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Part IX
"Get off me!" screeched Will shoving Cornelia off her. Will scrambled to her feet just as Cornelia got back on hers. The petite red head dodged under the legs of a large monster and began to crawl out of the circle.
"Why didn't I think of that?" muttered Irma hitting herself on the forehead. Grabbing Taranee and Hay-Lin by the hands, Irma pointed at Cornelia on her hands and knees chasing after Will. The other two girls nodded in understanding and instantly dropped to the ground to crawl under the monsters' legs.
"Stop them, you idiots!" ordered Elyon realizing that the girls were escaping. Will stumbled into a running position with Cornelia right on her heels.
"Cornelia! Stop! Remember whose fault this is?" asked Will.
"Yeah—and oh is she gonna pay!" shrieked Cornelia. The two girls were now running straight for Elyon.
"What's going on—stop! Someone catch them!" Elyon's words jolted the monsters into movement—but not the way she had intended them. The monsters took off as one after the fleeing figures of Taranee, Hay-Lin, and Irma. Even Cedric was following in their wake.
"Gotcha!" crowed Will in triumph as she knocked Elyon to the ground. Cornelia skidded to a halt as Elyon gave them an angry look.
"You're going to pay for this!" she vowed.
"Huh, there's something strange about her," murmured Will hustling Elyon to her feet.
"You mean like the fact that this is not the real Elyon?" returned Cornelia shaking her head.
"You sure about that?" asked Will with a frown.
"Positive. The real Elyon would never take out her anger on me of all people. She's the silent type—this is why she writes in her journal."
"Then where's the real Elyon?"
"Right here," answered Caleb. Will and Cornelia turned around, carefully keeping an eye on the fake Elyon in case she tried to make a run for it. Standing ten feet away from them was Caleb, Blunk, and…Elyon.
"See, what did I tell you?" smirked Cornelia.
"Then who's she?" Will indicated the Elyon still sitting on the ground in a sulk.
Cornelia shrugged, "How am I supposed to know?"
"She's me," answered Elyon with a sigh from her position beside Caleb. "I'm really bad at casting spells. I tried to duplicate myself and instead I made a good me and a bad me. I'm really sorry. She's the one who messed up on the spell cast on you and Caleb, Will."
"As long as I have a face to punch for it, it's okay," murmured Will with a grin. The Elyon on the ground crossed her arms across her chest and began muttering under her breath about girls and spells and love.
"You sure it wasn't the crazy you that you made?" questioned Caleb scratching his head.
"I'm not crazy," retorted Elyon with a dark look on her face.
"Yeah, well," started Will glancing off into the distance where Taranee, Hay-Lin and Irma were still running like the wind with the monsters after them, "d'ya think you could just get rid of her so we can get our powers back?"
"And wings—don't forget the wings," added Cornelia hastily.
"Uh, sure. How?" asked Elyon blankly. Cornelia and Will turned to look at Elyon with disbelief on their faces.
"Are you kidding me?" demanded Cornelia. "You don't know how to get rid of her?"
"No-o-o-o, I was kinda hoping one of you might." Elyon tried for a small grin, but it faltered as Cornelia and Will exchanged wary glances.
"Well, we could ask Hay-Lin since her grandma knows every spell in the book," began Will slowly.
"But she's kind of busy right now, so I'm gonna try," finished Cornelia rubbing her hands together. Will quickly stepped away from the scheming blonde just as Caleb pushed Elyon behind him.
"Are you sure you even know what you're doing?" he asked as Cornelia began to circle the evil Elyon carefully.
"What's there to know? All I need to do is get rid of her, right? Seeing as how she's just a part of Elyon—a part we don't like anyway, considering the fact that she cast that spell on you and Will, well, I guess it doesn't really matter how I go about it, does it?"
"Did anyone actually understand that?" groaned Elyon glancing from behind Caleb. Both Will and Caleb shook their heads no as Blunk nodded yes. "Okay, just checking."
Cornelia finally stood still and tilted her head in wonder. "Yep," she said to no one in particular. "It'll do."
"What'll do?" hissed Will her eyes widening. Cornelia winked confidently and motioned for the evil Elyon to get on her feet. The evil blonde heaved a bored sigh and stood up straight and tall.
"Don't worry, you aren't gonna feel a thing." With those words Cornelia shoved a balled fist directly into Elyon's nose. The evil girl's eyes widened in surprise as she was knocked backwards. Black smoke gushed out of her nose instead of blood, seeping everywhere.
"Ew, gross. What did you do that for?" muttered the real Elyon wrinkling her own nose in disgust. Cornelia shrugged. No one spoke as they watched Evil Elyon fade away with the smoke.
"I took care of it, didn't I?" she murmured with a grin.
"From now on keep your hands to yourself," warned Will shaking her head.
"A little help!" cried out Irma running past the small group. Will and Cornelia glanced up in surprise as Taranee and Hay-Lin ran by screaming at the top of their lungs. Behind them the monsters jogged along, many of them out of breath.
"Allow me, I'm starting to feel like myself again," said Elyon coming to stand in front of Will and Cornelia. The young girl pushed up her sleeves and extended her arms out above her head. "Enough!" her voice boomed out, shaking the ground and causing the monsters to topple over one another.
Will felt herself about to tumble over as well, but was quickly hoisted up by Caleb who grinned down at her. Cornelia snorted and grabbed onto the other side of Will to stay steady on her feet.
"Away with you!" roared Elyon waving her arms about wildly. But instead of the monsters vanishing completely they turned into poppies. Elyon frowned and looked around at the vast poppy field that now covered the ground. "Huh, I miss calculated again."
"No kidding," agreed Irma getting to her feet and spitting poppies out of her mouth.
"At least you got rid of the monsters," added Hay-Lin brightly. "Flowers are a lot nicer to look at than monsters."
Taranee shook her head as she brushed petals off of her outfit. "Is this thing dry clean only? Because I can't afford another trip to the laundry-mat, last time Hay-Lin's grandma tried to wash it she almost shrunk this thing."
"She can cast any spell you want, but she hasn't quite mastered the washing machine," murmured Hay-Lin with a shrug.
"Speaking of spells," whispered Will gazing up at Caleb.
"Oh yeah, right." Elyon raised her hands above her head again, forcing everyone but Will and Caleb to duck for cover. "Here goes nothing."
"Wait, is this safe?" demanded Will clutching Caleb's hand desperately.
"Maybe if we close our eyes?" suggested Caleb with a tinge of panic in his voice.
"Love Renew Thyself!" yelled out Elyon. A bright flash of light enveloped Will and Caleb and just as quickly vanished.
"What just happened?" questioned Irma spitting out more poppies as she sat up.
"Hopefully a spell gone right," replied Taranee getting to her feet.
"Hey, a penny!" announced Hay-Lin holding a copper coin in the air.
"Did it work?" Cornelia turned to Elyon expectantly.
"Uh, I'm not sure," remarked Elyon truthfully as she studied Will and Caleb carefully. "Hey, guys, did it work?"
A/N: Hey, another chapter done, the next one will sadly be the last. Thanks for all the reviews; I hope this chapter wasn't too unbelievable.