1I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. I had exams this week so I was studying and doing homework. School's out though(finally) so I can probably write more. Please review! Chapter 3 should come in a couple of days. I won't continue if I don't know if people like it or not.

Chapter 2: Family Matters

Will's POV

Will turned over in her bed and squinted in the morning sunlight pouring through her window. Stuffed frogs lined her windowsill and were grinning up at her with bulging eyes. Ugh, like they didn't have anything to worry about she thought rubbing her eyes gently. I couldn't sleep at all last night because of that dream.

Her thoughts turned back to that evil looking reflection of herself, her Guardian self that is. The black outfit, her gleaming sneer, and those eyes... it made her shiver thinking about how she got the Heart of Candracar. It felt too real. Will shook her head with her foggy dreams and slipped into some jeans and a blue shirt with a light jacket and then walked cautiously into the kitchen to peek her head around the corner. Her mom was reading the newspaper and sipping coffee with a stern look on her face. Will could tell that she was still angry from the arguments that they had been having for the past week.

Even before she had found out that they were moving at the end of the year, they had been battling about everything. Her mom just thought that she was a normal teenager, rebeling against everything that the parent asked, but her mom really had no clue. There was no way she could really know what was going on. She'd flip and we would have to explain everything. There was no way that my mom could deal with this burden, she thought with a nod of her head. Even I can barely deal with being the Keeper of the Heart of Candracar. Even if she was used to it by now, it was still weird to think of her and her friends as "magical" like they were witches or something, like their name suggests. Saving the world from evil didn't help her family matters much though.

Will sighed regretfully and ducked her head completely out view as she planned out her options. Okay, I can start out by saying good morning to bring up her mood. Then I can try to gently talk to her about not moving, she pondered, weighing out the responses from her mother. But would if she-

"Will, I know you're there. Sit down and eat your breakfast." Susan said strictly while getting up from her chair and moving to look her daughter in the eye. Will gulped when her so-called plan abandoned her in the three seconds that she took to smile sheepishly and scramble into her chair. Susan stared at her briefly and then turned to start the dishes. Silence followed for a long time until Will tried really hard to bring up a smile and confront her mom.

"Um, I like the pancakes." she complimented innocently stuffing her mouth full with food to prove that she was really trying to bring up the conversation. Will didn't even know how all their fighting started, but she was determined for it to somewhat end or calm down enough to get in her say. She just had to get her mother to realize the mistake she was making.

"Yeah," Susan replied sarcastically turning towards Will with a glare as she threw down the towel she had been using. "Don't try this one with me young lady! I'm not changing my mind!" Will sucked in a gulp of air, surprised at her sudden outburst. After the shock, she just got mad.

"Why are you yelling at me! I just gave you a compliment!" she complained her face turned red. It was really hard to hold it in now.

"Oh as if you were just trying to be nice! You were trying to butter me up so you can get me to change my mind about moving!

Will gasped with outrage. Even if that was, in fact, what she intended to do, she was even more mad that she couldn't hide the fact from her mom. The only thing she could hide from her was her secret of being a Guardian of the Veil. She instantly remembered the true reason why she couldn't move, and decided to give it another shot. Her temper was flaring and she was aware that her face must have been blending in with her shaggy, red hair, but she took a deep breathe and started again.

"Why won't you ever let me explain about how I feel about moving!" she said through gritted teeth. "You never give me a chance."

"A chance?" Susan repeated, starting to get outraged herself. "You've had pleanty of chances to talk to me and tell me what's going on! Instead, all you do is slam doors in my face and lock yourself in your room or go hide out with your friends for what it seems like days at a time! You've changed Will!" Susan clasped down in a chair and burried her head in her hands. Will was quite and so was, eeirly, the kitchen after Susan's ringing voice in died down. I know I've changed! Will thought desperatly in her head. I'm going around battling evil everyday and I have a magical crystal residing inside of me! I wish you could know about the other Guardians, Candracar, and everything else, but you just can't! It would be a disaster!

And as if just on cue to get her out of this moment, her cellphone rang. She reached in to grab it looking at her mother. She still hadn't moved. Will turned away from her and whispered into the phone.

"What is it?" she asked hurridly looking back at her still motionless mom.

"Will, are we still up for magic practice today? Hey, we really have to talk about Cornelia too." Irma's voice rang through the phone.

"Um, yeah I'll be right there." Will said shutting her phone.

"Mom, I have to go. I'll talk to you later okay?"

Susan lifted her head from her hands to gaze up at Will.

"Oh, you'll talk to me later! That's all I ever get from you!" Will was halfway out the door heading for her bike when Susan put on her coat and grabbed her car keys. "I'm driving you. We can talk now."

"No!" Will shouted startling her mother who already grabbed her arm to lead her away. "I mean, you don't have to drive me." she said in a what she hoped was an innocent voice. Susan gave her a stern look and her eyes were squinting with curriosity. Will gave a carefree, shy type smile as to get away. Her mom couldn't know where she was going.

"I am driving you. I am going to talk to you about setting your priorities straight, but the discussion about moving is here on closed. Do you understand me?" Susan opened the car and got in leaving Will standing still by the front door. Was she really hearing what her mom was saying? Anger rose within her as she walked slowly to the starting car. Susan was just telling her that she wasn't changing her mind. Well, she can try but this is a battle that I have to win, she thought with determination. Nothing, not even my mom can split up the Guardians of the Veil!

I know. It was kind of a filler chapter, but Susan's curriosity leads her to trouble in the next chapter. The third chapter should come in 4 days at tops and the next one will follow. The next chapter is based on the same day, but I promise that you won't have as long a wait as it was for this chapter. Like I said, summer is here so it will be easier. Please review, anonymous or signed.