Chapter 2:

Two weeks later...

John Vander's POV

Where is he? Angelo has to be somewhere! I know me and Pop have trained him well, but that doesn't mean we don't worry about him. Pop has been training whenever he can, while mom has been in Kandrakar helping Halinor and the rest of the Council of Kandrakar try and find where he and Irma are. Even the Council of the Known Worlds don't know where they could be. I just hope that they're safe where ever they are.

Tom Lair's POV

Two weeks.

It's been two weeks since me and Anna were told about what my daughter has been doing for the last few years. The thought of Irma running around fighting who knows what scares me. Yet a part of me is impressed and proud of what she's done. And then to find out about what Angelo can do. Not to mention the other girl's boyfriends. It's all a lot to take in. I try to keep a clear head, but I'm worried about my daughter. The copy, or Astral Drop of her may look like her and sound like her, but it's not my daughter. It's not my Irma! I know Will and the others are doing their best to find Irma and Angelo but I just wish that she was back. I know Anna is worried sick. She hardly looks at the copy of Irma. She says that when she does look at her, it let's her know that Irma and Angelo are still missing. I just pray and hope that both of them come back in one piece.

Anna Lair's POV

Why is this happening? Where is my baby? Where is Irma? She's been missing for the last month and a half and no one knows where she is! From what her friends tell me, she along with Angelo went through something called a Red Fold and haven't been seen since. I don't know what to think! Will took me and Tom to see this man called the Oracle. He's the one who sent my daughter to all sorts of dangerous places! I want to be angry at him, but Yan Lin tells me that it was something called the Heart of Kandrakar the gave them their powers. But I don't care about any of that! I just want my daughter back! That's all I ask for, Lord. Please bring the both of them back.

Chris Lair's POV

Mom and Dad have been acting weird for a while. They both have been quiet for a while. Sort of. When it's just them, they talk a bit. But whenever Irma walks into the room, they both get quiet. I don't know what' going on, but I hope things go back to normal soon! Even Irma has been acting weird! She doesn't get all mad when I sneak into her room. Maybe she's sick. I hope she gets better soon.

Will's POV

The last two weeks have been hard for us without Irma and Angelo around. We missed hearing Irma's jokes. The way she would lighten the mood when it was needed. I miss how Angelo would do something to make one of us laugh. I just plain miss my two friends! And without Irma, me and the girls haven't been as strong as we should be. I'm just glad that we had Matt and his Regent powers to help close the Red Folds that have been showing up in parts of Heatherfield. Turns out that Crimson has been testing out the powers of his Red Folds. We think he's stopped for now. I hope so, cause I'd rather be looking for Angelo and Irma. I just wish I knew where to look. Please bring them back to us, Lord.

Normal POV

"Anna, I'm home!", Tom says as she puts his coat away. "Anna?"

Tom, knowing that his wife is home heads to the one place he know she is. It's the one place she's been spending a lot of time in for the last two weeks, when she's not doing something else. And he was right. There was Anna Lair, in Irma's bedroom, sitting on her daughter's bed holding one of her stuffed turtles. Seeing this, Tom says nothing as he sits next to her and places a comforting hand on her shoulder. Once he did this, she jumped a little and turned to see her husband looking at her trying his best to smile. Anna tried to return the smile but couldn't as she broke down and cried. Tom then held his wife in his arms as she cried. Thankfully, Chris was over a friends house, so he wouldn't see them like this. But at that moment, all they cared about was whether or not they'd ever see their daughter again.

Two weeks later...

"Do you know what's going on, John?", Tom ask as he and Anna stand in the Living Room of the Vanders home.

"I don't know!", John said. "Will called me and told me to call you two and meet up here at my place."

Just then, Will and Hay Lin appeared from out of nowhere.

"Good! You're all here.", Will said.

"What's going on, girls?", Anna asked.

"We don't know.", Hay Lin said as Will opened a fold. "The Oracle contacted Will and told her to bring you all to Kandrakar."

"Do you think they found the kids?", Anna questioned sounding hopeful.

"Let's go see.", John said as he went through the fold.

Once in Kandrakar, they saw that Cornelia and Taranee were waiting with Angelo's grandparents, Joe and Kadma Vanders.

"When did you two get here, Pops?", John asked his father.

"About five minutes ago.", Joe said.

"Any idea what's going on?", John asked.

"Not a clue.", Joe said.

"I just hope it's good news.", Kadma said.

"We all do.", Anna said.

Just then, the Oracle along with Halinor walked into the room with a African-American man, who looked like a preacher, due to the clothes he was dressed in. At his side was a blue duffel bag.

"Welcome eevryone.", the Oracle said. "I am happy to say that Irma and Angelo have returned back to our reality alive and well."

Everyone there didn't know what to do after hearing that news at first. But then...

"Oh, thank Heavens!", Anna cried as she dropped to her knees shedding tears of joy that her daughter was back and alive.

The Vanders breathed a sigh of relief as the girls shed their own tears of joy as they did a group hug happy that their friends were back.

"Can we see our daughter?", Tom asked.

"Yes. But first, there is something you all must know.", Halinor said. "This is Pastor James. He too is from this reality."

"So, why is he here, in Kandrakar?", Taranee asked.

"Because, he was in the same reality as Angelo and Irma.", Halinor replied. "And he has something important to tell you all, before you see Irma and Angelo."

"Well Pastor, what do you have to say?", Kadma asked.

"It's hard to explain but I'll try.", Pastor James said as he took his coat off and pulled up his left sleeve. "Four years ago, I got a scar on my arm from an animal."

"But I don't see a scar.", Anna said.

"I know.", Pastor James said as he rolled his sleeve back down and put his coat back on.

"Can I ask how you got to the reality Angelo and Irma fell into.", Cornelia said.

"I was visiting a friend in Heatherfield.", Pastor James began to explain. "It was going to be a surprise. But before I went to their place, I decided to go for a stroll through the park. As I was walking through the park, I saw this red light. Being curious, I went to check it out. Once I was close enough to it, I felt this pull as I was lifted off my feet."

"And then you were sucked in?", Will questioned.

"Yes!", Pastor James said with a nod.

"A Red Fold.", Taranee figured. "But the only Red Fold we saw and closed was four weeks ago."

"Then how could you of been in the other reality for four years?", Hay Lin questioned.

"I can explain that,", the Oracle said. "It seems that the Red Fold not only can lead to an alternate reality, but time as well."

"So, for the four years Pastor James was in the other reality, only four weeks have past by here.", Taranee figured shocking everyone. "So that means that Irma and Angelo have been in another reality for..."

"Eight years.", John said.

"But when they came back here, they reverted back to the way they were before they left.", Halinor said. "Just as the scar on Pastor James's arm is no more."

"Just when you get use to so much, something else comes and changes everything.", Joe said.

"Who knows what they could of went thought.", Anna pondered.

"We'll find out when we see them.", Tom said.

"They are sleeping right now.", Halinor said. "But there's something else you all must know."

"What is it?", Will asked.

"I think it's best that you see for yourselves.", Pastor James said as he opened his duffel bag. "You see, while on that alternate Earth, I was able to start a small church. That's how I met Irma and Angelo. There was a thunderstorm and a bolt of lightning struck a tree near the village I lived in. They helped put out the fire that was started there. Afterwards, the three of us got the talking and we discovered that we all were from the same reality."

"With all due respect, sir, can you get to the point.", Tom said.

"Aw, yes. My point.", Pastor James said as he reached into his duffel bag and pulled out a photo album he had. "Well, as you know that was four years ago for me and them. And at that time Irma was twenty-one and Angelo was twenty-two. And they were very much in love. So, when I asked them if there was anyway I could repay them for what they've done, they asked me to do something very important for them."

"And that would be what?", Anna questioned with a raised eyebrow.

Pastor James then opened up his album to show an African-American male standing with a Caucasian woman that looked a lot like Irma does in her Guardian form without the wings. The male was dressed in a black tuxedo, while the woman was dressed in a white wedding dressed. Both of them were really happy as they stood together.

"Is that who I think it is?", Taranee questioned.

"That's Angelo!", Kandma said. "He looks just like his father did."

"And the woman has to be Irma!", Hay Lin replied. "She looks the way she does when she goes Guardian! Minus the wings."

"Can I see this?", Cornelia asked as she pointed to the album.

"Of course.", Pastor James said as he handed the album to Cornelia.

"Pastor James?", Joe said getting his attention. "Are you saying what I think you're saying."

"Yes, I am.", Pastor James said. "You're grandson and Irma are married."

Hearing those words, Anna Lair fainted.

"Anna!", Tom said as he knelt down to his wife.

A/N: Well, Irma and Angelo are back. Only now they're married! But because of the Red Fold and it's odd properties, they've reverted back to the age they were before they went through the first Red Fold. How will the adults handle this? How are Angelo and Irma going to handle being teenagers again, after all they've been through. What's going to happen next?

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