To try and make it up to you guys for not having updated in so long, I tried to get this up sooner. The chapter is short, but hey, I think it's kind of funny. But that's just me. LOL

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Chapter Four

Slaps

The halls, blue and green and tall, were infinite. The walls stretched on forever with regular intervals of adjacent hallways and doors that lead to places she couldn't possibly know or fathom. What a mysterious place this is, mused Will.

Occasionally, they passed a person, creature, or Whisperer. They were either servants, diplomats, or court members. She didn't know and she almost didn't care.

Will snapped back to attention just in time to hear Nasuun start to speak. "The halls are long, but they are still enchanted. Those created from magic cannot use the charms placed on these walls. Only beings of considerable power can harness it, such as yourself and our King, Phobos.

"How are they enchanted?" she asked, curious.

"You simply either think or say your destination and somehow the walls seem to rearrange themselves to meet your need. It goes a lot faster," drawled Kaena.

"Oh…"

Silence reigned once again and Will fidgeted. She hated it when everything was quiet and no one talking! Instead of letting the lack of sound get to her, she thought about Nasuun's words.

"Wait a minute…Why do you think that I have considerable power?"

"You survived this, didn't you? Besides, you were a Guardian and to be chosen means that the Oracle thinks highly of you. And you were picked to be the Heart of Kandrakar's possessor. That in itself is a great task."

"What do you mean by that?" Will questioned. Was there something about the Heart that she didn't know about?

"The crystal that you hide in your body is of great power. So great that it would often become wild and unchecked. It was not uncommon for Guardians in charge of it to be destroyed when attempting to control and harness its immense power and magic. For you to be able to leash it so easily means there is more to you then what meets the eye," explained the green Whisperer, looking over her shoulder to focus on Will with one azure eye.

"More then what meets the eye? What do you mean…!"

"It means that you should not question them any longer, Will," interrupted a gruff voice that made all three members of the small entourage jump five feet in the air. All of them whirled around to find the source of the unknown, though familiar, voice.

Just around the corner of yet another adjoining hallway that was a few yards back behind them was where the voice originated from. Leaning on the wall was a muscular man. He was blue with a yellow goatee and long, almost waist-length hair. His arms were crossed in a type of confident fashion that told plain as day that he meant business or something like that. Will almost growled in disgust.

Frost…

"Nice to see you too, Will," he commented after just giving the smallest of glances at her face that barely hit its rage. In her brown eyes, ember sparks lit up and crackled like fireworks. Frost just simply smirked, apparently not put out by the visual display of anger in her irises.

"Hello Frost," she responded coolly through gritted teeth. Will couldn't believe he had the nerve to talk casually with her as if nothing had happen! She had to do something to get back at the arrogant hunter.

Turning on her heel, she marched over to the cobalt creature and promptly slapped him hard across the face! Not the best or most clever revenge, but it worked for her and gave Will the satisfaction she craved at the moment.

He staggered back and starred up at her dumbly, shocked from her sudden assault. A red handprint became visible and looked to be throbbing, but it could only be a figment of Will's imagination. Funny, she didn't think she had much of one.

Indignantly, Frost was just barely able to spit out, "What was that for?"

Will scoffed and sarcastically jabbed, "As if you don't know? You tricked us with your lies and tricks! You took our trust and shattered it, using it for your own needs and that of your master's!" Without giving him a chance to speak, the rebel smacked him again across the face, this time harder.

Doing a sharp 180, she left the dazed man slumped against the wall (leaving him with two crimson handprints that definitely pulsed faster then a hummingbird's heartbeat) and returned to the two stunned Whisperers, who watched her make gestures with her hands that made it crystal clear that her true desire was to wring the blue man's stout neck.

The Guardian stomped past the two in a huff and was about to take a right into another extensive corridor when she suddenly stopped, paused for a second, then came back with a bright red blush that matched her short, cherry locks. An embarrassed look made itself home on her visage. Large cinnamon eyes looked sheepish as she asked, "Um, what direction is the stable?" bringing her shoulders up to her ears. It looked like Will was wishing that the floor would swallow her up right about now.

The two females blinked with blank expressions on their beautiful faces, intently looking at Will. The discomfited girl fixed her gaze on the floor.

There was snicker, then a giggle, and finally a guffaw. Daring to look up, Will witnessed a strange sight indeed.

Both Whisperer women were…they were…

Rolling on the ground, laughing their hearts out (not literally, of course).

Okay, she thought, drawing out the word. Now that is a weird thing to see. Who Whisperers had a sense of humor? Wait a second…they're laughing at me!

"It's not funny!" she exclaimed indignantly. These two had an almost eerie resemblance to Irma and Hay Lin in personality. Finally, Kaena was able to stop her laughing fit, but she still had a wide grin plastered on her bright orange face.

"We're very sorry, Milady. But it's just so hilarious. That look on your face was priceless!" and she slipped into another seizure of laughter. Again she began to calm down, though very slowly. "It was just too funny! You went from being furious to confused to embarrassed, all in the space of a minute!" With one final guffaw, she sighed in contentment and muttered just below her breath, "I haven't laughed that hard in a long time."

During this little exchange, Nasuun had managed to laugh herself hoarse and was spread-eagle on the ground, exhausted and grinning goofily with an amused look at Will.

"You two…," groaned Will.

"Okay, okay, we're coming," said the sage-colored woman, who stood up in one graceful movement that reminded the vivid haired girl of a beautiful swan. The kind of grace and beauty that she had always thought would forever escape her. Of course, unbeknownst to her, many of the men she knew would have disagreed with her in an instant.

Resisting the urge to start tapping her foot, Will waited impatiently for the two nymphs. She was rewarded soon after and they made their way forward.

Ok, like I said, not very long. Ch. 5 is coming up next.

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