EPISODE XX: SOLARIA'S HEART.

It's funny when things begin going well but all for sudden go wrong. When I was told about Nerissa and the menace she once was for Kandrakar's peace I never thought about it going to happen again. Anyway, something happened.
"What?!" Irma said. "We have to travel that place to fight for someone we don't even know?!"
"That's what guardians do, Irma." Taranee said. "GO, fight, help... They never ask."
"Oracle, Endarno and Yan Lin thought that six guardians, a Kandrakar's warrior and two warriors will be better than just two basilian warriors." Isa said. "And I must agree, alliance means force and a unit could mean disaster."
"That's true." Hai Lin said. "One person makes difference. Nine makes victory."
"Another Chinese proverb." Irma said.
"We all know your little brain doesn't get those ideas." Cornelia said joking. "Ok, shall we get ready or what?"
"There will be no need of." Isa said. "Just get on your guardians forms."
"Yes, we already know the place." Orube said with her arms crossed over her chest. "It's a sunny place full of glitters and even hot."
"It's the planet dedicated to Sun culture." Phobos said. "But I thought it was just a legend."
"Yeah, as Atlantis and you should see how alive it is." Isa said.
"I'd love to get Atlantis once." Irma said breaking the silence.
"OK, miss sunshine." Will said to Cornelia smiling. "Pick your sun cream, we could need it."

A while later all of them were standing over a golden like place full of shinny things under sun beams, the little grass there was green and some cereal plants put the golden colours to the place where they appeared.
"This looks peaceful." Will said.
"I'd not say so." Cornelia said caressing the cereals. "A battle is not far from here and... well, some other soldiers have passed near here."
"See?" Irma said. "Having a talking with vegetables dude is always useful."
"It's better we begin moving." Will said. "We are not on vacation trip."
"I must agree." Caleb said. "WE have to move."
"Wait a second." Isa said stopping all for sudden. "Are you sure plants said so, Cornelia?"
"Completely." She said.
"When I count to three duck." She said mentally to all the gang. "One..." She said looking around. "Two..." She added beginning to create a light ball at her finger as she aimed at Cornelia and Phobos and Caleb with three fingers. "Three!!!"
They all duck to her hips height and she threw the balls.
Immediately they heard some unidentifiable noises and everything began disappearing but for the sunbeams; the landscape turned into a desolated one where it seemed everything was killed and burned.
"Just as we thought." Orube said half closing her eyes. "Illusions."
"And it seems they knew we would come." Caleb said pointing to what was hit by the light balls.
"Andeertals." Isa said. "I thought Kandrakar ended with them long ago."
"Yes, Luba and the guardians before Yan Lin, Kadma, Cassidy, Elionor and Nerissa ended with them." Orube said. "Or at least that was what Kandrakar's walls say."
"And what were those?" Will asked.
"Look like a weird mix of chewing gum monsters." Hai Lin said.
"That's what they are, some how." Isa said.
"Their body is so elastic that they are not affected by stone powers, earth ones, hits or humidity." Orube said. "There are no other attacks registered cause the ones ending with them were long death now."
"We should move then." Phobos said. "Cause I doubt then a light beam can really hurt them."
Then they kept on walking till they reached the main war focus and began fighting.

"DO you really think they will be able to achieve it?" A wise man from the congregation asked Endarno, Oracle and Yan Lin.
"They have probed to be able lot of times before." Endarno said.
"Now all we have to do is to trust them managing to get it." Yan Lin said. "And then great things could be waited from them."

"We... we won." Caleb said patting.
The fight was hard but at least they counted with a great variety of powers plus the local people's help during the battle.
"It's... been hard." Cornelia agreed.
"Anyway... it's been... worth of the effort." Isa said smiling as she held her arm limping badly.
They were now hurt, exhausted and dirty. Some of them were even wounded and the worst part was Isa's one. For any reason, this time the enemy seemed to have wanted her dead first.
"As greeting from our country, allow us to first help healing those and then giving you all the prize you all deserved, brave guardians and... fighters." One of the golden solarian people said.
"That's very nice of you but we should return to earth." Orube said.
"C'mon, let's at least allow them to thank." Irma said.
"A good thanking gift from the help would be a jewel." Cornelia said.
"Allow them to heal and then we will see." Isa said as she allowed some of the people put their hands over her wounds as she laid at a bench.
Soon they were all laying here and there allowing the people to lay their hands over them to heal them as some light went out of their hands.
"I still can't believe we are allowing all this old people to touch us." Irma said.
"They are wise so they will heal us better." Orube said.

"And for the bravery they have all shown our we are happy to give this mighty warriors the hero's medals for them showing everyone how they once saved us." The old man that looked as the king of that place said while the young golden woman carried some medals and he and his son took medals to hang from their heroes.
"Miss Will, Miss Irma, Miss Taranee, Miss Cornelia, Miss Hai Lin." The old man said putting the medals over them.
"Sir Caleb, Sir Phobos, Miss Orube and Lady Isa." His son added doing the same with them and finally holding Isa's hand softly as he smiled and bowed his head.
Then everyone began clapping and cheering for their new heroes and heroines.
"I would have never thought on such a villain to be considered a hero." Caleb told Isa's ear.
"Did you really think we deserve it?" Taranee asked. "I'm beginning to feel embarrassed by this greetings."
"Of course we deserve this." Cornelia said. "We are now their heroines."
"And we are proud of also giving that great heroine that risked her life for all of us, the highest honour and privilege." The old man said making the claps and cheering for everyone of the group. "For having risk her life and well being for our country, I want to concede Lady Isa our dearest possession, the Heart of Solaria." He said making a pendant appear on his hand and then putting it around her forehead as if it was a tiara whose magical object sank into her forehead. "And also give her the hand of my dear only son, Prince Helios II."
"WHAT?!" They all said as she coughed and Prince Helios held her hand to wave at everyone.
"Er..." Isa said then. "I'm really... honorated by such a new but... I'm still too young to marry him, or anyone else."
"What we need is a good queen who can take care of our kingdom next to my dear son." The King said. "Oh, I'm so proud of having such a beautiful and brave lash as daughter-in-law!!" He added thrilled. "I can't wait for the wedding day!!"
"Poor of her." Cornelia muttered.
"WE have to do something for helping her." Caleb added.
"I think you have not understand." She then said nervous. "There's not going to be wedding day. I'm not marrying!" She added then. "I'm really honoured by you giving me such a prize but I'm sure Prince Helia will not either want to marry me by force."
"I'm through with it." He said smiling. "It's been like that for ages. And I think I win with the bride."
"I think she wants to mean she thanks you for the prize but... she can't marry because she is still young for it and... she is already engaged." Will said.
"To him." Hai Lin said holding Caleb by the back. "Didn't you want to help?" She thought when Caleb muttered "What are you doing?!" to her. "This is your chance."
"Then there's no problem with it." Helios said smiling. "I challenge you to a fair fight for her hand. The winner will marry her."
"Hey!" She began saying. "This is not..."
"Ok, I'm not going to lose." Caleb said.
"Then allow me to join it too." Phobos said. "I'm a prince so I think I can also compete on that with you, Helios."

The three guys were now fighting with swords while the people there looked and the guardians and Orube were sitting on the preference tiers to have a better sight of the whole thing.
"Whose idea was to put Caleb on this?" Will asked.
"He said he wanted to help, didn't him?" Cornelia said.
"Oh, this is just silly." Isa said. "I'm not marrying any of them even if they wan the whole war."
"Then you should try something else." Taranee said. "Or you will become queen of here."
"Ok, I know what to do." She said.
All for sudden she jumped unarmed in the sand where the fight was being held and got where the guys were fighting.
It didn't took her too long to defeat all of them without using her powers at all just beginning with her body as weapon and soon getting a weapon from Phobos.
When she ended with all of them she sank the sword at the ground and removed the hair locks at her face with a simple hand movement to look at the king.
"I'm not marrying now or ever!" She said a bit angry. "I'll never marry a man that is weaker than me! Can't you understand it?! I.. DON'T... WANT... TO MARRY... ANYONE!!!" She then shouted making everyone fall silent and the music to stop.
The only thing head was someone coughing for a second.
"Uff... you have guts." Phobos said.

"That hurts!" Caleb said.
"Shut up and stand up, we are leaving." She then told them as Prince Helios stood up too. "Sorry Majesty but I also have duties and laws to keep." She added taking the tiara off and wanting to hand the heart to him.
Anyway, he made her hand close around it as he smiled.
"Keep it, you have shown you are worth of it." He said smiling. "And I'll keep on training till the day I can win you on a fair fight."
"Even if you won me, I could never marry you." She said smiling. "My position is ruled by certain rules and so I can't marry anyone. Yet your dad seems not to want to understand or believe or whatever it."
He then kissed her hand softly and stood up to look at her.
"I think I'll never forget about you." He said.
"You will, when you met the proper one." She said smiling.
Then the rest of the guardians and Orube came down to the pitch to join and when they were all together Prince Helios did a bow.
"I'll always remember this day." He said. "I'll become stronger than you."
"Keep on trying, prince." Isa said smiling as they all left in a light beam.

"Wow!" Hai Lin said. "What a day!!"

"Did you finally managed to do it?" Elyon said. "What was it like?"

"It was like a movie with everything! Fights! The heroes! Terror! And romance!" She said falling over Taranee's arms.

"Yeah, even one of us nearly got married." Irma said. "Oh, prince... marry me...!" She added acting too.

"That's not fun." Isa said turning serious. "I hate when this happens... That guy seemed nice..."

"Hey, don't tell me you really like him that much." Will said after some silent seconds looking at the rest of the guardians.

"Excuse me but you are still too young." Cornelia said. "And for your info, he is not even from the same place than you, nor your kind, age or even share any hobbies in common."

"I know!" She said bothered. "But I feel bad for having break his heart."

"A couple of hours and he is in love with you?" Irma said. "Sorry to disappoint you but that takes longer."

"Not for them." Orube said explaining it while she rubbed Isa's arms. "They don't fall as you humans do. Once they put their eyes on someone they will love that same person forever. And it seems that prince really put his eyes on one of us."

"How romantic...!" Elyon said dreamily. "I wish I could have such a romantic life, but in exchange I have to get married to someone I don't know so less love."

"C'mon, at least you can marry." Isa said.

"Well, you also can." Caleb said. "Or are you already married?"

"Kandrakar Top warriors can't get married." Orube said.

"From the very moment we get this..." Isa said uncovering her scapula to show a weird tattoo to them. "We have to accept certain rules and to resign certain things such as marrying."

"So you will never be mother!" Will said.

"That's something really terrifying." Irma said uncovering her mouth.

Then both guys looked down and away. Perhaps they didn't wanted to show it, but in their very deeps they had began considering a life together with that woman some time ago. And that was now broken by the last confession both warriors did.

"Wait a second." Phobos said when a bulb lighted in his mind. "Not marrying doesn't mean you can't have a couple or even kids. Does it?"

"Once again the evilest mind is the correct one." Isa said. "We are allowed to have love mates and so, we are allowed to have kids. Yet... in that case... the man would be the one in charge of taking care of them when we are requested for a mission. And when they are elder enough they have to get to the Two Suns Gardens for their training as warriors."

"And there, the best ones are taken by Kandrakar." Orube said.

"Then you should go out with Caleb." Elyon said making both go pink. "He is really a good warrior and you are already friends. And recognise it, you two feel something more than friendship." She added poking her on the breast.

"You two should breath." Will said joking. "You seem as if both were to have fever."

"Yeah!!" Elyon said. "I knew it, I knew it, I knew it..." She began singing happy.

"Not so fast." Phobos said. "She is now same level as a princess, princesses can't have a commoner as love mate."

"That means you love her too?" Will said.

"Well, he was the first one wanting to fight for her before." Taranee said.

"But it can't be." Hai Lin said. "He is evil."

Again both have gone a bit pink, but Phobos didn't reacted as Caleb and Isa.

"I can't see why you should mind if she loves him or me." He said. "She has a dark evil face I love and I think she is really a good help here on earth, nothing I can say of the other guardians."

That really left everyone out of words. It was as if she was a mermaid with the guys before and not even her wanting it, but now it was not cause of her unnatural powers it was cause of her and just her.

"Listen, ser... Caleb." He said remembering she didn't like him calling Caleb servant anymore. "I'm ready to fight for her heart. And nor you nor that prince will be any threaten to me."

"I'm not a prize." She then said looking to the ground but clearly. "So stop treating me as if I was cause I hate it." She added raising her head slowly with her eyes dark once again. "If I mate with anyone one day it will be cause I love him and not cause he has won anyone on a fight for me. UNDERSTAND BOTH OF YOU??!!"

That made everyone go astonished one again, but both guys nodded.

"Er, Isa..." Will said. "You should calm up, you are..."

"You are dark again." Cornelia said bothered. "And for your knowing it, we have not done anything on you."

"I'm sorry." She said after sighing and relaxing a bit. "It's just... all this makes me mad. I don't like to be treated as a prize of a silly men competition."

"Ok, ok." They said.

"Isa, I think you should go home and rest." Elyon said. "We will be able to treat next point without you and they are not going to go on a mission now."

"Ok, ok." She said. "I catch the idea. Good night."

"Wait a second, I'm going with you." Caleb said to be stopped by her.

"I prefer you stayed here and told me about later or tomorrow morning." She said. "Both of you."

"I think we'd rather us going with you." Phobos said. "We don't want to find the house turned into a dungeon when we arrive."

"Excuse me?" She said as laughing. "DO I have to remember you it's me who has to pick up your things left where you shouldn't have?"

That made Elyon hold her laugh as she imagined her brother living as a common human and Isa telling him off as if she was her mother.

"Anyway, I'm travelling through shadows so nobody will notice me and I'll be safe and sound at home." She said removing her hair from her face gracefully. "Don't worry for me, right? I'll see the ones that come for dinner. See you!"

Seconds later she had sunk into a shadow and disappeared from sight.

"I think she is a bit bad lately." Will said. "And that could be a little problem."

"Little?!" Irma said. "She could blow anyone's head with just a shoot and now she has a planet's heart with her, remember?"

"But she is a warrior." Orube said. "A not typical one but a warrior anyway. She can control herself pretty well."

"Yes, using her powers for getting Frankenstein's house." Cornelia said moving her arms to point the house. "And shouting at Caleb and acting madly..."

"I have to agree with her on something." Taranee said. "She was being treated as a prize of their fight and when she came back here as a prize between both guys. I would also go mad if it happened to me."

"What is plain clear is she needs help." Hai Lin said. "We should give her a hand."

"Are you kidding?" Caleb said. "She is the girl with more pride I have ever met, she will not accept that."

"Anyway, we should do it." Taranee said. "It's the first time she allows me to read her mind or that I can, whatever, she has gone a bit down with what happened on Orube and her school."

"Hummm..." Phobos said. "Ok, count on me to help. I also want to give a hand."