Hey people! This is the chapter that I thought might come at the end of the week, but I had a real sudden urge to keep writing and writing…Anyways, thank you guys again for all the great reviews! (And thank you for lightening up, you know who I'm talking too.) I'm sure most of the stuff you're asking about is coming in this chapter and so on. Since I will try to write when I can during the school weeks, I hope anybody will be satisfied with a nice long chapter (I say that all the time but this one is really long.)It's also a two part chapter again. Like I said, I kept on writing and writing etc.Just think of it as lasting a week worth of writing, though you all will just read it at once. Okay, nowgulp on to the 20th chapter!

Chapter 20: A Real Tragedy Part One

Irma's POV

Irma yawned loudly and barely opened her eyes before wanting to go back asleep again. Why did I even wake up, she asked herself with another yawn. I'm so tired. Man! It feels like we haven't slept in a couple days! Uh, she thought again as she turned around in the bed. Maybe we haven't slept for a couple of days, I'm so worn out!

Irma couldn't take it anymore. She had woken up, and now she couldn't get back to sleep. She couldn't stop thinking about all the stuff that was going on and she had a feeling that something was near. Maybe it was just her tiredness. But what would happen to them now? Will said that they planned to hurt them once they were behind bars. Who? Well, that just might possibly be Phobos, Cedric, and those Evil Guardians who ripped off our powers. Where was Will anyway, Irma thought as she lay her head down on her pillow, looking up at the top bunk that she knew Taranee was occupying. She started wondering if she would be okay. Would they be okay?

Sitting up and rubbing her eyes, Irma looked across the small cell and saw Cornelia in the lower bunk, sleeping with her front towards the wall. Well, she just lost Caleb, Irma thought sadly with a dry hint to her thoughts. After all we've been through, and are going through; I would have thought that we should be working together. She looked again at Cornelia. Hmm, she thought again. Fat chance. Well, Hay Lin was just above her and didn't seem to be sleeping too soundly either as she was turning around in the bed a lot. Either the beds really weren't very comfortable, or Irma wasn't the only one with things on her mind that night, or morning. She had been sleeping for so long; she didn't know what time it was.

Irma walked up to the bars of the cell and stared out into the very dimly lit hallway. It didn't seem like anybody was coming near them towards the cell, so why was she having that creepy feeling? Bad stuff had already happened to the other Guardians. She started to feel like it was going to be her turn. Her breaths were getting quicker and her body started to feel icy with anticipation. But what was-

"Ah!" Irma gasped after she turned around and she jumped in the air. This wasn't good. Evil Will was staring at her from the window. She looked at Irma with a sneer and then reared back for an attack.

"Oh no you don't!" Irma yelled. She closed her eyes and concentrated. It turned out to be harder than she thought. She didn't have much power to be going with but she couldn't sit there and let her try and get rid of her and her friends without a fight. Oh, what she wouldn't do for Will and the Heart of Candracar right now. She suddenly started to feel a bubbly feeling and felt a tug in her back. It was actually working! She was transforming! Little powers or not, she wasn't going down easily! Irma looked down at herself and sighed with relief. She was in her tall, beautiful Guardian form. It was time for a duel of magic!

"Everybody wake up!" Irma yelled. "We have some company!" Cornelia turned around slowly in her sleep.

"Irma?" she whispered as she yawned deeply. "What are you-?"

"Oh!" Evil Will cried out in joy. "I was so hoping that you'd do that, water Guardian! Now you've set it against you perfectly! You're next!" she laughed.

"What do you mean?" Irma asked bluntly. "Why you!" Irma closed her eyes and imagined a hydro pump of water blasting the smirk off Miss-know-it-all's face! She opened her eyes and saw a little bit of water going out like a squirt gun, and then falling on the ground of the cell. Irma looked down at her pitiful water attack and gulped.

"Um, I need some help over here please!" Irma called out again as Evil Will sat there laughing. "You guys! Wake up!"

"What are you talking about Irma? Oh!" Hay Lin gasped and rubbed her eyes and looked some more. "Oh no!"

"Save it! I'm not here for you, at least not until I need you." She hissed. Then she just smirked. "Do you happen to know where your little friend is? I'm guessing that with the information she just got, she's heading toward her best friends. Too bad she didn't think more of you when she had the chance to give up the Heart without everyone suffering, but I guess she was only thinking of keeping her own power instead of saving her friends. Oh well, I did warn Will."

"Don't listen to her Irma! Hey Taranee! Cornelia! Get up now!" Hay Lin yelled as she climbed down from the bunk bed.

"I'm not." Irma replied without lifting her gaze off of Evil Will. "Why don't you get out of here you big pig! What do you mean you don't need us yet?"

"You'll know soon enough, that's what it means!" she said sharply. "My job here seems to be done." She called out before standing up. Hay Lin grabbed Irma's elbow and tugged at it while glaring angrily at Evil Will. Irma expected her to go off and find Will. She was so angry that they couldn't go out and warn Will. If only their powers were working properly, if those evil nutcases hadn't taken them, they could have busted out of this cell without breaking a sweat. But then, they probably wouldn't even be in this situation in the first place… Evil Will bent back down and Irma was so surprised that her thoughts flew away fairly quickly. The woman smiled and looked at her hand that was glowing with magic. Her gaunt face and black 'Will outfit' could be seen clearly in the light.

"Oh, and this is for the little stunt you tried to pull." She yelled. "This is what real power looks like!" She hurled the blast straight at Irma who felt Hay Lin's arm being pulled away from her. Her head started to hurt, really bad. The only thing that she remembered was a blinding white light.

"Hello? Irma? You still there?"

"I've been trying that for hours but it's still no use."

"She shouldn't have transformed without the Heart of Candracar! Or even have tried to take on Evil Will alone. Believe me, she's too powerful."

"Well, it's her own fault if she always has to be the one to show off."

"Uh, maybe the Heart can help."

Irma felt warmth in her eyes and her head didn't feel so heavy. Her eyes fluttered open and she blinked a few times. Everything started to come into clear focus. Light was pouring through the room from the window that Will's face had occupied lately. It seemed to be in the morning. Will was leaning over her with the Heart of Candracar over her head. Taranee and Hay Lin were on either side of her while Cornelia was sitting on her bed with her arms folded. Irma suddenly started to feel much better.

"I heard that Corny!" Irma retorted as she shook her head from the fuzziness and propped herself on her elbows under the blanket that she guessed they had put on her.

"She lives!" Hay Lin yelled, punching a fist in the air.

"You really had us worried for a while Irma. You hit those bars pretty hard." Taranee breathed with a sigh of relief.

"Yeah you did. How could you be so dumb?" Will asked her with a hint of frustration.

"I've been asking that ever since I've known her."

"Knock if off Cornelia." Will said. "I mean it Irma, what were you thinking? You could have gotten yourself killed!"

"Well, I was thinking of defending myself considering that she was about to attack!" Irma cried angrily while she rubbed her head. She just noticed that Will had a worried tone to her voice. Irma just sighed. "I'm sorry. I just kind of remembered what you said and I thought she was going to…you know. But she was really looking for you."

"Huh?" Will said looking back at Irma. Hay Lin covered her mouth with her hands.

"Oops! Sorry Will! Well, you just got here a little while ago because it's visiting hours and I was too preoccupied making sure that Irma didn't slip into a bad concussion. She's still looking for you isn't she?" Hay Lin asked nervously. She looked back at Will guiltily. Will just gave her a reassuring smile.

"It's okay. I mean if she's here, she's bound to be looking for me anyway. To get the Heart of Candracar really." Will said breezily. Irma, Hay Lin, and Taranee all looked at each other with their eyebrows raised.

"Uh, are you okay Will?" Irma asked. "You seem to finally be taking her lightly."

"Huh, oh yeah, I guess." Will replied absentmindedly. "I was just thinking. I really shouldn't let her get to me as much as I have. She's trying to get the Heart. She wants us gone. Of course she's going to try and mess with my head. How could I have been so stupid! I was just-"

"Frustrated? Felt like everything bad was happening to you? Were sad about your mom dying…" Taranee added helpfully with a small smile. Will barely smiled back.

"Yeah, I guess I was. Everything was happening at one time. There was too much on my mind to think right. I still don't know why it was me-"

"Oh don't start with that again!" Irma exclaimed. She stood up as the blanket fell to the floor and then staggered backward dizzily. Hay Lin looked concerned and looked around past the cell worriedly, but Irma gave her a look that told her that she was alright and then turned back to Will.

"You know why it was given to you, even if it's kind of a burden, right? You've proven it many times, even if your last decision wasn't exactly…great." Irma said jokingly with her big trademark grin. Will's face turned pink and she looked down at her feet, then at Cornelia. Cornelia was just staring off in space, hopelessly lost in thought. Irma rolled her eyes. She couldn't take any of this silence.

"Well, by the waaayyyyy!" Irma yelped. "Ahhhh! What happened to me?"

"Um, you never noticed?" Taranee asked Irma with worry.

"No I didn't notice! I was knocked out cold and just got up! How, why am I still in my Guardian form?" Irma yelled looking down at herself. Hay Lin just started laughing.

"You were sitting there talking and telling off Will, and you never noticed!" Hay Lin squealed. "You seem to be a little too comfortable in your Guardian form huh, Irma?" Irma growled and closed her eyes and felt herself concentrating. Man, she thought to herself. If I ever concentrated like this at school, I would so totally get straight 'A's! Okay, just change back. Let me be myself again. Transform, I need to transform…Irma opened her eyes, looked down and gasped.

"No, no, no! Not again! This can't be happening again!" she whined. Irma bit her lip and looked at the other girls.

"You've got to be kidding me." Will said as her eyes opened wide. "You transformed yourself, and you can't change back-again!"

"Wait." Cornelia suddenly blurted out, getting out of her dream state. "This has happened before?"

"Yes it has! Irma, concentrate really hard. It worked after a while last time." Hay Lin told her.

"Yes, but last time, I had some of my powers!" Irma yelled getting frustrated.

"We still do!" Taranee told her. "Come on, try."

Irma closed her eyes and thought of nothing but transforming. Her hands were pushing against her head in pure concentration. There was a difference from last time though. Last time, she felt her magic at least flowing through her fingertips. Right now, she felt nothing.

"Oh! Big headache!" Irma cried. She fell onto the bed beside Cornelia and lied down. Cornelia looked at her with confusement. "It's not going to work you guys." Irma said through her hands covering her pounding head. "There's no magic there to help."

"But-"

"No. She might be right." Will said with a sigh. "Well, something really bad has been happening to each of us, I guess it was Irma's turn."

"But, what if somebody comes in?" Cornelia asked. "I thought that she would be able to change herself back. What about the-"

"Heart, it won't help. Just like last time, we could always transform without it. We just wouldn't have as much power." Will explained. "Go give Irma the blanket again. We can pretend that she is still sleeping if we have any unwanted visitors. Visiting hours are up in around thirty minutes and we have to find some way to get out of here."

Irma just lay there with the blanket on top of her for what seemed like the longest time. Everyone was silent, Irma was pretty sure that they were thinking too. Irma tried to think of a good way to get out of this jail cell, but her mind kept wandering back to her encounter with Evil Will. She said that she didn't need the girls yet. She was looking for Will, for the Heart of Candracar, to stop her from giving out the information…

Irma suddenly sat up bolt right with the blanket falling off her revealing her womanly face. She couldn't believe that she didn't think of it more, and she couldn't believe that Will had forgotten so easily!

"Will! What was the information that you got? Evil Will said that you had something and were probably coming to tell us." Will looked at her confusingly and then her eyes suddenly flashed with surprise and they were twinkling brightly. A small smile started to part her face.

"So, so she thought I had something? So maybe I was right!"

Irma looked at her anxiously. What had she found out?

Alright, part two is up next then!