Well, here it is, chapter three, it's actually pretty god I think…

A cold, night talk

The five WITCH girls stood in the room after going through the door, looking for an explanation. They had crossed the door, stepped into the room and… nothing. There wasn't anyone in the room. Emily and her grandmother had just crossed the door, but ! They had disappeared while crossing it¡ it didn't make any sense.

While the five young witches wondered what had just happened, steps could be heard from behind the door. Someone was coming. And the room lacked of an escape rout, they were no windows or any other way to get out except the door. The door opened.

"Who in hell are you five?" The young woman who walked through the door was an exact replica of Emily, except that she looked older and taller. The only important difference was in her eyes: although they shared the same color than Emily's (emerald green), they were… colder. They looked cold, icy; they had no shade of emotion. A very old-British stilled look (Author Note: No insult to British people, but they have always been accused of being cold), cold, frivol, perhaps a little blank. She was a strange, black robe that looked like it was size made, they had only seen of those in wizards' movies

"Well, we could ask you the same question" Hay Lin was the one to break the silence, but perhaps her choice of words was a little out of place.

"Yes, you could, but: 1. you shouldn't be here, and 2. I asked you first. So you would better start answering" Evidently, this girl wasn't one to play games…

"Well, my name is Hay Lin, and these are my friends Will, Irma, Cornelia and Taranee. And now that I answered, is your turn to answer our question" Hay Lin was playing with the girl.

"Ok, I guess there's no harm on answering. My name's Caitlyn Sanders, I live here, so I want to know why you five are here, in my house, at 11 o'clock in the night" Perhaps Hay Lin's game wasn't going as planned.

"Ummm, we were... We were visiting Emily, that's it¡, yeah, we were visiting her because she told us she was a little a sick today, so we wanted to check how she was doing" Hay Lin gave her a smile with that excuse, hoping to convince her with a little innocence.

"Ok, but that doesn't explain why you are here, considering Emily is not at home right now. Plus, you are dressing like fairies floating in this room, and you expect me to buy that lame excuse?" Oh, sharp girl" Will thought, while understanding that their only way out of here would a continuous answering game, OR, flying the hell out of there. She chose the second one, but Taranee had another idea…

"To be honest, we did expect you to believe her. But now that you are aware that there IS something wrong, why don't we sit down and talk?" What was the deal with these two, just playing along with Caitlyn's game?

"Ummm, that's ok for me. So, please follow me" Caitlyn turned around, went through the door and expected them to follow. Hay Lin and Taranee followed her, but Will, Irma and Cornelia stayed in the room.

"Come on, what are you waiting for?" Taranee asked.

"Well, let me see. This girl walks into the room, asks us a lot of weird, out of place questions, we answer, and now you want to follow her somewhere to sit and talk?" Cornelia, for once, was playing the drama queen in the correct time. But Taranee didn't hesitate.

"Yeah, I mean, it's not such a bad idea. Just think about it: we can find out where did Emily go, and if we don't find out, we just go. And, in case you haven't noticed, this Caitlyn girl doesn't seem interested in the fact that we have wings, so I doubt that she will asks us anything about it" Taranee made a really good point. They couldn't loose anything, right?

"Are you coming or not?" Caitlyn's voice sounded impatient. The five guardians followed after Caitlyn, she led them to a big sized room with many couches, chairs and a fireplace. As the girls sat, a platter came though the door, carrying all types of appetizers. The strange thing was that the platter just flew in. More exactly, there wasn't anyone holding it.

"Well, let's make a deal, if you tell me the entire story of why you are here, I will tell you mine and Emily's story, including how she disappeared through the door. I think it's a pretty good deal" Caitlyn still didn't seem interested in any of the strange features the girls had, she was definitely more worried about why they were in her house.

"Sounds good to me" Taranee answered, without noticing the faces her friends were doing." Well, let's see. We came here because Will told us that there was something wrong about Emily, cause she noticed that a bottle of water she dropped had mysteriously turned into ice. So we talked a little, then we decided to come here and spy on her..."

"I assume that, after the little chat, you changed into the shape you have now, right?" "How the hell does she know that?" Taranee thought. "Well, I think I would better just pass along that question" Anyway, Caitlyn looked like she already knew the answer.

"So, as I was telling you, we came here to spy on her, and we found her talking to her grandmother. We heard a lot of stuff we didn't understand. But then, she said she wanted to go somewhere called "The City", so she and her grandmother walked out the room, went through that strange looking door down the hall, and mysteriously disappeared. And then you found us in that room." Taranee took a deep breath after that. Apparently, she had refrained from breathing while talking.

"Ok, I think that story is ore believable than visiting my sister for a sickness she never had. Well, my story is a little more complex. You see, this whole thing started about three months ago, when Emily and my parents died in an accident back in London. Our grandmother was entrusted to take care of us. The thing is she decided to bring us here to the US because of some promise she made to our parents a couple of years ago. So, here she brought us, but Emily didn't like the idea because my grandmother tricked us into this. After that, my story picks up with yours." Caitlyn had taken a more serious posture. She was looking to the ground, like to avoid showing her face.

"Ok, nice story. Now, what about the door and Emily's disappearance?" Irma was asking questions very coop-style, probably a family heritage.

"The door is a portal that leads to the city, the city that Emily mentioned on her talk with my grandmother" Caitlyn managed to put her serious face again.

"What city is that? I mean there are a lot of cities, what's so special about this one?" Cornelia didn't understand the point calling it "The City".

"That, you will have to ask it to my little sister Emily. And for now, I think it's been enough questions of yours, it's my turn" Suddenly, Caitlyn stand up and looked to them, with a penetrating look. Each one of the girls could feel a strange sensation, like if something in the deeps of their minds bugged them. It lasted only a few seconds. After that, Caitlyn sat down.

"So you are the Guardians of the veil that protects this world from joining with Merydian. I knew I had felt a presence like yours before" Caitlyn still didn't seem disturbed.

"Wait, how you knew that" Will seemed, worried. The secret they had so carefully kept had been discovered out of nowhere.

"Girl, I will honest with. Between witches, there are no secrets that can be hidden" Caitlyn put a smug look on her face. She started again" Well, I think that's enough talking for a night. Goodbye"

"Wait, does that mean…"She couldn't finish her sentence

"I said goodbye, Will…" Caitlyn waved her hand a little. Suddenly, a strange force threw out of the room through the window, pushing them till they reached the roof of the silver dragon.

"So Caitlyn's a witch, that means…" The rest of the conclusion was already implicit.