tell them every last detail. She had vowed that she wasn't going to be like Himerish and withhold crucial information from the girls, and she intended to keep that promise.
The MAGIC girls were in England, in Harry's house that he shared with Ginny, and where Ron, Ginny, and Hermione now were sitting at the table and gaping at them. Harry and the girls had just come from another meeting in Kandrakar and had just arrived in the Potters' kitchen where Harry's wife and friends were waiting(Harry had asked them earlier to wait there). The three of them were pretty shocked, for even though they were wizards, Harry did walk out of a glowing hole in the air, and the five girls with him had gigantic wings and funny costumes. Harry introduced the girls then started explaining all about Kandrakar and the Oracle, the Guardians, and the magical children. When he was finished, he asked, "any questions?"
"Of course we do!" Ron exclaimed. "For starters, what's with those wings and outfits?"
"Ronald!" Hermione reprimanded her husband.
"It's okay, I know our outfits look a bit odd," Meg replied. "But our outfits are based on the ones worn by the Guardians of Kandrakar, and they wear striped tights and have wings."
"On to more important questions," Hermione said. "What you're saying," she continued, "is that there are people out there with magic who aren't witches and wizards and they are called Guardians, and you're some of them?"
"That's right," Meg said. "There are the Guardians of Kandrakar and we are the Guardians of Earth."
"And," Hermione continued "there are children out there who are neither witches, wizards, or Guardians, but have magic as well and you want us to talk to them about their powers?"
"Right again," Meg said. "We know you can't tell Muggles about the Wizarding World but Minister Shacklebolt said he'll make an exception."
"And," Harry said, "Meg can use the Heart of Earth to make sure no one talks about the Wizarding World without her permission."
"I think this sounds like fun," Ginny said, "traveling around the world looking for these children. But I'm confused that you want us to talk to these children since they're not wizards and witches. I also don't know how much time we can spend doing this as we have jobs."
"You still have magic so you're a good way to introduce them to their powers," Meg replied, "and you might not have to tell them about the Wizarding World in the first place. As to how much time you'll have to spend looking for these children, we still have to work all the details out, but we don't expect you to start right now. We just came here to introduce ourselves."
"Well, it has been very nice meeting you," Hermione said, "and all this sounds very intriguing. By the way, what was that glowing hole in the air called?"
"It's called a portal, and I can make them by using the Heart," Meg explained.
"Can you give a demonstration?" Hermione requested.
"Of course," Meg replied. She then slashed the Heart through the air and a portal appeared. She blushed as the wizards oohed and aahed. "This leads to my room," she explained. "Before we go, the Oracle made something for you." Harry took out from his pockets three mirrors and gave one each
to Ron, Hermione, and Ginny. "These," Meg explained, "allow us to communicate with each other so we don't always have to go to Kandrakar. We each have one and so do Harry and Minister Shacklebolt." The five girls then waved good-bye and stepped through the portal which closed behind them. Hermione, Ron, and Ginny then turned to Harry, who resigned himself to a long day full of answering questions.
Thomas Vandom was pacing back and forth in his room as he was debating if he should go see his daughter again. He hadn't seen her in five years, but that wasn't the reason why he wanted to go see her. In his youth, Thomas had been very into the paranormal and had spent hours investigating reports of ghosts and the like. Some time ago he had met up with one of his old paranormal investigating buddies who happened to work for Interpol, and he had told Thomas that Interpol thought Will and her friends had powers, and they had even kidnapped her, though they released her when they found out she was powerless. Thomas actually wasn't so surprised, as he had always thought there was something mysterious about Susan throughout the entirety of their relationship, though he was never sure if it was due to his paranormal investigating sense or wishful thinking. Well, now it looked like there was something mysterious about Will and he was intrigued. So here he was, debating if he should go see his daughter and how to bring up the subject. His curiosity eventually won out and he decided to go, his mind already formulating ideas on how to use his daughter's powers(if she had any) to his advantage.
In Haiti, a couple were reminiscing about their daughter that they gave up about eighteen years ago when a fire destroyed their house. They had named her Taranee and were eager to raise her in America, but after losing their possessions in the fire they were so distraught and overwhelmed that they gave her up for adoption and moved back to Haiti. They always wanted to go back to America and find and raise her once they got back on their feet, but there was just never a good time, especially once their other children were born(they had four in all). But now they and their children were older, and they decided it was now or never. So with that, they started making plans to find and reunite with their daughter.
Somewhere far away beyond the reach of Kandrakar, in an Egyptian style temple, a man was glaring at the four other Runics. He was the High Priest of Chaos, which was the evil version of the Oracle of Kandrakar, and the Eye of Chaos was the evil version of the Heart of Kandrakar. "This is unacceptable!" he declared. "Not only has Nashter failed, he has gone to Earth and become the Guardians' ally, and there are these Guardians of Earth to contend with! But I have a plan," he continued with a sinister smile. "The Eye of Chaos is formed from the spirits of Apophis and the gods themselves, and even though it can't be taken by force it is connected to and influenced by the High Priest. The first part of my plan is to slowly influence the Eye to influence Nashter to come back to us without alerting the Guardians. The second part of my plan depends on these girls," he said as he conjured up a picture of the Guardians' Astral Drops. "These are copies of the Guardians of Kandrakar called Astral Drops. They have their memories up to a certain point, but they don't have powers and they don't look like the Guardians because the Oracle changed their appearances. Once Nashter is back on our side, the five of you will do whatever you can to make the Astral Drops fall in love with you and have children with you, and your future children will be the next generation of Runics. The third part of my plan is that once your children are chosen and they get their powers, they will travel to alternate possibilities and make sure that the Guardians in those possibilities fail! All those failures will send a wave throughout the possibilities that will culminate in chaos all over! The Guardians will be too busy fixing everything to fight us and Kandrakar will be ours!" The Runics looked at each other nervously but didn't dare speak up against the High Priest. They weren't looking forward to this but they had no choice in the matter.
Bonus Story
Shortly after MAGIC was formed, the Guardians were summoned to Kandrakar. They arrived, wondering what the purpose was. To their surprise, Elyon was also there.
"Girls", Yan Lin said as she lead them towards her private room, "I have something important to discuss."
"As you know," she began as she motioned them to sit, "Cedric sacrificed himself for Orube(she had filled Elyon in on the details before). This got me thinking that perhaps under the right circumstances Phobos would've done the same thing." She held up her hand as the girls started protesting loudly. "It's hard to believe, I know. But I have been thinking about this and I have something to show you." She led them to her chambers and waved her hand over the Viewing Pool.
As images formed she began to speak. "long before Phobos was born there was another Veil around Metamoor, because all evil beings were banished to that planet. One of these beings was King Alonzo of the planet Fenris whose crime was shapeshifiting experiments. He realized that someone had to take charge and so he did. Under his rule there was law and order, but that changed when the Kahedrin came. The Oracle at that time invited Escanor and his men to help. The king of Fenris was furious for wasn't he the one who established peace? He created the Crown of Light and gave it to Leryn as a gift; but unbeknownst to her he cursed it so a male Escanor will be born with powers almost as powerful as the Light that will try to kill his sister. I have spoken about this with Elyon at length a while ago and we agreed to release Phobos and restore his powers. He is now is a private room in Kandrakar and we have been working with him and representatives from Fenris and they are interested in having him as their king."
The girls looked at each other in disbelief, but Yan Lin started talking before they could say anything.
"I know this is hard to believe," she said, "but we talked it over thoroughly and we decided this was the best course of action. We have also released Frost and we released Elias Van Dahl the painter from his painting and they will be with Phobos as well. Now I'm going to get Phobos and we're going to do something interesting!" She then left the room, leaving the Guardians to look at Elyon questioningly.
"I know it sounds crazy," Elyon said with a shrug, "but I really want to do this. Most of you have siblings and you can understand this, right?"
"Well," Irma replied, "I always complain about Chris but he never tried to kill me. However," she added as Elyon glared at her, "I can understand. But what is this something interesting Yan Lin talked about?"
"You'll see," Yan Lin said cheerfully as she came back with Phobos. She then made a portal back to Meridian for Elyon since this was between the Guardians and Phobos. After Elyon left, Yan Lin teleported the rest of them to her private room. "Now we're going to work this out as the six of you will be working together more often," she said."Now I want you girls to say one thing you admire about Phobos, then he has to say one thing he admires about you," she said. The six of them wrinkled their noses in distaste at that but they knew they had no choice.
"Well," Will started, "We think you are ... persistent!"
"And I think you're... persistent as well," Phobos replied with a smirk.
"It's a start," Yan Lin shrugged. "Now I have something to ask you about Cedric." As the girls looked at her in confusion she continued, "I have looked into the future and I have seen that it's important for Cedric to be alive. I know that changing the past isn't the wisest course of action, but it's necessary, and I have also calculated the best possible way to do it."
"All this for Lizardface?" Irma said doubtfully.
"Yes!" the Oracle replied with emphasis as she looked at them all. She then waved her hands and produced a hologram that showed the minutes leading up to Cedric's death. "I will turn this into a window in time and Phobos knows what he has to do." She then did that, and as the girls watched Cedric's gloating to their past selves, Phobos aimed his hands and blasted Cedric in the back, which caused Cedric to revert to human form. The girls watched as Ludmoore's eye started shooting fireballs, which caused Cedric, their past selves, and Orube to follow the transfiguring cards to the cave. Again, Phobos used his magic to conjure up ink near where they were, and Will used it to write the name of the chapter. Events then unfolded the same way, and as soon as they saw Matt erase Ludmoore from existence, the window in time faded. All the girls then winced as the new memories that appeared in their minds caused them a few seconds of minor pain.
"That's that," Yan Lin exclaimed. "I expect that the six of you will be working together later on, but we'll discuss that at a different time." The girls then went home, feeling a little apprehensive but hopeful. If Phobos had truly reformed, then having him as an ally would be extremely beneficial!
I'm finally finished this chapter! Just a few thoughts I want to put out there; we're told that Caleb was a Murmurer who developed free will but we don't know how that happened and how Phobos can make them in the first place(we don't know a lot about Phobos or Metamoor period, and I think we should make a petition for a Phobos special)! It's stated or implied that they're part of him, which means Caleb is technically his brother/son, which makes a relationship between Caleb and Elyon very weird, but I really love this pairing! The situation with Matt is a little weird;why is he picked to be the girls' trainer and not someone like Orube? And he apparantly is a Captain in Kandrakar and knows hand-to-hand combat. It's also kind of implied that he knew about the girls all along which doesn't make sense, though I'm thinking about making the Olsen family have some connection to Kandrakar or the Guardians. I thought Taranee and Nigel were cute, but I'm glad that they broke up because I can pair up Taranee with Martin. Of course we don't know much about Martin except that he's very smart and good at French, and a possible future has him working at a newspaper. For this story I made him like photography and ethnic food. Also, Taranee said in issue 114 that her dream boy is smart, a musician, and likes ethnic food just like her, so I made Martin like ethnic food so they're more compatible(also, I just like the idea of him being a food critic). I really want to pair Stephen up with Irma, but we know so little about him, and we don't even know his last name! I'd love to hear what you guys think his last name and interests should be. And now Hay Lin is dating Wesley, and we also don't know his last name but we know he's a musician and I think the lead singer. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on him. I tried to make Kadma as in character as possible. Some stories have Irma dating Matt or Will dating Caleb, and I'd love to know what you think of these and other non-canon pairings. I also have a paragraph about the MAGIC gilrs on my profile that explains their powers a little more.