Hi, guys! I'm Chelsea. Thanks for you reviews! I should have written it in the first chapter, but it doesn't matter. It is not a new variant of Shakespeare's masterpiece; I was just trying to bring together my favorite TV show and the greatest book ever written. It's my first fic, so don't judge it very seriously. And here is chapter 2. Enjoy!
Chapter 2
«Oh, what a terrible headache! » Will groaned. She touched her head and immediately remembered what had happened. Will checked the heart of the Kandrakar; it was still hanging around her neck. Then she opened her eyes and looked around. The other girls were also lying around.
«Everybody alright? » Will asked loudly.
«We are alive and it's good» was heard from Hay Lin. She always tried to be an optimist.
«Hey, where are we?! » Cornelia cried. The girls looked around. Only now they noticed that they were in an unfamiliar place. It was somebody's bedroom but it looked strange. It was made in some kind of medieval style, in the centre of the room there was a large medieval bed, and the girls had a feeling as if they were in an ancient castle.
Taranee came closer to the window which had a strange form and had no glass (which is typical for a castle) and looked out of it. She could see medieval castles and small houses, no traffic, no skyscrapers - no germ of civilization at all.
«You guys, it isn't Meridian and of course not Heatherfield. It looks like as if we are in the Middle Ages! » she said.
«And what the hell are we wearing!? » Irma yelled looking at her clothes.
Everybody looked at their clothes. All of the girls were wearing long medieval dresses.
(Note: During the story (the action in the Middle Ages) Cornelia is wearing the same dress: a light pink dress with bare shoulders (as her guardian's top), the bottom is wide and a narrow pink silk ribbon around her hips. What do you say? I haven't designed the others clothes yet)
«We must have got here through that portal» Hay Lin supposed «But what is this place? »
« Shh! » Will put her finger to her lips «You hear that? »
« Juliet! Oh, Juliet! » the girls could hear a woman's voice somewhere nearby.
«What is this? » Cornelia whispered.
Just in that moment the door was opened and somebody entered the room. It was an unfamiliar woman, not young, she was wearing a long red medieval dress, her hair was made in a braid turned around her head and she was rather plump. At everybody's shock she wasn't even surprised seeing unfamiliar people in her house.
«Oh, girls! » she smiled «I didn't see you come in, but it is good you are here. Juliet! » She turned straight to speechless Cornelia «dear, you are already prepared. That's good. Your mother is coming here to tell you something important. » Then she smiled once more and left the room.
The guardians were so shocked that they couldn't say a thing. They had so many questions and no answers. Who was that woman? Why she behaved as if she had known the girls? Why did she call Cornelia Juliet? What was happening there at the end!?
Hay Lin was the first to appear the ability of speech. «I simply didn't get it» she said looking at her girlfriends. «She seems to know us but we have never even seen her! »
«It looks like she took us for somebody else» Irma said calmly, suddenly she jumped up and screamed «What the hell is going up here at least!? »
«Irma! » everybody said in one voice «Control yourself! »
«…and your language! » Will added.
«Sorry! » Irma made an idiotic smile «Nerves, you know »
«I know, it sounds unbelievable but I have a feeling I've already seen her somewhere, but I have no idea where» Taranee expressed.
Will noticed that Cornelia was sitting on the bed thinking deeply. It annoyed her. «Cornelia! It's not the time to dream about Ca… ah, about anything now. It's serious! »
But Cornelia wasn't listening again. Suddenly she jumped up and cried loudly which made everybody shudder. «Of course, I should have guessed earlier about it!"
«What happened? What should you have guessed about? » Hay Lin's eyes were deep opened.
«Guys, it may sound strange, but I think I know where we are» Cornelia exclaimed.
«Oh, really» Irma didn't really believe that.
«You see, I brought everything together, Irma, and that what I've got» Cornelia explained « I'm not very sure, but we must be in Verona, Middle Ages»
«What? » the girls didn't expect such kind of a version.
«You know, » Taranee said «I think Corny's right. We really seem to be in Middle Ages, just look around. »
«That's true» Will said after thinking a little «But Cornelia, I don't get why it can't be any other town except Verona? »
«Well, you see» Cornelia shook her shoulders «I have a feeling we're not in Verona, but in "Romeo & Juliet"»
«You mean we're in a book? » Hay Lin asked.
«Not in a book, in a real epoch and we are the characters of the action» Cornelia explained. «Remember the woman who called me Juliet? »
«You mean she was…» Irma seemed to get what Cornelia wanted to say.
«Exactly! » Cornelia sighted «She was the Capulet's nurse! And I'm thought to be Juliet. And you must be thought to be Juliet's girlfriends! »
«Cornelia, you are a genius! » Hay Lin was glad to solve that mystery.
«Thanks, everybody says so» Cornelia smiled.
«So that where I saw her» Taranee gasped.
«Oh, my gosh! It makes everything even more difficult» Will said «How could we get back home and explain them who we really are! I'm sure people here have never heard anything about the guardians of the veil. »
«You, guys remember when the nurse told Cornelia her mother is coming to tell her something»
Irma cried «If Cornelia is Juliet, then Mme Capulet is coming here! »
Hardly did she pronounce it then a woman entered the room. It was lady Capulet and she looked exactly as in the book (I'm too lazy to describe her now, but just picture an ordinary medieval woman with a high hair-do, wearing red and here's Madam Capulet.) The nurse followed her.
She came closer to Cornelia and said looking at the other girls «Girls! I want to tell Juliet something; couldn't you leave us for a minute? »
The guardians looked at each other with wide eyes opened. They didn't want to go away and leave Cornelia alone with those people. But Corny found a way out again.
«I have no secrets from my best friends, I think» she said already frightened with Mme Capulet's reaction.
«Alright» Mme Capulet shook her head «You can stay, girls, and cheer for Juliet with her because what I am going to say is very important. Daughter, you are already sixteen and this is the best age for a woman to get married. I hope you remember Lord Paris, that nice young man. Today he talked to your father and…»
«Mme Capulet» Cornelia said shyly. She thought it would be the best moment to say everything.
«Honey, » lady Capulet looked surprised «Why do you call me this way, I am your mother, right? »
«Not exactly» Cornelia tried to find a way not to shock Mme Capulet and the nurse. After thinking she decided to tell everything as it was. The guardians looked at Corny tensely «I know it will be very hard to believe what I'll say now, but please try» Cornelia said quietly.
«What are you talking about, girl?! » the nurse looked worried «What do you want to say? »
«OK» Cornelia sighted «I'm not Juliet; my name is Cornelia Hale, I'm the Earth guardian and me and my friends got here through a portal by accident. By the way, they are also guardians»
Both Mme Capulet and nurse were shocked. «Daughter, you frighten me! » Mme Capulet talked seriously. «You must be ill, Juliet» the nurse added.
«I am Cornelia and everything what I say is true. It's all a terrible mistake» Cornelia was already feeling that it didn't mean anything good.
«Juliet, Think what you say! Arise! » the nurse cried.
«I am telling the truth» Cornelia still tried to explain who she really was. «If you don't believe, ask the girls» she pointed at speechless guardians. «They can confirm that because they are also not those who they are thought to be»
«All right, I just want to know what is happening here» Mme Capulet turned to Will «What can you say, Eleanor? Oh, heavens, what have you done to yourself, why have you dried your hair in such a terrible color? »
Will took offence, she never heard anyone talking about her hair in such a way. «Mme Capulet, first, this is my natural color and it is not terrible, second, my name's Will and third, Cornelia is telling the truth »
«You are also taking part in this! » Mme Capulet gasped.
«I hope you, Catherine, still have common sense » the nurse told Taranee.
«I'm Taranee, if it matters » Taranee said.
«I can't understand why you are all doing this »Mme Capulet sighted «Rosaline, (it was Irma) you are the most normal one of all Juliet's friends, tell them all that it is bad tone to joke like this»
«Sorry, Mme Capulet, but I am Irma and this is Cornelia Hale, not Juliet Capulet» Irma said.
«Is it a plot against us» the nurse totally cried «What happened, you always were so polite and obedient girls but today you say you are having another names, that you are some kind of gua… guar… guardians and it is impossible to recognize you. Why? »
«Hey, I think I can prove we are telling the truth» it was Hay Lin with one of her not cleverest ideas «You just look at me, I think my appearance is not quite typical for Verona, Middle Ages»
«I don't know what you mean by Middle Ages but what for you, I always knew you and your parents were immigrants, Annabelle»
«Hay Lin, my name is Hay Lin! » the Air guardian yelled.
« Again» both women were totally shocked «I don't know what the reason for such behavior is » lady Capulet groaned «Maybe you all act like this in order not to go to the ball? »
«What ball?! » Cornelia guessed what was Mme Capulet speaking about as she read the book, but she couldn't believe it was happening to her.
«I didn't tell you? » Mme Capulet tried to turn her daughter back to earth «Tonight we are having a big ball where Lord Paris will be and you have to… »
«No! » Cornelia didn't let Mme Capulet finish «I will never marry him! I have even never seen him! »
«No, Juliet, you did» Mme Capulet now knew all that performance was because of her daughter's caprices «You saw him last week when he was in our house at the first time»
«Maybe Juliet did, but I am Cornelia! » Corny realized that her future was in danger «And I am not going to that ball! And I am not going to marry anyone in my 16 against my will! »
«Stop that! » Mme Capulet got really angry «You will do what you father says and what I say whether you want or not! »
«This will never be! » Cornelia yelled «My father never wanted such things and he is in Heatherfield now, very far away from here, if you mean Monsieur Capulet, he isn't my father, and you can't order me because you are not even my mother! »
Mme Capulet's face turned red with anger. Hearing such things from her own daughter! She had to teach that worthless girl! Her arm rose to give Cornelia a slap in the face. Cornelia closed her eyes…
«Wait! » it was Will. «Wait, we can prove we are telling the truth» she looked at the girls. «Guys, I know we mustn't give out our secret to anyone, but this is the only way to interpret everything» The guardians nodded. «What you will see now can't be done nor by Juliet neither by her friends. You will see we are the others »Will said to Mme Capulet and the nurse. She hold the Heart of the Kandrakar on her open palm and pronounced «Guardians united! ». At that moment the crystal sparkled pale pink, a light wind blew and played with the girls hair, that is it, a second and everything will be clear again. But… nothing happened. The Heart of the Kandrakar went out and lay on Will's palm calmly.
The girls were shocked. «Why didn't it work?! » everybody questioned.
«The Heart of the Kandrakars power must be blocked here » Will supposed. But she could hardly finish saying this; Mme Capulet yelled «Enough! It has gone too far! Guards! Bring the young ladies straight to their homes »
In a moment some strong men arrived at Juliet's room and grabbed all guardians except Cornelia. The girls tried to break free but it was helpless, the men were too strong. They led the girls out of the house.
«Wait, don't get them away! Guys! Don't leave me alone with them! » Cornelia cried and rushed to the door.
«No, Juliet, you will stay here! » lady Capulet said in a metallic voice.
«No! I can't stay here anymore! Let me go! » Cornelia cried.
CLAP! Mme Capulet finally slapped Corny on the face. She dropped the girl on her bed and left the room with the nurse. She locked the room and said through the door «You WILL stay here till your father comes home and you WILL obey me! »
«Mme, weren't you too cruel to the girl? » the nurse asked a bit frightened. She was also shocked with everything happened but she loved Juliet as her own daughter and didn't want her to suffer.
«NO, I wasn't » Mme Capulet said strongly «She has gone too far with that and such behavior must be punished. And trace that she will spend less time with those girls, they are a bad company for her! »
With those words the two women went away leaving Cornelia sobbing alone in her, sorry, Juliet's room.
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