Chapter 6 came out the next day! I think I'm getting the hang of this. If anyone out there knows, I was wondering if you could buy the comics in English besides on ebay. If you know, can you please mail it to me? Thanks!

Chapter 6: The Fire Within

Taranee's POV

Taranee was fuming as she slumped herself on top of her bed. My mother, she thought angrily, is so insensitive! Just because Nigel used to be in Uriah's gang, she doesn't want me near him! He's completely changed though! He's nice and sweet…

She zoomed off in her thoughts. Thinking of her brown-haired crush always made her blush and sit dreamily. But when the phone rang shrilly, his beautiful face was washed away. Taranee walked over to the phone and picked it up.

"Hello?" she said dully holding the receiver to her ear.

"Taranee! Please I really need to talk to you!" came Will's panicked voice.

"Where are you? Did you just visit your mom?" Taranee asked, completely forgetting the whole drama with her own mom.

"Well, actually no. I was rushed into the emergency room before I could see her."

"What! What happened?"

"It's too hard to explain on the phone. I tried calling the others but they were all busy. Can you meet me at the park in fifteen?"

"Yeah, sure. Just let me get ready." Taranee replied and she set down the phone looking for her shoes. The phone rang again and Taranee groaned as she ran back over to the pick it up.

"What!" she said more rudely than she should have. She really wanted to get to Will. This sounded urgent!

"It's Irma! Listen we've got an emergency!"

"Yeah, we already have an emergency."

"What is it?" Irma asked eagerly.

"Something is wrong with Will. I'm sorry but I've got to go. Can you get Hay Lin to go over there and then you'll fill us in later?"

"But-"

Taranee wasn't aware that Irma wasn't finished, but she decided that what she needed could wait a few minutes. Right now, Will needed her, and right now she needed to find her shoes! She looked under her bed where they accidentally got pushed back and slipped them on before heading out the door.

"I'm meeting Will at the park, okay!" she hollered over her shoulder to everyone in the house and ran to her bike and started pedaling. Images started flooding her mind. Will's mom getting hurt, an ambulance, the Interpol agents, Cornelia crying over Caleb, and her and Irma trying to use their powers. She started pedaling faster thinking of their powers fading. It was just a couple of weeks ago when they were battling Phobos and Cedric with all the rebels. They were a great team at the fullest of their powers! That's how they returned Elyon to her rightful throne in Meridian and locked Phobos and Cedric in the Tower of Mists. But now that their mission was over, Cornelia became really sad over Caleb's transformation and won't come out of her room. Since then, all they did was argue and their friendship was starting to rip apart.

Taranee pulled up to a park bench and started looking around. She couldn't see Will. Well, she thought looking at her watch. I did come pretty early. Maybe she isn't ready yet. Her eyes caught up to a girl with red hair sitting by a tree. It has to be Will, she thought and she walked up to her and smiled.

"Want to talk now?" Taranee asked. Will looked up to her and grinned, getting up to walk along with her.

In a few moments, Will was telling Taranee everything about her dreams that she had been having as they walked together on the sidewalk. She told her about the Evil Will and how she kept trying to get the Heart of Candracar and about her trip to the emergency room after she fainted from dizziness and terror. Will was pouring her heart out on everything as Taranee listened quietly. They managed to get to the top of a hill while talking, and now out of breath they sat down on the grassy area.

"Wow." Taranee whispered looking at her hands. All that Will had just told her was just now sinking in. "What do you mean there was like an evil version of you?" she asked suddenly.

"She looked exactly like me as a Guardian except she wore all black and she was pale with these scary looking eyes. She kept saying that she was going to kill you guys if I didn't give her the Heart of Candracar. She said that we're going to have to suffer through something." They paused again and looked up at the sky. It was about time for the sun to go down. They needed to cut their conversation soon to go home.

"Well, how do you know that she was actually real? I mean, it could have really been a dream." Taranee replied. Will stared at her straight in her eyes before answering.

"I know she was real. I don't know how that's possible. She can't be another Astral Drop gone wrong. But it's just a feeling. It's hard to deal with all this along with knowing that my mom could…" Will faded off and stared at the ground. Taranee got up and gave her a big, comforting hug.

"Nothing will happen to her."

Will wiped her eyes and sniffed. "I hope you're right. I'm just so scared."

"I know. Me too. But it's really about everything. Your mom and your possibility of moving. Most of all though, I don't know what's happening to us. We're losing our powers because of our friendship, Will. If what you were saying really is true, then we are very vulnerable right now."

"Yeah, I know. First, we have to help Cornelia somehow get over her heartbreak. Then, I don't know what we should do after that. Maybe talk to the Oracle about my dreams?" Will wondered.

"Actually, first we have another emergency. Irma called earlier, but I'm not exactly sure what she wanted. I think we should start heading over there." Taranee replied getting to her feet. She helped Will up and before they headed toward their bikes, they stood there and watched the sun sink lower and lower in the purple tinted sky.

"Isn't it beautiful. Wide and fiery, bringing light to the world." Taranee sighed. For some reason, she couldn't help thinking of the sun as a symbol of her life. When her fire power was strong, her and her friends brought light to the world and good overpowered evil. But now as her power was fading, what would happen when it kept sinking and sinking until finally, it would be engulfed in darkness.

She looked into her best friend's eyes and just couldn't help not smiling. It seemed like it was wrong to smile with all the things going wrong. Their powers were going, Cornelia had shut herself into her room, the Interpol agents, Will's mom…, it was all just overwhelming! She did smile though as she felt herself heating up inside with warmth.

"Something must be done." She whispered determinedly.

Taranee took to heart that one peaceful moment. She had Will right now all the way through this, and she knew that soon all of the girls would be together again.

"Yeah, nothing else bad could happen." She sighed happily as the sun sank beneath the horizon. "At least." She thought again slightly frowning. "Not right now."

I'm done with this chapter and I'll get up Chapter 7 tomorrow. I could use a couple reviews to tell me how I'm doing if anybody just doesn't mind writing something. Also again if anybody knows where you can get those comic books, post the answer to me please!  Uggh! Now I have to go clean my room! Somebody help me please! 