Chapter 2: Chance Meeting

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Drip drip. Spinning… spinning… that's all she was doing. With a baby's frantic cry surrounding her. Drip drip. Spinning in the dark-wait! Is that a light? Yes it is! Maybe that's where the baby is! The young women thought. Drip drip. She was almost there-what's that dripping sound? Drip drip. The lady reached a hole in the seemingly never ending darkness. She put her hands on the ridge and hoisted herself up. Drip drip. The baby suddenly ceased its screaming cries. What is this? The women thought as her hands landed in a sticky, warm liquid. Drip drip. The light was too dim to see, so she brought it closer to her face. With a gasp, she found out what it was. 'Blood! But where is it coming from?' Drip drip. She looked up and saw a small, short trail of the substance. Her red eyes followed the trail to its end. Drip drip. At the end of the trail was a body. The body of a baby with its throat slit. Her eyes widened in surprise as she screamed.

Will screamed and sat up. 'It was only a dream… only a dream… it was only a dream!' She repeated over and over in her mind. Will soon found that the dripping sound did not come from her dream but from the dungeon she was in. On the walls was some type of wet, slimy fungus growing.

"Welcome, little guardian, to your new home." A mocking voice sounded from outside the iron bars. Will gasped and turned around, only to find Phobos staring greedily at her from outside the cell.

"What do you want with me? Where is Alec?" Will stood up and glared at Phobos.

"That will be revealed in good time. Now," he snapped his fingers and bread and a cup of water materialized out of thin air and landed on the ground in Wills prison. "Eat. I can't have you die of starvation… yet." Phobos chuckled evilly then walked away.

Will looked at the bread and water in disgust, thinking they were poisoned she threw them outside the bars.

Will sniffed, and then brought her legs to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. Will stared at the dark green fungus that grew on the wall. 'Dark green… just like Alec's eyes.' The mother gave a small, sad smile at the thought. 'Just like Caleb's eyes too…' A small tear slid down her face. She sniffed, then sighed. 'I miss them. I wonder if I'll ever see them again.'

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CRASH!

Will got up from her sleeping position and looked around wildly. 'What was that?'

"Aldarn! You okay?" a vaguely familiar voice drifted through the air.

"Yeah, I'm fine. We got to go! The guards probably heard that!" another voice from the past answered the first.

"Come on! There's an exit over here!" Will watched as two figures ran past her cell. Two figures she new very well.

"Caleb!" Will shouted just as his familiar brown mop of hair disappeared from view. The sound of running footsteps suddenly halted and whispers were heard, though they were too far away for Will to make out what they were saying.

Suddenly, a head popped up behind the bars and Will found herself lost in the dark green eyes of her child's father.

"Will!" Caleb surprised voice echoed through the cell. His whole body came into view and Will realized he hadn't changed that much. Sure, he was taller and a little bit skinnier, but his face and eyes were the same. "Is that really you?"

"Yeah, it is." Wills eyes watered at seeing Caleb after so long. She has been dreaming of this day ever since she left, though, of course, under different circumstances. Sometimes Will just wanted to get up and go back to Heatherfield, but she couldn't. She was too afraid of what would've happened.

"What are you doing here? Have you been here this who-" Caleb was cut off by the sound of a snake's roar and the castles alarm. Aldarn came up besides Caleb.

"We have to- Will?"he started but the said girl cut him off.

"There's no time for questions! We got to go! Can you get me out of here?"

"I don't know." The trio looked down the corridor as they heard footsteps coming closer. The two outside the cell looked nervously at each other, knowing they have to leave or else they'll get caught. But at the same time, they didn't want to leave Will here in the castle.

"Go." Will directed the two. When they didn't move she shouted: "Go! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine!" The two hesitated, glanced at each other then at Will. They both gave small nods and against their better judgment began to run in opposite direction of the nearing footsteps.

"I'll come back for you!" Caleb glanced back over his shoulder at Will as he was running away. Will gave him a small smile just before he rounded the corner and disappeared from view.

A few seconds after, Cedric the snake slithered up. "Guardian." He sneered. "Who was it that came to see you?"

"No one came to see me." The ex-leader lied; she didn't want to get Caleb and Aldarn in trouble.

"Don't lie to me! Tell me the truth, or you will be punished!" The scaly snake threatened. "Now tell me who it was! It was that rebel leader, wasn't it?"

"Why should I tell you?" Will hoped that her voice came out strong, but it faltered a bit.

"Fine. Have it your way. Guard! Get her out of there and tie her up!" One of the guards took out a chain of keys and unlocked her cell then went in, closing the door behind him.

"Get away from me!" Will shrieked as the guard neared her with some ropes. Will tried to back up, but she bumped against the wall. 'Oh no. What's going to happen to me?' Will thought frantically as the guard neared her.

"You there!" Cedric pointed to the guard next to him. "Go help him." The said guard did as Cedric said. He went into the cell and held Will as the other tied her arms behind her back. During all this Will was screaming.

"Let me go!" She shrieked as the guards tried to lead her out, but she wouldn't follow. Sighing in exasperation, Cedric reached into the prison and picked her up. "Put me down!" Will continued to scream, but her screams were in vain as Cedric carried her away.

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Caleb was running as fast as he could, he had to tell the girls! He had to tell them the news. As he rounded yet another corner, he heard something echoing down the hallway. He came to a sudden halt as he realized what it was. Aldarn came crashing into him from behind and they both fell to the ground.

"Caleb! Why'd you stop? They're after us! We have to move!" Aldarn stood up and then helped Caleb get up.

"Will just screamed! Didn't you hear that? I have to go back!" Caleb made to run back but Aldarn caught his arm before he could.

"You can't go back! You'll be killed!" Caleb sighed.

"But I can't just leave them to torture her!"

"I know, Caleb. But we'll come back with the rest of the guardians and free her then." Caleb knew Aldarn was right, but he didn't want to leave her alone her. He nodded then started running after Aldarn.

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Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin were not the same ever since Will left. The once happy girls were more sad and forlorn. More likely to stare off into space than take notes in school. Speaking of school, the final bell rang a few minutes earlier and the four girls were walking out of the building.

They had reached the gates when suddenly Caleb ran up to them.

"Caleb!" Cornelia exclaimed in surprise. She rarely saw him after they had broken up last year and when she did it was only for emergencies. "What are you doing-"

"I found Will." Caleb panted, cutting Cornelia off. All the girls gasped and leaned in, wanting to hear more information.

"What?" Taranee said.

"Where is she? Is she alright?" Hay Lin urgently asked.

"I don't know… Phobos has her." Cornelia put her hand up to her mouth while all the girls' eyes widened in shock.

"What!" Irma asked, holding back tears.

"How is that possible?"

"How long has she been there?"

"I don't know." Caleb cried. The shock of seeing Will again was finally settling in and he slumped against Cornelia and Irma, desperately trying to hold in his tears. The girls were also in shock-Will has been found!

All of them were thinking the same thing: Maybe that's why she left; because she was kidnapped by Phobos! They all hoped this was the reason, and that she didn't just up and leave them voluntarily.

Cornelia and Irma slightly came out of their shock and hoisted Caleb's arms around their necks to help him walk to the Silver Dragon for an emergency W.I.T.C.H. meeting.

AN: well what do you think? Horrible? Hideous? I should take it down right this instant 'cause it's so bad? Or that it's actually okay… tell me in a review!