A/N: Wawsome, I'm loving this. More reviews and people actually reading my story. Well, I left you with the thought of Will being murdered. Read on and find out what happens…

Oh, Yea. I am now going to just put a standard Disclaimer on the profile instead of the stories. You know the drill...

W.I.T.C.H.: Dead Memories

"A Ruined Dinner"

"Will, were you going?" Mrs. Vandom asked of her red headed daughter who had grabbed her coat and was heading for the front door.

"Oh, Uh, I am heading over to Hay Lin's place. Were going to be doing our, uh, nails and stuff…" Will said finishing lamely. Mrs. Vandom looked suspiciously at her daughter. She was dressed in Brown Pants and a purple shirt. Her raven black hair fell down between her shoulders framing Brown eyes. Looking at her mom reminded Will of Elisa the detective from Gargoyles.

"Will… I know you. You don't paint your nails." Mrs. Vandom said drying her hands on the dish towel. She had been busy washing dishes and humming a long lost tune from her past.

"Well, Cornelia wanted to show me and I thought this would be a nice time to try it out. Plus I just wanted to Hang out with my friends." Will said, her mind racing to fill in the details of this quick lie. She had never been good at lying, her Mom somehow always knew what was going on. "Plus, I have all my homework done."

Frowning, she replied, "Okay, but be home by…" She could hear the door closing as Will left. "by nine." Heaving a sigh, she returned to her humming and the dishes she had yet to wash. Oh Will. What am I ever going to do with you? She thought while scrubbing off some grease from a pan.

Will let out a sigh as the front door closed behind her. She thought her mother was never going to say yes. Zipping her coat up to keep the cold bite of the fall night out, Will walked away from the apartment complex to the junkyard. On the way there she watched as her breath came out in a white cloud, the fall to the ground from the extreme cold. Shivering she finally saw the wooden fence meant to keep people out. There under a lamppost that shed little light was the rest of the Guardians huddled together.

"What took you Will? We're freezing, quick change us." Cornelia said shivering.

"Sorry guys. My mom wouldn't let me out of the house. She held me up 5 minutes." Will said closing her palm and summoning the Heart of Kandrakar. She could feel its warmth spread through her. Opening her palm up, she could see the pink glow as the Heart floated awaiting for her commands. It still never ceased to amaze her that the Heat resided within her, or had chosen her for being its keeper.

"Guardians Unite! Fire!" Will yelled and an orange colored drop sped from the heart to Taranee. It almost looked like a tear before it enveloped her in an orange cocoon. "Earth, Water, Air!" 3 more colored drops of magic sped off to the other waiting guardians. That was all Will could see before being enveloped in her own pink cocoon of energy and light.

She could feel the transformations taking place on her. Her height grew and wings sprouted from her back. Her clothes vanished to be replaced with a blue and green outfit with a purple shirt. Then it was all over. She could see again and standing before her was more mature versions of them selves. Will always loved transforming, but was disappointed when it stopped. It did leave a nice afterglow though and she could see her feelings reflected on the other guardians faces.

"Alright, Lets get going. My mom expects me to be home by nine." Irma said wrinkling her nose in disgust. Hay Lin launched herself into the air relishing the joys of flight and the feeling of the cool fall air on her face.

"Hay Lin, come down before someone sees you," Taranee said watching as Hay Lin spiraled and looped through the air. "You can do all the flying you want in Meridian."

"Yea Hay Lin, Lets go." Will said holding the Heart out to create a portal to Meridian.

"What are they going to say? I saw a magical fairy flying around my house? Who would believe them?" Hay Lin said shrugging landing just as the portal opened. They stepped through the swirling vortex into another world. Just how little Hay Lin knew that some one would believe them, and that they would be very interested in meeting these fairies…

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Mrs. Vandom let out a sigh as she sat down on the couch. Checking the clock, she saw that it was about a quarter to 7.

"Let's see what's on TV shall we?" She thought picking up the remote and turning the TV on. Scrolling through the channels she saw several soap operas on, a science thing on Mind control through hypnosis, and some cartoons. The rest of it was junk not even worth paying much attention to. Flipping off the television, she just sat there and relaxed closing her eyes and thinking about Will. "Oh Will, I know I can be a terri…" she began to say out loud until she heard the snapping of the front door closing.

"Will? Are you home so soon?" Susan Vandom said looking back towards the hallway where the door was. There was no reply. Getting up she walked back there calling out Will's name. "Will? Is that you honey? Are you there?"

She in turn was only greeted by silence. "Hmm, Strange, I thought I had heard the door close…" she said letting the sentence trail off. Shrugging she turned around to be presented with an ugly visage. Mrs. Vandom let out a scream which abruptly stopped when he hit her hard across the face knocking her down.

Who ever he was had pock marks all over his face and thinning eyebrows. His eyes were a coal black framed by round spectacles and he had a reedy grin on his face revealing uneven teeth. His hair was a steel gray and was thinning. He looked to be dressed in a gray trench coat. Upon his hands were shiny black leather gloves. His eyes drilled into her freezing her into place. She tried to move but her muscles just wouldn't respond.

"W-what d-do you w-want?" Susan stuttered terror filling her inner being.

"Well, your daughter would be nice, but it looks as if she isn't in right now." The man said a scowl playing across his creased face.

"W-what do you want w-with Will?" Susan said fear coloring her voice. Terror of what this man might do to her or her daughter consumed her. She began to shake, shivers running down her spine.

"Well, that's between her and me. I was hopping to just find her, but it looks like I found you instead." The man said his frown deepening before a sinister grin came across his face. Gripping the edges of his gloves he pulled them on tighter. "Unfortunately Mrs. Vandom, I am not allowed to leave any witnesses."

He then reached down and grabbed Susan by the hair and dragged her up with her screaming. "Please! Noooo! We didn't do anything! We don't ahhhh!" She said as he smashed her head into the wall. Susan fell to the ground and tried to scramble away, but the man grabbed her by the feet.

"Oh no you don't, we're only getting started." He said as he began dragging her into her own bedroom, her hands franticly tried to grab anything to stop him from dragging her in. "Oh dear God, he's going to rape me or kill me.. and do something to Will when she gets home!" she thought, her mind racing for a solution but finding none. Picking her up and throwing her in, the man scanned the apartment once more before closing the door.

Josephine and Roger Gerardo had just sat down to dinner when they heard a scream.

"What in all get up was that?" Said Roger looking at the wall where the scream had issued from. He scratched his gray hair and looked over at his wife Josephine. She was dressed in a white sweater that matched her hair and the silver earrings she had on. Even though she was over 50 she still had a pleasant look from aging gracefully. She looked back shrugging with her bright blue eyes.

"Oh, isn't that where that one mother and kid live? You know the dark haired one and the red head? Maybe their having a fight," Said Josephine looking from her husband, to the wall, and back. Roger was dressed in a red sweater, a blue long-sleeved shirt and his bald head looked shiny. His brown eyes looked worried as he thought about the two. They both had seemed so distraught when they had moved in. Maybe there was some tension going on. A mom and daughter fighting about a concert or not about going out with friends. The couple had lived in the apartment complex for over 20 years and were used to people fighting.

"Gee, I don't know. Sounded bad." Said Roger knitting his eyebrows in thought.

"Oh come on dear, if it were anything…" Josephine began to say, but was cut off by another blood curdling scream.

"That's it. I think something bad is going on over there. I am going to go check on them." Roger said getting up from the table. "I'll be right back. Go ahead and start to eat."

Roger walked to the door, opened it, looked back to see Josephina watching him and hearing the screams continue. He left the door slightly open and jogged over to the Vandom door. He knocked on it but go no reply. Knocking again, he called out, "Mrs. Vandom? Will? Is everything all right?" He received no reply. Knocking hard a few times, he went over to the windows, but the curtains were drawn. The screams continued to persist but then cut off abruptly. "Oh crap!" he thought to himself as he scuttled back to his apartment.

"Is everything alright?" Josephine said clutching her chest. Shacking his head Roger moved over to the phone and dialed a number that he had to call several times before.

"911? Yes, This is an emergency. I am hearing screaming coming from the apartment next door and no one is answering the door. Uh, we live on 2053 Birch road next to the Quick mart in the Brown hill apartment complex. Okay, thank you…" he said holding the phone to his ear and straining to hear if there were anymore screams. Minutes later they could hear the sirens of several cop cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck roar into the parking lot down below.

A/N: Oh my... What happened here? Looks like Will lived after all, but what happened to Susan Vandom? I guess you will just have to wait . Reviews please...