Hi everyone. Thanks again for your patience, we finally get back on track with the first season of WITCH for this fanfic. With nothing else needing to be said, let us get started. I do not own either JCA or WITCH.
Happy Birthday Will
Finn, Ratso, and Chow; the three Enforcers of the Dark Hand, now under the employ of Prince Phobos sat in a small room within the castle of Meridian. Ratso looked out the window to see the dark and bleak landscape that served as the domain of the dark prince.
"Eh, it's not so bad." Ratso said. "Once you get passed all the storm clouds."
"How the hell did we end up here?" Finn questioned. "First, we take orders from a statue, then we got a ghost possessing Big V and opening up demon portals, now we're in another dimension taking orders from some kid?"
"Yeah is it just me, or is our luck just that sucky?" Chow questioned.
"Maybe it won't be so bad." Ratso said for the sake of optimism. "Least we get to live in a castle from now on."
Before either of his friends could reply, the door opened to reveal the humanoid form of Cedric. "You three, come with me."
Cedric led the Enforcers throughout the dark castle and deep underneath it; all the way to a dark cavern that led straight toward a lake at the very bottom of the castle with multiple black tree roots leading from the castle and down into the lake. The three Enforcers looked in surprise to see not only Phobos himself bathing in the lake, but Daolon Wong using some form of dark magic from his scepter to analyze the water.
"Uh… we're not interrupting anything… weird right?" Finn asked Cedric, who chose to ignore the question.
"It is as I feared." Wong informed Phobos. "The water is not as fluent with magic as it once was. I believe that the lifeforce of Meridian's own land has been dwindling since your sister was born, my prince."
Phobos had a slight scoff. "The need to find her has never been greater."
"Aw." Ratso practically gushed. "He wants to find his little sister. That's sweet." He was however silenced as Finn and Chow elbowed him slightly.
"You three." Phobos got their attention. "You hail from Earth, tell me how I would go about finding someone."
"Uh… we're gonna need more details than that, buddy." Chow told him.
Phobos sighed as he knew they had a point. "Thirteen years ago, my sister was taken at birth shortly after our parents were killed. She hadn't even been named. She was taken across the veil and now lives in the Earth city on the other side; more than likely she wasn't told of her heritage in order to protect her, so she would remain anonymous even now."
"Well… you could put up a missing person's report." Ratso suggested.
"Or look up birth records." Chow also suggested.
"Birth records, you say?" Daolon Wong asked, intrigued.
"Eh… yeah. City Hall usually keeps records of all the people who are born in the town." Finn explained. "They even separate those who were adopted."
"Good." Phobos said. "You three will escort Daolon Wong and Cedric to this 'City Hall'. If we know all who were born there, we can narrow our search to those who were not."
Earth – Section 13
After getting all the necessary paperwork filled and procedures taken care of, the law enforcement agency known as Section 13 had successfully been transferred to Heatherfield. Their base was underground, just like in San Francisco, complete with a telephone entrance as before. At the moment, the head of Section 13 was currently in a meeting with his lifelong friend.
"So, let me see if I understand this right." Captain Black summed up. "This Phobos-character is looking for his younger sister in order to take her power for himself and keep himself on the throne in his world?"
"Yes, that is what Caleb told us." Jackie confirmed as he handed Captain Black a sheet of paper. "Here is a physical description of Phobos. Siblings do bare a resemblance to each other, so it may help us to narrow our search down for the heir."
"Even so, it's not a whole lot to work on. Anything else? Like maybe a name?" Black asked.
"I'm afraid not." Jackie shook his head. "According to Caleb, she was brought to Earth as a baby and hadn't even been named yet."
"I see." Captain Black sighed. "Well, we'll start looking and if we find anything, you'll be the first to know."
"Thank you, Augustus. I can't tell you just how much help you've been to me." Jackie stood up to shake his friend's hand.
"It's no problem Jackie, really I'm happy to help." Captain Black smiled as he shook Jackie's hand before the martial artist left.
Sheffield Institute
Will had stepped out of her mother's car just as they came to a stop at the school's entrance. "Honey, are you sure you don't want to invite just twenty-five or thirty of your closest friends over?" Mrs. Vandom asked, in a playful tone that caused her daughter to wince slightly.
"No mom." Will sighed. "Not even just twenty-five or thirty of them."
"Okay birthday-girl. But remember, no matter how old you get, you'll always be my Pink Perky Poopy Pumpkin." Her mother teased before driving off.
"'Pink Perky Poopy Pumpkin?'" Will turned around in surprise to see a smirking Jade and Irma at the school's entrance. "How'd you earn that nickname?" Jade snickered; causing Will to roll her eyes as she tried to ignore than and walk into the school with Jade and Irma following her.
"So, it's your birthday huh?" Irma asked in an excited tone.
"Friday." Will stated. "Promise you guys won't do anything dumb like throw me a surprise party."
"I love surprise parties!" Irma stated before catching a slight glare from Will. "By that, I mean I hate and despise them." She pouted.
"That goes for you to Jade." Will told the black-haired mischievous girl. "Promise me you will not throw me a surprise party."
Jade sighed. "Fine." She raised her hand. "I promise not to throw you a surprise party."
"Uncross your fingers." Will said with lowered eyelids.
Jade showed both her hands, fingers uncrossed and all. "Okay, I promise that I will not throw you a surprise party." Jade said with an annoyed sigh, causing Will to smile triumphantly. "At least, I won't." Jade hid her own smirk, already having something up her sleeve.
Cafeteria
"Does this look cooked to you?" Taranee asked as she sat down at a table with Cornelia and Hay Lin.
"Taranee, it's a carrot." Cornelia told her. "The only way it can harm you is if you're mugged by rabbits."
Irma and Jade quickly joined the group at their table. "Hey guys, guess whose birthday it is this Friday!"
Hay Lin gave an excited gasp. "I know! I know!" However, she didn't have a real answer to give. "Uh… I don't know."
"It's Will's birthday! Duh!" Jade stated.
"Are you guys gonna throw her a party?" Hay Lin asked, still excited.
"No, she made us promise not to." Irma said as she turned to see Will getting her lunch served. "I'll be right back. I gotta warn her about the fish, cause I think this was breaded when they caught it." Irma got up from her chair and ran towards Will to guide her to the more edible food.
"Yeah, we promised not to throw Will a party. But you guys didn't." Jade smirked towards the three remaining girls.
Cornelia's own 'evil' smirk mirrored that of Jade's. "Once again Jade, your mischief knows no bounds. We're definitely throwing Will a party."
"Whoa, hang on a minute." Hay Lin said. "You promised Will you wouldn't throw a party, so you're gonna have us throw her one instead?"
'Yeah, isn't that kinda mean?" Taranee asked.
"How is it mean?" Jade asked. "We're her friends, we should show her a good time on her big day, right?"
"My thoughts exactly." Cornelia agreed. "When she sees the party that I'm throwing, she'll be too jazzed to remember what she said. Hay Lin, you're gonna pick the theme and decorations, now we need a place to hold it. How about your Uncle's place, Jade?"
"Really?" Jade shot her an indifferent look. "You wanna hold a party near Uncle?"
Cornelia winced slightly. "Yeah… good point."
"What about your place?" Taranee asked Cornelia, causing the blonde to wince even further.
"Uh problem. My last part was so unbelievably great… my parents say I can't have another one until after I leave home."
Later that day
Jade, Cornelia, and Hay Lin walked through the mall to look for party supplies, while also escorting a certain rebel leader as well so that he could familiarize himself with the terrain of the city.
"So, Caleb, you are gonna learn all about parties." Cornelia told him.
"Uh you do know what parties are, right?" Jade joked.
"We have parties in Meridian!" Caleb stated. "To celebrate the end of Klunder-feast we cook and eat an ox!"
"What are you a Viking?" Jade asked. "We won't be hunting or cooking anything."
Cornelia spotted two of her friends. "Hey girls!" She called them over. One was a blonde with gray-blue eyes, the other had reddish-brown hair with blue eyes. "First, meet the new girl; this is Jade. Jade, meet Elyon and Alchemy."
"Hi." Jade waved.
"Hello." Alchemy smiled.
"Nice to meet you." Elyon greeted.
"Second, party this Friday; five o'clock, Irma's house!" Cornelia told them. "It's Will's birthday."
"It's a surprise, so don't tell Will. Or Irma." Hay Lin added.
"But you said it was at Irma's house." Elyon said, confused.
"Yeah, don't ask." Jade told them as Alchemy turned to see Caleb trying to look at a payphone and bang it on the side.
"Who's that?" Alchemy asked.
"Caleb, a new guy." Cornelia summed up.
The conversation was brought to a screeching halt as Uriah and his gang skateboarded near the group, after evading a mall security guard.
"Hey, how come Kurt, Clubber, and me didn't get invited to this party of yours?" Uriah questioned.
"Cause I'm not inviting creeps." Cornelia told them with crossed arms. "Oh, I'm sorry; Creeps, Jade and Caleb; Jade and Caleb, Creeps."
"Hi creeps." Jade waved with a teasing smirk as she and everyone else, side from Caleb walked away.
"Pleased to meet you." Caleb greeted casually. "Uh… are you related?" He was dragged away by Cornelia to avoid an awkward situation as the trio of bullies glared in their direction.
"I say we teach them a lesson." Uriah told his gang as the group walked away. "Remember that horror movie where the kids are terrified by guys in masks?"
"Where are we gonna find scary guys in masks?" Clubber asked with his low I.Q. as Uriah had a seemingly dangerous glint in his eye.
"Who were those guys? The Heatherfield's resident three stooges?" Jade joked; resulting in the four other girls laughing.
"Good one." Alchemy laughed.
"That's just Uriah and his gang." Elyon explained. "They think they're tough, but they're just a bunch of jerks. Just ignore them."
Jade scoffed. "Yeah, whatever they got; I think I can handle."
"Those are your tough guys?" Caleb asked Cornelia, fortunately outside the hearing range of Elyon and Alchemy. "Please, those Dark Hand people we fought were way tougher than that; and I'd like to see them last five seconds in a Skulldorian scream-cage."
"Caleb, you're a guest in this dimension, remember?" Cornelia reminded. "Not everyone here's a soldier, so you can't go all rebel leader and beat the crap out of people out nowhere. Even if they are jerks. Promise me."
Caleb didn't respond but gave something of a nod with a pouting face, causing Hay Lin to snicker.
"Aw, he's so cute when he sulks." Hay Lin teased.
Later that night
All seemed quiet in the park as there wasn't a single pedestrian, or even animal, in sight. However, this peaceful silence was interrupted by small surges of energy coming from behind a vacant shed. A blue light shinned as a portal suddenly appeared.
Cornelia's Residence
"Guess what the theme is!" Cornelia excitedly exclaimed to Taranee as she showed off the green decorations all over her room.
"Uh… the color you turn when you're gonna throw up?" The bespectacled girl guessed.
"Hello? Haven't you ever looked at Will's backpack? Her pencil case? And that dangly thing on her hat?" Cornelia reminded.
"I guess not attentively enough."
"She's got frogs on them!" Cornelia exclaimed. "She likes frogs, so Frog-Party! Are you loving it?!"
"It looks like someone barfed on the walls." Lilian, Cornelia's younger sister, commented, much to the blonde's irritation, but she choose to ignore that statement.
"And, vwalla! The snack-pond!" Cornelia showed Taranee a little kiddy pool.
"That's my waiting pool!" Lillian stated. "You can't have that!"
"Quiet, or I'll shave your bear." Cornelia threatened her sister, causing the younger girl to gasp as she protectively held her teddy bear. She turned her attention back to Taranee. "Okay, you're making floating lily-pad cupcakes with flies made out of raisins. And you gotta meet both Will and Irma after school, and make sure they're not dressed like total pigs, but without them figuring out why."
"Uh… how do I do that?" Taranee asked.
Cornelia then began to rethink her strategy. "Yeah, on second thought, better let Jade do that. She's way better at that sort of thing."
Uncle's Shop
"Hay Lin, Miss Lin, a pleasure to see you." Tohru greeted Hay Lin and her grandmother as they walked into the shop; with Jackie and Uncle walking out of the back room to greet them as well.
"May I ask for the reason of this visit?" Jackie asked.
"Grandma said she wanted to show you all something." Hay Lin answered as the elderly woman presented a rolled-up sheet of old paper.
"What is this?" Uncle asked.
"This was once part of a great map, hanging on Prince Phobos' wall." Yan Lin answered, drawing the attention of the group. "Years ago, a soldier, tired of serving the evil prince, tore off a crucial piece of Phobos' map, the part showing our world, and escaped. He gave the map to a passling, one who moved between worlds, and thus it came to me."
Jackie looked at the map and saw that it was blank. "I do not see anything written on this map. It appears to be blank… OW!"
"Of course, it is blank!" Uncle stated after just delivering a dope-slap to his nephew. "There is no magic to activate it yet!"
"In our world, the map is blank." Yan Lin explained. "Unless, activated by the Heart of Kandrakar, currently being held by our friend Will."
"But for what purpose is this map for?" Tohru asked. "Will this help us to locate the missing heir?"
"Unfortunately, no." Yan Lin continued. "As the Heart of Kandrakar is capable of locating and closing portals, the map will be able to locate any open portals, including locations where portals have appeared before, despite being closed."
"Which means we should be able to locate any enemies that Phobos may send to our world." Jackie realized.
"Why wait till now to give us this, Grandma?" Hay Lin asked. "Is it because my powers are finally mature enough, that I'm worthy?"
Yan Lin laughed slightly. "Nah, it was in the attic. I couldn't find it. But I found my old tennis racket though."
Before anyone else could respond, Jade suddenly appeared in front of them with a camera in her hands. "Hey guys! Smile!" She took a picture of the group, surprising them. "Thanks, gotta go!"
"Wha… Jade!" Jackie tried to call her, but she already ran upstairs. "What was that all about?"
"Oh, that reminds me!" Hay Lin voiced in realization. "Will's birthday is this Friday! We're hosting her party at Irma's house, you guys wanna come?"
"Uncle too old for parties!" Uncle said immediately.
Jackie smiled at Hay Lin. "I appreciate the invitation, but I feel a party of friends her age will be better."
"Okay, but I'll definitely bring you guys some leftover cake." Hay Lin smiled.
Jade's Room
Jade ran into her room and locked the door. Not that she was against people coming in, but she was making her birthday present for Will and didn't want anyone coming in to spoil it. This wasn't an ordinary birthday present however as Jade had already printed the surprise picture of Jackie, Hay Lin, Uncle, Tohru, and Yan Lin; she also had photos of Irma, Cornelia, Taranee, Will herself, even Caleb, and even a selfie of herself as well. Most of them, save for her own selfie, had images of the people looking in surprise, but that was alright. Jade also had a spell book she was 'borrowing' from Uncle's library downstairs and an empty picture frame.
"Sorry Uncle." Jade spoke to herself. "I know the whole 'magic must defeat magic' rule, but I just wanna do something special here." She really did want to do something special for Will; she was the first real friend she ever had, aside from Jackie, Tohru, Uncle, and even the J-Team. "Let's get to work." Jade flexed her hands with a smirk.
Silver Dragon basement
Jade wasn't the only one working on making a gift for Will; Caleb himself was contemplating what to give her. True he only just met her, but it was the least he could do for her as she not only saved him from Phobos' dungeon, but even Vathek's life during that whole missing-key-fiasco. But unlike Jade who was already making something, Caleb was at a lost as to what to give her.
"We've got to get Will something for her birthday." Caleb said to Blunk. "In Meridian, I'd give her the customary chicken-skin hat, but since things are different on Earth, that might not be a good idea." He tried to think. "Well, I do remember Cornelia buying this stuff that smells in tiny bottles."
"Blunk have smelly in bottle; gargoyle sweat!" Blunk pulled out a black vile of the green substance.
Caleb shook his head, doubting Will would like something like that. He turned around and happened to spot some spare wood lying in the corner, this gave him an idea of what to make her.
Friday
Classes ended and just as Will and Irma walked outside, they were greeted by Jade. "Hey guys. Guess what, that Boyzilla band is playing at the mall in a few hours!"
That got both girls excited. "You're kidding?! Let's go!"
"Yeah, but first…" Jade brought out some bags. "You should dress up? You know, look nice for the guys?"
"You don't seem like the girl who'd be into that, Jade." Irma pointed out.
"Oh, I couldn't care less about boybands; but you guys do, right?" Jade smirked; causing Will and Irma to look at each other suspiciously.
Irma's House
Hay Lin knocked on the front door, which Irma's father answered a few seconds later. "Hi Mr. Lair!" Hay Lin greeted. "Irma's not home, right? Great! Come on in guys!"
Mr. Lair looked in confusion as Hay Lin, Cornelia, Taranee, and several other kids brought in some party supplies.
An Hour Later
The sun went down as Jade led both the well-dressed Will and Irma to the house, much to Irma's confusion. "Uh, why are we stopping at my house again?"
"Because…" Jade opened the door dramatically to reveal the party inside.
"SURPRISE!"
Will couldn't believe it. "You guys promised!"
Cornelia threw her arms around both girls. "Can you believe Irma didn't wanna throw you a party just because you told her not to? Give me thirteen hugs birthday girl!"
Meanwhile; back at the park where the portal recently opened, nothing had passed through it since it's appearance. That is, until now. Electricity surged through it as Daolon Wong, Cedric, and the Enforcers all stepped out from Meridian and into Earth.
Wong smiled evilly. "Darkness shall soon begin its reign."
"So, uh… welcome to Earth." Ratso said to the shapeshifter, in his human form, and the Dark Chi Wizard.
"Well technically it be welcome back to Earth, since you guys had already been here, right?" Chow laughed nervously.
"Enough." Cedric told the Enforcers. "Take us to this 'City Hall', now."
"Okay, okay, don't get your tail in a bunch." Finn said as he and his friends led their dark escorts through the park.
Uncle's Shop
Tohru had finished sweeping the shop when he suddenly heard a crash coming from the kitchen.
"AIYA!"
The large man quickly ran into the kitchen to find Uncle standing in shock, having just dropped his teacup. "Sensei! What is it?!" Tohru asked urgently.
"Uncle has… the willies!" The elderly Chi Wizard voiced in dread.
Irma's House
Kids danced, music played, food was eaten, it appeared that this party was a grand time had by all. All except for the girl whom this party was made for.
"I can't believe you guys did this." Will grumbled to Irma and Jade with crossed arms.
"I had nothing to do with it!" Irma immediately said.
"It's true, she was totally clueless." Jade pointed out.
"But you also promised, Jade." Will glared at her.
"Yeah, I promised; but Cornelia didn't." Jade told her. "She planned this whole thing; I was kinda thinking though it be just the six of us with pizza or something."
"You clearly don't know Cornelia very well." Irma said to Jade.
Will sighed. "I'm gonna get something to drink." She walked away from the pair just as a boy with glasses and brownish-blonde lair walked up.
"Hey, thanks for inviting me Sweetie-Lips." He said to Irma, causing Jade to laugh.
"Sweetie-Lips?!" Jade laughed, resulting in Irma angrily gasping and glaring at the boy.
"I didn't invite you Martin! I didn't invite anyone!" She looked him right in the eye. "And don't you ever all me Sweetie-Lips!"
"I uh… didn't wanna say anything in front of the other guests…" The boy named Martin began. "But uh… there were flies on your cupcakes." He showed one 'fly' on his finger. "Don't worry though, I pulled them off." He stuck one in his mouth and realized it wasn't a fly at all. "Never mind, they're just raisins. I'll put em back, they're in my pocket."
Martin left as Irma sighed while pulling her hand down her face. Jade smirked in Irma's direction. "So, who's the boyfriend?"
"He's not my boyfriend!" Irma said immediately. "He's a total geek and stalker who's been on my feet ever since we meet!"
"Whatever you say." Jade shrugged teasingly, much to Irma's irritation.
Meanwhile; the Enforcers had led Wong and Cedric towards a large building in the middle of the park, which appeared to be closed for the night due to the lack of lights.
"Well this is it, City Hall." Finn presented.
"So, any you guys got a magic key or what?" Chow asked. Cedric said nothing as he simply transformed into his large serpent form and easily broke the door down with his strength before entering.
"Okay, that works to." Finn pointed out.
"That guy's really scary." Ratso said bluntly as they and Wong entered the building behind him.
However, as they walked inside, a boy was walking his dog pass the building when the dog caught an odd whiff and barked at the building. The boy looked up towards a window to see the silhouette of Cedric in the window, along with four other people, causing the boy to look in fright.
Irma's House
Caleb was about to walk inside and join the party but was stopped when a certain Passling grabbed onto his leg.
"Blunk help with gift. Blunk go inside!"
"No can't. They got enough frogs in there as it is." Caleb responded, having seen a few frog-decorations from the window before shaking Blunk off his leg and walking inside and closing the door behind him. However, as he did, two familiar girls approached him.
"Hi, remember me from the mall? Alchemy?"
"Remember me to? I'm Elyon."
"Yeah, I remember." Caleb turned around to give a friendly smile. "Caleb, nice to meet you again."
"Back off girls." Cornelia approached Caleb as she gave them a small stink-eye before turning to him. "Stick with me, or they'll tear you to pieces."
Irma washed some of the dishes in the kitchen as she saw her father walk down the stairs, much to her alarm. "Dad, no!" She began to push her dad back up the stairs.
"I just want to get the remote."
"I don't throw parties while you and mom are out of town, and you do not embarrass me when you are in town." Irma told him.
Back in the party, while everyone else appeared to be dancing, Caleb spotted Will alone on the coach with a drink and decided it was the best time to give her the gift he made for her.
"Hey." Caleb gave a friendly wave.
"Hey." Will grumbled.
"Not into parties, huh?" Caleb guessed.
"Nope."
"Well… you still get birthday gifts on Earth right?" Caleb handed his gift to Will, which she looked at in surprise. It was a piece of wood that had an image of Will, in her Guardian form, sitting on a cloud with stars around her, carved into it. There was even some coloring on her wings, it looked almost like stained glass.
"Wait… did… did you make this?" Will asked in surprise.
"Yep." Caleb confirmed. "I carved it out of some wood I found in Miss Lin's basement, and the wings are even dragon scales."
Will had to admit that she was impressed; not just with the gift but the effort Caleb put into it. "Thanks, you're really talented."
"Sure, no problem." Caleb smiled; glad Will liked his gift as he went back into the party.
As everyone continued to dance throughout the living room, Hay Lin and Jade both sat on a couch, eating some cake when they both saw Blunk outside the window, hopping up and down to be let in.
"Aw poor Blunk." Hay Lin looked in sympathy.
"Eh, wouldn't hurt to give him a little cake." Jade said as she opened the window as she and Hay Lin handed the Passling their cakes before closing the window so that nobody saw.
Meanwhile; on the other side of the fence of another house outside; Uriah kept watch as his gang sat behind the fence with some cheap horror-movie masks.
"When do we do it?" Clubber asked.
"We do it, when I say we do it." Uriah grumbled as he sat back down.
"Sure thing, Uriah." Clubber said. "Uh… when are you gonna say we do it?" He asked, resulting in Uriah scowling.
Back inside; Will looked around at the party and couldn't help but sigh. Not out of anger, but rather sadness. So, she simply walked out the door, with only Jade noticing that she left. Will sat down on the porch and looked at the gift Caleb gave her, though she was grateful for it, she wasn't too happy about the party and simply sat with a somber look on her face.
Jade came outside and sat down next to her. "Heh, nice picture." She saw Caleb's carving.
"Caleb made it." Will said. "Apparently the wings are dragon scales."
"Okay, you gotta admit that's pretty cool." Jade said with a small smile. "Guess rebel boy's good for something after all." She joked. Though Will did smile a bit, it was quick to fade. "Okay, what's going on? I get some people don't exactly like parties, but it's your birthday for crying out loud! Who doesn't love a birthday party!?"
Will sighed. "Look, I get what you and the others are trying to do, but it's not that I hate parties, I used to love them."
"Used to?" Jade asked.
"Before I moved to Heatherfield, I used to have a group of friends back at my old school." Will began. "At least I thought they were my friends. We even shared secrets together, I even told them about this boy I had a crush on. You know what they did? They hosted a little 'surprise party' for me, where they told pretty much everyone from school about my crush! I trusted them, and they stabbed me in the back and humiliated me in front of everyone! I thought they were my friends, yet they made me a laughing stalk in front of everyone! Even that boy I liked laughed at me!" Will placed her hands on her face as Jade couldn't help but look in sympathy.
"I… Will... I'm… I'm so sorry." Jade said sincerely. "But I would never do anything like that! Nor would Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, not even Cornelia would be that shallow."
"I know you wouldn't." Will said honestly. "But… I just can't forget all that. As much as I want to. I'm not sure you'd understand."
"Actually, I do." Jade began as Will looked at her in surprise. "I didn't have any friends at all at my old school. I always talked about Uncle Jackie and our adventures, but no one believed me."
"Well, you kinda have to admit that all that magic stuff you talk about is pretty far-fetched." Will told her.
"Yeah, now that you mention it, you're right." Jade continued. "But they still all made fun of me for it and laughed at me. I was pretty much the freak of the school. That is until I met this boy named Seymour, he was nice. I thought he was my friend to, until I found out he was really a demon."
"Uh… a demon as in he was just a jerk?" Will asked.
"No, I mean a literal demon with wings, claws, and red eyes." Jade explained. "Shendu's brother, Hsi Wu the Sky Demon. We had his tail in Uncle's shop, so he used me to try and get it back. I know it's not the same but, I know how it feels to have a 'friend' stab you in the back. And it hurts."
This time, it was Will's turn to look in sympathy towards Jade; though their situations were quite different, they were still very much alike in the 'betrayal of one's trust area', as well as having no friends. "I'm really sorry Jade."
"Thanks." Jade said. "But I'm so over Wing-Boy. Because I got real friends; I got Jackie, Tohru, even Uncle and his garlic breath." She joked as Will laughed slightly. "Plus, now I got the rest of WITCH, and that includes you to. And I know you got all of us to, and unlike those other jerks who weren't really your friends, we got your back for real." Jade stood up as she offered Will a hand. "Come on, the party's still young, and we got plenty of cake."
Will smiled as she accepted Jade's hand. "Chocolate cake, right?"
"Yep." Jade led her friend back into the house.
Meanwhile; back inside the house, as Irma and Hay Lin cleaned off some plates, they overheard a radio message on Irma's dad's police radio.
"Hey Tom, it's probably just a prank, but we got a call about some kinda lizard monster at city hall. Can you pop over and check it out?"
"Lizard?" Irma gasped in realization. "If it's that Cedric-guy, my dad could get hurt! Get the girls!" She told Hay Lin as they both ran out of the kitchen.
As the party continued; both Irma's parents sat in their bedroom as Mrs. Lair sighed. "I remember when we got to go to all of her little parties."
Irma suddenly opened the door. "Mom, Dad, some of us are going for pizza. Could you keep the party going till we get back?"
This caused both parents to look excited. "Are you kidding?! I'm a par-tah animal! Hey, remember when gave donkey-rides for your fourth birthday." He gave playful donkey-noises which only embarrassed Irma.
"Dad, please don't talk me out of this." Irma said before leaving.
"Come on honey." Mr. Lair said to his wife. "Let's show these kids how it's done!" He kissed her on the cheek before they got up.
By the time Irma got back downstairs; Will, Jade, Hay Lin, Taranee, and Cornelia had all gathered and were about to head out the door when Cornelia spotted Caleb talking with some girls, particularly Elyon and Alchemy, and they all had dreamy looks in their eyes.
"The world had better be in serious danger for me to leave Caleb alone with those girls." Cornelia grumbled before joining her teammates just as Mr. and Mrs. Lair came down.
Caleb spotted the six girls leaving the house. "Where are they going?"
"Pizza." Elyon answered.
"Where's that?" Caleb asked, resulting in the girls laughing thinking it was just a joke. Something told him it was a Guardian-emergency, however. "Um, you ladies will have to excuse me." He opened the window and jumped right out of it before running after the girls.
Elyon gave a dreamy sigh as she saw this. "Wrap him up, I'll take him."
However; Caleb wasn't the only one who noticed the girls leaving. Uriah and his gang also saw them. "Ah man, six of them together, even that new girl, too perfect. Let's go." He and his gang began to follow them.
As Caleb walked around the house, he spotted Blunk who just finished his cake that Jade and Hay Lin gave him. "Blunk!" He got the Passling's attention just as he noticed Uriah's gang following the girls. "What's the Creep family up to? Come on. You can make yourself useful." He told Blunk as they followed the group of bullies.
The Silver Dragon
"Thank you for the tea, Miss Lin." Jackie thanked as Yan Lin sat down with her own cup of tea, having just finished pouring one for Jackie.
"No problem. Anything for Hay Lin's 'Uncle Jackie'." Yan Lin joked. "But in all seriousness, it's the least I can do for you helping not only my granddaughter, but this new generation of Guardians. With someone like you as their teacher, I see a bright future ahead of them."
"I'll help however I can." Jackie said as he drank his tea. "But I should be grateful as well. Before we moved here, Jade didn't have many friends at school, so I'm glad she is starting to find some in Hay Lin and the others. Though her habit constantly getting into trouble doesn't appear to have changed."
Yan Lin chuckled slightly. "You know, that's actually a lot like what your Uncle Jin used to do with the girls and I back in the day. He was about as cocky as they came, much like Jade, but of course he was plenty good at kicking butt to, so he had no problem getting out of trouble."
Jackie smiled before it faded slightly. "While I am happy to know Uncle had such a fun time in his youth, I'm surprised that he never told me about this before, even during our battles against the Dark Hand and Shendu when magic came into play."
"I can't really say I'm surprised." Yan Lin said as she took out a photograph and showed it to Jackie. "This right here is a picture of the previous Guardians." Jackie looked at the photo as it depicted five young women and a young Chinese man with brown hair, baring a strong resemblance to Jackie himself, he could only assume it was his Uncle. There was also a Chinese woman in his arms, kissing him on the cheek, which was undoubtedly Yan Lin in her youth; but there were four other women he didn't recognize. There was a Caucasian with red-hair and blue eyes, a blonde with blue eyes, an African American woman with black hair and eyes, and finally a woman with long black hair and green eyes.
"As you can see, that is Jin when he was young and smokin; that little hottie in his arms is me." Yan Lin began to list the people in the picture. "The others are Cassidy, Halinor, Kadma, and… Nerissa." Though Jackie noticed some hesitance in speaking that last name, he choose to ignore it as Yan Lin continued. "We were all very good friends, even Jin got along well with the other girls, though he and Kadma butted heads quite frequently; they were like oil and vinegar those two." She laughed slightly.
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to the other former Guardians?" Jackie asked.
"Halinor joined the Council of Kandrakar." Yan Lin began.
"Kandrakar? As in the Heart of Kandrakar?" Jackie voiced in surprise.
"Yes; Kandrakar is also the name of the realm that resides at the center of the universe." Yan Lin explained. "The Council oversees the veil and the balance that is to be maintained between all these worlds, while the Guardians are their 'police-force' in a sense. Halinor is among the Council now."
"Are the others in the Council as well?" Jackie asked.
"No." Yan Lin continued. "Kadma went to live in the realm of Zambala, even becoming its Queen to watch over the realm. We hadn't spoken since."
"What of Cassidy or Nerissa?"
This caused the former Air Guardian to look down. "They are… no longer with us."
Jackie's look became quite sympathetic once he heard that. "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Truly, I am."
Yan Lin smiled as she placed a hand on Jackie's, showing she was grateful for that. "After what happened then, no one was ever the same; even Jin changed. Before he was confident and cocky, feeling he can take on the whole world; but after that he became much more serious. The rest of us tried to stay together, but we eventually broke apart. I retired, Halinor and Kadma went off in their own directions that I told you about, and Jin went to train under the Chi Wizard, Fong. We kept in touch but didn't speak much after. I guess we each had our own ways of dealing with our loss."
Jackie was once more about to express his sympathy, but Yan Lin continued to speak.
"And that is another reason why I asked for you to help train this new generation of Guardians." Yan Lin explained. "They will face many powerful foes, not just Phobos, and you have much experience battling such adversaries. But more importantly, I am hoping that you will help in providing emotional support as well. This will be very stressful for them, and I feel that there is a possibility they may lose themselves to their magic if it overwhelms them; power is nothing if not intoxicating, I've seen myself what that can do to people. They will need help of someone who is humble and well-grounded, to keep them not only close to each other, but with their roots, so they don't forget who they are."
It was in that moment that Jackie understood why he was here with this new generation of Guardians. He wasn't just their teacher; he was their friend and protector. No doubt they will be facing dangerous adversaries, and there will likely be moments that will weigh heavy on them; but he will be there to share the load and make sure they don't lose themselves, whether to the call of power or in their stress and grief.
"Miss Lin, I swear I will do everything I can to help protect these girls." Jackie assured. "I will make sure they are not only strong, but safe. I will watch over them with all that I am."
Yan Lin smiled sincerely. "I know you will. You are a good and noble man, Jackie Chan."
Jackie smiled back, but his smile vanished as he heard his cell phone ring. He was quick to answer it. "Hello? Jade? What's going… Oh… what?! Alright, I'm on my way." He hung up and turned back to Yan Lin. "Cedric is here in Heatherfield; Jade, Will, and the others are going to face them."
"Go, help them however you can." Yan Lin told him.
"I will." Jackie nodded with a determined look on his face before running out the door. As Yan Lin was left alone, she glanced one more at the picture of herself and her former team as a stray tear fell down her face.
Jackie had met up with Will, Jade, Irma, Cornelia, Taranee, and Hay Lin at the park as they all sat down on a bench while Hay Lin showed them the map that her grandmother had provided earlier.
"What good is a map if it doesn't show anything?" Will asked.
"Grandma said it was activated by the crystal." Hay Lin replied.
Will took out the Heart of Kandrakar and shined it over the paper. Once she did, a perfect map of the city magically appeared on the paper with four X's glowing at four different areas; three were red and one was blue.
"Hey that's the alleyway behind the mall!" Irma pointed to one X.
"And that gross sewer one." Cornelia pointed to the second X
"And that's near the docks where we and the J-Team fought the Dark Hand!" Jade pointed to the last red X.
"The first three portals." Taranee voiced in realization.
"Uh oh, there's a fourth one." Will looked at the blue X on the map.
"Likely the one that Cedric used to cross over into our world." Jackie assumed. "And it appears to be very close."
The group turned around to see the building that was City Hall. With nothing needing to be said, Jackie led the six girls towards the building. They came towards the doors that were broken down, which made Taranee more than a bit nervous.
"Um, maybe we should call the police? Or better yet, Section 13?" The bespectacled girl suggested.
"For this kind of problem, we are the police." Will stated.
"As Uncle always says, 'magic must defeat magic.'" Jade said as well.
"I was afraid you'd say that." Taranee gulped, but Jackie put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Do not worry, if you're nervous, just stay close to me." Jackie assured.
"Thanks Jackie." Taranee said with a small smile, feeling somewhat better as the group walked into the building.
Meanwhile, Uriah and his gang snuck in through the building's backdoor, but Caleb and Blunk spotted them.
"Come on." Caleb told to Blunk. "I promised Cornelia that I wouldn't do anything to the Creep-brothers. But you didn't."
Blunk hung his head down, not liking where Caleb was going with this.
"Guardians Unite!" Will said the magic words into the Heart of Kandrakar as she, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin underwent a dramatic and flashy transformation, assuming their persona as WITCH.
"Never gets old." Jade said with an excited smile as even Jackie had a proud smile on his face.
"Alright, who wants lizard on their pizza?" Irma challenged.
Meanwhile; on the second floor; Cedric and Wong both continued to search through the room that contained the birth records of all the people in Heatherfield. Finn, Ratso, and Chow were also there, but without knowing who exactly they were looking for, the Enforcers really couldn't provide any help, so they just hung back.
"So, uh… any luck?" Ratso asked, only for him and his friend to duck as Cedric threw a box of papers at them.
"A simple 'no' would have sufficed!" Chow scowled.
"These records are ancient! Hundreds of years old!" Wong grunted in frustration as he used his scepter to blast a stack of papers to vent. "We need more recent records."
Finn spotted some boxes behind the opened door. "Hey uh… maybe this is it?" He wondered as he took out some papers, only to be shoved aside by Cedric as the humanoid-shapeshifter glanced over them himself.
Back in the lobby; Cornelia used her Earth-powers on a potted plant to extend its roots towards a nearby elevator and pry open the door while Will used her super-strength to kick a stone-bench in-between the doors to keep it open as the Guardians flew in with Jackie and Jade following.
"Why don't we just take the elevator?" Taranee asked.
Jade gave her titular scoff. "And let Lord Snake-boy know were here? This thing's about as loud as an alarm clock."
"Jade is right." Jackie agreed. "We know Cedric is here, but we don't know if he's here alone. We need to be careful." He jumped to grab onto the handles of the emergency hatch on the elevator's ceiling to open it. The five Guardians all flew up as Will carried Jackie and Irma carried Jade.
Once they made it to the second floor, Jackie took the lead as he spotted an open door. He hung back towards the wall and motioned his hand behind him, quietly telling the girls to stay back and keep quiet as he scouted the room. He peeked out the door to find there was no one inside.
"He's not here." He said to the girls, confident the enemy couldn't hear him as they all joined him inside.
"Geeze, looks worse than my room." Jade looked at the mess the enemy left behind. "What was he doing here anyway?"
Taranee looked down at a sheet of paper. "These are birth records."
Back in the lobby, Caleb and Blunk hid behind a pillar as they saw the trio of bullies, each of them wearing Scream masks, looking around for the girls to scare.
"Uh… maybe Blunk to pretty to scare boys."
"I'll risk it." Caleb brushed off before pushing Blunk out into the open.
The masked bullies turned around to see Blunk who tried to act terrifying as he burped and tried to roar, only to cough. Needless to say, Uriah and his gang were far from intimidated.
"Dude, is that like a big green monkey?" Clubber wondered aloud; but the three saw something behind Blunk that caused them to run away screaming in absolute terror.
"And don't come back!" Blunk told the bullies, only to look behind him to see the towering form of Cedric, causing Blunk to scream in terror as well.
"Why would a slimly lizard be looking through a bunch of old birth records?" Cornelia asked as the group skinned through the records that were tossed everywhere.
"The only thing missing is female birth records from about thirteen years ago." Taranee said; but the group was suddenly startled by an inhuman roar that echoed throughout the whole building.
"Looks like our guest is still in the building." Jade said as they all ran out.
Blunk backed away from Cedric only to back right into the feet of Daolon Wong, along with the three Enforcers.
"A Passling?! Here?!" Wong questioned.
"The hell is that supposed to be?" Finn asked. "Some kind of magic toad?"
"What are you doing on this side of the Veil, smuggler?" Cedric demanded the smaller creature.
"Retailer!" Blunk exclaimed.
They all heard a yell as Caleb tried to jump and attack them, but Wong used his scepter to ensnare Caleb with his dark magic and immobilize him, as well as Blunk.
"Who's the kid?" Chow asked.
Caleb's eyes widened at the sight of the Enforcers. "I remember you! You're those Dark Hand people!"
"Wait, wasn't this kid at the docs?" Ratso asked.
"This boy is the leader of the Rebellion in Meridian!" Wong stated.
"Caleb!"
Everyone turned back towards the open elevator to see the Guardians, Jackie, and Jade enter the lobby; but the heroes looked in surprise to see Finn, Ratso, and Chow with Wong and Cedric as well.
"The Dark Hand?!" Jackie, Will, Taranee, and Hay Lin, exclaimed in surprise.
"Chan!" The Enforcers all shouted in an equal amount of surprise.
"Guardians." Wong and Cedric both snarled at the girls.
"The three stooges are working for Phobos now?" Jade asked in confusion.
"Valmont must be on spring break or something." Irma assumed with a shrug.
"Gan! Ren! Chui!" Daolon Wong had summoned his trio of Dark Chi warriors by his side just as Jackie, Jade, and Will took combative stances while the other Guardians summoned their respective elemental powers.
"Time the Guardians and that meddlesome Jackie Chan, learn a lesson in humility!" Cedric exclaimed. "Attack!"
"What he said!" Finn stated as the battle begun.
Jackie immediately leapt at Cedric while Will and Jade found themselves surrounded by Finn, Ratso, and Chow. Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin flew at the Dark Chi warriors; shooting blasts of water, fire, rock, and air respectively at them; forcing them to scatter, and Wong to throw up a dark magic shield to protect himself, consequently losing his magical grip on Caleb and Blunk.
The Passling hid behind a curtain as he watched Caleb running to jump behind Cedric and wrap his arms around the snake-man's neck while Jackie leapt to deliver a kick to Cedric's face and knock him back. Cedric got back up and glared at Jackie and Caleb as they stood together before the snake-man roared and lunged at them.
Finn ran and threw a punch at Will, but she parried the punch, using Finn's own weight against him, and tripping him up on his feet to knock him onto the ground. Chow tried to come in with some punches and kicks himself, but Will blocked all of them before flying and flipping over Chow to grab him from behind by his shirt and throw him to the wall. Ratso ran towards her, but Jade had already swept her feet to trip Ratso, causing him to fall flat on his face.
"Wow, these guys aren't as tough as I'd thought they be." Will pointed out, given how easy it was to bring them down.
"Well duh, without the Talismans, these guys are a total cakewalk." Jade remarked.
However; the other Guardians didn't seem to be having such an easy time against Daolon Wong and his Dark Chi Warriors. Hay Lin used her airpower to blow a large rug towards them. Though Wong was able to escape in a puff of smoke, all three warriors were trapped and ensnared in the rug.
Before Hay Lin could even celebrate however, Wong appeared behind her and shot her with a blast of Dark Chi Magic. In direct response Hay Lin threw her hands out to blast a hail of water at Wong while Cornelia used her powers to crack the ground and send a hail of debris at Wong as well; but he used his own magic to create a large shield in front of him to block the attacks.
Taranee was about to come in with a fire-ball, but she had to duck at the last minute to avoid a large hammer thrown her way, which smashed into the wall. She looked in surprise to see the Dark Chi Warriors free of their predicament as Ren used his large shuriken to cut his way out of the rug while Chui's hammer returned to him. Gan leapt towards Taranee and lashed his staff at her, but Taranee fell back down to the ground to avoid it. Hay Lin however was quick to come to Taranee's aid as she blew a powerful gust of wind from her mouth to knock back all three warriors.
Cedric roared as he sent a punch towards Jackie, but he rolled out of the way to avoid it as the fist slammed onto the ground. Caleb came in with a kick as he swung on a drape, which only stunned Cedric, but left him open for Jackie to leap and jump off Cedric before delivering an airborne punch to his face and knock him onto the ground. The second Jackie landed however; he waved his hand as it stun quite a bit from that punch. However, Cedric was quick to get back up and was ready to attack both Jackie and Caleb again when he heard a whistle.
"Hey snake-boy!" Jade called to Cedric from the middle of the room. "Yo momma was so ugly she couldn't get a date with an anaconda!" The shapeshifter roared as he slithered his way towards the girl.
"Jade! What are you doing?!" Jackie shouted.
"About to make a snake-pancake!" Jade stated as Cedric was right over her. "Now!"
Will was already hovering at the chandelier that Jade had lured Cedric right under as she gave a horizontal karate chop, which was strong enough to cut through the chain and send the chandelier falling on top of Cedric just as Jade ran out of the way.
"Nice!" Will exclaimed as she flew back down to Jade and they shared a high-five.
"Wow, those two make a pretty good team." Caleb commented as Jackie went from being surprised to proud as he gave a nod, but the celebration came to an end as Cedric recovered quickly and knocked the fallen chandelier off him. He grabbed the surprised Will by her leg and smacked her into Jade before throwing her at Jackie and Caleb to knock them back.
Irma used her powers on a pipe that was exposed from the ground from Cornelia's previous attack to shoot a water-blast at Gan, but he leapt over the attack slammed his staff into Irma to knock her back just as Cornelia herself was blasted back by a shockwave of Chui's hammer that slammed onto the ground by her feet. Hay Lin tried to send a wind-disk attack at Ren, but his shuriken blocked and intercepted the attack, before it returned to him; however this seemed to be a distraction as Taranee tried to shoot at him from behind, only for her to be ensnared by a dark magic energy grip from Wong and his scepter who sent her flying into Hay Lin where they skidded across the floor near a downed Irma and Cornelia just as Jackie, Will, Jade, and Caleb, landed in the same area from Cedric's attack.
Blunk gave a scream as he hid behind the drapes while the villains loomed over the heroes.
"Novice Guardians." Wong sneered evilly. "Your crude elemental powers cannot defeat me."
"Enough bluster, Wong! Finish them." Cedric ordered.
"You do not order me, shapeshifter!" Wong shot at him before commanding his Dark Chi Warriors once more. "Destroy them!"
All the heroes looked in shock as the three Dark Chi Warriors leapt into the air, ready to bring their weapons down on them, only for the warriors to be hit by a green magic blast seemingly out of nowhere, much to everyone's confusion.
"Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao. Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao." Uncle cited his titular chant as his good Chi Magic kept the Dark Chi Warriors suspended in mid-air while Tohru stood by his teacher's side. "Tohru, now!"
Tohru pressed a button on the top of a triangular-prism-shaped artifact, causing it to open at the top. It hovered in the air above Tohru's hands before the Dark Chi Warriors were transformed into streams of dark blue smoke and pulled into the artifact like a vacuum before it closed, trapping them inside forever.
Jackie and Hay Lin smiled, while Will, Caleb, Cornelia, Taranee, Irma, and even Blunk from his hiding spot, all looked with dropped-jaw surprise.
"Go Uncle!" Jade exclaimed with a wide grin.
"My warriors… imprisoned?!" Wong exclaimed while Cedric himself looked more than a little surprised. "How did you locate the lost Urn of Wei Cheing?!" He questioned towards Uncle.
"I know a thing or two about antiques." Uncle boasted with a proud grin.
"We also know a thing or two about back-up." Tohru added. Before anyone could question what, he meant; multiple Section 13 transports all came to a halt outside the building as several agents, all dressed SWAT uniforms, came pouring in through the open front door, and several more crashed down from the ceiling, sliding down on ropes. Before the Wong or Cedric could even react; they were completely surrounded by at least two dozen Section 13 agents, all of whom had their guns trained on them as the evil duo had laser-targets pointed all over their bodies.
"One wrong move, and you're both swiss cheese." Captain Black stated as he walked into the room, standing alongside Uncle and Tohru.
"Captain Black!" Jackie exclaimed in surprise.
"Man, talk about a cavalry." Irma said with a grin as she and the other Guardians, Jade, even Caleb, had relieved smiles on their faces.
Daolong Wong and Cedric glared and growled at how quickly the tide was turned against them; however, the humanoid-snake-monster still held some papers close to his person. "We have what we came for. We shall meet again, Guardians, forces of Earth." Cedric hissed as Wong threw out a large plum of dark smoke with his scepter.
"Hey! Wait for us!" Finn shouted as he, Ratso, and Chow all ran and jumped into the smoke as well. All the agents moved in to try and stop them, only to find all of their enemies had completely vanished once the smoke subsided.
The Guardians, Chan-Clan, and Section 13 managed to locate the portal that the enemy no doubt already escaped into.
"And take this slimy portal with you." Will stated as she used the Heart of Kandrakar to close the portal as well as transform herself and her friends back to normal.
Meridian – Phobos' Castle
Cedric, Wong, and the Enforcers walked onto the balcony as a hawk landed on Phobos' robbed arm. "Well?" The Dark Prince looked expectantly back at his subordinates.
"We have the Earth-papers that will help us to locate your sister." Cedric told his prince.
"However, locating her will be much more difficult." Daolon Wong informed. "The Guardians have received aid from the forces of Earth, who will no doubt try to use their own resources to locate the child before we do."
Phobos sighed slightly. "I should have suspected as much. Though it is fortunate we have our own Earth-forces as well." He glanced towards the Enforcers.
"I wouldn't be so confident, my prince." Cedric said. "These three were all but useless against Chan and the Guardians!"
Phobos' look turned into a glare, which startled the trio. "Give us a break Phobos!" Finn stated. "We don't even have any magic powers!"
"Yeah, we're just three normal guys!" Ratso added.
"How do you expect us to fight super-powered magic girls?!" Chow stated.
"They may have a point, my prince." Wong seemed to be in agreement. "As they are now, they cannot hold their own against the Guardians, novices or no."
"So… we're free to go?" Ratso hopped.
Daolon Wong however snickered evilly as his eyes began to glow a bright blue and he cited the incantation for a powerful dark magic spell. "Ganrenchui. Gan Ren Chui. GAN! REN! CHU!" He shot a trio of dark magic bolts from his scepters that hit the three Enforcers dead on. They all screamed as they were lifted into the air and underwent a dreaded transformation as they were completely enveloped in dark blue smoke.
Their skin had turned dark orange as the same symbol that was on Wong's forehead formed on each of their foreheads. Their hair turned dark red and became much longer, save for Ratso who became bald; their ears became pointy, almost elf-like, as their eyes became onyx-black. Their clothes were all torn off and burnt black before they completely enveloped and re-arranged themselves around the trio before bright blue tattoos formed all over their arms and were engulfed in a final flash.
The transformation was complete as the Enforcers of the Dark Hand had fallen onto the ground but landed rather gracefully as they each looked at their newfound appearances. Finn had taken an appearance that resembled Ren, Ratso looked like Chui, and Chow looked like Gan as he put his sunglasses back on.
"You're orange!" Ratso pointed to Chow.
"You're bald!" Chow pointed back to Ratso in shock.
"Freaky…" Finn looked at all his transformed state.
"You are no longer mortal men, but powerful Dark Chi Warriors under my command." Wong told them. "So, the next time you face the Guardians, you will be ready for them."
Though this did mean they were still going to be serving Phobos, the Enforcers could indeed feel much stronger as they each summoned their respective weapons wielded by the former Dark Chi Warriors. Finn had the large wind-mill shuriken, Chow had the three-section staff, and Ratso wielded the massive hammer.
"Huh, I guess we could get used to this." Chow shrugged.
"Better than getting our butts kicked all the time." Finn seemed to accept his newfound power, albeit a bit reluctantly.
"Maybe this time, we'll be kicking butt." Ratso voiced.
Phobos looked in amusement at this as he glanced back out onto his balcony. Though the hunt for his sister would be more difficult than he expected, he had no intention of giving up. "Time to start planning a family reunion." He told himself with a sinister chuckle.
Earth – City Hall
Though the Guardians and Chan Clan were sure that Cedric and Wong already left, Captain Black had his agents search through City Hall just to be certain. One agent heard a bang on a nearby storage closet. He pulled out his pistol and pulled open the door but was surprised to find Uriah and his gang terrified and crying like babies.
"AAAH!" Clubber screamed.
"Don't eat us!" Uriah also screamed.
"Is the giant snake gone!?" Kurt screamed as well.
Meanwhile; Jackie, Caleb, and Tohru all helped Will, Irma, Jade, Cornelia, Hay Lin, and Taranee carry some pizza back to Irma's house for the party. Uncle walked with them, but he didn't carry any pizza.
"Birth certificates of girls at the age of thirteen?" Tohru asked, after being told what Cedric and Wong were doing at City Hall.
"That's all that was missing, yes." Jackie confirmed.
"Is Phobos looking for us?" Will wondered.
"Unlikely." Uncle shook his head. "He is undoubtedly looking for the true heir to Meridian."
"Well I don't see what good birth records are gonna do since the heir wasn't born here." Cornelia said.
"Phobos could use the list to narrow down the search; identify those that were born in Heatherfield to those who were not." Jackie assumed.
"Which would mean that Phobos has already got a head-start on us." Taranee said.
"Big deal." Jade blew it off. "They also got that stuff online, right? Just have Captain Black search the web."
"But without knowing what the heir looks like, we'd have no idea who to look for." Tohru said.
"Caleb, you got any ideas?" Will asked.
"No clue." The rebel leader said honestly. "She wasn't even named when she was rescued from her brother."
"We'll worry about that later." Hay Lin said, trying to cheer everyone up. "We got a party to get back to!"
Irma however didn't seem as enthusiastic. "My parents have been ruining my party for an hour. I hope you guys like party, because there won't be anybody in my house left to eat it."
Hay Lin was the first to make it back as she saw something that made her look in elated surprise. "Well, you're right, they're not in your house."
A huge smile formed on Irma's face to see the party going on, maybe even better than before, as her mother led all the kids outside on a hacha-cha-cha dance. "cha-cha-cha-cha! Woo! Come on, limbo is next! Cha-cha-cha!"
Irma soon got an idea. "Hey, we brought pizza! And a real-life sumo wrestler!" She announced, gesturing to Tohru, who was quite surprised.
"Um… I really don't think." He was suddenly surrounded by many of the party guests.
"Whoa, he's a sumo?!"
"Look at this guy! He's huge!"
"Hey, who want's the arm-wrestle with the sumo!?"
Before Tohru could protest, he was dragged into the party. "Come on Uncle Jackie, it's time to party!" Hay Lin grabbed Jackie's hand excitedly, as well as Uncle's. "You to Uncle! The night is still young!"
"Okay… slow down…" Jackie laughed slightly as he was pulled into the party.
"Aiya! Uncle is too old to do the cha-cha!" Uncle comically exclaimed. Taranee, Cornelia, and even Caleb all joined in the party as well as Jade walked up to Will.
"Come on, you gotta admit Will, this looks really fun." Jade told her.
"Yeah, party wasn't so bad." The birthday girl admitted with a small smile.
"Oh, I meant to give you this earlier by the way." Jade pulled out a box wrapped in wrapping paper. "Happy Birthday! From me to you!"
"You got me a present?" Will asked in surprise as she took the box.
"No, I made you a present." Jade told her. "Well, open it up!"
Will raised an eyebrow as she tore off the wrapping paper and gave a surprised gasp at what she saw. It was a large framed picture of herself, Jade, Jackie, Cornelia, Hay Lin, Taranee, Irma, Uncle, Tohru, Uncle, Yan Lin, even Caleb. All of whom were together and smiling.
"I… how… how'd you even take this? I don't remember this picture." Will voiced, as she would have remembered a group-picture like that.
"No one took it, I made it." Jade explained. "I took several pictures of everyone and used some chi-magic from Uncle's books to mix it all together and get everyone to smile. And yes, Uncle does really smile, rarely, but he does."
"You used magic to make this?!" Will exclaimed. "Probably would have been easier with photoshop or something."
"Maybe, but I wanted it to be special." Jade said honestly. "Like I said before, I didn't really have any friends expect for Jackie, Tohru, and Uncle. But since I met you and the other girls, I couldn't help but be super excited about that. I finally got friends who live in the same world of magic and adventure as I do! You have no idea how happy that makes me, and I wanted to show you just how much I appreciate that, just for being my friend. So, what do you think?"
Will looked at the large photograph for a moment. Jade actually used magic to make this for her. It was true that she had a rough time before moving to Heatherfield and she honestly didn't expect to make any friends right away with what happened to her old friends. But, after meeting these people, and experiencing everything that's happened so far, both ordinary and extraordinary, she couldn't help feel about as happy as Jade right now, maybe even more so. These people were indeed her friends, real friends who would always be there for her, through good times and the bad. Before Will knew it, her eyes got all misty and tears actually formed in them.
"Whoa… are you… crying?" Jade voiced in surprise.
Will sniffed as she wiped the tears of joy off her face from her sleeve. "I'm okay. Jade… this is the best present anyone's ever given me." She suddenly wrapped her arms around Jade in the form of a hug. "Thank you so much!"
Jade was a bit surprised by this emotional gesture, but she smiled back and returned the hug to her friend. "No problem. Happy birthday Pink Perky Poopy Pumpkin!"
Will pulled out of the hug with a small laugh as she looked at Jade with a playful yet warning glare. "You know what would be another great gift? For you to never call me that again."
"No promises." Jade winked. "Come on, party time! I wanna see Tohru own these wimps at arm-wrestling!"
Will laughed and shook her head, she was about to walk forward, but accidentally ran into someone and fell to the ground. "Ow!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, you okay?"
She looked up to see a teenage boy with long black hair looking to her in concern and offering a hand up. Will stared at him for a second before accepting his hand.
"Uh yeah, don't worry about it…. " She said, trying to hide her blush as this boy was quite handsome. "Name's Will by the way."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Matt." The boy greeted as he shook her hand. "So, you wanna get into the party?"
"Eh… yeah. Let's go party!" Will stated as she and Matt joined everyone else. Will really couldn't help but smile at all of this, all things considered, this really was a great a birthday. Her best, ever.
Done.
So, what did you think? Phobos is getting closer to finding his sister, but Section 13 is also looking to so it's not going to be easy for either of them. Uncle has managed to defeat Daolon Wong's Dark Chi Warriors, but now Finn, Ratso, and Chow have been transformed into Dark Chi Warriors themselves so that they can better compete with the Guardians.
I also decided to expand upon the original episode. First was Jackie's conversation with Yan Lin and getting a brief glimpse at the Guardians before. We all know what happened in the WITCH cannon series, but I plan to expand more on that as I include JCA elements in the future; but don't expect a full story till Season 2, so we got a long way to go. However, what's really important to take away from that conversation, was the other reason why Yan Lin wants Jackie to train the girls; not just to better prepare them for future battles, but to help them maintain their selves and don't lose themselves in their power like a certain former Guardian we all know. And Jackie, being the good-natured soul that he is, is the perfect man for the job.
Also, I made up my own reason for Will originally not liking parties. It wasn't explained in the cannon series, so I made one up myself using elements from the comics; because it was stated that in the comics Will's previous friends before moving to Heatherfield stabbed her in the back and humiliated her (at least according to the wikia, but I didn't read the comics, so I don't know the specifics of what happened, so I just made up something). However, Jade was able to reach Will as the two have common ground of not having many friends in the past, as well as being betrayed by people the trusted (Will with her old friends; Jade with Seymour/Hsi Wu). Jade, while she can be a bit cocky and even disrespectful at times, is also a very good person and has already begun to form a close friendship with Will, having made her a present out of magic for her; so you can expect the two to become quite close as the story continues.
Anyway, thanks again for your patience. And if you don't see an update before Christmas time, Happy Holidays!