W.I.T.C.H.
Title: The Perfect Birthday Gift
Author: The Pastmaster
Start Date: 18:31 2006-03-27 Sweden Time
Date of Completion: 13:10 2006-05-11 Sweden Time
Disclaimer: I do not own W.I.T.C.H. I am using copyright Disney Enterprises Inc characters in this Fan Fiction. All rights to W.I.T.C.H. are a reserved and a copyright of Disney Enterprises Incorporated. I am not a part of Disney Enterprises. Any other copyright characters are totally coincidental if not specified before.
Chapter 1
Longing for Love
A secret is well kept within thyself,
But tell it to anyone and it will be revealed
"By guys I'll see you tomorrow at school" said a young Chinese girl to her friends as she waved them of.
The Asian girl's name is Hay Lin and her family originates from China. Her parents, Joan and Chen Lin runs a restaurant in the city of Heatherfield with Hay Lin's grandmother, Yan Lin called 'The Silver Dragon'. Hay Lin is fourteen years old and will turn fifteen June 4th; in other words, her birthday is in five days. She was an average tall and skinny girl with purple hair that she had in two pigtails. Her clothes, which she made herself most of the time, clashed horribly but she looked rather cool anyway and she didn't care much of what others thought of her choice of clothing. What she wore didn't clash as much as it would otherwise. She wore a pair of blue jeans with a purse belt and brownish cotton blouse. On her forehead she had a pair of large sunglasses and she had a pair of sneakers on her feet. She closed the door behind her and kicked of her sneakers after she had talked to her friends outside the restaurant before going inside when it got to cold. She went to her room upstairs and threw herself onto her bed. She twirled her index finger in small circles and a small force of wind pulled out her new diary from the top shelf of her bookcase by the window and literally blew the thick book over to her. As you may know now, Hay Lin isn't an ordinary girl. She is in fact a member of a group of five girls called W.I.T.C.H. Each of the girls commands one of the elements of nature. Will, the leader, is a red haired girl who is the keeper of the source of their power, the Heart of Kandrakar and she commands the element of Heart or pure and absolute Energy. Irma is a little brown haired food addict who controls the power of Water. Taranee is shy and friendly girl with chocolate brown skin and blue hair with the forces of Fire at her command. Cornelia is a tall proud blonde and the eldest of the five and she controls the element of Earth. Hay Lin is the youngest and she controls the last element, the epic might of the Wind. Hay Lin pushed her thoughts about her friends' aside for a moment as she opened her diary that her parents had given her a few days ago. It was a thick book with leather covers and slightly yellowish pages. The book cover had a rhombus shape in a dull silvery colour with two dull golden spirals enclosing the rhomb from top to bottom. Her parents had bought it cheap from a strange customer they had a few days ago but strangely enough, they couldn't remember what he looked like, but they remembered that he was very persuasive of himself. Hay Lin thought for a moment before she started writing:
May, 31st 2002
Sometimes I almost can't stand it. I'm around her as much as I can but she doesn't know what I want from her. I love her as I have stated before. I have loved her ever since I first laid my eyes upon her. I know she loves me but I don't know if she LOVES me. I'm getting more and more desperate every passing day when I still see the friendship in her eyes and not love for me. She is unaware of what I feel towards her. I long for love, her love. I feel happy every time I see her but at the same time sad because I know that she will never be mine. She is so beautiful, her chocolate coloured skin, her blue hair and deep, brown eyes… I cry every night I am without her and I cry day of being with her unknowing of my affection. I love her so much it hurts but I can't tell her how I feel. Either she never wants to see me again or she'll laugh in my face. I really hate it! I want her to be mine. I want to comfort her when she's sad, care for her when she's sick. I just want to hold her, feel the warmth of her body, the sweet smell of her hair, the soft brush of her lips against my skin, her breath in my ear…
Hay Lin whipped a tear from her eye.
I love her but I am even afraid to say her name out loud or even write it in here because of fear that someone might hear my words or read my diary. My secret must be kept safe but I still want to say it. If someone finds out it will destroy our friendship and maybe even destroy her and I can't let that happen… I can't…
Hay Lin took a deep breath as she wrote the name of her love.
I can't let anything like that happen to Taranee…
'There… I did it and it feels good' Hay Lin thought for herself and sighed proud.
It's my birthday soon and what I would most like to have is but one kiss from her, the woman I love so much. And maybe even a real date…
Hay Lin looked at her words for a moment.
'What has been written in a diary can never be undone' she thought.
She closed the diary and put it back to its place on the top shelf of her bookcase. She then dressed for the night and curled down into her bed with a longing for a dream about her beloved girl, about Taranee. Outside her bedroom window, down on the street stood a man with a big smile on his face. He was planning something and walked down the street with the cogwheels turning in his mind and with the bright full moon gleaming in the silvery mask of steel that covered the left half of his face inside the raised hood of his purple cowl.
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The next day Hay Lin awoke to the irritating sound of her old alarm clock. She blew a gust of wind on the clock, which fell into her wastebasket.
'Time to go to school' she thought tired.
Hay Lin's school, The Sheffield Institute, was governed by principal Knickerbocher, a sweet old lady with a nasty temper when it comes to disorder in her school. Hay Lin loved Thursday's because then she had ALL her classes with Taranee. The first class of the day was something as horrible and demonic as math. Hay Lin didn't bother much with math but she got pretty good grades. She sat down next to Taranee and it didn't take long before she felt body tickle with excitement. As often as she could she looked at Taranee from the corner of her eye. She couldn't look at her for long because her eyes began to hurt after a little while. Hay Lin tried hard not to think all to much on Taranee since the girl in question could read minds, even if she dosen't mean to some of the times. The day passed on without incidents or the like, nor did they get any calls from Kandrakar and Hay Lin enjoyed every single moment of it since Taranee was with her all day. When school ended and Hay Lin was on her way home she heard Taranee call on her:
"Hay Lin, wait up!" Taranee called out to the Chinese girl.
"Oh, Taranee" said Hay Lin a little confused by that her friend was looking for her.
"You didn't forget did you?" Taranee asked meaningly as she looked at Hay Lin over the ridge of her glasses.
Hay Lin stood in silence, thinking about her friend's words. Taranee sighed and turned Hay Lin's left-hand palm upwards.
'16:10 wait for Taranee. Study session'
Stood written with black marker. Hay Lin blushed deeply.
"Sorry, I forgot" she said embarrassed, 'I had other things to think of'
"What other things?" Taranee asked with her hands on her sides.
"Nothing" Hay Lin said almost in panic as she realised that she almost let her mind slip.
"Okay then" Taranee said with a smile, "Shall we go then?"
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Fifteen minutes later, Hay Lin and Taranee sat in Hay Lin's room at the 'Silver Dragon' studying for a history test in a few days. Hay Lin lay on her bed and Taranee lay on the floor besides Hay Lin's bed when Taranee slammed her book together with a deep groan.
"I hate history" she stated, "All these years are jumbling around in my head and it's giving me a headache"
Hay Lin closed her book and sat up on her bed.
"Maybe I can do something to help" she said.
"How?" Taranee asked while she held a hand on her forehead to ease the pounding behind her skull bone.
"Like this" Hay Lin said and began to massage Taranee's aching head.
"That feels a lot better" Taranee sighed and closed her eyes, "And don't you dare stop" she said with a smile as the headache reluctantly began to slowly fade away.
Hay Lin enjoyed the feeling of Taranee's hair beneath her hands and fingers and she got some feeling of pleasure when she knew that Taranee liked her massage. She could do this for hours, just sitting here.
"Hay Lin!" called a woman's voice.
She was brutally ripped back to reality.
"Yes, mom!" Hay Lin called back without stopping her massage of Taranee's head.
"I need you help, could you come down for a minute!"
"Grr Typical" she mumbled, "Coming!" she called back, "Sorry Taranee, I must help my mom with something" Hay Lin said with ill hidden annoyance.
"It's okay, you go and have a bad time" Taranee teased her friend.
"I'll be back in a tick" Hay Lin promised and left the room.
Taranee leaned against the wall under the window and began to rub her face when a heavy thud was heard besides her. She looked down and saw that it was a book. A plain ordinary book that lay open before her eyes.
"Hmm What's this?" she wondered as her mind registered the top line, 'May, 31st 2002…'
'Oh my god, this is Hay Lin's diary' Taranee thought and was just to close it when she saw her own name in it.
She couldn't help herself but she read the entire entry and sat numb and silent afterwards.
'Hay Lin loves me? More than a friend?' Taranee thought and read the whole thing again, 'This is…this is…' Taranee couldn't finish the thought.
She read it again.
"This is absolutely… PREFECT" she said as she hugged the book tightly and rolled around on the floor with a happy sensation running through her body.
She heard footsteps in the staircase and hurried to put the book back on the top shelf of the bookcase and sat down again with butterflies running rampage in her stomach. Hay Lin entered the room just moments after.
"Sorry it took so long" she said apologetically.
"No worries" Taranee said with a big smile.
"What are you smiling at?" Hay Lin asked and cocked her head in wonder.
"Nothing" Taranee said innocently, 'Just the fact that I know something you don't, my dearest and now I know just what to give you for your birthday'