Chapter 6: Planning

Before they arrive in Heatherfield, Matt pulled Will aside to talk. Of course Will gladly went with him and waited for him to start. "Will, I was just wondering if we could have Christmas at your house, the whole group. You know, just the girls and their boyfriends." Will thought for a minute, nodded, and then pulled out her cell to call her mother. Matt immediately called up Eric who he had become close to as a friend. The phone rang for a few seconds and then Eric answered. "Hey Eric, if it is ok with you, how would you and the other guys like to have Christmas at Wills home assuming that her mother doesn't mind?" Matt asked his newest band member.

Eric thought for a moment and then answered. "Sure man; that would be awesome considering what you have planned."

"Ok cool, just don't tell your girlfriend or the other girls. Just ask Hay Lin if she would like to have Christmas with everyone and then she will ask Will and the rest will be taken care of." Eric agreed and they hung up just as Will did. "So what did your mother say Will?"

"She said it's ok as long as we don't have a big party." Will said and then thought for a moment. "Of course that means no party." Will and Matt said in unison. Will called out jinx and Matt snapped his fingers.

"You get me every time." Matt said defeated as they walked back to the booth. An hour later they had finally arrived in Heatherfield. "Good old Heatherfield." Matt said simply as they walked out of the train station.

Eric is there waiting as planned and Hay Lin ran up to him just as Matt had hoped. "Eric!" Hay Lin yelled to her boyfriend.

"Hi Hay Lin, how are you?" Hay Lin just shrugged and stood next to him. "I have a question for you Hay Lin." Hay Lin looked up at Eric, eyes sparkling. "How would you and the gang like to have Christmas together?"

"Let me go ask Will, be right back." Hay Lin said excitedly as she ran over to Will. "Hey Will, Eric wants to know if you and the others would like to have Christmas together."

"Sure Hay Lin, what do the rest of you think?" The others nodded confirming the idea. "Ok then, but let's meet at my home; that cool?" Will asked.

"I'll go ask Eric." Hay Lin then ran toward Eric quickly. "Will wants to have Christmas at her house, is that ok?" Eric nodded with a smile and then gave Hay Lin a quick kiss and then turned to leave. Hay Lin said goodbye and then ran back to Will. "He said ok."

"Then it's set, let's go to the good old Silver Dragon." Then the seven ran to the parking lot and saw Nigel waiting for them. They got into the car and told Nigel where they wanted to go and then they drove off.

Somewhere in Meridian, Nerissa and Phobos are planning. "Ok Phobos, let's go get the guardians already." Nerissa said impatiently.

"Nerissa, we can't just go in and attack, they are probably expecting us soon so we need to lay low. The best thing to do right now would to be to lay low for a few months. I would say to wait till everyone thinks were dead or forgets about us." Phobos suggested.

"That could take a year or so Phobos. For all we know, it could take two or three years." Nerissa said angrily.

"I realize that and that is why tricking them is the best way to speed up the process. What we need to do is run and spill some blood on the ground to make them think we've been killed and we will drop the jewel. Of course there will need to be enough blood to make it convincing. We will kill an animal and use it's blood and we will drop the jewel in the blood." Phobos said planning it all out.

"They aren't that stupid Phobos, don't you think that they think we're harder to kill then that." Nerissa said somewhat irritably.

"That's the point of staying hidden for a year or so. If the never see us again, they will eventually believe that we're dead and then that is when we make our strike against the guardians. The only problem is that the safest place to hide would be earth." Nerissa didn't like this idea of hiding but Phobos may have a point with this and so she went along with it. So they left and continued with the plan.

Aldarn has a group of guards behind him looking for the two escapees. They group had been searching day after day looking for the two and were getting tired when something caught Aldarn's eyes. He walked a hundred feet forward and found Elyon's jewel, covered in blood. "Do you think they're dead?" A soldier asked. Aldarn shook his head and studied the area around them.

All he could see is the puddle of blood and the trail. He followed the trail and found that the trail ended in the middle of nowhere and no body could be found. All he could think of is that whatever died is buried under the ground and if it is the two prisoners, then he would tick off the thing that killed them. However if it is just an animal, multiple things could have happened. He left the area and made it back to the others. "Let's head back to the castle and give the queen her jewel back." Then the group stood up and headed back to the castle. When they reached the castle, Aldarn dismissed the others and started inside when Elyon came out. Aldarn handed the bloody jewel to Elyon. "We are not sure what happened your highness. All we know is that there are no bodies able to be found."

Elyon sighed and thanked Aldarn but also warned him to be careful and to keep the guards on their toes. Aldarn ran off to tell the guards leaving Elyon to think. 'Phobos, are you and that witch really dead? How could you be though, you two aren't that weak. Whatever you're planning Phobos, if your still alive, I will find you one way or another. I know everyone in Meridian and if anyone new appears, it has to be you two. If your really dead though, we will be wasting our energy.' Elyon thought for a while and then headed off to do her work.

A/N: I am going to use Phobos and Nerissa as much as possible but don't expect a lot out of them. Thanks for those reading and thanks to those reviewing. I appreciate it all. Enjoy.