Secrets, Secrets, Secrets

by Lexvan

Secrets. They're everywhere. People have them. Families have them. Organizations have them. Towns, cities, Nations, and kingdoms. They all have them. Some secrets are kept to keep people safe while other secrets are kept to hide a sinister plan of betrayal. In the end, a secret is kept for a reason. What you have to ask yourself is why.

5. Chapter V

Chapter V:

Now here we have the five Guardians of Kandrakar along with Cassidy the Ice Guardian standing in Angelo's chambers where they have just discovered Xaos, the fusion of Elyon and Mia, in bed with Angelo. Now a normal person would try to handle this as calmly as possible. But...

"What the heck is going on here?!", Cornelia demanded to know as she walked into Angelo's chambers followed by the others.

"First off, haven't you all heard of knocking?!", Angelo asked.

"Don't try and change the subject, buster!", Irma yelled as Cassidy closed the door to the room. "Why are you in bed with HER?!"

"That's known of your business!", Xaos said as she glared at Irma.

"We're making it our business!", Taranee said before glaring at Angelo. "How could you do this to Elyon!?"

"Actually, Elyon is a part of Xaos.", Cassidy said.

"Thank you!", Xaos said.

"But it's still cheating!", Hay Lin said. "I mean whatever they did he also did with Mia!"

"You go around here saying how much you love Elyon and yet you pull this crap!", Cornelia snapped as she glared at Angelo.

"You lying, no good, low down dirty, dog!", Irma snapped.

"You don't deserve to be with Elyon!", Cornelia said. "She can do a whole lot better!"

"Enough!", Xaos yelled. "I will not have you insulting Angelo like that! You will take back what you just said!"

"I don't think so!", Irma said.

"You know, when Elyon and Mia first merged to form you, I figured that this kingdom had a great hero to help defend it.", Will said. "But right now, I only see a bimbo who can't keep her legs closed!"

"You slut!", Hay Lin said.

"Not cool, girls!", Cassidy said. "You stand there and judge Xaos and Angelo and you're not even giving them a chance to explain anything!"

"What's there to explain?", Irma questioned. "Angelo is a cheat and Xaos is a dirty little slut!"

"Oh heck no!", Angelo said. "You will not stand there and talk down to us like that! Get out, NOW!"

"Why don't you try and make us.", Cornelia said with a smirk.

"Gladly.", Xaos said as her eyes glowed a grayish white as she jumped out of the bed not caring if she was nude.

She then used her power to teleport her clothes and armor from the floor and onto herself without any problems as she walked towards the five Guardians of Kamdrakar with a glare that made the five girls look like deer caught in the headlights. Cassidy just stood there as Xaos walked past her.

"Thank you for taking our side, Ice Guardian.", Xaos said to Cassidy as she walked past her. "You are a true friend to Mia and Elyon."

"You're welcome.", Cassidy said.

Before anyone could say anything else, Xaos teleported herself and W.I.T.C.H. away.

"Whoa!", Angelo said as he quickly grabbed his underwear and slipped them on before Cassidy could see him in the buff. "We've got to find them before Xaos beats the tar out of them.", he said as he slipped his clothes on.

"Easier said than done.", Cassidy said as she transformed into her Guardian form. "We have no idea where they could be."

"Just follow the sound of the fighting.", Angelo said as they flew out the window.

As for Xaos and the girls, they were in the skies about a vast field fighting. Well... Xaos was fighting the girls and kicking butt.

"You dare say what you said without hearing Angelo and I out?!", Xaos questioned as she grabbed Hay Lin by her legs and spun them around. "And then you go and insult us?! You shall pay for that!", she said as she let her go sending them flying while screaming.

"What's there to talk about?", Irma questioned as she hit Xaos with a ball of water that didn't do much to her. "You slept with Angelo. You whore!"

"And now you're going to pay for attacking us!", Will said as she hit Xaos with a ball of electricity shocking Xaos.

"I love doing that combo!", Irma said as she and Will high-fived each other.

As for Xaos, some steam was coming off her from Irma and Will's combo attack, but she wasn't phased by it much.

"Was that suppose to knock me out?", Xaos asked as she glared at Will and Irma. "Do you not know who I am?!"

"A slut who can't keep her legs closed.", Cornelia said as she threw a telekinetic blast at Xaos while flying at her.

"I am Xaos!", Xaos said as the attack did nothing to her as she flew at Cornelia and socked her in the stomach causing the Earth Guardian to in as she held her stomach while flying back hovering away from Xaos. "The fusion of Elyon Escanor, the Heart of Metamoor. And Mia Escanor, the Nether Guardian. Both who are more powerful than the five of you put together!", she said as her hands glowed with energy. "This is a fight you shall lose!", she declared as Hay Lin suddenly teleported next to the girls.

"We'll see about that!", Will said as she and the girls got ready to fight Xaos.

But suddenly, Angelo and Cassidy flew in between the girls and Xaos.

"ENOUGH!", Angelo demanded. "This ends now!"

"Why am I not surprised you're here to defend your little mistress!", Cornelia said.

"First off, you don't know what happened last night, Blondie!", Angelo said. "None of you do! So back off!"

"What's there to know?", Taranee questioned. "You and Xaos slept together."

"I thought you were better than that, Angelo!", Will said. "Guess I was wrong!"

"How could you do such a thing?", Hay Lin questioned.

"Why don't you ask Elyon and Mia when they seperated.", Cassidy suggested.

"My thoughts exactly.", Angelo said as he turned to face Xaos. "I hate to ask you this, Xaos, but..."

"Say no more.", Xaos said as she flew up to Angelo. "I understand. And thank you for stopping me from hurting them. I don't know how much damage I would have done to them."

"No problem.", Angelo said with a smile. "That's what friends are for."

Xaos returned the smile before kissing Angelo on the cheek. She then closed her eyes as a grayish white aura formed around her. A few seconds later Xaos separated back into Elyon and Mia. Both girls began to stumble in the air to which Cassidy hoisted Mia's arm over her shoulder while Angelo caught Elyon in his arms.

"Easy there, girl.", Cassidy said to her friend. "I got you."

"Thanks.", Mia said with a kind smile that Cassidy returned.

"You okay?", Angelo asked Elyon as he held her in his arms.

"Yeah.", Elyon said with a weak smile. "I didn't think we could stay fused for that long."

"Same here.", Angelo said. "Looks like you and your sister are pretty tough.", he said with a grin getting a smile out of Elyon.

"Get your hands off her!", Cornelia demanded of Angelo. "You have no right to be anywhere near her!"

"We'll take Elyon back to the palace!", Taranee said as she and the girls flew towards them.

"Oh no you won't!", Elyon said while glaring at them.

"But, Elyon. He slept with Xaos!", Hay Lin said.

"No duh!", Elyon said. "I know! I told him to. And for the record, they didn't have sex! They just had some foreplay."

"Wait! You let him do that with her?!", Irma questioned.

"Yes.", Mia said. "Had you let them explain then we wouldn't be here right now!"

"But we thought..."

"We know what you thought!", Elyon said cutting Will off. "And I don't like the idea of you calling me and Mia sluts!"

"Or whores!", Mia replied.

"We weren't calling you two that!", Taranee said.

"Yeah!", Irma said. "It was Xaos who we called that."

"And we're Xaos!", Elyon said. "Or did you five forget that?"

"Elyon. We're..."

"Save it, Cornelia! You've said enough!", Elyon said. "I wish to return to the palace, Angelo."

"Sure thing.", Angelo said as he turned towards the palace and began to fly there.

"Angelo. I..."

"Forget it, Will.", Angelo said as he flew on. "You've said enough.", he said as he continued to fly towards the palace with Cassidy and Mia right behind them leaving the girls floating in the air.

"Aw man did we screw up!", Taranee said.

"What will we do now?", Hay Lin questioned.

"Try and talk to them.", Will said as they flew towards the palace.

"And if they won't listen to us?", Irma questioned

"Then we wait until after the trials to talk to them.", Will said as they continued their way to the palace.

"I just need to talk to Elyon.", Cornelia said. "I could care less about Angelo's feelings."

The other girls said nothing as they flew towards the palace. Once at the palace, Angelo carried Elyon to her chambers while Cassidy helped Mia to her chambers. Once in her chambers, Mia walked to her bed and laid down on it while Cassidy sat on the foot of it.

"How you holding up", Cassidy asked. "I know that it drains you and Elyon when you become Xaos."

"I'm okay.", Mia said. "We may get drained, but once we separated, our strength does return to us quicker than we thought. Right now, I feel my strength and powers returning to me."

"That's good.", Cassidy said when a smirk began to form on her lips. "So how was it?", she asked as her smirk grew. "Being Xaos while getting freaky with Angelo must have been something."

"It was... something alright.", Mia said with a small smile. "Now I see why Elyon is so excited to see Angelo.", she said with a grin.

"Oh, it's more than that.", Cassidy said.

"I know.", Mia said with a smile. "He really cares about her, you know.", she said to which Cassidy nodded in agreement.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't want to do whatever he did with Xaos in the first place.", Cassidy said.

"And you would be right.", Mia said as she sat up on her bed. "Elyon and I had to talk him into it."

"But why?", Cassidy asked. "If you don't mind me asking."

"Well when Elyon and I became Xaos, yesterday, she had a bit of a sparring match with Angelo and then flew over the land to see it for herself.", Mia began to explain. "As she was doing this, she saw a lot. From the many animals and plants to families having a great time together. Out of all the things she saw, she saw people in love. And she may have seen some couples... making love.", Mia said with a slight blush.

"To which she wanted to know what it felt like.", Cassidy figured. "Which brings us to Angelo and what happened last night which led to me and the girls seeing them in bed together."

"Yes.", Mia said. "They didn't make love. They just went so far."

"Don't have to tell me. I get it.", Cassidy said. "You and Elyon wanted to make sure that Xaos got her jollies by someone who wouldn't take advantage of her."

"If only the other girls would see that.", Mia said with a tiring sigh.

"Believe me when I say that Elyon and Angelo will get the point across.", Cassidy said with a grin as she sat there with Mia. "So do you plan on telling Feros about this?"

"Yes.", Mia said. "He'll be upset at first, but once I explain it all to him, he'll understand. I hope."

"If he loves you, then he will.", Cassidy said with a smile that Mia returned.

"Thank you, Cassidy.", Mia said. "You know, I'm surprised that you didn't over react about all of this like the girls did."

"Well don't get me wrong. I was quite surprised to see Angelo and Xaos in bed together.", Cassidy said.

"Of course.", Mia said understanding that.

"But I also knew that something had to be up for Angelo, let alone Xaos, to even be together like that.", Cassidy said. "As for the girls, well we both know that they still think Elyon and Angelo should break up for their own good."

"To which they may use this to try and break them up.", Mia figured. "Good luck with that. For it won't happen anytime soon."

"On that we both agree.", Cassidy said. "But it's fun to see them try.", she said before both women broke into laughter.

Now as for Elyon, Angelo had taken her to her quarters for some rest. And Elyon had the two guards that were at her door to make sure no one bothered her and Angelo unless it was important.

"How you holding up?", Angelo asked Elyon as he laid her on her bed.

"I've been better.", Elyon said with a small smile. "I feel my powers and strength returning to me as we speak. Being this world's Heart does have it's advantages.", she said with a grin.

"That's good to hear.", Angelo said as he held Elyon's hand. "I didn't know that you and Mia could stay as Xaos for that long. You two are pretty strong."

"Angelo. I'm sorry for asking you to do what you did with Xaos last night.", Elyon said with a sadden look on her face. "It was wrong of me to do so. Mia said we didn't have to, but I didn't want Xaos to go and find some other guy who might have taken advantage of of her."

"I get it, Elyon.", Angelo said. "You were thinking of Xaos and her safety. I mean she's still has her thing of innocence about things. She may know somethings through you and Mia, but there are a lot of things that she has no idea about. So don' go feeling bad about last night. You and Mia were simply keeping Mia safe. I still love you.", he said making Elyon smile.

"I love you, too.", Elyon said with a smile before they shared a loving kiss. "But you know, I figured that Xaos would of done better than she did last night."

"Really?", Angelo questioned. "You're grading the poor girl now?", he questioned with a grin.

"No!", Elyon said with a small laugh. "It's just that with my experience and Mia's experience, Xaos would have been a bit more into it all. Yet she wasn't."

"Maybe she was more nervous than you thought.", Angelo said. "I mean it was her first time after all."

"I guess you have a point there.", Elyon said.

"And there's something else we have to consider.", Angelo said as a thought came to him.

"What's that?", Elyon asked.

"Mia.", Angelo said.

"Mia?", Elyon questioned. "What do you mean?"

"Think about it, Ellie.", Angelo said. "She has spent a good portion of her life in the Dark Forest. Alone. Sure, she may have learned how to pleasure herself, but..."

"She's never been with a guy!", Elyon figured as she sat up on her bed. "I never thought about that. I mean with her and Prince Feros together, I would have thought that they would have... you know."

"But they were raised here and not on Earth.", Angelo said.

"And things go different here.", Elyon said. "Aw, man! Poor, Mia. That's why Xaos was the way she was last night. We have to talk to Mia later today."

"I got no problem with that.", Angelo said. "But for now, get some rest. You need it.", he said as he had Elyon lay back down on her bed.

"Yeah. You're right.", Elyon said. "I'm also hungry.", she said as she felt her stomach growl.

"I'll have the cooks bring you something to eat.", Angelo said as he got up from the bed. "I think I'll have them fix something for Mia, too."

It was then that they heard voices on the other side of the door.

"I'm sorry, Guardians. But we were given orders from Her Majesty to not let anyone in unless it is important.", one of the guards said.

"This is important!", came Cornelia's voice.

"We have to speak with Elyon! Now!", came Irma's voice.

"Now please let us pass!", Cornelia demanded.

"I'm sorry, but no.", the other guard said. "Queen Elyon gave us our orders. And we shall follow them to the letter."

"I understand that, but..."

"To. The. Letter.", the guard said cutting Will off.

"What do you think?", Angelo asked Elyon.

"As fun as this is, I still have some words for them.", Elyon said.

"Very well.", Angelo said as he went up to the door and opened the door surprising the girls.

"What are you doing in there?!", Irma questioned.

"Well last I checked, I am Elyon's boyfriend.", Angelo said. "Now Queen Elyon is willing to allow you inside to talk. But keep yourselves in check before she send you flying.", he said as he allowed them inside Elyon's Chambers.

Once inside, Angelo was about to close the door when...

"Oh! By the way, can one of you go have the cooks fix something to eat for Queen Elyon and Prince Mia and have them bring it to their Chambers?", Angelo asked the guards.

"Of course.", one of the guards said.

"Also, great job with the Guardians.", Angelo said as he patted both guards on their shoulders. "Keep up the good work, fellas.", he said with a smile before closing the door.

Both guards said nothing as they snickered at how they handled the Guardians before one of them headed to the kitchen to tell the cooks what Angelo had said. As for Angelo, he walked up to Elyon's bed only for the girls to stand in his way.

"We wish to speak to Elyon alone.", Taranee said.

"So beat it!", Hay Lin said.

"I don't think so.", Elyon said. "Angelo stays."

"But, Elyon! He went and cheated on you with that slutty fusion of you and Mia.", Cornelia said.

"First off, Mia and I allowed what happened last night to happen.", Elyon said surprising the girls.

"WHAT?!", the girls questioned in shock.

"That's right.", Elyon said. "And second, they didn't have sex. They only went so far."

"But... But... But... why?", Taranee questioned. "Why do something like that?"

"Because Xaos was curious about a lot of things.", Elyon explained. "She may have had the collective knowledge of me and Mia, but that doesn't mean she wasn't still ignorant about somethings. So when she got curious about making love, Mia and I decided to have her go to Angelo."

"And I bet you had no problem with doing what you did with Xaos last night.", Cornelia said while glaring at Angelo.

"Actually, he did.", Elyon said.

"Duh!", Angelo said.

"But Xaos opened a telepathic link in which Mia and I talked Angelo into giving Xaos a bit of pleasure.", Elyon said. "Which brings us to here."

"Where you five go off and judge without getting the full story.", Angelo said. "You five said some hurtful thing this morning."

"Well... we didn't know what was going on!", Irma said.

"You didn't give Angelo and Xaos a chance to explain either.", Elyon said. "You just went and jumped the gun and almost got your butts kicked."

"Xaos isn't that tough.", Will said.

"Who are you kidding?", Angelo questioned. "Xaos would have wiped the floor with you five. And you know it."

"Yeah right.", Hay Lin said.

"Yeah! That is right.", Angelo said earning glares from the girls. "You know I'm right."

"Look! The important thing is that we move past this and on to more important things.", Cornelia said as she sat on the other side of the bed.

"That's it?", Angelo questioned. "None of you are going to even apologize for this morning?"

"Mistakes were made.", Taranee said. "On both sides."

"Both sides?", Elyon questioned.

"So in the end, are apologizes really needed between friends?", Irma questioned.

"Yes!", Elyon and Angelo said.

"It was you five who barged into Angelo quarters in the first place.", Elyon said sitting up on her bed.

"And it was you five who went and jumped to conclusions without letting Xaos and I explain what was going on.", Angelo said. "Which led to Xaos doing what she did."

"And you don't think you owe us an apology?", Elyon questioned. "You've got to be kidding!"

"Well what about us?", Hay Lin questioned. "I think we're owed an apology after what Xaos did to us!"

"Got that right!", Will said in agreement. "Who knows what she would have done to us."

"Well I apologize for Xaos' actions.", Elyon said being the bigger person.

"Apology accepted.", Cornelia said with a smile.

"And.", Angelo said to the girls.

"And what?", Irma questioned.

"Really?", Angelo said. "How about an apology for what you did?"

"Well we didn't know what was going on when we entered your chambers.", Taranee said.

"And the way I see it, we were justified in our reaction.", Will said to Angelo. "Sorry, Angelo but that's how I feel."

"Okay, First off, you five barged into my chambers without even knocking. Which was rude.", Angelo said. "And you think that you don't have to apologize for what you said because you were justified in your reaction? Oh brother! You've got to be kidding me!"

"How about what you called me and Mia?", Elyon said while looking down. "Bimbo. Slut. Whore."

"We called Xaos that.", Irma said. "Not you and Mia."

"But Mia and I are Xaos.", Elyon said. "So, in truth, you did call us those things.", she said while not even looking at the girls.

"But Elyon...", Cornelia said softly as she reached out to her.

"Don't touch me!", Elyon said as she slapped Cornelia's hand away surprising her, the girls, and Angelo. "Leave.", Elyon said as she felt her eyes well up in tears.

"Elyon, I..."

"LEAVE!", the young queen yelled.

The girls said nothing as they began to leave the chambers. Angelo was about to leave when Elyon grabbed his hand and held on to it with a slightly tight grip. Seeing this, Cornelia gave Angelo an icy cold glare before leaving with the girls. Once they left, Angelo sat next to Elyon who suddenly buried her face in his chest and cried. Angelo said nothing as he held his girlfriend close and rubbed her back gently knowing she needed comfort after what had happened.

"It'll be okay, Elyon.", Angelo said in a calm voice as he held her. "It'll be okay."

As for the girls, they said nothing as they flew from the palace and to the cabin where Caleb was still staying. During their flight there, Cornelia looked at the hand Elyon swatted away every few seconds. As she did this, angry kept filling up within her at how her best friend turned her away. Soon they had arrived at the cabin to which Hay Lin knocked on the door. Soon Caleb answered it and let them in. He noticed the look on their faces and asked what had happened. Which brings us to know where the girls, namely Will and Taranee, had told Caleb what had happened.

"Why am I not surprised by this?!", Caleb questioned. as he sat with Cornelia on one of the couches in the room. "The nerve of him doing such a thing!"

"But Elyon and Mia were okay with it.", Hay Lin said.

"Doesn't mean Angelo had to go along with it!", Irma said.

"But Xaos is powerful.", Taranee said. "She could have taken what she wanted. Or went a found someone who really would have taken advantage of her innocence."

"Maybe. But what Xaos did to you all wasn't right either.", Caleb said. "When Elyon first told me about her and Mia forming her, part of me knew she would be trouble. And then this happens!"

"She'll be a problem when we do what we plan on doing.", Taranee said.

"Then we get her out of the way.", Will said. "Find a way to stop Elyon and Mia from fusing into Xaos."

"We need to find a way to keep them apart when the time comes.", Caleb said when he looked at Cornelia who hadn't sad a thing. "You okay, Cornelia?"

"She turned me away.", Cornelia said sadly as she looked down at the same hand that Elyon smacked away. "After all we've been through, she just turned me away like I was nothing. Yet she goes and wanted HIM to stay with her."

"Cornelia?", Hay Lin questioned wondering if her friend was okay.

"Well if that's how she wants to play it, then fine.", Cornelia said as she raised her head to show tears running down her face. "I'm all in on this, guys! Elyon doesn't deserve to be queen. She's just some little girl who got lucky. I say we go forward with Rubis' plan and put a true ruler on the throne!"

"I'm so glad to hear you say that, Earth Guardian.", came a familiar voice.

It was then that Rubis appeared before them.

"How long have you been here?", Will questioned.

"Long enough to hear about what happened.", Rubis said. "And I must say that I'm pleased to hear that you are in this for the long run, Earth Guardian. For a while now I wasn't sure if you'd be with us seeing as you're close friends with Queen Elyon."

"Was close friends. I was close friends.", Cornelia said. "But not anymore. I see that now."

"Don't say that, Cornelia.", Caleb said.

"Why not? It's true.", Cornelia said. "For the last year I've been feeling it. The best friend vibe Elyon, Alchemy and I had has been slipping away. Now it's just Elyon and Alchemy who are the best friends. I'm more like the good friend that comes along to hang with them. I see now that it's you girls who are my true best friends."

"We got your back!", Irma said. "Even though we may get into an argument or two."

"Are you sure about this, Cornelia?", Will asked. "I mean you, Elyon, and Alchemy have been through a lot. Are you really sure that your friendship is done for?"

"I am.", Cornelia said. "And if I were you, Will, I'd check to see if Angelo is still the best friend you claim he is."

"She has a point, Will.", Taranee said. "I mean if push comes to shove, who knows what will happen."

"I know Angelo is still my best friend.", WIll said. "But so are you girls. And I know that what we're doing is for not only Elyon's sake but his as well. And in the end they both will see that."

"Then I guess we have to think of a way to get Xaos out of the way.", Caleb said.

"Leave that to me. I have a way to neutralize that little problem.", Rubis said. "Xaos will not be a problem."

Two days.

Two days before Elyon would take the trials to prove she is worthy to be queen of Meridian. A she is laying on her bed, in her chambers, Queen Elyon is thinking of what those that will be testing her have planned for her. She knows that none of them will cut her any slack, yet she knows that they'll test her in ways she may not have been ready for. And that was part of the trials.

Elyon's POV

Am I ready for this? Do I have what it takes to do this? I wonder if my mother felt this way before she had to do the trials. Part of me is scared yet excited about this. But I have to remain calm. I can't freak out now. I trained to hard to just call it quits now. To many people have helped me prepare for this. And I've become a stronger person from all the training. Both on the inside and out. And now it's time to show what I can do.

Normal POV

Elyon the held up her hands and looked at them as she formed some fist. A smile them grew on her face as she knew she was ready for the trials.

"Bring it on.", she said to herself.

What she didn't know was that Mia, who was in her chambers, had opened up a small telepathic link to her sister to see if she was okay. A smile graced her face as she cut the link to her sister.

"She is finally ready.", Mia said with a proud smile. "Meridian has a brave and noble queen. And she shall prove it to them all and all those who think she isn't ready for this."

THE END

For now.

A/N: Well looks like things are coming to ahead. While Elyon is ready for the trials, the Guardians and Matt have gathered the energies they need to make Caleb, Peter, Joel, Uriah, and Danny into Mystic Battle Warriors. And throughout all of this, the Oracle and the Elders of Metamoor know of this yet won't do nothing to stop it. They have their reasons, yet I know that you readers think other wise. Guess you'll have to wait and see what goes down in "The Betrayal Saga"! Later, readers!

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