Another Generation

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Chapter 5-Discovering their powers

Haleys' POV

"Okay, freaksome much?" Allie asked, "What in the world was that?"

"Evidently the weight of the worlds on our shoulders now", Haley said.

"Did you hit your head?" Torie asked, "Do you seriously think all that was real?"

"It could have been some wacko joke", Allie said thoughtfully, "Even though I really doubt it"

"You guys have all completely lost it", Torie said, sticking to her own route.

"Sam, you're being pretty quiet about all this", Kapree said, turning to the pale faced girl, who had been pretty quiet the whole time, "Whatta you think?"

Sam looked around and smiled sheepishly, "Hehe, I think, I think…I think I'm gonna be late if I don't leave, see ya"

She bolted before anyone could stop her.

"And she is gonna be our leader?" Torie asked, "This I gotta see"

In Meridian (All times in Meridian will be Phobos' POV, unless stated otherwise)

"Well well", Phobos said tauntingly, gazing through the viewing stone at five girls, "The Oracle has chosen new guardians. This could complicate things, wouldn't you say so, Ellie?" He added, turning to the short, blonde haired girl who was standing next to him.

"No", said Ellie, "Their powers are weak, they don't even know what they have, it'd be to easy to just destroy them"

"Yes yes", Phobos said, turning back to the viewing globe, "It would be, but we must not forget about the Heart-" he gestured at one of the girls, who was standing off to the edge of the group, skittish, "She has powers the others do not"

"Yes yes", Ellie said, waving her hand unconcernedly, "But does she know what she has?"

Heatherfield

Sams' POV

Sam bolted when her friends started fighting, not really wanting to have to divert any fights.

"I mean, come on", she said muttered as she walked to the elevator, "What in the world am I supposed to do? They made me leader of a group of misfits. What are we going to do?"

"Your home late", Jamie commented as she walked in a few minutes later, "Lose your way?"

"Hahaha", Sam said sarcastically, "You are hilarious. You should join the circus, you could be a clown. Or better yet, a monkey. I'll be in my room"

"You could join as a tiger!" Jamie yelled as she made for her room, "Meow!"

Sam slammed her door before she could throw a comment back at Jamie, mostly because she didn't want to start a fight. She dropped her bag on top some various things, and fell down on her bed with a groan. Her life had just changed in drastic ways, and she was doing normal things. Fighting with her brother, trading insults, all of it was so normal. A little too normal, considering what she had just been through.

Tories' POV

"I'm home!" Torie yelled as she walked into her apartment.

"Your home late", Hay Lin commented from the kitchen. She and Irma were over visiting Tories' mom.

"Didn't realize I had two mothers", Torie grumbled as she walked into the kitchen.

"How was school Torie?" her mom asked as she opened the fridge.

"It was school", Torie said with a shrug. It's what happened after the freaks me out, she thought with a shudder as she closed the fridge.

"Hey Hay Lin", said Irma suddenly, "You know, you would make a good parent. Hey Corny, looking to get rid of any children?"

"Irma!" Hay Lin and Torie snapped at the same time.

"What?" Irma said innocently.

"You're all nuts", Torie said, shaking her head slightly, smiling. She grabbed a soda and made for her room, shaking her head and smiling.

"Whew", she said, collapsing on to her bed with a sigh. Listening to her mom and Irma fight just seemed so normal, something she listened to everyday, and it was one of the only things she had left to cling to that was normal. Her life certainly wasn't normal anymore. She flashed back to Candracar, and life just felt a whole lot weirder.

Kaprees' POV

"Oooooookay", Kapree chirped the next day. She wasn't sure how her friends felt, but she for one, was completely into this whole powers thing, "Lets' try this! Who wants to go first?"

"Your so into this Kapree", Torie snapped, "Why don't you try it?"

That caught Kapree off guard a little. "Well, okay", she said, turning away from her friends, "How hard can it be?"

"Who knows", Sam said with a shrug, "Now, how are we supposed to transform again?"

"Aren't you supposed to be the leader?" Torie snapped, glaring at Sam angrily. Kapree noticed Sam cringed a little, obviously not liking being snapped at.

"Hey", said Kapree quickly, sticking up for Sam, "Come on Torie, give her a break"

"Oh come on", Torie said, rolling her eyes. "This is the girl who was supposed to be our leader, remember?"

"Lay off Torie", Sam snapped suddenly. Guess the girl can stick up for herself, Kapree thought, surprised.

"Okay", Sam said, turning away from Torie, "Lets' try this-" she held up her hand and closed her eyes. There was a glow of pink light, and a second later, The Heart of Candracar appeared above her palm, "It worked!" she cheered, "Yes!"

"Okay, now what?" Torie asked in a bored voice.

Sam gave Torie an evil smile, "Well, lets find out, shall we? Guardians Unite!"

There was another glow of pink light that completely covered the girls, and blinded Kapree, who shut her eyes. She felt like she was being absorbed by something.

Finally the light died away, and left the five girls standing exactly where they had been before. But something was definitely different. Not the abandoned construction sight they were standing in, but the girls themselves. Sam for instance. She was wearing a shocked expression, and a pair of striped leg warmers, along with a pink, belly shirt. Most of the girls were wearing the same thing, except for Allie, who had a bluish shirt, and Torie, who had a bluish shirt, and a pink skirt.

"Oh man", Sam said in a hushed voice, "Whoa"

"Cool!" Torie cried, looking at her clothes, "Think we can wear this to school?"

"Hey, you wanna talk cool, check this out", Kapree pointed at Allies' back, which had a pair of wings.

"Wings!" Allie yelled, "Awesome!"

"Wings?" Sam said, raising an eyebrow, "Wings? Allie, I seriously doubt it"

"Oh yea?" Allie challenged, and Kapree noticed the wings flapping a little, "Check it Sam"

And with out saying anything else, she took off into the air.

"No way"! Sam yelled with a grin, "Where's my camera, I'm bringing it every time we come out here to practice!"

"Hahaaaa!" Allie cried as she landed on the ground, "That was so totally awesome! Yea! Hey, one of you guys do something!"

"Um, okay", Haley said uncertainly, holding up her hand. A fireball formed in it, and second later shot into the air and exploded.

"Great", Sam said sarcastically, "Give everyone some sort of sign that five super powered teenage girls are here practicing their powers"

"Sorry", Haley said, "Maybe that's enough practice for one day"

"We've only been practicing five minutes!" Kapree objected. She wanted to keep going.

"No, she's right", Sam said, "We only just got these powers, we don't wanna overdue it"

"Okay", Kapree said reluctantly. Sam held up her hand, and one pink glow second later, the girls were back to their normal bodies.

"That wasn't much", Kapree said disappointedly, "Are we gonna practice again soon?"

"Soon", Sam said, "We need all the practice we can get"

"I'll say", Torie said as she grabbed her bag, "I'm not saying I agree with all this though"

"Rebellious as always", Allie said with a grin.

"Yea right", Sam said, "Oh, and uh, I think you girls forgot about something"

"What's that?" Allie asked.

"School!" and without another word, Sam whirled around, swung her bag over her shoulder, and took off.

"Saw that coming", Allie said with a grin. The girls took off after Sam.

Ellies' POV

Ellie watched the guardians run out of their practice place, obviously in a hurry to get somewhere. Foolish, really. Once Phobos took over, this school they were so interested in, wouldn't matter anymore. So trivial. But Ellie had a job to do. And that job was to tail the guardians, and learn as much about them as she possibly could.

"I don't need you to baby-sit me Cedric!" she snapped, whirling around. There was no one there, but Ellie knew better then to believe her eyes.

"Even if you're invisible Cedric, I know you're there!" she snapped. Wisps of silver floated upward right in front of her, and a second later, Cedric had appeared.

"I knew it", Ellie said, turning away from him, "I'm not a child, I know what I am doing"

"I'm just here to make sure you don't mess up", Cedric hissed, "Humans are not the most reliable-"

"Get over yourself", Ellie snapped, "That's not the reason you're here. I'm the only human you don't trust"

"Believe what you want", Cedric hissed," Meanwhile, the guardians are getting away, and when I checked last, you were supposed to be monitoring them"

Elyon looked around angrily at him, "We'll see whose left laughing when the guardians are destroyed!"

Without further notice, she whirled around, and with a snap of her fingers, disappeared.

She appeared outside of a building, just in time to see the guardians run inside.

"Won't get away that easily", Ellie whispered with an evil grin. She snapped her fingers, and instantly felt her body disappear. She had made herself invisible. She walked into the building after the guardians.

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It was a very boring day for Ellie. Only once was she in danger of being discovered, and all it took was the snap of her fingers to make the boy rush off. But it gave the blonde haired girl time to think.

She didn't remember anything from before Phobos had taken her under his wing (A/N-for you literals, that's just an expression). Sometimes she would get these weird flashes, like a distant memory or something, but for the most part, her past was one big blank.

She did know one thing though: before Phobos had taken her in, she'd had to deal with her moms' soft-heartedness. Her mother, the queen of Meridian, the one who believed that kindness would prevail all. Another fool. Power was the only thing that mattered. Kindness was nothing.

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She mostly kept an eye on the keeper that day. She was the one that gave the girls their powers, without her the others would be nothing. But even watching the keeper was boring. She went to room after room, talked with her friends…she did nothing to reveal her identity as a guardian, which made it even more boring for Ellie…

Flash!

Ellie was a little girl, standing with her mother, who was saying, "Some day Ellie, this'll all be yours…"

"Whoa!" Ellie whispered, shaking her head. This was just another strange flash from a past she didn't even know, so why in the world did it mean so much to her?

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She followed the guardians' home that day, still bored. "You underestimate them", a voice behind her hissed.

"I thought I told you, I don't need to watch my every step and move!" Ellie snapped, whirling to face Cedric, "This is my job, go back to Meridian where you belong!"

"As you wish", Cedric said, going into a deep bow. There was a cracking noise, and Cedric had disappeared.

Phobos' POV

"She is starting to doubt herself", Cedric observed. He had been watching Ellie all day, just as Phobos had instructed him to.

"She must not be allowed to discover who she really is", Phobos said, "You know what to do Cedric"

"At once, my master", Cedric hissed.