Part 2

Meanwhile near the Silver Dragon

Yan-Lin was pulling a trash bag towards the thrash container.

'I wish you a safe journey to your final destination.' she said to the garbage as she threw the bag on the pile. 'Or as the kids say, smell ya later!'

She then heard the sound a wings going through the air. A big thing passed her and nearly knocked her over. She looked in front of her but it was too dark to see. Calling on a little bit of her magic Yan-Lin lighted the top of her finger. She saw a female looking angel with black wings, red hair and a silver mask. She noticed that the angel's hands were crackling with electricity. Acting quickly, Yan-Lin called again on her magic and teletransported to her granddaughter's room.

Hay-Lin was busy doing homework when suddenly her grandmother appeared.

'Grandma!' she exclaimed surprised.

'Small problem.' Yan-Lin said while panting. 'I nearly got taken out with the thrash!'

A day later at the Silver Dragon.

"W".I.T.C.H. was gathered in the Silver Dragon basement.

'I had a feeling it was Shagon.' "Will" said. 'It's only natural that Zafyra was helping as well. But why attack Mr. Olsen and Yan-Lin?'

'Maybe they hate grandparents?' Hay-Lin suggested.

'Not just grandparents.' Taranee said as fire got reflected in her glasses. 'I'm pretty sure Shagon went after my brother last night too.'

'Join the club.' Irma said sarcastically. 'My mom said that two giant birds nearly ran her off the road!'

'It gets worse.' Cornelia said. 'Lilian got a real good look at Zafyra. Described her to the last feather! Luckily my parents convinced her she was a nightmare.'

'They are a nightmare!' Hay-Lin exclaimed angrily.

'Going after your families' "Will" said angered.

'Even Phobos didn't sink that low!' Irma said angry.

'I just hate them!' Taranee said, fire again reflected in her glasses.

'We all do. But that's like, exactly they want us to do.' Cornelia said matter-of-factly.

'I know. Hatred fuels their powers.' Taranee said with an annoyed sigh.

'But they will be back tonight, so what should we do?' "Will" asked.

'You got a dinner with Will's mom.' Taranee pointed out.

"Will" thought back.

Flashback

"Will" was sitting next to Will's mother in the car.

'I can't say that I'm happy that your new job put you in a block of a mugging.' Will's mother said. 'I'm just glad Mr. Olsen called me.'

"Will" silently agreed but she also felt that this was a time her Keeper would come back with a sarcastic remark. With a small sigh she relented.

'Yeah, we owe him one.'

'By the way, I've made plans for us to go out to dinner tomorrow night.' Will's mother said, completely ignoring her 'daughter's' comment. 'With Mr. Collins.'

"Will's" eyes widened. She knew her Keeper wasn't happy about her mom and history teacher dating and she knew her Keeper would try to do something to escape it.

'What!' she exclaimed.

'Dean and I are a couple now. It's time you got to know him.' Will's mother said.

A thousand less pleasant remarks streamed through the Heart's head about what her Keeper would say in this situation. So she chose the less rude remarks.

'I see him every day at school, which is painful enough!' she said. 'Anyway I'm way too traumatized over…*sigh* tonight… *gasp* *gasp* in fact…. I…I…. oooh.'

With that the Heart acted as if she fainted.

'Will! Will!' Will's mother said shocked. 'Oh no! I better rush you to an' now her voice went from panicked to normal 'acting coach.'

End flashback

'Pizza with her and the professor while Shagon and Zafyra are on the prowl? Not a chance.' "Will" said. She herself was also not that happy with the idea of having to spend an evening with Will's mother and Collins.

'Even if Will's mother is their next target?' Taranee said, knowing that the Heart had no choice but to go.

At Mt. Thanos

'So what shall we do next?' Zafyra asked. 'We haven't attacked the Keeper's family.'

'Zafyra, you'll stay here tonight.' Shagon said.

'What? Why?' Zafyra said angrily. 'This is still the first part of the plan.'

'I know, but I want to do this one alone.' Shagon said.

With that Shagon took off. Zafyra kept looking at him until he disappeared in the horizon.

'You've got to be kidding me.' Zafyra muttered angrily. 'He left me behind.'

'Something wrong Zafyra?' a voice sneered behind her.

Zafyra turned around and saw Ember looking at her with a smirk.

'What do you want Ember?' Zafyra snapped.

'I just wanted to talk, you know girl talk.' Ember said calmly.

If it wasn't for her mask Ember would have seen that Zafyra was frowning.

'About what do you want to talk?' Zafyra said skeptically.

'Shagon.' Ember said.

Hearing this made Zafyra clench her fists but kept quiet.

'I think he liked the Keeper more than you.' Ember said with an evil smile.

'What makes you think that?' Zafyra said dully.

'The way he talks about her.' Ember said.

'So what?' Zafyra replied annoyed.

She knew Ember was right but she couldn't care. Because Ember didn't know that she was the real Keeper and she knew that Shagon's host was in love with hers so she wasn't concerned. It only annoyed her that Ember tried to anger her.

'Aren't you afraid that Shagon is going to betray the mistress?' Ember said smugly. 'That he is going to betray y… urgh.'

Ember bent forward, clutching her stomach. Zafyra kept her hand crackling with electricity as she walked towards Ember.

'Never. Question. Shagon's. Or. Mine. Loyalty.' Zafyra said coldly as she blasted Ember again. 'Keep that in mind for the next time, glowworm.'

With that Zafyra took off.

At the dock

"Will" was clearly annoyed by Shagon. He had not only disrupted her dinner, which she silently cheered for, but he had also brought a lot of people in danger. She was now currently busy with dodging Shagon's attacks.

*Stay calm.* she kept repeating in her mind. *If I don't get angry than he can't feed of mine hatred.*

Shagon was now flying beneath her, his face turned to her while shooting laser beams.

'Dear Will,' he said. 'Sorry I didn't attack you sooner.'

"Will" shot lightning at him, which he dodged.

'But I'm Heatherfield bound. They say an evil group of evil knights forms there every five minutes. And I know I'm lead guitar in the next one.' Shagon said as he slowly advanced on "Will".

"Will" stopped attacking. She knew those words. Shagon took advantage of her temporarily confusion and slammed her on the ceiling of the dock. "Will" tried to get away from Shagon's grip.

'That…That was from Matt's letter!' she said.

'I guess faking Matt's handwriting isn't as hard as you think.' Shagon replied.

"Will" gave a shout out of anger as she blasted Shagon. Unfortunately it didn't hurt that much.

*I've got her now.* Shagon thought with glee.

Shagon dodged two lightning bolts.

'Where's Matt and my Keeper?' "Will" shouted angrily. 'What have you done to them?'

Shagon took "Will's" hate in and blasted her, without replying to her questions. As "Will" fell towards the water, Shagon pulled an iron bar from the dock. "Will" managed to save herself from falling into the water but was then blasted by Shagon's beams. She crashed in a pole. When she opened her eyes again she saw that Shagon had bent the bar around her, making it difficult for her to escape. Shagon came flying at her, eyes glowing green.

'Wait!'

Shagon turned around. He saw his host looking helplessly at him.

'What?' Shagon asked annoyed.

'Don't kill her!' Matt said beggingly.

'And why not?' Shagon asked tauntingly. 'Because she looks like your girlfriend?'

Matt's face contorted to rage after hearing the mocking sound in Shagon's voice but then quickly shook his head.

'No Shagon.' he said, breathing slowly to keep control of his anger. 'But if you kill her then your main source of hate will disappear and then what? Then you'll get your ass kicked by the other Guardians.'

'You've got a point there.' Shagon said. 'On the other hand if I kill her then the Heart of Kandrakar stops existing, the Guardians will be powerless and they will hate me for killing her. I say that's three flies in one hit.'

Matt looked concerned. It really looked like Shagon was going to kill the Heart. Even it wasn't really Will, Matt would not bare it to see Will die. A sudden idea made him smile.

'And what about Nerissa?' he said.

'What about her?' Shagon asked, not understanding.

'You and I both know she wants the Heart of Kandrakar. If you destroy it she will punish you.' Matt said simply.

Shagon grumbled. His stupid host had him cornered. He had no choice but to let the Heart go.

'Fine, you win.' Shagon said in annoyance.

Matt smirked until Shagon shot him with a beam.

'But next time, keep your comments for yourself.'

Shagon looked at the Heart.

'No no. It's too easy.' he said. 'And I'm enjoying our little game much too much to end this now. But I can't wait for round 2!'

With that he flew away. The Heart sighed from relief when she heard a scream. She looked around and saw Will's mother hanging on the rim of the dock, threatening to fall.

A little higher up Zafyra was also watching. When Shagon had cornered the Heart she was almost ecstatic that the Heart would disappear and was quite shocked when Shagon let her go. She was planning on having a talk with him right away but something else caught her eye. She saw Will's mother hanging on the rim of the dock, holding Mr. Collins' hand in a vain attempt to not to fall.

'Mom!' Will screamed when she saw her mother hanging.

She turned to Zafyra, fear in her eyes.

'You've got to help them! Please, I beg you! She is the only one who cares for me!' Will pleaded to Zafyra.

Zafyra laughed. 'Look here. The almighty Guardian leader, begging her enemy to go and help her mother. Why should I?'

Tears sprung in Will's eyes. 'Please.' she said. 'I beg you, please.'

Zafyra wasn't exactly sure what to do. She was used to an annoying Will, who sneered at her and complained. Now seeing Will…her host like this… It made her feel weird. Zafyra looked at Will's mother and back at Will. She then looked back at Will's mother. She saw that Mr. Collins was capable of pulling her up.

'Stop your whining. It's pathetic.' Zafyra said.

Will looked at her through her tears. 'Does this mean?' she said hopefully.

'That I'm not going to help you.' Zafyra said with glee.

She then blasted Will away. 'Now go and cry in some corner you pathetic pest.'

Zafyra watched Mr. Collins pull Will's mother on the dock. A small sigh of relief escaped as she saw them hug.

'What cute.' she said sarcastically as she flew back to Mt. Thanos to have a talk with Shagon.

At Mt. Thanos

'You knew Mr. Collins would save mom.' Will said accusingly at Zafyra. 'That's why you didn't do a thing.'

Zafyra laughed. 'Maybe I knew, maybe I didn't. And I wouldn't care if your mother fell into the water or not. Now leave you pest!'

Will smiled at her. 'Compassion and Mercy are stronger than hate you know.'

Zafyra shot lightning at Will. 'I told you to shut up.' Zafyra said coldly.

'Zafyra…Thanks.' Will muttered before moving out of Zafyra's way.

'Shagon! Where are you? We need to talk!' Zafyra bellowed as she walked through the cave.

Nerissa hadn't returned yet and Zafyra couldn't care less. After her little chat with her host, Zafyra's mood had only gotten worse. As she walked through the cave she was greeted by Tridart.

'Miss Zafyra.' he said. 'It's a pleasure to see you again.'

Zafyra, who was having a really annoyed mood, grabbed Tridart by his shirt.

'I don't need your slime snowman.' she sneered. 'Now tell me, where is Shagon?'

Tridart looked a little angry with both the comment and her demand but relented, knowing that if he would struggle he would end in pain.

'He went to his room together with Khor. He told us not to disturb him.' he said.

Zafyra let go of him and stalked towards Shagon's room. She opened the door violently and closed in an equal way.

'Shagon!' she said angry.

Her anger however, turned into confusion when she saw him in his host's form, petting Khor on his head.

'Zafyra?' Shagon said confused. 'What are you doing here? I thought I said to Tridart and Ember not to disturb me?'

'Why are you in your host's form?' Zafyra asked, ignoring Shagon's question.

'I need to practice for stage 2 of our plan.' Shagon said, shrugging his shoulders. 'Transform as well, I don't like it when I have to look up at you.'

Zafyra relented, but only because in her host's form she could show more emotions, or in this case, anger.

Shagon smiled when he saw Will's figure in front of him.

'Now what do you want to say?'

Zafyra looked angrily at him. 'I saw you on the dock.' she said. 'Why didn't you finish her?'

Shagon sighed. 'I thought I told you to stay here?'

Zafyra gave him a look that plainly said: Give me an answer or else.

Shagon sighed again.

'Okay relax. It's just that, if I'd kill her then their wouldn't be a Heart of Kandrakar anymore. You know the mistress wants the Heart.' Shagon said as he walked at Zafyra.

'That's no excuse.' Zafyra ranted. 'If you destroyed the Heart the Guardians would be powerless!'

Shagon stepped forward and kissed Zafyra. Zafyra was shocked and didn't react so he deepened the kiss. Zafyra finally relented and kissed him back. Shagon pulled back with a smile on his face.

'If I destroyed the Heart that would have meant the end of you.' he said. 'Don't forget that you were created from the Keeper's powers. If I had destroyed the Heart, you would have disappeared.'

Zafyra smiled. 'That changes things.'

She then deglamoured back to her real form. 'But this doesn't mean I'll watch you.'

Shagon smiled. 'I thought so.'

The next day at the pet shop.

"Will" was happy. Mr. Collins saved Will's mother from a death fall and it was great weather. She smiled as she looked up at the sun.

'Nice anti-Shagon weather.'

She walked up to the pet store. 'He shouldn't crawl out from under his rock until dark.'

She wanted to open the door but the door opened on its own. Mr. Olsen was standing in the door.

'Will!' he said happily. 'Come in!' and he literally pushed her inside.

'Great news.' he said.

"Will" looked at him and then in the shop. She gasped as her heart seemed to stop. Standing by the counter was none other than…

Matt.

'Hey, Will.' Matt said awkwardly.

'Matt!' "Will" exclaimed. She walked up to him but stopped when Mr. Olsen spoke.

'Isn't it wonderful?'

"Will" ignored that and turned back to Matt.

'Where have you? God I thought…' "Will" started.

Matt interrupted her. 'That dropping out was a total bonehead move.'

"Will" moved closer to him.

'That leaving you, was, a, total, bonehead, move.' he said as he looked at "Will" with a smile.

"Will" closed in on him and wanted to kiss him when the pair heard a sound. They turned to look at Mr. Olsen, who was watching them with pleasure. When he noticed that the two teens were looking at him he quickly thought of an excuse.

'I…uhh…I have worms… I-In the back, that is.' he said clumsily.

He walked towards the door to the back. 'I should be gone… Five minutes, at least.'

He closed the door behind him. "Will" couldn't control her Keeper's emotions and kissed Matt on the mouth out of happiness the moment the door closed. She hugged him.

'I was so worried. I was sure the Shagon guy did something to you.' she said.

'What makes you so sure he hasn't?' Matt asked ominously.

"Will" heard this and slowly backed away from "Matt".

'After all faking Matt's appearance isn't as hard as you think.' "Matt" said.

"Will" remembered those words. She looked around and saw all the animals looking scared. It didn't take long for her to put two and two together.

'Shagon!' she said, softly but angrily.

"Matt's" eyes started to glow green. 'Yes, my pet. It's me. With just a bit of burrowed glamour.'

"Will" felt a rush of anger overflowing her. She took the Heart in her hand. It was glowing violently pink.

'Oh. It. Is. So. On!' she threatened.

Right then Mr. Olsen appeared from the back of the store. Both "Will" and "Matt" stopped their magic and looked at him.

'Uhh. Sorry, sorry.' Mr. Olsen said. 'I just need some disinfectant.'

"Matt" looked back at "Will" with a smug look on his face.

'Is it?' he asked, referring to "Will's" threat.

"Will" looked at Mr. Olsen. It looked as if she was thinking about just attacking "Matt" but decided to do better. She shook her head slightly.

'I didn't think so.' "Matt" said with glee.

'Trust me, it's coming.' "Will" said.

She felt hate rising up again. She struggled to keep it in check but couldn't help it to let it leak out a bit. "Matt" absorbed the hate as he walked past "Will".

'Great!' he said. 'We'll hang. As soon as I get old Matt's life in order.'

With that he walked out of the store.