I know I haven't updated in awhile so don't go telling me. I had my huge end exams and wasn't allowed to play video games or go on the computer. There was no point in life. Now though I can update more that Summer vacation is here.
By the way, last chapter I got a review telling me that Caleb wasn't like himself. Well, I'm basing him on the book character. He's a strong warrior right now, but when Phobos gets destroyed he will be a regular shy boy. So that explains that!
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Cornelia followed her friends back through the portal behind the dumpster. They had found Irma and Taranee yelling at each other over boys.
"We should never leave those guys alone together again." Will whispered to Cornelia and Hay Lin.
"They start off talking about the W.i.t.c.h. team and then end up talking about relationships." Hay Lin stated as the three girls let Irma and Taranee speed on ahead.
"Poor Martin, your his girlfriend and you never pay attention to him." Taranee simply replied to Irma's evil statements.
"Oh my god! Martin and I are so not an item. Atleast Martin isn't afraid of me, unlike Nigel who now won't be near you anymore." Irma smiled as she saw the shock on Taranee's face.
Everyone looked at Taranee that was now sulking because it was true what Irma had just said.
Nigel had not spoken to Taranee since he saw her use fire magic on Cedric.
Cornelia didn't think the conversation would go this far, she immediately pulled Taranee down the next street away from her friends.
"Cornelia? Where are you and Taranee going?" Will asked as she stopped the team from going any farther from the two separated friends.
"I promised Taranee that I'd get a few groceries with her, you know how strict her mom is." Cornelia laughed off as she steered Taranee down the street more.
She heard her friends' whispers grow distant. Taranee and her were now walking silently down the street.
"Why'd you do that?" Taranee whispered as if she still suffered from the conversation between her and Irma.
"I know how It feels to have your friends disagree with your relationships." Cornelia said as she looked up at the sky. She saw the stars form the shape of her dream boy.
Taranee saw Cornelia shake her head as if to get rid of some thought.
"You mean you have someone the group doesn't agree with? Who is it?" Taranee asked now a little more excited.
"Well…….you promise not to tell anyone." Cornelia looked at her friend for an answer.
Taranee nodded, her and Cornelia had never discussed anything like this.
"I'm not sure of his name. I see him in my dreams and sometimes see him in the sky or water." Cornelia wasn't going to tell any of her friends but, she needed to talk to someone right now and since Taranee was going through something the same it felt well suited.
"I imagine Nigel all the time, whenever I sit by the fire I can always see his figure with the orange hair blazing." Taranee said making Cornelia feel even more comfortable.
"You've seen him in your dreams, but have you seen him anywhere else?" Taranee asked with interest.
"I saw him in Metamoor, we kinda kissed infront of Will and Hay Lin." Cornelia said blushing at the last part.
Taranee looked at her friend with huge eyes behind glasses.
"You kissed him?" Taranee asked to make sure she heard Cornelia correctly.
"We always do in our dreams. He has the same dreams as I do, we were meant for each other." Cornelia's eyes sparkled as she peered at the moon.
"I think your powers are communicating with your feelings." Taranee said starting to understand what Cornelia really felt about the boy.
"Huh?"
"You see him in nature because you wish to see him and the only way you can is by using your powers." Taranee concluded.
"That does make sense." Cornelia said as she thought all it through.
"By the way, there is no grocery store down here and my mom doesn't want me to get anything for her. this looks like the place……." Taranee couldn't finish because her blond friend interrupted with a huge smile.
"Nigel lives." Cornelia finished.
"Oh no, no, no, no, no." Taranee said as she turned around to head home.
"You can't just leave." She heard from behind her.
"Cornelia. I am not going to talk to him." As Taranee turned around she saw the person that had just talked to her.
Nigel stood beside Cornelia with his hands deep in his pockets.
"I'll wait for you at the end of the street." Cornelia whispered as she passed Taranee.
Taranee couldn't answer, she didn't want to tell Nigel about her W.i.t.c.h. troubles. He would think she was some baby imagining she was a fairy.
"Are you going to tell me?" Nigel asked as he looked into her frightened eyes.
Could she tell him, would that ruin their relationship or even worse make W.i.t.c.h. turn on her.
They all had promised at the starting of this adventure that they would not tell anyone they had powers. Taranee still hadn't told her mother or father.
"I……I've……..I've been…." She couldn't do.
Taranee put her head down with shame but, then she felt arms wrap around her.
She looked up into Nigel's eyes and saw understanding.
"I won't tell anyone, I know you need someone to talk to." Nigel smiled before he gave her a peck on the lips.
Taranee was too surprised to say anything. Nigel wouldn't tell anyone and was the only one she felt like talking to right now.
She burst out crying as she went on babbling about all the scary missions she's been on.
Nigel listened itently, not missing a single word.
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Taranee had now fallen asleep in Nigel's lap, he had carried her inside her house because it had begun raining.
Nigel took Taranee's cell phone out of her shoulder bag and turned it on.
He knew he shouldn't be going through her stuff but, if her mom didn't know where Taranee was she would definitely call police and try to get him arrested for keeping her.
Going through her phone book he found Cornelia's cell number.
He dialed and waited for Taranee's friend to pick up the phone.
"Hello."
"Oh good. I thought I wouldn't get to you Cornelia." Nigel sighed in relief as he heard the blond girl's greeting.
"Nigel? Where's Taranee? Why are you using her phone?" Cornelia shouted the questions so fast Nigel couldn't think u answers for them quick enough.
"Hello!"
"Oh sorry. She fell asleep, I'm going to keep her at my place tonight." Nigel said trying to answer all Cornelia's questions.
"Sounds good I guess, so you need back up? What about your parents?" Cornelia knew Taranee was frightened by the new missions they were having now. Soon they had to destroy Phobos for good. Letting her stay with Nigel would calm her down.
"My parents are never home and I would like you to come up with an excuse for Taranee." Nigel said, holding his breath.
"I'll cover her." Cornelia answered as she began plotting.
"Thanks." With that Nigel hung up.
Nigel looked down at his sleeping beauty and placed one more kiss on her lips before he too fell asleep.
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"Cornelia?" Her dream boy called.
Cornelia appeared in the dark room.
He was sitting in a prison crawled up into a ball.
He looked so scared and hungry. All alone, wanting someone to be with.
Cornelia hadn't ever had a dream of her dream boy hurt or suffering.
She heard foot steps and saw Phobos in front of the prison.
"Finally I've caught you." The evil man laughed.
"No matter what you do, you'll never get the Elyon to join you!" Her dream boy screamed at Phobos.
Elyon? My dream boy knows her.
"Your just hungry, once your fed you'll come to your senses. Oh but, I just remembered….I don't feed prisoners.." Phobos continued to laugh as he walked down the stone hallway.
Cornelia looked around her. There was only one prison in this room and her dream boy was in it.
There was ice on the walls, so obviously the place was cold.
She saw her dream boy shiver and then look at her.
"Cornelia?" He got up and came to the bars of his prison. He reached out a hand to her.
Cornelia took it and let herself be pulled closer to the prison by him.
"Your in pain." She said as she put her face against the cold bars.
"You need to save Elyon. The ceremony is coming and then Phobos will destroy her, taking her powers for himself."
"I'm not helping her until your safe." Cornelia said as she stared into his emerald eyes.
"She's more important now, she's the rincess and your friend."
Cornelia felt his hand stroke her face but, when she went to look at him again he was gone.
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Cornelia woke up covered in sweat, her dream boy must be in trouble.
It wasn't just a dream, it was a message.
She told Nigel that Taranee's mom thought she was sleeping over at her house and that she needed to be home by lunch.
Cornelia quickly put on her clothes as she phoned all her friends. She told them to meet her at Elyon's house. They were going to use the portal in the basement.
She hadn't told her friends she was planning on going after Phobos now, she thoght it would just scare them.
"Mom, I'm meeting my friends at the ice cream parlor. Oh, if Taranee's mom calls tell her Taranee told me she went out with Nigel." Cornelia told her mom as she grabbed her spring coat from the closet.
"No problem." Cornelia's mom replied from the kitchen.
"Will you bring me back some ice cream?" Lillian asked as she craddled Napoleon.
"I guess I can." Cornelia said as she gave Napoleon a sympathetic look.
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She had arrived at Elyon's basement where Hay Lin, Irma and Will were already waiting.
"Where's Taranee?" Will asked concerned that her frined wasn't there.
"She was too busy to come." Cornelia said as she moved the brick wall with her powers.
"What do you mean 'busy'!" Irma cried out.
Cornelia guessed she had been planning all night about how to apologize to Taranee.
"She's not in a good mood, so her mom took her shopping." Cornelia hated lying to her friends but, she was in a hurry and Taranee wouldn't want everyone to know about Nigel.
Irma began pouting and muttering how unfair it was.
"Why are we going to Meramoor?" Will asked Cornelia as she realized she moved the wall to get to the portal.
"Can't stay away from your lover boy." Hay Lin giggled out.
"Corny finally has a boyfriend?"
"Stop making fun of us! I hate how you guys do this"
"Calm down Cornelia, they were just kidding around." Will said, sticking up for the other two.
"You guys have no idea." Cornelia whispered with her head down.
Irma, Hay Lin and Will felt a ping of sorrow for Cornelia.
They had no idea what she was talking about and now they were making fun of her.
Cornelia looked like she was about to cry.
"Guardians!" A deep voice yelled through the basement.
The girls screamed as they saw a big, blue hairy man running towards him.
His fists were raised high and he looked like he was snarling at them.
Cornelia had moved the wall and when they were talking, the blue beast had ran out of the portal.
"Finally, I've found you!"
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Mrs. Hale sat stirring the stew she was making for supper that night.
The doorbell brought her out of her thoughts about how much her daughter had changed this year.
"Mommy, door!" Lillian called from the front door.
"Comng." Mrs. Hale out down her big wooden spoon and walked out the kitchen to find Taranee's mother at the door.
"Hello Mrs. Cook." Mrs. Hale greeted.
"Oh hi, I came to pick up Taranee. I hope she wasn't a bother." Mrs. Cook smiled at the other mother.
"A bother?" Mrs. Hale asked with confusion.
"When she slept over last night."
"But Taranee never did sleep over here. Cornelia told me this morning that she was out with Nigel." Mrs. Hale said politely.
"What!" Mrs. Cook slammed the door as she proceeded to find her child and when she did she was going to be in major trouble.
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Well thats it for this chapter but, I will be updating quick this time. Been typing a lot lately. Though it might slow down for a few days because I'm having a big party. Though I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I know your thinking it was mostly Taranee and Nigel but, I had to put it to get the story right. This will lead to a Cornelia and Caleb moment. Please review and state your comments!