Shall we get back to Will and Phoebe's conversation then? Once again, I'm giving a warning. Lots of talking going on, but it's still good. The Will kissing Matt thing is brought up again… And more good news to share! All the answers about the message on the mirror are solved in this one (If you haven't guessed them already and if you can understand things without being told in black and white exactly what each sentence means. In that case, you will have to wait till the next chap for all the answers. ) Enjoy!
Chapter 16: Two Hearts
Will's POV
Will walked alongside Phoebe in silence as they made their way into a quieter place. There were many things they needed to talk about and Will wondered where to begin. It was all because of them that the mirror had come up and created this whole magical adventure. She needed answers and she was sure the Oracle couldn't, or wouldn't give them to her…
"Will? What did you want me for?" Phoebe asked with concerned eyes. Will shook her head of her thoughts. They had made it into the place the Oracle had pointed them out to be alone. Thinking too much, Will hadn't noticed that they were there.
"Um, yeah. See, we both have a lot to explain. I don't totally understand everything that happened, and I'm pretty sure you don't either. I need to know what you did and found out while in Heatherfield." Will explained to her. Phoebe exhaled and ran a hand through her hair.
"It's pretty long, and my friends-"
"Will understand that we need to know." Will finished. Will opened her palm and the Heart of Candracar came out. Her clothes whipped around her as she felt her regular body begin to take shape. She noticed her same skinny legs and moppy hair and knew that she had changed back. She looked at Phoebe. They were eye to eye now.
"I know we've never really met each other. You know that I'm Will, and I guess you pretty much know everything about me…considering you've read those books." Phoebe bit her lip and looked back guiltily.
"I'm so sorry you saw those. We, Ona and I, knew that you and Irma were going to freak when you saw them. Was that the freakiest thing you have ever seen? Besides seeing monsters, I mean."
"Oh, maybe seeing me on the T.V. kissing Matt tops that off." Will answered with a sarcastic edge. Phoebe guffawed before she could restrain herself and started laughing.
"You saw 'The Rebel Rescue'! Oh God, what happened!"
"I screamed and almost fainted, that's what happened." Will replied. She grinned too and chuckled. She guessed it was pretty funny.
"Now it just needs to happen in the books. I'm pretty sure that in comic issue 40…" Phoebe said with a grin and a thoughtful expression.
"Yeah, okay. Wait. WHAT?" Will yelled. Phoebe giggled again.
"I'll shut up now." Phoebe told her. Yeah, that might be a good idea, Will thought woozily.
"Anyway, it all started when Ona and I were in a bookshop. We were over near, well, you know, your books when I noticed a mirror only showing the W.i.t.c.h. books. I had a weird feeling and we ducked behind a table just in time as a bolt of lightning struck the mirror and a gust of wind cam through."
"That must have had something to do with the Heart of Candracar. The Oracle said that I helped you open the mirror with it." Will said. Phoebe nodded excitedly.
"Was someone telling you to go through too?" She asked.
"Yeah!" Will answered, clearly confused.
"That was my great, great grandmother that I told you about. She was the Keeper of the Heart a long time ago and she made the mirror. That was probably her telling us to go through the mirror so that I could get her ring to open doorways to all of the worlds in the universe before Phobos tried to get it and conquer everything!" Phoebe exclaimed. Will smiled. They were finally getting somewhere. Everything was starting to finally make sense!
"And do you know exactly why Phobos captured you and your friend?" Will asked anxiously. "Was it because he wanted the ring?" Phoebe shrugged.
"I guess. I think he thought I had something else though too. He actually accused me of having the Heart of Candracar." Phoebe shook her head as Will stared at her.
Oh. My. God. First Wei, then Phobos.
Understanding takes a new light.
One that burns inside of Will, humming with pure energy.
Was it the Heart of Candracar? Or something more? ...
"Phoebe?" Will started. She pulled something out of her pocket as Phoebe looked at her, wondering what Will was about to tell her. Will slowly handed the paper over and Phoebe finally grasped it in her hand.
"This is the message from Amelia that was on the mirror. Wei tried to give it to you earlier, but given that Phobos likes to steal away the party…" Will watched curiously as Phoebe's astonished eyes moved across the words sprawled on the paper quickly. Will held her breath, hoping that she would understand it.
"Sorry, only bits of this make sense to me." She admitted. Will relaxed and took a deep breath.
"Well, that's good. Because I understand just about, none of it."
"I understand the first part about Amelia giving me the mirror, and the part where it says 'use the ring, look in the mirror, it takes you where you see.' I'm supposed to use the ring and think about where I want to go. I think it worked to make me go to Heatherfield because I was looking at the W.i.t.c.h. books and thinking about them and then saw them in the mirror." Phoebe explained. "But I'm still not exactly sure how that works. I didn't have the ring then so it might be a little different." Will nodded her head thoughtfully.
"Okay, then that is somethingIrma, me, and your friendsdidn't get. That must be the secret you were meant to find." Will said aloud, although she was saying it more as a reminder to herself.
"It would take a genius like Wei to figure the rest out." Phoebe said, glancing at the words again." Will moved next to her to look at it also.
"Funnily enough, she's the only one who truly seems to understand it. Listen, Phoebe and don't start yelling at me because Wei came up with it, even though she doesn't believe her own words. It can make sense if you go with it, just for the moment, okay?" Will pleaded with her. Phoebe lifted her eyebrows uncertainly and spoke slowly.
"O-kay. What is this all about?"
Will took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be easy.
"Wei seemed to think, for a moment anyway, that you, and your friends had magic, like we do." Will announced softly and slowly. Phoebe looked at her like she was crazy.
"Wei, came up with that. Wow, for the first time in her life she was wrong…"
Will shook her head. She didn't understand what she was getting at.
"Phoebe! Oh my gosh! That makes perfect sense though! Why is it that you and I and Ona and Irma switched places? Why us specifically and why there and that day? It's not a coincidence!" Will exclaimed.
"I know it's not! But that's one non-coincidence too many." Phoebe retorted.
"What will make you believe!" Will yelled frustratedly.
"I don't know!" Phoebe cried back. "I'm just not ready to understand anything! Everything I've known in my life has changed and then another bombshell is being dropped at me! I just can't, Will! I'm not strong like you."
Will blinked and bit her lip. Phoebe looked close to tears. Will never meant to make her feel bad. She looked at her hands. She has just gone through so much, Will reminded herself. And so have I. You can't make anybody believe or understand. That comes from within your own self. When your body feels comforted and calm. When you are knowing…and when you are ready to accept the truth, your destiny, whichever path it's supposed to take. Like I did.
"But you are strong." Will whispered. "I felt just like you did when I learned I was a Guardian. We are a lot alike. Even Phobos seemed to think so." Phoebe smiled and wiped at her eye with a forced laugh.
"I know I'm being stupid. I just, I just need some time to think about some things. There has been too much to take in today." Phoebe softly said back. Will smiled warmly at her.
"It's okay. I know your mind isn't ready," Will started. She grinned and held out her hand.
"But what about your heart?"
Phoebe breathed and slowly reached out her hand. She managed to smile too as her fingers clasped around Will's. They grinned and giggled happily.
The floor rolled beneath their feet. Will felt something spinning around inside her. It was a wonderful feeling and Will even saw Phoebe gasp with delight, along with wonder at what was happening. Many people were shouting off in the distance. Energy coursed through her and throbbed in her hand.
"What's happening?" Phoebe called out. Will wasn't sure. Their feet suddenly lifted off the ground and the ceiling seemed to open up to a view of the stars. Will gasped, amazed at the beauty in the room.
"Whatever it is, it's something really big!" Will yelled.
A beam of light came from the sky and twirled around in the air, heading straight toward them. They were surrounded by a force tugging at their hands. Up and up they went. Will almost screamed now. She had no clue if this was good or not. Thoughts traveled in her head and in the air.
YOU ARE READY
A voice broke Phoebe and Will's hands. Coming out of Will was the Heart of Candracar. A new pink glow swirled around it. Will gasped again with fear.
"It's breaking!"
"No, it's dividing!" Phoebe shouted.
The Heart of Candracar glittered before her eyes. Then, it began to change. Something else seemed to be coming out of it.
"What is that?" Phoebe asked.
"Oh my-"
Will suddenly felt like she was being pushed back to the ground. Screaming, she shielded her eyes from a blinding blast above her. It scared her as she fell away from the light without the Heart. What was happening to it? That blast did not sound good…
"Oof!" Will landed on the ground with Phoebe right in front of her, rubbing her side. Will glanced back up and bit her lip. A couple seconds went by and Will felt her heart pounding inside her chest.
…………..What was going on?
A shining light came down near her. It was the Heart of Candracar. She smiled and beckoned it to her where it zipped into her hand again. Breathing a sigh of relief, Will got ready to turn to Phoebe and give her a thumb up, that everything was okay. Will sucked in a gulp of air quickly at something else falling downward toward Phoebe. But, no! Was it even possible, Will thought dizzily? Phoebe blinked as it settled in her hand and she gasped in surprise.
"But, but-"
It was the Heart of Candracar. It looked just like it. But the Heart was in Will right now.
"Two Hearts?" Will whispered.
Will was more confused than ever.
"Ah!" Phoebe gasped as the Heart went inside her hand, just as it had always done to Will.Will closed her eyes and opened them again to make sure she wasn't dreaming. Phoebe sat there gazing at her hand with a puzzled expression.
"Phoebe, what just happened." Will asked quietly. Phoebe looked up at her confusingly and with her mouth open in surprise.
"I, I don't know. I don't think anything happened. Did it?"
Will stared at her and then looked up where she had seen the stars just a moment ago. Will knew what she saw. It was just up to fate for Phoebe and her friends to realize it as well. For the first time since after W.i.t.c.h. had become Guardians, Will felt like she wasn't alone. Will felt glad for her and for Cornelia, Irma, Hay Lin, and Taranee who had just burst through the doors with relief at the girls being okay. Phoebe and Will stood up again and looked at each other.
We are ready, Will just knew. For what though? Some trial? Destiny? Will just wasn't sure.
Alright! I'm finally done. I worked on this for the past couple hours through a temperature but I still got through it because this was probably the only chance I had to do it. Only two more chaps and the next one isn't going to be that long (although it's not meant to be, you never know for sure though when it's me talking.) Reviews are great so send them please!
Phoebe: Hope you liked it! Now we all have to say goodbye in the next chapter and you'll see Ona, Wei, Eva, Rachel, and I again in the 3rd chapter of P.o.w.e.r.!
Will: But W.i.t.c.h. will still be in the rest of this story so wait a week or so for the next two chapters! I promise you, the ending will be great!
Irma: If you love a nasty cliffy that is!
Ona: Muahahahahaha!