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A/N-WITCH will be a mix of the books and TV, do if you see things from the books that contradict the book, and vice versa, get over it!
Chapter 4-A Fight and an Explanation Part 2
The Guardians
"I hope Aang lets' Taranee explain", said Katara looking worried.
"I'm sure-" Will started to say, but she broke off with a groan, then staggered and collapsed.
"Will!" Hay Lin jumped up and made to help her friend.
"Is she okay?" Katara asked.
"I think so", said Hay Lin, kneeling down to see if Will was all right. "This has happened before, something about the portals-"
"I'm fine", said Will, pulling herself up. "We'd better figure out where the portal is-"
But as Will tried to pull herself up, her knees buckled and she hit the ground again.
"Whoa!" Hay Lin cried grabbing Will before she completely fell. "I don't ever remember that happening!"
"Just tired", Will muttered. Her eyes were closed, and she was panting like she was trying to catch her breathe. "But that's not important right now, we have to find the portal-"
"Maybe you should rest", said Irma. "Tell you what, Corny, Katara, Sokka, and I'll go find the portal, and hopefully Aang and Taranee. Hay Lin can stay back with you"
"No way!" said Will trying to stand up. But Hay Lin grabbed her and pulled her back down. "I'm going!"
"We'll be okay", Irma assured her. "If things get hairy we'll skedaddle, all right?"
"Fine", Will finally caved in. "Go ahead, but don't get hurt, okay?"
"Us get hurt?" said Irma with a smile. "Never"
Will smiled at Irmas' attempt of a joke, but her smile faded ad the group left.
"I don't wanna stay behind", she told Hay Lin. "I wanna help"
"You can't help if you collapse half way thru a fight", Hay Lin informed her. "I'm sure they'll be okay"
Avatar
"HIYA!" Aang yelled, whipping his staff thru the air. A gust of wind formed around the staff and hit the monster squarely in the head. The monster roared and staggered, but other than that, showed no sign of being hurt.
"What is this thing?" he asked Taranee as he backed away.
"You got me", she said. "Some Meridian monster"
The thing was covered in blades, and was about two hundred feet tall. Needless to say, it didn't look very weak.
Another blade flew down toward them.
"Oh boy", Aang muttered. He opened his staff and turned around. "Follow me and grab on" , he told Taranee as he started running.
"Are you sure this will work?" she asked him as he prepared to take flight.
"Uuuhhh, no?" he guessed. "I did this once with Katara and Sokka though, so maybe…"
His voice trailed off as he jumped on his staff, and Taranee gave in and grabbed the bottom of the staff, and the two managed to get into the air. It didn't last long though. The monster swung one of hid blades at the two, and hit the staff, knocking them out of the air.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" the two yelled as they plunged toward the ground. Aang created an air pocket right before the hit the ground, so they landed hard but didn't get hurt.
"Taranee, Aang!" the two kids looked up and saw their friends running toward them.
"Katara, Sokka, you're okay!" Aang was beyond relief to see his two best friends were okay.
"Of course we are", said Sokka as they reached Aang. Katara held out her hand and pulled Aang up.
"Irma, Cornelia, am I glad to see you!" said Taranee with a smile.
"Ditto", said Irma happily.
"Weren't there five girls before?" Aang asked as he looked at the girls.
"Huh?" Taranee looked around. "Where's Hay Lin and Will?"
"It's a long story", said Irma. "Are either of you hurt?"
"No, we're okay", said Aang, "but my glider got messed up"
He pointed over at the staff, and sure enough, there were big holes in the glider from the fall.
"Oh great", Sokka said. "Now what do we do?"
"Without Will we can't transform", Taranee pointed out.
"I promised Will we'd run if we ran into any danger", said Irma. "I think we'd better do just that"
But as they turned to run, they were blocked by a giant blade.
"AAAHHH!" they all screamed and turned around to find the blade monster standing right behind them.
"Uuummm…now what?" said Sokka, his voice cracking as he spoke. The answer came from behind them.
"Guardians Unite!"
The kids turned around and found Will and Hay Lin standing there, Will had the Heart of Candracar held high. The next second, all five girls were engulfed in a pink light, and as the light died, Aang, Katara, and Sokka saw that the girls had changed.
"Okay!" said Irma in an excited voice. "Now that is what I'm talkin about. Water!"
She shot a stream of water at the monster, and pushed him backwards.
"Fire!" Taranee yelled, shooting a fire ball at the thing. The whole fight took about five minutes, and the Will rounded it off nicely by shooting some strange pink lightning bolt things out of her hand, and knocking the monster back through the portal.
"Yes!" Irma and Hay Lin yelled, giving each other high fives. Will smiled as she landed in front of the portal. She held up the pink crystal to the portal, and another pink flash second later, the portal was gone, and the girls were back to being regular girls.
The Guardians
"That was so cool", said Aang, looking at the girls with admiration in his eyes, "I have never seen bending like that before. It was awesome"
"Uuummm thanks", said Will uncomfortably. None of the girls were used to being praised for being guardians, and it made them all feel a little weird.
"Yea, okay, impressive", said Sokka, not convinced.
"I wish I could bend like that", said Katara enviously. "I've been a bender my whole life, and I can't do half of what you did Irma"
"If it wasn't for the guardians, I wouldn't be able to do anything", said Irma breezily.
"Yea, but still-" Katara started to say, but she was cutoff by Sokka.
"We still have a problem", he told Katara and Sokka.
"What?" they said at the same time.
"How do we get home?" Sokka asked. "They closed our only way home" he jerked his thumb at the guardians, who looked at each other guiltily.
"We didn't know", said Will. "Sorry"
"It's not your fault", said Katara. "It's just your job"
"Yea…" said Will uncertainly.
"Hey", said Cornelia suddenly, "Weren't we supposed to meet Caleb at the Silver Dragon?"
"Caleb!" the girls yelled at the same time.
"Better late than never", Caleb said ten minutes later as the girls ran into the Silver Dragon, Katara, Sokka, and Aang right behind them.
"Sorry", Will gasped, doubling over to catch her breath. "We ran into some trouble on the way here"
"And who are they?" Caleb asked, pointing at Aang and his friends.
"That's an even longer story", said Hay Lin, still breathing hard from running. "So what'd you wanna talk to us about?"
Caleb sent Aang, Katara, and Sokka a scathing look and said, "It can wait"
"Caleb", said Will, a slight smile on her face. "Trust me, anything you say won't be repeated by them, promise"
"You told them didn't you?" Caleb said. "You told them about the Guardians, didn't you?"
"You don't know the whole story", said Taranee. "So don't get mad till we tell you everything"
"You told", said Caleb, rolling his eyes.
"Time to explain", said Will.
It took about an hour to tell Caleb everything that had happened on the girls way to the Silver Dragon, and of course, he thought they were insane.
"Come on Caleb!" said Irma impatiently. "You're from Meridian! That place defines impossible!"
"Good point", said Caleb. "Well anyway, as long as they know about guardians and everything, I might as well tell you…
"I heard from another one of my informants in the castle, you know, I had to get a new one in there after Phobos found out Vathek was the spy, any way, Phobos is planning something-"
"What?" yelled Irma in mock shock. "No way! Phobos is planning something! Oh no, what a shock, this is horrible, alert the presses, oh no, oh no, oh no!"
"What?" asked Aang, looking confused.
"It was sarcasm", said Irma with a smile.
"Okay…", said Aang doubtfully.
"Done Irma?" Caleb asked. "Can I keep going? Phobos somehow found out about your new friends-" he jerked his thumb at Aang Katara and Sokka, "and even though I'm not completely sure, he might be planning something with them. Or at least the two benders"
Aang and Katara gave each other worried looks, and, catching the looks, Will said, "Don't worry, we've stopped Phobos before, and we will again, right girls?"
"Right!" they said at the same time.
(I'll email a preview of the next chapter to anyone who can find the referance to the Avatar episode, The Waterbending Scroll. Happy Reading!)