Hehehe, sorry for the hold-up. My dad went to China for 3 weeks because HIS dad is sick, so I have to help my mother with my two younger siblings, me being the oldest.

You people out there with no siblings or are the youngest are SOOOOOOOOOOOO LUCKY!

Disclaimer: don't own WITCH, sadly...:)

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Will slowly came back to conciousness.

She felt the familiar smell of Hay Lin's basement fill her nose, the familiar noise of her friends' voices fill her ears, a dim light fill her slowly adjusting eyes.

But the thing she was most aware of was the soft embrace of someone's strong fingers intertwined with her left hand.

Will fully opened her eyes and looked up at the person whos fingers was intertwined with hers.

Caleb.

"...Caleb?" Will said uncertainly. I mean, duh you're surprised when you wake up to find your crush holding your hand!

Anyway, Caleb smiled softly at the girl lying on the bed that he sat on. Just then did he realize how beautiful Will really was, with her flamy red hair framing a creamy-skinned face and her inhuman red eyes. Though red eyes was a common sign of someone recently crying, Will looked perfectly natural with them.

"Yea, it's me..." Caleb replied.

Will smiled weakly, then tried to get up, but failed miserably, falling on her back with a groan.

Caleb let go of her hand and rested it on her forehead. "I think you should stay down. You were really drained..."

Will smiled at his concern. 'He's so sweet...'

Caleb, meanwhile, lifted his head to look at the other girls. "Guys, she's awake!"

Hay Lin rushed over and bent down to make sure that Will really was awake, then smiled with satisfication that Will was seeing clearly and was ok for now. "Will, you had us worried!" she said, leaning down and giving the older girl a gently hug. Will hugged her back."Thanks..."

Yan Lin, Hay Lin's grandmother, came over, a grave look on her face. "Will, it is time that all of you know what happened and why Phobos was after a girl your age." She turned to acknowledge the other girls. "Come here."

The girls came over and Will sat up, slightly supported by Caleb's arm wrapped loosely around her shoulders. Everyone, lovesick or not,was very aware of the suddenly-tense air that surrounded them and filled their lungs.

"What is it grandma?" Hay Lin asked, a worried glint reflecting off her dark eyes.

Yan Lin finally spoke. "Irma, Taranee,Cornelia and Hay Lin, you 4 already know this, but Will and Caleb, I have news for you." Caleb and Will silently urged her to go on. "Phobos has a sister on earth, the true heir to the throne of the Maridian. She does not know who she really is and was borne by a mortal, earthen mother as she was transported to earth. No one knows who she is, and Phobos evidently knows but does not want it to be known. He has reckoned her recent age and is after all girls her age on earth." Yan Lin paused to turn her grim gaze to Will. "Apparently, his sister has red hair and red eyes."

Will gasped and clutched the side of the bed she lay on to stop herself from falling. "W...I...?...you mean, he maybe...after...me?" she said, fear showing in her inhuman red eyes.

Yan Lin nodded.

Will's whole body trembled as she stared at Yan Lin's eyes, searching for a hint of lying in her eyes, but she found none.

Will tried successfully to stop her trembling and lifted a hand to the Heart of Candracar around her neck.

She got up and held the Heart up. "Guardians unite."

Once the Guardians had transformed, Will silently opened a portal and was about to step in when she felt a strong hand grip her shoulder. She turned around to meet Caleb's green-brown eyes.

Will turned around. "What?"

Caleb didn't falter. "Where are you going?"

"Where do you think? To the Maridian, duh!"

"Why?"

"...to find Phobos...?"

"How?"

Caleb nodded in silent triumph. "I thought so."

Will closed the portal and plopped down on the bed, sighing. "Fine, you win..."

Caleb sat by her. "It doesn't matter whether I win or not. It matters how we're going to do this, WHY we're going to do this."

Everyone sat in silent thought.

Will frowned as she thought to herself. 'Ok, so...why does Phobos want me?' Will mentally rolled her eyes. 'Duh! I'm the only person in his way to supreme rule over the Maridian!'

Will frowned even harder, catching Caleb's eye.

'But that doesn't really explain why he wants me! I mean...'

Suddenly, Will felt herself falling into a trance. She grabbed at her head, falling to her knees, panting slightly.

Wil could just barely hear Caleb's voice calling to her, trying to awake her from the trance. "Will!...Will, come on!...WILL!"

She tried to stop herself from falling, but she couldn't. She felt herself go limp, then a vision took place in her mind.

She was floating in a room of black aura and in front of her was Phobos.

Phobos didn't look pleased or angry.

"So, you found out why I'm after you," he said.

Will clenched her teeth. "You're just a vision! How can I believe you?"

Phobos smiled evilly. "Perhaps I must bring in your friends to show you?"

Will gasped. "No. Keep them out of this!"

Phobos shrugged calmly. "It's only fair that you get what you want."

Will stopped for a moment. "How did you know that your sister was me?"

Phobos' face hardened. "You are the only inhuman-looking girl on earth."

"...What?"

Phobos sighed in exasperation. "Think about it. You have red hair and red eyes,while your 'mother' has dark hair and black eyes.You even have red eyes. No doubt there was some Maridian blood in you, so when I first saw you, I was suspicious. When I uncovered a very old picture of our family together, the girl in the picture who I assumed was my sister had red hair and red eyes, as you did. So, I was very convinced that you were my sister, the one that was to be the true ruler of the Maridian." Phobos smirked. "But I wil change that, won't I?"

Will straightened up. "How?"

Phobos lifted a hand covered in green aura. "How? What do you mean how? I have powers, in case you haven't noticed."

Will clenched her teeth and raised a hand covered in pink aura.

Phobos' eyes widened. "But...it can't be! How can you be able to use your powers?"

Will was grim. Remembering some words that Hay Lin had spoken, she used them. "No bond is stronger than that of a brother and a sister," and she blasted him.

That was when she woke up from her trance.

Will woke to herself kneeling on the ground, her friends all around her. Caleb was shaking her violently. "Will! Hello? Wake up! WILL!" he was yelling. Will struggled to speak.

"I-I-mm o-o-ok-k...p-p-lease s-s-s-top sh-shaking-ing m-me..."

Caleb let go of her, blushing a little bit, then helped her back onto the bed.

"Will...what happened?" Hay Lin's honestly worried voice pierced the silence. "You acted like you were...possessed or something..."

"That's kind of what happened," Will explained. She heaved a sigh and told everyone what happened.

Again everybody was silent.

Will stood up and held the Heart up again, summoning a portal to open. She turned back to the others. She opened her mouth, as if to say something, then stopped, closing her mouth. Finally, she opened her mouth only to utter a few words: "I have to have a little talk with my brother," and she disappeared.

The portal remained open, then closed.

Hay Lin grabbed Caleb and shook him HARD. "Caleb! You have to go after her! You can't just...leave her!" she cried.

Caleb pulled away from her. "Why?"

"Because she-" Hay Lin stopped, horrifed. She was about to tell about Will's secret crush on Caleb! But Hay Lin closed her mouth grimly. It was time Caleb knew.

Hay Lin motioned for Caleb to follow her upstairs. Caleb, confused, went after her. Cornelia made a motion to get up but Hay Lin shook her head no. The look on her face said enough.

Once Hay Lin had lead Caleb off away from the stairs, Hay Lin turned around. "Will trusted me with a secret. A big one. It meant much to her. And now I think it's time you knew."

Caleb ignored her. "Why did you make me go after her?" he wanted to know. Hay Lin held up a hand. "I was about to explain."

Blushing, Caleb stopped talking. Hay Lin sighed. "The reason is that Will had a crush on you." Seeing the surpised look on Caleb's face, Hay Lin hurried on. "It's only a small crush, but it meant a lot to Will. She's never had a crush on anyone else before, even though people pair her up with Matt."

Caleb replied after sometime. "I...well, I had a crush on her too...I still have one on her...I never knew she liked me back...Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Hay Lin smiled. "I was waiting for the right time to do so." Before Caleb said anything, Hay Lin's voice and face became serious again. "Now, hurry! We have to get to Phobos' place!" and she took to the stairs, yelled something in Chinese to her grandmother, and ran off with Caleb.

"This way," puffed Caleb as he led Hay Lin off to a dark, isolated corner of a deserted area. Hay Lin followed swiftly.

When they found the portal there that they left open in case of emergencies, Hay Lin practically dove in and Caleb, chuckling, followed. When they came through, they saw that they were on the edge of the swamp that surrounded Phobos' castle.

They got to the edge of the castle where the door to the castle was before Hay Lin roughly shoved Caleb into a nearby bush and, holding a finger to her lips, pointed to a red-headed figure with wings creeping closer to the castle.

Will.

The two watched silently as Will flew silently across the swampy river that isolated the castle from the mainland and blew the door down with an energy bolt. Will darted silently into the castle, disappearing from sight. Dragging Hay Lin behind him, Caleb went on after Will. Hay Lin, spluttering quietly, picked Caleb up by the arm and flew herself and Caleb over the river.

"Come on!" Caleb said, motioning to Hay Lin and he too darted into the castle with a tense Hay Lin behind him.

WITH WILL:

Will was running silently along when she suddenly heard a noise behind her like a swooshing sound.

She whirled around, hands raised before her and pulsing radiantly with pink energy.

Out of the shadows stepped Phobos.

Immediately Will blasted.

Phobos simply held up a green aura-covered hand and stopped the pink energy bolt.

Gritting her teeth, Will blasted energy bolt after energy bolt from her hands. "What do you want?" she growled.

Phobos blasted a few attacks of his own, only to have Will dodge him. "What do you think? To destroy you forever, of course."

Will smirked. "That will never happen on your life." and shot more energy bolts, glowing an even brighter pink. She was even considering using her trick that she had done to defeat the Ordigon.

WITH CALEB AND HAY LIN:

Hay Lin and Caleb were running swiftly and not so silently in the halls. Suddenly, Hay Lin's sharp ears heard something and she put out a hand to stop Caleb.

"It sounds like Phobos and Will fighting and yelling insults at each other!" she cried.

Caleb grabbed her arm and ran into another hallway. "This way!"

WITH WILL:

Will was fighting desperately. Phobos was also staggering, but Will wouldn't let that make her indignant. She gritted her teeth and was about to use her trick when suddenly a small but strong tornado flew into the room and knocked Phobos out of his stance and onto his floor.

Will whirled around.

It was Hay Lin and Caleb. "Ha! Take THAT, you ugly long-haired Maridian!" Hay Lin shouted at the top of her lungs.

Will's eyes only widened. "No! Guys, go away! Get out of here! You'll get hurt!" Will said, watching the struggling Phobos out of the corner of her red eye. Caleb shook his head. "Not unless you come with us!"

Will shook her head. "Then I have no choice," and she held up the Heart and created a portal. "No! Will, wait-" Hay Lin began before she and Caleb were knocked through the portal by one of Will's energy bolts. No sooner had Hay Lin and Caleb landed flat on their faces in Hay Lin's home in the basement did the portal vanish into thin air.

Will squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, then opened them to look for Phobos.

He was gone.

Will, her hands blazing with pink power, turned around in circles. "Come out if you're the ruler of Maridian, Phobos!" she shouted.

Phobos came out behind her and blasted a strong green bolt behind her. Will was knocked into a wall.

Phobos walked over toWill who was starting to loose her conciousness. "Silly little sister. Did you think I would really have been beaten by you?" he asked, smirking.

Will struggled to speak. "Don't...ever call me that..." she said in a shaky voice before blacking out.

A/N: was it bad? I know, it was...I will update ASAP...

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