Chapter 3

AN: I hate writers block.

Disclaim: don't own, never will, don't sue me.

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The four remaining girls of W.I.T.C.H. and the rebel leader all sat in the basement of the Silver Dragon.

"So let me get this straight" Cornelia started, "you and Aldarn were in the castle searching for weapons, and then you saw Will in one of the cells?"

There was a pause, then Caleb said, "Yeah."

"Well, what did she look like?" Irma impatiently asked. "Was she beaten up? Did she have any bruises or broken bones?"

"No." Caleb said in confusion, he was trying to remember what she looked like. "She… she wasn't very dirty and didn't have any bruises or anything. It's almost as if she just got there."

"Well, what are we waiting for? We've got to go save her!" Hay Lin, the current keeper of the Heart, said. The heart did not react to the four girls very well, and they only could keep it in their possession for a week before it started going haywire and had to go to a new owner.

"Hay Lin!" Taranee said, "We can't go now! Caleb needs to rest. We have to go tomorrow."

"But we can't just leave her there!"

"You can go without me. I'll stay here and rest while you girls go save Will."

"But we can't do that either!" Cornelia complained. "You're the only one who knows where she is being kept!"

"That's not true." Caleb sighed with impatience. In truth, he wasn't that tired; he just had too many things on his mind to try and put together a rescue mission. "Aldarn was with me. He knows where she is." Cornelia sighed in defeat.

"Okay. So when will we go?" Taranee asked.

"Right now. Who knows what they are doing to here?" With that statement from Hay Lin, the four guardians stood up, gave one last look towards Caleb, and then walked out the door.

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"Oomph. You know, you could be more gentle. You don't have to just throw me down like that." Will rubbed her back while glaring up at Cedric. Cedric just sneered back than bowed before Phobos' throne.

"Prince Phobos," Cedric hissed. "The Guardian has been… troublesome. She managed to contact one of her comrades and lead him to the castle. They know she's here."

Wills eyes narrowed in confusion. That's not what happened. She didn't tell Caleb to come here. He was here for some other reason, probably to steal food.

"Hmm… Tell me, Guardian, how did you manage to contact your friends?" Phobos spat out the word friends like it was a curse word. The prince stared straight into her eyes and Will tried to look away, but couldn't. It was like she was memorized by his eyes. She felt a fuzzy feeling go through her head.

"I-I don't know." Will replied shakily, still looking into his eyes. "I didn't contact them."

"You lie!" Cedric yelled.

"No, Cedric. She's telling the truth." It was then Will realized what he was doing: he was reading her mind! With a startled gasp, she averted her eyes. "However, I do agree that she has been troublesome."

Suddenly pain exploded inside the ex-leader's head. Will screamed and clutched her head as what felt like mini bombs went off inside her mind. A sadistic smile crawled onto Phobos' face.

After what felt like hours upon hours of torture, the explosions stopped. Will was too focused on the leftover pain to realize that tears were falling down her face.

"That should teach her a lesson." Phobos said, the cruel smile still in place. "Take her back to the dungeon."

Cedric smirked as he picked up the whimpering Guardian. He then proceeded to carry her back to her cell.

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AN: I'm sorry this took me so long… I have writers block. grrr... Sorry it's so short too... But I felt like this was a good place to stop.