Disclaimer: W.I.T.C.H is property of Disney. Crimson Sheyd appears c/o Rokuryu Studios.

Author's Notes: My apologies for not updating. I fell out of the fandom when Phobos got arrested and totally forgot about the plotline so I had to come up with another story flow for this. Sorry for everyone who had this fic watched. It's amazingly my most popular one in terms of hits. Anyway... on with the tale!

Author's notes 2: Chronologically speaking, methinks this is STILL the first W.I.T.C.H. fic on XD

A Series of Misunderstandings
Chapter Four
Crimson: Curiouser and Curiouser

There he was, just a few feet away from me. Shades of Imdahl, he looked pathetic. You had to wonder just how the guy kept himself together. He kinda looked like he was falling apart but hey, even though the prince asked me to keep an eye on him, he wasn't my problem. Not now. I pulled my coat out of the way as a fireball flew into it's path. "Ah ah ah…" I warned, a small smirk playing on my lips as I watched the girls. "Toldja I wanted to play nice."

Their leader looked anything but convinced.

The redhead was a bit of a hothead. I didn't expect her and her posse to suddenly bunch up on me like this. Ah well, guess I was asking for it.

Taking a step back, I leaped into the branches of a nearby tree. "Aw cmon, Will, was it? I didn't wanna do this!" I laughed. All just a game, little missy. All just a game. A fun one at that.

The redhead narrowed her eyes. "What did you do to Dormouse?" she demanded. Oh yeah, her little rat thing. The rodent looked up, currently perched on the messy clump of brown I liked to call my hair. "He's okay. Wouldn't do anything to it!" I smirked. Of course, grabbing the animal thing was just part of my plan. I finally had a chance at fighting them. Man, this was way better than just sitting around and spying on my 'boss'.

With a smirk, I curled my leg beneath me and pulled the dormouse off my head. "Your little pet's safe, Will. Call your buddies off." I yawned, withdrawing my hand from beneath the animal and leaving it floating in a nearly invisible bubble, suspended between my palms.

When you're mad, you tend to lose your head.

Lose control of what you're gonna do.

If you're not smart, you can't fight when you're mad.

My eyes drifted to Cedric. Dodging attacks was easy when you were going against humans. They have the reflexes of slugs. If anything, the guy looked worse than ever. I saw his eyes, though. They were on me. He was watching me fight. With a smirk, I leaped off the tree, bringing the rat with me. "Plenty to go around, Lord Cedric." I called, dodging yet another strike with a spin.

He stood up from the bench heading to where I was. "Crimson, enough." He ordered. I blinked. "Say what?" I asked. I couldn't believe this. With the combined firepower, we could have beat them! What was he thinking. "AW CMON!" I called in protest.

Maybe I heard wrong.

Cedric looked up at me. Me. Man, were those eyes scary. "I said enough, Crimson!" he finally ordered. I never felt more like a little kid. "Ch... fine." I growled, tossing the rodent back to the ground. As a warning, I turned back to the Guardians.

"Haven't heard the last of me, girls." I growled.

With that, we were gone, headed back 'home'.

-END OF CHAPTER 4-

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