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Chapter 3
At the time as the girls were locked in medieval Verona, strange things were happening on Earth. The guardians parents, their friends, everybody who knew them seemed to forget about their existence. Martin didn't want to call Irma, who yelled at him every time he spoken to her, Matt didn't feel anything when he looked at the photo of a red-haired girl, Cornelia's parents didn't worry about why their daughter hadn't come home yet, and even at Taranee's house nobody remembered her. When the guardians got in the hundred-years-ago Verona through that portal, really something strange happened, as if the girls had never been born. There was nobody to worry, nobody to call daughter's friends to know if she was there, nobody to call the police in total panic. And this situation was even worse, because if nobody remembered the five girls; they could calmly stay in Verona forever! Terrible, isn't it?
Well, it was not the end of the world, at least. There was one person who greatly worried with girls disappearing. It was Mrs. Lin. She was still in the "Silver dragon" with Blunk and saw how everything happened.
«Oh, no, they have gone to the portal and nobody know where it leads» she said. «I have to do something. They may be in trouble»
Blunk looked at everything stupidly; of course he couldn't understand the whole seriousness of what had happened because of his small brain. «Why they go with not take Blunk? » he looked at Mrs. Lin with big eyes and seemed to be offended.
«It is good that they didn't take you with them» Mrs. Lin said «I will need your help. Come, we have to know where the guardians are» and she went straight to her cupboard…
Back to Verona
Cornelia was sitting locked in Juliet's room in a medieval castle.
«I have to find a way out» she thought «If we don't get out of here terrible things will happen. What will become to Meridian without us! And what will happen to us here, our powers are blocked, we do not know anyone here and… Oh, my gosh, the Capulets are going to marry me on Paris! Oh, no, how can I be married to anyone else, if I love only Caleb? How could I look at him then? (Even in such situations Cornelia thought about her only love) Dear, I don't even know where Caleb is and if he is alive or not » she suddenly stood up «No, how dare I think about it, of course he is all right and I will never be Paris's wife! I have to get out of here at any cost! »
But Cornelia's common sense tried to hold her from thoughtless deeds «What are you thinking about! » a voice inside her said «You don't know anything here, where will you go? what will you do? you don't know where the girls are, you don't have your powers, so you'd better stay here and try to submit with Juliet Capulet's role»
«And you suggest me to marry Paris who I have never seen? » Cornelia said to her inside voice.
«Why not, he is a reputable and a wealth man » her inside voice said.
Cornelia got really angry. How her own inside voice could think she would betray her love and everything in her life to become a wife of an earl! «Never! You hear, this will never happen! I'd better die than stay with this crazy Capulet family or marry someone I don't love in my 16! I will go anywhere just not to stay here any second more! » she said confidently.
«OK, you persuaded me » the voice said «But I'm only interested in how you will get away from here »
It was a good question for Corny as she was locked in the room and didn't know how to get out. The only way was through the balcony. Cornelia went to the balcony and looked down. It was really high above earth and it was to be a suicide to jump out of here.
«If only I had my powers! » Cornelia wished, but she had no powers so she had to think of another way out. The girl went back to the room thinking deeply. She was searching something with her eyes when her sight fell on two small knives lying on the tray. (The nurse must have forgotten to take them away after breakfast.) She took both knives (just don't think she wanted to commit a suicide!) and went to the balcony. She pooled the knives into the wall and when she was sure that the construction was strong enough she climbed on the balcony fence. Cornelia didn't have a high phobia but she was feeling a bit uncanny. Then she held the knives and hang on her arms. Cornelia groaned from pain but she knew it would be much more painful if she falls. She brought together all her power and pulled one knife out then pushed it in a little lower. «I really didn't undervalue the ability of flying! » she thought climbing down. Finally the Earth guardian managed to get down. She jumped on earth and was really glad to feel the soil under her feet again. But she needed to be very careful because if anybody sees her it won't lead to anything good. Cornelia hid the knives in the bushes and crept nearer to the fence. Thank God, there was nobody to see Corny and the gate was opened. Cornelia got out of the garden unnoticed.
But her escape didn't solve all the problems; it even added the new ones. Where will she go now? Where could she find the girls? And what will happen when Mme Capulet knows about her escape? Cornelia didn't know the answers to any of these questions.
«Hey, guys, it's Cornelia! Corny, we are here! » Cornelia heard Irma's voice. She looked around and saw the four guardians in a distance. She quickly ran to them.
«Girls, thank God you all are here. How did you manage to find me? » Cornelia exclaimed breathing deeply.
«We managed to escape from our homes; I mean the homes of the girls we are thought to be » Taranee explained.
«Those guards were very rude to us» Hay Lin complained «They grabbed us and led straight to those houses. I tried to get free all the way, but I couldn't. It was just terrible! »
«And as this is the only place in Verona we know the way to, we could come only here» Will finished. «And how have you got here, you were locked, I thought…»
«Yeh, but I have my own methods » Cornelia said «You know, we'd better hide somewhere, it is not safe to be near Capulets house »
The girls ran to the nearest side street.
«We have to get out of here but how? » Irma said.
«Yes, but without Heart of the Kandrakars power we can't open the portals » Will said.
«Maybe we should search for portals that are already opened here? » Taranee suggested.
«No it would be unwise» Hay Lin rejected the suggestion «Verona is a large town and we have too little time to search for portals. Remember, tonight there will be a ball at Capulets and when Juliet's mother finds out that her daughter ran away from home she will search us through the town. And she will surely find us because we do not know anything here »
«The ball? » Cornelia said thinking. She seemed to have an idea.
«Oh, Corny, please don't say you are going to that ball! » Irma said ironically.
«Why not, we are all going » Cornelia said imperturbably.
«What!!! » Will was totally shocked with her friend's answer. Cornelia must have got crazy from all happened.
«Let me explain, I have a plan» the Earth guardian said «There can be more our people here, I mean when we had tried to close that portal we were not alone. Maybe Caleb, Mrs. Lin, Blunk or somebody else have got to another part of Verona through that portal. As we know from the book everybody will join that ball and friends or parents or somebody else of those our people are thought to be would certainly drag them to Capulets house. There we could meet and think of a better plan to get home together »
«I've got your idea » Irma said. Will sighted with relief. It was good that Cornelia didn't get mad and her plan was probably better than Taranee's.
«But we need to act like the ones we are thought to be» Cornelia added.
«You mean that we need to pretend being Juliet and her girlfriends? » Taranee asked.
«Exactly! » Cornelia nodded «I will be Juliet, Will, you are Eleanor, you, Irma – Rosaline, you Hay Lin – Annabelle and you, Taranee – Catherine. I will tell Mme Capulet, that everything she saw was just a joke, that I don't mind marrying Paris and that I will go to the ball. At the ball we will all meet, it will be an hour later, try to find somebody else and put my plan into action»
«Great! I like it! » there were no problems for Hay Lin.
But Will still wasn't very sure that it will be so easy. «And what if Monsieur Capulet decides to give you in marriage to Paris at the ball? I think you don't want to be forced married to someone, who you have never seen, in your sixteen! » she said.
«Of course not! » Cornelia put her hands on her hips «But I'm sure, that all of them will follow the book. If it is so, Earl Capulet will give his permission to this marriage only on Thursday; that means we have this evening and two days more to get out of here »
«There is still one problem» Will didn't give up.
«What problem? » the girls looked surprised.
«It's about Cornelia» the guardian explained «As you know Juliet meets Romeo at the ball. And if Cornelia is Juliet she will also meet Romeo Montague there and if she falls in love with him it would give us great difficulties »
«You guys don't worry about it» Cornelia assured her friends «First, I'm Cornelia Hale and if I play Juliet's role that doesn't mean anything, second, I am able to control my feelings and would never fall in love with some kind of unknown Romeo… and third, I already like one guy» she added quietly but the guardians heard everything.
«I knew it! » Hay Lin jumped with joy. She liked to enter other people's private life. «Let me guess, it is Harrison» (Hay Lin knew very well that Caleb was Corny's only love but she wanted to mock at her)
«Why do you think so? » Cornelia took offence.
«Remember, you asked him for a raiser on Friday's test » the Air guardian glanced.
«Harrison is an idiot and if I asked him for a raiser it doesn't mean anything, furthermore, that I have a crush on him » Cornelia said.
«Oh, then it must be Ca…» Hay Lin used the heavy artillery.
«Hay Lin! » the Earth guardian was really mad on Hay Lin and didn't let her finish. «Don't you think that discussing my private life is not very relevant now!? »
«Corny is right» Irma told Hay Lin with a smile «We could discus her private life later »
«Girls! It's serious! » Will was annoyed with her friends behavior. «We meet at Capulets an hour later and work as it is planned »
«Right, now we should go to our new homes not to look suspicious » Taranee said.
The girls went to their homes. Now it was their turn to act in this play.
While Irma was going home she had a strange feeling that somebody was following her.
«Mademoiselle Rosaline! » she finally heard behind her back. She looked back and her jaw fell down. She saw, no, it couldn't be so, but it was…
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