CHAPTER 21: NORMAL LIFE.
(Bonus chapter)
Intro: I bet you have all wondered what will happen to our five friends on the future. Will they split up? Will the renounce to their powers? Will they keep them? What job will they choose? Well, this is just another alternative to their futures, other than the ones published on the magazine, other than what I said on a chapter where they are forced into future nightmares... a new one.
I know some are just the same than one of the alternatives for future appearing on the magazine line (as Hai Lin, Irma and Cornelia's futures), but the rest are new and amazing.
This is what could happen if they chose a concrete path to follow. But… Shh! Here the vision comes… let's watch from Kandrakar's shadows…
It's now some years after the W.I.T.C.H. and their guys left the high school. To be concrete, four years have passed since that day.
Today is 24th June and the girls have an important meeting they can't call off. Everyone chose their path and today is the day when they will meet again.
"Ok, we are done for today." A black short haired black skin girl said smiling to her pupils. "You have done it wonderful."
"Thanks Miss Cook." The girls said smiling.
"I hope you will also come punctual tomorrow." Taranee said smiling at them as she put everything back to their right place and took her towel to leave. "Ok, now a quick shower and let's get to met Hai Lin and the rest…"
"Tara!!" Hai Lin said smiling as she ran to hug her friend. "I have missed you a lot!"
"I knew you were here." Tara said smiling as she also hugs her. "How was the flight this time?"
"Uff… exhausting." Hai Lin said as the walked to the main door where Taranee had made Cornelia park the car she got from her father.
"Hai Lin!" She said when they came out of the airport. "I'm so happy to see you again!! I always told you that hairdo would match you."
Hai Lin was wearing her long hair tied up on a high knob where the stewardess hat landed. As she loved to fly when she was on her guardian form she decided to become Stewardess.
"And how are the rest doing?" She asked.
"They are doing wonderful." Cornelia said. "But… I'm afraid Isabelle and Moira will not be able to be here…"
"What?! Why?!" She asked.
"They are recording. Moira is at Tokyo at a model pass and Isabelle is at Sahara desert recording for a film."
"Oh…" She said a bit deceived. "I wanted to see them too…"
"You will see Irma, Will, Peter, Nigel, Eric, Caleb, Phobos, Cedric, Orube…" Taranee began saying counting them with the fingers of both hands and then using another time a hand.
An hour later, they were all at the guardians headquarters at the suburbs of the town. Half an hour later, everyone but for Petter, Caleb, Elyon and Kyrle, Isa, Moira and Phobos were there.
The living-room had been turned into a big party room and the back garden was being getting ready for night when they would move the meeting-party there as it was hot in the nights too those days.
Will was now a Vet; Irma, Sea Life Carer; Taranee, Dance Teacher; Cornelia, Doctor with gardener pastimes; Hai Lin, Stewardess; Orube, Journalist; Prince Kyrle and Elyon became Meridian kings; Isabelle, Lawyer but also worked as Sport instructor and also worked as singer , model and actress from time to time; Moira, Artist; Matt, Music Technician, yet he worked as Cobalt Blue Singer; Joel, Chemistry and he was Cobalt Blue's bass; Nigel, Lawyer; Peter, Sport Instructor yet he had P.E. Teacher degree; Eric, Astronomer; Martin, Editor; Cedric, Librarian; Caleb, Security Guard for Department Stores; and Phobos, Econimician.
Everyone got their paths, all separated and on the same time, still all together.
"It's weird they have still not arrived." Matt said. "They are usually punctual for the meetings."
"Caleb would pick Elyon and Kyrle before coming here." Will said.
"Ah, Phobos was working until late today too." Cedric said. "He will come as soon as he can."
About ten minutes later they heard two car horns sounding one after the other and soon Kyrle, Elyon, Caleb and Phobos were arriving the room.
"Hey, I see you have all arrived!" Kyrle said. "No, not everyone. Moira is again missing… that girl… She would be missing even when she knows I would come here just for today…"
He had arrived all for sudden to Meridian some years ago when Elyon went back to earth so as to end his high school degree. Then they knew who he was and that he was prince from another dimension. Moira was another of Kandrakar's fighters, not on the same level than Orube or Isa but also good one.
"Where is Isabelle?" Phobos asked after looking around.
"She was recording a film at Sahara Desert." Will said. "So we suppose she will not come today."
"Pity, it's going to be about a month since I last saw her." He said sitting at a sofa.
"I wonder where your boyfriend has gone." Taranee told Cornelia.
"He had surfing lessons for dummies today so perhaps he is a bit late too." Cornelia said.
"So, how have you been since we met here last time?" Hai Lin asked then.
One by one began telling the rest about their lives since then.
They were beginning to settle table down when they heard the phone ringing.
"Miss Vandom on the phone." Will said picking it up.
"Miss Wilhelmina Vandom?" another voice said on the other end of the phone. "The guardians are needed again."
"What?!" She said. "Who am I talking to?!"
"Never mind who I am, just get out of the house." The voice said. "All of you and nobody will get hurt. Don't play tricks or transform. I will then hurt any of the humans."
"I think we should get out into the garden." Will say to the think. "An enemy has found us. She said she will hurt any of them if we didn't do what she ordered."
"Getting to the garden is nothing too difficult, and if we see things go wrong we could transform and kick someone's butt." Irma thought.
Then all of them moved to get out of the house and into the garden where the little swimming pool was placed.
"We have got out." Will said. "Who are you?"
"Just over you." The girl said happily as some water bombs fell to hit their feet.
Then all of them looked up to the sky to see a plane flying high above and some shiny things falling straight down towards them.
Then the girls pushed the normal ones to put them safe as the shinny things came closer.
"Wow! This is funny!" A voice said on the other end of the phone.
Then they saw how a pair of parachutes opened and the shinny things became a pair of air surfers that kept on doing aerobatics as if they were surfing on the wind till they reached land, better said, swimming pool in front of the astonished faces.
"Heya." The girl said smiling and raising a hand as the parachutes fell down on the ground at the pool's edge.
"Peter, Isa!!" Taranee said angry. "You have frightened us!"
"Don't you realise you could have break your necks?!" Cornelia told them off.
"That's what made it funny." Peter said rowing with his arms to the pool edge to then jump out while Isa jumped out too smiling and took off her dungaree revealing cool party outfit.
"Anyway, I thought you were on Sahara Desert recording a film." Will said getting over the fright.
"As you said, I was." She said untying her long red wavy hair after taking the helmet off. "How could I have missed it? That place is not that fun if I'm not next to my friends. So, when do we have another baldy party?" She said rubbing her hands. "He has been a bit relaxed lately."
"We had to deal with a minor fight last week but you were not needed so we left you record in peace." Cornelia said.
"Nice landing." Phobos said smiling ironically. "Typical of your crazy brain."
"Thanks." She said bowing gently. "I thought it would be a good way of reaching here on time."
"Hey, nice to see you again." Caleb said smiling at her too.
"I've missed you a lot…" Isa said hugging both of them.
Things were not easy for them. Isa loved Caleb and also felt something towards Phobos; but her warrior status didn't allowed her to marry any of them, especially when for earth inhabitants Caleb was her step-brother. Anyway, that didn't avoid them acting as a three person couple.
At first the guardians didn't liked it much, but then they accepted it and even liked it. Now they saw it normal if Isa kissed one and then another as if they were both her boyfriends. They knew that Isa's light part loved Caleb's loyalty and bravery, the tender guy for the tender and pure part; and Isa's shadow part loved Phobos twisted mind and fighting nature, the bad guy for the evil part of the girl. Being with both, both parts on her were balanced and she could use just light one taking shadow one just when she was mad at something or somebody.
"Here, here." Isa said placing her presents too at the big table next to Hai Lin's ones. "Some presents for everyone from my last trips too."
"Wow!" Eric said. "You always remember to bring us all something!!"
"Qué sera, sera, sera…" Isa began singing on Spanish playfully. "Shall we open the presents? Moira will get hers when she comes back."
"And she will bring ours here too." Irma said.
After all that time, they kept being friends. The complex net they had made when they were teens was still kept, as strong as when it all began. The met lot of new people; they even separated for a time when they went to university… but they never lost that connection to the rest.
They all opened their presents and they laugh and enjoyed the presents from all sides.
That night, the girls appointed to sleep there, and the guys then stayed too. The girls slept at a bedroom and the guys at another even when the house had six different bedrooms. Anyway, they wanted it that way.
When the voices went off and everyone went slept, Isa woke up. Orube was also awaked but when she saw her leaving the room she just smiled and turned around.
On the guys' room Caleb woke up when he heard some noised outside, he then went out to see a shadow going up to the extra-bedroom built at the roof. He knew who that bedroom belonged to and followed her.
When he arrived there he saw the little red haired imp sitting at the window looking at the full moon lighting everything.
"Still can't sleep in nights?" He asked her.
She then looked at him and smiled as she went back to look to the moon.
"I have not sleep till that night." She said softly.
"So you still have nightmares with it…" He said sitting back her to surround her body with his strong arms. "Hey, stars are shiny tonight!"
"Yes, they are." She answered. "I wonder if they will one day give me an answer…"
"If that helps you, I believe you have more light than darkness inside." He said softly to her ear.
"That's because I keep the shadow part under control, but what would happened if I lost control?" She asked. "Who am I?"
Then both fell into silence. Since that time some years ago when they were still at the high school, she kept on having that awful nightmare where she killed the other guardians and the rest of people spending that night there. Caleb knew, the guardians knew… even Phobos knew it too. And still nobody was able to help her or give her a good answer.
Caleb then kissed her neck and she twist her face towards him. They began kissing softly to then increase the rhythm a bit.
"I think some times a bit of shadow coming from you is good too." Caleb said while she surrounded his neck with her arms at the carpet. Then she pulled his face closer to hers and kissed him.
"I've also missed you a lot." She whispered to his ear.