"Hey all! I know, I deleted the first edition of this story for editing purposes. SO SORRY! Thanks to Sokai & Periphery for reviewing! Here's chapter 2 to make up for deleting. Enjoy!"
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own WITCH. If I did, do you really think Irma would be single & Cornelia and Caleb would break up? I think not.
Chapter 2
Hay Lin: Where We Are
(General POV)
Hay Lin was always perky. And I mean always. The only time anyone ever saw her depressed was with the passing of her grandmother…and when anyone else was depressed. But now, as she sat there in her room having a staring contest with a blank piece of paper propped up on an art easel, she was spiraling toward despair. Why? Because the piece of paper was winning. Hay Lin sighed and closed her eyes, trying to think of something that would spark some inspiration. And for a reason unknown to her, she started to remember the days after she and her friends recognized their true destinies as Guardians of the Veil.
Flashback
Yan Lin's words still rang through her head as she walked down the street, her destination within her wandering eye's view. "You have been chosen as the new guardians of the veil." Hay Lin was more than happy to take on her new role as a protector of her world. But she wasn't so sure about the other girls. Will had been freaked, Cornelia had been stubborn, Taranee had been running scared, and Irma? Well, to her this was just a game, like life. Irma had always taken things that were supposed to be so serious like another one of her jokes. Hay Lin guessed it was her friend's way of dealing with things too big for her to handle. And that was why she was going out on a shopping trip to the local jewelry store, to remind her best friend that all of this wasn't just a game: it was real. And it was her destiny.
She shoved the door open and walked around the shop for at least ten minutes, looking around and around in circle upon circle for the perfect way to tell Irma that she was a vital member of their little group of superheroes, W.I.T.C.H., and if she didn't start taking this a little more seriously, who knew what otherworldly chaos would descend once she let her guard down.
Approaching the counter with a small silver chain held in her hands, she smiled as she placed it before the cashier, took out her money, and carried the bag outside, humming a happy little tune to no one but the wind.
"So what'd you get me?"
Hay Lin jumped as a very familiar, bubbly voice sliced through her thoughts. She spun around to find Irma leaning against the front window of the store, holding a little bag just like hers.
"What'd you get me?" she asked back, walking over and standing in front of her friend.
Irma sighed. "I asked you first."
"How about we just give each other the bags on three?" Hay Lin suggested.
"Okay. One…two…three!"
On three, the girls snatched the bags from each other and plunged their hands in, each pulling out a lengthy silver chain.
Irma smiled. "How did you know?" Hers had the symbol of water dangling at its end, and Hay Lin's had that of air.
"I guess it's our 'guardian senses' starting to kick in," Hay Lin said, earning a laugh from Irma. The girls turned around and let the other put their chain round their neck.
"Best friends?" Irma said, sticking out her hand for Hay Lin.
"Forever," Hay Lin answered, taking Irma's hand in her own. And both girls could have sworn they felt a little surge of energy jolt through their palms as they met in promise.
End Flashback
And it had been that way ever since. The girls told each other anything and everything. But lately, Hay Lin had the feeling that Irma was keeping something from her, something big. And just as she was reaching for the phone to find out what, she found herself picking up her drawing pencil instead, flying right to her empty piece of paper. It might have won their staring contest, their battle, but she wasn't going to let it win their war.
Okay, I promise that's the last full chapter of reflection. These two were just to introduce the problem. The next one will have a lot more action and revelations than these two. Until then, review so I know what to keep & what to change. Flames will be used to help Irma with her practice round of save the citizen.