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DayDreamer9 & WillVandomFan: Yep, yep! You must have read her extra on the bios. Or it was just that obvious. I don't know, whatever. Chapter 4!
Chapter 4: Phobos's DiscoveryPhobos's POV
Phobos paced the floor of his new underground lair. It was dirty and dusty with a murky feel in the air but it would have to do. He was pretty sure that nobody in Candracar knew that he and Cedric had escaped the Tower of Mists, let alone Elyon and those Guardians. This, he thought with a smile, will do nicely. He continued to pace the hard floor while thinking. He suddenly stopped and had an idea.
"Hmm. I think it's time to see what they all are up to. Just in case." Phobos said. He threw his arms forward and unleashed blinding magic towards the ground. He opened his eyes and saw a swirling pool of water in front of him. Phobos mused proudly of his work. Now he was just hoping that nobody knew anything about his freedom. At the least, he hoped that nobody knew where they were hiding.
He looked into the pool and saw Elyon picking up a small girl away from where animals were grazing. She scooped up a bouquet of flowers and handed them to the giggling girl as she was sat down and went away skipping. Elyon walked back towards the palace and started talking to two guards with a smile. She brought out water and beckoned to them for a drink. The guards looked at her gratefully and took the drinks and sat down talking. Elyon then walked up to her throne and sat down, smiling peacefully.
Phobos waved his hand over the scene disgustedly. His sister was so stupid. Ruling over Meridian with niceness? The skies being blue and green grass where everyone was, happy? She actually looked happy without having all of the power that was filling this land. She made him sick!
The scene changed and he was looking at the Guardians in Heatherfield. The girl, Cornelia, was making ropey vines shoot out and grab the air Guardian in the air. The air Guardian struggled to avoid them but was caught inside the tangling vines. Phobos suddenly leaned forward with excitement. Could the earth guardian be turning against the air Guardian? Was she trying to strangle her? Uh, he thought with disappointment. That would be a no he thought sadly as Taranee raced forward and cut the vines and let Hay Lin free.
"Well, I guess I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up to high." He sighed. He continued to watch though. It didn't seem like they were trying to harm each other. It looked like they were having a practice of some kind. Hay Lin flew up high in the air and blew a huge gust of wind at the other Guardians. The keeper blocked it as she conjured up a pink force field. They went down and transformed back to their normal selves and started walking away until the Keeper and the water Guardian started to head back to where they were. Phobos got up and walked around a little more. It seemed like nobody knew about him being free yet. That was very good. He wasn't even sure that they would ever know since he left a projection of himself in the Tower. It could easily fool anyone. Now he had the element of surprise for which he would start his ultimate revenge! He turned back around.
"Cedric!" he called out into the darkness. Cedric came slithering into the room with a candle.
"Yes my prince." He hissed respectively with a bow. Phobos just smiled.
"Nobody knows. Everything is perfect! It would be foolish to act right now when they are still so fresh from my encounter and might be ready for an attack. No. I am going to wait, but we need a distraction. We need something that will keep them away from us where we can spring a trap, without them thinking that we are behind it." Phobos said thoughtfully.
"What about them?" Cedric asked as he pointed into the viewing pool.
"Huh?" Phobos spun around and looked at the pool. There were two girls walking away with flashlights in the dark. Many books were surrounding them, their color was different from what Phobos had ever seen.
"Sire-"
"Shhh!" Phobos hissed. "Listen."
There was one girl in jeans and a jean jacket with a pink shirt with a frog on it. She seemed to be a light mixed color with long and wavy brown hair and hazel green eyes and was looking around a bookshelf with the flashlight. The second girl appeared and was wearing a half-sleeved white shirt and a jean skirt with white flip flops and had her blonde hair pulled into low pigtails. Her blue eyes were looking at a row of colorful books inquiringly.
"Aw, no new books. I'll check back later." The blonde girl said and she got up and kept walking. The girl with the brown hair had her eyes opened wide and started to shake. She yelled at the blonde girl to come to her. They were staring at a mirror in amazement.
"But, but! Where are the other books?"
Phobos leaned in closer. This was very interesting. Very interesting indeed. A bolt of lightning suddenly came down and the brown haired girl pulled the other one over a table.
"How is it possible? Lightning can't strike in a bookstore. Gosh! How'd you know Phoebe? Phoebe!"
The girl, Phoebe, walked over to the mirror curiously. She argued with the other one and then stuck her hand through it. The pool split into two images as the two girls landed in the grass, and Will and Irma landed in a bookstore, exactly where the other girls had been!
"What the?" Phobos said with surprise in his eyes. "What just happened?"
"Who are you?" Cornelia asked the strange newcomers. "And what happened to Will and Irma?"
Phobos couldn't believe it! Did those four girls switch places? Was it even possible? Cedric seemed to be thinking along the same lines.
"But, how did that happen? They were there, and now they're there! What's going on? It's something strange my prince."
'Hmm, Phobos thought as he looked into the image reflecting in the pool of water in front of him. Something really interested him, there was a feeling in him that made him excited for the first time since he had stayed in that murky underground lair. Who are those girls with three of the Guardians, he wondered again. There's something about them that's...special.'
"Clearly, those four did something that made them switch worlds." Phobos replied. "But how?"
"Maybe it was that mirror?" Cedric suggested.
"The mirror! Of course. But-" Phobos turned back to the pool and saw the blonde girl blabbering to the three Guardians.
"Yes! You are the Guardians of the Veil and have magical powers over the four elements with Will keeping the Heart of Candracar which was given to her by Yan Lin on that day where she told you guys about all of your powers and you have been closing all the portals in the Veil to help Elyon defeat her evil brother Prince Phobos until your mission was over and now you're standing here asking me if I know anything which I won't tell you because I'm not stupid! Oops!"
"Good going you blabbering idiot! How come you always crack under pressure?" Phoebe yelled. The other girl started getting jumpy.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so stupid! I can't believe I said all of that! I don't even know how we got here because we were just at a bookstore until Phoebe got a funny feeling and went through this mirror and then we saw you guys and we think that Will and Irma went through the mirror at the same time so they might be in the bookstore that we just left in our world so we've each gone through different worlds and different times and it still doesn't make since at all but I'm so happy to be here even if it's confusing because I've been dreaming of how cool it would be to meet the Guardians of the Veil and here you are!"
"ONA!" Phoebe screamed. Ona jumped again with humiliation. Suddenly, Taranee's hands froze to an icy blue. She yelped and thawed out her hands. Phobos was getting really confused and excited at the same time.
"Did you see that sire?" Cedric said with a surprised voice. "Do you think, um, Ona did that?" Phobos started smiling with pleasure.
"I don't know. But it's clear that these girls know something about all of us. That girl blurted out a lot of things that really should have been kept to herself." He said with a smile. "Because now we're on to them, and I intend on finding out what they know and who they are."
"Do you think that they are the distraction we need to tackle to Guardians and Elyon?" Cedric asked.
"Yes!" Phobos replied. He looked back at the pool.
"You need to go through all of that again. We deserve an explanation." Cornelia said.
"We would, but you wouldn't believe us." Phoebe said uncertainly. Hay Lin still looked determined.
"Try us."
Yes, Phobos thought. They are the perfect distraction, perfect bait for a trap. But there's something more about them. He had to find out what it was.
"They are more than a distraction though Cedric. They came here from who knows where and I would like to meet them in person. They do have a special secret, and I think one that they don't even know about."
Cedric bowed and looked back up at Phobos.
"You will have them in your clutches by the morning." Cedric hissed before he left in the darkness and was out of sight.
"Yes." Phobos said again. "There is something special about them, and it's not just what they know. I've had this feeling before, but with the other Guardians. Especially from Will."
Phobos glanced again at the two girls. This was great! These girls were within his grap! But, that also meant that the Heart of Candracar wasn't! His face drpped dramatically until he looked at Phoebe and started to wonder. What if she posessed the Heart of Candracar like Will?
"Is it possible that they are the Guardians from where they're from? Do they have powers?" he started wondering again. Phoebe had a breathless look in her eyes, full of adventure and excitement. Phobos had seen that same look on the Keeper of the Heart of Candracar's face many times before. Was that supposed to mean something?
"Hmm, do they even know that they might have powers, or are they here by mistake?" he looked back at the scared expression on Ona's face.
"Even if I don't know for sure, there's one thing I do know." Phobos laughed. Phoebe looked determined, and so did he.
"Everything they know, any powers they might have, including if she has the Heart, they all will be mine before the sun rises! And I can't wait!"
Uh oh. Kind of bad then huh? Phobos is on the trail and so are Cornelia, Hay Lin, and Taranee. Will and Irma are kind of in the dark though about what's happening, but they meet up with Wei and the other girls later in the next chapter. Stay tuned for the next chappie, coming soon!