Chapter 2-The Next Day

"I can't believe she quit!" said Irma. "How can she do this to us?"

"Well she's right about one thing", Taranee pointed out.

"What's that?" asked Hay Lin

"No Phobos, no guardians" said Taranee. "She's right, we're done"

"Good", said Cornelia. "Who needs her?"

"She's our friend!" said Hay Lin. "And I'm gonna go talk to her"

"Good lu-uck", said Irma doubtfully.

Hay Lin knew exactly where to look for Will. As she made for Wills locker, she saw that the door was open. Just as she had figured.

"Hey Will", said Hay Lin as she approached.

"Hi"

"Whatsup?"

"Nothing"

"Come on Will!" said Hay Lin desperately. "Can't you and Cornelia try to talk to each other without fighting?"

"Hay Lin, I know what you're trying to do, and you can just forget about it", said Will bluntly. "I am tired of Cornelia blaming me for everything that goes wrong. The world doesn't need guardians anymore, we're done. What does it matter if"

"Will no!" Hay Lin cried. "I know what you're about to say, and no! Even if we had never become guardians, I'd still want to be your friend. And I know Taranee, Irma, and Cornelia feel the same way. Deep down, I don't think Cornelia really is mad at you, she's just upset about Elyon, and is looking for someone to take it out on. I know you two can work it out if you try"

"Forget it", Will slammed her locker shut just as the bell rang, and made her way to class, leaving Hay Lin behind.

"She just won't listen", was later that day, the girls, minus Will, were at the Silver Dragon, and Hay Lin was telling them about her talk with Will.

"Cornelia you shouldn't have said all those things to her" said Irma angrily. "Now she hates all of us!"

"You'll get over it" said Cornelia.

"Corny, I am really getting sick of your attitude. What happened to Elyon is not our fault, its Phobos. He's the one who started this, not us. I think Will was right about not telling Elyon. She would have freaked if she did believe us, or not believe and think we were nuts! What good would that do?" Irma had never been that mad before. Ever.

"Yea, but she would have known, and then she never would have gone with Cedric, Phobos would never have gotten her power, and she would have still been alive today!" Cornelia did make a good argument.

"Yea but" Irma started to argue, but was cut off, just not by Cornelia.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Taranee yelled. She'd had enough with the fighting, enough with watching her friends argue. Everyone looked around in surprise. They had never heard Taranee ever raise her voice. The four girls looked at each other, and realized something. They had never fought like that before. Never.

All of a sudden, Cornelia felt terrible about what she had said. To Irma and to Will.

Hay Lin pulled the Heart of Candracar out of her pocket. She had been carrying it around all day.

"We have to get Will back"

"Will?"
"Huh?"

Will had been staring blankly at the ceiling in her room, but now she looked around to find her mom in the door.

"Something wrong Will?" she asked, walking in.

"Course not", she said.

"Right", her mom said. "I always stare at the ceiling when I'm fine"

"Funny" said Will sarcastically.

"Come on kid, what's wrong?" her mom now seemed concerned.

I told you, nothing", something in her voice must have told her mom she didn't want to talk, because she left right after that.

"Will"

"What the", Will sat up so fast her head spun. "What was that?"

"Will"

Now Will was starting to get mad. "Who's there?" she said. No answer. She looked around. What in the world is happening to me, she wondered.

"We need a way to get Will to talk to us again", said Hay Lin, looking at the Heart.

"How? She hates us" said Irma in that same doubtful voice that she used earlier.

"We'll find a way. We always do", said Taranee confidently.

"Right", said Cornelia.

But how, Irma thought desperately. She wanted Will to come back, really she did, but Will completely hated them. I'll be surprised if she ever talks to us ever again, Irma thought miserably.

"You give up to easily", said Taranee. The girls looked at her, confused.

"Get out of my head Taranee", said Irma, figuring it out.

"Sorry, I couldn't help it" she said.

"Aha, it was something Irma was thinking!" said Cornelia..

"She wants to give up", said Taranee, repeating Irmas thoughts. "She doesn't even wanna try!"

"I didn't say that!" yelled Irma in an annoyed voice.

"You thought it", said Taranee simply. Irma groaned and looked away from her friends. I want Will back, she thought, knowing Taranee was still listening, and I'm not giving up, but what are we supposed to do? She gave Hay Lin the cold shoulder, and she'll do the same to us.

"We have to make her listen", said Taranee. "Plain and simple"

"Help me Will. I need you. Help me"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Will woke up from the horrible dream, screaming.

"Will!" her mom ran into her room, pulling her bathrobe on as she did. "Are you all right?"

"It was just a dream", she said, more to herself than her mom.

"More like a nightmare", her mom said. "Are you okay?"

"Will looked at her mom in a weird way and said, "Yea. I'm fine. Go back to sleep"

"I thought I was the mom", her mom joked. "Good night Will"

"Night"

Will laid back down, still shaking from the dream. What was it? What did it mean? What was the voice? Help what? Who?