The New Guardian
By The Senshi of Valis
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Don't own Ranma or W.I.T.C.H.
Sometimes Will still couldn't believe all that had happened in the last few months since she moved to Heatherfield and met her new friends Irma, Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin. They all had become something more than what their wildest fantasies could come up with when they learned about Metamoor, the veil and Candracar. Now they had all become guardians of that veil charged with protecting Earth and sealing any tears in the veil that manisfested as portals.
Each of the five girls had powers over an element that increased greatly when they transformed to their guardian selves which resembled pixies or fairies in a way. Will controlled the energy and power that the Heart of Candracar granted her as it's keeper. Irma controlled the element of water, able to summon it and control it at will. Taranee had the power of fire, able to summon its great power to incinerate anything that stood in their way. Cornelia had power over earth, able to bend it to her will, destroying or creating as if it was no big thing. Finally there was Hay Lin who controlled air, able to create a gentle breeze or repel anything by throwing gale forced winds at them. The five guardians even had a group name which was an acronym of their initials, W.i.t.c.h.
All this may have sounded like a fairytale but it was far from it, there was nothing romantic about a war between an evil prince who ruled over a world where the people lived in strife as they struggled to make a meager living in fear of Phobos and his army which was led by Cedric and his blue buddy Vathek. And if this in itself wasn't bad enough, Cornelia's best childhood friend turned out to be the long lost sister of said evil prince and since then had joined the dark side.
They did have help though in their fight against Phobos as Hay Lin's grandmother and former guardian had guided them through a lot and is always there when they need help. Then there is the rebel leader Caleb who turned out to be Cornelia's soulmate which is what helped bring the blonde girl out of her funk when Elyon left to join Phobos against them. Also, though they wasn't sure if he was more nuisance than help, there was Blunk the smelly, annoying passling.
After everything the girls had been through they shared a very strong bond with one another becoming very good friends but like most friendships they had their arguments. Unfortunately, this was one of those days as they argued about Elyon on the way home from school until Irma, Taranee and Hay Lin had enough of it and went there separate ways to their homes leaving Will alone with Cornelia and the argument continued until reaching Will's apartment where she finally gave into the blonde and promised to think about Elyon. She couldn't just say no to Cornelia, Will could see the how much it was tearing the blonde up inside.
Will was ecstatic when she ran into her mother unloading the groceries from the car since she rarely ever got the chance to spend much time with her. Susan worked as a consultant for a very big computer company called Simultech which took up a lot of time and sadly when she wasn't working she had been spending a lot of time with Mr. Collins, Will's history teacher. While Will wasn't sure how to feel about her mother dating, it upset her that Susan had to be dating one of her teachers and that had become a sore spot between the two.
Happily she helped her mother inside with the groceries while wondering why there was so many until her mom mentioned Sunday which was Susan's birthday which had slipped Will's mind after everything that had been happening with Mat, her on again, off again boyfriend over the last month. They were supposed to go to a big concert where Mat's band was going to play in on that same day. They had gotten into a huge fight though a few days earlier and split up again but Will was still going to go to the concert in hopes of patching things up between them. She had to chose between her mother now and the boy who was her first serious relationship. She quickly chose her mom though not giving any hints to her inner turmoil until she found out Mr. Collins was invited which caused a big fight where Will accused her mother of caring more about him than her then stormed to her room.
Will was ashamed of the way she acted and went to talk to her mother after awhile but she had left a note saying that she'd be back later. Needing some air Will left to go on a walk until she ran into Irma and Hay Lin who was running to get her after not answering her cell phone which she cursed at herself for turning off earlier. There was a portal close by and Cedric was in an alley where it was fighting Caleb. They hurried to the alley where they met Cornelia and Taranee and Will pulled out the heart of Candracar and was about to transform them when she noticed another red haired girl running into the alley. Will started to hesitate but if they didn't transform then Cedric would either hurt Caleb and the girl and possibly themselves or he'd escape into the city and do who knows what.
Not seeing any other way Will held up the heart and changed them, what surprised her was the sixth orb of energy that shot out from the heart and hit the new red head transforming her into a new guardian. The power was wild though, chaotic and it sent shivers down Will's spine.
"Wh-What?" Will asked in shock after turning to see the new girl dressed very similar to herself.
"Fight now, talk later." The new red head exclaimed as she quickly, and very easily sent Cedric back through the portal. Will couldn't help but agree with Hay Lin's shocked expression of "Whoa!"
After staring for a few seconds Will remembered the portal and hurriedly closed it before changing them all back.
"Wow, I've never seen anyone fight like that." Caleb said as he eyed the girl nervously.
"This is so cool!" Irma cried out, "Are you like a new guardian?"
"New what?" the new red head asked not sure what was going on.
"Maybe we should introduce ourselves first." Will suggested with a smile, "Hi, I'm Will and these are my friends, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, Hay Lin and Caleb." Will said as each nodded at there name.
"My name is…Ran…Sakura, my name's Sakura." Sakura said nervously while scratching at the base of her pigtail. "Sorry about this."
"I can't believe it, a new guardian and one who actually knows how to kick but." Hay Lin said.
"You keep saying guardian." Sakura asked, "Is that why I changed into that…that thing?"
"Yeah." Will said, "We're guardians of the veil."
"So you're like a bunch of magical girls?" Sakura asked, the look of disgust plain on her face.
"Well…I guess so." Taranee said.
"As if the damned curse wasn't bad enough, now this." Sakura growled out, "Hell no…there's no way I'm becoming a magical girl."
Will's jaw dropped again as Sakura jumped straight into the air onto the fire escape and again onto the roof of the building before running off over the roofs quickly.
"What just happened?" Will asked wondering how much more can happen that day.
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Ranma ran across the roof tops satisfied after looking back to make sure she wasn't being followed, turning towards her new home she made quick time arriving in just a few minutes. Sighing as she entered her house to find it empty, her mother must still be at work, she went to the bathroom to change back to normal.
Turning the hot water on in the sink she splashed water in her face and shivered, there was no change. Looking up into the mirror Ranma saw his cursed side and started cursing mentally about not being able to change back.
"Come on, I can't be stuck…I have to change back." Ranma whispered and gasped as she changed back to his male form with a sigh of relief.
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Will went to open her door after saying good bye to the others after deciding to meet at the Silver Dragon the next day after school. She was glad when she found it wasn't locked and went in to find her mother in the kitchen cooking dinner.
"Mom." Will said.
"Will…I'm sorry if I made you feel this way." Susan sighed turning the fire down on the stove and turning to face her daughter, "I really care for Mr. Collins though but if…if you really want me to stop seeing him so badly…If its really hurting you so much then I'll stop."
Will couldn't hold back the tears and started crying until her mother drew her into an embrace. She cried for several minutes, she didn't want her mom to be sad she just didn't want to lose her like…
"I'm so sorry Momma." Will sniffed pulling back, "I guess I'm just scared of losing you like Dad."
"Oh honey…" Susan said hugging Will tightly. "You are never going to lose me."
"Mom, I want you to be happy." Will said, "If Mr. Collins makes you happy I don't want you to stop seeing him."
"Are you sure honey?" Susan asked.
"I'm sure, Momma, just please don't run off with him." Will sniffed pulling away.
"I won't dear, I promise." Susan said, "You are the most important thing in my life Will."
"Thanks Momma."
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AN: This story will be a crossover between Ranma ½ and W.i.t.c.h. I'll be using a fusion kind of between the books and tv series though since there are elements I like from both. For starters, Yan Lin will not be dead but the Oracle will be a part of the series. Second, Caleb will be a Murmmerer like in the books but Blunk will still be a major character. The timeline though will mostly come from the books though as in this chapter. The reason the first part of the chapter sounded more like a summary is because it was, it was a summary somewhat of chapter 1 of Out of the Dark, the eighth book in the series and I didn't want to make it sound like I copied it.
Besides these, there will be some other big differences that I will make, the biggest being their ages, Will, Irma, Cornelia, Taranee, Hay Lin, Elyon, and Ranma will all be 16. Also, Matt and Will have been going out for a short while. Caleb will be 17 but he won't be going to school.
Thanks everyone for your reviews and this is officially becoming a normal story and will be the top priority at the moment along with A Phoenix Reborn since its too hard to work on too many stories at once but that doesn't mean I've abandoned my other stories since I'm still working on them a little at a time and as I finish one story I will be going to the next.
Until Next Time,
Ja Ne