Here we go. Not as much talk as in the last one. There's just a little more action.

Chapter 11: The Dream Catcher

Will's POV

The Guardians all gasped when they saw the horrible scene before them. People were running and screaming. There was fire and smoke everywhere. Phobos's old soldiers were pursuing a group of villagers who were cowering away from the burning homes.

"Hey! Leave them alone!" Will shouted as she shot a little bit of pink magic into the Guards' eyes.

"Arrggh!" They screamed, dropping their swords and allowing the villagers to escape under their flying arms.

"The Guardians are here!" yelled a blue reptilian mother holding her child.

"We're saved!" cried another.

Irma smiled knowingly.

"Of course you're saved! I'm here! Hay Lin, pick me up and carry me over the city. I have a feeling that a rain shower is just what they need."

Hay Lin waved her arms in the air towards Irma and silvery magical swirls were coming from her fingers. Irma lifted a few feet from the ground, and then she fell flat on her bottom. Hay Lin groaned.

"Hey! Watch it! What was that for?" Irma yelled angrily, rubbing her backside.

"Don't blame her. The Evil Guardians have most of our power, remember." Taranee said stiffly.

Will felt fear overcome her again. Everything that the Oracle had told them matched the dreams that she had been having of Evil Will. So they did have their powers, Evil Will told her herself in her first dream. They used to be weaker than the Guardians, but now the Guardians were weaker than them. And they have Cornelia…

"Well, I guess we have to do it the old fashion way. Irma and Taranee, try to calm down the fire as much as you can. We'll go and help everyone else." Will suddenly said, her leader side starting to take over. But she couldn't shake the feeling that they were being-

"Do you feel like we're being watched?" Hay Lin asked the very question that she had in her head.

"Yeah, but we have to see if everyone's al- Ahhh!"

Will fell down with her hands clasped on her head. Hay Lin got down and tried to pick her up, but Will didn't notice. It was a searing pain mixed with a wave of dizziness. Something very familiar…

("Remember me?")

Will opened her eyes and gasped in Hay Lin's arms. She finally managed to pull Will up and was asking her what was wrong.

"That Evil Will! She, she spoke to me again."

("If you want to save your dumb earth Guardian from an early fate, come alone to Phobos's castle.")

"She's telling me to go alone to the castle if I want to save Cornelia." Will grimaced.

"Well Will, you know it has to be a trap. They want the Heart of Candracar." Hay Lin told her.

"Yeah but what if they do something to her?" Hay Lin bit her lip.

"Okay, let's get the others and save Cornelia." Hay Lin said. They ran over to where Irma and Taranee were beating down the flames.

"Are you guys okay?" Hay Lin asked.

"Yeah, it's hard but these flames are almost out." Taranee yelled with her hands in front of her, forcing the fire down.

"That's good you guys! We have to go save Cornelia!"

"No!" a familiar voice cried. Will recognized it immediately being Evil Will. But this time it wasn't in her head.

"Did you even here what I said Will? What part of go alone did you not understand?"

Before their eyes, five women dressed all in black shimmered into view. They were unmistakingly, um, the Guardians but paler and scarier. Everything about them was so ice cold that it sent shivers to each of the Guardians. Taranee, Irma, and Hay Lin gasped at seeing them, but Will just gazed reproachfully at the lot.

"You!" Will said harshly in a disgusted tone. "What do you want? Oh wait, ha, let me answer that for you." Will brought out the Heart of Candracar in a blinding pink light. Evil Will smiled maliciously and her cold eyes started glittering madly.

"You've made it so easy for us Will." She said. The Evil Guardians suddenly threw a powerful blast of magic that knocked the girls off their feet and sent them flying backwards.

"Aahhh!" Hay Lin screamed. Being the lightest, she hit the large brick wall first.

"Ow! They are powerful!" she cried rubbing her head. She looked up and saw the others flying toward her. "Uh oh." The Guardians all hit against the wall with great force and fell down dazed. Will's vision was barely in focus when she saw Evil Will bearing down on her. Realizing with panic that she still held the Heart of Candracar, she pulled it back inside of her right as Evil Will lunged to grab it.

"You stupid girl. Jut give it to us and you might get Cornelia back in one piece."

Will struggled to get up and soon she could see clearly, although her head was throbbing badly. Hay Lin, Irma, and Taranee followed suit. They weren't afraid of those women anymore.

"So what do you know," Irma started. "You're my evil self. They never said that evil meant uglier." Evil Irma growled and shot a pump of water out of her hands that beat down on Irma. She released it when she saw a warning from Evil Will.

"Well at least I have your power, brat!"

Irma got up angrily spitting out a mouthful of water. For once, she didn't have a comeback. She was that mad.

"Alright, let me at her!" said Irma as she started to run at her evil self. Taranee and Hay Lin held her back. Will turned back to Evil Will.

"Why would you want me to go alone?" she questioned. "Wouldn't Phobos love to capture us all in his castle?"

"I would have thought that obvious, Will. Don't you remember what was in your dream?"

Will gasped and looked back at her friends in horror.

"Yes, if you don't want them to die, give us the Heart. You know we have more power than you. And there's no way to fix it!" Evil Will laughed.

Taranee ran up beside her and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Don't listen to her Will. She's trying to make you play into her hands."

"Be quiet!" Evil Taranee hissed, throwing a fireball at her. Taranee narrowly dodged it and made her own feeble attempt at a fireball that went halfway and then died out. The Evil Guardians laughed and were about to attack them again when suddenly Will screamed.

"No."

They stopped abruptly and stared at her.

"Stop it. You can't do anything. I won't give you the Heart of Candracar." Will told them, sounding more confident than she actually was.

"Yeah you tell them Will!" Irma shouted glaring at them angrily.

"You can't do anything to us." Hay Lin piped joining arms with Irma and Taranee. The Evil Guardians scowled.

"Do you want to bet?" Evil Hay Lin shouted as they started running away in the shadows of the alley.

"Since you wouldn't give us the Heart, your poor Cornelia is going to suffer for your mistake." Evil Cornelia snickered as they turned a corner and disappeared from view.

"Come on!" Will shouted as they tore on after them. They turned the corner but the Evil Guardians were nowhere to be seen.

"Where'd they go?" Taranee asked looking around.

"I don't know, but what's that black shadow thing?" Irma said pointing at what was advancing toward them.

It was coming fast. The girls started hearing voices inside their heads.

("Don't go towards it")

("It killed me")

("Your fears are real")

("It's going to get you")

The girls screamed when the shadow crossed over them. They didn't have their powers. They didn't have each other. All they had was darkness.

Will opened her eyes and gasped. She wiped cold sweat off her forehead as she looked around wildly. She was in the hospital sitting on the same bench that she was on earlier. It appeared that she had fallen asleep on it.

"What happened?" she asked herself, rubbing her head. "Was that all just a dream?" Will looked around again. It had gotten darker outside. Maybe she had just slept.

"That was really weird. It, it was so real." Will whispered. "Just like when the Heart was taken from me." She got up and walked down the hall cautiously in case something would pop around the corner and attack her while she was off guard. Even if it was a dream, it could also be real. In any case it spooked her out. She needed to find someone. The thoughts returned to her with a feeling of sinking in quicksand. All the other things couldn't have been a dream, she thought as she was about to round the first corner. Like my mom…

Will was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she accidentally bumped into a male nurse with sandy blonde hair. He was looking very grim and only jumped when she squealed.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Um, do you know where my mom is? Susan Vandom?"

"Are you Will Vandom?" he asked. Will nodded her head. He took a deep breath.

"Will, your mother is dead."

I know! It's horrible! But trust me when I say that things will get better. Well, after they get worse that is. Don't forget to write a review! Don't worry, I won't leave this one hanging for long. (I can barely stand it!)